The Singapore Free Press, 8 August 1947

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    19 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALA YA I SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, AUGUST 8, 1947 PRICE 10 CENTS.
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    ATTLEE WILL MEET LABOUR REBELS
    1880 1 AT TLEE WILL MEET LABOUR REBELS Churchill to attack again wmmma LONDON, Friday. THE Government statement that the American loan will be exhausted some time in October was followed in the Commons last night by a surprise Opposition move. Mr. Churchill will lead today a combined Conservative-Liberal attack on the
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    PREFABS: UK ASKS REPORT
    166 1 I LONDON, Thursday. GtntTi cf S<iß^apore and the M^uvaj* 4<UaH>n. -#re II baq i by the Secretary of Stal^Tfor the Colonies, hr hu Creech Joms, to report on what action has been ft .r ig ■tfiylnttrt, to ensure that the prefabricated B> (ype built in Kuala
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    ESCAPEE CAUGHT AFTER 2 MONTHS
    90 1 EARLY two months after he I had escaped from Outram Road Jail along with eight other escapees. 20-year-old Li Tio Khun was recaptured on Pulau Bukom last night. An inspector from Tanjong Pagai police station made the 10--mile dash in a rain storm to the
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    75 p.c. UK TAX ON FOREIGN FILMS
    162 1 75 p.c. UK TAX ON FOREIGN FILMS LONDON, Thursday. THE British Treasury announced tonight that from today an ad valorem duty of 300 per cent is substituted for the specific duty of sd. per foot for cinema films imported into Britain. This, in effect, represents a 75 per cent tax,
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    SHIP EXPLOSIONS KILL 16 MEN
    72 1 SIX men were killed and ten others are mining, and feared dead when the 8,000-ton British freighter Mania burst into flames at Victoria Docks, Melbourne, yesterday after a series of explosions. After burning for five hours, i holes were cut into the ship plates and
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    LEAVES FOR KARACHI
    13 1 Ali Jin lah !ft r sterday for K of i
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    INDIA ASKS N.I. FORCES WITHDRAWAL
    220 1 NEW YORK, Thursday. THE Indian delegate, Mr. B. A. Sen, called on the United Nations Security Council tonight to order both Indonesian and Netherlands forces to withdraw to positions held before the conflict, as. otherwise, the Indonesians would be at a serious disadvantage in the
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    28 1 picture. VICE ADMIRAL ALBERT SAMUEL PINKE, commander of the Netherlands East Indies Fleet. Adm. Pinke received his training at the Royal Naval Academy in Den Helder, Holland. A.P.
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    BELT SAVES LIFE OF CORPORAL
    161 1 BELT SAVES LIFE OF CORPORAL Free Press Staff Reporter IN a gun fight at 8.45 last night at the Singapore railway station between two armed Chinese and a police party, one* Chinese was wounded and a police corporal's life was saved by his leather belt. The police party of two
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    New rules for Indies trade
    258 1 Free Press Staff Reporter NEW foreign exchange regulations are now being worked out by the Nether lalicfs Government authorities prior to the resumption of trade between Java, Sumatra and Singapore, which has been brought to a virtual standstill by the hostilities in Indonesia. Up to
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    HOUSE COLLAPSE
    18 1 Eight persons were killed and nin e injured when a big house collapsed in Italy yesterday.
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    PATERSOINSiMONS CHAIRMAN DIES
    59 1 NEWS has been received in Singapore of the death of Mr. W. B. W. Ker, chairman of Paterson, Simons and Co., Ltd., in a London hospital yesterday. Mr. Ker was appointed chairman in 1937 and was in Singapore from 1901 to 1925. The Singapore offices of Paterson,
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    MISTOOK FIRE FOR AIRPORT
    47 1 A PLANE plunged out of a fpgclouded sky early yesterday into a flaming waste gas burner of a big oil plant, carrying to their death the ship's four occupants as the pUot apparently thought he was gliding down into brightly-lit Boston airport.- A.P.
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    NOEL COWARD FINED
    31 1 The playwright, Noel Coward, who is on a visit to the United States, was fined £5 in absentia in a court at Woolwich. England, on speeding charges.- U.P.
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    STOWAWAY IN PLANE
    25 1 An 18-year-old stowaway* was discovered at the London airoort in a BOAC airliner which was about to leave for South Africa.— Reuter
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    SIAMESE WILL REPLACE RICE MISSION
    236 1 SIAMESE WILL REPLACE RICE MISSION NEW arrangements have been made for the handling trt Siam's rice after the expiration of the tripartite agreement at the end of August. The Siamese Government is to set up an Allocation Board to handle all exports. An official of Lord Killearn's office told the
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    130 MORE HELD IN BURMA
    62 1 RANGOON, Thursday. SOME 130 persons were arrested today, including Thakin Tun, a wartime colleague of U Aung San, assassinated Burmese leader; Hla Min, a Communist leader, and 127 policemen who took part in the recent police strike. Thakin Tun was a minister in the wartime
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    BOMB THROWN AT POLICE CHIEF
    73 1 CALCUTTA, Thursday. HEPUTY Police Commissioners, v H. S. Ghosli Chowdhury and M. F. Garman. narrowly escaped death today when a hand-made bomb exploded near them during communal rioting, in which six persons were killed and about 60 LJured. The Deputy C-mmissioncrs arrived at the riot
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  • FOR WOMEN...
