The Singapore Free Press, 17 October 1947
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Title Section18 1947-10-17 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA wr«* SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1947 PRICE 10 CENTS18 words
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Article507 1947-10-17 1 New pressure on 'rebel' state NEW DELHI, Thursday. [HE India Defence Ministry announced tonight that additional Dogra troops are being landed on Friday at Jafarabad, the Arabian Sea port near the State of Junagadh, whose Muslim Ruler has acceded to Pakistan against India's wishes. The troops,A.P.; U.P. - 507 words
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Article, Illustration75 1947-10-17 1 GOVERNOR BACK FROM HOME LEAVE I Ih a B Kgac? Frank- i 9 9^ tW'x: u iard oi fl Bi 9 h rn- I 9 I 9 H 9 The Governor. Sir Franklin ■n. Miss Judy Gimson. Miss Margaret Gimson, and Lady m >n. pictured aboard the Glenqgary at PortFree Press - 75 words
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226 1947-10-17 1 Fr << Pms MafF Correspondent p LONDON, Thursday. May 19. the price of landed rubber sterday at lid. per lb. As the 8 out the recovery from the lowest Bd. started with the relaxation by the hetic-to-natur&] ratio in the use of r226 words
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Article219 1947-10-17 1 Free Prt** Staff Reporter fTO m«n ar e toad a*d one is lying Jn a serious condition in tiu Singapore General Hospital after being overcome by gas in a .sewag* manhole at Tanjong Rhu, Ka'ong, yesterday. The two dead arc D. C. Edwards, a219 words
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Article101 1947-10-17 1 LONDON. Thursday. *pHE first British civil air rout* J. between Ceylon and Singapore' will be opened by the British Overseas Airways Corporation at the end of October with introduction of a once-weekly service Leaving Colombo on Thursdays and Singapore on Saturdays. Timed to connect with the present101 words
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Article106 1947-10-17 1 A claim for $25,000 damages brought by a Singapore lawyer, Mr. B.H. Chia. against a carpet merchant. Mr. S. Quereshi, was dismissed with costs by Mr. Justice Jobling in the High Court this morning. Mr. Chla brought the suit on the ground that he had suffered106 words
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Article84 1947-10-17 1 Free Press Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Today MR. A. C. T. Kwong. Chinese Consul in Kuala Lumpur, issued a statement today which says: "It is my wish to urge my compatriots to refrain from taking any action during the period of the hartal on Oct.84 words
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Article34 1947-10-17 1 No. 10 Downing Street announced last night that the Prime Minister, Mr. Attlee and, the Burmese Premier, Mr. Thakin Nu, will today sign the treaty to e^ive Burma lull independence.- U.P.U.P. - 34 words
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Article161 1947-10-17 1 NEW YORK, Thursday. Poland today charged in ihe General Assembly Political Committc? that the United State s is trying to forc P a "Pax Amoricana" on ihe world. Tho Polish Foreign Minister. Mr. Zygmunt liotiaeiewiki, renewing the Soviet bloc attack on the American Little Assembly plan, assertedU.P.; A.P. - 161 words
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Article, Illustration43 1947-10-17 1 NEW POST, FOR SEAC GENERAL Lieut.-Gen. SIR FREDERICK BROWNING, former Chief of Staff to Lord Mountbatten. when he iras Supreme Allied Commander, South East Asia, has been appointed by Princess ElUabcth to be Controller and Treasurer of her Household. rij in Page EIGHT.43 words
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Article247 1947-10-17 1 NEW YORK, Thursday. BRITAIN today turned down an American suggestion that she remain rt^Hm^ibk* for peace 'n Palestine until independence is achieved. Mr. Creech Jones. Secretary for the Colonies, told the United Nations Assembly om c again that Britain is giving up the mandate. WhiloA.P.; U.P. - 247 words
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Article36 1947-10-17 1 Free Press Staff Reporter A Chinese convict from Outram Road Prison, who was admitted to the General Hospital for treatment a few days ago, escaped from his war^ shortly after midnight yesterday.36 words
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Article223 1947-10-17 1 DISPUTE OVER PERCIVAL DISPATCHES LONDON, Thursday. 1 "WRANGLE" between th e civil and military authorities in Malaya, which has resulted in discussions between the Australian and British Governments, is responsible for the delay in the publication of Lieutenant -General A. E. Percival's (G.0.0, Malaya, in 1942) lons-awaited dispatches on theReuter - 223 words
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Article66 1947-10-17 1 NLVV YORK, Thursday. I^HE United Nations Security Council meeting on the Indonesian conllict arranged for tonight has been postponed to the same time on Friday, at the request of Sir Alexander Cadogan, the Council President. He is sponsoring a resolution to defer further action until the United NationsA.P. - 66 words
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242 1947-10-17 1 'EUROPE MAY DIE' WARNING TO AMERICA WASHINGTON, Thursday. TWO European "Marshall aidEurope plan" chiefs warned at a press conference here today that a "truly catastrophic' prospect lies ahead for Europe if adquate United States aid is not forthcoming in good time. They were Sir Oliver Franks (Britain >, chairman ofReuter; A.P.; U.P. - 242 words
