The Singapore Free Press, 2 October 1947
1947-10-02
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Title Section17 1947-10-02 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA |>« SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1947 PRICE 10 CENTS17 words
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Article, Illustration278 1947-10-02 1 'SLIM TO REPLACE MONTY' Burma leader as C.I.G.S. fENERAL Sir William Slim, the man who made the 14th Army, is to succeed Field Marshal I^rd Mont--ornery as Chief of the Imperial General Staff next year, states the Associated Press. This surprise announcement, made m London late last night, means that278 words
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Article187 1947-10-02 1 LONDON. Wednesday. it wl\ -appointed President of the Board of Trade Mr said today that all the resourced and I the British Government, and diplomatic and wnerml iepn>enta.ivc> abroad, would be directed to I «rii markets for British goods to the fullest exftid Britain waiReuter - 187 words
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Article25 1947-10-02 1 lIWENTY-nve Indonesian passengers were killed and 70 seriously injured m a railway i accident near Magelang, central Java, yesterday.25 words
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Article28 1947-10-02 1 MR. Joseph Chifley. Australian Prime Minister, anounced m Canberra yesterday that the strike of Australian marine engineers resulting from an inter-union dispute had been settled.28 words
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Article112 1947-10-02 1 VICTIM GRABS GUNMAN AFTER CHASE Free Press Stall Reporter A CHINESE seaman and a friend, after a scuffle last night at 8 o'clock, seized a 17--year-old Chinese gunman, at Road Bridpe, 15 minutes after the gunman had robbed the seaman of some cash. A revolver was recovered from the arrested112 words
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Article138 1947-10-02 1 I'ree Press Staff Reporter TWO Chinese are now m the Singapore General Hospital one shot m the throat and the other ln the groin, as the result of a serious gang fight suspected to be between the Ghee Thong Hin and the Ghee Kee Pheng138 words
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Article92 1947-10-02 1 Free Press Staff Reporter THE decision of the Appeal Board as to whether The Black Narcissus, the Britis i Aim which is drawing packed houses at the Pavilion, should continue to be screened m Singapore, would be known today, said the Film CviPerdnau. this morning92 words
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Article66 1947-10-02 1 FRENCH GENERAL ARRESTED FRENCH police announced on Wednesday the arrest of Gen Paul Etienne Beynet, 63, former High Commissioner m Syria on charges of "trafficking m gold His arrest and indictment arose out of his purchase of a mansion on the Riveira for 5,000 000 francs, part of which heA.P. - 66 words
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Article, Illustration65 1947-10-02 1 picture. In an effort to find a cure for infantile paralysis ivhich has stricken thousands all over the world and which, at present, is casting a shadow) over Europe, Dr. Franz Miageld, chief physician of the Auguste-Victoria Hospital m Berlin, recently injected himself with the spinal fluid of a victimPlanet News - 65 words
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Article112 1947-10-02 1 WASHINGTON. Wednesday. THE United States today extended full diplomatic recognition to the Communistdominated government of Bulgaria. Simultaneous with the announcement by the State Department, fche U.S. delegate. Mr. Warran Austin, m the United Nations' Security Council debate m New Y<>rk. opposed Bulgaria's admission into theA.P. - 112 words
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190 1947-10-02 1 LAKE SUCCESS, Wednesday A SPOKESMAN ol the Press section of the United Nations Organisation said tonight that the Security Council had received a report from the consular committee investigating thie cease-fire m Indonesia but the Council must decide whether it would be made public.Reuter; A.P. - 190 words
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Article67 1947-10-02 1 SOVIET BLOC WANTS AID SIX Eastern European countries which are boycotting the Marshall plan have reported to the United Nations that they will need $1,234 million m outside financial aid this year. Mr. Trygve Lie, Secretary-Gene-ral of the United Nations, made public these figures m a comprehensive report to theA.P. - 67 words
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371 1947-10-02 1 HEAVY TOLL AS FLOODS SWEEP PUNJAB NEW DELHI, Wednesday. HUNDREDS of thousands of refugees have been marooned m the Punjab by floods. Reports from both sides of the frontier today said it is feared the loss of life will be very heavy. With the flood reports came the story ofA.P.; U.P. - 371 words
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Article53 1947-10-02 1 Free Press Staff Reporter FOLLOWING the lifting of control on the movement of rice within Singapore, the price of rice has dropped slightly. Siamese rice is now quoted m the open market at $106 for special quality. $105 per picul for No. 1 quality and $99 for53 words
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Article260 1947-10-02 1 WASHINGTON, Wednesday. PRESIDENT Truman today asked the American people to oat less bread and thus help save 100,000,000 bushels of grain for European aid. Mr. Truman was addressing the lirst meeting of the new Citizens' Food Committee today at the White House. The PresidentReuter; A.P.; U.P. - 260 words
