The Singapore Free Press, 2 July 1947
1947-07-02
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Title Section19 1947-07-02 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALA YA 1G.595. SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, JULY 2, 1947 PRICE It CENTS.19 words
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Article407 1947-07-02 1 PARIS TALKS BREAKDOWN AVERTED As Marshall attacks Soviet THE Big Three Foreign Ministers are meetiug: again this afternoon, having averted yesterday the breakdown which most observers had said was certain. After yesterday's meeting, Mr. Molotov made a long telephone call to Moscow. The Russian attitude meanwhile has stung Mr. MarshallReuter; U.P. - 407 words
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Article, Illustration88 1947-07-02 1 Members of the United Nations Special Committee on Palestine are photographed on their visit to the Wailing Wall in Jerusalem. In the group are Dr. Victor Hoo from China (second from left). Mr. Justice I. V. Rand of Canada. Mr. Justice Emit Sandstrom of Sweden (head of the Committee), and88 words
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147 1947-07-02 1 LONDON, Tuesday. Mr D. R. Rees- Williams, Labour MP. for South Croydon, and former Penang solicitor, filed a question in the Commons for the Foreign Office today, asking what representations were being made to the United States about the "embargo placed on theU.P.; Reuter - 147 words
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Article34 1947-07-02 1 A simple burial ceremony for 300 Canadians who died in the defence of Hong -Kong took place yesterday Canada's 80th birthday in Sai Wan cemetery about 20 miles from Honjr Kong.34 words
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Article197 1947-07-02 1 Free Press Staff Reporter VALUABLE Baison between Radio Malaya and the Australian Broadcasting Commission is likely to follow an informal meeting between a member of the A. 8.C., Mr. J. D. G. Medley, and the Director off Broadcasting:, Singapore and Malayan Union, Mr. J. Dumeresque,197 words
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Article170 1947-07-02 1 ORBETELLO (Italy), Tuesday. OIXTY -EIGHT persons were killed instantly when the 643--iJ ton ammunition ship Panigaglia, loaded with 330 tons of aerial bombs and artillery shells, blew up this morning at its anchorage three miles from the port of Santo Stafano. Cause of theU.P. - 170 words
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Article156 1947-07-02 1 BATAVTA, Wednesday. PRESIDENT SOEKARNO is expected to announce this aiming the action he proposes to take to break die > ii deadlock. With crisis facing the Republic on the nggadjati agreement, party leaders yesterday failed to agree a ntw Cabinet, and returned their mandate to the President.A.P. - 156 words
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Article69 1947-07-02 1 Frtt Press Staff Reporter. AN olAcei vas shot in the inn wad leg in his house in Road. Singapore, at 4 this morning 'vhen he r.s o: :hree Chinese who templed to rob him. i d oy his d:g, UM ofißcer the robbers in the tackled69 words
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Article48 1947-07-02 1 T::r P yraierday found a I Cl .:-•>. :.it>jurer beaten up in H.: ix 3xi.rd area at 11 Sh before he died, the irer made a statement that Chinese had set upon wing a dispute. ire searching for the naei and an early arrest is48 words
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Article53 1947-07-02 1 AB 17 Flying Fortress Dornber yesterday crashed and burned 15 miles east of Shreveport, Louisiana. Ten persons are believed to have been on board. Only one body was found immediately, but searchers believe that other members of the crnv had been buried in the it" -h53 words
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Article33 1947-07-02 1 KASHMIR, strategically important Indian North-western State, will declare itself independent after Aug. 15 when paramountcy lapses, it Is learned in New Delhi, An official announcement is expected shortly.— ReuterReuter - 33 words
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Article39 1947-07-02 1 One man was killed and two others seriously injured when they fell from the top of a 50-foot hign dock gate as it was being placed in position at the new Waterloo Dock entrance at Liverpool yesterday.39 words
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Article131 1947-07-02 1 BUDAPEST. Tuesday. AMID uproar and cries of "traitor." M. Sulyok. leader of the Hungarian Freedom Party, walked out of Parliament today after declaring: "My life is no longer safe. You are giving the Russians a chance to arrest me." Most of the members of his partyReuter - 131 words
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Article64 1947-07-02 1 Free Press Staff Reporter THE Singapore CID yesterday arrested six Chinese, alleged tp be members of two secret societies—the 'Sa Ji' and the '108', following notices posted by them in New Market Street calling for a showdown to settle their differences. According to the posters, there64 words
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Article37 1947-07-02 1 It is reported in New York that a soap manufacturer purchased over 18.000,000 lh, of crude coconut oil at 11 cents (U.S.) a pound yesterday, the largest single day's A.P. volume since the war.-A.P. - 37 words
