The Singapore Free Press, 7 May 1947
1947-05-07
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The Singapore Free Press
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Title Section18 1947-05-07 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA I SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, MAY 7, 1947. PRICE 10 CENTS18 words
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Article451 1947-05-07 1 BUSMEN VOTE AGAIN TONIGHT Returning fc Undef> Protest' Free Press Staff Reporter THE Singapore Traction Company Employees' Union Is holding a second meeting toniuht at which it will be decided when they will resume work, Mr. R. K. Samy, President of the Union, informed the Free Press this morning. At451 words
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Article, Illustration26 1947-05-07 1 1. the Netherlands Prime Minister i with Mr P. A. B. McKerron. Singa Colonial \irport yesterday, I)r Beel has left for Bat;t26 words
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Article341 1947-05-07 1 Gandhi, Jinnah still disagree M.w DELHI, Tuesday. MVHATMA GANDHI and the President of the Mv Jim i eague, Mohamed Ali Jinnah, conferred for three hourtoday and then announced thai they still disagreed on the advisability of partitioning India. However, they agreed on the necessity for carrying out their recent peaceReuter; U.P. - 341 words
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Article47 1947-05-07 1 LONDON, Tuesday. THE design for a new power station at Bankside opposite St Paul's Cathedral, one of several planned to relief London's acute electricity shortage, will be ready within a week. Mr. Louis Silkin. Minister of Town and Country Planning, disclosed today.47 words
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Article65 1947-05-07 1 (—but there are snags) A MARRIAGE so. iety m London— The Lonely Hearts Organisation —announced yesterday that it *as looking for a husband for a client, a spinster of 50. who "is an internationally known inventor, used to rulin- men t« also earn- C 20.000 annually.U.P. - 65 words
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Article288 1947-05-07 1 LONDON, Tuesday. MINERS became strike breaker^ today m the Durham coalfields when they replaced winding-engine men, operators of the mineshaft cages, who went on strike yesterday because they claim the new live day week will mean a reduction m their pay. Twenty one of theReuter - 288 words
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Article45 1947-05-07 1 Mr. Winston Churhcill, Britain's wartime Prim c Minister, will receive France's highest mlitary honour— the Medaille Militaire— during a full dress ceremony m Paris on Saturday. The Medaille Militaire is primarily an: award for non-com-missioned soldiers of the French Army.- U.P.U.P. - 45 words
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Article20 1947-05-07 1 Two groups of London buslnessj men want to build apartments on I the ship Warspite off Cornwall.20 words
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Article, Illustration53 1947-05-07 1 HE IS FIT AGAIN Looking lit and well a^ain and ready for Ihe job Mr. Herbert Morrison, Lord President of the Council, out walking at Mentone. on Ihe French Riviera. He went there after liis recent illness. Mr. Morrison was the guest of the British Embasq fan P rl before53 words
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Article352 1947-05-07 1 Free Press Staff Reporter MR. 1.. J. A CALL AG HAN, Labour M.P. for Cardiff, South, will ask ihe Secretary of State for War, Mr. F. S. Bellenger, m the House of Commons tomorrow, it the alleged low standard of discipline among British other ranks on the352 words
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Article21 1947-05-07 1 General Mac Arthur's Headquarters yesterday ordered the Japanese Government to "freeze all German property m warehouses m Japan.- ReuterReuter - 21 words
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Article228 1947-05-07 1 BOMB HURTS 10 IN CINEMA CAIRO, Tuesday. FEN people were hurt, two of them seriously, when a bomD exploded during a crowded performance m the American owned Metro Cinema m Cairo tonight. The bomb was placed m the balcony of the cinema, and when it exploded the audience dashed screaming228 words
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Article151 1947-05-07 1 S'PORE GANGS SHOOT IT OUT AGAIN Free Press Staff Reporter THE two Singapore ri^al gangs, who were involved m a shooting affray on April 15 m Maude Road, again met last night this time m Owen Road. A Chinese member of one of the gangs was accosted by five from151 words
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Article64 1947-05-07 1 'USSR AIM IS INDIA' .SH ING TON MR. CHARLES EATON, CI man today that if Russa were ai: to taae C: nd Turkey •t steps cf course would Afghanistan, India and Chin;, of winch countries bcrd Russian territory.'' This wa.s the reason why m lull knowledge cf the risk involved"Reuter - 64 words
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Article126 1947-05-07 1 PARIS. Tues. j TRENCH infantry and paratroop reinforcements are pouring into the troubled areas of Madagascar, the French Ministry of Colonies announced today, cannot tell you how many, but they are goins all the time" said a sookesman. Th e decision to send reinforceJ ments is126 words
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Advertisement74 1947-05-07 1 NEW CHINA I fmm OPTICAL CO I TRAVEL n WARE JXL (BRITISH MADE) Stoawa Folding Suit Cases (am as, 20' $50.00: Leather— 24" $105.00. Leather, Fibre and Canvas Suit < Sizes from 22" to 26". Prices from 540.00 to $115 00. Leather Document Cases. Size 16." Price from $2750 to74 words
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FEATURES...