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Article98 1947-10-02 1 Free Press Staff Reporter ABOUT 450 or half of the labour force of Alk Hoe rubber factory m Kirn Chuan Road this morning reported for duty, ending their 15-day strike. The other half of the labour force will wait for their turn to work tomorrow, as98 words
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Article82 1947-10-02 1 LONDON, Wednesday. nRITISH European Airways to_ night announced a slashing of its staff by between 2,000 and 2,500 persons "m view of the present economic crisis.'" BEA. one of Britain's three Government-own-ed airlines, operates to European capitals. The announcement said that the other two lines, BritishA.P. - 82 words
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Article24 1947-10-02 1 Three Chinese grabbed a Eurt. pean petty officer at the New World Amusement park at 9 o'clock last night, and took $17024 words
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Advertisement43 1947-10-02 1 'UP* s*,5 r e dA L" IH .HEK r ;Y ?OOD dSefc 'iVCTe- fix Ipj o, a ys v*m, wmj Enable nd elegance is reflected not Ut also by distinctive C 1K s 1 us 'or your next dress. °*TGN and AHT SILK43 words
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Article988 1947-10-02 2 CATCHING UP WITH READING A Malayan Bookshelf By A Special Correspondent nURING the years of the war many countries were occupied by the enemy, as we m Singapore know only too well, and were cut-off completely from contact with England. Completely, that is to say, except for the few brave988 words
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Article71 1947-10-02 2 DOROTHY Edwards and Bltle Withers. of the Wardrobe Department at Pinewood Studios, have been working twelve hours a day since April supervising the dyeing and handpainting of materials and making and litting ~00 costumes for "The Red Shoes" ballet, an Archers production. Quickest costume made was an elaborate71 words
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Article68 1947-10-02 2 f\YBTERS can be Irozen into a coma for as long as ten months, and are edible when thawed out. But care is necessary because a fracture of the oysters' frozen "innards" kills them.— Science Illustrated. Agricultural waste such as cottonseed, rice husks and corncobs is being chemically converted68 words
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Article741 1947-10-02 2 K. Jalleh - K. Jalleh By (JLAMOUR has become a favourite word these days. You hear it everywhere. You see it everywhere. Singapore women are more "glamour conscious today than they ever were before. They call it "being modern** ma they throw away old fashioned ideas and age-old conventions m741 words
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Article, Illustration21 1947-10-02 2 lieautiiui faces, may be, but they head the wroni bodies 0 ***i m England had a "dummy" trial before cl W^21 words
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Article, Illustration166 1947-10-02 2 THE bidding wai 1 b but South mark hie on a rather unusual pi..\ eliminated one of his tw West opened the 0: South didn't quite see how h goin^ to bring home 12 trier: out dropping ting an extr-* m ly In tpstdes. But winning the166 words
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Miscellaneous751 1947-10-02 2 TMCA Music Party THE YMtAs Music Club programme for tomorrow evening at 8 p.m. is as follows: MOZART: Overture "The Magic Flute". BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 5 in C Minor. CHOPIN: Poloiiai.se in A Flat Major. LISZT: Liehe*traum. DUKAS: The Sorcerer's Apprentice. CHARBKIET: Espana. GERSHWIN: Rhapsody in Blue. WALDTEUFEL: Estudiantina Walti.751 words
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Miscellaneous217 1947-10-02 2 YOUR LUCKY SI AR Fortune forecast tor people born today BOKN today, you are sensitive to the line things of life. You never are impatient or tempestuous if things fail to meet your demands. You just set about getting them to conform, and your quiet, calm perseverance is apt to217 words
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Article296 1947-10-02 3 SOVIETS AND AMERICA NOT WANTED Korean View I^OREANS do not want either Americans or Russians, but Iv. unfortunately their country happens to be a meeting ground for American anti-Communism and Russian antiAmericanism, writes an Associated Press correspondent from Seoul. Th c Russian and American Joint Commission has failed to achieveA.P. - 296 words
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119 1947-10-02 3 "VI RS. Eleanor Roosevelt has Ifi invited Soviet deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Y. Vishinsky to appear as a guest on Sunday on the first of a series of broadcasts at which the late president's wife will be moderator. Miss Marvina Thompson, Mrs. Roosevelt's secretary,A.P. - 119 words
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Article53 1947-10-02 3 Robert Cary; correspondent of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency and Overseas New s Agency; and Maurice Pearman; correspondent of the New York "P. M." have been banned by the British Military Government from entering the camps where th c Exodu s 1947 Jews are beiriir held. Cary is American53 words
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Article69 1947-10-02 3 PRESENT indications are that the Wedemyer report will be published," an authoritative source said m Washington on Tuesday. The report, by Lieut.Gen Albert C. Wedemeyer to President Truman on his findings and recommendations reerardine China and Korea, is a close secret. So far ij, has reachedA.P. - 69 words
