The Singapore Free Press, 1 August 1947
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Title Section20 1947-08-01 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALA YA k, M-W SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, AUGUST 1, 19_7. PRICE 10 CENTS-20 words
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Article, Illustration1063 1947-08-01 1 HOLLAND INVITES UNO TO INDONESIA 'Police action' l\) (^UTIVI7IU(i NEW YORK, Thursday. I THE Security Council of the United Nations today 1 shelved all other business to consider the situation m Indonesia. After hearing the Australian request for action, the Council adjourned for 24 hours. The Dutch representative contended thatReuter; U.P.; A.P. - 1,063 words
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Article169 1947-08-01 1 NOV. 20 ROYAL WEDDING DAY LONDON, Thursday. ■TIE wedding of Princess Elizabeth, heiress presumptive to 1 the British throne, and Lieut. Philip Mountbatten will r e P l^* at Westminster Abbey on Nov. 20, it was officially ■>n uneed front Buckingham Palace tonight. unamcemeiit followed this morning's formal con|e toReuter; U.P. - 169 words
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Article61 1947-08-01 1 Ihtt Preys Staff Reporter Ha.r.ar.esc military ;.••.>. and cooks, -4 elr house m Paya Road -st night at 11.30, I by a gum 0 f flv e r bt rs. vi armed with Nota *be r >boec] them of $400 |22 JOd I Batatas. «specftoi Rajaratnam61 words
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Article135 1947-08-01 1 Three persons were killed and 23 injured on Wednesday night when a Paris omnibus crashed through the parapet of Neulll Bridge ln the western suburbs and f eU 30 feet to the banks of the River Seine. Lieut. Gen. Albert Wedemeyer, who headsA.P. - 135 words
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151 1947-08-01 1 LAST SHIPMENT OF BRITISH ARMS TO JAVA _fOU_ HAMPTON. Thursday. BRITAIN has now stopped the D delivery of supplies and military eouipment to the Dutch cargo vessel Saparoa, m Southampton Dock, which Is due to sail soon for Indonesia. The partially loaded Saparoea will be the last oargo vessel toReuter - 151 words
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Article72 1947-08-01 1 BRITAIN is now building: the best medium and short-range planes m the world and overseas buyers are flooding the factories with orders, the Minister of Supply, Mr. John Wilmot, told a press conference m London yesterday. Mr. Wilmot disclosed for the first time that total foreign72 words
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Article148 1947-08-01 1 BANGKOK, Friday. SIAM is to make an all-out effort this month to increase the procurement of rice for export. Pledged to ship 600,000 tons by the end of August, less than 400,000 tons has been ex- "ported m seven months. New regulations which came intoA.P. - 148 words
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Article41 1947-08-01 1 Free Press Staff Reporter Four Chinese, two armed with pistols, forced their way into a house at the 12th mile, Tarn pen is Road last night at 7.30 and robbed a Chinese family of $400 m cash and valuables.41 words
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Article268 1947-08-01 1 NEW DELHI, Thursday. BECAUSE astrologers have pronounced the morning of Aug. 15 an inauspicious lime for a swearing-in ceremony, the new India Dominion Cabinet will be sworn m at a minute past midnight on Aug. 14-15. The formal transfer of power to India will still takeReuter; A.P. - 268 words
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464 1947-08-01 1 TROOPS TAKE REPRISALS ON THE JEWS JERUSALEM, Thursday. 11/HILE a shocked world recoiled m horror at the cold- blooded revenge murder by Jewish terrorists of the two abducted British sergeants, British soldiers and police, evidently enraged beyond endurance by the outrage, shot up from armoured cars a street m theReuter; A.P.; U.P. - 464 words
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Article66 1947-08-01 1 A NIGHT of rioting m Calcutta killed 20 persons and injured at least a hundred others, the police reported on Thursday. The disorders began when a group of unidentified men sprayed a heavily-loaded bus with a submachlnegun bullets. The bus was carrying Hindu officeU.P. - 66 words
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Article54 1947-08-01 1 rpENTATIVE orders for plantaX tion machinery with Batavia agents of British manufacturers since the Dutch "police action" began have jumped to more than £100.000.000. according to commercial sources. Until the N.E.I, gets sufficient sterling credits, it will be impossible to fufll the orders whichReuter - 54 words
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Advertisement103 1947-08-01 1 f o r Sports CUP S SHIEI- DS M£DA l s ?p N S c r .11. J. H HEK3RV. r.\..,h tMA *.r..' r PHONE No. 2057. SHROFF'S CARPETS AT 47/49, STAMFORD Rd., NEW CONSIGNMENT (O|R MA TTiN( jS PLAIN FANCY d,n a*"* C nckeT JJ 2.50 2.75 D °ORMATS103 words
