The Singapore Free Press, 28 January 1948
1948-01-28
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Title Section19 1948-01-28 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA n" 1 SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28, 1948 PRICE 10 CENTS19 words
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Article68 1948-01-28 1 itatement on ice ration expected Frff Press Staff Reporter nt on the i xpectcd to In Singapore in the ire. d that an inration for Sin- I the Malayan I I bf anni'iiwd this! d Increase w katii a we?k '•resent and li ka'is against of a kail at W68 words
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Article14 1948-01-28 1 DIE GOING TO IVALCOLLEGE Edinbanh ia ions y to the ••Teive Doctor t ReuterReuter - 14 words
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Article, Illustration465 1948-01-28 1 FRENCH GOVT THREAT TO RESIGN picture. Stu bbomfigh t on new franc PARIS, Tuesday. A FTER a crisis meeting of the Cabinet which followed rejection by the Assembly's Financial Commission of the Government's franc devaluation and gold trade bill, M. Schuman returned to the Assembly tonight to win a 373-184A.P. - 465 words
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Article11 1948-01-28 1 GREECE DISOWNS RED LEADERS Greek memGreek U at been na- ReuterReuter - 11 words
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84 1948-01-28 1 MAJ.-GEN. O. N. Russell, formerly Transportation Advjfer on the StafT of tbe Special Commissioner In South East Asia, has been appointed Chairman of the Road Transport Executive, which controU Britain's nationalised road transport system, it was announced yesterday. Maj. Gen. Russell, who wasReuter - 84 words
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Article78 1948-01-28 1 INFORMED sources in Wa- shington said yesterday that the International Emergency Food Council has decided, and soon would announce, the following export allocations of fats and oils for Far Eastern countries for this year: Exports for China 60,000 metric tons, British Pacific area 445,000;U.P. - 78 words
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Article175 1948-01-28 1 m BATAVIA, Thesday DR. MOHAMED HATTA, Indonesian Republican Vice-President, has fanned a noxi-party "national efficiency cabinet of 16 ministers to succeed the cabinet of Dr. Amir Sharifuddin, which resigned on Friday. Jogjakarta Radio announced tonight. The names of the new ministers wiii be announced cm Thursday,Reuter; A.P. - 175 words
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Article175 1948-01-28 1 JERUSALEM, Tuesday. A RABS and Jews had agreed to a "cease-flre" in the old city of Jerusalem, site of the holy places of the Christian, Muslim and Jewish religions, it is reported here tonight. Only a few shots disturbed the city today, the quietest since the UnitedReuter - 175 words
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Article34 1948-01-28 1 At the opening of AngloAustralian food talfcs in Canberra yesterday. It was announced that Australia had already entered into a fiveyear agreement to send more butter and cheese to Britain. ReuterReuter - 34 words
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Article156 1948-01-28 1 LONDON, Tuesday. ITNDISGUI^ED concern was displayed in official circles here tonight as news was received from Baghdad that the Iraq Regent, Emir Abdul lllah, had announced the resignation of the Government of Mr. Saleh Jabur, who last week signed a new treaty of allianceReuter - 156 words
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Article275 1948-01-28 1 Britain blames Chinese press KOWLOON EVICTION RIOTS LONDON, Tuesday. ORITAIN has told China that she wishes to treat the question of the jurisdiction of the walled city of Kowloon, mainland area of Hong Kong, as a separate issue from the recent eviction of squatters, in a note which places blameReuter - 275 words
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Article46 1948-01-28 1 Lady Mount-batten of Burma, wife of the GovernorGeneral of India, was invested in a ceremony in New Delhi yesterday by the Or Ambassador, Dr. Chia-Luen Lo, with the Order of the Brilliant Star in recognition of her humanitarian work during the war.46 words
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Article62 1948-01-28 1 AMERICA'S Mid Western States shivered yesterday under a new wave of frigid weather from Central Canada. It was the third cold wave in a week in which 150 deaths have been attributed to t!»e weather. Throughout the eastern half of the country, many towns haveReuter - 62 words
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48 1948-01-28 1 An Ordcr-in-Council was issued in London last night approving the agreement replacing the Malayan Union with the new Federation. It was also notified that the King had approved the appointment of Sir Edward Gent as High Commissioner of the Federation of Malaya A.P.A.P. - 48 words
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Article61 1948-01-28 1 INDIA charged yesterday that Muslim tribesmen had killed 110 non-Muslim refugees at Parachinar, North-West Frontier Province. The raid took place on Jan. 22, after repeated refusal by the Pakistan Government to evacuate 1,400 refugees. Fifty were wounded and a like number abducted, a communique said. PrimeA.P. - 61 words
