The Singapore Free Press, 8 September 1947
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Title Section19 1947-09-08 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA lb 93- SINGAPORE, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1947 PRICE 10 CENTS.19 words
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Article405 1947-09-08 1 5/;; giant new mm transmitters ree Press Staff Reporter ■thf threat m*A radio war for the ear of Asia has I ..Ah nn w ith the signature in ManUa of an f r lt bermitting the United States to operate in £p£pine* the405 words
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224 1947-09-08 1 LONDON, Sunday. MGEBONS ol vttal importance 1/ Britain's itrife-ton) «c_:.r.v bM c oft Ht Honied Ministers .hen they hasten back tm Doantn to the full Cabinet session summoned by the Price Bfi—SteT dement Attlee, on T-es-r---74 Cabinet Hill c insider, as fcxptaritj theReuter Reuter - 224 words
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123 1947-09-08 1 MOVE TO CUT OUT UES IN SCHOOL BOOKS NANKING. Sunday. THE regional study conference on fundamental education-, which is taking place in Nanking under the auspices of the United Nations Educational and Scientific Council and the Chinese Government, today adopted a motion by the acting Director of Education, Singapore, andU.P - 123 words
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Article59 1947-09-08 1 AN official Dutch report states that the smuggling of copra, coconut oil and pigs from West i Borneo into Singapore and North Borneo "is still going on". The report hints that the •smugglers can get a far better price in Singapore for their produce than theU.P. - 59 words
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Article258 1947-09-08 1 LONDON, Sunday. MOUNTED Police were out in the East End of London tonight to break up clashes between Communists and the British League of Ex-Servicemen, which is said to include former members of Sir Oswald Mosley's British Union of Fascists. On horse- back, in squadReuter; A.P. - 258 words
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Article, Illustration333 1947-09-08 1 Troops fire on Delhi rioters picture. NEW DELHI, Sunday. INDIAN and GurkL.-i troops are tonight patrolling streets of New Delhi, se I of the new Dominion Government of India, where sava' :ommunal rioting and hooliganism broke out today w in at least 21 deaths. Apart from sporadic hit-and-run incidents, the333 words
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100 1947-09-08 1 'WOMEN' WERE POLICE AND SEIZED GANG Iree Press Saff Reporter A SENIOR C.I.D. official yesterday said the Police had declared war on gangs of hooligans. who have born trying to prevent trisha riders from obtaining licences ani wearing arm badges. The C.I.D. at noon yesterday arrested Ave alleged members of100 words
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Article101 1947-09-08 1 Bombay, Sunday. T>OLICE charged with lathis against demonstrators last night after 200 spectators, including women and children, had been injured when a wooden stand collapsed at a football ground. The accident occurred five minutes after the interval in the quarter-finals of Western India's premier football tournamentReuter - 101 words
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Article55 1947-09-08 1 THE trooper Devonshire, due at Singapore today, is bringing from Japan 10 war crimes suspects for Singapore and the Malayan Union, and 10 for the French authorities. Tomorrow, on the Strathnaver, there will be one Jap war crimes suspect for the French, and a Jap55 words
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Article462 1947-09-08 1 FRENCH HOLD 17 'BOMB LONDON'JEWS PARIS, Sunday. SEVENTEEN persons have now been arrested following the discovery of a Jewish terrorist plot to bomb London from a private aircraft. All are being held in commimicado, and will not appear before a magistrate for at least 48 hours. London messages state thatReuter; U.P.; A.P. - 462 words
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153 1947-09-08 1 Free Press SUIT Reporter rE Singapore C.I.D. yesterday foiled a kidnap plot in which the victim was to have been a well-known Singapore Chinese liquor merchant, and arrested three members of an aUeged kid' nap gang in different parts of Singapore and Johore. The153 words
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Article59 1947-09-08 1 Free Press Staff Reporter SINGAPORE detectives on Satiffurday fired shots after a gang of Chinese at Sembawang Road an_ arrested three, one of whom threw away a pistol. The arrested Chinese are wanted in connection with an armed robbery which took place a little earlier59 words
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Article53 1947-09-08 1 THE People's Court in Manila on Saturday upheld the prosecution plea, in the treason trial of Jorge B. Vargas, ranked as Philippines No. 2 collaborator, when a motion of the defence to strike from the record the testimony of Koji Nakamura, a Japanese news- paperman,A.P. - 53 words
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Article, Illustration1188 1947-09-08 2 EDUCATIONAL OUTLOOK BY A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT TJNLESS a high priority is given to school building, the majority of children in Britain will for a long time to come be denied secondary education, in spite of the expectations awakened when the Education Act was passed. This is one of the conclusions1,188 words
