The Singapore Free Press, 16 April 1947
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Title Section208 1947-04-16 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALA YA A model of the rocket was on view and a film was shown depicting the success of one of Its trial flights. Secretly designed and constructed by the Fairey Compary m co-operation witih the Ministry of Supply, this pilotless weapon208 words
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Article, Illustration137 1947-04-16 1 MINED SHIP GETS TO HARBOUR *s Staff Reporter authorities and engineers of the ■mpany agree that the mine Empire Pass more 40 miles > a.m. yesterday must have k magnetic type and not a > little damage was caused l mine must have exploded I $hip and was not detonated137 words
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Article195 1947-04-16 1 SIX HURT IN GANG SHOOTING A model of the rocket was on view and a film was shown depicting the success of one of Its trial flights. Secretly designed and constructed by the Fairey Compary m co-operation witih the Ministry of Supply, this pilotless weapon was originally planned to counter195 words
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Article193 1947-04-16 1 FLAGSHIP IN SINGAPORE A model of the rocket was on view and a film was shown depicting the success of one of Its trial flights. Secretly designed and constructed by the Fairey Compary m co-operation witih the Ministry of Supply, this pilotless weapon was originally planned to counter Japanese "suicide"193 words
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Article195 1947-04-16 1 KING'S ILLNESS GROWS WORSE A model of the rocket was on view and a film was shown depicting the success of one of Its trial flights. Secretly designed and constructed by the Fairey Compary m co-operation witih the Ministry of Supply, this pilotless weapon was originally planned to counter JapaneseU.P. - 195 words
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Article195 1947-04-16 1 A model of the rocket was on view and a film was shown depicting the success of one of Its trial flights. Secretly designed and constructed by the Fairey Compary m co-operation witih the Ministry of Supply, this pilotless weapon was originally planned to counter Japanese "suicide" bomberU.P. - 195 words
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Article191 1947-04-16 1 A model of the rocket was on view and a film was shown depicting the success of one of Its trial flights. Secretly designed and constructed by the Fairey Compary m co-operation witih the Ministry of Supply, this pilotless weapon was originally planned to counter Japanese "suicide" bomber attacks191 words
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Article269 1947-04-16 1 LONDON, Tuesday. smokers to stop smoking altogether or reduce smoking by twenty-five per cent", said Mr. Hugh the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he announced the increase of taxation on imported tobacco by fifty p«r vent, m his budget speech m the Commons today. •I269 words
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Article192 1947-04-16 1 Baksi wins in round 7 LONDON, Tues. IOE BAKSI, Df America, beat! Bruce Woodcock, the British heavyweight champion, the referee stopping the fight m the Qth round of their scheduled ten-round final eliminating contest for the heavyweight chain- pi:nsh:p of the world at Harrin- gay arena tonight. The end came192 words
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Article280 1947-04-16 1 END VIOLENCE, SAYS GANDHI NEW DELHI, Tv PIF. Congress leader, Mahatma Gandhi, and the President of the Muslim League, Mr. M. A. Jinnah, today issued a joint statement denouncing violence m India. Their statement was made on the initiative of the new Vice/oy, Rear \dmiral Lord Mountbatten. T ply deploreU.P.; Reuter - 280 words
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Article36 1947-04-16 1 The Burmese Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League, of which U. Aung San is the leader, estimated yesterday that its candidates had captured 120 of the 182 seats m Burma's first Constituent Assembly- A. P.A.P. - 36 words
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Article29 1947-04-16 1 Five French troops transp rt planes carrying French reinforcements to quell the Madagascar upr'sing, yesterday made an emergency landing m a storm on Mombasa aerodrome, East Africa.29 words
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Article93 1947-04-16 1 SPEAKING of c nditions of re enlistment into the Army, the British War Minister, Mr. Frederick Bellenger, said that enough sheets had been sent to tropical stations to enable Bri•V ops there to be covered. It was the intention to place the sheets for all troopsReuter - 93 words
