The Singapore Free Press, 14 November 1947

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  • Title Section
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    21 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA LtlM 1 M- __-ss SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1947 PRICE 10 CENTS
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    DALTON RESIGNS: CRIPPS CHANCELLOR
    668 1 DALTON RESIGNS: CRIPPS CHANCELLOR Gave newspaper budget scoop LONDON, Thursday. MR. Hugh Dalton, Chancellor of the Exchequer, has resigned. His resignation is the result of an indiscretion which led to the publication of his budgetary proposals by the London Star fifteen minutes before Mr. Dalton divulged them to the House.
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    Three Singapore gunmen hanged
    103 1 I rec Press Staff Reporter mi linnet uangsters who exchanged shots with Uie rJ3iceinSin*.iP' r < battles were handed at Outram W hi r T"wah Soon, an 18-year-old Teochew, long, 23 y. ar old Teochew, and Chong KweK |^»>yetr<oM Mien. jt Wah Soor. d on ikll
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    GUARDING POTATOES
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    BRITONS DIE IN CAFE BOMB OUTRAGE
    89 1 BRITONS DIE IN CAFE BOMB OUTRAGE PEVERAL, British soldiers are beJ lieved to have been killed and 14 others were wounded in a Jewish terrorist bomb outrage at a caff in Jerusalem tonight. Twc bombs were thrown among the soldiers. In addition, a British policeman was shot dead when Jewish
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    GALLANTRY AWARDS TO POLICE
    223 1 GALLANTRY AWARDS TO POLICE Free Press Staff Correspondent rpHE Colonial Police Medal lor 1 Gallantry have been awarded i to Mr. M. Y. N. Graham, Assistant I Superintendent of Police, and probationary Inspector. Sher Mohamed, both of Kampar. The award is in recognition of the gallant fight put up by
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    GOVERNOR'S GIFT TO WEDDING FUND
    46 1 The Governor of Singapore, Sir Franklin Gimson. has donated $250 to the Princess Elizabeth Wedding Fund. With the Government's gift of $500,000 and the Municipality's donation of $250,000. plus private contributions of $50,000. the Fund has now passed the $800,000 mark.
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    200 VILLAGE HIT BY GALE
    64 1 THE Burmese Government is rushing relief to the Sinlum Hill region in Northern Burma where 200 villages and crops were seriously damaged by a violent galo last week. Some 32.000 people have been rendered destitute. Fifty fishing craft were sunk and three men drowned in
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    FOUR BANISHEES
    59 1 w^OUR Singapore banishees left r by the Kwei Yang for China yesterday. One of the banishees was described by Police as a member of a smuggling gang, on whose boat a Malay marine constable was shot dead last June. An Indian marine corporal with the Malay constable is
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    SCARLET & GOLD FOR ROYAL WEDDING
    237 1 SCARLET GOLD FOR ROYAL WEDDING LONDON, Thursday. THE War Office announced today that, by command of the Kin* Household Cavalry escorts for the Royal wedding next Thursday will wear their scarlet, blue and gold uniform with burnished steel breastplates and helmets. This decision marks the return of some of the
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    Should Malaya be in sterling bloc?
    275 1 LONDON, Thursday. WHY Malaya shouXd be tied "disadvanta#eously to sterling" when her economy was different from Britain's was a question asked by Mr. Walter Fletcher (Conservative) when making the final speech for the Opposition at the end of the second day of the House
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    SHOT GUNMAN HAS OPERATION
    68 1 AN operation was performed in the Singapore General Hospital last night on the gunman who was shot down in a police ambush in Geylang yesterday morning. The man's condition was reported this morning to be satisfactory. Believed to be a member of the notorious "18" secret
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  • Article
    RUNNIG ORDER: SCRATCHINGS
    109 1 THE order of running and scratch Inirs for tomorrow's ra«es at Buk it Tim ah are: RACE 1: Hotm*. Ctaai 2, Div. 4. 6 furs HO. RACE 2: Horses, CUmc Dtv. 3. 6 furs Sky R*lder. RACE 3: Horses. Clan 2. Div. 2. 7 furs Gay Sprite.
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    JOHORE SULTAN SEES GENT
    52 1 JOHORE SULTAN SEES GENT picture The Sultan of Johore is seen chatting with the Governor of the Malayan Union. Sir Edward Gent, just after the plenary conference of Malayan Sultans at King's House, Kuala Lumpur, recently. It was the first conference of Sultans attended by Sir Ibrahim since the liberation.