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Advertisement126 1947-08-01 1 TIE MEATEASTEM OfTICAL 68. 275, So_Ji Bridge Rd. X __________h_T* X Tele. 7_.36-E*d. 1925 Optician: O. Ita. 0.D., (PhUa.). (Qnalifled Opticians) wf _Bffi________T^^^^^fc_ __F _.^^____l( try iU-t"__-_______________________H_r_ __r '^^^mTT _i_______s __BBv"" < 'jn_H __r VT__HTin-lffl-^-PT^ "^wflP _-f '"'^9-1 t___ ifl X, t»B|| > _s$H Hi T__B _________MiMMl__-&\ii__ r^B j -l___^___-_________L-_____h_126 words
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Article, Illustration511 1947-08-01 2 FOR OMEN... Keep Fit Gracefully By A Special Correspondent MOST people m Singapore are interested m keeping fit, watch the people on the Padang and sea wall m the early morning, swinging their arms and and legs about m the belief that they are exercising themselves. In the511 words
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Article353 1947-08-01 2 THE Hon'ble Mrs. Vijayalakshmi Pandit, Minister for local Self-Go;--ernment and Public Health m the United Provinces, whose appointment as India's first Ambassador m the Union of Soviet Socialist Republic was recently announced, earned universal admiration when she led ihe Indian Delegation to the United Nati _s General353 words
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Article, Illustration279 1947-08-01 2 BEFORE the Intercollegiate Bridge Championship was played m Chicago, the 16 participating tmdergraduate pairs were selected •by malt That is to say, they played m an Olympic" game, using prepared hands against par results prc-determinod by a central committee. This was one of the deals from the279 words
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Article, Illustration126 1947-08-01 2 1. (Right) There is no excuse for a protruding stomach, so strengthen, the walls which support and hold it m by kneeling with your hands behind your back; then bend forward with head held high; then 1 lower and touch your head to the floor. Return and do126 words
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Article41 1947-08-01 2 1. (a) Reigned for 25 years the reputed length of St. Peter's tenure of the Bishopric of Rome, (b) Pius IX (1846-78) and Leo XIII (1878--1903). 2. A boy born at the exact moment of the Dalai Lama's death.41 words
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Article401 1947-08-01 2 PIERRE JEANNERAT - ART CLASS I'm Not Eatim My Words PIERRE JEANNERAT BY WHEN I wrote last week words to the effect that the older generations of painters (born well before the turn of the century) were still holding the centre of the art arena, and that no bright new stars seriously threatened401 words
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Advertisement93 1947-08-01 2 t— tterer of tho flavour of meat* ■par to appetite, friend to digestion it's back again m fuH supply* the mustard yon will remember Colman's MustarcL _«M4M tm ««|r««4#A It It is stationery, code books, school oooks. Drintinj.. binding, rubber stamns that you reoulre tben call at PETER CHONG'S Of93 words
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Miscellaneous160 1947-08-01 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR Fortune forecast tor people born today BORN today, your originality and cleverness can bring •you to outstanding success uuite early m life. Your real fob will be to stabilise that sucsess and stay at the top. One flash m the pan doesn't always mean a gold mine.160 words
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Miscellaneous568 1947-08-01 2 5.30 "The Forces' Requests"; 6 pjn metrt-s. I M 1841 P-M SINGAPORE The All Star Show; 6.30 Australian M 38 mcli 8.8.C. News; 6.45 Worlds Grea- FMDAI .MLRNons Blue Network Music; 7.15 Famous Tenors— Featur- 1-00 World h 18 00—8 OS -4___; m____ m in B Alessandro Valente. Heddle Nash568 words
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Article, Illustration343 1947-08-01 3 second-hand Ears cheaper Io *__rt_n_e shortages are vanishing m States, reports Reuter. They are leaving m i ike -Ufh prices but high wages are the rule, too. r Ue_3 are more than plentiful, though >e-holder__ J grocery bill has nearly last tiro years. Refrigerators to keep c food filling the343 words
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Article35 1947-08-01 3 BURMA GOVT BUYS ARMS FFDACOITS 1.1 Lor the. _r 1.1 10 s-sb Breamta iur c ie 1 1 SC i-p- o *aye tite CjC STQi lered nrr .editions ttsc weapons such as raric us ReuterReuter - 35 words
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Article136 1947-08-01 3 BANGKOK, Thursday JH_ mysterj sunt undmg 'tne J. death King Ananda ftfahi--3 I Siam has been revived again with an announcement by the police that a now Board of Lota..-;.- is being appointed to study to c ase wm study p__r*.icuiarly the rear-old report ofA.P. - 136 words
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Article38 1947-08-01 3 intends to be the best vicar's O wife ever, says the bride of the Rev j. st Clair Garrington. vicar Ail Saints Church. Hampton Middlesex. Formerly the Rev. lis:- Chamberlain, she was a Congregational minister at Barnet.38 words
