The Singapore Free Press, 19 March 1947

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    19 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALA YA I, SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19, 1947. PRICE 10 CENTS
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  • Article
    SHB RICE MEN GO SLOW
    91 1 SHB RICE MEN GO SLOW Tea money ends I he vluJ I r 1 I i Coiiit 1 re- j ite i .„•;< teer n^ 1) "hey b-that 2*)o hare ocen j f. a^a yeSwc-rday j Dd lospec- ..em -lilies t h r nas tde Tane station temv.possible for j
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    BEHRMAN CARGO FOR BRITAIN
    46 1 BEHRMAN CARGO FOR BRITAIN t BATAVIA. T 1 > rgo or r or ma* I i Dutch. f in Behr- oath todav a. Mr. John kn>Mk£ eyhad£ee^ I nfs. Behrman's rubMtted to the d :or Mq* ua > received a berore a r martial* 1 U.P. and Reuter
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    BURMA NOT TO AID VIETNAM
    14 1 BURMA NOT TO AID VIETNAM iian to aina now 3urma Deisly said Indo- tm
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    WRECK RESCUE
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    USSR REVEALS SECRET PACT
    476 1 USSR REVEALS SECRET PACT MOSCOW, Tuesday. "TJIE terms of the second secret protocol said to have been concluded by the Big Three Mr. Winston Churchill, President Roosevelt and Generalissimo Stalin— at Yalta in February 1945 were revealed by M. Vyacheslav Molotov, the Soviet Foreign Minister, at the Moscow Foreign Ministers'
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    U.S. FLEET FOR GREEK SEAS
    224 1 WASHINGTON, Tuesday. Fill United Stales Navy today disclosed the composition 1 of a U.S. tfr>k force to visit Greek and Turkish waters, including the strategic Dardenelles, while the State Department called for speed on President Truman's programme to halt the spread of Communism. The Navy
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    TO EXAMINE FAR EAST ECONOMY
    49 1 The United Nations Economic and Social Council yesterday began i^s examination of the report on reconstruction in the Far East. After examination of the report the Council will have to decide whether to set up an economic commission for the Far East and 'Russia.
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    US-SIAM ENVOYS PROMOTED
    38 1 The VS. State Department has announced that agreement has been reached between the Governments of the United States and Siam to raise their respective diplomatic missions to the rank of embassy and to exchange Ambassadors.
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    COAL UP
    49 1 Through heavy snowstorms, colliers brought coal to London in recent weeks. On one occasion 37 ships with 100,000 tons fought their way to London, while roads and railway lines were blocked by snow. Pictures show the unloading of coal from the first t oilier to reach London.
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    Unanimity at Moscow
    81 1 THE Deputy Foreign M'nistsrs wrestling at Moscow with tr*e Austrian peace terms yesterday agreed on one thing only the name by which they should r?fer to the German peace treaty. The question was whether it should be in the Austrian draft— "peace treaty with Germany or "peace
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    HORSEWOMAN IN BURMA WAR
    202 1 RANGOON, Tuesday. OPERATING in the arid heat of the Burmese jungles against cunning and well-armed bandit gangs, British, Indian and Burmese troops of the Burma Command are waging a campaign smaller but much more hazardous than the war against Japan, according to reports received from the
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    VIOLINIST HEAD OF FRANCE
    33 1 VIOLINIST HEAD OF FRANCE Concentration and a sensitive touch two qualities valuable in statesmanship are displayed by M Vincent Auriol, recentlyettclfd first President of the fourth French Republic, as he tunes his violin.
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    DUTCH REPORT FIVE KILLED
    53 1 Batavia, Tues. rvUTCH losses in military opera- tions started yesterday around Sourabaya so far total five killed and 17 wounded although there was little resistance, the Netherlands Army spokesman stated today. He denied, according to the Netherlands News Agency, that Modjokerto. 35 miles south of Sourabaya,
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    EGYPT EXPLOSION
    25 1 A bomb exploded in the ciessroom of the British Institute In the centre of Alexandria yesterday causing extensive damage but no casualties.- U.P.
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    Landlords ask higher rents
    292 1 Free Press Staff Reporter QINGAPORE landlords are to petition the Governor of Singapore, Sir Franklin Gimson, to allow them to rai^c rents of dwelling houses up to a maximum of 35 percent over the present figure and business premises up to 50 percent higher than they
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    PRINCE PHILIP IS BRITISH
    155 1 TUESDAY night's London Gazette announced that Prince Philip of Greece had been rented British naturalisation und^r the name of Lieutenant Philip Mcuntbatten. Philip has been constantly mentioned as> a possible consort :or Princess Elizabeth, heir presumptive to V.\<2 English Throne; but it is a rumour that
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    ONE BUSMAN CATCHES THE BUS TO WORK
    373 1 ONE BUSMAN CA TCHES THE BUS TO WORK Free Press Staff Reporter WHEN the Singapore Traction Company staff bus maxie t*o special runs from Gejiang to the STC garage this morning to pick up employees wishing to return to work following the appeal of Mr. A. A. Ewing, the Company's
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    GUNMEN STEAL 16 SHEEP
    95 1 SINGAPORE C.I D ttfc morning reported three armed robberies which took place yesterday At 2 a.m. yesterday a gang of eight armed Chinese robbed a Sinhalese of 16 sheep he was driving at Tanjong Pagar. Pchce this morning recovered nve of th p sheep and arrested
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    PARAGUAY AT WAR
    19 1 The Paraguayan Government on Tuesday declared that the ent;re country was in a state of war.
