The Singapore Free Press, 9 July 1947
1947-07-09
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Title Section19 1947-07-09 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALA YA 16£*] SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, JULY 9, 1947 PRICE 10 CENTS.19 words
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502 1947-07-09 1 M.Fs demand protest to U.S. Free Press Staff Correspondent LONDON, Tuesday. flkiaJ protest to the United States against Amei rubber policy was urged m the House of today while the Paris conference of International Rubber Study Organisation was ing its discussion of a campaign502 words
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Article63 1947-07-09 1 13 NATIONS NOW GOING TO PARIS Paris. Tuesday. 1 nations, tadudtoa rakia In the Soviet ted Rrench and as :o the Paris -.oh meets on disclisa tbc Marshall ..id to Europe. tch Doveigo Ministry Italy, Portugal, Turkey, the Nettier- at turg. Czt-cho^lova- have sent formal i ted Press from Bern.A.P. - 63 words
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Article43 1947-07-09 1 RU BBER DROPS I.' lumber dropped this ng to 24 i cents per Ib. Spot I iosc in.m 26 i cents I rail of H cents. Iron occurred m No. h hi bal -s. which fell I «lta yesterday to 25i n mine43 words
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253 1947-07-09 1 Tyre shortage hits UK road transport Free Press Staff Correspondent LONDON, Tuesday. OPERATORS assert that bus services throughout Britain may soon be at a standstill, food transport interrupted, and coal held up at the distribution depots by lack of tyres for the country's 700,000 commercial vehicles owing, firstly, to the253 words
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Article79 1947-07-09 1 THE legacy oi 1,000 to Queen i Mary is contained m the will of Mrs. Alma Martha Bentinck of j Cadogan Square, London. The I money is to be given to any of the charities m which Queen Mary is interested "if she would beReuter - 79 words
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Article70 1947-07-09 1 Fwiioe who broke into a house m Avondale Road, Clacton, Essex, yesterday found Wing Commander Cecil Leslie Gould, 39, and his 13--year-old daughter, Anita, shot dead. His eight-year-old son, also shot, died later m hospital. Only a few minutes earlier Wing Commander Gould's wife hadReuter - 70 words
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Article28 1947-07-09 1 Greta Garbo has accepted £5,000 left to her by Edgar Donne, formerly of Hendon, England, a recluse who died without ever having seen her ReuterReuter - 28 words
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Article27 1947-07-09 1 AGA KHAJN IS BE TTER The Aga Khan, who is lying ill m the Palace Hotel m Lausanne, Switzerland, was reported yesterday to be "much better.' ReuterReuter - 27 words
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Article, Illustration78 1947-07-09 1 MR. JOHN COBB, 47-year-old British holder of the world's land speed record of .".69.7 miles an hour, is seen above sitting at the wheel of his three-ton streamlined supercharge 1 Railton-Mobil Special at a closely guarded workshop m Byfleet, Surrey, where the vehicle is being prepared for an attempt onPlanet News - 78 words
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127 1947-07-09 1 COLONIES MAY GET JAPANESE WARSHIPS Fre e Press Stall Reporter EIGHT former Japanese warships, which left Hong Kong yesterday, are expected to arrive m Singapore on Monday. They are the first allotment of ships drawn by the United Kingdom of Japanese craft for distribution among the Allies. A Navy spokesman127 words
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Article62 1947-07-09 1 Free Press Staff Reporter THERE was a 12-hour break m crime from 10 p.m. yesterday up to this morning. The last incident occurred at 10 o'clock last night m a crowded portion of Chinatown when two Chinese punched a compatriot, pulled him into a back62 words
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Article116 1947-07-09 1 SHANGHAI Tuesday. THOUSANDS of Chinese farm- ers, alter having been marooned for days on high ground, have begun flocking back to their ruined villages as waters of Kwangtung's most destructive flood m 32 years begin to recede, according to semi-official reports received here today It is unconflrmablyReuter - 116 words
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Article26 1947-07-09 1 Sram now has infant quadruplets, but they are not like the famed Siamese Twins. They are normal babies born to Mrs. Vian Yudee.26 words
