The Singapore Free Press, 14 April 1947

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    18 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA sjlfjsl;fjsl;fsf SINGAPORE, MONDAY, APRIL 14, 1947. PRICE 10 CENTO
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    Maj. BURNETT TRIAL OPENS TODAY
    548 1 Free Press Staff Reportei THE trial of -7-year-oid Major John Burnett, who woo the D.5.0., and M.I for service behind the Jap lines m Burma, nephew of a Vice Admiral and of a former Air Chief Marsha), and a member of one of the oldest
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    HIS COUNSEL OBJECTS
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    Muslim attack on new envoy
    177 1 Muslim attack on new envoy NEW DELHI, Sunday. :>er Dawn slid today thai the appointed U.S. Ambassador to India. Mr. Henr> VV. has managed to win the >11-: m and n<t the conMusiim hy expressing himself m favour «>f national unity" m India. Mr. Grady, m taking his oath as
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    ROYAL BIRTHDAY SPEECH FOR BBC
    20 1 I I I I ft I m preI :abeth I peech m naking I U.P.
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    Air news AIRPLANE 'BOMBS' A HOUSE
    312 1 Air news AIRPLANE 'BOMBS' A HOUSE LONDON, Sun. AN oxygen bottle was hurtled like a bomb through a bungalow r-of as a Royal Air Force Wellington bomber crashed mi n the streeet m Watford, Hertfordshire, today. The pil t was k lied m the crash. Two other crew members parachuted
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    KILLEARN OFF TO SYDNEY
    55 1 KILLEARN OFF TO SYDNEY Free Press Staff Reporter I ORD Killearn, Special CommisL sioner for South-East Asia, left Singapore this morning by flying boat from Kaliang for Sydney, orj an official visit to Australia on the invitation of the Australian Government. He was accompar.ied by Lady Killearn and Capt. D.
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    TO WORK BY TAXI
    43 1 Australian dockers loading the British liner Orion at Melbourne with food for Britain, are going to work m taxis. The Orient Line provides the taxis because the Melbourne metal trades strike has spread to the suburban train services. Reuter
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    TALKS TO FORCES ON RADIO
    31 1 TALKS TO FORCES ON RADIO GEN. SIR RONALD ADAM. chairman of the British Council and formerly Adjutant General to the Forces, uho is taking put m tin- HIM Forces educational programmes.
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    UNIONIST ARRESTED
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    India to build atomic pile
    100 1 a the Indian Government has Bifned an agreement for exclusive atomic research rights to the deposits of monazite m Travancore, and uill build a 1 400, 000 atomic pile U> produce atomic energy for industry and research, says a London Daily Telegraph report. The special
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    BIG 4 MAY PART IN FEW DAYS
    165 1 BIG 4 MAY PART IN FEW DAYS LONDON, Sunday. EVEN the Foreign Ministers themselves expect that the Big I Four Conference m Moscow "will break up m the next j few days without achieving any major decision", says the diplomatic correspondent of tl The newspaper said there was still the
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    3 KILLED IN RIOT
    26 1 Three person^ were reported killed and 15 injured m a renewal of communal rioting m Calcutta yesterday. Over 150 persons were A.P.
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    VIENNA CRITICAL OF 'LIBERATION'
    72 1 Vienna yesterday celebrated the second anniversary of it: liberation by the Red Army. Fe* buildings were beflagged as the I Mayor had ordered them to be. The Vienna newspaper Arbeitei Zeitung, commented: "A large part of our prisoners of war ha< still not returned. We celebrated
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    'Terror' Jewess breaks jail
    226 1 'T error' Jewess breaks jail GKI LA COiIKN. a Jewear. m son men t fur using a sec arms a year ago. escaped todi the government hospital m Je ing from pneumonia lor the She was an announcer ove Gang, the underground Jewis for outrages and murders m cast anti-British
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    POLICE CHIEF ROBBED
    67 1 POLICE CHIEF ROBBED A Malay and a Chinese stopped by the Singapore Radio Patrol m Waterloo Street at 4.00 a m today j were found to be carrying a suit- j case with the inscription ot J. C. Barry. Mr. J. C. Barry, who is Deputy Commissioner oi Police was
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    SHOT DEAD
    33 1 Two Chinese armed with a pistol, broke into a shop m Bencoolen Street, Singapore at 4.15 a-m. today and after an argument a coolie was shot dead and a towkay wounded.
