The Singapore Free Press, 23 May 1947
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Title Section20 1947-05-23 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALA YA fc 16-S6 SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, IVIAY 23, 1947. PRICE 10 CENTa20 words
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Article380 1947-05-23 1 INDIA-SWIFT DIVISION SEPARATE MUSLIM ASSEMBLY A VIW I ONDON, Thursday. M>l A, it she divides, will herself decide the shape of Hindustan and Pakistan by a rapid democratic method according u> the plan which the Viceroy, VISCOOIIt Mountbatten, will submit to India's political tauten at New Delhi on June 2.Reuter - 380 words
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Article, Illustration94 1947-05-23 1 Mock ejections were neld at 31 Xndrew's School m Singapore yesterday, under the supervision of the Elections I Hi. r. >Ir. Ci. B. Hawkins, to the school beys a foretasi > of political activities m the I t my when voting t < j pi Tlie "Conservatives 1 wvdSin Chew Jit Poh - 94 words
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Article14 1947-05-23 1 British Govt Thurs. ese draft two one ot the ques.Si was of14 words
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Article15 1947-05-23 1 FLOWN TO HOSPITAL Inter- p in hed I Road, officer i 1 1 did rteri15 words
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Article9 1947-05-23 1 KING RECEIVES' HIS BROTHER dsor were of A. P.A.P. - 9 words
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Article8 1947-05-23 1 INDIA SH OT DEAD :>olicePrench dead at ReuterReuter - 8 words
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Article61 1947-05-23 1 All meat deliveries m London stopped yesterday when 1.500 truck drivers m Smithfield Market suddenly went on strike m protest against the dismissal of two drivers by a hauling firm. Meat porters and handlers struck m sympathy. Troops were tued to deliver meat when anU.P. - 61 words
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Article218 1947-05-23 1 'EMPRESS' WRECK STARTS TROUBLE LONDON, Thursday. AFTER resting peacefully on the bottom of the English Channel for nearly 34 years the «>!d British battleship. Empress of India, is beginning to cause trouble to fishermen who trawl round about where she lies. The Board of Admiralty has received strong prot. fromReuter - 218 words
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Article304 1947-05-23 1 Army gets first S 'pore recruits 1-Ti.v Press Matt Reporter 11/ITHIN 2J hours of a man enlisting to joint the *t British Army and being passed as medically fit. he be comes a regular soldier and is given a few days' leave for which he draws Army pay, prior to304 words
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Article99 1947-05-23 1 THK Pakk of Ipi. tiie lall red-he;xd:-ti and red bearded lighting If.niiT who for twelve years baa f*een waging a "holy war" against th f> British m Waxiristaa on the North-West Frontier of India, has offered to mediate between Congress and the Muslim [p;ii;ue. InReuter - 99 words
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Article84 1947-05-23 1 THE GOC, Singapore District, Maj. Gen. L. H. Cox, at present m hospital m Cameron Highlands, will be attending the Generals Convention m England on June as the representative from South -East Asia. The Convention follows the Infantry Commanders' Conference to be held at84 words
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Article78 1947-05-23 1 CAR TYRE PRICES CUT IN AMERICA Reductions to the pric? of tyres for private cars were announced by two large stores m may. Or.c firm said they were cutting the price by 12 per ceft immediately, and the other said reductions would be "substantial."' In New York a spokesman forA.P. - 78 words
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Article379 1947-05-23 1 30 SERVICEMEN GET LONG TERMS Free Press Staff Reporter MORE than 30 young British Servicemen art* now m Outran Road prison, serving very long sentences which were climaxed recently by the imposition of nine years' rigorous imprisonment on a 20-year-old British nava! rating. Arthur Johnson, who was found guilty on379 words
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Article80 1947-05-23 1 SINGAPORE CASHIER IS ROBBED Free Press Stall Reporter A CHINESE cashier, while paying wages to labourers at a granite quarry off Mandai at 5 p.m. yesterday, was held up by three armed Chinese and relieved of $2,500. Six Chinese, three o. were armed, broke into a house m Thomson Road80 words
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Article68 1947-05-23 1 Dr Edward Condon. Director of the United States Bur:au of Standards, said it was impossible to keep knowledge of the atomic bomb secret, and h^ suspected that Russian scientists would b? now have solved the process. He added that he did not know how long itU.P. - 68 words