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Article127 1947-07-09 1 Free Press Staff Reporter THE number of extortion cases m Singapore jumped during June, Mr. R. C. B. Wiltshire, head of the C.1.D., said at his Press conference this morning. June figures were 47 cases reported agairst 33 m May. The majority of the cases cam;127 words
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Article72 1947-07-09 1 Free Press Statf Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. MR. P. F. Tonder, an assistant of the East Asiatic Company, Kuala Lumpur, was found dead at his home m Setapak yesterday, with a gunshot wound m the head. There was a double barrelled shotgun near the body. Mr.72 words
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Article290 1947-07-09 1 BATAVIA, Tuesday. 'PENSION between the Dutch and the Indonesians has slackened with the compromise agreement reached today following Dutch acceptance of the Republican reply, which acceded to four out ef five Dutch proposals for the interim government and compromised on the critical issue of internal policing.Reuter; A.P. - 290 words
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478 1947-07-09 1 LONDON, Tuesday. HPHE British Government may slash imports by another 25 per cent., the House of Commons was told today by Mr. Herbert Morrison, Lord President of the Council. He said this m reply to Mr. Anthony Eden, deputy leader of the Opposition, whoU.P.; Reuter - 478 words
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Article75 1947-07-09 1 Free Press Staff Correspondent LONDON, Tuesday. IN the House of Commons today, Mr. William Leonard (Labour) speaking for the Minister of Supply, gave an assurance that the importance of tin-making machinery was fully appreciated. Mr. Leonard said that every effort was being made to maintain deliveriesFree Press - 75 words
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Article18 1947-07-09 1 Thirty displaced persons from the Baltic States are goinj to Britain to make surgical boots.18 words
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Advertisement8 1947-07-09 1 GRAPES (Vro^%^ t I icfY jjfKj SOUTH AFRICAN8 words
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Advertisement34 1947-07-09 1 irt/siiVA 7 \3r cbros> I BUFLAM Solid Brass PRESSURE STOVES I (Made m England) For Paraffin (Kerosene) Capacity 2J pints Burning Time 41 hours $17.50 p.* ji\ f\ 1 k%ay fi iTwi ll LTi^mmm34 words
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Article, Illustration1163 1947-07-09 2 SMARTEN UP Around Singapore Shops T T is nice to be smartly turnedout, but it is nice to have a good-looking home, too. And (dare I say it?) smartening-up one's husband is good for morale, sometimes, even if he is conservative and says things look loud when they are onlyF.G. - 1,163 words
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Advertisement205 1947-07-09 2 PLAIN SILK POPLIN FOR SHIRTING Mil I Ifili j IN THE BEST ENGLISH WOOLLENS SHIRTS PAJAMAS IN CHOICE-AMERICAN MEN'S WEAR Gents' Tel: ***** A We Invite Your Inspection Without Obligation To Our Wide Range of Goods leather Shoes, Curios, Ornaments, Silk Underwear, Linen Table Cloth, Handkerchiefs, Cushions Pillow Cases, Children's205 words
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Miscellaneous749 1947-07-09 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR Fortune forecast for people bom today DORK tcday, you have dual j talents that can be most useful m dealing with other peo-pl?. Yon are tactful and diplomatic, jet you are forceful enough to hay* very indepenI dent ideas and to follow them through to successful conclu-749 words
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Article, Illustration1716 1947-07-09 3 Air Mail - Air Mail Doctor with 'poisoners kink 9 LONDON (by -iy; Kobert Clements, who apparently murdered four 1> v res and a father-in-law and then committed suicide, b i t-» have had what the police call the "poisoner's Once he realised how scientifically clever he could poisons,1,716 words
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Article, Illustration8 1947-07-09 3 Edgar Rice Burroughs - Edgar Rice Burroughs Intent To Kill By8 words
