The Singapore Free Press, 26 January 1948
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Title Section19 1948-01-26 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA -^-^-^^^a*^... >■„ n«*° SINGAPORE, MONDAY, JANUARY 26, 1948 PRICE 10 CENTS19 words
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Article420 1948-01-26 1 FEARS FOR FOLLOW NEW FRANC Paris decision attacked LONDON, Sunday. CRANCE today devalued the franc by eighty 1 per cent, (new rate, 864 to the £1) despite appeals by the International Monetary Fund and vigorous protests by the British Government. Sir Stafford Cripps, Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer, flew toReuter; U.P.; A.P. - 420 words
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Article, Illustration25 1948-01-26 1 A.P. AIHEURHD !i Gan uon wochile on the ling at second Hiii vas tht last prayer ng attena^a by the jive hen unal from Muslim,A.P. - 25 words
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Article, Illustration37 1948-01-26 1 Arab defences in Jerusalem have been enlarged recently and attacks on the Jewish section have increased. Here, an Arab volunteer with two hand grenades, Molotov cocktail, rifle and ammunition, is seen at his vost ready for action.37 words
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64 1948-01-26 1 J alliance n the V ern Europe by high diplo- fflcials In Washington w a lM probability, learns ..sr.i apthat a now is ise the m .is protection to Europe -i be provided by any cts lor a system of nee treaties wereA.P. - 64 words
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Article24 1948-01-26 1 military cieRoad" shot J <! a Javanese t3£* r *n the thigh on K^u m?ht Tht c <> n diman is .^rlous. 124 words
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Article35 1948-01-26 1 An Indian fought off two armed Chinese robbers, who visited him in his houae In Ulu Pandan on Saturday night. The robbers fled, and one of them left behind a fullyloaded pistol.35 words
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Article206 1948-01-26 1 TO SHOOT 'LITTLE TRUNK' HOLLYWOOD, Sunday. DIRECTOR Clyde Elliott announced today that a plane-loud of actresses, actors and technical experts Hill fly to Singapore in April to begin preparations for filming the picture, "Little Trunk." A base camp will be set up near KualaA.P. - 206 words
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94 1948-01-26 1 CAIRO. Sunday. ONE student was stabbed to death today by his own sohoolmates in a riot between leftist and rightist students, at the high school of She bin Elkom, 37 miles north-west of Cairo. One person was arrested with a knife in his hand.U.P. - 94 words
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Article77 1948-01-26 1 UNITED States Army air base officials announced in Berlin last night that an American first lieutenants, Fred Scheunemann, was wounded when he was shot by a Russian soldier in the United States sector of Berlin early yesterday. They said the Russian, who has been arrested, firedReuter - 77 words
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Article38 1948-01-26 1 The 4,822-ton British steamer. LandafT, struck a mine on Sunday, 20 miles nor€h west of the island of Terschelling off the Dutch north coast, but was able to continue on her voyage to Hamburg. A.P.A.P. - 38 words
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Article28 1948-01-26 1 The Queen Elizabeth sailed from New York for Southampton on Sunday after being delayed more than 12 hours by s>oor visibility caused by A.P. snow.A.P. - 28 words
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Article23 1948-01-26 1 A revolutionary movement broke out in Bolivia last nierht out was suppressed, with the police arresting many civilians without giving reasons.23 words
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Article105 1948-01-26 1 Free Press Staff Reporter HINDU devotees, doing penance by carrying "kavedi" heavy frames with spikes stuck into their bodies or by pulling chariots hooked to their bodies, appeared In the streets of Singapore early this morning, as Hindus continued to observe Thaipusam. The celebration started yesterday105 words
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Article26 1948-01-26 1 Police at Rochore yesterday arrested two Chinese in connection with an armed robbery, which occurred at a hoiiso in Maude Road on Dec. 10.26 words
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Article212 1948-01-26 1 rLAKE SUCCESS, Sunday. E withdrawal of Indian Union troops from Kashmir now appears to be the stumbling block to a settlement of the dispute between India and Pakistan but it is widely believed her e th^t a compromise will be reached by placing theseReuter; A.P. - 212 words
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Article72 1948-01-26 1 FE Pope yesterday decided to send a special "message of peace" to all the peoples of the world irrespective of creed or nationality in his own handwriting, says a Vatican report. Pius XII will write a personal message, a facsimile of which will be sent by radioReuter - 72 words
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Article212 1948-01-26 1 BATAVIA, Sunday. VTEGOTIATIONS between 11 the Dutch and the Indonesian Republic are expected to be resumed on Wednesday, or earlier if air transport is available to bring the Republican leaders from their capital of Jogjakarta, the United Nations Good Offices Commission announced today. This followedA.P.; Reuter - 212 words
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Article242 1948-01-26 1 JERUSALEM, Sunday. rpHE temporary lull in the Arab-Jewish battle in Palestine ended today with fighting on a larger scale than hitherto, with the Jews blowing up an entire Arab village from which the Arabs had fled, while several hundred heavily-armed Arabs ambushed a Jewish convoyA.P.; U.P.; Reuter - 242 words
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Article18 1948-01-26 1 Two 24-hour strikes of 1,000,000 Bavarian workers in protest over food shortages ended last night.18 words
