The Singapore Free Press, 1 October 1947
1947-10-01
1
8
https://www.nlb.gov.sg
https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/browse/freepress
The Singapore Free Press
-
Title Section18 1947-10-01 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA 111- SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 1, 1947 PRICE 10 CENTS18 words
-
Article545 1947-10-01 1 PAKISTAN TO APPEAL TO UNO Nehru talks of Army action KARACHI, Tuesday. PAKISTAN is to take its ca*e against India to the United Nations, an official spokesman of the Pakistan Government told the Associated Press tonight. The spokesman gave no indication as to the procedure to be taken, or theReuter; A.P.; U.P. - 545 words
-
Article, Illustration9 1947-10-01 1 SANISHMENT SPEED UP DEMANDED 1- y, tht Deputy tr*9 words
-
Article, Illustration36 1947-10-01 1 picture. A new picture of President Harry Truman taken on board the U.S. battleship Missouri which took him. back from Rio de Janeiro. Brazil, where recently he signed the Western Hemtspliere defence treaty. A.P.A.P. - 36 words
-
9 1947-10-01 1 S'PORE GIVING PRINCESS JEWELL BOX I relief 1 rr.HT9 words
-
Article67 1947-10-01 1 VOLUNTEERS' PAY BY DECEMBER IT was stated at a meeting of Chinese volunteers at the o.V.C. Mess m Singapore yesterday that payments m accordance with the Worley recommendations would probably be made before December. Cm\>t. Yap Peng Geek, who pre. d at the meeting, said that if ta tearing were67 words
-
Article85 1947-10-01 1 l<o:*ji>ON. l'ue.%«luy. AWAR-11ME Halifax bomber plane will take oil from Britain at midnight tomorrow on an 8.000-mile flight to Singapore with a s* -ton propeller shaft for the steamship Lake Chilco, which was towed into Singapore harbour last week with its propeller shaft damaged. TheReuter - 85 words
-
Article70 1947-10-01 1 TWENTY-TWO people, only sur- 1 vivors of 2,000 Chinese Mosl:ms who left Barkul (Chinese Turkestan) m 1940 on a pilgrimage to Mecca, have reached Calcutta. There they have decided to I abandon their journey. They comprise five men. ten women and seven children. Most of70 words
-
209 1947-10-01 1 Free Press Staff Correspondent LONDON. Tuesday. AN increase m the price of tin probably early next year is predicted by well informed quarters, the Financial Times learns. The world price, uno-fhcitilly but reliably regarded as the Bolivian selling price to the United States, is209 words
-
Article301 1947-10-01 1 WASHINGTON, Tuesday. HINTS of compulsory food rationing for America came today -I from Ihe Secretary of Labour, Mr. Louis Schuellenbach, as President Truman set December 1 as the "siarvatkia deadline" for Europe. By then, th 0 four Congress lonal committee*] uid have finished their study ofA.P.; U.P. - 301 words
-
Article18 1947-10-01 1 r ff Xi porter I > mesb f t: p r 1 strain r nts."18 words
-
Article161 1947-10-01 1 i the ts AsB had n of oi .he vacancies •--at hciUier the Ukraine nor India, next m the voting, received tiie necej-fegirY tiwo-thirds majority of the votes The Ukraine gained 33 votes India 27 on the first ballot. Six more secret ballots followed.A.P. - 161 words
-
Article47 1947-10-01 1 About 40,000 people have been affected by the flooding of the Jumna riy«r at Delhi. The rtver, now a swift torrent of tumbled water, has half submerged many factories and temples and thousands of mud and bamboo huts. Over 100 villages are under water.47 words
-
Article36 1947-10-01 1 There is no truth m the rumour that petrol prices are to be increased as from today m Singapore and the Malayan Union, an official of the Shell Company said this morning.36 words
-
302 1947-10-01 1 Jail check on food for remand men Free Press Sta«T Reporter IN order to reduce the possibility of visitors introducing prohibited articles into Outram Koad Jail, all remand prisoners ar c still not being allowed to receive food from outride, said the Commissioner of Prisons, >fr. W. B. Oliver, this302 words
-
Article43 1947-10-01 1 A few hours after completing the final test flight from a makeshift flare path lit by car headlamps, Tudor IV, Britain's latest luxury air liner to go into f-ervioe, set out yesterday on a goodwill flight to South America., >43 words
-