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Article, Illustration182 1947-09-08 2 FLE biggest trouble with Souths bidding was that it failed to reflect his ability to play the cards. Assuming that West opened a club (H doesn't matter much because South himself could lead and ruff dummy's singleton club). South ruffs. Three leads draw the trumps and now182 words
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Article, Illustration342 1947-09-08 2 David Grant - David Grant by II AV E you ever 1 watched a man trying hard to think? What a delightful spectacle he makes, twiddling his thumbs and knitting his eye-brows together, with a rather vacant look in his eyes That is how your critic, if you now saw him,342 words
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Article205 1947-09-08 2 PERMUDA is hoping to establish a few world's records in gam^ fishing this year with its $5,000 (U.S.) tournament, already in progress, continuing until November 30. The tournament committee has placfd 20 species of fish on its list as eligible for prizes and is convinced that in205 words
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Article168 1947-09-08 2 ';^n\?P, I - Festival Of Music Cordon Van Hien v i'Hor T th «bi g $&»*m7kt K I l ha ->'.... about -1 operas <.*: pi, nd 2 F a son, ?o» Paris. tfc»*<*s harmonic o- fr s p^ p V' i Welis Ballet the r" Opera and the"o> v?? 5 Compam v168 words
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Article136 1947-09-08 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR Fortune forecast to peopie Ml BORN toda> you have anal* mind for facte andfo-* Y<»u apear ahl" to cant-* them to fit sonic d'tintol* tern. Vou pr-.babh wbbU as a prat tiMU- attorne? mathematical expert. latter could be applied _w business i arecr and p*W would bring136 words
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Miscellaneous9 1947-09-08 2 Mdndrdkfi Exclusive to tho Singapore Free Pre.™ in Malaya9 words
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Miscellaneous289 1947-09-08 2 «X___f _£&i-&&epri_or Iff _m .-'x^ '?P>S^S£sScsK^ '■•■i___4ffnfflßt*SH 'x^:'^a&-^"4.-.'''\<£ to___ B£^ft-*-g^3S?BBSB Singapore Blue Network 12.66—2.00 p.m —485 metres tn the nedium wavt band a 7 .22 megacycle* ler second In the 41 metre band 9.00—11 00 p.m —lBs metres tn the nedium wave band A 4 825 megacycles «et second in289 words
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Miscellaneous410 1947-09-08 2 .15 p.m VLBB 13 89 metres 21.60 negaeycles; 6.00 pjn. to 11.15 p.m VLGIO 25.51 metres 11.76 megacycles; j 438 f».m to 8.15 pjn. VLC4 19 59 metre* 15.32 megacycles; 10.00 pjn. to U.15 p.m VICS 16.82 metres 17.84 j megacycles; 10 00 p.m to 11.30 p.m. VLB 4 !5410 words
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Miscellaneous319 1947-09-08 2 Hackett; 9.20 Music for Strings— The Colonne Orchestra 9.30 A Library ui Australian Ballads; 9.45 Talk "Background to Australia"': 10 p .in Australian News; 10.15 'Compear al the Week" Richard Wagner; 10.SQ Light Music Abe Romain and tht Melcody Men; 10.45 Australian Hews; 11 p.m. Talk Canberra Report: 1 1319 words
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Article338 1947-09-08 3 US wants evidence of increased output -ants basic changes in the economic i 10& 7 western Europe, to ensure that by A r presses r ou t s ide help will be over or at lsl v reduced, before it pours out any KssiA.P. - 338 words
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Article55 1947-09-08 3 JE GUARDS INCREASED AN U SAW neasurea have j? -4V■ r tisein jail, ring the V ii foi "play- -.-Premier U spectw ot &f issa-i Biatton V j v cabinet i I tor c -y to fri Qds i '-rives i! th: ribed tne R ag m -.ty ute mm55 words
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Article73 1947-09-08 3 i t som BOAC LobI ta_K_u hi toil] aii servlcca I C fflO-bC Q€w md i iii ral to take tV m 113 nis innounced Ar. I n r >plac€ fend Hal ir raft on 4. L d uCoJ tabO .v ill duced by 2473 words
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Article27 1947-09-08 3 THE .ire which gutted the 25--room mansion at Sunninghill Park in Berkshire. Princess Eliza- octh's intended bridal home, has been officially described as accidental.27 words
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Article222 1947-09-08 3 |Ht Orand Duchess of Mecklenburg, in Castle Glucksburg, WO year old home of her family, told pressmen jwently of British troops who, she said, in May lw while hunting Himmler, robbed the castle of jgwj fahiablcs and furniture, and burst open the family tomb. The whole222 words
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Article46 1947-09-08 3 Chinese g wtmaieni wil *>":::::: .woof the ancient ;.44 N niai rites- funerals 4 J" rttes are sua adaptati -n !J. S nally elaborate .^."J^" 1 style, retaining ■•Wi ol both, official new ma > funerals will 4. |p" ■x K( n Veur's46 words
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Article233 1947-09-08 3 [ttUSSIAN children are trained to lead a military life from the f* time they enter the Kindergarten, according to Professor George Counts of New York's Columbia University, reports Associated Press. Professor Counts told the Annual convention of the American Federation of Tenchers that "changes in233 words
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Article54 1947-09-08 3 SIAM'S MINISTER TO MOSCOW SANGUAN TULARAK, Siam's^ present Ambassador to China, i has been nominated by Siam's Foreign Office as Siam's first Minister to the Soviet. Approval has not yet been received. Thanad Komant, Siam Foreign Office official, has been appointed Siam's first Charge d'Affaires of the new Siamese legationA.P. - 54 words