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350 1948-01-26 1 MANILA, Sunday. A SERIES of eleven tremendous earthquake shocks* rocked the five principal islands in the central Philippines for four terrifying hours today, leaving 24 known dead and scores injured. Reports reaching Manila give broken accounts of mounting deaths and damage on Panay Island,A.P.; U.P.; Reuter - 350 words
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Article50 1948-01-26 1 MR. Harold E. Stassen, former governor of Minnesota and candidate for the Republican nomination for the United States presidency, yesterday announced that he will enter the Republican primary election to be held in Ohio on May 4. He will now vie with Senator Taft in the primary.50 words
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Article76 1948-01-26 1 THE Premier of Iraq, Sayed Salem Jabur, left Britain yesterday for Iraq to explain to his Government the terms of the new treaty of friendship signed with Britain. As he left three senior officials of the Transjordan Government including Brigadier John Glubb Pasha. British commander ofA.P. - 76 words
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Article44 1948-01-26 1 COT TON CARGO FIRS A fire, which took eight hours to extinguish, partly destroyed 35 tons of raw cotton and damaged the remainder in the holds of the 1,588--ton Swedish ship Sonja berthed at Rotterdam. The cause of the fire was un- known ReuterReuter - 44 words
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FEATURES
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Article, Illustration1256 1948-01-26 2 Hall Romney - MALAYANS GET TOGETHER Hall Romney London Letter By PRESIDENT of the 1 Malay Society in London is Tunku -Abdul Rabman of the F A .dah Civil Service, who is reading for the Bar, and Mr. Abdul Razak, of the Malay Administrative Service, has just taken over the secretaryship from Mr.1,256 words
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Article, Illustration286 1948-01-26 2 QNCE a partnership has agreed upon a suit, the b.d of a new suit is rarely lor the purpose of discovering a better final can tract. Rather, it is usually one o£ three things: A slam try. an Indication of a better defens w lead than the suit286 words
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Article577 1948-01-26 2 OOURTENAY EDWARDS - OOURTENAY EDWARDS Bv IF you want to learn how to squeeze a quart into a pint pot, visit the Airways Terminal, near Victoria Station, London. Here, at Europe's busiest air booking centre and London's most cosmopolitan meetingplace, British Overseas Airways are already handling four times as577 words
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Article214 1948-01-26 2 Cooling System? QTREAMLINED whales •J tearing through the dark oceans at high speeds are providing naval scientists with more than whale meat U> think about. Reports of the 1946-47 British Scientific Expedition to the Antarctic whaling ground are being closely studied by submarine designers for lesson in underwater214 words
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Article506 1948-01-26 2 Glenn Williams - Glenn Williams By DRITISH lash ion designers are banking on Princess Elizabeth the nation's darling to turn the dollar earning tide of style to Britain. The Princess has a lot of assets to help them realize their aspiration One of the greatest ol these is theReuter - 506 words
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Miscellaneous9 1948-01-26 2 mdndtdkC Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press in Malaya9 words
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Miscellaneous649 1948-01-26 2 SINGAPORE Request; 11 am. Cross to Adelaide Savoyards; 6 p.m. Thirty to One: w***j for further cricket descriptions; d.30 World and Home News; 6.45 Blue Network 4 pm. Cricket Resume Dinner At the Console; 7 p.m. Five From 12 00 «<w« »oa Music— Now Light Sym. Orch. O'clock Special; 7.45649 words
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Miscellaneous155 1948-01-26 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR Fortune forecas people born tod BORN today, your ia» tions arc so p and keen that appear to be nycltft'f'j inu ahle to pio^i.^t:^ things to come. Your originality of »<* can be co mh 1 a real HW you combine this U^ with your abilitj casl155 words
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NEWS
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Article102 1948-01-26 3 THE Chilean President, Semor 1 Gabriel Gonzalez Videla, was described as a "traitor" by the authoritative Sovi.t periodical New Times ki an artick d<? fan ding the Oammunist Senator and poet. fteuor Pablo Neruda. who nas been deprived of his Parliamentary rigliu. The dt privation wasReuter - 102 words
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171 1948-01-26 3 Soviet trade syste in proves effective THE effectiveness of Russia's new de-rationed trading system was indicated by the announcement of the institution of an eight-hour day in ordinary food stores, where a full assortment of goods apears to be on sale and few queues are noted. The ordinary food storesA.P. - 171 words
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Article122 1948-01-26 3 1 S5 she "advocates and teaches, the overthrow of the Government by force." She was arrested at her New York home by officers of the Immigration Service and the Federal Bureau of Investiga- Uon and was removed to Ellis Island to be held in custody IReuter - 122 words
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206 1948-01-26 3 'I like Dick Barton, says Mr. Morrison T LIKE Dick Barton, hero of a 8.8.C. detective serial \4u I Ustenin K to him whenever I get the chance," Mr. Herbert Morrison told a meeting at Letch worth, (Herts). "There are too many people going round trying publicly to psycho-analyse other206 words
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Article69 1948-01-26 3 THE day before he was killed on his 17th bombing flight over Germany, SquadronLeader Harold John Vincent Ashworth said: "I want Ella to have everything." Mr. Justice Willmer in the London Probate Court found that this constituted a good "soldier's will" on active service and entitledReuter - 69 words
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Article58 1948-01-26 3 JAMES SHEEN, a#ed 54, of Wade-street, Bristol, cycling home from work, was blown by the ?ale into the River Avon. A passer-by saw his cycle disappearing from the road and ran to the spot. All he could see as a cloth cap floating on the water.58 words
