The Singapore Free Press, 10 July 1947
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Title Section18 1947-07-10 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA IfcMfe SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, JULY 10, 1947 PRICE 10 CENTS.18 words
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Article, Illustration711 1947-07-10 1 THREE-STONE RING FOR PRINCESS Philip staying at the Palace LONDON, Thursday. k LL England is m love this morning m love with the royal romance. The news of Princess Elizabeth's betrothal to Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten was not unexpected, but that seems only to have made the event that much moreReuter; U.P.; A.P. - 711 words
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Article, Illustration62 1947-07-10 1 Field Marshal Lord Montgomery, Chief of the Imperial General Staff, pictured with the Commonwealth Prime Minister, Mr. J. ii. Chifley, daring Lord Montgomery's visit to Canberra ior important defence talks with Australian Government and Services leaders. The CIGS is m Perth, capital city of Western Australia, today and will meet62 words
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Article179 1947-07-10 1 OFFICER IS JAILED FOR THEFT Free Pi^ss Staff Reporter /CHARGED with the theft of pub- Vj lie property. *****5 Capt. A. R. Duncan, of The Black Watch, has been sentenced to be cashiered and to six months' imprisonment with hard labour, following a general court martial which sat at Fort179 words
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Article17 1947-07-10 1 German coal miners m the Russian zone of Germany must work seven days a week.17 words
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Article174 1947-07-10 1 ATHENS, Thursday. TWO thousand five hundred and twelve people arrested m Greece yesterday after the discovery of an alleged plot for a big Communist uprising, were last night deported by sea to the island of Spithalia m the Saronic Gulf. Arrests are continuing, it is statedReuter; U.P. - 174 words
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Article271 1947-07-10 1 PARIS, Wednesday. QIXTEEN countries out of 22 have so far accepted the Anglo-French invitation to next Saturday's conference here on the Marshall plan for economic aid to Europe. The first three days of the conference .will be devoted to the organisation of debates and theReuter; A.P.; U.P. - 271 words
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Article41 1947-07-10 1 Free Press Staff Reporter THE Office* Administering the Government, Mr. P. A. B. MacKerron, today will cable to Princess Elizabeth the congratulations of the Government and the people of Singapore on I the occasion of her betrothal.41 words
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Article213 1947-07-10 1 CALCUTTA, Wednesday. |1H vaYC of rioting between Hindus and Muslims 1 b< into its third day m Calcutta today with six people ted Killed and 39 injured m various parts of the city j v ihc death toll has now reached 90. The police todayReuter - 213 words
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Article22 1947-07-10 1 $4,000,000,000 annually.— A.P. The U.S. Senate Finance Committee yesterday approved a bill to cut income taxes by U.S.A.P. - 22 words
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Article55 1947-07-10 1 Free Press Staff Reporter THE Singapore C.I.D. yesterday arrested four Chinese m a house m Bukit Panjang for alleged counterfeiting of Indonesian banknotes and printing milk labels. Thousands of 10-guilder notes and a large number of the milk labels are stated to have been j found. The55 words
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Article167 1947-07-10 1 Free Press Staff Correspondent LONDON, Wednesday. IN the House of Commons today, Mr. L. D. Gammans (Cons., Hornsey), asked the Secretary of State for Colonies, Mr. Arthur Creech Jones, why the Department of Broadcasting for the Malayan Union and Singapore had refused to allow the formerFree Press - 167 words
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468 1947-07-10 1 3 GOVERNORS: SET-UP MAY BE REVIEWED LONDON, Wednesday. /CRITICISM m Parliament of Malaya's wealth of governors brought today from the Secretary of State for the Colonies the assurance that when the constitution oi Malaya has been concluded, then "the whole of this set-up" can be further considered. Mr. Creech JonesReuter - 468 words
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Article36 1947-07-10 1 The British War Minister, Mr. Fretieiick Bellenger, replying to a Parliamentary question, states that 17,500 men and 1,900 women have enrolled m the Territorial Army up to June 15 this year. ReuterReuter - 36 words
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97 1947-07-10 1 NO RICE FROM INDO-CHINA FOR S.E. ASIA SAIGON, Wednesday. INDO-CHINA is not able to spare any surplus rice this year for food-short areas m South-East Asia, including India. An exception has been made, however, for China which is expected to receive 3,500 tons of rice this month from Saigon. AReuter - 97 words
