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Title Section19 1947-07-12 1 Ths Singapore Free Press LARGEST AtTERNOON SALE IN MALA YA v, SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, JULY 12, 1947 PRICE I© CENTS.19 words
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Article, Illustration681 1947-07-12 1 NEW DUTCH WARNING TO INDIES Must accept terms in full BATAVIA, Saturday. THE Dutch warned the Indonesian Republic again iast night that "time is running short** Broadcasting from Batavia, Dr. van Mook, Lieutenant-Governor-General, said it was imperative that the Linggadjati pact was implemented. The Dutch, he said, had shown patienceA.P.; Reuter - 681 words
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Article78 1947-07-12 1 STANLEY WONG, of Singapore, a Chinese student ac the University of California, is missing while searching for rare shrimps in Mono Lake, the Sheriff's Office reported on Friday. Wong's companion, C. Allen Nesbet, amateur fish fancier and importer of rare Oriental flsh. also is missing. TheA.P. - 78 words
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Article, Illustration85 1947-07-12 1 Al.er having refused to permit tbe loading by Australian waterside workers of Dutch ships bound for the Netherlands Indies, since September 1945, as a token of Australian sympathy for the Indonesian cause —the AuaUnUan Waterside Workers' Federation have now lifted the ban. Some 40,000 toas of Dutch goods tied np85 words
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127 1947-07-12 1 Lm Pt^> Stal Correspondent LONDON. Friday. UIOtiG Hm m who listened to the 1 statement on tuberculosis by L ,v 1 rackets, Director of t- S"•- *s Singapore, at j Ik Comic wealth TB Con- 1 tren^e U ndon on Thurs*iay. f rere MLal127 words
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Article106 1947-07-12 1 NEW DELHI, Friday. 'HE Partition Council tonight and xnced the basis of the di^i- > lc. India's military and naval Ir Dgth between the Indian f r.: and Pakistan. I ha saa allowed 454 combat, Mta again* 224 for Pakistan, j m mu _ounci ment said that;U.P. - 106 words
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Article26 1947-07-12 1 1 ugrim Trustees have given towards the provision of, p Qtres In the Channel Islands, r divided equally be- Gueinsej and Jersey, i26 words
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Article284 1947-07-12 1 NEW YOKK, Friday. fGYPT today requested the United Nations to direct the total and immediate withdrawal of all British troops from Egypt, complaining that the British position in the country had caused a situation likely to endanger international peace and security. The British spokesman at284 words
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Article38 1947-07-12 1 Five Negro convicts were shot and killed and eight others wounded on Friday at a Georgia State highway work camp in an escape attempt. Fourteen other prisoners in the attempt surren- dered.- A.P.A.P. - 38 words
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Article36 1947-07-12 1 The discovery of "extensive" gold deposits on a small uninhabited island off Victoria Point, southern tip of Lower Burma, was reported yesterday by the Burmese press. The Government has ordered a survey.— ReuterReuter - 36 words
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254 1947-07-12 1 BRITAIN ASKED: SHOULD IT BE AUSTERITY WEDDING? LONDON, Friday. THE people of Britain were in- vited today by the widely circulated Daily Express to vote on whether Princess Elizabeth's wedding, now expected in October, should be overshadowed by the rationed austerity under which the King's subjects live. The Express suggested,A.P.; U.P. - 254 words
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164 1947-07-12 1 MALAYANS GET GOOD SHARE OF UK GOODS .oc Press Staff Reporter ill: people of Singapore and tne Malayan Union are much better off than most of them realise in the allocaUon of consumer goods from Britain, according to Mr. R. B. Wilmott, British Trade Commissioner, who has returned to Singapore164 words
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Article72 1947-07-12 1 WASHINGTON. Friday. THE United States is speeding an initial $35,000,000 shipment of artillery, ammunition and other military equipment to the 3reek armed forces. Mr. Dwight Griswold, chief of the American Economic Aid Mission, announced the move on the eve of his departure for Athens. HeA.P. - 72 words
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281 1947-07-12 1 PARIS TALKS MAY WIDEN EUROPE SPLIT LONDON, Friday. SIXTEEN nations will be represented at the opening of the European economic conference on Saturday morning. Not one member of the Russian bloc will be present. The conference is expected to make fast progress. Mr. Bevin flew to Paris earlier tonight. AtU.P.; Reuter - 281 words
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157 1947-07-12 1 SAIGON, Friday. 1 NUMBER of semi-political orn ganisations here have jointly protested to the French Government in Paris against what is described as "sweeping mass arrests" in Saigon during recent days. Tbe cable, which was addressed to the President of the French National Assembly andReuter - 157 words
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Article71 1947-07-12 1 CALCUTTA, Friday. TWO persons were killed and 15 injured in an isolated clash today after days of communal rioting as more than half a million Muslims observed their day of prayer. Noticeably absent from the streets today were jeeps filled with gangsters carrying Sten guns,U.P. - 71 words
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Article20 1947-07-12 1 The threatened strike of I.UX), 000 State employees in Paris ap- peared settled last night. U. P.U.P. - 20 words
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Article76 1947-07-12 1 JEH U 8 AUSM, Friday. THE jewish-owned Karasher Barzel Engineering Works in Tel Aviv were today shut down and placed under military guard after a combined force of troops and police had raided lt and found four Sten gun blueprints, a halfcompleted Sten breechblock and76 words
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ENTERTAINMENT...