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Article, Illustration85 1948-01-26 3 These pictures of the war in Jndo-China were brought out of the country by Associated Press. (Top), Vietnamese raiders in river craft armed 'cith machine guns move to an attack on a French river mtpost. Five Government officials and 40 French soldiers were reported killed after a Vietnam attack on85 words
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Article, Illustration330 1948-01-26 3 tyE CAN FEED OURSELVES -ROXAS \pl production campaign a big success picture. THERE is no food shortage likely in me Philippines", President Manuel Roxas told the Assembly of Provincial Governors, in a "state of the union" message, at Manila, reports Associated Press. 44 We have conducted an energetic campaign forA.P.; O.P. - 330 words
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Article248 1948-01-26 3 an 11 year-old boy, who landed at i France wearing a G. I. uniform, iis fooled the authorities with a story that he is itlfgitd to the Continent by Ameican >oldier>. i in England he announced that Lawrence, that he was born at ind that248 words
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36 1948-01-26 3 Cathedral bells Urowned noLo I of robbers IRK Cathedral pcaline out In prace of wareweat Hays Wharf, South- Smith and and -s loaded truck. were dis--1 watchm.r: said •*e of the thieves K tO the war-36 words
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Article13 1948-01-26 3 P" ALCOHOL SAYS INDIAN GOVT. men* ha* fij^^y^ alcoholic -1 functions A. P.A.P. - 13 words
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Article50 1948-01-26 3 THE Afghan Air Force has ordered 12 Avro Anson aircraft for communications duty, police work and aerial Surveying, A.V. Roe and Company have announced. The Anson was designed mainly for training and reconnalsance and was used extensively for those purposes by the RAF during the war.50 words
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Article162 1948-01-26 3 THE Hindustan Aircraft Ltd.. Bangalore, in Mysore State, has taken up the production of Percival Prentice Trainers fox the Royal Indian Air Force under an assistance arrangement with the Perclval Aircraft Company, England, according to the Indian Information Services. The Indian Defence Ministry hasReuter - 162 words
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Article228 1948-01-26 3 'MP' delays train for 1 7 minutes A MAN who said he was a Member of Parliament delayed a train for 17 minutes by refusing to leave, London railway officials said. On the 2.34 a.m. King's Cross newspaper train for Grantham and Doncaster there was a coach reserved for railwaymen228 words
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Article110 1948-01-26 3 THE Tokio Metropolitan police authorities have announced ttfie results of the aixti -gambling campaian begun shortly after the end of the war. A total of 26,000 gamblers have so far been arrested, including more than 18,000 arrests last year. There are 400 different methods of gamblim? inReuter - 110 words
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Article60 1948-01-26 3 AIR FRANCE yesterday claimed a non-stop fldght record from New York to Paris, when its four-engined Constellation "Comet Burgundy" made the trip in ten hours and 38 minutes 33 minutes faster than the old record set last Friday by another Air France plane. The Constellation carriedU.P. - 60 words
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Article17 1948-01-26 3 Television licences in Britain rose 66 per cent, in six mortfihto. November's toteJ was 31,250.17 words
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Article162 1948-01-26 3 IT was "My Goodness— My Guinness" with a vengeance when nearly 900 Guinness workers on the night and day shifts at Park Royal brewery stopped work. Trouble (as well as beer), had been brewing in the huge plant for months because 16 labourers refused to162 words
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Article22 1948-01-26 3 Amateur gardeners who queued for a few pounds of seed potatoes in Bristol signed a declaration that the> would not eat them.22 words
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Article109 1948-01-26 3 HONG KONG police authorities alleged that a prominent Chinese banker, Hsu Shih Chang, attempted suicide in a cell after detectives from Shanghai had formally asked lor his extradition on charges of misappropriation of large sums belonging to the postal bank in Shanghai, of which Hsu u>U.P. - 109 words
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Advertisement16 1948-01-26 3 YELLOW TOP fCABS ■re now available to the public from 7 AJM. till Mid-night; RING 595916 words
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Miscellaneous22 1948-01-26 3 AN The Goal By Edgar Rice Burroughs hJ^^»^ ttG_^^F__^\. Jl I T T t*^tt/- SWC r£UNTcU, bi*o »r Unit** r>7:»f» «-m«i:r«i# larM22 words
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LEADER
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623 1948-01-26 4 The Singapore Free Press MONDAY. JANUARY 26. 1948. Union Against Communism. THE surge of events turned Parliament's two day debate on foreign affairs into yet another survey of relations with Russia. Even when Mr. Bevin voyaged briefly across A6ia he found. ?ast of Japan and north of China, the giant623 words
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Article703 1948-01-26 4 JOHN BULL was feeling better. It was in the air that things w T ere going to be brighter in 1948. Some of his overseas friends have been telling him so, too. Good. John Bull needed a tonic —so long as it didn't make703 words
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Article, Illustration1990 1948-01-26 4 EXPORTS Fight tougher THE men who go out into the world to sell Britain's goods know the places where it is getting harder to sell, and they list four basic reasons: I—Almost1 Almost everybody in the world wants the same things more food,1,990 words
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Article19 1948-01-26 4 The eternal God is thy I refuge, and underneath are I the everlasting arms. Deutoronomy S3, 27. I19 words
