The Singapore Free Press, 4 October 1947
1947-10-04
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Title Section18 1947-10-04 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA p:3. SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1947 PRICE 10 CENTS18 words
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Article, Illustration437 1947-10-04 1 Council plea for drive on crime Free Press Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Saturday. gPEAKING m the Malayan Union Advisory Council this morning, Mr. A. Wallich, demanded the "most rigorous use of the existing law, the speeding-up of banishment, or rather deportation, through administrative and Police channels437 words
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Article188 1947-10-04 1 Free PWM Stuff Reporter KUALA LUMPUR, Saturday. Government cannot give an undertaking that more indirect taxation will be imposed m the ion Vnion until the question of income tax is settled. r-plies to q M asked by Mr. V. M. at this morning's meeting of mncil,188 words
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Article19 1947-10-04 1 ENKTO H^VE X GUARDS pw to have tv. < one. who will b» tt c ■'r. W H 'a a19 words
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Article23 1947-10-04 1 The n>ar party of the Indian Forre m Japan as scheduled to pull out of Japan m k of this month23 words
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Article168 1947-10-04 1 PEOPLE who worry themselves sick will not have a lot to worry about any more provided they do not mind undergoing surgery, says Dr. James Watts, Washington surgeon, who reports that he obtained good results m 170 operations to free mental patients from worry andU.P. - 168 words
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Article118 1947-10-04 1 Free Press Staff Reporter A WEEK'S extra rations are being rushed up to Kulai, South Johore, today for the 350 people rendered homeless as a result of a devastating fire which burnt down one-sixth of Kulai village yesterday afternoon. The rations are being sent by118 words
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262 1947-10-04 1 NEW YORK, Friday THERE were sharp exchanges" m the General Assembly of the United Nations today when debate was resumed on the Balkan issue. At one stage the chairman < the Yugoslavian delegate to order for allegations against the UN Commission of Enquiry. M. HenriU.P.; Reuter - 262 words
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Article, Illustration34 1947-10-04 1 Lieut. Philip Mountbatten. has left the Greek Orthodox Church and has been received into the Church of England m preparation for his forthcoming marriage to Princess Elizabeth, heiress presumptive to the throne of England.34 words
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108 1947-10-04 1 TREASURY CURB ON 8.8.C. EXPENDITURE THE British Treasury Is to keep a closer check on the expenditure of the British Broadcasting Corporation, including its overseas services, says Reuter. The Foreign Office or other Government departments concerned, will specify the scope of overseas service required and the Treasury will approve capital108 words
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Article40 1947-10-04 1 Mr. Randolph Churchill has instructed his solicitors to start a libel action against the Journal Southern Cross, which Mr. Churchill complained, had alleged that he was conducting an anti-Soviet lecture tour as a means of making money. U.P.U.P. - 40 words
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Article256 1947-10-04 1 1 B hospital war memorial plan Free Press Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Saturday. 4 HOSPITAL for the treatment of tuberculosis and the endowment of scholarships have been suggested as war memorials commemorating ali Malayan people who lost their lives m the Malayan campaign. A special committee which made these recommendations256 words
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Article42 1947-10-04 1 A CHINESE steamship bound for Yingkow from Shanghai was the apparent target of five shells fired by the Russians at Port Arthur, according to Chinese report from Mukden. All shots missed the commercial shin, the report said A.P.A.P. - 42 words
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774 1947-10-04 1 RACE MURDER ATTACK ON INDIA A T UNO PAKISTAN yesterday accused the Union of India Government of conniving m the crime of genocide race murder by allowing Muslims to be persecuted because of their faith. The charge was brought at a meeting of the Legal Committee of the United Nations.Reuter; U.P. - 774 words
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Article76 1947-10-04 1 HUNDREDS of office workers were late for work this morning when Anderson Bridge and Elgin Bridge were closed to traffic to allow one of the last-cargoes of carbide to be taken down Singapore River to be dumped m the open sea. Motorists were compelled to detour76 words
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Article95 1947-10-04 1 SIR John Boyd Orr, Director General of the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organisation, declared m Washington yesterday that "only concerted national and international action m all economic fields" could avert the worst ever food crisis this winter. In an 83-page report to be delivered toReuter - 95 words
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Advertisement12 1947-10-04 1 Hww^'w9T^9>f ■CarGfuTly BlGnded 1 r~ I Tobacco B ■T* i X^J^ff-^Ptt Limited,12 words