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Article31 1948-01-28 1 The United States Embassy in Bangkok yesterday announced week-end araneements with the Slara Government were complete for the purchase of $5,000,000 worth of Siamese rice for China ReuterReuter - 31 words
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Article42 1948-01-28 1 A head-on collision between a naxi and a naval truck near Joo Chiat Clinic i at 5.30 a.m. today resulted in a Chinese being injured. The Chinese, who was a passenger in the taxi, has been admitted to hospital.42 words
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Article36 1948-01-28 1 Dr. Louis Beel, Netherlands Prime Minister, yesterday opened a round table conference at The Hague, at which the shape of the constitutional reforms promised to the Netherlands West Indies will be decided. ReuterReuter - 36 words
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Article144 1948-01-28 1 LAKE SUCCESS, Tuesday. THE India and Pakistan dele- gations, which met in a private conference today, are understood to be still a long way apart on two vital issues affecting the Kashmir plebiscite. The Indian delegation, which asked for the postponement of the meeting until to-Reuter - 144 words
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Article, Illustration326 1948-01-28 1 MALA YA 'S 1947 TRADE A RECORD Free Press Stair Reporter f ALAYA'S trade last year totalled a record $2,68"* million, nearly double the 1946 figure. Exports totalled 51. 3191 million ($668 million in 1946) and imports S 1,367 K million ($766 million in 1946). Direct export trade with the326 words
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Article38 1948-01-28 1 A WARNING was given in the House of Commons yesterday that, unless Britain's textile production is greatly increased in the next six months, the present clothinpr ration micrhfc have to be reduced.- ReuterReuter - 38 words
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Article, Illustration73 1948-01-28 1 A Chinese cyclist was stopped by a Malay armed with a phtol and two Chinese at the 6th milestone Bukit Timah Road last night. They took his bicycle. $5 and a wrist watch. At a dm. day of crcai'u.is for evening wear at Dorland Hall, London, sponsored73 words
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Advertisement31 1948-01-28 1 fM^^ elfin* I CL f"llO i I II > lIH I I Movement that Counts We Have A Complete Ilk Range of I SMITH'S CLOCKS SECTRIC Hand Wound ill FOR YOUR SELECTION31 words
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Article, Illustration1019 1948-01-28 2 NEXT NEW YEAR IN 2 WEEKS AfVUnd Singapore Shops TWO more weeks and Chinese New Year is upon us. Not very much more time to dQ all the shopping that such an occasion demands, I know, but luckily the local shops have risen to the occasion in really great style,1,019 words
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Advertisement202 1948-01-28 2 The Best Qualify and Selection of TABLE GLASSWARE, COSTUME JEWELLERY, HANDBAGS, VANITY CASES NOVELTIES. F Always Visit NOVELTY STORE 88. North Bridge Road (Adelphi Bldf.) Singapore l i i Hurrah! Oh Boyff Our ATTRACTIVE OFFERS!! GENTS' WOOLLEN SWIMMING TRUNKS "BEACHCOMBERS" Sizes 32/40 $7.00 GENTS' POPLIN PYJAMAS CANADIAN MAPLE BRANDj $11202 words
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Advertisement214 1948-01-28 2 AGiaßSl "^»iisabetter^J SILK DEPARTMENtTi AMERICAN PLAIN JERSEY (8 difTerT ent shades) 40" wide, at S3 50 tw»r VJ yard. ENGLISH CREPE SATIN (18 different shades) 36" wide, at $5.50 per yard l\ ENGLISH HEAVY SATIN (5 PaJ, A shades) 36" wide, at $5.50 per yard. H^ [cotton department, I FERGOTEX214 words
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Miscellaneous785 1948-01-28 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR Fortune forecast for people bom today BORN today, you are a very positive person. Vour ambitions are high and you want what you want when you want it! This impatience is a good thing to a certain extent, but you must learn to guard against trying to785 words
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NEWS
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Article, Illustration479 1948-01-28 3 j Arab leaders seek peaceful settlement rUA\ E concern is felt throughout the Near East over the Kashmir dispute and its political repercussions. Arab leaders, in the midst of the Palestine turmoil, are actively seeking ways and means to bring about a peaceful settlement ofReuter; A.P. - 479 words
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192 1948-01-28 3 TORTY British judges who 1 held posts worth ud to £6,000 a year in India and Pakistan "are looking for Jobs", after being told by the two Dominions that they are not wanted, the Daily Mail reports. Four of the 40 men are Chief Justices.Reuter - 192 words
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Article88 1948-01-28 3 TWO semi-detached houses 1 built by Grenadier Guardsmen station-cd at Wiiad^or were opened in Elm Roi.d Windsor, by Lieut Col. L. S. Starkey. who handed the keys to two exN COs. of the Grenadiers, who will be th? first tenants. These are the first permanemtReuter - 88 words
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Article24 1948-01-28 3 Shanghai cabaret owners and employees have engaged lawyers to protest against the National Government austerity regulations In closing down dance halls. U.P.U.P. - 24 words