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Article857 1947-05-07 2 PORT IS NOT ASHAMED Hall RomneVs London Letter Qi,QLiiL to the ground•3 ing of the "Queen Elizabeth" m the approach channel to Southampton the charge by the I tain of the US liner "America" that navigational aids to tbampton are "primitive and disgraceful/ It is aply more difficult tc America"857 words
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Article18 1947-05-07 2 Aged four, Ann Thomas, of Hounslow, won medal for 85 per marks m elocution London festival.18 words
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Article79 1947-05-07 2 SCHOOLBOYS have peptalked their mothers a ten-weeks' charm course at Wellington House Youth Club. Stockport. Cheshire They want their mothers to learn more about make-up hairdressmg and department Said one: '\Jv mother's make-up always looks such a mess I don't kr.ov wrong, but nance to learn.79 words
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Article59 1947-05-07 2 Britain will produce i quantities Of fine rayon clo": cheaper a r Amas Nelson. old million a Laa owner has fostered for 16 years the development cf a new British rayon -making process. Sir Amos says the material is aer and cheap j previous rayons. The59 words
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Article, Illustration278 1947-05-07 2 TODAY 'S BRIDCE PROBLEM WHERE was I play of I the hand, of course. South had 13 of the coldest trick- een on land or sea. The bidding was a deal less cut-and-dried East and West deserved some sort of leather medal for U mrage m passing seven hearts. Neither278 words
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Article, Illustration194 1947-05-07 2 UK 's FILM PRESTIGE r:E prestige of Bi I films m Amei vated immeasurably screen version V," has now bee by another excel from U me so a. cinema ada] Charles Dickens' "Great E. This film will hay can premiere m June 1. but an and magazine writ ready seen194 words
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Miscellaneous1157 1947-05-07 2 YOUR j LUCKY STAR rtune -I lor people born today pOKN I v are eager to suec d tad will always keep your ideals high. \ltheu„!i reserved and quiet, > v have tin knack ol dealing b r^ pic and would make a gaod spiritual or fdutaleader. Interested m philosophy1,157 words
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Article1587 1947-05-07 3 BURNETT: I FIRED FIVE TIMES I Couti is fold of looting Bui Singaj -h ar red t j i p top. I I a- a* f a* going on m Singarneit, D.5.0., M.C.. m evidence pore yesterday, could he gauged rid Indian other ranks, N.C.O.s before him when he was1,587 words
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Article, Illustration77 1947-05-07 3 THEY MAKE SAINTS TWO women artists m the studio of the Dapre family m Tot! n ham I art Road, London, painting on wooden figures of saints the delicate colours that will make them softly glow from or altar. The Dapre family of craftsmen are expert ?t carving the well77 words
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Article, Illustration617 1947-05-07 3 UK FIGHTS TO REGAIN SHIPPING LEAD Merchant navy tonnage grows BRITAIN, having fallen behind the United States m the lii of great mercantile powers, is making an all-out effoi to regain her position as the world's biggest carrier of pa* sengers and goods by sea routes. The target figures for617 words
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Article29 1947-05-07 3 Red wasps an inch long, blown from some tropical isle, died by the million on thirty miles of Nine y Mile Beach, m New Zealand's northern island.29 words
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Article189 1947-05-07 3 5 GO OUT ON QUIZ GUEST TWO girls and three men have set ou*-, to find answers to Ihese questions: Why do many women m Bethnal Green, East End district of London, go shopping with their hair m curlers? Why do they always carry such large handbags? Why do they189 words
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Article79 1947-05-07 3 BOY WASTER WARNED EVIDENCE m the Lambeth Juvenile Cour t London, showed that a youth of 16 spent .£3 a week on films, cigar* and amusements. The youth operated a I bone merchant's business. The chairman of the Court, Mr. D. H. Lindsay, told him: "You are stark, staring mad.79 words