Article385 1947-10-01 1 Free Press Staff Reporter EXPORTS from Malaya at $85,455,568 m August register*** a record low this year, failing by $14 million from July, as trade declined for the second time m three months. Following the downward trend, the August imports of 3105,799,985 represented a385 words
-
Article78 1947-10-01 1 TEHERAN, Tuesday. ONE hundred and twenty people were killed and a further 300 ire missing, almost certainly killed, as the result of an earthquake at Doostabad, m Persia's north-east provinces of Khorassan, near the Soviet border, it was officially announced tonight. The earthquake occurred threeReuter - 78 words
-
Article35 1947-10-01 1 George Truman and Cliffiord Evans, who are malcin e a leisurely round-the-world flight m two light sports planes, have postponed until Wednesday their scheduled take-off from Hong Kong for Shanghai. A.P.A.P. - 35 words
-
Page 1 Advertisements
-
Advertisement112 1947-10-01 1 m^i§ GCde y-^siLYi 7\3r Ca/<A^a«^ > 7 831 IS 'STOP PRESS' NOTICE Tne ROTARY CLUB is holding Its Entertainment Evening for the benefit of the Rotary Tuberculosis .Clinic Fund on Wednesday, the Ist October, at the Great World. Owing to a legal technicality, the proposed "Games" item with prize awards112 words
-
FOR WOMEN
-
Article, Illustration1140 1947-10-01 2 Around Singapore Shops THERE was once a king who lived m a huge palace, so huge that it occupied almost as much space as that once taken up by the Special Commissioners staff. Evevy thing m the palace was o« the very b^st, lor bota th^ king and1,140 words
-
-
Page 2 Advertisements
-
Advertisement179 1947-10-01 2 Elegant Jewellery DIAMONDS SET PLATINUM DOUBLE CLIP BROOCHES^ Gt B, P. de SILVA LTD. Jewellers with years' 75 Repuiaiion Beautify Your Home •r GORGEOUS PEKING MIRZAPUR CARPETS m TEAKWOOD CARVED FURNITURE "™3>-" CAMPHOR WOOD CHESTS w PEWTER COPPER WARE **triM*t\li\,i\imi\ *"'■■•> l-u-LLI-t—^aaaaaa--_-^M Another Godown Robbed. We can la taJ OMTtITI179 words
-
Advertisement239 1947-10-01 2 ====~~*~=g~'~**" tm Lovely dresses for all m*, I Specialists i„ Baby Superb tailoring by Lee Sing J Workmanship guaranteed. Couture Conscm^ For the meticulous woman «h, beauty of line. fines* fin J^ individuality „f J "I FERGUSON'S VOILE of ehm*. fc PRINTED ENGLISH LINEN AMERICAN POPLIN of LHi SANFORIZED COTTOM239 words
-
-
Page 2 Miscellaneous
-
Miscellaneous792 1947-10-01 2 YOUR PLUCKY STAR Fortune forecast tor people born today DOKN today, you are sensitive v to all that gotS on m the world. You are highly intui. live and have definite psychic powers. Yours is a strong and determined will. You are fii-ndl.v and appear gay on the surfaie, but792 words
-
-
NEWS
-
Article, Illustration582 1947-10-01 3 Promotion for Bevin's 'bright young men' LONDON, Tuesday. Isriti>h Foreign Secretary, is soing ahoad f'>V ;> I<l < f S anis€ lhe United Kingdom's v p -..m oting youn^ and promising career overseas ptwts, writes a diplomatic ft w appointment! vtuca will be put into582 words
-
Article28 1947-10-01 3 'FRENCHINDIA IS HEIR TO 1789' •f Grand of lead. •he nch i i I Id m j on beI I rms •-d ir. i I i the a28 words
-
Article37 1947-10-01 3 tHE ßubber a_» 1 execu•nt m a riminal inaspiracy to ea ant tires m of anting; act nade Lhroußh coun- Judk- n w 1 for -c charges. t fixed pending A.P.A.P. - 37 words
-
Article57 1947-10-01 3 AUSTRALIA MAY HALVE IMPORTS •TUI E Australian Government will be asked to halve imports from United States m response to a British appeal to save dollars. tor B Courtice. Australian Trade and Customs Minister, is preparing for submission to the Cabinet this week a plan to reduce imports from theReuter - 57 words
-
107 1947-10-01 3 "TIRADE Unionises (old Associated A Press m Shanghai that ihe Kuomintang was moving m on Shanghai* labour unions, and blamed the Kuomintang's attempt to seise control for the wave of strikes now spreading over the port and city. Government authorities charge union leadersA.P. - 107 words
-
Article31 1947-10-01 3 Th^ Panamanian steamer Tid^j Wate r has left Marseilles with 105 Jewish refugees for Sydney. I"hts] is th? first of a series of refugee sailings planned to Australia.31 words
-
Article101 1947-10-01 3 A 1»-VK AK-OLI) mystery man lying m a Bordeaux h. sp tal has been subjected to drug. induced hypnosis to find out if he is an ex.K.A.F. radio operator or British Secret Service agent missing for four years. He was picked up -speechless m Hamburg101 words
-
