The Singapore Free Press, 28 November 1947

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    18 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA UP SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1947 PKllt 10 CENTS
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    GOVERNORS TALK ON TAX
    401 1 GOVERNORS TALK ON TAX Today 's meeting with the G.G. Free Press Staff Reporter THE Governors of Singapore and the Malayan Union this morning met the Governor-General, Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald, to discuss the position that has arisen with the rejection by both Advisory Councils of legislation for the imposition
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    9 1 [his Swe>tains r way r. they ttte ter- ymred
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    GANDHI TELLS OF PEACE PUN WITH PAKISTAN
    53 1 GANDHI TELLS OF PEACE PUN WITH PAKISTAN Thursday. id sed ral of i and of I md had n which to this a ad- said I Mounti iat AH Minis- rnent d of '.T.nisiii c r >na "J 3 re.r Mr. had be«n he said. Nehru nre•ns with n r\nrl
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    41 1 M. Pierre de Gaulle, brother of Gen. Charles de Gaulle, who has been elected Mayor of Paris. He i.s a member of Gen. de Gaulle's "Rally of the French People," which claims its main objective is to safeguard France from Communism.
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    TIN PRICE MAY CO UP £50
    90 1 Free Press StafT Correspondent LONDON, Thursday. ARISE of Vi:>o to tbO m the price of tin. at present £425 prr ton. is now considered not unlikely m Metal Exchange circles. Dutch and Belgian producers are withholding supplies In anticipation of a price increase. The
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    ARMS FOUND NEAR SCHOOL
    127 1 Free Press Stall Reporter SINGAPORE police yesterday uncovered an ammunition dump m the grounds of the former Geylang English School m Lorong 23 Geylang Road. The school was used as a Singapore Volunteer Corps camp during the Malayan campaign. It became a big arms dump on
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    ROBHERY AT COURTS
    21 1 Thleref removed two typewriters from the office of the Singapore Police Courts m South Bridge Road last night.
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    BANK HILL ASSENT
    40 1 Mr. William McKell. Australian Governor-General, yesterday £av c the Royal assent to the banking nationalisation bill within a lew hours ot its having passed all W* ttaget m the Australian House of Representatives and the Senate.— Reuter
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    SHIPS AFIRE AT LIVERPOOL
    51 1 TWO ship fires brought most of Liverpool's fire-flghtlng equipment to the dockside yesterday. Coal bunkers burned m the 9,142--ton Port Melbourne and the blaze spread to a cargo hold with 2,000 cases of eggs and flour. The fire started m the 7,140-ton cargo vessel Stibly Park.-
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    'CONDEMNED' HAGGIS GRANTED REPRIEVE
    35 1 A haggis, sent from Scotland to the Illinois St. Andrew's Society, was "condemned" by officials at Laguardia airport, New York, but was set free yesterday and handed over the Society. Reuter
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    Powers want a united Reich
    205 1 LONDON. Thursday. DRITAIN, the United States and Russia agreed tonight on I-J trve necessity of quickly forming a central Government for all Germany, Russia, however, objected to the creatoin of a commission to study Germany's final boundaries. Mr. Molotov said that as far as the
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    WAR MOVES ON EVE OF PALESTINE VOTE
    257 1 ON the e of the United Nations General Assembly's fateful vote today on the Soviet-United States proposal for the partition of Palestine into Arab and Jewish states, renewed Arab warnings were uttered yesterday that partition would result m a holy war and that
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    SNOWFALL IN LONDON
    60 1 THE cold spell over South-east England and the European Continent brought snow t<> London yesterday after the coldest November night for three years. The Thames steamed because of warm water from factories entering the river. Bad weather over the Continent delayed planes to Britain. Gales continued on
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    6 million more ballot on strike
    211 1 CRISIS IN FRANCE PARIS, Thursday. WHILE FranceV new Premier, K. Robert Sc human, was fighting for a \ote of confidence m ihe National Assembly tonight six million workers were balloting on whether or not they favoured joining the strike which is slowly strangling the
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    INCREASE IN EXPORTS
    389 1 Free Press Staff Reporter IMPORTS into Singapore and the Malayan Union 1 during October at $110,902,461 fell by nearly $71 million, compared with September, while exports at $112,334,215 showed an increase of nearly $20 million. October exports were the highest since June which registered a fall of
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  • FOR WOMEN...