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Article16 1947-10-17 1 Princess Margaret launched the 28.500-tor. liner Edinburgh Castle at Belfast, Lough yesterday.— ReuterReuter - 16 words
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Advertisement148 1947-10-17 1 1 W^™WHa~l'^BpfcL| \\\\j fly, VSIS 1\ »<fl^ mSSSm 1% /t^ ■yvT LTD. u jrldd these Vitamins to w u 1 Improve Baby& Feed W Z/ 1 IX SIMPLE, but very effective way to increase the k\ \w nutritive value of baby's feed is to mix Vimaltol fj yj with a148 words
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Article, Illustration152 1947-10-17 2 pATRICIA Roc, radiant English beauty, who is one of the stars in Gainsborough's Production Jassy", has naturally wavy, adaptable hair, which makes hair-styling very easy indeed for her. She likes to keep her 1 air long, as Uhis gives her more scope Icr a variety of styling. Usually wears152 words
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Article, Illustration258 1947-10-17 2 ■term an criminal bid fac:: ner's opening bid of fcwo trump. North fa thought <>f possible wren; and certainly was wi n warranted. But it v.., easy only became East man ut U-n. East the ace and returned the suit. Now declarer's only BODI Wai not }UBt to258 words
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Article548 1947-10-17 2 r.Y A WOMAN CORRESPONDENT WOT many years ago a tennis dress was a horrid sack-like garment that hung limply from the shoulders and clung round our knees. Swimming suits looked rather like Victorian combinations and skating skirts were highly unsuitable for the rough and tumble of548 words
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Article347 1947-10-17 2 Now that Princess Elizabeths wedding draws near, }X'ople t'V'jiywbert an- eager for information about the character, accomplishments and per:i appearanoe <>f the H< ir Vi- lumptive. .11 find it. as w account uf her lile and of I career Ol L| tenant Phi Mo-.347 words
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Article402 1947-10-17 2 JOAN CASTLE - Cooking Problems ON BAKING DAY JOAN CASTLE By VE S, despite no cook, my preposterous old fashioned range, and the climate, I enjoy baking day! This is how I get around it. I shut the kitchen up tight, have the stove lighted, and make all my preparations in. the pantry.402 words
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Article44 1947-10-17 2 JEAN R binson w n a Whitsun I'inn to ver Read n it beautiful bathing girl 1 en sh< I Id i.v "That ]usl 1 US* 1 :iid one of the ludjn "She h> so beautiful she d(o» rved the tltlr44 words
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Article, Illustration31 1947-10-17 2 Left: A soft yellow wool dress jrom Peter Russell with a herringbone tweed top-coat in brown and beir ing dress from Peter Russell in striped cotton. Colour* are yellow and beige.31 words
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Article24 1947-10-17 2 to n? llps tic'' ""Hand. I I I 1 I •:nes. The Q Ueen I I I 1 I I 1 I I24 words
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Miscellaneous777 1947-10-17 2 RADIO PROGRAMME SINGAPORE glfgirifllMl 10.00 p.m. to 11.30 p.m. 10 30 Short S I'lhin Vntivnrlr W,84 25.40 metres 11 81 megacycles. 10.50 Forces Prom; 11.30 N uv uinurß FRIDAY London: lt.4<) 12 ©o—2 00 p m I*s metres m the 10.30 a.m. trallan Nous Affairs, 12 mid-: medium w;i\e band777 words
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Article, Illustration520 1947-10-17 3 BISMARCK WENT DOWN GALLANTLY ■faery 's story of German warsh ip s 'death THE 1, 750-mile chase of the great German battleship 1 Bismarck in May 1941 and her sinking after a "gallant fight against impossible odds" have been described in British naval dispatches published in the London Gazette. AReuter - 520 words
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Article173 1947-10-17 3 ,i |n without the traditional sharks' fins and birds ties without foreign liquors and ay> witho«ft{ parties or presents these ion> of a set of "austerity" regulajLhth» Chinese (■•►vernmt-nt is endeavouring to enBUCCCH as part of a 'nationwide supplemented shortly by new c of "luxuries" such173 words
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Article12 1947-10-17 3 REPATRIATION NEARS END I 9 of r*jKvT?? ma j°rtty or week and12 words
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Article55 1947-10-17 3 DECOY ships heavily camouflaged are now being u>ed in Palestine waters to hinder the Koyal Navy in intercepting illegal immigrant ships. I)umm> funnels have been built on some of these vessels to make them resemble the known Ug immigrant ships; the superstructures have been altered and methods55 words
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Article97 1947-10-17 3 POR the second time in less than a year David Fleming, 27--year-old former Adjutant-General oi the outlawed Irish Republican i Army, is bein? released from prijson by the Northern Ireland Gov- ernment. Since he was re-arresttd whe.i he drliberately returned to Ulster from Eire 24 days97 words
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Article75 1947-10-17 3 INDIA warns, if possible, to open consulate! in Jogjakarta 'Indonesian Republican capital in i) and in Medan (in Northern Dutch-held Sumatra*. Mr. N. Raghavan, who recently aiTived as India's first Consul-G<'n< ral In Batavia. stated on Tuesda\. The Indian Government recocnlied de iacto the Republican GovernmentReuter - 75 words