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Article76 1947-08-01 3 THE l nited States will put its huge atomic bomb factory at Los Alamos (New Mexico) on a permanent basis. The U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, making the announcement, said the town of Los Alamos, built during the war. would be "effectively modernised.'* A multi-million dollar modernisation plan76 words
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Article20 1947-08-01 3 Erixham motor trawler Peniee caught a 701 b. royal sturgeon within the proposed banned West Bay fishing area.20 words
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Article257 1947-08-01 3 TOKIO, Thursday. 'THE Australian Deputy Premier and Minister for x External Affairs. Dr. Herbert Eva::, who is on a visit to Tokio for talks with Gen. Douglas Mac Arthur. has .called for a speedy 11-nation peace treaty for Japan which would be linked withA.P. - 257 words
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153 1947-08-01 3 145,920 TO BE DEMOBBED IN LAST QUARTER LONDON. Friday THE Parliamentary Secretary lo the Minister o: Labour, Mr. N Edwards, replying m the House of Commons to a question con- y ceraing the programme of releases from the armed forces, said the total number of men and women to beReuter - 153 words
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Article39 1947-08-01 3 THE 0.8. E. awarded to William Stewart, former Lieutenant of the RASC. for gallantry m Burma, has been cancelled because of his dismissal from the Service after a court-martial says the London Gazet c. I39 words
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Article, Illustration42 1947-08-01 3 "We ask the people of Australia to leave us alone and we will fix it," said the new Netherlands Minister to Australia, Mr. P. E. Teppema t above) at a press con" ference m Melbourne when queried about the Indonesian situation.42 words
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Article44 1947-08-01 3 T.ir. world Bank _q Washington -Derated at a loss :r US. $938,647 fot th,.- ..seal yea- ended June 30 as there was no income from toa_s until June S. when the Banks initial U.S. $250,000.--000 credit to France was ratified. A. P.A.P. - 44 words
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Article144 1947-08-01 3 INDONESIAN APPEAL TO THE CHINESE A NTARA reports that the _rV Republican Government has not yet received any note from the Chinese Government concern- ing Chinese nationals m the Re- public. The announcement added that I the attitude of the Republican Government toward Chinese ;ia- tionals had been announced aA.P. - 144 words
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Article341 1947-08-01 3 r THE United States armed forces are appealing to the American public, especially to the World War to hel P solve some difficult military problems that have puzzled the nations inventors. They want quick answers to such diverse problems as how to build an aircraftA.P. - 341 words
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177 1947-08-01 3 M.P. JOURNALIST CENSURED BY COMMONS BODY MR. Garry Allighan, Labour Mem- M bear of Parliament and London journalist, was found guilty by a House o: Commons Committee of Privileges of "aggravated contempt of the House" and "gross breach of privilege." -This was a sequel to an article by Mr. AUighanReuter - 177 words
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Article67 1947-08-01 3 ONLY six stops are contemplated on the solo round-the-world Sight by Capt. Bill Odom. it wa_> announced m Chicago The plane will take off on Sunday from Chicago for Paris (3 900 miles), thence to Karachi. (3.700 miles I. to Shanghai (3.700 miles 1 toU.P. - 67 words
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Article64 1947-08-01 3 CHEERING crowds m the Croatian capital of Zagreb Were i 'Id by the Bulgarian Premier Mr. Georgi Dimitrov. that "We are not afraid of atom bombs or of threats of new aggressions and war. This can only intimidate those who have weak brains and weakU.P. - 64 words
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Article74 1947-08-01 3 4 LTHOLGH the victim of a robbery said he had lost only _t_ £300. Mr. Justice Vtkinson. at Birmingham Assizes, accepted the accused mans story that he had stolen £3.000 and sentenced him to six months' imprisonment. Mr. H. G. Talbot, defending: Why the owner does not74 words
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Article62 1947-08-01 3 \N explosion originating m a one-story combination beauty-shop and school m Virginia 'U-SA. killed 10 women on Tuesday and injured at least 30 other persons. The explosion shattered the glass m a number of business establishments and homes and kept rescue workers toiling far into the nightA.P. - 62 words
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Article40 1947-08-01 3 Trie Swedish Foreign Office has requested Moscow to recall the Russian Military Attache Konov and a member of the Legation named Mihaiiov because of their "vacation m the Swedish military region on the Finnish border near Tornedalen.— U.P.U.P. - 40 words