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Article37 1947-04-16 1 VIETNAM forces of the Indo•h;nese Nationalist movement made heavy attacks on French garrisons, mainly m the Hanoi area yesterday. Unofficial French reports, state that French force tanss, fought Vietnam attackers for several hours37 words
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Article, Illustration396 1947-04-16 1 MARSHALL MEETS MR. STALIN MOSCOW, Tuesday. THE U.S. Secretary of State, Gen. George C M n haO, con. 1 ferred with Generalissimo Joseph Stalin m the KremiLo ast night. Gen. Marshall went to this momentous meeting ifter declaring, m the Council of Foreign Ministers, that Etussia had sabotaged the enforcement396 words
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Article116 1947-04-16 1 GREEK 'WAR' FLARES UP i 1 THE Greek Army is on the nuve again against gi n Thessaly after a two-day sat rm, wh'ch on balance has been an advantage to the guerillas, j the army spokesman said ton ght. He used' the words "civil war" for he first time116 words
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Article246 1947-04-16 1 'QUEEN ELIZABETH' OFF SANDBANK SOUTHAMPTON. Tuesday rUGS tonight pulled the 85,000 ton Cunard liner. Queen Elizabeth, off the Brambles sandbank m Southampton water, where she had been aground for more than 24 hours. The last few seconds of her stay on the reef marked the beginning of a concerted actionReuter - 246 words
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Article223 1947-04-16 1 REYNOLDS ON HIS LAST LAP NEW YORK, Tues MILTON Reynolds, Chicago millionaire pen manufacturer, took off from Edmonton, Alberta, at 10.40 p.m. for New York on the last stage of his round-the-world flight. According to officials a T LaGirardia airport, he will h::ve a 30 miles an-hour wind to helpA.P.; Reuter - 223 words
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Article36 1947-04-16 1 The Netherlands Prime MnnsDr. L. J. M. P el. and the Minisier for the Colonies. Dr. J. A. Jonkman. w 11 fly to IrcWr.psia next week to jneet the Indonesian Ministers ReuterReuter - 36 words
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Article18 1947-04-16 1 Rome rad o report that the Italian Government has abol shed the death penalty.- ReuterReuter - 18 words
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Article30 1947-04-16 1 Ten thousand Jews m Belsen displaced persons camp m Germany yesterday ;■> -"^c^^ to the United No,tions and BrKain to allow them to go to Palestine.— i ReuterReuter - 30 words
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Advertisement62 1947-04-16 1 MEW CHINA CO STERLING SILVERWARE Serviette Rings m various designs Plain or Engine Turned Prices from $600 to $30.00 Flapjacks Prices from $50-00 to $80.00 Silver Pencils. Plain or Engine Turned Prices from $12.00 to $12.50 Cigarette Cases and Boxes. Plain or Engine Turned Prices from $60 00 to $140.0062 words
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Article, Illustration1072 1947-04-16 2 WHAT BECOMES OF THE 'BAD' GIRLS? An urgent social problem m Shore f rME LAW... I act from Laws of the Straits < .1 ments, VJiU. Chapter 33. 15. (1) If the Protector (of Chinese) has reasonable cause to suspect t!:.it any girl under the ape of eighteen years is1,072 words
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Article, Illustration200 1947-04-16 2 I I I le p ay. .nd. D as -Apparently bow. two s, a heart, a club, and pr bably imp. H fly on :anee tha r had the doubleton Q-9 of diamonds, and ther. i It as too minute a chance. d much scur.der. At the200 words
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Article220 1947-04-16 2 Hall Romm London Leite* b> A model of the rocket was on view and a film was shown depicting the success of one of Its trial flights. Secretly designed and constructed by the Fairey Compary m co-operation witih the Ministry of Supply, this pilotless weapon was originally220 words
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Advertisement46 1947-04-16 2 I I ft 2>^ BOYS' SUITS SMALL QUANTITY RE CEIVED OF BOYS TV\ C PIECE SUITS IN HARI *jflS wearing flannel grey only \> size $35.00 3 $37.50 $39-50 6 $42*50 7 $43.5 0 |i 8 545-OG 9 $47. 5 C WHITEAWAY, LAIDL, TELS. 6907 6908 SINGAP46 words
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Miscellaneous470 1947-04-16 2 s Qiwrfipnyp Wednesday Blue Vetwork English 1 ,n ,V ,S" nv-Vrr m «n 14 00— 00 11.11. is, nu.os m m undup; 5.30 Shirley Dear.. ,m wave band J2 meg cycle. P^ eeend In the tl mrtrr inuid. n medium wave band A 5 825 me K a< pn second470 words
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Miscellaneous144 1947-04-16 2 11 a.m. Fcrccs Educational Broadcast; 11.20 Musical Interlude; 11.30 Over to You; 12 p.m. Out of the Attic; 12.30 The People Sing; 1 p.m. World News Flashes; 102 The Gentle Six: 1.15 Marching and Waltzing; 1.45 Yankee Quarter: 2 pm World News Flashes; 2.02 Yours for the Asking; 3 p.m.144 words