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Article306 1948-01-26 4 RED SERGE FLIES 1 can bank ii f the ne^ dian Mounted p> breaking th U e Passport racket judder whe^eX* fne popular sfy^ always w theV But not even £*> G-m:n are be: t^ the scientific crime. home and c hi- 1 centre, i iUV j of the b^uequr,.306 words
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Advertisement29 1948-01-26 4 K AL AMAZOO r Loose Leaf Books Strip Indexes Visible Equips 1 for STOCK SYSTEMS SUNDRY DEBTORS PLANT MACHINERY RECORDS EMPLOYEES* HISTORY. tC W. McMULLAN Al4. Union Building. Spore-Tel29 words
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LOCAL NEWS
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Article57 1948-01-26 5 TB AGAIN TAKES BIG TOLL nUBING the \m-k endD ing 17 there V r 34 deaths from TB ■Z W.th 25 in the 113 nne other death from r UirouKh other •nri-ben ei^ht. imoma 9, d entente I6 t- -he ending Jan. 17. re total of 194 148 chl 2957 words
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Article59 1948-01-26 5 »h: pndi Phanomyong, N nn r Prim< Mlnlrter of :ir whom a Sia- .cntly issued a ring In Prefiß was n>*umed G m. a Government -d. Ml d for j i u In .ection with thr cour' h of Idol. I M reted tohav- .-ued59 words
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Article39 1948-01-26 5 I Mr. Cecil Hobb*. reference librarian for South-East Asia v. "he Oricntalia division Library of Consress, roadctst from Radio at 8.13. Mr. will be talking about ind of IA matehe is looking for. and i library it-39 words
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Article, Illustration446 1948-01-26 5 ASSOCIATION NOT NAMING CANDIDATE Straits-Chinese body and elections Mr. P. Vengadasalam. son of Mr. V. Pakirisamy, the Singapore Advisory Councillor, was married to Miss K. Danaluckshumi, daughter of Dr. S. R. Krishnan of Seremban, at a Hindu ceremony in Singapore last Saturday. The picture below shows two women attendants at446 words
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Article122 1948-01-26 5 nv lut PWM Staff Reporter Wd ttlc deposit boxes costing $150,000 special ■taMf-mn door, costing about and reputed to be capable of withstanding t Md other weapons used by burglars, will tiv be installed at the Singapore premises of the umset-Chinese Hanking Corporation. I and expand-122 words
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Article118 1948-01-26 5 FILM on fishing will be shown to Malay fisherfolk in Pasir Panjang tomorrow. The film "Cape Cod Fishermen" has been selected, in addition to other instructional shorts and a health cartoon. Although "Cape Cod Fishermen" portrays the western technique of fishing carried out under different conditions, it118 words
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Article123 1948-01-26 5 LANGUAGE SCHOOL FOR INDIA THE Government of India has decided to start a school of modern studies, where Indian students will have the facilities to study the language, literature and history of some of the most important Asian and European nations. A number of special studios including those on scientific123 words
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Article15 1948-01-26 5 1 lay Teach-' D<J tWO I Malayan r* 1 conK ua.u Lumpur this15 words
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Article342 1948-01-26 5 THE new exchange regulations for trading with the NEI aim at checking the number of infringements which has "grown alarmingly," the proceeds of smuggled goods and smuggled currency being used for the importation of steadily increasing quantities of inferior goods and useless articles, sold in342 words
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Article57 1948-01-26 5 SEREMBAN, Sunday. A Chinese, Loh Son Yam, transported 70 katties of rice from Kuala Pilah to Seremban without the authority of the Food Controller, was fined $100 or. in default, one month's rigorous imprisonment, by the District Judge, Mr. B. V. Rhodes, yesterday. Loh said he57 words
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Article93 1948-01-26 5 A committee to consider "ither the formation of a c -rural Muslim body for Sin.i.ipore. or of strengthening any existing organisation to become the mouthpiece oi Singapore Muslims 'vas elected at a meeting of prominent Muslim individuals and delegates of Singapore Muslim organisations yesterday. Members of the93 words
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Article48 1948-01-26 5 THE wtamff of the first Subhas Ciiamdra Base Competitive Scholarship, founded bv G. S. Gill Company. Kuala Lumpur, is Master R C Dutt. a Senior student of the Hi^h School. Klacig. Tiie scholarship, as previously aiimouinced, provides or school fees and the Cambridge examination registration fees48 words
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Article, Illustration84 1948-01-26 5 New S'poreSiam airline THE Siamese Airways, which recently opened a service from Bangkok to Singgora and Penang, have now opened a once-weekly service between Bangkok, Singgora and Singapore. On the present schedule, their aircraft will arrive in Singapore at 3.30 p.m. on Wednesdays, and depart at 8 a.m. on Thursdays.84 words
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Article, Illustration155 1948-01-26 5 CHINESE FOR MUNICIPAL COUNCIL Free Press Staff Reporter. THE Singapore Chinese 1 Chamber of Commerce has asked the Colonial Secretary if the Chamber's representative to the Municipal Commission, Mr. Lien Ying Chow, might be re-appointed for a short term ending March and has received an official reply that a decision155 words
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Article243 1948-01-26 5 FORTY-SEVEN Chinese couples were married yesterday, at noon, at the Victoria Memorial Hall, Singapore. It was the biggest mass wedding since the return of Civil Government in the Colony. The Singapore ConsulGeneral. Dr. Wu Paak-shing, officiated at the signing ceremony. He said a mass wedding represented243 words
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252 1948-01-26 5 CHINESE IN MALAYA More departures than arrivals Free Press Chinese Correspondent /^HIXESE immigration into Malaya has been more v^ than offset by the exodus of Malayan Chinese to China since the liberation. According to official statistics, there were more Chinese leaving than coming to Singapore during the first 11 months252 words