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      The 'Bun' Is Glamorous
      87 2 IyROOF p live i glamorMU t (I'tyt>r.*iq is tcreen i ar Jacqueline White, who tt hair up trie alU'Qt'fii'/ lamorout "hun" a i., o* gorgeous a* the hun" Itteli un it's ail inspired by the ar m an RKO picture! but U'm ttill a to c
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      BRIDGE PROBLEM
      290 2 'j-iic important dioumiw principu <»t n -trump When holding i M;«V* t d at 1 l v d I do m t r h m v hich H; Birr. Btrvn Hawn Weri d 1 nnr The > •< n ffll U) X:. tin return of th- ten through
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      Chinese Girls' Water Frolics
      841 2  -  K.S. Chia By ]F a decade and a 1 half ago, Malayan Chinese girll had appeared m the eye-catch-ine two-piece swim suits they now sport, what a hubbub they would have created among their boy friends. Today at the Chinese Swimming Clubs m Singapore and Penang,
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      MORPHINE ADDICTS BABIES AFFECTED
      216 2 IN FAN T S bum to mothen addicted to morphine show all the Bymptomfl of an addict suddenly deprived of the drug, a physician reported. If ii"! properly treated, he added, the baby may die of convulsions during the first wevk of life. Wrrjxig tn the
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      Rain is so good for the skin
      126 2 IT ls astonishing how dieting will improve the skin and general I ok of the complexion So much can be done by treating ov.eself. In rases of bad blotches on the face or spots of an unusual kind appearing, medical aid should be
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      HATS FOR HIRE!
      164 2 FOR the first tin 1 Prance and probably m Europe— a ha.- b«'en opened m 1 for hiring out womi I hats. X U r.,< |xi| fry de la M For a "rental" 01 n gu for two months a woman will bto borrow thi week Hire
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      Batch of Cookie
      163 2 Batch of Cookie COOK| NG Coi -UMn By iOAN CASTLp make, will ft k stew fc 1 w 'th these »J >tai < duller) teat?. M J f you have both j large quanuues I 0 cups ol flour, on,- m chopped and f te oven Sue 9 s Date
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      Plain Cookies
      33 2 fREAM hi t shorumne with cup of sugar. Add on, ns of milk. Sift ti of flour with on. baking pondef wd P rated le- j orange r:nd Inpn about twi
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      88 2 KjTsing Note OKI BONAUI r> uhat thpatient unnts from a nuie. an«h>r Mr. U iKon Midtie; t :'d a London ro«iferen<-e He raid: "I have been very badly nur ed by -onie religious nur Ba, and I havr b*en very uell BMTMi hv some that I HOb!:i r »t trust
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
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      217 2 I UUK LUCKY STAR Fortune forecast for people born today DOKN today, you are high- tempered and impulsive, cultivate more poise and thoughtful contemplation if you wish to make friends. Anger often makes you saythings you don't really believe and when you have cooled off you immediately want to apologize.
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      589 2 RADIO PROGRAMME SINGAPORE metre* 15 3* m<f»rycle«; 10 00 pro u> SATIRPW lilue Network mpt.icv.ifv. v »o P m v, 11.30 p m 19 mi 9aa mmm ,w VLB 4 li 4e metre* 11 81 mefacycle* Bam Music on the Air w»— 2 00 pna 485 metres In the World
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  • NEWS...
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      RUSSIA TO HAND BACK WARSHIPS
      10 3 RUSSIA TO HAND BACK WARSHIPS I the of the A.P.
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      KING BROADCAST
      4 3 I A.P.
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      FILM MEN'S THREAT
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      T.U.C. postpones wage-fixing
      213 3 T.U.C. postpones wage-fixing < i the powerful British Trade Union pooed ior three weeks its expected and prices policy, reports Keuter b has been considering the I y for wages, profits, price of living subsidies, presented ample s but stated that it wished v. th ministers and Government D recommendations.
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      46 3 photo. Hitler's mother-in-law, Mrs Franziaka Braun (above), mother of Eva Braun, who was acquitted of Nazi Party affiliations by a Bavarian Denazification Board m Munich, is here teen m her apartment icith pictures of her three daughters. Ihe centre vortrnit fa that nt Eva.- A P.
