The Singapore Free Press, 21 July 1947
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The Singapore Free Press
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Title Section19 1947-07-21 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALA YA FDFS SINGAPORE, MONDAY, JULY 21, 1947 PRICE HI CENTS.19 words
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Article, Illustration1000 1947-07-21 1 Action m the Indies BATAVJA, Monday. THE extent of Dutch military action against the Republican Government Is still not clear this morning, twelve hours after the seizure of all Republican occupied buildings m Batavia. The Dutch have taken into custody the Indonesian Vice-Premier, Dr. A. K. Gani, and aboutU.P. - 1,000 words
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86 1947-07-21 1 MELE JRNB, Sunday. first aircraft j he Royal Navy todai aid several m- j la :r. Port ictoria Six planes dents. members of rer killed when s colli m flight off In P PhilHp Bay v a :1 on the while landing,A.P. - 86 words
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Article70 1947-07-21 1 PARIS, Sunday. THE sixteen nation European Economic Co-operaticn Committee has decided unanimously on the tarns of its fact finding memorandum to member nations. A recovery plan for Europe will be based jn replies to this memorandum ai*c will be forwarded to the U.£\ not later thanU.P. - 70 words
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Article57 1947-07-21 1 THE Sunday newspaper "People" reported yesterday that Lord Mountbatten, Viceroy of India, had been proposed as the King of a south German state, stretching from the Dutch border to Lake Corusta.nce, by represent a tiv£S of he German Christian Socialist Party. The British Foreign Office called57 words
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Article39 1947-07-21 1 RUBBER ESTATES TO BE RETURNED sal return by Urn Indo-Repucii'-an Govern- o rubb r estates wiih- demarcation ■ai Mmen is cation pending Ol minor labour >rdirig |a Republi- Welfare liispec- has lost returnS S imatra. urhero ho U. P.U.P. - 39 words
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Article17 1947-07-21 1 hta gflafl Reporter Wn Police arrested a utsid .1 camp at Changi Road, Singa-17 words
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Article119 1947-07-21 1 i- iee Press Staff Reporter SINGAPORE will be represented by four men at the Preparatory Asiatic Zone Conference organized by the International Labour Organization which will be held at New Delhi about the end of this year The purpose of the conference is to consider119 words
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Article36 1947-07-21 1 Mir Fairz Mohammed Khan Talpurn, ruler of the little Indian State of Khairpur, has been deposed on the grounds he is insane. His 14-year-old son was chos-sn to succeed to the throne. A. P.A.P. - 36 words
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Article24 1947-07-21 1 The Japanese Government will all postcards and postage stamps bearing militaristic and Shinto designs after Sept. 1 this year.— Reuter rReuter - 24 words
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Article374 1947-07-21 1 JERUSALEM, Sunday. A TERRORIST flare-up m many parts of Palestine— inr eluding a mortar and automatic weapons attack on the Headquarters of the British First Infantry Division near Tel Aviv and a series of train-wreckings with explosives is reported today. This wave of terrorist outrages coincidedA.P.; U.P. - 374 words
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Article107 1947-07-21 1 THF. Chief of Imperial General Staff, Lord Montgomery, must now excuse himself from handshaking for the remainder of his New Zealand tour. He said his hand first showed signs of strain m Australia, and the big powerful men of New Zealand have practically finished it off.A.P. - 107 words
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Article449 1947-07-21 1 178 HELD IN BURMA AFTER MURDERS RANGOON, Sunday. rpHE Burmese Police have arrested Thakin Ba Sein, a J- former member of the Executive Council and leader of the Dobama (Burma for the Burmese) Party. This brings the total arrested to 178. With U Saw, a former Premier, who was arrested449 words
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137 1947-07-21 1 SHANGHAI. Sunday. j r>OSSIBLE changes m the Execu- A tive Yuan, or Cabinet, are bei ing canvassed tonight as Nanking prepares lor the arrival of General Wedemeyer and his fact-find-ing mission. The changes may include the appointment of Dr. Wellington Koo. now Ambassador m Washington,Reuter - 137 words
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Article109 1947-07-21 1 I lEUT. Philip Mountbatten, nance of Princess Elizabeth, was mentioned for the first time In Edinburgh on Sunday m prayers tor the Rjyal Family. "And for him to whom she has become betrothed, Philip Mountbatien," the Rev. Neville Davidson of Glasgow said when he had109 words
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Article46 1947-07-21 1 A CHINESE was wounded at his house m Lorong J, Telok Kurau Road, at 2.25 this morning, when two shots were fired through the door after the family had refused demands to open the door and had instead shouted for help.46 words
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Advertisement44 1947-07-21 1 31 •D 2 4 c -d Rd-. :-3. c~jj^\ Wear it! m. s a dream of delight and a ■^Jy VISION OF BEAUTY! THe very latest from America CHIFFON VELVET Lo *e/y /o tou<h...lovelier fo wear W *H« RANGE OF BEAUTIFUL COLOURS. 41/42 INCHES.44 words