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Article38 1947-05-07 3 In Springfield, Illinois, U.S.A., i gunman held up a bar tender md ordered drinks for the house. He gulped one himself with >he patrons, took the equivalent )f £27 from (he till, and walked Hit.38 words
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Article24 1947-05-07 3 Dawlish, Devon, is to receive two black swans fr< m Australia to" replace its only &wan, "Bertie," killed by a bus.24 words
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Article146 1947-05-07 3 IttMULti years ago a young British sailor escaped from a German prison cage and crossed the Carpathian Mountains into Czechoslovakia where he found refuge m a village two hundred miles from Prague. For four months he was hidden by a Czech family who defied the Gestapo146 words
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Article26 1947-05-07 3 Smokes allocation to inmatps of Hereford's Public Assistance Institutions is not to be cut; n c v prices mean an extra £650 ReuterReuter - 26 words
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Article50 1947-05-07 3 HE SAID CRIME PAID £40,000 Thorna* Henry Gamble. 48 gardener, of Blaby. Leicesl England, boas ed that he one of the few" who 1 made crime pay. He claimed to have ma £40.000. said the police at 1 cos er S:ssions when he m jailed lor five years for shopbreaking.50 words
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Advertisement138 1947-05-07 3 LYON PHOTO CO Renown* Supenoi ana Quick Service 'Developing *Punting and *Enlargn-; rtUn sent m today— read} tne next cay at 6 pm Also "Undertake to repair Cameras b 9 North Bridge Roao Singapore. I or everything m SCHOOL TEXT BOOK» and SUPPLTJ PRINTING JOBS at WHITE -MARKET PRICES Go138 words
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Miscellaneous27 1947-05-07 3 -\!IZ AN Bponson goes alone Sy Edgar Rice Burroughs CR* "ar:Vs" a^'-E-: -os r T ilI-J! 3~^ *-*=Pia water, tarzan leaped por the "s^^^^" ,r I^^' 827 words
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438 1947-05-07 4 The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY. MAY 7, 1947. No Cheers For The Busmen rt/a neither the bus- m« i the Singapore Traction Company will tnrnK too harshly of Sin if the people do not put out their flags today because the bus ke. which has brought hardship to hundreds of438 words
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1353 1947-05-07 4 CHINA'S CUSTOMS 'MOULDED BY CONFUCIUS' By the Kevd. Noel B. Slater EVERY country has its customs, and to be familiar with those of any nat'on is to have, to some extent at any rale, an understanding oi her people. That is true of China the China of toirorrow will grow1,353 words
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Article, Illustration51 1947-05-07 4 This ansters money box with its chain lining was devised to encourage children generations ago to lave. Th? weekly portion <i pocket money was tipped through the cha'n "'purs" -c,; i, presented it rattling and tis > -r.v Uitd that it could nst he shaken out51 words
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Article, Illustration358 1947-05-07 4 'BLACK MAX' RAN SYSTEM 'D' A SPECIAL RRESPONDEM IN the past few days the ordinary people m Britain and the rest of the world must have been deeply puzzled by police-court m which the nam* "Black Max Intrator. the international Black Mar: currency r, was ira Th ha .aary "hoaBritish358 words
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Article181 1947-05-07 4 MISS FRANCES PER KIN* commissioner of the United States Civil Service, is disturbed by the increase oi what she cr. lis "this stylised language She has iv fused to sign papers containing such expressions as "disenrollee." "deemphasise" and "operate at this level." "Amputee" she considers inhuman, "since181 words
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Article83 1947-05-07 4 EMANUEL D. SILVER STONE announced Last we k plans for formation of a new cor; tion to distribute sub dard width films m parts of which, because of equipment and h are not reached by standard product. This poration will Ik by Twent eth Century Inter national I83 words
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Advertisement13 1947-05-07 4 /distinctive $P r 1 r^r^Mr B.P.'de Silva Ltd. if.'VCOffPOKATED /At CFVCC-vJ SWGAPQRE PBNANG13 words
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Advertisement21 1947-05-07 4 riii I COCONUT I 55 CUPPA G THE BEST DRi?* B s l Dsicing to John Kleins^ J Open All Day21 words