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Advertisement27 1947-07-10 1 ?sfew !KY DESCRIPTION IX i^^^Pi LATEST VARIETY H^^ki^l DRESS THAT IS Ok 9 HERE CARRIES THE JT V JUBILEE SILK STORE 82. NORTH BRIDGE ROAD PHONE 773227 words
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Advertisement19 1947-07-10 1 k*. bullish, List from BaS| PITMANS, r"^?" Practice, Kingsway, sharthan d London, yypewritinc, W.C.2. etc. HURGHMANS MADE IN ENGLAND19 words
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Article, Illustration881 1947-07-10 2 Help Others By Helping Yourselves WHAT do you know of the workings of the Post Office? You know the postman because he brings you your letters; but do you know how he gets them; how they come from upcountry; how they come from overseas; how881 words
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Article278 1947-07-10 2 NORTH chose something odi^r than the best bid on two occasions. For his first bid, he should have selected .one heart rather than one diamond. And when West bid five clubs he should have doubled. His hand offered little to recommend a five spade contract particularly as278 words
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Article, Illustration9 1947-07-10 2 Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press m Malaya9 words
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Article, Illustration555 1947-07-10 2 Pierre Jeanerrat - ART CLASS A new King Henry VIII Pierre Jeanerrat By UEREis news— the discovery by a Birmingham working man of an unrecorded contemporary portrait of King Henry VIII painted shortly after his accession to the throne. This discovery is noteworthy for several reasons. First, it adds most important document to555 words
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Article392 1947-07-10 2 /CONSTANCE COLLIER. L a n Englishwoman herself, is brave enough to assert that there Is no such thing as a British Acrei.t, however her fellow screen playeis may rt^ard tne frequently unfamiliar pronunciations emanating from the motion picture screen. As far as MUi Collier is concerned ItA.P. - 392 words
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Advertisement51 1947-07-10 2 THE ORCHARD DRESS SHOP Newly Opened at 29 ORCHARD RD. (Jta* n> r SMART SELECTION AMERICA MORMUG AFTERNOON AND COCKTAIL DRESSES $25.00 $75.00 MONTHLY TERMS ON APPLICATION for Breakfast, Tiffin Dinner Diners can have their meals either at the Capitol or at the Rex Restaurants PRINTING -?J£?o STRAITS T I51 words
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Miscellaneous390 1947-07-10 2 crvnAPORF U— 'Days of the Week'; 11.40— W oiiiunruni, 12.00: Sound Sense: Stds. 8 Q 91 Blue Network 'Writing An Article*. 12 00— 2.00 pA —485 metres to the BBC nediom wave band 122 megacycle* wr second In the 41 metre band London 6 00— 11 00 p.m.— 485 metres390 words
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Miscellaneous348 1947-07-10 2 ITorld News; 8.15 Today's Ballad Singer— lsobel Baillie (Soprano); 8.20! Everyman's «Music; 8.30 Australian News: 8.40 Console Celebrity Nicho- las Robins. 8.45 Around the Band- "r stand— The Band of H.M. Royal H:rse Guards; 9.00 Half -hour of charm; 9.33 Master Pianists— Recital by Vladimir Horowitz; 9.45 Rhythm on RecordTommy348 words
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Miscellaneous186 1947-07-10 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR Fortune peop^ tan £v BORN today, v.ij are gft stern m >«.»>: i-jpj" of il>cipline and ethics Ritfat i risht; wron? i> KTong Ha is no middle n.ith far v are concerned And, of course u r wi\ i always the rr:!it on fMHi not permit to186 words
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Article, Illustration57 1947-07-10 3 Considered to be among the strongest of Berlin's air raid shelters and perhaps more familiar to dweller? m the German capital than any ethers, the bunker (left) near the Berlin Zoo was blown up last month by engineers of the British Army of occupation. Picture above shows blasting clouds rise57 words
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Article290 1947-07-10 3 BERLIN, Wednesday. npHE American Military Government's official German J- language newspaper says that Soviet Marshal L. P. Beria has worked out with the Soviet military authorities m Berlin an extensive propaganda campaign for selling Communism to the Germans. The newspaper, Die Neve Zeitung, said it was290 words
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Article, Illustration310 1947-07-10 3 CHINA GOVT. PURGE IS SOUGHT U.S. awaits Chiang's decision T MK 7 SHANGHAI, Wednesday. HE United States Ambassador, Mr. J. Leighton Stuart, is believed by diplomatic and other well-informed quarters m Nanking and Shanghai to have been trying to induce Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek to carry out a real overhaul ofA.P. - 310 words
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Article145 1947-07-10 3 THEY WANT TO BE STERILISED r. pi CRT, Wednesday. I m have re- b no hope 3 per cent, of fictima of the rilization programme. Ott Weiss of the Department, G a Stuttmart a report; ra C m of States n Zone which is lav foi "plann- c EQcialfl said145 words