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  • FEATURES...
    • Article
      AN ART CLASS
      210 2 daisy no longer "hangs together/' THE unity of the pattern in "Mars and Venus" depends en two main masses, the raised torsos and heads of the god and goddess, linked by the horizontals cf draperies and legs and by the horizontal lance. The three small fauns at
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      PIERRE JEANNERATwill teach you art
      490 2 tTSW rocms innabited by people have no pictures Hanging on the walls, and yet the mass of the public, nonplussed, say, by Picasso's latest w rks. think that the art of painting is a highbrow subject whose intricacies can cnlv be appreciated by persons born,
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      MAN WITH A VOICE
      169 2 P* is a good many years since Albert Burgess left the Manchester Regiment to go and settle as a civilian in the Channel Island of Alderney (population 1.000), but the voice with which he once bawled across barrack-squares is still in good trim. For Albert is
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      TODAYS BRIDGE PROBLEM
      188 2 NOTICE Norths two heart bid. Of course. North wanted to show steppers in hearts to encourage South to b-d notrump -if he held the necessary spade rtoppers. After :ome deliberation. West openei the heart seven. How would you play the hand as declarer? Actually, Sou h put
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      WOMEN IN LAW
      965 2 BY A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT ■THREE hundred Eng--1 lish women have become solicitors since 1922, and one of them has just become the first woman Deputy Coroner. Law has not proved a popular profession for Malayan women— in fact, there seems to be no record of a woman
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      'IND. EMP.' CUT?
      22 2 'IND. EMP.' CUT? CU V Sl^* I •P of the da-J of de^T a.. E K t t. Il u. K. v.
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      45 2 U you have looked on An as highbrow concern; if you have believed a long: and laborious appr m < t ship to be essential to the enjoyment of good painting, this new series is ?oing to change your mind and add immeasurably to your pleasure.
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      99 2 POESONED WOUNfIS, S^^ Cu ts, Scalds, Bu rn s Purified M J&k* Healed |JH A For bale, quick neaiir.g. use Zam- r Bui:, the world s greatest ar.tisep- ji <^WL tic healer The refined herbal l\ i In t oils in Zam-Buk are wonderlull> Hi soothing. They cleanse the wound
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    • Miscellaneous
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      285 2 b.45 pm. Think on the:;? ihKigs; 9.00 prn. County Cavalcade. 9.30 p.m. Music in miniature; 10.00 p.m. All Hale; 10.30 p.m. Radio newsreel; 10.45 p.m. London calling; 10.50 pm. Forces favourites; 11.30 p.inNc*ws; 11.40 p.m. Prom today's papers RADIO AUSTRALIA I.&U pro tc *00 pm VLB; 13.89 Metres 21.6 Me
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      237 2 RADIO SEAC RADIO SEAC Broadcasting irom Colombo; Ceylon, on the following wave bards 8 to 11. Jo a.m. 19.84 metres and 49.38 metres. 11 30-12 a.m. 19.84 jietres. 12 noon-5 p.m. 16.83 metres. 19.84 metres and 49.38 metres. 5-5.30 p.m. 19.84 metr?s and 49.38 metres, 0.30--night 19.84 metres and 49
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    • Miscellaneous
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      99 2 QUIZ Answer^ 1 fa) Relfftmiii Diorael -bSydney Smith. CO E4muno Burkr: <d^ Thomas Ca:l;: 2. No. If a Parliament were to orclcng it<? oxn ex.stence I finitely without any gacd m there would iiltlmatelf bo c on:r nort of revolution, but. Rinc€ Parl'p.mert h r<^r -ipreme. it can and doo«;
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      31 2 .'oi v Luckv Star (tl a: mon 1 \t* at rnund Ji« i like i u r? r-U 1 if tl. V ha. dl€- j3* rS* pnl ?.|5 oft" lai I*
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  • NEWS...
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      FROM NOTHING MADE £10,000
      210 3 iR. (HITEK DC the British Home Secretary, told Parliament during a deba*e on the Poles that some of I Poles >till in Brita J n had been actively associated with bek market operati«>ns in London. wandered off from a Polish camp mansi for three months," he
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      46 3 j ns itav^ Palestine to go back to their old homes people in this picture went to Palestine in tine that Austria wrs already occupied by the Nazis it to be occupied. They are mostly doctors, classes of professional people. Some Jews mill their leaving Palesiinc.
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      GARTERS HELD LOOT
      29 3 100 cigare.tes were found hidden in the garters of Mary Penling, on. 21. as she left a Liverpool >ry. She was fined £3 for stealing ;hem.
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      THEIR FLOWERS SHOW THANKS
      12 3 THEIR FLOWERS SHOW THANKS fabs radiant te--110 Wory a :/.en West much
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      He started off selling braces
      214 3 YOU want to know how to make £10,000 in three months? This is how it was done by the Pole mentioned by the Home Secretary in the Commons debate. The Pol'j was a deserter. He went "underground" in London, made useful contacts, for he was
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      Merchant of Venice' ban
      120 3 MR. I.ee Schubert, the Broadway theatrical manager who controls many United ar. Theatre, New York. States y ht4 res, including .ar where the British acrtor Mr. Donald \Volf*t with an allBritish cast is to open a Sha*cs^art* sea.= >n has asked that •The Merokmfl »>f V«w<
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      PLASTIC FIRM'S RECORD PROFIT
      91 3 PLASTIC FIRM'S RECORD PROFIT PIG surp::s- i.i London City circle/, was the bumper dividend announcement from O. b M. Kteemsnn, Ld, rranurera of plastic ma crisis, the prre of the company's stock soaring 17s. 6d. to CS its. r>d. Cosing price was £5 10s. spc-julators havln? snatched Quick profi s.