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    DEDICATED TO PEACE
    29 1 President Truman yesterday dedicated the New York site oi the United Nations headquarter* to the peace "upon which the hopes Of the world arp fminrioH A.P.
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    REDS SEEK FRIENDS
    37 1 REDS SEEK F RIEN DS British and Dominion Communists yesterday made a statement appealing for 'progressive people" m all parts of the world to build friendship with "the Soviet Union and the new Euro- A.P. Dean democracies.—
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    55 NATIONS TO TALK PALESTINE UNO CALLS MEETING
    235 1 55 NATIONS TO TALK PALESTINE UNO CALLS MEETING LAKE SUCCESS. Sem York, Sund.i>. A SPECIAL session of the General Assembly of the nited Nations to consider the question of Palestine ha* i.« H called for April 28. Trygvt Lie, United Nati«»n> Secretary General, cabled 55 member States today to this
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    FRENCH PRIEST DIES IN S'PORE
    73 1 Free P FATHER Jean Marie Ouillor. Procurator of the Frencr, Foreign MLs^icn. died at 6 a :r. today. He wa. 68. Father Ouillcn had been m Singapore since 1921. He mv very popular and well know., to Singapore business people. His body lies m state
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    REJECT UNION
    30 1 A meeting of Indians m Tanganyika yesterday rejected the British proposals for an economic association of Kenya Uganda and Tanganyika The Indians claimed they had <•' niLur.ai Doards.- Reuter
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    EDITOR IN S'PORE
    51 1 ED ITO R IN S'P OR E Mr. Stanley G. w. Horriblow retiring Editor of the London Daily Mail— he has been sue oeeded by Mr. Frank Owen former editor-in-chief of SEAC Services Newspaper m Singapore —passed through Singapore terdny on his w?v to take up mi editorial appointment fc
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      38 1 JTWGAGEMENT RINOS, lERNH V RINGS iff* A > LADIES' X S informal wear toikt W^ y l^ cosmetics i ites textiles fabrics. I GENTS' l i very Jay accessor:. fy n c f I Jor size I^N SINGH CO.
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    SPORTSWEAR POURS IN
    738 2 SPORTSWEAR POURS IN And Out Of Spore Shops PRESS WOMAN REPORTER QFORTSWEAR conO zinue? to pour into the shops. Wind jackets. popular for golf, arc Robins w. Made m England especially for Robre priced at 528..~ lours are blue d and grey. The; ma n showerI cloth and have raglan
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    TODAY'S BRIDGE PROBLEM
    148 2 W. and i i third .ub doubling an i What does planeec Eas 1 i raised p. the very round of bidding. This would have shu: the auc -ct that he had quite dcub'-lui about bidding even two spades on his pitifully w<> When EcLst made the
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    GALLOP ON A TOY 'BRONCO'
    322 2 GALL OP ON A TO Y 'BRONCO' By Murie, Pctw Actary when during the wai oaßk tami.'Us Vickers Armstrong nava! guns will shortly kk* turning out Britain's latest mi-ctel mr-chanical toys. Outstanding no among them Bco v a horse which fashion. No clock w rk. etars or p< destroy the
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    SEAWEED WOOL
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      48 2 NOW... you too co* kz bea^ I A wonder! v! n. I gets rid of WHY DOES tfHfTO jM that pale, fresh loveliness thai every woman dreams a ihjr even man ad> YOUR SHIN MAOI 4-6 SHADES WHITER 3 WINUTES Tropical sun is your skin beau:> II cniar:
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      682 2 SINGAPORE KADIO AUSTRALIA Rhi*> V«t'i-..i-lr IT«»j; 1, 400 n m BRO P m VLBB, 13 89 8 On the Air; 830 mue network Kn~r.-h t pm tB v w pJm XXSJ pjJl Tile Kit Parade 9 M metre* 21 (JO me-acvctes: 15 pjn. to gram. 89—2 M p.ir. -48., metre,
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      33 2 QUIZ a- ers FIRST LINES.— by E Bar Br 2 f Or, Westminster 8r..: by n Wore, i 3. "Caryce: by Jofcn .M. field. L 'It,' by Radyard Kipling. b, m by Rndyard
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      34 2 YOUR LUCKY •j 1 AX g(Nta todar van m ii carted mi rt b. Hat ft id urn, Mi i affectHi vi d icaißA Mdßiv» I -re Hun P* v law: pnW man*' opfOfttßßt*
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    USSR MISSION SEES UK ARMS
    210 3 USSR MISSION SEES UK ARMS Bid! \IN AND U.S. LAUNCH DKIIAIN and the United Statts recently launched two warships. the left ivY a picture of the7lti-foot heav> cruiser Salem of the Navj Living accommodation en board is at nd;tioned. and the Salem will carry automatic ?uns claimed to b 1
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    The Singapore Free Press MONDAY, APRIL 14, 1947. Peace and Quiet
    479 4 The Singapore Free Press MONDAY, APRIL 14, 1947. Peace and Quiet PERHAPS it Is the iuothing effect of the Easier holidays, perhaps it is because life is becoming slowly bu: surely a litUe more comiortable. perhaps because the local government is strengthening Its hold on the reins of public administration,
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    GOOD MORNING ...