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Article32 1947-10-02 3 Some 120 ocean-going vessels and scores of barges are tied up along five miles of docks In Buenos Aires, owing: to a strike called by 12.000 port workers.32 words
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280 1947-10-02 3 Child survivors of Lidice to testify k I from Lidic?, after the tiny village i^ 11 ermaaa i»"r aiding the resistance o«#itt brought to Nuremberg to face their ab--»*nt wil r i ■War Crimes prosecution team has tt*. fdU. a iI \V. McHanev said thatA.P. - 280 words
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Article33 1947-10-02 3 ONE OF THE OLD SCHOOL TumW* o ffi f er of the old face l lierican court n..pulaa tin- old stuck rhristianiWTSKiiiU, and Duty." '**tf •*.*>> not swarc of *£Ln™ Christian or principle**-- ReuterReuter - 33 words
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Article5 1947-10-02 3 ALASKABANS FILIPINO FISHERMEN I A.P.A.P. - 5 words
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Article76 1947-10-02 3 I POLICE shot one robber dead In a running gun battle on Tuesday :n the crowded Shanghai vn district m which two strians were also hit by stray is The robber was one of a ganf who had robbed a bank m daylight. men atA.P. - 76 words
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Article66 1947-10-02 3 WORKER'S DEATH FALL AT ABBEY BIGHTSEERS at Westminster Abbey (London) saw a 30-f«- t death of a labourer who was ag on the gallery just 20 from the altar where PrinElisabeth and Lieut. Philip Mountbatten will be married. The man was engaged on scaf-.-.ork above the Poets' Corln the Abbey.Reuter - 66 words
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Article38 1947-10-02 3 Ailwood, 58. who has 1 nearly £18.000 m security Mr. B. Willis, of Rochester who employed her as a maid, said: "It sounds a lot, but n you come to weigh it up It's much."38 words
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Article28 1947-10-02 3 aUfe her husband made a .kc while copying a penny pools rorecast, 47-year-old Anni e Lowe, of Edtre-lane, n, near Manchester; has .on £30,234 17s 6d.28 words
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Article, Illustration281 1947-10-02 3 I AMP-POSTS had to be uprooted, tret's sawn down, and a special bridge built for one of the strangest journeys ever undertaken by a Driti-h plane. At dawn the AWS2, Britain's first jet-propelled flying wing, left Baginton Aerodrome, Coventry, where it was designed and built281 words
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Article170 1947-10-02 3 A VANCOUVER mans accidental discovery v i gold m an old rock quarry on the waterfront at Prince Rupert. (British Columbia) has started a miniature gold-rush. Reports spread like wildfire that Mr. M. Shannon, superintendent of highway construction, had "struck it rich." A road building170 words
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Article54 1947-10-02 3 4 LSTRALIA Is insisting on ihe A appointment of an Australia; Admiral to succeed Admiral Si Louis Hamilton as lirst member o. the Australian Naval Board. The Prime Minister. Mr. Joseph B. Chlfley has exprssed strong views on this to the British Government. Rear-Admiral John Coliin^54 words
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Article93 1947-10-02 3 VKill DI MF.MHIN. the lamed American Jewish violinist, played 1 s benefit concert on Tuesday night m Berlin before a CierHiaa audience. At its conclusion, he told interviewers that ho pleading m the former Nazi capital for world-wide tolerance ba ause "I ret ognise no races,A.P. - 93 words
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Article, Illustration48 1947-10-02 3 Return Of Pope Pope Pius XII (right) tries to shake hands with Monsipnor Diego Venini (left) out appears to be hindered by Monsionor Giovanni Urbani, who is signalling to a friend. The incident took place when the Pope returned to the Vatican after his suhimer vacation at Castelgondolfo.48 words
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112 1947-10-02 3 WASHINGTON. Wednesday. RUSSIA has refused a visa to U.S. Assistant Secretary of State John Peurifoy. who has operation of American embassies throughout the world. Rejection of Mr. Peurifoy s visa "came as a distinct shock to State Department officials," it was stated byA.P. - 112 words
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Article18 1947-10-02 3 The first British Broadcasting Corporation provincial television transmitter ls to be situated at Sutton Coldfield.18 words
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Article66 1947-10-02 3 THE third husband of Ann Cooper "sterilisation" case m 1936. has been given a divorce at Reno. U.S.. because. he says she "frustrated the object of marriage." In 1936 she accused two physicians and her mother of conspiring to have her sterilised so that she might66 words
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Miscellaneous17 1947-10-02 3 a?toAN Reception By Edgar Rice Burroughs ".'•a- s -a\jr-\xvs has. Ww s A""5A^-;-^ "^r_ t?-* w^ k.17 words
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671 1947-10-02 4 The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY. OCTOBER 2, 19 47. Hartals in Malaya IN the near future, the Asso- tailed Chinese Chambers of Commerce are due to meet m Kuala Lumpur to consider the propositi for a Malaya-wide hartal as a protest against the White Paper scheme for a Federation of671 words