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    STOLEN CARS
    47 1 THE Singapore C.I.D. is to clear its yard, which has for the last few months been littered with recovered stolen motor cars. Thirty-five persons at 9 o'clock tomorrow morning will be given the opportunity to identify 12 stolen motor cars, all in good conI ditlon.
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    Britain will quit Palestine by Aug. 1
    204 1 NEW YORK, Thursday. BRITAIN was prepared U evacuate Palestine b> Aug. 1 next, Sir Alexander Cadogan, permanent British United Nations delegate, told the Palestine Sub-Committee today. Britain, he said, would not use her troops to enforce partition. "As long as British troops remain
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    BACK PAY STORY IS DENIED
    58 1 THE Singapore Public Relations Department today denied a statement published yesterday by a Singapore afternoon newspaper to the effect that the Government had reconsidered its decision to deduct rehabilitation grants from back pay and had issued instructions to reinstate such deductions in pay sheets. The
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  • FEATURES
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      Do Chinese Girls Make Good Wives?
      847 2  -  K. S. Chi a By I|O modern Chinese Uiils in Sinim; ore ur»d Malaya make Rood wive*? The writer -asked a number of young mai--1 !<>(] men this question and the consensus of their opinion is that modern Chinese irir*s seMovi make pood wi
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      Phantom red gown for the Duchess
      126 2 Phantom red gown for the Duchess pHANTOM red is the de- signer's colour n?me for a "chiffon tweed' gown he has made for the Duchess of Gloucester. The Duchess will wear it at the wedding of Princess Elizabeth and her attendants will have gowns of the same material in muted
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      BRIDGE PROBLEM
      293 2 should you pass out partner's one bid? When should the opponents reopen the bidding afUr a one bid has been passed out? Neither question is satisfactorily answered by the result of todays deal— yet both South's and Wwt'a actions were proper. South has no Rood bid other than
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      LIPSTICK HOMILY BY THE BISHOP
      264 2 LIPSTICK HOMILY BY THE BISHOP DR. E. W. BARNES, Bishop of Birmingham, speaking in public for the first time since he was rebuked by the Archbishop of Canterbury for his modernist views on religion, talked, to schoolgirls in Birmingham aboutLipstick, and how to use it; powder, and how not to
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      QUICK & TASTY
      354 2  - QUICK TASTY JOAN CASTLE Cooking Column H> j^ATE back from a morning*! shopping? Tired and hot after sorting out the boxroom? Hungry after a late movie? Or just faced with the prospect of getting yourself a meal when you are definitely not interested? This is when you want ■omettiing tasty
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      175 2 A hat which the wearer can convert into several styles (and which is so pliable that it can be folacd and tucked into a handbag) has been created by the New York, U.S.A., designer, Don Marshall. It if produced in several contrasting colours and the one illustrated here is in
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      LONGER STILL!
      69 2 THE long skirt has swung even a little closer to the ground. Three hundred Parisiene ladies and a horde of journalists pushed into Conservative Jeanne Lanvin. one of Paris' oldest houses, for the first mid season fashion showing, and this is what they saw: longer and fuller skirts.
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      They Always Fall For Feathers
      256 2 They Always Fall For Feathers 'THE general inclinax tion of women in Britain to go "hat less -an aftermath of the war is increased both by the price of good hats and the comparatively few styles which are to be seea However, the Millinery D formation Centre— which repfesents some
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      MAID STAYED IN-GOT CASH
      88 2 A MAID who gave- up her youth to for her aged mistress Langthorpe Villa, the 12--roomed "big house" oj tiny village ol Langti near Borough-brid^-, V shire, had her iii wav e and beauty ti last week. She went into Borouuhv r v.^ a f!: er
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      639 2 RADIO PROGRAMME: fm*mm*mm^*±^wm U.ll P m. V«C9 16 82 metres 17 M SATURDAY SINGAPORE megacycles; It 00 p.m. to 11.30 p m. Morning Blue Network VLB4 25 4e metr "81 ™^ac y ci«. g§ m Mu ic on 00-2 00 p.» -4« metres ,n the FRIDAY World jnd Hon^Ne^. 8
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      224 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR Fur-tune forecast for people Dorn today BOKN today. O u have and forceful dw» STour nund i> i scb^ub W P one and vou never are satisfied iritfc surface facts. Vou wa nt to S et at the truth m Pverything and will a tremendous amount ot
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  • NEWS
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      ASIA FACES SCARCITY FOR 5 MORE YEARS
      420 3 0C and World Food Council aeme to nu>r<s» nergency Food Council, which has I allocations of food to countries which now agreed to merge with the World I nited Nations Food and Agricultural 2 Tin EJX. will continue to function largely Independent ag-ncy
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      THE RARE MOTH CAUSED A STAR
      34 3 THE RARE MOTH CAUSED A STAR p.KEEPEH BaiTOWstirta Rojil I ll S \ftodoa. „u clain II lo he a rnof the rare (Meibswk m«th a aattvc of J5 Afrin. 1 r.ported r in Brt-
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      Professor on Main's future atom policy
      27 3 Pr.-M- ScienQf in stry large mic n >reLOUSj that plutotwo can t o use can produrfhe ;.bs. he rencc our ■■Mil
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      UNITED NATIONS BUDGET VOTE
      18 3 I Little I n aj>n Hue I':.: I v boycott M) •f the A.P.