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Article48 1947-09-08 3 ROUND-THE-WORLD record flyer William Odom has announced in Chicago that he would leave in November o n a new world flight over both Poles. The proposed route follows Chicago, North Pole, Tokio, New Zealand, South Pole; either Chile or Argentina on -return to Chicago. U.P.U.P. - 48 words
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Article33 1947-09-08 3 Three police-constables acted as amateur midwives when Mrs. Margaret Shuck; 20, of Hurcottroad, Kidderminster, (Worcestershire) gave birth to a daughter in Kidderminster police station after going to the station for help.33 words
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Article26 1947-09-08 3 A small contingent of Soutn African troops may attend Princess Elizabeth's wedding, stated! the Rand Daily Mail's p*-i -H-_r correspondent on Tuesday. A.PA.P. - 26 words
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Article75 1947-09-08 3 GENERALISSIMO Chiang Kai-shek, in a directive to high members of the Kuomintang, has warned against anti-demo-cratic activities or "hooliganism" in the coming national elections The Generalissimo, recalling that the record of the Kuomintang toward opposition candidates was "not always too clean," ordered party leaders toA.P. - 75 words
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Article, Illustration196 1947-09-08 3 £7,500 FINE FOR 'BEING FOOLISH' A MAN who was said to have been forced to buy in the Black Market and made himself liable to a fine of £22,000 for selling poultry at excess prices, was ordered to pay £7,500 with 50 guineas costs or go to gaol for twelve196 words
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Article50 1947-09-08 3 For accepting bribes, Major J R. Squire, former Deputy Chief of the Allied Military Government Public Works Section in Trieste was sentenced to two years' imprisonment, and Captain D. A. Wilde to 18 months. Both officers were also cashiered and fined £500. announced a British court-martial.50 words
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Article28 1947-09-08 3 A treaty of friendship between Turkey amd Iraq, signed in Ankara in March last year, was ratified unanimously by the Turkish Par. lament on Saturday. ReuterReuter - 28 words
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Article177 1947-09-08 3 f ONDON detectives are investigating the pillaging of tombs and vaults of the famous 760-year-old Temple Church church of the Knights Templar. At the same time, workmen are- bricking up all the entrances to the vaults after lead and wood coffins had been found broken open177 words
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400 1947-09-08 3 REDS BUILD AIR FORCE FOR BIG PUSH Battle of Manchuria WHE Chinese military authorities in North China x apparently are taking seriously recurrent reports that the Communists are developing a small aii force which might go into action when the coming battle of Manchuria start.. Officials have gone to Mukden400 words
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Article72 1947-09-08 3 The floodlighting of London's public buildings on the night of Princess Elizabeth's wedding has been shelved for reasons of economy. Probably the only building to be floodlighted wUI be Buckingham Palace, so that the crowds can see the Princess and Lieut. Mountbatten if they appear72 words
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Article132 1947-09-08 3 WHILE 40-year-old Serviceman Thomas George Staff ord lay dying at his home in Otley-road, Bradford, the future Mrs. Stafford went out to arrange their wedding. This was possible because Mr Stafford five years a prisoner and now paralysed and voiceless, had only a few132 words
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Article91 1947-09-08 3 rE Sione Tin report says that its dredge is more damaged than was at first apparent, and estimates for dismantling and reconstruction have revealed that the cost is too high to justify rehabilitating the dredge to work out the limited area available in the unworkedFree Press - 91 words
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Article51 1947-09-08 3 An 18-year-old gangster known as Jo e le Marseillais fired at a policeman then wounded two men who helped police to chase him. He dashed into a caf e threatened to shoot anyone who moved, climbed to the roof and disappeared while 200 armed police searched for51 words
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Article45 1947-09-08 3 Mr. Pao Yung-chin, of the Nanking Ministry of Communications, sailed from Shanghai recently for the United States to purchase a "number of ships" to replace the losses sustained by privatelyowned shipping firms during the war, says a Chinese report. APAP - 45 words
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Article39 1947-09-08 3 Two Czech provincial newspapers will be prosecuted for slandering Yugoslavia and Marshal Tito. The Czechoslovak Ministry of Information said the printing staffs had threatened to refuse to print the pacers if the attacks were repeated. ReuterReuter - 39 words
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Article28 1947-09-08 3 Because his wife, who comes from Alabama, called him "a stupid, damned Yankee/' Roy E. Cooper was given a divorce In Marsh all town, lowa. U.S.28 words
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Advertisement46 1947-09-08 3 15% Discount In order to make room for Next Shipment of goods we are offering this Special Discount on our present stock of NUMDA RUGS (SUPER QUALITY) See as Early Before they are Bold ottt _Tl_L_-_ _OvD_J*_<> f h one OHCofi^ mmm^mmw Q I oIIHItTB M.46 words
