The Singapore Free Press, 13 May 1947

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  • 14 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA SINGAPORE. TUESDAY, MAY 13, 1947.
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  • 5 1 RUBINSTEIN IS SENTENCED fff •ded
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  • 183 1 Bangkok 'increasing shipments' -r.TiT7 Lr, LONDON, Monday. THh British Government was putting "very strong pressure on the Siamese Government to export more rice than hitherto, declared Mr. John Strachcy jtish Food Minister, m the House of Commons' today. Mr. Strachey said about 20,500 tons of
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  • 266 1 I KILLED HER SAYS WITNESS LEEDS, Monday. der trial at Leeds today confes**>d box that he was the killer of a woman .red with her murder. Before he lefenee counsel startled the court by call before the jury the man who that he stabbed Mrs. f February 10. Eric C.
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  • 207 1 FIRST FATAL ACCIDENTS IN SAFETY WEEK Free Pr. CINGAPOK. traffic record was Spjilt early ivening, when the first was rented 'o Mie police. Another fatal accident place 90 minuleo la« At about 6 p.ir. jrday, a civilian Qjng Thomson Road when S'u^denl; trishaw, going m the >ame direction, without any
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  • 87 1 UmenJ i the bancellor of the Exchequer, Dr. Hugh Daiton, on Mij 6 that the mass of war debts nominally owed itain must be very substant ally scaled down, represents British (•uvernment's p3licy, the Prime Min st (Moment Attlff le it tJear m a Parliamentary reply
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  • 538 1 BACK-PAY FIGHT STILL TO GO ON Free Press Staff Reporter TN spite of the Government's decision not to review their 1 decision on the question of back-pay for non-interned Government servants, the Singapore Government Servants' Back Pay Council is determined to go on with its plans for the rally tomorrow
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  • 351 1 'Pirate' beer to inv ade S'pore Free Press Stall Reporter 4RRST-CLASS row is blowing up between Singapore agents of British-brewed beer and importers who have managed to buy more than 300,000 bottles and containers of English and American beers which was released by NAAFI i surplus to requirements m Hong
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  • 50 1 S'PORE GANGS IN GUN FIGHT TWO rival Singapore gangs met last night m Kitchener Road off Jalan Desar, and exchang; d several shots. A Chinese passer-by was wounded m the arm. The Singapore Police arrested 24 me?; I r -rambling offences yesterday. Four robberies were reported to the Police yesterday.
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  • 34 1 ROOFS HAD TO BE ROPED Residents of FemhiJl Bousing Estate. Ringley kept an all-night vigil as the roofs lifted and >.hudred m the gale. The authorities had to come and rape the roofs down.
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  • 146 1 ROME Monday. iJTNITED STATES tanks, armu moured cars, lorries and other war materials were on board two Greek ships which sy.iled today firom Leghorn for Greece, Ansa, the Italian news agency reported U.S. Congressional approval of President Truman's Greek aid bill will not mean the immediate
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  • 339 1 2 PALESTINE PLICEMEN SHOT JERUSALEM. Monday. blared throughout 3 Jerusalem tonight following reports that two men had been shot on the corner of Benyehuda Stn>< t and King George Avenue, Jerusa Eye-witness reports stated that the two British con bles were shot by men arm d with SI en guns.