Article339 1947-10-01 3 POM his home made cui_van parked aLu(»s( at the Kates of Dartmoor Prison, 43-year-old Harold Victor Everett, a ticket of -leave man with II previous convictions, rma n 'his London gang and deceived Scotland Yard for months. But now, Everett, forger, comei, h< .■..>•*»- breaker339 words
-
Article92 1947-10-01 3 IJESPITE vigorous prosecution v «.bjeetion, counsel for Jorge B. Vargas, first chairman of the Japanese-sponsored occupation government, of the Philippines got a Japanese witness to say that Vargas' speech was dictated by Jitaro Kihara, his "technical adviser and former Japanese Consul m Manila. Var-as is on trialA.P. - 92 words
-
Article85 1947-10-01 3 THE French Government announced yesterday that it may have to cut Frances already meagre bread ration still further on Jan. 1 next unless the country can import 1.000.000 tons of wheat soon. Tho ration is now 200 grammes per day. lower than at any timeU.P. - 85 words
-
Article92 1947-10-01 3 THE man who likes to twiddle knobs on his radio and the woman who spends the afternoon at the cinema will have an opportunity to see how the modern equipment they take so much for granted really works at an exhibition which opens at the92 words
-
Article442 1947-10-01 3 NOMINATING TRUMAN'S RUNNING MATE Presidential Camapaigan ANE of the most keenly-discussed qutscions m American V domestic political quarters just now is: Who will be resident Truman's "running mate- i„ 1948? In other words— and always assuming that the President decides to try for a second term m the White House—whoReuter - 442 words
-
119 1947-10-01 3 'AMERICA MUST IMPORT FROM DEBTOR STATES' THE Twentieth Century Fund Research Institute was m Washington that the United States cannot expect repayment of foreign loans if it restricts imports from debtor nations. The Institute made public, advance portions of a report which said that continued foreign lending will produce aU.P. - 119 words
-
Article111 1947-10-01 3 GARY COOPER and Charlie Chaplin head the dazzling cast, some of them Hollywood millionaires, announced by Congress for the political drama of the century— "So red stars twinkle over Hollywood." Walt Disney. Sam Goldwyn. Adolphe Menjou. Robert Taylor and Jack Warner are m it. Robert Montgomery,111 words
-
209 1947-10-01 3 Indonesians seek support in Japan PE Indonesian Republic is getting support m Tukio from a new magazine now m its third issue, which proclaims as its major purpose to "engender and eensuer c mutual understanding" between Japan and the Indies. The magazine called "Indonesia" makes it clear that this understandingA.P. - 209 words
-
Article50 1947-10-01 3 fTtHE last of the wartime hostels JL for servicemen m London, the Saint Columba Catholic Services Club, m Eaton Square, closed on Sunday. Officially opened m January 1940 by Cardinal Hlnsley, the club, has provided beds and meals for 100--000 servicemen of all ages.- Reu terReu ter - 50 words
-
Article125 1947-10-01 3 l OLO tribesmen aacr c reported v holding captive five or six survivors of the China Natioral Aviation Corporation C-46 piano which crashed near Ch e ngtu m, bzechuan Province, m March last year. Aboard were a number of Central Bank of China officials. The pilot wasReuter; A.P. - 125 words
-
Article85 1947-10-01 3 A MAN who interrupted a meeting of the British League of Ex-Servicemen, which has former Fascists among its leaders, m DaLston, North London on Sunday night, was yesterday bound over and ordered to pay €2 costs. The man, Abraham Hoffat Campbell, had shouted "downReuter - 85 words
-
Article57 1947-10-01 3 THE Greek Minister of Public Orcer, M. Const ant :ne Rentis, announced on Monday that 45 212 civilians have been killed In Civil strife since Greece was lberated m Oct. 1944. The figures also listed 3,03 v police and gendarmes killed during the same period.A.P. - 57 words
-
-
Page 3 Advertisements
-
Advertisement34 1947-10-01 3 Jos Arrived "EWEST TYPE OF ZlfL FRAMES.., J AUNTEE attractive coloura 'md the l„t is up. c Hli OPTICAL HOUSE S N nh Bridge Road Singapore. oa rL T CO., i_ *H ILr-w w34 words
-
-
Page 3 Miscellaneous
-
Miscellaneous32 1947-10-01 3 TARZAN Closer #;y Edgar /?io? Burroughs w a^ IB*^- -*^^J ff£l£ Bb! ni i u^_ X iB H*Br BTT _naV^_kHL~- i vj WK*^^|^^^^^**^QB TweouGH the ezied -T-rrer r iJp^Jr cautiously the ape-man32 words
-
-
LEADER.
