The Singapore Free Press, 21 November 1947

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    18 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA tfji. SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1947 PRICE 10 CENT
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    JOSE PETAL SEND-OFF FOR
    526 1 London watches happy scene LONDON, Thursday. AS the tumultuous cheers of the vast crowd outside lUickingham Palace rang faintly m the room, Princess Elizabeth, bride of Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, cut her wedding cake with her grandfather's naval sword. Prince Philip had worn the sword at
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    Honeymoon In Hampshire
    184 1 KOMSEY, Thursday. BCESS El IZABETH looked a little pale* and 4ill smiling when she arrived at tome of Broadlands here tonight with her hilip, Duke of Edinburgh. drove through cheering masses m which they had made the alter their 66-mile train journey y disappeared into the gloom
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    ANTI-INFLATION MOVE
    36 1 THE U.S. Senate Banking Committee has decided to go ahead immediately with a fourpoint anti-inflation programme, but delayed action on President Truman's request for stand-by price, wage and limited rationing A .P. ontrui powers.
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    TWO CAMERAMEN HURT IN FLASH BULB EXPLOSION
    149 1 Free Press Staff Reporter THE premature ignition of a magnesium photographic Hare during the illuminated wedding procession m Singapore last night injured two well-known Singapore 1 photograprers. Mr. Lee Hing Ming, manajCT of the Wih Hin photographic studio. North Bridge Road, sullered burns
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    DEFENCE MEDAL FOR NURSES
    127 1 LONDON. Thursday. THE Lord President of the Council Mr. Herbert Morrison, DUWCftaf a question m the House or Commons today about r.he issue on Defence Medals In the Far Eas:. .said the GovernorGeneral of Malaya. Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald. who has b*nn coordinating action on question^
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    LAVENDER ST COLLISION
    59 1 A JEEP belonging to N. A A.F.I. was involved m an accident wi&h a large taxi at the junction of Lavender Street ""d Serangoon Road, just opposite the Rumah Muskin police-station, at 6.15 o'clock this morning. Both vehicles ftnisftied ur> on the five-foot way of a Chineseowned
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    Malaya gets £656,000 for death railway
    160 1 LONDON, Thursday. THE Governments of Malaya receive £656,400 from the proceeds of sale to the Siamese Government of the part m Siamese territory of the Bur-ma-Siam railway known as the "railroad of death"— built by thousands of Allied prisoners of war with railway matertal
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    NEW COVT SWORN IN
    40 1 The new ministers of the Victoria State Government were sworn In at Melbourne yesterday. Mx. Thomas Tufte Hollway is| Premier and Treasurer of the new ministry, which comprises members of the Liberal ancJj Country parties. Reuter
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    Running Order & Scratchings
    90 1 Running Order Scratchings ORDER of running and scratchings fcr tomorrow 'B races are: Race 1: Horses. Cl. 2, Div. 2, 9 HM». Rendova, Yutoi, Ciay Sprite, Prinr* Manoharan. Race 2: Horses. Ci. 2. Div. 1, 6 Furs nagobert. Christmas Knight. Race I: Horses, Cl. 1. Div. 2, 9 furs— Nil.
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    SKELETON FOUND
    32 1 POLICE yesterday found a bleached skeleton, believed to be that of a male. Chinese at Bukit Brown Cemetery. A letter m Chinese was found among rags i neax the skeleton.
