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Title Section18 1947-09-12 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA *****56 SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1947 PRICE 10 CENTS.18 words
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Article479 1947-09-12 1 CHOLERA OUTBREAK IN PUNJAB Refugee camps without food NEW DELHI, Thursday. THOLERA has broken out in refugee camps in the Punjab, an army spokesman said tonight. Four hundred cases have been reported in one camp alone, at Kasur, in Pakistan. Supplies of anti-cholera serum are being flown to the LahoreA.P.; U.P.; Reuter - 479 words
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Article, Illustration39 1947-09-12 1 p] Ffercacc Bd S• General eft i Dan i Ord I jlp, AvhAQ a recess at the in I tjnnster end L. w s iai Misi mfjMrc r TrtM ri and R:-:. I '■:■'<' Union. She j r. fl2in ft39 words
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66 1947-09-12 1 BRITAIN CUTS IMPORTS OF BOOKS FRUIT v M Tl ursday. Sir Stafford raited plan I S BriI ra the G n nnl has I s tving i B t iinced ij no :a i mt.. wean 01 bi ughl jjj r ■an id- ect is to re on amouni MaReuter - 66 words
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Article247 1947-09-12 1 PARIS, Thursday. or.VERE criticism of the report of the 16-nation conference on the Marshall aid Europe plan by Mr. William Clayton, U.S. I nder-Secretary for Economic Affairs now in Paris, may mean a recasting of the report and the postponement of the final plenary sessionReuter; U.P.; A.P. - 247 words
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151 1947-09-12 1 PETROL RATION CUTS LIKELY IN OCTOBER Free Press Staff Reporter THE petrol supply of motorists in Singapore is likely to be cut by ten per cent, in basic ration and ten per cent, in supplementary rations, effective probably from Oct. 1. The present petrol allowance for lorries may be cut151 words
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Article101 1947-09-12 1 BATAVIA, Thursday. MR. E. T. Lambert and Mr. Charles Eaton, Acting British a/id Australian ConsulsGeneral in Batavia. were fired on near Singosari while touring the Dutch side of the Malang sector, in Eastern Java. They are among six coklsuls invited by the United Nations Security CouncilReuter; A.P. - 101 words
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Article29 1947-09-12 1 CIXTY-TWO candidates have so far lost their deposits of Rs. 1,000 in the Ceylon general elections under the new constitution which started a fortnight ago.29 words
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Article30 1947-09-12 1 Th« crew of three were killed whan a twin-engined C-47 (Skytrain) United States Army cargo plane crashed into a mountain 30 miles south of Denver (Colorado).30 words
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Article39 1947-09-12 1 Army Cadet Corps Sergeant George Nash, 17, of Fishponds (Bristol), who placed a plum and apple jam tin on his brother's head and fired a rifle at it, was. fined £1 for unlawfully discharging a firearm.39 words
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Article160 1947-09-12 1 Free Press Staff Reporter THREE pistol shots were fired during a fight between the Singapore "36" and the "108" gangs involving 50 to 60 Chinese at the junction of Cecil Street and Cross Street at 5.45 D.m. yesterday. No one was injured. The Singapore CID160 words
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Article249 1947-09-12 1 CAIRO, Thursday. EGYPTIAN crowds at Port Said tried to set fire to the British Consulate, stoned the American consulate and British buildings and destroyed the statue of Ferdinand de Lesseps, the French engineer who built the Suez Canal, in violent demonstrations today against the United Nations SecurityReuter; A.P.; U.P. - 249 words
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Article58 1947-09-12 1 BELFAST, Thursday. rpWENTY persons are reported to JL have been killed and 50 injured today in an explosion in the 17,000-ton British liner Reina del Pacifico, off Belfast. The Reina del Paoifico, flagship of the Pacific Steam Navigation Company, reached Liverpool from Rangoon on SaturdayReuter - 58 words
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331 1947-09-12 1 FOOD SHOCKS COMING, SA YS UNO CHIEF GENEVA, Thursday. /CONDITIONS in Europe and Asia next winter and spring "will shock the world," said Sir John Boyd Orr, Director General of the U.N. Food and Agricultural Organisation, speaking at the close of the F.A.O. conference today. Governments must take energetic action,Reuter; U.P.; A.P. - 331 words
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Article78 1947-09-12 1 Free Press Staff Reporter EXCEPT for a holiday in aU schools, the second anniversary today of the surrender of the Japanese forces in South-East Asia to the Supreme Allied Commander, Lord Mountbatten, in the Municipal building, almost passed off unnoticed. There will be a united78 words
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Article, Illustration18 1947-09-12 1 picture. Carrying labelled luggage, this 4^-year-old girl is one of the youngest British immigrants to Australia.- Planet NewsPlanet News - 18 words
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Article77 1947-09-12 1 THE Labour Government yester* 1 day held the Edgehill (Liverpool) parliamentary seat, but with a much lower majority than the one with which they won the constituency from the Conservatives at the last general election. It was their twenty-eight byeelection victory. The Labour candidate, Major A.Reuter - 77 words
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Advertisement49 1947-09-12 1 r it i1 ji NOW HERE V AST rtgw STOCKS OF r Kashmir. Bokhara, Persian v« A K P e I S Gh q?iaht LOW prices I TODAY THE tency Showrooms at STAMFORD ROAD Maban mngh JWALA SINGH SHROFF s CURIOS CARPETS, LTD. l *> 2057 P. 0. Box I*6l49 words
