The Singapore Free Press, 18 November 1947

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    18 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AWEUNOON SALE IN MALAYA WUO- SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1947 PRICE 10 CENTS
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    GI AND TAKE IN TIN & RUBBER
    468 1 GI AND TAKE IN TIN RUBBER Malayan gains m trade pacts D»l iTiviri v r LONDON, Monday. h ithLAl IV ELY satisfactory deal for Malaya emerges from the Anglo-American trade treaty, one of trade agreements concluded at Geneva and made public today. While America has gone no further than to
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    Diamonds for Princess
    6 1 Diamonds for Princess I a U.P.
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    Steward, actress in cabin scene
    108 1 HUG MURDER AT SEA SOUTHAMPTON, Monday. UN <■ n. 21 -> ear -old London actress Africa on the Durban Castle, thr- i the porthole of a first class cabin after lii while the liner was off the west rfca it was alleged by the prosecution
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    CRIPPS VOICES OPTIMISM
    77 1 THE Chancellor of the Exchequer Sir Stafford Cripps. winding up the budget debate m the House of Commons last night, expressed confidence that the Government's economic! and new taxation prois contained m Britain's anti-inflationary" budget would hoid the situation* until the annual budget was due m April.
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    CHOLERA WANING
    20 1 Egypt's waning cholera epidemic caused 34 deatlis m the past 24 hours. Another 55 cases were reported.— Reuter.
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    Editor not guilty on libel charge
    233 1 Editor not guilty on libel charge LIVERPOOL. Monday. MR. James Caunt. a" 47-year-old Lancashire editor, was found not guilty here today of publishing a seditious libel on the Jews, whom he described m his paper, the Morecambe Advertiser, as "the worst black-market offenders and a plague on Britain." The judge,
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    53 SOLDIERS ON RIOT CHARGE
    80 1 Free Press Staff Reporter FIFTY-THREE Malay. Javanese, Boyanese and Chinese local-ly-enlisted soldiers appeared In the Second Police Court this morning charged with rioting with deadly weapons capable of causing death, at the Rex Cinema last night. They were remanded m police custody for 48 hours
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    A.D.C. CITED IN DIVORCE CASE
    71 1 DORMER senior administrative staff officer at Singapore, Col. Herbert Lawrence Hill, was granted a decree nisi m the divorce court m London yesterday because of the adultery of his wile. Mrs. Geralding Mary Primrose Hill, with Gordon Henry Walker, former Australian Major who v as
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    CHINA $'s NEW LOW
    30 1 For the first time m China's inflation history the Chinese dollar reached the low level of CN$lOO.OOO to U.S. $1 m Shanghai black market dealings yesterday.
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    BRITISH BEGIN HOLY LAND WITHDRAWAL
    214 1 LONDON, Monday. INFORMED Whitehall sources to- day hinted that the evacuation of British troops from Palestine had begun. They implied that a Times dispatch reporting the beginning of withdrawal was accurate m the main but the report was "incorrect m some particulars." A Foreign Office
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    33 1 r/zc nw Lord Mayor of London, Sir Frederick Michael Wells, seen at the window of his state coach as he left the law courts after th» swearing-in ceremony m London on Nov. 10.
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    India's threat, to quit Empire
    372 1 NEW YORK, Monday. TNDIA today warned Great Britain that "further deterioration" of India's relations with South Africa might force India and Pakistan out of the British Commonwealth. Mrs. Vijaya l.akshmi Pandit delivered the warning m a final appeal for Tnited Nations General Assembly censure of
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    O.M. FOR PREMIER
    24 1 The King m London yesterday invested the Canadian Premier. Mr. Mackenzie King, with the Order Of Mprit. Nt Riir«lHnfrViam Palace- Reuter
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    RATIONING TO PRESERVE FREE WORLD
    360 1 RAT ION ING TO PRESER VE FREE WORLD Truman demands WASHINGTON, Monday. PRESIDENT Truman, delivering to a special session of 1 Congress today a message on aid to Europe and plans for curbing inflation m the United States, said that unless Congress rapidly approved emergency aid for Europe, "we may
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    INQUIRY INTO BUDGET LEAK
    38 1 Prime Minister Clement Attlee agreed on Monday to a full scale preliminary investigation of last weeks leakage of budget secrets that led to the resignation of Hugh Dalton. erstwhile Chancellor of tlie Exchequer. A.P.