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Article52 1947-10-17 3 ITALY 'S EMPIRE Twln I'Y-three governments, including Italy and Enyy- f to bo invited to state within a fortnight whether Vtity wirt llbmit territorial claims or on the disposal 01 the I'alian colonies, it was agreed on Tuesday at the conference of Bis; Four Foreign Mini la] Deputies in LorReuter - 52 words
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Article99 1947-10-17 3 A COLLECTION of jewels imliidinff ASIOO.OOO 2."»-tarat diamond •md a 14-carat sapphire, onct- owned by "Diamond" Jim Hiady, has bi-€n nousrht in New York for SKOO.OOO in the largest transacUon of its kind in recent years. Harry Winston, a dealer in precious stones, who bought the99 words
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Article74 1947-10-17 3 100 bandits with machinegun. s and rifles attempted to r o b a passenger train bound f>l Canton from Kowloon near Wuchung, 30 miles cast of Canton, on Sunday night bu; troop train unexpectedly following the passenger tiain pulled up and Nationally: forces attacked the bandiUs.A.P. - 74 words
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105 1947-10-17 3 U.S. VISITOR TO JAPAN SEES EARLY RECOVERY ONE of the American businessman allowed to inspect Japanese merchandise offered for export said, on returning home here, that he believes Japan is on the verge Of a quick economic recovery. Mr. E. J. Griffith, president of the Griffith Transport Company. Portland, saidA.P. - 105 words
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Article97 1947-10-17 3 THE ''hrUtian Democrats have assumed ;hr aspect of the foremast a.:iti-Communist party in Italy as a result of the Rome municipal elections, in which at least 100,000 Romans who did not i vote last year supported premier Aicide D? Ga- peri's parly. The voters can in97 words
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Article76 1947-10-17 3 runs on American sugar "banks" VCR reported in isolated communities on Tuesday. Brokers said they wer e due to M word of mouth hysteria," amon<r housewivej regarding rumoured effects o i th P end of price control on Oct. frl "Wise buying" by traders,A.P. - 76 words
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Article23 1947-10-17 3 I>ITTSBURG. to unoke that its British counterpart, Birmingham, would by comparison seem like Mmewhere on the Riviera has declared smoke illegal.23 words
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154 1947-10-17 3 II was mure difficult during the war to Ham regular* than 1 conscripts as commandos, declared Maj.-Gen Laycock, ex-Chief of Combined Operations, when addressing* the Royal United Service Institution in London, reports Reuter. Gen. Laycock said: "We had great difficulty training other ranks up toReuter - 154 words
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Article46 1947-10-17 3 More than 20 countries will be represented at the Asian Regional conference of the Internationa] Labour Organisation which opens in New Delhi on Oct. 27 to study Asia's social and economic problems. Mr. Gandhi will Drobablv i open the conference.- ReuterReuter - 46 words
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Article18 1947-10-17 3 Straw houses— pressed squares on a wooden skeleton are being made in Sweden. Some are semidetached.18 words
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Article103 1947-10-17 3 A BURMA Union military force of 1\ 15,000 men and 200 oincers will blurt functioning immediately after the transfer of power in Burma into Burmese hands, provisionally fixed for January 1948, It was announced in Rangoon. The present armed police, frontier constabulary and striking forceReuter - 103 words
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Article73 1947-10-17 3 1 rigorous call to the Oh in eae people and Go^'rnment to arouse themselves to the "irigiitiul danger" po.^ed by the Chinese Communists and to give "aDsolutc number one priority" to trie war agninst the Reds was maclc by Mr. Martin Lindsay. British ConservativeA.P. - 73 words
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Article36 1947-10-17 3 The Philippines Consul-Gene-ral in Honolulu, Modesto FaroLan, has been ordered to return to Manila to report to hi^ government on consular business and problems ot Filipinos in the territory o f Hawaii.- A. P.A.P. - 36 words
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39 1947-10-17 3 < r pHE German radio has appealed 1 to peasants in the French Zone to save chicken and goose •feathers, urgently needed for beds for 16.000,000 Germans. Reward for the peasants a cigarette bonus.39 words
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Article34 1947-10-17 3 A Chinese hoid-up man in Hong Kong knifed a four-year-old cnild when trying to rob the child's mother yesterday. The baby was strapped to its mother'^ back and died instantly.- A. P.A.P. - 34 words
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Article, Illustration51 1947-10-17 3 The excursion boat Island Queen blazes fiercely at its moorings alongside a city parking space near the Smith field Street Bridge in Pittsburgh (U.S.A.) An explosion, whose cause has not been determined, took place just before passengers were due to embark for a river trip. The subsequent fire gutted the51 words