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Advertisement50 1947-07-21 1 NEW CHINA OPTICAL CO I THE MARCH OF LIGHT I \'S r I/ had top :t '^Uf UhJLfy tmkUgk... have 4% A £&O. PRODUCT the wonderful I ADVT. OF THE GENERAL ELECTRIC CO., LTD. OP ENGLAND SINGAPORE KUALA LUMPUR IPOH PENANG Perak Agents: The Kinta Electrical Distribution Co.. Ltd. IPOH50 words
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Article223 1947-07-21 2 OEVEN YEAR OLD Graham Hoggarth is the envy of every schoolboy m Liverpool. Each morning when he goes into class he pops a piece of chewinggum into his mouth and chews. And teacher comes along to make sure he is still at it. She223 words
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Article, Illustration32 1947-07-21 2 fThe most perfect body m France is owned by 24-year-old Paris mannequin Elyane Evrard, according to leading dress designers and film amd stage players m Paris. Behind Elyane is Pariss Eiffel Tower.32 words
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Article95 1947-07-21 2 IifORE than 10,500 lfl people packed Harringay Arena for the last concert of the London Music Festival. Sir Thomas Beecham conducted the combined Royal Philharmonic and French National Orchestras of more than 200 musicians. This enterprise of turning Harringay Arena into a popular concert hall for good music started95 words
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Article, Illustration1096 1947-07-21 2 Hall Romney - U.K.s PLANNING BOARD Hall Romney London Letter By AN Sunday the King summoned *he nation to pray, "to bring before God the tasks and responsibilities which are imposed upon us that we may have serenity to do what is required of us and rejoice m the promised blessing that all1,096 words
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Article, Illustration288 1947-07-21 2 WHEN your right hand opponent has doubled partner's opening bid for a takeout, the problem of what you should do is almost as varied as the many kinds of hands you may have. Certain strong hands, like North's, do not lend themselves to a redouble because their288 words
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Article458 1947-07-21 2 Hollywood 's Fresh Approach A SURVEY of summer production scheduled m Hollywood film studios discloses evidence of a sincere endeavour to achieve a fresh approach m place of timewom screenplay formulas. The need for this effort, cited repeatedly from various parts of the world, now seems to be realized byA.P. - 458 words
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Advertisement145 1947-07-21 2 NOW... you, too, can have! "FAIRER" MORE BEAUTIFUL cJ* m llf -.<ip,: v* t"^"*'-'- Even if you are naturally dart THIS WONDERFUL JVetC SKIN BEAUTjF* MAKES YOUR SKIN 4-6 SHADES FAIN' skit At last, women can bring out the real not only lightens you beauty of their skin "with Whitex,145 words
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Miscellaneous637 1947-07-21 2 SINGAPORE <£ 'S^T SrS^SLS^&J. KSr^^-"* 1 "M m Clue IVeIWOrK Moreton and Dave Kaye; 5.30 "The MONDAY AFTERNOON 12.00—2.00 Djn. —485 metres In the Forces' RequesU"; 6 p.m. Composer .nn nm MmTWa" dn A 7 *T«S^S <* the Week-Johannes Brahms; 6.30 0 3°L?h^av T^l* "^H^f™: per second m the 41637 words
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Miscellaneous103 1947-07-21 2 YOUR j LUCK STAR Fortune 1< recast tc: people Imtu i<>ca\ DOKN' todaN pm i D forceful and eagtafajj sonality Bakes jroa idffl fied for successful lead«»Jj You are a fluent -Pt*ji knowing how t< :rflu'r.« ijß with whom you r'mPiEsH tact. Many brnrulr- of lear^^H appeal to v xiei.ee.103 words
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Article24 1947-07-21 3 FAMILIES TO RETURN TO PAL ESTINE I a hrrcVkATl/ta -m rstood :o have :r^uc.n for -.1.-.:' t.-j lUing I■■ British civil icrI —7. after.24 words
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Article27 1947-07-21 3 WANT THEIR MEN BACK lOUSANE J &panese iti awide r-pr-r--1 i at ~-h-j s Tok ien md i 1,100. 00 C v -iCd be a;, m A.P.A.P. - 27 words
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Article173 1947-07-21 3 JHE Vampire Spy 39 -year-old Helene Emaille, mother -i ne cniidren. ha^ been executed by a firing squad. Wf iffoada before she died, she said: 'You can go ahead kffl im mm. I lo\ed a man and I had my full share of I firii173 words
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Article60 1947-07-21 3 THROUGH the transparent ;nir- ror you see yourself m it and an observer on the other side sees you too* the New York police took war-time movies or' rooms of suspected spies. Now 20 home robbers have been :":led because householders i*ho installed it on front60 words
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Article217 1947-07-21 3 A CLAIM that Bernard Shaw me had bttrn prolonged by using liver extract has brought forth a letter fr^m Mr shaw admitting that he experimented with it. The claim waa made by Professor Wright, of Melbourne Wversiiy, whe:; defending vivisection and Mrs. Levy, an anti-vnrisectionist,U.P. - 217 words
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Article92 1947-07-21 3 TWO ounces ot tobacco or 40 cigarettes will be available at pre- Budget prices to old-age pensioners men and women who are prepared to swear they habitually smoke. They will draw token* from a post office, cashable by tobacconists. If the pensioners cannot make a statutory92 words
