The Singapore Free Press, 3 September 1947
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Title Section108 1947-09-03 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA ***** "7TK)DAY money docs not go farﾗbut it joes fast," says Mr. S. A. Iyer, Honorary Secretary of the Singapore Harbour Board Staff Association commenting on a $4-increase m cost of living allowance paid by the Board to its employees over108 words
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Article447 1947-09-03 1 30, 000 Yorkshire miners now out ISOUTHPORT, (LANCS.) Tuesday. THE Trades Union Congress today castigated the 1 Labour Government for "anaemic leadership/ 9 shouted down Mr. Attlee's defenders and then voted m favour of closer co-operation with the Government m its plan for theA.P.; U.P. - 447 words
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Article, Illustration19 1947-09-03 1 SI WST4CJ MISSENDEN p.-:. tht SouthH lota i a In en apitoM i i mI". A.P.A.P. - 19 words
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Article220 1947-09-03 1 tree Press Staff Reporter INippeal will be made at the Liaison Officers' conference n Singapore today by the Ceylon representative, Ir X Mvapiliai. to help Ceylon make good the ;tN>«J tons of rice she is estimated to have lost m fee recent floods. tin floods220 words
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Article82 1947-09-03 1 IrOAM will get £31 for every ton O of rice she exports after Sept. 1. according to a Siamese Government communique issued m Bangkok. Siam will continue :o export rice at least until the end of 1948 on this basis. The communique said that jReuter - 82 words
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Article138 1947-09-03 1 BEVIN SEES TWO MORE CRISIS YEARS S~>U i'iiPOxiT, lEng.), Tuesday. 11HE Foreign Secretary. Mr. i. Ernest Bevin, tonight called on British workers to accept drastic measures as an alternative to dictatorship. "I want this old country to remain democratic," Bevin said at a dinner of the Transport and General Workers'A.P. - 138 words
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Article64 1947-09-03 1 Free Press Staff Reporter mHE Singapore Police last night J. detained an Indian m connection with a triple stabbing case, which occurred among Indian labourers m a military establishment at the 12i mile Sembawang Road last night. Three labourers, who sustained stab wounds, were taken to64 words
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233 1947-09-03 1 LONDON, Tuesday. REPRESENTATIVE Christian Heater, head of the United States Congress Committee on Foreign Aid, whose report is likely to become the basis for American decisions on the Marshall Plan for Europe, said m London tonight that it would be "impossible to reachReuter; U.P. - 233 words
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Article, Illustration86 1947-09-03 1 DATO SPEAKS TO UMNO Ddo Onn bin Ja'a/ar making his presidential address at the opening session oj the UMNO's general assembly at the Istana Besar, Johore Bahru, yesterday. Now that the Federation of i Malaya had been proposed, he appealed to all Malays to play their part m shaping the86 words
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Article258 1947-09-03 1 LONDON, Tuesday. AS the time when Britain will have to start paying for dollar imports out of her sold and dollar reserves rapidly approaches, it was officially announced yesterday that a Dominions conference will be held m London, probably within the next two or threeReuter - 258 words
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Article84 1947-09-03 1 Free Press Staff Reporter. A meeting of Economic Advisers m Singapore and the Malayan Union and officials of the Import and Export Departments and Foreign Exchange Offices opened m Singapore this morning to review Malaya's economic policy j and map out an austerity programme. I84 words
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Article75 1947-09-03 1 Free Press Staff Reporter A TOTAL of 3,176 Singapore citizens had registered as voters up to Saturday evening. The end of the week saw ai rapid increase m the numbers registering and this increase continues. A special registration office m the Singapore Harbour Board re- gistered75 words
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Article363 1947-09-03 1 27 MORE DIE IN BOMBAY CALCUTTA NEW DELHI, Tuesday. IJIOTING spread today to Bombay, where a 35-hour curfew has been imposed following the stabbing of 22 persons m various parts of the city. Five of the victims died. Troops have been called out, and armed police are patrolling the desertedReuter; A.P. - 363 words
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Article45 1947-09-03 1 rpHE acting Governor-General of 1 Netherlands, Dr. Hubertus Van Mook, arrived at Schiphol (Amsterdam) airport from Batayia yesterday for consultations with the Dutch Cabinet about the Indonesian situation. He said the United Nations Security Council's intervention had not facilitated matters.45 words
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Article40 1947-09-03 1 Free Press Staff Reporter A house m Paya Lebar Road was broken into at 2 o'clock this morning by three Chinese robbers, two of whom were armed with pistols. The robbers took away $70 cash and some jewellery40 words