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Article389 1947-10-17 3 THE vanguard of a peace time army is moving into the Western Desert, where the Eighth Army and Allied air forces stopped Rommel in 1942, to search for oil. Three companies— Anglo-Egyptian Oilfields, an affiliate of Shell, Socony-Vacuum, and Standard of Egypt, attiliates ofA.P. - 389 words
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Article89 1947-10-17 3 PRESIDENT Gregg Sinclair of the University of Hawaii said in Washington that he believed the major function of a university is to develop to the highest degree its studies of Pacific and Asiatic affairs. Mr. Sinclair said said movements have begun in India, China, the Philippines,89 words
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Article83 1947-10-17 3 JOHN William Robinson, landlord of Plough Inn at the moorland village of Hazelhead. West Riding. Yorkshire, was fined €20 at Wakefleld on each of three summonses accusing him of refusing accommodation to travellers. The Chairman said that it should be widely known that the obligations ofReuter - 83 words
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Article41 1947-10-17 3 Chairman Charles in Washington Luckman of the Citizens Food Committee has announced that virtually the whole American distilling; industry will close down for 60 days from midnight, Oct. 25, to conserve grain for shipment to Western Europe. A. P.A.P. - 41 words
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Advertisement81 1947-10-17 3 t CHANDELIERS TO ADORN jfl MALAYAN PLUMBERS CO. 123, Sclenie Road, Singapore TRADE ENQUIRIES TO: IMPANEX, 51 MARKET ST. SINGAPORE Off f\ V. Vm \J WYt WJt \J UJ\ f I^/fV a 9 itiHiiMMiiiiiiiiiMiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiw visit THE KATONG REST-HOUSE 1 Ist Class Bar and Restaurant opened to non-residents daily from 981 words
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Miscellaneous58 1947-10-17 3 [ARZAN Countermeasure By Edgar Rice Burroughs £>AH iCW WHISTLE 71 \I I 1[ Win II r HAVE A PLAN ANSWEREP THE I bS^L. 'iV^^to^mr- JUm B»6 tOUIE WAS WANTEP FOR MURDER 1 y^^^SS fill A MINUTE; LATER TH& OPERATOR l N^/y BY THE LEOPPLPVILLE AUTHORITIES. I jg*f fA f AT58 words
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673 1947-10-17 4 The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1947. UNO and Indonesia The Indonesian dispute has proved more stubborn than the Security Council bargained for when it first took up the Australian plea for action. And the deeper the Council digs, the more involved the problem. The Council is beginning to673 words
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Article, Illustration1502 1947-10-17 4 PEOPLE IN SINGAPORE MAKE NEWS TO be seen most nights of the week wielding a polo stick and riding a horse round and round and up and clown a strip of grass near his house Singapore's u perfect host Rear Admiral H. J. EGERTON, Flag Officer, Malayan Area, who will1,502 words
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Article1050 1947-10-17 4 Looking back on the Conservative Party Conference at Brighton GEOFFREY WAKE FORD picks out... WIIKX fox-terrien refuse to be St. Bernards, look out for trouble. And wh e n Young British Conservatives demand a bigger Bay in Tory Party activities, look out for ih'\v M P.s.1,050 words
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Article214 1947-10-17 4 Arthur Bailes - Arthur Bailes By nUANCE is "bl T pt for small aid rendered by Americans in their pn to buy $50,000,000 wonli of francs for their Army) and unless the i more aid she fan s th< b slump In the the fall of M. Ramadier^j Government, and214 words
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Advertisement21 1947-10-17 4 TANKARDS fi IN STLKLING SILVLK OR FINEST ENGLISH ELECTROPLATE ON NICKEL SILVER. P. H. HEND R Y 78 North Bridge Ad.21 words
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231 1947-10-17 5 UNION CHIEFS HEAD NEW $10. MILLION FIRM MufT Reporter an n S the directors of a $10,000,000 >>r lloated in Singapore to run Colony and India and Ctyloa in Ktendtas the service to the NKI and unit 'ni>t.s are Mr. P. Veerasenan, Harbour Labour Union, and Mr. of the Municipal231 words
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Article126 1947-10-17 5 Ffcet Press Staff Reporter THE Officer Administering the Government. Mr. P. A. B. McKerroii, will open week the first of a regular series of educational! films which will be shown to Government servants free of, charge in the Secretariat building. Arrangement! are being made, co-operation126 words
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Article, Illustration111 1947-10-17 5 Over the stamp counter at the General Post Office and in all sub post offices on the island, the people of Singapore may hand in their contributions to Princess Elizabeth, Wedding Celebrations Fund. It is hoped to raise around $600,000 on a dollar-per-head oasis, but. it is emphasised that donorsFree Press - 111 words
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Article204 1947-10-17 5 Properties will be re-assessed Rural Board Free Press Staff Reporter OINCE many buildings in Singapore s rural areas ur<> under-assessed, the Rural Board has drawn up a programme or re-assessment, the work to be conducted by stages and complited in three years, starting in 1918 This Assessment Committee will begin204 words
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Article235 1947-10-17 5 Free Presjs Chinese Correspoiulent CHINESE labour circles have received an Assurance that the Government has. no intention of recruiting labour from Ceylon in substitution for local labour. Mr. R. P. Bingham, Commissioner for Labour, i n a special interview with the Chinese Press, declared that235 words