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Article1067 1947-07-12 2 Gordon Van Hien - Gordon Van Hien Music Abroad by DEFORE relating a few experiences of a short visit to France for a Bach Festival, there are one or two items of musical interest to be covered in Switzerland. The first was a joint recital by two Rumanian artistes in a programme1,067 words
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Article26 1947-07-12 2 1. (a) Judges xi. 34 (Jephthah's daughter); (b) Proverbs xi. 14; (c) Acts xxvlil; 2. (Paul shipwrecked at Malta). 2. Lemons were 3d. each.26 words
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Article, Illustration22 1947-07-12 2 Jose Itnrbi, 52-year-old Spanish pianist and conductor who played with the 88-C.'s Symphony Orchestra last month, mops his neck during an interlude.22 words
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Article648 1947-07-12 2 WHEN Pierino 11 Gamba, nine-year-old Italian Mae3tro, recently came to Paris to conduct the well known orchestra "Des Concerts Lamouroux," the public first cautious, became enthusiastic after Schubert's "Unfinished Symphony. The Child prodigy's success was tremendous. While the French press praised him and he became the mainA.P. - 648 words
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Article63 1947-07-12 2 Tonight, at 8.00 p.m. at the "Little Theatre", Armenian Street; "Prom" Concert of Classical Music, including:— Schumann Symphony Prokofieff Violin Concerto No. 1. 1 Tomorrow, at 8.00 p.m. at the Union Jack Club: Classical Gramophone Recital. Wednesday, 16th. Julv, at 8 p.m. at the "Little Theatre": Recorded Recital63 words
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Article122 1947-07-12 2 OVER 2500 Singapore school children will be visiting the Cathay Cinema next week to see an outstanding instructional film of interest to all lovers of music, called "Instruments of the Orchestra." In this film Dr. Malcolm Sargent, the famous British conductor, with the aid of the London Symphony122 words
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Article339 1947-07-12 2 WHAT may prove to be the first of a series of monthly concerts is to be staged it the Victoria Memorial Hall on Sunday, July 27, the artists being Aga Lahoska, the Polish contralto and Mr. Goh Soon Tioe, the wellknown Singapore violinist. The concert, which is being339 words
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Article, Illustration129 1947-07-12 2 ICIERE are no trumps. South leads. North and South are to win sll seven tricks against any defense South leads a heart, East and West discarding clubs. North makes the club ace. South discarding the spade eight. North leads the diamond nine. South winning with the queen.129 words
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Page 2 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous1198 1947-07-12 2 SIKGAPORE P.m. Radio Magazine: 7.15 Interlude; Music; 10.30 Great Music— Played by lines; 2.03 Yours for the Asking; m 7.30 News; 7.45 Drama "Dan Dan the orchestra of the Concert Society 3 p.m. What am I Here Por? 3.30 nilie Network Setia;" 8.15 Close Down. of Paris; 10.45 Australian News;1,198 words
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Miscellaneous164 1947-07-12 2 i OUR LUCKY STAR Fortune forecast t or people horn today DORN today, you are the tr* of person who <an L that the adventure in learT. ing is exciting and stimuli. ing. Yoa have a great deal e originality, yourself, espefjaih in the field of music If yoa enter164 words
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CHINA NEWS...
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Article201 1947-07-12 3 P. C. C. Dissolved XHE central election office announced today that general elections of National Assembly representatives—the first of its kind ever held in Chinawill take place on Oct 21 through to Oct. 23. This will be followed by an election of Legislative Yuan members201 words
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Article46 1947-07-12 3 Navigation Con- passed a resoluQ ask ng Ministry of Comtadsft on taking f m of Japanese r parattana ace also put on re- posed the proposal Reparations Commissioner. £i pan that Japan be al- retain 1.5 million tons of ber U.P.U.P. - 46 words
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Article, Illustration70 1947-07-12 3 pictures. thousands ot students took part in demonstrations against the Communists in principal China cities recently. These pictures were taken in Shanghai (upper) and in Nanking. In Shanghai, the demonstrators demanded early termination of the civil war through sterner actiun against the Reds. In Nanking, the Police had to beA.P. - 70 words
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Article249 1947-07-12 3 rHl.V\> 1 1\ il war is the "most vital crisis" in thc worid and the futile American policy has bungled it. 5 Ko\ Howard, president of the Scripps-Howard newspaper. He said the crisis in China "should come to a head in the next six months*' bnt249 words
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Article44 1947-07-12 3 Ttii price of fur coats are >pirahn? despite the heat •iw m Shanghai Ki>on— Soviet repatriates are ra.iliru the market anticipating •ifc-sttl Siberia weather by the tune thej arrive in the homeland under the Soviet govern- me;u repatriation plan.- U.P.U.P. - 44 words
