The Singapore Free Press, 26 March 1947

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    19 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALA YA SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26, 1947. jhg PRICt Hi 11M*
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    USSR USES VETO ON BRITAIN
    313 1 USSR USES VETO ON BRITAIN Nl_W YORK, Tuesday. HH ANDREI GROMYKO, the Russian dele-ate, today vetoed the limited ISaiioio; Security Council decision finding that the minefield m the Corfu Straits, which damaged two British warship* on October 22 and killed 41 men on them, could noi have been laid without
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    Dalforce squats for back pay
    319 1 Dalforce squats for back pay I tteir disappointment over the decisK,:n of the V ifffce to give them only 7 -v^r.-.-ns' back pay force, U agipaw MrtUeyn. c army tb* Jppainse m February 1942. began OHU4de the Chinese StcwUile* m fcHock Road Siagapere, late Monday aftera rnbers slept the night
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    PEERS WILL DEBATE NEW MALAYA
    48 1 PEERS WILL DEBATE NEW MALAYA I I ÜBANK, I C I I the draft -ya Con- I there I the CoI d for I the I I -eraiioa to m ~en, the B -o submn his re- c-oasidera-I Before reached. ParI an opporI n the I ex I
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    Ship mined near Corfu
    86 1 BELGSADK, Tues. THh I.NX.X.A. ship St. Law- rencc Victory, carrying G. 500 tons of potatoes for Uie relief of starvation areas m Bosn;a, struck a mine within sight of the Dalmatian coast about >5») miles north of Corfu today. The vessel was heavily damaged and is
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    COMMONS QUESTION ON THE RAJULA
    46 1 I LONDON, Tuesday. ti, the Indian Ocean troopwked m the Commons yesterday by s CaUagfcan. He wanted to know men, Indian soldiers and British hip on her recent Voyage from W^**** {J™ re the conditions on board. 30 B r 4-
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    RITUAL MURDER CABLE DRAMA
    403 1 LONDON, Tuesday. DETAILS trf th« losing %ht to save the West Africans who were hanged yesterday m Accra far ritual murder, carried on by a succession of cables from the office of the con demned men's London solicitors have b^en givtn by one of solicitors, Mr.
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    Britain leads in shipping
    94 1 DKITAIN and Northern Ir la id last vtar built more thin hall the worlds tonnage of merchant sh:ips launched. Their output of 245 lons repre nu :>3. 5 p^r cent of the \v< r d total, and is &**i At the beginnin? nf 1')47 tonnage under
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    5 NIPS DIE FOR WAR CRIMES
    184 1 5 NIPS DIE FOR WAR CRIMES Free Press Staff Rjpoiter 1-i\ a.: jap.i: oflk i sentenced to death by Sing ne War Crime cotpiit ia>t year, ireic hanged ut Chan-i gaol at nine I o'clock th i more g They wece: CJol. Kakamura Sheigoo, Col. Ishii Tamei, Major KokayaahJ Shozo,
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    'QUAKE HITS SPAIN
    27 1 The Exchange Telegraph reported yesterday that an earthquake accompanied by torrential ram and cyclonic wind damaged Antigo Dorrvelas near the Spa/nis-h-PMr^H^ue. s*"5 border. U.P.
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    HOME FROM MIBBLE EAST
    51 1 HOME FROM MIBBLE EAST aSMS| *ii<i §Kta evacuee;, »iuai L*im— time was Mrs. U hitton-Davics w;.o is se*'u bavins br.-a i i LanJtoa sA'-h he, mt-jtMT-*M iaagkter, C%tfcerhM< B bwteadL n membpj of tUtt 'taff •I fh« Arvrlica't Bishop i. -^ne, i> due h oji leave m a ni nvh's
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    Ex.Singaporean is bound over
    374 1 Ex.Singaporean is bound over BROADCAST fOR NS?S LONDON, m. lay. IHE toiiure suilered by an Australian m a Japanese jail after he had refused to continue broai: a i aii Tokyo during the war was described at the Central Criminal Court today whei Joha Joseph Holland, aged 39. a former
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    CHINA STILL CLAIMS TIBET
    58 1 A big neon lighted map of Aoia which dominates the speakers' platform oj the inter-Asian conference at New Delhi now shows China and Tib?t as a single land. The boundaries between the two were obliterated last night with paint after vig rcus and persistent protests to
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    EXPORT OF RICE SLUMPS
    239 1 EXPORT OF RICE SL UMPS Burma lawlessness mounts RANGOON, Tuesday. TslC¥. merchants m gawgoow are gravely perturbed by rrII ports Of rr:o anting lawluUMOi m rice growing regions of the Irrawaddy delta and centra] plains oi Burma. Many exporters have SOSpended purchase of padi from the distnci^ owing to peasants'
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    ONISHI TAKES BACK HIS EVIDENCE
    179 1 ONISHI TAKES BACK HIS EVIDENCE I I-v Pi .o Rep.r THICK-SET, close OnilM Sitarou toduy i ted state menti I pi made when c w^ rmlnad at the CYi.ncsc M i rial which entered day CodJty. He 1. i vat totaled atx>ut ad orders mistake" Tm >.. hi referred to
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    £61,456 FOR ONE FEISTY
    55 1 £61,456 FOR ONE FEISTY ABERDEEN, Tflfettfek* AN Aberdeen bus driver baa won £61,456 for a ;> nry stake. He is Edward Ouuis wbo correctly forecast the result of 13 matches and b ilectad tbe world's record rootbail p^ol dividend. C:\xso left lor Lor. don tcday to colle<'t his win which
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    TROOPER DELAYED
    22 1 The troopship City of Canterbury, due to sail from Glasgow today, is held up Indefinitely by strike of 3,800 dockers.