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Advertisement92 1947-10-04 1 M rLINTER GRINBERG Wholesale A < Retail Oealers io OlAMOi^o JEWELLERY Non available Geld Cigarette Case* ot 18 Si 9 carats l'clepnone .*W3 67. St iratord Road. tu ourl Bide Si ut a pore */V ijk*\M*\ IvA*^ f i\ i y J/ ■PJIY.VL ffiw>;;.'^||»;i/ U>7*« Bfv\ fclw AimWiXi \V m.92 words
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FEATURE
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Article, Illustration874 1947-10-04 2 D.H. de T. Reade - BOMB DUMPING IN BORNEO D.H. de T. Reade by THR EE British Officers and 59 men leave Singapore this week-end on a 500 ton LCT and 250 ton supply ship for a nine months' 2,000 miles round voyage to Sarawak, Brunei and British Borneo, where they will undertake the highlyArmy P.R. - 874 words
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Article, Illustration282 1947-10-04 2 by Cecil Wilson MAE WEST, m London to play "Diamond Lil," was "on show" at the Savoy Hotel for newspapermen. And sh c put up the performance of her life to give them the Mac West they know on the screen. Pressmen, BBC men, ag;eints. managers, and282 words
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Article159 1947-10-04 2 COR many years the Ballet, with its stylized movements, each of- which had its own special meaning has been fully appreciated only by the comparative few with the necessary cultural background to understand it. Recently, however, there has been a development wnich has brought baliet, more than159 words
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Article, Illustration131 1947-10-04 2 HEARTS are trumps. South k North and South are to win six of the eight tricks against v defence. South leads a spade. North wins, both East and West following with high spades. North leads the heait queen which South overtakes to lead the spade ace. North131 words
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Advertisement49 1947-10-04 2 Is Your Eye-Sight Defective? IF SO CONSULT KING KWONG OPTICAL CO.. •where you can have your eyes examined and correct Dair of glasses suDolied •♦vhich will give you comfort and beauty. The Quality cf the 01as»e s *nd the Drice will satisfy you too 379, NORTH BRIDGE RD., SPORE49 words
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Advertisement33 1947-10-04 2 (l f I f\"Y& 1 t M wraiJS^jS a. a ti. e*c ET**™* dei id jSj2s*s NATURE'S Nature has rut m Q^^>f WONDER FOOD dam quantities vital for cmldrtnsgjow^y carbohydrates and V^a^ G4?aAT$33 words
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Miscellaneous1473 1947-10-04 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR Fortune forecast for people born today BOKN today, you have a number of talents which can take you far along on the road to success. Make the best possible use of them at all times. You have a quick mind; a keen intellect; a fine speaking voice;1,473 words
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CHINA NEWS
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330 1947-10-04 3 LAST COMMUNIST N. CHINA PORT FALLS Nationalists take Weihaiwei SHANGHAI, Friday. £HINESE dipatches claimed Nationalist amphibious units and ground forces captured Weihaiwei, former British naval base and the last major Communist port m China Proper at noon today Government troops also captured Wenteng, 30 miles south of Weihaiwei. The dispatchesReuter - 330 words
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Article207 1947-10-04 3 TorlJ^ 0m N ki »S> Admiral Kwei Yung«'hat China n' r ,n icf of the Chl,les "^boatSa^', ha d l ?L° naval st ua d r o«s and not lias to assist n the coastal defence. Mrods of nntrrl > theFe WCTe aISO f Ur S207 words
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Article118 1947-10-04 3 A threatened bombing of a r\ Tsingtao newspaper, the Chun Mm daily (owned by the Sixth Axmy^ by Tsingtao Muslims over the alleged insult to religion was averted when the paper unconditionally accepted all the Muslim demands. The paper agreed to publish a formal apology m allA.P. - 118 words
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Article36 1947-10-04 3 riMIE Control Yuan has formally J. resolved to ask the Government to recall T. V. Soong. exPremier and newly appointed governor of Kwangtung. Their objection is that impeachment proceedings are pending against him. A.P.A.P. - 36 words
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Article18 1947-10-04 3 HONGK ONG MUST STOP SMUGGLING' RANKS L t 1 i. pMßfT added Sir A', and mo-5 I L18 words
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Article39 1947-10-04 3 6 AMERICANS TO STUDY IN CHINA UniI I ajtakflLs, Mr. John State i "Jtstare ar.d Applied 9 tatatur.. Kansas, and Mr ll rtMlCctiean at Ana Arbor ii Bowman, a Ist r June fr at Pullman, W IFtaoca 0o& f39 words
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Article138 1947-10-04 3 PHINA'S foreign trade was seri- ously impeded by the extensive destruction of communications ar.d industries and mines by the Communists, declared Dr. Chang Kai-rtgau, governor of the Central Bank of China, m a speech before the National Foreign Trade Convention held ir. Shanghai recently. Calling the138 words
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Article, Illustration169 1947-10-04 3 THE Chinese Communists have demanded that UNRRA arrange lor them to send a representative to Washington to test4fy before the organisation's central committee on the rolief situation m China, particularly m Red areas. The demand, contained m a letter from Mr. Ling Chung RedA.P. - 169 words