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Article353 1947-07-21 3 Siory of 'hold-out 9 Jap army m China 40.000 Japanese troops and 10,000 civilians, refusing to accept Japan's surrender, are living m secret fortified villages m tije rugged Changpaishan mountain range on the Korean-Manchurian border, according to a Japanese who has just been repatriated from Manchuria,353 words
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Article69 1947-07-21 3 THE first officially sanctioned marriage between a British girl and a German ex-prisoner of war will take place near Eastbourne, Sussex, on Aug. 4. Th* 1 girl is 19-year-old Rosemary Vlnall, daughter of a Dunkirk veteran, and her fiance is Willi Runkt-1, 23. whoA.P. - 69 words
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Article, Illustration39 1947-07-21 3 Mkhael E. Condatore thr?e.year-old Washington boy. stands on President Truman's desk to present him an imitui n firecracker and an invitation to a Fourth ot July celebration The President save Michael^ metal sombrero fr m hi> collection of souvenir-.39 words
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Article70 1947-07-21 3 THL n -.v G> vernment cut m newsprint was a real danger to Che freedom of the Pr^ss. said Mr. 'slle Hore-Belisha at Gloucester. s'.ugdst^d r hat the Royal Commission en th*^ Press should look j into It. British newspapers were already less than one-third of70 words
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Article48 1947-07-21 3 THE Chinese Yoimj? Men's Christian Association and -he Young Women's Christian Association m Shanghai have an- nounccd a course m sexology from tomorrow to Aug. 29. This is the first rime that the V.M.C.A and the Y.W.C.A. have given pre-marital instruction.- U. P.U.P. - 48 words
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Article269 1947-07-21 3 THE British radio industry is planning Its production for the next 12 months with little change from the standard wireless 1 receivers it has b^n producing, reports A. P. "We believe m evoluUon." one industry leader said, "or if you want to put itA.P. - 269 words
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Article411 1947-07-21 3 MISSING PoW ARMY GRIM political fight is being carried out m Vienna by A Austria's three political parties. It is about Austrian pri oners of war still held m Kussia, Yugoslavia and Poland and ffoe.s on week after week on the political platform, m the pressA.P. - 411 words
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Article70 1947-07-21 3 MR. Justice Stable told Jock McAvcy. former British Middle, weight champion, at Manchester Assizes: "You boxing fellows have generally got more m your two fists than you na\e inside your head. In this case you have been a fool as well as a bit of a70 words
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Article47 1947-07-21 3 ciEXORA Eva Duarte de Penm, O the Him -star wile of the President of the Argentine, will bo considered a private suest by the French government, a Qua. D'Orsay spokesman said m Paris last week. She is expec :oc to arrive m Paris today.47 words
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Article, Illustration55 1947-07-21 3 WOOL-GATHERING CAN BE REAL JOB SAYS FARMAHAND Olive Williams, 24, tired of London life, got a job promptly when she advertised for work on a farm. She is seen here helping Farmer G Ross (left) to shear his many sheep while Farmhand William Cayton (right) remarks that wool-gathering can be55 words
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136 1947-07-21 3 UNO GETS MATE FOR LONELY OLD PEACOCK T NO has so far failed m its \j plans to provide a mate for be peacock it inherited from the League of Nations. Pferot, the last of the flock of peacoclra which graced the lawns of the League Palace m pre-war daj136 words
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Advertisement181 1947-07-21 3 ;*'^3f Wx~ i-&S«Si- IB ■5?- "^^fcL <^3Si SM jf r'i.e comfort and security leieniitic glare protection sunptossei are frnoirn f?iro«g/i--ouf ffte world. ORIENTAL OPTICAL CO., (QUALIFIED OPTICIANS) (1 O Box 387) (Phone:— 3232 *****) Head Office:— l 62. South Bridge Road, Branch: 348, North Bridge Road. Singapore. Ko« LiAe Kotir181 words
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Miscellaneous84 1947-07-21 3 TARZAN Compassion #y Sfe^r Rice Burroughs AT THE SIMULTANEOUS CRASW O^ I f 71 ON INVESTIGATION, TWEV RXJND iP (BHWSSj ?i) THE HUNTERS' GUNS. JANE LEAPED JP AT NE TWE HUNTERS WA^ ■Pj P>^%rVV 1^ F.ili/W!M l^k wVfivjH SEETNfe TARZAN SAFE, SHE RUSHED C^l*>^-v §gg WHEN fHE> NOTICED HIS EXTREME84 words
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681 1947-07-21 4 The Singapore Free Press MONDAY, JULY 21, 1947. Public Spirit Wanted PERHAPS the most heartening ifeature of the long and difficult battle which has got to be fought before the extortion racket can be smashed m Singapore is the evidence of a slow but steady increase m the number of681 words
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Article, Illustration962 1947-07-21 4 Frank Owen - Frank Owen By EXIT THE COMMUKISTS: ENTER THE STOOGES THE Paris man- oeuvres are over, and the parties can now get down to serious warfare. Or, rather, The Party can, meaning our old friends the Communists. What is more, they will. No matter what anybody else does, the962 words