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Advertisement12 1947-08-01 3 Irr "^sf B_c_fl !E »T*L OPTICAL CO.. HUt ps Brine a n_.12 words
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Advertisement131 1947-08-01 3 Keep DcnnO Uu n n ill Milk is frequently scarce and more often stiii, unsafe. What a Comfort it is and what a Convenience then to have a tin at DOMO on hand Here is a really safe milk of unquestioned purity, always standardised without any of the seasonal variations131 words
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Miscellaneous68 1947-08-01 3 I^RZAN Big Louie suspects By Edgar kice Burroughs ■_^w if_ V _T_jf _#g I *^^M W[ "-KRIREO GLANCE INVOLUNTARILY hl{ M I Miz "»v v Jn __^^^\""f^___ ____t— J |> W v 11 if l^klfr \ll THE B-S SWINDLER, SENSING SOMEK^>S_- W_^ N^ HALLER CAME W wTThW tfWr THING WRONG,68 words
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739 1947-08-01 4 The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY. AUGUST 1, 1947. UNO and Indonesia A USTRALIAN invocaUon of Arti- ele 39 of the United Nations Charter goes straight to the root of the Indonesian problem. Article 39 out-laws war. The Security Council, if it takes action today, will not be concerned with the739 words
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Article, Illustration1883 1947-08-01 4 CINGAPORE citi- zens nowadays shut out the cool night air as soon as it grows dark, f bar their windows or keep dogs. The few who risk leaving windows and doors open usually sleep with some useful weapon handy maybe a revolver under the pillow.1,883 words
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Article45 1947-08-01 4 1. (a) What is meant by a Pope having "seen the years of Peter?" (b) Who are the only two Popes to have seen the years of Peter? 2. When the Dalai Lama dies who is appointed to be his successor? Answers m Pa_re45 words
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Article, Illustration873 1947-08-01 4 PEOPLE IN SPORE MAKE NEWS 10NE-TIME Argentine farmer is now official pilot to three Governors. He is Mr. ROBERT ALASTAIR BROOK LEAROYD, V.C. recentlyappointed pilot to ihe Governor-General, t h c Governors of the Malayan Union and Singapore. And Learoyd 4< office," where he works, is a trim, latesttype Miles873 words
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Advertisement23 1947-08-01 4 TANKARDS lIS aV_l \m I ll IN STERLING SILVER* OR FINEST ENGLISH ELECTROPLATE ON NICKEL SILVER. P. H. HENDRY, 78 North Bridge Rd.23 words
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Advertisement13 1947-08-01 4 I FAITH- 1 Speak every man troth to his neighbour. Ephesians. 4. 25.13 words
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Article314 1947-08-01 5 DECISION DISAPPOINTS CHINESE Fleod Relief |*res-3 < ii;nese Correspondent ry usai of the Brtish I mem m London tc Singapore Chinese tc lls to South Chin? retief purposes has j sh C_ to the Chinese ijty, cawing a big dis .men! 4 I rata previously made sing funda tea flood314 words
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Article117 1947-08-01 5 2 TYPES OF TAXIS HERE p 9 pore, there ur_- Hotel a snd second-chun hackJ2 carriages taxis), says the k*~::~. V- hi ;e.> and not only m second dasa aa stated In the rh Preae ol ju.y 28 r_st-cia_n hackney carriages ■JJ be tiired only a.? a whole e:.d tan117 words
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Article218 1947-08-01 5 Factories urged to store water Free Press Staff Reporter AYVNERS or managers of factories, hotels and other places wf where a continuous supply of water is required arc ad-vit-ed by the Singapore Municipality to instal storage tanks on their premises. This will be essential as Municipal Hater supply may be218 words
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185 1947-08-01 5 4CCORDING to the existing Elections Ordinance of Singapore a Chinese born m Jamaica can vote m the elections lor the Singapore Legislative Council, but a Chinese born m Johore or Selangor is not eligible." This was one of the points which Mr. G. Hawkins.185 words
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Article, Illustration227 1947-08-01 5 RICE FREE -IF YOU CAN EAT IT! Free Press Stall Reporter rIERE'S rice going a-beg-ging m Singapore if you are prepared to eat it. Recently, a Chinese firm paid $10,500 for 916 bags of Government rice salvaged from the sea, intending to selling the rice as pigs' food. But a227 words
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Article257 1947-08-01 5 'Time not ripe Free Press Staff Reporter. THE Singapore Labour Advisory Board has decided 1 that the present time is not opportune for the establishment of a Wages Council similar to one being set up m the Malayan Union. An official of the Board told257 words
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Article83 1947-08-01 5 T)UBLIC indifference to police 1 appeals for assistance was deplored by the Assistant Superintendent of Police. Mr. D. C. Thomas, at a coroner's inquiry yesterday. Mr. Thomas said that requests for eye-witnesses of an accident at Bukit Timah village on July 23, m which a83 words
