The Singapore Free Press, 25 March 1947

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    20 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA dfI SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, MARCH 25, 1947. Pirn k iv ih> is.
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    3 HANDGED, 2 SAVED ON SCAFFOLD
    362 1 3 HANDGED, 2 SAVED ON SCAFFOLD 'Ritual' murder sensation ACCRA, Mouc^ay. THREE of the five West African negroes, who have been taken six times to the gallows for the ritual murder of a Gold Coast chief and then reprieved, were hanged m Fort James, Accra, this morning Orders to stop
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    S'PRE BACK PAY RALLY
    40 1 h of Government Units »&s held n Singapore L rvice I Lffcpts toifd for rej< j of ba^rkI" demand of >f the Jap and for i to the Ser- take rh steps a ssary ■t of
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    TEN RED DIVISIONS IN U.S.A.'
    11 1 -card are ulti- .on. least U.S.,
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    GUNMEN POSED AS POLICE
    13 1 GUNMEN POSED AS POLICE two Road iered n out :n of The > 3rad-
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    VIETNAM CHIEF IS RUMOURED DEAD
    49 1 SAIGON, Monday. d today that they had no inleny the rumour— widespread iv b> vietnaj n resistance leader have not been known s, French ciivles gtated, adding iiive or where he is." quoted re- lo to will the ion Of and it a Reuter
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    PLAN NEW GERMANY
    27 1 Christian Democrat and Christian Socialist Party delegates from the four zones of Germany meeting m Cologne have drafted proposals for a German federal republic
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    Massacre Nips plead orders
    285 1 Massacre Nips plead orders Fret? Presft StaJJ Reporter I IKIED to make the sacrifice as small a^ jxxvjible" was 1 f he plea made by ex-Kempei oiluer Major Jyo Tomotatsu ning to the Singapore Chin massacre oi" February 1942 ni liie continued trial m the Singapore War Crimes court this
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    WEATHER HALTS RAID ON S'PORE
    108 1 WEATHER HALTS RAID ON S'PORE THE first phase oj Op i atiOii Lud., 1 the la est air-sea exercise oil Bingap re which began this morning vat completed when a iictitkwis COU :to release the hard press. d RAF 1.-:t sjh at Laboaii u Borne Hie fixsi phase consisted of
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    Future fo the brown man
    105 1 TH*: futur c is not to ill* pink man or black man but to the fn>vn man. >ays GCOTSC Bernard Shaw m a letter to the Secretary of the Indian Workers' Arsociation. H e was asked if he thought the "white policy of South Africa
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    EX-MINISTER OF JUSTICE TO DIE
    317 1 EX-MINISTER OF JUSTICE TO DIE nTHOMAS John Ley, 6t>-year old former New South Wales 1 Minister of Justice, and Lawrence Join Smith, 38 yearoid London joiner, were today sentenced to death for the murder of 35 year-old barman, John McMain Mudie, whose rope- bound body was found m a partly
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    ARMY CUTS SERVICE
    57 1 All c: listed me:: In the French Army, who had a i'athe r or son eilher killed m line of duty for France s ncp Sr-piember 2, 1939, or already m service m Ind china, will not be required to serve -n f he Indo-chineso theatre of
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    Big check-up on liquor stocks
    442 1 Big check- up on liquor stocks Free Press Staff Reporter •yEAMS of Customs officials from the Maxwell Road (Sin papo.e) headquarters of the an ti smuggling branch hsvt been touring Singapore to check up the source of .supply of spirits which are sold m the city's clubs and restaurants, and
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    MR. BEVIA SEES STALIN
    255 1 MR. BE VIA SEES STALIN MOSCOW, Man n:jR. Em t Beria, Bnu.si. Secretary, visited Genet b siflU Staiin at the Krerrui:. onight. Bevin v mpanied oy the Briush Ambassador, Sir Maunce Peterson, and h« p- etary. The visit is ..jed There are. h;wevi 9 stai discuss during such met tinfe
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    DUTCH FIND SUGAR
    25 1 Advancing Dutch forces yesterday found 10,00° tons oi sugar at a factory atxwi three miles v si of Modjokerto, East Java. A.P.
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    BIG BEN LIGHTS UP
    41 1 The lights of the Big Ben. the huge clock of the British houses of Parliament, were switched on again on Monday right. They were switched °ff two months agp because of a shortage of electricity.— A. P.