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Article54 1947-07-12 3 NO RE-EXPORTS FROM CANTON (JO W imp rted into Canton 1 mdet a pro* :s:onal licence oy tbe Import Control Administration Offlce may not be transhipped other ports, according g a Qotiflcatiou ol the Maritime customs T a til cia :aken with a view J 'ur aihr.g smue^line in southU.P. - 54 words
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Article109 1947-07-12 3 CHIANG'S CALL 'DESPERATE mHE New York Times said in an A editorial that a note approaching desperation "seems to underlie Chiang Kai-shek's latest effort to rally his people to battle against the Communists.' The Times termed as "plain talk" the Generalissimo's statement that the Chinese Communists "are only tools of109 words
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Article52 1947-07-12 3 UTJKDEN news reports to Q-e Hsin Min Pao and the Peace Daily of Nanking said two fishing ships of a certain nation were seized by the Chinese authorities while operating in Chinese territorial waters in L'aoning Gulf. (Chinese pape re usually -se ''certain nation" when referring to SovietA.P. - 52 words
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Article25 1947-07-12 3 The Soviet Ambassador to China, A. A. Petrov. accompanied by Mme. Petrov. tiieir two daughters and his private secretary, has returned to Moscow.25 words
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Article436 1947-07-12 3 l AMfcS Woi»s Howe, probably the most famous cinema photographer in Hollywood; has spent 30 years filming motion pictures for other people. Now he wants to make one, and possibly more, for himself. Howe, who has photographed nearly every beautiful woman in the American cinemaA.P. - 436 words
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Article106 1947-07-12 3 THE Nanking National Economic Council has ordered the quick public sale of enemy or puppet property taken over by the Government to absorb idle capital in a further attempt to halt inflation. The China Cotton and Textile Corporation, by far the largest enemy enterprise takenA.P. - 106 words
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Article255 1947-07-12 3 Secret ammo dumps cleared "CM)U the past 18 months, certain districts of Hong Kong literally have been sitting on a keg of powder. Now, Royal Engineers and the Royal Army Ordnance Corps have completed their task of removing more than 4,500 tons of Japanese ammunition and explosives from underground magazinesU.P. - 255 words
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Article25 1947-07-12 3 FU SHIH, former Governor of Chekiang and one-time Communications Minister of the pubpet Nanking regime, was executed by a firing squad in Shanghai.25 words
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Article115 1947-07-12 3 KUOMINTANG policy makers have rejected proposals for issuance of an outright order for a punitive expedition against the Communist because of their fears of adding fresh disturbances to China's already battered economy, a high member of the party told the Associated Press. Substitution of recommendations f%T115 words
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Article49 1947-07-12 3 A POLL conducted by the Macao Rendition Movement Committee among 1,263,545 people disclosed that every one of them favoured the rendition of the Portuguese Cokmy to China. The poll was carried out recently among Chinese nationals residing in this city as well as in Macao.— Central NewsCentral News - 49 words
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Article183 1947-07-12 3 H.K. MAKING GOOD WAR DAMAGE HONG KONG i* well on the war towards recovery from physical war tf""«fc and 44 montha of Japanese occupation, according to a Government schedule of expenditure which proposes to spend U.S. $50,000,000 tor rehabilitation in the nest three years. One-fifth of that sum— whichj winU.P. - 183 words
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Article116 1947-07-12 3 rE Chinese Government has approved the UNRRA China office proposal to declare the cessation of hostilities along the Yellow River to allow the repair of dykes to avert a disastrous flood. The Ministry of National Defence has appointed Major General Yeh Nan as the Government'sU.P. - 116 words
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Advertisement113 1947-07-12 3 SINGAPORE WORLDWIDE Ri Af mm raast uswn Apparatus Use C SATURDAY Styfob and Madera A 2s(k Arts aad Crafts et Many Kiads jy L y Dance Cabaret 'Trade Fair" Attraction W u Exqaiske Nylon, Sports aad Faacy Goods SITUMAT F: m A K mW reworks i a Spcctsrahnr Array L113 words
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Advertisement125 1947-07-12 3 Y B A m The comfort ana security scientific glare protection sunglasses are knovm throughout the loorid. ORIENTAL OPTICAL CO., (QUALIFIED OPTICIANS) (P.O. Box 287) (Phone:— 2222 *****) Head Offlce:— l62, Sooth Bridge Boad, Branch:— 34B, North Bridge Bead. Singapore. SINGAPORE MALACCA COACHES LIMITED. PASSKNGEB AND PARCEL SERVICfI DAILY BETWEEN125 words
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Miscellaneous6 1947-07-12 3 TAfiTJ^N takes a hand By Burroughs6 words
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LEADER...