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Article65 1947-07-02 1 SOME 150 passengers arc believed to be dead or injured in a train wreck on the main Sanyo line skirting the Inland Sea, the Japanese police at Tamaguchi report. First reports say that the locomotive was derailed and fell into the sea, dragsin? in three crowdedU.P. - 65 words
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Article, Illustration37 1947-07-02 1 ON HIS WAY TO BRITAIN Vice-Chancellor of the University of Melbourne and a member of the Australian Broadcasting Commission, sixfoot Oxonian MR. J. D. G. MEDLEY, snapped by a Free Press photographer at Raffles Hotel last night.37 words
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199 1947-07-02 1 S'pore taxis can not step up fares Free Press Staff Reporter AFFICIAL taxi fares in SingaU pore remain unchanged, and the increase in the price of petrol from 97 cents to $1.30 per gallon does not entitle taxi drivers to charge more than the Government rate of 30 cents per199 words
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Article85 1947-07-02 1 JERUSALEM, Tuesday. MIGHT squads of the Haganah, N the Jewish resistance movement estimated at 70,000 strong, claim to have foiled terrorist mine-laying parties operating jn Palestine roads, a Haganati spokesman stated tonight. One Haganah patrol found and detonated a powerful mine on the road at Kiriat Schmull,Reuter - 85 words
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Article58 1947-07-02 1 THE Ceylon State Council, consisting of 50 elected and 11 appointed members, will be dissolved on Friday, the Governor, Sir Henry Monck-Mason Moore* said yesterday. The Council has had a life of 11 years. Ceylon's new "near-d<mi«» nion" constitution, will oome into force after September'sReuter - 58 words
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Article, Illustration1010 1947-07-02 2 Around Singapore Shops TT is surprising what you can find in Singapore shops these days if you only care to look around a little. In THE PEKING COMPANY in High Street, for example, I found some most attractive Pekin-grlass coffee cups in amethyst, paic green, dark green, powder1,010 words
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Article, Illustration381 1947-07-02 2 ADMITTEDLY, among the rno^t difficult slams to reach are those hands where one player has bid a suit v.eak in top cards, in which, however. he will los? no tricks because his partner is void. Usually the player with the void is unable to cue-bid for fear381 words
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Advertisement218 1947-07-02 2 SEATS Z-itJf 4 SAFETY /^^^^^^Mt il.so each Postage EXTRA. "~^**e=: DUNCAN CARON wSz\~~~ com tTi (MALAYA) LTD. \W*?L2{ "°*Xs AGENTS IMPORTERS II "^VX t*' AAtd CUI 117-A. North Bridge Road. '>y\ Ws\ V Slnirapore. Phone ***** Ijl /T \\jjA/ Offering You from fresh stocks just unpacked FRENCH MOSS CREPE in218 words
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Advertisement179 1947-07-02 2 Dress up your (war-torn) hon^i HERE'S THE LATEST MimJl^? IN FURNISHING FABSiCS^ COTTON SILK LACES MUSLINS CRETONNg£ BROCADES TAPESTIH& Wonderful colours combined with eit.\c r f; or bread textures make a dream to :oac and hcrmony for the eyes Shop early this season Gian Singh Co 30-1 RAFFLES PLACE. Gantner179 words
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Miscellaneous691 1947-07-02 2 illlllllllS I till lillliM mm hJ ll i fc^/ Illtil T aajj 888 ft V g B m HP *5bL T '"v t» *»*ff'rs'L ar j > v T^^^P^nnll SINGAPORE AUSTRALIA S.E.A.C. Blue Network VI Ac 1O RADI SEAC broadcasting from 12 00-2.00 p.m —485 metres In the m 1115691 words
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Article203 1947-07-02 3 .•7 y m Williams, Minister of: M agriculture states in a writ- un r.tarv reply that he is in why he should n in regard to the r^e Raymond Wal- er ol Itchen. Stoke, n LWC tn view of the vertn mest and passage of203 words
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Article138 1947-07-02 3 SHANGHAI'S D.Ps. TO GO OVERSEAS INGHATS 15 foreign dis- ed peraous, the majority no went there to escape the perse ition, are expected to led in new homes in some mtriea within a year as a the effort! of the Inter- Relief Organization. next rex weeks about these war refugeesReuter - 138 words
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Article34 1947-07-02 3 PEACE FESTIVAL AT HIROSHIMA •.^:o.ie<i city of Hiroshii declare a three-day stfcraT on Aug. 6, the -rsarj of the first atom te people of Hiroshima ing the Emperor to be n the xcasion.- ReuterReuter - 34 words
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Article, Illustration7 1947-07-02 3 Edgar Rice Burroughs - Edgar Rice Burroughs Tarxan missing By7 words
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Article232 1947-07-02 3 Einstein's atom warning to U.S. fkR. ALBERT EINSTEIN and th« Emergency Committee of 1/ Atomic Scientists which he heads have issued an appeal to the American people to realize that the United Nations efforts for international control of atomic energy have been fruitless and that time is running short. TheyA.P. - 232 words
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Article87 1947-07-02 3 mHE Swedish authorities have X clamped complete secrecy around the trial at Malmo of two alleged key figures in the international Nazi smuggling ring which may have been instrumental in the escape of German leaders to South America. Martin Bormann. Hitler's deputy may have been oneU.P. - 87 words