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649 1947-09-08 4 The Singapore Free Press MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1947. No Real Plan For Road Safety AS the months go by and the toll of death and injury on Singapore's roads continues unabated, there is still little evidence that any real progress is being made with the development of the co-ordinated road649 words
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Article, Illustration570 1947-09-08 4 A. K - A. K. Ri6E of the Merchant Fleet of Panama, tropical Republic .set strategically in the wasp waist of the American continent, is the post-war wonder of the shipping world. In 1930 the red, blue, and white Panama flag decorated 159 ship? a handsome fleet570 words
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Article1091 1947-09-08 4 Frank Owen - Good Morning Frank Owen By MOW, dear readers w Britain has Had It. Newsprint cuts, films, petrol, travel, tobacco—with food and fuel cuts to come. At least, at last, now we know. No more of the party propaganda which some days ago still pretended that the whole thing was a1,091 words
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Article, Illustration769 1947-09-08 4 AN INDIAN'S BRIDE FROM BALI By A Special Corresponden-c AN American Indian artist and ex-G.I. who feels strongly about his ancestors' u first claim" to America is calling on the White Man's government to accept his bride from Bali. Acee Blu e Eagle of Muskogee (Okla) doesn't think much of769 words
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Article261 1947-09-08 4 A HUNDRED and seventy seven years ago, when Captain Cook was careening his vessel the Endeavour for repairs in Queensland, a scared seaman rushed up to his officer and told him that he had seen the devil. "It was," he said, "about the size of a one261 words
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Advertisement77 1947-09-08 4 QUIZ These questions are taken from Saturday's Free Press. See if you can answer them without back reference. 1. To standardise weights and measurements in China the U.S. State Department is helping China to adopt a unified system. What is it? 2. How many women have become sea-going typists with77 words
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Article417 1947-09-08 5 MAC plans these planes were out of date ln comparison with contemporary types, would be uneconomical to operate, and consequently never show a dividend even if made airworthy. The result has been damage to the most valuable thing of all namely, the reputation of the British aircraft417 words
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144 1947-09-08 5 rE military authorities in Singapore are offering for sale, as animal food; large quantities of rice sweepings; flour; atta j flour and milk powder. Mr. J. Hamer; Singapore Food Controller; told the Free Press I that he had been informed by t the military authorities that144 words
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Article28 1947-09-08 5 The No. 1 Group of the Malayan Air Cadet Corps has decided not to accept any more recruits for the time being until further notice.28 words
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Article299 1947-09-08 5 Free Press Staff Reporter J^E-CONTROL of evaporated milk sales in Singapore is to be gazetted this week. The present glut of evaporated milk on the market is given as the reason. Wholesalers in several instances are willing to sell cases at $12 (four dozen) which works299 words
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Article89 1947-09-08 5 THE replacement of highly paid European officials by Asiatics was one way in which the Governments of Malaya could economise said Mr. N. Scharenguivel yesterday. Mr. Scharenguivel, is editor of the Singapore Teacher, organ of the Singapore Teachers' Union. At present a qualified Asiatic teacher received89 words
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Article21 1947-09-08 5 The output of Kuchai Tin Limi-ed for the month of August 1947 is 118 piculs of tin ore.21 words
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Article, Illustration100 1947-09-08 5 Mr. Richard C. H. Lim, Singapore lawyer and legal adviser to the Chinese Consulate-General, is seen signing up as a voter in the Singapore elections. His wife looks on. Mr. Lim urged all eligible to vote to register, and "fight for a fully representative Government later.'ruoiic neiauons - 100 words
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Article228 1947-09-08 5 Free Press Staff Reporter OINCE the Free Press brought to the notice of the Army »J authorities in Singapore the looting of old Japanese ammunition dumps last month and the danger to the public, much has been done in the clearance and demolition of these dumps.228 words
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166 1947-09-08 5 rE net profit of the Overseas Chinese Bank from Jan. 1, 1941 to Feb. 15, 1942 and from Sept. 5, 1945 to Dec. 31, 1946, after deducting current expenses, charges, amounts reserved against Government securities, proj perty acquired and furniture and fittings, amounted to166 words
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Article58 1947-09-08 5 FOR the dual purpose of providing recreational facilities, and for members of the Methodist Youth Fellowship to "get together," the Paya Lebar Methodist Church Is opening a fellowship group at 8 pjn. tomorrow. The opening ceremony will be performed by Dr. and Mrs. M. Dodsworth.58 words
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395 1947-09-08 5 SARA WAK RESIDENTS HONOURED BYKING THE King's Medal for Courage in the cause of freedom has been awarded to 34 residents in Sarawak, and the King's commendation for brave conduct to 18. Names of the recipients are announced in the Sarawak Government Gazette: Thomas Nyandau of Kanowit District; Teo Ah395 words