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  • 182 1 £15.000 Bid For Steel (.1 ISGOW, THE ink could hardly have been dry on the agreement whereby Stanley Matthews signed for Blackpool for the next season j when another British star footballer Billy Steel of Morton and I Scotland, had his name linked with an even Mghei transfer fee than
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  • 123 1 U.S. NOTE ON KOREAGOES TO RUSSIA WASHINGTON, Mon. GENERAL GEORGE MARSHALL, I* the U.S. Secretary of State, today sent a new note to Russia on the proposal to re-open the joint Soviet-American negotiations on May 20 for a provisional government m Korea. The announcement of sending the note was accompanied
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  • 48 1 Chinese Government forces after the victory over the Comi munists at Laiwu, m Central j Shantung Province, yesterday rei captured the railway town of Mingshui. 30 miles east of Tsinan. the provincial capital. Government forces aLso claim to have captured four villages m Shansi.- Reuter
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  • 52 1 Faced by a hostile crowd leaving a meeting of the Kingston (Jamaica) Corporation Council yesterday, the Jamaican labour leader, William Alexander Bustamente drew two guns and fired one shot into the ground then jumped into a car and drove away. No attempt was made to attack the
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  • 48 1 United States occupation officials m Japan have deniei the Soviet allegations that the Americans are training former Japanese airmen. The Commander of the Far i East Airforces, LieutenantGeneral E. c. Whithead, sai: I would not let the Japanese fiy i my planes." A.P.
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  • FOR WOMEN
    • 628 2  -  I HOLLYWOOD lilm star once returned from a holiday I'd m freckles. sip writers got busy and she was soon deluged with letters giving adon how to get rid of the freck. Among the more usual remedies there were rec hydrochloric acid, the touch Vf a
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    • 232 2 USt circumstances be unwise Tor a piayer to bid wiLh so week a hand as Ea&t's, but his bid cf one heart was -rvct m Lhis case. Prom his poim *as dangerous to pass; fur than South also might pass, and W?st would be m trouble at
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    • 140 2 'LEISURE' WOMEN A TTA CKED Mr. and Mrs. Hannel ti f S'lverm-re Road. I u.intrd children. For eighteen years Lhej hui bit Jh hiwrif m "'lrs. Hanneford was v.. rived. Then her miracle happened and here ar* tl on th«ir second birthday. I JEA CTE RANKIN, who 30 years ago
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    • 1101 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR Fortune forecast for people born today HORN today, >' ur natural tttltnta are many- V<u have an atool pctsonatttj, atth«urli underneath it is u^rni IM evon ani roOS. But you are no! ""<> t *«ar your b art on your sleeve and n!v jour eJoMSI :t"<i :i
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  • NEWS
    • 74 3 Fast UK planes not ready five io seven vcais uic British taxpayer I L L c( l with a mwmtwg bill for operational r sen cea This is the verdict of I British Urways depart--5 held under the chairmanship f Lord Knollys future of the
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    • 46 3 nRifISH colour television has arrived but not for transmission to the public until much more work has been done m the laboratories. Equipment will be demonstrated soon to the Pos master-Gen-eral, Mr. Wilfred Paling, and then probably to the Television Committee.
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    • 207 3 GIRL GOT HER MAN- TWICE A JOB m a soda bar wasn't just a new start m life for a pretty K r: c: H ri bride who had arrived m Detroit, m the United States, and found her ex sailor husband had divorced her. The soda bar was just
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    • 91 3 CARNATIONS TOO HOT CECIL REGINALD AXFOKD, a brewer's traveller who m ■his spare time became a champion carnation grower, was fined £10 at Bradford-on-Avon. Wilts, for using electrici y to heat his greenhouse. For the Fuel Ministry it was said that m the gravest time of the fuel crisis an
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    • 199 3 10.25 MYSTERY IS SOLVED THIRTY-NINE-YEAR-OLD Kenneth Jenkins has thrown so 1 many mailbags put of the 10.25 p.m. train from Waterloo to Portsmouth, m the last nine months, that he cannot remember the exact number. He used to unlock the guard's van and pitch the mailbags out of the window
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    • 152 3 LOCKS BEAT WAR SPIES THE lock that kept Britisli documents and secrets spyproof and thief-proof during the war starts on a post-war career to earn dollars this week. It was invented by a South African who escaped from "Belgium m 1940 as the Germans red. It is now on show
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    • 9 3 lenc« fou iGJ
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    • 8 3 FANS WANT CRECHES IN CINEMAS by •c on
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    • 120 3 NEW COUNTY PROPOSED NEW coun.vy for England is ft one proposal m the first annual report of the Local G ornment Boundary Commission appointed m 1945 to review the status and boundaries of 1.500 areas. Tli is new county would be created by merging four and Ing m parts of
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    • 79 3 A< Bap Isi ii, others m Biitiiin to ignoie any Government appeal to ?.> out to work was made by Mrs. O. D. Wiles, o» Ipswich, m her Presidential address to the Baptist Women's Icit-t'r annual meeting m London. Be ye perfect' we are tola.