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Article611 1947-07-21 4 ON INDONESIA'S JINNAH INDONESIA'S Jinnah is Doctor Soekiman, a 51-year-old physician whose Indonesian Islamic Party claims 10,000,000 members and says its sympathizers number more than half of Indonesia's 70,000,000 population. Wary of western newsmen, he is known to have given only three interviews to foreign correspondents during 30 years of611 words
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Article158 1947-07-21 4 ONE of the largest forest areas In the world is situated m the Northeast of China. It is here that much of the fighting between the Government and Communist troops m China has taken place. This extremely large and dense forest area covers over a quarter of the158 words
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Article867 1947-07-21 4 A QUEEN -TO-BE Constitutional and judicial procedure issues which arise when the heir to the British Throne becomes engaged to a commoner are explained m this article by an authority on the Crown and the Constitution. THERE is no ques- tion of Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten ascending or sharing the British867 words
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Advertisement97 1947-07-21 4 To help keep teeth both bright and clean Make daily use f®% fejff ■^^■cC^S M^Mw T ""7 i /I I Listerine Tooth Svv^^v. Paste is compounded Svv* J^2^^fe»J of more than 1 4 care- m*l&/4* /fjftj^Ftt\ polishing and cleans- Will I \'*lmm i^wf ing qualities without Will I ll* *^S*"^97 words
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224 1947-07-21 5 SPECIAL AUSSIE ENVOY IN S.E. ASIA Appoin tment is being considered Free Press Special Service CANBERRA, Monday. }jl \-istralian External Affairs Department is con--1 skkring the appointment of the present Aixsti alian Mm {o thina, eminent economist Professor D. B. Offend, as Ambassador-at-large m South-East Asia. t Singapore and New224 words
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Article223 1947-07-21 5 TO TAKE SAKAI CENSUS Five- PWSB Stall Reporter IgE of the Raffles M"> lim, Mr. H. D. Coi- expected to go upc untrj i a few weeks' time to iSsel r Census-taking of M..---'^ aboriginal tribes. ;s officers will take X j ...ava's population m U wns both upc u223 words
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Article78 1947-07-21 5 U.S. war surplus supplies m seven Far Eastern countries will be sold and the proceeds used for financing the education of American students abroad. President Truman has appointed a board of foreign scholarships to select American students to study abroad. More than VS. $43,400,000 available m78 words
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Article31 1947-07-21 5 o«na meeting of the n, Purt Canning I' were offlceB V Boon Chew. Hon. ■t Mood, Hon. Tream^J55 H n Audl-- K. Maaoß and Mr. G. M-sP".:~ members31 words
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Article76 1947-07-21 5 RECRUITING FOR ARMY SUSPENDED U than 4. 10g potential various arms of 9 d -he resisters J I raiting Offices m re. it is the close recruiting P -,:v n --.stored will closing of the I ?iv to poten- tnc R A M.C M E Several specialists i r various76 words
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Article38 1947-07-21 5 At the second meeting of the works committee of the Singapore Traction Company, held on Saturday* the spokesman of the company urged inspectors to report cases of corruption to the management as soon as they occurred38 words
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292 1947-07-21 5 Free Press Special Correspondent MELBOURNE, Monday. npHE registration m Adelaide, South Australia, of Firestone (Australia) Ltd., with a nominal capital of £1,000,000 Australian m £1 shares, marks the impending entrance of a newcomer to the lucrative Australian rubber manufacturing trade, currently dominated by Dunlop, Goodyear292 words
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Article58 1947-07-21 5 A Chinese woman was killed when the roof of a shophouse m Telok Ayer Street, Singapore, collapsed. Picture shows firemen removing the body. Abiut 40 Chinese l'ved m th? house, but at the lime of the incident, only about 10 people were m the house,58 words
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Article88 1947-07-21 5 TOHORE BAHRU, Sunday. In J sentencing Wong Sing to six weeks' rigorous imprisonment today, Mr Hepworth, District Judge, told him that he could not go about cutting people with a parang. Wong Sing, a rubber tapper. resented being accused of stealing a wrist watch from a88 words
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Article241 1947-07-21 5 Free Press Correspondent BANGKOK, Saturday. NO fewer than 20,000 dead rats have already been turned into the Amphur offices of Bangboh and Bangpli, the major rice producing area of Samud Prakarn m Siam. To prevent an "avalanche" ot rat tails as experienced espe^j\Ly after the241 words
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Article116 1947-07-21 5 THE early setting up of the Braill cede m the Malay language is a very necessary step m the education of the blind, says Major Bridges, Malayan Welfare Officer for the Blind, who has just arrived m Kuala Lumpur. The wark of helping the blind, so116 words