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    GOLD FOUND ON S'PORE WOMEN
    67 1 MORE than 120 tahils of gold valued at $20,000 were found by customs officers on two Chinese women passengers aboard the P. O. liner Canton, when she arrived at Hong Kong yesterday, said customs officials. They said the two Chinese women boarded the Canton at
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    CEYLON TROOPS FOR MALAYA
    35 1 A TOTAL of 4.500 Ccylonesc offln cers and other ranks will be recruited for service m Malaya m the Royal Pioneer Corps (Ceylon), announces the Brigadier Commanding the Ceylan Garrisoai.^ Reuter.
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      111 1 Running Order <c Scr atchings QRDER of running and nonacceptors for tomorrow's races are: Race 1: Horses, Cl. 2. Div. 5, 6 Sonny Boy. Race 2: Horses. Cl. 2. Div. 4. 6 furs. Sky Raider 11. Fairlyn. Race 3: Horses. Cl. 1, Div. 2, 7 furs. Mardi Gras. Race 4:
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      42 1 PIGEON BRAND. CHILDRENS FROCKS BOYS Poplin Cotton Sizes ZZ to 28 al 5?.:.0 ea. GIRLS Printed Poplin Sixes 18 to 32 From 52.50 to 56.00 ea. TELLY CO., 377, North Bridge Rd., Singapore. More people than ever are saying MADE IN ENGLAND
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  • FEATURES...
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      Spore's on ly Can tonese Hospital
      908 2  - Spore 's on ly Can tonese Hospital M. T. Leong THE KWONG WAI SIU hv THK Kwohg Wai 1 Sin Free Hospital i< the only hospital m Singapore, and, perhaps, one of the very few m Malaya, that offers its Cantonese patients Kast- m and Western methods of treatment X
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      THE RICHEST JAPANESE
      340 2 THE man with I t incomi m Japan day, I .y. 90-year Kokichj Mil m< to, king of the Far East culture-pear] industry, who has made about selling p tj to occupation soJdi< i A wizened litti. brown kimono otid a bia^k boiler hat. and U ll
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      BRIDGE PROBLEM
      302 2 ro an average bridge ml'ji/« r it froq»i»nt]y accm th.tt an cxjxTt play> tnjt a lot of cut-and-dried" handa for excrciac. But the expcrt'i "footing axound" l^ Actually to obtain information which would prevent What hn;>t>( ned to South m thi^ deal. Declarer won the opomnK spadr lead
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      PAGES ON MALAYA
      491 2 P AGES ON MALAYA BY A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT The Malays: A CnHural History, published by Kcllv Walsh, Singapore. $4.50. ALL the world over the same phenomenon can be noticed, the increasing complexity of modern government. Everywhere we can see the same thing going on governments doing more and more to
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      99 2 W*iHAvfT7 RENNIES ARE READY AT THE FIRST WARNING Nr *Qitmg to* woitr on<} spoon Re.nmey art corned m tout pocket or be? 'ecdi to jse A» the br^r twinge o/ acidity, suck two Kennies, one after the other, and ji m condition *.l! be corrected— pair will not last long
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      37 2 PACIFIC OVERSEAS AIRUNB J* .S HAY- COMMENCED SCHEDULE '^aSTEP LUXURY DAKOTA AND i^sSft 111 HONGKONG ON I«g iJSfI SHANGHAI %fXNIt h\^«' K()K Bangkok connections a -."'<■* .TO. POR ALL DETA.LS APPLY BOUSED IN CONJUNCTION 1H .fiCNCIESAND ALL TRAVEt»^^-~
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      627 2 RADIO PROGRAMME ijuxonrunL Noble; 7 p m. 'Famous C nductora Mentis* Blue Network ci«-m» r.s ichmalstich; i4O 8a m Music on ttu Mr: 830 v oo_2 oo p m «*:> mrtrr* m thr <t: thrir 8ln«« M Lawrence TibbeU World and Home Newt; 1.4S M .odium wave band &7 ZZ
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      160 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR Fortune forecast tor people Dorn coda) BORN today. y«:u IN independent m thong hi and .i. turn, being strii ll> an individualist m a (juict and unassuniin«> fashion. You believe each man and w>>m t in shr.uld 1m gives an opportunity to work out his own destiny
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      109 2 ree Press Crossword N0. 241 CLUES \< »OSS 1 Wild bom M Ikhen (6). S quay for MCUrtllg but "smaller i 5). 13 I-rmal. der family of nocturnal habit* itV Narrow B wal which Northampton Btand dean noted for bk ossa%< »nd it supn^ed not to bi heard CLUES ih>un
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      45 3 Howard Hughes' 200-ton ftytng boat glides into the air for the first time as the millionaire pilot took the aircraft down Long m? eh Har °our, California, at 100 m.p.h. The take-off was unexpected as Hughes had announced that he would only taxi the aircraft.