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Article38 1947-05-23 1 Princes! Chumbhot of Siam with her 15-year-old daughter arrived by BOAC flying boat at Poole. Dorset, yesterday or. a month's visit to Britain before going to Switzerland where her daughter is going to school ReuterReuter - 38 words
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Article55 1947-05-23 1 M. Paul Ramadler, French Prime Minuter yesterday warned rhc French pecpl e ihat'th, next three weeks would be vital for France The franc would collaps,^ if they lost their nerve m the face of present difficuliies. hu> said. He added that he thought the crisisReuter - 55 words
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Article119 1947-05-23 1 YOU DON'T DESCEND FROM APE jyiXN existed m tfcfl KttlMttMtfi Bml 1i:oi»s more than half a million years ago and mv« h more like man as kntmn. than like an ape, aecon m? to Dr. Ralph von Koei wald m a talk at Harvard Uni-vrr-ity. Dr. von Keenitzwald, who has119 words
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Article125 1947-05-23 1 TERRORISTS BLOW UP BRIDGE JERUSALEM. 11. I A BOMB exploded near Acre Prison t day where 251 prisoner. were set extremist*. A bridge was d v and one British person wa ously wounded. a J sman, Gershon K. -ed tha: comrn had dec the m wtj bands. Hirsch's a: tutedU.P. - 125 words
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Article27 1947-05-23 1 The 4,290-ton Hong Kong freighter Inchkeith, which was grounded for three days off the coast of Queensland, Australia, was reed last nisht und* own ReuterReuter - 27 words
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Article27 1947-05-23 1 The Turks have prepared for the ry Mission tc Turkt '.ement of U urge:. ry needs under th< U.S. £25.000,000 of aid tc ReuterReuter - 27 words
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Advertisement7 1947-05-23 1 JEWELLERY M Brid Rml I Singapore J7 words
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Advertisement57 1947-05-23 1 NEW FASHION FABRIC FROM U.S.A. BEMBERG SILK Colorful Gorgeous Dexicns Patterns gjl^V I ADC TTT C C y^TO^ *«^^bB Made specially to J^~~^ss^ prevent sore throatsM, 50 's Air-tight tins F jjm W 10's Packets Jtf'-'Cj> with Easy -Access inner foil JK-'.~*l T^ V/* and "Cellophane" wrapping. J| A .vA^W57 words
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Article, Illustration839 1947-05-23 2 SHOW THAT MADE THE TONGUES WAG FREE PRESS WOMAN 111 PORTER MII>. Constantino has been well rewarded with success for the hard work she put into her dress show not only as a social oeca- but also as a serious attempt to put forwj ideas on clothes. The dresses are839 words
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Article, Illustration265 1947-05-23 2 SOUTH had a really miserable time at his contract of two spades. .of diamonds ard continued with the queen, but shifted to the lubs when his the deuce and then the nine of diamonds to discourage a .uation of that suit. Fused to cover the jack cf265 words
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Article, Illustration27 1947-05-23 2 This i s Be*yl < onstantine'i original v,«-:<h for one of her n si sur< ssfvl dress i *>♦■ graceful de>i^n was mad<- m ft sre^n crepe27 words
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164 1947-05-23 2 MEXICAN unhi \\<>r..' seeking greater means of serving eir c< untry, have aski d wider equality cf opportunity through femi:i;ne organizations spoi movement, writes a special correspond Feminine the E>ch m 1 I ity of the ire ior "greater ration and integration In the social164 words
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Article165 1947-05-23 2 ROMANTIC LOVE RIDICULOUS HEOPLE who choose 1 physical suitability and temperamental compatibility rather than romantic love have the test c) of happiness when marry, say officials of M irriage Society of London, who claim theirs to be the first organsation of its kind m the world. "The idea oi romantic165 words
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Advertisement44 1947-05-23 2 The popular "VAL! 4 99' Set consists of a "VALET "self stropping razor, strop, and three "VALET" blades m a smart moulded case. Every day a smooth, quick shave and weeks of perfect i|^Sj^^<^ shaving from 1 4u^&r**^i T//F RAZOR r>/>J T STROPS ITSELF44 words
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Miscellaneous972 1947-05-23 2 QUIZ Answers 1 The Potomac, which meanstrader. 2. No, Garfleld ated. 3. No, only a reI Icture of his I 4. Winnie Mac. 5. The Egyptians. SINGAPORE O/ 8 40 I>ra ramme 10.30 announcements; s 45 Talk. i In Mum.'- unme of c BIIIC Network Ln^lish ing all g\ 0.30972 words
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Miscellaneous28 1947-05-23 2 I OLR DOR N tod enthusiasm. idl» Im* < finb»hed h.ipp\ unt: f«orf ana od.l--that all work. «11 tim pro«] Xi corner uith sudden a»d di. s ionih i28 words
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Article, Illustration17 1947-05-23 3 RACKING GOOD BUSINESS prop pralar man i-anrs and all he is iu:A>hmg. >c can d The »M17 words