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Article111 1947-10-04 3 SHANGHAI, Friday. AFTER three days of conferences with civic leaders regarding the forthcoming Japanese peace treaty, Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs. Mr. George Yeh, returned to Nanking last night. He is expected to include views expressed at his discussions m a comprehensive report to the ForeignReuter - 111 words
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Article37 1947-10-04 3 AMONG the resolutions passed at the tenth general synod of the Chung Hua Sheng- King Hui (Anglican Church for China was one for further division of •"he diocesp of Hong Kon e and South China.37 words
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Article221 1947-10-04 3 TWO million Chinese are facing food shortage this year— 1 chiefly due to crop failures caused by drought* and floods. Centre of the acute famine area is m southern Hunan province also the scene of last year's famine where an estimated 1,000,000 people ar P m221 words
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Article, Illustration62 1947-10-04 3 MUSLIM MOB WREAKS VENGEANCE ON NEWPAPER—A mob of Chinese Muslims, angered because the Peiping Hsin Pao published an article they considered derogatory to their religion, wrecked the neivspaper's plant (shoion above), causing damage estimated at CN%1,000.--000.000. In the forcuround arc a few galleys of type and stacks of newsprint whichA.P. - 62 words
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Article68 1947-10-04 3 DRESIDENT C.T. UAO, of South 1 Eastern University at Foochow. China, has commented that "there are too many generals who know nothing about government, holding high positions," m the Chinese Govern ments. He told newspapermen m San Francisco, "the United States should find some way to encourageA.P. - 68 words
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Article92 1947-10-04 3 SHANGHAI, Friday.— THIS year's harvest m Kwangsi Province m South China, annually ravaged by flood and famine, promises to be the best Ln many ye?.rs, according to UNRRA agricultural reports. In several districts, normally affected by food shortages, crops are described as the best ia 15 years..Reuter - 92 words
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120 1947-10-04 3 Mission will strengthen ties with UK NANKING Friday. CONFIDENCE that the British Parliamentary mission to China will further strengthen Sino-Briti*h re a* tions was expressed by Dr. Hollington Tong, director of the Government Information Office. Mr. Tang said the members of tfie last British Parliamentary •delegation to Onina, after their120 words
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Article118 1947-10-04 3 SHANGHAI, Friday. SOME 14 billion Chinese dollars m 10,000 dollar bank notes, are still misssing ou+ of the 20 billion, 800 million dollars m notes jettisoned by a ONRKA transport plaue over Kweichow province Aug. 25 to lighten a plane endangered by engine failure, Central Daily118 words
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Article79 1947-10-04 3 THE Attorney General Mr. Tom Clark, has directed immigration officials at San Francisco to speed up the cases of Chinese women and children seeking admission to the United States as wives and children of American soldiers. A Department of Justice statement said that Mr. Clark actedA.P. - 79 words
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Article47 1947-10-04 3 NANKING, Friday. THE National Economic Council last night approved a comprehensive plan to increase China's farm production to a level sufficient to enable t'/e country to realize self-sufficiency within the three-year period 1948-1950. The programme envisaged American technical assistance and agricultural machinery.-^ ReuterReuter - 47 words
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Advertisement89 1947-10-04 3 Owing to the shortage of Scotch Whisky we can only serve you the following Brands: "DewarV White Label, "Walker's" Red Label Black Label, "Vat 69," "Black White," "John Haig," "Ballantines," "Grants," "Red Hackel," "Peter Dawson," "Vat No. 1," "Teacher's Highland Cream," "WTiite Horse," "John Powers," "Daniel Crawford," "Fels Glen," "Ambassador89 words
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Miscellaneous18 1947-10-04 3 TARZAN Desperate By Edgar Rice Burroughs jMjM tSf twf^^mf^^Amm* WT *m\m^^A^^m\ wS I mW**r*^i!i I^^^ '^.AtTr tfr/TfT^'*' ,«f%\M18 words
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LEADER
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699 1947-10-04 4 The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY. OCTOBER 4. 1947. Behind The Rice Masquerade IN the last three weeks, the price of free market rice has fallen approximately thirty per cent. It stands now at only twentyfive times the pre-war price. If m England the staple foodstuff was rationed to one-quarter the699 words
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Article, Illustration1135 1947-10-04 4 Hall Romney - THE SUN GETS COLDER.. Hall Romney A LETTER FROM LONDON by "-TOODBYE Summer, goodbye, goodbye" sang the songstress of a decade or so ago. It would be topical m Britain today. For summer has gone, though the sun still shines there is a nip m the air. No longer is1,135 words
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Article, Illustration15 1947-10-04 4 and now, to make your weekend complete, we biing you three days of Chamber Music15 words