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      SOLDIER IN MANACLES
      22 3 SOLDIER IN MANACLES liei v ts els court hained iT«d The >o!dier I i i Hufi- M -ipcd detention I of murderlhe
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      Better life after crisis is to seen
      8 3 Better life after crisis is to seen jgkf
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      SIAM'S SACRED GEM MISSING
      78 3 T eara! diamond which I forehead of Siam's old and sacred Emerald Bucidha In Bangkok i.s missing. arch has been cmrted by the Criminal Investiga--n Department since the Royal usehold informed them on Monthat the Bern was missing. ads at the famous templf of Elmerald Buddha
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      U.S. ZONE BANS MINORS
      64 3 tiik us. v.. ary authorities have banned authors "seeking mat- rial for book.-> from entering the American zone of Germany. Also forbidden are: Repres- ;i--tatives of magazines which have not a general circulation, except such magazines as the New Statesman and Economist. and lance writers and
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      Anti-Mosley scenes in London area
      107 3 Anti-Mosley scenes in London area HUNDREDS of young men and n shouting. "We're tot to rid of the rat." paraded outa hall m Leytoi I East London where sir Oswald Mosley former leader oi the Briti.sh Uni'in (.f Fascists was ad a private meeting. Th<>y carried an effigy <>f Sir
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      ST. PAUL'S TO KEEP SOME WAR SCARS
      165 3 A FEW oj the scars caused by bombs to the masonry of St. Paul's Cathedral are to be left as a reminder of the perils which the Cathedral survived during attacks «-n London. The Cathedral, famous landmark with its mant dome, became a
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      DESERTED WIVES WANT SHARE BY 'PAVE' PLAN
      111 3 DESERTED WIVES WANT SHARE BY 'PAVE' PLAN A 'DESERTED wives' charter" under which Court awards ftgaliut the husbands would be deducted from their pay pack- tf at works or offices is proposed by thp Married Womrn's Association. of Britain The association backed by similar groups and by M.P.s. will ask
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      BEAUTY CRITIC
      54 3 JEAN BATEMAN. 17. thinks girls m the 4-500 bathing beauty contests at Morccambc, Lanes, should bo thrown into the water, told to swim and jud"<'d when they COOie up She told Mor<> -atVibe Rat* payers' Association: "I think it is a silly waste of money, with the country
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      U.S. FRIENDSHIP GIFTS TO EUROPE
      182 3 STEPS I \NDREW PEARSON, sponsor of the "friendship trains" which have collected over 10,000 tons, oi food m the United States for Western Europe, said m Washington that the first boatloads of relief supplies would arrive m j France about Dec. 16 and m I
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      BIG SCALE SMUGGLING TO CHINA
      333 3 BIG SCALE SMUGGLING TO CHINA Customs make 17,000 seizures DRITISH, Hong Kong, Portuguese Macao and Chinese L» Shanghai are the key centres of organised smuggling of such gigan.c proportions as to have, m the past yea?, senously upset the economy of China due to the enormous revenues lost to the
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      35 3 photo. Film actress Madge Meredith smiles as she goes on trial m Los Angeles, California, on charges of kidnapping and assaulting her former manager and bodyguard. Three men are. on trinl with her.- A. P.
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      Vast area in Burma 'belongs to China'
      135 3 Vast area in Burma 'belongs to China' THE Commissioner of the Terrf- tory Department of the Chinese Ministry of Interior, Professor Fu Chio-chin, m a statement made m Shanghai, claimed u at V± undemarcated area of about 77.000 square miles, on the border of China and Burma belonged to China.
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      LIBERALS SNUB THE TORY PARTY
      150 3 LIBERALS SNUB THE TORY PARTY LEADING British Liberals—centre party which is almost m eclipse at present m the struggle between the Conservative right and Labour left have issued a "declaration of independence." The declaration describes attempts of the Conservative Central office to "undermine Liberal organisations' by "a carefully thought out
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      FOWL PEST IN BRITAIN
      67 3 MORE than 45.000.000 head of poultry come under the order imposed by the British Ministry of Agriculture that no live poultry may be moved, sold, exhibited or oilered for sale or show m any part of England and Wales This standstill order was made to stop
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      JAP REPATRIATION
      29 3 A total of 17.144 Japanese were repatriated, to Japan through basebo. repatriation centre during the month of October. The centre also dispatched 1 936 p*patriates. A. P.