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Miscellaneous38 1947-05-07 4 FAITH In the lif>s f him th it h hi to (l*'i I i 1 p isdom is i' and: tral a rod is for th<hack of h m th.it is void I understanding. Proverbs: 10- 13. 438 words
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Miscellaneous76 1947-05-07 4 QUIZ 1 Who had water all around him and not a drop to drink 2. What was the final resting place of Noah's ark 3. Is baculine punishment: (a) sitting m tne stocks <b> torture on the rack 'c > flogging with rods 4 Why were Chinese decorations o.'ten found76 words
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Article499 1947-05-07 5 CHINESE ARRIVING IN THOUSANDS Free Press Staff Reporter KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. jyjK. I>. S. Davies, Singapore's immigration chief until a fortnight ago, who is now controlling immigration into the whole of Malaya from a central office m Kuala Lumpur, told me that although there is no immigration quota from China499 words
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Article15 1947-05-07 5 WEATHER IS 'QUITE NORMAL' :.-ard of I j. Me- Free mm. I nil i j15 words
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Article, Illustration55 1947-05-07 5 Ihe Chinese cv n turn bamboo into hard cash. Here are bask have pi 3 !i ai h.ur, >• o. Thes? baskets find a ready ?a> I iHe times more, per se", an 1 arc i:s2d for drliv ring g.'fis of cakes to friends and temples. FI55 words
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Article126 1947-05-07 5 SINHALESE DRAMA IN SINGAPORE I Free Press Staff R e port:r [IN aid of their building fund, j the Singapore Sinhalese As-so-j elation i s staging a Sinhalese i [drama at the Victoria Memorial X U on May 10. Title of the show fe "Wicked Master," and it will b126 words
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Article35 1947-05-07 5 Professor G. A. Ransome, of the College of Ine, Singai will ad. on a cal Sea helped to wir. th r Burma Campaign." at the V M.C.A., Orchard Road, tomorrow at 8.30 p.m.35 words
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Article333 1947-05-07 5 PERMANENT ISLAND CAMP FOR BOYS Free Pre— Staff Reporter PILLOWING the success ol the Easier Boys lamp on Pulau Sudong oft Singapore, the Department of Social Welfare is concentrating on a permanent island camp for Singapore's boy- and uirls. Juvenile delinquency m I problem," as court records s] Home is333 words
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Article129 1947-05-07 5 RAILS HOLD UP R ICE BANGKOK, Til THE Phatalung district, which produces rice In exoess own requirements, is having difficulties m shipping supplicther southern provinces, inspecting commissioner of the hfth area Nai Udcm Bunyaorakob. has reported to the _a the Inn r It is explained thai part ol Phatalung's paddy129 words
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Article22 1947-05-07 5 A general meeting of the Slew Sin Sia will be held en Sunday at 10 a.m. at 22, Petain Road.22 words
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Article175 1947-05-07 5 150 `I WAS THERE TALES IN answer to an appeal put out by air Ministry for th e personal experiences of all airmen and airwomen who had served m the RAF during th c war m or a than 150 replies hav c now been received from all ever Great175 words
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Article581 1947-05-07 5 Police shadow S'pore bad hat s Free Press Stall Reporter pLOSE liaison is being maintained between the Singapore L and Malayan Union police and other polica forces m the world, such as Scotland Yard, m keeping track of criminals, especially of those who move from place to place. Records of581 words
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Article61 1947-05-07 5 'Asiatics Getting Scared' [THE President of the India League ol Amrriea, Sirde-j J. Singh, at a Press eonfer- ence m New York said that j the peoples of the Asiatu (liiuitrics were "beginning to scared oi the United States** due to its power for "economic penetration" and its "easy by-passing"U.P. - 61 words
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191 1947-05-07 5 pHINESE representatives on the International Emaig; Food Council, at a ecmmaaae meeting m Washington on II day. alleged "discrimination m favour of the British," bzcav.s^ "most of the rice alloc: tans for the last half of the s*ar go to places like Malays. Hji g Kong,U.P. - 191 words
