The Singapore Free Press, 13 November 1947

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    19 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA I*- OI)(1 SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1947 PXUVb 10 CENT
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    1000 US. OFFICERS AID CHINA
    387 1 1000 US. OFFICERS AID CHINA Marshall on the civil war WASHINGTON, Wednesday. gECRETARY of State Marshall revealed today that there are "nearly 1,000 American military officers" helping the Chinese Government in its war against the Communists. Mr. Marshall was testifying before the House Foreign Affairs Committee. Mr. Marshall added that
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    COUNCIL TO DEBATE TAX ON NOV. 24
    58 1 COUNCIL TO DEBATE TAX ON NOV. 24 I Prr s. Stof l Un T ny'i I .on on [ng this ;1 this Sir I he would juncture r..-n as be inttueneed by memIS Heasman EK: sa'd but of the .»n a need .nance j 5 Rev- would 1 later n
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    'Famine' forces up rubber price
    192 1 E Press Staff Correspondent LONDON, Wednesday. in the price of rubber and the strong: of the market are attributed mostly to a technical ortage of nearby supplies. The Financial Tunes says the effect of this "famine" has been to force up frees for the forward
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    '£ BLOC DOOMED WITHOUT AFRICA'
    78 1 BLOC DOOMED WITHOUT AFRICA' LONDON, Wednesday. THE Minister for Economio Affairs, Sir Stafford Cripps. said today that the sterling bloc of liaLujivi is doomed unless there is a "quick and extensive development" of colonial Africa. He said the sterling area could, not balance its trade with the> Western Hemisphere without
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    GOVT. ASKED TO STATE T.B. POLICY
    129 1 GOVT. ASKED TO STATE T.B. POLICY Free Press Staff Reporter MEDICAL planning is one of Singapore's urgent priorities and tuberculosis is part of that planning, said the Director of Medical Services Dr. W. J. Vickers, replying to Mr. C. C. Tan in the Singapore Advisory Council this morning There could
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    AIRBOAT RIDES STORM AFTER 2 ENGINES FAIL
    130 1 POOLE. (England*. Wednesday. A BRITISH Overseas Airways flyingboat, bucking 70-mile-an-hour winds. sent distress signals today T \rr t rst one and then a second engine had failed but it reached Poole safely from the Far East. The plane was flying in torrential rain
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    COUNCIL SENDS MESSAGE TO PRINCESS
    111 1 COUNCIL SENDS MESSAGE TO PRINCESS A MOTION offering the congratulations of the Singapore Advisory Council to Princess Elizabeth and Lt. Phillip Mountbatten on the occasion of their marriage was moved by Sir Han Hoe Urn and carried unanimously in the Advisory Council this morning. The message offered heartfelt congratulations and
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    BARONESS ORCZY
    17 1 Baroness Orcxy 80, author of the famous Scarlet Pimpernel novels, died in London yesterday. Reuter
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    PRINCESS TO HOLD DRESS REHEARSAL
    216 1 LONDON. Wednesday. PRINCESS Elizabeth has a date with her bridesmaids at Buckingham Palace for a private dress rehearsal for her weddlne. They will try on their dresses to see themselves as 2,000 guests will see them in Westminster Abbev on the great day. As it
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    GIANT NEW LINER
    32 1 GIANT NEW LINER picture. The 34,000-ton Cunard White Star liner Caronia moves down the slipway at John Brown's shipyard at Clydebank (Scotland} after the launching ceremony performed by Princess Eli- A. P.