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Article81 1948-01-28 3 FE Prime Minister. Mr. Clement Attlee, and other British ministers an'' civil and military officials will soon use two Tudor I four-engined lonK-ranffe aircraft, which are being: refitted for official missions. F •'ter learns in London. The British Overseas Airways Corporation has resisted flying81 words
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Article39 1948-01-28 3 Fifty-three employment exchanges operating throughout India found employment in November alone for over 8,000 ex-service candidates. From the beginning of the year, the exchanges found work for 261,259 persons, of whom l"0,--608 were ex-servicemen U.P.U.P. - 39 words
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Article96 1948-01-28 3 IN a comment on the speech delivered recently to the Associated Chambers of Commerce in Calcutta by Jawaharlal Nehru, the Manchester Guardian said that India's Premier" cave an invitation of surprising warmth to foreign business to play its part." The most debatable part of the speech wasReuter - 96 words
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Article214 1948-01-28 3 THE twenty men in the Norwich Prison working party were marked men. They were all old lags and in the woods 20 miles away from the prison the guards watched them like hawks. But suddenly a guard noticed that four of them were missing.214 words
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Article57 1948-01-28 3 DUUMESE forces have cuii- ducted lull-scale military operations against guerrillas in the Arakan for the last two months, the Burmese Defence Minister and Deouty Prime Minister, Colonel Bo Let Ya, disclosed at a press conference in Rangoon yesterday. Official estimates gave 60 guerrillas killed and 260Reuter - 57 words
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Article82 1948-01-28 3 AMIDDLE-aged man wearing- a red muffler, who would not give his name, paid £9.500 for two paintings at a sale of old and modern masters at Chislehurst (Kent). He paid 5.000 guineas for Constable's "Lock on the Stour" and £4,250 for RemLarge Hat." brandt's "BeardedReuter - 82 words
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Article172 1948-01-28 3 DRITAIX is again to import tinned sardines and port *-> wine from Portugal under a new trade agreement announced m Lisbon. The agreement, which reverses a recent ban on the impart of those commodities also provides for British imports of wax and oil—producing seed172 words
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Article44 1948-01-28 3 A GOVERNMENT order issued to Shanghai newspapers yesterday cut the allocation of newsprint to a rate wfodcii will permit only two-afid-a-half pages to the largest papers. Papers formerly of two sheets or less are now reduced to one sheet.- ReuterReuter - 44 words
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Article73 1948-01-28 3 FIVE thousand British-mad* Ferguson tractors built by Standard motors in Coventry 'have been sold to the French Government for £2.000.000 for the development of French agriculture. Tihis is the tergest single Fr^ncti order vet obtained in the British export drive. The tractors will start to leaveReuter; A.P. - 73 words
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Article, Illustration57 1948-01-28 3 rave held China in A tne >ter--1 toll i UO as nure dropped to 18 Otftcials eked up iy Most it was 13 de':crade. •.arbour was nchd of ice. was 15 de- Centigrade. I ntsin ire iry;ng to open and release ping.- A.P.A.P. - 57 words
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Article38 1948-01-28 3 lULT nay ree hre 400,000 torn Of British coal this I result of the current Anglo-Italian .'.lee in Lonld Of Br.tish ■!i-Tyne Saturday. iso receive coni& of machi:aw ma- r supplying v°?etables to Bri-38 words
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Article38 1948-01-28 3 JOY PISTOL IN ROBBEKY BID i bride, who aterr.pted I up her landlady i In Phila- en route to her rday a special proba20. who American sailor i in 1&46. pleaded 'ed robbery 1 toy water pistol U.P.U.P. - 38 words
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Article85 1948-01-28 3 at Southend-on-Sea, (Essex), famous day-trippers, its pier, cockles, and fun--ave refused a licence for a concert by waido and his orchestra on Feb. 1. -he applieat explained that SrJL^c^onal licences itals or inces." and sfl?t? ted P r °sramme was was proper for i Sunday."85 words
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259 1948-01-28 3 NEW TYPE OF SYNTHETIC DISCO VERED A NEW type of "GR-S" synthetic rubber produced at low temperatures rather than the generally used high ones has been described by an industrial scientist in Washington. Asserting that the new rubber had been developed from research by the synthetic rubber industry under sponsorship259 words
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111 1948-01-28 3 China studying U.S. policy in Japan A.P. \TICE-FOREIGN Minister George Yeh said in Nanking that the Chinese Government was attaching great significance to the American delegate's appeal to Fur Eastern Commission member states for help in rehuilding Japan economically. He said the Chirrese Government was studying the American delegate's statementA.P.; U.P. - 111 words