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    MISSIONS RAIDED
    222 1 VATICAN Cm (Rome), Monday. CHINESE Communists are accii^ed of destroying Catholic missions m China under a preconceived plan," according to despatches received from Peipmg and Taiping. which were published today m the Vatican newspaper. L'Osservatore Romano. Three missions at Sh:erv Kincrh.sion and Taming, m Com-mum.st-controllcd areas south of
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      157 1 g^ */>»^ CAflTOt TNUiti J m&-.^^r^M*nmr»emm\m\\ nil m i^aaae^gpa^, «im Supremely (food for Children tVHE deliciousness oi ovaltine cjuickij escaMMMi it ah a nrm x favourite with children. But apart from \iema ftmd to taste 'Oyaltine Is also supremely good for helping to keep active growing children at the peak
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  • FEATURES...
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      PLANE BOOKINGS TO S'PORE SUSPENDED
      1278 2 PLANE BOOKINGS TO S'PORE SUSPENDED Hall Romneys London Letter IT ifl not an easy A matter to travel out to Malaya nowadays —unless you are a Government servant or able, for some other reason, to get your name on the Colonial Office priority list. It does not matter whether prefer
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      QUIZ Answers
      78 2 1 (a) CymbelL ej Cb) Love's Labour Lost; Tiv Merchant of Venice; <d> The Tempest; (c) The Two Qent] men of Verona. 2. (a) a. a n actoi >:^ci a en) &j d producer; 'b :n politics 'Sir James Or%g was the first highly placed civil servant ix)
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      TODAYS BRIDGE PROBLEM
      193 2 DAVID H. LANG. telling the stcry of thus deal, cu c ks you to imagine" his feelings whoa his partner, Scuth, opened with one heart. Mo, th<>y were far from pleasant, for he knew hh partner psyching ba hearts and would nevr: allow the contract to play
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      CINEMA IS ART TOO
      331 2 AT last, the Government of the United States ha^ recognised the cinema as an art as well as an industry, and has created a department of film preservati m the Library of Oongre s, and Miss Iris Barry, is to lead the stall which will recommend
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      THE WORLD USES 51,500,000 PHONES
      81 2 THE WORLD USES 51,500,000 PHONES T*H£ world now 1 51,500,000;. m use, according to a rep of the instrument's invent ander Graham Bell. statistics r 15 ne.\ i as the city having the most teleph_nes per individual resident In the world, although New York its 2,215.00Q instruments, has than any
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      1000 2 S^.'QUUOrt quest; a- Dflnin t? A r> J 8.30." Written and arranged by Gra- KADIU orj/i*rlovuvvokk^^,;,,^ ,:C^^S^ RADIO BEAC Bn^OCStlng irom -3 metres. Un U p.m to p.. ivafc R orchestra; 7 Colombo; Oeylon, on Uie loi--4 315 megacyclfs per second «G1 metr, AustraUan Pianist Frank Hutcheus Uowmg wr.VC bands
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      180 2 YOUR Portu I >- for c born today yd are practical and bfl Ml I nhuh ■I the to: i tecative. Von era heart i f probl< n and a M.'uinr. a t OCll Life, however, will not ci cess vwi depend solely ur«» > r own efforts. Intuitions are
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      CHESHIRE CAT HAS DELICATE MEAL MANNERS
      63 3 CHESHIRE CAT HAS DELICATE MEAL MANNERS burners gather around .it Mr fealfl BCfWttCiaej at II- land, when th c shop cat named Patch does ftffl eat and drink like the v >s its head bite d-h Inst-ad. Pakh niilk or ''^h\ and feed** it drop by r v&ct by piece
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      SOLD ATOM SECRET FOR WHISKEY $200
      623 3 SOLD ATOM SECRET FOR WHISKEY $200 Disclosures by Russian spy A BOTTLE of whisky and $200 was the price paid by CoL Nikolai Zabotkin, chief of the Russian military spy ring m Canada, io Dr. Allan Nunn May, the British scientist who was later jailed for revealing: atom secrets, for
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      HUSBAND WAS 'INTOLERANT'
      203 3 I hiwumd toacribed by the judue u& a A mj i yp* w^^ a ■■wtal attitud of int >ler■waiidoverN was grafted a decree ri<i at Leeds the ground> <»f cruelty. .of Morecambe, had sued sit Cu. :mk official m Bcial m the Allied Control Commisf I .sion
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      CITY FREEMAN
      25 3 The Arcn bishop of Canterbury. Dr. Fisher has becom fi a freoman of the City of London, his livery company being the Shipwrights.'
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      PICTURE STAMPS FOR UK?