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      HILDA HAS HER FIRST PERM FOR 15 YEARS
      146 3 HILDA HAS HER FIRST PERM FOR 1 5 YEARS HILDA LONSDALE. companionmaid aged H5. who for 15 years gave up all pleasures to be with *u r mist ress, has been told that £14,000 for life. At five per cent, that is nearly £14 a week, less tax. She said:
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      Denmark asNazi escape centre
      190 3 Wf COPENHAGEN, Thursday. pOLLOWING the arreM of a former Nazi professor who 1 to escape U> South Africa from Copenhagen airfield on Saturday, four more Germans have been detained on charges of entering Denmark illegally, Copenhagen police have disclosed. Two of the Germans were picked up
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      NEW AUSTRALIAN CALL FOR U.K. MIGRANTS
      92 3 NEW AUSTRALIAN CALL FOR U.K. MIGRANTS rwxHE Australian Immigration 1 Minister. Mr. Arthur Calwell, spoke to the British Commonwealth Relations Minister Mr Philip Noel Baker, by radio telephone urging that a fleet ol at least 40 ships should travel to Australia to collect wheat, taking British immigrants with them on
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      SAW N.Y. SKYLINE AND FAINTED
      72 3 4 N English war bride from r\ Btoke-on-Trent faintod when she glimpsed the New York skylino through the porthole of her ship Marine Jumper. "It must have been the excitement. I have never fainted] before/ 1 ....id Mrs. Jean TiltonJ 21, who arrived to join
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      U.K. TO DRAW ON LAST OF LOAN
      53 3 THE British Chancellor of the 1 Excheq^r, Sir Stafford Crippt ■onfirmed on Wednesday that Britain hopes to begin drawing on the final $400,000,000 of th> Americnn loan "shortly." He told American newsmen that w;is un to the United States t< iiive Uie "§0
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  • LEADER...
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      The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY NOVEMBER 28, 1947. Will the Councils
      443 4 The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY NOVEMBER 28, 1947. Will the Councils Be Over-ridden? rOLLOWINQ the rejection yesy terday by the Ach touncll of the Income Tux Bill, the Governors ol the Colony and the Malayan Qi m nj unction with the Governor General iced with i decision which is Importance
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      STORE PEOPLE MAKE NEWS
      597 4 STORE PEOPLE MAKE NEWS T EAVING for India ll on the M.S. "Selandia" early next month to attend the Student Christian Movement Regional Conference of India, Burma and Ceylon to be held at Tambaram, is Miss KITH PEKEIRA, who until recently was secretary to the Singapore Branch of the International
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      Frances 'Police Action' In Cochin China
      734 4 Frances 'Police Action' In Cochin China B) STANLEY SWINTON A.l. Correspondent SAIGON, Indochina. I A K< lE-scale Fi ench military operations probably will be launched against Vietnamese nationalists m Cochin China early m 1948, perhaps m January, m the opinion of qualified foreign observers here. The current offena w n
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      REDIS COVERING AFRICA
      523 4 R EDI S CO VER ING AFRICA Jis ARTHUR L c iVSHON AT. 'orrespondent DECAUSE power drunk Nazi leadii attacked Poland m the ri Autumn of 1939, architects of l>» itain's third empire rediscovered t c vegetal and mineral treasui house of Afr ca. Colonial offl< pol nuikers agi., o
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      Ace Stylist Unsung In U.K.
      66 4 Ace Stylist Unsung In U.K. T "*t* Glrtn "g at the wi ma hJ m J d y«S ■'way and learn uf "&> MAN HMttyJ." 1 ft w*itW*l bandtoue, mem.- Wm. sSSSS tching a i 3 i j gg r db i P BROOKS niFi (1\ BI'RKI 1 k 1
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  • LOCAL NEWS...
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      RESS-WILLIAMS ASKS FOR T.B CAMPAIGN PLAN
      362 5 RESS-WILLIAMS ASKS FOR T.B CAMPAIGN PLAN Specialist coming to direct drive From T. H. Tan Free Press Special Correspondent LONDON, Thursday. IN the middle of a forty-minute interview with me, 1 at the Colonial Office, the Under-Secretary for the Colonies, Mr. I). R. Rees-Williams, summoned his assistance and instructed that
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      New board of visitors for St. John Island
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      FAR EAST BROADCASET
      17 5 I M G Col lal p Far I. B B.C. on Ana 1 11.
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      Census information for social survey
      189 5 nciucted by the Singapore Governnth, will haw- effects on the planning <>i for the improvement of social condii ona the cost of the iurvey, said the ColoP. A. B. McKerron. m the Advisory OounUi vey will coat S5 000. of such a ore-re-and n of
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      RAF's AUSTERITY' VEHICLE CENTRE
      199 5 Fw Prt^ss Staff Reporter pHE im|x»rtanc^ M the R.A.F. Motor Transport Mcffßgi I'nit. at Ffcjm Lebar. ha> beon considerably lacrttsd OOm that the Air Ministry has laid clown that no new vehicle* or replacements CM be expected by the R. \.F. until 1951 at the earliest.