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Article77 1947-07-09 3 THC Philippines Interior Sectretarj, Mr. Jose Costa Zulueta, yes--1 terday announced m Manila that he had ordered an investigation and action by Government police and officials against reported widespread smuggling of arms and ammunition from Mindanao and Sulu Archipelago to Indonesia. Ombra Amilbangsa, Muslim Moro CongressmanA.P. - 77 words
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Article, Illustration97 1947-07-09 3 Oberammergau. famous all over the world for its passion plays,' has begun "training plays" to train the villagers for their roles in the big passion plays, which ars produced once every ten years. This year's play is named "The Lost Son" and the recently de-Nazified player of the role of97 words
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Article266 1947-07-09 3 ORIIAIVk food distribution system is to be reorganised. A joint committee of the Ministries of Food and Agriculture is being set up to work out a long-term policy for presentation to Parliament. I Decision to set up the committee—announced m the Commons by Dr. Edith Summerskill,266 words
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Article71 1947-07-09 3 TIDDENHAM (Suffolk). Tuesday. MORE than 100 Roman silver coins estimated to be 1,600 years old. have been found m a Roman urn m a sandpit by an 1 Ipswich contractor. The find was revealed with an announcement that the treasure trove inquest will be held at i Tuddcnham.71 words
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Article38 1947-07-09 3 iN acute problem of the day is J\ the 'good time' girl, craving for excitement," says a Carnegie United Kingdom Trust Social Workers' report. "No one knows the substitute satisfactions which would help such girls." it declares.38 words
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275 1947-07-09 3 TRIAL OF P.I. WARTIME TOKIO ENVOY 'j MANILA, Tuesday. THE treason trial of Jorge B. Vargas, puppet Philippines Republic's first ambassador to Japan, has been opened. The defence pleading failed to convince the Peoples Court further to postpone the hearings, which had already been delayed for one year m sixA.P. - 275 words
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Advertisement131 1947-07-09 3 I teSlsbl b 1 1 \.m J C <*, ±t. I t c W I Acre protection sunI fen mm throughI the world. I ORIENTftI OPTICAL CO., l I D ornciws) I P hunt-:— 3232 j „rtv e l62, Sooth I i-id. Branch:— 3lB, I R<\ad, Singapore. Singapore maucca ACHES131 words
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Advertisement63 1947-07-09 3 j^^h I I I I I I fl^ \WfOARKMm9S "■Dar/c Mirror," beyond living up to the highest standards of psychological mystery melodrama, it emerges as the screen's most penetrating study of twins and, beyond that, as a heartbreaking exposition of human jealousy. You will find this a good film to63 words
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651 1947-07-09 4 The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY, JULY 9, 1947. Death on the Roads THE steadily mounting toll of death and injury on the roads of Singapore. I which culminated last month m the worsi accident figures ever recorded m the island, with 24 killed and 113 serously hurt m some 580651 words
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425 1947-07-09 4 THERE are about 1 only 1,000,000 perfect people m the United States and these super men and women are uninteresting and inhuman, says Dr. Earl D. Bond, a professor of psychiatry. Dr. Bond, of the University of Pennsylvania and director of research of the InstituteU.P. - 425 words
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Article986 1947-07-09 4 NOEL MONKS - NOEL MONKS 2nd article mi YOUR COMMONWEALTH by about their farms, of course, than about anything else. In the big cities back east Quebec, Montreal, Toronto, Ottawa the chief topic is: "What's Russia up to?" but east and west, north and south I've found a deep986 words
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Article, Illustration585 1947-07-09 4 MORAL CRUSADL IN FRANCE A COURT fight to ban three books written ten years ago m Paris by tii American named riei,iy Miller has made Frenchmen realise that they have a mcral crusade an tiseir hand>. The books, whose publishers are defendants m lawsuits filed m the Paris courts, areA.P. - 585 words
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Article94 1947-07-09 4 1. (a) Where is Bietton Woods? (b) With what Important international agreement is Bretton Woods associated, (c) When did it come into Operation? 2. Tliough versed m courtly ways, The shepherd's simple life he .oved to praise. The more elaborate scene Served as the setting of his Faerie Queen.94 words