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      54 2 CONTINUING our exercises with Karin Booth, star in M-G-M's Vy film "The Unfinished Dance", we get down to waists her's is 21 inches by bending from the hips, keeping legs straight. Toucb first one hand then the other to the opposite foot in rapid succession for 100 times, then see
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      Stiff Petticoats
      209 2 BRITISH women will wear yards and yards of stiff petticoats under their new skirts and dresses next autumn to save ration coupons. Mrs. O. O'Neill of Dorvilie, an enterprising wholesaler, found that by fashioning the petticoat s of ration-free canvas she could use more material in her suits
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      LACE FOR THE PRINCESS
      314 2 LACE FOR THE PRINCESS DLANSfor Princess Elizabeth's and Lieutenant Mountbatten's marriage ceremony are already in hand but final details are being worked out during the Royal Family's holiday at Balmoral Castle. The first Item of the Princess's trousseau has been provided by the Queen— a train of priceless Brussels lace
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      Creative Fashions
      149 2 A miniature show of creative fashions, seen lecently in London, incorporated new designs by the finest craftsmen. One firm displayed a range of decorated glass buttons, costume jewellery, and earclips. The makers claim to have introduced an entirely new industry to Britain on these lines and to have
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      DOUSED A BABY
      119 2 SIX-MONTH-OLD John Robert Robson, son of Major William Robson, was crying in his perambulator on a flat roof at home in Chester square, Belgravia. S.W. According to Mr. Charles Woodruff of Eton-mews -south, a neighbour, the Hon. Mrs. Ursula Broderick, appeared at her bath-room window and twice
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      STYLE CAPITAL
      372 2 BY A FREE PRESS SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT FASHIONS in every style capital are still hovering on the edge of development which will set the pace for a steady trend in post-war style. In Britain designers have been forced by shortages to limit their experiments. But this, on the whole,
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      Tips for the Night-Shift
      94 2 > TIGHT-SHIFT workers I should not go to bed immediately they return home in the morning. They should act as if they had finished a normal day shift. This advice is given in the pamphlet "Going on Night Shift?" issued by the Central Council for Health
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      33 2 F lino uP {h l|EjJ the head in.; J e position l ;,;;tndi^ times ana ui<*' waist ml,, up too Hi 'Tr j thP nec J clos will S "t f" r tb
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      TODAY'S BRIDGE PROBLEM
      263 2 WEST opened the diamond queen which East wrongly allowed to hold the trick. Stuck for ago Hi play, West shifted to a heart and East's jack was captured by Souths queen. Declarer cashe-J! the heart ace and came out with the ten-spot, putting West In again. Getting
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      30 2 Ai ic.it the exercise in columns one u| A u^ tether and bend 25 more times torn h, j iWi^|^| front of you. Then see below in < -olumn h m
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      29 2 FRESH >/'«*'' CARPETS PLAIN AND DESIGNED KASHMIR FELT RUGS. STAIRCASE RUNNERS IN BEIGt GRB* GIFT PARCELS TO U* PACKING POSTAGF FR £E S.QURESHI&^; 67, THE ARCADE, SWGAVO**^ TEL. 6453 3R\L*^\
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      101 2 dffdfdfddffdfdf SINGAPORE Blue Network 12.00—2.00 p-m 485 metres to ttu medium wave band A 7.22 megacycle per second In the 41 metre band. 00—11 00 pun.— 4Bs metres In me medium wave band 4.825 megacycles pet second in the 61 metre band except from 1 45—9 30 f>.m when the
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      367 2 r< !ayed from The Mountbatten Club; i.30 Short Story; 10.45 "Music from aterica" Glenn Miller His Dance .nd; 11 pm. News Summary Close Down. MALAY PROGRAMME: 12 p.m. Programme Summary; 12.05 Domestic Programme; 12.45 News; 1 p.m. Close Djwn. 6 p.m. Programme Summary; 6.05 '-Believe It or Not"; 6.30 Interlude;
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      298 2 10 p.m. World News; 10.15 Music from the Films Excerpts from Film Sound Tracks; 10.30 Romance in Muse; 10.45 Australian News; 11 p.m. Talk "Background to AusTalia"; 11.05 Australian Singer of the Day Kathleen Goodall Sprano; 11.15 Talk— I "Review of Economic News'"; 11.30 Close Down. S.EJV.C. RADIO SEAG broadcasting
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      147 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR Fortune forecast tor people bom today DORN today, you have a fine D intellect and your mental versatility can bring; vou to real and lasting success. It also can be the cause of your becoming a rolling stone who is good at a number of different things,
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  • NEWS...
