The Singapore Free Press, 1 April 1947
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Title Section18 1947-04-01 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA CHKL SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, APRIL i. 1347, PHKK Hi WBNIA.18 words
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Article, Illustration167 1947-04-01 1 SPAIN WILL BE A MONARCHY t'M><>\, Monday, tdcast a speech by (»en. need that Spain is to be thy. Franco is to be the ouncil will be sei up. 1931. On April 14, trger cities of Spai r Alcala Zamo vat ive and Cath< public, called i ng aye theReuter - 167 words
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Article9 1947-04-01 1 RUHR MINERS THREATEN FOOD STRIKE Ij I i 19 words
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Article29 1947-04-01 1 Suta Premie:, passed Dhrougji Rangoon he InterAsian conference at New Delhi. At a brief stop at Mingledon, Sjahrir's plane was met by prominent B leaders ReuterReuter - 29 words
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Article, Illustration33 1947-04-01 1 NAMED A J.P AT 27 Conscrip tion de ha te MARY HI-VCSTON. 27 £3 -a -week rlrrk. who h been m as a majistraU h, Somerset the vuunrfM JP th h is ever33 words
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Article335 1947-04-01 1 Fre* Pre j MORK than 450 tons of thn rice ta beings detained m ceived from the Rice Purchas that it is legitimate export r >lr. J. Kambhu. Siam > repn Officer*' meeting, told me ye The trouble is din* to tl rice ►d confer335 words
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Article237 1947-04-01 1 LONDON, Monday, pii House of Lords ruled today that a wiles refusal to live a normal married life" did not constitute sufficient ids for her husband to obtain a divorce. Their Lord —Britain's highest court of appeal rejected (he 9Ui( ht before them b\ a husbandU.P. - 237 words
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Article28 1947-04-01 1 American occupation 80l iv e been found liable to i unber 3.273.000. Maj r offenders totalling 450 idv been charged. I offender* charged total 223.000. U.P.U.P. - 28 words
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Article29 1947-04-01 1 The Ppe will not leav e Rome for a rest at Easter week. Doctors have advised that he should not j travel during the bad weathfr.29 words
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Article71 1947-04-01 1 WAGES went up and hours wont down for hundreds »f thousands of British work people m January, the Minister of Labour, Mr. Isaacs, reported yesterday. The weekly fulltime wages of ..{O,OOO workers increased by £101,000 from new pay scales. Principal wages increase* were m ironA.P. - 71 words
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Article608 1947-04-01 1 CHURCHILL RACKS THE GOVT. LONDON, Monday. DEASON for the National Service Bill, which provides for compulsory service m the armed forces after Dec. 31, 1948, when the present transitional arrangements come to an end, was that the regular components of the British forces were seriously run down, said Mr. George608 words
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Article24 1947-04-01 1 Fourteen people were killed when a strong current the Rhine. Germany, swept the Ouisburg-Hochfield motor ferry into a pier.- ReuterReuter - 24 words
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Article165 1947-04-01 1 Tito attacks U.S. Britain BELGRADE, M«,nd MARSHAL MIX) told the Yugoslav Parliament today lhat a.a result of American intervention. Greece had "be come the base for imperialist plans" which miirht threaten world peace. He said the w<»r]d was divided into two b uen democratic countries m Eun.pe and democrat massesU.P. - 165 words
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Article74 1947-04-01 1 DITCH OIL KING HERE THE Dutch oil king, Mr Bernard van Leer, arrived m Bl pore m his own plane "Fl Dutchman over the week-end m the course of a Far Eastern tour van Leer's flying flat a former KLM Skyma6ter which been fitted with every m convenience is now74 words