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      CRITICISM OF JAP CABINET
      73 3 rX-PREMIER SHIGERU YOSHI DA President of the Japanese Liberal Party told a district can v»'ntion in Tokio that his succes- in the Cabinet were responsi- ble for the nation's slow industrial recovery. Yo6hida's Liberals, who decl. to en:-er Uie Cabinet last election, have bwn consistent critics
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      10-FT DIVE FOR DOG
      32 3 Railwayman Howard Modived 40 fett into a quarry uool at Nelson (Glamorgan' and »>»,- cued a friend's doer. Twenty-four hours later tho doc was killed bv a car.- Reuter
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      BLOW TO VEGETARIAN.
      18 3 Britain's vegetarians will get no concessions under potato rationing, savs the Food Ministry. Re uter
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      TRADE UNIONS DEMONS TRATE IN TOKIO
      160 3 JiHOUSANDS of Japanese union--1 IcU, including many from Government communications and railway workers' unions, whose wage demands are up for arbitrai.iii before the Central Labour Committee, paraded in orderly fashion in Tokio in support of their cauw. The marchers sann the "Inter<>nal" and many
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      IMPORTANT RULING ON HOUSE RENT
      253 3 IMPORTANT RULING ON HOUSE RENT JUDGE Sir Gerald Hurst has held at Crovd<.n <. ,u. v that the tenant of a house demolished by a bomb 15 no; entitled to return to a new house erected on the smme Kite at 'he same rent he paid for the «;ld house
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      Deserted wives want charter
      107 3 THE Married Women's Association of Britain is to ask the Government to investigate the inereased cost of broken marriages and why 20.000 husbands a year j fall behind in upkeep payments; for their deserted wives. The Association President, Miss Junita Frances, said she has asked for
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      10 3 picture. KfVB gj Sf ?3 >™"xrss sin irois above. A.P.
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      Prelate warns 'don't take sides'
      116 3 DR. Cyril, F. Garbett. the Archbishop of York, declared recently tha: Britain must guard against being involved in an ideological Itniggle against Russia. The An-hbushop recen ly returned from a tmr of eastern Europe. At a London literary luncheon he said: »I came away from
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      N.Z. TO WITHDRAW
      55 3 MR Peter Fraser, New Zealand.s Prime Minister, told overseas pressmen visiting Wellington: "We are hoping to withdraw the New Zealand land forces from Japan in July 1948". He urged the drafting of a peace treaty for Japan in 1948. Delay would only lead to confusion in the
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      Britain smokes less, pays more
      220 3 Britain smokes less, pays more DRIIAIN ,s smoking less tobacco now than for 12 years, it T*\ dl^ lo ed an <* Paying more for it than ever before. But drinking habits are changing and drinks are costing less. Tobacco consumption in January was a n enrri 24.870.0001b.. bui ,ft,
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      NANKING RAPE DENIED BY JAP GENERAL
      387 3 NANKING RAPE DENIED B Y JAP GENERAL N° THING could be 'arther from the truth than mat the staff of the Japanese Army ordered or tolerated a massacre in the fight for Nanking," 81-ycar-old former General Iwane Matsui told the International Military Tribunal for the Far East in Tokio, reports
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      R.A.F. go down to the sea in
      118 3 TFn F 1S gOlng tO Sea ln tWO x 590- ton minesweepers taken over from the Navy. The Blue tnsign has been hauled down to be replaced by the R.A.F. one and in command are two RAF squadron leaders. The minesweepers Bridoort and
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      S.A. delegate apologises to Muslims
      163 3 S.A. delegate apologises to Muslims MR. Harry Lawrence, the South African delegate to the United Nations. apologised to the Egyptian delegate. Abdel Hamid Bey Ghaleb, for a reference he made to Muslims before the Political Committee when stating hi* case on the treatment of Indians in South Africa. Before the