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Article237 1947-05-07 5 TEACHERS GO BACK TO SCHOOL OFFICE boys, school teachers and mid wives go to school vice weekly m Malacca m "English for Beginners" class-zs sponsoree the Education Department. The classes started at the beginning of April and aw held at the Bandar Hilir School for hour each day twice a237 words
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Advertisement88 1947-05-07 5 The Picture Of The Year! j Opens Today At The PS^^ST^ilQ Four Shows 1.30 1 6.30 9.30 p.m. Produced m England IW *^lm a er^ e Hobson j \%<SF> *&f m CHAR! -ES DiCKENS* BERNARD MILES a FRANCIS L.SULLIVAN oW/r vo^oV^ ANTHONY WACERi JEAN SIMMONS $A Directed bif OAVID LEAN88 words
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Article, Illustration243 1947-05-07 6 A London woman recently s'epped into -he goods lift ol block of Mats, pressed the wrong arrive<j at :he baseThere she found on his mt 24 hours 1 to get a An and Manresn Dj ss, of Staines. Mi. a ire j ear-old twins with243 words
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Article265 1947-05-07 6 BIG SMUGGLING RING BROKEN A >v three on nth- i I intensive counter-measures, Bri rl cua h officers have had major success against "big business" false-bottom suit 4 -mingling of watches from western Europe into Great Britain. I ustoms authorities think thej have smashed this form of smuggling on anj265 words
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Article164 1947-05-07 6 A ion of a Mark IV •■or. to be known as the Meteor T. Mark VII. been ordered by the R.A.F. livery is expected to start some 1943. general appearance or much from the operational single-seat type. The ad seat below the normal ::tcd where164 words
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Article130 1947-05-07 6 'DOUBTFUL' NO LONGER MARRIAGES i" nine churches and chapels In England and Wales wl appear to the Home Secretary lid or of doubtful vain of some informality are to ularised by Act of Parliament. I the Bill has been to Parliament by the H a- Secretary to confirm tain' pr130 words
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Article102 1947-05-07 6 IS t he eUi it In the control t« American Overseas Airline i Atlantic and was about to stcei •.vis astonished by an unusual > The message was; "Search 1 forward on next plane." It car; t i whom the hostess 27-year-o had reported tin- loss102 words
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Article, Illustration381 1947-05-07 6 JAP BUILDERS USE GANG METHODS r Threats to newspapermen JAPANESE newspapermen privately admit they are afraid to expose m detail the grafting practices ol large .h'j>a nesc contracting firms which are getting rich during Japan period of reconstruction. While some stories have appeared m the Japanese press, reporter say IheyU.P. - 381 words
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Article166 1947-05-07 6 A CHEQUE for £160 10s. has gone to Mr. Sidney Sm 55-year-old proprietor of the Chorley Wood Hotel Rickmansworth (Herts*, who has been granted ti Pardon. H convicted last July for making, it leged, false statements about meals and hot drinks supplied at his hotel, and166 words
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Article29 1947-05-07 6 Six ago E daughter of Mrs. X of Exeter, England, motor smash. A year later. M: a baby gir. nadette, too. Now his t m a motor-c>29 words
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Article44 1947-05-07 6 The British Home Fleet hcu gun assembly as Portland to; spring i which will tx made m I Th< battleship Duke of flying the flag ol Admiral Sir E N Syfret I i ler m Chief has left Portsmouth to join tin44 words
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Article21 1947-05-07 6 A bogus nurse has "vaccinated" 500 New Yorkers m Uie city's smallpox scare to impress her boy friend.21 words
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Article35 1947-05-07 6 A gold-mounted walking stick •i by the Duke ol Marlborough to Sir Isaac Nev. realised €140 at the sale of the tents of Lowther Castle, Penri h. belonging to the Earl of Lonsdale.35 words
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Article24 1947-05-07 6 Seven British have b* rded Walter H: Page travelling :arships by English-spe tki lon, enabling them :o visit the tes this year.24 words