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Article542 1947-09-08 5 COLLEGE REPLIES TO CRITICS Admission question Free Press Staff Reporter the other from Singapore. He said that the C allege Council had made application to the General Medical Council in London for the recognition of the dental degree, L.DS., just as the College's medical degree, L.M.S., had been recognised. The542 words
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204 1947-09-08 5 THE Federated Malay States Chamber of Mines has issued its first post-war year book for the year ended Dec. 31, 1946. It publishes a list of 261 members which include 77 mining companies, three honorary members—the Sultan of Perak, the Malayan Chamber of Mines204 words
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Article, Illustration429 1947-09-08 6 Dutch alarm at 'encroachments' in S.E. Asia oOIWT- responsible Dutch officials in the East Indies D are beginning to wonder if the real winners in their war with the millions of people of Java, Sumatra, Madura and the other Indonesian islands will not prove429 words
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100 1947-09-08 6 R.A.F. ATHLETE'S WIFE GETS DIVORCE Tii__ wile oi Wing-Commar.der Donald O Finlay. the international athlete who was serving In Singapore last year, alleged that when he r husband was commissioned in the RAF in 1941 he wrote telling her that if she Wanted to staj with him she must sive100 words
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Article93 1947-09-08 6 GLASGOW police are trying to solve the mystery of Arthur McArthur— author of "No Mean City." a sensational novel. He was found unconscious beside the River Clyde at Rutherglen. in the heart of the crowded tenement district about which he wrote. His clothes were wet through. Some93 words
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Article145 1947-09-08 6 rE United Nations is on the lookout for an impartial world leader to head the forthcoming meeting: of the General Assembly and preliminary dis. cussions already show the old familiar lines of an east-west split. Early speculations for the As. sembly presidency described as the 'hottest job145 words
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Article46 1947-09-08 6 German miners will get 100,000 new houses under plans now being worked out by the delegates to the Anglo-US. Conference on the Ruhr. Besides new housing, Gorman miners will have their rations increased to well beyond the British civilian level.46 words
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Article32 1947-09-08 6 William Pittard of Barrington; Somerset, died because his heart was too heavy said Dr Crichton MacGaffey at a Taunton inquest It weighed 24ozs. instead of the normal 11 ozs.32 words
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Article33 1947-09-08 6 The 23, 000- ton Orient liner Orion docked at Tilbury from Australia three days late because engine trouble cut her speed Hei next sailing will be postponed for repairs.33 words
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Article35 1947-09-08 6 More than £2,000,000 is believed to have been paid by interests headed by William C. Gray and Sons, Ltd., the Ayr carpet manufacturers, for the shares ol six linen companies in Ulster.35 words
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214 1947-09-08 6 More confidence in China currency From A Correspondent SHANGHAI, Sunday. THE Governor of the Central Bank of China, who is the author of the new foreign exchange regulations, is confident that the exchange rate in China will be stabilised through the working of the equalisation fund committee. It is profoundly214 words
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Article54 1947-09-08 6 ITALIAN commercial radio communications with the U.S. were interrupted when thieves' stole 26 ft. of the line linking the cable office with their radio transmission station outside Rome. A week later thieves severed the overseas marine cable by stealing nearly five miles of connecting cables between54 words
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Article51 1947-09-08 6 Farmer William Connelly, the man who emptied a hag of live snakes In the office °f a Melbourne solicitor after a land deal fell through has been acquitted by a Melbourne court. He was accused of assaulting the office typist. He pleaded that the snakes were pets without51 words
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Article93 1947-09-08 6 THE Chief of Police at Gothenburg Sweden went to the microphone to warn the population that a flre-raiser was setting parts of the old city ablaze The first outbreak was soon extinguished, as a fire engine was passing when it started. Ten minutes later, however, the93 words
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Article46 1947-09-08 6 Workers in a paint factory at Zaandam, North Holland, have I gone on strike as a protest because I three of the factory directors had been f:und guilty of collabo- ration with the Germans and dej prived of their Dositions in the Arm ReuterReuter - 46 words
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Article34 1947-09-08 6 The drought Is so bad in some parts of the Central Cape (South Africa* that donkeys are being sold at one penny each because it is so difficult to feed them.34 words