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Article661 1947-10-02 4 SEAGHAN MAYNES - HELIGOLANDERS' BLIGHT SEAGHAN MAYNES by Reuters Correspondent DRITISH Zone Germans, particularly the 3,000 Heligoland its now scattered throughout SchleswigHolstPMi, are impatiently awaiting Four-Power decisions as to the fate of 44 demilitarised Heligoland, Germany's former North Sea island fortress. Since Operation Big Bang on April 18 last when a:3out 7,000 tons661 words
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Article, Illustration61 1947-10-02 4 EIK1.I) Marshal Viscount Montgomery received a hat from the Austra MaßM of «lth Div.. when he visited thorn m IMS because h* complained of the sun. trom thai time onwards he c Elected Indues frcm units m North Africa before Alamein. When he \i-it-d Canberra recently he presented the hat61 words
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Article769 1947-10-02 4 Sarawak s Strange Story Tlie Daily Graphic. London, publishes under the c.iption "Strange Story irom Sarawak the following article by "Candidus," who is Henry Newnham, famous former editor of Truth. IN the past twelve months I have expressed surprise that, while, on the one hand, we were showing ourselves desperately769 words
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Article784 1947-10-02 4 POLITICO - POLITICO BY IN the recent chorus of praise for Britain's post-war colonial development plan, no woid seema to have been said of Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald's gTeat ire. Mr. MaeDonald inspired the i- ra when, as Secret iry B1 ate for the Co; planned a j784 words
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Article, Illustration16 1947-10-02 4 A new photograph just recti lof Mr. W* mmm msi u.J Govemor-Ceaeral of Pa wjth his16 words
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Advertisement18 1947-10-02 4 LISTEN TO THE 7o J 102 $250- yls* /*or a Pernod".-*"--12. Orchard R< ad ll 7 Oxlev Rise18 words
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Miscellaneous20 1947-10-02 4 FAITH Trust \c in the Lord for e\ev: for in the Lord .lehovah is ever. l:\Niing strength. Isahth lb, 4.20 words
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Article34 1947-10-02 5 Cu>toms and "police ofli- -arching a jeep which was 'ting to cross irom Si Into Johore on Tuesday a 4 830 a.m hamd a pistol hidden m Chinese m the jeep34 words
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Article, Illustration45 1947-10-02 5 picture. Crashing in f o the five-foot way opposite the Bukit Timah police station yesterday morning, a jeep, driven by an Indian captain, wrecked the front portions of two shop-houses- and slightly damaged anotfar. Nobody uus hurt m the accident.- Free PressFree Press - 45 words
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Article498 1947-10-02 5 LIVING CONDITIONS 'UNTENABLE' Tree Press Stall Reporter T rilF difficulties which confront the average wa^e-earner trying to live within his income are stressed m an article In the Tclepost, official organ of the Singapore Union of Postal and Telecommunications Workcis. The Telepost warns: "The situation is498 words
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Article50 1947-10-02 5 THE Royal Dutch Airlines repreI i\t Mr. W. C. J. Verswill vis: i Shanghai and Tokio next week on his way to Holland. He will study the possibilities for an air service between the Nether- j lands Indies and Japan and other Eastern countries U.P.U.P. - 50 words
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Article74 1947-10-02 5 THE first post -war number of the Malajam Forester, quarterly journal of the Department of Forestry, Malaya, is about to be published. There will be five numbers m this first volume. Owing to high cost of printing the price of each number has had to be raised74 words
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Article, Illustration291 1947-10-02 5 Free l*ress stair Reporter *****11 Ihe latent type apparatus now in>tallcvi at (he offices of Cable and Wireless m Robinson Road, facilities now exist for the transmission of photographs by radio. During the past year. Cable and Wireless has transmitted to London a large numberFree Press - 291 words
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Article37 1947-10-02 5 A LARGS supply of "8.C.G." used for the prevention of tuberculosis, has been received at the Royal Melbourne Hospital from Canada. The whole of th 0 medical and nursing staff has heen vaccinated with it.37 words
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Article237 1947-10-02 5 NEI CEMENT PLANT TO RE-OPEN THE $y, 000,000 Netherlands East Indies Portland Cement Company phi nt. which before the war supplied the entire East Indian archipelago with cement, expects to resume limited production by November. As a result, cement imports into the N.E.I, from Belgium are expected to decrease. Belgium237 words
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Article63 1947-10-02 5 THE Singapore Aeromodellers Society will hold open flying contests for hand-launched rubber-powered models and gliders at Kallang on Oct. 19. Three prizes are offered m each event, with a consolation prize to be awarded to schoolboys. Access to the ground is through Lorong 26, Geylang. If the weather63 words
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Article63 1947-10-02 5 S'pore port news Ships alongside the Singapore wharves yesterday (godowns m brack> ts l were: .Main Wharf: Celebes (31-32), Mount Davis 1 33-34). Cape (36-37) George Chamberlain (42-43). West Wharf: Empire Wye (1-2), Salong (3), Talthybtus (6-7), Olenartney (10-11), Tydeus *13>, At revs 15-16 > BsapiTe Doi-k: Hugo de Vries63 words
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Article313 1947-10-02 5 Free Press Staff Renorter EXPERIMENTS m the air transport of Chinese carp from Hong*- Kong: to Malaya have proved so successful that it is likely that from next year, this type of fish will be regularly flown to this country fo be sold at a313 words