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Article975 1947-09-03 2 Around Singapore Shops lAUCE, you will re- member, was wondering whether or not to make a daisychain when the White Rabbit ran by her. She ran after him and saw him pop down a large rabbit-hole, so m she went after him and found herself fallingF.G. - 975 words
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Article, Illustration37 1947-09-03 2 Pale blue moire is used for this dinner dress with an exaggerated hobble skirt, cap sleeves and a daringly low neck-line. The bodice is trimmed with purple flowers and the wearer has purple plumes m her hair.37 words
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Article170 1947-09-03 2 Fortune forecast for people bom today DOKN today, you have the rather unusual combination of being practical as well as artistic. You are fond of all beauty and should have creative talent m music, Literature and perhaps the drama. You have a rather deep inner life which170 words
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Miscellaneous589 1947-09-03 2 CfNr > npr)BF VLG10 25.51 metres 11.76 megacycles; WEDNEbUAl iliNUnrUKt |#Jf g w VLc4 w M Afternoon Blue Network metre. 16.82 megacycles; 10.00 pan. to j p m World News p^^. t M 12.00—2.00 pA. —485 metre* In tfce lI15 V*™ 16.82 metres 17.84 H ot Spot; 1.15 Variations on589 words
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Article, Illustration358 1947-09-03 3 BRITAIN A LAND OF THOU SHALT NOT Crisis brings unprecedented controls Britain is a land of "thou shalt not" Post-war economic distress is converting Britain into a country where restrictions and regulations hamper the everyday life of every citizen. And nobody likes it, writes Ed Creagh, A.P. correspondent m London.A.P. - 358 words
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Article112 1947-09-03 3 DUTCH delegates to the Moral Rearmament World Assembly at Caux (Switzerland) cave a "practical demonstration of the movement's unifying ideology** when they presented a bouquet of red and white flowers, colours of the Indonesian Republic, to fellow Indonesian delegates. Representatives of both sides at the CauxReuter - 112 words
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Article34 1947-09-03 3 Charles P. Skouras, a moving picture theatre financier, is listed by the U.S. Treasury Department as the nations leading money earner during the past, year with U. 5.5568,143.. 5568,143. A. P.A.P. - 34 words
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116 1947-09-03 3 THE Chinese Prime Minister, Gen. Chang Chun, told United Press that there would be no change either m the domestic or foreign policy of the Chinese Government as a result of the Wedemeyer mission. "There were many things which Gen. Wedemeyer did not know,"U.P. - 116 words
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Article74 1947-09-03 3 ARMOURED cars, complete with gun turret, fetched from £65 to £130 at a British Ministry of Supply auction of surplus vehicles at Elstow (Beds). Mr. R. Dixon, of Hunsdon, j (Herts) who bought several armoured cars, said the steel plate would go for scrap and74 words
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Article29 1947-09-03 3 The Somerset Maugham Award for 1947 has been given to Miss A. L. Barker for a volume of short stories published by the Hogarth Press.- ReuterReuter - 29 words
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Article321 1947-09-03 3 NEW YORK, Tuesday. THE British coal-mining and manufacturing industries ire snarled m a net of inefficient management, on! equipment and antiquated techniques, says Mr. Hr :J van Thaden, American industrialist who has ju>t ittami from a four-month inspection trip m EmLiui. France. Belgium and the Netherlands. MiA.P. - 321 words
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Article107 1947-09-03 3 MEXICO OIL DISPUTE SETTLED T"^ years' jici dispute briween Mexico and ne Mexican «£.e 0:: C --.pa... over comfcjation :>r ;n r Mexican Govtr;?/"' x;: Pna^on of leases ?-?e-lu:e> and refineries has Been settled President Miguel Jf:^ v:i v Mexican Conr?» :n Mexico City on Monday. nriMkul said thai neeor-:.Reuter - 107 words
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Article14 1947-09-03 3 GANG OF YOUTHS KILLED POLICEMAN Reuter Milan r ais- 1 and1D- wi oi aReuter - 14 words
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Article40 1947-09-03 3 An Iran report says that the Prime Minister, Ahmed Qavam had "refused to accept the responsibility" of heading a new government, as he feels he did not Sain a large enmicrh maioritv at the elections.— A.P.A.P. - 40 words
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325 1947-09-03 3 NEW YORK, Tuesday. MR. Clifford S. Strike, chairman of the special War Department Committee to investigate conditions m Japan, advocates an immediate repeal of the Pauley reparations plan and urges the United States to act "even if it means making a separate peace withU.P. - 325 words