      22 3 PICTURE STAMPS FOR UK? X a. Tip I I I I era! m X I I .thedral, X X X B for
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      BRIDE IN DRIFTING YACHT
      32 3 BRIDE IN DRIFTING YACHT :lar- p ol i this I I They I n New I their m for I 1S I pasI "Our soft I on I I a row p
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      DESERTERS GET LESS LENIENCY
      131 3 nESERTLRS Irom th e Forces *J ..o surrender after March 31 may not expect th c generous terms given to those who surrender before that, date, the Ministry of Defence lias, announced. is no: intended to oiler any iur;her inducements to deserters' to re urn the
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      DETECTIVE WAS LURE TO GANG
      229 3 'THE ra story that lies behind the kidnapping of a 1 Scotland Yard detective who was given a "beating up" which almost cost him his life baa been revealed by the police. Hi< name cannot be published yet because of pcs- sible criminal proceedings. me
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      UK goaf fops milk record
      79 3 A BRITISH goat IUM broken idl world records m milk production by giviii^ (i,CGill). 3oz. m 3G5 days. She is Malpas Rfdta, owned by Mr. J. K. Egcrton, of Bramford, Suffolk. As -h e weighs under ,'OOIb, she has given over 33 times her own
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      UK TO EXPORT MOKE CARS
      125 3 British eax manutacturew are to b e asked by the Government to increase the allocation of their tofel output ol vehicles for export to 75 per cent. The Advisory Council of the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders ha.s not J*\ received th P proposal,
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      Parrot talks two tongues
      112 3 A BI LINGUA! parrot has just joined Loud >n Zoo. Polly Ls a Brazilian blueiron ted bird and has been siven to th<- Zoo by her owner, Mrs. L A Watson, of Brixton. "Polly has been a family idol for several years", says Mrs. Watson. She
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      CHECK FROM AIR
      28 3 St. Paneras Council (London) plans to record progress on their development scheme toe the Regent's Park area by arranging for aerial photographs to be taken.
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      RUSHED DRUGS TO SAVE BABY
      361 3 FOl'R men unknown to each oilier formed a BPfld and rail link m I nginnd to supply the drug >tr<-ptom\</in to save the life of Peter Harireaves, a tv\ o nnd-a half \earold baby. Tin 1 baby was dangerously ill at WyncUim Place. ?.larh!e A-ch.
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      ROYAL VISIT BRINGS GLUT OF ORDERS
      162 3 ROYAL VISIT BRINGS GLUT OF ORDERS IDMTRATION of the clothes' A W orn toy the Royal Family during their tour Of South Aft has resulted m rush orders worth over .£250.000 for the textile mills of Yorkshire s West RUMng. It is bow revealed that the King's suits as well
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      NEW CHAIRMAN
      24 3 Lady Nathan, wife of the Miirster of Civil Avia'ion, has bfeCß elected chairman of th e L.C.C ,o succeed Mr. John Cllfi.
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      HOME TOWN BOOST
      93 3 HOME TOWN BOOST DROOKLYH, New York's neighhour started a movement to convince the outs'de world that Brooklyn is the greatest pl^ce m all the world. A grouD of etttzeni have solemnly incorporated themselves under the proud name of "The First Families of Brooklyn." with a crest. "In Brooklyn we trust."
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      107 3 SULTAN TBL .AE. m SELETAR p m and if p in "FIRST YANK INTO TOKYO" I Stair ing Tom N'eal. Barbara Hal* and many others. I TO-MORROW n the R£X BRIT A 1 XS NEWEST c\ FINEST TECHNICOLOR A N N E Z I I L 1 R V^ E
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  • LEADER...
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      The Singapore Free Press TUESDAY, MAR. 25 1947 Employers In Danger!
      635 4 The Singapore Free Press TUESDAY, MAR. 25 1947 Employers In Danger! MAY the tort -he deadline by which Trade Unons whjcii wish to continue m business m Singapore nwl conpfy wHi the law and secure registreKccording to the rules of the Trad- Union Ordinance, n s order applies not Oa
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      PROTECTION OF GIRLS
      1032 4 PROTECTION OF GIRLS In a recent broadens t from Radio Malaya Mr. D. R. Home, Singapore's Asst. Sec. for Social Welfare discussed the problem: FINAL responsibility for protection of Women and Girls m Singapore has not yet been allocated, but has m the interim been ass'grned to the Women and
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      FAITH
      23 4 oun^'i m uv htnti of man i^ lihp dtH'p irater; but man of undf rstanding will dram it out. Proverbs 20. 5.