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Article201 1947-10-02 5 SIAM AIR MISSION COMING THE Commander-in-Chief of A. the Royal Siamese Air Force. Air Marshal Luang Devaridhi Panluk. and a Siamese air mission will be v<siting Singapore on Oct. 8. The mission will stay here for three days, at the invitatien of the Air C.-in-C Far Easa Sir George Pirie.201 words
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Article46 1947-10-02 5 The next luncheon meeting of the Singapore V's Men will be la id at Cecil's Restaurant on Saturday at 1.15 p.m. Mr. J. B. •n. Director ol Education, spore, will be the guest :< r, and his subject will be "Educational Problems m Singapore."46 words
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Article23 1947-10-02 5 Order for wreaths for Poppy Day should be sent to 51, Granee I Road, Singapore, as soon as possi- ble.23 words
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Article135 1947-10-02 5 Tree Press StatT Reporter MALAYA exported 2. 658 tons of coconut oil to the United Kingdom m August out of a t re of 2.033 tons, and exported *****0 fresh coc nuts to Burma' and 20,000 to Palestine. Official statistics for the period show that production ol135 words
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Article73 1947-10-02 5 Chinese, Dutch form majority p r < i ress Staff Reporter lh of Dutch, more Chinese than any I l 1 of Singapore have applied naturalisation. Official figures show Br li>tl have applied for British naturalisaM*7 ror I il i .iificates of natura*m ill:73 words
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Advertisement47 1947-10-02 5 On*y^ a» the LIDO m *sit Panjang Road, Singapore. all this and more: IMMING DANCING FOOD WINK ,IL Cl as n SAME" PLAUh Excellent Cuisine, Service Par Excellence r I V AT THE L!D<- Lrand Opening In Few Days mwm mmm m*ls^**tt*tg**B*^**mmW*S*iimm^***mm*mm**l*mmWm*m m **m^KmtmtttmsmstKstjtrtyAmmWimW im m* sp*-*?*47 words
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Advertisement98 1947-10-02 5 s I Si The Perfectly Simple I way of making Simply Perfect Coffee Jl^ alpnlJr Making coffee m the MELIOR is simplicity itself (as easy as making tea) and connoisseurs agree that no more perfect coffee was produced with all the rites and ceremonies of I; more leisured times. If,98 words
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Article301 1947-10-02 6 CHINA DRAWING CLOSES. TO RUSSIA Anglo-US bloc disturbed by UN voting SPECULATION on China's apparent intention to seek a raproachement with Russia was increased when she broke with the Anglo-Americans for the first time m the Security Council, to side with the Soviet Union, reports a United Press observer fromU.P. - 301 words
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Article, Illustration77 1947-10-02 6 77ie tt.scs o/ f/u» gas turbine engine for aircraft and naval vessels are ivell known but less widely known U the great potentiality it holds for industrial development. To acquaint press and radio representatives icith this aspect of their use, Mr. Arthur Woodburn, Parliament Secretary to the Ministry of Supply77 words
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282 1947-10-02 6 SIR STAFFORD CRIPPS, Britain's newly appointed economic Supremo, is sending a woman M.P. into a I .ant ash ire mill this week to study at first hand some of the human and technicafcproblems raided by his urgent call to the cotton industry to increase output by282 words
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86 1947-10-02 6 POPULATION OF SYDNEY WILL DECREASE THE population of Sydney will eventually fall possibly to less than a million people ir. the opinion o! the Cumberland County Cour eil. (Greater Sydney* planning authority. Tho council has decided to work on this assumption m d- awing up plans for the metropolitan an86 words
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Article62 1947-10-02 6 ATTORNEY-General Tom C n Clark urged fideral district attorneys m the U.S.A. to take ar. inventory of communist aid other subversive activities m their areas. He opened a two-day district attorney's conference by declaring that "if any alien m your district is engaged ir. communistU.P. - 62 words
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Article37 1947-10-02 6 The well. preserved body of a reindeer with a stone arrow, estimated to be 4,000 years old pro. truding irom its breast has been found In a Norwegian glacier mclu-d by rerord summer heat.37 words
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Article79 1947-10-02 6 M ELEZEK GULYEN, deputy of the Hungarian Independent Party was arrested m a main st rt et of Budapest on Tuesday despite Parliamentary immunity. He was taken to the nearest ix)lice station, questioned for an hour or. hLs past activities and then released. The Independent Party wasReuter - 79 words
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Article98 1947-10-02 6 THK telepathy man who caused two musicians to break down at a concert m Rotterdam, and then stopped a train, is keepine his name secrer. If e is mirMle ifrerl builder. He studies telepathy as a hohh/ i^ 1 -r ce w 2 Velll, Unist S98 words
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Article53 1947-10-02 6 PIC'fUBU of Australia's loveliest pin-up girls are being flown to London as bait to attract impressionable British emigrants. The Government has hitherto concentrated on pictures of Koalas, Platypuses and Kangaroos, but photographer John Lee, who will bring the pictures here, has persuaded them that pin-up beauties will53 words