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665 1947-07-12 4 The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY, JULY 12, 1947. Rubber and a Stable World AMERICANS should no longer be in any doubt about the feelings of rubber producers on the retention by the United States of stringent controls on the use of natural rubber; nor should any thinking Ameri can be665 words
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Article, Illustration682 1947-07-12 4 G. Ward Price - G. Ward Price Your Commonwealth-*-^ by THE ship which took me back to England from South Africa carried in its holds 350 tons of South African boots and shoes to be sold in British shops. Boots to Northampton Yes, and one day in our time, maybe, even682 words
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Article630 1947-07-12 4 By Dr. C. A. Gibson-Hill. THIS week sees the appearance of the first post-war number of the Malayan Nature Journal. It has the same size and format as in the pre-war issues, and can justly claim to be back to peace-time standards. The contribution include notes on630 words
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Article134 1947-07-12 4 1. Can you say where these three passages are to be found: (a) "His daughter came out to meet him with timbrels and with dances: and she was his only child; beside her he had neither son nor daughter." (b) "Where no counsel is. the people faU: bu^ in134 words
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Article, Illustration1292 1947-07-12 4 Peter Howard - A MAN OE MYSTER Y Peter Howard by EVERYBODY loves a mystery. Clement Richard Attlee, Britain's Prime Minister, is a man of mystery. It does not follow, however, that everybody loves him. What is mysterious about Attlee is his still unfathomed quality. Is he a man of straw or a1,292 words
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Article439 1947-07-12 4 T.H. TAN - T.H.TAN By pOR the second J since the libera^, the Food Inspectoral Singapore has come the news. And. ag^l has hit the headlines Eighteen officers o' >-] Inspectorate have &J told that their serSi will not be requ.red -3 the end of this mor.tr* This439 words
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Advertisement64 1947-07-12 4 ACIPIC *%IRLINE* (WlA*/ ■AVE COMMENCED SCHEDULE AND CHARTER SERVICES AS ORDER LUXURY DAKOTA AMD SKYMASTER S** vKP Singapore BANGKOK AUSTRALIA C HONGKONG CALIFORNIA L BOOKINGS FOB AUSTRALIA AND U.K. ACCEPTED <>* WATTING LIST BASIS ONLY AT PRESENT NEXT DEPARTURE FOR BANGKOK 9*M THURSDAY 17TH JULY ]M MH ALL DETAILS APPLY64 words
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LOCAL NEWS...
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Article453 1947-07-12 5 RAF SURVEY BORNEO AND SARAWAK From a Special RAF Correspondent IJNKNOWN to the general public in Singapore and U elsewhere, every third day two Mosquito aircraft of No. 81 Squadron, RAF, leave the airstrip at Seletar at first light— about 6.30 a.m.— for a 1,000 mile flight across the South453 words
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Article295 1947-07-12 5 INDIES LOOKS FOR US TRADE MANILA, Friday. GROUP of three Indonesian A financial leaders, headed bv Dr. Soemitro, president oi the Indonesian Banking and Trading Corporation, left for the United States by American Clipper today to make a survey of American needs for the vast treasure house of ♦ropical goodsA.P. - 295 words
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Article70 1947-07-12 5 WAR CLAIMS IN BORNEO TO arrange fcr the registration I md assessment of claims for ■ar damage land, buildings, 1 sad sooda and in certain cases, to—ea f goods in K&rtfc 3orneo, Sarawak snd Brunei, during the period between Dec. 8, 1941, rod March 31. 1946. Mr. C. F. C.I70 words
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Article40 1947-07-12 5 A decree nisi granted to Wilmm Herbert Day against his TO Agnea Elizabeth Day. by the duel Justice. Mr Justice Murray -Aynsley. o n March 8, was £iade absolute by Mr. Justice Brown :n the High Court yesterday40 words
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Article, Illustration347 1947-07-12 5 Free Press Staff Reporter SHORTAGE of labour and materials are delaying the connection of 4,000 houses in Singapore to existing sewers, the Deputy Municipal Engineer (Sewerage), Mr. C. C. Collom, told the Free Press yesterday. At the normal rate of 1,000 connections per year, it will347 words
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Article59 1947-07-12 5 SINGAPORE'S three sago factories closed down yesterday when 378 workers went on strike for one paid holiday a week and the right, to choose their own doctors when 111. Certificates entitling a worker to full pay while sick are at present Issued by employer-nomi-nated doctors. The59 words
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Article95 1947-07-12 5 nURING June, there were 393 prosecutions for Price Control offences in Singapore. Of these, .'>72 resulted in convictions, and $71,045 imposed in fines. Total fines paid amounted to $62,315. Other details released yesterday were Acquittals 10, czieez struck out 10, one case cautioned and95 words
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Article119 1947-07-12 5 The coroner, Mr. K. K. Oon, yesterday issued a warrant for the arrest of a Singapore Traction Company trolley bus driver, Ong Chee Sia, on a charge of causing the death (not amounting to culpable homicide) of a sohoclboy of nine in front of the119 words