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    UK. WARNS OF HOLY LAND DISASTER'
    210 1 LAKE SUCCESS, Thursday. THE British delegate, Sir Alexander Cadogan, charged m 1 the United Nations today that the partitioning plan for Palestine as detailed by the Palestine SubCommittee would create division of authority between Britain and the United Nations, bringing confusion, disorder and disastrous
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    Dutch accused ot new drive
    283 1 BAT AVI A, Thursday. 4 FEW hours after the Security Council's good ollices committee on Indonesia had announced tonight that "substantial progress" had been made with the "cease fire," negotiations the Republican Vice-Premier, Dr. Setiadjit, accused the Dutch of having "llagrantly violated" the Security Council's
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    France calls up more troops
    217 1 France calls up more troops PARIS, Thursday. PRESIDENT Vincent Auriol r tonight recalled 140,000 conscripts to the Army and announced that the veteran Socialist leader, M. Leon Blum, had agreed to form a new Government of "public safety" to deal with a Com-munist-inspired labour crisis. M. Blum, aged 75 and
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    CHINESE GO TO POLLS TODAY
    99 1 DURING the next three days more than 160,000.000 persons are expected to cast their votes In China's first national elections, which start today, but even this estimate is reported by some Government officials m Nanking to be several millions below the figures of those eligible
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  • FOR WOMEN
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      HUSBANDS ATTACKED
      787 2 Letter To The Editor SJtiK. S. K. Chia's 111 article, "Do Chinese Girls Make Good Wives," which appeared m your paper last week, was amusing and interesting. Though he wrote about the modern Chinese wife, I think it applies to all modern couples residing m this couuntry. Throughout
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      REGISTRY WEDDINGS SOLEMNIZED
      298 2 REGISTRY WEDDINGS SOLEMNIZED New drden ior registrar office weddings deigned to curb "lighthearted and frivolous marrage contracts"- went out to superintendent registrar! throughout Britain last week. cinef aiiujji£ many Mangel of pnoctxiure is an instruction ..11 couples ihall l> ivt th«\se woi^U x .res>*>d td Ifr m before the marriage.
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      Cooking Column STORE SALADS
      343 2  - Cooking Column STORE SALADS JOAN CASTLE By CINGAPORE and salads a divine subject for the culinary artist! But alas, too often the ingredients that make a salad different are unavailable fat green peppers, fluffy cottage cheese, crisp parsley, bland asparagus and the provocative olive and pimento. And others that at*
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      SCIENCE CAN TELL
      51 2 I B °y Or Girl I S NCE can i r I. I h Univer. it E y I providr-d the cSiS" I was satisW tit 1 1 -c number oi" I ate such m I birth t^l f I i I mwait I old I v>
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      BRIDGE PROBLEM
      279 2 i CLUB opening would have defeated a thn-c no-trump contract not that four hearts was iv>t equally vulnerable. But four hearts Ml made because West drew only a partial conclusion from his partner s play. On West's lead of the club deuce. Easts eight-spot forced the ace. Declarer
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      692 2 RADIO PROGRAMME i •sIMPfIPOPP c<>on d n 6l metre band except 'J iv MilsUt fcflMii lane" Budap Oll^onr VJlVEf ronJ 7.43 9.30 p m. when the trans- itrlnj WUATtet. »30 "RaOMIieC m Music Blue Network mUter ta carrying the RED NET- Lf. WorM Mtfi; 10. 10 light Piano" WORK Hare:
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      255 2 Free Press Crossword No. 244 C LILS ACRO> 2 Moist, ut-t (4» 4. Trade centre (4). 8. Bm 9 Down. 11. Card r^nv roscmbLne coon-can v5>. 12. Soup of which solids have been passed thr 5i. ve <5>. 13. R. adir*; stands at the junction of this riv.r '*ith the*
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      32 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR Fortune forecast tor ipleDorntc Dan are c )U Tick a OWE ..uvoaj 1 "hit out of We- Vmimi^ ban MM i u rto tarn irv and I J7 111
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  • NEWS
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      BIG REYERSES FOR VIETNAM
      259 3 HANOI, Thmdfty. China, France's colonial armies since er een conducting a large-Male and continusununcr'a Dutch "police action" m Inmed at crushing organised resistance mi n the rn»ld> of the nationalist Vietnam Republic •fu inde|>endetice of Ar.nam, Tonkin and i Attg. It, 1945. fuse to discuss the
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      NEW TELESCOPE MAY AID TO MEASURE SPACE
      209 3 NEW TELESCOPE MAY AID TO MEASURE SPACE A 15-TON tetetoope mirror cosn U.S. SGOO.ooo, which ha« tal 20 years to make, haa ju^t b delivered to Mt. Palomar Observatory, m the northern San Diego county of California. With iastronomer^ will be able to search farther f.-.'o ipace than trer btiorv.