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Advertisement11 1947-07-09 4 fe«^J|KIIERY imtm*m vromermsm) MAMFACWRm JEWELLERS WITH 75 YEARS REPUWnO* StM*A*o*r Pt*AM*11 words
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Advertisement59 1947-07-09 4 FIGURED WALNUT CABINET B|S~^7 Efl SIMPLIFIED TUNING HMOVf fflS ?F i^m UNEQUALLED TONE OUALITY R/]|f f\ AND GUARANTEE MODEL 5200 LIMITED STOCK $350 UUST ARRIVED. W V ™k^ v^^s MA^T{^\ y^y f SOLE MALAYAN LXSTR9BI J V UDuUuuqL GOLD SILVEH I CIGARETTE CASES I AT VERY COMPETITIVE Pti S» P.59 words
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Article426 1947-07-09 5 Free Press Staff Reporter j SLOGAN m Government's food conservation campaign reads "Stop this criminal waste." Yet hairs of rice is wasted every day at the Empire Dock and Rice Pool godowns m the Singapore Harbour ooard area enough to provide rations for 3,500426 words
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Article54 1947-07-09 5 HETAILS of production on some Malayan estates during June ar: Alor Gajah Rubber Estate 21,200 Ib. Aver Panas Rubber Estate 82.000 lb. Glenealy Plantations 70,000 lb, Kluang Rubber 61,000 lb. Pa jam 203,000 lb, Tambalak Rubber Estates 28,050 lb, Teluk Anson Rubber Estate 75.1-97 lb. and Ulu Benut54 words
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144 1947-07-09 5 'LIFE IN MALAYA DIFFICULT' SAYS VISITOR THE living conditions of the youth of Malaya. Burma, and Indonesia are hard/ says Jean Lotici r r French member of the Commission of World Federation of Democratic Youth, which toured Malaya. India, Burma, and Indonesia recently. In all these countries there exist youthReuter - 144 words
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Article73 1947-07-09 5 SIR C. V. Raman, eminent Indian scientist and Nobel Prize winner, has been elected as a corresponding member of the Soviet Academy of Sciences. Sir C. V. Raman is the President of the Indian Academy of Sciences and the foremost Indian physicist. Sir C. V. Raman, who73 words
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Article81 1947-07-09 5 I the Junior Civil s "*tation has b r en the SingajH re Civil ition. j h;v.\- beer elect- ra far 1947: A A Sao -sham; M n I. C. Gch and h noi v XC e'-iry rarj tntaax a Mr B n r.:rv Assistant I81 words
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Article190 1947-07-09 5 Free Press Chinese Correspondent SINCE the slump m the rubber market early last month, the 3,700 female workers employed by 25 Singapore rubber dealers have been either m a state of semi-unem-ployment or totally out of job. Their wages have not been cut, but they are190 words
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Article158 1947-07-09 5 Free Press Waterfront Reporter ONE of the most war-scarred ships afloat is m Singapore today. She is the 6,395-ton 8.1. vessel Czarda which was used to support Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery's historic push from El Alamein to Tunisia. The Ozarda came into prominence recently when158 words
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Article40 1947-07-09 5 AT a meeting held yesterday, the Board of Management of the War Risks (Goods) Insurance Fund, unanimously decided to reaffirm the decision that the risk of looting is not covered under the War Risks (Goods). Insurance Scheme.40 words
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Article, Illustration9 1947-07-09 5 A picture of ILe C&urda, shewing he* ueiuti Low*9 words
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Article74 1947-07-09 5 THE Combined Tin Committee has announced interim allocations of 11,331 long tons of tin! among 23 nations during the second half of this year. Further allocations will be announced about Aug. 20. when greater supplies become available. The United States was put down for 6,000A.P. - 74 words
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Article46 1947-07-09 5 A MALAY fancy diess show will be held at the Happy World on July 19 and 20. It will be the flist of its kind since the liberation. Malay radio st?.rs from Ti?a Seruanpuan, such as Ismail Knssim, Asiah and others, wi?J take part.46 words
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Article386 1947-07-09 5 To Define Scope TO define the work of a Social Welfare Department J- and to consider the best methods of co-operation between Government, Municipal, voluntary and other organisations concerned with the well-being of populations are among the objects of the conference which will be held386 words