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Article, Illustration675 1947-09-12 2 BY A SPECIAL CO-RESPONDENT IT'S a wedding! The church spectators wipe an indulgent tear and hurl their handfuls of confetti, the newlyweds creak bashfully down the aisle, duck into the white beribboned rented limousine, and disappear from all further publicity. How they make out in their homes, for675 words
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Article68 1947-09-12 2 TWENTY-five-year-old Joan l Todd, typist, of Seatonsreet Chelsea, with just enough money to pay her theatre ticket, hiked to Vichy to see her favourite ballet star, Yvette Chauvire. Mile. Chauvire heard of Joan's arrival with rucksack two blouses, a skirt, and a billycan— and made her the guest68 words
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Article, Illustration284 1947-09-12 2 ABRIDGE player is treading on dangerous ground when he uses 'suit-preference" signals in any but the most easily recognizable situations. These signals (telling partner which suit to shift to) can create considerable confusion when an attempt is made to use a "shift" signal on a follow- suit284 words
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Article, Illustration29 1947-09-12 2 Cyclamen roses on white satin is the material used for this evening dress with bolero jacket not detachable embroidered between the print with crystal beads. A Rosalinde Gilbert model.29 words
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Article264 1947-09-12 2 QN E woman's-eye-view of Edinburgh at Festival time is that the shops have even more glamour than the visitors. Sumptuous displays of quality woollens, unseen since 1939, drew large crowds before 9.30 a.m. into a Princes-street scented with £4,000 worth of fresh flowers. Cashmeres carry tentalising tickets264 words
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Article229 1947-09-12 2 AMERICAN WOMEN are often presented as the last word in beauty and refinement on tne surface at least- but a recent survey by the "New York Times" is considerably lass Mattering. Comparing the New York woman of to-day with the woman of fifty years ago. the "New229 words
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Article241 1947-09-12 2 Outline Of A Designer BY A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT TASHION designer Norman Bishop Hartnell has a sold frame and square features which suited him well for the rugby field at Cambridge during the bright young twenties. To look at him now, >n his carefully preserved forties, you would think of him241 words
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Article104 1947-09-12 2 A LOT of time is wasted by childless women and by mothers whose children no longer need supervision, says Miss Mary Stoks. Principal of Westfield College London University's women's college at Hampstead It would be interesting, though doubtless impertinent in a free country, to make a sample104 words
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Article133 1947-09-12 2 AUSTER ROUALT n wedding- %l t-iizaoetn was nr 01 more 'n-v,;;;; 1 centurj C: >1 d ttei J, 1lr Q.-:. V.-.-"! hustand :or w-C« her you:;; husbarT^ well :> c Palace but tr>- r j ver > poor and shair ac o: rr.-- r.es "-J w c kJ* r wed133 words
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Advertisement29 1947-09-12 2 CARPETS I INDIAN, PERSIAN. ORIENTAL H KASHMIR FELT RU^ G R^ STAIRCASE RUNNERS IN BEIGk H GIFT PARCELS TO U_^ H PACKING POSTAGE FRt I S. QURESHI *J° 129 words
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Miscellaneous239 1947-09-12 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR Fortune forecast for people born today BORN today, your natural talents are many, and your powers of execution are excellent. However, you are moody and impulsive, often spoiling a good thing by a burst of temper at just the wrong time! You are quick to apologize and239 words
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Miscellaneous251 1947-09-12 2 DFGDFG GFHGFH GFHH SINGAPORE Blue Network 12 00— 2.00 p.m.— 485 metres in th< j medium wave band A 7.22 megacycle! per second in the 41 metre band. 6.00—11.00 p.m. 183 metres in th< medium wave band A 4.826 megacycle? per second in the 61 metre band except from 7.45251 words
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Miscellaneous399 1947-09-12 2 QUIZ Answers 1. Anthony Ashley Cocper. first Earl of Shaftesbury. In "Absol^m and Achitophel by John Dryden. 2. Robert Abel. 3. The Pope 4. A pig, on the charge of deserting its stye. Radio Australia's Dance Band Show compered by John Morgan; 4.50 'New Zealand Sports Letter'; 5 p.m. "Around399 words
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Miscellaneous195 1947-09-12 2 SATURDAY MORNING 8 a.m. Music on the Air; 8 30 Wmm and Home News; 8.45 Morning Star; 9.00 Composer Cavalcade; 9 .30 Pro gramme Announcements; 9.40 Int. r- lude; 9.45 Radio Forfeits; 10.15; Yeurs for a Song; 10.30 News and' Items from Saturday's Papers: 10 45 Date with Doreen; 11195 words
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Article, Illustration565 1947-09-12 3 former 'dictator' defends Jap actions TOKIO, Thursday. m-iot bear the sight of Japan belli; a Ji) lie. s. or being led to destruction," v j:"t ;1 lv i, once known as the "Mussolini Mtd C s ion before the International Military ■tU j :us nutAP - 565 words
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Article61 1947-09-12 3 SHE CUT HER HUSBAND INTO PIECES r l ad J- auietar.d Sri rwe* tights ss of I:-:..-- in a n ite marr E L s Sondai r irnowski r. n the hvad vrtth bod] tni li Lad ftrei I■■ ht> bi t Sundaj >- either him or s with a61 words
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Article50 1947-09-12 3 NEW CHARTER FOR NURSES LI ry 1 r >r tish .r r: c rking lin I B 9TOS fS Of a'a pro- H Ser- rta Hunend- Catus r ting o,^: C v a*■^tor student i i s s; X c r v ofißLsiiig rder] r e- :<^ lor a trainedReuter - 50 words