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Article84 1948-01-28 3 MAULANA Abdul Kalam Azad. one of the staunchest Muslim memoers oi the Indian National Congress, evid€n:lv moves about in fear of •his life. Education Minister in the Government of India, he has er 'oy-ed a ":o-od taster" to tasie all food before he eats it.A.P. - 84 words
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Article82 1948-01-28 3 TEN. Kazim Karabekir, one of Turkey's military heroes and President of the National Assembly, died at Ankara on Monday following a heart attack. He was 66 He led armies against the Russians and Armenians in the revolution by which Kemal Ataturk set up his Republic and,A.P. - 82 words
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Article93 1948-01-28 3 '|'iii. L.S. Senate has A agreed with the House of Representatives that Red Indians in Minnesota should be allowed to buy liquor or beer just like anybody else. The Upper Chamber passed the House-approved bill wiping out the 19th century law forbiding Red men toA.P. - 93 words
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Article64 1948-01-28 3 THE Polisti Government yesterday called for a nationwide mobilization of Polish youths to push the three-year economic recovery programme and to "strengthen national military preparedness." The National Board of Physical and Military Training announced the impending creation of a national youth organisation to be known asA.P. - 64 words
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Advertisement11 1948-01-28 3 Simons THUPPirm >/^Fflw\ 4J3 4 Obtainable Everywhere From All Liquor Dealers.^11 words
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Miscellaneous44 1948-01-28 3 H K£AN Helpless By Edgar Rice Burroughs %J*#Aj] ASt^aK^l SHA66V BRUTE. THE THA6 > •**<^S'^»— „^-._^j- h« I I°* PtU-UOOftR STOPPED ABRUPTLY UNABLE TO LIFT A HAND IN Mls OWN DEFENSE, TAfIZAN FACED [AWOri^D T>l£ HELPLESS APE-MAN. THE RNAL EXPEDIENCE OF ALL CREATED TWW66- DEATH44 words
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LEADER
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398 1948-01-28 4 The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY. JAN. 28. 1948. Independents Come Forward WITH nominati'tn day less tli an throe weeks away, there is growing Interest in Singapore's first elections for six seats in the new Legislative Council, following the appearance of several independent candidates, including one woman. t\- one s f398 words
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Article201 1948-01-28 4 THE Singapore gunman is no longer getting it all his own way. The citizen is beginning to co-operate with the police and also to hit back and in doing so is showing that many of the gentry who carry a pistol are not quite as tough as they201 words
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Article, Illustration1153 1948-01-28 4 K. Jalleh - STORE'S 'ANGELS IN WHITE' K. Jalleh By COMEONE called them "angels in white." Perhaps they are. This little band of women who work in hospitals, giving so much of their time and labour to comfort the sick. White uniform, a cape and a smile it is a pity there areP.R. - 1,153 words
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Article19 1948-01-28 4 For your Fat! knoweih what things y» have need of, before ye ask Him. i Mathew 6. 8.19 words
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Article805 1948-01-28 4 S.- Ldr - S.-Ldr. By HILL GOODALL yHE first reports of the special research trials into compass irregularities carried out by the R.A.F. Lincoln bomber "Aries II" during a recent mission to the Far East, Australasia and South Africa have now been issued. They show that serious compass805 words
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Article427 1948-01-28 4 Germans are not their friends.., Edwin Shanke, Associated Press correspondent in Germany, was one of the American reporters permitted by the Russians to make a seven-day conducted tour or part of Sovietoccupied Germany. RUSSIAN officers declared that the Germans "are not our friends" and criticised the occupation policy of theA.P. - 427 words
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Advertisement12 1948-01-28 4 For All fIFMATOGRAPHIC SUPPLES S'!ISAP3RE PHOTO CO. |-I- h Street gj Singapore.12 words
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Advertisement30 1948-01-28 4 OTAi. TTKwm PORTABLE MODEL Featurh\% VELVETONE FINISH MA'GiC MAR^J TOUCH CONTROL bHIFI IMMEDATE DELIVERY FBo* roCK LTD TP! 6tf 104 ROBINSON ROAD SINGAPORE ALSO at kiiai A LUMPUR ?iH k30 words
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LOCAL NEWS
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Article84 1948-01-28 5 KILLED IN JOHORE CAR CRASH Free Press Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Tuesday. WHILE returning by car from Scudai. Mr. Wong Ki 000 of Lee Rubber Compair f was killed in the earlv hours of this morning, when taos car crashed into a roadside tree and ran into a ditch. Mr. Wonfi84 words
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Article39 1948-01-28 5 During the current tour of up-country areas, the Representative of the Government of India in Malaya. Mr. J. A. Thivy, will attend the ceremony inaugurating the Federation of Malaya on Feb. 1 at Kuala Lumpur.39 words