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Article88 1947-07-12 5 I PENANG, Friday.— ln a new drive against currency smugglers, the Dutch authorities in Sumatra have detained a Chinese woman for allegedly attempting to take out of the country $100,000 (Malayan) currency, according to a Penang Chinese merchant who has just returned from Medan. The merchant88 words
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Article43 1947-07-12 5 A meeting will be held in the Council Chamber, Singapore Secretariat, at 5 p.m. on July 16 to re-constitute the Singapore Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. All former members and others who are interested are invited to attend.43 words
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Article97 1947-07-12 5 TOTAL imports of rubber into Singapore during June were 20.846 tons, and the main sources of supply were: British North Borneo 617 tons, Brunei 67 tons, Sarawak 1,810 'ons, Rhio Residency 288 tons, Banka and Billiton 9 tons. Dutch Horneo 1,645 tons, Java 27i tons, Sumatra97 words
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Article67 1947-07-12 5 A 25-year-old Tamil, Govindasamy, was charged ln the Fourth Police Court, yesterday, with the murder of a Tamil woman, Paliniamal, In Tanjong Pagar Road, at the junction of Kee Seng Street, at 6.30 p.m. on Thursday. Chief Inspector C. W. Such said that further investigations had to be67 words
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Article169 1947-07-12 5 CIVILIAN and Service passengers will disembark from the troopship, Empire Trooper at Godowns 15 and 16 of the Harbour Board wharves at 3.30 p.m. today. Manned by Japanese crews, eight former Jap warships recently allotted to the United Kingdom, are expected to arrive at the Singapore Naval169 words
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Article, Illustration118 1947-07-12 5 There have been recently many appeals for charitable causes, and for Muslims in Sincapore, there can be few as deserving as the appeal for the building fund of the All Malaya Muslim Missionary Society. This Society has been doing welfare and charitable work for the Muslim and has won for118 words
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Article137 1947-07-12 5 Free Press Staff Reporter rRTY people living iu the vicinity of Macßjtchie Reservoir, Singapore, are asking one another "Where's that tiger For it is reported tha f a j tiger has been seen roaming in the catchment area. Some Chiness woodcutters saw the! tiger some137 words
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Article90 1947-07-12 5 THE recently formed Chinese Interpreters and Trans iators Union, this week presented to the Salaries Commission their proposed scheme for an increase in pay. The scheme provides for a maximum basic salary of $600 per month as against the present maximum o. $300 and a student's90 words
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Article95 1947-07-12 5 SINGAPORE'S taxi drivers are heading the queues to buy cloth. It is not for their wives, but for their cabs the New Vehicle Department Order in force June 1 next issued in Singapore, demands that two sets of cushion covers be produced before the licence Is95 words
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Article215 1947-07-12 5 Free Press Staff Reporter THE two Australian fishing trawlers which arrived in Singa* 1 pore last month for the $2,000,000 fishing company owned by Singapore Chinese, are leaving today on a second survey of possible fishing grounds. Tlie first survey was carried out a few weeks215 words
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Article85 1947-07-12 5 I Sentence of eight years' rigorons imprisonment and 12 strokes of the rotan was imposed on a young Malay, Salim bin Karim, by Mr. Justice Jobling in the Assize Court yesterday. Salim was found guilty of committing armed robbery of cloth valued at $2,b00 from a85 words
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Article240 1947-07-12 5 Anthony Brooke says MR. Anthony Brooke, ex-Raja Mudah of Sarawak, says thc statement made in Parliament on Thursday by the Secretary of State for the Colonies, that he did not challenge the basis of the Director of Broadcasting's dcciI sion to refuse him facilities to240 words
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Article30 1947-07-12 5 The Governor of the Malayan Union, Sir Edward Gent, will broadcast from all stati>;i3 of the blue network ol Radio Malaya on Tuesday, July 15, at 9.45 p.m.30 words
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NEWS...
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Article560 1947-07-12 6 Czechs confident of their future AS far as tbe Czechoslovaks can see ahead into a troubled Southeastern Europe, thej afe not Ukefr to he drawn into any formal Slav state federation, and their cautions National Front Government is not going to be upset by anyA.P. - 560 words
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Article228 1947-07-12 6 Jamaican plea to London KINGSTON, Friday. ALL parties in the Jamaican House of Representatives at Kingston have united in passing a resolution addressed to the Secretary of State for the Colonies, Mr. Arthur Creech Jones, asking for extended powers to enable Ministers to compel the heads of departments to carryReuter - 228 words
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122 1947-07-12 6 OFFERS to adopt a baby seal stranded at Felixstowe. Suffolk, have been received from all parts of Britain by Inspector James Dennis. RS.P.CA of Ipswich, who rescued it and took it home. Hie inspector has now discovered a way of getting it toReuter - 122 words