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      MARINES OCCUPY 'TOWN OF DEATH'
      438 3 Dutch pushed on after 'cease fire' KAMAL (Madura), Thursday. K j s j town of death. Tuj Dutch naval forces hi.h landed here on Sunday found death and ntial death everywhere. Trees and telephone Pf e were te-tooned with home-made grenades at- :^j to tip
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      INDIA SANS LUXURY IMPORTS
      133 3 M tadia's exchange I nunent or the further I mt biles. 1 un:a:n I *ars an dgarettes, I: radios xr.i aem Iv -i ?r-ss bvui I I i r" Jtatexn Dt says ■t ir it bee ime ap■r ra ale of I mmercia] Be r.r.|B advene
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      UK TRANSPORT IS NATIONALISED
      39 3 I tads his inpa tussle r na by Sec rrr'- Qta 3 1 culture Euad ITansport Bills 3 Bills r H yal as ent 3.:. suamtkeea i fOTides f or state ooanagenient mst ntiol Reuter
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      RESPONSIBILITY ENDS ON AUG 15
      64 3 4 FTER Aug. 15. the Governments r\ of India and Pakistan will be responsible for the maintenance of law and order in their resr>ec- tive territories. Minister of Defence. Mr Albert Alexander, stated tn a Parliamentary reply. British troops, he said, would not be available
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      SIKHS UTTER WARNING OF CIVIL WAR
      304 3 SIKHS UTTER WARNING OF CIVIL WAR r. GANDA SINGH, leader of the Sikh mission now in Britain to present the Sikh case in regard to partition, told a press conference in London: "We want no postpone* ment of the award by the Boundary Commission (now engaged on fixing the Union
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      ARRESTED AMERICAN IS'MISSING'
      148 3 MR. Stephen Thuransky, a United States citiaen arrested by the Hungarian police on Aug. 1 for allegedly insulting the Hungarian Government, was "kidnapped" out of the hands of the Hungarian authorities, the Hungarian Acting Foreign Minister, said in a second note replying to American protests over the
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      THEY BANNED SWIM-SUITS
      84 3 DEAUTY in clothes has won what might be called a Curves v. Clothes preliminary contest for the title of Miss Teignmcuth. England The town's publicity committee firs: asked candidates to in photographs of themselves in bathing costumes. Not only were entries very few but the Question i
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      Puppet chiefs re-emerging
      347 3 T*WO men, who were leaders during the Japanese A occupation in what are now the only free countries in South-east Asia, have been showing marked signs of re-emergence in the political arenas of their States, says United Press. Phibun Songsrram, wartime Premier of Siam and who was
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      THE ZULUS START A HOLY WAR
      113 3 THE ZULUS START A HOLY WAR /GOVERNMENT officer are inves\J tigating a holy war in Zuiuiand. Hundreds of Zulus from the mines of Transvaal and farms of Natal are returning home to protect their wives and prooerty from rival religious sects. Officers of South Africa's Native Affairs Department say that
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      LABOUR MP IS CENSURED
      76 3 A.P. EVELYN WALKDEN, Labour M.P. for Doncaster. was held to be guilty of a breach of privilege by the House of Commons Committee of Privileges on Wednesday in connection with his disclosure of confidential proceedings to a London newspaper. The Committee issued this censure after considering
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      'JAPAN SELF-DEFENCE WAR' PLEA FAILS
      250 3 TOKIO. Thursday. THE defence attempt to prove that economic pressure provoked Japan into war of 'self-de-fence" against the Allied Nations was blocked by the prosecution's successful objection to the introflncttan of a series of documents describing the British Commonwealth trade agreements and united States reciprocal
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      USES JET FOR HIS U.K. TRIPS
      50 3 USES JET FOR HIS U.K. TRIPS Air-Marshal Sir James Robb, 52-year-old chief of the Fighter Command, icith the Gloster Meteor jet plane ichich he uses for visits to R.A.F. stations in Britain. This was the plane which gained for Britain the world air speed record of 616 m.p.h. last year.