    1115 4  - GOOD MORNING Frank Owen by IN liT ol J New York they used to play an interesting game on simple visitors to their city. It consisted of selling them Brooklyn Bridge. It ia almost certainly still going on. For, as Mr. Bar num elegantly put it, there's a sucker born
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    FAITH
    15 4 Yrr *v: > < ,cdn pr U rvih,n)j: bet riajhteoos9Mi h from death verbs 10. 2.
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    PEOPLE MAKE NEWS
    494 4 the eleventh Indian Qfncr r 1 to attain the rank of a Brigadier is Lt.-01. NA/Ifl AHMAD, M.8.E., Frontier Force Rifles, whose promotion lias just been officially d sciosed. He v expected to assume command of the 25 Ind*an Infantry Brigade. Commissioned m 1931, Lt.CoL Nazir Ahmad
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    A SAD STORY FROM TYERSAIL
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    UNDERGROUND TO THE BIG 4
    266 4 UNDERGROUND TO THE BIG 4 Back drop to a world by Alexander Clifford f\ N E way to gi I the Foir-IN ver Conference is to take the scow underground. First, you make sure you have nothing breakable m your pockets and nothing at a! 1 *n your hands. Then
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      63 4 QUIZ KIRST LINES You have t name the poem and the author: 1 "What was he doing, the prcat >rod Par 2. "Earth has not anything to sh w more fair." 3. '-Quinqu rerne of Nineveh from distant Ophir.** 4. "If you ca n keep your head when all about
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    EIGHT DOGS SHOT DAILY
    52 5 Pre<s Staff Reporter dogs are being shot daily m Singawhich has been intensified, to I d canines. The Munu-ipal Veterin Pr^*» PrP<5S th'lt cinr*. rwtnl»n it year, 3,974 dogs and I£Bs bitche> 1,. I control is being exercised over its into Singapore, following an Malayan Union.
