The Singapore Free Press, 21 January 1948
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Title Section18 1948-01-21 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA fdfdfs SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21, 1948 PRICE 10 CENTS18 words
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Article, Illustration25 1948-01-21 1 IHlutdaw I pert- I >rwd a ting lnaian Co, fo /Jan- the Inrnment to the new rma. Earl to vii.it hrmc I to present the25 words
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Article91 1948-01-21 1 f Mull Reporter {^■NGA?oRE gunmen have H_ hold-ups m i H^ .4 hours. B E armed with fM >00 m cash rom the Chi-; IB ts of a house m M Kiillang. IB o'clock last 1 ■L I armed with. IV ip "he proprie- B91 words
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Article421 1948-01-21 1 MPs TOLD MALAYA IS 'RESTIVE' Colonial plan under fire TTTP n <r* LONDON, Tuesday. J xiii, House of Commons was warned today that the people of Malaya are feeling restive that so little of the world m Malaya is accruing to their benefit. The warning came m a debate onReuter - 421 words
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Article237 1948-01-21 1 LONDON, Tuesday A SPOKESMAN of the Board of Trade tonight confirmed that there had been discussions on the sale of part of the British Government's rubber stockpile to the United States Government's stockpile. "In response to a request from the United States Government, we have recentlyReuter; A.P. - 237 words
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Article352 1948-01-21 1 -nui? it LONDON, Tuesday. THE I nited Nations Palestine Commission renortedly has reached a general understanding at a private meeting that an international force will be required to enforce partition m Palestine The Fi?" 11 11 decided to ac later this week on the hihppine resolutionReuter; U.P.; A.P. - 352 words
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201 1948-01-21 1 GANDHI: BOMB WAS NOT A MURDER PLOT NEW DELHI, Tuesday. AKTZR five hours' question- ing of the young Hindu who tossed a bomb mto Gandhi's prayer meeting this evening, Delhi police said: "We do not call it an attenv. „a* assassination. We do not call it anything." No one wasReuter; A.P. - 201 words
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Article53 1948-01-21 1 >pHE estimated output of X coal m Britain last week totalled 4,116,000 tons compared with 4,082,200 tons the prvvious week. Last week's production brought the total for two weeks of the present coal year to 8.198.200 tons, compared with 7.783,600 tons m the corresponding periodReuter - 53 words
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Article41 1948-01-21 1 The night mail from Kuala Lumpur which arrived m Singapore at 9.03 a.m. today was 78 minutes late. The delay was caused by the slow speed necessary over the Johore section of the line amaged by recent floods.41 words
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Article21 1948-01-21 1 Thirty passe-ngers were in- red, many of them seriously, whe«n two Paris motor n*o« collided %yestexday.— ReuterReuter - 21 words
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Article, Illustration193 1948-01-21 1 LAKE SUCCESS, Tuesday THE United Nations Security 1 Council today agreed to sti up a thnee-member commission to mediate in the Kashmir dispute between India and Pakistan. Nine members of the Council voted :oj the proposal, with Russia and the Ukraine abstaining. M. Fernand van Langenhove,Reuter; U.P. - 193 words
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Article42 1948-01-21 1 MR, William Clayton, head of the United States delegation to the International Trade Organisation, said m Washington yesterday that the European recovery programme would eventually result m a complete elimination of the Empire preferences of Britain and other nations.42 words
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Article39 1948-01-21 1 Lloyd's Register reported last night that more than 2.000,000 tons of merchant ships, a record figure for the last 25 years, were under construction In British and Northern Ireland shipyards dUrin£ thp last /martyr e\t 1947.- A.PA.P - 39 words
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Article41 1948-01-21 1 Britain will get the greater j part of Denmark's butter and bacon exports and there will be little left for export to other countries under a proposed Anglo-Danish trade agreement, it was officially I announced m- CODenhaeen Yesterday.— ReuterReuter - 41 words
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Article191 1948-01-21 1 BAGHDAD, Tuesday. TWO police inspectors and two constables and four civilians were reported killed and 40 police and 100 civilians injured m demonstrations against the new AngloIraqi treaty. After clashes lasting six hours, during which police opened fire and some demonstrators returned Uve fire, orderA.P.; Reuter - 191 words
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Article39 1948-01-21 1 Snow fell m London yesterday as temperatures all over Britain dropped below freezing point. Snowfalls were also reported from north of England and Scotland and forecasts said that the cold spell is likely to continue. ReuterReuter - 39 words
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Article335 1948-01-21 1 LONDON, Tuesday. THE view that the expenses of the British Court and the number of its retainers should be reduced was expressed m the House of Commons today by a Labour member, Mr. Ronald Chamberlain. He was speaking during a debate on a billReuter - 335 words