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143 1947-10-02 6 JUDGE LENIENT ON 'OFFICER COMPLEX' "AFFICER complex," mentioned at Sydney Quarter Sessions When a former New Zealand Air Force officer pleaded guilty to obtaining £245 by false pretences; was an accepted condition of j mind, according to the psycholo- gist attached to Sydney's R.A.A.F Problem Centre. In the court case,143 words
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Article76 1947-10-02 6 TRUMAN-STALIN MEETING URGED IK. ih-nry Wallace, former U.S *J1 Vice-President, told pressman at Boston on Tuesday that Presi- dent Truman and Marshal Josef Stalin should meet m Berlin to seek to improve relations between th P United States and Russia. Commenting on economic conditions m Europe. Mr. Wallace •*>aid thatA.P. - 76 words
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Article33 1947-10-02 6 The omission of a comma after tne words "Air Post" sent the price of ten 1919 one dollar Newlound. land stamps up to €200 at a Lon don sale.33 words
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Article, Illustration37 1947-10-02 6 The ancient ceremony of the Pros Custodian of Edinburgh Castle I m °t the g n todian. General Sir V/*Hp ™< wS?» °J,S took over his duties. Here a V^S bearing the keys on a A tt "gg*J»37 words
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365 1947-10-02 6 Girl who grew up and died-too soon MAURttN HUNTER was a child. But the looked like a i young woman, and hated it. Five feet 10 inches till und ,°m,!"£> 7 y f a [a d M; 1,100, l had to a "oto Slfnl httle girls of 14. T 0365 words
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332 1947-10-02 6 'JEW BAITING MUST STOP': U.K. JUDGE A NORTH London magistrate, Mr. Daniel mL that his court did its best to stop X nv 2 ch tnct on Sunday afternoons by thoJwhi c^T f iu <* provoke members of the Jewish faith ifT!, lnsuh ceed," he added, "I venture to uv332 words
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62 1947-10-02 6 WAR SECRETS ON DISPLAY AT RADIO SHOW ty IME radio seca* the fifteenth nati WtioninLon 8 into an cope, the public will l which are ir. Q contained miniature rac explode the appr shown— some miniature cos. re used trtav aid- Jest Br il show apparatus used d phone lines62 words
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Article48 1947-10-02 6 V PRE -DAWN walk-out Oil Ana rican Oversell Airta 1 b. rs 1 lm. wl Ich n cast b- -und flights sched lied and to mam m Eur. C I walk- I and Airlii ■\-Wi5S pilots ii.ul ba ,55 tho 1 1945. A.P.A.P. - 48 words
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Article19 1947-10-02 6 !ipl the v day a wer.t 'now v Ear 3 V famil: i 1800A.P. - 19 words
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Advertisement181 1947-10-02 6 AIR CO^ DITIONED CAPITOL PHONE 5159 NOW SHOWING 11. 2. 4.15, 6.30 and 9.15 p.m. If MIGHTY DRAMA! J 1 MATCHLESS ROMANCE! I II MIIUNO I BARBARA BARRY I I STANWYCK- FITZGERALD m and a Catf of Thoyiondt a JOHN FARROW moouokh. ALSO SPECIAL NEWSREEL THE ST. LEC.KR. CALCUTTA RIOTS;181 words
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Advertisement87 1947-10-02 6 FINAL CHAPTERS TO-DAY 2nd. INSTALMENT— I 6 KEFLS ALHAMBRA PHONE G909 DAILY 4 SIIOWS 2 1.15 6.30 and 9.15 p m. "THE PURPLE MONSTER STRIKES' **a. 6^!^^^K^% 1 CAPTURED! j DONT Miss THE-ALL THRILLING FINAL! VICTORIA THEATRE FIGHT TB GALA OPENING OF "LAURA" by VERA CASPARY on Wed. Oct. HVh.87 words
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Miscellaneous91 1947-10-02 6 JANE Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press m Malaya S7*Ha\Yt YOU "V^REALLY'-l'M^l KhA.' HAf-l RAWTMErN /^-YOU SEE I WANTrn to I F^AM'-i icrr v™. Y" 7^ "^1 WERE MY TYPE— T FLATTERED To V CARP FOP tma-ti-L f w W ANTEX> TO I r AH.' I SEE YOU pSST TIME91 words
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Article120 1947-10-02 7 FAM REPLY ON TOUR PLAN THIS WEEK Sponsors Give Assurances Free Press Staff Reporter KUALA LUMPUR, We-dnesday. amthtts of the Football Association of Malaya -Oftf 11 ec k < whether the proposed tour by a l, eth i use toi ring team, the Lien Hwa, to Bangkok, Wf* lk< hanghai,120 words
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Article66 1947-10-02 7 Revised Dates v S'hai Team REVIS4KO Sates for gatm-s against UM Shanghai Chinos? soccer tt.urists were announced by the •-XI V yrs;~rd.«v Thrv datrs are: Wednesday. Oct 8— v Singapore ArnaVur FA: Sunday, Oct. 12 v SV F A. Wednesday. Oct. 15 v Combined Services; Sunday, Oct. 13 Si no-66 words
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Article180 1947-10-02 7 T Singapore Recreation Club possessing the best hock-rv m the Island, cave a glimpse of ktrenfrth when two teams met lr. trial mat'-h on the Padang fetter-day. v> < me.l by R B. b at the Colours by th*-- odd goal m The WniWs attacked180 words
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311 1947-10-02 7 YMCA Return To Hockey With One-Nil Win TAKING the fi-ld for the first time slffce 1941, the y.m c hockey XI played just wcli enough to open their seas n with a one-nil victory over the Singapore Cricket Club m the 1 padang List evening. Suratta played the best game311 words
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Article40 1947-10-02 7 THE New York Yankees beat the Brooklyn DMgors 10-3 m the cond game of the beat-of -seven bl ertei m New York ;day. and 5.0 hold a cemmandiug •age as they won the first enm Tuesday. ReuterReuter - 40 words