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Article474 1947-05-23 3 GERMANS TURN BACK TO CHURCHES Peace brings Christianity FHEKE are undoubted signs of an extensive revival o f re 1 ii^ion m Germany, writes Guv Bettany, Reuters corres pondent at Stuttgart. He attributes the revival mainly to the react ion against Nazi materialism and a beliei by many people that474 words
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Article60 1947-05-23 3 DONS' WIVES RUN CRECHE WIVES of Cambridge Univeriy dons have volunteered to look after babies of undergraduates while they ar.d their wives go shopping or spend a few hours m leisure. The scheme of aiding the returned ur.d f rgraduate ex-Service man and his wife was organised by Mrs. Basil60 words
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Article230 1947-05-23 3 PARABLE COMES TO LIFE THE .New Tesuuueui pa.- aolc of tile five talents has been relived at Havernill, SulTolk. A yar ago the Methodist minister, the Rev. William Rose, gave forty people a shilling each to use to the best advantage as did "the man travelling to a far country"230 words
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Article384 1947-05-23 3 ORPHAN LEFT LUXURY LIFE QUGHIE hAIiUUHKNE. a 12 year old British orphan, re--11 jected the chance to live as an adopted son and heir In t untr\ house, and chose instead to return to v vi.-tt I C'ltildrcn Ht-me, Guern>ev. At the nmnlrv hoiis,- he had hi> own room, hi>384 words
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Article83 1947-05-23 3 IN estimate that every fourth marria«re m Britain breaks down wa* made by L>r. David Mace, secretary of tht- Marriage Guidance CHmnclL "The time i^ c"ming; when we shall no longer be able to say we are not as l>ad as America," he told Dorking,83 words
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Article45 1947-05-23 3 A Dequt'St m a doctor's will of an annual prize to the man or woman m Nice with red hair, black eyebrows, straightest nose, smallest wrist and largest hands, ■has been declared invalid. The judges said such a person was "practically impossible."45 words
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Article77 1947-05-23 3 A <>NX DAY laundrj >n w« for their workers will the first A ,n>t.ilm-nt of CJH.OWi si-heme by a Bradford WffMtm firm (Jercmlalr Ampler and <<.n S to attrad firfc to lh« kxm and trtism on wash-days-. •oi 6tO men and women «H! be a»77 words
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Article145 1947-05-23 3 fjiiLEß'^ »cc soil ttdm-cian, 43 year-old Leu Casagrande, H barred from official work m Germany because of his political record, has been working secretly m England for nine months, it has been revealed. And m his job, worth nearly £1,000 a year, with allowances, he has145 words
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Article25 1947-05-23 3 Germany is asking for "enormous" numbers of Bibles, the annual meeting of the British and Foreign Bible Societ/ was told m London.25 words
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Article24 1947-05-23 3 Cuba's sugar crop this year is expected to reach the record total of about 6.137,000 tons, compared with 4.476,000 m 1946.24 words
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Article23 1947-05-23 3 Oldest "regular" at Eniielo (Essex) open-air swimming pool is 85-year-old Mrs. Susannah Wheelwright, who learned to swim at 72.23 words
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Article24 1947-05-23 3 Mr. AUlee was recommrnded for election to the Fellowship of the Royal Society at th? Society's meeting held on May 15.24 words
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Article, Illustration75 1947-05-23 3 LEARNING TO BE CHARMING Ch\l\.vs :,i large quantities is Battering at Mr- J. Arthur Rank's school for budding; film stars at HLighburj stud.os, Land n. G:rb>- and men to.i whom the Rank Organisation think will do well on the screen go to the school fur grooming for a iilm career.75 words
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Article328 1947-05-23 3 Checkers just ask tor a mp BKHISH BSSWING niifinrn haw a|>po,nted nip byjllmi 1 to (heck on public house managers suspected of selling their pliiafcj quota to Muck marketeers. The "nip inspector-" are told when the monthly allot; .<nwhisky are made. They go into pub! c houses as ucustomers, and328 words
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Article186 1947-05-23 3 MOTHERS VACCINES SO many British mothers have allowed their babies to be used for tests by the Medical Research Council of new vaccines against whooping cough tnau the scope of the tests is to be extended by the Government. If successful, the ravages of whooping cough will be controlled m186 words
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Article70 1947-05-23 3 THE ROOK IS CONDEMNED THE British Iru thology has made a scientific survey of rooks and declared them to be bad birds. The trust estimated that rooks eat more than 50.000 tons of corn every year. In Britain, according to the latest rook census, there are more than 2,500,000 adult70 words