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230 1947-07-10 3 THERE were two surprised people I m a humble home .n Park Lane, Slough, Buckinghamshire 23-year-old Eric Richard Robson and his mother. Eric learned he had been awarded the George Medal and his mother heard for the first time of his gallant act230 words
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Article97 1947-07-10 3 THE sugar ration m Britain will be increased from eight to ten ounces a week from July 20 Supplies to manufacturers of cakes, biscuits and confectionery will also be increased. The Ministry of Food announcing this said that the increase would be m the. form of97 words
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Article84 1947-07-10 3 BANNED goods, dried e»oS and tinned salmon will be m reduced supply this year, the British Food Minister, Mr. John Strachey, id a Press conterenoe m London, aciding: "We shall have to be very careful with the dollars and these are hi?h-prieed foods." Mr. StracheyU.P. - 84 words
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48 1947-07-10 3 The Ontario Court of Appeul allowed the appeal of Harold Samuel Gerson, a Montreal engineer, and quashed the five years' sentence passed on him last October on charges of espionage, says Reuter. The charges followed allegations about a Russian spy ring.48 words
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Article77 1947-07-10 3 M.C. FOR BURMA PARACHUTIST THE Military Cross h^s been awarded to 25-year-old Flight Leiut. Frank William Collard, a member of a team which parachuted into Elephant Point. Rangoon, m May, 1945, and controlled the air strips, enabling the position to be captured. Previously Ft.-Lieut. CoUard had made only two parachuteReuter - 77 words
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Article33 1947-07-10 3 In the Philippines, there were 92,946 Boy Scouts at the end of i May. One troop at the Culion I leper colony is among those re- cently reconstituted.- A.P.A.P. - 33 words
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189 1947-07-10 3 EDINBURGH TO WELCOME ROYAL FAMILY EDINBURGH, Wednesday. OVER a mile oi streets will be lined with detachments o* the three Services for a ceremonial welcome which Edinburgh has prepared for the Royal Family next week. The King, Queen and Princesses are to be m residence at the Palace of HolyroodReuter - 189 words
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Article26 1947-07-10 3 Princess Katherine of Greece arrived m England on Tuesday by plane with her husband, Major Richard Brandram, British Army Officer, now stationed m Cairo.26 words
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Article99 1947-07-10 3 AA: 10. out) find on his first day m London. Almost too good but Mr. Tocgood found it was true. And Mr. Toogood has £650 reward. Mr. Charles Too good, who came up from his Bristol home to work at a brewery he is a99 words
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Article, Illustration9 1947-07-10 3 Edgar Rice Burroughs - Edgar Rice Burroughs Chase m the trees By9 words
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Article200 1947-07-10 3 A RESOLUTION to "ex-communicate" any Arab selling land to Jews was adopted by 1,500 Palestine Arab leaders meeting m Haifa. This resolution was one of 22 adopted to tighten the Arab boycott of Zionist goods and services, reports A.P. It was introduced m behalf of theA.P. - 200 words
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Article56 1947-07-10 3 MANILA, Wednesday. PRESIDENT Roxas will for--1 mally accept 84 United States Navy ships for the Philippines offshore patrol at a ceremony aboard an auxiliary mme -sweeper. Rear.-Adm. H. H. Good, of the U.S. Navy, will transfer the vessels, symbolizing their change of status under terms ofA.P. - 56 words
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Article136 1947-07-10 3 PRINCESS WAS CAUGHT IN THE RAIN LONDON, Wednesday. IN defiance of threatening clouds, the Grenadier Guards Band played "Isn't it a lovely day to be caught m the rain" wihen Princess Elizabeth, Colonel of the Regiment, inspected the Ist. Battalion of the Gitenadier Guards at Chelsea barracks Ten minutes later,Reuter - 136 words
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Article31 1947-07-10 3 Pope Pius XII has established an apostolic delegation to the Indonesian Archipelago, naming as apostolic delegate Monsignor George de Jonghe D'Ardoye, Arch- bishop of Mista.— A.P.A.P. - 31 words
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Article98 1947-07-10 3 A SWISS gamekeeper m the national came reserve above Martigny, Rhone Valley, saw a fight to the death between a bi? eagle and a full-grown chamois. The chamois was crossing a narrow ledge when the eagle flashed down and tried to knock it over the98 words
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89 1947-07-10 3 'ANNA AND THE KING' BANNED IN THE PUNJAB THE Board of Censors for tha Indian province of Punjab has banned the film. "Anna and the King of Siam". The picture was banned alter a protest filed by Capt. Enant Singh, editor of Filmo. According to the Associated Press, Singh was89 words