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417 1948-01-26 5 Third rural candidate for elections Jbree Press Staff Reporter THE Rural West district ot Singapore has a third candidate for the forthcoming elections for the new Legislative Council. He is Mr. Cheong Hock Chye, a member of the Rural Board, and well-known Singapore auctioneer. Mr. Cheong, in an interview with417 words
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Article136 1948-01-26 5 THE Government of India has decided to hold a competition in designs for India's new Swaraj stamps which will be issued some time this year. Nearly 7.500 rupees will be given as prizes to the winders. Artists are being invited to submit designs that hav. a definite136 words
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Advertisement42 1948-01-26 5 Mention!!! Travellers!!! ;E N VISITING SINGAPORE STAY AT j THE TAVERN ooean Residential Hotel) ffftttof immediately after the liberals, luxuriously furnished. Every Hn bath to itself Coo/ and quiet l oca li t y: 1* i opposite Nassim Road Telephone No. 4948.42 words
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Advertisement71 1948-01-26 5 Herbert Terry Anglepoise Lamps IDEAL for DOCTORS. DENTISTS CHIROPODISTS Floor Standard Model on 4 Wheels h is one of the most desirabk contributions to the Modern Home. Mere finger-tip movement placet it in any position. No screws t< tighten, just its WONDERFUL Bal ance holds it set at any angle.71 words
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Article, Illustration430 1948-01-26 6 Vigilance on the Suez Canal ARMED Egyptian coastguards, keeping watch day i\ and night along the 100-mile long Suez Canal and the country's Mediterranean seaboard, delivered a smashing blow during 1947 against one of the great- c*st menaces of the Middle East the drug peddlers, reports ReuterReuter; A.P. - 430 words
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Article29 1948-01-26 6 National Fire service men struggled tor five hours to induce a horse, marooned by floods at Holt near Wrcxlmm, i to swim across several fields to safety.29 words
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Article27 1948-01-26 6 Kicked and bitten by a ho:sp he was feeding. George Edwards said in a Bristol hosndtal: "Perhaps he thoueht I was late wi-Ui his food27 words
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Article57 1948-01-26 6 PAN-PACIFIC DOCKERS' UNION SOON THE formation of a PanPacific secretariat of wharf and ship workers is expected to be announced soon by the Australian Communist Party leaders, reports A.P. It is believed that its main function would be to organise joint action by Communist-dominated trade unions in Australia, New Zealand,A.P. - 57 words
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Article23 1948-01-26 6 The British mission discussing meat and sterling convertibility problems with the Argentine Government submitted a new set of proposals A.P.A.P. - 23 words
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Article148 1948-01-26 6 A SOLDIER lay dying after an explosion at an ammunition dump at Saxelby, near Melton Mowbray. His comrades saw an ATS medical orderly running to his aid and shouted "mind the detonators." But she went on. Said Lance-Corporal Margaret Richards later: "I was148 words
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Article25 1948-01-26 6 The Norwegian refrlgeratorship Presthus has been chartered by a British company to carry whale -meat from the Antarctic to Argen-25 words
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Article220 1948-01-26 6 "THE Argentine Government has announced that a 1 group of army specialist** will shortly go to the Antarctic on a cruise with two vessels of the Argentine Navy. The Argentine Government is at present studying two notes from Britain about the action Argentina has takenReuter; A.P. - 220 words
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Article26 1948-01-26 6 Security police stood by when a parcel kibelled "precious cargo" was opened at London Airport. The ctaedoer expected <diamion<te. Ho found a woman's nightdress26 words
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Article19 1948-01-26 6 Three ships carrying 15,000 tons of Russian sulphate of ammonia are on the way to India.19 words
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111 1948-01-26 6 GIANT "vacuum cleaners" which would suck fish from the sea is the solution Mr. Harry George, of Caister Norfolk, puts forward to overcome the shortage of fishing nets. Mr. George, well-known figure in the East Coast fishing industry, says that drifters could111 words
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Article, Illustration78 1948-01-26 6 CANTON ANTI U.K. RIOTING The burnt out shell of the British Consulate-General in Canton (above) after mobs of Chinese demonstrators had set fire to the building in a wave of antiBritish feeling as a result of eviction of Chinese squatters from Kowloon. A group of excited students outside the ConsulateA.P. - 78 words
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147 1948-01-26 6 REBECCA. 15-year-old Eskimo girl who recently made a 6. 000-mile journey by whaler, train and plane to settle as the adopted daughter of a missionary's widow amid the green fields of Suffolk (England), must return to her native ice in Ballin Land. The147 words
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Article92 1948-01-26 6 rTMIE Rangoon High Court will X decide on Feb. 9 whether the former Premier, U Saw has sufficient grounds for an appeal against his death sentence for abetting the assassination of U Aung San and seven of hft Cabinet Ministers last July. A courtA.P. - 92 words
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Article40 1948-01-26 6 The official Indo-Chinese Nationalist radio "The Voice of Vietnam." which was silenced early last December when French troops destroyed Its central transmitter, has resumed broadcasting from somewhere in southern Tongklng or northern Annam. sav Saigon press reports40 words