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Article74 1948-01-21 1 THE Governor of Singapore, Sir Franklin Gimson, who was formerly Colonial Secretary of Hong Kong, arrived m that Colony yesterday to give evidence 4n the trial of G. S. Kennedy Skipton, a former Hong Kong official, who is charged with disloyalty during the JapaneseReuter - 74 words
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311 1948-01-21 1 Sultans sign Federation pact today Free Press Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. THERE is little outward sign m this capital today to indicate that it is an historic day and that at 3 o'clock this afternoon "fresh arrangements for the peace, order and good government*' of nine Malay States will311 words
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Advertisement31 1948-01-21 1 __K___B-^*____ tra Quality X 1 0-i y\ I j T"* 1 '"TS r T~> T""' v. JL. i PLAYeR"S 1 N93 S*—^ M^D E I V 3 ENGLAND ft J J31 words
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Advertisement52 1948-01-21 1 TNt LiADmjPTOmTRIS7S\ To- Days Offer I I/r) BEKERTEX xJ'f^ BLOUSES.. S;O/-j LONDONUS -.^rt(-; blouses,. •jjp^lp 1 Previous Price $27.50 1 1 4^ NOW $15. 00 jjl MOYGASHEL I- ~^i l4 j^*^'*^"^ til I Previous Price $35.00 vl ik NOW ***** HI Weed^skirts I Previous Price $39.50 NOW $30.00 jjl PAFfLES52 words
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Article, Illustration1002 1948-01-21 2 ONE MORE EXCUSE FOR FINERY Around Singapore Shops TF it isn't one thing it's another. No sooner is the Christmas shopping safely out of the way and a period of peace seems to be about to descend than Chinese New Year looms ahead and we have to start thinking aboutF.G. - 1,002 words
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Article242 1948-01-21 2 IIfHEN you go to a party, start dressing for it with H the idea that your attire is goinjr to be exclusive. In other words, you are going: to be the "belle of the It does not matter what the function is, make your apparel stand out miles242 words
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Advertisement235 1948-01-21 2 CHINESE NEW -TEAR STOCK-TAKING SALE See The Drastic Reductions Remember they are Genuine MIRZAPUR CARPETS GUARANTEED FIRST QUALITY Prices Previous Now SIZE 12' x 9' $324.00 $259.00 104' x 9' $285.00 $226.80 10' x 8' $240.00 5192.80 9' x 9' $245.00 $194.40 10' x T $210.00 $168.00 T x 4'235 words
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Advertisement208 1948-01-21 2 lt Is a 2 Week Or J> SENSATIONAL 5 A 1 1 ...and it may last more for n parmamand! ...todays arrivals of new crea'i United States of Am^ Q '**J HEAVY SHARKSKIN 42' Grey, B* ige. Blue, Fawn. Tan y^ SEERSUCKER 33" 25 Ennomn-ry Patt^' fl LAMBSKIN 42" Uncommon208 words
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Page 2 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous647 1948-01-21 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR BORN on this fir^t day of the incoming sign, Aquarius, you are essentially the loader, the truthseeker and a scientific thinker. However, like all those born on the cusp a few days before and after the chanec of sicn. you will retain m ever-lessening degree some of647 words
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NEWS
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338 1948-01-21 3 'Something odd going on m the air 9 A NOTICE to airmen, issued by the Ministry of Civil Aviation, indicated that there was something odd going on m the air west of London. Pilots flying to London from West Country airfields were warned338 words
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Article, Illustration77 1948-01-21 3 and pictures. If. submarine Ambush (pictured above,) is shortly \o attempt to break the under-water endurance test set up recently by H.M.§. Alliance off the West Coast of Africa a vmsu ms i cad of makina the attempt m tropical waters the Ambush will subTnerge beneath Arctic ice. Some ofPlanet; A.P. - 77 words
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Article74 1948-01-21 3 TAUBER'S TRAGIC LAST CALL rrom Hie I nvealed, I telephoned to imstetittß YdV dl v. »»'s death t "in. his life-tone Mali I -iructor m ,rst that can I happen to .1 singer has happened to m I have had a lane .«hs« I 1 n s .1 1 on-74 words
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15 1948-01-21 3 :v it a: ldge this from replaced card.**15 words
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184 1948-01-21 3 f negotiations with the British wver tin 75 par cent, tax on toreiirn films t,, a standstill This was disclosed m pskington m Mr. Fric Johnston, the U.S. Motion Picture Producers o reaffirmed that all American film F ru to Britam would be halted.184 words
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121 1948-01-21 3 THE American educated Princess of Sulu, Tarhata Kiram, has arrived m Manila to ask the Philippine Government formally to claim, on her behalf. North Borneo. The Princess, who went to the University of Illinois, Is now a handsome dark-haired woman, dressed m colourful sarong and elaboratelyA.P. - 121 words
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Article156 1948-01-21 3 THE possibility of the bread ration to certain classes Of the community being increased if the potato shortage became drastically worse, was mentioned by the Food Minister, Mr. John Strachey today *hen addressing the Council ol the National Association of Master Bakers m London. When askedReuter - 156 words