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Article30 1947-07-10 3 One soldier died and 22 others are recovering: m a Bremen hospital from methyl alcohol poisoning contracted by drinking cooking stove fuel, Army officials an- nounced.— U.P.U.P. - 30 words
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Advertisement39 1947-07-10 3 I jmtor: and security I plnm protection sunI known throughI ORIENTAL OPTICAL CO., l H \LIFIED OPTICIANS) 1 i B.x 387) (Phone:— 3232 Hrad Office:- 182, South Pn^e Road Branch:— 34B, v >rth Hrid?e Read. Singapore. ff *J» 8839 words
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Advertisement40 1947-07-10 3 CAPITOL OPENING TO-MORROW I m mi M B&inl Bfi §f r w\ "Compelling thriller Robert Siodmak a magician of melodramas!" Herald Tribune. "Neat, compact. You will want to applaud Miss De Havilland for the superb performance. You'll be absorbed!" —P.M.40 words
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714 1947-07-10 4 The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY. JULY 10, 1947. It Is All Very Secret IT is all too clear that if the diehard elements who apparently form a majority of Singapore's Municipal Commissioners were to get their way. the new city council would be a very much less democratic body than714 words
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Article, Illustration897 1947-07-10 4 Dr. Cheng- Hua - Dr. Cheng-Hua By m the Far Eastern Engineer f HINA'S railroads are mostly stateoperated and Govern-ment-owned, while private enterprise is limited to the construction and operation of minor lines. It is natural that private capital can only be induced to invest m a railroad promising good897 words
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Article99 1947-07-10 4 1. What names are given to the brightest stars m each of these constellations?: fa) Lyra: (b) Orion; (c) Aquila; (d) Cards Major; (c) Taurus. 2. Can you recall (a) whsre and when Charles Dickens was born; (b) where and when he died: (c) where he is buried? 3.99 words
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Article1004 1947-07-10 4 George Woodcock - A BRIEF FOR NA TIONALIZA TION George Woodcock By Assist general secretay Trade Union Congress QUESTIONS of wages, working conditions, and hours of labour will, under nationalization, still have to be be settled within industry by the traditional process of negotiation and agreement between trade unions and the management. The1,004 words
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Article599 1947-07-10 4 Politico - Britain fights a new Battle Politico by BRITAIN'S Labour Government is "only tinkering"' with the food and dollar crisis, said Mr. Anthony Eden m Tuesday's debate m the Hou&e of Commo> c. This is what the government is tinkering with--an over-all shortage of wheat and other grains, a world ?aS599 words
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Advertisement16 1947-07-10 4 FACIALS Op«fi All Day MANICU^* MICHELLE BEAUTY PARLOIR PERMANENT WAVING MODERN EQUIP"" (Thre« SyiUwi) EXPERT OPrRATO^16 words
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Article504 1947-07-10 5 Free Press Staff Reporter WASTAGE of vital rice shipments {coming into Singapore and handled at this end for transference to the Malayan Union will be cut down to an appreciable degree when a new scheme is put into operation soon by the Food Control504 words
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Article, Illustration37 1947-07-10 5 The Free Press took these pictures when "shots" were being taken at the Great World for the BOAC documentary film featuring the airways' LondonSydney air route. Final "shooting" is taking place at present.37 words
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Article100 1947-07-10 5 THERE are iiuny Known cases m which individuals assisted Allied Servicemen during the Japanese occupation. Certain persons suffered death or maltreatment, which resulted m disablement at Japanese hands as a direct consequence of giving such assistance. The question of rewarding: those individuals, or their dependants, is100 words
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255 1947-07-10 5 ROTARY CLUB WILL BUILD T.B. CLINIC THE Singapore Rotary Club 1 will go ahead with the i scheme to build Singapore's] first T. B. Clinic out uf donations coming from Rctarians and the citizens of Singa-, pore. The expenditure target figure is $80,000. it was announced by the Rotary Vice-President,255 words
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Article, Illustration170 1947-07-10 5 I i, nill be presented UN vjueens Royal Regiih:s afternoon at 5 n the Padang by the Administering the Meat, Mr. P. A- B. Mcl it me PaOacff, Mr. ■fli be received by a j-e from the Battalion. ikUtalion Commander. D L A Gibbs. D.SO. willArmy PR - 170 words
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Article73 1947-07-10 5 C". Dj ran Sunday, July t 1.45 p.m., the Singa- Veterinary SurME H Witheringtcn. a fortnightly from Radio Malaya :are of ar.:mals m the rica *il! deal with best breeds for the 1 < boose a puppy, care, common diseases, series, Mr. With- deal with73 words