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Article23 1947-09-12 3 SECOND Indian Mr c v Jr^l Ct- ylon I r^-T« been elected! MESS be win sivi rties:" ReuterReuter - 23 words
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179 1947-09-12 3 EVERYONE must recapture the sense of duty which cuts out at once black markets and unearned pay and profits, writes the Archbishop of Canterbury in his weekly Canterbury Diocesan Notes. Dealing with the "economic I peril in which our nation stands' Dr. Fisher says179 words
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Article108 1947-09-12 3 rHE Rev. Henry Robert Rogers, aged 42, rector of Christ Church. Bessbrook. Co. Armagh, was found dead in his study ten minutes before Dr. J. A. F. Gregg, Primate of All Ireland and Archbishop of Armagh, arrived to the morning sermon. After breakfasting with his108 words
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Article224 1947-09-12 3 or SSI A has "not made the mistake in Asia and the United States should certainly not make it of failing to realize that home-grown revolutionary ideas there have a strong foundation in public opinion/' declared the New York Herald Tribune in anU.P. - 224 words
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Article23 1947-09-12 3 Prance has stopped the import of British films as a reprisal for the 75 per cent, tax on foreign film earnings.23 words
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Article52 1947-09-12 3 James Mattalina, 53, who never earned more than $35 a week during his 25 years as chauffeur for the Craig family in Chicago, learned that he is the heir to between $300,000 and a half million UJS. dollars, left to him by Miss Anne Craig, who died onU.P. - 52 words
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Article80 1947-09-12 3 MR. Andrei Vishinsky, Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister, commenting in London on the Inter-American defence pact signed recently in Brazil, said that "K would be interesting to know" against whom the North and South American nations were preparing to defend themselves. "Very often it happens that, when oneA.P. - 80 words
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Article118 1947-09-12 3 T IFEGUARD BRYANT, at PorthJu cawl, (Glamorgan) saw an Army "duck" broadside on to the beach and flying what seemed to be a distress signal. A man, surrounded by a cluster of apparently helpless people, was shouting through a megaphone to more people collected on the beach.118 words
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Article79 1947-09-12 3 Six Filipino businessmen have left for Japan, where they will study the commercial situation for President Roxas. Owing to the great reluctance of Filipinos to have anything to do with the Japanese, the six were chosen by the President and will conduct a survey onA.P. - 79 words
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Article45 1947-09-12 3 THE Crown Jewels, greatest attraction for visitors at the Tower of London, are to be replaced within the next few weeks. Structural alterations and bomb-damage repairs to the Wakefleld Tower, in which the Jewel House is situated, are now complete.45 words
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Article34 1947-09-12 3 In keeping with the new austerity programme for the coming winter, the French government has slashed the petrol ration and forbidden cars of more than 15 h.p. to run at all.34 words
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Article279 1947-09-12 3 US DISCOVERS 'CURB ATOM' METHOD "CONTROLLED version of the atom bomb," suitable for £X research tests of practical power utilisation, has been achieved by Dr. D. B. Hamilton Hall and his wife, Dr. Jane Hall, supervising a new unit of the United States research station at Los Alamos, New Mexico.279 words
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Article72 1947-09-12 3 QTAXED to have been traced by kjhis wife when his dog won the Greyhound Derby last year, Donald Taylor Stewart (50), a company director of Stratford Court. Oxford. Street, West London, pleaded guilty at the Old Bailey to a charge of bigamy. It was statedReuter - 72 words
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112 1947-09-12 3 SiATHOLIC Archbishop Paolc \j Marelia, Apostolic delegate, to Japan, told the International Military War Crimes Tribunal for the Far East that, in order to arrive at an "impartial judgment" on the treatment of prisoners of war, it was necessary to consider "that theA.P. - 112 words
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Article92 1947-09-12 3 TIIDEKI TOJO, Japan's wartime Premier being tried in Tokio for war crimes, is apparently resigned to death. "He has already acquired his posthumous name in conformance of Japanese custom," says a Tokio report. The nam e selected was "Eishoin Shakuji Komyoro Koji," meaning "crimes committedA.P. - 92 words
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Article49 1947-09-12 3 wearing a spotted bow tie and smoking his usual cigar Mr. Winston Churchill went to the London Zoo on Tuesday to be presented with "Digger," a white kangaroo, by Sir Charles McCann, Agent General for South Australia, on behalf of the South Australian Stockowners' Association. ReuterReuter - 49 words
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Miscellaneous30 1947-09-12 3 TARZAN CaU for he^ By Edgar Rice Burrou hs m igWJ f 9 I Jff "n. 'ill »B?t.^f^B J/&~==x^t^^^J THE STRANGE APE TONGUE. <Wfc '^^vt*^ '/'"^^--RANPY SWUNG HIS 1 U30 words
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666 1947-09-12 4 The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1947. Two Years After fpWO years ago today, General 1 Itagaki signed in Singapore the instrument of surrender on behalf of the Commander-in-Chief of the Japanese forces in South East Asia. Those were brave days, when miracles were among the rights of man.666 words