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Article134 1947-05-23 3 SHE SAYS HE BET £5,000 PER WEEK MRS. Ruth Hatton, of Eccles (Lancashire), told the magistrates there that her husband, Ernest Hatton >. of O.le ton. Stockport. Cheshire, from ■horn she was separated, had spent £5.000 a week or. football pc The chairman. astonish a, asked her: "Is that possible134 words
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Advertisement64 1947-05-23 3 I N I red by v.rcuracy :ce procedure, references to exper. vLt~ nouie with sarajte. *m wi^h bath'luded if *.o be Apply SDLTAN THEATRIT iiurdv m "Ji: jjgsv Barbara Stanwyck's Creates: Performance! if I.O^S 0 p.m. ITaTm: SgS MAT!NE£ 'lassifjed KlltS »mes t i c ocr line n S6/--ied Smalls64 words
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Miscellaneous32 1947-05-23 3 TARZAN New wa«Mace By Edgar Rice Burroughs i?!^. TO THE RADDLE FOR SUPPORT, jr V /^C?V^ W SLIPPED SILENTLY IN BEHIND. -<^ 3^l > STARTED FOR SHORE. <^ Z---^> 'iruu'bVuMiV': K^ u Ve s^^/'im -£3»5-32 words
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455 1947-05-23 4 The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY, MAY 23, 1947. Banned Again :iv Brooke. ex-Ra; b o Sarawak ton to th^ British I I >\vn I In a house hlch h e ca by a to b: aii ast from M Brooke lollowing r< j. s Dumer:sqi r uf Br Ing: I455 words
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Article, Illustration1520 1947-05-23 4 PEOPLE ISN S'PORE MAKE NEWS MAN who is bidding goodbye to air routes round the world by flying over them and who will be arriving m Singapore on June 2 is Lord KN 0 LLY S, retiring Chairman of the British Overseas Airways Corporation. The four year period for which1,520 words
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Article883 1947-05-23 4 NOEL MONKS - NOEL MONKS I>> THERE is a great game of Blind Man's Bluff going on ai Geneva. In the offic s of the old ue of Nations, under litions i f secrecy hardly equalled f>r th fining of D-Day. represe I yes of IB countries are whispering ani883 words
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Advertisement13 1947-05-23 4 HOUSEHOLD R EQU3S3TES 9 3 *0> cks available. Id NORTH BUIDCtS t&. %PORt,13 words
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Advertisement31 1947-05-23 4 CATHAY TO-WORROW feW*" 1 DOROTHVUMO RAY MILLAjjP \N Bl V >»*• BES HIR^ COLOURS $1.95 P er )>ri CATHAY SILK 38-39 B~ gj Phone o^*^, at WHITE M*B RI PETER CHOhC^ a31 words
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Miscellaneous58 1947-05-23 4 QUIZ 1. What historical r: named for trader Indian 2. Is it true that Lineal: McKinley were the only Pi dents of the United Staf were assassinated? 3. Can a person ever act see his own face? 4. What was the nan. Posa's and Catty's 5. Who among the peoples58 words
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Article, Illustration359 1947-05-23 5 GOVT CLAIMS 'LABOUR AMPLE' Free Press Staff Reporter WHILE the Singapore Ratepayers' Association has written to the Coloniai Secretary, Singapore, expressing; concern over "the present labour shortage" and suggesting: that an additional 50,000 persons should be allowed m to Singapore, statistics supplied by the Labour Department show that approximately 50,000,359 words
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Article16 1947-05-23 5 RUBBER EXPORT DROPS Oaya i to mpared a 1.025, SO3. I a 20, 392. Is 3,16 words
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Article19 1947-05-23 5 n of and (hew: tnd, New married at hureh Sinwas -ho ware is Mr their i rubber19 words
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375 1947-05-23 5 RECORD FRUIT-TRADE WITH AUSTRALIA SINCE the end of the war. Australia has shipped fresh fruit to Singapore at a greater rate than m any prewar year. By the end of April. 150,000 cases will have been sent during the first few months of 1947. Before the the total annual shipment375 words
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Article59 1947-05-23 5 T.. a An its -ral meetuiß on Wedr.esdav evening to discuss the Constitution and Articles formulated by the ttee, and to elect a Committee for the year ending June 30 1948. The 61 enkge. promote and develop art. TV. members :e<i: Chairman Mr. L. A. Due".59 words
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Article112 1947-05-23 5 JAP AN WANTS BURMA TRADE JAPAN is anxious to n trade with B'.nma, according to a Press note issued m Rangoon by The Commerce and Supply Department of the Gcv2rrment of Burma. Among Bu-mrse produce required by Japan are rubber, graphite, mica, corn starch, dyes, gums, ivory an^ rattan. "MadtReuter - 112 words
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Article40 1947-05-23 5 Sgt. Homma Tnkoa, of the Japanese Army, charged m the Johore Bahru War Crimes Court with ill-treating three Chinese and causing the death of one of them, was found guilty yesterday and sentenced to death by hanging.40 words