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Article, Illustration98 1947-07-02 3 A British delegation, including the Major of Coventry, Mr. George Briggs, and the British MJP. for Hanley, Dr. Stross, attended the ceremony of laying the foundation stone to mark the rebuilding •f the Czech village of Lidice, razed by the Germans after they had massacred all its male inhabitants. Pictures98 words
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Article83 1947-07-02 3 AC-OMB that polishes i»air, massages the scalp and cultivates natural waves and curls will be ua sale in Lond^ soon. The design is entirely different from the old style. The teeth are rounder, with ball-bearing in the end of each, and as it presses on theReuter - 83 words
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Article745 1947-07-02 3 Mystery of Jap general in Nanking #\NE of Nanking's closely-held military secrets today surU rounds the man who probably came nearest to knocking China right out of World War II the former Japanese supreme commander in China, Lt. Gen. Yasuji Okamura, reports A.P. SinceA.P. - 745 words
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Article, Illustration146 1947-07-02 3 rK)uR high-ranking former offiF cers of the Japanese military administration in the Philippines have been sent •to Manila to testify for the prosecution in the treason trial of Representative QuinUn Paredes, former Philippine Commissioner to Washington. The Manila Evening News listed the officers asA.P. - 146 words
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Article70 1947-07-02 3 COVIET botanists have tackled tflie task of evolving grains which can be cultivated on arid and even saline soils in desert or steppe, Academician Nikola Tsitsin said in a public lecture in Moscow. Their method is to cross cultivated plants with wild ones, he said,Reuter - 70 words
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Article73 1947-07-02 3 rwMiriLAu persons were killed and JL 25 wounded when a time bomb broke up a street meeting attended by about 3,000 Socialists in Buenos Aires on Sunday. The bomb was carried by 47--year-old Del Conte who was killed in the blast. The bomb exploded when Del73 words
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Article541 1947-07-02 3 BOMBAY 'DRY' DRIVE THE Bombay Government as the proving ground far 1 India's prohibition programme is making things more difficult and expensive for the drinking man. Its objective is total prohibition, to become effective April 1, 1951. The government is encouraging a system of espionage byA.P. - 541 words
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Article79 1947-07-02 3 COAXING GIRLS INTO JOBS MANY Sydney firms, sho t f la. bour, are using ncvel methods to c ;ax girls into jobs. Seme firms are hiring orohestras to plav during the lunch-hour. Another firm provides acc:mmodation, while others issue free theatre tickets. One air-conditi-ned factory at Flemington ha^ a socialReuter - 79 words
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Article15 1947-07-02 3 Britain's street lighting is to be partially restored after August 10. ReuterReuter - 15 words
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Advertisement38 1947-07-02 3 The comfort and security scientific glare protection sunglasses are known throughout the world. M ORIENTAL OPTICAL CO., (QUALIFIED OPTICIANS) (P.O. Box 38?) (Phone:— 3232 A *****) Head Office:— l62, South Bridge Road, Branch:— 34B, North Bridge E~ad. Singapore.38 words
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644 1947-07-02 4 The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY, JULY 2, 1947. New Rent Control Measures npHERE could scarcely be a I more unpopular proposal at the present time than the 20 per cent increase in rents that is one of the main points in the new Rent Control Ordinance, which is to come644 words
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Article1217 1947-07-02 4 but the Japanese Government thinks that the world will soon take it. THE importance of sericulture in the future development of Japan is evidenced by fact that the bulk of its exports during the pafot year has been raw siik reports a correspondent in the Nippon1,217 words
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Article48 1947-07-02 4 rpHE first aircraft load of 7,000 A flying emigrants, who leave Britain for Canada this autumn will be mostly ex-Servicemen' Two Skymaster aircraft with 40 immigrants each will leave London daily, seven days a week, durber A S| ust> Se P tembe and Octo-48 words
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Article480 1947-07-02 4 THE French zone in 1 Germany is the stamp collector's paradise owing to the many new issues which have been made by the French and German authorities, reports Reuter from Heidelberg. V".Jie in the British and American zones the stamo issues since the war have been uniform and480 words
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Article47 1947-07-02 4 1. The greatest known ocean depth was recorded in the Atlantic, Pacific, Indian or Arctic oceans? 2. With what sports do you connect (a) Cowes, <b) Henley (c) Twickenham (d) St. Andrews 3. How long did the Roman occupation of Britain last Answers on Page 2.47 words
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Article, Illustration32 1947-07-02 4 The Racehorse in the picture, Good Afternoon died as the result cf a broken neck wbtm It n^. an accident 300 yards from th» finishing post while running in the Ascot Stakes.32 words