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      ATOMIC SECRETS
      374 4 TWO Qi S pi©] atom n.- arch men I fcs&or J d. Cockcroft and Profpssox M. Oliphant. recently let millions of radio listeners into the "near-secrets'' of energy. Fn x ■on of the atomic bomb m the desert Mexico -'nee showed t] from a few pounds of uranium
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      PEOPLE MAKE NEWS
      408 4 jOYCK GARTSIDE, 23 year J Old Lancashire girl from Chorley, went to London recently to make her dobut m opera. She has been given special leave i: Manchester College of Music to sing m Madam Butterfly at Sadler's Wells. TT was cold and rainy along New York's
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      Tales from Tanglin-12
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      NEW DEAL FOR PACIFIC?
      688 4 [By W. P. GOODWIN] 'AUSTRALIA. France, il the Ncthe: lands, New Zealand, the United X dom and the United SI of An. erica the six nations < erned on 6th February 1947 at the South Seas Conference at Canberra, ■<-. as Nt to s,t up i
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      QUIZ
      112 4 l. Here aa c the opening lines of three of Shakespeare's lyrics. In which of the plays are they to be found?: fa) Hark! hark! the lark at Heaven's gate sings, And Phoebus 'gins arise (b) When daisies pied and violets blue And lady-smocks all silverwhtte And cuckoo-buds of
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      'ARIES' TO RETIRE
      86 4 'ARIES' TO RETIRE am I Empir- ;^3 School I sp» I dertak I TJ I for I the globe an< 1 bv 6 I bomber to the I- I The fi' I craft 01 I tional c I the Far Eas' is c tlie end tafned by c Fnlev. OB
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  • LOCAL,. NEWS..
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      WHISKY IN SHORT SUPPLY
      347 5 Spore clubs n rationing. t Free Press Maff Reporter uhwky supply situation m Singapore has detected so hadI > m the tew montns that most aiß ctahfi are about to embark upon whisky schemes, importers of Scotch hold out >of s ipplw* ior some time to
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      TANGLIN CLUB FEES TO BE BE INCREASED
      110 5 TANGLIN CLUB FEES TO BE BE INCREASED I Reporter c annual nl mefting of the \pril 18 is a tral to i' n trance -w fees premembers J •;W. up-o-un-and 1 of the committee ended Jan. 31, membership at L h;ef i'-ems m the reib<- buildings xod has been rvture
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      CEYLON WINS 'WAR'
      32 5 CEYLON WINS 'WAR' I s that I: I the I ry soon ■d be a I ir.d 27 I ts of ■JF were regularly I; the rey good. I decline eing prophy-
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      RAIL WAGONS FOR SIAM
      16 5 of 52 g -a vs. secondwagons ese nga.structed 19 of the Board
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      ON THEIR WAY
      21 5 The members of the Higher Education Commission left J.i-I. by RAF Transport Command plane last Saturday for Singapore.
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      INSURED PARCELS
      19 5 The insured parcel post service is new extended to Australia. The limit of insured value is $420.
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      EMPIRE AIR SCHOOL MISSION TO MALAYA
      193 5 'ea tour of Mafegm and ■he latest develoonsenU m mthnm i «nll also st ml >ct. I as*.he rain .-ade, fittings h Co bav--1 vaiig pay had »tn> win now, no Tne Empire Hying School is concentrating this year on strument flying m all
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      20 HOUSES TO BE DEMOLISHED
      46 5 Free Press Siaif Reporter The demolition of 20 Singapore shophouses situated at the juneUon of Chua Chu Karg and Urn Chu Kang roads will take place shortly. .ese houses have been built r the re-occupation, and the Municipality has not approved
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      CEYLON TO GROW MORE RICE
      299 5 CEYLON TO GROW MORE RICE IN a bid to gruv, mo*e rice to supplement overaaaj uppMcs, nearly OB€ milfcm acres are to bo brought under cultivation m Ceylon durug the two harvesting sccvwmn this year to produce 43£ M tons of rice, ezceedii g the piwioae year* figure by four
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      NEI, PHILIPPINES SIGN AIR PACT
      71 5 AN aide memoire between the N.E.I.' and Philippines was initialed at Batavia on Sunday, giving re. Iproca] aviation landing right! to N.E.I, and Filipino planes. The arrangement is understood to hc\ve ended the provision by one of the Philippine airlines of planes on charter U>
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      CAMBRIDGE EXAM CONCESSION