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      SIAM: CHINA IS CONCERNED
      73 3 IHE Chinese Government is watching d.cvelopm< nta m Siam witli serious concern,' 1 -said Dr George Yen. China's ViceMinister of Foreign Affairs. When questioned on the subject of recognition of the new Siamese Government. Dr. Yeh said the 1 Chinese Government had no statement to make
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      War plant scandal I; allegations
      226 3 War plant scandal I; allegations WASHINGTON. Thursday. A SENATE inquiry was told that Major -Gen* Bennett E. Meyer r« c< ived U. 5.5150.199 <>r more from a war plant and then "concocted" a false story for investigators. The money was drawn through the war years, largely from heavy "rake-offs" on
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      INDIA ARMIES COMPARED
      68 3 A UNION of fc.dia Govcrnmar spokesman luus estimated that the Dominion of India has about 260.000 men under arm* and the Muslim Domini >n of Pakistan 150,000. The mired Indian army lai>t June included 10.184 British oilicers. The army of the Dominion Of India now includes only
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      GERMANS RUN Kill IK AGAIN
      74 3 EXECUTIVE control of the vast Ruhr coal mines was returned on Wednesday to German hands, British and American offtctals announced at a press conference at Essen. A German coal mines administration known as the Deutsche Wuhlen Bergbau Leitur.g. ha-s bwn established at Essen to takeover
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      NEW BIRTH PAPERS
      40 3 From next Monday a r.ew and short form of birth certificate will available In Britain, .showing only nameo. sex and date ard place of birth and omitting particulars of parent ase or adop- I t inrt Reuter
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      HOW SHE MADE HUBBY LISTEN
      51 3 WILLIAM M ODRILN stumped the Federal Courts m Washington with a divora >uit, accusing his wife Marianne of imiisuai cruelty. .He said the HHis m the habit of hiding hu> wooden leg and then sitting on 'he bed and scolding him. The rt withheld decUUm
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      RIG N.E.I. OPIUM SEIZURE
      46 3 ABOUT 3.500 tubes of opium, valued at 20.000 guilders, were j intercepted by the Dutch military police at Sourabaya on Wednesday as the drug was being smuggled out of the country by seven Chinese crew members of the KPM shin Pahud. A.P.
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      PLAN AIMS AT INCLUSION
      504 3 Federation of S-E Asian countries BANGKOK, Thursday. \N organised movement has been launched m Bangkok to unite the nations of South-East Asia m a mighty federaion which would rank with India and China m size and mportance. Adherents envisage a new nation with 45,000,000 inhabitants and
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      36 3 Pope Pius XII leading the beatification ceremonies at St. Peter's m Rome for Jeanne Delanoue. founder of the Order of the Sisters of St. Ann of Providence, who Jived at Angers, France, over 2<iU years ago.
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      DR. ERIC MILLAR RETIRES
      124 3 WE published m this column m our issue of Wednesday, Nov. 19. under the caption "U.K. Druo? Addicts" an announcement 01 the retirement of 60-year-old Dr. Eric Millar. Keeper of Manuscripts at the British Museum. In so far as the caption purported to refer to Dr.
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      U.S. GENERALS FOR GREECE
      61 3 FHE U.S. Army has assigned two 1 brigadier-generals, experts on military tactics, to th/> American Military Mission ill Greece. They are Generals Arthur M. Harper and Truman C. Thioson. The Army Secretary. Mr. Royall. announced on Nov. 14 the military Advisory Group In Greece was to
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      ITALY'S PLEA FOR HER OLD COLONIES
      161 3 IjTALY has asked the Big Four nations now meeting 1 m London, for the trusteeship of her former colonies m (Africa Libya, Eritera and Somaliland. Addressing the Big Four special deputies, the Italian Ambassador to Britain. Duke Tomaso Galla-rati-Scotti, said: "The trusteeship of Libya,
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      China's hid at compromise
      286 3 LONDON, Thursday. THE Chintz Government's proposal to the Inited States, Britain and the Soviet Union to summon a preliminary conference to discuss the Japanese peace settlement, announced from Nanking, is regarded m London as an attempted compromise between th American and Soviet views on the initial
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      G.I. JAILED IN JAPAN
      38 3 A U.S. Army private, Joseph E. Delarey, was sentenced to five years' hard labour, after being found guilty by a court martial m Tokio of robbing a Japanese n«M«*nal of 8,400 yea vabout A.P.