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Article76 1947-09-12 4 "Of these the false Achitciphel was first, A name to all sucBceedlng ages curst." Who was the fatoe Achitophel and in what poem, by what author, was he denounced? I. Denis Compton has just beatBen the season's aggregate held by Tom Hayward for 41 years. Who held the record76 words
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Article, Illustration1309 1947-09-12 4 AN AMERICAN LOOKS AT BEVIN By CYNTHIA LOWRY A BULL-NECKED, rough- talking trade unionist is the odds-on favourite for Great Britain's Prime Minister if Clement Attlee vacates No. 10 Downing Street. He is Ernest Bevin, 66--year-old Foreign Secretary, whose steel-file voice and forthright, frequently impolitic, statements have rasped across the1,309 words
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Article, Illustration406 1947-09-12 4 A man who has the job of bringing up to date records of art and science developments which were missed by South East Asia during the war years is Mr. J. P. LUCAS, British Council Representative in Singapore. He arrived here with his wife three weeks ago and is406 words
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Article590 1947-09-12 4 BY A REUTER CORRESPONDENT ANE man in Great Britain watches for the result of every murder trial with more than average interests. As the judge pronounces the sentence "hanged by the neck until you are dead" Albert Pierrepoint, Britain's hangman, knows that failing a successful appeal590 words
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Article, Illustration531 1947-09-12 4 slight-built Mr. A. ROBINSON managirffc director of the Gr. a^ Eastern Life Assurance Co. He is retiring after 28 years in this country and on his* wrivaJ In England he does not intend to take up any appointment but he will continue to act in an531 words
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Article52 1947-09-12 4 t hey f»JS?«a tha EL **<**} J haired Syrian k*7£»| mosi c lourfu Cji-J Becuri o -r.- f >4 yet with "gS r<>< ngsdow H< Hasgotmoe^S air rV^M period in the C---^ ?ates r: <* thin had utfgl^oj siai I at< rS* 11 u ias sta^?rndS^ <■■ iA.P. - 52 words
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Advertisement18 1947-09-12 4 TANKARDS IN STERLING SILVER OR FINEST ENGLISH ELECTROPLATE ON NICKEL SILVER. P. H. HENDRY, 78 North Bridge ftd.18 words
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Advertisement40 1947-09-12 4 FAITH The law of Thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver. Psalms 119, 72. SNAPPY MORNING FRO fpv? N N EXQUISITE AFTERNOON GOWNS CHOICEST DRESS FABR f i^4jtvir /1b In 1 4 -P ft IjCSPapineau40 words
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Article332 1947-09-12 5 JUBILEE FUND CAN'T AID TB WORK $300,000 will not be given Free Press Staff Reporter A LEGAL technicality has deprived Singapore's fight against tuberculosis of the substantial assistance of $300,000. xui» sum was to nave Deen aonaiea vy uie ouver Jubilee Fund Committee to the Singapore Anti-Tuber-culosis Association but it332 words
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Article160 1947-09-12 5 CINEMAS QUIT PREMISES rue Jf» united Ex||B"sSS Syndicate, operating !*lSd3iai« cloors of the tteaires- .>* n Dim€ this ;;> m red our, thus E ,rni^~-~- a c> t:i:n ;eiu ordei **7??thefli to Quit by today, issued- ;;;p.;. closed down ■ftte^eM an unfs.-^'-;.-". tussle In the SU ;:^:> f~'he United Exhi--00160 words
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Article20 1947-09-12 5 meting erf fi^"ic-r< Rural Boi.rd will be STS SOU M in kh€ Land Office ai II a m.20 words
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Article117 1947-09-12 5 VILLAGERS WON'T HELP THE POLICE Free Press Correspondent JOHORE BAHRV. Thursday. rE village of Batu Lima on the Kluang-Batu Pahat road is so terrified that the inhabitants will not give any information to the Police about a gang robbery which took place there a few days ago. It is reported117 words
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Article101 1947-09-12 5 A limited number of wreaths for Poppy Day (Nov. 11) will be available this year for private individuals, clubs, associations and other public boddes. It will not be possible for orders to be accepted for individual designs, and all wreaths will be of uniform shape and size.101 words
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Article128 1947-09-12 5 SOLDIER FACES NEW CHEQUE CHARGES Two further charges were preferred against the 21 -year-old British serviceman, Philip Mannion, when he appeared before Second Magistrate L. C. Goh yesterday again on a charge of attempting to cheat Messrs. John Little and Co., Ltd., with a $250 cheque on Aug. 19. Mannion128 words
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Article348 1947-09-12 5 tree Press Staff Reporter rIE Miiiapore Children's Orchestra, noted for its classical concerts, will become, by next year, a full Junior Symphony Orchestra. To attain this goal it requires more players of woodwind and brass instruments, its conductor, Mr (ilan Williams, told the Free Press yesterday.348 words
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Article97 1947-09-12 5 ROAD DEATH: MISADVENTURE VERDICT v £?l y ■■■-•'-■r-t from jS*L a constable whose S P ked 1 Chinese woWore Coroner yesterday stat- he evidence before him stable undtr^ crar in S the con?l^S': ei n P en al code. :25; a findin s of death by ahSa? thl n ::>97 words
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Article180 1947-09-12 5 FARES on the Qantas Sydney-Londo n "Kangaroo air service will be reduced by £100 when the new system of parallel operations begins in January 1948. Under this system Qantas will operate Constellations from Sydney right through to London, and BOAC will maintain flying-boats on the180 words