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      WOULD HE JOIN FOR PALESTINE?
      362 3 WOULD HE JOIN FOR PALESTINE? ling Abdullah is Mid East enigma Tin. t. AMMAN, (Transjordan) Monday. tit. hand of Abdullah, shrewd King of the Transjordan, will control the plan of action m any ArabJewish war, writes Robert Miller, United Press staff correspondent now on a tour of the Middle East.
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      PRINCES WEDS JAPANESE
      52 3 PRINCES WEDS JAPANESE photo. |»1 t r% \isakah Sv.ista (left), a cousin of the iin. m h« re seen seated with the Japanese com.iw.i. X, whom she married recently. With the hildren of I'dawwa. who was a widower tuliAeM «Amerii-an). who had adopted l"dajfawa".s mtnt to Japan a.s a missionary.
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      Soviet version of trade talks hitch
      152 3 lununiftt Parly newsj>ai>er Pravda the reasons I«>r the breakdown of Anglons last July was the unwilHntmess firm dates for delivery of machinery J RIIMJIH cereals and timber. k direct comment m the Soviet trade talks since the breakdown t observers m Moscow as expreaaSoviet
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      Recruit sets a problem for army
      48 3 Recruit sets a problem for army proolem Th on his W: n he T: Id, he startthe He is •cks. •'jund leg but rmaster up by the mo■- m ill. -it m for a fort- They put for a n Birmlnß•hout tn uck»> for and they you up
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      BROADCAST BANNED
      17 3 Government for dramatised nunfi Began." V, 5 itton from to -ho use of Oftd reli-
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      He told wife to enjoy herself
      124 3 A WXFI •'became reckless acid OommiUed misconduct" alter receiving a letter from her husband serving m tho Army, said Mr. Justice Hodson m the London Divorce Court. The letter, he said, read: 'IX you want to enjoy yours* 1:, do so. It will make
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      FARMERS SHORT
      28 3 Austrfcliun farmers, despirately short of labour, are offering £15 week a«d mere for men to harvest a record wheat crap, much of which te lor Britain.
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      WATER FAMINE AVERTED
      68 3 WAT ER FAMINE AVERTED The thrrat of an immediate famine m Birmingham (England) has been averted by rainfall m the last few days m CT< J^in? storage at Elan Valley reservoirs to 55 days' supply. The decision to cut ofi water supI to households m the Manrter district will be
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      JESUIT IN TOKIO
      44 3 The Rev. Edniond A. WtJsH Vice-President, of George twi University and hoad oi its For ei?n Service School, has arrived ax Tokio to begin work wltli tru* Jesuits m Japan. Father Walsh will visit established Jesu.t schools at Kot>e and Yokosuka.
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      FENG YU-HSIANG HEADS NEW ANTICHIANG GROUP
      112 3 NLW YORK. Monday. 4 n appeal to tnc American peot\ pi.- to urge th»ir Government to cease aiding the Chiang Kaishefc regime m China has boon issued by the Overseas Chinese Asition for Ft ace and Democracy m China, recently organised m New York
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      DRESS 'AUSTERITY' FOR HIROHITO
      147 3 TOKIO. Monday. IN these hard times Emperor I Hirohito has to struggle along j with a mere four uniforms, "two swallow tails." six frock coats, five morning coats, two or three sack coats and 16 overcoats." according to a report appearing m the Nippon Keizai. The
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      'De Gaulle's offer to U.S.'