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Article, Illustration50 1947-07-21 5 PATROL CARS picture. The Singapore Police Radio Patrol has been strengthened by three new Willy's station wagons. Each wagon costs $5,525. The Singapore Harbour Board Police received four new jeeps costing $4,650 each. The new police vehicles are seen at the Singapore Radio Patrol garage at Pearl's Hill. Free PressFree Press - 50 words
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197 1947-07-21 5 Free Press Staff Reporter OPEAKING at a general meeting of the Army Civil Service Union, Mr. S. S. Mayam, honorary secretary of the Union, said "a great injustice has been done to the civil staff of the Army m that the arrears of Pyke197 words
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Article29 1947-07-21 5 KLUANG, Sunday.— Five young Chinese were arrested yesterday by the Kluang police on a charge of extortion of $400 from a Chinese shopkeeper at Paloh, with firearms.29 words
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Article, Illustration219 1947-07-21 5 Free Press Staff Correspondent MALACCA, Sunday. MALACCA has plans for a scholarship fund to send promising boys to Raffles College and the King Edward VII College of Medicine and invitations have been sent out by the Malacca Indian Association for a joint conference of community representatives on219 words
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Article320 1947-07-21 5 Japs still talk of Bose gems THE Tokio Press continues tp contribute new chapters to the legend of Subhas Chandra Bose, publishing stories that the mysterious, fast-moving Indian leader had with him a fortune of $200,000,000 m gems and gold bullion when his plane crashed on Formosa on August 18,320 words
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Article179 1947-07-21 5 THE subscription of the Singapore Christian Funeral Society has been raised to 50 cents per month, and the funeral grant to $100, for members up to 10 years' membership and $125, for those with more than 10 years' membership. Life members may continue to subscribe to qualify179 words
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Article, Illustration35 1947-07-21 5 Mr. Id Hon Kan, acting Aart. Labour Commission, er, Singapore, and Mrs. K. C. Lim (right), Supervisor of the Nutrition Unit, College of Medicine, who are Coins to UK on scholarship.35 words
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Article36 1947-07-21 5 IN order to solve the housing! problem, the Government! must advance loans to landlord^ at low interest and encoiirase them to build houses", said Mr. Chang Ming Ching. the Communist representative m Singapore.36 words
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Article217 1947-07-21 5 Free Press Staff Reporter VHE Singapore Improvement' 1 Trust received such en- thusiastic response to its offer, of land for building bungalows* m Serangoon Road that it was 1 necessary to draw lots. The manager of the Tru^ Mr. J. M. Fraser, told the217 words
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Advertisement56 1947-07-21 5 A C C O MM O D ATI O N "> The TAVERN (EUROPEAN RESIDENTIAL HOTEL) SPACIOUS ROOMS COURTEOUS SERVICE COOL QUIET LOCALITY. Cable "TAVERN" TeL No. 4948 7-17. Tanglin Road 5 Opp. Nassim Road SUN SUN ft to t Cm. _f r* The 'S Stands For Satisfactory Service Selected56 words
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Article231 1947-07-21 6 V atican plea for soviet TWO articles by Count Guiseppe Dalla Torre, for nearly 25 years Editor of the Vatican newspaper Osservatore Romano have aroused widespread interest m Rome as indicating a possible readjustment of the Holy See's attitude towards the threat of a third world war, reports Reuter. These231 words
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Article, Illustration526 1947-07-21 6 NATURAL RESOURCES NEAR THEIR END? U.S. living standards now highest ever THE United States is using up its natural resources at a very hiffh rate, but it is doing so, not mainly to feed and clothe the rest of the world, but primarily to raise its own standard of living,526 words
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Article77 1947-07-21 6 BRITAIN is to spend £75,000,000 on electric power stations m a ntw two-year plan to- Help bridge the gap between the .supply of electricity and the growing demand ct" industrial and domestic users Stating that this demand has been increasina; at the ra c of77 words
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Article, Illustration92 1947-07-21 6 ...i. a tii.s. S&wyer «;i hm^.i Langley ihuckM Uaxe converted a 20-ton canal barge into a floating home. After putting on a roof, they built inside a galley, bathroom, living room, studio, bedroom and a nursery. The Studio is for Mr. Sawyer, a student of industrial design, and the nursery92 words
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Article95 1947-07-21 6 T^OR the first time the story is now told of the price m men and ships the merchant fleet paid to help m gaining victory. The number of British merchant vessels, excluding fishing vessels, lost by enemy action during the war was 2,462 of a gross95 words
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Article44 1947-07-21 6 FROM FILMS A DEAL by which all Sir Alexander Korda's films will be distributed by Twentieth Century Fox m the western hemisphere, Australia. New Zealand and South Africa was announced m New York. The first six pictures will bring £3,000,000 m dollars to Britain.44 words