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      MISSIONARY BEAT GIRLS ALLEGATION
      105 3 MISSIONARY BEAT GIRLS ALLEGATION ALLEGATIONS that native gUls between 10 and 18 were oeaten with a sjambok (a leather-covered stick) by a British missionary were given in court at Shabani, Rhodesia. Reginald Stephen Garfkid Todd, superintendent of the Dadaya mission, appeared fur preparatory examination on 59 allegations of assault. Todd,
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      WORK LEAST AND GET MOST
      43 3 AUSTRALIAN workers did less A. work annually for their wages than any other workers in the world, and received the greatest number of public holidays, Mr. R. R. Sholl. K.C., told the Full Arbitration Court in Sydney.— Reuter
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      BEHEADING 'PART OF JAP RITUAL'
      81 3 JAPANESE surgeon. Lieut. Tensuo Osihi, one of a.r.e men accused of the atrocity murders of 10 Americans on Truk. island, testified that his decapitation of two prisoners was part of a Japanese ritual. Replying to defence questions. Osihi said he had r.o desire to participate
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      US. PRESS WARNS OF ATOM RACE
      731 6 World forgetting Hiroshima horror "TTHE world is engaged in an atom bomb armament 1 race and there is no sign that the pace is soon to do slow down," says the New York HeraW-Tribime m an editorial on the second anniversary on the atom-bombing
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      54 6 Lieut.-Col. Charles Newman, V.C., chats loith two of his men as work starts on the site of the Ministry of Town and Country Pfenning's new town of Stevenage three minutes after Parliament apvroved the new town— which will be completed in 1962. Col. Newman led the Commando raid on St.
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      MARSHAL LI IS EXPELLED
      78 6 MARSHAL LI CHI-SEN, critic of the Chinese National Government who is now living in Hong Kong, has been expelled from the Kuomintang. China's dominant political party. No official explanation of this action was given but certain political quarters in Nanking accused Marshal Li of associating himself
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      Search tor tin in America
      91 6 THE U.S. Bureau of Mines announces that it will make 35 explorations for strategic metals and minerals on the nation's scarcity list. Mr. Lowell B. Moon, chief of the Bureau's mining branch, said the search, in 19 states and Alaska, will centre on about eight
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      Discoverer of 'Atlantis' is very upset
      215 6 Discoverer of 'Atlantis' is very upset APSYCHO-ANALYSIST, Dr. F. Bruce Russell, told United Press in Hollywood that he should not have announced his discovery of mummies of 9- foot tall men who sported modern suits and Dutch bobs "until an expedition of the best paleontologists we can get officially inspects
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      EX-COLONEL CHARGED
      40 6 William Evans of Santa Barbara, a former Army Colonel, was ordered to appear on Nov. 12 for Federal Court trial on charges of stealing $100,000 in Jap gold when he was army civil affairs officrr in Formosa.- U.P.
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      PALESTINE MINING
      33 6 Prospecting and mining of radio-active minerals in Palestine, in the event of any being discovered there, will be strictly controlled by the Palestine Government under new legislation gazetted on Wednesday.- Reuter
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      India problem vexes UNO
      350 6 THE future of Indian delegations in the United Nations after the partition on Aug. 15 has created one of the most difficult behind the scenes problems among high United Nations officials, reports Reutei from Lake Success, New York. The United Nations Secretariat is understood to be
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      Hong Kong as big centre of smuggling
      292 6 Hong Kong as big centre of smuggling •TOE Chinese Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs i) r 1 Yett, has called upon the British Government 'f* operation in suppressing the extensive smug;r} inw Hong Kong and China, reports Reuter from NankV ""I** months ago, he discloses, China had requited ftL t
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      £20 MILLION TO REBUILD GREECE
      54 6 THE U.S. State Department, giv- ing high priority to the reconstruction of Greek roads, railways and ports as a part of the U.5.5300,000,000 aid programme to bolster that nation against Communism, awarded contracts totalling U 5. 582 ,400 ,000 (about £20,--000,000) to American construction and
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      28 6 Peter Nelson, 3. of Droylsden, suburb of Manchester, handles with ease a Bofors gun at an anti-aircraft display at Manchester, so sensitive are the controls of the gun.
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      SWISS FIRST TO CLIMB KEDARNATH
      108 6 SWISS FIRST TO CLIMB KEDARNATH FOUR members the Himalaya spediti n tw made climb.:., Ml the first men 22.500 ft. M Mil K c. mountain" th H. Swiss Insuur- I UpiD IploratioD has inn m i Zurich. Member.- id* put Andre Bocli Alexaadw Rene Dittert and A.:: Bcttc The expediti
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      NAVAL SURPLUS FOOD SALE
      62 6 told a Quesiuri'T ID men Commons thai about IWJJ of miscellaneous 1 to naval requirements jere offer for sale to civilians... pore on July 1 They were offered 1 r.*« ly on the advict ol the j^-j Food. The item.- comprise milk, dried and nnnt-c y^.
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      'LOST' WEEK-END
      43 6 FOK Pt^V PEGGY, a «on*«ld* J* peared on a f ntiy Jui while being taken B* near Dover nover^ On Saturday nignt station reported I five miles out at sea A speedboat rescued^ was returnied 10 h?r A. C Moody— nono
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      8 3 v- teevft*! j 01l| E«m OPTICAL CO., [arzanT
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      108 3 fyottOCWt CvLuKUtS -fall backouTJcmio Provided it is there of course but no sensible housewife today would neglect the precaution of having a tin on hand for emergencies. What a relief too when unexpected guests arrive to be able to offer them a refreshing cup of tea or to serve later
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  • LEADER...