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      PRIDI DENIAL ON DEATH OF ANANDA
      95 5 PRIDI DENIAL ON DEATH OF ANANDA MAI PRIDI PANOMY4 J lornii'r Siamese Premier i <>H m Beclusion** on st. John*i Island, ahsolntely* 1 thai he Implicated m the death «»f Kiny Inanda af Slam la IM*». stutmy th.s in a letter to lord Killearn, British Special Commissioner for South K.ist
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      Indonesians to visit America
      104 5 THE Indonesian delegation to 1 Ji. inU nal Trad tereaee a* Havana, who i -,w... a few days m Singapore route to Havana, will probably 1 fplit up a: the cot. conference. Vice-Premier Dr. a K. Gani and FimairK-c- Mini MaramLs will visit uhe Ui. States
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      JAPS FACE TRIAL
      137 5 /\N Australian war Crimea court at Hong Kong :s trying six for mer members of the Japanese ruivv. including an admiral, for the murder ol about 20 Australian civilians at Kavienc m New Ireland m March 1942. The Japanese are said to havt told the internees they
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      MUNICIPAL ASSESSOR
      79 5 IN an Interview with the Ifunici pal Assessor which was reported In the Free Press, it was stated that he was to use n>\\ powers which had been passed by an amend mint of section 64 of the Municipal Ordinance. This amendment has been reI'ommended by the Municipal
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      TRIBUNAL AWARDS ON BACK PAY
      162 5 'PHE Back Pay Tribunal had examined 360 claims and 1 allowed 18 for varying periods, was the official reply tabled at yesterdays meeting of the Singapore Advisory Council m answer to questions by-the Mr. P. F. de Souza. The Government reply to Mr. de Souza
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      ARTIST GIVES DINNER PARTY
      53 5 Ml3*s l-o Kit-ling, hJ.A.. tne young South China artist who exhibited her paintings this week m Singapore, gave a dinner party to friends ana well-wishers at the Great World last night. Miss Lo will leave for Kuala Lumpur on Sunday, where she will nold an exhibition
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      10 5 Mr. D. R. Rees-Williams, Undersecretary of State for the Colonies.
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      Epilepsy from sateh warning
      215 5 CVATIMi "satt'h babi a possible source <>f tapeworm 111- fection, mi^lit lead Indirectly to epilepsy, said Dr. A. A. Sandosham. acting Professor <»i Biology at the College <>f Medicine, m a lecture to a large audie ice »ri i i men and women at a meeting
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      NO QUESTION OF DUAL NATIONALITY
      106 5 NO QUESTION OF DUAL NATIONALITY m— w m—m wm mm m hrom T. H. Tan, I re*> Press Special Correspondrn LONDON Thursday DISCUSSING the Singapore elections. Mr I). K. Kt-.s-Willi.tms. I ndrr-Seintarv for the Colonies, told me th.it so far as the British Government was concerned! the ■nestion of the
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      ACCSOBA PICNIC
      56 5 Members of the Anglo-Chinese Continuation School OB. A. who have not yet sent m their subscriptions for the picnic on Nov. 30, are asked to do so without further delay. Subscriptions may be sent to Mr. Goh Tok Sing. Honeyland Milk Bar, Batter? Road, or to Mr. Taa
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      ***** tons of rice coming in December
      159 5 ***** tons of rice coming in December CINGAPORE and tiie Malayan Union are to get twenty thousand metric tons of rice from the Philippines during December. The British Minister m Manila recently signed a contract for this amount of rice, and three ships will be leaving for Malaya during next
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      'Governor-Gen's responsibility too limited'
      157 5 THE Finance and Revenue Committee believed that mar. the Questions requiring the Iproval oi the Secretary of S i lor the Colonies might have Q referred to the Governorteral wnh advantage, .said Mr Tan Chir. Tuan m the Singapore Advisory Council yesterday. "Alter all. we are
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  • NEWS...
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      Burma political merger likely
      217 6 Burma political merger likely NATION-WIDE CH-lebr.it i«»n> *ill m:irk the proclamation of Burma'fl Lasiefttadeace on l««n. l, it was iMtoMtd m Rangoon. The formal declaration of Independence trill uike place at on Jan. I, and tho general celebrations, organ'MMl l>y a special committee, will last until Jan. G. Meanwhile, dissolution
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      88 6 An artist's conception of the V s Army's needle-nosed new jet-and-rockel aeroplane, the "Skyrocket," which has been com pie ted at the El Segundo 'California) plant of the DouQlai Aircraft Corn. ft is powered by a turbo-jet engine plus the extra thrust of liquid fuel rocket. It is -45 feet
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      'OH, GOSH, WHAT WILL TOM SAY,' EXCLAIMS ANNA
      131 6 'OH, GOSH, WHAT WILL TOM SAY,' EXCLAIMS ANNA America has been reading that a Scuts major made a 7.U00 miles 20-nunuU' 'phone call from Shanghai to Pleaaanton. Eowa, to proixjM- t o Anna Martin. 33. his former a. I itant n LTRRA work. Miss Martin told reporters: Major David McDoweu
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      BIHAR TOBACCO
      25 6 Large areai of Bu;ar Provl arc to kx- planted imnudiat with Init mv -n of which will be available lor cxijort to Brrai-n.