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Article117 1947-09-08 6 Consultations are still going oi to decide whether a claim for compensation will be made against the estate of Thomas John Ley, former New South Wales Minister of Justice on behalf of the widow and son of the man he murdered. Ley was convicted of murdering117 words
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Article89 1947-09-08 6 Small high-speed J a pane. K boats hav e been discovered along the China coast near Cne-ian* and Fukien Provinces engaged In smuggling according to inofficial Chinese sources in Shanghai. Carrying cargoes up to w tons these boats ar e said to be capable of making a89 words
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Article27 1947-09-08 6 A shop assistant went to Hie races in Caracas (Venezuela 1 with 10s. and won £22.500. He had an accumulator on six horses all winners.27 words
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Article192 1947-09-08 6 EDDIE CANTOR, Jewish comedian, said at Boston that he had been informed in Hollywood that one of his forthcoming films might be banned in Britain because of his attacks on the British policy in Palestine. He added angrily: "I have given them the answer.A.P. - 192 words
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Article319 1947-09-08 6 "p™ new States, .based on hatrt ri have been created," said (iener*.-. anl founder of the Indian National wan interview with The Times *™L *al£* in Lahore on the fierce com^„ na c ***i__ Punjab Province. al oJt^aksV? Although Mohan Singh, a o r mander319 words
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Article93 1947-09-08 6 CABINET RESHUFFLE IN TURKEY i L •■•-:••> Rec p E Pel rPshuS^ Cai rr.cv ,^"'t, News AgencvanS In Ani ■In r -^r. htej ina n -rctfasgwiS v ac '•4 -0 44 .;?_< aosi givi hiir r 1 htf s aid the ai nghffljisrfk U;r behind ck)_<^ '>■■'■■■ P-£-:.»iS r --'■•">A.P. - 93 words
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Article57 1947-09-08 6 Th Chii s -flnistry of km mi< .ffairs in Sr._r.e..i n_ rdered :...■•> 5:..p._.„.i coal Man ...r.ar. ind fed. China in an a :>rt blish a m tit "st p. 1 ess< iterials before closes n rth< m p m The M r sa st _re__A.P. - 57 words
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Article48 1947-09-08 6 NAKED RAIDERSET FIRE TO FARMS. Band I naked r.ight raflffl-J 70 str and sometime- mm w. man hav, fired -j(*Q farm, and schools in :_*2*| lane arund V«^ouver Me:C| stayii fn» work M tect theii borne- J Til,- raider^ beioag^ J Doukn *> relifio- iw havo been arrested ReuterReuter - 48 words
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Article45 1947-09-08 6 Documents Quoted to m cial Swedish WUttWy* on Saturdaj assert 1940 Britain anc *™*JM within ti ftouri M"* against the Sonet DfIKH J If the Russo-Finn^«a continued after v Britain ind France j| sent an initial ct frnons I Finlai 1 A.P.A.P. - 45 words
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Article32 1947-09-08 6 .MAJOR G B NW«3 M aB 4 in How Kone >"**(* pOSHIJ L:-s_s* Chin.,, buyers has «2 J -4 to be cashiered f K^ ■wt-. W*fS- labour to United Ki «*532 words
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Article14 1947-09-08 6 British .^'d Au^ r ,a lB Migrant w^j£V__ With -*'*rfT.*t^M taket^.^m^wor^nj^i14 words
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Advertisement104 1947-09-08 6 Air C ondi turned CAPITOL Phone 5159 LAST 5 SHOWS 11 a m 2 l 15— 6.30—9.15 p.m. PAUL MUNI in "COUNTERATTACK" A Cel— Bbia Picture JP^tomo'rbow Mo,, Otoo'l ___7jl 17 i A SOU.. Ceul_irj-ti<_ Piclu.e P^ B _MToNi^CtoT^^i Last f our Shows 1.30 4 6.30 9.30 p. m. BJ.104 words
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Advertisement28 1947-09-08 6 CATHAY 11 1.45. 4.15, 6.45. 9 30 Phone 3400 LAST DAY OF BLUE SKIES BING CROSBY FRED ASTAIRE JOAN CAULFIEP TOMOHKOW IMQRtP CARY BERGMAN GRANT in RKO's NOTORIOUS28 words
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Miscellaneous139 1947-09-08 6 JANE E^echkprve to the Singi*i>ore Free Press in Malaya /well, now you and LYd-A^ HI I a t 3 1 I/really'-^ i dom't __=f A S r ARE PALS JAkIF iTOMiv I KAOWIAQ IXjrHl Bwmr^Sm> «J HtALLY.— I ipumt Ofcfc. r rMLOi wMNt, II ONLY f ~jmvn\ <t> ___r \j;!j!-_.?&.ii^__^_s;SiSr139 words
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Article764 1947-09-08 7 SCFA XI CAN BE STRONGER UYS FAN Inclusion Of C.A. S. China Asked Bv the Sports Editor prospect of a game next Sunday for the U lTrf Lit Chinese Football Association against the footballers, who are due to arrive here on gut) ,jnese soccer fan has written in to suggest764 words
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Article50 1947-09-08 7 the Singa--1 ut competir waved today when -y --yndteam will meet *r i at Jalan Besar lJia the Singapore y •4" meet the \m sjlc. vr > u are: „4 g ;r 4 fli.-t' M. {f?i 5 "Jaw s RC vnuwmQ* j 4;. w /mfian50 words
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179 1947-09-08 7 Selangor Club Lead In Cricket Final f-... fmm staf at* -.pendent Kl tL LUM LTR Sunday. iff in scored 172 ad led I b wickets runs in flu Kond inning- I rS a. Selangoi as pad tng 4. Qt_ kl data s tai nga s n Bennett .did jowling by179 words
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Article130 1947-09-08 7 PENANG, Sunday.— The first match of the Penang rugger ended in a narrow win for the West Yorks over the Chinese Recreation Club yesterday. The soldiers won by six points to three. Both sides fielded strong teams. -v the West Yorks had the avier pack andU.P. - 130 words
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Article99 1947-09-08 7 Free Press Correspondent SEREMBAN. Sunday. THE Europeans beat The Rest for the Goh Eng Thye Cup today by 62 runs in a one-innings game. Rain had curtailed play yesterday. The Europeans batted first and scored 169 for seven declared <G. 8. Walker 76. Major Hallam99 words