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Article881 1947-10-04 4 T. H. TAN - AS A CHINESE SEES IT... T. H. TAN BY THINESE politics loomed large m Singapore hist week-end, Mr. Tan Kah-kee severely censured the Chiang Kai-shek regime, virtually asked for its liquidation and urged the "right-thinking" elements among the Chinese m Malaya to boycott the China elections. It was not, of881 words
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Article542 1947-10-04 4 George Murray - WORLD'S BANK ACCOUNT George Murray audited by INTERNATIONAL finance-capitalism, that bogy of the Bolsheviks, has become simplified. Nowadays it seems to consist on the one hand of institutions m America handing out dollars, and on the other hand of penurious nations lining up to receive them. One of these institutions542 words
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Advertisement46 1947-10-04 4 FAITH th r,r; Mft*»! VICTORIA^ THEATB GALA OPENING OF i By VERA C ASPAK^ 4 r pB (m :iid of S ATA n tfjl K and nißhtly Oct. 9th to llth. Book now at h mfk* Prices Oct. Bth. $3.00. UM, A Stasc Club Thriller. aa*^A46 words
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LOCAL NEWS
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Article398 1947-10-04 5 More girls are brought to court Free Press Staff Reporter JUVENILE delinquency m Singapore, which was lowest for the year m August, increased by 26 cases to give a total of 74 cases m September, as compared with 48 and 65 for the two preceding months.398 words
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Article, Illustration512 1947-10-04 5 THE seventh battalion of the first Punjab Regiment, the last Indian battalion m Singapore, leaves for Pakistan on Oct. 15. The l»a.! I a lion held a march past yesterday at Changi- probably the last march past of an Indian infantry battalion m Singapore.Orient - 512 words
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Article90 1947-10-04 5 A SUM of $25,714 has been transferred to the Malayan Welfar 0 Fund from the F »r Eastern Relief Fund The Far Eastern Relief Fund was intended for th e relief of "Europeans and other Malayans, whether British subjects Or British protected persons, who were or90 words
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Article258 1947-10-04 5 MEALS FROM CANTEENS TO COST MORE Free Press Staff Reporter BECAUSE of increased prices of rice and petrol, the public will have to pay five cents more for their 30-cent meals at all people's restaurants from Monday onwards.. This was announced by the acting Secretary for Social Welfare, Mr. T.258 words
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Article149 1947-10-04 5 INDONESIA APPEALS TO CHINA THE chairman of the Com* mittee of IndonesianChinese and the Indonesian Chinese Youths is sending a letter to the Defence Minister of China through Capt. Kuo Fu Pao. one of the Chinese military attaches at present m Indonesia. The letter reads m part: "We are confidentAneta - 149 words
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Article42 1947-10-04 5 Lee Ah Geng, a young Chinese, who admitted that he took a tin containing 4y 2 gallons of petrol from an Army store at Tiong Bahru Road, was sentenced to one month's rigorous imprisonment at the Singapore Police Court yesterdai42 words
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Article138 1947-10-04 5 'BLOOD MAP' PLAN IS REJECTED M staff amtvmmwitt S£S lc pollc e S maintain a -blood ''wing the practice nd on the lines of the lip m Singapore, tested m the Traffic The ff map" will -hew at a X where a rtsproporX number of accidents *L nr 1( feated138 words
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Article93 1947-10-04 5 RAMC WANTS 230 MEN URGENTLY P thirty local mediately nursing orderlies general-duty order! rood education niav be r™* 9 for training m the •ed trades such as I it. ooer soecial treatment I Jer and radi men will ry hospitnd Sinbe serving men previous Army exsent to one of the93 words
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Article49 1947-10-04 5 •It to m. Wong three T^cec l **>re lav that made a false '*&i**Xrir*\*m*J a tL n? 1 ardb£ if atement •CL°d frubu: a p f a a contri•r decision m that wh e what M?% Mr. P B RL.* 0 mal» lan »ot be49 words
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Article98 1947-10-04 5 'pHE Oleh Oleh Party ll stag--1 ing two shows at the Sun Theatre. New World tonight and tomorrow night, m aid of the TB. Clinic Fund. Under the patronage of the ■Officer Administering the Government, the shows will be "Chop Suey" (tonight) and Kurang Preksa"98 words
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Article90 1947-10-04 5 recent Singapore newspaper article on 'A Big Scheme to Fight Chinatown Slums" purports to quote Mr. Fraser. manager of the Singapore Improvement Trust says a Public Relations statement. The manager of the Singapore Improvement Trust wishes to state that this article has no authority, and that the90 words
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Article202 1947-10-04 5 COPIES of the 1948 syllabus of examinations for India. C« ylon and Colonial centres 'which include Malaya) are available at the Education Office. Si nuu por-?. Th,, written examination m Malaya m 1948 will be held on Oct. 2 and entries for this examination must reach the202 words