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Article175 1948-01-28 5 Free Press Correspondent JOIIORE BAIIRU, Tuesday. OOUTINE inspection of motor vehicles at a road I\ block on the Pontain-Benut road last Sunday resulted in the arrest of a Teochew Chinese who was 1 found with two revolvers. The Chinese ■was travelling in a bus175 words
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Article34 1948-01-28 5 Goh Nai Hong, a young Chinese, was charged at the Second Polios Court yesterday with extortion. Hong pleaded guilty and the case was postponed t^ February 4 lor sentence.34 words
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Article, Illustration586 1948-01-28 5 Mercury II will carry three airmen to service the aircraft. Two of these men will be NCO fitters of considerable service experience, while the third will be an airman who has been selected for his technical ability and alrman!ike t»ualities shown durine training. His responsibility willstudio tie Luxe - 586 words
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Article373 1948-01-28 5 Free Press Correspondent THE recommendations of Trusted Salaries Commission were again criticised in the Malayan Union Advisory Council which met at Kuala Lumpur yesterday. Mr. M. N. P. Rajagopal said that the report was a "deplorable failure" compared with the Hong Kong Commission's recommendations. He asked373 words
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Article183 1948-01-28 5 Ordered PoW executions MAJOR General ban Akira of the Japanese I Army, found gU;)ty of being concerned in the I death of four British pnsoners of war engaged in the construction of me Burma-Sam v ßail way, was sentenced to deati) by hanging by a Biit.sh183 words
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Article123 1948-01-28 5 I Most of the prizes in the Princess Elizabeth congratulatory letter competition for schools were won by girls. The prizes were presented by Mr. L. Rayman. president i of the Wedding Celebration. Committee, at the Municipal Building yesterday. The prizes were in the form of vouchers for123 words
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Article258 1948-01-28 5 SHORTAGE OF DOCTORS ATTACKED Free Press Staflf Reporter ,(iav has less than 1,000 doctors compared i'th need < f MM doctors, based on a ratio of tor t<> ovrr 2,000 of the population, according: to •ate bv the Malayan Democratic Union in a replying to Dr. W. J. Vickers, Director258 words
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Article37 1948-01-28 5 alto mi (Dr Ftrreira now in W*e, has consented to J a talk on Portugal to *5*H c urch *«Pb 'P.M. on SunJ» are ir., wel Mfc AS Rue of thc talk t Convent,37 words
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Article311 1948-01-28 5 Councils final session Fre« Press Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. rE Malayan Union Advisory Council held its last meeting yesterday. After the day's agenda had been gone through, tributes were paid by both official and unofficial members to the harmony in which, to quote Mr. S. B.311 words
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Article, Illustration153 1948-01-28 5 THE Republican Police, in its all-out attempt to clean up the sea off Hasan Si Api-api of pirates, succeeded again in repulsing; an attack last week on Sinabung, by the remnant members of a sang of pirates. The efforts of the police were intensified with theReuter - 153 words
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Article, Illustration119 1948-01-28 5 At a tea party given at the Colonial Office for Malayan and Hong Kong students by Mi. Rees Williams, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the Colonies, Fit. Lt. Tan Kay Hai, D.F.C., of Singapore, received a certi-. ficate from Lord Mountbatten i7i appreciation of his119 words
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Article88 1948-01-28 5 YEAR'S JAIL FOR ARMED ROBBERY THE Second District Judge 1 Mr. A. M. Webb, yesterday sentenced Virankanoo Perumal and Teddy Yzelman to one year's rigorous imprisonment each for committing armea robbery. The prosecution case was that the accused attacked Ram Suchlt. proprietor of a hotel in Serangoon Road in October88 words
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Article117 1948-01-28 5 7 cars taken Off road daily THE Registrar of Vehicles, Mr. W. Watts, told the Free Press yesterday that an average of seven vehicles per day were being taken off the road on account of their poor condition. He added that there were still many badl.y-main-tajned vehicles in use. Stringent117 words
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Article47 1948-01-28 5 THE organiser of the forthcoming India Trade Exhibition in Singapore, Mr. P. K. Panikkar, has arrived in Singapore and has tentatively established his office in the premises occupied by the Representative of the Government of India in Malaya, at 98 Robinson Road. Singapore. picture.47 words
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Advertisement33 1948-01-28 5 I" Like Your To Last Longer th Bridge R, ad Singapore r !o^Ws v MIU nipr()VC j| Ollr Eyesi^t f/O f K .1-. I «-»o I SIN OPTICAL MOUSE lllSl ''O Bllul lloltee33 words