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Article, Illustration119 1947-07-09 5 Every day, an average of 10 bags of rice is allowed to go waste at th- lauding point off the Government Rice Pool, wh:ch comes under the Fnod Inspectoral?. At the end of a normal day's loading and unloading operations, rice, two to three inches deep119 words
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271 1947-07-09 5 NEW INDIA MONEY RULE WILL AFFECTS TORE Free Press Staff Reporter HPHE agents of Indian banks m Singapore are of the opinion that the new restrictions imposed by the Government of India restricting the flow of capital from India to countries m the sterling bloc will be only temporary. The271 words
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Article133 1947-07-09 5 RULING that the prosecution had closed its case without calling evidence to prove the sale, the Third Police Court Magistrate, Mr. K. M. Byrne, yesterday acquitted Mrs. Aileen Marie Cantrell on a charge of having sold dutiable liquor. Mr Byrne sa:d tha: it was not Ills133 words
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Article36 1947-07-09 5 THREE selected posters by Indian, artists have been flown to New York to represent India m the international poster competition organised by the UNO. The international competitiop will be h id shortly.36 words
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Article105 1947-07-09 5 T<ne s.s. Gorgun, wtucb is carrying a big cor^ignmc nt of| Australian fruit, is now expected i to arrive m Singapore tomorrow morning from Fremantl? and not today. Ships alongside the Singapore wharves yesterday (godowns m j brackets) were: Main Wharf: Ozarda 31-32). Gleniffer (33-34). Titan (38-39>,105 words
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Article, Illustration315 1947-07-09 6 HPHE use of twins as a A motivating factor m drama or comedy is not entirely new, but it is a unusual situation that is found m the film "Dark Mirror" (Capitol July 12) which producer Nunnally Johnson has developed for the screen. Murder is tne basis and315 words
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Article252 1947-07-09 6 IN the film "London Town" (Cathay, tomorrow), Jerry, comedian m a small provincial town theatre, is promised a part m a London show by Mrs. Barry, famous woman producer. With his daughter, Peggy, he travels to Town and "digs" with kindly Mrs. Gates. On arrival at the theatre252 words
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Article102 1947-07-09 6 HEDY LAMARR is among other things, an amateur painter. As a New York artist m the film "Dishonoured Lady," Hedy is shown m several scenes busily dabbing paint on a canvas. But since th c back of the canvas was to the camera, HedyA.P. - 102 words
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Article171 1947-07-09 6 ELIZABETH KENNY (Rosa- lind Russell), or Liz as she io known to everyone, graduated as a nurse from To wcomba District Hospital, Australia, m 1900 at the age of 22. She becomes a '"bush nurse." Called m to treat a little girl, Liz becomes alarm d at what171 words
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Article208 1947-07-09 6 riRETA GARBO has changed her mind. And the star who never talks made a statement announcing it. She declared she was "definitely interested" m the .£5,000 bequest willed to her last Febru- ary by the British-born recluse Edgar H. Donne* Siie had given instructions for the realisation of208 words
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Article77 1947-07-09 6 1. la New Hampshire. <b The agreement to set up an International Monetary Fund and an Ivii ternational Bank. <c> The Bretton Woods agreement was ratified by most of the countries subscribing to it before the end of 1045. i and the plan came into operation m March77 words
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Article382 1947-07-09 6 STUDIO NOTES Four Films At Once PRODUCER Sydney Box has achieved another British film record m his one-a-million film production programme by starting four films at once. On the floor at Shepherd's Bush studios, is "Snowbound" an Alpine mystery drama. At Islington studios shooting begins on "Miranda", m which Glynis382 words