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282 1947-10-04 5 THE proposed one-day hartal if it is approved by the Associated Chinese Chambers of Commerce at tomorrow's Kuala Lumpur meeting— will, it is expected, have the support or several Asian bodies m Malaya, a SingaSingapore Chamber of Commerce spokesman said this morning. The organizers stress282 words
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Article76 1947-10-04 5 THE annual feast of St. Theresa will take place at the Church of St. Theresa. Kampong Bahru tomorrow. The 8 a.m. high mass and sermon will be preceded by a low mass at 6.30 a.m. Vespers will begin at 5 p.m. and the procession of the76 words
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Article77 1947-10-04 5 S'pore port news Ships alongside the Singapore wharves yesterday (godowns m brackets) were: Main Wharf: Celebes (3 1-32), Mount Davis a33-34>. Empire Colne < 35). Prometheus (38-39), Samos (40-11). George Chamberlain <4*?-43> West Wharf; Empire Wye (1-2). *\!ount Rogers (6-7) Gknartnev '10-11). Tydeus (13". Atreus (15--16). Empire Dock: Cefn-y-Bryn (17--18>.77 words
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Article43 1947-10-04 5 THERE are now 157 registered unions m Singapore. Five newly- registered unions are: Singapore Municipal Architect Department Workers' Union; Singapore Municipal Labour T *nions Federation: Singapore Federation of Services' Union; Foochow Coffee Merchants' Association: Singapore Lighter Owners' Association.43 words
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Article66 1947-10-04 5 Payment to members of the following depots of the Singapore MAS. will be made at th e Volunteer Forces Record Officer Beach Road, between 9 a.m and 12 noon; and 2 p.m. and 4 p.m.— Yock Engr Depot on Oct. 6 and 7. Victoria School Depot on Oct.66 words
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Advertisement88 1947-10-04 5 The Art of Being Lovely j U S I Jg<\ CYCLAXJ it fcV BEAUTY PREPARATIONS Face Powder (Small) $2.25 Face Powder (Large) $4.00 Powder Rouge $2.25 Cream Rouge $3.00 Milk of Roses (Small) $3.00 Morndew Cream $3.25 Day Lotion (Small) $3.00 Day Lotion (Large) $5.50 Cleansing Lotion (Small) $2.50 Ast.88 words
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NEWS
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Article518 1947-10-04 6 Future of Mussolini s 'Roman Empire IAJINLHJW, raciay. NEW strategic factors emerging out of Britain's projected withdrawal from the Middle East and the declared United States policy of interest m the Mediterranean, m the view of competent Whitehall informants, are certain to guid cA.P. - 518 words
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Article80 1947-10-04 6 LIEUT. Philip Mountbatten, who will marry Princess Elizabeth on Nov. 20. chose the wedding gift which the officers and men of his naval unit will give him a special book for signing by visitors incorporating an illuminated address of esteem and good wishes. Accompanied by a80 words
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Article, Illustration257 1947-10-04 6 mii KUI OOBSOIN, managing director of A. V. Roe, Ltd., •3 leading British aircraft manufacturers, has now accused '•certain elements" of British Overseas Airways Corporation of bias m favour of the United States. If, he said, 8.0.A.C. had decided that the Tudor IPlanet - 257 words
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Article196 1947-10-04 6 ASSESSMENT OF THE FORD FORTUNE THE much disputed question of tile value of the Ford Motor Cos stock, which hai nev^r been offered for sale, ha.s now been se.tled. at least for tax purposes. by the Probate Court m Detroit. In administering tlv r -*> ate of Mr. Edsel Furd,196 words
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Article32 1947-10-04 6 GENERAL EISENHOWER has climbed up from outsider to second favourite m Wall-street betting on the Republican presidential candidacy. His price Is now four to one. Even-money favourite is Tow Dewey.32 words
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Article62 1947-10-04 6 BURMA BAN ON LUXURY GOODS THE Burmese Government yes- terday announced a new import control policy which aims at prohibiting all luxury and semi-luxury goods irrespective of their country of origin from er.-' tering Burma. Cigarettes. liquors, tobacco c locks, matches, certain types of fabrics and silk stockings socks radios,A.P. - 62 words
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Article182 1947-10-04 6 INTERNATIONAL airlines officials m Sydney are mystified at the odd collection of goods left m aircraft by passengers. Qantas-BOAC lost property office m Sydney is crammed with an assortment of clJthes; f.-od and furniture taken by passengers on th c long flights and abandoned. TheyReuter; A.A.P. - 182 words
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167 1947-10-04 6 DHITAIN is spending more than £10*0,000,000 a year on going P to the pictures, according to the Social Survey Report on the Cinema and the Public, published m the Board Trade. The main conclusions of the report are: Women outnumber men m cinema167 words
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Article63 1947-10-04 6 COURT ETIQUETTE Mi: Daniel Hopkin, North Lon. don magistrate, thinks prisoners should be addressed as iMr.. Mrs. or Miss. -'First quality needed by a magistrate is courtesy," he said m a talk about his work. "If the prisoner's a lady caU he r Miss. The older she is thc more63 words