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      PRIVATE TRADE WITH JAPAN
      37 3 SCAP has approved 371 export contracts totalling U. 5.54.072.000. 54 .072.000 m value and 15 import contracts totalling $4,104,000 m value during tho first two months of limited private trade with Japan. ii
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      97 3 ALL HAPPY WORLD TO MORROW NIGHT AT 8.45 P.M. C|| BOMBER JSf (AISTRALIAN CHAMP.) R^C^A ROA (CIIINFSE FLYING -KICK (W\ JjTvk C o uTlN H 0 TW^^^jT mK.9 3\»m\ %1 MirMTV AIIQTRAIIAN (S PORF lIINKSK MIGHTY AUSTRALIAN Tißer Amat 10 x Tm§m HEAVY WEIGHT CHAMPION A e smith 10 xI
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  • LEADER
    • The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 21. 1947.
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        Congress and the Plan
        164 4 The United Staler Congress has voted v.ith exemplary promptness $597 million m stop-gap aid lor France, Italy and Austria. But even so oajly m the special session it is evident that the admmistratioe-i will have to fight hard for the long term plan, the $20,000 million
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        The Crisis In France
        406 4 WHILE the United States Con- gress passes stop-gap aid for Prr>nce, tlio stricken French stand dangerously near the edge of civil war. Everkts of ttie oast week inevitably suggest to French minds memories) of the Commune of 1871. •'War' is the word used by Mj Molle-t.
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      IT SEEMS TO ME...
      1204 4  -  Politico By IT is astonishing that such little stir has Followed the Finance and Revenue Commit tec's revelation that the operations of the Joint Supply Hoard have resulted m losses estimated at nearly 40 per cent of the Pan-Malayan turnover of $310,000,000. It is a scandal
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      BETTER OFF ON DEVIL'S ISLAND
      468 4 BETTER OFF ON DEVIL'S ISLAND Prisoners In French Guiana, once notorious throughout the world as the site of the now defunct devil's island penitentiary, regard their prison life as a paradise, compared with the lot of prisoners m France, according to Brigadier Charles Pean, head of the Salvation Army's Men's
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      MALTA GETS NEW AWARD
      943 4  - MALTA GETS NEW AWARD Noel Monks by DOTATOES (unrationed) are growing round the air strip from which R.A.F. fighters took off to save Malta m 1942, and there are children running about Valetta who know only what their paiei.ts tell them of the blitz horrors. But a promise made hi
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      S'pore people Make News
      115 4 A DESCEND 11 of the wan Achinese tribe? oi matra this week mi viewed the Austrj Commissioner m Singapore, Mr CLAUDE MASSE V, the reported repat tion of 14 Malay from Australia. He was thick -Set, bespectacled, much-travelled SARIFUDDIN ADAM j the President of the S.
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      FAITH
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  • LOCAL NEWS
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      PARTICIPANTS IN PROCESSION
      88 5 Ufll of art m ~'ht tc M yfair Kao l^sal" --apore |p H»'- N'.tm Oon Slr.Raporg lation, Tan Dramatic Charcoal Ropo. AssoDontists Association, i Hang. X k Com•tc Lighter -re Cycle Singapore and Ec r Chinese Bee Hong. rt Chow GenFresh Poon Yue Q, SOO y Yu
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      WEDDING IN
      15 5 orday id j ng of ny was (Jood f M. P. ne Yin
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      LARGE ENTRY FOR PRINCESS PRIZE
      104 5 NEARLY 400 entries for the C I grati'atory Letter to H.R H. Prinocui Elizabeth Competition have bee:i received. Among them are 142 from the English school*, 157 fron. the Chin* .so icho Is. 63 fron tlie Malay schools, and 29 froar. the Tamil schools. Some
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      mok.mm; after
      22 5 Special squads of Municipal town cleansing labourers this morning began clearing holiday r from the Padang nr< a t>f Singaporo.
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      INDIA BULLETINS
      85 5 Mr. Mnhd. Yunus. the Indian Government Representative m Jogjakarta, states that the Indian Consulate at Djakarta is now issuing bulletins containing information about India and her pi« >ple. Mr. Sidney Ortcya and Miss Annie Chew photographed before (heir wedding on Wednesday .at the Church of St. Joseph Victoria
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      Club is a 'haven' for Servicemen
      225 5 Fre c Press Si ONE of the first Services clubs tion, the St. Andrews Club many forms of entertainment whom have enjoyed its hospita Run by the Church of Scot furnished and provides excellent all Reporter to be opened alter the li be rain
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      5 YEARS AT $70.000
      38 5 Miss Jean Simmons. 18-yoar-old Britain lilm star, who will be passing through Singapore on Nov. 30. has just figned a n»w contract with J. Arthur Rank Organisation for £70,000 a year for five yeara.