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Article56 1947-07-12 6 ONE hundred per cent, success on the sexual side of marriage does not make up for zero ln cookery, declared Dr. John Kershaw of Colchester, speaking in London at the International Conference on Maternity and Child Welfare. He said that to be successful a marriage must56 words
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Article21 1947-07-12 6 San Marino, the world's smallest I Republic (area 38 square miles). has applied for UNO membership. ReuterReuter - 21 words
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142 1947-07-12 6 JAPS RETURNING FROM RUSSIA TO BE 'TAUGHT' TOKIO. Friday. JAPANESE repatriates returning J to their homeland, filled with 'rumours" and perhaps Soviet indoctrination, now win learn something of the current conditions before they land. Por the first time the Government will send newspapers and other literature to the vessels bringingA.P. - 142 words
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Article57 1947-07-12 6 The spokesman for the recepI tion committee named to arrange the visit of Senora Eva Peron of Argentina to Britain, has announced In London that the chairman. Lord Davidson, "has I learned to his regret that it now appears unlikely that Senora Pe~ I ron willU.P. - 57 words
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Article75 1947-07-12 6 ANEW YORK bank, finding that family banking is three times more profitable than basis* ss banking, is making itself as unbanklike as possible to attract family customers. A new car and a private plane are displayed as samples of what consumer credit can buy. There is a75 words
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Article73 1947-07-12 6 PRESIDENT TRUMAN referring to the "flying saucers" controversy, likened them to the famous moon hoax, over 100 j years ago, when the New York j Sun oublished an nr count of the discovery of a man. living in the moon, who had been seen through aU.P. - 73 words
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Article, Illustration101 1947-07-12 6 RA.F.MANWHO GOT HEW FACE WEDS HIS NURSE Gravely injured in a nightflying operation and with his face shattered, B.A.F. airman Bill Foxley was admitted into Queen Victoria liospital at East Grinstead, Sussex. The surgeon* carried out 30 operations spread over two years and succeeded in not only restoring Bill back101 words
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Article43 1947-07-12 6 The Colonial Offlce has now denied reports that native warriors from the Solomon Island of Malaita had crossed the 80-mile channel to Guadalcanal Island in war canoes and attacked the British colony with spears and blow- pipes.- ReuterReuter - 43 words
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Article328 1947-07-12 6 WALTER Benjsifai Pickles, 77-year-old £ii.<MH>. a Johannesburg business man, who has been orders stop giving presents to his adopted daughter said- "It's qnite troe thai I have riven her about tsffi Why shouldn't I I like gMng money away. 1 once 2 5,000 to my328 words
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Article117 1947-07-12 6 CEYLON T.B NOW UNDER CONTROL LONDON. Fnd4 T pBYLON. leading the county "U of the East in the Qght agais tuberculosis, has the disea^ I? tually under control, according ti Dr. Clement Fernando, CeyioJ chief delegate to the British Cmu monwealth Heaith and Tubwta. losis Conference in London t TheReuter - 117 words
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Article27 1947-07-12 6 Darrel Brady. 32 D B Sta cameraman, ex -bcrr.be: pita. gave the Guernsey hospital 2,000,000 units oi penicillin H admiration and gratitate,"* ReuterReuter - 27 words
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Advertisement133 1947-07-12 6 At MIDNIGHT KfIHR DUMB-FOUNDING RECORD OF m^^ m \mm\\\\\\% Followed by ML PHANTASMAGORIA IL OF BEAUTY fl Loads of tWw M^mmmiSrßmfA B Ui tfl THE NEW (^o^^*^ The Year's Most Exciting Hit (Time) Today 4 Shows 1.30-4-6.30-9.30 p.m. m WARNER SENSATION! flfl D I fetim few* I I GKm-*T OKtT133 words
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Miscellaneous100 1947-07-12 6 JANE Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press in Malava 7 TV 53 spßEaaagas 2 1 > v. 1 1 1 GOOD HEAVENS/- Y JI, SI, TO MOB^ W Jfe cfcmansfrzte**. aO2UASp2 K CARAMBA n A THEY'RE ALL J YOU, CHIQUITA-\ gj jZ*eA^*t^^ Z*fr E «T VOO OttA S gzZZZA* SWARMING100 words
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408 1947-07-12 7 i COAL kicked four minutes before full-time enabled A t he 389 M.U. (Seletar) to draw tbree-all with K. A.F. Base Headquarters in an Air Force League irame at Jalan Besar on Wednesday. The result was a surprise. With the Seletar team408 words
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Article383 1947-07-12 7 MAY BE 16 "SEEDS" AT WIMBLEDON LONDON, Friday. SO many champions clashed il the opening rounds of ■fee men's singles in the Wimbledon lawn tennis championships that the seeding committee for next year's etenl will have to give serious consideration to the suggestion that the number of "seeds" be increased383 words
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Article110 1947-07-12 7 S.C R.C. cricket teams for weekend igures to be played on the SCRC. [round at Hong Lim green are as oUows: SCRC v Indian Association (tolay at 2 pjn.) Low Kee Fow, Swee .im Sweng. Cheong Thiam Siew, Khoo >ng Lee, Wee Chong Ghee, Eu. Cheow110 words
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Article541 1947-07-12 7 RAIN UPSETS COUNTY CRICKET Nqt One Match Played To Finish LONDON, Friday. TtiOT a single match in the county cricket programme was 11 finished today. Even Yorkshire escaped being beaten— and that is beginning to be news. Rain was the cause, games in every part of the country being practically541 words