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Article350 1947-10-17 5 Jail in 39 other cases Free Press Staff Reporter ELEVEN Chinese have been sentenced to death, and 39 others, including an Englishman and an American, were committed to varying terms of imprisonment in Singapore since the resumption of civil government for the offence, punishable by350 words
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Article92 1947-10-17 5 ON his arrival by Chinese Air I oree Liberator bomber from Batavia yr.stcrday. the I leader of the Chinese military 1 mission to Indonesia, ("apt. Woo I] Ying (hum, told the I ree Press that the contents of the final re- port of the Consular Commission M on92 words
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Article107 1947-10-17 5 Free Pn<*s Stall orrespotident KUALA LUMI'UH. Thursday. TWO Royal Air Force planes from 1 Kuala Lumpur .scoured creeks and the waters off Port Swettenham today in search of a pirate! motor-boat. No trace of the boat' has yet been found. The search followed the107 words
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Article26 1947-10-17 5 The band of the second Battalion, the West Yorkshire Regiment, will play in the Botanic Gardens, Singapore, on Sunday from 5 to 6 pan.26 words
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Article398 1947-10-17 5 56,118 more mouths in six months THE first mid-year report of birth and deaths since tho resumption of civil government In the Malayan Union has ton issued. The outstanding feature In this report, compiled by the t;v strar-Genera] of Birt-hs and Deaths. i<? that births are shown to have exceeded398 words
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Article92 1947-10-17 5 S'pore port news Ships alongside the Singapore wharves yesterday (godowns in brackets) were: Main Wharf: Kina (33-34). Alpha Mooi (36-37), Hocgh Silverlight (40-41), Sangola (42-43). West .Wharf: Samos (1-2), Georgic (3,4,5), Elpenor (6-7). Antiloohus (10-11), Rhesus (IS--14), Trevaen (15-16). Empire Dock: Oxfordshire (17-18), Bredero (19-20), Vasna (23-24), Pangkor <25), Jos^92 words
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Article292 1947-10-17 5 Mission to check compass 'swine' k TEAM of experts from the RAF Empire Navigation School at Shawbury, Shropshire will leave England on Oct. "0 for Australia and New Zealand to investigate mysterious deviations of the compass needle experienced by RAF and civil aircraft flying on Empire routes. They will flyRafpro - 292 words
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Article29 1947-10-17 5 The model flying contosi arranged by the Singapore Aeromodcllors Society for Kallang on Sunday morning will now be neld at Ter.gah airfield. Flying starts at 10 a.m.29 words
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Article, Illustration40 1947-10-17 5 In the foreground is the nose of the ARIE? II when this famed Lincoln bomber visited Singapore some months ac/o. The plane is on another big mission from UK to Australia, and will be passing through Singapore.40 words
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Article365 1947-10-17 6 Exchange con frol to stabilise Jap trade TOKIO, Thursday. PENERAL Douglas MacArthur has asked the Allied Council lj for advice in establishing a foreign exchange control for Japan, an issue which the Council's chairman. Mr. William Sebald told the Four Power group, was of "immenseA.P. - 365 words
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103 1947-10-17 6 TWO middle-aged slstors from Bradford, flying to Lourdos lor health reasons, left Northolt Airport in British European Airways Viking lor Paris— 24 hours late, alter being asked to strip to th corsets in a currency search. Customs officers saw the women waiting for a103 words
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Article63 1947-10-17 6 Britain's oldest clergyman, the Reverend Arthur Sewell. who was once on friendly terras with (ilad stone and Cardinal Newman, was 10) years old yesterday Mr. Sewell Is said to be oldest living graduate of Oxford University. He went to the University when Prussia was fightinc Austria. He63 words
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Article50 1947-10-17 6 The Aastxian Government states that Chancellor Leopold Figl has received an unsigned letter from the Soviet High Com mand expressing "very great orer damage don*« by Soviet training phine. s in the Russian zone r<cc»ntly. It referred to bombir.^s. which Chancellor Flgl protested against in Parliament.- U. P.U.P. - 50 words
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Article33 1947-10-17 6 Stank'y Summers Ls leaving Rngland on i (> n t 4.000 miles voyage to British Guiana in a ketch. Ho bopes to make the trip in 70 days ReuterReuter - 33 words
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167 1947-10-17 6 COMPANY ANS WERS 'DIVVY' CRITICISM noWN at Dectra House, London, the Embankment J headquarters of the 144. 000.000 Cable and Wireless group, Mr. Richard LufT, a managing director, gave his answer to City criticisms of the t'5,000,000 special tax-free Eastern Telegraph dividend. Critics claim tJiat the payment of this dividend167 words
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Article173 1947-10-17 6 AMERICAN aircraft manufactH Vi™ 1 navc b^n called in bv the US. Government to recommend a preparedness programme based on long ran Ke planning. The manufacturers have already met President Truman's air policy commission. Among the pi recommended for putting into erTect the planningA.P. - 173 words