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Article491 1947-07-02 4 BROKE COLOUR-BAR: PADRE JAILED COME people in the Union of South Africa got presented to the King and Queen during their tour, got their pictures taken while they were being presented, and got their pictures published in the Union's papers. Some people didn't g?t presented at all. Among these last,491 words
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Advertisement19 1947-07-02 4 FAITH The law of Thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver. PSALMS 119. 72.19 words
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Advertisement37 1947-07-02 4 ■tit* M AND GUARANTEE MODEL 5200 LIMITED STOCK $350.00 JUST ARRIVED. HIS MASTtRS VQCE SOLE MALAYAN DISTRIBUTORS JvUbuTuudu J^ GOLD SILVER CIGARETTE CASES AT VERY COMPETITIVE PRICES S. P. H. de SILVA 49 53 High St SINGAP<37 words
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Article477 1947-07-02 5 Villagers helping to fight crime r| str r co-operation between t Rural Board and the sidenta of the villages in mat- :> a el i are centres, crime der. Bre protection, sanitation. .•-malarial work, Village ■■< vs nave been sent up. bailiff, the sanitary inspecI r the building inspector of477 words
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Article27 1947-07-02 5 The troopship Devonshire arrives In Singapore this afternoon to m Om United Kingdom, and is berthing alongside godowns 42 and ■J3 (he Singapore Harbour Board27 words
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Article, Illustration110 1947-07-02 5 A Siamese passenger-cargo vessel which was seized by the British as a "prize ship" during the war, was Yesterday handed back at Singapore to the Thai Maritime Navigation Company by the Ministry of Transport. The ship was the 1.470 -ton Nang Suang Nawa, formerly used as aFree Press - 110 words
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Article281 1947-07-02 5 Industries get big Govt. loan AGAINST a request for loans amounting to $29,700,000 the Malayan Union Government has made advances to the rubber and tin mining: industries, and to transport, engineering and commercial undertakings amounting to $10,875,000. This loan has been given to 85 applicants. One hundred and sixteen applications281 words
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Article168 1947-07-02 5 Free Press Staff Reporter A low infantile death rate and a J\ big increase in births during 1946 are two striking features commented on by the Municipal Health Officer, Dr. N. A. Canton, in his annual report. The number of births in the four quarters of168 words
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Article126 1947-07-02 5 SIX members of the ship's company of P. O. 23,000-ton Stratheden, which sailed from Tilbury for Australia last Friday, are young women trying out life on a merchant vessel for the arst time. They include two stenograph* s, Miss Margaret Searle, 25-year-old ex-WAAF of Fighter Command, and126 words
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Article97 1947-07-02 5 THIS Fi.day, the Paya Lebar Young People's Fellowship will hold a cinema show, starting from 7.45 p.m., at the Paya Lebar Methodist School Hall in aid of the Anti-Tuberculosis and Fellowship Community Service Funds. The films will be provided by the United States97 words
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Article89 1947-07-02 5 IN Singapore, special prayers uill be offered at the cathedrals and churches this Sunday, which has been set aside by the King as a national Day of prayer. Details of the church services are: St. Andrews Cathedral— lo.3o a.m. (Seats will be reserved for representatives of the89 words
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Article29 1947-07-02 5 AYOUNO Chinese, Tan Ah Tee, was acquitted at the Assize Court yesterday on a charge of carrying a pistol without being called upon to make his defence.29 words
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Article199 1947-07-02 5 mHE %xtension to the Far East of JL the services of the Lykes Bros. Steamship Company to include the Netherlands East Indies and Malaya will provide U.S. Gulf ports with added facilities that have long been needed, says Solon B. Turman, executive vicepresident of Lykes199 words
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Article349 1947-07-02 5 Result of Govt. lilt VLsllW Free Press Staff Reporter JHE directive sent to Singapore schools, reminding them that teaching of sectional or party pr.iitios is not allowed, has had a good effect, Mr. J. B. Neilson, Director of Education, told the Free Press yesterday. Mr. Neilson349 words
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Article71 1947-07-02 5 DR. V/u Paak-Shing. ConsulGen era 1 for China. at Singapore, will open a new Boys' Club attached to the Maxwell Road Children's Feeding Centre at 10 a.m. tomorrow. This is the second of the experimental clubs which are being attached to the Social Welfare Department's Children's Centres71 words
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Article204 1947-07-02 5 Courthouse reopens after 6 years Free Press Staff Reporter AFTER six years, the former Singapore District and Traffic Police Court building came into use again yesterciav. when the Singapore Fifth Poli:e Court began sittings on its ground floor. The building, which is at the entrance to the Singapore General Hospital,204 words