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      RIVER PATH PLAN
      32 3 RIV ER PATH PLAN A proposal to convert 136 miles cf tewing paths along the Thames, from Teddington to Crickiade. into a river walk was approved in principle by 43 local authorities
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      GERMAN TRADE
      17 3 Steamer Werner, first German trade ship to S:otland since 1033, brought pit-props to the Forth.
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      ARABIAN OIL YIELDS MILLIONS
      405 3 ARABIAN OIL YIELDS MILLIONS lon Saud's country thriven OIL reserves in Saudi Arabia are so large that they will net the treasury of the desert kingdom about £250,000,000. An American company which holds oil drilling: concessions there will pay a royalty of about 21 U S cents a barrel for
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      64 3 CIR MALCOLM CAMPBELL standing besides a scale nit. J.I cl i s speed -boat "Blue B;rd'» which has been fitted wah a >et propulsion unit for an attempts en the world water-spesd record of 141.1 miles per hour. Sir Malcolm himself set the record in 1939. He is now 62
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      BALLOON RACE
      66 3 Feature of a Du'ch aviation 'air to be i; Id In ULiecv:, H-l--land, in May, will be a balloon race.— A. P. needy British ex-serviceman receives a food parcel sent to U.K. by an Australian exservicemen's organisation. The Australians sent 14,000 parcels 10 be distributed by the British
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      WORKERS SHOP AT WORK
      221 3 WORKERS SHOP AT WORK WHEN the workers of a factory in the England Midlands four.d they had to cram a wee* s shopping into Saturday afternoon, wi*h stores at their busiest, queues at their longest, the boss look a bold step— he brought 3 shop to the works. And in
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      WATER NOT FIT FOR TEA
      76 3 A £1,710,000 water scheme was turned down by Nor hamptonshre County Council, although Councillor W. A. Thornton said; "It is impossible to mal?e a good cup of tea in Northampton because the water is chlorinated. Some people import water from Malvern"— 6o miles away. He
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      THEFT REVEALED
      22 3 Snow drawing revealed valuable an ique silver plates near a Westbury, Wilts, church, from which they were stolen in February.
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      Congress men 'too mean'
      70 3 CONGRESS restaurant waiters in Washington are threat* nl* ing to quit because, the y say, the Republicans are carrying their economy campa ign too far, and never tip more than 3d. a head. Congressman John Taber, head of the Appropriations Com- j ■rittee v.hith is sav.n?
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      INVENTION HAD STORMY START
      189 3 BACK-ROOM" experiments during the war had to proach of Rommel's attackinj in a small army unit were ti in a Western Desert workshop be stopped because of the ap--5 Germans. The experimenters ying to invent a mine-clearing device. A former Assistant Director of Ordnance, Colonel Norman
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      WOMEN'S AIR SHOW
      31 3 The decline in air travel is blamed on women, so the U. S. aviation industry has organised an all-woman air show to sell flying to wives and sweetheart.
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      Asylum murder is unsolved
      264 3 A PATIENT was uiuiilered in bed at an Oxiord mental institution, but nobody knows who did it, A coroner s jury, after hearing evidence, was unable to decide. The evidence of the DMlt important witnesses was too unreliable for us io say who was directly responsible,"
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      NURSES' WAGES CLAIM
      220 3 ]VURSES in London have challenged the rtehi of tne London Coun y Council to fix maximum wa^es for priva e nurses. The nurses allege that thev are already und?rpaid. Mr. Lews Miller, of lire London and District Nursing As.o- ciation. has bcoufht a court acton at ClerkenweU
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      42 6 /I I carries the Austrian nati cnal flag past a S-ottish piper in lit Ml Hall during a parade of natkaal flags The Austrian vj- the only enemy fla* in the hall Its 700-year-old design is the oldest of any national flag
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      NATIONS ARGUE ABOUT A CASINO
      488 6 NATIONS ARGUE ABOUT A CASINO (jfamtjling helps government SINCE the collapse of Fascism in Italy there has been only one shadow on the otherwise friendly relations between the Swiss and the Italian Governments an Italian gambling den near the border, which Rome refuses to close. Just opposite the Swiss holiday
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      Ceylon to plant ''freedom' trees
      301 6 Ceylon to plant ''freedom' trees 1 KRANGEMEXTS for Ihe inau/piration of the new conf\ stituticn which grants Ceylon a near dominion status ■Tf being made in earnest in the hope that its first House oi Representatives will be forma 1 v dei'ared open in August or September this year. The
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      BURGLAR IS THIN FREAK
      161 6 ntTLCTIVES called to a V robbed .>hop at ChingforJ, Sssex, looked up at a small hole in the ceil ng and -aid, "It's the Thin Man again." Because that hole, no more than twelve inches acrcss, was the •'method of entry." What the Thi n Man
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      LIFEBOAT RESCUES
      33 6 Tre year 1946 was the busiest, one Britain's lifebcat service has ever known. Lifeboats were laun.hed lor 628 rescues \\.\\x lifeboatmen won medals for gallantry. Lifeboats worth £1,000,--000 will be built.