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Advertisement143 1948-01-28 5 LONDON and BIRHINGHAK BRITISH INDUSTRIES FAIR V^/n May 3rd 1948, when sole selling agents and yon the British Industries Fair will find exhibits carefully opens, buyers from all over grouped by trades so that the world will have an oppor- comparisons may be made tunity •of inspecting^ the quickly Above143 words
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ENTERTAINMENT
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Article, Illustration591 1948-01-28 6 OUR FILM REPORTER - OUR FILM REPORTER FILMS IN SINGAPORE By 1 M E W Orleans," which opens at the Pavilion on Friday, revives the argument about the birthplace of jazz. Jules Levey, the producer of the film and Louis Armstrong both agree that it must have been New Orleans, so591 words
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Article64 1948-01-28 6 PYGMALION TO BE TELEVISED THE British broadcasting 1 Corporation is preparing its most ambitious television programme a studio production of George Bernard Shaw's famous olay "Pygmalion." Screening time will be almost three hours the longest single programme vet televised in London. British movie actress Margaret Lockwood will star in theA.P. - 64 words
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Article450 1948-01-28 6 DOT LAMOUR'S LAST SARONG? I)OROTHY Lamour has wriggled out of her last sarong, slashed it into pieces and cheerfully abdicated as "Queen of the Hollywood Isles." Never more, says raven-haired Dottie, will she leap through the Paramount jungle with a muscular hero, with a synthetic suntan, at her side. OfU.P. - 450 words
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Article446 1948-01-28 6 UOLLYWOO D makes and names its films, but before a Hollywood title becomes official it must receive the approval of a pretty and youthful New York Career woman, Miss Margaret Ann Young. Her no is as final as her "yes." For two years now Miss Young hasU.P. - 446 words
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Article87 1948-01-28 6 THE French aciorosonality Jn Air, most of those who are using ohras-c uttered. -Come wig J the Casbah." for "1 am luppoK said that in the fi] but actually there U such line in the g£ Boyer pointed oui already in the Casbah' Boyer la tolerhis imitators,87 words
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Article620 1948-01-28 6 DESCRIBED as a modern Sarah Bemhardt, E dwi g e Feuillere is to co-star with Stewart Granger in "Woman Hater", produced by William Sistrom and directed by Terence Young, which goes into production at Denham early in February. It will be her first English film. One of620 words
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Article, Illustration187 1948-01-28 6 ,T H^E is a saying, "Time is of *vS >r 2i r J i mp thr wade,. 'Sfi« 5 71 n> S Uth played the three Sk 'S?*" o*'0 1 made Eas t's pla% a^Sit C a come on signal k>, wo 1 somewhat suspiciously. I «rt cashed187 words
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Advertisement141 1948-01-28 6 I ALHAMBRA I I Phone 6900 I TODAY 2: 4.15: 6.30 9.15 p.m. ROLAND YOUNG He Changed The Colonel's Whisky into water and his Sweetheart into Cleopatra But that was not all I "THE MAN WHO COULD WORK MIRACLES" Based on the Novel by H. G. WELLS ■NEXT CHANGE Special141 words
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Advertisement95 1948-01-28 6 I CAPITOL I Air-Cooled Phone 5159 TO-DAY ONLY THREE PERFORMANCES 12.40 p.m. 5 p.m. 9.20 p.m. P> ffiMf !L WITH THE il WIN 0 MUM. S Masterpiece Release in TECHNICOLOR Starring CLARK GABLI VIVIEN LEIGH LESLIE HOWARD OLIVIA de HAVILLAND ADMISSION AT USUAL PRICE! ALSO Special Bus Service for all95 words
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Miscellaneous58 1948-01-28 6 Mandrake Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press in Malays JANE Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press in Malava /WELL -.'-I HAVEN'T B€£n\^SAND IN MY EYEs\l I 3f^> 1 f 1 WV/i^l BUR E D N SAND LIKE A4OSE AND MOM7 u»' rf»-o> > "71 j^^J^J K^i^ HI T fy /^^^^S58 words
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SPORTS
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Article76 1948-01-28 7 WORLD lightweight champion Ike Williams, buffeted about the ring by Freddy Dawsan of Chicago, wcti a split decision m a 10-round iion-title bout at Pbiladeph;a. last night. T^ie ao-:c-tetocs booed the dociskx: One Judge arid referee Charley Da^^ert jrave tile n;xl to Williams, while the otterA.P. - 76 words
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Article95 1948-01-28 7 THE following have been selected by the Singapore Hockey Association to represent Singapore against Negri Sembilan and Malacca Saturday and Sunday at Sertmban respectively. V. N. Pillay, R. H. Barth. A. Ponnampalam, O. Clarke, S. D. Williams, E. Doraisamy, Cdr. Oxford. D. Ross, Maj. Irving, S.Reuter - 95 words
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Article144 1948-01-28 7 VJEGOTIATIONS In Miami, il Florida. In the proposed world heavyweight title fight befweon the champion, Joe Louis, and Jersey Joe Walcott. came to a stalemate yesterday over a stipulation set by Mike Jacobs, owner of Louis's contract, that Walcott should be signed over to the 20th.Reuter - 144 words