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    • 30 3 Free raincoa s and suitcases are to be issued to rankers In R.A.F. and W.A.A.F. The cases, of iibre with leather corners, will be m addiion to kitbags.
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    • 534 3 EX-WAAF TO WED A GERMAN EX-WAAF EILEEN BUTTON, .^ed 27. dim, hmtj blende, proposes to marry Egon Ik hit' and become the first English girl to wed a German m post war GiniWJ. Eileen, who went through London's bombing m the A.R.P. I>* tc^re she was a YVaaf at Biggin
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    • 107 3 /Mil SHAM stone and English oak will be the main materials used m the building of the new Hou.se of Commons which will take three years to eomplet- and will cost about K. 1,000.000. (lipsham stone has a warm cream colour and is known to
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    • 181 3 RUNAWAY BEAN ER SEEN JOCK, the Canadian beaver at large from London Zoo, has been seen by a oirg^e i dling along the Ret Park canal at di.«.wn. And what that bargee said when he repor ed the matt* no pan of this story, except that It drew this comment
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    • 24 3 laptstry containing 108 badges of the EijUh Army made at a .Service hospital at Yattendon. Berkshire, was presented to Viscount, Montgomery
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    • 56 3 Lancashire Education Committee has rejected a request by the National Coal Board to hold Lectures and show films m schools m the hope of gaming recruits. Alderman A. Smith, of Nelson, said that if one Government Department were allowed access to the schools the committee
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    • 160 3 LORD ROWALLAN, the Chief Scout, talked to 1,500 young followers at Southern! about the dragons abroad m Britain today dragons which, he told them, were as dangerous to the country and to mankind generally as the one slain by St. George. "They are the dragons of hatred and
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    • 73 3 vvuitwmii lib i^iHcuesier nuve discovered 25 skeletons believed :o be the remains of lepers who lived there 800 years ago. The bones were discovered 2ft. 3in. below the surface where St. Fames 's Hospital once stood. On ;he site is a stone bearing the inscription,
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    • 126 3 SELLING? NEW YORK SUITING Double Width Only $1.90 Per Yari CATHAY S!LK STORE 38-39 Bras Basah Road. PHONE ***** SUCK TWO £§> RENNIESTHEY'RE pi 1 A WRAPPED TO L O^V" x CARRY IN YOUK /id pocket you don't nesd water or spoon— Kennies) are ready when you need them. Carry
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    • 42 3 TARZAN E3?osis©fs basted By Edgar Rice Burroughs WITH INSPIRED' FEROCITY, J UNDER p AN AVALANCHE OF SLEDGE- V r SNEAKED AROUND BEHINDHAND %/f X ---JUST AS TARZAN AND THE APES LEAPED ON BRONSON'S &ACK. mkg^j i____j 'j TORE THEIR WAY THROUGH THE
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  • LEADER
    • 571 4 The Singapore Free Press TUESDAY. MAY 13. 1947 Around The Houses 2. MOT until the census is c< pitted later m the year will it be passible to determine with any c-ertainty the extent of overcrowding m Singapore. But those who have been familiar for many years with our hous-
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    • 1310 4 SQUARE PEGS IN SQUARE HOLES Sir Ronald Adam, Chairman of the British Council tells us how to put SIR Ronald Adam, who was Adjutant-General to tiie forces during the war, and who is now the Chairman of the British Council, m a 8.8.C. Broadcast recently on the relations of his
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    • 241 4 ethrt'n, be not children m understanding; howbeit m mali c be ft children, s;ut m understanding be men. Corinthians: 14. 20. long as $5,000 worth of repairs will keep it standing. [n addition to powers of direction over trie siting of new— and evm old Industries and over new
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    • 222 4  - LEARNING TO FLY 10s an hour Court enay Edwards \i\ ALL over Britain the little men ol p flying are getting ready for the day now believed imminent when Lord Nathan, Civil Aviati( n Minister, gives them back their "perThey are dusting oil the wings and tuning-up the light.l c.