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Article37 1947-05-23 5 As from Friday, May 23, the Joint Claims Office will be removed from Room A5, Fourth Floor, Fullerton Building, to the Government Offices, Empress Place (next to the Colonial Secretary's Office Library, ground floor).37 words
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Article176 1947-05-23 5 THE Old Rafflesians Association of Singapore' has been revived. Both the Association and the school are facing a difflcuut period of rehabilitation, says its annual report, and it is confidently expected that all old boys will rally to the 'School Flag' m the coming year. The Association176 words
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Article354 1947-05-23 5 89 Assize cases in 113 days Free Press Staff Reporter ALTHOUGH there were five assizes m the Supreme Court between June 1946 when civil assizes were resumed and the end of the year, and another five Assizes this year SO far, the Director of Public Prosecutions is still finding it354 words
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Article, Illustration42 1947-05-23 5 This is one of the many ix>stcrs m the Army's campaign for attracting recruits from the people of Malaya. Four thousand men are being enlisted into the regular army for an initial service period of three years. Terms and conditions are attractive.42 words
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Article186 1947-05-23 5 'TORIES' WIN SINGAPORE ELECTIONS Free Press Staff Reporter -rONSERVAHVES" von with 41 votes against the Sori: 42 and the Independents 30 m the fin?.l of trie mock election campaign held m St. Andrews School yesterday. The model election, a for of citizenship activities, was i under the supervision of Mr.186 words
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Article21 1947-05-23 5 A special general meeting o the Singapore Recreation Clu\ will be held at the clubhou 5.30 p.m. today.21 words
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Article167 1947-05-23 5 SMALLPOX IN KL: VACCINATION TWO cases of small-pox nay? been discovered at Sentul Pasar, Kuala Lumpur. Mass vac cination is being carried out In Selangnr ar>d a search for other cases is beii'g made. Teams of vaccinstors have been sent out to Sentul and to other parts of Kuaia Lumpur167 words
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Article, Illustration28 1947-05-23 5 Photo This is one of the two Meteor IVnearing completion at Tengah RAF. station where flyine fcr*li under tropical conditions will be held at a later date RAFRAF - 28 words
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Article249 1947-05-23 5 REGIMENT WEAR NAVY CROWN By A Military Correspond nURING the Spri: g a d eav'y- summer of 1794, the t were serving i b.:ard "The Q Coarlottc," Admiral Howe's flatisiip. Admiral H:we vv .s comm ing the British FleU. tr?en ergagGd m inte- cop ling the F.( Grain Fleet wh^ch249 words
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Article253 1947-05-23 5 NOT BETTER OFF THAN LABOURERS SPEAKING at the get* meeting of the Army S rvice Un on GHQ BEALP, a; t c Sum. n Cinema Sail, ona; Mr. B. L. N staied I eonditi service f*f Army empl m n labourers. Ho stressed the two bj< the Union, 1 the253 words
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Article15 1947-05-23 5 The Singapore Office A'te^ci-r-.ivs' Union has been rcgiste under the Trade Union Ordinance.15 words
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Article, Illustration91 1947-05-23 6 IN spite of the t üb! sin Pafest'ne with their carstan strain on the rcrs th r,\ soldi rs and ther families d) find timoccasi naUy for a break. Near 1 3 IM MO sides, fam lie, i ended .1 gymkhana it Sarafand (amp t91 words
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Article357 1947-05-23 6 RAF hunts tor 'ghost' plane i GHOST" plane which flies m over the Ka>t taglia coast A mar NorwH.h at midnight at a peat height and disapm rs inland is puzzling the Koyal Air f fee. 'I he "ghost" plane has a >pevd of between 400 and 125 miles an357 words
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Article168 1947-05-23 6 FLYING BO AT BASE FOR UK REPORT lANGSTONEI ANGSTONE Harbour, ForusL mouth, is "unhesitatingly recommended" m a report submitted to the British Ministry of Civil Aviation as "the site clearly offering the best advantages for the establishment of a Permanent base for civil flying boat operations m the United Kingdom."168 words
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Article64 1947-05-23 6 f fri.nd of Eniile B. Phillip 40, ot Ballinger, Bocks, lives at ilon. thirty mi'« v_ but it's a "cross country" trip. To vi^it her takes him three hou s fach way by bus and train. v to lift a driving ban imposed on him64 words