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Article54 1947-07-02 5 GOODS worth over $1,000,000 are to be displayed in the Trade Exhibition at the Singapore Happy World, which will take place from Aug. 1 to 17. The goods will range from motor cars, bicycles, furniture and radios to flowers and poultry, and can be bought54 words
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104 1947-07-02 5 Wages Inquiry In Singapore Tomorrow THE Public Services Salaries I Comm'ss'on will be starting its eession in Singapore on Thursday, July 3, at the Secretariat where Singapore evidence w 11 ba heard. The Commission will sit in Johore Bahra on Monday, July 14, to hear evidence from certain officers in104 words
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119 1947-07-02 5 NEW DRUG MS MOST EFFECTIVE FOR MALARIA' rELVE months' experimentation in India with Pauldrine, a new drug, has proved that it is the most powerful anti-mala-ria drug the world has ever seen, said one of its discoverers. Dr. D. G. Davey, at a Press conference in* Calcutta. Experimental d:ses of119 words
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Article, Illustration50 1947-07-02 5 "I have the mast interesting job in Singapore I love it and '.is a sham; that I have to come dawn to earth some times," said Miss Eileen Rodrigues, Malaya's first air hostess who will soon be going with Malayan A'rways* first D.C- 3 on a survey flight to Knelling.50 words
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Article250 1947-07-02 5 TNDIA has protested to the Government of Burma over the 1 ban, imposed by the Immigration (Emergency Provisions) Act just promulgated, which will prevent 150,000 Indian evacuees from returning to Burma. Most of these evacuees are unskilled labourers and their families. To oblige Burma, the Government250 words
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Article29 1947-07-02 5 Full moon day today will be .celebrated at the Sinhalese Buddhist Temple at 96 Out: am Rc:d by Mrs. A. Gilbert De AlwU. All are invited.29 words
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Article132 1947-07-02 5 Free Press Staff Reporter A DOUGLAS aircraft, on delivery night from the United Kingdom to the Malayan Ain ays Ltd., touched down at Kalian g Airport yesterday. Tais is the first of three similar planes that the Malayan Airways will be using in their projected flights132 words
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Article82 1947-07-02 5 IN appreciation of the services of the Nagas during the war, the Government of India has built a modern Naga Hospital at Kohima. Kohima, scene of some of the toughest fighting of the Burma campaign during World War 11, is situated on the Assam-Burma bord-cr.82 words
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Advertisement138 1947-07-02 5 MANUFACTURED EXCLUSIVELY FOR SENA COCKTAIL WATCHES NECKLACES BROOCHES CLJ P S ii JH STI *EET PHONE ***** *«D RAFFLES HOTEL ANCHES RUNNYMEDE HOTEL, •O, HOTEL. 19. BISHOP ST.. 1 PENANG k J* 5 stati onery. code books, schooj ff- nntixm. binding, rubber stamre r^uire then call at PETER CHONG'S 'o*138 words
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Advertisement169 1947-07-02 5 SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT. We have pleasure to inform the public that we have, from Ist. July. 1947, incorporated ourselves into a Limited Liability Company, under the style of viw. a Registered capital of $1,000,000. The Management remains the same. and. needless to say. will not affect our previous business relationship both169 words
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Article, Illustration256 1947-07-02 6 THE international Film festival ended in Brussels on Monday with a Belgian Government award going to Carol Reed for his British production of Odd Man Out." The Belgian "Oscar" went to the French film producer Rene Clair for his excellent production of "Man About Town", starringA.P. - 256 words
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Article642 1947-07-02 6 Shakespeare's play SHAKES PEAJRE'S "Romeo and Julie-" has teen de-VictorianiztcL A 21-y;ar-old direc or has dared to scrape the crust off tradition to por.ray the characters as he and i>.\< colleagues of the 1947 festival b3lieve Shakespeare intended. The drama critics do not like. it andA.P. - 642 words
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Article, Illustration9 1947-07-02 6 Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press in Malaya9 words
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Article643 1947-07-02 6 Cecil Wilson - SMASH-HIT GIRL DELORES Cecil Wilson by IyOLORES GRAY is London's new star name; a name that has set the Coliseum boxoffice buzzing since Annie, Get Your Gun opened and is bringing in the biggest business known to Manager Sam Harbour for 21 years. Critics hail the show as another "Oklahoma!"643 words
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Article320 1947-07-02 6 BY OUR FILM REPORTER r>U may feel that the implications of the Atom Bomb are by this time sufficiently clear. You may feel that you have read and heard enough about it to comprehend fully the Damocles sword it dangles above the constrict d throat320 words
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Article, Illustration263 1947-07-02 6 MR. JOHN DAVIS Blanaging Director of the J. Arthur Rank Or ganisation, on his return from the U.SL, to which he went with Mr. Rank stated in London that Mr. Rank had arranged with five major circuits in Amerca RJC.O., Warner, 20th C3ntury Fox, Par-amount and Metro to263 words