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    WATCHMAIN GETS THE GUNMAN
    90 1 WATCHMAIN GETS THE GUNMAN ree Press Stall Rej IHMED robbery was attempted a* :v? premises of Boj Co., a Chinese firm m Choon Guan Street m the early hours of tMi morrj-g, by a Chinese /'-j carrying a pisThe i n wered by a SL;h watchman, and is at prein
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      ART CLASS
      620 2  - ART CLASS PIERRE JEANNERAT this new series pointing an easy way to enjoyment of Art deals today with i i n i ugh tsma nsh ih HAVING noticed last II W-- -k thai a g od ting p tesses unity m general a nor com- c can roy: examine the
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      1,000,000 SHEEP DIE IN BRITAIN
      955 2 1,000,000 SHEEP DIE IN BRITAIN Hall Romney's London Letter THE loss of a million sheep m the recent bad weather is a heavy blow, for ieuden; of the meat trade believe even Mr. Strachey 's purchase of 50,000 tons of American beef will nut save us from another cut m
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      A bachelor does his 'wash'
      46 2 A bachelor does his 'wash' f"l6llil «inn of th~ London l«f M eat.; at washing their 'aa^ I men, %frg 'h Council decided I a week at thf Fj*- (ii t ni^l 119! M turned up— Mr L j nn M' ard. I I him I
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      174 2 YOUR 3 1 r\ r\ rtune forecast for people born today DOEN today. m»u l^a\. an unuMi;iii> roed memory, which v.ii b« niost uNeftil to you throafhoal life Betoet a tareer m irhicfa (haraeterislir b -i" ess. ntial qoalifieation l«-r successYou art fail bro.ui r.iind .(1 and iu-t m \our
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      GIGGLING GIRLS WENT WITH GERMANS
      160 3 POW^ charged m Britain ■SfflfiNX a military court at Moretwi-on Lugg, H| L England, -rdered three gigging English girl leave the o^irt building during a hearing into m&* i German pri-<>iurs of war. The girls gave jsodatkM uil^ tht> priacßcta. The Pn*siwhen ejectin- them from
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      FIREMAN THOUGHT FAST
      47 3 FIREMAN THOUGHT FAST for l Fireman the only man .in— found him>f cir- was ablaze. A voice b*." c Our j out ,vas at Leading Firefalter. He U his men. brigade sportsFireman he was left re, while dashed Brigade fires d§e N^ get a a nre-are say-
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      Power cuts succeeded
      113 3 pOOPEKATION of th« British public xaa4c a success of the introduction of power cuts for factories and olet tricity rationing for homes Picture on the top shows a workman turning by hand the flywheel of a rivetting machine which lacked electrteiW for the motor. Workers m some
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      TO FLY OVER POLE
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      AIRFIELD AS CAR TEST GROUND
      13 3 ion Indusis a with aversion oal run- endur-
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      RATION LIST WAS FORGED Malay sentenced
      329 3 RA TION LIST WAS FORGED Malay sentenced Free Press Staff Correspondent TELUK ANSON, Tuesday. A DISCOVERY by the Assistant Food Controller, Lower Perak, that m his rationing area the number of ration cards exceeded by three times the most extravagant estimate of the population, led to the conviction on Monday
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      New agreement for railwaymen
      346 3 New agreement for railwaymen Free Press Staff Correspondent KI ALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. AN agreement signed yesterday evening by Mr. J. O. Saundcra, on behalf of the Malayan Railways Administration, and Mr. G. Fonseka, on behalf of the Locomotive Eaginemeß's Union, after negot 'a: ions lasting three weeks contains sever- 1
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      SHE HAS OPEN HOUSE TO Po Ws
      208 3 MISS E. M. MIDGLEY, 68, of Saffron Walden, Essex, who entertained thousands of Allied troops during the war at her charming old-world h me, now entertains hundreds of German prisoners of war, A Sign outside Miss Midr, i y\s door reads, "prisoners of
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      DON'T UNDERSTAND
      29 3 America's divorce raie is blamed on the housing shortage by an ex-Servicemen's organisation, which says Uiat war brides are being parked with other and often non-understanding in-laws.