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59 1947-09-08 7 B. B. RUSSELL of Dublin, a new- comer to the Isle of Man T.T. I course, brcke the Manx Grand Prix j lightweight record rn Saturday during I practice by three seconds. Riding an I'alian Motogussi I lapped the course in 30 min. 57Reuter - 59 words
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642 1947-09-08 7 By VERNON MORGAN, former Olympic runner and South African mile record holder. TN just one year athletes, officials and visitors from all over the world will be converging on London for what is undoubtedly the greatest sporting meeting in the world the Olympic642 words
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Article, Illustration30 1947-09-08 7 .yy_ The Wallabies, the first fully representative Australian Rugby Union side to visit Britain for 40 years, photographed on the deckofthe''Orion'' on arrival at Tilbury Dock.30 words
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107 1947-09-08 7 Missed Goals Did Not Pass Woman Fan MRS. Edie Clare, 56, of Cheadle Heath, (Cheshire) and 12,499 other football enthusiasts paid to see Stockport County play Halifax. But Mrs. Clare, an enthusiastic Stockport supporter, didn't see the entire game. She urns knocked unconscious by a shot which passed ivide of107 words
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Article269 1947-09-08 7 By A Special Correspondent FREDDIE Mills, the British cruiserweight champion, has a 1 bright season in front of him, provided he ca n overcome a couple of obstacles which do not seem insurmountable. The first of them he meets at London's Harringay Stadium tonight when269 words
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478 1947-09-08 7 |N cricket matches in Singapore yesterday, the Singapore Cricket Club and the Singapore Chinese Recreation Club scored easy victories. On the padang the S.C.C. battod first for 191 for seven declared and dismissed the Indians for 74. while a' Hong Lim Green the478 words
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Article102 1947-09-08 7 France defeated Great Britain by 73 points to 56 in an international athletics contest watched by 30,000 people in drizzling rain at Colombes Stadium in Paris yesterday. Britain actually won eight of 15 events but FVawce. who had gained a lead of 21 points after 11 events,A.P. - 102 words
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Article596 1947-09-08 7 S.B.A. Champions nibs By Courtcraft THE oldest and the youngest player provided the greatest thrills in yesterday's ties in the Singapore Badminton Association junior and veterans championships at the Clerical Union. The brilliant display of 44-year old veteran Koh Keng Siang (Playfair) was only equalled by the596 words
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Article205 1947-09-08 7 Free Press Staff Correspondent PENANG, Sunday. TWO cousins, Amy Choong and Choong Ewe Leong. won the Penang junior badminton singles championships on the Free School courts yesterday. Miss Choong became women's singles champion and triple crown winner when she easily outplayed the Mayfield hope, Miss Gan205 words
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Article137 1947-09-08 7 IN a friendly inter-State soccer match played at Kuala Lumpur yesterday. Perak. playing with ten men for 50 minutes of the game, did better than expected when they were beaten by Selangor only by the odd goal in three. Brilliant goalkeeping by Jamalludin137 words
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Article69 1947-09-08 7 THE Amicable Badminton Party will hold their anniversary dinner at the Great World Park on Saturday. Sept. 27. Members are reminded that ali subscriptions must be paid on cr before Sept. 15. Those who intend to bring their friends should inform the hon. secretary, Mr. Robert Tan. or69 words
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Miscellaneous197 1947-09-08 7 Free Press Crossword No. 185 1 I 11 13 K Is |6 p j -f I ri> L—l i MMM I I L_ I— tLJjt tt-t-tj C hi- 1 H H H CLUES ACROSS 1, Gristle (9). 8, Capital of Tigre, Abyssinia (5). 9. Saddle-horse (3) 11. Field-work forming salient197 words
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Article, Illustration449 1947-09-08 8 De Gaulle wa_?ns France BAYONNE, (S.-W. France), Sunday. THE French wartime leader, Gen. Charles de Gaulle, today warned the French nation not to expect much help from the United States, either financially or politically. France, he said, must stand on her own feet with aReuter; U.P. - 449 words
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Article119 1947-09-08 8 WASHINGTON, Sunday. THE launching of a V-2 rocket 1 from the flight deck of the super-carrier Midway is confidently expected in the near future despite the Navy's silence or. the :matter. It was reported early last week by an unidentified naval official that the 45,000-tonU.P. - 119 words
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Article229 1947-09-08 8 EXODUS JEWS WILL RE LANDED TODAY HAMBURG, Sunday. LATE this afternoon the Ocean Vigour, with the first of three shiploads of 4,350 "exodus Jews," docked at an almost deserted quayside. Its passengers will be landed on Monday. The Jews aboard were told that an hour's grace would be granted themReuter; A.P. - 229 words
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Article128 1947-09-08 8 NEW GOVT ENDS CRISIS IN GREECE ATHENS, Sunday. THE new two party Greek Gov- eminent under the premiership of 87-year -old veteran Libera statesman M. Themistocies Soph ou lis was sworn in Athens befo»\. King George of Greece tonight. M. Tsaldaris who earlier had handed the King the resignation ofReuter - 128 words