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Article216 1947-07-09 6 Granger Rides Again gTEWART GRANGE very angry hundreds of n m have been disih allegations that wh sits on a house I P "frightened look" on J face, mounted a > >-' Elstree Studios uf£j! that he wasn't He was very off the HociL p. Mickie. that he rid film,216 words
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Article319 1947-07-09 6 llKless south opened a tp^.> U Ea*t could have made thive beuts, but Booth*! three spade bid was doubly fortunate because he actually found a way to make his contract. West opened a heart. Do you see how he did it? South rtasoiud that there was no319 words
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Miscellaneous136 1947-07-09 6 m^UCfr^kG Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press in Malaya THE*BRASS MONKEY* QUICKLY I I I ONCE KNEW A THIEP CALLED I I THAT'S NATURAL LNOUGM I AS PART Of MY DISGUISE I I LIPS A 5TREET C O 5 ™ME. THE CLAY CAMEL. I THOUGHT HE WAS MY FATHER' IT^136 words
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Article281 1947-07-09 7 Rain Cuts Play By I Three Hours Manchester, Tuesday. n£Gl ANU. carrying their total to 478 from 311 for four, X rained a first innings lead of 139 over South Africa at HI j r aiTord today, the third day of the third Test. South t281 words
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Article, Illustration27 1947-07-09 7 These pictures taken at the Stadium yesterday show, above, Army repelling: a Recs' attack m the first half and, b-low, Louther just beating an opponent to aihneadcr.27 words
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Article82 1947-07-09 7 day. »3 AL Sir A *Ja Croos v i 1 1 i n 0 h€ started j »r, made bulls and with B; resUic ed to S wmour and not ■M was the ■f l Challenge ■:m stance r o the A re uv CapftReuter - 82 words
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Article376 1947-07-09 7 OL YMPIC GAMES DEFENDED gIR Noel Curtis Bennett, Vice-Chairman of the British Olympic Association, has today written to the British Press a letter m praise of the Olympic movement and as a counter to a section of the British press which has been condemning the Olympic games m general, and376 words
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174 1947-07-09 7 Free Press Correspondent. RANGOON, Tuesday. PLAYING before recorl crowds, j the Sing Tao Sports Club of Hcng Kong won the first two of their four soccer games m Kango-, n. The Sing Tao team opened their tour with a matrh against the Combined174 words
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Article165 1947-07-09 7 LONDON, Monday. PEARL DIVER, winner of the Derby. MigH and Blue Train J •.vcre installed 5-1 favourites at the flrst callover on the St. Leger at Victoria Club tonight. Business throughout was light and no wagers of any significance were recorded. Both Pearl Divt andReuter - 165 words
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Article132 1947-07-09 7 A BEAUTIFUL low drive by Burke enabled the Supply Reserve Depot, R.A.3.C. to defeat the Jollilads I by an only goal m a game cf soccer j played on the Victoria Institution i ground yesterday. The goal came five minutes after the start Play on132 words
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Article99 1947-07-09 7 GLASGOW, Tuesday. JACKIE PATERSON. Glasgow holder of the world flyweight championship, will be fit to defend his title against Dado Marino, Filipino challenger at Hampden Park, Glasgow, on July 16. i^at Collins, Paterson's Manager, said: "We are sorry for all inconvenience that ri«asReuter - 99 words
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Article23 1947-07-09 7 A WHOLE d^y picnic followed by a social will be held by the Colonials Cricket Club at Tanjong Rhu on Sunday.23 words
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548 1947-07-09 7 Rest Of The Sport SPORTS COUNCIL TO HOLD MEETING ON JULY 17 The next general meeting cf the Singapore Olympic ar.d Spons Counc.l will be held at the V.M.C.A. on Thursday. July 17 at 5.15 p.m. Delosaies of associations and affiliated clubs are invited to attend. The agenda will be548 words
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Article509 1947-07-09 7 M'SEX, GLOSTER CHARE LEAD LONDON, Tuesday. RAIN interfered with the programme of cricket games ending today and only three of the nine m progress reached definite decision. One of these gave Middlesex a win against Hampshire, despite the fact that Middlesex were weakened by Test match claims. Middlesex now shareReuter - 509 words