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Article29 1947-04-01 1 Secretary of Stat/ for War Mr. F. J. BellengeT replying to a question m the Commons yesterday said B and Italian Somaliland wen under British miiitarv rul29 words
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Article81 1947-04-01 1 'A-BOMB Russia unless...' I Washington. Mon. THK Republican Congressman. I* Fred Crawford, of Mich gan told the House of R^pre■ental wtt I -reign Ar miitee on aid to Greek bill I <i t\ be be^ed the United the> must disarm or the I'nited States should tell the Russian <« Statoa81 words
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Advertisement92 1947-04-01 1 S-P. 1 r __L______________a _-_P*^^ m w (I/hi <6tea &*%ty*o!<**e k^*«zm%\ over snow-capped t^ Wl > mountains and refreshing wfc %Jr\ as thc fragrance of flowers %fc. c\\^^ wil r 5 is Tata's Eau-de-Cologne, \B&. K^o xfe 8 1 whether it be for your daily 1 \^Sp^\ use or whether92 words
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Article, Illustration1193 1947-04-01 2 NATURE DOES NOT PLAY Hall Romney s London belter IT seems quite plain to me that the forces of nature do not like our playing about with the time. How otherwise to explain the fact that, as we put our clocks and watches back an hour and claimed that the1,193 words
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Article, Illustration96 1947-04-01 2 IT hat been confirmed that the Sc Government h;. been pressing the Norwegian Government since 1944 to gl them permission blishment of mil; on the Spit group of islands. a no a subje. until a world aim. I 3.000 people T: md is tie land area is covered by96 words
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Advertisement12 1947-04-01 2 -*mW «^__a Jfo, Ammmmi ____rf^^c m^--* ENGLAND raM:«fa»,v.frra»myjgjfP^] JOHN PLAYER SON.S< c12 words
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Miscellaneous277 1947-04-01 2 sSn a £>._ -j^K*^^KS *'.f SINGAPORE r RED NKTWORR htrn-** A tr.dtam netres; also 12 pm. to 2 p.m !e> per second 61 n.. tand ard 7 15 p m to y3O pra megaeycie* per >e<M.r_d 61 metr< tand BLIL SHWORK M.Uay A t.ngI 185 metres; also 12 p m277 words
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Miscellaneous638 1947-04-01 2 l j 8-1 •nd 4 J '-8 oi( tr ll 30-12 a.m 19.84 metres. 12 noon-5 p.m 16.88 not res 19.84 metres and 49.38 metres. 5-5.30 p m 19.84 metres and 49.38 metres. 5.30--night 19 84 metres and 49 38 m tres i < Ee>D \> tf 00 a m638 words
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NEWS
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Article, Illustration415 1947-04-01 3 Talks during his tour of Bengal WH \l .should a woman do when attacked? How much rent should a landlord get? Are the British sincere? Is the caste system wrong.' Is there any hope of Hindu Muslim unity? These are typical questions put lo Mahatma Gan. dhi.415 words
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Article31 1947-04-01 3 II man. of amber lor himself a Hat at the people .ki the house*h. He wanted the house r-old Irish sweetheart. for I I i31 words
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Article110 1947-04-01 3 .*<> tp; q the London Div ■vicemei foi to proceed with petitions ii naming the co-respondents, one was fused. In the second instance, Mr. i that h. was not sfied that all had been whose name vere known. '1 of a type Bi d that at110 words
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Article46 1947-04-01 3 U.P. Staff chiefs have considered *he name Royal before the title of the British Women's Army Auxiliary Territorial SerThe women are commonly called ATS. The difficulty of putting Royal m front of their service would be the obvious abbreviation to RATS.-U.P. - 46 words
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Article250 1947-04-01 3 A! VI'.R hearing that her father had started a High Court action against her lover, Manchester magistrates a I journed a girl's application for consent to marry. Tho i^irl, Eileen Gladys Allen, aged 17' 2 who wanted to marry 27--year-old production clerk Harold Jones, -aid she250 words