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Article157 1947-07-12 7 In u fiicnciy match at, the Mental Hospital, Seleta.-, KAP. Base Headquarters (unit) defeated 6 Base Postal Unit by three goal to two on Tuesday. After an even first half, In which all the goals were scored; Base took command of the game, and had it157 words
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Article77 1947-07-12 7 NEW YORK. Friday. Ray "Sugar" Hobinson world welter- j weight champion, resting in I Atlantic City to permit a cut in his eye to heal, said today that he would defend his title in Manila against Flashy Sebastian in November but not before. William Roach attorneyU.P. - 77 words
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Article, Illustration369 1947-07-12 7 Mahmees, Curries Are Causing A Weight Problem BOXER BROTHERS IN TRAIRKK TWENTY-two-j ear-old Australian boxer Leo Heaney, who has arrived in Singapore for fights against Som Pong and Battling Sima, is faced with a weight problem. During the past few months Heaney 's weight has skyrocketed. A lightweight early this369 words
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Article57 1947-07-12 7 Cyril Kemp, Eire's No. 1 Davis Cup player, sprang a big surprise in the Irish lawn tennis championships yesterday, defeating j American Tom Brown, beaten Wimbledon finalist, 9—7, 6—4, in i the semi-final of the men's singles. Tony Mottram, Britain's No. 1, the Polish player Ignacy Twagzyneki57 words
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Article189 1947-07-12 7 THE following will play cricket for the Indian Association against S.CR.C. ion Hong Lim Oround today at I 2.00 p.m. D. Dharmaraj (Captain), Rasiklal, Amarchand, M. Ramesh, N. R. de Vaz. IS. Ratnam. D. K. Samy, Z. Bhatri, iChoor Singh, J. N. Fernando and IRavilal N.189 words
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248 1947-07-12 7 UMPIRES' SHORTAGE THREATENED IN ENGLAND LONDON, Friday. /CRICKET umpires were in v the news when the Maryiebone tourists were in Australia but for a dillerent reason they are now claiming attention in England. This is because of threatened scarcity. Nowadays, since a rise in pay was granted, they are receiving248 words
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Article152 1947-07-12 7 ANTWERP, Friday. DEREK PUGH, 21-year-old British quarter-miler, had a miraculous escape from serious injury at the international track meeting at Antwerp. A spear, thrown 190 feet during the javelin event, struck his head, piercing the flesh an inch above the ear. The spear was thrown by152 words
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260 1947-07-12 7 CAMERON SIDE OUT OF IPOH FOOTBALL IPOH, Friday. r[E withdrawal of the Cameron Highlanders *W company from the league as a result of their transfer from Ipoh to Kuala Kangsar, has meant that the results of matches in which they were engaged have had to be dsregarded. The number of260 words
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120 1947-07-12 7 LOUIS HAS NO CHALLENGER, N.B.A. DECIDES WASHINGTON, Friday. HEAVYWEIGHT champion Joe Louis and welterweight champion Ray "Sugar" Robinson have no 'logical contender" for their crowns, according to the National Boxing Association which today listed the quarterly ratings of the world's leading leather tossers. The Association listed the following after LouisU.P. - 120 words
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Article74 1947-07-12 7 The following will represent tha S. R. C. in the cricket match against the Non-Benders, to be played at 2 pjn. today at the Padang: O. Clarke (Capt), T. Cordeiro. M.' Cordeiro. N. Aeria, R. Bain. E. Barker, R. Jansen, E. Le Mercier. R. Milne, F. Moreira74 words
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Advertisement54 1947-07-12 7 ALL "WRESTLING-HAPPY WORLD TONIGHT-SATURDAY 12th JULY A J, |S\ DARA SINGH mJfe^J (Slkh Gant— 6'lt-— WS Ibs) ISHAR SINGH J^fplj^lli^PJ^ (Punjab -Ter roar— €'6'— 226 lbs) Jm Programme Includes: ~~7T~^^ CHUNKY HARMAN, BILL HARMAN Dara Singh Indian Giant s* iv-tss ibs M. KUNJU MOHD. aid FAUJDAR POPULAR PRICES (S«— RINGSIDE,54 words
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Miscellaneous130 1947-07-12 7 FREE PRESg FIGWORDS 4 |3 |2 [7 Ip I*2 Ip: 1 I I I _____^_^^_M I I I l"^ puzzle Put letters instead of the figures so that words may be across and down. tnt.xe the same figure occurs mer:. than once, the same letter must, of IJfa try starting130 words
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Miscellaneous74 1947-07-12 7 What's On In S'pore Sport Today SOCttK: S.A.F.A. League: M.F.A. vs. R.A.F., Jalan Besar, 5 p.m. CRICKET: I.A. vs. S.C.R.C., 2 p.m.; S.R.C. vs. Non -Benders, Padang. 2 p.m.; S.C.C. vs. H.M. Dockyard, Padang, -2 p.m.; C.S.C. vs. R.A.F. Base Hq. St. George's Road, 2 pan. SWIMMING: Singapore Chinese Aquatic74 words
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Article, Illustration21 1947-07-12 8 Grindleton, formerly a centre of hand-loom weaving, is one of tho most delfchtf ol villages in the Kibble Valley, Lancashire.21 words
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Article244 1947-07-12 8 /\PEN opposition to Government's total mobilization order was voiced for the first time today when members of the People's Political Council Committee rejected the proposal calling for strict enforcement of and popular support for war intensification movement. Huang Yen-pei, leader of the Democratic League andReuter - 244 words