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Article32 1947-09-03 3 Used car values at Nottingham auction: 1939 Standard Twelve sold for £390 against £625 before abolition of the basic petrol ration. A Lanchester, previously £350, sold for £180.- ReuterReuter - 32 words
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Article79 1947-09-03 3 THF Ukrainian Foreign Minister, Mr. Dmitri Manuilsky, arriving m New York aboard the Queen Elizabeth for the General Assembly of the United Nations, told pressmen m perfect English: "I don't understand English." A Russian official with Mr. Manuilsky added: "He has no expression; he hasU.P. - 79 words
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Article35 1947-09-03 3 A hoard of gold, silver and platinum was seised from a Japanese company on Shikoku island by Australian troops. The haul included 17 ingots of Silver fOUr iv\af^tja fit orvlH anri platinum. ReuterReuter - 35 words
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Article95 1947-09-03 3 Afour^engined R.A.F. Lancaster with a crew of six used 200 gallons of petrol to carry a solitary Board of Trade girl secretary from Northolt Airport to Paris to resume her duties at the Marshall plan conference recently. She was 26-year-old Elsie Mitchell, who was returning95 words
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Article22 1947-09-03 3 Six German police chiefs are due m London from the British Zone of Germany to study British police methods.22 words
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Article, Illustration43 1947-09-03 3 He listens to death sentence With a guard at his shoulder. Dr. Karl Brandt, former 5.5. man and at one time Hitler's personal doctor, listens to the death sentence passed on him by a Nuremberg court for "inhuman experiments" on concentration camp inmates.43 words
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Article125 1947-09-03 3 OSEPH B. Keenan, chief of the J Council of International Prosecution Section of SCAP, In an official announcement concerning the release of 23 class A war crime suspects, said: "The record and full results of extended investigations of the activities of these ac- cused, whileReuter - 125 words
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Article31 1947-09-03 3 Annam's ex-Emperor Bao Dai who is living m exile m HongKong, has been joined by the wife and family who travelled from Indochina by plane.— ReuterReuter - 31 words
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Article59 1947-09-03 3 "TUJ3BETH Todt 64-year-old J!i widow of Fritz Todt, who built Germany's west wall (the Siegfried Line), was found guilty as a Nazi activist and profiteer by the Berchtesgaden German Denazification Tribunal. She was sentenced to two years detention and confiscation of all but 10,000 marks ofU.P. - 59 words
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Article197 1947-09-03 3 BRITAIN'S exports to all areas during the second quarter of 1947 totalled £265,400,000, almost exactly the same as m the fourth quarter of 1946, but those to British countries increased slightly while exports to foreign countries fell from 50.1 per cent, to 48.3, states the197 words
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296 1947-09-03 3 TOKIO, Tuesday. AMERICAN traders realised with a shock yesterday that the old pre-war days of cheap Japanese goods are gone forever when they heard the high prices announced for current Japanese products, writes an Associated Press observer. Things didn't look at all good for Japan'sA.P. - 296 words
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Article49 1947-09-03 3 rwas 85 decrees m the shade at Temple Normanton (Derbyshire) but children m bathing costumes went snowballing:. A bulldozer shifting; soil at an open -cast coal site uncovered a field of snow. It was refrigerated by the frosen soil thrown on to it m February.49 words
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Article122 1947-09-03 3 SIR Donald Bailey, wartime inventor of the Bailey bridge, has received a cheque from the British Government for £6,600— all that was left of the £12,000 awarded to him after income tax had been deducted. He may yet be charged a further sum as surtax.122 words
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Article102 1947-09-03 3 rpHE UJS. Navy announced on A Monday that the court martial of Lieut. Richard Gascoigne on charges involving alleged illtreatment of fellow war prisoners m Japan would be public when it opened m San Diego this week, but that Navy passes would be required forA.P. - 102 words
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Article57 1947-09-03 3 ITHEN a 12-year old boy fell to this 11 death m a 25ft. deep sewer m Chorlton-cum-Hard, Lanes his father and a youth followed m rescue attempts and they too i were lulled. The boy, Harold Malpus of West Didsbury, the police believe entered the57 words
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Miscellaneous36 1947-09-03 3 TARZAN Into action By Edgar Rice Burroughs Li\ YMiSI MOLAT U LEAPED A UP IN^RAGE*. Ill^^\ s^ftTL *7< HEARING THE SHOT AND THE > --1 n '\K^4^H I ssu-^aia^-iw&ara -^/8-| |^^^Cv^^7^^aQn^^^A>'l 1 ape -cries, spep> tme scene.36 words