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    OCCUPATION FOR FIVE MORE YEARS
    74 1 THE British Foreign Secretary, Mr. Ernest Bevin, said In the House of Commons yesterday that the need still exists to occupy Germany for at least five years. He said a proportion of the present Control Commission staff had agreements covering five years. Mr. Bevin said
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    Siam may move against French
    273 1 Siam may move against French BANGKOK, Wednesday. A COMBINED offensive by Viet Nam troops and the Siamese regular army against the French in the border province of Cambodia is thought to be imminent, according to dispatches reaching here from Saigon. The Viet Nam radio has declared that the *ew Siamese
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    ANXIETY OVER TIN POLICY
    109 1 regime. Free Press SUIT Correspondent D LONDON. Wednesday ESPITE the reported assurance Uw^kH 1 *****14 1 Office to them that "there is nothing about which you need be alarmed." Malayan tin mining interests in i>ondon are anxiously awaiting the publication on the morning of a2li,! 8
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    TRADE WITH JAPS STAMP TO GO
    133 1 A NSWERING a question by Sir Gifford Fox (Cons.), the Under Secretary for the Colonies. Mr. David Rees- Williams said in the House of Commons yesterday: "I am aware that the Department of Economic Affairs in Singapore has been offering Japanese goods for sale.
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    ARMED ROBBERY
    36 1 Five Chinese, one armed with a pistol and another with knife, raided a house at 6y 2 mile Upper Strangoon Road, at 7 last night, and robbed the occupants of $130 and a bicycle.
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    CEYLONESE SENATE
    23 1 Ceylon first Senate yesterday elected Sir Gerard Wijeykoon to be president of the Senate by a 14 to 13 vote A.P.
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    CRIME 'UNDER CONTROL' IN MALAYA
    347 1 CRIME 'UNDER CONTROL' IN MALA YA AN assertion by Capt. L. D. Gammans (Con. Hornsey) that lawless gangs were causing an "alarming: and deteriorating*' situation in Malaya, was denied by the Undersecretary for the Colonies, Mr. David Rees-Williams, in the House of Commons yesterday. Mr. Rees-Williams said that the situation
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    PIRATES SEIZE $30,000 CARGO
    50 1 Free Press Staff Correspondent JOHORB BAHRU, Today. piRATES last night opened rtre on a trading vessel off Pulau Besar in Malacca territorial waters and got away with booty rubber and snakeskins valued at $30,000. The ship was bound for Singapore from Sumatra. Malacca police are investigating.
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      55 1 *N PRINCESS ELIZABETH'S WEDDING (20th November; 1947.) TO MAKE THIS DAY MEMORABLE HELP CREATE AN ESTATE FOR WORKMEN'S DWELLINGS FIGHT TUBERCULOSIS GIVE FREELY Have a cheque made out to "Princess* Wedding Central Celebrations Fund" and send it to any of the local banks do not delav 'v ice kindly donated
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    'BIRD' VOLUMES
    823 2 A Malayan Bookshelf PENGUINS, and their I pt>endant birds, the Pelicsu s, Ptarmigan and Pufflna :uv o much a part uf our everyday life that it is hard to le'.lne that ™7 have not always then wi^h us: hard to realise that th re vas «>nc c a
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    BRIDGE PROBLEM
    278 2 WEST opened :he diamond qu> t n and declarer promptly foresaw trouble if the opponents' trumps •olit 3-1. as seamed hk^lv from West's short Mlt lead. There was little hope if West actuallv had a singleton diamord and «von a doubleton diamond would defeat the contract if East
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    Seeing Ihe Invent
    572 2  -  LESLIE HAYNES By Reuters' Correspondent FLABOKATE plans now bring completed by news, radio and photographic organisations for covering the wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten on Nov. 20, will provide the world with one of the most complete records of any single event in British
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    CONVERSATION PIECES
    349 2 iby Pierre Jeannerat "CONVERSATION piece" is the accepted term applied to a smallish painting that represents a gathering of several well-fed real people (not imaginary folk) quietly occupied or sociably idle. This type of picture had its heyday in the 18th and early 19th centuries. It found particularly