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Article259 1947-05-07 6 WHEN Henry Gibson was lit Hotel, his wife, Alice, ac< out to dinner. There was a live apart tiii his wife apolof later he was still leading a 1 roof. He then gave up the hot and Mrs. Gibson began to ref petition at Liverpool259 words
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Article40 1947-05-07 6 WI DOW TOOK BETS An old age pensioner, Mrs Louisa Mason Barnes, 77-year-old widow, said to have allowed her home to b e used lor betting r o grt a little more money, was fine* -Q2O at Wolverhampton, En Eland.40 words
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Miscellaneous100 1947-05-07 6 J-?AIN£ Exclusive to the Simla bore Free Press m Malaya /W,ARENTYOu\/^NO-YOU~cTpeN IT,X] N I/T..YES, I SUPPOSE IT'S £7 7^ J>) /oYT" I IURIOUS TO SEE A ER!C!-IT'S PROBABLY k A LL OVER NOW -THANKS HbIIhI A> i WHAT HIS LORDSHIPS/ HIS PARTiNG GIFT FOR \f Tn GEORGIE'— THE RIF T100 words
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Miscellaneous116 1947-05-07 6 Free Press Crossword He < p- .I M| I l&_ «—^Mm^e— n 1. Plaster wall coating of coaling of colour (5), 8. Rosal if (7), 10. Blindly obstinate < Mohammedan mythology (5) 12 (6): 14. Verandahs of Dutch loads (5); 17. Composite gap (6); 19. Flourishing cotton < 21. The116 words
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Article66 1947-05-07 7 ARMY HIT GOALPOSTS THRICE Weakened Sides In Our Soccer Reporter nd aided either by the amazing curacy of the Army m front of goal, ion saved a point m yesterday's Jaian Besar Stadium. ><ured the Army of the first be Malays win their next outing, remaining games, Army will h66 words
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693 1947-05-07 7 VICTORIES FOR REME AND TRANSIT CAMP I m^— 1 Army_ League Crhksf D-K.M.E. beat Malayan Coastal Bty. R.A. by 44 runs m a I I\ league cricket game played at Biakan Mati. R.E.M.E. batted first and wickets fell fast until Gribble and Harding made a fine seventh wicket stand of693 words
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Article80 1947-05-07 7 STOKE REPOSES £1,000 BID Stoke, Tues. NEGOTIATIONS for the transfer 11 thews, England soccer international, from Stoke to Blackpool broke dwn this a at a special meeting of ke board of directors here. V. Parkinson, chairman of Football Club, made an £10.000 but this was vepted. The matter is beingReuter - 80 words
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Article88 1947-05-07 7 ROTTERDAM. Tv Europe soccc: team defeated a reinforced Dutch XI by two goals to one before 50.000 fans m an official tryout of tm to meet Britain Glasgow's Hampden Park iay. The Dutch Inside-left Fass Wilk ?d two goals for the of Europe mU.P. - 88 words
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Article51 1947-05-07 7 INTERNAT IO NAL TENNIS IN PARIS PARIS. Tues. THE American tennis star, Budge Patty, defeated G. Gremeillet, ranee. 6 4, 6 3, m the first round of the men's singles international tennis championships here today. The Australian Davis Cun r. Geoff Brown, defeated r]#»-«! flm r ar>f Frnrrp R fi.U.P. - 51 words
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Article59 1947-05-07 7 THE Pasir Panjang Rovers will meet the Seaforths m a game of soccer to be played at Jalan Besar Stadium on Friday. The Rovers' wili be selected from "the following: Hoe, Teow Seng, Abdul RahChin Lye. Harith. Kwan Leong, Vass, Leng Hoo. Sharif! Madon, Haji59 words
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Article48 1947-05-07 7 BE.R-XSHIRE; Mon. Uniied States Walker Cup team defeated th^ Berkshire Club by 11 bea to four today m a last warmup match before leaving for St. Andrews, Scotland; to prepare for the T Cun rom net itior, on May 16 and IT U .P.U.P. - 48 words
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Article109 1947-05-07 7 SOUTHPORT, Tues. ALAN DAILEY, Reg Whitcombe, n Laurie Aytcn and Bobby Hal- i sail shared the leading place in! J the qualifying test fcr the Dun. Soutnport gold tourna- U merit over the Birkdale and Hes- c kTth courses which ended here today. Each hadReuter - 109 words
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Article154 1947-05-07 7 THE Chinese Swimming Ciub dea^; the United Chinese Library at table tennis by flv e games to two at 21,1 Amber R*->ad, on Sunday. Scores j tC.S C players me raioned firsu Ng Yew Wing beat Chew Kwee 3 o; j Tan Koon Jim beat Quek Song154 words