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Article, Illustration240 1947-05-23 6 UK MAY CONTROL PATENT MEDICINES Advertisements are "fantastic STATUTORY control m Britain of the n I and advertising of patent medicines i< proi>os<-d m memorandum -ub milted to the Minister of Health, Mr. Anourin Bevan. the British Pharmaceutical Society. In a report 14,000 words long the Society tdb the Minister240 words
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Article, Illustration121 1947-05-23 6 FIVE hundred British »\n*»« are to paint their homes green to make them less conspicuous. They live beside Lake Windermere, and the Friends of he Lake District don't want _them. The Friends are pressing the Government to keep its promise to remove the village and a121 words
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Article96 1947-05-23 6 A: PHUR J. RANK, the Br. film magnate m the United States has announced that his organisation plans to build 50 theatres m the U.S. for showing British films to Americans. Mr Rank added that it would take two or three years for this theatre plan96 words
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Article35 1947-05-23 6 Americans who lent thtir binoculars to the British m the early days of the war are getting them back. But the U.S. Customs is charging them up to £4 duty on each pr.35 words
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Article58 1947-05-23 6 REPORT ON BLINDNESS ifALUABLE problems of I British tropical Africa obtained by a r »he Colonial and National Institute for the The V prepared of hither* o unrecorded will make pro: fare of p f ople a In one area of U rate of Incidence of b\ to be 4.18758 words
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Article93 1947-05-23 6 When the Town and Country Ylarirung Bill becomes law m Britain owners whose property is eompulsorily purchased will get the ordinary market value m compensation But they will not get the present inflated "va possession" values. This was ma ar by I^~Hugh Dalton. uhe Chancellor93 words
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Article258 1947-05-23 6 THEY TURNED TO THE SEA HARRY FORDEN mritea N«m£-. Charles Km4>iuk m waiter. William Griffiths is a sawvtr and Chris Hollis drives an excavator. Nov% all these JTOUIIg nun tn Britain (their ages range from 24 to '-27 v\;tnr to l;<> to sea the hard way. With hundreds like themselves,258 words
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Article55 1947-05-23 6 Rolkr .skating has been suspended at Bury St. Edmunds Corn Exchange. England, on the advice of the Medical Oilieer. Dr. Ernest Stork. He says the dust it causes can set up a form of silicosls. The roller skating promoter, Mr. Frar.k Dey. rectntly put down a £50055 words
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Article194 1947-05-23 6 SOUTHAMPTON, the home ol the worlds biggest and fastest ships, wiH have a big increase m ocean passenger traffic when more British and foreign liners return to serviie m the next f* w months „fwr -ervice as troop trans|x>n-. hospital ships oi armed cruisers.194 words
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Advertisement18 1947-05-23 6 YOUR FAVOURITE CIGARS ARE AGAIN AVAILABLE Golofiista and IN BOXES OF 25 s FROF ALL HIGH CLASS STORES18 words
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Miscellaneous52 1947-05-23 6 J /X |N| t Exclusive to the Simla fiore Free Press m Malaya IH2L 2 s y ~Z° s 'IS /v* momlkt/-A Abut witwaN tvTX i V Ai'^'cSrAH MESSIEURS— J (S- S SL.G SLIGHT V *X9OS* f^ >^r^- \t /b 1 ~yrr \woMAN-i-yry §-v^ ;r^>v7 PI §L I .t^ J|i|52 words
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Miscellaneous147 1947-05-23 6 Free Press Crossword No. U' I i\ll v X i 3. In such a br. j (4"); 6. Generally I goveniiii' Reg and I must fc> j involved with thi,. Tea; 1 out? (4): 12. There's i« the hard- working fellow j worth m liwlia (4); 18. A this ,-tuff147 words
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Article702 1947-05-23 7 EACH SIDE HAS WON FIVE TIMES kc c ™PJ? a Tomorrow cricket match Www Uw Europeans and the Ke>t for the Clarke Cup Sunday and Mondaj tor the first time Mnce 1941. and the side Um t vin s this take the lead h the numluT of Mctories m the702 words
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Article55 1947-05-23 7 THE following have been selectee play cricket for Colonial; Joy <GT) RASC. on the iiround. 1 Ji H .m. on Sunday: A. E n tGapt.), W. Ratnayake. R. Delilkun L. S. Natlmnielsz, A Thiyagarajah. G. Retnam. F. Eir.gham. S. S. Nagßiah. D R. S Ferdinands. A F Fernando.55 words
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299 1947-05-23 7 YAROLEY AND GOMPTON HIT CENTURIES LONDON, Thurs. MORMAN Yardley, chosen to captain England m the tlrst Test against South Africa, scored 137 for Yorkshire against Glamorgan at Sheffield today. This, his first century of the season, took three and a half hours, including 14 boundaries, mainly beautiful drives, and heReuter - 299 words