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Article50 1948-01-28 7 The Suyraoore Harbour Board Boys Club "C" team will Dlay a eame of s%cc*r atralnst the KamDon« Bahru football team at the Singapore Harbour Board eround today at 4.15 D.m. The "A" team will meet the Kadalyanavam Muslim Lea«u« XI at the same srround at 5 30 am.50 words
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Article429 1948-01-28 7 From Archie Quick pREDDIE Mills has been talking to me about the A British Boxing Board of Control ban on broadcasts of big fights, and his refusal to go on with this European Cruiserweight championship title defence against the Spanish champion at Harringay on February 14. It429 words
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Article, Illustration134 1948-01-28 7 SOME of the BrUish Oirls who will probably oe amongst Britain's teams of women who will compete at Wembley Stadium in the Olympic Games this Summer are in training at MoUpur Park, Surrey. Photo shows (Left to rxght) Miss Kay Long, aged 27. who is a134 words
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Article, Illustration430 1948-01-28 7 KOTA RAJAH POLICY Free Press Sports Reporter ALL the Kota Rajah's best Malay players will represent the Malay Football Association in the forthcoming SJV.F.A. league competition," said Inche Madon, the secretary of the Kota Rajah Club. The club, which has one of the strongest430 words
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Article53 1948-01-28 7 lACK Kramer defeated world professional tenmis c-liainoion Bobby Rigffs 6—4, 10 8. before 12,000 fans in Chicago stadium yesterday to increase "his tead in their professional tennis tour to 12 to 9. Dinny Pails of Australia and Pancho Segrura of Ecuador sDlit tw«O sets in the nr#»--1U.P. - 53 words
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Article, Illustration898 1948-01-28 7 Team for China trials or not? By Our Soccer Reporter AMONG the items which will come up for decision at the re-constitution meeting of the Malayan Chinese Football Association, which will be held at the Selangor Chinese Recreation Club at Kuala Lumpur on Saturday, will be a898 words
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Article40 1948-01-28 7 i English I the as -hire on Samins Derby l oser on ept. 11 and .-on 1 the in- that made also rp--1 the id of the I I will Hrcsm I I B** To I40 words
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Article199 1948-01-28 7 ::i K. S. Duleepsinghi »fi a second srand innings at the fourth day of the India t, to score a century and thus Df the ffreat cricketers, SutclifTe, an, Bardslcy, Morris and Bradman cored two separate hundreds in a r. ended the day with defeat mReuter; A.A.P. - 199 words
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Article154 1948-01-28 7 AlbiK.iLIA Ist INNS. 674 INDIA Ist INN'S. Mankad b Mr Cool 49 Sarwate b Miller 1 Sen b Miller t Aniajnath c Cr adman b Johnson 4€ Huare Ibw b Jo!m.wn lit <i Mahomed st. Tallon b Johnson 4 Phadkar Ibw b Toshack 123 Ki^henchand b Linduall 10 Adkhari154 words
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Article37 1948-01-28 7 MANCHESTER Unit d have 111 arranged to play their fifth round English F.A. Cup Ue with Charlton Athktic on Huddorsflcld Town's ground. This decision was reached following consultations between the clubs and Football Association.- ReuterReuter - 37 words
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507 1948-01-28 7 A. 5. SAMUEL SAYS 4 Our standard is better' THE standard of badminton in India is good, but, A "taken by and large, that of Malaya is definitely higher." That is the opinion of veteran A. S. Samuel, captain of the three-man Malaya Test' team which toured India, as expressedU.P. - 507 words
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Article30 1948-01-28 7 All members of the Singapore Recreation Club who are Interested in playing cricket and football are requested to enter their names on the register at the Club's pcemiaea.30 words
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Miscellaneous229 1948-01-28 7 F. P. Cr oss word No. 225 CLUES ACROSS 4, Gay (6). 8, Relating to marriage (7). 10, Eye (3). 11. Islet (3). 12. Excites to action (6). 15, Building material (8). 17, Strange (3). 18, Fundamental note (3). IX Directed (3). 21, Object cf worship (4). 22, Newts (4)229 words
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Article216 1948-01-28 8 US asked to extend help to Asia WASHINGTON, Tuesday. THE Executive Secretary of the National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People, Mr. Walter White today urged the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee to extend benefits of the European recovery pro. gramme to Asia, Africa and the Caribbean, and toReuter - 216 words
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Article61 1948-01-28 8 THE ceiling price on Malay--1 an and English renncd tin (99.75 per cent minimum* in Canada will advance to 96 ornts <U.S. currency) per lb. delivered Montreal and Toronto in wholesale quantities eflecUve on January 28, said the American Metal Market. The old price ofA.P. - 61 words
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Article, Illustration23 1948-01-28 8 Somerset, where the cider apples grow, is typified by the photograph of a farmsicaa at uutcombe, nestling comfortably in woods and fields.23 words