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Article71 1948-01-21 3 n Brt- lit proon as i l «»ed as increase m coal stocks during the last six months. One of the many reasons for cutting down programmes last February was to encourage people to go to bed earlier and so reduce the consumption of domestic fuel.Reuter - 71 words
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Article69 1948-01-21 3 THE first step m the reorganisation of AhrloAr.ierican offices for administering the Bizonia fßrlt*sh and U.S. occupation zones In Gennainy). was announced m Frankfurt on Monday. The joint Exix>rt-Impor: Agency and Joint Foreign Exchocne Apency are merged wnder American ohairmanshlo ■Bd ik>w authorise to emter irJtOU.P. - 69 words
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Article246 1948-01-21 3 DOMB-BATTERED Rouen was en fete when the first LJ British coal since before the war arrived at the French port. The mayor, M. Chastellan, made a long speech of welcome m a special ceremony. The collier Dashwood took 2,500 tons of Welsh coal to the246 words
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Article12 1948-01-21 3 Market Harborough Town Library has banned Sir Oswald Moslem's latestbook, "The AlbernatiTe."12 words
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Article60 1948-01-21 3 PLAYING m charades at Pendleton Co-operative Hall. 16-year-old Richard Rice, of Howard-street. Salford, and William Burke, aged 15, with two girls friends had to act the word "pillowslip." L'ndccided as to who should slip, the two boys slipped together to the floor and their heads came60 words
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Article80 1948-01-21 3 DULWICH College, a south London public school, is to give free education to 90 per cent, of its 900 pupils. The governors have just> agreed with the Kent education authority to allow free entry of 35 boys each year. The school has already allotted freeReuter - 80 words
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Article50 1948-01-21 3 Robert Lacoste. French Minister of Industrial Production, yesterday pressed a button to release the waters of the River Rhone into 2,000,000 ton Genissiat Dam, second largest m Europe. The Dnieprostroi Dam m Russia is the biggest. Filling of the dams is expected to take 12 days.— ReuterReuter - 50 words
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Article56 1948-01-21 3 TWO Jet-propelled P-80 planes flew 1,160 miles non-stop from Oklahoma City to Washington m two hours and seven minutes. Flying on a routine mission, the planes averaged 560 miles an hour at an alMtude of about 35.000 feet and with a tail wind ofA.P. - 56 words
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Article75 1948-01-21 3 A WOMAN walked into a shop at 1 iDhani. London, and asked for a coat. She was 72 m. round the hips, so she needed an 80 m. coat. The shop had not one to fit her, but arrangements were made for another firm75 words
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Article165 1948-01-21 3 /CONGRESSMAN Jesse Wolcott, chairman of the U.S. Iv^ House of Representatives Blinking Committee has explained why he thinks the pound should be devalued immediately by almost half "to help Britain and boost world trade." He said: The pound is nomi- i nally worth four- U.S.165 words
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Article57 1948-01-21 3 THE Dominican Order of Nuns m Quebec has reoeiveci approval of the Atchj bishop and Metropolitan chapter of the Quebec Diocese to found a hospital m the Philippines. The Order plans to send a prroiip of sisters to thr Davno mission m the Zamboan^a diocese to tnkeA.P. - 57 words
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421 1948-01-21 3 DETECTIVES throughout South Africa are on the 1/ look-out for large gangs of natives who, using fast new cars, are engaged m a country-wide trade m dagga (hashish), which is being sold at high prices tc drug-hungry natives on the Rand and otherReuter - 421 words
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Article46 1948-01-21 3 HHINESE troops fighting v Red guerrillas m hilly ?ukien province have a new ;oe to contend with tigers. Members of the Amoy Provincial Council cited last 'ear's 100 casualties to this lew menace and advocated i special course of tierer minting.- A.P.A.P. - 46 words
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Article81 1948-01-21 3 THE Ministry of Food nil failed to satisfy R.^cl t*r (Kent* Fo( c: i 1 Committee on whet' r it is true that b^ys m the Borsf^l liom c rcc^ve *> to 14 lb. of potatoes a week. It« rerly, rrad at a m ing of81 words
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Article52 1948-01-21 3 MR. H. Stone, of Northroad. Sleaford. L4ncs, who works for a s?>ed firm, .found hU siiz itt blurre:!. In hospital it vac fou^-i that a#seed m his eve h^ i sprouted a green shoot ft was Permoved. M* St-> c was back at work52 words
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Advertisement16 1948-01-21 3 YELLOW TOP CABS are now available to the public Srom 7 A.M. till Mid-night. RING 595916 words
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Page 3 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous13 1948-01-21 3 "ZAN Tarzail acts By Edgar Rice Burroughs m r^' °3*7~ r i^ i^13 words
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LEADER