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      U.K. PROTEST TO SOVIET RUSSIA
      63 3 nRITAIN has made representsu lions to Soviet Russia about the detention on Oct. 30 of the British Military Attache in Moscow, Maj. Gen. N. Hilton, who was detained by the authorities in a factory for several liours on suspicion for taking photographs. This was announced
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      U.S. CRITICISES MANIU TRIAL
      80 3 THE U.S. Secretary of State, Mr. George C. Marshall, yesterday denounced the Bucharest sentence of life imprisonment on the former Rumanian Prime Minister. Dr. Juliu Maniu as another effort by a Communist -dominated regime to evict all opposition.- OFFICER DISMISSED Lieut. Erick McPherson McCormick, aged 20,
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      SAVED FROM BLAZING PLANE
      151 3 FLYING-OFFICER R. E. Clark, the only survivor of the air collision on Tuesday between a Lancastrian bomber and a Hornet fighter, said '..:±iy. "There was a fantastic crash. Then I was falling. I pulled my 'chute rip-cord. That's all I know." The crash occurred in a
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      92 3 FOR THE RACES! ABSOLUTELY NEW UNUSED 6 X 3O PRISM BINOCULARS Par C inn m w|^^^^^ww rail AS SUPPLIED TO THE R.A.F. We have been fortunate in securina Irom Surplus Stores in Great B-itain a limited number of these excellent Binoculars at a price lo*er* than the cost of manufacture.
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      39 3 TARZAN Danger is born 5^ £J^r /?ic^ Burroughs SURPRISED at pinding |< 9 "51 l^^^^^Hl^2Qf(^KSd^l9B^l swinging tme l/ttlp ape to mi^ I PR'ENPS 'ViSS'^tO, TARZAN too< 1 I^RHHHnriKO yP^flK^BißS^HH^^H BROAD BACK ME SET OPF in PuR- I II Kvw)9'V'' *^l
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  • LEADER
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      The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1947. American Aid For China
      673 4 The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1947. American Aid For China #TiHREE hundred million Amenl can dollars in the next flft< n months is not at first sight very considerable aid tor China. But I would be sufficient to cover China's adverse balance. It would win Nanking's baitle of
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      PEOPLE IN STORE MAKE NEWS
      895 4 PEOPLE IN STORE MAKE NEWS ARIGINATOR of a scheme to form a Singapore Branch of the Society of Licensed Aircraft Engineers of Britain is Mr. CFLVRLES SHORT, a Qantas engineer here. Mr. Short first came to Singapore in 1929 when he had the job of ground engineer to the Royal
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      REUNION IN DELHI
      836 4  - REUNION IN DELHI Ralph Izzard by rjONT worry about your British relatives in disturbed areas of India. Every possible care has been taken to l<*?ate and evacuate all British subjects thought to bo in any danger, and particularly those cut off in remote Kashmir and Mm subTibetan hill stations of
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      Portrait Of A Dutch Princess
      373 4 Portrait Of A Dutch Princess WHEN Princesa Juliana, one yoar old, was shown to the Dutch by her mother Qiu« n Wilhelmina for the first time in 1910 on a drive through Amsterdam, a Hollander Called to his wife. "Quick, mother. the child is coming!** she has remained u the
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      THE 'KINGDOMS SPAIN
      269 4 THE 'KINGDOMS SPAIN By ALBURN WEST, NOW that Spain is again a "Kingdom," many Spaniards are speculating that Generalissimo Franco may exchange his title of "Chief of State" for that of "Regent" when he makes iiis lonj4 expected reorganisation of his government First talk of such plans came soon utter
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  • LOCAL NEWS
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      MALAYA TOPS LIST OF CUSTOMERS
      367 5 MALAYA TOPS LIST OF CUSTOMERS Flour From Australia JN 1946-1947, Malaya has been Australia's best customer for flour. Exports to Malaya so far have amounted to 194,836 tons valued at Aust. £5,375,517 lhe value of flour exported to Malaya is greater than the value of wheat (Aust. £3,678,058) sent to
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      Colony to have TB specialist, clinic