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Article22 1947-07-21 6 Mr. J. Arthur Rank has offered Charlie Chaplin a contract to make his next film m England. I22 words
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Article169 1947-07-21 6 1 ipREATION of a special War \j Office department for the preparation of reading and debating material for Army discussion groups is being considered by the War Minister. Mr. F. J. Bellen-' ser. If plans now being discussed are adopted, the War Office will, soon169 words
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Article, Illustration24 1947-07-21 6 Mrs. Sawyer and her two children m the kit bea their barge home. Here, too, Mrs. Sawyer pra< tisesooS piano m her spare time.24 words
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Article385 1947-07-21 6 A SLEEPY hush hangs over Nuremberg:, am km seattf Germany's mighty. A few power shovels dig awa\ i rubble, and dynamiters blast down wrecked towers m ti old walled city. People scurry past the old courthouse v Furth Street, never glancing: at the lounging Americguard m the385 words
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Advertisement56 1947-07-21 6 COLUMBIA r^x F^rest^nts #ACTIOH WITHOI'T I'MSE. HUNDREDS OF ARCHERS IN ACTION DAGGERS FLASH F& SWORDS CROSS m MIGHTY BATTLE FOR ENGLAND S THRONE: S>flJfcf.T^ TO-DAY "v;,,?;^ RITA at HER BEST IN A DRAMATIC MUSK AI-! COLUMBIA PICTURES pieseMi j; M n HAYWORTH frw** 6 EVERY NIGHT f&M BOWMAN MARC PLAH-dSUE56 words
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Miscellaneous73 1947-07-21 6 JANE Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press m Malaya W Think You'd BeTter jeBJ Kthat young slowcoach/n /no. jane, you musT'stay^ I&SS^^V'-^^it sefms Tn^^l f TAX& ME BACK TO DON QM WHO -PREFERS A DONKEY HERE. IN MY VILLA, IT'S JUST STARTED I ANSILMO'S ESTANCIA /^K \m TO A CAR?73 words
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Article267 1947-07-21 7 Side dismissed for 279 runs SHEFFIELD, Sunday Tfll Sooth Africans had to fight hard all day for runs 1 when they met Yorkshire here yesterday and at g^c of play had scored 279 all out. Against bowling which was relentlessly accurate gg] menace the early267 words
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Article185 1947-07-21 7 ALL-AMERICAN FINAL IN FRANCE ARIS, Sunday. L. igh and Marga- me retained doubles title m m final, played a k d centre court r Carros Stadium m rr.ational tour- b< today, Bi Osbome beat Doris Ha.- and I atrida Todd. 7-5 6-2. mate started evenly and s,-.; with brilliant netU.P. - 185 words
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Article56 1947-07-21 7 ONDQN, Sunday. ~s winner and re, Tudor Minstrel, M fc ten by M;g-:li m the at Sandown Park doubtful runner r. last English c f the season H •R a Darling, stated Qgh be could say lit the future Minstrel "it is r K;r he willReuter - 56 words
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Article105 1947-07-21 7 LONDON, Sunday JACKIE PATERSON, world flyJ weight crown holder, will fight Dado Marino of Honolulu at Hampde n Park, Glasgow, within two months, for the world title, provided two conditions are fulfilled. The fight is contingent upon the British Boxing Board of Control allowing Paterson: a105 words
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Article213 1947-07-21 7 CAUX-SUR-MONTREUX, SWITZERLAND, Sunday. THREE all-India tennis players straight from WimA bledon announced here today that -they had joined the fight of moral re-armament. They are Jimmy Mehta and S. C. Misra, two of India's Davis Cup team, and Mohan, who was last year ranked number213 words
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Article60 1947-07-21 7 B. W. F. Goodrich and Dr. Laidlaw Thomson entered the final of the Singapore Golf Club championship yesterday when they won their semi-final matches Goodrich won 2 and 1, and Dr. Laidlaw Thomson 3 and 1. The final over 36 holes will take place on Saturday next60 words
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Article250 1947-07-21 7 THE Singapore Recreation Club defeated the Indian Association on the Padang yesterday. For the S.R.C.. V. C. Westerout scored a bright 63 not out. The Club passed the Indians total of 105 with four wickets m hand, and went on to score 203. INDIANS M. M.250 words
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Article62 1947-07-21 7 At the Fortieth Annual Sports of the St. Joseph's Institution to be held at the Jalan Besar Stadium this Friday, there will be two special events open to all Old Boys of all Christian Brothers' Schools The events will be Putting the Shot (over 3562 words
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Article33 1947-07-21 7 Kluang on Saturday m the first match against the Navy since the war the 2nd Battalion of the Borsetshire Regiment beat the Royal Navy, Seletar. The score was 5. 3.33 words
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Article77 1947-07-21 7 NEW YORK. Sunday. CTYMIE, the Cinderella horse, surged to victory m the Empire City international Gold Cup race yesterday. Coming up from way behind ho won by a head over Natchez, and m getting the first place $73,000 he t:ok from Assault as the topA.P. - 77 words
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Article130 1947-07-21 7 RAF MAN WINS KING'S PRIZE LONDON. Sunday. k SERVING member of the Roy a] A Air Force, Warrant Officer R. won the King's prize, the Blue Bennett, of Chigwell. Essex, has Riband of rifle shooting to Britain, with a total score of 279 points at Bisley. Following his success heReuter - 130 words