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Article143 1947-04-16 3 rs' penal servitude were passr B liley im six men uho attacked, the roadside m Breezing weather who w a impel ig a bunk cc Guddard reI have been on the Bench I scriptian. It is a de-, n plorabie and wicked case." To ve -Sergeant143 words
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Article205 1947-04-16 3 CIGARETTE MEN WORK TO PLANS A model of the rocket was on view and a film was shown depicting the success of one of Its trial flights. Secretly designed and constructed by the Fairey Compary m co-operation witih the Ministry of Supply, this pilotless weapon was originally planned to counter205 words
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Article206 1947-04-16 3 A model of the rocket was on view and a film was shown depicting the success of one of Its trial flights. Secretly designed and constructed by the Fairey Compary m co-operation witih the Ministry of Supply, this pilotless weapon was originally planned to206 words
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Article195 1947-04-16 3 NURSES WIN WAR FOR WAGES A model of the rocket was on view and a film was shown depicting the success of one of Its trial flights. Secretly designed and constructed by the Fairey Compary m co-operation witih the Ministry of Supply, this pilotless weapon was originally planned to counter195 words
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Article192 1947-04-16 3 A model of the rocket was on view and a film was shown depicting the success of one of Its trial flights. Secretly designed and constructed by the Fairey Compary m co-operation witih the Ministry of Supply, this pilotless weapon was originally planned to counter Japanese "suicide" bomber192 words
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Article193 1947-04-16 3 A model of the rocket was on view and a film was shown depicting the success of one of Its trial flights. Secretly designed and constructed by the Fairey Compary m co-operation witih the Ministry of Supply, this pilotless weapon was originally planned to counter Japanese "suicide"193 words
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Article, Illustration88 1947-04-16 3 MISS >T. V. GOSSE, of Chippin; Barnet, Herts, England, tra- I vels around the countryside in f a specially equipped motor cara- i van and leaches housewives the art of using modern electrical appliances. Picture at left shows Miss Gosse instructing a woman while88 words
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Article100 1947-04-16 3 nA.\UGE- 600 were awarded at Cardiff by Mr. Justice -of a "good, hard-working wife and A £6-a-week Post Office fitter. Hamlyn Williams ted a decree nisi a G iams (50), on the grounds of her Lemuel John a butcher with a ridd mar:. cned100 words
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Article97 1947-04-16 3 STANLEY EDWARDS. 24. Norwich I Nor: Idler ilian lover. Use Nuccia Tenca. 34. who braved the Alps and trekked -o Britain from are free to marry now. the same courtroom where Ilse was charged with illegal v Into Britain, and Stanley Qg and abetting her. he97 words
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Article56 1947-04-16 3 PLANS TO CRUSH HOLD-UP THUGS Scotland Yard cniefs have met to plan methods of curbing the armed robberies whi:h have been occurring at one-a-day m England m recent week^. There will probably be an augmented -'ghost squad to 'rack down the bandits most of them thought to be Army deserters56 words
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Article79 1947-04-16 3 EVELYN HALL, named one of the te n besi-dresei?d working srirls m the United States, says she really has hardly a thing to wear. She says her small wardrobe was hardly enough to fill a cupboard and that she hasn't had an evening dress forU.P. - 79 words
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Article19 1947-04-16 3 Wireless receiving licences totalling 10,732.500 were m force m Great Britain at She end of February.19 words
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434 1947-04-16 3 TINY VILLAGES HOLD UK ATOM SECRETS Not even on the map -i niSLEV, a Lancashire hamlet so insignificant that it b. A found neither on the map nor m a guzetter of the Brit .ft Isles, is the -brain" behind Britain's development of atomic energy for industrial uses. Not veryReuter - 434 words
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Article411 1947-04-16 3 FHE 'spendable income" of Mr. Jack Hyltoo, the theatrical i producer, for the year ended April 5, 19 5 nrafi put at 116 1 B<L by Mr. Justice Evershed when he gave judgment m the action by Mrs. Hylton m the London Chancery Division. cc Evershed411 words