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Article24 1947-07-10 5 Y's C LUB TALK next hinctfccou meeting ...d at OecUra RestauSaturday, at 1.15 p.m. D CMiu.gs of Raiftes speak on "Museums v lex Culture"24 words
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Article16 1947-07-10 5 V o cry savings certi- Malaya ur> to July 2, n anted to $555,14716 words
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Article16 1947-07-10 5 n July is, the visiting he Singapore General »iD be from 5 pjn to16 words
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Article316 1947-07-10 5 pRATUITIES payable to daily-paid Government emplDyees will be increased by an ex-gratia payment of 75 per cent, according to a circular issued by the Singapore Government. This decision has been taken pending a general revision of the rules for calculating gratuities for daily-paid employees and the316 words
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Article115 1947-07-10 5 AMjfliMFraß of the Indian trade delegation m Japan told United Press that India will buy at least 1,000,000 pounds of Japanese raw silk up to the end of 1947. He said the deal, through SCAP, will probably materialize m about two weeks' time. The price— U.S.U.P. - 115 words
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Article273 1947-07-10 5 Free Press Staff Reporter SINGAPORE is shown m the film 'Three Days at Christmas' which the Green Park Film Unit of London is producing. It is a documentary film featuring the British Overseas Airways Corporation route from London to Sydney. Three members of the film273 words
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Article71 1947-07-10 5 S'pore port news Ships alongside the Singapore wharves yesterday (godowns m brackets) were: Main Wharf: Ozarda (31-32). Maron (34-35). Titan (38-39), Cuacum (41), Eurymedon (42-43.) West Wharf: Brastagl (l-2v Sumpitan (3), Elpenor (4-5). Glenaffaric (8-9), Hoegh Silvercrest (15-16). Empire Dock: Andrew Jackson (27-28). At the Wharves Today: Ma tang (40-41).71 words
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Article205 1947-07-10 5 RUBBER exports from Malaya during June fell by 33.000 tons compared with May shipments. The June total was 62.542 tons I against 95.961 tons m May. Details of June shipments are: Singapore 31,008 tons, Penang I 17.054 tons, Port Swettenham I 14,480 tons. Principal recipient205 words
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Article314 1947-07-10 5 MUSLIM INFLUX INTO BRITAIN WEDGED solidly m the British framework today are 10,000 Muslim men and women from all parts of the world. They include a large number of former Indian Army soldiers who took their demobilisation m Britain and have stayed on to try and make their fortunes m314 words
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Advertisement97 1947-07-10 5 "THE COCKPIT" CONTINENTAL BAR COCKTAILS WINES SNACKS Grillroom service by reservation only Sanday morning* 11 o'clock pahits and special if Cms 7 OXLEY RISE TEL. 7482 Chef Mr. A.F. BRAMA Ex: Hotel Trocatkro, Bangkok. Hotel der Ncdcrltnden, BtUvia. PO A ACtnc WnmAt /Ihloies \«9iam/ ltd. ■ATX CONIWICKO CHARTS* fISVKU AC97 words
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Article459 1947-07-10 6 Newfoundland to hold plebiscite' BEFORE the end of this year the 316,000 people of Newfoundland, now a British Colony and once a British Dominion, are expected to vote on the political future of their 42,500-square-mile island which lies at the mcuth of Canada's St. LawrenceA.P. - 459 words
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Article45 1947-07-10 6 THE Madrid Government has announced that the proposed Franco "law of succession* has been approved py a more than 12-to-l majority m Sunday's referendum. The announcement said the provisional returns showed 12.628.983 votes for the measure. 643.501 against, and 25,689 were nullified.— A.P.A.P. - 45 words
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Article117 1947-07-10 6 A TWIN anti-plague drive aimed at aiding China's farmers safeguard the country's food crops and livestock has been launched by UNRRa and CNRRA as part of their agricultural rehabilitation programme. Under a joint anti-locust campaign designed to rid China of her most voracious cropdestroyer insects,Reuter - 117 words
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Article42 1947-07-10 6 BURGLARS at the Viceregal estate (Delhi) stole clothes and jewellery estimated to be worth €500 from the resideiice of Lord Ismay, Chief of Stall' to the Viceroy, Lord Mountbatten. The jewellery belonged to Lord Ismay *s daughters ReuterReuter - 42 words
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Article100 1947-07-10 6 JlxN attack on "pagan homes" was made by Mr. b. L. HaHward headmaster of Clifton College, Bristol. "I shall not be able to keep boys here," he said, *if I do not get co-operation from the home. "Pagan homes distract the attempt to give religious education,100 words