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      FLYING FISH ON SHIPS MENU
      50 6 ri.YING fuh Which crashed on 1 the deck were eaten by the W Immigrants aboard the 329-ton Plymouth steam trawler Florence Brierley which has iu.^t arrived at j C ipetown. Hoaw ieai were mot during the 47-day vovaee of 5.900 miles, and food ran low.
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      CHINA'S ROLE IN GERMAN PEACE PACT
      147 6 CHINA'S ROLE IN GERMAN PEACE PACT Nanking Foreign oniee statement says that tho United States, Britain and France have replied to the Chinese note of Nov. 5. supporting China's position that the peace conference for Germany should be convened by all nvp members of the Council of Foreign Islnlsto rs
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      HENRY ACHIEVED HIS AMBITION
      79 6 HENRY ACHIEVED HIS AMBITION rpWEN rv yean ago Samuel i 1 Henry, son of a Polish Jew, became a waiter at a London club and became ttred with the ambition to own club o! his own. He became a wine merchant and par* owner of the Albany Club m saviif
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      PLANS TO ATTACK U.S. AID EUROPE PLAN
      432 6 Russia has vast gold resent RUSSIA has sufficient gold to deliver a telling blow at capitalist economy and plans to use her vast gold resources to nullify the Marshall aid Europe plan, says Dr. Charles Prince, New York specialist on Soviet economic iffairs,
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      NEW SINGER CAR
      52 6 ATEST Britain car firm, to announced a scallng-down m the number of models is Sing.r Motors. Their 10-h.p. and 12--h.p. saloons will eventually dc n placed by a single model, a streamlined five or six .scaU r 01 10-12 h.p. But Singers will go on making their
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      CALL OF THE STAGE
      23 6 CALL OF THE S TAGE Wloltrec B 8.8 C. after 18 m vlsi on announcer. back to acin, nos'alcia :or ed too muc
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      Roxas outlines Asian needs
      263 6 PRESIDENT ROXAS of the Philippines m an informal talk t in Manila with prt->men said he ho|>c(l ECAFE would be able convince the United States of the Asiatic 1 v Eastern countries' urgent need of economic assistance. The President expounded his views as global economics, and
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      420 BRITISH JOURNALISTS KILLED IN WAR
      13 6 420 BRITISH JOURNALISTS KILLED IN WAR R. X J rift U orrtspooda Reuter
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      BOMB OUTRAGES IN SAIGON
      53 6 BOM B OUTRAGES IN SAIGON FRESH outbreak of terr< f I A m Saigon (FrIndu I oa) followinf a lire bomb outr>. the steps of the Central Security offices and the explosion of two bombs m cafe In the centre of the town, seriously woundins several Europeans Security precautions have
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      'POET OF PARIS' DEAD
      33 6 Leon Paul P&rgue, 68 known ;i> the "Poel *'f Pint," died on Monday :n Pans hotel where h^ had Hved m retirement m recent Fears suffering from paralysis U.P.
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      SERVICES FOR DIVORCED
      41 6 (SPECIAL innocent Wh( v are f( the I of Truro, Dr Hui H^ \s. m fa charue just published. I cases, after civil mai Istrar'a office. U 'cou;.. aid be welcomed I ihor:. quiet sei dedication m chur
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      C.A.TOUR APPROVED BY
      313 7 learn May Visit Australia THE Chinese AihletE"! 8 StaiT Re Porter dab. a c mil "l 011 tl c s »«ea P ore soccer !'i»a. Manila. Ban t k«k IT"' 8 for a tour to OlTicial approval has l,rr,. »>»-»»> ably Australia. Amateur Football Association i^ üb>u
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      HELEN HENG'S RISE TO THE TOP RANK
      385 7 Badminton Notes ...By Courier oft AERII \PS no player has risen so fa*t to fame m Singapore kttainton a* M-yc*r old Miss Helen Heng. 1947 Sinijamhri* champioii who. by a sensational victory over m, M Pennefathcr, one of the foremost Malayan women »dniint<n
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      WIDMES BEAT M.Z. 7-0
      30 7 WIDMES BEAT M.Z. 7- 0 WIDNES beat the touring New Zeland Rugby Union XV by srven points to nil m a game play- Snd coe on ci day reports RtMlter
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      WIMBLEDON DATES
      20 7 NEXT years Wimbledon lawn i tennis championships will be ield from June 21 until July 3 1 -Reuter.