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Article46 1947-09-08 8 Barbara Jo Walker, five-foot- seven 21-year-old brunette from Memphis, Tennessee, was crowned "Miss America 1947" yesterday, and awarded a US $5,000 scholarship for any school of her choice. She won the beauty contest over 54 girls representing 39 States. 14 les and Canada. A.P.A.P. - 46 words
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187 1947-09-08 8 MANILA, Sunday. rpHE loan of 2,500 tons of rice by the Philippines to Malaya, x announced at the S.E. Asia Liaison Officers conference in Singapore last week, was made possible because the Republic has an "ample rice supply" to see it through theA.P. - 187 words
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Article182 1947-09-08 8 DETRIOT, Sunday. THE American motorist is going to get a certain amount of synthetic rubber in his tyres for quite some time to come but he is going to like it, writes David White, Associated s correspondent. Already, the tyres turned out by the rubber industry withA.P. - 182 words
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553 1947-09-08 8 Urges wealth redistribution ROME, Sunday. POPE PIUS XII told an estimated 120,000 persons crowding St. Peters Square tonight that this was the time for action for Catholicism, because "the opposing fronts in the religious and moral fields are becoming ever more clearlyU.P.; Reuter - 553 words
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211 1947-09-08 8 CEYLON POLLS: GOVT. PARTY INCREASES LEAD COLOMBO, Sunday. f^OL. J. L. Kotelawala, Minister Kj of Communications and Works in the last State Council and propaganda chief of the United National Party, defeated his Independent opponent by a majority of over 15,000 votes in the second week of Ceylon's first electionsReuter - 211 words
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Article65 1947-09-08 8 rriHrJ starch continued yesterday JL for two Gls wanted by military j police in connection with the slay- ing of a Japanese girl who was thrown from a Tokio br d<re last Thursday night. j Japanese officials at the Imperial University, after a postmortem, saidA.P. - 65 words
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Article292 1947-09-08 8 NANKING. Safe rpHE Nationalist Minister of National Defence, fi! i■■ Chung-hsi, openly act us. the Soviet Imonof*. ing and supplying arms to Chinese Communist fZ Manchuria, in an interview with the newsptterSi Welfare. Gen. Pai is quoted as saying that, before few Soviet troops into Manchuria,292 words
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Article44 1947-09-08 8 The rice surplus from South Celebes for the coming crop will be about 15,000 tons. This was a comparatively low figure compared to the expected surplus, and was attributed to a decrease in the padi field area near Maeassar. U.P.U.P. - 44 words
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Article23 1947-09-08 8 Chinese Customs officers at Shanghai during the last three days seized 1,734 watches valued at CN $20,000,000,000 (nominally over £400,000 ReuterReuter - 23 words
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Article269 1947-09-08 8 STALIN PRAISES MOSCOW'S 'LEAD' MOSCOW, Sunday GENERALISSIMO Stalin, in a message of greetings to Moscow on the city's 800th birthday today, declared "It is known that the peace-loving peoples look hopefully to Moscow as the capital of a great power and as a mighty bulwark of peace." The service renderedReuter - 269 words
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Article32 1947-09-08 8 After a six weeks' engagement, 88-year-oid Charles Thomas Entamen was married yesterday at Chatham, Kent, to Miss Katheleen Mary Baker, 20. His firs' w«e died four years aga ReuterReuter - 32 words
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Article, Illustration68 1947-09-08 8 This picture taken at the Australian Government's reception to the members of the Commonwealth conference at Canberra to discuss the Japanese peace treaty shows (from left) Mr. Mirza Mohammed Rafi. (leader of the Pakistan delegation) Lieut.-Gen. H. C. H. Robertson (military adviser to the conference), and Brig. Sher Ali68 words
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Article61 1947-09-08 8 \SP__€UL Market mm ent gives the pruts 4m at 11 am today as foUon Biner. i per It |B >_ l B M sp«t loov n.rrmul i*\ No I K.bis in ball-* Sept Wf I No 2 RSS fob ui ba!t^ Sep: S fl No I I M <o*61 words
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Article117 1947-09-08 8 U I ra Iwaj 1 main station. N**m :> UN rhe police twice OP*! t r.g wopejJJ A Reeled a B___a# ministrauv< capital J and < reeled road p i u e :r. v..T.er/_s 2>--* dents were reporteci» pan the city a*^ p. -nceri have weaarsecj^ 111 certa 4J^jiA.P.; U.P.; Reuter - 117 words
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Article32 1947-09-08 8 R! T^J b Katioi*Js_| th 'V f £g* vK ?sß aCvi i» 'nQt>» DO* 4 :"^^B i r t^ r^"' >• Sec ir.t> J gjjptii" i<B the would !sud-.n.*< s _d^ U.P.U.P. - 32 words
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Miscellaneous92 1947-09-08 8 WE A THER 1 Thundery showers WEATHER report for the next 21 hours compiled by the R.A.F.: Thundry showers in the late afternoon and evening, mainly to the n/.th of island. Fair overnight. Scattered showers tomorrow morning. Wind: South-south- west Xly, 5 to 10 knots. Sunset 6.36; sunrise 6.27. Moonrise92 words
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