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    • 333 4 B1 IUiONA CHURCHILL 'PHE ancient f^ud fire? are crackling again deep m the rich undergrowth of Ashdown Foi t Sussex. centuries old. small parties o; !>• und men creep '^ik o: their forest cotta at aight and. equipped with matches, a andles, and par; soaked ra^s, set fire
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    • 76 4 QUIZ IV. rispin and C tn? 2. What was the first steamhip to en ss the Atlantic? 3. When calling on a him.. thr.-" a husband, wife own da :ds should a lady U should of the b i at horn 4 Fill m tl In the following q (a)
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  • LOCAL NEWS
    • 447 5 N t keep m the QOtvect lanes Press Staff Reporter Week now under \va\ everybody is •>n faults on the road, whether as a an <r he ought to be but few hard work that the traffic policeman driver from doing damage and to
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    • 36 5 MUSIC TO SCARE TIGERS rier rubbe lers prey I I I I :s ar. I I I -.fore I between m lo was I he 1 1 I Port I I I he I oegir I:
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    • 324 5 Free Press Stall Reporter MALACCA, Monday. HTMI Governor of tht Malayan Union, Sir Edward Gent, is 1 beinjr petitioned by Goh Tionjr Tan. b Malacca lighter age operai r lilio controls 24 small craft, because Sime Darb} the Government rice agents have brought to Malacca from
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    • 45 5 Every evening during m: Safety First Week, the Cathay mana Is o rer-ng to the Cathay to *wd persons who answer correc'ly nupstions put by the Traffic Police Officers m lance a< v J'irst Model Exhibit he Happy Worl;! Stadium.
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    • 49 5 HOW QUICK LY CAN YOU STOP? Stopping distances for cars travelling at different speeds -nJC as follows: Travelling at 5 m p.h., a car needs 6 ft. 10 15 ..20 40 ..30 75 40 120 50 175 Think of these figure before you decide what is v "safe" speed.
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    • 25 5 Prayers will be offered this afternoon m Kuala Lumpur mosques or. the occasion of the birthday of His Highness the Sultan of Selangor.
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    • 147 5 BREAKING UP A BANK pEMOUTION squads ar? hard at work on the old Cbna Bank bonding m Battery R ;ad Singapore, pulln? it down m readinrss for duU n? up t^c multi-million dollar skyeraper that will soon be soar ng on t; 5 s I A: hr>t in ■•>• could
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    • 237 5 CEYLON WANTS OWN SHIP LINE PROPOSALS from Indian shipping lines to Boat a Ceyionese i shipping line with predominantly Ceyionese capital, directorate and personnel are being considered by the oy tonese Government which feels the island should have at least one line carrying its produce. Two sets of proposals have
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    • 118 5 Free Press Staff Reporter WHETHER or not an Overseas 1 Chinese trade delegation: from Malaya will be sent to: Japan, very much depends upon Government's recommendation, says Mr. Lee Kong Chian president of the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce. To date he hc.q not
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    • 4 5 TO BE USED AGAIN
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    • 589 5 WHERE IS 2nd CLASS SEAT? Letters To The Editor I SEE that Mr. Ewing characterises ray comments on the question of higher fares as "nonsense", but the matter is tco important to the Singapore public J to be brushed aside m trrs i manner. The Traction Ordinance pc mils the
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    • 153 5 WE all m Singapoie, espe the capitalists, Industrialists, commercial firms, lai d --"l estate owners, tir. mi ttrs 1 rich folk, here to help the Government to get more inccme to meet legitimate expenditure. especially at this time of re bilitaticn after a destructive war. But we
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    • 72 5 The annual general meeting of the St. Andrews Mission and Orthopaedic H Is will bs held m the V.M.C.A.. Stamlord Road, Singapore. tomorrow 5.30 p.m. Mr. P. A. B. McKerr n, the Colonial Secretary, w>U pro-] pose the adoption of the ac- counts. The Committee of the
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    • 43 5 Mr. J. M. Taylor, a member the editorial staff of the Frse Press, tomorrow night will deliver the second of a series of lectures at the V.M.C.A. The subject will be: "Pre-invasion penetration into Japanese-held ritory during the Pacific war."!