      72 3 'De Gaulle' s offer to U.S.' THfc Soviet Communist Party newspaper Pravda alleges that Gen. Charles de Gaulle leader of the powerful now "Rally of the French People" party, has offered the United States strategic bases m France, Indo-China and Africa, m exchange for economic and financial help. In an
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      £1 A DAY FOR COUNCILLORS
      270 3 QCAL councillor* m Britain are officially regarded as being worth a pound a day for their working time. Thi s is the vahio placed on them m the new Local Government Bill, now published. The new Bill entitles them to claim at this; scale from
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      JAP PoWs SETTLE IN MONGOLIA
      181 3 SOME 23,000 Japanese war prisoners m Soviet hands are engaged m forced labour building up Ulanbator (or Urga>, remote Sovietised capital of Outer Mongolia, according to a Japanese ex-prisoner of war, Hironaka, recently repatriated from there. Hironaka told the Japanese press that the Soviets had
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      HE LAUGHED AT HER ACCENT
      52 3 A British war bride, Mrs. Pamela Jewell, has ask*d for a divorce at Minneapolis .on grounds of cruelty. She said her husband ridiculed her English accent. She has sent her three-year-old son, Robert, to her parents Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Jones, proprietors of the Artichoke
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      Formosans want independence
      411 3 A\in\:c n. TAINAN (Formosa), Monday. Unh »PP««t Asia's nonself- governing pootromMvZ^ r Ormosans oomplain that literati™ «f Phf! y I f 4 Ja .P anese n c and restoration as a province of China has not improved their lot. E>es P! te their Chinese ancestry, th,. peoole
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      Survivors of A-bomb now about normal
      134 3 BOSTON. Monday. CAPTAIN Shields Warren of th<» U.S. Navy said today that most survivors of the atom bombing of Nagasaki are now "approximately normal" but that the inheritance which may pass to their children cannot be known for 25 years. Captain Warren, one of
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      NEW TOWN FOR U.K. MINERS
      70 3 THE British Ministry oi Town and Country Planning has designated 2,350 acres at Easington iCounty Durham) as the site oi the lirst proposed new lor miners. The prospective town will have a population of some 30,000 people drawn mainly from families who are at present
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      TO VISIT AUSTRALIA?
      35 3 Princess Elizabeth and Lieut. Mount batten are expected to make a state visit to Australia early m 1948, the London correspondent of the Chicago Tribune, quoting "court r.irHPR hi. r.o_ ported.- Reuter
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      14 3 IRUMENTS m is k,k PSOBU M.-s US T '"LCO., OPTICIANB 'I>OI RO4D -111. >5M
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      146 3 'Scandalously indulgent' Yf ORE than 25,000 veterans of both World Wars, former political prisoners-of-war and former resistance fighters from all over B^ium demonstrated m Brussels against the "unbetZul s a s d nrI a t^ a H°h SIV "^"'^"t policy for co.laborStors^and traitors as practised by successive Governments, particularly the
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      Siam tin talks held up
      282 4 Siam tin talks held up Free Ivess Staff Reporter •yHE negotiation! with the 1 Siamese Government for rehabilitation costs for certain 'British and Commonwea th tin mines m Siam have been temporarily delayed. Mr. A. H. Miles. President of the Association of British Commonwealth Mining Inters -ts m Siam, who
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      Australian tin miners in Siam 'not worried'
      91 4 Australian tin miners in Siam 'not worried' ALSTRALIAN tin mining comf\ pames with Interests m 81am <io not expect the recent political upheai v. m that country to Interfere with their rehabilitation plans. a istralian mining end- are already m Siam and more are to U >-.. for B:tn>?k..k n
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      THE CASKET AND SCROLL IN U.k.