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336 1947-09-12 5 Free Press Chinese Correspondent THE Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce has formed 1 a sub-committee to take charge of relief for Chinese war refugees in Indonesia. The sub-committee consists of Mr. Lee Kong Chian as chairman, Mr. Kwek Soan Loh as secretary and Mr. Yong336 words
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Article49 1947-09-12 5 S'pore port news SHIPS alongside the Singapore wharves yesterday (godowns in brackets) were: Main Wharf:. Clan MacDougal (31-32), Empire Passmore (37), Longview Victory (38-39), Bennevis (40-41). West Wharf: Eurypylus (1-2), Denbighshire (10-11). Empire Dock: Cefnbryn (17-18), Taksang (19-20), Castleville 23-24), Wosang (25-26), Benares -27-28). Sheers Wharf: Van der Hagen.49 words
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Article363 1947-09-12 5 APPEAL FOR FUNDS BY BISHOP THE Bishop of Singapore, the Rt. Rev. Leonard Wilson, yesterday issued a special appeal to the people of Singapore and the Malayan Union for funds for rehabilitation work within his diocese. One hundred thousand pounds sterling is required to enable the Church to provide clergy,363 words
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Article, Illustration380 1947-09-12 5 JA WAN IS TWO YEARS OLD Free Press Staff Reporter 'POD AY marks the second anniversary of the Indian forces A newspaper Jawan. Last night, the chief editor of the paper, Capt. Masud Ahmad, gave a party at which Army and civilian newspapermen were entertained. Among the many other guests380 words
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Article76 1947-09-12 5 THE newly-formed Constitutional Campaign Sub-Committee of the Putera and the All Malayan Council of Joint Action wUI hold a mass meeting at Kuala Lumpur on Sunday. In Singapore they plan to hold a mass demonstration at the Farrer Park on the 21st. Police permission to hold this76 words
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Article57 1947-09-12 5 TWO trishaw pedlars, two labourers, two hawkers, a rag and bone man, and a watchmaker said they smoked opium for ailments and as stimulant when they pleaded guilty to possessing opium smoking pipes and pipe lamps in the First District Court yesterday. They were each57 words
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Article25 1947-09-12 5 FXJR of the ten Japanese war crimes suspects who arrived in Singapore recently are wanted lor questioning about war crime> committed at Taiping.25 words
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Article424 1947-09-12 6 C7.5. optimistic despite dollar bans NEW YORK, Thursday. WORLD bans on American imports may hurt the United States eventually but business men and economists are showing little concern as yet, reports an Associated Press correspondent from New York. The National City Bank stated that a slackeningA.P. - 424 words
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Article, Illustration78 1947-09-12 6 Atom city's memory The people of Hiroshima have erected a monument on the place where the atomic bomb exploded over the city two years ago, to be known as the Peace Auditorium. This picture shows the people of the city standing in silent memory of the disaster during the unveiling78 words
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Article64 1947-09-12 6 Manila, city of a million reel, dends, heard a new explanation for the latest interruption of electric service which has been plaguing downtown areas and outlying districts. The Manila Electric Company announced that a mouse found its way into a main oil circuit breaker and causedA.P. - 64 words
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Article132 1947-09-12 6 25 DIE IN 'SHOCK' TOWN A HOUSEWIFE in the ancient cathedral town of Merida, j i Mexico, turned on a tap in her j kitchen and dropped dead— a' victim of an electric shock, due to faulty wiring. Then a man i n another part of the town .was killed132 words
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Article80 1947-09-12 6 THE birth of a new volcano In the Andes mountains of southwestern Peru threw the inhabitants of the Puquio area into a panic, causing them to flee from r /neir homes. San Felipe hill began suddenly to erupt smoke and lava although it had never before shownU.P. - 80 words
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Article66 1947-09-12 6 UNITED STATES Senator Eber Thomas, (Democrat, Oklahoma), said in Washington that "professional bellyachers" in America should be sentenced to 30 days in any part of Europe. "They would be glad to get back," said Mr. Thomas, who has just returned from a three weeks* tour ofReuter - 66 words
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Article30 1947-09-12 6 After a two-week heatwave, Shanghai weather has reverted to a cold wave from North China which sent the temperature down 20 degrees in less than 18 hours. ReuterReuter - 30 words
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Article49 1947-09-12 6 Al9-GUN salute marked the proclamation of Malta's new self-government constitution in the historic chamber of St. Michael and St. George in Valetta Palace (Malta) on Tuesday. The new Government will be responsible for financial affairs, but the British Government will remain in charge of defence. ReuterReuter - 49 words
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Article125 1947-09-12 6 OBSERCATORY TO BE MOVED rE move of the Royal Observatory from Greenwich to Herstmonceux Castle, Sussex, which has been delayed owing to lack of living accommodation for the staff of 120, is now to proceed. The Ministry of Health has! given permission for the erection j of 20 prefabricated houses.125 words