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      AIR DEATHS
      30 3 Deaths from :r accidents on i regular commercial flights m I Britain m 1^46 were Hrn highesf since I Paasengen killed were 29 and crew m -mbers 11.
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      CORNUCOPIA ARRIVES
      31 3 The Rochet. 1 l 4*Ue, 7.795 tons, which reached BnwfrHawipton from South Air:ca. brought 223--900 cases of peaches. plunLs, pears, pineapples ar.d ndhOßi and 1 casks of wine. I
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      WHALE ALMOST KILLEDDOCTOR
      250 3 [VH IOH BOBEEI CASK, 32. a BirinLngiuun sc.cniifct a«d U [ormer university swimming champion, risked his life m the \n tart ic .sea to" take the temperature of a living harpaoacd whale. Dressed m a "frogman's suit" Cast- dived HBta Ihe wha)e> threeOiing: tail and wa^ taken
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      NAVY WAS SELLER
      46 3 The British Admiralty announces that surplus naval ships sold up to the end Ot last November :ht, C 6.350.000. Fishermen. y ach tsr.ru v and even househunten who bought boa on which to live, bought the small-craft m the sale which brought £2,500,000.
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      CONVICTS FILE SUIT
      35 3 Convicts m Grand Rapids, Michigan. USA, have filed a suit for €250,000 ad back pay and damages which they say is due to them for war work done for an arms firm.
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      And cow makes nineteen
      97 3 inFTEEN workmen have landed on the tiny island of Ileran m the Channel Isla.nd.s, so increasing iis population from three to eigrhtfen. A cow will be landed later to make the population man and beast nineteen. The workmen are there to carry out the intention of
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      KILLER SNORED AFTER MEAL
      49 3 Mr. Albert Gerrish, or Farleigh Plain, near Trowbridge, went to feed his 12 pullets, two hens and a cockerel early m the morning but all he saw was a pile of feathers. Then h<> heard Stores coming from the nest box. It was a badger
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      HARD WORK DEFEATED POWER CUTS
      5 3 HARD WORK DEFEATED POWER CUTS
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      100,000 -MILE'SPOT'
      35 3 A surispot estimated to be mor than 100,000 miles long, has been reported by the Vatican Observatory. It will soon traverse the sun's centre and is expected to Interfere seriously with radio communicai.on:s.
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      CLERKS ASK 12 MONTHS' SALARY
      188 3 CLERKS ASK 12 MONTHS' SALARY I m Our Our Correspondent penang, Tuesday. MERCANTILE employees have waited uniil now to ask fa I rehabilitatum grant became they Wanted to jtoG firms time m which to rebuild their business, Mr N. Ponnudurai, President ol Penang Clerical anQ Administrative S.aii Union, said yes'erday
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      MEAT RATIONING FOR 2 yrs IN U.K.
      61 3 MEAT RATIONING FOR 2 yrs IN U .K. Meat rationing Mf for at least Knottier two years nrv S. E. Turner. M nis.ry of Food Di reactor of M and Live S*-ock, to GLasg w :e was lea met! available pear than year, oi y year during war. and uere
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      BERCHTESGADEN FILM
      34 3 Hitler's ■home movies'' taken out Betehtesemdea, may be talevised by the BB C. Hmm pictures, showing Hitler with Eva Braun, have ftlTMcfaf been transmitted irorn the N.B.C.'s television station m New York
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      KENT ANTIQUES SOLD
      24 3 To-al realised at the first day of the sale of the Durhess oi Kent's antiques at Chri London was -l 24,635.
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      41 3 -THE TOPBRITISH ATTRA C T 1 O IS AT THE /-^i -"a ->»7 \?7/\ ■vtf A/ fs\<7 Cutl IiKITAI.NS NEWEST TECHNICOLOUR H I T "the LAUGHING LADY" WITH THE OUTSTANDING! BBC FAVOURITES ANNE ZIEGLER WEBSTER BOOTH Ham 2pm U-lßpm 6*3Opm 9tspm
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  • LEADER...
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      The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY. MAR 26, 1947. Bulwarks against peace?
      703 4 The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY. MAR 26, 1947. Bulwarks against peace? The pattern oi America's v Russian policy, despite the pesos taDn bn Moscow, is bee ming daily ir. :rea>U\g\y dear, as m:re and mere secrets of w:\r-*. ime agreements are b'i-ig made public. Although Turin win t r nwruilj
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      'QUITITUS'
      1157 4  -  ALAN HUMPHREYS There is a new disease affecting the British m India called by From Calcutta by air mail A STRANGER disease is sweeping through the British m India. You could call it "quititis." The political slogan, "Quite India.." coined by Gandhi m August, 1942. and which has since
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      PEOPLE MAKE NEWS
      499 4 B i- C.'S 1n. 31 Ox. t~tUlt 1 w man, MARY SOMERYIIJL*;, is retiring lrom a job she has done for 22 years; she originated br adc&sting to schools. Sh e is now off t; Am rica and Australia U> talk about education by r~di Then she
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      HOLBORN
      45 4 THE I hand the tm*l a mir.al Coiin of E of ho nc r% fron the West End, The Oic the and can: m the the h Holborn A bed of Fleet, from j horn* new, Bell the' C youn? ton. c garnrftilri L*~
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      FAITH
      21 4 Brethren, be not children m understanding; howheil n malice bs ye children, but m unctei-standing: be men. Corinthians 14. 20.