      363 5 Colony to have TB specialist, clinic Idvisory Council yesterday, Dr. J. <.f Medical Bert ices, Singapore, .said: public anxiety, I am prepared to (he more expcwiifc idea of a separate I 1 propose to submit detailed pn>|x>sals If this is done, however, I think i capita] expenditure of anything up
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      PC PRAISED FOR BRAVERY
      124 5 A POLICE constable, Abdul Ganl bin Mohammed Yassini. has been awarded a testimonial for Bravery by the Royal Humane Socle On April 7, 1946, Gain was bathing with a party in the river Renga;. One of the party got into difficulties in a whirlpool, was Ktirked
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      MR NONEE SEN FOR SYDNEY
      102 5 COLUMBIA Pictures' Singapore representative, Mr. Nonee Sen, is flying to Sydney to attend a convention of Ms company'! distributon through- j out Au.stralb. New Zealand rod the East. In Sydnej 7 Mr. Sen will preview <\<>iumbia"s la:est American and British productions including Ri a Hay
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      PASSIVE DEFENCE PAYMENTS
      19 5 of i .1 be 1 1400--r dates: *ion, cm- Road: miclpai 'mplov ARr on; 230 n
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      TRAFFIC RULES ON RACE DAY
      247 5 Free Press Stun* Reporter FO deal with what expected to be the biggest congregation 1 of cars ever seen i n Singapore, the Traffic Police will enfoie e special regulations on the ojx^ning day <>f the Singapore Turf Club meeting at Bukit Timah tomorrow. From
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      96 5 On Nov. 12, the Chinese in Singapore observed the anniversary oj the birthday of the ■Father" of the Chinese Republic, Dr. Sun Yat-sen. Several mass meetings a?id memorial services marked the occasion, three of them taking place at the headquarters of the Singapore Kuomintano, the premises of the Mayfair Dramaand
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      JAIL, ROTAN FOR ARMED ROBBERY
      101 5 JAIL, ROTAN FOR ARMED ROBBERY Found guill| oi committing armed roDDery. a Chinese. Choo Teck Kian, was sentenced to ei&hi vears 1 riffoiotu Imprisonment and 12 strokes of the r^'an at the Singapore Assizes yesterday. It was staged by the prosecution that Choo an^ two other Chinese held up a
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      BIG DROP IN CAR THEFTS
      149 5 rw\HE Singapore Police claim to J. have smashed a notorious gang of thieves, believed to have been responsible for the majority of car thefts in Singapore. The smashing of this gang, the Police say. has brought car thefts down from the high figure oi :*5
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      EXAM DATES
      61 5 The closing dates for the following examinations in Singapore are: University 01 London 1948 flnalfl B.A ,BSc., B. Com. etc. Dec. 15, ."nd intermediate examinations Jan. 15, 1948. London Chamber of Commerce (Spring) April 1948: Dec 12. 1947. City and Guilds of London Institute AprilAlay 1948: Dec 31,
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      UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE SNAGS
      197 5 free Press Staff .Reporter THE introduction of unemployment insurance in Singapore. wai faced with certain problems peculiar to this country, said the tmmlssioner of Labour. Mr. R. P. B ngham, at a Press conference yesterday. The identification of worken would present the biggest obstacle. The difficulty in
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      GOVT GIVES FOR HOUSING
      424 5 GOVT GIVES FOR HOUSING Free Press Staff Reporter THE Singapore Advisory Council at a special meeting ye<\ r--1 day approved a gift of $500,000 to the Princess Hizabeth's Celebrations Fund "to mark its full support for the re-housing .scheme sponsored by the Central Celebrates Committee/' On Wednesday, the Municipal Commissioners
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      VICTORY SAVINGS
      14 5 Sales of Victory savings certificates up to Nov. 4, amounted to $641,7*5.50.
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      RAF DANCE
      42 5 The Singapore branch of trtO H A.F. Association will hold i heir first dance on Saturday at the Singapore Volunteer Corpa Mess in Beach Road. The R.A.F. Seletar dance ban<| will be in attendance Dancinrf will start from 8 p.m.