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    • 320 5 UNIONS THANKS MR. GARRETT I .ec Press Stuif Reporter THE resignation of Mr. 8. P. 1 Garreit from the posi Trade Union Adviser, Singa). has caused a great loss to working class and will give them causj lei grief, says a statement just issued by the Malayan Amalgamated Chinese Engine
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    • 156 5 ARMY P.O FINISHES MAY 31st Free Press Staff Reporter THE Base Army and thi R.A Post Offices n i the Fullertcn Building m Singapore will officially ce:se to ♦un:tion after the 31st of ihis mo:. Arrangements are being made to hand over the service to the civilian authorities and a
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    • 24 5 SINGAPORE AW ARDS The following Sirawards have been made: Que<. Scholarships, Mr. E. W. Bar and Dr. Ho Yuen; Quo* •Fellowship, Mrs. M. X
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    • 1716 6 DSO MAJOR TELLS OF SHOOTING JAPS Burnett Verdict Reserved Free Press Staff Reporter TIIK trial of Major John Burnett, I)SO., M(\, of the Ist. Battalion, the Seaforth Highlanders, charged with being responsible for the death of a Sikh driver on March 3, following shooting m Ghua Chu Kang H< ad.
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    • 98 6 FOR BOY OF 8 A WAR RAN l the axres I an eigiit-year-old boy was issued by West London m tratos after his mother had told them that the boy ran away from her on the way >o the juvenile court. He had been accused under the
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    • 70 6 MINING IS THEIR GAME Li' SARD HECTOR, 9-year-old son «>f Yorkshire mm* instructor, teaches the neighbouring boy« ab ut the methods of mining m England. I ird, complete with head-lamp, h l models pit equipment t i show how mines work. The boys sac h interest that thej plaj ;it
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    • 178 6 A!i>-\ EAR OLD retired Manchester business man bought an electrically driven invalid carriu gulden v\<*d din# present \<>i hw helpless wife, aged 73. On th( he had a m buili stand and operai IX: driven his wife on little outing g 500 n p. This v.
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    • 114 6 COMMANDO raid by h ft Marines will be the leading attraction a; the first Royal Tournament since 1939. which opens at Olympia m n June 12. The cliff, mad- of concrete and about 80 leet high with a gradient of one m eight, is believed to
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    • 56 6 SECERT EXCHANGE IS DESTROYED THE existence of a secret bombproof u ni 1 Whitehall, the London r,rv( ;t( ment departments from the Prime Minist < tair War Office and India House, during th Urn ime officially revealed m the hi Britfeh r«-t Office magazine. tThe exchange, which ing its concrete
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    • 80 6 UNHAPPINESS RUNS IN FAMILIES UNHAPPY marriages r families, according to Mrs. Et>hel Dukes, medical dir the London Marriage Guidance centre. She opened a fortnigL' fresher course at Univei College, Southampton, by minding that enviromen not settle everything. "If we remember heredity will save ourselves a iot appointment." Mrs. Dukes said.