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      WORLD'S LOTTERY
      811 4 yHE Derby may be "the I great* Bt horae 2. m the world," but to those racegoers who like to see hones rate ov- r fences there is nothing to compare with the Grand National, to be run m England on March 29, which is undoubtedly th€ most
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      77 4 OUIZ 1 A number of Britlafa flow belong to the B*m< family ai th# i lv. I !a n foa nan say, five of uji m? 2 Th \t much thai we co learn. babita o: i Tern An cxc Ueni wife ->nd mo'h c r. Ore go dT m
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      JEWELLERS IN S'PORE WANT FIREARMS
      145 5 JEWELLERS IN S'P ORE WANT FIREARMS be Press Staff Reporter i lunch-hour smash-and-grab robbery l yesterday, the victim. Mr. H. Sena, proprietor of a firm of jewelers m Ili n tre^t, Singapore, told me: liewdkn and goldsmiths m High Street locality s [he Police for firearms, so that we can
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      FOUR INDIAN STOWAWAYS
      9 5 FOUR INDIAN STOWAWAYS and In Slnga- B I. ~Ser
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      TRUST TO SPEND $655,000
      118 5 TRUST TO SPEND $655,000 ™i Fttnglporc Improvement pus: is <pend rcr $655,000 to for rehabilitation w.>rk concected with their houses and flats m ail pans of the town To :v-* -;.:n h is Irear'y been qwnt. Dunns: the war rears, a number of flat.s built by the SIT had fallal
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      S'PORE FIRM IS 50 YEARS OLD
      236 5 WH£\ an a l PreSS Staff Reporter ship sailed into Hanjfkok m IMB, the >oung *pmy whose office, number 35 and are 9CM\ the countries of the world. 'hU S f Oth anniversary of the East Asiatic nded m Copenhagen m 1897. and :tury
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      S'PORE MARKS WORLD YOUTH WEEK
      66 5 S'PORE MARKS WORLD YOUTH WEEK OUTH oi a: .aioiis In Singapore are celebrating World Youth Week. Lite Singapore Celebration Committee held a mass rally at the Mayfair Gardens a few nights ago. On Thursday, they are hbldi ing a solemn remembrance services m memory of Anti-Fascist Youth who died m
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      ECONOMIC CHIEF TO GO ON LEAVE
      76 5 SINGAPORE S Secretary for Eco- r.omic Affairs, Mr. Andrew Gilm ur, is expected to go on long leave to th c United Kingdom next month. During his absence of six months or so, the Free Press dprstanas. Mr Gilmour's duties at the Economic Secretariat
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      SMALLPOX IS WELL UNDER CONTROL
      141 5 SMALLPOX IS WELL UN DER CONTROL A Free Press Staff Reporter LTHOUGH no smallpox cases were reported last week Singapore health officials are of the opinion that the outbreak of smallpox will continue sporadically oot on a big scale '"We have got sm well under control now, though I must
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      S.E. ASIA WELFARE TALKS
      383 5 ye heroes of the Indian Army were honoured recently by the former Viceroy, Lord Wavell, at an impressive George Cross parade held near the Memorial Arch m New IK4hi. Lord JUMI Lady Wavell are seen talk;n ff to .Major n i. K. Durrant. the only Irving
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      MORE HEALTH VISITORS
      109 5 Free Press Staff Reporter {IN order to bring the inlar.t 1 Welfare Department s'aff up to its pre-war strength, the Municipality is employing five i health visitors. Candidates for the heaith visitor's post must possess the eertillcate of the Central Midwives Board and should have a good
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      TB war memorial plan rejected
      607 5 Free Press Staff Reporter DECALSE it would be unfair to call on the people of Singa ■J pore to pay for something which would assist live Govmmenllool of its obligations, a war memorial m the shape ot aTuberctrioefa Hospital for Singapore has b«en rejected. m
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      BANGKOK TO LIFT BRAN CONTROL?
      91 5 BANGKOK TO LIFT BRAN CONTROL? THI! Siamese Comntoditiei ('■■tntrol Board may shortly order the abolition' oi i >:?- trci measnrea for the lale md transportmtioii vi rice bran. According to the pees n; rc-gularinis ,h.- tr:n :>•> i t.| bran is fcrl.idd- v without a ipecial written permit is urd
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      MALAYANS GET EMPIRE MEDALS
      54 5 MALAYANS GET EMPIRE MEDALS I*HE London Gazette on J/uesday night announced the award of the Br.Lish Empire Medal to bin Ahmad, a dresser m Malaya, and Mat Isa bin Mohamed, sub-inspector of the Kedah Police Force, for services to the British forces during military operations m MakvA nrinr tn Sept.