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      PLAYBOY GENERAL FACES TRIAL
      196 5 JJIOKNAMED the Playboy 11 General" of the Japanese army, former Lieut.-General S. Kuroda. whose lavish occuDation parties delighted many a Filipino collaborator, arrived m Manila ncently by air from Japan to face trial for war crimes committed by members of the 14th Japanese army which lie
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      ISLAND CLUB PROPOSAL AGAIN REJECTED
      376 5 ISLAND CLUB PROPOSAL AGAIN REJECTED Danger to city 's water supply Free Press Staff Reporter JHE application of the Singapore Island Club for the lease of a site within the catchment area of Peirce Reservoir for the purpose of building a new clubhouse and swimming pool has again been disapproved
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      32 5 m last night's Chinese illuminated proRoyal wedding it surrounded a crowd ttreet during a pause m the procession. was three miles long, took one hour to a single point.— picture. Free Press
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      AIR ENGINEERS FORM SOCIETY
      278 5 Flee Pr <*fe Reporter fl\{,\Pl>Hl !t en^iweer.s are to form an organisation •ii.iiU become a branch of the British Aircraft Engineers. The man behind the trhv Short of Qantas Airnays, who has been nth with the Society's secretary m England, that five memberships have already been
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      SINGAPORE ACS SCHOLAR DIES
      90 5 nit. LEE TENG 111 1. Bata- via -born veteran Chinese educator and former president of Fuhtan University died m Shanghai on Wednesday of pneumonia, after cerebral haemorrhage, at the age of 75. Dr. Lee received his early education m the Anglo-Chinese School, Singapore. Later he went
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      Teachers plan courses in dramatics
      159 5 Teachers plan courses in dramatics A course m dramatics, which will include acting, production, stage management, makeup and other aspects of stage work, will be open to student: s and teachers of all nationalities m Singapore from Nov. 29. The classes will be conducted by Mr. David Lyttle and will
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      12 5 of Edinburgh during a wedding celebration service yesUr day Free Press picture.
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      GOVT. UNIONS TO FEDERATE
      306 5 Fre c Press Staff Reporter ARRANGEMENTS are due to be finalised within a week for p,.ki the Or 7 iation Of a Sin^»Pore Federation of Unions of Public Employees and Civil Servants, which will unite into one organisation most of the existing trade unions of employees
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      CENSI SENI MERATORS
      36 5 All enumerators who worked m the Singapore Municipal Area can draw payment of the balance of their salary from Dr. Hutchinson. Municipal Health Officer, during office hours or. and after Nov. 24. li
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      Nanking's interest in South East Asia
      373 5 Nanking's interest in South East Asia /~kNLY the intensification of the civil war m China prevents the Nationalist Government from taking a more active interest m events m South East Asia, particularly m Indonesia, writes Mr. G. F. Hudson m Eastern World, a periodical of Far Eastern affairs published m
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      86 5 NOYt OPEN ON THE TOP FLOOR. DISPLAYING A COLOURFUL RANGE OF QUALITY GAMES AND TOYS I /if X MOTOR CARS 1| 1 //Mlw FAIRY CYCLES %\^\V I i //Ml g JIG-SAW PUZZLES 1 /Ml g WOODEN TOYS \^k '■mm li assorted cames l\m ANNUAL STORY BOOKS 1\ Mi g/i SOFT
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    INTO THE HOME STRAIGHT AT BUKIT TIMAH
    63 6 Christmas (J. Donnelly make* his run on the rails as the field tur)i^ for h MM hi the teCOftd race at Bnkit Timah on Wednesday. Christina* went on to win m a tight finish from Tretes who came on with a late run,
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    Monaghan To Seek Legal Advice
    82 6 Monaghan To Seek Legal Advice RIMY Monaghaa iwif;ist Hyweisht. recofiitoei by Ihe Eire li«rxi«:ii B:>ard and the S ttional Boxing \ss«n iation of I iprica is world champion, X legal advice on the oV.n t»f th«- Briti>h B*>\iiiK Ki>.irti of Control reinstating 1 k I i'« r^»>n .i>. thr world