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Article125 1947-07-12 8 TRAFALGAR ST. EVICTION INQUIRY Ff\HE Government has ordered an X Inquiry Into the bulldoeer eviction by the Singapore Harbour Board last Friday of Illegal squatters from Harbour Board property in Trafalgar Street. The Secretary for Social Welfare, Mr. T. P. F. McNeice, has been asked to submit an impartial report.125 words
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127 1947-07-12 8 Free Press Stall Correspondent LONDON, Friday. COMMENTING on the Combined o» Tin Committee's expectation that the quantity cf metal for allocation all over the world would increase considerably in the coming half-year, the Daily Telegrap.i declares thai the tot a' potential dollar earning power of127 words
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Article273 1947-07-12 8 SWANSEA (Wales), Friday. rpEN-YEAR-OLD John Griffiths was sentenced here today x to 10 years' detention for the killing of four-year-old Glyndrw Charles Parfitt, who was found drowned in a river on Easter Monday with his ankles and wrists tied with the laces of his boots. John,273 words
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Article50 1947-07-12 8 THE Hon. Lydia Noel-Buxton, daughter of the Labour Peer, i Lord Noel-Buxton. failed to appear in court yesterday to answer i charges of issuing bad cheques. When she finally surrendered several hours later, she was locked in a cell to await trial next week. U.P.U.P. - 50 words
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Article54 1947-07-12 8 SIR Stafford Cripps, Pi*esideat of the British Board of Trade, arrived in Geneva yesterday for the last session of the tariff talks of the United Nations Trade and Employment Conference. Sir Stafford is expected to confer soon with the Assistant U.S. Secretary lor Economic Affairs,U.P. - 54 words
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Article163 1947-07-12 8 JERUSALEM, Friday. rE Anglican Bishop of Jerusalem, the Right Rev. W. IL Steward, and tbe Moderator ol the Church of Scotland Presbytery in Jerusalem, Rev. W. Clerk Kerr, today told the United Nations Committee on Palestine that converts to Christianity in Palestine were often "framed" in law courtsReuter - 163 words
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186 1947-07-12 8 $300 million to step-up output mM ■■■■■IT g.,ll«w similar agencies, to set back 0^ mm^ ihe Ruhr, blasted from the air daring T» c ius TK*TAmpriran military governor of Berlin, Gen. L»cnxs immfSSt fe^SSe^-t Germany, towards a sound economy. Gen. Clay indicated that theU.P. - 186 words
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Article, Illustration53 1947-07-12 8 At Government Honse in Canberra, where he inspected a Mi Britah Services members, the Chief of the lmoerial (Cj Sta*. Field-Marshal Montgomery chats with Vice -Ad* Portal, senior British Naval representative with the Joint Ckl of Staff. The Vice-Admiral is brother of another f amots Z leader— Marshal of the53 words
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169 1947-07-12 8 NEW YORK, Frtday. riOUR proposals for giving JP Japan, Korea and the dependent colonies oi Asia a voice in tfre United Nations Far Eastern Reconstruction Planning were submitted to tbe economic commission for Asia and the Far East. India asked the Commission toU.P. - 169 words
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Article107 1947-07-12 8 LONDON, Friday. AN embargo has been placed on all discussion on atomic energy at the eleventh International Congress of Pure and App.ied Chemistry, for which 3,000 scientists from all over the world will gather in London on July 17. Bar Wallace Akers, Wartime Director ofU.P. - 107 words
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Article59 1947-07-12 8 BRITAIN and wspxl ba. iNrreid to raise the status of their legations in London and Katmandu to that of embassies. Gen. Kaiser Shumshere Jung Bahadur Rana, who recently arrived in London, will shortly present his credential as the first Nepalese ambassador to London. The BritishReuter - 59 words
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Article448 1947-07-12 8 London Stock Exchange ON the Stock Exchange today, firm conditions prevail in most sections for the greater part of the dav. be in the final dealings best levels were not altogether maintained, says Reuter to financial correspondent. b3 were undisturbed by official denial of gold price448 words
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Article109 1947-07-12 8 A SPECIAL Market correspond* I gives tke price? ot robber i II a.m today ss follows: Be^n sm a*. %c per !k Kfll Ne 1 B.S.S Spe< No 1 B.S.S. toe h«i_rT _________> n No 2 B.S.S. fob j Ne 9 B.S.S. too j "siNGAPORKCHAMrttR 01109 words
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Article34 1947-07-12 8 Mr. J. H. H .r. yr. African Finance Minister,** J considered a rise 18 *e g*] gold vnlltely in a spew-- Odendaalsrust co- r cent Orange Fr*t PJ strike ReuterReuter - 34 words
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Advertisement51 1947-07-12 8 FISH FOR IHE K^l ham Palace yestercay^—^E FOR sali: 1 THUS IS cwt toe Pore Hon. Ia aae months *2ffc tS.SSO mfiee each rehic> •ale te to purchase iare» p^ l Offer* to Boa M classifi^ adverti^ l9^! AArrrt-w^^^^j^ ti^se For inf.«"»«f jtf J ♦i^ aMI SlIftAPfjRE FHtE Cecil Strrei51 words
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Miscellaneous106 1947-07-12 8 WEATHER Fair with some isolated rains tVEATHEB report tor tke Mat W 24 hour* i i»f lili hy the RJLF; bricht periods dnrinr thio afternoon l.ililii ihiein hUe thk afternoon aad erenlnc- Fine orernjsht. IM Wind: Lfcht mmth teefiily. Sunset f.fl p.m., sunrise CM Moonrtse 1.31 a.m., mooaset I.M »•■>106 words
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