-
748 1947-10-01 4 The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY. OCT. 1. 1947 Hang the Gunman! IT is regrettable that it has taken the Malayan Union Ci wrnment nearly two years to realise that the loopholes m the law governing the carrying of arms need to be closed, but; it has at last bowed to748 words
-
Article, Illustration834 1947-10-01 4 VADESUVA RAO - NEW FRENCH ALLY IN INDO-CHINA VADESUVA RAO by Renter's Saigon Correspondent NEWEST ally of French policy m Indo-China is a native religion called CaoDaism. Hundreds of followers of this 21-year-old cult, from which the Japanese drew their first recruits m 1943 are arrayed today alongside French troops and fighting the834 words
-
Article789 1947-10-01 4 LAN COSTER - LAN COSTER by IT costs £10 to stop a New Zealand train by pulling the communication cord. That is twice as expensive M m England, but if you're not an Inveterate train stopper you would find life "down under" incredibly cheap. Steaks, chops, and joints are789 words
-
Article, Illustration38 1947-10-01 4 ij vS rc f c i- Jone^ Secretary of State for the Colonies (left) SM Mr. fcrnest Bevin, Foreign Secretary, walking from No. 10 uowning Street prior to their departures one to America and the other to Paris,38 words
-
Article609 1947-10-01 4 HTHE world— or a lai^ part of it is m for more food cuts. That's the .logical conclusion to be drawn from the latest picture of the world's harFirst thing to remember ln trying to size up the situation is that four main countries U 8. Canada,609 words
-
Letter to the Editor
-
Letter45 1947-10-01 4 Asian colonies OURELY Mr. L l Chisi I that "no Asian tatioi the a:> colonize vessel ad the chance to do so, an Ind did S ruled Til -md Inr. Did G Europe And w! nam Empire? One c last qu sufficient Did Ja TAMEILW45 words
-
-
-
Page 4 Advertisements
-
Advertisement10 1947-10-01 4 For All PHOTOGRAPHIC SUPPLIES SINGAPURE PHOTO CO, High St, Singapore.10 words
-
Advertisement40 1947-10-01 4 H.M.V. r MODEL 5900 Convert your Radio to a Rac .ogf*n by V e^ these new Record Players to you- causto ts eJecCKciHy reproduced as c reaffsttcatb; as the ortfiiiul ttt tsmttts $110.00 EACH SOLE MALAYAN OISTRIBUT ▼^■■^■»vJ^|^-iKfllgl*J lktSg/A\*t\*m******\ Z&40 words
-
-
Page 4 Miscellaneous
-
Miscellaneous15 1947-10-01 4 P FAITH 1 ....hope we have as an anchor of the soul. Hebrews 6. 19.15 words
-
-
LOCAL NEWS.
-
Article37 1947-10-01 5 Building labourers protest [ftt* kmtt Correspondent I S Oi Lumpur A*. tiler I ;ta- ats.nd a I for Ml*: r i to con--1 rious I I I I lI these her out of t **m Worly at37 words
-
Article13 1947-10-01 5 TOLE CHEQUES TO BUY CLOTH kin cloth i\cr 5250 yesthe IDHe i had13 words
-
Article, Illustration50 1947-10-01 5 Seventy-six students reported for admission at the Singapore College of Medicine on Monday m preparation for the start of their medical and dental courses today. Of the 76. 58 are studying meaicine, IS dental surgery. Picture shoivs four new students before the urincipal of the college. Dr. D.W.U. Far is.50 words
-
Article47 1947-10-01 5 At a general meeting of the Malayan branch of the Royal Asiatic Society hrld m the Raffles Museum, it was decided that as from Oct 1. 1947, the price of ordinary issues of the Society Journal should be $5 per copy to non-members.47 words
-
Article59 1947-10-01 5 An appeal by six Chinese against conviction m the lower court for the abetment of criminal breach of trust of 156 cases of whisky, was allowed by Mr. Justice Brown at the Supreme Court yesterday. The appellents were Khoo Choo Peng, Ho Choon Jin. Lee Pang Seng. Chua59 words
-
Article320 1947-10-01 5 Ship loading 10,000 tons Free Press Staff Reporter f AN ADA is buying from Singapore 10,000 tons of scrap metal, which is at present being loaded into a ship at the Naval Base. The scrap consists of boiler plates, motor-car parts and steel girders. This320 words
-
Article169 1947-10-01 5 THK i Uowfclg n<w non-fiction and ftetioii books wU be ready for Ifrom Rallies Library on Saturday. .c Chand »s. Abbie; Mabel Conros. Shreds, and Patches: E. A. R. Ennion. The Story or Migration; Lost Treasures o! Commdr. Edward Howell. c; F. D. Klungender. and169 words
-
Article77 1947-10-01 5 Two Chinese, Yeo Cheng Han 1 and Chua Ah Bjk, were yesterday sentenced to eight years' rigorous imprisonment and 12 strokes of the rotan each at the Singapore Assizes, when they were found guilty of committing armed gang robbery. It was stated by the prooecu.77 words