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      12 statues lose fingers
      70 6 THE twelve statues of famous statesmen in St. Stephen's Hall at the House of Commons are much admired by visitors. But the impressive gestures of Seldcn, Grattan, and Chatham are somewhat marred, for bet ween them they have lost six fin?ers and a finger-tip. No one
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      AND NOW THE SKY LIFEBOAT
      153 6 AIRLINERS of the future may have built into their fuselage i one or more passenger cabins that could be jettisoned: the occupants could "parachute" 10 earth if trouble developed. The plan is shortly to be demonstrated to experts of the Ministries of Supply and Civil
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      HE REMEMBERED WIFE'S NURSE
      105 6 SIXTEEN months ago Miss Ethel Grifflhs, a State registered nurse, of Welbeck-avenue, Hove went to nurse the invalid wife of Mr. Frederick William Heys. a reiired schoolmaster of St. Heliers-avenue. Hove. L n .st September Mr. H ys, then 79. inherited a small for une and
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      COMPOSER WANTED
      23 6 Hungary has a-sked for the extradition as a war criminol of the composer and pianist, Ernest Dohanyi, now living in Austria.
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      BOYS TO BUILD RADIO SETS
      63 6 Britain's Post Office If cooperating with <he Boy Scou's Association in fostering the interest of bovs in radii ccmmirication. The Postmaster Centra: has agreed to issue to a limited number of responsible Scouters ii various parts of the Uni ed Kingdom who have ti. m
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      CITY MAYOR IS MATCH-MAKER
      226 6 AN increasing number cl Engl sh women have become convinced that the mayor of Auckland, New Zealand, Mr. A. C. Allum, is a specialist in love and matrimony, and that he makes it part of his business to bring unhappy English women together with eligible New
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      GOVT. STORES SOLD
      26 6 Up to the end of 1946 the total value of British Government stores disposed of at home was £200,000,000 and overseas £70,--000 .OOC.
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      ARTS DELEGATION
      20 6 An arts delegation from France is in London to study British collections, visit exhibitions and contact British colleagues.
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      SHE APPEALED FOR KING'S AID
      260 6 WHEN Mrs. Louisa Clements was refused a licence to open a fried fish shop at New Cubbington on the Leamington Rugby road, she sent a telegram to the King asking for his aid to secure her a licence. The telegram stated: "Wishing to resettle. H
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      PRICKLY ANSWER
      21 6 Because fuel hunters feiiLd trees on Mitcham Common, only one variety will be planted in future— the prickly hawthorn.
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      BUYING WINDMILL
      18 6 Bucks County Council is taking 1 over the seventeenth century I windmill at Brill, near Aylesbury
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      RADAR NAVIGATION
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      121 3 is the word for i LY ON PKOTO CO Imnm »t Supciiof ana Quick Ser "Developing *P>intrg and •Lnlarsi I Him sent in tcdayrtady tne next day at 6 pru Also Undertake to repair Carrier ai 69. \ortb Bridge R >aa Sin^pore. JOHN WAYif |^HF Jl SUSAN HATWAHO WBT DINNIS
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  • LEADER...
    • The Singapore Free Press
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        Blockade
        707 4 'j^HB Dutch are having and de--1 serving— a rough tim e in their hardlin* of the Ne-her-lands East Inaies problem. Wh.l e expressing official willingness to sign tn e Killearn peace agreement ;f last October, they have launched a new a ttack on Indonesian positions near Surabaya and daily
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      THE BIG HOUSE
      1232 4  -  GRAHAM STANFORD What goes on inside touches every little house in Britain by WHAT'S brewing in the Big House? More than 1,200,000 British men and women who pay their 7d. a week to keep the House in order are beginning to ask questions. Transport House towering H.Q.
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      108 4 11IKRK are 65 students at the House of Citizrnshp, 30 of them residents, and thtir ases rar.ge hetw^n 1714 and 25. They include representatives of all the Services, the V.A.I), and Military Nurs'ng, and eiev?n of the students are from overseas from foreign countries and the Dominions. Thes? girls learn
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      PEOPLE MAKE NEWS
      480 4 MKS LAVADA ANN SNEED, 42, who lives in Denver. Colorado, is satisfied today that her war services were wcrth while. During the war she packed 3.G03 parachutes lor army fliers, but oniy lately got to worrying if she did a good job. Curiosity finally won. She rer.ted
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    • Letter To The Editor
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        DISAPPEARING MILK
        118 4 DISAPPEAR ING MILK IN my opinion ih. prent di-.. df conclcn-oci m:lk iixm :ho maiket, is tnc fault of the Fooi Control Depaxtnn y I ai=ic why the << nirol ol such an important co:nnwdity as milk has been lilted Could not the contr that even with a tempoflooded market,
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      THE PROBLEM OF 'CHINA'S SORROW
      515 4  - THE PROBLEM OF 'CHINA 'S SORROW John Roderick By RELIGION speaks of the faith which moves mountains. As an engineer, C. J. Todd, an American, thinks in terms of moving river*, specific illy, the Yellow River, one of the :n the world. Chief BZtMßtt ot the great UNRRA project t..