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      57 5 A Special Offer I "TWEKA" SPORTS I HID T^ wn' r^ o n l iv i o jn ijj I HALF SLEEVES O^ Cool and Comfortable /^^^^^S» tfr wear for games IMr \w Available in 2 sizes if rw 11 SMALL MEDIUM '*^L J TO CLEAR AT $3.00 EACH j{
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  • NEWS
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      CHINESE PORT TO RIVAL HONGKONG
      345 6 CHINESE PORT TO RIVAL HONGKONG Developmen t of harbour near Can ton rpHE little town of Whampoa, ten miles south of Canton L on the Pearl River, at present living on its past fflory as the cradle of China's modern army, is to be built up into a rival to
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      Peers escape direction of labour
      170 6 Peers escape direction of labour PEERS will escape Britain's first peacetime industrial conscription after all. A high Government source said that most peers could avoid registration in the industrial draft by claiming parliamentary immunity, as members of the House of Lords. Labour Ministry officials subsequently conceded they had erred when
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      CHRISTMAS GIFTS TO CHINA
      62 6 IT ls leaiMH'd In Sha^^hai that Christ nxas ;>rese»nt£ sent Ui China from abroad w^U be permitted to contain prohibited items toys, sweetf, chocolate, nylons a.nd plastica if 'he value la tK>low $50 IUS.) d^Lna residents may send out a i>arci'l no 1 exceeding $25 in
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      'South East Asia needs American friendship'
      154 6 SOUTH East Asia Mtdl an American type of foreign policy says. Dr. R. M. S*x.niitr«>. Fin;ino<- and Trad*' Minister plenipotentiary of the Indonesian Republic Speaking in Los Angeles, he said. "The United Suites has much to say about what happens there If it fosters
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      DESPERATE LANDLORD
      51 6 An ased landlord In Tulle France failing to evict his tenants, set Jire to the hou.se, then shor and killed himstlf after t ikm;» up hLs stand at the door to prevent them escaping. The man. in his seventies, died after police forced him from the door. A
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      CHARGED WITH STEALING FORMOSA GOLD
      129 6 FEDERAL Court jury of six i men and n.\ women has been Chosen in Los Axtgelet to try Wil- liana K. Evans, wealthy California manufacturer, on charges of stealng $100,000 in Japanese gold when American forces entered Formosa.! Th«* Govornnunt charges that Evans sold the
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      SHE TRESPASSED ON THE LION
      103 6 lion reached its paw through a cage at a Clactan circus aiM .struck sev.n- year -old Zena Paaiion. The ciiild suilered lu-ad and face injuries, but at Coiche^icr County Court, where her parent* claimed £200 damages, the deputy judpe. Mr Rowley EllLston, hi Id that
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      Christmas wine may be in jars
      92 6 BRITAIN'S Christmas wine may come this year in jars, because of the bottle shortage. Retailers are being allowed to do this by the Food Ministry, and an order placed for six bottles of port or sherry may now be delivered in a gallon Jar
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      Allies Agree On Yen Stabilization
      281 6 IM'SSIA has agreed with the other nations on the Fourl Power Allied Council for Japan that the yen should soon return to world circulation but acting Soviet Delegate M I General A. P. Kislenko declined to specify any particular rate which should be set on
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      ANTI-BANDIT PLAN IN KWANGTUNG
      49 6 THE Governor of Kwangtung. Ml T. V. Soong, has received mission from tho Nati<.nali~ ernment to organise t^n local d» fence regiments in Kwangtum Province to help in bandit suppre.s sion. The expense of maintainm the regiments will be borne by ti. provincial government.- A.P.
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      77 6 J/\NE Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press in Ma lava WEVE HAD IT, JANE. 1 [WAIT A*\ L/'IF STREAKY'S THeV /WE MUST BE IN > THE f»OISONOUS LITTLE 7 MINUTE, HOLIDAY SCAMP, WHO'S > ON THIS.'— \CAN YOU REPTILEJS TOO ERIC? V/T THAT CHAP WITH CRAWL ON YOUR DANGEROUS TO
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      LIBERTY MAN TO WIN THE CUP
      2242 7 Kashmiri Song If Going By "CALL BOY" f r^k I u me i Week S outstandi "g Performer on the him looks'tt g«od recent race form to recommend .T't Tinv,i L l pro f? ect in the Remembrance Cup at bik t l.mah tomorrow,
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      LAWTON GOES FOR £17,000
      29 7 k hntftah on club. on. I be jf» iirb irunplayer .rereivedinparl s«>i High b on natHi*' re the v r > n.i:i who A.P. .m,vcxj Reuter
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      TROUSERS DOES SPLENDID GALLOP
      45 7 TROUSERS DOES SPLENDID GALLOP I .xdv ance r.did Bukit raln- rel r ime Daw- :riine r >und as he Fourth I v him. md by un on xi Colin .i.; »pcd Lady rt uut iineweek t run and k Druce n. the ncess Maid, :k.