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    2 SCHOLARSHIPS FOR INDIANS
    65 5 2 SCHOLARSHIPS FOR INDIANS PHE Purdue University, Lafa- yett y SA has c tiered to m students two scholarships it the University for study to science, engineering, agriculture ?hanr.acy and education for the erm beginning m September 1947 With a view to promoting ndo-Iranian cultural relations he Iranian Government have
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    AUSTRALIAN ZINC FOR EXPORT
    12 5 AUSTRALIAN ZINC FOR EXPORT i I i I I I I it
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    Forgery gang in NEI smashed
    266 5 Forgery gang in NEI smashed Free Press Staff Reporter /COUNTERFEIT rings are known to be operating both m \j Java and Singapore forging one, five, ten and 100--roepiah notes purporting to have been Lssued by the Indonesian Republican Government. Recently members of one ring were smashed when their headquarters was
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    Saying 'Thank You' with food
    65 5 Saying 'Thank You' with food THE New South Wales Cricket eiation is send; food parcel a month for a year ta each of the members of the SH.C.C. team which recently toured Austral i The New South Waies Rugby I-eagu- showed its appreciation f the English League team when it
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    BIG RICE SHORTAGE INEVITABLE
    135 5 BIG RICE SHORTAGE INEVITABLE A SERIOUS shortage of rice to add to the unrest of South\sia appears ir.evitable, latest reports, M. Green, the corres- of The London Observer. He says: "In January. Lord n counted on having 1.632,600 to:is for distribution In the first half of 1547; and that tnphasised
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    YMCA HAS FLAN FOR TEACHING
    77 5 IS part of its educational programme, the Singapore V MCA. plans to develop evering adult courses to meet as far as possible the urgent needs prevailing m Singapore. These courses will include commercia. subjects. The first of these course! already opened, is for beginners and
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    NEI AIR SERVICE
    24 5 NEI AIR SERV ICE A regular Republican air serreen Java and Sumatra will be onene^ m the near future, ding J.o the Antara News
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    S'PORE ARMY FAMILIES SHARE QUARTERS
    456 5 S'PORE ARMY FAMILIES SHARE QUARTERS Arrivals outpace building Free Press Staff Reporter gjfcCAUSE Array families are arriving m Singapore faster than scheduled accommodation can be provided by the building- authorities using contracted labour, there is to be a certain amount of "doubling up" and officers' families will m some cases
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    OFF THEY GO
    59 5 These Japs wer2 among the 1,200 who lelt by their own ship, Kaiwo Maru, from the Naval Base, Singapore, for I'jima, Kure. Japan. Their repatriation was undrr the accelerated scheme oruerrri by Gen. Douglas Mac Arthur, Supreme Commander Allied Forces m th? Pacific. More and more Jap
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    7 TONS RICE SEIZED
    71 5 7 TONS RICE SEIZED ABOUT seven Uns of rice of various types were seized by the Food Control Inspectorate, Singapore, last month. Just over half a ton of sugar and 53 katties of wheat flour were also seized during the same period. An official statement shows < that the Inspectorate
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    AIR C.-in-C. HONOURED
    47 5 The University of Saint A drtws, Scotland, has announced its intention of conferring, at a date to be determined later, the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Laws on Air Marsnal Sir G. C. Pirie, K.8.E.. C.8., j M.C., D.F.C., Air Commander-in-chief, Far East.— Rafpro.
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    BIG COCONUT EXPORT JUMP
    355 5 Free Press St. .IT Reporter \J|, T HILF copra is still on the prohibited list of products from Malaya, countries like Burma, Hong Kong, India and Sumatra have operated a successful dodge, whereby they continue to receive copra m the shape of fresh nutThere has been
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    BRO. ALBAN FETED
    119 5 IN old friend and teacher oi many old boys of St. Joseph's Institution, Singapore, the Rev. Bro. Alban, has left St. Joseph's to assume the post as Director of St. Patrick's Scho 1. Katcng. A lareweil reception was held m his honour at St. Joseph's ol hall
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    RAF CHAPLAINCY
    68 5 Aftt of yea r th? ai i. Chaplain-in Chief of Air Command, Far East, Group Captain the Rev. L. Wright, has left Singapore, to assume the appointment of Assistant Chaplain-in-Chief, H.Q., Med/ME. He will be succeeded by Group Captain, the Rev. F. E. H. Trevor. who is expected
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    SHACKLE CLUB
    64 5 THE Shackle Club m Waterloo Street, Singapore, will close at 10 p.m. April 16 and re-open at 6 p.m. on Friday. April 18, at the former Fleet Canteen m Beach Road. The delay m the opening of the Club which was scheduled for Thursday, April 17. h?s been
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    VOLUNTEERS TO PEN OWN CLUB
    194 5 VOLUNTEERS TO PEN OWN CLUB Free Press Staff Reporter rHERE is to be a "General Pest" 1 m Beach Read when the 200 special European and Asiatic inspectors who have beer, requited for the new Singapore Harbour Board anti-looting corruption force move lr.tq the Drill Hall and Kb surroundings, which
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    S'PORE PRINTS FORM UNION
    67 5 MORE than a hundred ser.tatives of the prir. i.g trade, unanimously resolved special meeting convened by th€ Singapore Indian Printers' Association yesterday to amalgamate all existing printing associ.. and form the Singapore Printers Union. S.P. Garrott. Tr Acand Mr. G. S:-. ;n<;-Ed;tor of the Tar dian
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    LEARNING FROM MALAYA
    49 5 LEARNING FROM MALAYA m urutr mat tnc British learned m the r ion of Malaya c?.n b? applied ir [ndonesia, Doctor P. H general adviser of th ands East Ir.c irq D tit of m c Affnirs and ot^cr bighnftcials, is making a tour )f Malaya, s I A.P.