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Article135 1947-05-07 7 EASY WINS FOR MCC, SURREY Rest Of The Sport THK M.C.C. beat Yorkshire I Ihe >I >red 134 m th 2nd innings at 343 for nine. 1 innings and 233 m the sec inn, 6 for 85. the Oval, Surrey bea by an innings and 161 nil 175 and 192Reuter - 135 words
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Article47 1947-05-07 7 file following will represent the SRC. at cricket against CRE 162 Works at BRC. at 2 p.m. today. Oarl Schubert (Capt a R Barth. A Clarke, A. CoUick O. Campbell. K. Jalleh. R. Perry. T. Pereira. D. M R Mwjoot. DRabot, T. Sta Maria.47 words
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287 1947-05-07 7 THE Singapore Table Tennis Association will open the season this year with an attractive match to be played at the Great World table tennis arena en Saturday at 8 p.m. The match will be between the Chinese Sports Association, winners of the 194G Inter-club287 words
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Article, Illustration169 1947-05-07 7 I j Picture shows the Seaforth r lilanders' Ist XI football team, I I winners of the Sinjjaivjre District I j Fectball League, 1947: Back Row: I Jack>on (trainer); Clark; Scott; IMidJleton; IYankcom; Leddinsrton; I Duthie; Dickson; Cant. .1. A. I MaeDonald. Front Bow: Hanlon: Davidson;169 words
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Article179 1947-05-07 7 223 BOD WIN BY 32 RUNS AT Al Sandra Road on Saturday. ?23 BOD. beat 1. Queer's Regt :by 32 runs. The scoring was low, the most i successful batsmen being Critopb for the Queen's and Kelly for the BOD linson bowled extremely well ana took seven. 8.0.D. wickets far179 words
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Article193 1947-05-07 7 The Rocklites beat A.C.B.A. t (Changi) by six wickets m a game of cricket p'.ayed at Changi on Sunday. Khoon Poh scored 91 for the Rocklites. Scores ROCKLITES Tham Khoon Poh run out 91 W. Galistan cS. Gale b Hall 30 M. Swyny c Parks193 words
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Article860 1947-05-07 7 BENNETT 117 N.O. v TPCA K.L. Cricket itesuilc DATSMEN generally had the better of bowlers m the week ends cricket at Kuala Lumpur m which the MB i r clubs were -Engaged, and the best performance was the fighting knack of 117 not out by H. O. Bennett, who (01860 words
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51 1947-05-07 7 ARMY PARKER CUP SOCCER FINAL TODAY COMBINED I from the Ist Batta I forth H'-jrhlanders, anj lltt Quai;'i Regimmt) meet &Bbarkata n Hq In the final at »he Army Parber Cap k r comct.tion at lalaa I iay. Thrilling f.o.hall can d from the cam?. Infantry favou.a. to v. n51 words
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188 1947-05-07 7 SOCCER GLOBS TO DEVELOP LOCAL TALENT *:dgn. 1 APPALLED by the ever spl prices m thi transfer ore and mere English eh: cheque b are turning to the devel talent. Che: Value art latest converts to the theory that to tap local resoure?s of latent 5 more profitable matt-: m188 words
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Article48 1947-05-07 7 MALACCA SOCCER FIXTURES ineiou '■-■■i: fixtures nay* ranged frr this week una the Malacca Amat >?*n Association: Thursday May B— Charitv ma; id cf Malacca Welfare Fund— Malacca CI vs Muar XI 9— Friendly match lunicipal B.C v Park Saturday May 10— Friendly matchInlays s.a vs Panchor (Muar).48 words
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Article40 1947-05-07 7 present A C »-d B ys at scccrr against the J C S A t the Medical C Union t« Teow Seng; m. Lch. Her Kbo ■noir. Lim Swan?. Ah Sco; Jcon Bar.'ussein, Dr. Or cc Sian-r40 words
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Article310 1947-05-07 8 S'PORE RUBBER PRICES TODAY At con v'oii.a gives the prices oi rubber at m todas \> follows: Bayers SeUeri Cts. per lb per lb. oi 11 I 1 4 R.S.S fob m tl R lot m bale. Ms Tone of Market: Nominal SINGAPOI VMKKR Or O.M Tilt Singapore Chamber ofReuter - 310 words
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Article114 1947-05-07 8 Obe New York Stock Exchange j '•^rday pressure dwindled early' m the after-noon and the market > rallied sluggishly from low levels but j still showed losses mostly up to one point. Selected Motors, Steels. Wet- j stocks. Textiles. Oils and Rails were j prominent issues mReuter - 114 words