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      685 2 RADIO PROGRAMME SINGAPORE ••Women's Hour': 7 pm. Time Si*- op QuiwnrvnL nal 7 01 Malav Culture 7 15 Inter S.E.A-C. Blue Network lude; 730 News: 745 Interlude. RaO|Q Beac IS I W p.m.— 485 metres In the ATTCTDSTTI Colombo: Ceylon, on 4h« foUowlnc BiedJum wsive band 4 7.22 mr K
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      269 2 Free Press Crossword No. 237 1 I 12. 13 J p"~| 16 |6~ 7 mmi U~9™ I It o i 1 |2o" 21 22. I CUM ACROSS 1. Pickled sturge<>n-roe (7». 7. Mud and straw sun-dried brick (5). 8. College founded by Henry VI. in 1440 (4). 10. Pale-purple flowering
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      116 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR fortune forecast (or people Dorn toaaj D"l;\ t<da>. on Ike m4 tli- oatgoim si sII Virpio and .»f the bKoinui ittariM, tber c k **4* l)e certain amount of contradicUon in j..ur utmmn th<- quatttiei H evident in jmu nuk'-up. I« h.i\e latent talnus \M Gain r*-.il
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      FREIGHTER TURNS TURTLE IN DOCK
      72 3 FREIGHTER TURNS TURTLE IN DOCK picture. ton GrV^k shfn Mntrn 55 slender planks to sa f et V *'°°otEnrZ fuJE £lS n a --l? rmerl V the Elder Dempster liner Abahaufuh^Jrnrfin% i* tdston D <>ck, Bifkenhead. She now lies naif submerged in the dock with her propellers in the air
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      ENVOY SAYS 'BRITISH ARE FRIENDLY'
      320 3 ENVOY SAYS 'BRITISH ARE FRIENDL Y' MR. Lewis Douglas, United States Ambassador to Britain "I assured the United States Senate Foreign Relations wolT'J \**i t Was hi^}^ th *t the British Government r W i 8 10 fulfil ite Coal P^uction pledge under he Marshall aid plan and contribute thereby
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      The Prelate didn't know the answer
      148 3 THE Archbisop of Canterbury Dr. Geoffrey Fisher, told 400* tvLIE? 18 W andsw o"h Teachers Training College the story of nil wal S t L e^h^r ent When he hlmselr "I was taking a class in mathematics, a subject which I had not touched
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      NEW U.K.-SOVIET TRADE TALKS
      48 3 THE Anglo-Soviet trade discussions are expected to be resumed in Moscow during the latter haJf of this montn, authoritative London quarters stated. It was believed that the British mission will be led by Mr. Harold Wilson. President of the British. Board of Trade Reuter
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      BLAZING PLANE LANDS
      43 3 A blazing DC 6 airliner landed at Gallup (New Mexico) airport on Tuesday without injury to its I passengers ar\i crew of four. The pilots set the plane down a few minutes after radioing that it was on fire.— Reuter
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      Why girls leave nursing
      38 3 children' 5 Nutt e r Ji We n K eS not treated llke boardine-school Is I»Sn i have more freedom, less interference. And ha'* ,q much on hgrse?r- W m ke -">- sometime, because she
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      U.S. STRENGTHENED
      22 3 The U.S. announced yesterday 250 B-29 superfortresses are bein« withdrawn from storage to add to active US air defence screen.
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      Girl sought in German PoW murder case
      23 3 Girl sought in German PoW murder case I i i I Mer:hey head it jeaved *hat V'-rgen-ried and been r.an pri- esc&p- Reuter
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      WHNG PROFIT WTH JAPAN
      11 3 d the ad- the become be a
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      CAR OVERTURNED
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      HOMMEL MAY HAVE BEEN MURDERED
      101 3 in I Mai* was am-ated in a small town nearby almost two months ago on a report turned in by Lt.Col. Oster. w^io is the son of ohe of thf organizers of the plot to kill Bit] liaise] was also suspected of bei ins? Involved
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      DRUG SMUGGLING IN C.N.A.C. PLANE
      122 3 A CHINESE has b*><n arrested in Shanghai following the discovery of a largo cargo of morphine and opium aboard a China National Aviation Corp. cargo plane from Calcutta and Kunming, capital of Yunnan Province The contraband, in two parcels weigliing about 35 kilogrammes each, was
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      NEGRO SMUGGLERS
      43 3 Three Negro Tew irien of ttao U S. liner Marine Phoenix were sentenced at Sydney on Tuesday to a year's hard labour for trying to smuggle mto Syne y the largest quri tity of marihuana ever found in Aus- ttralia U.P.