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      118 4 QUIZ 1. To whem are attributed these remarks on Politics? (a) "As I sat opposite the Treasury Bench reminded me of one of those marine landscapes not ver T > unusual on the coasts of Sou-.h America. You beheld a range of exhausted volcanoes." <b) "Tory and Whig in turn
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  • LOCAL NEWS...
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      $3 MILLION FISHERY PROJECT
      122 5 free Press Staff Reporter reiterated trawlers are included in a project to get better and more fish for Fishermen will be recruited locally for this but the methods to be employed will be en*if new to Sin-apore. lumpur financiers have signified their ,ie the $3,000,000 capital
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      40,000 a day for padi
      89 5 m UK punka* prue t r pirii ■to C it r.ce v had the ci PTchm 1- a! pudi bein^j Mt» Government b> bOTMtn IW ira h? G .vornr Bagaa Serai, p. iMnti rd n an interview I the bepnnn; of the hamstm? vt i-
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      CHEAPER TRAVEL TO ASIA
      55 5 THE 15 per cent surtax on travel to As a, Australia, Africa and South America will end en April The tax was discontinued as aid to American ship lines in competliticn with the growing foreign shipping challenge. It remains h:wever, applicable for holiday cruises to the
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      AJMY RUNNING SWEEPSTAKE
      57 5 lEADQUARTERS. BUlgapaK District, are running a sweepe on the Grand National. Ii is open to ail branches <>: the Services, and tickets cvn be bcuent from ur.ils on appiicainn to the Welfare Branch. HQ. pore District. The draw will be at 1 000 hours or. March 26
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      S'PORE FIRM RUNS A SCHOOL
      313 5 Free Press Staff Reporter EXPERIENCED men are so few in Malaya that efforts are G being made by individual firms in Singapore to train their own staffs particularly in such a highly technical fiekl as sound engineering. One example of this is the school in
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      OIL ISLAND HAS NEW INDUSTRY
      152 5 Free Prcjss Staff Reporter NEW atct-1-drum factory which will provide employment ii for nearly 5.0G0 people when in full swing, has sprung up at Pulau Bukom, side by side with the shell oil installations here. ;..e construction of the factory began la^t Cctober and is
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      cheese meet AT K.L. ON SUNDAY
      111 5 cheese meet AT K.L. ON SUNDAY Free Press Staff Reporter Dt?F 143 c N r.*»Tl VEo 11 Chinese Chambers of Commerce throughout Malaya will hold a round-table conference at j Kuala Lumpur thus Sunday to form the Associated Chinese Chamber of Commerce. The object is to promote Chinese business interests
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      BURGHERS GO TO AUSTRALIA
      90 5 AMONG a numoer or Ceyionese who left for Australia by the SS As tunas were several keen Burgher youngsters who went out to settle down there. They hr.ve been lold that there are good prospects lor those who settle down i:i Australia just now, and have
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      Victim gets robbers
      110 5 h:m- ih: tcpUfftg did as he was told, du? -n realiing Masque Street, he figured' i bcld move. He returned to the IMI wherj he had been rotb d and art?r M of 10 m;nu:es sa\v two men uhom Lispccted iis having robbed him. These two Chir-ese
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      20,000 RIAF MEN RELEASED
      51 5 20,000 RIAF MEN RELEASED were demobilised from the RIAF Royal Indian Air Force) from V-J D:y to Jail 11. 1! IT. Jvr: th s period l-ele^es iromrtttcd 249 oflleen. 9.207 airmen. :».r. tre and 96 ronRelease i: r January this comprised 15 cfricers, 249 Men. 820 enrolled followers ricn-rom'::. I
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      THEY STUDY SOUND
      31 5 These arc the trainees (with their instructor Mr. Dowson) of the O'Connor School for Sound Engineering tn Pasir P&ujang, S nsapore. Th« trainees speci•Kse in sound-on -film work.
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      MONEY ORDERS
      33 5 The money order service with Brunei has been resumed. Ths maximum amount permitted for a single money order is $400. There is no telegraph money order service to and from Brunei.
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      S'PORE-BOUND SHIP IS QUARANTINED
      83 5 fliE tro:p carrier. Alcantara, which called at Colombo harbour en route to Penang and S.ngap:re, was placed at Colombo in quarantine owing to several cas?s 01 chicken pox, meas.es and mumps reported among nearly 250 children on b:ard. The ship tailed for Penanz yesterday. Ashore on
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      MORE WRESTLING ARENAS ARE PLANNED
      312 5 Free Prass Staff Reporter MR. Abdul Razak, Malaya's big- gest wrestling promoter, is planning big extensions to his present business wTiich is nett^ ing more than $4,000 a bill— and has surveyed Johore, Kuala Lumpur and Changi recently witn a view to building new wrestling
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      SINGAPORE MAY RATION GAS
      235 5 Free Press Staff Reporter DRASTIC rationing of gas will be enforce! in Singapore shortly if consumers do not heed the Municipal Gas Engineer's warning to economise. The Municipal Gas Department is now working on day to-day basis with ccal of poor quality and generally non-gas producing.