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Article112 1947-05-23 7 LONDON. Thurs. THE Wimbledon tennis cham- pionships, be^innin^ on June 23, look like being the greatest ever. Entries have already been received from 28 nations between the United States and the Far East. Championship entries do not close until June 9, but already tho All-England LawnAP - 112 words
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Article88 1947-05-23 7 npilE RAF. will mod the Chinese first selection m today's league soccer match at Jalan Besar Stadium. In the first round the Chinese nearly created an up^et when they "held a three- two lead over the Airmen until the very last minute when Moore scored88 words
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Article39 1947-05-23 7 FKAGUE. Thurs. CztC'h:slovakia are leading Indfa by two matches to zero m the international lawn tennis match here. Vladisiaw Cernik beat Sumant Misra 6-2, 8-6, 6-2 and Jaroslav Drobny beat Dilip Bose 6-0. 6-0. 6-1- ReuterReuter - 39 words
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Article, Illustration36 1947-05-23 7 Liyu.l Marshall (left) coloured cruLser-weight from Cleveland, and his welterweight sparring partner, Buy Wright, who are now m England. Marshall is clue lo fight British champion Freddie Mills at Harrinyay on June 3.36 words
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Article138 1947-05-23 7 Following are the Home soccer I fixtures scheduled for tomorrow. ENGLISH LEAGUE FIRST DIVISION Arsenal v. Liverpool Ever on v. Charlton Leeds v Portsmouth Sheffield v. Pre 1 Sundcrland v. Brentford SECOND DIVISION Coventry v. Millwall Leicester v. Buf ton v. Bradford nchester C. v. West Ham138 words
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Article376 1947-05-23 7 S.AFRICANS SCORE 510 FOR 6 Nourse, Viljoen Get Centuries OXFORD. Thursday. TIIK South African batsmen found Jitlie to worry them m 1 the Oxford University attack here today and thei made their highest score of the tour bo far. In ren!\ p Oxford first innings score of 303 for nine376 words
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Article920 1947-05-23 7 LA TE SHOCKS FOR RECS By Our Soccer Reporter S.R.C 3. Navy 2. ALTHOU.H the S.R.C. took the field without three of H their regular players, they beat Navy by three goals to two m a second round league soccer match at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday. The Recs had won920 words
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Article16 1947-05-23 7 L idoii. Thurs: Today's Rugby league result: Hull Kingston rs 2. Dewsburv 6. ReuterReuter - 16 words
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Article73 1947-05-23 7 Navy Commit A Sacrilege DOVER, Tlurs. THE Admlrally are to take over 1 Princ-s Golf Course, Sandwich, the favourite course of the Duke of Windsor when he was Prince of Wales, as a firing: ran/»e. C. J. Evans, clerk of th« Eastry Council m whose area the c ur?e lies,Reuter - 73 words
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Article123 1947-05-23 7 KILMARNOCK. Thurs. AT the end o! the second rou.id of the £2,500 Daily Ma\ golf tournament played over B. s ras c ie course here today three prol sionals, W. J. Branch, Dai Rets and Norman SJtton shared a twostroke lead on the rest ofReuter - 123 words
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Article57 1947-05-23 7 LONDON. Wed. TRAINER Frank Butters anncun- ced today that Petition has been scratched from the entries for the Derby at Epsom on June 7, Petition, one of the three favourites, has failed to improve as expected from injuries suffered when he crashed into the startersU.P. - 57 words
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96 1947-05-23 7 SANDWICH. Sat. THE Royal Air Force won the inter-Services golf tournament for the first time since f ne competition was instituted when they followed their success against the Army by defeating the Navy and Marines yesterday by 10 points to two on the Royal St.Reuter - 96 words
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Article44 1947-05-23 7 GLASGOW, Thurs. DROMOTER Charlie Black announced today that Dado Marino's sparring partner, Mitusyuski Takashita, will fight the unbeaten Scot lightweight Jack Marshall over eight rounds at 136--lb as a preliminary on the MurinoPaterson card on. June 11 U.P.44 words
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Article69 1947-05-23 7 The C.S.C. tcr.m to play tne Combined Changi XI on Monday at Changi is (Transport will leave V.M.C.A. at 9.45 a.m.): T. E. K. RKnam (Capt.), S. K. Sundram, S. Senevera^r.e, IS. Retnam, A. S. R. Philips, T. E. N. Rassip, V. N. Pillai, Wilfred Ponnian, Willi69 words
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Advertisement153 1947-05-23 7 AGAIN! after a SENSATIONAL v first-night PREMIERE which left the HOUSE STANDING! 2 8 MIDMCiHT r^JaS HP* TOMORROW ill Li;\ORK AUBERT as U**|S THE WIFE OF X MONTE CRISTO g X sff The Most Beautiful Countess p| SURRENDERING. ..with j M her Beauty WM f g CONQUERING... J^ R with153 words