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      Selections By "Call Boy"
      116 7 T«IE following are early selections, subject to revision after scratching* and weather conditions, for t<uucu'iu\\'s races: (H. C'l. 1. D. L Qt.) 1. LIBERTY MAN 2. Kashmiri Sons: T l (11. Cl. 2 D. 1. 6XJ 1. MINSTREL BOY 3. Electroplate (11. Cl. 2. D. 2.
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      R.A.F. SELETAR XV
      63 7 THE following will play for thv R.A.F. Seletar Ist ***** XV against Johore State XV at Segamat tomorrow P Sgt. Twissel; Cpl Gorton. Cpl Magus, F Sgt. Fletcher, F Lt. Llewellyn; F O Ryan, S. D. O. Evans; F O Haugh-Oconnnr. Sgt. James, A. c. Doorley, S
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      U.K. SOCCER PROGRAMME
      257 7 The following are U.K. football fixtures for tomorrow FIRST DIVISION Aston Villa v Bolton W Blackburn v Arsenal Blackpool v Sheffield U CheLsea v Stoke C Derby Co. v Manchester U Evert on v Burnley Grimsby T v Middlesbrough Huddersfield v Preston Manchester C v Charlton A
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      REMEMBRANCE CUP HOPE
      24 7 Mr. Livi Chuan Geok's Kashrniri Sony, ivho will be ridden by I-tan-nery in the Cup race tomorrow. 'Snowy' Marland is 'trainer.
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      Valberg May Go To Olympics
      428 7 Free Press Staff Reporter SINGAPORE will probably send the Eumsta n high Jump champion, Lloyd VtJbtrg, to lake part in the Olympic Games to be held in London in mid-1948. The question of Valberg's eligibility and prospects of participating in next year's World Olympic Games
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      S.R.A. CLAY PIGEON SHOOT RESULTS
      73 7 THE clay pigeon shoot or the 1 Singapore Rifle Association held on Wednesday, resulted In a draw between Mr. Quek Mong So.:g and Mr. Lim Joo Heng with a score of 75 eaoh. Mr. Quek Mong Song won in the shoot off. Results were: Quek
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      Colleges' Hockey Today
      233 7 THE Medicos are slight favourites to win their annual inter-col-lege hockey encounter against Rattles on the Padang this evening. Since 1938. Raffles College have always beaten their opponents except in 1911 when the Medical College won by the odd goal in three. Last year Raffles deieated the
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      Base Workshops Win 2-1
      297 7 DEME Base Workshops Ist XI brat 1 the Queens Regiment by two poals o one in a game of soccer plaved at Changi on Wednesday. Though the game was rather scrappy, there were some bright individual efforts on both sides. REME opened the scoring when Haworth
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      343 7 Today** Lports Events HOCKKV: Inter-college match. padanjf, 5.15 p.m.; S.C.C. vs. Singapore Colts, nadanr. 5.15 p.m. TOMORROW: RVGBY: S.C C. Ist. XV vs. N on -Europeans, padang, 5.15 p.m. ATHLETICS: Muslim New Year Sports, Jalan Besar Stadium, 2.30 p in. Free Press Crossword No. 238 I I i i.« a
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      34 8 H tme Pictur; Fur Australians- Althouuh thought to be the land nhmt' this picture shoics what Mount Hot ham, Victoria. Australia, looked like after a week-long blizzard. Picture shorrs a skier passing through snow-gums.