-
Article34 1947-10-01 5 The 79th birthday of Gandhi on Oct. 2 will be celebrated m Singapore by th P Regional Indian Congress at th c Waterloo Street pad an m front of St. Joseph's Institution.34 words
-
257 1947-10-01 5 SHOPS TO STOP SELLING TEA WITH MILK Free Press Staff Correspondent AS a result of fines m recent proj** secutions under the Food Control Ordinance, the owners ol 1.500 COffee shops m Singapore ar P holding a meeting this week to decide on a move to eliminate the use of257 words
-
182 1947-10-01 5 Free Press Stall lit-porier gINGAPORE school teachers have approached film exhibitors with the offer of providing them with guidance on the type of films suitable for the education of schoolchildren. IB a letter to the exhibitors, it i.s interested m the Singapore Teachers' Union182 words
-
Article, Illustration88 1947-10-01 5 PASSING-OUT PARADE picture. Four hundred locally-enlisted men took part m a passing-out parade held at lilakang Mali pesterdmm. The tr^\»ps were reviewed by the Commander -m Chief FARELF, Gen. Sir Neil Ritchie'. Who took the salute at the march past. Highlight of the parade was a demonstration by 10 selectedFree Press - 88 words
-
Article291 1947-10-01 5 MECCA PILGRIMAGE Free Press Staff Reporter yyillLK the pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca has been banned due to a cholera epidemic m Cairo, news has reached Singapore that Malaya's pilgrims have already arrived safely at Jeddah, and will undertake the pilgrimage. Those who291 words
-
134 1947-10-01 5 'PROGRESSIVES' DEPLORE BACK PAY DECISION THE Progressive Party "deplores the action of the Secretary of State for the Colonies" on the question of back pay to non-in-terned Government servants and non-prisoner of war volunteers. In a statement issued yesterday, the Party says that the action of the Secretary of State134 words
-
Article133 1947-10-01 5 SECOND CHINESE AIRLINE COMING Free Press Chinese for respondent fLOSE on the heels of the China National Aviation Corporation which recently made a survey flight for a direct air service connecting China with Singapore and Batavia. the Central Air Transport Corporation, a Chinese Government-owned aviation company, is contemplating extending its133 words
-
Article72 1947-10-01 5 THE Chinese Government has fixed the end of December 1947, as the time limit for submission of claims by the Allied companies and individuals to property m China which was under Japanese or puppet control during the war. Property unclaimed after this date will be regarded72 words
-
Article108 1947-10-01 5 S'pore port news Cpl. Johar bin Alimat of the Singapore Marine Police shot the 12-foot python which had been at large on the Shell tanker Solen m th P Singapore Harbour for several days. Th c snake was located In the ship's engine room and shot. No one knows how108 words
-
Article387 1947-10-01 5 Free Press Staff Reporter rpHE Singapore Government is not putting restrictions on "top prices" of English bicycles. The reason, given by a Government spokesman, is that there is a surplus of newlyimported bicycles shops are filled with them and more are on the way. The387 words
-
Article234 1947-10-01 5 CONTROL AFFECTS 19 CARS -NINETEEN types of cars will I V continue under priority Control, but it is hoped, with-■-Cn a short time to dispose of most of the outstanding claims to special priority m allocation and to bring con- trol to an end. An announcement yesterday says new applications234 words
-
Article43 1947-10-01 5 The British goodwill mission to China composed of Lord Ammon Lord Amulree and five Members ol Parliament, will not pass through Singapore on their way to China. They will visit Singapore on or about Nov. 10 on their return journey.43 words
-
Article102 1947-10-01 5 The ROTARY CLUB is holding its Entertainment Evening for the benefit of the Rotary Tuberculosis Clinic Fund on Wednesday, the Ist October, at the Great World. Owing to a legal technicality, the proposed "Games" item with prize awards cannot be held but the rest of the programme102 words
-
-
Page 5 Advertisements
-
Advertisement37 1947-10-01 5 t swimming at any Time lfir, n K UM X toeing Excellent Food Alltl Uml Pr <>™pt Service n c LIDO \,u J s »»»mii 11: Pool) No ft a !>ac:ir Panjang Road. IN A FEW LAYS37 words