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783 1948-01-21 4 The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY, JAN. 21, 1947. An Historic Day TK)DAY the Rulers of the '1 nine Malay States will sinn agreements with His Majesty for the creation of a Federation of Malaya, which will include the Settlements of Penang and Malacca, and give to the Peninsula a government783 words
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Article1030 1948-01-21 4 DON IDDON'S DIARY NEW YORK: THE world's rich unole refuses to be rushed. If this is the year of decision, as announced daily and twice on Sundays, then American Conpress is going to take its time deciding what to do about it. General Marshall can thunder "All or nothing" at1,030 words
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420 1948-01-21 4 DENIS WARNED - DENIS WARNED By IN the first winter of the peace the draughty passages of Tokio's Ueno Station were tilled each night with emaciated riotsam of Japan's lost war. Beggars, soldiers, bombed out householders, orphans with no other place to go flocked there before dark andReuter - 420 words
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Article, Illustration51 1948-01-21 4 "JftSi" S°-y ear -<> l <i Parrot, cocks an eye at thf camera ZalA vr at n ers v a spoon t ul °f food. Her owner Mr? Ralph W. Grisioold of San Francisco, Calif. USA says the bird prejers lamb chops, mashed potatoes and string leans to crackers and51 words
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717 1948-01-21 4 LORD VANSITTART - LORD VANSITTART TO PREVENT ANOTHER MUNICH IN 1948 BRITAIN MUSIC By THE essence of statesmanship is anticipation. The worst of all possible courses is to wait until things happen, and then make a fuss. Protests are usually futile when confronted with the accomplished717 words
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Article56 1948-01-21 4 THE Ui missio: a tentativ< date election which il lead to tl an indt :n n for a uniii< d X «a The CommisskJt naj ■üb-comn Ui election laws occupied N American-oc'.'upied -1 Korea. Its object compile a ti which a Korean Assembly m March 3156 words
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Article353 1948-01-21 4 Howard W. Blakeslee - EYES JUMP TO READ Howard W. Blakeslee By A. P. Correspondent ELECTRICAL discoveries of tricky ways m which the eyes see printed words when people read were reported to the American philosophical society by Dr. Leonard Carmichae!, president of Tufts College. Eyes do not read a printed line smoothly. TheyA.P. - 353 words
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Advertisement13 1948-01-21 4 For All Photogranhic Suoplies ■^B Ms', SINGAPORE PHOTO CO. High Street 0 Singapore.13 words
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Advertisement14 1948-01-21 4 FAITH f And they shall build houses, and inhabit them. -Isaiah 65, 21. j14 words
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Advertisement33 1948-01-21 4 OTAL TTPCWRITCN CCNMut IMft. PORTABLE MODEL Featuring VELVETONE FINISH MAGIC MA' TOUCH CONTROL SHIFT FR^ IM MED ATE DEI 1 VERY FROM STO& 104 ROBINSON ROAD SINGAPORE 1 ALSO AT KUALA LUMPUR ?t33 words
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LOCAL NEWS
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326 1948-01-21 5 Free Press Staff Reporter TTTK rehabilitation of Singapore schools has progressed to such a degree that the be--juBJBg of the 1918 school term saw all English h(M) |s m the Colony reverting to the revised hool hours m force before the war. the scheme,326 words
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Article, Illustration19 1948-01-21 5 picture. Iff. and I mm* Tan mar- Folly r daughKho Lian imy Tan is arcrf T:ang. Studio de luxeStudio de luxe - 19 words
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Article44 1948-01-21 5 II I r trolley pn ut be out i.;to i S.;.«^:-;x)re by \h(- end v thick- k> exI b»- en the ftd rt 6.x weeks. U] have •which were f rdered > the liberaI ix dmiUr 1 t-type ratinu m S-«!^aoaro.44 words
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Article163 1948-01-21 5 luuilU of carrying arms, an 18-year old beee, Chua Thenj? Kwang, was yesterday senB 10 yeaiV rlffOl MM imprisonment a< the Singapore lam mother Chinese, each armed with a <P a poultry shop m Kallang Road on the June 11 last year. They ransacked the163 words
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Article37 1948-01-21 5 M v dice Magist- Mr. B. 8. de Banzie ■p^aa. ran Wah I. months' vigorous I be followed 12 months police superI him po«?ses|r >waives and fe Sff as Md^u^ a blcytle37 words
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Article119 1948-01-21 5 A SOUTH African seaman Rx^inald Dv Toit. who. cm Jan. 6. was nntd $10 fov riotous di'.\d disorderly conduct, was produced before the Second Pol ice Magistrate. Mr. E S. de B.cnzie, yesterday, and charged witfti not paying t»he balance $5 of hi* fine. m119 words
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Article, Illustration38 1948-01-21 5 I!>~ b tC u ße atums Victures were taken on Monday Vli 2 Q ?K [he VKtoria Memorial Hall when members of tfie East-West Society listened to a BBC recording of Mulberry Harbour played from Radio Malaya studios.38 words
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Article260 1948-01-21 5 Free Pre*« Staff Reporter rHE Singapore Municipal Communion ers havt 1 agreed, m principle, to the installation m Victoria Theatre of sound film apparatus, but have deferred action lor six months until the financial position for the first half of 194K Is known. The installation260 words