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Article, Illustration196 1947-07-10 6 ANCIENT ORDER REVIVED AFTER FOUR CENTURIES The Duke of Gloucester (third from left), as Grand Prior of the Venerable Order of St. John of Jerusalem (oldest order of chivalry, dating back to the 11th Century), attended a ceremony at the Palace of llolyrood House, Edinburgh, m which the Order was196 words
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Article256 1947-07-10 6 i JI'DUK FOltllfcS m Birmingham Divorce Court cave this unusual ruling: A wife committed adultery with the co-respondent-bat the co-respondent did not commit adultery with her. He I Rranted a decree nisi to William Henry Green 33 of I WolveHiampton, on the grounds of256 words
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Article34 1947-07-10 6 I Mr. Reginald J. Bowker, British I High Commissioner designate to I Burma and at present British Minister to Egypt, is expected to take up his new appointment m I October.— ReuterReuter - 34 words
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Article290 1947-07-10 6 THE "ffrey market" is rapidly superseding th market m the British Zone of Germany. This new?* of trading, which may receive at least the tacit a Ppro J> the authorities m order to keep industry alive and Z^ employed, is based on barter-H>r "compensation a^ calledReuter - 290 words
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149 1947-07-10 6 INDIA RESTRICTS CAPITAL REMITTANCES TO obviate the possibility of 1 large remittances of capital from India to sterling area countries pending the negotiation of an interim agreement with the British Goverment, the Government of India has lound it necessary to limit remittances to those required for definite trade payments andReuter - 149 words
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Article207 1947-07-10 6 SHE WORKS FOR WORLD FEDERATION A PETITE blond ice-showt:;rl n N i'^ is m Pari^ h have a world-wid ed m 1950 to adopt tional constitution Blue -eyed, Vital dy Schneider has New York\s Huntei -:e c has interrupt c h r Amens ice-skating career I travelling nussU n forA.P. - 207 words
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Article70 1947-07-10 6 il the Brussels Wurld fi petition were, on the aver.?? poor artistic qualih and ~L lectual value, say the ail p ffian jury who have m**, 1 than 47 films m a moat? British films, saw one nw> ber, were of the hicheq qu'to The70 words
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Advertisement77 1947-07-10 6 11—2 1.15 6.39 9.15 p.m. LONDON'S GREATEST STAGE SHOW NOW A SCREFN MASTERPIECE! "THE SHOP AT ,SLY CORNERS TENSE IELODRAMA! feat 1 .> THOMAS MITCHO.L Robert's?ODMAK. with f\ irer Tracy Claudette .Ibert Hrdy Lamarr. N^^r CHANCE MIDNIGHT Judy Garland's Best! MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS^ v^>v LAST tt± 4\ OAY*77 words
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Miscellaneous27 1947-07-10 6 JANE Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press in Malava Utjoth^ J[ oo»>m-.'- K^^^^^^TSrJ tto"* I fArni ove? Jane's 6ody! j l «m «f^ Tin i i "tl27 words
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403 1947-07-10 7 ENGLAND BEAT Sth. AFRICA IN 3rd TEST Washbrook plays aggressive game LONDON, Wednesday. ENGLAND defeated South Africa by seven wickets m the Third Test, and gained a lead of two X \in> *•> zero with one match drawn m the present scries. Kngland, needing 129 for victory, m three-i-halt hours403 words
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Article70 1947-07-10 7 trORK, Wednesday. bins n will con- Hug his world .:r.rionship m Flashy Sebastian taan*s manager B thai month may pr anoten want jtfai k tiftk match m had been I the champion"? New York or. a und «BI rmlt him to a Angeles on70 words
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Article112 1947-07-10 7 DOCKYARD BEAT AIRMEN 3-2 soccer at v Mondaj even- SI we Department a f three-two. lira -re ading two- t hall timi ban Un N-S.D. ccNtid not b^at I I f goalkeeper, who iav-cs mtcvlea to go the reduced the^lead. rwarda cane the was just •ben the winning ••'•■ci trom112 words
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Article90 1947-07-10 7 r rjRUSH, July 5. T -->-der Oi the 3ii- BOM chimpionship ;^n title, is lead- the half-way wish event on the *inks where the •»S played today M to add to hi. Max Faulkn. S roke Paultoer *as not favourably Jjftl back br.lhantly no courseReuter - 90 words
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Article201 1947-07-10 7 Stuth Alike lit. I.i^iugs 239. England 1st. luangs 178. SOUTH AFRICA 2ND. INNINGS. j Melville b Edrich 59 Dye; b Gladwin 1 Mitchel! c Hutton b Compton 6 Nourte b Edrich 115 1 Viljocn c Hut ten b \V right 32 Dswson b Edrich 9 Rnv,an c Evans b201 words
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Article40 1947-07-10 7 I »m represent the '■;> "U cnclcet against p r- ap 0n Saturday, 'Capt.), P. A B. .^M.G.. H. B. Neon, A ng. c. F. Bogaars, Maj. Garden Mac- r O J "hnson, Claude r. P. Manon. E. G.40 words
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Article, Illustration215 1947-07-10 7 Our Boxing Reporter - HEANEY SPARS AT NEW WORLD TOMORROW Our Boxing Reporter By LEO HEANEY, young Australian boxer who arrived m Singapore last month to fight m Kirn Lim promotions, will spar at the New World Park tomorrow night with Jimmy Bird, Jar Tar bin Jabbar and Terry Daniels. During tne past fortnight215 words