      76 4 fHE illuminated Ivory satin the congratulatory address of the peopfc wpore to Princess Elizabeth left pore by Lancastrian aircraf* on Sunday It is due to arrive In Britain this evening and will be delivered to Buckingham Palace on the Royal I day Thursdu Sinsa;-
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      SELANGOR MALAY APPOINTMENTS
      53 4 SELANGOR M ALAY APPOINTMENTS It is officially announced lhat H H the Sultan of Selangor has decided to appoint Dato Hamzah bin Abdullah as Mentri Besar Selangor. and Raja Uda bin Raja Mohamed. C BE M.C.S.. as State Secretary, SHangor. when the new <• institutional arrangement! for the Federation Malaya
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      AIR CHIEF ARRIVES
      51 4 Air Marshal Sir Hugh LJopd 'left/ tDho ft to succeed Air Marshal Sir George Pirie as C.-in-C, Air Command, Far East, seen on arrival m Singapore. He uxis met at Chanyx by Sir Citorffe Pirie i centre, foreground. Sir Huuh Lloyd is accumpanifd l>v his wife and
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      VOLUNTEER MESS
      17 4 The Singapore Volunteer Mess Will b" open on Thursday evening tor the convenience of members
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      Mrs. Cuming was having 'gay time'
      693 4 ADELPHI DEATH FALL INQUEST THK sister of the wealthy Australian woman. Mrs Patricia 1 Burns C 'uming. who fell to death from the top storey of the Acielphi Hotel on Oct 30. Mrs. Kathleen M;».rv Tinsley. told the Singapore 'nmner at the riMinud inquest
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      Ceylon Co-op man in Singapore
      137 4 A [HADE repn tentative ol Ceylon en route to Japan for post-war trade is now m Sii P< re He i. Mr. H. Jinad Deputy Comml I Co ratlve Development. He intends to buy lrom Japan textiles which, he said, are m *«ry supply m
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      SINGAPORE ELECTIONS DUE NEXT MARCH
      448 4 SINGAPORE ELECTIONS DUE NEXT MARCH Electoral rolls within a week Free Press Staff Reporter CINGAPORE'S first elections will take place nexl March, according to plans now bein^ drawn up and will be "on a scale worthy of the high Importance of Singapore as a focal point m the Far Fast."
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      SINGAPORE PORT NEWS
      82 4 Ships alongside the Singapore wharves yesterday (godowns m br.. Main Wharf: Mi 31»32i E Ku.j; .36-37*. M.-r.muui .:iB-39> Ozaid.t 42-43 I W«1 Wharf: Bu::. lion <4-s>, Breconslnre «8-9> 81 Ul-12). Pangkor U4) Empire Dock Mount Rt P.itk .17-18. Van T Hot! (19 Rutland Victory 124-3 Brnreoi li
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      NAVAL BASE P.C. SENT TO PRISON
      91 4 SHER Momamed a Naval Base police constable was sentenced to six weeks' rigorous imprisonment by the Second Police Court Magistrate. Mr. L. C. Goh. yesterday, for fraudulent possession of five pieces of parachute cloth. Staff Sergeant Abdul Wahab bin Haji AH said that on
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      GRAVE LACK OF SCOUT MASTERS IN MALAYA
      226 4 GRAVE LACK OF SCOUT MASTERS IN MALAYA Free Presi Stall importer MR. Prank C Sands. Scout Commissioner for lialaya de-•n-d the lack of rolunU r> preidequate time to it mof m Malaya on really efßdent Unej n Lntenrit i ith the Fr i Pn H'-markiny thai Mr. X X luce
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      FOUND WITH SAMSU IN RUBBER TUBE
      77 4 i i;. i- ii.iv a P n patrol on Nov. g at eight mile Changi Road. Poh Kee ETial was sentenced at the Third Police Court yesterday to a lire ol $50 or i ne month's r.i. Poh's offence was that he had, |m
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      GUARD OF HONOUR
      34 4 A guard of honour of British. and Malay airmen attended the Air omcer Commanding, Malaya, Air Vice-Marshal J VYhitwurth ,Jone.s. C.8.E.. when he inspected the RA F Station. Kuala Lum'P'ir ntly
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      BUREAU OPENED
      30 4 A Singapore Government Pub- i lications Bureau was officially opened yesterday near the main entrance of the General Post Office i to sell official publications to the public.