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      CLUB MAKES PROFIT OF $10,000
      226 5 •HE finance of the Singapore Chinese Swimming Cluo shows an excess ot income ever expenditure of over $10,000, the annual report of the club states. This is considered very satisfactory, bearing m mind the difficult rehabilitation period through which the- club is passing. Due to
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      RAF ASSOCIATION HOLDS DINNER
      115 5 THE hspe that the newly-formed Singapore branch of |R A.F. Association would result iin a better understanding be- tween the services and civilians I was expressed at the A&sociation'c I first reuniTn dinner last night. Proposing the toast of "Tne Branch." Wing Commander M. G. Parker
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      TWO RICE CROPS A YEAR PLANNED
      259 5 TTIE GOO million balu Chainat irrigation project m Siam 1 will be launched next year, pending approval by Parliament of the necessary legislation. The project calls for control of the Chao Phya River m order to increase the cultivation area m the Centra] Plains
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      CHURCH PARADE
      54 5 TWO hundred and fifty members of the Singapore battalion. Boys' Brigade, will hold a church parade next Sunday at 4 p.m. Headed by their band, the Battalion will parade out-side the Municipal building and march to :he A.C.S. Chapef to attend service. This is the first church parade
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      WELFARE COUNCIL
      34 5 The following have been appointed members of the Central Welfare Council, Malayan Union: kfr. E.C.C. Thuraisingham, Mr. J. Joseph, Dr. J. Goonting, and iArs. A. Sleep to represent the Women's Service League.
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      GOVT. SHOP
      38 5 A Government shop will be •pened m the near future m the CKnernmnt offices at Johore Jahru for the sale of textiles and cySher useful comirtodities on a ationed basis to Government ervants throughout the State
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      ADVISORY COUNCIL
      21 5 A meeting of the Singapore :-isory Council will be held morrow at the Municipal Counii Chamber at 10 am.
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      87 5 "AN HOUR AND A HALF'S CONSTANT EXCITEMENT I>ai!\ Herald Opens Today 4 Shows 1.30- UO.6Ji.9JM p. n, 'Laughton Is Magnificent miitiSwm'wi W PI I uliul KIN LA l j OH TON Ella RAINES DEA.\ lIIEII tf Stanley Ulfti &fg# Henry II abi e 1 1 X 0 X 8 I
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      OWED TAXES FOR 6 YEARS
      379 6 QTiiON'G couunents un "shadon c-inpanies" which went on iJ trading; when owing taxes to the Itevenue were m;:do by Mr. Justice VaLsey m the Chancery Division, He heard an application by the Attorney General, on hfhlH ol the Crov. n, f.»r a declaration that >lr.
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      Minding baby brings 'peace'
      77 6 pIKI. students of West H*tm Technical Colter ax* hiring themselves oat to Idford, Essex, homes as babyminders «>n parents' nights off. Fees: tid an hour, 1 pm. to 11 30 with supper, and time U> stud) Explained 29 -year-old Uwe Vauehan. who starts the scheme "At
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      'UNIQUE CRIME' SAYS JUDGE
      56 6 District Justice Ohranahan heard at, Baliysfrannon, Co. Donegal, the story of a crime that he though., "unique m the annals 01 Irish history or probably m world history." Patrick Coyle, 15, said to have indeeen'ly assaulted ninety-year-old Mrs. Janie Mclntyre, was sent to an industrial s.'hool
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      SOLE CLUE TO SEA MYSTERY
      216 6 WHEN ike MinLstry oi Transport inquiry into the 100-ton roister Pamela, vhich diM,pp«n%i m OctobtT, 1944, with h<*r crew of ten. opawi at Bristol, it «M rt'voaJtfl that a Sfl plank marked Pamela was washed up m Red Wharf Bay, Anglesey, two years ago. "This
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      HOLIDAYS WITH PAY FOR M.N.
      266 6 HOLIDAYS WITH PAY FOR M.N. roR the Oral \bm bi history Britain's merchant .seamen will get paid boUdajrs. On shifM working m 'he hOflK trade tfcere will be an average eight-hour da.y and the for:>-flve-hour week: m port is retained. A national agreement embracing these concessions and consolidating, m a
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      TO SAVE ALDEKNKY
      27 6 Work has begun an the damaged breakwater at Aldemey. Channel Islands, to save She harbour and to prevent Alderney from becoming an "uninhabited island."
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      NATIONAL AMINKSIA
      25 6 Gloves lost last year (single or pa;.rs> m London buses, trams and trains to allfxi 66,738. Articles lost during the year numbered 277,590.