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Article32 1947-10-04 6 The Portuguese Ministry of Economics has announced that importation of luxury goods would be banned, m order to conserve dollars and sterling, and to kill the black market.- U.P.U.P. - 32 words
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123 1947-10-04 6 H.MS. NELSON MAKES HER LAST VOYAGE H.M.S. NELSON, one of the Royal v II watrons- which took the lapaasj^ %i has sailed from PortJand harbour cSV Urre^er > heap— or the fleet reserve her *a y to h Not even the men who sailed m th S her as a123 words
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Article73 1947-10-04 6 CU CHIANG-KIANG, a Tien. tsin physician, has put the locust traditional enemy of the Chinese farmer— to work for him m his campaign for election to tbe National Assembly. Mr. Fu bought about 300 pounds of Itcusts and tied a tag to each, asking theA.P. - 73 words
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124 1947-10-04 6 CANADA'S Governor-General, Viscount Alexander of Tunis, has been given new viceregal powers which were formerly reserved to the King, the Canadian Prime Minister, Mr. MacKeinzie King announced m Ottawa yesterday. Jnder new Letters of Patent governing the office and appointment of the Governor-General, the King's124 words
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77 1947-10-04 6 'SEIZE BAHREIN' DEMAND BY IRAN DEPUTY TEHERAN DISCUSSING ernment's p: Parliament M. Iskandari, deputy Hadan. requested that PreierO van-es-Sultaneh tadud ne the "immeti M. Iskandar tef-fic importance of i the Persian Gulf, inch. igo-i ftst I protectorate— which cor.ta::.*** of the sreat oil reservMid Dhahran. on the SauiiAnSw coast, aReuter; A.P. - 77 words
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Article27 1947-10-04 6 'NO NO FILMS, SAYS CRIPPS SIR Stafford Cripps. Briw --i.iy that. 3* But I -M& no i .nd to the ■.Nmprovp the film DWP" 11 and ReuterReuter - 27 words
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Article42 1947-10-04 6 f work or U am UM uKim;uurnoIkersoftbeiwj Shanghai tvOovernra nt. th .jw«^ Shai^lai: said tha. t«»^ had irge r feTbe^ sUtute workers to tf*V cars -mi buses bes «W^ >hich he C»J men: hai mobilised. ReuterReuter - 42 words
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Article15 1947-10-04 6 A small collecU-yj^J coio' :i at !m*a Ana v a Lofld*-!^! I,lO'J ZS^^fl15 words
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Article69 1947-10-04 6 VISHINKSY'S NO TO RADIO OFFER SOVIET Dole-gate Andrei Vishinsky yesterday declined ail invitation by Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt to appear on a round-table radio programme on Sunday to discuss his views on newspaper "warmongering." M. Vishinsky was invited to appear with a member of the American Federation of Worn jus Clubs,U.P. - 69 words
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Article36 1947-10-04 6 A pretty teen-aged white girl was sentenced to an indeterminate reformatory term after re affirming her love for a 57-year-old negro, father of 12 children, with whom she pleaded gu'lty to moral charges.36 words
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Advertisement132 1947-10-04 6 Lome Early To Avoid The Rush Today Four Shows 1.30 4 6.30 9.30 p.m. J. Arthur Rank Presents The Biggest Succeu Of The Year SABU t .^v DovidFARRAR V*?\ Flora ROBSON >/ V Black y dx-4 a.. JUfttoM KNIGHT^ SIMMONS- BYRON Children's Matinee Toiaonow 11 a.m. "The Daltons Ride Again"132 words
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Advertisement34 1947-10-04 6 More New Girls Joining Ur* s ill CARLTON NIGHT CUP THE POPULAR NIGHT *m^^tm*^* BEST DANCE BAND GOOD I AIRY, SPACIOUS rWASANI J*TJ^M Phone 8181—28 Cavenaejh Rd MM orriwr SATURDAY NIGHT— F MI )N34 words
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Miscellaneous132 1947-10-04 6 JAINC Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press m Malaya [YOU LOOK AS IF f PHEWf-|'vE ONLY\ MEYER BE ARI F^N l^Vcc^ t^a-s- I 7? 1 YOU'VE HAD A JUST MANAGED To 1 TO PICK OP" AMY OMI rTrJw^ul, r: /l" 0 D N T VY U START V ROUGH TIME132 words
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Article586 1947-10-04 7 SEA FORTHS WIN EXCITING CUP TIE Seletar Airmen Recten 3-2 I r ret Frtmm Staff Reporter 3 R.A.F. Seletar 2 mmt^ a lexcirng exhibitioa of clean voccer m which I taluungty, th c Seaforth Highlanders the K.A.F. Seletar by the odd goal m I \F \t up tournament at Jalan586 words
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Article221 1947-10-04 7 THE REME. m*AM Workshops I celebrated their fifth anniversary with a thrilling game of football against the GHQ. Far, if ogti of the strongest serv cc loam that have entered fin- the S.A F.A. Cup com petition. Though no goals were sc rod and the match221 words
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Article69 1947-10-04 7 rE following will represent the C.V.M A. Church of the Nativity Virein Mary m a friendly crime of soccer aeainst the Cl -rr.enceau Youngster" at the Government Prlntine Office ground today kick off at 5 p.m. Low Khoon Whatt, Francis Cheng. Lek Gck Lee. Charles Francisco. Lew Chtng69 words
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Article47 1947-10-04 7 Army Get Game v Shanghai llin hive Bivfn8 ivfn a tan,P i P iifjna thr M-uj A k( m <t rvw^d P">2!*r;*^d»«""p"> V t i^ttmm mttmjl l**-.** ;I X 0«t M .ijjainst *f i Oft 1« n>( (ombin}*ilm Oct II mtmivai inner ffmmTmi i a decided m47 words