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Article, Illustration306 1947-04-16 3 P>R nearly half an hour m the austere Quarter' Sessions court at Newcastle a haired shipyard worker talked, argued, and reasoned with the bewi^^ed Recorder. ?tlr. G. Russell Vick. K.C. His soldier son, 18 year-old William I^ke, had just been sentenced to three years' Borstal treatment306 words
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Article32 1947-04-16 3 A bronze plaque bearing an image of Mars, and a flint ball weighing nearly six pounds, have been discovered near the ruins of the Roman Fortress a: Burgh Castle, Suffolk.32 words
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Article172 1947-04-16 3 MRS. CAWK WELL WROTE LETTER MRS. H. CAWKWELL. wife of a bus cleaner, "could satisfaction about a house" from Brigg, Linco\ Rural Council. So she wrote to the Queen for help. Cawkwell, who lives at West End. V. am, wrote: "My Dear Queen,— l am appeal- ing for your help.172 words
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Article77 1947-04-16 3 LIPSTICK BAN FOR NURSES' Nurses at Sunderiand Royal Infirmary and its associated Children's Hospital who asked the au-horities to remove a ban on make-up have been told: "Lipstick and cosmetics do not go well with your uniform." Comment by a nurse was: "Patients tell us that it cheers them up77 words
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Advertisement24 1947-04-16 3 1 o prevent linen cumin? yellow to fceep it white as snow, you need to use only a tittle RELIABLE EXPERIENCED TUNER Consult with24 words
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Miscellaneous22 1947-04-16 3 T ARZAN Prim Stive battle Bx Edgar Hire Burroughs l y:^~ z }jy^ mtr '-'^-2' s*^ fi BRONSON'S INERT f^RM SWAYErJj bKAA22 words
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633 1947-04-16 6 The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY. APRIL 16 ,1947 Rice Conscience :t Sia: to meet her her The ]>co- lo •here r Lsco: fQr the f\c rice has injured ir•he I, Is gr i>he"s not m: .;h and she is not ex. nough. This fca\ known m M to for many633 words
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Article876 1947-04-16 6 Alexander Clifford - THE BIG FOUR NEED TO THAW A lexander Clifford In Moscow Streets the ice has melted, but by EXCEPT for dirty piles of it dumped m corners, the snow has gone from Moscow's streets. The ice on the Moskva River has melted. Muscovit squelch through the slush m galoshes and876 words
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Article374 1947-04-16 6 IN British communications are m the news. It has just been announced from London that, to lay and maintain telegraph and telephone submarine cables, the Pest Office has a fleet of four cable ships the Iris, Ariel, Alert, and Monarch. As there are more than 42,700374 words
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Article459 1947-04-16 6 A UAbWORKS chairman, rt once industrialist, mayor and high sheriff, moved out of his big house recently to work unpaid as an assistant curate. He Is Mr. JOHN GROSVKNOR, 59, of West Hagley. Woras, Old Harrovian, rider to hounds, and chairman of Kidderminster Gas Company. He was459 words
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Article491 1947-04-16 6 FREELANCE FLYERS GET NEW CODE BY COURTENAY EDWARDS DUBLIC coniiden m free-lance flying, shaken by the Dakota crashes recently will get a restorative shot m the arm from news of an exacting safety code just worked out by the private flyers' "union"— the Air Charter Association. The association's 37 members491 words
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Article128 1947-04-16 6 l STRIKING tribu H BBC programme was received m the early h of the morning recently by John Marsh, announcer m the BBC's General Over Service. Just after the 3.15 a.m. edition of Favourites" he i j a telephone call direct from Georgia, U.S.A. It was128 words
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Article19 1947-04-16 6 He that ualketh with men shall be wise; but a companion of fools shall be destroyed. Proverbs 1319 words
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Advertisement19 1947-04-16 6 nn i I I THE BEST DRINKS IW T I )ancimg to John Klcinwan's R^* Open All Day Teiepj^^M19 words
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Miscellaneous56 1947-04-16 6 QUI2S 1. Dix s Russia object to dispu arising out of peace treaties being arbitrated by Ini national Court of Justice? 2. Absenteeism was cai I he recent coa^ crisis in Britain? j 3. Mrs. Aruna Asaf Aii, wife oi India's first Ambassador to ihingtcn, was a member of India's56 words
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306 1947-04-16 7 RUBBER EXPORT INCREASES BY ***** TONS Free Press Staff Reporter r 22,000-ton increase m the export of Malayan rubber is reported m the latest statistics released by the Government. March figures show a total export of 91,367 tons compared with 6i),0<7 m the previous month. An analysis of these figures306 words