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667 1947-09-03 4 The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY. SEPT. 3, 1947. The Citizen and the Franchise AFTER a very disappointing start, it is good news that there are at last signs that Singapore citizens are coming forward m increasing numbers to register as electors for the six seats that have been allotted m667 words
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Article1104 1947-09-03 4 Lt.-Col the He - THE BRITISH IN GERMANY Lt.-Col the He By With the British Occupation of Germany being widely discussed m some quarters, Col. Birdwood's article provides an interesting first-hand assessment of the influence of the British civilian and military occupation on the German population. T WENT to Germany for the first time1,104 words
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Article86 1947-09-03 4 These questions are taken from yesterday's Free Press. See if you can answer them without back reference. 1. The G.O. C-in-C Malaya Command has been appointed to another job. Who is he and what is the Job? 2. It has been stated that British submarine men were the unm86 words
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Article762 1947-09-03 4 EDWARD E. BOMAR - DISTOR TION EDWARD E. BOMAR By A MERICAN motives m trying to help Europe back on her feet are being distorted m a propaganda campaign whose intensity is hard to realize m any land where a free press and fair play are traditional. Reminders bob up m occasional news dispatches762 words
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Article, Illustration838 1947-09-03 4 LINGDON LIANG - A GERMAN IN BRITAIN LINGDON LIANG By THE British people are now charged with conspiracy to The German prisoner-of-war who is the subject of this indictment is ready to go hom c and destroy his wife and his two children, and then himself. He sees no hope. His sincere belief,838 words
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Advertisement50 1947-09-03 4 FAITH Sow Uj yourselves m"^ eouMiess, r*ap m nfcrcy -HMF IJLIiI. 1. X W\ kaa I lif MODEL 5900 Convert your Radio to Radiogram t>> tuc!^^j dkese new Record Player* to four recefver *«f^ music Is dectiHcalfy reproduced as desrt? futtfttcalty. .a die ortgnai performance. $110.00 EACH SOLE MALAYAN DISTRIBUTOR50 words
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Article55 1947-09-03 5 BURMA BUYS MILLION COCONUTS p,^. Stall Reporter ***£L released Ct^.t, fay, exportJ fgJSltesh cconuts J.iv. 60.000 tc to i» -^o to Sumatra. s?ca hr-.-* P d of the c -e side, tne -.ns. coconut :.,-;/,V- S« 6.270 C- £?^he m yons.:-H«« r-r. Sarawak t, v-;: B j a a 28.55 words
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Article107 1947-09-03 5 GLORY TAKES QUEEN'S COLOURS HOME us I the g* 55 ./ESS r Singapore ■Jr. u £r -a- en N.r. y€B- h rlory a the ~w C >urs ::t. d -:S i j■- me v Capts. I Crt J I ir^ s I r CS M O. B j| 'r':'. Hoy107 words
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Article87 1947-09-03 5 pfinSG from today, the I Efegapore YWCA will noid wetj "Keep Fit .l^es a: its. t-»<: m Fcrt Canning Road.j iw] iedneadaj between 5.30 pt no 1 31 p m i lan .< expected to! V V: »ut 15 girls, i will x se)87 words
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Article66 1947-09-03 5 SIXTY-SIX Chinese were arrested by the Military Police Command at Aparri m northern Luzon yesterday m an attempt to enter the Philippines, illegally, the Bureau of Immigration reported. The aliens are being detained pending investigation by the Immigration Commissioner. Several months ago, the Military Police arrested66 words
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Article57 1947-09-03 5 The East-West Society has arranged a special meeting tomorrow at which the Public Relations Officer, Singapore, Mr. G. O. Thomson, will speak on "Economic Crisis In Britain". The meeting will be held at the V.M.C.A., Orchard Road, at 8.30 p.m. Mr. C. C. Tan will take the57 words
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Article58 1947-09-03 5 TAUGHT with a dismantled feu: 7 beside him and two workmen m the course of removing a second on the third floor of Messrs. Maynard and Co.'a premises m Battery Road on Monday, Chua Foo Kee, aged 19, was **terday fined $300 or six weeks' r.X. by58 words
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Article, Illustration90 1947-09-03 5 Sales of Victory savings certificates up to Aug. 26. 1947, amounted to $591,351. The man who hoisted the Pakistan flag at Istana Kampong Glam on Aug. 15 is leaving Singapore on Sunday. He is Major K. Hussain who is leaving for Pakistan by the trooper Nevasa, with Mrs.90 words
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Article164 1947-09-03 5 Free Press Staff Reporter IN an intensive campaign, th e Anti-Vice Squad of the Singapore CM), has succeeded m clearing several streets of soliciting. In three surprise raids led by th e chief of the Anti-Vice Squad, Inspector Cheah Kirn Swee, 41 women and girls were164 words