-
-
ENTERTAINMENT
-
Article783 1947-10-01 6 CECIL WILSON - Concerto for two, pistol for one CECIL WILSON ttHE NEW FILMS IN BRITAIN BY I ET us continue our musical education m the cinema with Deception and find that astonishing virtuoso Paul Henreid abandoning the composing cares of Schumann to saw sublimely away at a cello. The deceiver is Eette783 words
-
Article, Illustration35 1947-10-01 6 Attractive Jane Hylton, 18-year-old starlet of the J. Arthur j Organisation, is one of the most promising of Britain's youi starlets. She will be seen shortly m "Daybreak," "The Uptu Glass" and m "Dear Murderer"35 words
-
Article, Illustration38 1947-10-01 6 Who would guess thai uui charming young infant actr*-ss Shirley Temnle had been married for nearly tuo years. She is pictured here with her husband. Mr. John A?ar and wHI be seen soon m KKO piciure "Honey moon."38 words
-
Article, Illustration287 1947-10-01 6 DBBOUBTBD becaue^ h»- wusn t at si\. South played boldly and madt* tttttt. He rufl»*d |*M oj>ontng heart lead, drew trumps and finessed the diamond jack. Actually, this was not as darm? a play as it seemed, for even If the finesse lost It w mid MWMIMI287 words
-
Article494 1947-10-01 6 lIOLLY WOOD.— Time was O and not so many years back that a movie personality judged the value of his role by the number of lines m the script, and the more close-ups the better. If the part seemed too short, the actor if he packedH.F. - 494 words
-
163 1947-10-01 6 BRITAIN is spending more than £100,000,000 a year on going to the pictures, according to the Social Surrey Report on the Cinema and the Public, published m the Board of Trade Journal. Main conclusions art Women outnumber men m cinema attendance, and housewives form163 words
-
126 1947-10-01 6 Followed the unit— and got the job HfICHAEL Balcon's produc- If J tton "Against the Wind. now being Umed m Belgium. has been held up weeks because of weather con ditions A platoon of gendarmes to hold back an interest crowd which watched the l ing of a "German S.S.126 words
-
Article94 1947-10-01 6 U.S. stars praise U.K. films efforts. TV,™ "SffiS*^ paries Creirb^ -me from a B^* Ustinov a. Versa" <noJa r are. too u-. uroducers hatTt l BRITISH 19 a* ju 7 Hollywood star^* ti V .-.ret Lock n er th NfiMM vi M m did a v' i busy ten vetrs94 words
-
-
Page 6 Advertisements
-
Advertisement171 1947-10-01 6 ALHAMBRA PHONE 6909 .'en trolled By Singarwre Ainusemenis Syndicate) SEASON EXTENDED! TODAY Ut INSTALMEN T— ls REELS 2-Ll5-6.30 and 9.15 j> m. mmm mmmsmas ■f^DTfl-BK-RMrt tmtaww9m**^sm^m^lt mwS*tr^SftttF^ < BXta%Mv*Xt t *j^^fe2BE3**^BJl*f i *m "C- ft m* W **mmr 4 uHb W fJjJP^ vVMAank. m mm\ Li JL x_*T Sk* tPßti'M171 words
-
-
Page 6 Miscellaneous
-
Miscellaneous187 1947-10-01 6 MSBIOr2IC6 Exclusive to tho Singapore Froo Pross m Malaya 'm~ r *\*J\^ m 0 1 |hE KNOWS ABOUT SEGRID-IVeI [BUT I CAN HANDLE HIM--IF iI I I THAT TORRENT RUNS l/£ 7 n 1 I1 1 SEEN HIS MAGIC IN OPERATION CAN GET HIM INTO THIS ROOM/ UNDERGROUND TO H187 words
-
-
SPORT
-
Article218 1947-10-01 7 [proposed Kallang [yr; Surveyed >tafT Reporter „£< f oorts stadium facing Mountbatten t acres instead of the original aade by the honorary secretary iD )n Sports Council, Mr. E. C. rnment. a.rst survey of the proposed Lt Geylang Jast Sunday. He was of Public218 words
-
23 1947-10-01 7 I I •day for m bod r arsenal not tnd that C uld tour n. M B -.and23 words
-
Article29 1947-10-01 7 rre* Press Ractn* Reporter ALA LUMPUR, Today has was when horses w work, .ed of his day SAN ex- lay. I will !>• |ti uts too29 words
-
Article72 1947-10-01 7 S'hai Football Team Delayed Free Press Staff Reporter rE arrival of the Shanghai Chine** football team from Bangkok has been delayed and latest information is that they will not be m Singapore before Sunday or Monday. This means that their .james arranged for this Saturday and Sunday, ag-ainst the S.C.F72 words
-
Article243 1947-10-01 7 NO i British Transit Camp suffered their fir I it .a w seasons on Sunday when they beaten by GHQ 2nd Echelon FARELF by four wickets BTC found difficult-; against the -rs Creed and gent and it wmi whilst Young was battaa^: that tr^y243 words
-
304 1947-10-01 7 a dent I r rs began to 1 but; aid the air. me aave already j d on '*hat the pr ar share of P. It raay c- the El 2 naa the i w want it aboad. to men their "star Mr304 words