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Article957 1947-07-09 7 By Our Soccer Reporter Army 2 S.R.C 1 SEVEN weeks hence when the current league soccer championship draws to an end, it may be found that Army's victory by two goals to one over the S.R.C. at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday was the deciding match. True,957 words
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Article44 1947-07-09 7 IN a friendly soccer match played on the M.C U ground last Saturday, the Bank! Sports Club brat trio BBDMS (Military Unit, Pasir Panjang) by seven goals to nil. Scorers for the B.S.C. were Kin Kiaei (5) and Mcng Chong (2).44 words
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79 1947-07-09 7 AN All-Malayan Indian soccer team sponsored by the Singapore Indian Association, will probably meet th? Sing Ta:> Sports Club of Hong Kong at Jalan Besar Stadium on Aug. 2. On the following day the Malayan Indians will play the Combined Services. Sanction for these79 words
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Miscellaneous21 1947-07-09 7 Today's Sports Events SOCCER: R. Pulau Brani, > FYaser Nwtv-, Pulaa Brani. VOLLEYBALL: C.Y.MJI. Juniors Chung Cheng High School, SJ.I., 5.15 pan.21 words
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Miscellaneous258 1947-07-09 7 Free Press Cress woird Ne. hi I J i p^—^^™ IHHHH MB LL^Lfl At KOSjS 1. Mould of the foot on which b.o's and shoes are mad- ii», c Surname of American slavery abolitionist w**o se>7;ed the armoury at Harpers Ferry (5), 8. Angle projecting out wards m fortifications (7),258 words
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Article, Illustration16 1947-07-09 8 HOME A freak storm m London last month flooded the roadway m front of Buckingham Palace.16 words
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257 1947-07-09 8 HUNGRY EUROPE FACE BAD WINTER Wheat failure: w neai jaiiui c 33 states meet PARIS, Tuesday. TN an attempt to save drastic cuts m Europe's bread rations, the Food and Agricultural Ministers of 33 nations will meet here tomorrow for a four day study of grain needs and surpluses. Called257 words
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Article, Illustration36 1947-07-09 8 p picture. Film actress, Paulette Gr.dtlard, iv seen chatting uliiiaagl th^ british Producers' As ociatio 1 party, durii 5 iniernational film festival. MUfii Gcddards -n ha* long corkscrew crrls caused a mild sensalu-n iP,, Planet NewsPlanet News - 36 words
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Article341 1947-07-09 8 LONDON, Tuesday. ■FHE Foreign Secretary, Mr. Ernest Bevin, said, m an address to the London Rotary Club today, that peace had to be made with Japan "and that is causing us to think very hard and very deep, because m Asia you have a continent341 words
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Article54 1947-07-09 8 THE French police claim to have broken up an entire Irgun Zvai Leumi underground network m Paris, with the arrest of 16 persons and arms destined for the Palestine extremists Eleven cases of arms were found In Nanterre. villa of Maurice Zizac. a paper manufacturer, who has been54 words
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185 1947-07-09 8 LAKE SUCCESS, Tuesday. THE United Nations Atomic Energy Commission by a majority tentatively agreed m principle today that all existing atomic weapons should be destroyed. A four-nation sub-commit-tee to put the Soviet proposal into writing was appointed. The Soviet delegate, Mr. Andrei Gromyko, was supportedReuter; U.P. - 185 words
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Article77 1947-07-09 8 Mr. Arthur Calwell, Australian! Minister for Immigration, left London yesterday to visit European countries on the question of more immigrants for Australia. In Germany, he will discuss with the British and American zone officials and with the international refugee organisation on the possible migration to Australia ofA.P. - 77 words
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Article93 1947-07-09 8 /GERMAN prisoners of war m U Britain will, m future, be allowed to marry British women, it was announced m the House of Commons yesterday by Mr. George Oliver, Under Secretary to the Home Office. A British woman would lose her nationality on marriage toReuter - 93 words
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Article229 1947-07-09 8 Free Press Stair Reporter AFTER a nine-hour debate, spread over three secret meetings, the Singapore Municipal Commissioners yesterday finally accepted the recommendations of the Constitution Committee that the future Commissioners should be partly elected and partly nominated by the Governor. Announcing this to an open 'meeting229 words