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      20 PER CENT LEVY ON COMPANIES
      611 3 20 PER CENT LEVY ON COMPANIES ?cw«^ T^x /or Cow««7 sfwe,rm. JHE Singapore Government's bill to introduce income chargeable income leVied on «»"P«nieB' of Mr R iS RX Ct thC biU s°! WS the recommendation U\. The committee, by eight to three recommended a company tax of 30 per cent.
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      LABOUR PARADOX IN AUSTRALIA
      246 3 "CINCE befon the war employmeat in Australia, excluding S>^«fi«nn aI rl t erS> has risCn fn>m ab < mt 1.730,200 to 2.386.800, yet labour problems have increased rather than diminished What then Ls the explanation of this paradox?" aski the City Editor of the Adelaide Advertiser
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      SENTENCE CHVNGED
      38 3 Roland Sarly, former Deputy Commissioner of the French Municipal Police charged with j enemy collaboration, was acquitted at the Shanghai High Court on Tuesday affter a re-trial. He had previously boon sentenced to three years imprisonment.
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      Powers seek new type of fuel
      279 3 WITHOUT faltering in th e world race for oil reserves, Russia, Britain and the United States are exploring another possible source of strategic power and finding it in once-abandoned coal deposits. Military planners as well as scientists, engineers and industrialists are studying means of
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      U.S. TO BUY MEAT FROM MEXICO
      94 3 nnHE U.S. Secretary of AgriculX ture. Mr. Clinton Anderson announced in Washington that the United States will purchase for export, at least 50.000.000 lb of canned meat from Mexico by next July. The objective of the programme, he said, was twofoldCD to provide a
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      U.K. DRUG ADDICTS
      15 3 Drug addicts in Britain total 3^9, but ail obtain supplies on prescription.
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      36 3 J^RZAN Disappearance By Edgar Rice Burroughs ■fF'^Kb? *i\ OZMPS DEATH ANO giG LOOiE'S iV IAI W. 7^O AS TU£ CAPTAIN STARTEO FOR h»S -<4 A HEM Wm>J CAPTURE TO CAPTAiN A6BOT W^t Wi^Br TAI?ZAN "UKNEO EXPECTING
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  • LEADER
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      The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1947. Singapore & the Royal Wedding
      693 4 The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1947. Singapore the Royal Wedding THE decision of the Municipal Commissioners to donate $250,000 to the Princess Elizabeth Wedding Celebration Fund as a contribution to the plan for a block of model workers dwellings to commemorate the occasion will, we hope, act as
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      IT SEEMS TO ME...