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Article63 1948-01-21 5 Free Press Staff Reporter AN Army spokesman said m reply to a Free Press inquiry tnis morning that 72 British Army officers and men had married m Singapore since the liberation. Eleven married Service girls. Thirty-two married European civilian women. Fifteen married Eurasian women63 words
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Article83 1948-01-21 5 T ERL. w«u> a repre^eivtaiivo 1 gathering ol Hindus a»nd a few Buddhists at the Sri Senpaga Vinayagar T^niDle m Ceylon Read. Katon«, on Monday evening whem prayers were sai<i for the health and longevity of MaKa^ma Gandhi an« tiie m f S6 of his peace83 words
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Article40 1948-01-21 5 Former members of the Singapore Gardening Society arc invited to attond a meet»of the Society m tile office of the Rattles Museum. rm Thursday, January 29. at 5 30 p.m. to dlscu&s the n* vival of the Society.40 words
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Article24 1948-01-21 5 Th^ Noderland Line ship D unje, which developed erfino trouble at Gibraltar, i> •xpected to arrive m Singa >ore on Jan. 29.24 words
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Article261 1948-01-21 5 LESSONS IN CIVICS BY RADIO CCHOOLS broadcasting i« now taking a part m the teaching of citizenship m Malaya. A special series of broadcasts to the upper classes of English schools began yesterday. The series of broadcasts will tell the story of a boy and girl, Hanjf an<i Soon, who,261 words
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Article307 1948-01-21 5 ONE of th« two De Haviliand Vampire 111 jet-pro-pelled fighters which have arrived m Singapore from England and are now being assembled by a Special Servicing Party at R.A.F. Base, Seletar, will be tested from R.A.F. Station, Tengah, as soon as possible. The other aircraftRafpro - 307 words
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Article, Illustration15 1948-01-21 5 Tht itt-prvpcllid Vamplte 111, L,oo of which haie ut rived m SinyupoiC ior RAF teals.15 words
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526 1948-01-21 5 Dutch explain new regulations Free Press Staff Reporter JHE new regulations for trading with the Netherlands Indies are designed to ensure that any future imports into the Indies will be covered by the necessary foreign exchange, thus protecting exporters to the Indies, said the526 words
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Article, Illustration227 1948-01-21 5 MALAYAN RICE 'No immediate improvement' THE Chief Secretary of the Malayan Union, Mr. A. T. 1 Newboult, told the British Royal Society of Arts in London yesterday: "The rice situation in Malava shows little signs of immediate improvement and the country must look forward to permanent readjustment of her economyReuter - 227 words
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85 1948-01-21 5 36-YEAR-OLD SHIP SOLD FOR $75,000 THJE 600- ton. ship, 36-year-old 1 termer Australian trader CJttnbar, was yesterday sold by auction far $75,000. The buyer was Mr. Fred Barret to. Owned by the Tiang Ai.n Shippimg Company m Amoy Street, the Coombar was at Paleinbaei* when hostilities between ttie Dutch and85 words
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Advertisement30 1948-01-21 5 r«« Like Your Ord«/ L 8 'IRIAL Y °^HOTO CO., Amazing Sid Healer for M^LARIA SORES pa urn u«t« is un■rr.,s. Dr. th «hy .t 1.«,t. Wluiim Sore-, *nd D30 words
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Advertisement159 1948-01-21 5 LONDON and BIRMINGHAM BRITISH INDUSTRIES FAIR wv^kdß^l^^r j BB*M iyfSJF ase^t ■B m BBSS mEHb js6^^» «^^h i^^HEl x. BSB j^^S^m r vJn May 3rd 1948, when sole selling agenib and you the British Industries Fair will find exhibits carefully opens, buyers from all over grouped by trades so that159 words
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ENTERTAINMENT
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Article483 1948-01-21 6 'PRE-FAB' FILM By A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT A FTER three years' the Rank group's revolutionary pre-f ab process of film-making is now going into use. It has been m operation already as an experiment, m a production at Boreham Wood, Hertfordshire, of a children's instructional film. ''Under the Frozen Falls." The483 words
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Article118 1948-01-21 6 AURITZ Mclchiur, the Danish tenor, heads a group of world famous sinwrs wlioso plan is to restore music to Manila. Philippine Islands. Before the war Manila had a highly developed symphony orchestra. The Japanese, however, destroyed or confiscated virtually all musical instruments and orchestrations. Melchinr was toldA.P. - 118 words
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Article, Illustration300 1948-01-21 6 THE tough film crew stood behind the heavy wire fence and watched m quiet admiration as a woman performed her job. Behind a wire cage within the large fence, uneasy cameramen filmed the tiger stalking through the underbrush. The lady shout- ed directions to the tigerA.P. - 300 words
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Article486 1948-01-21 6 I By Ralph Dighton, A.P. Correspondent •THERE has always been a gentleman's agreement m Hollywood never to make a picture on the subject treated m the novel "Gentleman's Agreement" ant i Semitusm. The reason ror this loneeflective understanding is obvious. Some of the film industry's^ principal leaders areA.P. - 486 words
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Article, Illustration336 1948-01-21 6 BOB THOMAS - BOB THOMAS By A. P. Correspondent iFTER a 13-year absence, Maurice Chevalier has returned to Hollywood, bringing with him what he describes as "the New Chevalier." The Frenchman's "New Look" was unveiled at the Biltmore Theatre before a cheering audience that included Gregory Peck, Eddie Cantor, Ann Sothern,A.P. - 336 words
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Article255 1948-01-21 6 rums m "CO Well Remem- bered" a J. Arthur Rank Production is being screened at the Cathay Sunday. The story is based on a novel about social maladjustment m Lancashire. It is the life-story of a young R u di Ca I and editor <j255 words
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Article, Illustration223 1948-01-21 6 THE "book" bid on North s 1 hand is a pre-emptive jump to four hearts for the purpose of shutting out the opponents. But add the spade king to East's hand to replace a small card In one of the other three suits, and it Is extremely unlikely223 words
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Advertisement186 1948-01-21 6 "Will glasses alone improve your ITjfilflrt NO Proftibioiiaj wBMOm Mm »"-> wnical skills are the essential aids to your "seettw ability your visual comfort and efficiency. H M for these services and skilla not for classes alone^ that you nay vonr fee. •'Seek Professional advice Not c. ioth at a186 words
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Advertisement91 1948-01-21 6 CAPITOL Air-Coohd Phone 5159 i SHOWS 'TO-DAY 11: Z\ 4 15: 6.30 9.15 p.m. BROUGHT BACK BY POPULAR REQUEST FOR ONE DAY ONLY WILDING iirit.wn's Greatest Prod urt ion! TOMORROW For 2 Solid Hours the Screen ?l'/7/ he filled With Immortal Music by Wor'd-Rrnowned Art Ms] WARNER ACHIEVEMENT' cathay;:^, LAST91 words
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Page 6 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous83 1948-01-21 6 Ntalidrdke Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press m Malaya JANE Exclusive to the. Singapore Free Press m Malaya I.AN ENORMOUS EXPANSION^ V AND THAT'S WHY I\l fi -rpiD iia Tu,c I I 1 OF THE STEEL INDUSTkY WANT To SHOW YOU /rrfkj r!ii*j rieeir^A I i\ IS NECESSARY IF WE'RE83 words
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SPORTS
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Article527 1948-01-21 7 "EPSOM JEEP - FAVOURITES SHOULD WIN TODAY "EPSOM JEEP" Affable Looks Certainty From IJOT favuuritps like Affable, Minstrel Boy and "Vanguard were strongly fancied on the course this morning, and indications are that it will be a favourites' day at Kuala Lumpur this afternoon, the second day of the Selangor Turf Club's Spring527 words
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Article, Illustration297 1948-01-21 7 FORWARD - FORWARD former President Says By "»\PKI VN IM' '1S surprise viiav wit: \Nsociation was running a league impetitton and a knock-out tournament, Mr. P. F. is ey who for many years before the war was at time <>r another honorary secretary, vice-presi-P nt and297 words
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140 1948-01-21 7 AN all- Australian pair. Colin Lone: of the 1947 Davis Cud tram and Fr<uik Sedjrman. eliminated the ?wo younsr American. 11 Jim Brink and Eddie Movland. m the cruarter- finals of the ~ien's doubles m the Australian lawn t«nnis championships In Melbourne yesterday.A.P. - 140 words
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Article30 1948-01-21 7 JANY DOES ANOTHER RECORD SWIM eh holder of e turning refit new 100 yards fc style m Gla- h. (i record hie pro. I 7 2 sec. a,K Saturday.— ReuterReuter - 30 words
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Article127 1948-01-21 7 The England team to meet the West Indies m the first test match of the tour, beginning m Bridgetown today, will consist of 11 players from the following G. O. Allen, K. Cranston, J. Hardstaff, T. G. Evans. J. D. Robertson, W. Place, R. Howorth,Reuter - 127 words
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Article48 1948-01-21 7 THE following will play rugger for the S.C.C. 'A' against G.H.Q. Signal Unit on the Pacing this evening at 5.15: v. F. Droogleever; Hargreaves. Milton (capt.), O'Brien. Quayle; Oates, Wilson; North. Pascoe, Hunter, Storrs, Collins, Le Rougetel, Aurely, Stutchbury. Referee Mr J. H. Johnston.48 words
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Article59 1948-01-21 7 ITALY'S Robert Pacietti is to meet Billy Thompson, European and British lightweight champion, m a title bout at Harringay 'Arena on Feb. 17. On the same bill promoter Jack Solomons will stage another European championship Freddie Mills. British and European lightweight champion, will defend hisA.P. - 59 words
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Article356 1948-01-21 7 11. M s Adamant scored ft well -d*-sorve<j victory over the RAF. Seletar m a very hardfought game of rugger played at Self tar yesterday, winning by 15 points <four tries and a penalty goal) to three (a try). The Navy pressed hard at the356 words
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Article68 1948-01-21 7 SELECTIONS by "Call Boy" for today's races are: Race 1: AFFABLE Happy Lass Exeter Race 2: NORTON Lady Kaianf Kanda Rae* S: VOTRIX Vanguard Silver Star Race 4: TRETES Hunter's Call My Bachelor Race 5: SILVER Jl PITER Golden Oak (■olden Greve Race 6: CIIATSTER Somj68 words