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474 1947-10-02 7 By Our Soccer Reporter Malay Seniors 0; GHQSig Regt 0 'OALKEEPERS Goram and Jaffai iield the stage at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday and were responsible for the first drawn game In the S.A.F.A. Cap competition when the Ma. Seniors met GHQ Signal Regiment m474 words
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Article48 1947-10-02 7 MEMBFTIS of the Singapore Civil Service AssocLation are informed that the Association's new billiard table will be formally opened for play at 6 p.m. tomorrow. To mark the occasion, an exhibition ma+rh between Dr. A. A. Randosham mresident> and Mr. L..C. Goh (vicepresio^nt» has been arranged.48 words
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Article17 1947-10-02 7 rIE Australian rugger touri&ts beat the Combtred Services 19 8 at Twickenham yesterday. ReuterReuter - 17 words
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365 1947-10-02 7 RAF S^U tar "A" 24 pts ICC "A" 0 SUPERIOR m all departments of the game, the RAF Seletar Inflicted a big defeat over the S.C.C. m a "A" rugger match on the padang yesterday, thr Airmen emerging easy winners by 24 points365 words
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Article, Illustration148 1947-10-02 7 Founded m 1036 and uith a membership list today of more than 100, the Eclipse B.P. have the Strongest set of Juniors m the country who are steadily nnnning fame for this party. Touring Kuala Lumpur this year, they played against two of Selangor's iriajor parties and emerged148 words
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Article453 1947-10-02 7 Badminton Notes.... By Courtcraft OADMINTON players and fans m Malaya have long con- sidered that standards m this country are the highest m the world. Other countries have paid little serious attention but when the Thomas Cup competition is played next year, Malaya will453 words
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Article151 1947-10-02 7 THE JollilacLs Athletic Union did well to beat the S.H.B. Auxiliary Police Football team by one goul to nil to a thrilling game of soccer played at the Police Training School ground yesterday. Pressing continuously to the first half, the Police failed to stay the pace after151 words
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Article83 1947-10-02 7 THE possible amalgamation of all football pools into one organisation. "Unity Pools," similar to that which cxisW during the wav, with a vii'w to saving paper supplies was discussed by Board of Trade official? ana a dele.-rat'on Irom the Football Pools Promoters 4 fir In t InnReuter - 83 words
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Article319 1947-10-02 7 Fiee Press Racing Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Today. rAINER Jimmy Martin's quartette, Bohrah, So Black, Rex Flash and Kandy Kid, were all impressive when galloped down the straight this morning by jockey Turner when several of Saturday's runners, were given their final workouts m preparation for Saturday's319 words
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194 1947-10-02 7 TKE Cliiiiese Shimming Club narrowly beat the Combined Services by six goals to five m a fast and even game of water-polo played at the Chinese Club pool, yesterday. L/Cpl. Hear-no for the Combiruxl Services played an outstanding game and scored four goals pile Services194 words
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Article32 1947-10-02 7 The British Gliding Association has cancelled the first post-war international gliding contest planned for next year at same time as the Olympic Games, because of restrictions on the use of petrol. ReuterReuter - 32 words
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Article126 1947-10-02 7 iN the final over 18 holes of the 1 amateur and professional foursomes tournament at Birkdale, Lancashire, yesterday, R. J. White, England amateur international, and Charles Ward. British Ryder Cup player, defeated Duncan Cameron and Max Faulkner by two ar.d one. Faulkner was chosen toReuter - 126 words
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81 1947-10-02 7 BANTAMWEIGHT Harold Dade, Chicago Negro, ranked by the National Boxine Association as the top challenger for world champion Manuel Ortiz's title, wound up his preliminary training yesterday for his fight m Manila against Speedy Cabanella on October 18. Dade and his stablemate. Baby Gonzales,A.P. - 81 words
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Advertisement62 1947-10-02 7 •'•111... i,. >..UtM|iMI|lll(MMIMI>>llllllllllllllll(llllllllltll»IK<ll.lll»MIIIII>< A il t Attentjon!!! Travellers.!! VISITING SINGAPORE STAY AT I THE TAVERN (European Residential Hotel) •iMtely after the liberation. Spad. Every room has its own it-elf. Cool and quiet locality. Telephone No. 4948. opposite Nassim Road s WIIIIUIIIIIIIIIHIHI«>HIHimmiHIIIIIIIIHHIIIIIIIIIIim»Wf l^r SHIPPING CO., LTD. atavia Direct Service Ou i62 words
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Miscellaneous333 1947-10-02 7 Free Press Crossword No. 103 F~T I I i 5 1 i* p i **r r— p i— CLUES ACROSS 1. Small spar stretching from mast to upper outer comer of sail (5) 1 Substance from gland of male deer used m perfumery (4) 8 Designer of Lancaster bomber killed333 words
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Article, Illustration26 1947-10-02 8 IV if ft the battleship Queen Elizabeth m the background. National Dragon one-design class yachts racing at Ryde ichen the Royal Thames Regatta iras continued.26 words
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Article311 1947-10-02 8 'Revise Malayan labour law' Free Press Start Reporter IN a message today on the occasion of .Mahatma Gandhi's birthday, the Ktorcscntative of the Union of India, Mr. J. A. Thivy, said there were certain sections of the law governing relationship between capital and labour which were a constant source of311 words