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Article91 1947-04-01 3 TIIF VV \K MINISTER. Mi. Bellinger, announced m the House *>f Commons that the War Office was developing a now type of permanently polishid button. Mr Bellinger explained that the button was called 'un poMbhaMe' ba< was not tbe black button of the Rifle K>ki ments.91 words
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Article, Illustration165 1947-04-01 3 Police are combing Pans suburbs for ihe "vampire" man m I a red ,-loak who rides a woman's bicycle and has assaulted a number of women m recent weeks. UOSCOH CHILDREN look upon the \*i<v peace-treats MM- rerence of the Big Four Foreign Ministers is an opportunit> forAberdeen Press - 165 words
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Article15 1947-04-01 3 Milton Kent) bowling club, which has enlarged i T ft, 408 years old.15 words
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Article105 1947-04-01 3 A Russian General, m his pyjamas, argued for twenty minutes m the ie.V air of three o'clock m the morning— with a group of British business men who had gone to Leipxig to attend the Fair. The General finally won his point— that he would not105 words
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Article174 1947-04-01 3 AFTER serving the city for 242 years, the York Blue Coat -.School fo£ Boys is to close on December 31 because of falling income and the changes brought about by the new Education Act and the National Health Vet. For some yM» there has been174 words
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Article297 1947-04-01 3 DAMAGES for £2,504) were awarded by Mr. Justice Ililbery m the Rmg Bendi Division to Mrs. Mabel Mary Collins, Lytion road. New Barnet. whooe husband died m April 1945, m Wellbanm Hospital, Harnet. after being injected with a wrong drug. He was undergoing a jaw297 words
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Article21 1947-04-01 3 A goose owned by a Mrs. Nowell, ol RadelifTe. N hamshire, England, will be 26 yean old m May.21 words
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Article34 1947-04-01 3 Mr. John Cobb, the racingt motorist, holder of the world' speed record of 368.85 m.p.h., i was married at Caxton Hallt !to Mrs. Betty Margue-Garrod Smith, of 62, Monaieh-eourt, N.W. 2.34 words
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Advertisement183 1947-04-01 3 futicu* Cuticura has an almost medical efficacy tn arresting itching :rr;ta tion ar.d smarting, m drawing j out tnitarr.mauon and tonne i and Cleaning up skm troubles COMFORT POB IACIIIIV, I EET J ACID §mmm WON'T LAST LONG IF, YOU HAVE RENNIES HANDY $^X #No spoon, no water hk J«N.183 words
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Miscellaneous39 1947-04-01 3 TARZAN x *<*eks Phil By &d£ ar U:e Burroughs _.•>. T'Arr.rT_t:i?»| f K-LHj^ jjjjjjf* "T l -'t>EEP;iN>THS^.; v^'^pl IS HPfl^^^ '''^/W^ ('•WqL^fefl St fj%£' WHILE ONE v &Y ONE THE FRIGHTENEP- IftM^rZ^^^^P fJ^M s^ esar: n:: ROn '> on s ADVICE,39 words
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355 1947-04-01 4 The Singapore Free Press One Year .V: Afßli- i, I mght B- 1 J dier P. A B McKerron took ff his red tabs and the pips kiis he had worn as c: f ol the British Military a ion m Singapore morn. just a y< ara ded m to355 words
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Article, Illustration1383 1947-04-01 4 S'PORE'S PORT KEPT WORKING With the help of the Army by Sgt. A. J. Sorkin AFTER the re-occupa-tion of Singapore m September 1945, amidst the resultant trials and tribulations that beset the now defunct 8.M.A., the success- ful rehabilitation of Singapore port posed a seemingly insuperable problem, further enhonced byP.R. - 1,383 words
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Article21 1947-04-01 4 Wine is a mocker, strung drink is raging: and whoso- «*ver is deceived thereby i> not wise. Proverbs 20. 1.21 words
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Article367 1947-04-01 4 K( ESSOR CECIL GOR--1 DON, oi Aberdt en V* iversity, patiently studied the ways of fruit Hies for the ten years before 1939. He was on lied m during war to S; c wh« t ier 1 1 s i nti brain coula be turned to advantage367 words