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Article25 1948-01-26 6 Reuter Jewellery and furs worth several thousands of pounds were stolen from High Coombe. the home of Admiral Sir Percy Royds, at Kingston-uDon-Thames.Reuter - 25 words
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Article106 1948-01-26 6 rREDERIK MYSBERG, a Netherlands citizen and manager of Abis Company, sentenced last September to a one year prison term for alleged violation of government economic measures, has been granted a new trial, the Shanghai Supreme Court announces. Mysberg was sentenced after the High Court hadU.P. - 106 words
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Article63 1948-01-26 6 RUSSIA has signed a trade agreement with Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg calling for the exchange of goods. The agreement was said to be the largest deal the Soviets have made outside eastern Europe gnce the war. It was concluded after nearly eight weeks of negotiationsU.P. - 63 words
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Article28 1948-01-26 6 A daily non-stop "holiday express" from London U> the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man is a feature of Britten European Air--1 ways' summor plans.28 words
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298 1948-01-26 6 BIG FILM DEAL GETS 'HUSH HUSH' BACKER BACKED by a millionaire whose identity is a secret, Mr. Filippo del Giudice, who, as Mr. J. Arthur Rank's top producer, made "In Which We Serve," "Henry V., w and "Odd Man Out," is on his way to New York to clinch a298 words
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Article43 1948-01-26 6 mHE 100-ton Norwegian A whaler Globe Tenth limped Into Capetown harbour after an 11-*day trip from the Antarctic with her propeller bent by a charging whale. Buti she htad delivered 31 whale to the factory ship before returning. KeU-^r.43 words
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Article66 1948-01-26 6 S -A- goof seized in India JHE T, Ltd. liq fl X C°:flown from totendcd been confi cated Prohibition o^ (r t ra 4 Be Indian and ipUft?^ Under th^ new <**„ caxgccs pacing t^ South Africa are bei£ fr TJe only ai r rou^ Au^tra;- a ;d south a^66 words
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Advertisement140 1948-01-26 6 BIGGEST HOLIDAY ATTRACTION IN TOWN! saw it before is "\l hasn't seen it yet is... ll Everybody wants to f) AIT Bee this great picture.. A David 0. Selznick't 11 Jiltl/ Masterpiece Filmed Entirely in Technicolor Clanc Vivian Leslie GABLE LEIGH HOWARD lAWUU ONLY 3 jfi 12.40 P PERFORMANCES I3k\140 words
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Miscellaneous37 1948-01-26 6 JANE Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press in Malava K^L'T I I JP<^±jf\ I Know where's HE s V h> y KWOW IT-.' y ./j/MW&y {that r,ißi (I nT r^M vOtACKERS^ «kT^ \WOW^/,/ > Hr f M^SFirik (EXTRAORDINARY/37 words
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Article342 1948-01-26 7 Free Fnm Sports Reporter PINT.APORi: S quarter-miler, M. K. Sundram is in ling for the >VorW Olympics to be held Strangely enough, neither the ur Athletic Association nor the Singapuc Olympic and Sports Council ever mentioned Sundram win- thev discussed the possibilities and Btrits U>yd Yalberg342 words
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Article77 1948-01-26 7 WAi.S Arthur Stevens, Fulham's centre-for-ward, got three of his side's goals in the F.A. Cup tie in which Fulham beat Bristol Rovers five-three on Saturday, he won himself an overcoat belonging to comedian Tommy Trinder. who is a Fulham director. Trinder, who promised Stevens the overcoatReuter - 77 words
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Article63 1948-01-26 7 THE Far Ea.stern Olympics and the Philippine hißh jump record of 6-ft. 1% -|B. was broken by 16-yoar-old Pedro Videz of Nuova Ecna province during the Central Lii7.nn Athletic Association Meet at San Antonio 7-mbrits on Saturday when ho rlrnrcd the b?r at 6-ft. 8-in. TheReuter - 63 words
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Article69 1948-01-26 7 IN the shortened U.K. league soccer programme on Saturday. Leyton Orient gained their first away win. Barrow lost their first away league game, and Brighton won a league gamo for the first time since Sept. 17. A FRENCH national team beat the New Zealand Rugby League touring sideReuter - 69 words
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Article, Illustration437 1948-01-26 7 COURTCRAFT - MALAYA IN SEMI-FINAL OF THOMAS CUP COURTCRAFT Sole Entry In Pacific Zone By WITHOUT having to play at all, Malaya will reach the semi-final round of the Thomas Cup badminton tournament which will Ik-, played in London in March next year. This has come about as Malaya is the sole437 words
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Article166 1948-01-26 7 Matthews In Sparkling Display Charlton has v/ an easy three-nil victory over Third Division Northern Club. Stockport. in Saturday FA. Cup ties in Britain. Other Third Division Clubs. Chester and Crewe, j went out to First Division ri- vals after plucky struggles. Stanley Matthews sparkled In Blackpool's four-goal win over166 words
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Article38 1948-01-26 7 S.C.C. WITHDRAW FROM K.O. HOCKEY THE C.Y.M.A. and the RAF. hockey elevens have entered the second and third rounds respectively of the S.H.A. knockout tournmment as the Singapore Cricket Club have withdrawn their two entries from the tournament.38 words
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Article314 1948-01-26 7 emphasised his ability in the Leicester back division. Brlstol'6 team against Gloucester contained eight changes, but greater strength behind the scrums enabled Gloucester to win by 17 points to eight. At Twickenham. where Cambridge beat Harlequins B—3,8 3, the Harlequins left centre. T. Pigot, had aReuter - 314 words
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269 1948-01-26 7 COLCHESTER'S "MASTER PLAN" SUCCEEDS REMARKABLE Colchester, the Southern League Club, which trains on oysters, anxl Queen's Park Rangers, tine West London Tthird Division team with promotion as-' rations, again provided the surprises in the fourth roumd Football Association Cun matches on SatuTday. Playing to the "master plan" devised by TedReuter - 269 words