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Article88 1947-07-09 8 SAIGON. Tuesdaj UIETNAM authorities have "d nied French allegations that they are cutting off dykes and breaching canals m an effort to flood large areas of Toniking m North Indo-China, including Hanoi and Haiphong towns. Stating that .Ho Chi Minn has instructed "all soldiers and techniciansReuter - 88 words
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Article48 1947-07-09 8 Dockers m Melbourne yesterday were refusing to work Dutch ships though their General Secretary, James Healy, had announced that the ban would be lifted. Dutch soldiers are continuing to load the Dutch military transport, Tjibesar, for the Netherlands East Tr.dtes. Reuter and A. A. P.Reuter; A.A.P. - 48 words
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Article227 1947-07-09 8 LONDON, Tuesday. l ORD ADDISON, Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations, and Mr. Hector McNeil, Minister of State, will represent Britain at the conference of representatives of the British Commonwealth on the Japanese peace treat., which has now been fixed to open ?t Canberra,227 words
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225 1947-07-09 8 Afghans are told not to interfere LONDON, Tuesday. THE British Government has indicated to the Afghan diplomatic representative m London its earnest hope that the Afghanistan Government will do nothing to prejudice the transfer of affairs m the North-West Frontier Province of India from British to Indian hands. The AfghanistanReuter - 225 words
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Article125 1947-07-09 8 BANGKOK. Tuesday. rHARGING that the Siamese Government was not helping to rehabilitate tin mines and, instead, was imposing higher royalties and adding repressive taxes, Mr. Arthur H. Miles, chairman of the Association of British Commonwealth Mining Interests, told the Bangkok Post today that British andA.P. - 125 words
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Article82 1947-07-09 8 MELBOURNE, Tuesday. ACCORDING to Press reports reaching Melbourne ;rom Townsville, American airmen :rom the Solomcn Islands report that Malaitan Islanders had declared war on the British settlement at Guadalcanal. These islanders, landed from their war canoes on July 8, armed with spervs and Llcwpipes. The trouble, saysReuter; A.P. - 82 words
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Article88 1947-07-09 8 WASHINGTON, Tuesday. AN agreement, under which 150.000 of the nations soft coal miners will work when "willing and able" at the highest wage m coal-mining history, was signed today. Other operators, employing an equal number, are waiting their turn to sign the unprecedented contractA.P. - 88 words
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Article38 1947-07-09 8 ugypis complaint against the continued presence of British forces m Egypt and the Sudan will be lodged with the United Nations Security Council early r.ext week, according to the Egyptian Embassy m Washington ReuterReuter - 38 words
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Article469 1947-07-09 8 London Stock Exchange LONDON ruesday ON the Stock Exchange today, the tendency I markets again revolved round Gilt-ed. i securitis! I which there was fairly widespread sup;><»:-:. m»s rJ I financial correspondent. In one or two i were not quite at best hut gains extend d i469 words
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Article102 1947-07-09 8 ASPECtAI >!;: kt-i rr^rgives (ho priif of >Hi II a.m toda> a« fellMl Borer* i Mr It So 1 R S S N-" loose So I R S > t«t m bales Jul> No t 111 f«>l m bales, Juh Hi I 1.1.1 tor m bales. Juh Tone102 words
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Miscellaneous12 1947-07-09 8 SINGAPORE TIDES Hi?»h 1.51 p.m. 8.2 ft Lew 8.14 p.m. 4.5 ft12 words
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Miscellaneous75 1947-07-09 8 WEATHER Long bright periods WEATHER report for the next 24 hours compiled by the R.A.F: Fair with long bright periods this afternoon and tomorrow morning. Fine tonight. Wind: Light south-easterly sea breeze, becoming calm daring the night. Sunset 6.40 p.m., sunrise 6.43 a.m. Moonrise 11.20 p.m., moonset 11.39 a.m. Temeperatures:75 words
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