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Article, Illustration29 1947-04-01 4 pho<o) .\....».n s**\ii at Singapore dockside cheeking troops ments at the fooi of a sang plank ol a shin 'bound f««r oh bii ght ys shore. (Army P. R.P.R. - 29 words
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Article, Illustration346 1947-04-01 4 Ralph Izzard - BATTLE FOR THE PUNJAB Ralph Izzard by THE generals m the 1 Battle foi* the Punjab are not thr locaJ political leaders. The strings aie being pulled from Karachi by Mr. Jinnah and from New Delhi by Sardar PateL To Mr. Jinnah, Pui Provi pre -ents 100, 0C0 square milplentyP.R. - 346 words
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Article114 1947-04-01 4 Kifcrhem-ruft <1 How dc make mock crab? «2) What the approximate weights ol onion the size of a tennis and a teaspoonful of tea. What are kebabs and crout -4> How can you make mashed pot a m tv minutes? (5) What raw beef look like" Villains ll i114 words
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69 1947-04-01 5 Press Staffs Reporter iter repeatetily warning Singapore P< rice sweepings to their living ral raids last week on s4ores of rice oband three arrests were made. Some of the -i ated wore fmind hidden under tar pau» n: t to three months" jail, and69 words
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Article, Illustration91 1947-04-01 5 k SINGAPORE sculptor, Jacob n Tarecon, i 6 leaving shortly for Java where he has been asvd to model a bust of the Indonesian President Soekarno. At present, the sculptor is making hundreds of plaques of I the Indonesian Prime Minister Sutan Sharir who passed91 words
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170 1947-04-01 5 FILM SHELP TO STEP UP ESTATE OUTPUT laff Reportei d, .several managers of d oil companies particularism a town or on islands film projector equipment to show I It has been proved beyond anj shadow of doubt that this and r similar methods of providing entertainment are psychologically a big170 words
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Article59 1947-04-01 5 The Singapore battalion of the Boys' Brigade assembled outride the .Municipal Building .inday, and. headed by their band, marched through the streets to Weslev Church. The occasion was the church and enrolment parade. Looking very smart m their dark blue uniforms, the boys drew a big crowdFree Press - 59 words
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Article43 1947-04-01 5 v j of Si por. 1 6, irs< Lan. day. elected a Commitl .ized enrolment campaign. M. Lon the members sin 6 of the women's nd requested every mber present to help m buildup a sisterhood within the43 words
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Article29 1947-04-01 5 Emile Eollaert. who succeeds Admiral Thierry D'Argenlieu as French Hi_g*i Commissioner to Indochina, passed through Karachi yc.-terday on his way from Paris to Saigon.- ReuterReuter - 29 words
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Article412 1947-04-01 5 MALAYA HELPS U.S. RESEARCH Monkeys for N. I Free Press Staff Reporter MALAYAN monkeys are helping scientists to find a cure for infantile paralysis at the National Foundation Institute, New York. Hundreds of monkeys are being shipped to the United States from Singapore by an American zoologist, Mr. Walter Foehl.412 words
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Article45 1947-04-01 5 Mr. R. D. B. Mitcnell, Australian Information Officer, at Singapore, will address the East-West Society on Thursday. April 3. at 8.30 p.m. at the V.M.C.A., Orchard Road. His subject will be "Australia leads the way to a new world ir. the Pacific.''45 words
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Article, Illustration333 1947-04-01 5 GROSS takings from 1 1 performances of "Lady Precious Stream" staged by the Literary and Social Section of St. Andrew's Old Boys Association m December 1946 and February 1947 amounted to $24,000. Local charities and the China Relief and Association Welfare Funds benefited from these collections.333 words