      123 5 THE: Gciurui Secretary of the Cambridge Locsd Examinations Syndicate has recently sent the following information to the Department of Education, Malayan Union: '•Candidates who have obtained credits m four of the necessary five subjects for exemption from London Matriculation can take the fifth subject at a .subsequent
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      S'PORE STILL DIRTY
      98 5 S'PORE STILL DIRTY These are a few reminders of th c recent SJngapor town-ckanei-s' strike. Within a few weeks of the strike being called off, much of the garbage littered m the st reets has be^n removed and taken to the incinerator, but there is still work to be done,
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      Union to light up Malacca
      164 5 Union to light up Malacca Free Pre^s Correspondent MALACCA win soon l>o .supplied with electric power 1 1 1 inn th<? Malayan Union capital. It has been decided to lay an electric power line running from Bukit Putus, m Negri Sembilan, to Bukit China, m Malacca. Initial surveys have been
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      KILLEARN LEARNS MALAY
      254 5 KILLEARN LEARNS MALAY Free Press stair Repor*. t MEMBERS of the Special Commissioner's Office, headed by Lord Killi-am, go to school every Thursday afternoon m the Ca^hav Building. They arc learning Malay, and are mak.ng good progress according ;o their teach* r. 45-year-old matefant Malay School principal, Wok bin Ahmad
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      'FLYING FLAT' DUE SOON
      228 5 Free Pres* Stall Reporter 'THE Flying Dutchman 1&47 styie is expected m Sbfcg** 1 pore this week. He is 63 year-old Mr. Bernard va* Leer*, Dutch millionaire, who is coming out m his own 'fty*r«g flai? to pay a business visit to his various branches m
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      LECTURES AT COLLEGE
      86 5 T TNPER the auspices of the Alumni AssodfttlOß of King Edward VII College of Medicine, Singapore, there will be a Scientific and Clinical Meeting on Wednesday, March 25, at 3 p.m. m the Pathological Laboratory Gen. Hospital and the following papers wfil bo reed: "The Incidence of
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      CHINESE MEMO TO U.K. ON CONSTITUTION
      183 5 CHINESE MEMO TO U.K. ON CONSTITUTION Free l*i\sa Coirespoiuiest KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. V'HE Associated Chinese] 1 Chamber of Commerce of ivxalaya met m the Chinese Assembly Hall yesterday under the chairmanship of Mr. Lee Kong Chian, President of the Singapore Chamber, and do- j cided to send a memorandum on
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      EX-RESIDENT OF NEGRI DEAD
      98 5 EX-RESIDENT OF NEGRI DEAD LONDON. Monday. TTHE death was announced at a Sussex home today ol Sir Walter Bgecton, former Britlita Resident of'Negri Sembilan. He was 8© years of age. Ke entered the Straits Settlements Civil Service m 1881. His j€ust appointment m the Bast was as British Resident m
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      CENSUS WORK TO START
      77 5 Free Frcss Correspondent MALACCA. Monday. cpade work for the coming census m Malacca has been completed and the next few weeks the actual worl: will be transferred to the field, states Mr. A H. W. Lilly, Assistant Superintendent of r^n.su^ Malacca. Mr. Lilly says actuai dat
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      16 5 OPENING TOMORROW "Lacghtofl Is Hagnificeal |^^//|,\[(i!JT()\ 1 *DEA\ HARENS yr Super Screort lx«'fwm*«f <- \«tTF«R(iM I'tßcutsKa ei'-iarwanit
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      STATE SEIZES ATOM SECRETS
      33 6 All parents on atomic energy plant and inventions filed dv. the war have been conftsc by ihe Government under the 1946 Atomic Energy Act. Compensation will b P paid.
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      MINES ALL GONE
      39 6 British coastal waters arc now says an Admiralty official and there is no longer any danger to f MPfaßfr Only i :.rr P minesweep n on are off ihe Faroe T and off Cohb m Ere.
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      BIGGEST CARPET
      31 6 The special carpet made iorj the South African Houses of I .ament for the Royal was made by a ton and! he largest n ever made! m British I-
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      MORE NEWSPRINT FORM SWEDEN
      594 6 MORE NEWSPRINT FORM SWEDEN /Mi//s change to oil fuel SWEDISH newsprint manufacturers are increasing production by using oil instead of coal as fuel for their plants. Production, which at the beginning of 1946 ha<l fallen to just over 2,000 tons compared with £86.000 tons m 1939, has m consequence begun
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      RECOVERED PIN
      22 6 Doctors at PriaceM ABee liJ&--pital ;Tb Kirn < successfully recovered i anr infti open saftty-pin swallowed by a WfOl.:h-. Ld babj.