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Article297 1948-01-28 8 Reds drive on Nanking, S'hai SHANGHAI, Tuesday. V WKI.Nd. the national capital, and Shanghai, China's chief city, are now menaced by advancing Communist forces attacking from a base in North Kiangsu. Chinese naval patrols have been reinforced in an effort to safeguard both cities by preventing any crossing of theA.P.; Reuter - 297 words
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166 1948-01-28 8 LONDON. Tuesday. THE House of Commons today once more rejected the suggestion by Mr. Donald Chamberlain (Labour) that grants to Princess Elizabeth and her husband, the Duke of Edinburgh, to carry out their Royal duties should be split into personal and public expenditures. HeReuter - 166 words
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Article50 1948-01-28 8 i^HINAS 2.000 Maritime CusV> toms workers in Shanghai, who yesterday came out to support undisclosed demands, have returned to work It was reported that they secured satisfaction for one of tneir main eri nances after a conference with the Customs Inspector-General. Mr t. w Little, ReuterReuter - 50 words
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Article311 1948-01-28 8 were confirmed by Dr. Chen Li-fu, Minister of th^ Kuornmtang Party Organisation *to iSuterlSt Advance reports appearing in the American Press were denied, but Dr. Chen reaffirmed the revolt story to me adding that the presence oi M. Mulotov in the Ukraine confirms ChineseReuter; A.P. - 311 words
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173 1948-01-28 8 NUREMBURG. Tuesday. ACCORDING to an affidavit /J introduced in the "Wilhelmstrasse" trial of highranking German diplomats and Government officials, Hitler's top diplomats attempted to persuade the Soviet Union to make war on India and other parts of the British Empire to theReuter - 173 words
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113 1948-01-28 8 Allied zones in Germany free of strikes FRANKFURT, Tuesday. THE Anglo-American zones of Germany were free of strikes for the first time in weeks today as the Ruhr labour unions waited for promised food which may head off their threatened general strike next Monday. Ten thousand building workers in Dosseldorf.A.P. - 113 words
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Article223 1948-01-28 8 TOKIO, Tuesday. THOUSANDS of Tokio police searched tonight for the bisr nosed JaDanese, who identified himsell as a miblic health doctor and gave employees of a branch bank poison draughts that sent 12 auickiy to ■fconiifcui d'3ath. Seven of the dead were men and five wereA.P. - 223 words
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Article, Illustration512 1948-01-28 8 Lords make counter-offer -LONDON, Tuesday. rpHE Government has agreed to consider a proposal J- by the opposition for the reform of the Conserva-tive-dominated House of Lords. This was announced by the Lord Privy Seal, Lord Addison, during a debate tonight on a Government billReuter; A.P.; U.P. - 512 words
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Article378 1948-01-28 8 /pHE Chancellor of the Exchequers overnifhtfii ment, that sterling devaluation was ne v necessary nor desirable, helped Gllt-edf eds i"..V on the London Stock Exchange today. Tin shin continued to rise. In yesterday's selling wave of Gov securities, it is estimated that Gilt-edseds dro £100,000,000 in value,378 words
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Article95 1948-01-28 8 ABPBCIAI Mirk" l^ pondrnt cives W J of rubber at II follows: H lk pft ib No. I K- BH loo*e No. 1 K- f"" (A in tefei I 4U No. I B.S.S f«o f in bal.s I No. 3 ».B.S. fob jh in bale> I Ton«- of95 words
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Article72 1948-01-28 8 WASHINGTON, Tuesday.. THE United States Coast and Geodstic Survey seismologists, using data transmitted from numerous points, today pinned the epicentre of the earthquake which brounht ruin to Iloilo in the Philippines at 100 miles south of the stricken city. Seismologic reports coming from as far awayA.P. - 72 words
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Article150 1948-01-28 8 Growing more food in Near East WASHINGTON, Tuesday. THE United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation announced today that the major item on the agenda of the FAO conference of Near East countries at Cairo will be reclamation and development of new agricultural areas by means of deep wells and theU.P - 150 words
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Article63 1948-01-28 8 SOME 155 miners escaped from a fire which broke out on Monday night in the f^o* billow Grove coal mine, at St. Clairsville, Ohio, where <~ men died in a fire and explosion in 1940. The men made their escape in a lift which travelsReuter - 63 words
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Article123 1948-01-28 8 The Siamese Government K has insisted on the existing law which prohibits the rais- ing of any foreign flag in, schools along with the Siamese ensign, the exception provided was on foreign national days only, whereas Chinese schools want both flags raised daily. AnotherReuter - 123 words
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Article27 1948-01-28 8 Burma's timber industry will be nationalised on June f. it was announced "•'nally in Rangoon yesterday. