The Singapore Free Press, 27 December 1947

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    18 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA V!.l*- SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1947 PRICE 10 CENTS
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    ARABS BLOCKADE CHIEF JEWISH CITY
    511 1 ARABS BLOCKADE CHIEF JEWISH CITY 53 casualties m new battles JERUSALEM, Friday. flying columns with machine guns, bombs and rifles appeared today to he trying to blockade Tel Aviv, making the border areas on' the coast between the chief Jewish city and the Arab town of Jaffa the premier trouble
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    PERSIAN M.Ps. ATTACK U.S. MILITARY PACT
    100 1 PERSIAN M.Ps. ATTACK U.S. MILITARY PACT HER AN, Friday. I the Persian Majlis J d as "invalid" enounced agre«- Pente and the r a United States "> advise the D the grounds raent was never Majlis Rental they were the United Nait had accepted r it r istration. i m
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    BRITISH STEEL OUTPUT UP
    36 1 BRITISH STEEL OUTPUT UP ftf-XLU, quarters m London are that the first great istrial target of the Labour to be a hieved will v ion. which is extop the year's target of U.P. ■w.wo tons >ays
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    Heavy losses in P.I. typhoon
    198 1 MANILA, Friday. A SAVAGE typhoon the fifth and most destructive m two months swept the Philippines yesterday leaving at least 56 persons dead or unaccounted for 46 of them from the Danish motorship Kina (9,823 tons), which sank oft* Samar Island. Five other ships were
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    NEW UNO 'CEASE FIRE' PLAN FOR INDONESIA
    130 1 NEW UNO 'CEASE FIRE' PLAN FOR INDONESIA BATAVIA, Friday. iN an attempt to reach an effective "cease fire" agreement m Indonesia before the New Year, the United Nations "good offices" Commission has handed a new plan to Dutch and Indonesian representatives, which is believed to embody some of the suggestions
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    'BLACKEST HOLIDAY' SINCE WAR YEARS
    277 1 REPORTS from many parts of the world today tell of bloodshed and disaster making Christmas 1947 the blackest holiday period since the war years. In addition to fighting m Palestine and Greece, civil war battles m Manchuria and the worst typhoon m the Philippines since
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    Red Gunners Shell Greek Border Town
    115 1 ATHENS. Friday. CommunisL guerrilla forces opened heavy attacks near the Albanian border today m an attempt to expand a hold for the newly proclaimed Communist state within northern Greece. The town of Konitza, m EpiriLs, was bombarded when a force of 2,000 guerrillas launched
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    BEST DRESSED WOMAN
    36 1 Tfce Duchess of Windsor heads' the list of the "ten best dressed! women of the year" according! to the annual poll of the Nevvj York Drees Institute, a trade! promotion organisatioii.- A. P.
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    Chiang imposes censorship
    269 1 Chiang imposes censorship SHANGHAI, Friday. RE-IMPOSITION of news censorship m Manchuria, with immediate effect, was ordered by Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek's headquarters m Mukden today as the Government's military position throughout the North-east continued to deteriorate. It was the first application of press censorship m China with Government approval since the
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    OFF THE AIR
    54 1 The medium transmitter of Radio Malaya was off the air for two short periods on Christmas Day and Boxing Day. On both days the Singapore station extended it* programme by three hours. Equipment, some of it just erected, was under a bieser strain than usual, one of
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    MORE TOBACCO FROM RHODESIA
    65 1 Britain has turned to Southern Rhodesia m her ellorts to curtail future American dollar spending for tobacco purchases. The Board of Trade disclosed yesterday that Southern Rhodesia tobacco growers are pi uning to increase the tobacco crop to £70.000,000 under an agreement with British manufacturers to
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    DEC. MUSHROOMS
    18 1 December mushrooms are being gathered m Isle of Wight fields. Nobody can remember ihi* happening before.
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    Malays can stay, decides Dr Evatt
    249 1 Free Press Staff Correspondent MELBOURNE, Friday. PHE 14 Malay seamen under orders for deportation on the Marel'a early m the new year were officially told late last night that ttiey would not be required to leave Australia. Canberra correspondents say the cancellation was made
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    SOLDIER TAKES $489 FROM TILL
    51 1 Free Pres« Staff Reporter A British Serviceman, taking advantage of a commotion m the Royal Cafe m Stamford Road just past midnight on Boxing Day, grabbed $489 from the cafe's UIL and escaped. There were about a score of Servicemen at that time m the
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    SAILOR FOUND WITH PISTOL
    51 1 Two European sailors were arrested at midnight last night In the New World district and one was found to have an automatic pistol. The police last night fou"«i an automatic pistol, a knife, and a pair of trousers m the lavatory c* a coffee-shop m Victoria
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  • FEATURES...
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      VOLUMES OLD AND NEW
      802 2 VOLUMES OLD AND NEW A Malayan Bookshelf By A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT THERE is a very good story told of Professor Raymond Weaver of Columbia, who happened to be seated next to a bright young thing one evenin u\ at a dinner party. Turning towards the P.. isoi the young: lady
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      Brain Teaser
      31 2 rpRY thll on your frwnds. 1. asking them t< sJMVef within five seconds: What two conmofiths besides July and August hav«* thirty-one dais? "MJHOQ jo XJBHUBf put: a«»qiu.>»Q :jjmvu\'
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      Do Your Eyes Fool You on This?
      27 2 Sffm* to be m mo94M§. m doetn't if H'J a clrrrr optical illusion m ithich circles are made uith dtam<mii^.
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      73 2 Eight -hundred- odd Baltic migrants who arrived m Australia recently— from Estonia. Latvia and Lithuania— are now learning their new country's language and customs before being allotted to work m the various States. They are camped at Roneuilla m a typical Australian setting, about 200 tntlcs .north of Melbourne. This
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      BRIDGE PROBLEM
      182 2 VHKBI ar<' no tnonpi Boutti it 1 Nortel and South are to win seven of the etfjht trick* :<!ralnst any dcfenc*. South leads tin- ln-.ut deuce. North win* and returns thr diamond five. Th<- solution of the problem depends up<>n preventing East from getting In to lead a
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      Bake A Cake
      400 2  -  JOAN CASTLE COOKING COLUMN By TAKE baking has lost much of its glamour now that it is so difficult to get icing sugar. Two x)f my favourite cakes, however, have their own toppines that do not require thi« missing commodity. Hfiv thoy aiv together with a recipe
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      Hollywood Chatter Six men refused
      113 2  - Hollywood Chatter Six men refused SHEILAH GRASHAM By untfl they haY amedthTsbt* who had her-and 0 ed down. victim,, i public who planted tl At -supposed to bf- to R roui iofFurnicecnight, and before he S? P^l re. So Ty 5 I tiemem. and m Trader B m animal •ura
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      326 2 The mu.si<- <»f TM.luiikuvsriky. 1 1 30 Clot»« of Morn.iiK Prmjranin.-- 4pm. BVMtiOg Pr vrammf. Australian Sf^Tt.iik' Diary; 4 30 Australian Nrws; 445 Richard Tauber Show— B BC. Trans; 5 15 "Rhythm <>n H 5 30 Australian Had X 6pm "Sonata Recital" W >rV^ -f H.iydn and M"7.vr- 130 Austral
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      88 2 .ver String; 11.30 Music Hall; 1~ IV'.gnctU*; 12 30 The Week'l UrtWiUlf: 11 pm. World Now* Headlines; IJ9 Football Results; 1 15 Yours for the A'kuiK: 2 pm World News Headlines: Sunday Symphony; p World II MM Nt#t: 645 IT MA.; 148 I and Lovely; 730 suing *ith 8 pm
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      91 2 YOUR LUCKY o I Arv people born today Fortune forecast for BOKN today. \ou art- genertKis and wholehearted In the love and consideration that you c»ve your friends. You will exert your fullest enercies to ho)D someone else. even if m so doinc. you are making DerMinal sa«ri(ite««. Because of
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  • CHINA NEWS...
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      FENG YU-HSIANG ORDERED BACK TO NANKING?
      87 3 FENG YU-HSIANG ORDERED BACK TO NANKING? C1 Embassy m WaI disclosed that tiie Feng Yu ticized the Chinese mmeol during a the United States rderad to return to m Washington, they believed back to China. laid Gen. Feng fled that his official on January 1. It Is Mice that ho
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      COLDEST IN TEN
      39 3 TSINGTAO, Friday. record low for the il the tempera--10 cropped ten de•ro on Wednesday, tense suffering among h& ci 4 y. With coal million Chinese '0 per cent of the are without w. .->k. 300 con*
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      GRANT TO COLLEGES
      80 3 B ird for Christian m China has reportthan half-miliion rth of equipment has I Christian colleges I the past year. live Secretary, Dr. Mullen, said the next r.". elude 'providing equipment, limitat raising standards the emphasis on of Christian charvery effort would be improve facilities "and able
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      VOTE FOR "MONKEY"
      28 3 ,J2«tion officials report that. urm S vote counting of last National Assembly «oy discovered one the "Big Monkey" and Suwu, Cni'trnor of the Tang U.P.
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      SHANGHAI TAKES NO CHANCES
      247 3 SHANGHAI TAKES NO CHANCES RED UPRISING FEARED THP SI^ XQ HAI, Friday. pE authorities are ready nigh officials quoted by the China Press today V tv A to P-ranking officer says r a lP ollCe vigilance is being strictly maintained m the city Communist uprisings To serve as a double
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      64 3 picture. Wang Wu Son (right), a clerk m the Wing Department Store, reaches for $1,5.000 of Chinese currency irhich is held by Miss Chen YuChing m payment for te ddy bear held by Miss Ma Na W J le l l l; The vre-Christmas sale icas made on a day
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      WINTER YEARS
      168 3 were picked up from Shanghai's sub-zero streets the majority of them children who died of exposure Six hundred girl students of I Changchun, though hou.^d m a luxurious palace, have taken to their beds. It is the only way they can keep warm. Teachers attend classes m the
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      EX-CNRRA MEN QUESTIONED
      75 3 TH former Director of the CNRRA Committee for the allocation of cars and trucks, Mr. Lan Chun-shih has been questioned by ttie Procurate for allegedly selling two trucks to a non-existent Fukien Transport Company, wnose address turned out to be the private resident of hi£ brother. Charges
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      'CONSPIRACY' TO WREST TAIWAN
      234 3 'CONSPIRACY' TO WREST TAIWAN rTOT NANKING, Friday. VHE Governor of Taiwan, Gen. 'Wei Tao^mintf, charges that I there Is 'international conspiracy to detach Taiwan from China." In a Central Daily News interview, Gen. Wei cited as evidence of this conspiracy, editorial and articles appearing m Communist papers and papers "published
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      CANDIDATES FOR CONTROL YUAN
      58 3 /GENERAL Yang Hu, veteran VJ Kuomingtang member and chairman of the National Seamen's Union, Chin Lung-chang, a member of the Nationalist Socialist Party and Kiang Shao and Tao Pei-chuan, both City Councillors, have been nominated as Shanghai candidates for the Control Yuan elections next month. The
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      JAPREP ARATIONs ON THE WAY
      64 3 THE SCAP officials have arrived m Shanghai to investigate available Chinese transport facilities for the receipt of reparations equipment from Japan. These representatives have so far visited the Shanghai Power Company, and the China Spinning and Weaving Company, conferred with the Minister of Economics and
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      76 3 picture. Ma}. Gen. Claire L. Chennault, commander of the "Flying Tigers" during the war, is photographed receiving the Navy's Distinguished Service Medal from Admiral Charles Af. Cooke (left) at a ceremony at the United States Navy headquarters m Shanghai. He received the award for "exceptionally meritorious service against enemy Japanese
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      BAN ON CARS
      43 3 The HonK KonK Maritime Customs announces that importation of all private passenger automobiles into China has been prohibited to conform with the Nanking Government's austerity programme. A month's grace has been allowed for cars already m transit from abroad.- U.P.
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      BOOK PIRACY CASE
      84 3 THE hearing of the first post-war book piracy case, m which the Ching Wen Book Company charged two owners of another Chinese book concern.-, with Infringement of the copyright of an English-Chinese dictionary was concluded at the Shanghai District Court. Judgment has been reserved. According to the
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      KUOMINTANG AND DEMOCRATS AGREE
      182 3 NANKING, Friday. A FTER more than a month of negotiations, an agreement has been reached between the Kuomintang and the Young China Democratic-SooiVist parties for a division of .eats m Legislatives Yuan. Under the plan, the KuomJnt&n« will abstain from nominating candidates from districts where the
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      PHILIPPINES MISSIOIN
      35 3 Philippines Congressmen Jose Neuno, who is heading a group of Philippines Parliamentary Mission to China, and a member of the Foreign Affairs Committee In the Philippines House of Representatives, is now m Shanghai.
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      BIG KUOMINTANG ELECTION VICTORY
      471 3 BIG KUOMINTANG ELECTION VICTORY 90 per cent m National Assembly A CHINESE Government spokesman has disclosed m Nanking that, according to election returns thus far received, more than 90 per cent, of the 2,000 candidates who were successful m the National Assembly elections on Nov. 23 are Kuomintang member. The
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      JAIL FOR MONEY VIOLATIONS
      83 3 rE Chinese Government hes announced a new. Intensified economic control programme for 1948. including provision for the rigorous imprisonment for one year of anyone convicted of illegal transactions m gold or foreign exchange. The programme provides that travellers may carry a maximum of US$lOO when entering
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      LITTLE ASSEMBLY DELEGATE
      67 3 LAKE SUCCESS, Friday. CHINA has nominated delegates to the year-round. 'Little Assembly" of the United Nations which will convene at Lake Success on Jan. 5. China chose T. F. Tsiang, Ambassador and regular delegate to the Security Council. A total of up to 51 delegates is expected
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      ILLEGAL FIRMS TO CLOSE
      50 3 fONCRETE steps for abolishing v unregistered firms m Shanghai believed to number several hundreds, wore drafted at a joint meeting of the Economic, Police, Finance and Social Affairs Bureau. Many unregistered firms are suspected of engaging m black market operations m commodities and foreign exchange. Reuter
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      AIR TRANSPORT FUTURE IN BALANCE
      176 3 AIR TRANSPORT FUTURE IN BALANCE U7ITH the approach of the ter- mination of CNRRA activities on Dec. 31, the question of the future existence of CNRRA air transport arose with increasing sharpness as Major oeneral Claire Chennault, leader of the famous "Flying Tigers," and Mr. Yu Ta-wei. Minister of Communications,
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      REDS WARN 'SIAN COUP AGAIY'
      63 3 THE Communist Radio m North Shensi, monitored at Sha. ghai, said the man who. 11 years ago, actually seized Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek m the famed Sian coup was "deternvned to do it again." He is Chang Chun Lin who at that time was captain m
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      DEMAND FOR BONUS
      52 3 The General Labour Union oi Shanghai has petitioned the Bureau of Social AiTairs demanding a ruling of a year-end bonus of "not less than one month's wages" for all workers m Shanghai. The employees of some business firms have demanded bonuses of as much as four month's
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      96 3 Ak JL %3 .Ml 1 Wishing Our Patrons A HAPPY PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR NEW YEAR'S EVE DANCE SPECIAL AUGMENTED ORCHESTRA EXTENSION to 2 a.m.— NO ADMISSION CHARGE. ALL- n. WRESTLING TO-NIGHT HAPPY WORLD COVERED STADIUM Definitely the largest A best covered Stadium m th e East with a v .ii
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  • LEADER...
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      The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY. DECEMBER 27, 1947. China Gets A New Constitution
      574 4 The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY. DECEMBER 27, 1947. China Gets A New Constitution AS China's new constitution aimed at lifting 450.000.000 pie from feudalism to democracy, carrwe into force on Christmas Day, Nationalist troops wire b«mg flown into Mukden, key city of Manchuria. m s desperate bid to stave off
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      THE POWER OF THE PANTOMIME
      1246 4  - THE POWER OF THE PANTOMIME Frank Birch By DANTOMIME is by now an ancient and time-honoured institution, and the longer things last m England, the greater the affection, loyalty, and tolerance they come to command, even when they have, m the course of time, changed out of all recognition both
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      FAITH
      23 4 Turn us again. O Lord Ciod of boats, i him- thy farr to nhinr; and we shall he *avr<l. PvihiiN so If.
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    • Letter to the Editor
      • Letter
        The fight against TB
        157 4 IT Is probable that many societies and Other institution.^ anxious to do their bit In thr fight against tubercul will wish to organise social functions or otnewlse raise Xunds for this c:uls«\ All such effottt will b«- v«-ry warmly welcomed by the Council Of thus Av<
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      POLES IN AMERICA
      242 4  -  LAKin ALLEN By A. P. Correspondent ESTABLISHMENT of Ij Polish schools m South America for "maintaining contacts with the Polish Immigrants there" is p'anncd by the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs m 1948. The Parliamentary Commission considering the Ministry's budget for 1948 was informed that It was
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      IT SEEMS TO ME...
      1009 4  -  Politico by BROWSING through colonial l»udgt't>, old and n»w. I trmi rarack the other day by 1 fIfUTC which DO* one Mcmi to lav,, thought worthy of mention, though it WOUld mm t«» l>- Ol more than patting Interest, Ten y. ais ago, taxatitm m the
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      25 4 One hundred thousand turkeys were reared at Bury Farm, Bucks, this I Jind Uicir way m anybody's qv*m- Ikcy are lo be sold Jor breeding *»'*>"*"
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      Bank tor human bones
      266 4 BONE banks piv>erv;ng human bono arc boing used succts<ful!y to aid the crippled, ttM Injured* ar>d victims of m^itic disW They arc the latest <uch v'.nvr- account- of hurr.vi spare parti, Joining banks, !>l<><»d banks, and p¥fim. barks. The bone banks use deep irv</.v rofnt" ration
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  • LOCAL NEWS...
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      RAFFLES GRADS WANT MCS JOBS
      658 5 RAFFLES GRADS WANT MCS JOBS Oovt asked to state policy Free Press Staff Reporter JN view of what it considers to be the probable abolition of the Straits Settlements Civil Service, the Pan-Malayan Council of the Stamford Club, which represents Raffles College graduates, asks that the Government make an early
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      6 5 ing>. Dr. Loh Poon Liv Mrs
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      ANOTHER HARTAL SUGGESTED
      90 5 ANOTHER HARTAL SUGGESTED the I a tman of the All- luicil of Joint Tan Cheng Lock, iggested a second hartal on Feb. 1, when the cona Federation of me into being. the Free Press would be the "right, Dt for those constitution i dissatisfaction. declared, wa^ and legitimate all who
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      INCOME TAX NOW 'UNFAIR, INOPPORTUNE'
      122 5 l r t re Ratepayers' i. while agreeing rinciple, income tax -quimble form of raising revenue. immediate innder the existing' nt ions appears and inopportune." chairman of the As- committee has been make known this Advisory Council. recent committee mcetcii.se ussion took hiei provisions of
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      FLOOD RELIEF
      22 5 Singh, president i Indian Congress ppeal lor funds to 'ims of the recent ■n Malaya. C competed areas have p.
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      CONGRESS URGES BOYCOTT
      107 5 q^HE Malayan Indian Congress has re-affirmed its policy of boycotting the new constitutions for Malaya. In a statement from Kuala Lumpur, the president of the Congress. Sardar Budh Singh, states that constitutions opposed by the people will never work. Sardar Singh warns members of the Congress not
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      Steady drop in China trade
      258 5 »*Ai4V*w I cc Pr ess Chin <»c Correspondent M \in7 tra de wl h Chi "a has registered a steady decline Total imports from China for the first three quartern of this year amounted to $97,271,282 and total exports t o China for the same
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      ISLAND CLUB CASE FOR REVIEW
      212 5 TFree Press SUIT Reporter HE question of whether the Singapore Island Club should be permitted to build a new clubhouse and swimming pool within the catchment area of Peirce Reservoir will come up for review again when the Municipal Commissioners hold their monthly meeting on
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      YMCA FUND NOW TOTALS $70,000
      55 5 Singapore V.M.C.A. has raised about $70,000 since it started a drive for rehabilitation funds m August last year. However, much more money Is needed w> pay for the Association's piaru for its Orchard Road buildings. The Bras Basah Road sports ground and pavilion are costing
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      14 5 A picture of the airmen's dining hall at East Camp. Seletar on Christmas Day.
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      TAPPERS ON STRIKE FOR MORE WAGES
      208 5 SPEAKING at the annual general meeting of the Malaka Pinda Rubber Estates, Ltd, Mr. Tan Cheng Lock, the chairman of the board of directors, disclosed a' strike by the tappers. Mr. Tan said: In cor.sequence of the demand of the labourers on the Home
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      MECHANICS GO ON STRIKE
      160 5 riFTV-Four Chinese mecha--1 nics are on the first postwar sirike at the Cressonitc Industries works at Pa^ir Panjang, following dismissal lof a mechanic whom police i have arrested. The Singapore Chinese Engineering Association. which called the strike on Tuesday wants the man, who is alleged to
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      FULL MOON DAY
      18 5 Full moon day will be celebrated at the Sinhalese Buddhist Temple m Outram Road today
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      NEW COMMISSIONER
      27 5 At the meeting on Dec. SO, Mr C W. Warren, a newly-appointed Municipal Commissioner, will take his seat lor the first time on the Board.
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      Chinese to celebrate Constitution Day
      135 5 Free Press Staff Reporter SINGAPORE Chinese will hold a grand celebration on New Year's day to commemorate the inauguration of China's new constitution which comes into being: officially on Jan. 1, 1948. The decision to celebrate was taken at meeting of more than 200 Chinese
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      95 5 The detachment of the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, marooned by the floods at Grik, were remembered by the Army and RAF, who sent a Dakota from Changi and dropped to the KOYLIs containers of Christmas fare. This picture shows a dummy Father Christ-mas going on board the plane for
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      PRAYERS ton MR. JINNAH
      100 5 ONE thousand Muslim troops the last to leave Singapore now m the Indian transit camp m I lv Pandan prayed for three hours on /Christmas Day. which was also the birthday of Mr. Mohamed Ali Jinnah, Gov-ernor-General of Pakistan. They prayed for the long life and
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      BOAC CUTS FREIGHT ON GIFT FOOD
      138 5 THE 8.0.A.C. has introduced specially-reduced freight rates m some cases by as much -as half for the carriage of gift parcels from overseas, containing food only. For individual parcels of a minimum weight of one kilo (2.2 lb.), the reduction is by one-third of
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  • NEWS...
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      ARMY STORES SCANDAL TRIAL SOON
      382 6 Senior officer ordered to London T ATEST and most sensational trial connected with v part of the £58,000,000 losses m military stores suffered by the British Government on the Continent during the war will take place m London. Previous similar trials have been held m
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      BALL AND CHAIN SUICIDE
      70 6 HENRI PIQUART. aK'-d 74. dr')wn»-d bIBMCIf In front of yractically tii^ enure DODulation of his native village of Dormcilles. near Fontambleu. about I>o miles south of Paris. H. fastened around his neck a v Iran Chain attached to a 40-lb. ball <>r lead and. followed erovd
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      LONDON GETS RELIC OF MONSTER GUN
      211 6 4 SHELL of the 1,500-ton OtfUUUH ku*i the biKKi'^t m the world, which pointed its enormous muzzle at Sebastopol during the siege from November 1941 to July 1942 has just arrived at the Imperial War Museum m London Under Uie code ltfime o! 'Dora,"
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      Gunman surrenders on young wife's plea
      174 6 pSCAPED gunman Jimmy Morelli surrendered to thef New York police after news reached him of an appeal from his 16-year-old wife. (ienevleve: "Give yourself up. Jimmy, before you're dead Think of our baby I am going to have." Morelli got away from the police
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      SIAMESE TWINS TRAGEDY
      104 6 THE Siami'St' twins who were born on Nov 29 fOfcted at the] top of their heads died m ail Indianapolis (U.S.A.) haspiUl <»n Chruttmmi Dai after having spoilt must of tlu'tr short lives m an Incubator. One of the boys died at 6.30 a.m. and the other
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      17 YEARS TO DECIDE
      17 6 After 17 years' refusal, BermcsKlaey Borough Council London is to lnjsrtal traffic light*
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      BRITAIN BUILDS NEW FLEET
      65 6 UOHE than £50 000 000 wonh of T new shipping has born ordered from British shipyards. Sir Ernest Murrant president of the United Kingdom Chamber of Shipping, announced m Lordon. These, with war-built ships bought from the Government for £60.000.000 and other similar vessels costing £20
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      AUSTRALIA CHOOSES HER IMMIGRANTS
      362 6 T»HE Australian Government k i X Ration to fill a deficit os i 'V' I'^1 lts men and women, domestic '< u '"^*n <>ln^ilabourersToda y :wi U r e n!: r S f«i wjg Australia from Britain and f,! N can possibly cope wit for tear
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      Heavy damage to N.S.W. wheat crop
      82 6 Heavy damage to N.S.W. wheat crop mate-, of pounds have ai« produ. coal. irjitZ; fodder and ganisatioo of shipping road transport, ar. Coal output de< than 40.000 ton.. Home building was redn so hea- r m 52 ships m Sy... The oils: Tou ritti the break, the rain caused i
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      59 6 JANE Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press m Malavi I /l«t ADY FOR ROUN>I fiSSSS^" 'I'l Kts QOKX, TRICKY WORK^J P Two, JANE?- TH.S 15 \BSssSa£fe< tlt^fl^^H^ NOT AMAH «N THt TtAM, C^ S s' I THL BfSSFMIR SHOP- BfIHBK Hlfil HS^ I WCHJLD TAKE HIS EYt5 <S >^ IUKMID
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      PATTIE CONFIDENT OF COUNSEL II
      520 7 PATTIE CONFIDENT OF COUNSEL II uarnokAndßamu May Not Run TRAINER Mcßae P^i. EPS JEEP be 1 1 6^ 1 ViCt ry can for the two are B aifonfn°,i nter to Couns el's chances, 5^ 36 and C UnSel "mi uarnoK not accenting I Lackey stands out as one of Sack
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      53 7 M lh lIONS »•> "(all Boy" for S today's rawi are: I.XXX ERASE M (ir.md Swtf I v of Kent i I MS i Bum <lo c SKI MALACCA j *h Sons ik:i id iii'i l lIUIUY MAN nuMsel II Pn nils stream Ru SYLVAN l-ASS
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      London Counties Beat Wallabies
      87 7 beat the Austra- Vnkm tourists by 14 Twickenham yesterday Union results were: Racing Club d> vn Park 14. Public iple 11, Bridgend 0Paulines 9; Bristol B*. pi 4: Coventry 11 Devonport Services 9' 14; Exter 6. Cross 51, Old Merchant Welsh 0; Man- 43; Northamp»m 3:
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      C.S.C. HOCKEY TEAM
      38 7 'v:ll represent the b at hockey m the I the SRC. at the SRC. padan* Muthukumaru. A. Jobn, E. DoralC. Navaratnam. B. Kulasingham. W. C. Thuralsingham. v .ir .jah A. Vijaya- i ■paa ar.d Ranaiunsa.
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      S.R.C HOCKEY XI
      34 7 re Recreation Club's Ceylon Sports h(jckp>y league fixture elected from the B Noronha Barth, BarG Clarke, H. Rodrigues, j -*-r. A. Clarke, O. I Ft> N.*ibronner. B. j Var.dc-rput, Stanley, J.
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      88 7 -8 Racin ff Correspondent PLIGHT horses to follow today ■Li m IV riant,' are: LIBERTY MAN: Working splendidly. Likes firm track. Failure at Bukit Timah can be ignored. IRISH SONG: Coming on nicely. AMVIKA: Winner last time out m Penan*. TUCONEE: Won good race at Ipoh.
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      Archer Brothers To Give Exhibition
      190 7 Free Prew Staff Reporter lIIGHLJGHT of the Katong Boys' Club boxing tournament which will be held tomorrow at the club premises m Haig Road will be the txhib.tion bout between Dickie Archer, bantamweight champion of Burma and India and his brother J. Archer, bantamweight novices
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      BAGBY GETS OVATION FROM PENANG CROWD
      483 7 BRILLIANTLY ridden by WaUy Bagby, Gold Medallist beat Tarabah by a head m the Christmas handicap (value $2,200) at Penang yesterday, the first day of the Penang Turf Club's Christ-mas-New Year meeting. It was a fine piece of riding and Waliy was given a
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      1135 7 a™^., By COURTCRAFT ATTACKING the South with the strongest array of badtho N^h" ai PIOnS frO1 Pf nanff Sel »»ffor and Perak, the North scored an overwhelming victory over the South smfth ay S °P 4 n J n J ties Malaya's first North
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      Preston Beat Burnley 3-2
      517 7 POR the first time since English league football was resumed after the war Burnley have conceded more than two goals m one match. Preston's 3—> home win yesterday inflicted on Burnley their first away defeat of the season and ended their unbeaten run which has lasted
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      419 7 Key Southern Section Rugby Tie Today JA? r C v c Press Ru sby Reporter ALAN Besar Stadium today takes on a new role, namely that of a battlefield. Right from the start of the H.M.S. Malaya Competition Rugby match between Combined Services and Singapore Civilians, battle tactics can be
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    Stimson tells of Allied quarrels
    360 8 i>r.H YORK, Friday. 4 STATEMENT that Gen. Joseph Stilwell ("Vinegar Joe") was withdrawn from the China-Burma-India theatre of o|>crations after (ieneralissimo Kai-shek had refused to co-operate with him. was made today with the publication of the wartime biography of the former VS. War Secretary Mr.
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    SNOW BOGS DOWN N.Y. TRAFFIC
    103 8 THE heaviest snowfall m New 1 York since the turn of the century buried the metropolitan art a under 14 inches of snow late yesterday, and it was still falling la.st night. Winds up to 50 m.p.h. swept New England States ahead of the storm.
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    NEW PRESIDENT SHIP SAILS
    64 8 AMERICAS newest luxury liner 11 the 23 ,500- ton President Cleveland, starui out today from San rranclsco on h»*r maldon voyage to the Orknt The American President Lines ship 15 the largest ever bui^t on 1 Pftoftflc coast. On her bridge will be Captain Henry Nelson
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    CANADA CANCELS ARMS FOR CHINA
    205 8 I OAmv-r r o VANCOUVER, Friday. I OADING of a Canadian arrm cargo of 650 tons of th* !2T?- bul e^, aild 35 tons of aircraft flares for the Chinese Nationalist forces was cancelled by the Canadian Government today. The decision foUows considerable public protests
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    SHARP FALL IN N.Y. STOCKS
    61 8 »THE New York Stock Exchange 1 ye«t«>rday suffered its sharpest dip since early this month, although dealings were relatively .slow as snowfall kept many customers away. Losses of frpctions to a point or mort predominated at the close. Bhare» traded totallrd 730,000. The Dow Jones
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    ALLIES PROVOKED JAPAN INTO WAR"
    748 8 Tojo arrogant m defence TOKIO, Friday. Q ENERAL Hideki Tojo, Japan's wartime Premier, accused the Allies of having absolutely provoked war to force the United States into the European conflict, when he took the stand today before the International Tribunal trying Japan's alleged major war
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    NEW INDO-CHINA FIGHTING
    41 8 A FRENCH military communique Issued m Saigon says that* 106 Vietnam partisans were ki.lod tn five different engagements m Indo-Chlna. Meanwhile VletrBMMH attacks on French army convoys and French attacks on Nationalist river Junks con- tinue.— A. P.
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    Record U.S. production foreseen
    187 8 Record U.S. production foreseen WASHINGTON. Friday. THE next 12 months should bring record-breaking production m the United States and perhaps an ebb m the tide of rising prices, the Government's top economist reported today. "Given a fair crop year, there is a distinct possibility that 1948 will see an abating
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    GOLD SEIZED IN VAN HEUTSZ
    80 8 THE Dutch ship van Heut*z. which recently W*M raided by pirates m a sensational attack off the China coast, returned to Hong Kong on Christmas Day and Customs agents seized from it $100,000 iUS.i worth of ille-gally-imported gold The gold, to be turned over to
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    KASHMIR RAIDERS FALLING BACK
    77 8 KASHMIR RAIDERS FALLING BACK UORE than 2.500 raiders who Attacked 1.-dian Army positions m the Naoshera area of Kashmir late on Thursday night. were rdaj falling back to safer potations m the hills south and west of Naoshera. Royal I:. dian Air Force fighters, flying to support the Indian troops
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    OFFICERS TOOK THEM TEA IN BED
    77 8 ANE thousand British soldiers who arrived at Southampton a day late lor Christmas from Burma, Malaya and Hone Kong, were- served tea m bed by their officers and Issued uith a special ration of brer on Christmas Day. The Dutch crew of the liner
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    30 8 A Yugoslav court yesterday sentenced three Roman Catholic priests and a financial clerk to prison terms ranging from 18 months to six years at torced Ulxmr on charges of espionage.
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    296 8 INEW X.L.M. SERVICE The Royal Du.Cch AJx Lines (X.L.M.) are to open a new service In April from Amsterdam to Shanghai by way of Bangkok and Canton.— Reuter T IIK full British Cabinet will Downiiifir Street on Moudav to discuss i ten U blueprint of Britain's
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    'ARMAGEDDON IN 50 YEARS'
    117 8 MELBOURNE. Friday. 114- YEAR-OLD prophet, whose prophecies have been proved correct twice during the past few weeks, predicted today that Armageddon would come m "50 years or so." Ahmar Gaga Singh predicted on Dec. 10 that sunspots would appear over Australia for two minutes after midnight
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    19 8 M.T Illlp.m 5.7 ft. L.T. 4?3pm. 1.9 ti SUNDAY H.T. lsMs»..m. 9.8 fl, ll.tfp.m. L.T. P m
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    147 8 LONDON, Friday. MORE than 3,000 firms will be represented at the 1948 British Industries Fair to be held m London and Birmingham from May 3 to 14. A spokesman of the 8.1. F. said the allocation of space has now been nearly completed. In both
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    24 8 The British Air Minister. Mr. Arthur Henderson, is to represent the British Government at tne Burma Independence Day celebrations m Rangoon on Jan. 4.—
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    21 8 --m Page )yed b 5 Pen bu. A Aviv source^ said todai have been ■SeS tb, .luthpnuft?--"5 workine U.P. U.P.
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    8 8 XMAS TREAT •cfster at her EUT Joseph's Institut
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    FIRST PRESIDENT FOR 25 YEARS
    89 8 FIRST PRESIDENT FOR 25 YEARS NIMKH POITICAL. I China's ftnl Presjden; uader j tho C D enforced on Christina! Diy. who -m? Uie Mtanri Assembly meeting which is Ukta| place from March 29, d i ed on May o D «U be the tnx PmkhoJ for: for S years. The
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