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      BRITISH WOMEN VIEW DREAM HOMES
      616 6 BRITISH WOMEN VIEW DREAM HOMES Exhibition shows new ideas THE Daily Mail Ideal Homes Exhibition opened m London 1 this month shows the most modem British devices to make home life easier. Many of the refrigerators and luxury home fittings must remain a dream for the British housewife for some
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      NOT AS GOOD AS IT LOOKS
      52 6 NOT AS GOOD AS IT LOOKS AKHhtMMJ) WWMM photographer m England took this inform*, p. tore of two nursery school children tr< 'n* to nuke an k*-maeitai y.n< S> th« expression on the ii We w shows fhr ippmii of snow is itae same as that of fce-crewu. but the
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      MORE VISAS GO
      25 6 Agreement has been reached between ne Brittgh and Kalian Governments on tfrie cancella'ion of all visas for travel between the two countries.
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      He wed in name to save woman
      236 6 AN K.A.F. officer m a P.o.V- Berlin who *ai through a marriage ceremony wi'h a LithuaniaaiUMi so that, said his counsel, she might t* free petitioned m tk Divorce Court, Ltadoo, f<>r a decree «»f nullity. 11k «8 was defended. Mr. S. K.
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      DELAY ON THE BRABAZO
      38 6 Non-dcl:vory of steel *J to erect the woric gar has held up consWBJJ the 100-1 zon airliner The Jtont plane* 2jP*" —due la c this m— ".l 3 likely to b P delayed s:x
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      TOURNAMENT REVIVED
      17 6 The King and Q"* v open the Royal T it is revived at Olynipia <■ 12.
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      Ship that sailed on Friday
      101 6 AS the ertw ol 100-ton freighter Kmpire Si ate watched Qremen battle with a blasi m one Oi bet btfdg at Liverpool they counted up the misfortunes vfafeb had ov<. -rtaken her since she sailed from Savannah Georgia, on a Friday There i oanght fire
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      199 6 Free Press Crossword No. 69 tl* lib 117 1 warn W&m mWM II I ißla^T^ l^^l i^j ~i^ cunca v.uoss 5. The WHIM i3>. 1 Small bantl jt liquid measure of 18 galloiit, (,9), 3 fend _'2. Iron and coal miaintj district oj Monmouthshire <4, 4), 10. The only poisonous
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      102 6 J/\plt Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press m Malaya -and to think i >^ /i'm sorry/\ (m |merci, garcon!-T /do You realise \Vh& if shes woklm took you for a y eric but > v will be y I shall LOSE lYdia klepjng, eric.' RIVAL ORESSMAKEft- IMY PIRST DUTY /YOUR
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      UNKNOWN
      121 7 pj,r a draw forced m stroke of time rv Our Stccet Bcpottei l UMM I 3 j.gjj. appre '.at ion that league :*oceer is to li sh ,p n ia> J< PF n nts at Jaian Besar Stadium, ?> the Cb u~c finfl selection, played lively, h eh kept
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      CROWD CONTROL IS SO SIMPLE
      529 7 CROWD CONTROL IS SO SIMPLE By llie Spotifi *LAAit*.iTF proper 1\ tackled, the problem *r coairpUnkg a soe i crowd at Ja!an Besar StadJurn after all, a simple :iow very simple was 93anfiy demonstrated yester'ay win i -crnad of 10 poficcmen, headed by an Assistant 9npexiii a .•ndent of Police.
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      TRANSIT CAMP WIN LEMOUE CRICKET MATCH
      203 7 TRANSIT CAMP WIN LEMOUE CRICKET MATCH I: 'eh m Uie Army District League cricket; competition No 1 British Tran.it Camp beat R.E.M.E. Ba c Workshops by 71 runs at Ne? Scon on Sunday. Scores were: BTMTI-M TRANSIT CAMP Crooks c Howes b Grbble 12, Kumj below c Routhley b Howes
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      HEAVY SSC REHAB COSTS
      302 7 FS r.port of the committee of tha Singapore Shimming Olub and club accounts for the year ended Jan. 31 task, which will be presented at the Club's annual general fl lon Apr^3 6 at 10.30 a.m. says that the result of the working for the seven
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      Petitions For Fight Versus Joe Louis
      142 7 Petitions For Fight Versus Joe Louis MELIO BETTINA, oiie liiii American llfiit-heavy-weifht amplo i of ihe world, lon tl I'nitxl States FarUament !r me r:^ht 1 1 Qght J^ Louis Jui«e t6. the date fixed for LaaiR 1 tttxt oefea< of the title, a; tfee Yankee Sta-aiu<ii Wew v rk<
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      Chinese Attack
      36 7 Chinese Attack Pictures show Wee Ens: scoring the third Ch'm~se goal yesterday and below Michael l,oh, who was the planner of the Chinese attacks, re;-:, ng apa s from the left w-n?.— Fre e Press pictures.