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Article12 1947-04-16 7 FORCES NOW PAY FOR CLOTHING ;H)rter g new themes into he I12 words
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Article161 1947-04-16 7 1r rev P Maff Kr porter and >ecretary of the Demobbed Personnel, are meeting the Naval Commander to discuss further details of their have been invited to attend these tg Officer, Malaya. the demobbed, numbering about Omar and Ir.che Salleh bin 'iNordin. c Roy: banded m March161 words
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Article, Illustration81 1947-04-16 7 Q. Sir Harold R Kerr cf (i.H.;),. S.t.A 1 .1 decorated >esterday with the M;dal 01 the I. M rit (Degree of Commander) by Major R -beri F. H ejj is >I l-tary Liaison Officer, Sin Major Hoey acted on be the IS. Government, rdinary fidelity81 words
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Article63 1947-04-16 7 Ul ices of Army Welfare Service, Singapore Distric\ the Singapore Childi will give a tnert for members of the .ces at 8 o'clock lonUht at :oria Memorial Hall. The orchestra will be conduct- Glan Williams, o.nd s Ethel Low. Admission is free by tickets can be obtained at63 words
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Article39 1947-04-16 7 MR C.-in-C. GOING TO ENGLAND t Marshal Sir George Pirie. Commander-in-Chief, Far East;, will be leaving Singapore by air for London on April 18 for consultations with the Air MinisHe expects r o be away for c weeks. Rafpro.39 words
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Article29 1947-04-16 7 The members of the Higher Education Commission have re--0 Singapore yesterday afternoon, they were m conference with the Depar ment of and later me; Singapore .eachers.29 words
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184 1947-04-16 7 INSPECTORATE MEN CARRY INDENTITIES Press Staff F THE types of identity cards are issued to members of the rol InsnecTh tors and Officers able the holder to an '»ns who, m his opinion has committed or i& about to commil c Fooi or Price Control Pro. lama:: tant er no184 words
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122 1947-04-16 7 FIRST WEDDING IN ALEXENDRA CHAPEL Free Press Start" H THE first wedding since the iibe- ration m the Chanel o; ths 47th. British Military Hospital, Alexandra Road, Sin^ap .ire tools place yesterday when Capt. R. Williams, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Williams of Hereford, married Miss Pamela Earbor,122 words
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Article56 1947-04-16 7 Members of the Siamese delegrati ntly concluded Inter- Asian Conference at New Delhi are now visiting Rangoon as kuests of trie Burmese Government. They will attend a luncheon party at Government House on Thursday. Reuter. The Sc-aforth and Cameron Highlanders will beat the retreat on the S.C.C. Padang56 words
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Article81 1947-04-16 7 Free Pre.-s S all" Reporter FEWER people died m Singapore during the week ended April 5. 1947, than m the week previous. An official Sin--ore report states that during the week ended April 5, 175 people died, compared with 197 during the previous week. Among the81 words
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Article177 1947-04-16 7 FIRST INDIA-MADE PLANE THIS YEAR A SUPPLEMENTARY grant of tt 150,000 for 1946-47 to the Hindustan Aircraft Ltd., Bangalore, which Is expected to produce the first Indian-made aircraft m November this year, has been approved by the Standing finance Committee of the Government of India. The firm is jointly owned177 words
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Article, Illustration78 1947-04-16 7 Phot At a tea party given m their honour at the Chines? Consulate General, Cairnhill Road, Singapore, yesterday, three silver cups each engraved with the words "Preserver of Justice* were presented to Major 1 \V. Ward, Major M. G. A. Watson and Mr. R. C. B. Lim mSin Chew - 78 words
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Article150 1947-04-16 7 Two ambulances due in December From Our Staff Correspondent SINGAPORE which, m 1940, made n o fewer than 26,792 calls <n the Fire Brigade Ambulance, is today without this regular service, and it will In- another tight months before ambulances, ordered m 1046, are delivered. Superintendent of the Fire Brigade,150 words
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Article185 1947-04-16 7 WANTS TRADE WITH AUSTRALIA FYITZ Zelenzy. Filipino journalist and Trade Commissioner, has arrived m Sydney by air from Manila to confer with 'the Minister for External! AiT-airs. Dr. Evatt, on a trade and cultural link be. ween Australia and the Philippines. Mr. Zelenzy said he proposed ist to Dr. Evatt185 words