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      SCANDAL AFTER ICE RESCUE
      117 6 WREN :-aw Mr-. Dorifl Bremner, 43, of St. John'sgrove, Bb wet and bedraggled < ieorted by a policeman, 'he rrm- BB s I that she had attempted suicide m a ..ear her home. Modes; Mrs. Br-_ :r.r. i <Md not tell anyone t,hat she had fallen
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      NAZIS SOUGHT GERM WAR
      154 6 RINGLEADERS of a N;:J underground netnoik U brin-jr Britain to her knees hy -prtadin disi*a^ m I/(>nd«.n. They cl!«^ I: Mio.l to heTJr? a new Wi 1 war and a revival of the KtKli. Tli v .ined to I B ate youiig NaziLondon can; p] laei
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      LIVED ON SEA BED
      104 6 LIVED ON SEA BED A YOUNG Cambridge has described to the Royal Sodetf m London a 4,000 miles .-übinarinp voyage as strange and fascinating v any made t)y Jules Verne's c ptfl D Nfnno m the Nautilus. He Ifl Professor B.C. Brone. issistant dr.t'ctur of the Cambridge Umvi rxity Depaxtmeot
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      OFFICER SET DESTROYER ADRIFFT
      148 6 OFFICER SET DESTROYER ADR IFFT I BUT. John Paton Fyle, D&JO v and Bar. who was said to have oa*l idrifi rojei H.MS Cassandra and r v Op i '.gincs of the submai fly B which hf. commanded, aflat B .at ashore at GibraJ-ar on Dee 12. m\§ mence^ to
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      BILLS' EGGS
      27 6 Kr. Strachcy, Minister oi' Food. has agreed with the Board < f Trade to the Importation of gull eggi from Denmark, Holland and Eire into Britain,
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      Glad he put his foot in it
      115 6 MANY people have damp houses, but not everyone solves the < l reason hi the sum- way as Mr. R Herron of West HartlepooJ, d*d, when he accidentally put his foot through a floorboard m bis home. The broken floorboard revealed a well
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      NO ACCIDENTS
      13 6 January was an accident-free month for RAJ pnwn *Bd tnop-carrytef plaae*.
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      DOPE DEN RAIDS BY VICE SQUAD
      217 6 SCOTLAND YARD'S "vice squad'" arc working on one of O the biggest clean-ups of London's drug dens since prewar days. Following the death of Dr. William Hub psychiatrist who turned "drug-doctor." inquiries have revealed the existence of a drupr-addict "rinsj M m certain houses
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      Girl haled lover of her mother
      394 6 EVIDENCE of a girl, aged Bt, ail he hated her mother's lover was accepted by J >c Forbes m Birmingham Divorce Court because h< f f<l '>-:: couki not have m rented it. Major William Beary Wilkt- 37. of Tresham-road, Kingstandinr, Birmingham, was granted
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      EASTER SOCCER VISITORS FOR S'PORE
      315 7 Qoinoined L<ninese from Negri, K.L. tf\ Our Soccer Reporter Hl r 4 vn*apore was lifted by the bootstraps mediocrity last «eek by the game between the I v --.ip..re Recreation Club, an* 1 to a lesser i v who beat S.C.F.A. 11, and there is
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      ENGINEER MAKES 109 v INDIANS
      641 7 VV 1 I*^1 weekepd cricket <>a -.n^apore citj grounds inttrien-J with h, rain and where games were played low scoring; )lv C the (iap it a batsman'i day. Here the R.E. entertained the Indian i ion and scored an easy victory, Blak g 105 r-nd
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      League Soccer Will Carry On
      445 7 By The -por s i ditor THE stciiii clouds that were hanging so menacingly over Singapore's son league over the week end have biown over, and the eostpetition will carry mi. Today's game between the Royal Air 1 and Chinese first -t- ion will be
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      SKIER JUMPS 294 FEET IN EXHIBITION
      132 7 SKIER JUMPS 294 FEET IN EXHIBITION WASHINGTON, Mo-.. f°°* toP American skiers clinched place- on the U S Olympics ski-jumping team The? areJoePerr-u:'. Walter BJ ralph and Sve— F^d' v r.esota. Art Devlin of New York is also expected to be a member of the team, though he did not
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      AMATEUR SOCCER TOUR ABROAD IN MAY