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Article197 1947-05-23 8 Special Market correapoa£^"M gitCi the prices of rubber at 11 a.m today as follows: Buyers Seller* Cts. Cti per Ib. pt-r !h Sa I *.S 3 loos* 29\ No I ESS fob ia bales May M 30 No > R S >. fob m bales MayReuter - 197 words
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Article35 1947-05-23 8 ON ;h e Neu 3 k lay the market continuig the morning and early but I hffl slarkenetl and prices fluctuated i points. prominent crease n '••re fully mainta very steady U.P.U.P. - 35 words
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Article49 1947-05-23 8 LABOUR WOMEN PROPOSE BAN The V cil of the Australian Labour rday passed a resolution that the free sale of cor.ceptives should be banned cause they had a bad effect or nations population and mor,. The women recommended thut the contraceptives be sold only on a doctor's Dermit.- U.P.U.P. - 49 words
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Article, Illustration57 1947-05-23 8 Three women and seven children were burnzd t o death m a fire which swept through r Egyptian villag c dining celebrations of a religious festiR uter ii O|J t>l d Father Thames keeps rolling along and the ships keep rolling into the Victoria 1 Jm57 words
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Article205 1947-05-23 8 LONDON. Ihursdas. "THK ilou-r <>i Lords dashed heatedly today on whether I Britain was 'Hiring of starvation" a> charged by the nutritionist. Dr. Franklin UicKiuii. Lord Addison declared thai such statements are "sloppj inaccurate and altogether mischievous." Lton (Conservative and former Minister of Food), whoU.P. - 205 words
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Article154 1947-05-23 8 RECRUITING IN S'PORE (Continued ftom Pu^e 1> depending or. nal and professional qu same day h M dlcal Oificer for Irtsp conveyed at Ann c. medically flt, he returns to the :i the usual forms and i;> m the Army within next 2\ I The recruit, especially those .ng up154 words
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Article23 1947-05-23 8 More than 100,000 Danish shopkeepers and housewives demonstrated m front of the Danish Parliament yesterday m protest against the potato shortage.23 words
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Article152 1947-05-23 8 THEY PARTED ON THEIR WEDDING DAY olutton ol his witb Ml I.sobel Munr I UK) by Mr. r Far: •c of I M: superintend St. J .\d. said that man m Ja 25, 1333 to des of the Mr. Farrer said mony was over, I rt>turned to my hotel and152 words
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Article82 1947-05-23 8 A n>MPi,ETK blood test of all servicemen who took part m th<Bikini atom bomb tests last year has been ordered by the United States Navy. A medical officer fescribed the wSter m "a routine fo!l w up.' ais Between :15.0«0 and 10.000 Nav> men were mReuter - 82 words
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Article575 1947-05-23 8 UK IS 'HARDEND TO USSR ATTACKS' Labour Govt policy LONDON, Thursday. THE official line of Labour Party at the foreign policy debate 1 at the Parly's Whitsun conference i< foreshadowed h\ the. frankest exposition of the Governmental foreign pdii y made so far m a Labour Party pamphlet published fod.-vU.P.; Reuter - 575 words
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Article326 1947-05-23 8 EAST GETS BLAME FOR RUBBER FALL LONDON, Thursday. COMMENTING on the fall m nihiur prices, the Times "today, V m its City Notes, says: "Far Eastern dealers who kept supplies off the market m the anticipation that American demand would, lift the price have been disappointed, "Weak holders have beenA.P. - 326 words
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Article94 1947-05-23 8 LONDON. Ti.urs. SIR Stafford Cripps, President of the Board of Trade, rejc a suggestion m the Commons to- day that Britain divert some Scotch whisky shipments from the United States to Bermuda get great dollar returns from the Americans there. Sir Stafford said that there would94 words
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Article, Illustration12 1947-05-23 8 GOLD COAST DRUMMER .Members of the <»<»ld tour m England H» ma12 words
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Article243 1947-05-23 8 LONDON, Thursday. HTHK mystery < *i the disappearance m Soviet-occupied H I K.A.F. Warrant Officer Reginald Barrett, on wl i, -if >ir. Ernest Bevin, British Foreign Secretary, i> made iutile inquiries m Russia, ppcued by the re\ tion made today by a dem< hi i-td soldier ;i*.:nU.P.; Reuter - 243 words
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Article24 1947-05-23 8 COMMONS PASS CONSCRIPTION THE House of Comi lime C to 44 pacifist op: the third Lord I V. Alcxanc today I tht I A.P.A.P. - 24 words
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Miscellaneous18 1947-05-23 8 SINGAPORE i\\)h> May 23 High l^v, 6.14 am 0.5 ft. I!.M pm 8.4 fl 613 pm 3.8 ft18 words
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