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      YOU MAY NOW POST SMALL PACKETS
      215 5 YOU MAY NOW POST SMALL PACKETS CMALL packet3 which may con•J tain goods whether dutiaoie or not, may be sent to placet within Malay:-, and to certain countries outside Malaya. A green' Custms label giving the requisite! particulars in respect of the cor.- 1 t« is mast, without exception, be;
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      INDIAN SAPPERS GOING HOME
      93 5 TIME 15 Field Company. RIE, is returning to Ir.dia after fcur and a half years' overseas service. The 15 Field Company has recently been engaged in bu'ldina; ■iceemmodation for married families and officers at Malaya Command Headquarters. Kuala Lumpur. Ii; Burma, they wore engaged throughrut the
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      WILL OBSERVE ASIA MEETING
      61 5 Dr. Nicholas Mansergh will fly from London today for India to attend the inter-Asian relations conference at New De'hi on March 23 Dr Mansergh is on.? of two obsrrvers bein^ sert to the concrence by the Royal Institute cf International Affairs. The other Ls Mr. W.
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      JAP ACQUITTED
      51 5 Maj.-Gen. Shoji ToshHhige. Regimental Commander who directed the landing at Hong Kong on December 1941, was p.cquitted by the War Crimes Court on charges of atrocities or. captured British troops in the Happy Valley area. The acquittal followed the defence submission that -here was no case to answer.-
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      2 SEAMEN DROWNED IN LIFEBOAT
      41 5 Two Chinese seamen were drowned and several others injured whe n two lifeb:ats of the tanker Diloma smashed against the ship's side after she had I struck a submerged wreck a mile 'off Sunderland, Reu'er reports.
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      TO ATTEND ROTARY CONFERENCE
      109 5 TO ATTEND ROTARY CONFERENCE Free Press S.aff Reporter MR. T. H. Stone, Rotarian N pn- pit- tentative cf World Dis'r.cl No. 80 comprising Malaya. Br Worth Borneo. Siam and IndeChin"., is leav'r.p; Smgf.uore in a few v.-eek>' time to attend Rotary International Assyiiblv and Conference in the States in Mry
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      CALI WONT FLY FOR INDONESIAN
      80 5 CALI WONT FLY FOR INDONESIAN THE Philippines Camnur,' 1 n°s IGAI M DM n:U I Netherlands Co s i in Man U that no further pl:nes will Ay from the Indonesian RspnbJc, according to cffi?ial Dutch s nro s in Batavia. The premise wis made di ;ng n?gctip.t:ons for Phllipptaef
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      57 5 AIt THUB RANK Presents WEH OF BRITISH FILMS t thtCATHAY Sg»G TUESDAY MARCH *Sth MAN PHYUJS CALVERT OF TWO WORLDS n Technicolor ROBERT ADAMS gjgMNC SUNDAY MARCH AOth 'MIXS AS THE GLORY N f Arnhcm <fati*CMilkU patr m*& of '^er in hief. South East Asia, Ritchie K.8.E.,C.8., D.5.0., M.( k^//
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      104 5 II om 2pm UIS pm 6*3Opm 9-15 pm i SHOCKING FACTS (k about eU Loa Jog's J|j^l JTg KAKLvrr j TELEPHONES The Eaxt Asiatic Co., Ltd.. 12, Raffles Quay, Singapore. Please note that the following numbers are connected with the ui.<k*rmentiensd Departments: Manager No. 5153 Rubber Department 29W (General) 5154
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      98 6 THE HALL FOR QDAim SOUND i, rROJEO*! ii—2 nt i» ti _-^^^^^> TIL 1 ACADEMY /fl ff^ I AWARD WINNER li^ 1L f FREDRIC MARCH M ttam> un with jHL \^ms*m A SKIPPY KOMEILK T New Screen Find' /x^ f^, 0 Preceded bv #»/li^# March of Tinu LIFE WITH BABV
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      73 6 JANt Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press in Malaya 1 A*OVt WHAT IS /y IM NOT f*t M OO HAVE "THE AUOACIX L^LADIES.'--miS LARROr7\ if vo^bf a E Vi'iT^U^SwiT l (SCELERAT 9 9/ To flourish your \J this robber has come v i i t °Sf- A IMAO^kTWE'-/ lOUCLCHAI M
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      195 6 Free Fress Crossword Rf«< 111 1 > ii: 1. A Lght-weight boxer (Gt. 4 Of ganyika and Victoria Nyanza ana ol neiltf .^< >-ouhdLT of the third dynasty of Fr.nch km 5 of Rumanian oiLleld (7). U, Gern... ,tatve &*Z 12 and 20. Largest island of J < tectorate and
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      DRILLING FOOTBALL AT LAST
      459 7 [alays And Recs f)ra%o Three- All B Our Soccer Reporter 3. S.R.C 3. football at last! And it came when the unare held to a three all draw by the oncoin the BA.FA. league competition at Jalan t crowd to date saw a game that had
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      ALCOTT SCORES 61 RUNS IN ECHELON WIN
      270 7 GGOU DaU*c§ by Alcjck whicij gtt 61 out of 119 runs ana b^wloig by Barley who got si-\ la 17 enabled OHQ 2nd Ec:*e--on :<£ALF to teat Char.gi bv 53 ivr. 9 .nda r. BQ put up tiaeir 119 alter a trcus opeaing.