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Article71 1947-09-12 6 MRS. Richard Brandram, former Princess Katherine of Greece and sister of King Paul, has been given a title with the rank and precedence of a Duke's daughter, by the King of England. Henceforth she will be known as Lady Katherine Brandram. Princess Katherine. since sheU.P. - 71 words
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Article141 1947-09-12 6 WESTERN Europeans are working up to 40 per cent more than Americans, according to a manpower report which will be included in the 16-nation Marshall Plan answer to Washington. In contrast to the 40-hour week called for by the American Pair Labour Standards Act, Switzerland hasU.P. - 141 words
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201 1947-09-12 6 PROFESSOR R. E. Lane told the British Association in Dundee that, in the present crisis, Britain could not afford to neglect the science of medicine and its effect on increased production to help her out of her economic plight. The real problem was to201 words
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Article43 1947-09-12 6 The New Zealand Government has said that a lack of surplus horses in the Dominion makes it impossible to comply with Gen. Douglas MacArthur's request that a considerable number of the animals be shipped to Japan.— A.P.A.P. - 43 words
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Article82 1947-09-12 6 fIIHE Argentine Governmem has L ordered the suspension of canned meats to Britain but no official statement on the reason for the decision, or how long it would last, has been made. Britain has asked for a clarification of ttoe position. Suspension of canned meat shipmentsReuter - 82 words
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Article33 1947-09-12 6 Lugi Gaberti, a farmer visiting Rome had his wallet containing £80 taJven while he slept on a railway station bench. The next day he found it on another bench. It contained £90.33 words
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Article140 1947-09-12 6 WHEN Mr. A. K. Hyde, ex-KAF pJot officer, walked into Messrs. Levy and Franks, Avenue Bar in Shaftesburyavenue, London, with a friend, they ordered two halves of mild ale but they never had them. For Mr. Hyde, who comes from the British Colony of Sierra Leone,140 words
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Article71 1947-09-12 6 IN defence ot Frederick Harding, 71, charged at the Old Bailey i ii. London, with trespassing in a woman's flat and being found in possessor oi U.C. 51,000 worth of her jewellery and 123 skeleton keys, counsel said: "My client has been trying to go straight.U.P. - 71 words
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219 1947-09-12 6 HIS PLAN WAS SHEL VED, SAYS CHIANG China money cj^ GENERALISSIMO Chiang Kai-shek in a Kuomintan* Central Executive Cornmi^^ii*. Kuomintan* Youth Corps, m«UntTs£.«**± Chinese officials for their "psvchnf dnkl H, aT* outride aid.- China's own economic u, i**fij< would last at least two years, he said mUltar The Generalissimo declaredU.P. - 219 words
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Article13 1947-09-12 6 TRAITORS' GEMS FOR LOTTERY diamonds ntarisL l* °!i her -nfil^ rationists. c^ U.P.U.P. - 13 words
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Article74 1947-09-12 6 TWO Eui petn n^ her babj ai Riverside^! w< n s; c ar.c beaten sci .us bj Npgroes r vhtte an iho «J their assistance was ba-'iy x T st :ngux* place kst^ /4 nours after Negroes at Ifa* r r ■'■-■> tfjabiiS hue! .stoned and bpater.74 words
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Article37 1947-09-12 6 The Haifa-Cairo train hit 3 donkey at 40 nfcp.h. An Arab woman cried out that her two-year-old daughter was on the donkey. The child was found sitting on the engine's buffers. She was unhurt37 words
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Article27 1947-09-12 6 Bill Tilden, 54, former world tennis champion, has been released from Los Angeles County Gaol after serving seven months for an offence against a bov.27 words
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Article118 1947-09-12 6 A I u naitftti zyjst. 1 t ::;g Cp: Thaui Mali i mber of the Alii can Advil rj Qraqi :r. C^i piiltj I ir tertog i Oil IJ n :fa BhcMi and sentei I him I bndtti for lv d- c.s:.r.yraff d..- ::r nReuter - 118 words
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Article50 1947-09-12 6 PF.N M.-' ARTHUR r that the 2tf* G vrr: in is launching tf* tens n»-G ijcation ar.c x-*--nat; pr gramme 900.000 n itriates w. nxpectod Vl :r sp ly iron ternwrici Lee *"H r cuC> V< patr new V: E und( c-nstiu^ princi] ,tabi:sh^d yiied :0R50 words
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Article26 1947-09-12 6 NO INTERPRETER YUSUF WENT FREE \V .fund *;> II J tUSI .ir r 3»^ Th toatW be c-i] Yd *t* thai n d d suffice ™i— **J26 words
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Advertisement120 1947-09-12 6 YOU'LL LOVE THIS ONE! lU INSTALMENT 1 5 reels TO-MORROW at MIDNIGHT REX-AIR-CONDITIONED (CAPITOL PHONE 5159 NOW SHOWING _•>_ l 15— 30— !> 1 BETTER THAN "00D6E CITY* 9 TO-MORROW AT MID-NIGHT >^BETTY GR ABLITj/ GEO. MONTGOMERY^/ C t CESAR ROMERO M&L JIZ in TECHNICOLOR CATHAY 11 a.m., 1.45, 4.15.120 words
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Advertisement36 1947-09-12 6 ro-N/c«r #fce VICTORIA THS* CHINA Ml HC.D^ J DRAAIA SOCIEIi 1 "Rmmk» of the IWf Modem i Supported by Chine* SkJF Modern Oron* AT P- M- lt H Tickets: $s.oc I^VJ /i^ ADVANCE BOOkl^'Jgi VICTORIA «ff^>36 words
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Miscellaneous37 1947-09-12 6 |j\^|C Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press in Malayc 1/ IJf PROMISED GEORGIETb I ERIC CAM START 1 M H r I S s MANNEQUIN^ g^^w I fl MAKE SOME INQUIRIES VOOR PARTNERSHIP I I QEjUj T||37 words