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Article114 1948-01-26 7 F. A. Move To Protect Referees THE Disciplinary Committee of the English Football Association has come up with an edict: Tossing of orange peeli at the referee has to stop. Control your spectators or close your grounds, the committee warned. After a recent game at the Aston Villa team's grounds114 words
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138 1948-01-26 7 Manchester U. Now Firm Cup Favourites DLAYING what was virtual ly an away match, because Manchester City were also nia; .ng at home tlhey share the same ground Manchester United, the ouLstaJidkng English soccer team of the year, firmly established themselves as F.A. Cup favourites by eliminating Liverpool by tihree138 words
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Article64 1948-01-26 7 THE bravest show in the Scottish F.A. cup-ties on Saturday was provided by a country club. Stranraor. Six thousand spectators crammed into their tiny ground to see Glasgow Rangers, Cup favourites, won by the only goal scored. The quality of Stranraer's play surprised and unsettled j the64 words
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Article, Illustration33 1948-01-26 7 Rugby] 'Test' ?/°/?i On T a lor South's scrum-half, about to pick the ball ojj the feet of North's forwards in the first five, minutes of the Saturday's game which South won 18-9.33 words
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Article239 1948-01-26 7 5.C.F.A. LEAGUE SOCCER A GOAL scored in the last minute of the game gave Jalan Sultan a one-nil victory over Clemenceau Avenue in a S.C.F.A. inter-district league match at Geylang Stadium yesterday Both teams struggled hard for supremacy throughout the game, and had the Clemenceau239 words
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Article149 1948-01-26 7 BOXINGS comeback in Singapore at the Great World Stadium last night was a financial failure but a successful exhibition from the spectators' view point. The main bout resulted in a draw between Jabbar bin JafTar and Sarban Singh, who for eitjht rounds kept the audience on149 words
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Article750 1948-01-26 7 England Face Test Defeat PNGLAXD are faced with defeat in their first Test Li against the West Indies which enters on its final day at Bridgetown, Barbados, today. At close of play on Saturday, England were 334 runs behind with eight of their secpnd innings wickets left, having lost Denis750 words
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Article, Illustration146 1948-01-26 7 |N another S.C.F.A. league matoh yesterday. United MacKenzie XI defeated Naval Base three -one. Leading two-nil at half time, United MacKenzie were haviing matters all their own wav. but on the restart Naval Base went all out into the attack and were soon rewarded v/he»n, followingA.P. - 146 words
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Advertisement51 1948-01-26 7 rk !V i M J irl Skin complaints. S^ t i Pttrifiin! v »'xture, a. a blood fH toW normal health. 3 aiatir 5 l lhe fr '-«"neni of Hheu- M Still and Painful t; rrrfpffe^^'i ***** Uuiu LRI^ VcJ^^ '"MiU-g ami othi'r-ISSaT"""* f' ord.-» UP/ if mil Chemi'ti and51 words
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Miscellaneous201 1948-01-26 7 F. P. Cr ossword No. 295 CLUES ACROSS 2. Delighted (6). 6, Cupola (4). 8. Incentive (4). 10. Feared (7). 11, Equality (3). 12, Vessel (3). 13, Harmonious (6). 14. Blight (5). 16, Unpractical person (8). 20, Discourtesy (8). 23. Apt »5). 26, Difficulty (6). 28, Exclamation (3). 29, Pole201 words
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Article225 1948-01-26 8 RUSSIANS TELL AMERICANS WASHINGTON, Sunday. fTHE new Soviet Am- bassador to the United States, M. Alexander S. Panyushkin, yesterday called for expanded So-viet-American trade as a step towards better diplomatic relations. M. Panyushkin said the pc le of both countries were equall tatemted in betterincReuter - 225 words
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Article42 1948-01-26 8 The United States Embassy in Teheran said yesterday that the time limit for an extension of credit to Iran for the purchase of United States war materials expired on Saturday night without any communication from the Persian Government. U.P.U.P. - 42 words
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Article33 1948-01-26 8 Google Withers, British film actress, and John MacCallum 30-year-old Australian born pirn star. were married In London yesterday. They met while working together and have starred toge'her in three films ReuterReuter - 33 words
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Article104 1948-01-26 8 *TVHE Greek "Democratic JL Army" (guenrilla lorce) 6uprvme headquarters have ordered the "seizing of hostages In great numbers," according to a communique broadcast by the "free Greek Radio" and quoted by the Yugoslav news agency, reports Reuter from Belgrade. The communique said it was "according toReuter - 104 words
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Article, Illustration93 1948-01-26 8 Home Picture for Australians Melbourne, looking west from Spring Street along Tree-lined Collins Street The attractive garden setting of Melbourne, 7th city of the British Empire, is due to the foresight and planning of the city's early surveyors. Pope Pius XII is seen talking with the f Jn^f^i (eX X93 words
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Article189 1948-01-26 8 A SOUTH-EAST Asia Regional Conference, opening in Singapore tomorrow, has for its aims (a) the removal soon of many obstacles to the fair distribution of food supplies arising from inadequate information and (b) making easier the assessment of supply and demand for future years and189 words
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Article72 1948-01-26 8 THE Chinese Government is, at present, studying an official dispatch received from its Embassy in Bangkok reporting on the Siamese Government s action in forbidding Chinese schools in Siam to hoist Chinese flags. A Chinese Foreign Office spokesman flatly denied reports that the Chinese GovernmentReuter - 72 words