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Article, Illustration656 1947-09-03 5 Appeal to all employers Free Press Staff Reporter A NEW, representative Committee has just been appointed by Government to serve the Singapore After-Care Association, the only organisation of its kind which helps discharged prisoners to get z new lease of life—by assisting them to become good citizens.656 words
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Article72 1947-09-03 5 Lee Ah Leng was sentenced to 10 months' rigorous imprisonment m the Second District Court yesterday for dishonestly retaining 35 rolls of cloth stolen from an S.H.B. godown on Feb. 12. A police constable said that Lee was climbing over a fence from the S.HB.72 words
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Article136 1947-09-03 5 A FINE of $450, or three months' imprisonment, was imposed or. Ng Kong Hua m the Second District Court yesterday after he had pleaded guilty to transporting five and a half gunny sacks of rice into Singapore without a food control permit on Monday. Mr. D.136 words
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Article88 1947-09-03 5 ACTS of hooliganism and deliberate obstruction of traffic will not be tolerated m any future authorised processions, says the Commissioner of Police. In a recent procession, a permit was issued after certain conditions had been lain down. These conditions were disobeyed m such a manner as88 words
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Article107 1947-09-03 5 THE Blue Funnel ship Charon, due at Singapore today, is bringing another large shipment of Australian livestock, fruit and vegetables for civilians and the Services. There are 2,800 sheep and 20 cows for the civilians and 450 sheep for the Services. Civilian cargo includes 5,000 cases apples,107 words
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212 1947-09-03 5 NEW ORDINANCE TO PROTECT MAMMALS, BIRDS BASED on recommendation from Mr. M. R. Henderson, acting Director of the Botanic Gardens, and Dr. C. A. Gibson-Hill, representing the Raffles Museum, a new mammals and birds protection ordinance has been gazetted for Singapore, to be effective from Aug. 29. The list of212 words
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Article213 1947-09-03 5 THE following new books will be available for issue from Raffles Library from Saturday: Non- Fiction: Dr. Alexis Carrel, The Unknown Man; Edward Crankshaw, Russia and the Russians; James Wedgwood Drawbell, Drifts My Boet; Karl Eskeland, My Chinese Wife; Eleanor Parjeon, First Second Love; Sigmund213 words
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Article49 1947-09-03 5 A call to all Vietnamese to support Dr. Ho Chi Minh was made by Mr. Nguyen Ngoc Vy, representative of .the Singapore Vietnamese, at the first celebration of the second anniversary of the Vietnam Republic, held at the premises of the Malayan Democratic Union yesterday evening.49 words
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Article229 1947-09-03 5 Rush to register business firms Free Press Staff Reporter A LAST-MINUTE rush by Singapore merchants to comply; with the law to register their businesses by Aug. 31 increased the register from 8,000 to 10,400 names within the last few days of August. During the rush, registration was made at the229 words
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Article32 1947-09-03 5 FILMS entitled "Drunk Driver," < "Traffic with the Devil" and i "Highway Mania" will be screened nightly m a safety-first campaign < this week at the Naval Air Station, 1 Sembawang, Singapore.32 words
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Article185 1947-09-03 5 A WOMAN wept In the Second District Court yesterday when the judge, Mr. J. P. Merson, fined her $200, m default six weeks' simple imprisonment, tor selling a packet of cigarettes at 10 cents over the controlled price The woman, Lav Ghin Neo, who pleaded not185 words
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591 1947-09-03 6 EVERYTHING WAS ON THE RUGGED SIDE From Our London Film Reporter EVERYTHING 11 about Time Out of Mind is on the rugged side. The large, bleak house of Captain Fortune; the craggy coast of Maine, m New England, over which it broods; the captain himself, an unyielding son of the591 words
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Article45 1947-09-03 6 ALHAMBRA: The Outlaw (United Artists), 2 p.m. JUBILEE: Texas Jamboree (Columbia) 1.15 p.m. CATHAY: Blue Skies (Paramount), 11 a.m. REX: Rage m Heaven (M-G-M), 2 p.m. PAVILION: Hungry Hill (Two Cities), Thursday, 1.30 p.m. CAPITOL: The Time of Their Lives (Universal), 11 a.m.45 words
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Article273 1947-09-03 6 CRENCH actress r Giselle Preville, making her screen debut m Michael Balcon's Against the Wind at paling Studios, England, is wondering what other forms of death film producers have m store for her. In her last three French films she has been shot, poisoned and run273 words
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Article259 1947-09-03 6 G ARSONS PART? ftREER G ARSON'S many friends m London have heard that after months of indecision she has filed suit for divorce against Richard Ney, her actor husband. It is about twelve years since she was just one of the thousands of trim City business girls who streamed out259 words