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Article70 1947-04-01 5 ALL iegaiiy enforceable claim: against the Army arising prior to the Japanese occupation of Singapore and Malaya but n.>. arising out of requisitioning b\ the Competent Authority (Civill should be submitted as soon as possible to: Deputy Direct r oi Claims 'Pi >n>. FQ. Claims Commission, GHQ.70 words
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Article89 1947-04-01 5 UK 'SHADOW PLANTS FOR AUSTRALIA THE British Government is considering a lor.' m to transfer industries to Australia, according to [he Australian P:ime Minister. Mr. Chifley. The plan might not come into j effect for 20 years, but m the meantime many British manui facturers intended to set up shadowReuter - 89 words
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Article185 1947-04-01 5 Air mail service is extended *"THK light air letter service at a uniform rate of 2. I 1 been extended to British vYe>t Indies, Canada, the In I States of America and to -ome other parts of the von which this service was not previously admitted. eaye an official statement.185 words
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Article51 1947-04-01 5 WE regret to E Adrian J A. ssrs. Fraser and Ltd Oct. 25. 1912 A G m Singapore aw, i..c. and later a d i oi the company Mr are r_ w ment at Baldnne. 1 He cam. staff ot Ltd. m March. 1938. and countant51 words
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Article304 1947-04-01 5 BROADCASTING Irom Singapore Radio last night. Sir Alexander Carr-Saunders. head of the Commission on Higher Education m Malaya, said unequivocally: "You cannot have a university worth talking abcui on the cheap.' "If the people of Malaya want a University," he said, "they must understand wbat304 words
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Article167 1947-04-01 5 THE War Office announce- that about six Gill Memorial Scholar- ships and Exhibitions are oeing offend thig year for competition among sons of Army officers. These awards are tenable all the time a boy is at college, provided he is satisfactory. Their value will depend on the financial167 words
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Article, Illustration48 1947-04-01 5 IRRIGATION DAM One of the dams n ar Modjokerto m East Java, where im* IHiu had to resort to military action recently to stop the Indones an* Aran breaching the dams and flooding rieefield<. Damage da c to crops by the Indonesian acti on is described as "considerable."48 words
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Advertisement10 1947-04-01 5 [l(k I w ft *l l HER I MORROW REx10 words
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Advertisement130 1947-04-01 5 rHE HALL FOR Ql AIJTY SOUND PROJECTION */^'^~'^*~~*c~*c c s s^^-^^j.->- jL j jt,/ pa \JfA 1 I Ip? Iff '_CiJ' I ATIITl and K m \_.__n*j_,im_Mm.m-* «_ifcl </T___t^______J___Mß______h___B____Ht 4 *e*~^4___ —^Jj *.»h SUSAN HAVWARD BARRY SILUVAS A Pwimoum P J^'^ftO* 100 THRILLING ACTION \*tQi& Souvenir of the da>* when130 words
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Article233 1947-04-01 6 'YOU HITHIM TOO MARD' Story of roooery i DETECnVE-SEROEANT, impersonating a bank manager, A was alleged al Highgate, London, to bave been followed from a hank, attacked, Bung into a von, robbed, and later dumped b he roadside. Ke Det.-Sgt. William Deans, and he gave evidence that after he had233 words
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Article66 1947-04-01 6 New methods introduced by Scotland Yard and increased cooperation of public have led to a steady decrease m crime m London this year The figures ror January show a drop oi l 142 cases compared with December, the worst month of last year Figures for February are66 words
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Article33 1947-04-01 6 Bi ;i to fr. i Mr. H. E Sa:r... Ibury, h 's 1947 pro<: Thi d unpr dented by H> seep. remarkabi* 1 all five lambs thriving.33 words