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      Base Workshops Win Again
      230 7 LJEME Base Workshops were again victorious on Wednesday when they defeated 59 MTRU RAF by fovr ?oals to two In the first half play was evenly dimibuted but the REME iorwardr, makinK the most of their chances managed to put their side up by two goal*
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      STC Will Not Hold Races Every Week
      68 7 STC Will Not Hold Races Every Week RI'MOI'RS that the Singapore Turf Club was going to hold race meetings every Saturday next year were denied by Mr. C. A. Niven. the secretary, yesterday. "Sack i thing has never been thousht 9t, M said Mr. Niven ftaciag dates for 1948 will
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      EASY VICTORY FOR SELETAR AIRMEN
      321 7 EASY VICTORY FOR SELETAR AIRMEN RAF. Base Seletef first XV easily defeated 223 bod m a game of ru K «er at Beletar on Wednesday by 27 points <! goaLs. 4 UletJ to 3 points <1 try. I rhe Seietar threes were well ban and made the most of their
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      POSTALS BEAT CHINESE
      345 7 Postals Hockey XI 3 K.C.R.C. 1 The Singapore Chinese Recreation Club, who have suffered a succession of defeats m recent hockey matches went down again last evening to well-balanced Postal Hockey XI at Hong Lim green, by three goals to one. Though Swee Lim Swang, playing m
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      No Goals At Upton Park
      13 7 rarK nov JSwhich enrted m a scoreless draw.
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      SCC Opposed To League Hockey
      235 7 SCC Opposed To League Hockey rE Singapore Cricket Club did not feel it would be m the best interests of hockey to join the recently formed Hockey League. It considered that friendly games without leagues and cup matches were better for the game This was announced at the annual meeting
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      Tengah Airmen Too Good For Base
      189 7 piELJDING their strongest t*am to date. R.A.F. Tengah had no*difflculty m beating RAF. Base Hq. by 17 points <one goal, four tries) to nil on Wednesday. Tengah moved up from the start and scored easily through Harris. The try was not converted A few
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      Keppel Busmen Beat Ship Team 4-1
      103 7 pLAYINO at the 6th mile Pasir Panjang Road on Wednesday the Keppel Bus Company football team defeated the I s Diomed by four goals to one m r friendly game of soccer. The winners opened the scoring through Huat Gin m the tenth minute
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      R.A.F. SELETAR XV
      102 7 rnHE R.A.F. Seletar Rugby XV, A who have had a successful season so far, will meet the undefated Nee Soon XV at Seletar at 5.15 tomorrow. The R.A.F. side isF. Sgt. Twessell: Cp. Gorton A. C. Corr. F.-Lt. Llewellyn, F. o' Linfoot; F. O. Ryan. S. D
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      Medicals Win For 8th Time
      657 7 GALLOWAY CUP RUGBY M^ica! College 16 points Raffles College 0 THE Medical College retained the Galloway Cup yesterday 1 when they defeated the Raffles College by 16 points Uwo' goals and two penalty goals) to nothing m the twefth annual inter-college rugger match played on
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      U.K. FOOTBALL FIXTURES
      179 7 U.K. FOOTBALL FIXTURES THE following are U.K. Lea?us l football fixtures for tomorrowFIRST DIVISION Aston V. v Burnley Blacjcburn v M'brough Blackpool > Charlton CheL^a Manchester U* Derby Co. v Arsenal Everton v Preston grunsby T. Bolton "field v Sheffield U. Manchester C. v Liverpool f,^ der L and Portsmouth
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      LOUIS TO VISIT LONDON IN FEB
      131 7 New Jersey. Nov. 28. JOE Louis, who Is training here for his i w r r ld heavyweight title fight with Joe Wa.cott on Dec. 5. announces that he will visit London In February to aDpear m the Health and Holiday show which i«
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      RUGBY UNION
      21 7 YESTERDAYS U.K. Hugo? Union County Championship result was: Leicestershire 11. Combined Not- tinghamshire. Lincolnshire and Derbyshire team 6 Reuter
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      32 7 I Today's Sports j Events HOt KEY: SCR C. vs 223 BOD. at S C.R.C. ground, 5 15 p.m., Nor- nuJ Class Tra.h.rs vs. Cable Wireless, Seranfoon English School ground 5 p.m.