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Article233 1947-09-03 6 THERE is increasing 1 evidence that the complicated procedure of filming motion pictures m colour has reached maturity, if not perfecfection. When engineers learned that they could record sound as well as images on film, they pursued their new-found technique with an enthusiasm that was pardonable but nevertheless tiresome.233 words
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Article36 1947-09-03 6 1. Lieut-Gen. A. Galloway, G.O.C-in-C Malaya Command, has been appointed High Commissioner and Commander-in-Chief, British Troops, Austria. 2. Lack of air-conditioning. 3. Len Hutton scored 270 not out m the Yorkshire versus Hampshire match.36 words
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Article266 1947-09-03 6 the. film "Romance m High C expressed it this way m an interview "We have proved that we can make pictures m colour, so there is no longer any reason to hit the public over the head with a kaleidoscope." Jeffries added that he believes almost all Hollywood pictures266 words
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Article118 1947-09-03 6 4 Vv uRLD organ* anon tolmtftit gelism with Qha t planned by Mr. J. Arfla Rank "I am ;r ..c.:.: a s ;u4c* Elstree and installing £:oi wor luipmem tc saceX mm. religj s film: "hetoldfc coun World's Saafe; Son ol Ass atioc y Braofr bun "Toil v.118 words
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Article201 1947-09-03 6 rSRYONE at the table thought that North-South were taking a non-vulnerable sacrifice against a vulnerable game. The fact that everyone was mistaken wasn't only because the live heart contract cculd have been defeated. Dummy ruffed West's opening lead of the heart king and declarer trumped a spade.201 words
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Article, Illustration40 1947-09-03 6 Rita Hayworth shares a smile with Cr. »-c o'am v the legless RAF ace at the premiere m London rfi?* l^ "Down to Earth." In aid of the British °l h Association, the premiere raised i s Um of ii^'H40 words
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Miscellaneous197 1947-09-03 6 MHHfIrSIC6 Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press m Malaya WT \*BUT MM® ft^YTWJA/6 ELSE] ]SO HE TRIED TO MARRY SE6RIO TO I lOHI OH, MAN; 1 1 00 TO COCK AJGNE ■■aaflffifflßifff y Till 3 HEWANTWtQM'&RYME-'foh-- HIS DAUGHTER, UNA. NOW HE'S r ORAKE/h 'AT ONCE.^ IM <* NAW)A,TELL m A197 words
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Article398 1947-09-03 7 T) 1+ f} T} J W^B^^^^^^^fe f ANCASHIRE, who have been beaten only once In cricket championship games this season gained a splendid success at Lord's yesterday when they beat the champions, Middlesex, by 64 runs Both Counties have now finished their championship programmes, and, while MiddlesexReuter - 398 words
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Article28 1947-09-03 7 U.K.. Football League results yesterday were: THIRD DIVISION (Northern) Rochdale l Hull City 0 Tranmere 1 H'pools 0 LEAGUE GOLD CUP—2nd Rd. Glentoran 3Linfield 128 words
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Article36 1947-09-03 7 ENGLISH Rugby League results yesterday were: Lancashire Cup, first round, second leg: Oldham 16, Liverpool Stanley 3, Liverpool Stanley eliminated. Rochdale Hornets 7, Lanes Co Amateur 2 Lane s Co Amateur eliminated. ReuterReuter - 36 words
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111 1947-09-03 7 CHELSEA WANTED YOUNGSTERS— GOT 2.000 W footba 11 engaged m les^^ccSolbovs and lo<*l S^T. London Club fit Div:i have >P<-nt money r yi -£JJa5 r market for yOlWgSt rs „,V a football. fast- onced this •.v:-r. r. ;:ot preP....- .ppucattaw i 4U au« f?l*£es had been played idswmn a -orReuter - 111 words
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Article164 1947-09-03 7 PARKLF .i- feati i I I Bgah oy 69 rana In p t < I Sunday. i i hi ai icsi nd scored 156. IPMi 35 :r. 50 .T.:r.u:es ar.d WM li ■tastq Ol (he Moore r 4 nslfeogali best bowler. f paed the164 words
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Article, Illustration106 1947-09-03 7 WJ. "BILL" EDRICH, the Middlesex and England v all-rounder, has informed the M.C.C. that he was unable to accept the invitation to tour the West Indies with the cricket team next winter. His letter, declining them- vitation. stated that he was anxious toReuter - 106 words
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Article64 1947-09-03 7 RAYMOND Mays of England yesterday drove his Era 92.17 miles Der hour, beating the track record of 91.3 I to win the Brighton and Hove motor club's annual speed trials event for racing cars f 3.000 c.c. B Bira, driving a Masserati, was second m 86.23 milesA.P. - 64 words
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466 1947-09-03 7 HENRY COTTON'S GOLF 'SCOOP' ANNOYS PRESS From Archie Quick TROIBLE is brewing behind the scenes m professional golf. There is a difference of opinion between th e Press and the Professional Golfers' Association. There is dissatisfaction among players over the Ryder Cup selections. Golfing journalists, if you are interested, expect466 words