      1367 4  -  Politico by MARSHAL Phibun's coup has raised an eyebrow here and there, but quite obviously no-one is going to be moved to protest. The return of the old gang in Siam will be judged not on its past record, but on Phibun's ability to pull the
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      BIG 4 & ANGRY 3
      629 4  - BIG 4 ANGRY 3 Noel Monks Commonwealth Column by GOOD 12 months before Hie Nazis invaded Russia, and 18 months before the Japs cut loose against the United States, soldiers of Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa were fighting the Italians in the Western Desert Their total sacrifice in the
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      A Sorry Farce
      107 4  - A Sorry Farce ABDUL AZIZ Letter To Ihe Editor CAN it be tl that, as has been r- rt<d in the Presa. the AMCJA and PUTERA have decidod on a design for a National Flag ft>r Malaya? Surely this crowning etlrontery of these polyglot hartalists will convince, once and for
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      'DAY COMING WHEN BLIND WILL SEE'
      81 4 "The day is coming when the blind will see," Dr. Francis van den Bosche said, in Brussels "I luave invented a way of making tile totally .blind see" He added, "my invention will take many more momtAis of elaborate research before it can be
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      Ian Coster Make Way For Naval Office
      237 4 Ian Coster Make Way For Naval Office ARE the generals being thrown out of Trafalgar square? The Ministry of Works says No." But Gordon of Khartum has gone, leaving only his plinth behind. And behind a high, iron fence which cuts off about two-thirds of the square meji are at
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  • LOCAL NEWS
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      HAVE COST $7 MILLION
      276 5 Oct. cases 2nd highest in 1 947 Free Press Staff Reporter piE total loss to the community as a result of motor accidents in Singapore so far this year is estimated at $7,000,000, the Officer-in-Charge of the Traffic Department, Mr. C. J. R. Bembroke, told the
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      PUBLIC REMINDEE SAVE 'LIGHTS'
      54 5 While unofficial decorations will be welcome on Nov. 20, the day of Princess Elizabeth's wedding, the public is asked not to construct illuminated decorations. The shortage of electricity continues, and the official illumination of the Padang area is only being made possible by the loan of
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      TAKUAPA VALLEY TIN
      17 5 .TakuaP* Valley Tin properties situated at Takuapa in West Siam were re-possessed on Oct
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      BANK NOTES FROM ARMY CLOTHING
      227 5 BANK NOTES FROM ARMY CLOTHING /•LOTHING discarded by the Army as beyond further repair in Singapore and Malaya' may shortly be used for theS manufacture of paper for pi^nting bank-notes in the United' Kingdom. The British Stores Disposal Etoard in Singapore— part of the} 1 world- wide organisation set up
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      RURAL BOAIID MEETING
      25 5 The next meeting O f the Singapore Rural Board will be held on Nov. is in the Lind Office at iu a.m.
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      SAILING TO SYDNEY IN 46-TON YACHT
      294 5 AFTER a nine-day voyage from, Kuantan, a retired Austra- lian businessman, Mr. Bradford Potter, has arrived in Singapor; in his 46-ton ketch Fram. He is sailing his yacht to Sydney. This is Mr. Potter s second attempt to sail his yacht to Aus- tralia.
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      CELYLO0NESE PLAN XWAS CONCERT
      32 5 CELYLO0NESE PL AN XWAS CONCERT Ing completing of a Christmas < military the British Army in B artists from the Police and hem being Seren, of C" Company, 1 >n as a iponent.
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      ESAM 'Poppy Day' Dance
      166 5 Wing-Commander J.C. Corby, 0.8.E., who was on special duties operations with the R.A.F. during the war, dropping supplies to resistance groups all over Europe, has been visiting Malaya in connection with the sale of British aircraft. He is the overseas sale* repre" sentative of the De
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      MOTOR ACCIDENTS
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      Commissioners give $250,000
      511 5 Commissioners give $250,000 To Commemorate Rayal Wedding Free Press Staff Reporter AFTER debating on several suggestions involving the donan tion of .urns of $100,000 minimum and upwards the Singapore Municipal Commissioner*, at a special meeting yesterday, decided unanimously to contribute $250 000 to the Princess Elizabeth Wedding Central Celebrations Fund
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      'NOT TIME TO DEVELOP HIGHLANDS'
      98 5 'NOT TIME TO DEVELOP HIGHLANDS' THE Colonial Secretary states that the Singapore Government does not consider that the time appropriate tor the initiation of any schemes for the development of Cameron Highlands. The Government, however, might be prepared to forward to tiie Government of the Malayan Union any representations made
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      S'pore to save 100,000 gallons petrol
      511 5 S'pore to save 100,000 gallons petrol PUTS in petrol rations, re- \> centJy introduced in Singapore, aims at saving about 100,000 gallons a month, the Colonial Secretary, Mr. P.A.B. McKerron, has informed the Singapore Association. ♦'Economy In dollar expenditure is by no means the only reason why it is nece&iiary
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      ST. ANDREW'S OBA
      45 5 ST. ANDREW'S OB A St. Andrew's Old Boys' Association will hold its first post-war reunion dinner and dance at the Atomic Club on Nov. 29. Tickets are obtainable from the Honorary and Assistant Secretaries, the Hon. Treasurer (No. 9. Boat Quay), a#d ail committee members.