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      EXTENDED ODDS ON THE 'ABBOT'
      647 7 Uftcohi Na^iiko: Vcday 1 iONDON Tuesda j TTHE start of the 1947 fiatracing season, after being delayed I INK day Owfog to iitKxis and being: m douM until early today, began at Lincoln m glorious sunshine. But iondi tions underfoot were terrible. Roads to the
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      T.P.C.A.IN FORM, BEAT CHINESE
      297 7 T.P.C.A.IN FORM, BEAT CHINESE K. L. Cricket Results LALL SINGH, baiting with sonic of his old polish and !g--gresshreness, Becked 71 runs on Sunday and helped the Selangwr Indian Association to beat the Selangor Club by 3G runs m a match played en t :c padang. Before Lall Singh had
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      MAIICH MEDAL AT R.S.G.C.
      53 7 M AIICH MEDAL AT R.S.G.C. THE Royal Singapore Golf Club will hold its March M^dal competition at Bukit Timah on Saturday afternoon onri Sunday morning:, over 18 hola.s Modal play on handicap. The maximum handic&p allowed is 18. A Ball Sweep will tr run m conjunction with In? Medal at
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      OUTSCHOORN FOR COUNTY CRICKET
      354 7 OUTSCHOORN FOR COUNTY CRICKET Qualifies For Worcester By The Sports Editor I ADDIE Outschocrn, former Singapore Recreation Club and L State cricketer, will play for Worcestershire m County cricket this season. Outschoorn was m Singapore at the surrender, but was later «ent to Saigon by the Japanese. From there he
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      SPRING DOUBLE QUIZ
      708 7 SPRING DOUBLE QUIZ TVVO of the \vorld> most famous turf events will hr run off this week the Linroln Handicap to-day and the G/and -National on Saturday. Following is a quir s]M\;ail} prepared lor the Spring Double. 1 Ho*v old is the Lincoln ETcap?, the Grand National" 2. In what
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      YACHT CLUB RESULTS
      108 7 YACHT CLUB RESULTS THE following aacr c the iesu.; 1 races held at the Royal -ore Yacht Club on D— CLASS (SWEEPSTAM f WE) Capt. Pea mi an. Boat N 7.10; Major Trevor Boai 2 lime 12.34.59; Major 1 Boat No 45 Time 12.35 54; Capt. Thomloe Boat No Tme
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      59 7 HGWERFUL! FASCINATING I AFRICAN TRIBAL t! MS WILL GRIP YfH 1 CATHi V PHONE 3400 tl 1.45. 4 IK. < *5 4 9.M PHYLLIS CAIVERT ERIC PDRIMAK MEN OF TWO WORLDS sjjW? W2MT ADAMS qj^yOBLAHDO MARIih: A TWO CATHIE EN NESBITT CITIES p-oc.c- v, jc«x scT»c FROM SUNDAY FOI J
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      GERMANS STRIKE
      28 8 Forty thousand Germai a went on strike B h 8 «c of -.my yesterday They demonstrated outside British military headquarters m pro^ev thp- bread U. P.
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      CITY NEWS S'PORE RUBBER PRICES TODAY
      352 8 CITY NEWS S'PORE RUBBER PRICES TODAY k i§ <. ;ui Market i»« I mi rul>t.--; at I i .1 totfa ii !>n; 1. I> i> g Cti Cti nsr lb per Ib No i k > n vp fio I I.S.i fob >■• 1 J.-.-N m bile; 14 i 4
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      New York stocks
      130 8 New Y ork stocks \N the New York Stock Exchai.gc stoterday the market plodded th cugh anothtr d '11 afternoon ■i on balance ■bowlug a majority ol )oses m leatureless KtfMttDg L^.ne leading analysts .-ay the general s»ock rriarii-'C airuation is too mixed to justify j. .mism but at the
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      Business tax cut
      65 8 DELI a We.-i TH Budget crisis has been sited uy pasterday*i announcement bf L;a,;at Ali K'.an. Finance Minister of Chfl Interim Government, that the proposed business tax of 25 Di cent, would be reel 1 Congress Party niembt-rs had exprei. >d violent opp^m n to the Plnance
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      4,000 killed in Punjab riots
      272 8 new i>KLiii. Tmaiay. UJ HILK North Punjab iie> cam but uneasy under the closest watch of the Police and tho military, trouble threatens trom the south province, where communal tension is reported from district:-, between Mill tan and Delhi. No accurate total figures is yet
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      USSR READY TO HAND OVERDAIREN
      109 8 USSR READY TO HAND OVERDAIREN W.-u ii-.^v, iuN RUSSIA ha s notified the United l ecs Government that ihfl la r to I appror s" to carry out the agree- trol oi the Manchurian rt 0 i airen, the State Depart mm announced today. The Soviet notification I >.n note
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      SOVIET BANS U.S. WRITER
      110 8 SOVIET BANS U.S. WRITER BERLIN, rueaday Qpvssi militan authorlti i v t i ay uan.i,.i a journal^ l ticago Tribune newapapei irom eatcm^ the Russian lone of Germany when Dorrespond iuur the zc. next uei k A Bofi I spokesman Mid thai Hal Pans the bartnft! correst>v ldent, ivi- i
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      FLIERS SAFE
      39 8 All nL c crew A r -he United 81 itea Army slcymaster a-rliner wblcb was lost on Sunday on a flighi from Ma^sacbusetts. aie safe. The aUliier had landed on the t p of a hill. Reuter
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      APPEAL ADJOURNED
      36 8 Tho Jndieal Committee oJ the Pr w Cooncdl yesterday granted a day's adjournment to the defending couns:-l who are appeals', ng a^aii.st Dov Qruncr'a death .sentence. Gruncr !s a c.nvicted Palestine Jewish terrorist.- U.P.