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102 1947-09-03 7 Arsenal, Derby Will Bid For Lawton /CHELSEA directors met last Kj afternoon to discuss the request of England centreforward Tom Lawton for a transfer. A rumour that Lawton had decided to stay at Chelsea swept Stamford Bridge terraces on Saturday, but this was killed by Lawton himself, who said: "The102 words
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Article289 1947-09-03 7 THE following are further U.K. Football League Fixtures: THURSDAY SECOND DIVISION Doncaster v Cardiff City THIRD DIVISION (SOUTHERN) Leyton O. v Walsall Queen's P.RR. v Brighton H. THIRD DIVISION (NORTHERN) Carlisle v York C. SATURDAY FIRST DIVISION Arsenal v Manchester U. Blackburn v Aston V. Blackpool v289 words
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Article, Illustration68 1947-09-03 7 What goes on here? It looks as if Fenton, the Charlton inside- forward, and Smith, the Sheffield United goalkeeper are squaring up to each other but they aren't. These are the attitudes the players took up as they both rushed for a ball that had68 words
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406 1947-09-03 7 Indian Badminton Titles INDIA has issued two invitations to Malaya to partake m her 1 national championships but many have been given the wrong impression that she had offered to pay all expenses for two Malayan representatives. The facts are that sh c had offered406 words
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Article46 1947-09-03 7 EDGAR Johnny Crickmere, 62, famous English jockey who rode many winners m France, Belgium, Austria, Russia and Spain, died m the Rouse Memorial Hospital, Newmarket, on Monday night. Crickmere, who weighed less than 98 lb, was x Jockey of his day.— A. P.A.P. - 46 words
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337 1947-09-03 7 Tourists Held Despite Good Bowling HESPITE some very good bowling on a batsman's wicket the match between the South Africans and Sussex was tamely drawn at Hove yesterday. Behind by 140 runs after the South Africans had declared at the overnight score of 555 for six, Sussex were unable to337 words
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172 1947-09-03 7 JOHN Bromwich of Australia is seeded number one among foreign entries for the men's singles event m the United States Lawn Tennis Championships which begins at Forest Hills, New York, on Friday. Jack Kramer naturally heads the list of seeded domestic players. FullReuter - 172 words
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Article26 1947-09-03 7 Ttikj Sing Tao Sports Club of Hong Kor.g will meet Walton and Hersham on Saturday. Tomorrow they meet the Isthmian League at Romford.26 words
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Miscellaneous230 1947-09-03 7 Free Press Crossword No. If 2 CLUES ACROSS 1, Insect between larva and butterfly stage (9) 8, Bread cereal of N European countries (3) 10, Concerning (5). 12. Persons dedicated to monastic life or work (7) 13, Mount where Ark rested (6) 14, A component of bronze (3). 15, Sun-helmets230 words
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Article, Illustration117 1947-09-03 8 WEA THER Sunny Sunny, very isolated stews thb afternoon. Wind light sooth-easterly. Sunset: 6.38; Sunrise 6.89. Moonrise: 832 pan.; Mooßset 9.04 a.m. Temperatures: Max. 90. 5 dec. j mm. 80.7 deg. Relative humidity percentages: j Yesterday 7.30 ajn. 82; 1.30 pan. 66; 7.30 pjn. 76; Today 7.30 aan. SPORE HIGH117 words
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159 1947-09-03 8 NANKING Tuesday/ HELEGATES from Singapore and the Malayan Union are expected to arrive m Nanking this evening for the regional study conference on fundamental education sponsored by the Chinese Government —the first of its kind since the formation of the United Nations Education andU.P. - 159 words
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Article40 1947-09-03 8 UNIONS CALL FOR NATIONALSATION The Australian Council of Trades Unions has decided to i, ask the Federal Government— with the cooperation of the states—to nationalise the coal and steel industries, and to sup- port the nationalisation of bank- ing. ReuterReuter - 40 words
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Article47 1947-09-03 8 MASON—CHAMPION. The engagement is announced of John Metcalfe Mason, only son of the late Mr. J. S. Mason of Lady Taylor of La Viellle Fenne. Vence. Provence. Christine i Champion, only daughter of Mr. W. J. < Champion of 8. Berkshire Road. Bristol the late Mrs. Champion.47 words
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Article39 1947-09-03 8 ACCOUNTS CLERK for factory m central Johore. able to work to Trial Balance and Cost Sheet. Accommodation provided or allowance. Situation Vacant Ist. October. Send copies of testimonials, and state salary required. Box No. 65, Free PressFree Press - 39 words
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Article76 1947-09-03 8 xHtuooaijO, luesuay. ELIZABETH LAZARUS and Elias Jacobs were formally charged and committed for trial today for carrying 13 explosive letters, similar to those mailed to British Cabinet Ministers early this Summer. The couple were arrested on June 2 at the French border, after the discovery ofU.P. - 76 words