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      More Jap goods arriving
      53 5 More Jap goods arriving P** St.iil Importer riRTHER shipment of I Lk from Japan is exI J in Singapore month. e 92 id decks, 01 matches, canned Hai port on Oct. with nment ie pio- om Kong. Japan r »r groups 'apiocal JJJj^ Rubber headed rade clone with during thwo
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      RADIUM COMING SOON FROM UK
      46 5 id bet-n ned on the suppliers indnan in the Uni^d Kingta t) exp delivery of tee,] by Singarjore and It ..ill begin hi end Of j::&is!ngon this information re Association, Vi ry t\ is not njtie a- "ary nosp! ir. Ste
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  • NEWS
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      Sappers Score Good Rugby Win On Padang
      471 6 Sappers Score Good Rugby Win On Padang Krcr Press Rugby Reporter (711 AT. Squadron 11 D i« B.C.C. !nd sSuj DLAVING well i n the loose and taking advan:a«o of the many opportunities that came their waj the Sappen of 711 Army Troop Sciuadron scored a uood witi over the
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      GOOD TIMES IN TODAY'S FINAL GALLOPS
      919 6 GOOD TIMES IN TODAY' S FINAL GALLOPS By "CALL BOY" rpHE majority of horses running: on Saturday, the first day 1 of the Singapore meeting, were given their final gallops on the second track at Bukit Timah this morning. The course is taking the rain well, and the going still
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      Wales Defeat Scotland 2-1
      184 6 A GREAT crowd of over 70.00* sow Wales score a deserved two-one victory over Scotland in the international soccer mau-h at Hampden Park Stadium Glasgow, yesterday. AH the roaJs came in the first half. It wu the first Welsh victory ever on this froand and it
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      Ceylonese Win Lively Game
      182 6 Free Press Staff Reporter CS 3 S.C.C. 1 ALTHOUGH ground conditions were not conducive to good hockey, yesterday's gjame between the S.CC. and the C.S.C. was a lively and exciting encounter. The C.S.C. won by three goals to or*e. After 15 minutes of snappy exchanges, the
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      One More Win For Nee Soon XV
      136 6 THE Nee Soon Garrvson XV scored their seventh Victory in n;w trames. incidentally maintaining their unbeaten record, in their rugger match, plaved on the home ground vesterdav Thcv boat the RA F Baso, Singapore, bv 25 point* (three goals, a droD coal and
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      TEAMS FOR SECOND HOCKEY TRIAL
      116 6 THE following have boon ultcted for 1 the second Singapore hockev trial to bo olAved on the SC C. oadane at 5 ivm on Nov. 24 Colours: Lm Ah Ohio: R H Bath Caot Holliiibury; G Clarke. S. D. Williams. E. Doraisamv: G C. Roa
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      Lien Hwa Force 2—2 Draw
      328 6 Lien Hwa Force 2—2 Draw IN a game marked by frequent r. £<»ders being Siven to th, s i, i* resultJ n? in Shing the Malayan team I i ei u la L Pivot So ar S down, forced a two-all draw to \u after S Kong, yesterday. In UH
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      CHOON BEE WINS FOUR EVENTS
      108 6 THE well-known Blngapore runner. Yeo Choon Bre. swept the board in the 100 n 200 metres, 400 metres and 800 m at the final day of the S.. Chinese Amateur Athletic tion championship a Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday. Only one record was br the meet
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      Swedish Team v England Selected
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      METHODISTS WIN 5-1
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      89 6 JANE Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press in Malava THERE'S ONLY ONE WAy\ I/YERSE, THE LADY'sAt^— AMD GEORGIE WOULdA f f TO DEAL WITH A DIRTY, N f RIGHT.' ~A WORD FROM BE FRIGHTFULLY BUCKED 1 HE'S BEATEN A V jl STREAKY RASHER OF //WAIT/ ME, CORROBORATED BY T?)LEARKJ HOW
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      31 8 Typical English countryside is portrayed in thin photograph. The type of building does not change much in the southern counties but this is a view of a village in Sussex.