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Article133 1947-07-02 6 Fortune torecaM Eof people bom todftf TfeORN today, yoa ltvel O restless and rather rovm? individual who is fond ol pi«ru> of excitement and will PJ OUI searching for it. if n<m« w™ up on y««r wn. hom^ doorstep Fortunately, your i.»ltu-< ar> better than aver a* -i™133 words
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Advertisement67 1947-07-02 6 CATHAY 11 a.m.. 1 45. 4.15, 6.45. 9.30 LAST D*Y Ph'-ae 344M> ir j young -JJiven HAL U/ALLIS »ttitcn«» Marriage' EDDIE ALBERT A PAIAMOUHT riCTUte >'.■-,„ P^ FROM TOMORROW ALAN LAOD Wli.li H£( IN CALCUTTA wiith WILLIAM BENDIX GAIL Rl -a,^ SID FIELD WILL BE HERS SOON! LAST DAY 267 words
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Advertisement23 1947-07-02 6 |f7l PHONEI«9O9 Today 2 4.15 6.45 9.15 M-G-U'S BntTf~* "gi Dancinj, Rotnaaeißi. K&sJSIB& 0 TECHNICOLOR* ■PI tsl 'mSlp^& A Pageant, in Technicolor! i23 words
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Advertisement54 1947-07-02 6 "Britain Cm Make Them' 9 OAr in chel> Today Four Shows I32CCBT^Si 1.30 .4 6.30 9.30 p.m. F^UflUI Uul This Picture Was A Sensation In Paris! i£ SALLY GRAY- ROSAMUND JOHN ffi^-^A TREVOR HOWARD JUDY CAMPBELL \SlbPl^ls^\ I MEGS JENKINS \^m|p^ i Bwnbiitßd /Bt Cirtcfe<i^ SIDN[y £iillAl Sipparted hy Thb54 words
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Article297 1947-07-02 7 ANDERSON DISQUALIFIED IN ROUND 8 Phillips Was Just Ahead On Points A LONDON, Tuesday. L PHILLIPS beat Cliff Anderson in the eighth round today when the coloured boy was disqualified for a low punch. Anderson had only himself to blame for the decision. A thrilling contest for seven and aReuter; A.P. - 297 words
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Article231 1947-07-02 7 RAIN FORCES DRAW AT NOTTINGHAM NOTTINGHAM. Tues. OVERNIGHT and morning rain natted cricket to two and urten hours here today Interest went out of the tween Nottinghamshire Soatta Africans which i draw. sc res were: Nottingham- r and 164 for 6 wickets. Africans 365. o plaj aid commence Notmsl Ire231 words
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Article62 1947-07-02 7 The Royal Singapore Golf Club July Medal competition (bogey) will be played at Bukit Timah on Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning. July 5 and 6 over 18 holes, maximum handicap allowed is 18. A ball sweep will be held in conjunction with the medal at $2.0062 words
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Article56 1947-07-02 7 The following will represent the if.M.C A at table tennis against the Jnion Jack Club today at 7 p.m. at th? Jnion Jack Club: Sch Teow KellT capt). Tang Seek Wai. Lee Chio Long. Cam Yew Lai. Wee Swee Lee. Koh fiang Guan. Teo Wai Kai. Lau Kieng56 words
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214 1947-07-02 7 LONDON, Tuesday. MAKING the best use of a sporting declaration by Glamor (SB, Derbyshire, who had looked to be in a losing posiu« n on Monday, snatched victory by four wickets in County championship tjames ending today. Al. :h e other championship games ended decisively,Reuter - 214 words
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Article148 1947-07-02 7 rYING before a large crowd of badminton enthusiasts at the home court, the Brighton Reserves beat the Rex B.P. by five games to four. Rei suits— (Brighton players mentioned 'first): Koh Cheng Hock lost to Vincent Khoo 10—15. 15—12. I—s; S. Mansoor beat Seow Whatt Peng148 words
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Article123 1947-07-02 7 »m C te b J ricketteamsfor S C.C. -A- at 2 p.m. at R.tnam (capt i S. Retnam, l <--am. V. N. Pillai, U. W. l Ramalingam, A. C. Sha- N. Rassip. k. S. Retnam, N Rajascoria. W. Poaniah, Rs. -'-uuir^am. Umpire Mr. Ben aw*«, Mr. Victor123 words
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Article156 1947-07-02 7 VON NIDA SETS NEW RECORD HOYLAKE. Tuesday. MOST of the fancied competitors including the formidable Americans. Johnny Bulla, Vic Ghezzi and amateur Frank Stranahan, qualified for the event proper in the British open golf Championship here today. Overseas golfers occupied the limelight in the second qualifying round on the HoylakeReuter - 156 words
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Article101 1947-07-02 7 The Island Club June bogey competition played over the week-end resulted in a win for F. M. Cunningham with a score of 2 up. The following were some of the best cards returned: F. M. Cunningham (18) 2 up,.Yong Loon Chong (8) 1 up. W. L. Rolleston101 words
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340 1947-07-02 7 A forceful knock of 34 by A. Jansen and M. Wilson's 25 not out helped the Singapore Clarke Rangers to beat the Seaforth Highlanders by eight wickets in a game of cricket Dlayed at Gillman Barracks on Saturday. Scores were SEAFORTHS HIGHLANDERS Gibb b340 words
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Article, Illustration18 1947-07-02 7 picture. Eng Hoe. the Chinese Juniors' goalkeeper, leaps for a good save in yesterday's league game. Free PressFree Press - 18 words
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Article612 1947-07-02 7 By Our Soccer Reporter S.C.F.A. II 11 S.C.F A. I 1 T'HE Chinese second selection (the senior team) punched 1 hard for their goal average at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday when they beat the Chinese Juniors by 11 goals to cne in the second round of the612 words