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    • 133 6 J^S^ll! Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press m Malaya /let's have a >J /besides, i've just had^ /then You'd better /Yes-and i'd get It TURN ON THE JANE-ITS A LETTER FROM MY fGO BACK To PARIS'- AGAIN IE I POKED MY NOSE ICE, ERIC I'D A THAWING'/ BOSS/— HE'S GETTING
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    • 149 6 Free P^ess C^esswardNo. 10* I 1 9 bb 1. Straps passing vi aei defining position of bowler and ba proportion of one thing to another cast or shaped (6), 9. Extract or What colour is the ground of th is set down or advanced for National run? (7), 19. A
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  • SPORT
    • 186 7 MELVILLE HITS HIS SECOND 100 Jill f ~*w London. Monday. ivennington Oval where Surrey, tiding, want 224 to beat the South I im captain, extricated his > when four men were out Surrey attack m ting, which earned him ur, which included 15 fours. Very encouraging also for the tourists
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    • 16 7 NAVY v INDIANS IN LEA GU E TODAY will i the nine s. If n > X.(
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    • 7 7 BUDGE PATTY WINS FRENCH TITLE fdm U.P.
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    • 25 7 tNDON, Mom! preparation, Smailes led out I c to win their firs' .ms. Indeed I 320, 33' 1 :glas t r6B
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    • 117 7 DUBLIN, lion. AM v boxers from 16 Euroopen a six-day Eurouea^ boxing championships tcnigh a programme providing the oes 1 pre-Olympic test of European g form. The winners m the c. win fly to the United nd to mest th^ Golden Gloves champions. Hundreds
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    • 109 7 THE following are the resu of races held a r i C. on Sunday: Q— Clcss: Second race for It Challenge Cup- 1, No. E. G. Holiday, finishing 11 45; 2, No 11- H icier finishing time. 11.45 30; 3, No. 12— G. J. G. Pitt *iing
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    • Article, Illustration
      32 7 LEARNING YOUNG Photo shows Harry Mak peace giving some sound instruction t) a group of youngsters who turn ed out for cricket practice at the tlocr nets at OJri Trafford Ground, Manchester.
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    • 597 7 SPORTS STADIUM OUR FOREMOST NEED A~A.A. Meeting toft-Pedals Olympic Representation H> The Sports Editor NOT even the prospect of possible Malayan representation m the Olympics was a strong enough inducement to s Singapore athletes, representatives <! clubs or sports lovers m general to attend the first p war annual general
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    • 182 7 IN ilie final of the ibles m tfee Singapore Malays' badminton lour: on Sunday, I I and Sujai H ah 8.P., proved 100 k id Wahab iSarkawi of Gentle, whom they beat 15—6. 15—7 while, the continues and the n.«ults of the various ties played last
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    • 36 7 LONDON, Mon. The British Lawn Tennis Association announced today that Cup Tennis matches between British and American women will be played at Forst Hills, New York, on Ane. 16 and Aug. 17- U.P.
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    • 28 7 The Cosines soccer team beat Uie R.A.F. Changi by the odd goal m nine m a friendly soccer match played at JaJan Bessar Stadium yesterday.