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      ROCKLITES CRICKET
      72 7 HE f lowing -will represent the Roct 1 lites m a fiiendly gan*e of crick-t i'^nst RAP Tengah at Tengah on bur.day at 11 aJj. Players are requested •t No. 14 Lorcng M. Teiulc Kurau at 9.45 am jjjarp E. Snellin?. J. Oahstan. m. Swyr L-ra. W. Galistan,
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      Scoreboard
      204 7 OT AGO— IST INNS. —S4# M.CC.-IST INNS.— 3«S for mx dec!. OTAGO— 2ND INNS. ILftdlee lbw b Pollard 47 SuLclifTe c CcmpUm b Wriffht 128 Mais c Ik m b Hriftht 14 Ribrrts b Wright 1 K-binson b Voce 20 St. John e Polfcud b Bedser 23 Smith c
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      UNPOPULAR WIN FOR PHILLIPS
      282 7 Empire Featherweight Bout LONDON, Tuesday. AFTEK taking four counts in the fourth round, Al Phillips of London fought back to win the Empire featherweight championship at the Royal Albert Hall here tonight by outp inting Cliff Anderson, coffee coloured bantamweight champion of British Guiana, over 15
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      LINCOLN RACE TRACK UNDER WATER
      71 7 LONDON, Tucs. FLAT racing, due to start at Lin- coin nest Monday, may be held up by flood water on the ccurs?. Water has already readied tw) f-ret deep in places and it is still rising by iruiuies. i The clerk of the course and
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      THIS WAS THE BEST GOAL
      28 7 picture. Concciciao, Rccs' ccntreforwartl, slides to a croc* fr^m the left and scores the best goal of yesterday's leagu* srxrcer match. Free Press
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      Grand Finish In M.C.C. Game
      270 7 (From Norman Preston) DUNEDIN, Tuesday. PRICKET enthusiasts were tonight talking about the grand v cricket and thrilling finish to the MCC versus Otago match. The Englishmen risked a defeat while pursuing the fight to get the required runs. It was a most exciting last over
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      MAJ WEEKS WINS YACHT CLUBTROPHY
      158 7 THE following are the resUits cf the races sailed at the Royal Singapore Yacht Club on Fundav: D-CLASS Eight boats started f,r the St. Patrick's Challenge Trophy which was won by Major O. C Weeks (No. 40, finishing {.me 13.0]. 50 > followed by:— Major
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      CUP SOCCER FOR MALAYS AGAIN
      113 7 AT the General Committee Meeting of the Selangor Ma luys Sports Association it was proposed to revive this year the inter-State Malay soccer competition tor the Sultans' Gold Cup, wtfiich has been played since 1933 wh:n Selangor Malays won the trophy The competition will bo
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      'SPRAYED' NATIONAL HORSE IS SOLD
      106 7 \JR. E. T. Johnson Hougiiton, the East Ilsley trainer, has bought the ten-year-o'd steeplechaser Leap Man. together w'th his engagement in the Grand National. Lean Man, wh:> was alleged to have been sprayed with acid during the "nobbling" scare earlier this season, wll leave R.
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      NEWCASTLE COMPARABLE TO GIANTS OF OLD
      462 7 NEWCASTLE COMPARABLE TO GIANTS OF OLD LONDON, Tues. IJEWC^STLE United may not win the Cup and second division promotion. They may fail at both hurdles, but they hav e an eleven t.day comparable with that team of giants in their holycon days at the break of the centuary when men
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      PAYA LEBAR BEAT POLICE
      708 7 PAY A LEBAR BE A T POLICE R.A.F. League Soccer pi .WING in the Base Headquarters League on Sunday at 1 Thomson -road ground, 64 &65P& S. S. Flights (Police) and 8. M. T. S. U. (Pava Lebar) were not given much chance of good football by the bad conditions
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      STRONG RAF REPLY TO C.S.C. 154
      237 7 DAIN forced abanxiontiieni cf one cf th? inos. interesting matches of the week -end when the Ceylon Spor s Ciur> met Crangi RAF on Sunday. Wi h good scores from tfceu eariy biuuun ana an exje-l&nt 3^ from V. Sabapa hy, the CUC batting
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      COLONIALS TEAMS
      118 7 IH£ folloi n n pla? cricket I r Col.n ai acai M 8.A.0.c.C oa Saturday at Ciia:. :xat ay^ke C. Cciias K O U- l> Miller, R. Delilkaii s. L Pae.a. T. Th.yagarajah. L S. J A. B. Ga ageda. A F. <*xuo and A E. Eei.lkan «C&,
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      36 8 llfliflr The River Wharf e flows throu ,h th- moors of Whaifedale. with the ruins of Bolton liUlflC. Abb?y a mile from the vill g e of Bolton Bridge. Alongside the liver is a pack-horse road.
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      U.K. BUILDS 2 DESTROYERS
      263 8 LONDON. Tuesday. NEW construction for the British Navy during the coining year would be only two destroyed s'lh! Mr. John Dugdaie, inancial Secretary to the Admiralty, when he presented the Naval Estimates of £196,000,000 to* the Commons today. He added: "But while we shall rot engage
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      BURMA GOES TO THE POLLS ON APRIL 9
      127 8 BURMA GOES TO THE POLLS ON APRIL 9 RANGOON, Tues. PREPARATIONS are now complete far the Burma Constituent Assembly elections scheduled to take place on April 9, U Hii Election CommKsioner told Reuter todaj The legistration of candidates closed three days aso and the results 01 scrutiny wil 1 be
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      MORE CARS FOR SINGAPORE
      163 8 MR. E. E. F. Pretty, who presided at the joint meeting of the Vehicles Allocat:_n Comm'ttees Of Singapore and of the Malayan Union to discuss the division of Jmpor;.s A ;.ew cars botween the Malayan Un on and S ngaporo, informed th e Fre e Press
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      £47,000 chewed away?