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      ASSURANCE TO CHINESE TEACHERS
      175 4 UNREGISTERED Chinese school U teachers who had feared hat they would be forced to Quit their teaching jobs when the next school term begins m January next year were given an assurance yesterday, by a spokesman of the Education Department, that those "who have so far
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      U.S. Naval C-in-C due on Friday
      81 4 Free Press staff Reporter admiral Charla M C Commander of the U: States Naval Forces In the Westerr Pacific, k expected to arrive m Singapore, on board his flagsrrr Bites, on Friday. The Estes will be accompanied by ihe light cruder Atlanta destroyer Rupcrtus
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      AIR CADETS PARADE
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      92 4 Night of Nights at LIDO i n .ir pivir Panjant "O (ZitKtA L LA" 1 .'in. Edition or Wednesday 19th November. 1947 (Commencing at 8.30 p.m.) MISS LIM LEE (Soprano) AWIFE THROWERS. JUG6LERS. T.,i:K-CYCLISIS. An exhibition ol diving and the wonder PIRh-KATKR. The Easts tribute u> the West! All Cel^hrattng
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      70 4 /toady /o car STYLISHLY CUT f% S PO RTS ik TROUSERS X TAILORED IN PURE !C" WOOL WORSTED 1^ y Medium Grey m olour These Sport^ trousers ha v c been carefulK L tailored to give COMFORT •STY L E QUALITY Waists 30, 32, 34, 36 only with Leg Lengths
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  • LEADER
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      The Singapore Free Press TUESDAY NOVEMBER 18, 1947. Malaya and the Preferences
      143 5 The Singapore Free Press TUESDAY NOVEMBER 18, 1947. Malaya and the Preferences »*3 »t nents. were I 15 500 nillion dl kinds interwhole 4 sis the tically the I bade jphlch I I mpire i ment incertaln due < f Comiluet I the South ands < h is nly On
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      DON IDDON'S DIARY
      713 5 DON IDDON'S DIARY H E Conservative comeback m Britain has stimulated the Americans to self- c onjrratulation, back slapping, and general jubilation. Heartened v<y the British swing against the Left, the drive against the Radicals m America has been intensified, and there are now enough red herrings, cans of caviare,
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      FAITH
      21 5 As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place. —Proverbs 27. 8.
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      4 5 OLD HUNT "NEW MEMBER
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      STORM OVER CHINA
      1177 5 STORM OVER CHINA By Fred Hampson [T looks like another hind winter m Gefleralissimo Chiang Kai-shek's China. The Communists, staved off, A least temporarily, m Manchuria, nave erupted behind Ihe lines so lo speak and taken Shih Cfiiakhuang, 170 miles southwest of Peiping, major North China economic prop. One-eyed General
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      Did He Walk The Plank?
      998 5 Did He Walk The Plank? Almost a week before Mr. Hugh Dalton resigned from his post as Britain's Chance llor of tfce Ex chequer, because of indiscretion, the Daily Mail City Editor, Mr. L.D. Wii liams, published this article, which as the opinion of Mr. Williams, puts forward an interesting
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  • NEWS...
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      PUNTERS SHOULD FARE BETTER TOMORROW
      1398 6 PUNTERS SHOULD FARE BETTER TOMORROW Chatster To Win The Big Race By "CALL BOY" fUITH Saturday's form to ffuide them m four races, punters W shciuld hav c a belter day at Bukit Timah tomorrow, the iccond day of the Singajwre Turf Club's Re-opening Meeting Ivhcn another card of seven
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      SELECTIONS
      107 6 EARLY selections for tomorrow's rates are: 11.. fl. L D. 1, 7 fun 1 CHATSTER t. Grand Prix II 3 Courtenay ii ri l. D. 2. 7 lairs. 1. DOUBLE FIVE I. Mac Scott S. Grand Hill H. CI. 1. D. 1. 6 fun. 2 So Black 3. Zarlna
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      Australian Test XI Selection Tonight
      73 6 NINE pia> s»rm rertain of seiecD lor Urn a tralim Test team k.uuist India which will be announced In Sydney tonight. They are Don Bradnxtn. W. A. Brawn, w. Ifarrlj Lindsay Haaet, X \niler. Ray Lindwall. Colin MeOool, lan Johnson and Don Taßon. E To.