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Article20 1947-05-07 8 Mr. Vernon Bartlett, British MP. and journalist-, anived m Bangkok yesterday fnr- •> <?to«r rtf three days.- ReuterReuter - 20 words
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882 1947-05-07 8 UK TO BE GENEROUS TO BURMA-LISTOWEL LONDON, Tuesday. BRITAIN would show generosity to Burma, both m the discharge ol her direct financial responsibility arising out of the British defence of Burma and m her attitude towards the Burmese, said Lord Listowel, Secretary for Burma and india, during the debate on882 words
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Article306 1947-05-07 8 UK SEEKS WAR DEBTS CUTS LONDON, luesuay. THE Chancellor oi the Exchequer, Dr. Hugh Dalton, bin tonight that some substantial adjustment must be made mi n the lebts owed by Britain to her wartime V \ddressing a dinner meeting of the Brazilian < hamber of Commerce at Dorchester Hotel, Dr.U.P. - 306 words
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Article116 1947-05-07 8 A.P. LONDON. Tv T [REE London daily newspa] today published i rr« indents who had just reLurned from M scow. Tl. xal N* ws CI said: 'As things now are and as they must stand for som the Russian regime cannot The itive Daily M aA.P. - 116 words
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Article76 1947-05-07 8 DiUiKSll convicts yesterday demanded a rise m pay because it v now takes them live weeks o| work to earn enough for a packet of i ligarettes. Convicts get 7d a week. and, under tite new bndret, rifrarettea cost its. 4dI'iso Howard League for PenalU.P. - 76 words
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Article149 1947-05-07 8 DON. 1 AFTER the interests concen >ard of Trade were at present compiling a list of 40 repiesentativ British business interests to go m due course to Japan, said Mi. W her, Parliamentary Sec a tar. to the President of the B Trade m a reply149 words
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Article99 1947-05-07 8 NEW YORK, Tues. AMERICAN immigration authori- ties have ordered the Indian dancer Nataraj Vashi and his wife Veena to leave the Uni ed States by May 15. Their six months' visa for U.S. expires on that day. They were due to appear m theReuter - 99 words
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Article248 1947-05-07 8 BANDOENG, Tuesday. T*HE Siindanese "Government," claiming to represent 1 12,000,000 Sundanese m West Java, is t lie creation ol a handful of leaders of the "Sundanese Peoples Party" with no legal existence as far as either the Dutch or Indonesian Republicans are concerned, writes StanA.P. - 248 words
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272 1947-05-07 8 ITALIAN PEACE TREATY Delay dangerous says Marshall w THE U.S. Seen ing today "if the In, Italian the v. c. We will have begun a rejecting the Le: before the Senate 1 the Italian. Bulgarian. R before their debate rous co: opp we can not think we can or shouldReuter - 272 words
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Article14 1947-05-07 8 WEATHER Long, bright intervals RT I I a ?r I I I W»rda\ I14 words
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Article81 1947-05-07 8 PROMOTION FOR NCOs SLOWER The war-time system of promotion fo r warrant officers and NCOs m the British Army is to be modified from July 1 W meet peace ttiem c conditions i service by doubling the time m which a man has to serve acting rank before quala hisReuter - 81 words
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Article71 1947-05-07 8 HEAT BAH LIFTED FOR YOUNG, AGED LONDON, Tues. THE Ministry of Fuel tcday lifted 1 its Spring and Summer baa on electric and gas heaters fcr houses m which there are children under three and persons over 70 years old. Mr. Hugh Gaitskell. the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry, announced71 words
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Article, Illustration26 1947-05-07 8 CHALLENGE TO DISNEY rHIKTV I < BOOU HILDRJ f.llow m the footstf-p, of FdoUy* Ii thry are at the I London, during a class ur :*:itaina < ball26 words
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Article, Illustration25 1947-05-07 8 ills of O m, Argyllshire, looking towards the Lynn of Lome from one of the North It st archways m MaeCaig 's J \er25 words
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