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    China Reds score major victory
    259 8 NANKING, Thursday. THF (oir.muuist striMi^th between the Chinghai Railway and the YttlgtM River has swelled to over 100,000 men, with one force advancsttf directly on Hankow and another disrupting the Kaifeng-Hsuchow section of the Lunghai Railway, the (Government military spokesman disclosed today, after ollicialiy announcing
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    SENATORS NAME PRICE FOR AMERICAN AID
    431 8 SENATORS NAME PRICE FOR AMERICAN AID Repayment in bases, uranium WASHINGTON, Thursday. A SPOKESMAN of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Com- tnittee proposed that Europe pay for United States aid with bases, strategic materials and uranium, a vital element in the atom bomb. Senator Vandenberg said that a part of
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    BIG GAINS IN INDUSTRIALS
    444 8 London Stock Exchange LONDON. Thursda* THE London Stock ExchAßge opened rerj Mnmg today tf sharp improvements recorded throughout the indusihj section, says Reuter's financial correspondent. S^ntunflu this section was helped by the absence of any increase i stamp duties in yesterdays Budget, (iraduallv !he c xcil
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    China says U.S. aid is inadequate
    192 8 China says U.S. aid is inadequate WASHINGTON, Thursday. THE CHINESE Ambassador. Dr. 1 Wellington Koo, today indicated his Government's dissatisfaction with the timetable ar.d scope of the U.S. $300,000,000 aid programme for China announced by the U.S. Secretary of State. Mr. George Marshall. Dr. Koo's statement followed a 45-minute conference
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    CROWD FIRES ON NAPLES POLICE
    105 8 NAPLES Thursday. SEVERAL persorki were injured and sent to hospital today s when police op- ned fire on de- Bionftr&ton xs Italy's politic*] unrest spread to Naples. The rnoruNtrators used tear gas bombe against the police and wer»- also reported to have fired shots The
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    £***** ROBBERY AT WAREHOUSE
    89 8 LONDON. Thursday. A BLACK market gang of eight men got away with goods estimated to be worth more than JC 10 000 sterling from a warehouse early today in one of London's most audacious robberies in recent months The gang tied up two night watchmen and
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    PAKISTAN WARNED: 'HANDS OFF INDIA'
    205 8 OARDAR Vallabhai Patel, India's deputy Prime Minister, declared at Rajkot in Kathiawar Peninsula last night that Pakistan had no business to meddle with the neighbouring State of Junagadh. The Indian Dominion, he said, would not tolerate nor remain passive if there was interference with its
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    JET FIGHTER TRIAL
    26 8 Trial luaxJjngs have btvn made on the aircraft carrier Illustrious with the naval version of the now jet-propelled fighter— Vickers Supermirino Attacker.— Reuter
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    STRIKERS RIOT IN MARSEILLES: MANY INJURED
    126 8 PARIS. Thursday. MORE than 15,000 workers were on strike tonight in Marseilles. Frances second city, and there wer e Indication! that the strikes might spread throughout the neighbouring areas. Sf-amen. dockers. build* -rs. chemical and metal workers were out. Tomorrow morning all the city
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    U.K. 1942 PEACE BID STORY
    100 8 LONDON. Thursday. MOSCOW Radio said today that a Japanese journalist had written a book in which he alleged Mr. Winston Churchill. Britain's wartime Premier, was ready to conclude a separate peace with Japan after the fall of Singapore. The broadcast quoted a review published in
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    SOVIET 'DEATH RAY'
    31 8 Reports circulated in Ankara (Turkey) yesfeerday claimed, that Russian, scientists In laboratories on 8.000 foot Mount Alagoz made some progress ui the search lor a death ray. U.P.
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    NOBEL PRIZE FOR BRITON
    173 8 STOCKHOLM. Thursday. SIR Edward Appleton, 55-year-old Yorkshire-born son of a Bradford mill-worker and head of the British Government's Scientific. Research Department, was today awarded the Nobel Prize fot Physics. He has been connected with atomic research in Britain from an early stage and organised the British
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    N. Y. stocks
    40 8 ON the New Y->rk Stot-k Exch.:; yesterday, the market spent afternoon steadying around the levels in sluggish trading Transfers t.>u«n«-d 790.00<) sl The Dow Jones Averaßes we; 63 36: Industrials 180 00. Rails > Utilities 34.32 Reuter A.P.
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    RUBBER PRICES
    109 8 4 SPICUI Market cormptfl Tit ?ives the pricn of nhkfl at 11 am today u foilowi SIM.XPORE CHAMBEI (V| COMMERCE [fee Mn-apore Chamber of {{übber Associations w<M a i noon vot^rdaF w«e: Bujtn CU. CU per lb dm I So. 1 8.1.1 Spot loose nomiiuJ 4^ H >o
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    N.Y. RUBBER FUTURES
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      54 8 WEATHER Bright periods Wr I llr.R report (or the next 24 hours compiled by the RAF.: Bri»ht period* thb afternoon with Mattered shower* later. Squaliy shown s m thunderstorms overnight londv lomon o« morninr Wind light «.outh- westerly Temperature* >la*. K3 d<x roin. 73 de E STORE HIGH TIDES High
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