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Article26 1947-10-02 8 Rita Hayworth has filed a .divorce suit against actor-prw-I ducer Orson Welles, charging (Cruelty. They have been separatI ed sine Dec. 1945. A.P.A.P. - 26 words
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438 1947-10-02 8 Hagana alerted for Arab 'rising JERUSALEM, Wednesday. gRITISH army, air force and naval authorities m Palestine have thrown up of one of their strongest security screens on the approaches to Palestine, m preparation for what is described as an imminent attempt at "massU.P.; A.P.; Reuter - 438 words
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Article, Illustration42 1947-10-02 8 PICt.UTt The High Commissioner for Australia i is seen handing over a token load J L on(ion^lr j A managing director of GaVmont E S S Wardour Sfc London. The food Jarr i Kf** G^r„ a^ gifts from Australian c^.^a-ti^w^^J^i^ Rg PlanetPlanet - 42 words
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121 1947-10-02 8 CAIRO. Wednesday CHOLERA, now raging epidemically m Egypt, is reported to have broken out m Palestine. Two suspected cases have been reported at Gaza, m South Palestine, and all Arab employees of military camps m the area have been ordered not to return toU.P.; Reuter - 121 words
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Article170 1947-10-02 8 A JERUSALEM, Wednesday r a court martial here this after. r^A 00 01 Bc>rn:ird Fergusson, v.^.v, tall monocled oflicer who i served with the late Maojr-Uen •ungate j n Burma, refused to Jfstify again*' Capt. Roy Farran. wno had pleaded not guilty a Charge of murderingReuter; U.P. - 170 words
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Article16 1947-10-02 8 Ihe Czechoslovak Parliament on Wednesday unanimously ratified the peace treaties with Italy. Hungary, Finland and Rumania.16 words
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Article168 1947-10-02 8 JAPAN TO BUY FROM AREA TOKIO. Wednesday. THE British Commonwealth representative on the Allied Control Council, Mr. Patrick Shaw, at a meeting of the Council today, said that an agreement would soon be reached m London and Washington enabling trade to be conducted "on a satisfactory scale" between Japan andReuter; U.P. - 168 words
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163 1947-10-02 8 INDIA INSISTS ON SECURITY COUNCIL SEAT NEW YORK. Wednesday. ALTHOUGH the ninth ballot m 11 the United Nations Security Council resulted m Ukraine getting 32 votes and Indian 24 for a seat on the Council which would be vacant alter the expiry of Poland's term on Deo. 31, Mrs. VijayalakshmiReuter; A.P.; U.P. - 163 words
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Article111 1947-10-02 8 TILE Waterfront Employers As- sociaticra brought cargo handling to a stop m Los Angeles and Long Beach harbours yesterday with a decree that no more crews ot the CIO International Longshoremen's and Wa rehousemen 's Union would be called for loading or unloading of freighters.A.P. - 111 words
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Article499 1947-10-02 8 RUBBER SHARES ADVANCE London Stock Exchan^ AN encouraging start wag made to the rau'J! the London Stock Exchange wit T^ m British Government stocks! banks a.7ai*H .says Renter's financial correspondent. BrUkh iwi ra^ further sizeable gains as a result of snia ou t £i 2? vestment demand. Rubbers attracted chief499 words
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216 1947-10-02 8 LONDON. Wednesday. r pHE marriage vow of the Church Anf England, immutable for •centuries, will be changed for the wedding of Princess Elizabeth H Lleut Mountbatten because the bride is heiress to the throne, instead of promising to "love, lonour and obey," Princess ElizabethReuter; U.P. - 216 words
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Article27 1947-10-02 8 STOCKS on the -2 iiiced tor the th.- rws prevailed AMI I mtlt\ D -a J 63 84- Industrials *****. RukU s 35.36, A.P.A.P. - 27 words
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Article21 1947-10-02 8 THE GovenJDai I ordered I House to *.:*i( rea* all 250 per a mm nm The increase :ncludes ttt\\21 words
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Article103 1947-10-02 8 4 special HmM *-<*"■** A put tins the prices of at 11 a.m today as follows Buyers Cts. l\ per!b «> N.. 1 X > > >P°t j, Uwt nominal 1 No 1 R.SS fob m tola (M w ft.g.fl fob m kaki Oct No 3 R.S.S fot103 words
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Advertisement75 1947-10-02 8 tM^b VB-CARS, TRUCKS ARE NOW AVAILABLE WITHOUT PRIORITY PERMIT (SINGAPORE PRICE) WHY PAY MORE Buy a *To*d and Bank ihe Balanca Previously it was necessary for you to file an application and obtain a permit to purchase a new car or truck. You are now free to book your order75 words
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Advertisement23 1947-10-02 8 the socirn r >; Officers 0 rhar!* En, L_— i lid f HE south briti^J notice -s^f" pa:.y »1! w S^S »>■ ***> NOTICE sH*** roßPO^^*23 words
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Miscellaneous69 1947-10-02 8 WEA THER Sunny WEATHER report for the next 24 hours compiled by the R.A.F..: Sunny at first, becoming dull this afternoon but clearing during the night. Thundery showers to north of Singapore may give some rain around dusk. Wind light southerly. Moonrise: 8.09 p.m.; moonset 8.35 a.m. Temperatures: Max. 89.569 words
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