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Article16 1947-08-01 5 The hired transport Georgic is expected to arrive Singapore at noon on Aug. 5.16 words
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Article74 1947-08-01 5 PLL moon day at the Sinhalese Buddhist Temple m M Outran. Road will be celebrated by Mr. V. L S. dc Silva at the Straits Times today m memory of his parents. The programme is: 7 a.m. Buddha Puja. ll am. Buddha Puja, 6 p.m. illumination74 words
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Article109 1947-08-01 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Thursday. The Malayan Daily News, a morr.ing English newspaper published m Kuala Lumpur, will rase publication after today. An announcement by its direc:ors says that the step has been aken "owing to lack of machinery orders for which cannot be met Tor a considerable109 words
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Article204 1947-08-01 5 Free Press Staff Reporter ANEW Co-operative Shop will be opened m Singapore, on the fifth floor of Fullerton Building, on Aug. 5, with Mrs. John Eber as manager. This is the town branch of the Singapore Co-operative Stores Society, Ltd., at 331 North bridge Road.204 words
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Article205 1947-08-01 5 CHINESE ON CHARGES OF BRIBERY A CHINESE Ho Loke Yui, of Kirn Seng Road, the licensee of the Wing Chin Yuen restaurant, at the Great World, appeared m the Second Police Court, yesterday charged with giving to Chief Inspector James McPherson, aittacbed to the Food Control Office a gift of205 words
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Article38 1947-08-01 5 ONE hundred and sixty-five stuffed birds, removed from the Raffles Museum to Japan during the Japanese occupation, have been discovered m the Imperial Household, Tokio, and are now i>eing returned to Sing.4 c.38 words
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Article230 1947-08-01 5 iALL shipping and fishing activi- ties In Netherlands Sast Indies waters along the east coast of Sumarta, between Lat, 4 degrees, 54 minutes North, and O degree, 50 minutes South and the adjacent islands, has been prohibited temporarily. Exception, however, is made m respect of the islands230 words
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Article, Illustration291 1947-08-01 5 40 mobile cinemas serve the Army FROM its headquarters m Singapore, the Army Kinema Cor- j poration directs film exhibition to th- army m Singapore, Burma, C-.ylon, Hong Kong, Malaya and Japan. In most permanent bar- racks and headquarters garrison, cinemas have been set up to meet the needs of291 words
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Article47 1947-08-01 5 Charged with being m possession of a knuckleduster at the junction of Still Road and Lorong J, at 10-30 p.m. on Wednesday, a Javanese, Jamin bin Sukormat was allowed $25 bail m the Second Police Court; yesterday and the case was postponed till Aug. 14.47 words
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Advertisement90 1947-08-01 5 NEW WORLD 24th ANNIVERSARY ATTRACTIONS AUGUST Ist, 2nd 3rd. THE BAND OF IHL ROYAL NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS I*s load pen&isska of th c Commanding Officer) will render selections ON FRIDAY Ist AUGUST Special Vaudeville Show at our Cabaret ™gg to l a,m M lt to Srd Aug. FREE Magic Show by90 words
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Advertisement59 1947-08-01 5 IS FROM union or J SOUTH AFRICA SOUTH AFRICA f TO V ROBINSONS liiehe _*o Exquisite V Styles Of Evening Shoes --jui.l-u-1 poot tuiaon*' sir chosen out of our V* {V «_rton_»ve Stock S.LVERINF' J^^WU v obvt WIITf v V Ns^ BUCKSKIN* Bandeau iSti draped Shoes BOTH STYLES AT $29.5059 words
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637 1947-08-01 6 'Disheartening changes of plan THE story of the Narvik expedition of 1940 is told fully for the first time m the dispatches (published m the London Gazette) of A dm. Lord Cork and Orrery, of Lord Auchinleck (then Lieut.-Gen. Auchinleck, commanding the land forces), and637 words
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Article62 1947-08-01 6 LIEUT. Philio Mountbatten hopes to stay m the Navy at least until if not after his marriage to Princess Elizabeth, United Press, learns. Therefore he will not accompany the Royal Family at Balmoral on Aug. 8 on their Highland holiday because he is not dueU.P. - 62 words
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Article153 1947-08-01 6 The liner sailed. Doctor and nurses watched over Helena. But she died at midnight and was buried at sea. THE people of Pi-Cairn, lonely Pacific island wher* the Bounty mutineers settled, sent out a radio SOS: child is dangerously ill." Can any ship help?" The153 words
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Article44 1947-08-01 6 Sir Frederick Burrows, Governor of Bengal, and a former President of the National Union of Railwaymen, is to retire on Aug. 15 when power is transferred m India. He will fly back to Britain immediately on handing over his duties.— ReuterReuter - 44 words