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      SRC BEAT COLLEGES
      50 6 r Recreation Club deJ the Combined College* by two MM Of horkry play«ti on the peaterday. thi for the OoQecea aoon after Uie m.«u; The Ri-- ba the ■eeond hiilf and Ruxar.o c^ualt&ed. A mknai bi Bnal I d t.. oner from fr tn a. cm i
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      A.A.A. TO CELEBRATE
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      36 6 ivdi\ who had wared gM m tfeeu first innincrs <'.. n Bed the Australian XI few 380 at Sydnt y y— <-r day m their -*'con<! mil. :.<.-> India have red IT2 tot Reul
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      413 6 POLICE 24 pis. tJCC B" Nil ITKLE ring by Uuir U»n i quaften wtoo u< n- fast and nbined nicely enabled the Police to Chalk up a yix>d wan by 24 points to n.l over the S C.C. lB" XV m a rousing Kani«- of rugger
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      Mac Scott Does Good Gallop
      374 6 By "CALL BOY" MAC SCOTT and Rex Flash, earliest horses out, did the fastest gallop at Bukit Timah this morning when a number of tomorrow's runners were given their final gallops on the second track. The going is good. Mac Scott and Rex Flash were
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      TWO WRESTLERS ARRIVE
      190 6 Free Press Staff Reporter TWO well-known Australian wrestlers. Tod Hardwick and Michael ("Curly") Cjnnors. arrived m Singapore yesterday by the Charon under contract with Shaw Bothers to compete against leading exponents of the mat game m this country. The wrestlers were met on their arrival by Mr.
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      Seletar Airmen Beat Johore XV
      214 6 |> A.F. Base S*leUii ran out winners by 14 points (one goal and Mm) to three points (one Uy) ii a hard fought panic of nigb) tti Johorr SI rcsentalvr ftft»^ n at Begamat on Baturday Thr RAF. preeaed tery hard at the itaji and
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      67 6 TilE (oUowinf win represent the SCR C. against the SingapH>ro Clarke Rangers at hockey today on Hons Lim Oreen: Iy«> Ah Chio; Chan Clum Bock Ong Svw < Law; Uu Hock Chye, Goh Chin Chy. Oon Khy,» Kiaiuj; Bwee Urn Swanp. H. Fan*:. Choo Ong Loo. Lee
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      KATGNG EURASIANS
      60 6 The following will piay soccer for the Katong Eurasians* Sports Club n^ainst the Chartered Bank tomorrow M St. Pfctrldti School, kick oflf at r> .30 p.m. i M. (tammrl C Noronha. O. Montoiro; B Brills. C- Rodrigrues. K. Olivelro: WP. Cromes. O. Ferrao. C James. G.N. D Stlva.
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      116 6 n OPENS TODAY 4 SHOWS 1 "0 4 6 -.0 0.20 u.vn ROBERT SUSAN 1 YOUNG WAYWARD I ...RITA JOHNSON- tom rowf it 0»»c»»< kr «vw*o KHti > «o*» ■»»i«o» i^. a» i«wM» utaM tmmt m to 80t»0" •■•Q>«l KaUCI i lIANt.K. Baard on the Novel 4 ALL BRIDES ARE
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      14 6 The complete list of weights for tomorrow's races are Tnjcludvd m pa^ t SEVEN.
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      146 6 LAST DAy^** 11; S; 4.1-i; ti.3o 9.15 /^J ROMANTIC RIOT f 1 (^^i/fcfii I^-SS-A*' "THE Hi" IV*SERSL«~ OF BAGDAD" iL T>^nic,i,. TOMORROW'S HOWMnc I^^? I He's a two-£un sleuth with a onTt^k mM pnvate eye who gets crossed by a brunette! ET? ii^ff7fr^irm?i^t3r> <^' jrobertTAYLOR! y 1 George MURPHY Thomas
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      46 6 JA N t Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press m Ma lava I LOW COMEDIANS/ FOR THAT"/. 1 >01 B^ > itup wni inAV <SrAMP 1 1 1 j!tv RUT" EXHAUST i Ww. SIP a I 7^ !j jm^'jjph|/[|l^MBu 1 WHEN c.R IC^ S INIoHt-L/ y e^^^^bhiimhb^^*^.