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109 1947-10-04 7 S'HAILANDERS STRIKE THEIR BEST FORM fr i»ur mttttt Reporter m: •'aav form m j and two. the Com- I by four goals to I bx I and a combined Is to I *.vas broucht j r of am which Dore by air from it to swore and the Mal&van hi109 words
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85 1947-10-04 7 THE Foo'ba.ll kt\ haw w cured a ruling from the War Office deb irrmg German prisoners of war from olaving for English amateur soccer clubs. The War Office Doinis out that, although prisoners have been granted wide privileges, it has Ix-en ruled that they shallReuter - 85 words
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86 1947-10-04 7 BECAUSE of the crisis, nl EnglUh s ccer team can now tour the Continent until arrangements and terms rave been appr^hM by trw* Baiilc of England through thc Foo'ball Association. Approval Ls unlikely to be given unless the Continental Association, league of clubReuter - 86 words
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424 1947-10-04 7 G II Q. Farelf 3 7 1 Punjab Regt. 1 IN a fast and exciting encounter, GHQ. Farelf defeated the 7/1 Pur Jab Regiment by three goals to one m a game of hockey played at Tanglin on Thursday. Farelf attacked from the424 words
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Article, Illustration60 1947-10-04 7 Fletcher converts a penalty for Seletar. Chief Little Wolf, an American Red Indian wrestler, wtio may fight for Promoter Ra:ack. at the Great World shortly. Little Wolf is m Auttratia now, and Raiack has written to him on the recommendation of Con Balasis. The Red Indian has signified60 words
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Article292 1947-10-04 7 |>OTH Ireland and Scotland who meet m the first of the season's home soccer* internationals at Windsor Park, Belfast, today, have been hit by injuries. Ireland have been forced to make two changes while Scotland's one alteration has caused a reshuffling of the forward line.Reuter - 292 words
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299 1947-10-04 7 DOYAL Air Force scca teams from Ceylon Burma and Hon I Kong have arrived m Slujcapore to play m the semi-finals of the i Air Command Far East interj unit association football knockout i competition which will be held j at R.A.F. Base Seletar and299 words
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Article74 1947-10-04 7 THE Katong Eurasian Sports Club's inter-team soccer competition was won by the Cyclones XI. caotained by B. Noronha The tollowing will represent the K.E.S.C. XI against St. Patrick's School at 5.00 p.m. on the School ground at Soccer tomorrow: C. Galistan: E. McC. Hyzer G Olivefro; B. Beins,74 words
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Article479 1947-10-04 7 Free Press Racing Renorter S KUALA Ll MPIR. Today. weather has remained fine and with 'every »lihood that it will continue to be bright and the going will be very good at Kuala Lumpur today, st day of the Selangor Turf Club's October meetine fi trffl'479 words
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Article122 1947-10-04 7 EIGHT members of the Sing Tao Sports Club soccer te,am which toured Southern England and Holland left for Hong Kong yesterday aboard a BOAC flying boat from Poole. The remainder of the Chinese party will leave next Friday. Sing Tao played nine matches against EnglishA.P. - 122 words
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Article196 1947-10-04 7 Free .fa-ss Stan* Reporter r IVELY hockey was witnessed on the Padang iast evening when the fa.C.C. went down for the third time this season. 223 8.0.D. beating them tliree-one The Ciub attacked .-arongly from the bully. Por a full ten minutes they kept up196 words
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84 1947-10-04 7 ("lON Balasis, Greek-born Ausj tralian who has been unbeaten m all his seven Singapore bouts, will meet Hardit Singh, 220 lbs. Indian wrestler, at the Great World arena tonight. Both wrestlers have agreed to fight it out to a finish with no limit on the84 words
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Article42 1947-10-04 7 THHE G.H.Q. Signals will meet 1 the M.F.A. m a S.A.F.A. Cup replay at Jalar. Besar today at 5 pjn. The starting time has been advanced by 15 minutes m order to allow for extra time if ne eattiy.42 words
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Article27 1947-10-04 7 THE Supply Reserve Depot beat 1 223 BOD by six goals to two m a game of soccer played at Alexandra Road on Thursday.27 words
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Miscellaneous100 1947-10-04 7 weekend sports diary TODAY RIGBY: SCC. vs. 223 8.0.D. Army, padang, 5.15 p.m.; GHQ FARELF vs. R.A. Blakan Mali, Blakan Mati, 5.15 p.m.; Police vs. Army Troops RE., Thomson Road, 5.30 p.m. SOCCER: S.A F.A. Cup replay, Malay Seniors vs. GHQ Signals, Jalan Besar Stadium, 5 p.m. BADMINTON: Singapore Championships,100 words
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Miscellaneous126 1947-10-04 7 FREE PRESS FIGWORPS mmmmmm To solve the puzzle put letters instead of the figures so that words may be read across and down. Where the same figure occurs more than once, the same letters must of course, be used. bered h 7*67*W2 d WiU k fa Mcond one down u126 words
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Article, Illustration18 1947-10-04 8 Picture). St. Just, a small market town a mile inland from the coast at Cape Cornwall. C.O.I.C.O.I. - 18 words