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      SAIGOM APPOIMENT
      32 8 Smile Bollaert, the new Fren h High c mmlssioner to indoiu^ a, ly to LemTe Paris for Saigon on one f the Presidential airolanea at 1.00 a.m. on Friday. Reuter
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      U.S. wives quit Europe
      80 8 ak.my records show that 000 wives and children of Americana have acca sbippi I from their Kurovoan homclaada to the United States between the end oi the war anil March I~> Almost 4 i>,o«>o are from the United Kingdom, another 5,798 From France, S^OOO from Belgian
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      N.E.I. NEEDS AID FROM THE U.S.
      324 8 THE HAGUE, Tuesday. "p O^.m^jA uetd* technical and financial help which only l k the United States ca« jxrovide, Professor Egbert de Vries, newly-appointed head of the economic section of the Dutch Ministry for Overseas Territories said m an interview today. He stressed the
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      UK BEGINS TO BUY FOOD FROM RUSSIA
      500 8 UK BEGINS TO BUY FOOD FROM RUSSIA LONDON, Tuesday. NEWS of large food purchases from Russia the first since the war— came today to comfort the British housewife worried by reports that Britain migbt have to cut her buyings of food, tobacco and films from the United States m order
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      'LINER FIRE NOT SABOTAGE'
      82 8 HEBBURN-ON-I YKB» "i -es. MESSRS Vktott Armstrong L:- m mited announced today thai I "sabotagp was not the cause" of the still mysterious fire whi:h I gutted the liner Monarch of Bermuda lying la drydock here for refitting foi the New York-Bermuda "millionaire" trade. Mr. J.
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      OVER 4 MILLION VRE DEMOBBED
      52 8 THB Ministry of Laoour and National Service states releases and discharges from the Forces and Auxiliary and Nursing Services from June 18, 1945, to the end of February IW7 was 4.373,8i)0. Indivdual releases and discharges during February were Navy B.TOO. Army 22.190. and Air Force
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      UK PROPOSING DISARMAMENT
      304 8 LAKE SUCCESS, New York, Tuesda BRITAIN intends to put forward concrete proposals for diarmament m the near future. Sir Alexander raittClß, Kritish representative on the Security Council. u>M tkt United Nations Disarmament Commission today. Sir A Wander dedarad: "Let ih at i. Ast mnim that we all
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      A LESSON THEY LOVE
      57 8 A LESSON THEY LOVE Almost e\cn day the headmaster of New-mill V«ii r^U a phem, call fr.m one of X&SjL* all pan of his Mhcw b L .T 81 Tho four hundred pu P a> a t Me Riven difficult names and ddr J;^' T^l m^tcr taa WrK»ds IMeo, to
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      INFATUATED BY DANCER DIVORCED
      30 8 INFATUATED BY DANCER DIVORCED JUIX ce on Twjdsftol huata legqe bb ButU v-^k 2 i ::i :d I l :Jrj of th SINGAPORE W i TohU» W3- B.f UKMfI «J3
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      UNKNOWN
      21 8 askec Br.tish M* o ment Gove t threatened nine !TS Sf*' under IS. Om a girl who has I prison
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      UK VETOED
      146 8 (Continnod trom P«ige 1) wi ether Soviet ftmitfi will veto such recomme-ndati m when Urn tim P comes. Most of the delegatei expre»ed regret that the veto sliould have been used by Russia only a few months after the General Assembly had condemned its Indiscriminate application. Britain protested
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      WEATHER Manybright periods
      114 8 WEA THER Manybright periods lUt\liliK tOMtiM for 21 o frott noao tod^\ piled by th F? I CTntraJ Forerastin* Mali n Air Command I onsiderab*- hn.hi p^' iods this I afternoon with a irw heary shower* towards p\f nine J.r v. n «a:r r.nd l>ri; morrow Wind Variable sea breeze*
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      U.K. TO OPEN FLOOD FUND
      289 8 U.K. TO OPEN FLOOD FUND I.ONIX •nil Bntish Govern;mi., h«l given i 1 .000.000 to ti I 1 whkh the I^>rd Ma>or tfl lxmdon is opening f«f» of di-ires^ thnni^hout the OMi :iw*dbytheW^ Government i> aJ**» <<>nsidpnrii: how they can wsnj agricultural and other losses, and help emercencv by public
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