-
Article, Illustration61 1947-10-01 7 seit-al SJi.C. f^rst-team play ars. had their frist game of the season last Friday when they beat the S.C.C. by two goal, to nd Wa^TsV^rE U Eb'rt T^'^ Jm H l t0 ht H^oederSt faUtlt r A*r7; a rv XC'K C a Z pbell Sack row: P.61 words
-
966 1947-10-01 7 E. W. SWANTON - E. W. SWANTON By *t .nidwesex vs. The Rest the other day. as we sat watching the Champion County indicating so firmly to all cricketers their right to the honour they have won. mv neighbour remarked: 'This season will always seem to us* looking966 words
-
105 1947-10-01 7 Bids For Lawton Not Acceptable Say Chelsea THE Chelsea Football Club. the English Football League First Division team, announced yesterday that of the offers received for the transfer of Tommy Larcton. Chelsea and Ei -land centre toncard. none is acceptable. Blackburn Rovers. Dsrby County. Tottenham Hotspur and Notts County areA.P. - 105 words
-
48 1947-10-01 7 THE first meeting of the Singapore Olympic and Sports CouncU's 3o:ird of Control < Games* will be held ■•a the Tlf C.A. tomorrow at 5.15 p.m. Mr O. E. N Oehlers wUI preside. Delegates from all controlling bodies have been invited to attend.48 words
-
Article24 1947-10-01 7 ACCRINGTON, playing at home J\ beat New Brighton five— three in a third division (North) English Football League mmo i yesterday.24 words
-
Article654 1947-10-01 7 53 SOCCER GAMES STILL UNPLAYED K.L. Sports Review Free Press Staff Correspondent m m KUALA Ll'MPl'R, Tuesday. IN a frantic effort to wind up its lon? overdue soccer league the Selangor Football Association has arranged 53 matches m the four divisions to be olaved m >2 days and have introduced654 words
-
Article65 1947-10-01 7 THE S:ng Tao Soccer Club of Hong Kong were beaten at The Hague yesterday by the Dutch frist division club. A.S.O by five goals to three m their last match m Holland and probably the last match of a tour that brought them from theA.P. - 65 words
-
Article123 1947-10-01 7 NEW York Yankees. American Baseball League champions, Brooklyn Dodgers, winner, the National League, five-three m ■pening game of the World Baseball series at the Yankee Stadium. N"-^- York, yesterday. The Yank n on five runs scored m the fifth inning when Brooklyn pitcher Branca blewReuter - 123 words
-
-
Page 7 Miscellaneous
-
Miscellaneous55 1947-10-01 7 TO-DAY'S SPORT r >-«ia» i sports eveaig are: <*OCf EB 3AWA Cup. Mahay Ist \i v ghq Majraral Bert.. JaJan B**sar. UI Dm. RIGGER M?.C v SHetas R.A.F "A". S.C C. 515 pm HOCKEY I.C.C. T Jl C.A, >15pm:SRC Colours t Whites. R C v\ ITBB-POLO: Ommtttt S«unmin#; Club t55 words
-
Miscellaneous354 1947-10-01 7 Free Press Crossword No. 202 i I aammmm* amm*** AtttsmiiS Hflflpaa mmm i^ I L i^ajjjjjß' b i I *"^^"(F 1 lflaaaaaaat BaTaTaTaTaTaaaaaaaaaal fl al k lv l 'A 1 9 1 _TJa *toBBBBBHr 1 ;I I CLLtS ACROSS 1. Brightest star n the sky. also known as tha Dog-star354 words
-
-
NEWS, LATE CITY NEWS, LATE CITY
-
Article49 1947-10-01 8 rhe biggest ship to be completed anywhere since the war. the Rot%7^S^, L1 °y ds ne flagship, the zi. 500-ton motor vessel Wilhem Ruys^ began her trials m the Bay of Biscay yesterday. She |g r make har maiden voyage m trie •econd half of November49 words
-
Article, Illustration34 1947-10-01 8 Kynance Cove, near Lizard Point, south of the Cornish "heel." Lizard Point is an ideal centre from which to visit many the most beautiful points of the English coast. (C. of I picture.)34 words
-
Article599 1947-10-01 8 Death penalty for bandits Free Press Staff Corref^pomlent KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. rIE new an ti banditry bill, which will h e introduced into the Malayan Union Advitfory Council shortly, will lay upon the defence the onus of proving that arms were being carried m the public interest. The bill will599 words
-
Article79 1947-10-01 8 AFTER watching a private screening of a newsreel at Chesterfield to determine whether showing a sword being run through a man's body should be cut. Alfred Baylis. manager of Regal Cinema, collapsed m his office and died m hospital. Part of the newsreel under InspectionReuter - 79 words
-
138 1947-10-01 8 BOSTON. Tuesday. A SINGAPORE Chinese seaman was charged ln a United States District Court here today with being involved ln the attempted importation of U.S.$ 1.000.000 worth Of opium into the United States. The seaman was Chang Cheong. former crew member of theU.P. - 138 words