      71 8 JT was announced in Washington yesterday that £47,000 of th« tho t a t0 Britain ha <* be^n spent on chewing sum, but the British Government knows n o thin* about it. of the ch^S J^* 1 1 E* rl of Hone raised the question mVnt ha
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      WORLD TALKS ON WHEAT BEGIN
      207 8 W LONDON, Tuesday. ELCOMING the delegates U> the International Wheat Conference in London today, Mr John itmnU™ <k« economy. lullurai "Few, if any, governments agriculture to be at the mcrcj supply and demand in uncontr* "Governments of all political I complexions take the view that
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      FRANCE REJECTS BID TO UNIFY GERMANY
      611 8 FRANCE REJECTS BID TO UNIFY GERMANY MOSCOW, Tuesday. REJECTING proposals by Britain, America and Russia for the economic unity of Germany, M. Georges Bidault, the French Foreign Minister told the Conference of Foreign Ministers in Moscow today that as long as Germany's frontiers remained undefined France wouid not be able
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      U.K. CABINET DISCUSSES TRUMAN
      89 8 London, Tues. THE British Cabinet at a meeting this morning discussed President Truman's message regaruing Greece and Turkey. It is possible that the Prim? Minister, Mr. Clement Attlee, may make a reierence to this in ris broadcast tonighl. The National Union of Min*Workers saw Mr. Attlee
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      SECRETPACT REVEALED
      360 8 iConmmed xiom Page ii mission should tase in the initial .v.grz a-s a basis for discussion the suggestion of the Sovic-i Gov'.::;mcnt that tiie tolal sum 01 in aecccdance witn >>o:iits a 3Tid b of paro ;raph two j:;ould be $20,000,000,000 and thai 60 percent of it should
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      BURMA FOREIGNOR
      13 8 A Deparai Forf p.. Affairs h« M \isl Eurai CM I
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      NOW, DON'T MISTAKEN!
      43 8 NOW, DON'T MISTAKEN! This was the deceptive st>nr on the bke in Pno^raU end-on-Sea, Essex, as two swans rcl«fcafc thr ttu* for food in the newlj -melted ua*rr Isi| tb »mj sunny period and higher t-m»>era:ur«K there hadaca thick, over the p nd.
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      U.K. RELAXES Po W RULES
      264 8 U.K. RELAXES Po W RULES LONDON, Juesda> FURTHER relaxations of restrictions on prisoners of war were announced in Parliament today by the War Minis ier, Mr. Frederick Believer. In future, prisoners will be allowed to enter private houses on invitation without fir 1 having to obtain their commandant's approval, subject
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      CAR PRODUCER DIES
      31 8 Mr. William C. Durant, organiser cf General Motors giar.t American motorcar manufacturing organisation— d'ed yesterday, aged 89. Mr. Durant twice held and twice lost control of the firm.
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      SOVIET CONSUL SEEKS SAFETY
      98 8 The Soviet Consul in Shanghai yesterday asked the Drevtrr o; the Shanghai office of th Chi Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Dr Che Kuo-lien, for gjazante. 1 o. safety the Soviet COMOI General 1 in Shanghai. The BOTk* the caus? of his request the "mcunur-i ijde i
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      LINER NOT TO BE RELEASED
      58 8 The Australian Government announced today that Br I will not release the liner Aquitania for carrying immigrants from Britain to Australia. Australia was to have char ered the Aquitan:a for r urd trips over two years. The Australian Governme: t will receive from Britain for
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        S'PORE RUBBER PRICES TODAY
        68 8 k Special Market corr^iiondent <ives the prices or rubber at 11 am today as follows: Buyers Sellfrs Cts Cts. per lb per Ib. No 1 R.S.S. Spot loose 42 'h 42 No 1 R.S.S. fob in bales April 43'* 43 3 No 2 R.S.S. fob in
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        SINGAPORE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
        69 8 O THh. Singapore Chamber of Com- i merce Rubber Associations' rubber prices at nocn on Saturday were: Buyers Sellers Cta Cta. per Ib per Ib. No 1 a.S.S. Spot loose 42 12', No 1 R.S.S. fob in bales April 434* 43 No 2 R.S.S. fob in
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        S'pore shares
        106 8 ON the Singapore share market this morning Gammsns were stili the main feature of interest j with buyers at $5 60 The closing I price for Gammons last night was 55 50 buyers and not $23 75 as published in another newspaper vhis morning. Malayan Collieries were aLao
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        London stocks
        138 8 f\S the London Stock Exchange yesV^ terday. it was another day of disappointing markets with the only bright spot the sustained improvement tn British Government securities which i in later stages found some reflection in other domestic issues although in the actual turnover the situation in those groups
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        Fall in Silver
        8 8 ban or. billion Imports. s
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        New York stocks
        78 8 ON the New York Stock Exchan yesterday, in the quietest trading of some months professional operators found offerings rather mearre when testirnr the market, consequently stock > experienced little difficulty in recovering further one point or more along a fairly broad 'front. Earlier gains were well maintained
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      84 8 Scattaa showers U'» \THLK tetecMkiJ froiß QMB Uta< M I I (rai« |S la (omattM h] ir/.rrvak -M J aj not ai^Ußi S«s^J Kin? a*, n^ht and fiT3 Baacrr.K itt-mtrm B«a*| darin; i, .'>« Mrs ka d aiiaaigii raH dinatata] San-vt 6 'f. r k Smi a m Moonr' •4
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