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Article56 1948-01-21 7 THE directors of Queen of the South, the Scottish League "A" Division Club, have turned dowr. Arsenal's offer to buy Willie Houston, their cenlre-forward. The directors of the Club are more concerned with its lowly position m the Scottish League standings and arr unwiliii g toA.P. - 56 words
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394 1948-01-21 7 BACK on the mainland after their visit to Tasmania. the Indian cricketers yester- day bfc'-gan a two-days' match against a South Australian Country Eleven at the Oval tn Mount Gambinr m South Aus- tralia, and at close of play the tourists had made 421 for394 words
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Article, Illustration26 1948-01-21 7 The Jalan Sultan football team which beat Finlayson ureen jive-nU m a S.C.F.A. inter -district league match at Geylang Stadium on Saturday.26 words
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Article323 1948-01-21 7 rpHE Army tennis champions' ips at the Happy A World stadium last night included, amongst other events, the final of the men's doubles, m which Lt. Whitmore and Lt.-Col. Biggs defeated Major Malpas and Major Anantanarayan, 6 2, G 3. Playing perfect tennis, Biggs was323 words
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Article82 1948-01-21 7 THE following are the results of the semi-finaJs m the R.A.F. Malaya team and individual boxing championships held at Sclotar last night: Team Competition: BA.F. Selcttvr and R.A.F. Changi finished with five points each. Individual Contest: featherweight Set. Little, Seletar. bt. AC Bradburn, Changi, on points; 182 words
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Article131 1948-01-21 7 BRISBANE, Tuesday. IN an exciting finish, Queensland beat South Australia by four wickets with nine minutes to spare m the Sheffield Shied match here today. South Australia, 170 for three overnight, were all out for 277 m their second Innings, leaving Queensland to get 209Reuter-A.A.P. - 131 words
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Article55 1948-01-21 7 r5 following will represent the Rocklites against the 7 M.T.B.R.D. at Soccer at the C.V.M.A. ground (St. George's Rd.) tomorrow at 5.15 p.m.: A. Yong, A. Rahim. D. Swyny, Gai Meng. C. Rodrigues, A. K. Pillay, J. Gallstan, M. Krishnan, J Grosse, Ismail, Q. Chan. Reserves: K. Dragon,55 words
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Article22 1948-01-21 7 The all-India tourHij? hockey team defeated the Hockey Association of Kenya f Europeans) by ten goals bo oil m Nairobi on Monday.22 words
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Article, Illustration609 1948-01-21 7 ROY FERROA - ROY FERROA By 11THEN Maurice Pestana, one of the best rugger players Penang has ever produced, was chosen to represent the North back m 1936, he little dreamt that one day it would be given the honour of skippering the North side m this Malayan609 words
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Miscellaneous304 1948-01-21 7 Sports Diary TODAY KIC.BF: Police v. RAF Chang i. Thomson Roa». 5 15 P m. S.CC. "A" v. GHQ Si-rtd Unit, padang, 5.15 p.m. TEYNIS: Army championships, Happy World > p.m. S.R.C. Sports Section meeting. SRC, 630 p.m. Meeting of Singapore and Olympic Sports Council committee of management V.M.C.A. ">304 words
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Article272 1948-01-21 8 Britain demands Canton inquiry T ONDON, Tuesday. THE British Ambassador m China, Sir Ralph Stevenson, is to demand from the Chinese Government a public inquiry to establish the identity of and punish the organisers of the anti-British demonstrations m Canton last week, Mr. Hector McNeil, Minister of State, announced mReuter; A.P. - 272 words
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Article49 1948-01-21 8 ELEVEN persons were killed and 29 others were injured when*a Peiping-bound CNAC transport plane crash-landed In a village south of Mukden airport yesterday. Seventeen person! escaped injury The pilot of th*» plan* was an American. Captain C S Wiss. whose fate is unknown' ReuterReuter - 49 words
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Article, Illustration31 1948-01-21 8 Historic Arundel m Sussex, with its fine A tenth century castle, seat of the Duke of Norfolk. The castle commands a fine view of glorious wooded country and undulating downs.31 words
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Article374 1948-01-21 8 WASHINGTON, Tuesday. THL United States Congress should insist that the 16 Marshall plan nations of Europe should join m a regional defence pact, like the Western Hemisphere pact signed m Rio de Janeiro last year, the Republican foreign affairs expert, Mr. John Foster Dulles, told theU.P.; Reuter - 374 words
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Article30 1948-01-21 8 Thirty-six Japanese fishermen were drowned as a result of a storm recently hit the Kagoshlma coast of Kyushu Island, the Japanese news agency reported yesterday. ReuterReuter - 30 words
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Article, Illustration43 1948-01-21 8 Described m the London Press as the "Bl ndc R n »,w Tilda Thamar. the film star from th- ArgentEFfS here m her apartment at the Savoy, i. mdon mi-** first visit to Britain. She goes to Patvs to the Argentine. ehri^43 words