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Article, Illustration41 1947-07-02 7 Middlesex beat Yorkshire by 87 rans at Leeds on Monday. This picture was taken during their first game at Lord's and shows H. ilalliday driving Denis C'ompton for lour through the co\ers. In the slips is Bill Edrich.41 words
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Article138 1947-07-02 7 LONDON. Tuesday. RINTY MONAGHAN, Irish iiyweight champion, beat Emile Famechon, of Mau Beuge, France, on points over 10 rounds at Olympia Stadium, London, on Tuesday night. Famechon weighed 112* lb., Monaghan 1131b. The bout was fast and hard fought, and both men gave and tookA.P. - 138 words
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Article228 1947-07-02 7 THE S.R.C. beat the Special Commissioner XI by 59 runs in a cricket match played at the Padans on Sunday. Gerry Clarke batted attractively for the club to score 59, while Schubert took six wickets for 21. S.R.C. G. Clarke b Jansen 59. J. Ancharit run228 words
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Article899 1947-07-02 7 Vernon Morgan - THREE U.S. WOMEN IN SEMI FIANLS Vernon Morgan WIMBLEDON From WIMBLEDON, Tuesday. rITED STATES women players emulated the feat of their men and have three, Margaret Ocborne, Louise Brough and Doris Hart, in the last four of the singles championships. The Empire flag is kept flying by blende South African,Reuter - 899 words
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69 1947-07-02 7 LONDON. Tues. FRED HOWARD, Secretary of the f Football League, asked the press at the annual meeting of the League in London to-day to lay any information that would reveal illegal payments made by clubs to transferred players. He said the management committee j wouldReuter - 69 words
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Article46 1947-07-02 7 LONDON, Man. ED BUDLAY, president of the American Professional Golfers Association has cabled the British Professional Golfers Association regretting his inability to stage the Ryder Cup match between professional golfers of America and Britain in America as originally farranged for November or December.46 words
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Miscellaneous21 1947-07-02 7 Today's Sports Cricket: SRC. v RAF. Changri 2nd XI, S R.C., 2 p.m. Volleyball: CA.MA. Juniors v "Unicorn," 5.J.1., 5.15 p.m.21 words
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Miscellaneous253 1947-07-02 7 Free Press Crossword No. 138 l 1 1 II I I 111 CLUES ACROSS 3. Small flat-fish living in estuaries and harbours (8), 7. Seeming, not real (5), 8. Structure to resist encroachment cf oea (6), 9. Wreath or chaplet of flowers (6), 10. Division of church into factions (6),253 words
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Article, Illustration245 1947-07-02 8 BLACK MAQUIS PLOT TO KILL DE GAULLE PARIS, Tuesday. IT is disclosed that the Black Maquis plot to overthrow the French Government included the murder of Gen. Charles de Gaulle to arjuse anti-Communist hatred, says Reuter. Further disclosures in this connection are expected in the interrogation of Gen. Guillaudot, Inspector-GeneralReuter; A.P. - 245 words
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Article78 1947-07-02 8 DRITAIN must be armed if the peace of the world is to be preserved, the Archbishop of York, Df. Cyril Barbett, told the York Diocesan Conference yesterday. Every Christian must wish that conscription was not needed, the Archbishop said, but under existing conditions, the GovernmentReuter - 78 words
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Article102 1947-07-02 8 PARIS. Tuesday. THE French National Assembly today began a critical debate in which the Prime Minister, M. Paul Ramadier. seeks a vote of confidence in the Government's economic policy, as 1,000,--000 steelworkers all over France began a 24-hour strike. The strikers were orotcsiing against theReuter - 102 words
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Article81 1947-07-02 8 SPYROS SKOURAS, president of the 20th-century Fox Film Corporation, announced in New York yesterday the completion of a deal, by which all the productiixjs of Sir Alexander Korda will be distributed by the 20th-century Fox in the western hemisphere, Australia. New Zealand and South Africa.A.P. - 81 words
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Article33 1947-07-02 8 Admiral Franco Maugeri, cotn-mander-in-Chief of the Italian Navy, yesterday asked that the Big Four powers allow Italy to scuctlc b.er own ships "as a final attempt" to preserve naval morale. U.P.U.P. - 33 words
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Article130 1947-07-02 8 NEW YORK, Tuesday. HENRY Wallace, former U.S. vice-president told the United Press today that American insistence on bases in Greenland was o le of the foremost symbols of a c ming war. Greenland would play an important role in another conflic c. Mr. Wallace agreed withU.P. - 130 words
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Article169 1947-07-02 8 BANGKOK, Tuesday. rE formation of a South East Asia Union comprising Vietnam, Cambodia and Siam has been proposed by the French Government, said Premier Thamrong, addressing a press conference this morning. The Siamese Premier said that the proposal, which is now being studied, envisages regional co-operationReuter; U.P. - 169 words