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149 1947-10-17 6 Censorship of news to BCOF alleged T>UBLIC relations officers heavi--1 ly censored news to the British occupation forces in Japan, said a member of the staff of the BCOF official newspaper, who arrived in Sydney after 16 months in Jap:m. He said that Army censorship applied not only to theReuter - 149 words
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Article37 1947-10-17 6 TucoelaYia liai> Hied a resolution luskiin; the General Assembly of the United Natiun.s to rrcomnu.»nd«l "that those Jewish refugees now existing under to Palestine Immediately under the regulations governing Jewish Immigration into Palestine37 words
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Article, Illustration52 1947-10-17 6 Some of the many thousand intricate component:, used in the Super brain" (top>, known as the 'Edaac* (electronic delay sturacie automatic calculator.) The "memory' units of the "brain" (above > are composed of steel tubes of mercury. It •remembers" by storing constantly moving supersonic waves, each one representing a number52 words
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Article103 1947-10-17 6 PERSIA DEFIES INVASION THE Chtel of Stall of the Persian 1 Army. Gen. Razmara, sptakmg in Teheran on Tuesday, called for greater army expenditure. Obviously referring to Russia he cleolared"that a foreign attack on Persia could be mud** "only over th< bodies ui the country's I5,(>oo,ooo peopk Considerable activity hasReuter - 103 words
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Article36 1947-10-17 6 King Michael of Rumania deflared a,, the opening ot Parliament In Bucharest that collaboration with ttie soviet Union in all fields would continue to bo the ba^is of Rumania's foreign policy ReuterReuter - 36 words
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256 1947-10-17 6 A DON BUILDS TWO-TON SUPER 'BRAIN' rpHREE floors above a colics 1 33-year-old universHv V Mn W<: in <• touches to a two- ton SSS-K**" P V >S,J "Edsac" (electronic £l™X£? W S| This new brain, f, rsi t in ti 1( l* e »«tonutf<s t.mcs more "knoHledg,- u,',, 1256 words
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Article86 1947-10-17 6 LOUIS Budonz, former editor of the Daily Worker in the United States, who has quit the Communist Party to join the Catholic Church, predicted the Soviet fifth cloumn opera in the Unites States Will spearhead ar.y Communist attack upon America. He said the Soviet fifth86 words
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Article43 1947-10-17 6 Siamese Princess. Mary Visafcah Sva.sti. 25-.fear-old Dbrte cousin of Kin^z Pumiphon Ac of Siam. abandoned her Siamese royal status, when £ie married a Japanese business man Mi Nobutsugu Utagawa, 35, on T day at Tokio's Catholic Joci.i Uriiversity.- U. P.U.P. - 43 words
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41 1947-10-17 6 WIFE OBTAINS DECREE AFTER FIFTY YEARS vorce drcree at one is entitle said Judge r"S lo h3 L\ i -^5 Northumberlar. J ;^n Chapman Dan? 5> ivenue, f RSfffl Lsband ev -aid he would who had had four man who died41 words
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Article56 1947-10-17 6 EMPIRE MEDAL FOR HAVILDAR HAVILDAR ALI HOSE rtw srenade from a B?.^ oca during tribal disord--Augtift 1946 3-iti.sh Eir.pire Mete; "Or. August 9, 1M ion, "to were thrown into Adda p of which exploded The second de. sain picked it up. Ap,: t threw it iti mighi have exploded 'arried56 words
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Advertisement161 1947-10-17 6 CAPITOL Air -Condi uoned Phone 5159 NOW SHOWING 11 a.m., 2, 4.15, €.30 A 9.15 p.m. A UNIVFHSAI IN T K»NATIONAI PirTURS "^TO-MORROW AT MIDNIGHT FIRST 7 ACTION JAMMED EPISODES! "DESERT AGENT" NEXT CHANGE OF THE RIVER today l-our ihows 1.30-4 -6.30 -9.30p.m. Children's Matinees Tomorrow Sunday 11 a.m. "NIGHT161 words
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Advertisement38 1947-10-17 6 K«-\ Children's Club 1 fVfMf Mjitjn. Tomorrow At 11l 1 rOl K HI ATIirKS I|\LA (in TcrhnuoltM MM t NOW SHOWING 2. 4 13. (j 110 A. I 1 p m. TOMORROW AT MllilGHT NEXT CHANGE 2O'h Centyry-Fox38 words
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Advertisement99 1947-10-17 6 VICTORIA THEATRE COMBINED SERVICES ENTERTAINMENT presents 1 the company who ga\e you the jubilant "OUT ABOUT" IN A NEW REVUETTE "FANCY FRSE" DEVISED PRODUCED by GEORGE CUKW Commencing Monday 20th Oct. at 8.45 p.m. FOR SIX NIGHTS ONLY BOOKINGS:- ROBINSONS (Raffles Place) M. 3894 M THEATRE BOX OFFICE (No Phone99 words
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Miscellaneous74 1947-10-17 6 JAJNjt Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press in Malava f GOOD HEAVENS, ERIC/-^\-- \S c NOW I UNDFKSTAND WHY V THF SCOUNDRf I MUST" I=4=--^. K^bS^ J I DOLORES FELT SUDDENLY HAVE WRITxtN THIS '^*fc V FAINT. 1 READ THisjT/ KNOWING SHE WOUtW fK-PPI I 1 I %FM'lfP^^ feC)^ S^^^k74 words
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Article473 1947-10-17 7 fhrilling Game fith Shanghai Shanghai Chinese 0 mi, it did the Singapore Amateur tluir game against th e Shanghai urn yesterday. For, on no fewer uhich uere certain goals all the iar v'-t ift-'i the game, which was thrilling: i I m Weak mi473 words