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Article, Illustration82 1947-08-01 6 CADRE RETURNS FROM INDIA AFTER 19 YEARS After having been stationed m India for 19 years, the cadre of the Ist Battalion, The Gloucester Regiment, has just -returned to England. The cadre consists of 43 men, four warrant officers. The men are here seen giving a cheer on arriving back82 words
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Article185 1947-08-01 6 "HERE is half-a-million bucks," a man from the United Press II bureau m Shanghai said. "It will get you through the evening if you're careful." Several hours later the visiting editor spent the entire roll for dinner for five, and walked back broke. Four correspondents185 words
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Article26 1947-08-01 6 The British Ambassador, to China. Sir Ralph Stevenson, accompanied by Lady Stevenson, has left Nanking aboard H.M.S. Albert for a holiday visit to Japan.26 words
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Article134 1947-08-01 6 PROF. Hennen Hackett, San Francisco astronomer, says that science has developed a new explosive powerful enough to hurl steel cones beyond the pull of the earth's gravity, where they will float around the earth forever. The explosive, named Penolite. has been a close ly-guarcedU.P. - 134 words
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Article367 1947-08-01 6 THREE Johns Hopkins scientists claim to have successf 1 vaccinated monkeys against infantile paralysis re ly AJP. from -Baltimore. It is the first lime th e m i cro pori!> corps" m the fight against poliomyelitis has ever achitiUS what the Hopkins people call "solid immunity." TheA.P. - 367 words
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95 1947-08-01 6 SLIM TURNS DOWN INDIA C -in-C OFFER k^iEN. Sir William Slim has de\J clined the appointment of "Commander-in-Chief, India" under the new regime. The General is 55, and due to retire from the Army at the end of the year. Next _«nior and strongly tipped for the post is Lieut.95 words
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Article19 1947-08-01 6 Scientists one thousand of them from all over the world are m Oxford for the physiological congress.19 words
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Article65 1947-08-01 6 11HE Queen Elizabeth beat her own previous record for a west-bound Atlantic crossing by one hour 18 minutes when sne reached Ambrose Light at the entrance of New York Harbour four days eight hours and .hree minutes after leaving Bishop s Rock. She maintained an average65 words
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Article77 1947-08-01 6 THE United States authorities have informed th< R_ss:__ that the five German presidents the Soviet zone will be iiriaccepfr able as candidates for any future central govern>neru of G^rrr-asy because of ■malicious' charges EtaJ the Western occupying pc-WB have nurtured Fascist!. By this action. th<A.P. - 77 words
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Article114 1947-08-01 6 "WOMEN have come into industry to stay— but we still have V/ to find those with administrative ability to come forward and act as the link between management and worker." declared Mrs. Bessie Braddock. M.P., at a meeting of women supervisors and technicians m London. This was114 words
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Advertisement111 1947-08-01 6 -CAPITOL-AIR-CONDITIONED— PHONE 5153 11—2—4.15—6.30—9.15 _rf!!^dWlfcS*<«^*v__ «n Adventuref _f___Bt*&£& 5 DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS. Jr. -P MAUREEN O'HARA' WAITER SLEZAK._ Sinbapthi Sailor I 1 ...ANTHONY QUINN GEORGE TOBIAS M— l G.Ut-.IKt «_!—»> T Ty 7-^n.e.fj— L ISAM MID-NIGHT TO-MORROW 2— 4.15— 5.45— 9.15 STAND BY FOR THE GREATEST THRILL IN YOUR LIFE! Cheers111 words
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Advertisement106 1947-08-01 6 "Another Exceedingly Well Made British Picture And Good Characterisation" (STAR I Today four shows BT^vTTH ilTlfl 1.30 -4 6.30 9.30. p.m. C^jM|riT"H Rank Delivers i.tiod i'i_lures L JMjj| gp JUMiD DBAYTOtt f Mff^ ___f l V __j UQ^^i___-.-^„-3-B aP'j ,'l*'y» it* trip' .fcfTiT Fi f __f_ __^B P_ b_s* -irrfl*'106 words
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Miscellaneous60 1947-08-01 6 JAmL Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press m Malaya I/w&^ATLEASTHE'sN I/^AND EVERY 1 rSfcs&Ss IfP 1 f GENTLEMAN ENOUGH > MOMENT BRINGS SJ& C(fr^^-->J3^S BUCashtta, M/oU>ea 6y rf&Z Tb GIVE ME /TIME TO DON ANSELMO ANO H^ 2"f M^/P Fe/t/K AaS got tAcAC Art? W TOft\ \CHANGE BEFORE HE (ERIC60 words
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284 1947-08-01 7 flei ney Promises •Hectic Battle MNGATORI welterweight champion, Som Pong, training m S |Se< |n imp m the country side off Thomson Road, by the Free Press reporter, Ralph Modder, and K >7 r > :i.ii, a workout last afternoonre thought his chances wer284 words