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Article, Illustration210 1947-04-01 6 ROYAL FAMILY VISIT THE BASUTOS ONI HI NDRED 1 HOI IND Basutos, many of whom had ridden 200 miles 0 n hor back, gathered at Maseru. capita] of the Baautoland Protectorate, to celebrate the arrival of the Royal Family on tour. The picture shows Basnto ea escorting Urn royal car210 words
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Article127 1947-04-01 6 BATTLE OVER FEEDING OF BRITAIN Experts say: Under-nourished BBH UN'S nutritional rebelslhe claims of the Ministr ii opfe the country- is better led I n( *N taken heart from a statemei **H^ 111 Winston Churchill, which British people today are ur chill is right. But the M that the country127 words
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Article164 1947-04-01 6 r < > iicu British cars wore the sensations ot Lhe Motof I Show at Geneva. Completed at the Longbridge works of Lhe Austin Company, they will form the spearhead m Britain's fi^ht to retain oversea* markets which the American manufacturers bo much desire. i reamlined164 words
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Article15 1947-04-01 6 ing hurricj chicken and she< [> ho .ri against night-prowl fox( a li ghi15 words
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Article38 1947-04-01 6 An off< a man, condemned to death for the murder oj schoolgirl, to Is hody to Dr. Rob< rnish for an perimental attempt to rea life, has been refused by authorities at San Quentin Prison. CaUfon38 words
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Article61 1947-04-01 6 FORM of winlei sport which can H played by any number of persons from two upwards It can be greatly enjoyed by those who participate m it without regard or thought for thc suffering of perhaps innocent victims Definition of gossiping by the Lord Chief Justice of61 words
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Article45 1947-04-01 6 BOYS SEE PIT PICK ARMY THIRTY youths, due for went down Mark Pit near Chesterfield, to see they would do Lj volunteered for coal-mining. decided: "We will join the Ar: The boys, from local grammar schools, sl ops and fa -l m a fou: the *>45 words
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Article16 1947-04-01 6 Broad* it they the windows of their In this hard winter t! \t ash16 words
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Article105 1947-04-01 6 A MiuuLi. AGED woman s< v. Miss Hilda Edith I Road, Hove, told H mistral *he reti home at night to find an intrud during a struggle, hit him with a bucket. Mi retu with 1 and an aun had b- ed and full on. Smashed105 words
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Article11 1947-04-01 6 SAVE THE BIRDS APPEAL IN U.K. i toll of Britain's bii11 words
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Article19 1947-04-01 6 c "vintage" motorics took part m a test from Epsom and only four failed to reach Brighton.19 words
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Advertisement11 1947-04-01 6 ANOTHER BRUISE producti: Opens Today 4 f COMIKU^ PI j to*DAY11 words
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Miscellaneous129 1947-04-01 6 Fre Crossword No* 73 f r r t yu f uaorr n__________B U IP L^ Lf b Ti L -w^M^^^i^^ Jl^M _JGJ^K_^pi <^H "SBftpß r ..JB i ________^_WW*^t '^^________^__^^________k ._^______^_______^_H^____l I !jB|- 8B ■■■■jj I IT T- 9^-*^**t m ---*m**-*%.~*^m-***mmmmm* *~^*3~~~~~~~~~~~~tK-. ,__m i ***m..^*oM^^ m t*^K m *t^ t*mm* nh—129 words
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Miscellaneous124 1947-04-01 6 JA, ME Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press m Malaya NOW ITS ONLY FAIR ToX/CyolJ MEAN !M /rXACTLY.'-^OUK CUE IS To >]/ LET'S SLIP AWAY *V WHAT A*- N> GIVE YOUR GEORGIE AN m IT'S BENEATH I PAIR OFF— -^PLATONIC A LEY, Vjm /TOGETHER BYTHE t/ MARVELLOUS MY IYDIA TiME124 words
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Article237 1947-04-01 7 H\ Our Soccer Reporter fen team m the S.A.F.A. league com h victories over the R.A.F. and Chinese H i* t!1 be provided with their stiffest test to \rmy at Jalan Besar Stadium today. line goals without being scored matches, but their striking power s237 words