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      4960 7 Select Tomorrows Winners With The >:■ tO Fret' I "Call I end 1 n s 7 furs 1 anpl. 1 v 900 cord). M! DALUSI I 1-' l.ind--1 un--05 3rd. Pg Oct. ■<•<! Ipoh. lOSEWELLS 801 *I Mr G««fc'« K.^urll—^Hverp HvUnd ens and itta
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      116 7 H R H PRINCESS ELIZABETH BROADCASTING FROM CAPE TOWN ON THE OCCASION OF HER 21ST BIRTHDAY— 2Ist April 1947. Princess Elizabeth spoke of Her Happiness but she also stressed the importance and solemnity of the thoughts that come at such a time, •'thoughts of life looming ahead with all its
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      43 8 njOMCT One of Cmmterbury*s monumental show pieces is the .j«sI7IL. Christ-Church gate, which fl the main entrance to Prion/ an.l the Cathedral. In this picture W J. Edrich. the midi \€*€X Cficki Vr and his win. aatr t i#en loi)kvig at Canterbury s
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      Call for enquiry into accounts
      273 8 JOINT SUPPLY BOARD AN Investigation into the accounts of the Joint Supply Hoard If advocated by the Singapore Financial Revenue 'oramittee m its report issued yesterday. It states that it Jn "astonished at the losses, estimated at nearly 40 per cent. of tin- Pan-Malayan turnover
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      JOINT GREEK-US STAFF TO FIGHT REBEL FORCES
      132 8 JOINT GREEK-US STAFF TO FIGHT REBEL FORCES THE formation with Unit'^d Stub's of a joint It-American itafl for antiguerrilla f^prrations wa^ announrrd m Athens last night by the On k Deputy Prime Minister. Mr. Constantin T.^aldarts. reports R'-uter. United Pres^j learns In Washington that tho British Gf>v» rnn has informed
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      $25 MILLION MORE REVENUE NEEDED
      467 8 Minority Report tire Finance and Revenue Committee of Singapore has failed to fulfil its task according* to its terms of ofllce, says Mr. John Eber m a minority report published m the report of that committee. He says the committee wrongly confined its report to
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      TENSION RISES IN PARIS AND MARSEILLES
      116 8 TENSION RISES IN PARIS AND MARSEILLES Paris, Monday. STORMY scenes marked the election today of Gen. Charles De Gaulle's brother. Pierre, as Mayor Of Paris, m the Paris Municipal Council. Steel-helmeted mobile guards and extra police •i outside the council meeting as fiery arguments exploded inside. Troops and miards. supported
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      INCOME TAX: 'NEW COUNCIL SHOULD DECIDE'
      1312 8 INCOME TAX: 'NEW COUNCIL SHOULD DECIDE' Enquiry Committee balances budget DROPOSALS to balance Singapore's budget m 1948 without resort to income tax are made m the report of the Finance and Revenue Committee which has completed its enquiry into the colony's finances. The question of the introduction of income tax
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      20 8 oy yir. justice X having >m m Mr. 1. bm.m of India during I r now m London to attend
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      GILT-EDGED RECOVER
      438 8 London Stock ExchS^T UNCERTAINTY was evident throuK JSfe Uon the London Stock Exchange, 1 w EwSfcS correspondent. Gilt-edged Btock need !2t«S£ down with losses up to half per ceni vhiki followed this lead with wirl^n-.uS Vmall la™1 a™ domestic issues. Subsequent fne made foroß all-round improvements and the
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      RUBBER PRICES
      113 8 ASPECIAI Market cormponlent sivos the prices of rnbbs it 11 i.m today as follows: Buyers Stllen Cti CU. >IN(.\PORR iIXMBEB OP COMMERCE Thr s i n^ pore Chamber of ton* •i n iation 's prices at noon veMerday were: Buyers Seiko per lb. wlk No. 1 R.B.S Spot
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      DEATH
      13 8 CARDOZA. 9 md Roe- w 1* t(wUL?2 IM7 dwije. 4« i i
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      54 8 WEATHER Fair Today WEATHER report for the next 24 hours compiled by the RAF: Fair. Wind: West to Northwest. 5 to 10 n ph. Temperatures: Max. 89 dec F.; mm 74 dec. F. STORE HIGH TIDES H T 1 02 p m. 9 ft. 1 m L T I.M p.M.
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      10 8 Victoria Theatre 'V/EPROU DLV PRESENT „ih. *gs TO-NIGHT s»5 j
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