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Article, Illustration21 1947-10-17 7 Ttit Shanghai goalkeeper. Pang lips the ball auait following a corner-kicl re, the S.a.f.a. contre-fonoard, i$ seen ready jor a head21 words
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Article63 1947-10-17 7 THE Dnal acceptors for the Caul Cu;> to be run at Melbourne on Oct. 18. are u follows: Roval Oem: Victory Lad; Columnist: Amelia: Don Pedn>; Bray Law. Klraii; afonoffram: Carey; Kei rv Lad; Kind Link: Prooontis; Royal Scot; Rusontine; Prince: Star Of India: Valiant Crown: Clatterbag;Reuter - 63 words
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Article41 1947-10-17 7 W. c. Choy China's international lawn tennis player, was eliminated in the quarter final of the covered courts tournament 'formerly the covered courts championship) at Queen's Club, London. Roland Carter, British DavLs Cup candidate won 6-0, 6-2. ReuterReuter - 41 words
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819 1947-10-17 7 Free Press Staff Correspondent A TOTAL of 184 entries have rV born received for the Penang Turf Club's autumn meeting. Owing to the exceptionally tfood entries, the club has decided to extend the meeting which was originally for three days, to four days. Th'-819 words
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Article395 1947-10-17 7 S.H.B. Auxiliary Police 1 GHQ Farelf 0 IN an exciting encounter, the Singapore Harbour Board Auxiliary Police just managed to defeat the G.H.Q. Farelf hockey XI by a solitary goal at Tanglin on Wednesday. Scott, playing at centrehalf for the S.H.B. Police, displayed marvellous stickwork395 words
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Article261 1947-10-17 7 PER 111. Thursday. WEATHER conditions may be Ideal for the first match of tills momentous tour, and the Indians will have no complaint if the weather remain s sunny with a little nip in the air as at pre&ent, writes K. S. Du: sinhji.Reuter - 261 words
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Article, Illustration49 1947-10-17 7 Picture. The camera cauaht this sensational fall when the shotc-horse Churchill, failed to clear a hurdle at the Melbourne agricultural show on Sept. 22. The horse broke its neck and was killed instantaneously. The rider, Red McCoy, seen in the picture, escaped serious injury. A. P.A.P. - 49 words
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Article298 1947-10-17 7 New British Lightweight Champion OILLY Thompson of Hickleton Main, Yorkshire, became MJ the British lightweight boxing champion at the Liverpool football ground last night when he beat Stan Hawthorne of North Shields in the third round of their fight for the vacant title. The referee stopped the contest after HawthorneReuter - 298 words
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Article52 1947-10-17 7 THE world bantamweight champion, Manuel Ortiz suffered a technical knock-out in a non-title fight against Manny Ortega. a Mexican-American from El Paso, Texas, last night. The referee stopped the fight at the end of the eigth round owins to a badly cut left eye sustained by thReuter - 52 words
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84 1947-10-17 7 yHE following are requested to] turn up on Sunday at 10! am. at tile Clerical Union Hall I to participate in the Bpecial practice lo r the quadrangular,' tournament for Uie Pamadaaa Cup to bo held in Nlalacca. Attendance is compulsory:— Wong Pens Soon, Yap84 words
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Article334 1947-10-17 7 Girls Sports Club Score 18-8 Win Led by Iris Mathews. the Girls Sports Club, which have always been the strongest netball team in the island pre-war, swamped the Straits Chinese Methodist Girls Fellowship netball team by the wide margin of eighteen goals to eight at the Padang last evening. A334 words
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Advertisement78 1947-10-17 7 ■t^g TO-MORROW at o 45 p m Bl^El.-^?"" GREAT WORLD WRESTILNG Malayan It Btmrf-mi TillS BANT A SINGH 10x5 W 1 HIGHLAND LADDIE I J (Scotland i FW WOMG 10x5 WHITE BUTCHER L (The Roval Si|fs. Star) MAW AN 10x5 R'HOUSE PETERS U^ (Bf. Army) BOOKINGS h Tel. 4ir,> V78 words
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Miscellaneous309 1947-10-17 7 Free Press Crossword Ho. 214 1 F P I 4 |5 I I 6 I 7 l a 15 1+ 115 CLLI-S ACBOSB 1, A blue pigment (C). 9, Measures of 10 square chains (5) 10 British Cro^-n Colony In the W. Atlantic (7). 11, A horsewoman (5) 13, A309 words
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359 1947-10-17 8 Prin cess appoin ts ex-SEAC general LONDON, Thursday. pRJNCESS Elizabeth has appointed Lieut. Gen. Sir Frederick Browning, 50 year-old former Chief of StafT to Viscount Mountbatten when he was Supreme Allied Commander, South East .Via. and Commander of the first Allied Airborne Army, to be Controller and Treasurer of herReuter; A.P.; U.P. - 359 words
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Article99 1947-10-17 8 JAHL LLOYD GEORGE Of Dwyior, 58-year-oid eldest son of the w te rM w lsh T LI eral leader and World War I Premier, fid London Bankruptcy Court yester?av^ that his labilities amounted to £4,141 and that he estimated his assets were worth £1,894. WhenReuter - 99 words
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Article74 1947-10-17 8 A FEW hours alUr a London magistrate had nned a 70--year-old Russian born British subject .€50,000 lor a cum t nc h e the magistrate announced that he had decided to reduce the fine to one of €10,000 The man had be< n lined lorReuter - 74 words