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Article20 1947-04-01 7 •aam io I th- Sinand 'light I niani b.l, C* SunI Ken? that no I vilian20 words
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124 1947-04-01 7 TENGAH AIRMEN BEAT INDIAN "A" TEAM R.AJ ib wher. i at engah won by three wickets. 109 .-.Qts and declare,! h was the hi vhich includ R. red a b: irs .mo tor tne ;-ed and H I INDIANS o Shep* .y c Picki I fc <d t Remain b124 words
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Article12 1947-04-01 7 *«< ens international h> .md and England has been p<>- until12 words
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236 1947-04-01 7 THK open Singapore weight-lifting championships, or ganised by the Singapore Amateur weight lifting Association, will be held during the latter part of next July, while it is hoped to stage the Malayan c b am pion ships m December. This is part of SAWLA's236 words
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Article419 1947-04-01 7 GARSIDE SPRAKS UP FOR WRESTLING Letter To Sports Editor STAN GARS IDE. ihe well-known wrestler, has written a letter to us m defence of a much maligned sport, and answers critics who say that all wrotling is faked, sordid and that wrestlers don't get hurt. He has also expressed a419 words
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205 1947-04-01 7 The first fames m thr Army knock-out soccer competition for the Parker Cup will he played on Thursday when Signals meet CMP on the Victoria School ground, and Medicals meet OIIQ Sealf at Soon. Other first round games art-: Friday, RA S v205 words
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Article179 1947-04-01 7 REMAINING wights for second races at Kuala Lumpur are as follows: .Maidens Div. 1. ti Furs. Victory March 9.12; Iron Duke 9.01; Heroden 8.13T Shoot Up II 8.09; Flying Portress 8.05: Coolborough 8.01; Avail 7 10. Maidens, Div. I, ti Furs. Rontella 9.00; Sir Fresco 8.12: Golden179 words
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Article107 1947-04-01 7 rHE Singapore Chess Club beat the Chinese Swimming Club by s'^ points to 4A m a friendly matoh of Chess played on Satin its: (Chess Club players mentioned firstr. Dr. Yeoh lost to Kiong Chin Eng: F Lt. Harriot Inst to Lee Chim Quan; Dr. Foo Lum107 words
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Article, Illustration36 1947-04-01 7 XHVK Photo shows Stanley Cullis, the Wolverhampton centre-half, ;n the Sheffield Royal Infirmary. He was injured m the Wolves game with Middles rough and is suffering from slight concussion. CLIFF ANDERSON36 words
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Article874 1947-04-01 7 R.A.F. League Soccei HAD both teams taken the chi higher score would have Base Ilq. inter unit league gan between R.A.F. Base Headquar it was. the final score was two ate m bringing away one poinl The Tengah forwards sim 1 tion, Moore and Radford874 words
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Article687 1947-04-01 7 ANDERSON HAD WON WELL THE uproar that greeted the verdict which was given to Al Phillips ovei British Guiana's Cliff Anderson m the Empire featherweight litle bout at the Albert Hall on Mar. I 19 is still ringing m U.K. boxing circles and referee Peter Muir has been heavily criticised687 words
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Article317 1947-04-01 7 CHANGI RAF RESULTS THE R.A.JF Cuangi 1 meeting was completed Saturday alter two pre postponements owing co ,1 Over two hundred compe took pan m the m» though there were no or ing Individual perform; there were promise. Teams fr ACFE <B Team. 48 Squad. Smgapo: D 1 and Cor317 words
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Article47 1947-04-01 7 CHICACKJ RICHARD MILES won th. ale m the United national table tennis champ here for the third conseeuth In the final he beat Sol SehifT straight games. In the women's fending champion. Beraice was beaten by Leah Thall wh« three games to one. ReuterReuter - 47 words