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Article383 1947-09-03 8 'Speediest' Jap treaty vital CANBBKKA, Tuesday. THHE Australian External Affairs Minister, Dr. Herbert Evatt, m a speech before a public session of the Japanese peace conference today, said the aim of the talks was to form the basis for a stable Pacific peace free from threats of Japanese aggression. HeU.P.; Reuter - 383 words
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Article55 1947-09-03 8 HIGHWAY accidents, airplane crashes, drownings and other mishaps cost the lives of 425 Americans during the Labour Day 'holiday' weekend. The list included 250 dead m traffic accidents, 64 persons r'rowned, 24 daaths m airplane accidents, and 87 were killed m miscellaneous mishaps directly attributableUP - 55 words
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135 1947-09-03 8 WHALE MEAT TO SUPPLEMENT BRITONS' DIET LONDON, Tuesday. WHALE MEAT, a recent introIT duction into the British die which has proved more popula: than originally anticipated, is t< be imported m bigger quantities i i possible to supplement the nation'; meagre meat ration, the Fckx 'Minister, Mr. John Strachey anReuter - 135 words
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Article109 1947-09-03 8 CO-OPERATION between Sin halese and Tamils—Ceylon' 1 largest communities—will be ai issue when Jaffna, the secom largest city on the island, goes t< the polls on Thursday m thi general election which is now ii i its second week and is due to en< on Sept. 20.Reuter - 109 words
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Article156 1947-09-03 8 SAIGON, Tuesday. i TVR. HO CHI MINH, Premier of the Vietnam Republic, reaffirmed Vietnam's desire to co-operate with France when he broadcast over the Vietnam con- trolled radio today the second anniversary of the proclamation of Vietnam independence. ««T wAAAat fVlnt \4 THrannn lntmlhr I "I repeat156 words
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Article587 1947-09-03 8 1 ruman warns of aggression PETROPOLIS, (Brazil), Tuesday. PRESIDENT TRUMAN told the representatives of 19 American nations today that many countries of Europe and Asia live under the "shadow of armed aggression" and pledged the United States 9 might of sword and dollar for an587 words
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241 1947-09-03 8 U.S. holds on to wheat U.K. can 't take WASHINGTON, Tuesday. rE United States Department of Agriculture disclosed today it was holding on to, and was not yet planning to redistribute, 143,000 tons of September and October wheat and flour which Britain had said she could not offer to buyReuter - 241 words
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Article134 1947-09-03 8 U.K. DIPLOMAT DISMISSED THE former British Ambassador < to Warsaw, Mr. Victory j Cavendish-Bentinck, is "no long- I |era member of His Majesty's diplomatic service", a Foreign < Office spokesman said m London < yesterday. According to British 1 press reports, Mr. Ernest Bevinj 1 personally ordered that no pen-U.P. - 134 words
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Article66 1947-09-03 8 A who stowed away at Bombay jr aboard the troopship Franconia, j has arrived at Liverpool and gone i c to live with relatives m England. The charge against the boy was I. dismissed m the juvenile court! after it was stated his father mReuter - 66 words
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Article190 1947-09-03 8 I BUDAPEST, Tuesday. A SPLIT m the Hungarian Government coalition, dominated by the Communists as a result of Sunday's election, was threatened tonight. The power of the Opposition, !of which the Democratic People's Party led by Mr. Lstvan Barankovics is the strongest group, may be strengthened.U.P. - 190 words
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Article, Illustration557 1947-09-03 8 London Stock Exchange TRADING DULL ON TAX FEARS "THE stock market accoL A style, says Reuter's fina tributory factors to the g of an autumn budget an< and the reluctance by de on their books than they Most of the days selling -came from the provinces. There was little business557 words
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Article111 1947-09-03 8 Asvt- lAI M-fket con*** enf fives tlw P"^ frt at 11 i laj a^ follofs^ Buyers rts. perlb. P* 1 No. 1B s > >»*>< H loos** •MM No. i k.> m n m bal<- s M No ER> v S» m balM B< pt No111 words
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Article26 1947-09-03 8 ARSENAL FOUND IN PALESTINE to the dis< jy e*£ factory, m r^ a nC c bombs, r «i found b. "Sloft^ft^ sions and -f^ri^ found.- U.P.U.P. - 26 words
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Advertisement149 1947-09-03 8 U. M. N. 0. TEA PARTY i In connection with the Tea Party by the United Malay National Organization at the Istana Besar Johore Bahru on 6th September, those invited are kindly requested to bring with them the Invitation Cards issued. Specially printed identification cards 1 were inadvertently omitted when149 words
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