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      299 8 LONDON. Wednesday. difference of opinion between the Governments of India and Pakistan on a wide range of subjects, including partition matters and the future of the Indian states, prompted the British decision to close down Supreme Commander Sir Claude Auchinleck's headquarters on Nov. 30, according to
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      DALTON TAXES GAMBLERS AND THE CITY
      806 8 DALTON TAXES GAMBLERS AND THE CITY Dearer clothes but food subsidies stay LONDON, Wednesday. ORITAIN'S supplementary budget, presented by Mr. Dalton in the House of Commons late this afternoon, has had a mixed reception. There is general relief that income tax is unchanged, that the food subsidies will continue and
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      NEHRU'S JIBE IN RUBBLE OF BARAMULA
      140 8 NEHRU'S JIBE IN RUBBLE OF BARAMULA SRINAGAR. Wednesday. pANDIT Nehru, Indian Prime Minister. tramping today through the rubble of Baramula told 1.500 citizens gathered in the square of the gutted town. "You have had a taste of what Pakistan means."' Baramula. a township 30 miles west of Srinagar with a
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      473 8 London ?^£!L nESPITO the Imminence of the iuuSJSL?***'' 1 U Budget, todays start „f the uZiT'""** Exchange got awav t» a «m,d stirt Olllht St was small, says Routes nnan C iaf^ UBlllhtl dustrials Huctuated narrowly th oufhou [h SP S" dtnl no decided tendency, whereas
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      46 8 ON the New York Stock Exch, U y«t*rday, pivotal industru sagged in the final hour, "'gin, stocks to their lowest level since Sev>" 30 Transfers totalled 900.000 riMTM The Dow Jones Averages JW Stocks 63.84; Industrials ***** R*Hv A .P. 47.19; Utilities 34.55
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      40 8 NEW York crude rubber futurefive points lower to 16 points yesterday. Sales totalled 116 contract Prices were: Dec. 22.75 cents I bid: March 22: Mav 21 bid. Julv 2 nominal: No. 1 ribbed smokH cents nominal A.P.
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      59 8 THE chief labour adviser to the Secretary of State for the Colonies, Mr. E. W. Barltron, DBO. CBE, has arrived in Malaya to investigate labour conditions. Mr. Barltrop, who will stay in Malaya for about a month, will tour the whole of the Union before going
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      209 8 A DECREE nisi to be made n absolute in six months was granted Emily Mordecai (nee Atkinson) by Mr. Justice Brown at the Singapore High Court yesterday when she petitioned for a divorce from her husband. KayllfT Jacob Mordecai, on the ground of his adultery. Mrs.
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      181 8 US SYSTEM TO WARN OF MISSILE RAID WASHINGTON, Wednesday THE United States Defence Secretary, Mr. James V. Forrestal revealed that top U.S. scientists ar e working o\i an electronic system to warn ihe nation against a surprise attack by bcmbors or guided missiles. Mr. Forrestal and Dr. Vannevax Bush, chairman
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      44 8 BUY GREELAND FOR U.S. DEFENCE' U.S. Represent*!; M Lane, Democrat, sa.d In y^j tc.\ yesterday that it? States should buy fr**J from Denmark as a T.ecefl and realistic defence xtvM He contended that Deamtißj no need for that vast wastHM of Greenland M U.P.
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