      116 7 The F.A. International Selection Committee have confirmed c amateur match to b? played between England and France at Lille on May 10, and announced added games with Luxemburg (May 14) and Holland (May IT). After choosing the England side to play Wales at Newport
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      SIMA LEAVES FOR MANILA FIGHT
      206 7 SIMA LEAVES FOR MANILA FIGHT By Our Boa Jug Reporter UNABLE U> §*t a*r«>turn flffht wfch S»m Fo«g, either for the welter or middie'wei^kt titles. Battling Si ma finally decided to aecefK the- offer of ftaht* m Manila, aivd kft Singapore by air orcr tlie week-evd. He will hare fcjs
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      Inter-Club Athletics
      81 7 The English 10-mile cross country race at Apsley, Herts, was run over a course covered with slush and snow, which m some pl&cea was more th^n a fot>t thick. The race was won by Sutton Harrkrs from the holders Belgrave Harriers, who were handj^aped by croched" member?. Pictures
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      WHAT HAPPENS IN SINGPORE IS MILD
      335 7 I/C'JR of Hongkong s Service referees have resigned frCJB The 1 Association saying tnat ,aro not prepared to "risk th?ir n2cks" m what has become a dangerous pastime, report Reutet from Hong Kong. In reseat months *n iccai 1 e&gue between Service teams and
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      TO DEFEND TITLE FOR A LIVING
      75 7 CLEVELAND. Monday. DEOAUSE welterweight champion Ray "Sugar"' Robinson nu*t make a living, ihe will fight the winner of tcnight's tenround fight between Jimmy Doyle of Los Angeles and Danny Kapilow of Brooklyn for the title. Like iKavyw-ugiht champion Joe Louis, Robinson has been holding
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      STANDARD BASIS FOR TENNIS HANDICAPS
      53 7 STANDARD BASIS FOR TENNIS HANDICAPS "LJANDICAPPING of play, n Is to be put upon a standard basis by the Lawn Tennis Association, after this year's Wimbledon championships. A sub-committee, m consultation with the referees, will arrange handicaps based on winners of qualifying competitions for the Championships being placed on the
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      U.S. HORSE HEADS LINCOLN FIELD
      548 7 Spring Double Betting LONDON, Monday. •THERE was a heavy demand for the American horse 1 Whistling Wind at the Lincolnshire Handicap Callow r and he was installed a clear favourite after he had been backed to win £20,000. Some French trained horse* came m for
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      REST OF EUROPE SOCCER TEAM
      109 7 THE rest oi Europe team to meet Great Britain m an InternationaJ Association Football match at Hampden Park, Glasgow, om May 10 will be chosen from the following 15 players. Goal keepers: O. Jt-nson »t Demark and J Parui of Fran t. Back: W. Stiffen
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      QUIZ ANSWERS
      131 7 Gu ncr Moir. Eomb-dier PI. 1 Scot and Tzmmy Fan wen tl c four boxers who have rieavcured to win the vo Id h ht boxing tie for Eriia:a drrinc; the past r 0 c rs All fa Kd Jo^ Louis vac ?3 when he bal J m
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      JUST SHORT OF RECORD
      47 7 SAN FANCISCO, Monday 4 CURIIS swam the \^o yards freestyle m 1 9/10 sec. m San Francisco today. This was Dine-tenthi of a ?e--oond Short of the Americar. g course women's record held 3renda Helsen of the L> i ie Club.— A P
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      N.Z. TEST ABANDONED
      40 7 CHRISTCKURCH. Tues THE :lar.d-New Zea 1 crlclret Trst was abandr- as a draw. No play was oossibte tcdpy otter incessant T The Onal scores are New land: 345 for 9 declar-d b*»«h< j 265 for 7.— Reuter.
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      CITY NEWS S'PORE RUBBER PRICES TODAY
      391 8 CITY NEWS S'PORE RUBBER PRICES TODAY pru-es. of rubber %t Jl i.m f -a\ iv ioiows Cts. 'Us ocr !b p?r Ib la© M N X >- h ii tales AoriJ >5 I B +4 14 >| M *n hales I :i II «4 ■M Market: Firm <«\r,A?()R£ CHAMBER Of
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      JITTERBUGGING BRINGS FINE
      45 8 JITTERBUGGING BRINGS FINE An eigHteeu-year-oW English youth was fined 10 ahUttnga yesI *pa Lstlßg m iirt«r--r 1:: a London stFC UUgid formally with foot whereby a oi the peace mlglH have ened ri who fined him Take u D a little manly sporl U. P.