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Article143 1948-01-21 8 150 MILLION CHINESE VOTE TODAY NANKING, Wednesday. APPROXIMATELY 150,000,- 000 Chinese are going to the polls today to elect the first democratic legislature. The elections will be held for three days, and all Chinese citizens who have attained the age of 21 years are eligible to vote. The legislature isU.P. - 143 words
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Article58 1948-01-21 8 MORE than 50.000 people have been driven from their homes m Eastern France by the worst Hoods since 1778. Swollen rivers have swept away more than 100 bridges. and caused damage totalling 8,000.000,--000 francs. The Meurthe and Moselle overflowed their banks, inundating thousands of squareReuter - 58 words
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Article58 1948-01-21 8 FE Pakistan Government Defeno? Ministry last night announced that 32 n#htt*r planes belonging to India which have been detained at Karachi, have now been released, and are on their way to Bombay. The release has been made Irrespective of the fact that India may use thoA.P. - 58 words
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Article, Illustration214 1948-01-21 8 Free Press StaiT Reporter nr»HE president of the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce, Mr. Lee Kong Chian, told the Free Press that the sponsors withdrew their proposals for a Malaya-wide hartal at last Sunday's meeting of the Associated Chinese Chambers. They had intended to hold the214 words
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Article121 1948-01-21 8 PARIS. Tuesday. *TIHE French police have disX covered three nation-wide networks of secret groups arming as "Black Maquis" to establish an anti-Communist regime m France, according to well-informed sources quoted by the French Press Agency. The agency said the three 2*anisatlons have established unified command headquarters,A.P. - 121 words
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Article550 1948-01-21 8 ALLIED-SOVIET TENSION IN GERMANY Gen. Clay flies to America BERLIN, Tuesday. AS Communist-inspired "food strikes" spread through Bizonia (the merged British and American occupation zones of Western Germany), partially paralysing Allied communications, the Four-Power Allied Control Council met m Berlin today. Twenty minutes after the meeting, the U.S. Commander-in-chief mA.P.; U.P.; Reuter - 550 words
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Article58 1948-01-21 8 A HUNDRED people are feared dead after the river steamer Cautin overturned m the Rio Imperial m southern Chile yesterday, while on her way from Puerto Saavedra to Carahue, 36 miles west of Temuco. There were about 200 people on board at the time of theReuter - 58 words
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Article429 1948-01-21 8 London Stock Exchange LONDON, Tuesday OPERATORS on London's stock markets 'J inclined to await the outcome of tod reopening: of Parliament and consequently t were dull through neglect, says Beater's finanS correspondent. Fractio.... g xtJ throughout the Gilt-9 section. Transport 3 per 9 lost one-eigh:h at 98-5Reuter; A.P. - 429 words
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Article129 1948-01-21 8 A SPECIAL Market correspondent gives the prices of rubber At 11 a.m. today as i follows: SINGAPORE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE The Singapore Chamber ot Commerce Robber Association's prices at noon yesterday: Bayers Sellers Cts. Cts. per lb. per ib Na. 1 R.S.S. Spat »»>se 39% **H Na. 1129 words
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Article41 1948-01-21 8 NEW YORK crude rubber futures closed 12 to 27 points higher yesterday. Sa.es totalled 2&3 ccntracte. Prices were: March 21.30 cents (U.S.): May 20-05-20.07; July 19.30 bid; Sept. 19.10; No. 1 ribbed smoked sheet* 21 3 8 nominal.- A.P.A.P. - 41 words
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Article27 1948-01-21 8 Welsh residents m Singapore will meet at 5.30 p.m. today at the Adelphi Roof garden to discuss the reformation of the St. David's Society.27 words
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228 1948-01-21 8 Elections: four nomination places named AN official notice issued yesterday announced the following four places, of nomination for the Singapore elections to the new Legislative Council: Old Council Chamber (Municipal S.W.); Victoria English School (Municipal: N.E.); Dispensary, 7i ms Bukit Timah Road (Rural Board West); Malay School, Jalan Eunos (Rural228 words
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Article205 1948-01-21 8 pHDRESHADOWING a possible complete change ol Nationalist military strategy against the Communists, Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek has called a conference of all Nationalist Army's top-ranking commanders all over China according to Chinese reports. > The agenda will include, firstly, over- all expansion of plans to suppressReuter; A.P.; U.P. - 205 words
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Miscellaneous12 1948-01-21 8 SINGAPORE TIDES L T itS Pm 7J ft LT P-m. 4.J ft.12 words
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Miscellaneous64 1948-01-21 8 WEATHER Cloudy WEATHEB report for the next 24 hoars compiled by the RAF: (loudv with •occasional rain this aiternooo. becominc fair tfbJs evening. F»ir tonirht and tomorrow morning. Wind: Northerly. .10 to IS knofe, rusty Sunset 6.54 pm., nnrtw Ml Temperatures: Max. 82 dec.. mm. 72. de*. Relative humidity perreotaces:64 words
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