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Article35 1947-07-21 7 G.H.Q. Signal Regiment beat the Cosmos by six goals to one m a soccer game, played at Tanglin yesterday. Scorers for the Signals were Hogg (3), Brown (2) and Stoddart.35 words
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Article89 1947-07-21 7 Thp Jolly Brothers' Clud has changed its name into The Unicorns' Club and has been exemp:ed from registration under the latter name as from June 17. At an extraordinary general meeting of the above ciub tne following were elected as its office bearers. President Patron: R.89 words
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Article, Illustration72 1947-07-21 7 British sports leaders have realised that to regain pre-war supremacy they need to cultivate youngsters with long-range training. Above is seen Britain's "white hope" of tennis 19-year-old Joy Gannon (left), She is under the care of Dan Maskell, who believes she will be m world-beating class72 words
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Article367 1947-07-21 7 WHITE CITY, Sunday. Overseas competitors carried off 14 of the 19 British athletic titles m the two-da> meeting which concluded here yesterday. Main highlight was the brilliant run of the Hungarian, S. Garay, who m recording 4 mins. 10.6 sees, for the one mile put upReuter - 367 words
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Article391 1947-07-21 7 SCULLING "INCIDENT" From VERNON MORGAN LONDON, Sunday. ANE often wonders whether sports writers are fully v alive to the harm that can be done internationally by overwriting or over emphasising what is, very often wrongly, termed an incident." British sportsmanship has been soundly castigated mReuter - 391 words
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Article395 1947-07-21 7 TIME FORCES DRAW IN K.L. MATCH Free Press Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday. Yesterday's interstate cricket match between Selangor and Negri Sembilan ended this evening mi n a draw. Main feature of the match was Lall Singh's brilliant 94 not out m Selangor's second innings. Selangor batted first and soared 220395 words
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Article57 1947-07-21 7 On Saturday at the Tanglin Stadium hundreds of spectators witnessed some good clean football between two contending teams for the GHQ SEALF Football League Championship. The teams were 69 E and M and No 3 sig nals. 69 E and M beat the Signals 3 goals57 words
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233 1947-07-21 7 C)LAYING on the Padang a yesterday, the Singapore j Cricket Club defeated R.A.FJ Tengah by 53 runs. Club bowlers Robertson and Tufnell finished the match with 5 for 25 and 4 for 33 respectively. The Club's top -scorer was Hard- j I l£?K Who233 words
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Miscellaneous177 1947-07-21 7 Free ?*ess Crossword No. 151 7 L«_J I I j I B m H^P^^- Mim__^_W^^^^J 1 I I■ ■8E.,., 3HH| i^ l^l" o-^use 6 6 and 8 Down, Singer known as "The Swe- cL_! Urnt SUgar used to colour spirits (7), 9. Points J :^f 5 e y un o^es177 words
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97 1947-07-21 8 1. Tenders are invited for the purchase of the following quantity of Army Foodstuff:— BARLEY CRUSHED 476 Toes. 2. This foodstuff Is lying m various conditions at Main Depot. Singapore 6.R.D., sit— tod at junction Pasir Panjaag and Alexandra Roads, and will be97 words
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Article, Illustration12 1947-07-21 8 HOME A fresh an S>« of Princes Street, Edinburgh's famous main thoroughfare.12 words
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Article316 1947-07-21 8 U.S. wants Jap treaty quickly WASHINGTON, Sunday. i^FFICIALS m Washington show a greater determination than ever for an early Japanese peace treaty, despite the setback received from the British Commonwealth countries over the date of the first meeting, which has been postponed from Aug. 19 to some time m September.U.P. - 316 words
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246 1947-07-21 8 U.S. ARMY-NAVY UNIFICATION IS PROJECTED WASHINGTON, Sunday. .THE U S, m House of Represent- i atives has adopted a mea- sure to unify the Army and Navy j ;and co-ordinate American dipio- 'inatic and military policies. The House acted after hearing claims that the plan will help to pre- i246 words
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122 1947-07-21 8 EASIER TO GET AIR PASSAGES TO BRITAIN Free Press Staff Reporter WHEREAS air-bookings to the United Kingdom from Singapore were not readily available last month. Mr. F. L. Lane of Mansfield and Company, Limited, Singapore, agents for British Overseas Airways Corporation, said yesterday that he was now m a position122 words
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Article56 1947-07-21 8 Four Annamite terrorists were executed at Saigon on July 12 following French President Auriol's rejection of their petition for mercy. They were found guilty of causing an explosior m an ammunition depo*. killing a Frenchman, and leadmg an attack upon an electric sub-staticn and a fire brigadeReuter - 56 words
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Article213 1947-07-21 8 Free Press Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday. rpEN more houses were demolished yesterday m the slum area m Batu Road, Kuala Lumpur, and their inmates have been provided with accommodation m the Sungei Besi housing estate, joining 30 families removed there on Friday also213 words