-
Article35 1947-10-01 8 The Philippine delegation yesterday submitted a resolution, for adoption by the U.N. General Assembly, -to make Soanish the third workine language of the United Nations, m addition of French and English ReuterReuter - 35 words
-
Article373 1947-10-01 8 Free Pre** Stair Corretspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. IS the one cvr c for th e present state of lawlessness m 'the n Malayan Union, the Council of the Malayan Association has suggested to the Union Government "banishment with all possible publicity." A letter to this373 words
-
423 1947-10-01 8 Russia to join London parleys LONDON, Tuesday. DUSSIA has accepted a British suggestion to join a Big Four conference of Foreign Ministers' Deputies to discuss the future of Italy's pre-war colonies, the British Foreign Office announced today. It is hoped the meetings will beginA.P.; U.P. - 423 words
-
Article127 1947-10-01 8 THIRTY ONE YEAR OLD James Harold Wilson moved into his new office of President of the Board of Trade on Tuesday, the youngest British Cabinet Minister since William Pitt, at 23, was named Chancellor of the Exchequer m 1782. Unlike Pitt. Mr. Wilson came up theA.P. - 127 words
-
173 1947-10-01 8 EGYPT CHOLERA SITUATION 'NOW IN HAND' CAIRO, Tuesday WITH tae Governments an- nouncemeni tonight of 37 new deaths. 7G new positive cases, and 50 .suspected cases of choitra. the toil oi casualties rose to its highest level since the outbreak of tine epidemic ei^ht days ago. For the first timeReuter; U.P. - 173 words
-
Article100 1947-10-01 8 THE Netherlands East Indies and several other governments are negotiating with the Philippines Republic for 10.000 n JL of rlce m addition to the 10.000 tons which the NEI announced had b» en purchased on Monday. A P. renorti from Batavia. Dutch officials said100 words
-
Article, Illustration74 1947-10-01 8 Part of the passing-out parade demonstrations at Blakang Mati yesterday took the form of a commando raid by 10 men selected from the 400 leaving the training camp. The demonstrations were watched by the C.-in-C, FARELF, Gen. Sir Neil Ritchie, and the men were seen hurdling over 12-foot obstacles, slidingFree Press - 74 words
-
Article29 1947-10-01 8 The Cunard White Star Line announced yesterday that the 83.000-ton liner Queen Elizabeth will go into dry dock at Southampton In early November for an annual routine overhaul. A.P.A.P. - 29 words
-
195 1947-10-01 8 Ar LUSUiKu Mt./OX)Wc t Tuts rOIiANISTANb representative at the United Nations General Assembly. Abdel Hosav n Aziz jgW tonight that anhough sharing heartily m the rejoicing; of the people of Pakistan over their freedom." Afghanistan could not vote for the admission of Pakistan into UNO.Reuter; U.P. - 195 words
-
Article120 1947-10-01 8 MELBOURNE, Tuesday. AUSTRALIAN marine engineers, /I ignoring last -minute appeals to remain at work, began leaving ships all round Australia's coast today m a strike which threatened to Immobilise 101 Australianowned ships within a week. The walk out, following a strike notice by 900 marine engineers,Reuter - 120 words
-
Article45 1947-10-01 8 DR. Cyril Garbett. Anglican Archibishop of York, yesterday called upon British political parties to agree on "measures necessary to save the nation from economic catastrophe." S'K-akme at the Beverley. Dr Garbett said harder work and national unity were essential to save Britain.45 words
-
Article190 1947-10-01 8 PRINGESS' DRESS DE TAILSSECRET London; Tuesday. THE design and details of Princess Elizabeth's wedding dress; it was announced tonight will not be published until th e day of the wedding, Nov. 20. The Board of Trade is providing extra clothing coupons only for thp. wedding dress and the Princess' going-awayU.P. - 190 words
-
Article503 1947-10-01 8 London Stcek b^J j'THE City vvas iavouruUiv im A changes, particularly with ford Cripps m Minister of I as Uie imnst able m the p Industrials advanced but depai only ones able to retail the ga gilt-edged stocks was confined •savings loans. neuter's Ad SXm&sl iv.503 words
-
Article52 1947-10-01 8 4 SPECIAL **tifl per* So U^ *J" i.s.s. tm t bale* Oft S*. 2 RS .S. t«b In ml- Iso 3 B-S.S W M m bal^ 0:t oajfl i ■•-a^J TrflOfl-* 0 CA «g£j Sot (tt J 1 X 1.1. St?..* l* to fob' Wo. 3 B »2f"»52 words
-