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38 1947-08-01 7 GOODWOOD CUP TO MONSIEUR L'AMIRAL D j w-Mn I u '-old son i f Go dL h•_ fur- I i_ Reynard M 1; andra I f j a W ii v.i .1 -brt v. a bead 1 ReuterReuter - 38 words
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286 1947-08-01 7 Free Press Racing Correspondent PENANG, Thursday. GOOD idea of the tremendous boom m racing m Australia was given by Mr. J. E. Keating, S. R. A. Stipendiary Steward, m an interesting talk to Penang Rotarians yesterday on some odds and ends of racing. "Racing m286 words
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285 1947-08-01 7 DERBY GOOGLY BOWLER HAS GOOD SPELL LONDON, Thursday. DERBYSHIRE bowlers refuse to be kept out of the news. Pope, Gladwin and Marsh had each bowled himself into the limelight m recent matches. Today, against Leicestershire, it was the tun. cf A. E. Rhodes, the googly merchant. Profit ting irom a285 words
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Article174 1947-08-01 7 Agume oi soccer played between R.A.F. Base H.Q. and 68 Embarkation t_ nit on the paclang resulted m a win b? bree goals to ire for the Bas^ team. In the fir.st 15 minutos. play. v;as fairly even Then Embarkation ►o.'ned the score wh^n174 words
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Article109 1947-08-01 7 WINS GOLF TITLE FOR FIFTH TIME BALRAY. COUNTY LOUTH. Thurs. I HARRY BRADSHAW of Kilcroney D won the Irish professional golf ehampionsbip for the fifth time here o-da9 with a i aa:<?renate of 291 for 72 holes. He thus equalled the record of the late Michael Moore, who won theReuter - 109 words
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Article, Illustration85 1947-08-01 7 Free Press cameraman Lee Tuck Soon took these pictures yesterday of the fighters m Sunday's boxing card training at their camps. Top picture shows Leo Heaney m a vigorous workout on the bag* His strong punching thrilled a crowd of heroworshipping teen-agers, with whom the good-looking M85 words
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Article318 1947-08-01 7 DESPITE a two-nil lead m the first half, Siong 800 lost to the Amicable Athletic Association by the odd goal m five m a friendly soccer game played on the S.R.C. ground' yesterday. The Siong 800 were the better team, and to the closing stages318 words
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397 1947-08-01 7 Services Team Up To Average UK Amateur XI By Ow Soccer Reporter WHEN the Sing Tao touring soccer team play the Combined Services at Jalan Besar Stadium on Sunday, they will bo meeting a team which, m many respects, compares favourably with an average English amateur league side. This will397 words
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Article471 1947-08-01 7 By Our Boxing Reporter PLLOWING criticism on Tuesday of the condition ol the ring at last Sunday's boxing at the New World arena, Promoter Row Kirn Lin states that a new canvas will be provided this Sunday when Leo Heaney meets Som Pong. Resin will471 words
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Article91 1947-08-01 7 NEW YORK. JOE LOUIS, world he-vywe-fht rhampion. w UI meet Joe Walcott. rated No. 1 contender for the title by the United States National Boxing Association, over 10 rounds la a non-title contest here oa Nov. 14. it was officially announced by the 2<M_ CenturyReuter - 91 words
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Article96 1947-08-01 7 H. J. Lockhart, the Johore player, will not be available for the South cricket team against North this weekend, and S. Yogorajah, the 12th man, will take his place. Gurdial Singh, the Negri player, was invited to travel to Kuala Lumpur, as it was intended to96 words
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Article117 1947-08-01 7 THE Malayan Indian soccer team l_f meet the Sing Tao tourists at Jalan Besar Stadium tomorrow, arrived m Singapore this morning by the night mail. The probable Indian line-up will be: G. Paul < Selangor); E. Daniel (Perak>. P. S. Velu (Penang); Suppuretty I Penang), R.117 words
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Advertisement174 1947-08-01 7 mh NEW WORLD P SUN. 3rd AUG. t AT 8.30 P.M. KOW KIM LIN PRESENTS ONE 09 IHE MOST NATURAL AND CLAMOUROUS PROGRAMME OF i 4^ IHE YEAR FEATURING THE I i(K OF INTERNATIONAL l^klj SOM PONG J_f -Aa LEO HEANEY .THRILL-FIGHTING AUST.) j^mm*. II 3) ROUNDS EACH r^ BALTAZAR174 words
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Miscellaneous268 1947-08-01 7 Free Press Crossword No. 160 «_-_-_-i-__---ip_-_-w«P---Y—— *--f t"~*~"^"^b M_r~"~~*~**m I^^ C'LUKS ACROSS 1. Person who makes himself responsible for another (7), 6. In commerce, said of a commodity not much m demand (4), 8. United States capit« stands on this river (7), 10. In chemistry, dement farming base of compound268 words
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Article, Illustration38 1947-08-01 8 HOME safely. Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery's new home, which he will be able to see now that he is on his way back again, is Isington Mill and Cast House, on the River Wey near Alton m Surrey.38 words