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Article32 1947-07-21 8 Japanese technicians may only be retain-sd or employed m China when their services are deem d absolutely necessary and when they cannot be replaced by Chinese technicians U.P.32 words
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Article65 1947-07-21 8 A CONSIDERABLE drop m the rubb r r purchase price, coupled with increased production Li May this year, caused a serious set-back m Dutch South Born r o's rubber position. South Borneo's May imports were worth 333.U00.000 Neth' rlands Indies guilders while exports wer worthU.P. - 65 words
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Article283 1947-07-21 8 Free Press Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Sun, j WAIFS and strays picked upfrom market places and back lanes where they were found grubbing for food m refuse heaps are among the boys being cared for and edu?ated at the Serartdah Boys School which has made283 words
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444 1947-07-21 8 SOVIET-US AMITY IS UK 's OBJECTIVE Bevin works to save peace MORPETH (Northumberland), Sunday. T HE British Foreign Secretary, Mr. Ernest Beyin, declared A here his hope that Britain— a powerful nation and the central arch of the bridge m international aff airs—would find a way to unite the UnitedReuter; A.P.; U.P. - 444 words
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Article, Illustration66 1947-07-21 8 Mr. Henry A. Wallace (right), editor of th> \mr-rican pubiication, New Republic, during a visit to thr tiited S*\ m Headquarters at Lake Success, New York, as a m^niher n working press, holds ud his hands for examinati: m t>y Mr. \no rt) A. Gromyko, Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister. Gromyko66 words
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Article205 1947-07-21 8 Leaders of new India Govts named NEW DELHI, Sunday. THE re-distribution of Indian Government portfolios m what amounts to two provisional governments one for the Union of India (Hiffidustan) and on-e for Pakistan was announced m a communique from the Viceroy's! house last night. f The communique said each government205 words
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Article119 1947-07-21 8 (Continued from Page 1.) Party Working Committee staled m a resolution adopted today. The' resolution added: "This cold-blooded and calculated murder of Burma's chosen leaders is symptomatic of the spirit of (ringsterism that nas spread p 1 poisoned public life an even s >eial work. "FreedomReuter; A.P.; U.P. - 119 words
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Article65 1947-07-21 8 Dr. Jules Maniu, 74-year-old Rumanian opposition National Peasant leader, has been arrested and imprisoned. The Rumanian Chamber of Deputies yesterday lifted Parliamentary immunity from Dr. Maniu and five other Peasant Party deputies. Dr. Maniu, who was Prime Minister 1928-30 and again m 1932-33, was stated earlier65 words
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Article324 1947-07-21 8 Free Fress Staff Reporter npHE Singapore Municipal Services Union and the Sine. ■1 pore Harbour Board Staff Association have discus^ and approved of a proposed trade union organization wine: will bring together three principal unions m Singapore Services' employees, Government employees and qeafr Government employees.324 words
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Article148 1947-07-21 8 ASfLCIAL Market correspondent gives the prices of rubber at 11 a.m today as follows: Buyers Seller* Cts. Cts. per Ib per Tt> No 1 R S.S Spot 1 Loose 30', 30*4 Ni- RVS tob m bales August 31 1 31 S No I R S.S Co*148 words
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Article34 1947-07-21 8 Italian factories valued at upwards of £50,000,000 are to oe j transferred to South Africa A €1,000.000 company has been j formed at Johannesburg, to carry out the mass transfer. A. P.34 words
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Article72 1947-07-21 8 MURTON Darttf* 1 THE British Mi' j./ s> Power. Mr. E*%J*£| well, said today tha a" >>.? sent fuel shortaj Britain would i port coal Mr. BWnweU contemplat< t ur is on its way la > s the United State; bit, but we hay. circumbtanc s v grateful toU.P. - 72 words
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Advertisement62 1947-07-21 8 EMBARKATION NOTICE wlw. "ORANJE" for Colombo/ Southampton/ Amsterdam .Wednesday 23rd July from Singapore. Passengers are requested to embark with their cabißluggage at 9.00 a.m. The heavy luggage "wanted" (for the luggage-hold) and "not wanted" (for the hold) should be delivered m the Singapore Harbour Board on the 23rd July at62 words
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Miscellaneous55 1947-07-21 8 j WE A THER- 1 Long bright periods WEATHER report Cor the next ff 24 hoars compiled by the R.A.F: Fair with Ion)? bright periods. Fine overnight with local early morning mist. Fair to fine tomorrow morning. Wind: South-easterly, 5 to 10 knots. Sunset 6.42 p.m., sunrise 6.35 a.m. Moonrise55 words
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Miscellaneous13 1947-07-21 8 SINGAPORE TIDF^ Hiffh Law 135 p.m. 8.9 ft, 6.59 p.m. 4 3 ft13 words
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