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      The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY, AUGJST 8, 1947. The New Battle Of Britain
      801 4 The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY, AUGJST 8, 1947. The New Battle Of Britain IN whai he aptiy described as the "new Battle of Britain," the Prime Minister. Mr. Clement Attlee, has called upon the British people to accept further austerity measures. perhaps smaller rations and certainly harder work than they
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      MR. CHURCHILL
      1305 4  -  PETER HOWARD A re-abbraisal of the greatest living Englishman Courage and faith are keys to his climb by WINSTON CHUR--11 CHILL was once asked, "Do you prefer politics or war? tie answered, "Politics are almost as exciting as war and quite as dangerous. In war, you can only
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      EMPLOYERS' ORGANISATIONS
      186 4 EMPLOYERS' ORGANISATIONS Principles Of Trade Unionism-S This is the fifth of a series of papers by Mr. John A. Brazier, Trade Union Adviser to Singapore and the Malayan Union. "TiMPLOiTERS' organisaJCj tions vary greatly in structure and function, some restricting tl-emselves to questions of industrial relations, others being concerned more-or-less
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      Library Problem
      174 4 A PROBLEM to be considered at India House now that the Independence Bill has become law is the disposal of the oldest and largest specialist Oriental library in the world. The library now numbers more than 250,000 books and many valuable manuscripts, which for several years have been
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      PEOPLE IN S'PORE MAKE NEWS
      938 4 PEOPLE IN S'PORE MAKE NE WS AT the age of thirteen a young Malayan, DAVID NG of Penang, has surprisad radio listeners with his remarkable talent on the accordeon and piano. He is now broadcasting regularly from Penang and gives weekly performance at the International Club. David started his musical
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      19 4 H.H. the Sultan of Johore and La !y Ibrahim seen on Ea ling Studios. London Mtf. W. H. XETTON
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      FAITH
      16 4 FJUTH^ Let no man with vain J«J ffj fruit ol the SI^W and truth r
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      43 4 QUIZ 1. What county did Henry VIII describe in his answer to a petition from the people of that county as "one of the most brute and beastly in the whole realm?" 2. Who stood amazed at his own moderation?" ANSWERS IN PAGE
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  • LOCAL NEWS...
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      BULLDOZED VILLAGE: PLEA FOR ACTION
      235 5 BULLDOZED VILLAGE: PLEA FOR ACTION 1 fRf Press >u*il tieporter r Government is consideration" Advisory Coun- c Tal Vw at x should be co.. thei or not tne ,r Board had .V :;ce m flattenSrStl l buU^r. ba; t*e McNeic e reolldoaiiig episode .rcUd to the PubMr Tan. speaking OouncU
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      Indonesians reply to N.E.I. Chinese
      381 5 Indonesians reply to N.E.I. Chinese 'SCORCHED EARTH' LOSSES Free Press Staff Reporter DEFERRING to complaints of the Chinese in Indonesia, some A of whom had suffered at the hands of the Republican Army, Dr. R. Oetoyo, Secretary-Ger.eral of the Indones'an Ministry of Foreign Affairs, told the Free Press in an
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      FREE SCHOOLING PLAN ADOPTED
      70 5 Free Press Staff Reporter UNDER the ten-year education plan for free primary education, adopted by the Singapore Advisory Cuancil yesterday, parents of all races will be free to choose whether to send their children to an English primary school or a vernacular school. Children from the
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      LAWYER'S WIFE GETS DECREE
      121 5 A DECREE nisi to be made absolute in three months was granted to Phyllis Evelyn Leicester by the Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Murray- Aynsley, at the Singapore Supreme Court yesterday, when she petitioned for the dissolution of her marriage with Nelson Norbert Leicester, a Singapore lawyer,
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      H.K. IS SENDING TRADE MISSION
      68 5 Free Press Chinese Corres. A Chinese trade mission from Hong Kong, consisting of 15 representatives of Chinese manufacturers, will conduct an inspection tour of Singapore and Malaya about the middle of August. The group will be bringing to Malaya samples of their products with a
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      SERVICESS STOP HOUSE REQUISITION
      303 5 SERVICESS STOP HOUSE REQUISITION Trade School being vacated Free Press Staff Reporter THE Singapore Government Trade School in Balestier 1 Road and Balestier Plain will shortly be vacated by the Army. This will reduce further the places held under requisition by the Services who are today occupying a total of
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      39 5 For exceptionally meritorious services to the United NatioJis during the war, BISHOP EDWIN F. LEE was yesterday awarded the American Medal of Merit by the American Con-sul-General, Mr. Paul Josselyn. The presentation took place at the U.S. Consulate-General, Singapore.