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81 1947-09-12 7 Liverpool. Thars. re J London and j emerged. h "'"the hitherto *acai* S th ei^ht title, and held by ,r,n -than two years. rvP« t0 pr0 !on^d cheers, l a clear victor by a «lmh fcU dunnff >« fV however, withstood a" lhat XReuter - 81 words
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52 1947-09-12 7 l- i >-.> ■OUUfCI signed J ;;v u f r 10 -round K uS <on Square Garden on W s ,fenri MM weeks R A atari nwl M«; r^n Miles Louis-s manager understands that 11 id bi will wrtomatl- rtn ta m puiaieaReuter - 52 words
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Article703 1947-09-12 7 HE following is the card of events, subject to scratching and the order of running, for tomorrow's races at Ipoh. H,r» !i>< 1. I>'.\ 1  1 JI s. JIRAI sa 5 1 IRTHUH 5 1 4 MB •• 5 8 12 5 1 5 •703 words
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Article1006 1947-09-12 7 Three Horses Look Good On Weights Free Press Racing Correspondent IPOH, Today. THE uncertainty of the weather and the fact that most of 1 the outstation horses did all their preparation on their respective home grounds, make the task of spotting the likely winners1,006 words
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Article21 1947-09-12 7 •THE South African cricket team sailed fr:m Southampton for Capetown last afternoon on board the Durban Caotle. ReuterReuter - 21 words
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151 1947-09-12 7 Aussie Move To Improve Test Umpiring THE Australian Crickec Board of Control, at a meeting in Sydney last night, announced the inauguration of a system for building up a panel of Test match umpires, instead of relying on the two best umpires available each season. The object is to bringReuter; A.A.P. - 151 words
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Article107 1947-09-12 7 Cambridge University have appointed as their new boxing captain, D. F. Stephenson (Royal Grammar School, Newcastle), former parachute regiment officor and last season's winning lightweight against Oxford > R. A. Myers, welterweight, is secretary. Stephenson, leading a team unbeaten in the last season for the firstReuter - 107 words
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Article55 1947-09-12 7 THE fallowing are English Football League games played yesterday: THIRD DIVISION (Southern) Leyton Orient 0 Bristol City 2 Newport Co. 2 Bournemouth 2 Northampton 2 Aldershos 1 Notts Co 1 Queens P.R. 1 Walsall 0 Reading 0 THIRD DIVISION (Northern) Barrow 0 Bradford City 1 Hull CityReuter - 55 words
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Article39 1947-09-12 7 GWYN Williams, Welsh welterweight champion, who was narrowly defeated by Ernie Roderick, British champion in a championship fight at Harringay on Monday, has challenged the champion to a return contest with £1,000 sidestakes.— ReuterReuter - 39 words
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326 1947-09-12 7 JACK Kramer, defending champion in the United States national lawn tennis championships at Forrest Hills, New York yesterday, lost his first set of the tournament before defeating the comparatively unknown American James Brink, 6-1 3-6 9-7 7-5 in the fourth326 words
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Article18 1947-09-12 7 U.K. Rugby Union results yesterday were: Newport 16, Arbertillery 4; Swansea 0. Pontypool 0. ReuterReuter - 18 words
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Article, Illustration64 1947-09-12 7 The honour of scoring the first goal of the new English Football season went to George Lee, Nottingham Forest's new winger, who beats Bradshaw, the Bury goalkeeper, with a beautiful shot to the corner of the goal. The game, which was played on the Nottingham City64 words
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Article752 1947-09-12 7 From Vernon Morgan THE St. Leger, Britain's oldest horse racing classic, will .be run for the first time on a Saturday when tomorrow a class field of three-year-olds will do battle on the historic Town Moor at Doncaster over one and three quarterReuter - 752 words
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Article48 1947-09-12 7 South China Due Toninght THE latest information of the Soiu'.h China footballers is that they are due to arrive at Kalians Airport at 7 p.m. today. They will travel in a speciallychartered Malayan Airways' plane from Bangkok. The tourists play their first game tomorrow against the AllMalayan Malays.48 words
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Article89 1947-09-12 7 ON /eco.nmencr.l »n t;> the Arn.y boxing authorities, the Amateur Boxing Association have reinstated Corporal Joe Murphy of the Roya. Signals, who recently stated that he intended to return professional, but almost immediately changed his mind. Murphy, who is the Army champion, represented Great Britain inReuter - 89 words
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Article205 1947-09-12 7 SING TAO BEATEN THREE TWO THE Sing Tao soccer club of Hongkonß were beaten three two in London yesterday by Walthamstow Avenue, one 01 London's leading amateur clubs. The teams were level at one eoal all at half-time. In a game played at a cracking pace throughout Sing Tao wereReuter - 205 words
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Article133 1947-09-12 7 THE Australian Board of Control, meeting in Sydney last night, named Don Bradman, E. A. Dwyer and J. S. Ryder as the selectors for choosing Australia's teams to oopose the Indian tourirts during the coming Urar. It is understood that the same men will select theReuter - 133 words
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94 1947-09-12 7 FOLLOWING Ceylon's decision to accept the invitation to participate in next year's Olympics in London, the Ceylon Amateur Athletics' Association has eni gaged Brant George Little, a Canadian who represented his country in the 1928 Olympic Games in Amsterdam; to coach the Ceylon athletic team.Reuter - 94 words