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Article66 1947-04-16 7 THE Governor of Singapore Sir Franklin Gimson, will leave Singapore by BOAC on May 17. Lady Gimson sails on Strath more on Thursday, AprjJ 17. Both are going to the U.K. on leave and expect to return m October. The Government of the Colony will be66 words
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Article39 1947-04-16 7 150 GIRL G UIDES A TRAIN] Guide g the I m the i at tl Abraham c Gut: co-op< ct the hca cd a prov cc to rethe r. rly constituted committet uld be formed of the District Commi39 words
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Article293 1947-04-16 7 Bunker praises S 'pore recovery A TRIBUTE to the manner the pet>pL have co operated with the Government to bring about a re to n< rmal conditions wai paid by a leading Indian banker speaking at a tea party g\en m his honour by tne Indian community. The speaker, Rao293 words
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Article60 1947-04-16 7 EX-SERVICE MEN GO A-FISHING IN h Sei n from SEAC and ott>er thea res. seekini venture and hard work, are entering one of -he mos. profitable occupations m industry of irawler fishing. To enter, men raus be v 35 years and physically fit. and must serve for one month a60 words
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Article41 1947-04-16 7 Up to noon yesterd persons were kiled and two seriously injured m Ru. New Year festival eelcbrat; The casualties were the i t on between a mJ tiuck a p r bus a celebrating crowds ndea41 words
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Advertisement45 1947-04-16 7 TEL *r *r +> /J ilKl|JL^ljJiJ2£jj FIRST time on the screen! FAMOUS RADIO TEAM: HARRY KORRIS (laugh-king) Robbie Vincent Cecil Frederick, Bunty Meadows "TOMoiow^ TOPPER b"baoT miughti giTfriend AND INTROUBLE AGAIN! dtfllfi B^k c? Mm J^m\ COWSTANCI ROLAND W BENNETT YOUNG with BIUIE BURKE ALAN MOWERAY45 words
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450 1947-04-16 8 CUSTOMS HELPLESS AGAINST SMUGGLING U.K. loses millions a year CONTRABAND goods are being smuggled into Britain <m *■> such a vast scale that Costoott officers, on their own admission are almost powerless. Figures will he issued at the end of this month showing the number of seizures and con ?ictions450 words
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Article, Illustration42 1947-04-16 8 rADETS ut the I >±\ NftTal College. Dartmouth, ;*ro h^re seen SWinginff pj>t w.f n t-:e Naval pr< t > <mi <>n the.r Lust paracie b f re the Bastsi holidays. Th \v marched pa-st Almiral Sir PHdhan Uiiipplc, who to k the salute.42 words
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Article123 1947-04-16 8 CEVEN D Miss Nel ie Massey, murdered behind her newsagent shop. w;is killed "by mistake/ 1 think ichester CJ.D. nun working on the case. And maybe p inspired >h >- crime. Gossip about a fortune said to be h'dden m the ho 3 Nellie v I123 words
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Article259 1947-04-16 8 DINCE a maternity home mm set up next door to her home v m Adam-slrect, Kidderminster, L9-yearold Rita Edwards has changed her attitude towards morriagt and motherhood. This was one reason given by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. ry Beresford Edwards, when they applied at259 words
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Article40 1947-04-16 8 A 100-lb. coping-stone fell 20 ft. n from a chimney stack of me m Moriey. Y> i through the rool •om ceilmg. and ended is th*- body of a sleeping tw -year-old bThe boy survived with bruises only.40 words
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Article92 1947-04-16 8 SPURNED: TOOK 150 ASPIRINS Alter a girl fellow strident at Birmingham University, had asked him to stop paying attention to her, Peter John Waddoup, 19, went to her home at Wes^ H;i -.ley. near Stourbridge, and told her mother that he had taken 150 aspirins He died there later. The92 words
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Article, Illustration110 1947-04-16 8 YORK HIRE l LOODS a the Htitish Army to under- t.ike [h< najoi task -f dosing I the breaches of th" River < h S Ktien <>f the special tio«'<i squads are here seen w rking i n n tfu- pi »t i la: (I atJ hank :it V i»rk110 words
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Article146 1947-04-16 8 ARRESTED WITH 226 WATCHES MOISE GOLDENBERG. who keeps a delicatessen shop m "1 Paris, went to London to see a Rugby football match. He carried a suitcase. When he stepped* of! the G Arrow, he told Customs officers that he had nothii case except clothing. But it was sus; and146 words
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Article25 1947-04-16 8 The lawn m Queen Square. Bath, is to be preserved as a memorial to the 400 people who died m air raids.25 words