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      MORE CLOTH RELEASED FOR SALE
      80 5 mHREE hundred thousand yards A of textiles have just been distributed in Singapore througn the Chambers of Commerce for sale to the public. The textiles corsist of the following Cotton prints retailing at SI 12 a yard; printed shirting at $1. ard and printed long
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      PRIZES FOR TB STAMP DESIGNS
      157 5 PRIZES FOR TB STAMP DESIGNS THE Singapore Stamp Club is offering prizes to Singapore school-children for designs necessary for two projects it has in hand The Club has approached the Government with the suggestion that in order to raise funds to combat the anti-T.B. menace in Singapore, a specially-designed Health
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      DIAMOND JUBILEE
      44 5 ffiAIPING, ThursGay. ConsecratJ. ed on August 10, 1887, by Bishop Hose. All Saints Church, Taiping. will celebrate its diamond jubilee tomorrow and there will be special services on Sunday, August 10. All Saints Is the oldest English church in the Malayan Union.
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      MALAYAN SULTANS AID INDONESIA
      49 5 Malaya's nine Rulers have contributed $5,000 to the Indonesian Red Cross Society. Th <s was officially announced by the representative of the International Red Cress in Malaya, Mr. 11. Schweizer, yesterday. Another donation of $850 was also received from the Pergerakan Mclaya Semananjong, Johore Bahru.
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      INDONESIAN AID WEEK IS PLANNED
      199 5 INDONESIAN AID WEEK IS PLANNED Free Press Staff Reporter FOLLOWING a meeting held at the Maiayan Democratic Union, the Indonesian Aid Committee of Singapore has decided to seek registration under the Societies Ordinance. Immediately this has been done, the committee will stage an Indonesian Aid Week in Singapore. The object
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      FIVE YEARS FOR REVOLVER
      82 5 Sentence of nve years' rigorous imprisonment was imposed on a young Chinese. Lim Ton Seah, at the Assizes yesterday, when he pleaded guilty to two charges of carrying a revolver and being in unlawful possession of five rounds of ammunition at the junction of Sungei and
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      196 5 Free tress Waterfront •teiiorter TWO Japanese warships—Britain's second allotment— are expected to arrive in Singapore either today or tomorrow from Sasebo, Japan. A third destroyer broke down at Hong Kong, and will make the trip later The two destroyers and five escort vessels left Hong Kon? on
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      72 5 A new 56-foot passenger tender for the Singapore Immigration Department, which was launched from the Tanjong Rhu shipyard of Thornycroft Ltd., the builders, on Wednesday. The launch is powered by a single 120 HP. Diesel engine, and is capable of 12 knots. Thornycroft's shipyard is also building a fleet of
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      Rice concealment case postponed 2 months
      468 5 THE case against the former Officer-in-Charge of the Singa--1 pore Food Control Inspectorate, Chief Inspector Claude William Roberts, a European, who is charged with the abetment of two rice concealment offences, has been postponed to Oct. 10. It has been announced at Friday's hearing
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      TO VISIT SELETAR
      25 5 The Singapore Aero-modelleff Association will visit Seletar at the invitation of the RAJ. on Sunday. Contest flving will begin at 10 am
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      147 6 Excellent Entertainment! Excellent Acting Again The Best Movie in Singapore Today Four Shows 1.30 4 630 9.30 p. m. "^B aw -^af^ 9 BBb^^m .A .»k HO«AC£ McNAUY ROB£BlT K BARJW ****F A UNIVERSAL RELEASE Children's Matinees Tomorrow «5c Sunday 11. a.m Errol Fly nn In "SAN ANTONIO" (In Technicolour)
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      105 6 JANE Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press in Malaya R If' il&3 HCM AMIGOS, LEtNJ SENOR VELARDEN IS TRUE, SENOR^ KWHERE HE^y /BUT— I WOULD Wjr /ffl US DISOISS THIS CALMLY, VERY GALLANTLY SAVED ERIC AND THE KEEPS A f PREFER THE rfe^V^V UKE A MEETIN G ME FROM THE
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      544 7 M'Sex Forced To n IjVNUVN, Thursday. DETER Smith, Essex all-rounder, established what is believed to be a record score in first class cricket for a number eleven batsman when he made 163 in the match between Essex and Derbyshire here today. His last wicket stand with F. H. Vicar
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      Dado Marino Fights Peter Kane Tonight
      173 7 Dado Marino Fights Peter Kane Tonight rBtffOIESffBB. Thursday. hr h little 30-year-old A S ,i liian Dado Marino, chief A lU u tr the vacant world t !llt m l h m'Pionship title, and i^ar-old ivi*r Kane, former the same crown, h 7 ,a'- tomorrow's tentun- at Bellevuc rou d