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Article30 1947-07-10 7 GHQ Signal Regiment beat Blakar. Mati by ten goals to one at football on Sinday, and the Customs Sports dub by six goals to nil on Wednesday.30 words
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Article115 1947-07-10 7 LONDON. Wed. PRICKET closes: At Birmingham, v Warwickshire vs. Lancashire. Warwickshire 207 (Cranmer 55. Dollery 52, Pollard, right arm. fast medium, 6 for 77). Lancashire 55 for 1. At Worcester, Worcestershire vs. Hampshire* Worcestershire 155 (E Cooper 51, Ransom 5 for 54). Hampshire 29 for 0. AtReuter - 115 words
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Article32 1947-07-10 7 THE following will represent tne S.C.C. against Navy m a. league soccer match at Jalan Besar stadium today: Aiken; Roberts, Verall; Tinsh, Mitchell, Hutchinson; Donaldson, Forbes. Clifton, Milton, Smith.32 words
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417 1947-07-10 7 LONDON, By Air. WHATEVER Britain's prospects In the Olympic Games next year— and they are rated rather poorly the Old Country at least has a real hope m swimmer Jack Hale, of Hull. Wtien he recently took 5.8 sec. off Norman Wainwright's mile record417 words
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Article23 1947-07-10 7 LONDON, Wednesday. The St. Leger will be run- at Doncaster on Saturday, Sept. 13, instead of the traditional Wednesday, gept. 10.23 words
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Article, Illustration19 1947-07-10 7 The Supply Reserve Depot soccer XI which beat Jollilads one-nil at Victoria Schoool ground on Tuesday.19 words
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Article254 1947-07-10 7 LONDON, Wednesday. WHILE British lawn tennis followers have not much hope that the Wightman Cup, the international trophy competed for by woman players of Britain and the United States, will be recaptured this year, they count as a step m the right direction the infusion254 words
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183 1947-07-10 7 INTER-VARSITY TESTS: KARDAR IMPRESSES I LONDON. Wednesday. WITH the inter-University match between Oxford and Cambridge over, (Cambridge forced a creditable draw yesterday after being outplayed on the first innings), averages have been compilea and show A. Kardir, the India Test player well placed. During Oxford's 13 games cf which iReuter - 183 words
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Article146 1947-07-10 7 /CHAMPION Jockey Gordon Vj Richards rode his 100 th winner this season recently. This is the 16th season he has topped the century mark, and he has a sporting chance of beating his all-time record of 259 winners m a season established m 1930. With 21Reuter - 146 words
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Article86 1947-07-10 7 LAC H. Recce of BHO Signals wants to know, to settle the usual argument, m which round Max Schemeling knocked out Joe Louis. The answer is the 12th round. This was m the first meeting between the German and Louis, and it was a non-title fight as neither86 words
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Article984 1947-07-10 7 Yorkshire Pays Tribute BIG Bill Bowes, Yorkshire and England cricketer had his benefit match a fortnight ago when Middlesex were the visitors and victors at Headingfey. Bowes captained his county side for this game and, m tribute to a man who has done so much984 words
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Article55 1947-07-10 7 STOCKHOLM, Wednesday. JACK Solomons, tue London J boxing promoter, said he wanted Olle Tandber* for a fight against Brace Woodcock m London. The match, he said, might take place m London m October, provided that "Mike Jacobs releases Tandberg from his contract for a fight with55 words
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Miscellaneous255 1947-07-10 7 Free Press Crossword No. 144 CL.Ufc.fe ACROSS 6. Front part 6t stage between curtain and orchestra (10), 9. Largest lake m Wales, formed by river Dee (4), 10. Inhabitants of New England (7), 11. Chess piece having power to move both as the rook and as the bishop (5), 12.255 words
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Article, Illustration37 1947-07-10 8 Brungerley Bridge, connecting Lancashire and Yorkshire, replaced a wooden one washed away m 1814. Before the latter was built people crossed b> steppmg stones, near whUh Henry VI was arrested after his flight from Waddington Hall.37 words
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Article198 1947-07-10 8 PARIS, Wednesday. irilS Secretary General of the International Emergency Food Council, Mr. Dennis Fitzgerald, told delegates of 33 nations at today's meeting here of the World Cereals Conference that "frugal management of grain is an absolute necessity if the world is to avoid a198 words