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    MALAYA PAMPHLET FOR TRADE FAIR
    251 5 MALA YA PAMPHLET FOR TRADE FAIR AS PEC I A L pamphlet or. Malayan exports and imports (and trade statistics has been prepared and 10.000 copies of j this are being flown to England i for the Malayan stall. Arrangements have been completed ir) r the despatch o! Malayan exhibits
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      39 5 i B, c MADE EASY! cessfu B i teach I nners /V"»o t c c I tor prac I 3 p.m If U| a l I- 7 I* Hil X oad i mr Road 1- sc CO W -iOSi
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    POW SMUGGLING PLOT
    442 6 Fascists arranged escapes via Lire OCOTLAND YARD Special Branch officers and military iniJ teDigence investigators are probing Britain because <>t fhe suspected existence of a Fascist underground designed to assist the escape from Britain of staunch Nnzi prisoners v,i war. The investigators have discovered that the escape
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    CHURCHILL HINTS AT A SECRET
    144 6 CHURCHILL HINTS AT A SECRET p— was annual >n. for people who thought "ers jusi ild no longer future war, sur: he said. "Once you have great .surface s, and among These I in- be driven to the inevitable 1 se guardians and be protected step by s n the
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    BRITONS RUSH TO CONTINENT
    236 6 OVER 250,000 peoph art i icpected lo leave Britain this year for holidays on the Continent. If more ships \\<n available the number would he far greater, a Southern Rail way official said. "The demand is tremendous," Many pe< say they will travel to the ports
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    NEW APPEAL LORDS
    17 6 Lord Oaksey and Lord Justice! Moron have been appointed Lords of Appeal m Ordinary.
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    RACKET WOMAN DEPORTED
    71 6 Czecho lovak woman, Aui r u. Schmidt, convicted of operal w. h ft London v. I black market gang, was deported from Crovdon airport by order of British H Otli She w.us fined a total of £200 last Novem d wis ordered to leave the country within
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    CLUE TO WOMENcl ie to women IN WILDERNESS
    187 6 jUKW i c to supper: a long-held belief that up m Arnhem Land, m Australia's wildest country, two wl women are living alone on the shore of an 1 lake has been brought into Darwin by a white settler from Northern T<»rritnrv
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    RECORD FLIGHT IS ACE'S AIM
    113 6 RECORD FLIGHT IS ACE'S AIM GROUP Capt. E. M. Donaldson, holder of the world's air speed record of 616 m.p.h., is planning a non-stop record flight from San Francisco to New York m a jet-propelled •or. He revealed this after he had been presented with the Briila Trophy, the premier
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    Four 'Houses' Are Lost
    94 6 JN lit ihirc di sti U t of 1 Bradford and Melksham thej have f<>ur beautiful new sea except for mo parts. And no one knows where I s X parts are. The houses were originally buill m Sw< di ii m sections shipped acr Ihe
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    OPERA, BALLET FOR CHILDREN
    72 6 Ballot and opera will be included m concerts and recitals to t< ndon children apition of music had wri ten voluntarily their Joy a'such performances m the past, he I. C.C Education Commj I was told recently when it recommended spend i,700 m this v SAXON
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    Girls go down the mine
    77 6 CIGHI smart girls, wearing lipsti, k and .vlk stockings, went 800 J l et down a coal mine at Weetslade, iiviv Newcastle. Four hours later they cam- vp blacker than chimney sweeps. The girls are Ministry of Insurance clerks from Newcastle. They went down the
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    BOFFIN No 1 DIES IN BUS
    257 6 BOFFIN No 1 DIES IN BUS PIK JOSEPH BAR 4 iIOFT, the physiologist, who spent a 0 gnat part <>f his life m dangerous research, collapsed and died m a bii> while goinij hf>me to lunch from hi> laborafor\ it tmbridge. He was 74. He once lived for a w<
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    THIEVES WIPED OFF
    19 6 Householders m Stroud G London, are taking m theii door-ma^ at night t* thieves are about.