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    • 287 7 BRITAIN'S WALKER CUP CHANCES FANCIED LUiN-UOiN, Monday. ji h-.w weeks ago you would have bought Britain's interest m the Walker Cup for its n,2asure m tea, but they are pelting downright cocky now about keeping the Go'.f mug m the eld country cup-board. Henry Longhurst wrote m the Sunday Times:
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    • 1219 7 REMARKABLE RECORD OF GLASGOW RANGERS Answering Yotsr Queries Won Everything m One Season Avrir The Sports Editor 0 C1 again a 9««stion asked last week gives us our most V convenient starting paint m answering Y our queries tii s week. Ihe query- concerned, sen! m by the C.P.O. trio,
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    • 272 7 Teams for Rest Cricket Trial On Sunday THK d liowLig teams have Leen selected to pia] m I matcb tn the S.K.C. padang or* Sunday, begmuing at 11 to select the Rest sid? to mtet the Europeans m the annual Clarke Cup cricket mat?h on May 24- May G. tttf^e'i
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    • 32 7 S.R C on Pridj Cv :iy (90S Port Op V F F Prfrrcc: B Colours Blue and m* Raia. Players report to ground IS
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    • 58 7 PARIS. Mon. THE Ird:r. lawn tennis team to meet Prance m the second round of the Davis Cup mpetit'or., str.rtirg here rex' Thursday, was annourced hey tcday by Manager Gupta. Sumant Misra and c. Mohammed will play the sirglcs while Ifisra will team with J. Mehta for
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  • NEWS, LATE CITY
    • 215 8 CITY NEWS S'PORE RUBBER PRICES TODAY A I corr >;:oiMc::t > thi prices of rubber at toda> as follows: ilers otr Ib. p?r Ib. X -> fob m b .ofr Ouiet SINGAPORE CHAMBER Oh *THt Singapore (.'h amber of Comaserce Rul i Issociation'a Itubher prices .tt noon on S re:
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    • 74 8 N ew York stocks ONew York Stock Exchu vestcrday. idle conditions pre- j vailed as most operators continued autious awaiting further development m the readjustment of the economic tare. Irregularly lower tendenruk'd m the greater part of the D and there was little evidence of recuperative ability. Business was more
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    • 37 8 Berlin officials announced last night that a fire of a mysterious origin had been burning for one hour m the suburb of Lichtenberg m the Russian sector at the eastern tip of Berlin.- U.P.
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    • 35 8 Jacques Heim, notable Paris fashion creator, says that lust year's "Bikini" model bailing FUits for wornon were so smell that they slipp-d r f? j n the This year's models are mor
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    • 287 8 LONDON, Monday. TilK Cabinet may discuss emergency measures to rush ihc near-starving British /one of Germany tomorn ing to a well informed Whitehall source. The ti a decision at Cabinet level appeared at hand. I < :;l Packenham, Minister tor Germany, reported today to tfu> Foreign
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    • 140 8 TRADE TALKS WITH CHINA STILL GOING ON LONDON V y. M HECTOR McNEIL, Minis--1 ter of Sta 4 Parliair. tary answer today regretted that UaUons for a commer ty between the British Chinese Governments were not yet completed. This was partly because ol the necessity to reconcile British and Chinese
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    • 48 8 The official British cast-of-living index figure at April l was 103 points above the 1 vel of July, 1914, compared with 104 points at March 1. The index figure for food was G8 points above the July, 1914. level compared with 69 points at March 1.
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    • 22 8 Three shillings for "coal taken from a school playground" has been sent as conscience money to the London County Council.
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    • 24 8 During the redevelopment of Holford Square, Finsbury, England the bust of Lenin will be placed m the Council Chamber for safety.
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    • 90 8 DM'TONH'M, chief iiurr. dient of the atom-bomb keeps itself warm This discovery m the atom world is announced by vv. stout and vv. m Jones, of the University of California and the lon \lanus Laboratory at Santa Fc, New Mexico. Stout says the self-made heat of plutonium
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    • 316 8 pore Statement THE Government of Singapore has notified the Junior Civil Service Association, which represents its Asiatic employees, that its decision to award seven months' bark pay payable two months immediately, two months if the end of the year, and the balance on retirement
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    • 325 8 BRITAIN GREETS ROYAL FAMILY London Monday. I o.NDONER'S gave a riotous welcome to Hie Royal Family, L whose return to Britain's capital coincided today with the tenth anniversary of the King's coronation. The warmth of the reception testified to the depth of the Royal Family's hold on their people. Long
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    • 48 8 LONDON. Mun. Russia expects to ha\ considerable" surplus of food illy of grain, tx year. Mr. Harold Wilson, h the recent Br: to Rv. ci m Lone: They aiso planned for msaid, although he pointed out maohli transport equipment to d< A. P.
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    • 112 8 Forty men, women and enliven re drowned m the Nile canal near Zagazig, 40 miles Northeast o' Cairo when a mot iiwhich they were travelling skidden and dived into the cana lav Reu ter settled as soon as possible. Th" Colonial Secretary also gavi an assurance that any
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