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Article20 1947-08-01 8 Guerrillas on Wednesday night attacked the costal Greek city of Alexandroupolis, which is the army training centre. U.P.U.P. - 20 words
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Article257 1947-08-01 8 NCW YORK, Thursday. AN Indian i uiilMtfcun providing for full membership of non-se_f-govcFF_4*-g territories m the Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East was defeated when the Commission met today, m favour of a British proposal for associate membership without voting powers. Speaking m theReuter - 257 words
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Article114 1947-08-01 8 HONG KONG, Thursday. THE Marine Court today cen- sured Capt. Douglas R. B__nperman, skipper of the Ho Hong Steam-Jiip Company's ship, Hong Kheng. which ran aground off Hong Kong, with 1.800 aboard, but decided not to lift his papers. The court's findings were that theU.P. - 114 words
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Article106 1947-08-01 8 NEW STATUS FOR DUTCH TIN ISLANDS BATAVIA. Thursday. A DUTCH Government decree today declared that the tin producing islands of Banka and Billiton and the Riouw Archipelago, between Malaya and Sumatra, are autonomous territories. The autonomy granted covers the "whole government with the exception of a number of items ofReuter - 106 words
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Article269 1947-08-01 8 MALANG, fourth largest city m Java, was badly damaged by Dutch guns and Indonesian scorched earth tactics report press correspondents who entered the city with the Dutch marines yesterday. Fires were still burning last night. Once famous for its fine homes and public buildings, MalangU.P.; Reuter - 269 words
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Article129 1947-08-01 8 GIRLS DANCE FOR CHARITY Free Press Staff Reporter SEVEN hundred cabaret girls danced and 60 musicians played for charity m Singapore last night when five cabaret managements threw open their halls for the benefit of flood victims m China. Boy scouts picketed liie cabarets to prevent gate-crashers entering without paying129 words
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Article188 1947-08-01 8 LONDON, Thursday. THE Secretary of State for the Colonies, Mr. Arthur Creech Jones state<f today that so far as he was aware ttiere was no commercial use. at present m Malaya, for rubber seeds. "I am aware that rub ocr seed oil is a drying oilReuter - 188 words
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Article, Illustration601 1947-08-01 8 Action by SHB legitimate Free Press Staff Reporter THE Singapore Harbour Board authorities were Justmea m their recent "bulldozer" operations which caused the eviction of about 800 people living m Kampong Bettek off Trafalgar Street, states Mr. T. r. r. McNeice, Secretary for Social Welfare,601 words
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Article73 1947-08-01 8 ABOUT 150 Germans, described as "undesirable Nazis," are to be repatriated from China m the next few days aboard a special American repatriation ship. About 30 are from Shanghai, including Wolfgang Seidel. reputed to be one of the wealthiest Germans m the Far East. ChineseReuter - 73 words
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Article622 1947-08-01 8 London Stock Exchange s. Mii-i-m (5 i 2.. S. Tronoh '5 9 M Sungei Besi (8 4 I STO( X INDICES Ju_; M |M (a) Indus Ord 122 3' (b) Govt Sects LU.H 3 (c» Gold Mmc 116 5"? (Bases 100; a: 1"35 fb 4* 15 10Reuter - 622 words
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Article110 1947-08-01 8 A SPECIAL Market corre_|«il fives the price* of ftlkn 11 a.m toda> as follows; Bujw Ctt. I per It No. 1 R.S.S Spot loom 30 s I No 1 R.S.S tec m bales Aueu>; 31 a No 2 R.S.S fob m bales Aupu^i UK I No110 words
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Article78 1947-08-01 8 aris the Paris i tr-14- 1 fit bodies recovered *w which trap:, d tn- J*H women's 'lPan*, on Wedi sda. Officials *er< also th_ debt* to tn wfJJ of ?hn Ore, 1 l*vea w^| gun m a:.•>''<* :.•>''<* celluloid. J Women Pf^ers*^ help wtoec th< w^JJjirt78 words
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Article49 1947-08-01 8 points Warrant < >m f L an R.A.F. wj^licV?* Prize at Bi^- M i gflfcer M Stockholm as R serf* M combined Briti >n r <>M which is takin* v J- shooting chai-jP^ ••Industna: v o n_i?J name of an ej*gg fr<* at Olympia. 28 until Scpt^Jj^J^-^^49 words
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Miscellaneous84 1947-08-01 8 WEATHER Rains, bright periods UfEATHfiB report for the next W 24 hoars compiled by the K..A.F; Local thundery showers and bright periods to-day. Fine tonight. Sunny to-morrow morning. Wind: South-easterly, light or moderate. Sunset 6.42. sunrise 6.35. Moonrise 6.20 p.m., moonset 6.38 a.m. Temperatures: Max. 89.3 deg. F.. mm. 79.884 words
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