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Advertisement22 1947-09-12 7 SorT wrestum€ happy world k"' C\l[ I Hr^l. H^»iox K 5 K L. n« c «w FEE vi> "Ki Chinese, a wrz:,-'-.*-22 words
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Miscellaneous283 1947-09-12 7 Free Press Crossword No. 189 [i 12. 13 K I Is~~| 16 17 17 1 18 19 IZO 1 |2l 22"! 1 ZTpT] CLUES ACROSS 1. He laid foundation of British Empire in India (5). 5, Latin term meaning 'see" (4). 8, French Premier (8). 10, Ascribe (6). 11, Small283 words
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Article, Illustration16 1947-09-12 8 A parade of the Quorn Hounds at the first postwar Kingston Show (Nottingham Journal Picture).16 words
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Article604 1947-09-12 8 Free Press Staff Reporter riiiiEj appoiiitmeiii 01 commissiuiis ui inquiry, ti> examine the present and future financial position of Singapore and the rest of Malaya, was unanimously agreed to at a public meeting called by the Singapore Association yesterday to discuss the introduction of income tax.604 words
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Article35 1947-09-12 8 WORLD FOOD CHI E F Lord Bruce, former Australian Prime Minister, was elected first C nairman of the new World Food Council net up in Geneva by the United Nations Food and Agricrltural Organisation.- ReuterReuter - 35 words
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Article285 1947-09-12 8 TEHERAN, Thursday. T'HE U.S. Ambassador to Persia, Mr. George Allen, tonight pledged United States support to Persia in "making their own choice as to the disposal of her resources." This pledge was made at a time when the question of legislation to implement the proposalsReuter; A.P. - 285 words
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630 1947-09-12 8 Ransom note on dead PC Free Press Staff Correspondent ALOR STAB, Thursday. rpUCKED away in the belt of one of the police constables A killed during the ambush, by bandits, of a motor convoy en route from Kroh to Klian Intan on Wednesday morning:,630 words
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Article, Illustration37 1947-09-12 8 An aerial view showing damagt ninghiU Park, a mansion in w', ev-vSL** future home of Princess ElUabt pSLu*< ten, which was gutted by (Ire M The p■ now seeking a new home in wl B on .v37 words
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Article41 1947-09-12 8 WEATHER Bright periods WEATHER report for the next 24 hours compiled by the R A.F.. Bright periods today, chance of rain tomorrow. Wind mainly southerly, 10 m.p.h. Moonrise: 4.57 a.m.; moonset 4.30 p tii. Temperatures: Max. 89 deg; min. 72 tie*.41 words
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Article131 1947-09-12 8 Free Press Staff Reporter RADIO Malaya was ordered by the Governor-General. Mr. Malcolm* MacDonald, last night to lift a ban on Mr. Anthony Brooke, ex-Raja Muda of Sarawak. The Governor-General's office had previously prevented Radio Malaya from broadcasting Mr. Brooke's reply (published In the131 words
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Article463 1947-09-12 8 London Stock Sxchanjt LONDON. ThursdiT 'PHERE was a good deal of irreqularitv about t* markets on the London Stock Exchange, which on firm on prospects of United States aid but. in theabw of business to substantiate price improvements. markets soon tended to drift back, says Reuters463 words
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Article40 1947-09-12 8 Gen. Sir William Slim, famed wartime Commander of the 14th Army in Burma, is one of seven members of the Railway Executive set up to control Britain's nationalised railways whose appointment was announced last night.- ReuterReuter - 40 words
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310 1947-09-12 8 Washington, Thursday. THE American Government 1 strongly disapproved of the British action in returning the 4,311 Jews to Germany, the Secretary of State. Mr. George Marshall, said today, adding that the United States had protested to Britain and asked her to reconsider herA.P.; U.P.; Reuter - 310 words
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Article100 1947-09-12 8 Free Press Siafff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. THE Selar.gor Chinese Chamber of Commerce has asked the Associated Chinese Chambers of Commerce in Singapore to investigate the possibilities of fixing a co-ordinated hartal" for all Malaya to protest against the constitutional proposals. Ttjis was stated by a spokesman100 words
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Article109 1947-09-12 8 MONS (Belgium). Thursday. TWO self-confessed members of the Jewish terrorist Stern Gang, Elizabeth Lazarus, a 21--year-old French Jewess, and Elias Jacob, a 29-year-old stateless Jew of Russian origin, were sentenced respectively to one year and to eight months' imprisonment by a Belgian court here today for109 words
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Article37 1947-09-12 8 Princess Elizabeth will be attended by eight bridesmaids, including her sister, Princess Marg~rei, and her cousin Princess Alexandra of Kent, at her wedding to Lt. Philip Mountbatten on Nov. 20, it is officially announced. ReuterReuter - 37 words
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174 1947-09-12 8 HANOI, Thursday. A PROVISIONAL national government fpr Indo-China, headed by the exiled ex-Emperor •-?\a Dai. will be formed soon in Hong Kong and will be recognised by the French Government, it was learned here today. The newly-emerged "Emperor Party" has been formed around oReuter - 174 words
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Article20 1947-09-12 8 u.ni.n.r prr So 1 K s S SJ* Nc 1 Mjf JH in Tone v m»r«^20 words
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