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Article154 1947-07-02 8 THE BOY WHO WANTED HIS OWN ARMY CANBERRA, Tuesday. PIELD-MARSHAL Lord Montis gomery, Chief of the Imperl General Staff, told Australians in a broadcast on his arrival at Canberra Aerodrome from Darwin today that Australia was his own country because of his boyhood association with Tasmania. He was referring toReuter - 154 words
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Article43 1947-07-02 8 The British Information Service in Bangkok states that the British Ambassador there, Mr. Harrington Thompson, has postponed his departure from Bangkok. Earlier it was indicated that Mr. Thompson was likely to take up the temporary ambas- sadorship in Baghdad. ReuterReuter - 43 words
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Article178 1947-07-02 8 Free Press Staff Reporter rO hundred Filipinos and 150 Amencans in Singapore will celebrate July the Fourth— the date when last year, the Philippines received independence from the United States, and when the United States got their freedom from England in 1776. The American Association178 words
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Article36 1947-07-02 8 In 1946, British airlines flew 34,000,000 miles, carrying 434 000 passengers and 9,000,000 ten miles of freight. Britain's air transport fleets total 350 aircraft and regular services now fly over miles of routes.—: ReuterReuter - 36 words
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Article476 1947-07-02 8 MOSCOW FOOD TALKS U.K. HOPEFUL Bulk buying is BRITAIN, brushing aside political and ideological differences, is negotiating with Russia and the o\het€mmim behind the "iron curtain" lor food for her war-deleted larder, the Minister of Food, Mr. John Strachey, told the House of Commons today. He implied that Britain's shortageU.P. - 476 words
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Article, Illustration28 1947-07-02 8 picture. The Duchess of Gloucester, wearing a veiled hat with a flora ornament, is seen on her way to the third day of the last sco meeting. -A.P.A.P. - 28 words
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Article457 1947-07-02 8 London Stock Exchange LONDON, Tuesday AN the Stock Exchange today, there was a marking dcwi and widening: of prices in most sections during the morning session owing to the Paris Conference deadloct and Chancellor Dalton's austerity speech, mym Reiivr* financial correspondent. However no great vofaaae o! stock457 words
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Article71 1947-07-02 8 Free Press Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, rues. AT Jemaluang in central Johore, the cut in the rice ration alaimcd the Chinese farmers to such an extent that they returned to tneir abandoned padi land and opsned it up for planting, says an Agricultural Department report. Great71 words
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219 1947-07-02 8 Australia is 'toughest nut to crack' JAP PEACE TALKS TOKIO. Tuesday. ALLIED circles in Tokio today described as the first sign of the hardening of British Commonwealth opinion on the Japan peace treaty, the recent statement of a British Foreign Office spokesman that Britain was dissatisfied with several aspects ofReuter - 219 words
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Article94 1947-07-02 8 pEN. MAO TSE-TUNO, and vJ other top Chinese Communst leaders are directing the civil war while engaged in a deadly game of hide-and-seek with the pursuing Government forces in the hills of north-west China, C. T. Sim, a free lance correspondent, told the Associated Press.A.P. - 94 words
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Article72 1947-07-02 8 About 30,000 tons of rice and paddy have been smuggled across to India from the Arakan division of southwest Burma. A statement issued by the Burmese Department of Agriculture aid that Burmese representatives at the liaison officers meeting in Singapore have been instructed to state72 words
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Article29 1947-07-02 8 The aircrew of five were killed whe n an RAP York crashed rhortly after taking off from oakington RAP aerodrome, near Cambridge yesterday.— ReuterReuter - 29 words
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Article164 1947-07-02 8 J TOKYO. Wednesday. APAN wants "moral and economic assistance," and not the return of territory from a Peace Conference "as early as possible", the premier, Mr. Tetsu Katayama, told the Diet today. The country's economy is facing a "fearful crisis", he said, and food prospects forA.P. - 164 words
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Article192 1947-07-02 8 I A SPECIAL Market corr^punden 1 rives the prices of rubber II aJB today as follows: S'pore shares rE Singapore shar. opened quiet and st< morning with not much ch E*j prices generally. Wearn offered at $23 75-cun. :>n Fraser and Neaves $3 55 Br $22.75. Gammons at192 words
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Miscellaneous88 1947-07-02 8 WEATHER Bright* periods WEATHER report for the next If 24 hours compiled by the R.A.F: Bright periods to-day and tomorrow. Isolated showers this afternoon. Fine to-night. Wind: Ugh*, south-easterly. Sunset 6.39 p.m., sunrise 6.32 a.m. Moonrfee 5.54 p.m., moanset 6.12 a.m. Temperatures: Max 89 deg; min. 78 deg. Relative humidity88 words
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