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Article365 1947-10-04 8 LONDON, Friday. WHEN representatives of th e Big Four Powers Britain, the if United States, Russia and France met today to open discussions on the future of Italy's former 1,000,000 square niil c colonial empire (composed of Tripolitania, Libya, Eritrea and Somaliland). Britain urged thatA.P.; Reuter - 365 words
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Article163 1947-10-04 8 NANKINP. Friday. SIR Alexander Grantham. Governor of Hong Kong, denied to-day that changes were pending .m the colonial status of Hong Kong and declared: "Hong Kong will not become a dominion, but will romain a colony." Sir Alexander, who is paving a brief visit to Nanking,Reuter - 163 words
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280 1947-10-04 8 DUTCH QUEEN RESTS FROMTATE AFFAIRS THE HAGUE, Friday. IN view of her health, Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands 1 will temporarily retire from State affairs and hand over the execution of th c Royal duties to 38-year-old Crown Princess Juliana, it was announced today. During the period of Her Majesty'sA.P. - 280 words
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511 1947-10-04 8 More refugees sent to Cyprus JERUSALEM, Friday. "THE Palestine wide Arab strike called to show Arab solida--1 rity against Zionism and opposition to any possible partition passed without any serious incident or violence today. The entire Arab population closed their shops and halted work butReuter; A.P.; U.P. - 511 words
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Article, Illustration32 1947-10-04 8 pict ure. One thousand homeless were counted m Singapore during the recent census. Here are two Chinese, whose only home is the five- foot-way, where they cook, eat and sleep. Free PressFree Press - 32 words
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Article440 1947-10-04 8 TINS IN NEW ADVANCE London Stock Exchar^ THE feature of today* ma kc u XftgjJ Lxchanjje has been the rise m Cakl. anri v;! "1 ary stock tin to 1177 fallowing „v^ fe, J commen says Reuters nnan.i:,! coTt^^J^m the markets spent a quiet day with a an.ll im^** tin440 words
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Article267 1947-10-04 8 Tories shape new Empire policy BRIGHTON, Friday. riiHE Conservative Party ConferA ence here today, after energetic appeals fur Empire unity from Mr. L. S. Amery, former Dominion Secretary and former Secretary for India, and Mr. Oliver Stanley, former Colonial Secretary, endorsed an appeal to the Labour Government not to makeReuter; A.P. - 267 words
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Article41 1947-10-04 8 The third of the quadruplet girls born on Sunday to Mrs. Frank Homer at Bradford (England) died on Thursday night, leaving only one, Maureen, who, doctors said, was "doing nicely. The other two babies died on Tuesday. A.P.A.P. - 41 words
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Article123 1947-10-04 8 LONDON. Friday. BRITAIN is live years ahead of the United States m atomic research, and within five years have its electricity generators driven by atomic energy, the Daily Graphic said today, quoting "one of Britain's foremost atomic experts." In its lead story, the Graphic quotesU.P. - 123 words
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153 1947-10-04 8 UNION JUDGE ON GOVT OFFICIAL'S 'DISCOURTESY' Free Press Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. JHE Chief Justice of the w Maluyan Uni on. Sir Harold Wlllan, remarked m the Selangor Court of Appeal today that an officer of the Labour Office had been "extremely discourteous m not replying to a letter153 words
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Article115 1947-10-04 8 LONDON, Friday. /MJTS m Britain's armed forces, requested by the Prime Minisi ter, Mr. Cement Attlee, to save overseas dollar Expenditure, have now been accepted m principle by the Service Chiefs after consultation with the Cabimt. The Annx, Navy and Air Force have maceReuter - 115 words
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Article25 1947-10-04 8 The first Christmas food supplies from South Africa, poultry, candied peel and wine, are m the liner Capetown Castle, en route to Southampton.25 words
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210 1947-10-04 8 LONDON, Friday. THE weekly Economist, m a special article headed "Food and Population m Asia," today deplored the world's seeming neglect of Asia's distress while concentrating on the Marshall Plan for aiding Europe. Said the article: "Amid the storms, tensions, hopes and fears surrounding theU.P. - 210 words
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Article26 1947-10-04 8 Oi BWek Exra^p held road at hieh levels. :r: on i Jona averages M M C 4.35; Industrials 179 I 50- -,-> Reuter A.P.Reuter; A.P. - 26 words
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Article112 1947-10-04 8 4 SPEC lAI. Market coms-d *A ont ffJfH the prices off* at 11 a.m. today as follow Buyers 3* Cts ft per lb jbl \<> l X S.S. Spot nominaJ fl I f.b m bales Oct. 33', 1 Nt R S S fob m bales Oft. 3!\ fl112 words
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Miscellaneous66 1947-10-04 8 WEA THER Mainly fair WEATHER report for the next 24 hours compUed by the R.A.F..: Mainly fair and sunny. Wind south-westerly, moderate. Sunset: 6.25; sunrise 6.19. Moonrise: 9.49 p.m.; moonset 10.23 a.m. Temperatures: Max. 93.5 dec; mm. 74.1 dec. Relative humidity percentages: Yesterday 7.39 a.m. 79; 1.39 p.m. *t; 766 words
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