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Article85 1947-04-16 8 A s iWi. shabby red book— lieni HUB- mm offered for sale at Sotheby's mi n Lnndon. Bidding started at I.* 100. rate quickly to £SM» reached El^W before Mr. Frnest Ma^, Mayfair b«. h dealer, could take Item 28«-.» away m hw overcoat pocket. Ihe85 words
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Article24 1947-04-16 8 Goldfish production m Japan nhis year will be a ten^h of the 1939 record, but prices will be raised 1.000 per cent.24 words
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Article123 1947-04-16 8 BRITISH ra.,.s placed orders for the building of 90-miie-pvr-hour locomotives par.ly powered by gas turbines. G. W. R. express main Jino services expect to bo US the locomotive;; early m 19 The gas turbine of one of the locomotives is being built at the123 words
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Article18 1947-04-16 8 MP REJOINS LUIOIR Mr. J v. em, Bri ish MP. Shettleston, bos been readmitted to the Labour Pa18 words
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Article, Illustration31 1947-04-16 8 "THK Mace Bearer" is the Ut\e of 1 Mason. R.A.. is paintkif m h S*rgeant-Maj ir Jbn Parkins n. S K<nt, and secretary of the s The picture will eventually h;i31 words
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Article158 1947-04-16 8 A¥LVl\ teaching v.a^ aitark-d by th. Canterbury m the House <>f lords. What ha* bmbu for sf x preparation m the Army ha rne> beer, i more than an indirect encouragement he Dr. Fisher who w, reconciliation, deplored th. Ed as "a usual, natural and attached."158 words
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Article195 1947-04-16 8 A model of the rocket was on view and a film was shown depicting the success of one of Its trial flights. Secretly designed and constructed by the Fairey Compary m co-operation witih the Ministry of Supply, this pilotless weapon was originally planned to counter195 words
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Miscellaneous192 1947-04-16 8 FreePKss€rcssWf»?d Mo* 83 I 1 JHI w\ p*s a(l______^^B jiJl HM ■-t ■■Bbb" ■H»*BT™^"~4«BBBlr~ < "TBBWflJr""--"- L L L i > IKOS9 k T >/*, IQP s of horse oetw een knee and fetlock (5), 4 Hat ..by Moslems also known as ata sh (3), 7. Epic poetry of early192 words
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Miscellaneous24 1947-04-16 8 J A T Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press m Malaya ySHS?3BsI /SS^E^D PiEiSS^S j till n Hf^-^ -i r**^ ♦■'tolONfcrv c 1 I24 words
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765 1947-04-16 9 Bruce was saved by gong m the first From Vernon Morgan JFAURINGAY, Tuesday. JOE BAKSI of America earned (he right to challenge his J compatriot Joe Lcuis for the world heavyweight title by battering into submission Bruce Woodcock of Britain the referee765 words
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Article, Illustration173 1947-04-16 9 'Louis A Little Later' Baksi >n. rs of Sporting told mid only j ane. r Nat i m a his relanntil to be r the make i-ht. mer- row W was decided that they would mec t at Piccadilly Hotel some time during the afternoon. Rogers said that m the173 words
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Article337 1947-04-16 9 ,JHE 1 mg times for th England vs The match to b Sunday morning, at the Royal Sin- Club. <Englard pi ioned first i 8.30 D.W.F. Goodrich fscr) and W. Ekkvd (l) vs. R. craik (scr) and H.M. Alexander (6). 8.30 R.J. Isherwood (scr)337 words
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Article387 1947-04-16 9 INDIANS HAD IT THEIR OWN WAY Indians 6 Chinese I k lIM holding the Indians to a score of one all until hftlf- time, Chinese selection two cracked up badly m he second half and were beaten by s x goals to one m a league soccer match played at387 words
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Article355 1947-04-16 9 K,i. Cricket Results FrinLsh 09 the Kuala Lumpur he;, the Selangor Club beat the ts, the winning hit being scored off ii «>\c'r. but wore all out for 47 .d Gillespie, who took 20 ru N H Hub'os 7—l—l9—l; W. T. 4 2 c—355 words
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10 1947-04-16 9 SIONG BOO SOCCER XI TO MEET CUSTOMS h aChin I10 words
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Article44 1947-04-16 9 T ABLE TENNIS I Teng Si B i Sin Yin beat Ang Yong to Tan Che.; I—3. Wercr Ah Seng beat 3—l. Clubs or parties desiring table tennis tiie C.V.M.A. can comi the Table Tennis Conhn Liang Teck. c o South 126. Middle Read44 words
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Article92 1947-04-16 9 .-t friendly badminton match the Spi ffier c B.P. and the Onon BP. the SpiUfir e t*at the a B.P. by four games to three. ;.cU^: Chee Phui Hung beat Desker 15—3. 15—10; Hu Wei bc-at K-nneth Nonis 15—6, 6—15. Koh Beng Swee lost to Bernard nha92 words