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    ARMY HOCKEY XI
    31 6 Ttean the B.C.R.C. In the Singapore on thr S.R.C. ground tomorrow will be as follows: n At Rhye-Pryce, Holllngbury; Dyer, Oxford. Ly^. Kelly, Bkviv (Capt.), Irving and Warbrl<
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    FAILURES SHOULD MAKE
    1786 6 Final Day Of Singapore Races If By "CADL BOY" jLMRM favourites who failed m their first runs at the Singapore Turf Club's Re-opening meeting are likely to make amends at Bukit Timah tomorrow when a final card of seven events conies up for decision. I have taken
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    FAST WORK AT BUKIT TIMAH
    239 6 By "CALL IH)Y" number of tomorrow*! runners were ilv< n fast work on tl&e second track ut Bukit Timah ttiis morning. The going wa*. good. Ci. Id Medallist, with llarpor up, strode out itronglf over three Curioofs, WbUe Counsel II wound up a two-round workout
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    ProbaWes For Big Manchester Race
    115 6 M.inche»u-r N.-vunbcT luiKlicap bern« run over on,- mile ami a half at Manchester tomorrow m Anwar Burns; Royal Tara. MulingChaxlie Smirke; Pipo, Johnstoiie; 1^ Mf^as. Caidwtll; DanciiiK Flame. IxjwOul r> T Powell; High Und i.addie c Sm 1 1 h Bridle Path, no jockty, Dom
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    W. Australia Leads In Shield Cricket
    112 6 JSOI.ATION. which is now bridged m air travel, and criokvt weakni ss. which has now demonstrably been ov»T(«a>e, had previously bevn two factors which contributed to the noninclusion of We*t Australia m the Sheffield Shield competition. Now. m their first season. West Australia are
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    SELECTIONS
    119 6 SBUCTIONI for tomorrow, subj<•« t (o m ratrhings and tinal gall<»p> and going, ait-: ii. d. i. v. i, s r«,s 1. (iRAM) FRIX 2. Kos^wfll's Boy 3. (ourt«*iva.v 11, II 1, D. 1. 9 furs. 1. MARDI (;K%£ t. l>ouMr Five 3. M.». Scoii H. n 1 D.
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    HELEN HENG BEATS Mrs. PENNEFATHER
    126 6 'FIIE biKK«*»t setv>at*uii of tlie y*.^r m j SuMr:»tx«-p txuimiMrxi was provided >i --t»T(iay when Mls* Ht4«m H»ti«. Singapore Juni<ir champion defeated Mrs. L. M. PvimefaUi-r the W46 S!TKMpor« champion, ru.d J Malayan MogWi runrvt up. m the Champ»on!«h*v« Jveki at tlx* Cleri -.'I I
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    Four Spin Bowlers In Indian XI
    90 6 I jJKX-'K .splixiur* arw included In ttic Li.iiutn tenra to m<* t Quoc iwlniul hert- t<jcnorryw. Both Nayudu and Axmr Elaiw will ptoy. The team ls: L. Anur^uth, V. .kad. Ban. NayiKki. Amir Elahl. BarWftW, I^iiicnrfcar. Adlkhari. Sohonl, hem-hand imd Rat Sui^li wiUi RangßCharl,
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    SID BARNES MAY PLAY AGAINST INDIANS
    74 6 SID BARNfc^. the well-known Australian Test cricketer who is on his way back home after a business visit to England, hopes to play against the Indian tourists Ekt least m the second or third Te.->t match—. Barnes, who parsed through Colombo aboard the Esp<-
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    RUGBY UNION RESULTS
    31 6 U.K. Rugby U* >n resulta yesterday County championship: Lcicstciitiirn 0. North Midlands 10; Warwickshire 27. East ifidlandi r > Oth» r match: Oxford University C, Major Stanley 15.- Reuter
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      4956 7 Select Tomorrow's Winners With The guide to n [>f the Free b C7aH races at r re- age and oj new pubCELEBRATJ3N CUP gor scSi Cl. 1% Div. 1, 9 Furs. m 01 Mt (Mr. ...i->.lver- 7 10 v. eood. 7.11 Is. 1 lens,
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      TWO MILLION SEE
      685 8 Crowd surges into Palace LONDON, Thursday. MILL I N happy Britom today thronged the wedding route of Princess Elisabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh, cheering deliriously as the magnificent royal carriage! and escort of scarlet and blue cavalry passed on their way to .Westminster Abbey. Scores of
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      BOY KING AND THE BOBBY
      220 8 A i man brusquely ordered a little bOf m dark blue suit to fjel back on the parr merit outside Westminster Abbey. The boy meekly obeyed but to the bobby's surprise, he goi lint with the royalty waiting for their i The boy IMU ar-ofd