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      FRIENDLY BADMINTON
      68 7 THE Treasurer's Dept. branch of the Singapore Municipal Services Union will meet the Harbour Board Special Constabularly in a friendly game ol badminton to be played at the SVC. Hall at 2 p.m. tomorrow. The following will represent the Treasurer's Dept. Branch:— Tan Huat Keng. H. Hoeden, Lim
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      New gadgets to help Athletes
      316 7 New gadgets to help Athletes By The Sports Editor ITHLETES in Singapore were, perhaps intrigued by the A brief me»at:e from the White City Stadium, London, nhich was publi>hed in the Free Press on Tuesday, stating thai i remote control starting gun— operated by a press butt«n ahn-ast af the
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      DONNELLY MAY PULY FOR WARWICKS
      138 7 MARTIN DONNELLY. Oxford Universiiy's captain this year, and probabl} the finest left-handed batsman in the world. Is expected to nlay ;or Warwickshire. Having finished his University training, he is likely to take up a business appointment in Warwickshire. He will, therefore, have a residential Qualification
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      STORE CHESS RESULTS
      89 7 £)R. Yeoh Bok Choon has won the choss champinship in the league tournament of the Singapore Chess c: :b. with a half-point over the run-ner-up. Dr. L**e Siew Choh, who scored 12 point?. Neoh Chee Khuan, with 11 points, was third, and Lim Hee Seng fourth with
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      S.A.O.B. CRICKET
      26 7 1 St I r ket T fa i at w: tp, S M J.' D t. G. B «rs t Hill c the S.B.C
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      SPORTSMEN AT BASE HQ HAVE FULL PROGRAMME
      351 7 By Maurice Burton FRTHER steps have be«n taken by R.AF. Base Headquarters to ensure that the men of Base get as much sport as it is possible for them to have. A few weeks ago a badminton court was made for the use
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      Referee Stops The Fight
      58 7 Referee Johnny Behr moves in during the sixth round of the Middleweight championship fight on July 16 to pull Rocky Graziano from hitting; distance of Tony Zale, who is collapsing through the ropes. These pictures tell the story of the last few seconds of the fight
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      Angulha was not at his best
      503 7 Free Press Staff Reporter S.C.F.A. Juniors 3 Indians 2 AIDED by an indifferent display by goalkeeper Angullia who was not at his best and let in three goals which he normally would have saved, the Chinese Juniors beat the Indians by the odd goal
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      Nourse Scores 205 Not Out
      232 7 BIRMINGHAM, Thursday. TJITTING with tremendous power and purpose, Dudley Nourse, with a chanceless 205 not out, became the first South African batsman t o score a double century on the present tour when the South African cricketers gained a first innings lead of 190 against
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      Aussies Lead In Davis Cup
      77 7 MONTREAL. Thursday. AUSTRALIA wan the two i\ opening singles of their North American zone final with Canada in the Davis Cud competition here today when Dirmy Pails, Australian singles champion, beat Henry Rochon 6 l, 6—4, 6—2, and Geoff Brown beat Brenden Macken 6 4.
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      ENGLISH FOOTBUL BEGINS ON AUG. 23
      84 7 LONDON. Thurs. PNGLISH football begins on Aug. 23. The Scottish League kick-off Is thi? Saturday. With the claims of cricket in mind, the Football Association oppose any encroachment on the summer months. They were reluctant to extend last winter's weather hit season. Overlapping is
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      MRS. MENZIES TO RETIRE FROM TENNIS
      86 7 SOUTH ORANJE, Thurs. DECLARING that her husband loathed the game, Mrs. Kay Stammers Menzies, Number 1 Wightman Cup player, said that after 17 years of playing, she had decided to retire. "This 'w. ill be my last year of tennis. I have my full
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      GOLF VENUE FIXED
      39 7 LONDON, Thurs. The 1948 British Golf Amateur tournament will be held over the Royal SI. George's Club course at Sa^dwicn, starting on May 24, the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews announced today.- A.P.
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      Owens Takes Six Wickets For 16
      214 7 IN a low scoring game of cricked on Wednesday at Paya Lebar, R.A.F. Base Headquarters registered their third successive win when they beat R.A.F. Paya Labar by four wickets. The success was largely due to gcod bowling by Owens who took 6 wickets for
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      DOES MILE IN 4min. 7sec.
      42 7 STOCKHOLM. Thursday. T ENNART STAND. Sweden's outLi standing middle distance runner, reeled off the mile in 4 min, 7 sec. yesterday to capture the feature event of the Stockholm track and field events, reports A.P. from Stockholm.