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Article34 1948-01-26 8 Fifty Persons described as Communists and extreme Leftists'* were arrested in Baghdad yesterday and chased with disturbing the peace during a week of demonstrations against the newly-signed Anpjlo Iraa treaty. ReuterReuter - 34 words
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Article32 1948-01-26 8 Sir Allan Powell, chairman of the British Broadcasting Corporation from 1938 to 194(5 died at the age of 66 at h s home in Puckinaham on Saturday. A. P.A.P. - 32 words
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Article84 1948-01-26 8 TRIESTE, Sunday.—Bruno Nidoli. 29, toas under arrest today for the alleged selling to a group of Milanese businessmen of the bomb wrecked Italian battleship Giulio Cesare. in the port of Muggia here. Falsifying Allied Military Government documents, purporting to show he had acquired the sunken battleship,U.P. - 84 words
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Article62 1948-01-26 8 A COMMUNIST, M. Leon Salagnac, was yesterday elected Mayor of the Paris suburb of Malakopf by 13 votes against nine cast for a nominee of Gen. de Gaulle's Rally of the French People two for a Socialist, and three for an M.R.P. (Popular Republican) member. FourReuter - 62 words
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Article263 1948-01-26 8 LONDON, Sunday. HPHE plump little Vicar of St. Andrews Church went wearily off to church today, after another restless night of contending with a poltergeist (a mischievous spirit), which has been noisily upsetting the Vicarage, even to getting into bed and clawtne at theU.P. - 263 words
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Article83 1948-01-26 8 JEWISH residents of the British sector of Berlin are to be allowed to adopt new surnames that do not attract immediate attention to their race. This decision was made by the British sector's administrative court, which said it could not yet be stated with certaintyReuter - 83 words
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Article175 1948-01-26 8 Free Press Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. i NEW sets of postage stamps for the Federation of Malaya and Singapore are exp-cted to be issued in June. Each State and Settlement as well as Singapore will have different designs. The general design and sizes of175 words
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455 1948-01-26 8 Govt plan may be boycotted nwMt LONDON, Sunday. ORITAINS doctors will vote "for" or "against" the new National Health Service on Jan. 31 in a plebiscite organised by the British Medical Association. On this vote will depend the B. M. A. Council's adviceReuter - 455 words
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Article162 1948-01-26 8 FEDERATION TO ALLOW HIGHER RENTS Free Press Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday. RESTRICTED increases in rents are to be allowed in :he Federation of Malaya from Feb. 29. A bill to be introduced at the final meeting of the Malayan Union Advisory Council on Tuesday allows increases ranging from five162 words
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Article238 1948-01-26 8 SHANGHAI Sundav T»HE China Democratic League, replying toaiia ment by Mr. Percy Chen, son of the late revoa tionary Chinese Foreign Minister, Mr. Eugene i that the Philippines might soon he the venue if Nationalist-Communist conference to end the en war in China, declared: NegotiationsA.P. - 238 words
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Article94 1948-01-26 8 DR. Herbert Evatt, Australian Foreign Minister, yesterday announced that the refitted polar exploration snip Wyatt Earp will set out from Melbourne on Feb. 6 to resume the Antarctic expedition. The 403 -ton Wyatt Earp left lor the Antarctic in midDecember but had to be recalled at theReuter - 94 words
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Article46 1948-01-26 8 A PLAN to stabilise China's currency is receiving "carrful consideration." the Nanking Prime Minister. Gen Chang Chun, said on Saturday. He denied that China was negotiating with Mexico for the purchase of silver preliminary to adopting the silver standard for Its currency.46 words
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Article166 1948-01-26 8 ELECTIONS IN CANADA THIS YEAR? OTTAWA, Sunday. THE Canadian Parliament reconvenes tomorrow for what may be its final session with Mr. William Lyon Mackenzie King as Prime Minister. It may also be the final sitting of the present Parliament if credence be placed in reports circulating in political circles thatReuter - 166 words
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Article104 1948-01-26 8 COMMUNISTS HAMPER RICE HARVEST LABOUR unrest stirred up by Communists was reported on Saturday to be hampering the rice harvest in the rich delta districts of south-west India, says a Madras message A civil supply officer said the Communist Kisan (labour) organisation was contributing to the difficulties. In several places,A.P. - 104 words
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Article27 1948-01-26 8 Eighty-year-old Mrs. Agnes Cacoks of Bangor yesterday married John Steenson 82 formerly of Belfast. The "bride"' had 18 children by her first marriage. ReuterReuter - 27 words
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Article255 1948-01-26 8 GERMANY'S "Million Dollar Cinderella", Ursula Bauer, had an offer of marriage today from an American to help her collect the $20,000,000 fortune which she wants to give to the sick children of Berlin. Several Gl's stationed in Berlin said that marriage with the CinderellaU.P. - 255 words
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Advertisement190 1948-01-26 8 GODOWN WANTED WANTED: Law rodown. concrete floor, for immediate occupation on lon* tenancy. Box SALE OF ARMY Tenders are invited for the purchase of the following Armv Foodstuffs: LOT NO. ITEM SF/33 500 Quartt CHAMPAGNE SF 34 72.000 Lbs TOBACCO NO TENDERS WILL BE ISSUED BY POST, but may be190 words
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Miscellaneous27 1948-01-26 8 WEATHER Cloudy j WEATHER report for the ne*l 24 hoars compiled by the Cloudy with showers this Afternoon and cvm nj Fair to-niffht and to-morrow morn to*-27 words
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