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      28 8 picuirt.f Autumn serenity is caught by this picture of a j a a farmer horse-hoeing Spring cabbages 200 yards in the Mansfield Road, Arnold, Notts. Nottingnam Journal
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      S'HAI SHIPPING PARALYSED
      94 8 S'HAI SHIPPING PARALYSED ALL shlpinj? at Shanghai has been paralysed aftt-r the suspension yesterday of all Shanghai port pilots by the Chinese Customs Marine Commissioner. The suspension followed the Customs refusal to grant pilots a reviled tariff to meet currency fluctuations and the pilots' decision to hold a meeting to
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      'TIME NOT RIPE' TO END DEATH PENALTY IN U. K.
      234 8 LONDON. Thursday THE British Government ha^ dded that the time ;:> not "P--portune l -r suspending or abolishing the d- fttll penalty m Britain m view of the big Hie m crimes of violence and th- of armed criminals sincr
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      'Scorched earth' threat in N.E.I.
      247 8 BATAVI.V Thursday. INDONESIAN Republicans today threatened to resume their "scorched earth" policy m the East Indies if Dutch forces start to advance acain, the Dutch news agency reported tonight. The Indonesian threat was contained m a piemen t to yesterday's Dutch- Indonesian dispute. The supplement,
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      LABOUR HOLDS GRAVESEND
      119 8 CIR Richard Acland (Labour* won a victory over the Conservative Party candidate. Mr Frank Taylor, m the critical Gravesend by-election, retaining for the Government the .seat it won m the 1945 landslide I cial final results cave Sir Ri< hard Acland 24.692 to Mr. Tavlor's 28,017. The
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      50,000 OFFICIALS STRIKE
      123 8 HELSINKI. Thursday. THE Finnish Government today ordered, the police to occupy all the striko-bound post, telephone and telegraph buildings and stated that the police would be called m if necessary to protect persons trying to break the strike of 50.000 e^" s^vant S which started at midnight
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      NEW SUM PREMIER STATES HIS POLICY
      131 8 Bangkok. Thursday ]t|AKING his first official policy statement to Parllanvmt lf *this afternoon, Premier Khuang Ahbaiwong pledged that his Government will respect all foreign treaties commitments and will co-operate fully with the United Nations. Announcing his ambitious and comprehensive policies, touching almost all branches
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      200 CASUALTIES IN DERAILMENT
      44 8 ABOUT 200 people were, killed or injured when a special train taking Muslim evacuees fYom Ea^t Punjab to West Punjab left the rails near Ambala on Monday. The accident was stated to have been due to a Dointman's error.- Reuter
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      COUNCIL REJECTS INCOME TAX BILL
      1844 8 Solid vote by Unofficials Free Press Staff Correspondent BY ten votes to seven, the Singapore Advisory. Council yesterday rejected the first reading of the Income Tax Bill. The voting was a straight division between official and nonofficial members. The Singapore Council thus aligned itself with
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      BOUQUET ON TOMB
      16 8 ItUnq im,t the tomb "~™"^^»i^^| Vlaca,, to vieuth, marnr, the r:, m i
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      TINS CONTINUE TO ADVANCE
      314 8 London^ Stock Eisi^ THF South African mining .ection pSlft U^' I on the London S(<Kk I xrh ,n,V lthem lni^t burst of activity m elected Zu i^!* L*B 8d «n mmoan of good developments Tm? 1 to :s--and continued to ■dhrance, while certain Rnh^'^ m demand
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      RUBBER PRICES
      94 8 ASPECIAI Market correspond' < nt srives the prices o! robber at 1 i m today as follows Bu\er> Sellers CIS. CU per Ib ocr 111 No t > > spot U! <! Nn 1 X x > fob \V[ N fob m I 40 > H\ N B.&8
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      SOVIET PROTEST DEPORTATIONS
      31 8 THE Soviet Embassy m Paris yesterday formally protested to the French Foreign Office over the deportation of 19 Russians from Fnvce for "fomenting recent disorders In France U.P.
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      HOLIDAY GIFT TO THE ROYAL COUPLE
      267 8 LONDON, Thursday. ORINCESS Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburg today started the second part of their honeymoon at Birkhall on the King's Scottish estates at the same time as 20 boys and girls were leaving London by air for Switzerland for the Christmas holidays
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      77 8 WEA I HER Mainly eloudv Wl VTlltß rrport for thr next 21 hours compiled by the KAK: UfaiMJj cloudy with *catt«re<l thundery s'lowrri. Wind: I.icht nortJierlv M MriM 6.33 p m rrH>o*»-*"t M a.m. Tfnipfralurf> Max. 8J d«« "S*Jtl^ nun Kelati\r humidtt> pf-rt'cntac*^-at 30 a m 9»: 1.30 p m
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