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      46 7 Au WRESTLING HAPPY WORLD WMMI AUGUST 9th 1947 at 8.30 P.M. ULDHAR JAGINDAR; l (Conqueror Of Bsnta Sinrh) BOSCA BOA I HARMAN Mm (a. p.T.c.) HOLLAND 1O x 5 LITTLE FURY EDGE lo x BASROPAN (India) sid i Including B. D. Sinrh '-m'ty I Tax Promoter
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      297 7 Free Press Crossword No. I*s B^B^M L^B^bl B^B^B^B^M 1 1 I I I 1, He is to be first Governor-General of the new Dominion of Pakistan (6). 6, Member of a North American Indian tribe (6). 7, Boundary by passing which one becomes committed tc an enterprise (7). 8, A
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      40 8 H^l£ (for Australians): Wynyard Square, Sydney, is^amiliar as the te™» n J* buses serving the North Shore suburbs beyond Sydney's Harbour Bridg t. Office^^ n^£iJX. pers find Wynyard Square a haven from the down-town bustle of Australia s liveliest metropolis.
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      MONTY HEARS REPORT ON PALESTINE
      473 8 MONTY HEARS REPORT ON PALESTINE Martial law TEWISH terrorists struck again at Palestine railways today J as Lieut-Gen. Gordon MacmMan, British Army chid^ in Palestine, was flying to Cairo with a first-hand account of the situation for Field-Marshal Lord Montgomery, Chief of the Imperial General Staff, who is due to
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      37 8 In the Japanese village of Itsukaichi, the Kc^^-y-h^ Emancipation) Man." holds a group of Japanesi farmm bound as he tells them of land reform, which tnU irZ. about five million acres of land to tenantt AJ>. picfS^
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      JEW REFUGEES MAY BE SENT TO EAST AFRICA
      174 8 MARSEILLES, Thursday. rpHE 4,500 would-be illegal Jewish J. immigrants to Palestine, who for the past ten days have been lying off the French coast near here in three British ships, will be told tomorrow that if they do not go ashore they
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      NEW INDOCHINA PEACE HOPES
      78 8 SAIGON, Thursday. (jOPES of peace in Indochina, where the French and Vietnamese nationalists have been fighting since the end of December, have been revived by a statement by M. Emile Bollaert, French High Commissioner, that he would shortly disclose details of a new "charter" for Vietnam.
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      MINES MERGER NEGOTIATIONS
      75 8 Free Press Stall Correspondent LONDON, Thursday. AT the annual general meeting today of the Tanjong Tin Dredging Company, the Chairman, Mr. R. C. S. Avory, declared that amalgamation with the Sungei Luas Tin Dredging Company, if finalised on lines proposed by the Tanjang Board, would greatly benefit
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      TITO TALKS OF US BLOCKADE'
      252 8 BELGRADE, Thursday. MARSHAL Tito, Yugoslav Premier, declared in an iTI interview today that the United States was building "a kind of economic blockade" round Yugoslavia This blockade, he said, took the form that "American official circles have not allowed us to buy machinery for the
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      22 DEAD, 35 HURT IN TRAIN CRASH
      43 8 IT Is now Uarned in Pra-ue that 1 22 people were killed and 35 injured in the derailment of the Balkan Express on Tuesday on the Morovian-Slovak border. The driver and fireman have been arreGied.- Reuter
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      SEAFORTH MEMORIAL
      17 8 The Seaforth Highlanders War Memorial Fund closes on Sept. 1. £30.000 has been raised Reuter
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      TRIBUTES TO INDIA SERVICES
      205 8 LONDON, Thursday. STRIKING tributes to the work of the civil and military services in India— both British and Indian were paid in both Houses of Parliament today. In the House of Commons, the Prime Minister, Mr. Clement Attlee, referring to what he termed the termination of
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      MOST SECTIONS REMAIN QUIET
      514 8 MOST SECTIONS REMAIN QUIET London Stock Exchange Shell (uti 4 Ti H Turner Newal] BIRRFRS Anglo-Dvji f Kepone (2 Rubber Trust 24 Kair.uiuxt. II- Londor. ON) 4 41 Malayan 5 M I Sungu Bed S jTronoh CS I' sro( k HMfli ;c i&l ladm I (bt Do* Bi ;'C Gold
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      S'PORE RUBBER PRICES TODAY
      73 8 S'PORE RUBBER PRICES TODAY A *ives thepnces^ I H am today WJ£ NO 1 144 o; 4 loose No 1 R>^ rcc in bale- xucw" jNo 2 R.S.S I* ,g» in bale No 3 RS.S fof in bal- Au.us* f Tone of Market tion's T>rne> were: prf* 1 No 18-S
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      73 8 WE A THER Fair periods WEATHER report for the next 24 hours compiled* by the B.A.F: Fair periods and occasional tfhundery showers. Wind: South-easterly, light to moderate, gusty in showers. Sunset 6.42, sunrise 6.35. Moonrise 11.27 p.m., mconset 11.51 a.m. Temperatures: Max 87 deg F. min. 75.7. deg. F. Rainfall:
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