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Article58 1947-04-16 9 THE members of the Amicable Athletic association will entertain their t> a farewell dinner, which ■Howed by dancing at the A*tnl es, 43-B Upper Nankin morrow at 8 p.m. T of honour will te Mr. Low will be proceeding nd the U.S.A. oi Mr Chua Ser58 words
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61 1947-04-16 9 LONDON, S D V Bcialfi d m i i ts to I Birrell, was the subject sa r as Ch< It need won't net them. rs. which ai. but cera should r ribed md that I which th Th act to but C al61 words
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Article532 1947-04-16 9 thicket X its CJI \.\GI Airfield avenged a previous defeat when they beat GHQ 2nd Echelon SEALF m a return match al Changi on Sunday. Changi won the toss and elected to bai. -pite some good batting by Johnson and Morgan, Changi managed to get 68.532 words
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Article, Illustration84 1947-04-16 9 Sil months' leave has been granted to WA FBght-ScrgeMt Jmii Wilkinson, 27, stationed at West Lines., so that she ran play cricket against Australia. She is one of a team of Knsrlish women cricketers who will play against European teams next month and m October will84 words
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Advertisement37 1947-04-16 9 g AjfTjjJ'V 1 *s^ £g jfi JC| S^A KFaJ mtfSt dl R F^ Darryl F. Zanuck presents JOHN FORD'S "MY DARLING CLEMENTINE" starring HENRY FONDA Linda Darnell Victor Manure m 20th Century-Fox's Greatest Western Drama! OPENS TOMORROW37 words
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NEWS, LATE CITY
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Article, Illustration25 1947-04-16 10 HOME... The tate afternoon sun gleam OB the Rivei ih.m i as a tug pulls loaded coal barges up the nvci to the London power-station25 words
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Article380 1947-04-16 10 BIG FOUR FAIL ON GERMANY MOSCOW, Tuesday. HTIU I>. Secretary- of State, Gen. George Marshall, 1 claiming that the United S tUs proposal for a foturpov ity tc keep Germany disarmed had been "im lled" by" the suggested Soviet amendments, virti admitted failure to achieve an agreement on the treatyReuter; U.P. - 380 words
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Article313 1947-04-16 10 I— CITY NEWS— I AspedaJ ,-ives, tbe prices 01 rubber at 11 a.m toda% as follows: Bayen Sellers Ct* r.er Ib per Ib N- N R.S.i fob i No X > m tales Ap-^il 12 v B fot m bales \orii 41 1 H Tone of313 words
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Article61 1947-04-16 10 TWO troopships arrived at Liverpool yesterday from the Far East, bringing the total number of Service personnel arriving m Mers.y m ?4 hours to 8,000. The Quoen of Bermuda brought 3,480 from Singapore, Rangotn, Colombo Bombay and Port Said, and the Worcestershire more than 1,500 fromReuter - 61 words
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1689 1947-04-16 10 DALTON GIVES BRITAIN BALANCED BUDGET LONDON, Tuesday. 'THE Chancellor of the Exchequer. Mr. Hugh Dalton. today I gave Britain htr first balanced budget since before the war, when he told a crowded and expectant House of Com mons that he estimated the country would finish the jj* 47 IS fiscalReuter; U.P - 1,689 words
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Article302 1947-04-16 10 SJAHRIR STATES MORE PROGRESS BAI i Tuesday. MORE progress m (he negotiations with the Dutch for a solution to Indonesia's problems had been achieved than could have been expected from events of la^t month, Sjahrir told AAP-Reuter tonight. If the progress went on and the military tension continued to decrease,Reuter A.P. - 302 words
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Article223 1947-04-16 10 UK will discuss trade with USSR THE Prer*ident of the I I announced m the H <.'!ar\ for <)vn>c: 18 for exchange of and Russia. The B: wuiild 1; I Sir Stafford. S A model of the rocket was on view and a film was shown depicting the success of223 words
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Article, Illustration22 1947-04-16 10 Competes with professionals n-year-cld Pxiilom the stage against top am.. recent London Musical I first because she was t< could play Beethov22 words
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Miscellaneous19 1947-04-16 10 9INGAPORI i IDES iiigh l.ovv Tt*») 0603 6.5 ft. 0016 5 3 ft 2«4i c.6 ft. my 3 ft19 words
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Miscellaneous113 1947-04-16 10 WEATHER— A cloud v aft c k r noon Wi.A ill! H rn« Ml I' i t* from noon lodaj eompileo th* RAF Central Fwrmstam* ..ijn. Ah Command I idy this afternoon Fair ni«ht and to-morrow m< Isolated showers around dawn Hind: NorthweNUrh I to 10 j kn<:ts Ixtominp calm113 words
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