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    RED OUT OF FASHION
    51 6 The Secretary for war, Mr. Bellenger. told the House of Commons: The public has not seen the Army m scarlet for more than 30 years .and It wa? felt that this colour would no longer appeal to popular ODinion." (Loud and prolonged cheers from the Opposition
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    PAY-OFF TO HOLLAND
    11 6 Britain is £8.500.000 for war us chan v
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    NAVY SAVES THE DAY
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      83 6 A Xl C J < hl^* v. Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press m Malaya I/ill ask These oldIS! W^l /Borr-»7^ I Jt Z^^^SS j I J4 < SP" tf BOYS IF TMEY KMOW T% RlTZ Oft "Jl AHS FO HEAVENS SAKE X^i ANYTH.WG ABOUT 4 ]COME OFF P J
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      139 6 Fr?^ Press Crossword No. W| I i m i i ■> I I I HHHB^^^i HB^, pBBH P^^^^^^^^^^^^ 1. Visitor a Scotsman ir... worses are not over fond (4), I aJTlicted person (5). 7 Sue) Election that beasts will f> I (6), 13. His is a trying job (6>. 15
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    JOE LOUIS WILL HAVE TO WAIT
    305 7 JOE LOUIS WILL HAVE TO WAIT Woodcock, Baksi vVOJI I 11 K^lSflPu JOE LOUIS, world heavyweight boxing champion, J to wait until later than June this year to defend his title against Bruce Woodcock, Doncaster railway worker who is regarded as Great Britain's best prospect for the world heavyweight honours
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    MATTHEWS OUT OF ENGLAND XI
    12 7 MATTHEWS OUT OF ENGLAND XI I m I fW Mi ions hi
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    BATES SCORES 82 AT J.B.
    116 7 BATES SCORES 82 AT J.B. BASE C.C. scored 169 runs 'o the Johore C.C 's 103 for five wickets m a match playetj at Johore en Pridav. BASE ACCOUNTS < s b Laze *y Ibw Laaroo nan c Cheah b Ratnam King c Cheah b Mohd Nocr Jj nrn c
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    INTERNATIONAL TENNIS
    44 7 CANNES. Sun. American tennis star Bob ralkenberg, teamed with Philipp Wa :er of Belgium, and ciea Rumanian pair Con Tanacesco and C. rahiiis, 3— G. 6—3. 6—B. 7-5 and 4 m the finals of the r doubles of the I rr p
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    BILLY FOX WINS
    51 7 NEW YORK, Sim >IIXY FOX, 175. of Philadelphia; started on the lii?h* -heavyweight 'rial r i i £oeh»n, 177. of New York. m the round of ten i San s Arena on Friday n Fox was makinrr his first start since ils knockout b" champion Gns Les-
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    ENGLAND XV TO MEET FRANCE
    95 7 LONDON, Monday. Ie England team to meet France 2♦ l U Internat -»onal Rugby Union has i-Pn T y cke »»>»m next Saturday has been chosen as follows- S C Newman of Oxford University' D W ISS Ck X rd ft O ?^n'u.w m^ Mary>s
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    WORLD TITLE BOUT FOR HONOLULU
    59 7 LOS ANGELES. Sun. A FORMAL contract was signed on Sunday for the world bantam weight champion. Manuel Ortiz ci Ca'ifornia. to defend his title m the 15--rouni match with Kui Kong Young of Kawali. m the Honolulu Stadium on May 30. The event will be
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    GLOUCESTER, LANCS DRAW IN FINAL
    9 7 GLOUCESTER, LANCS DRAW IN FINAL p I I I
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    'THIS WAS NOT CRICKET'
    325 7 'THIS WAS NOT CRICKET' From Vernon Morgan mn IT LODNON, Sunday. KIL cricket lovers are somewhat perturbs by the statet Perth' u ia f Al lian Test WfIUM Sydney Barnes at Perth^ Western Australia, on his way to England, m which he stated he made repeated appeals against the 1
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