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Article61 1947-07-10 8 SIAM'S first Ambassador to Britain, Nai Direfc Chaiyanani, yesterday presented his credentials to King George at Buckingham Palace. He said afterwards: "Siam will never forget the unstinted aid given by Great Britain to the Siamese resistance movement nor the generous consideration that she had shownReuter - 61 words
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Article592 1947-07-10 8 LONDON, Thursday. THE story of the Royal engagement goes back to 1943, when the press first linked the Princess with two young Guards officers Hugh Fitzroy, Earl of Euston, and Charles Manners, Duke of Rutland— and with Prince Philip of Greece. The Princess met Philip ofReuter; U.P. - 592 words
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389 1947-07-10 8 Creech-Jones on price fall LONDON, Wednesday. THE British Government has taken "certain appropriate steps" to protect the interests of Malayan rubbergrowers who, it is claimed, are suffering from unemployment and distress as a result of United States controls on rubber imports. This was statedReuter - 389 words
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Article, Illustration30 1947-07-10 8 photo. United States Navy, Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean flagship New Jersey under the Forth Bridge, Scotland. The visit, with Admiral R. Connolly aboard, is part of a training cruise. PlanetPlanet - 30 words
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201 1947-07-10 8 LONDON. Wednesday. IN the House of Commons today, Vice-Admiral Ernest Taylor, (Conservative M.P. for South Paddington). asked if the Secretary of State for the Colonies was aware that Mrs. Meredith, widow of the former Registrar of Vehicles under the Singapore Municipality, who was internedReuter - 201 words
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159 1947-07-10 8 PARIS, Wednesday. GEN. Charles de Gaulle today urged strong co-operation between Britain and France as an essential condition of a united Europe without which, he said, the danger of Russian hegemony over the whole continent would eliminate the last chances of preserving peace mReuter - 159 words
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Article154 1947-07-10 8 REEDS WELL, Australia, Wednesday. PROBABLY cne of the most moving incidents m Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery's tour of Australia will be his re- union m Perth tomorrow with the man who once saved his life Stephan Bavan, formerly a private m the Ist Battalion Royai154 words
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Article62 1947-07-10 8 RANGOON, Wednesday. A NINE-POINT programme of short-term rehabilitation was announced by U Ba Gyan, Rehabilitation Member of the Burmese Interim Government. The programme includes vigorous measures for the suppression of lawlessness In the country, speedy restoration of transport and communications and Intensified agricultural production. A long-term62 words
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Article228 1947-07-10 8 WASHINGTON, Wednesday. HIGHLY secret data on the atomic bomb was stolen from Government flies, but part of the data has since been recovered, according to a member of the UJS. Joint Congressional Committee on Atomic Energy. The member, who asked that his name be withheld, saidU.P. - 228 words
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Article439 1947-07-10 8 London Stock Exchange LONDON, Wednesday. AFTER a hesitant start today, the Stock txchau developed firmness m most sections due to funi» recovery of gilt-edged securities, which showed some hi point gains, says Reuter's financial correspondent info trials followed their lead with Breweries and Collier* prominent. Anglo-IraDians439 words
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Article104 1947-07-10 8 A SPECIAL Market t urrespunaa rives the pricf* of rabbet 11 a.m today as follows Buyers iefe Cts t>er 1b I No 1 S.S.S. Spol No 1 R.S.S. foe m bales. July No 2 R.S.S fol m bales, July :>> No 3 R S.S for> m bales. July104 words
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Article35 1947-07-10 8 ON tlu New Vat* I J M yesterday, early way U> irregularity witl n covering one poirt with losses of DM r market steaditci bill were feeble and t: barely steady ReuterReuter - 35 words
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Article16 1947-07-10 8 A one- year lr: i between Italy and P'-- was signed m Rcw U.PU.P - 16 words
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Article16 1947-07-10 8 Maj.r John P bell ha& been seleci Parliamentary Con didate for E st ReuterReuter - 16 words
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Miscellaneous70 1947-07-10 8 WEATHER Cloudy this afternoon WEATHER report for the next 24 hours compiled by the R.A.F: Cloudy this afternoon, becoming fair tonight and tomorrow morning. Wind: Light scuth -easterly, becoming calm daring the night. Sunset 6.41 p.m., sunrise 6.33 a.m. Moonrise 12.01 midnight; moonset 11.39 a.m. Temperatures: Max. def., mln. 7470 words
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Miscellaneous11 1947-07-10 8 SIDES High 3.29 p.m. 8.1 ft I*w 9.00 p.m. 4.4 ft11 words
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