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      UK TO IMPORT MORE GRAIN
      325 8 LONDON, Monday. IN a general review oi the lYnxi situation, the Food Minister, Mr. Juiui Strachey, said today that Bri:;tin w<Kild import much more" maize this year than last m an effort to reconstitute her Mvestock industry. Asked why only 120, iMK) tons of m*i?e
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      'RITUAL' MURDER
      235 8 'RITUAL' MURDER r^nttawn inn Pa^ i, Mood could be pour-d on tne throne. E-- "rigiaaHj .<- -lenc.d, or.t oaf died m prison, l-wo fliers have been reprieved. Three of the eight were MM of Sir Otort, and the other rive were throne sons." Those who were hanged today were Aaron
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      BURMA ARMY TO HAVE 11 BATTALIONS
      127 8 BURMA ARMY TO HAVE 11 BATTALIONS LONDON. Man civ MHQATffMH A. R. w. \jjm •Co Blackpool) Umber at Parliament, asked m Common* toda.s at wa~s 0/ the Burma Army now. mba was :he 'a-.'t '■> be reached before Mm nc% coiistit T ...^:i caau into fooee, kw p wUrj batttJtoM
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      FRENCH CUT BUDGET
      33 8 The Preaefa Cabinet today fe exacted to '.•.::.sidor B new military budget reduced at the request of the Finance Minister, Robert Schnman, from 50.500--000.000 tnOtM to 45.WK1.500.000 f racci; Reuter
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      UK WILL REVEAL SECRETS NOW
      278 8 D LONDON, Monday. ytLK British Government is to publish the whole Yalta Agreement between Mr. Winston Churchill the late President Roosevelt and Marshal Stalin, including the protocol amplifying the decision that Germany should be obliged to make compensation for damage caused to Allied nations m
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      BRITAIN WILL GUARD EMPIRE PREFERENCE
      964 8 BRITAIN WILL GUARD EMPIRE PREFERENCE LONDON, Mcmday. rTAIN would certainly not give away the interests of th€ other Commonwealth countries m reducing the Imperial Preference enjoyed by them m the United Kingdom market, said Sir Stafford Crippts, President of the Board of Trade, m the Commons debate on Britain's import
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      'REPOSE' MEANT DEATH TO CHINESE
      155 8 'REPOSE' MEANT DEATH TO CHINESE MAJOR GENERAL H. obarged with U\e killing ol Chinese prisoners, told the Wir Crimes Court at Rabaul yesterday: "My orders Wttl not MMdeutlMNl. I ordered the Chh patients who had rested more than three days to be fully re"This ieemi to have been understood by
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      RAF MARSHAL TOURS CEYLON
      41 8 The Air Commander- in- Chief, Par East, Air Marshall Sir George Firie, yesterday arrived at Negonibo airport, Oeylon. from Singapore He will inspect Ceylon \s air stations for a week and then fly back to Singapore. Reuter
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      U.S. DELETES GIVE CYPRUS TO GREECE
      115 8 U.S. DELETES GIVE CYPRUS TO GREECE pRLSIDENT TRUM-.N'S proposal fchafl Britain should cede Cyprus to Greece was withdrawn yesterday from th< Presidential programme <>' tM to Greece and Turkey Whitehall srnirces said \ma>) night that ihey were surprised and dieappoinWci that the Ami can Government h&d favoured the cession of
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      DEATH
      18 8 LX CAIN. WALTER JOHN CI.CMES to-day at General Hospital Bun>. Bidaoan Cemetery at 5 p m \o-amy
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      Floods destroy UK food crops
      297 8 Floods destroy UK food crops LONDON. Mutt. FLOODS m Ifci IHM fen dfctrieti were deserifei I* ft Tom Wil!^amfe, .Minister rrf A- iculture m the Cmm today as a d Vaster <4 ihe first magnitude." Thonsa&d «'icre^ of winter wh< ;intl th<Kisands of ton^ of poUloesU been submerged !n flMi
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      OiS discovered in Eaynt
      82 8 QIL has been discovered near the Wadi Baba area of the Sinai desert about 200 miles south -east <* Sue*, it is reported frwn Cairo. The discovery, which is d escribed as "promising U the first made by the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey who
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      BENEFIT OF HIS ADVICE
      13 8 BENEFIT OF HIS ADVICE >anJ gi\t^ i fe, wordi ol ad?k* to W
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      114 8 WEATHEB- Cloudy Mitk WLATUtR f«rtta« U m Ifron) no«uj today ewpia fhc RAF CeatraJ F«m«nj StoOioß Air Ccomaad Fir V*>»th*r g*B«raily d»t r*in at time this aAfrw* 1 early r^nng. *Wf hrijrk» parts to-morr** b ■4s Main!? Nartfc I EasterH t 643 p Si^jT a m Moonri* B.SS 1 p.m
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