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Article95 1947-10-17 8 SHANGHAI, Thursday. {N an effort to combat high prices. 2,000 "investigators" of f e Shanghai garrison command descended today on Chinese business houses to investigate dealings in rice, foodstuffs, cotton EMd V iS f rel n ™^ies. The garrison agents will t>e fecpt investigating priceReuter - 95 words
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371 1947-10-17 8 UK REPLY TOSOVIET CHARGEON COLONIES Clash over entry to ECAFE NEW YORK, Thursday. DRITAIN challenged Soviet attacks on the u domination of Colonial Powers over non-self-governing territories in the Economic Committee of the United Nations here. The Committee was discussing the Soviet proposal to by-pass the colonial powers and inviteA.P.; Reuter - 371 words
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Article243 1947-10-17 8 MANCHURIA REDS LOSE 50,000 MEN SHANGHAI, Thursday nURLY Nationalist Gen. Fu TsoD yi, who smashed the Communist drive in the north Shansi Province last year and is recognised as one of the Government's ablest field commanders, launched a full-scale drive against the Communist-held east Jehol today as Gen. Chen Cheng'sReuter; A.P. - 243 words
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Article50 1947-10-17 8 ALBERT FAYET turned his wife out on the street nude late one night when she objected to him coming home drunk. The court at Tulle (France* yesterday fined Fayet 800 francs for assault and his wife 1.000 francs for •violation of publio morals.' U.P.U.P. - 50 words
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Article37 1947-10-17 8 UAiLE ffrtaiatr. ftnperor of Ethiopia, has contributed £1.000 to Britain's fund to relieve distress caused "in your groat and pleasant land" by last winter*! m vcre weather and the floods that followed i' A. P.A.P. - 37 words
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Article24 1947-10-17 8 Queen Elizabeth is suffering fn>m a flight chill which prevented her from attending a concert at th^ Royal College of Music in London yesterday.24 words
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Article68 1947-10-17 8 \IKO. Thursday, riillli Egyptian Premier. NokraX shy Pashm, statins that the cholera, situation in I-igypt is serious, especially in Dakahlia Province, today admitted that the sftuation has apparently Kone heyond the control of the Public Health .Ministry. Deaths from rholera reached new record today ofA.P.; U.P. - 68 words
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243 1947-10-17 8 NEW YORK, Thursday. A N attempt is being made by Chinese agents to unite all of South-East Asia into a pro-Communist union," cables William Newton, Scripps-Howard stafY writer, from Bangkok in a survey on the spread of Communism in Asia. H c adds: "ObserversU.P. - 243 words
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296 1947-10-17 8 PARIS. Thursday. AS the French Government today moved detachments of troops in full Held kit Into strike-bound Paris, about 102.000 Communistinspired workers today agreed o go back to work, but some 69.000 are still out in the wage strikes which have affected i>ort andReuter; A.P.; U.P. - 296 words
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Article101 1947-10-17 8 THE Allied Military Govern Bientf announced in Berlin yesterday that 682 war and industrial plantl would b<> dismantled as repatriations and Um British Military Governor. Gen. Sir Brian Rotxrtscn. warr.ed German labour Readers not to try te prevent the programme by calling strikes. StepsU.P. - 101 words
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Article22 1947-10-17 8 S<>me 2,000 ton s of toa from Colombo a week's ration for nearly 35,000.000 Britons— was unloaded yesterday at. Avonmouth, Gloucestershire. ReuterReuter - 22 words
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Article55 1947-10-17 8 SEVENTEEN Japanese naval men, who will arrive in Hong Konj:: on Oct. 21 from Kure will stand trial in that Colony on charges of atrocities against Australian prisoners of war in Hainan Island. The suspects who are travelling in Uv transportDevonshire will b* tried by55 words
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217 1947-10-17 8 T RANGOON. Friday. WO Burmese Cabinet Ministers. Riving evidence at the trial of U Saw, pre-war Premier of Burma, and eight others accused of assassinating U Aim? San and six other Burmese Ministers last Julv. told a special tribunal todav that they were inReuter - 217 words
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Article, Illustration18 1947-10-17 8 Mrs Gladys M. Dibben, tratinga novel spherical 1 400 types on exhibit at R m *^J A.P. gmA.P. - 18 words
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Article443 1947-10-17 8 London .Stock Exchann. |T HE London Stock Exchange marMs?L J an early promise of more active condit i by the general improvement in prices at thp a I session, says Renter's financS^Sm2L2S l '!S shares ruled fairly firm under the inPuTnS" 11 H price of theReuter; U.P. - 443 words
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Advertisement277 1947-10-17 8 VEHICLES FOR SALE FCR SALE WolMtef 4 door HI I 11*37 m >del requires overhaul Wha' cfTors. B x No. 73 P p R SALE ODel Kadtt 9 7 HP motorcar in eood running ordc Four v )od tvre.s Box No. 72 F P FOR SALE Plat Manoa 'saloon I277 words
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Miscellaneous11 1947-10-17 8 SINGAPORE TIDES •*>uh 12.06 p.m. I m 6.15 a.m.; 6.2M pm.11 words
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