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      MARSHALL TO 'DO HIS BEST'
      137 8 WASHINGTON. Thursday. THE Secretary oi Slate. Mr. I 1 George Marshal], left lor London by air tor the Council of Foreign Ministers' me^ti:^ or* ninK on Tuesday after conferring with President Truman and the iormer Secretary of State, Mr. James Byrnes. Mr. Truman bade Mr
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      WEDDING DANCE AT GOLF CLUB
      131 8 MKMBERS of the Royal BlngSv- pore Goli dub celebrated the Royal Wedding day with a supper dance at the club last night when some 500 members and guests were present. At midr.ight the health of Their Royal Highnesses] was proposed by the Governor. Sir Franklin
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      INOUIRY INTO BUDGET LEAK
      96 8 "THE Houso of Commons last night decided to set up an allparty committee to inquire into the budget leakage which led to the reiteration last Thursday of Mr. Hugh Dalton as Chancellor of the Exchequer. The Government proposal to set up the committee was carried without
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      R.A.F. DIRECTOR OF SIGNALS
      56 8 AIR Commodore Eric Hardy Richardson, Director of Radio at the Air Ministry since August i last year, becomes Director of Signals Jan. 1 next. Air Commodore Leslie Dalton Morris, whom Air Commodore Richardson succeeds, has beeo ap- pointed Commandant of the Central Signal Establishment at Watton.
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      MR. N. RAGHAVAN ARRIVES BY AIR
      48 8 i THE Indian Consul -General m < 1 Batavia. Mr. N. Raghavan, '< arrived m Singapore yesterday by plane. He was accompanied I by Mrs. Raghavan. i Mr. Raghavan will remain m Singapore for two days before < visiting Kuala Lumpur, Penang t and
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      72 8 ABOVE: This night picture taken from the Singapore Padang shoivs the flood-lighting of the Municipal building. Official guests watched from the building the panorama of flood-lighting, illuminated processions and harbour fireworks ins honour of the Royal wedding. Free Press picture. Three member? Oi the Women's Section of the Malay Union
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      314 8 SINGAPORE CELEBRATIONS Three-mile-long lantern parade Free Tress Staff Reporter rjESPITK rain m the early evening great crowds thronged the centre of Singapore last night to watch the brilliant three-mile-long procession staged by the Chinese community and the display of fireworks from ships m the harbour. The waterfront and the streets
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      BRITISH SUBJECT JAILED IN S'HAI
      114 8 ram m SHAN °HAI. Thursday '■nit Chinese district court here A today sentenced Charles p Archer. 33-year-old Hong Kong t>Tn British subject, to life imprisonment on a charge of armed robbery and causing the death of ju Shen-shao, a Chinese gold black-market dealer, m a
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      UNO RESOLTIOIN BY INDIA FAILS
      55 8 UNO RESOLTIOIN BY INDIA FAILS THE United Nations Qenera] U-| 1 stmbly failed to pass by two hiras majority the Indian resolution calling f Or a round-table coj ferenoe based on last year's I decision on the treatment of In- dians m South Africa. The vote was 31 m lav
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      PRIESTS TAKEN BY CHINA REDS
      35 8 CIVE Catholic fatherj (two Bcl--1 gians and throe Chinese) In Haiinen Cheking Province, are re- I ported to have been abducted by Communists when they infiltrated into the town. Reuter.
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      139 8 NEW YORK. Thursday, t THE chief Siamese delegate to the 1 United Nations, Prince Subhas i Svaite Ivaltuat, told reporters to- day that a "legal government" of I Siam is operating underground m his country and still i s recognised t by the United Nations as the
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      MARKETS EASE SLIGHTLY
      431 8 MARKETS EASE SLIGHTLY London Exchairl APART from Kaffirs, which p, i^th Thurs^ I markets on the i, d d s he L fe *1 With a sharp rte m Middle to 31s 6d.. it was generally a ,v froo,» firmness ultimately uivini; (lav with earlrK The Gilt-ed^ed section. -I 3
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