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Article, Illustration182 1947-04-01 8 CITY NEWSS'PORE RUBBER PRICES TODAY I pecial Matk<'. „»u lt *m*mi M th* pri > uf rafcber at H a m today as follow*: Bayrs SrH«> rim iuoaig i tV, 44 N.. t B.S.S fet tn bates Aprri 1 1", i« n X 5 fon alee April ii*. 44 S182 words
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Article479 1947-04-01 8 S'PORE TO WIPE OUT LAWLESSNESS Free Pre»»s Staff Reporter RESTtHiATIOS «rf law and order" thi* iw to be the slogan <*4 lhe Government from today onwards, fhe Colonial Secretary Mr. P. A. B. M< Kerron. declared at a Pre** von ferenoe yeMerda\ when he reviewed the past tw year of479 words
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Article152 1947-04-01 8 WITHDRAWS DIVORCE PETITION LONDON. Mon. CIP Arnold Percy Robinson of Dons House. Bind ley, near Andover, retired solicitor formerly of Singapore, did not proceed with his petition m bl London Divorce Court today after his wife Lfidy Eversley Chaning* Robinson of K. Court, Chelsea, hi dencc. The husband had asked152 words
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Article227 1947-04-01 8 U. S.A. prefers estate rubber i ONDON Ms iday. I\E; VKI V <» that over conhth n. BCQMm* juanr.eiv ought 1/ always to have a card containing :hr wurd- lit- waiasd by Rubber" m front of them, h<» \«w^ Chiaaiclc «mpha sise*- that the experience of the n.iiur.ii rubbei indu««lr>227 words
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81 1947-04-01 8 2 VIETNAMESE KILLED, 10 HURT IN RIOTING TW< tis were injur-.-d loday v br k< >rk- and pro-French Indochinese I p at Agren. '1 he ri I kn nd tlif. ne^ men who took part m the c barricaded then tio r barrack buildings which they by the aut np.Reuter; U.P. - 81 words
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Article77 1947-04-01 8 MALAYA hi- bomgbi 70 raeehar ,»s from \nstralia. France is 111 inquiring DrtO Australian horses ar.d Turkey far 1 v <; Tbe Emperor of Abyssinia, Haile Selassie, has ordered 180 charges sr«m the Australian Governmen for the Imperial bodyguard ai Addis Ababa A [<»«1i firm has applied77 words
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Article60 1947-04-01 8 The British Minister of St Mr. Hector McNeil, replying to a question m the Commons yester- fiay .said: "In conformity with the policy oi reducing flogging by criminal courts as quickly as possible with a view to eventual abolition, the Sudanese Government are considering propato restrict floggingReuter - 60 words
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Article264 1947-04-01 8 GERMAN GOLD IN MOSCOW TALKS MOSCOW, Monday. Dlx ss|n\ „t t iit value and location of Germany's gold took up mosi of today's meeting of the Big Four Foreign Minister- deputies for Germany, who listened to a report from Jacques ftueff, head uf the Inter Allied Reparations Agency. M. Rueff264 words
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Article77 1947-04-01 8 R "But said tha; increM m kp? c ted beca use -1 States ls pi- i: m the last pre-war d "ttw l 'r.ited States had to be the world > Since then, a further ri I Ameri and m- m Am erica n aReuter; A.P. - 77 words
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Article25 1947-04-01 8 JARLY n-umptKHi wtwten the IJuU-h and Stracfaey, the I LtIUU p thorities anc recomn.he ac Britain, La considers! l .rom I: Br25 words
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Article29 1947-04-01 8 The Brazilian aunt yesterday burned one hundred million cru- zeiros m paper money to checjk ir.flation. Banking experts say itl will les.s i.ition only a little.29 words
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Article43 1947-04-01 8 the Egyptian Hag over the X el Nil Barracks, which had occupied by Lhe British Army' since 1882. The cerem nj marked th evacuation of British forces from cities m the Egyptian delta io the Su^z Canal.— AP.43 words
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Article, Illustration27 1947-04-01 8 AFTER SNOW COMES FLOOD The thaw that all Brita to the Thamev Valley '.-v Wanrrave. Berkshire, |»<. cabinet hitrh and dn N l l hilars whi( h saves27 words
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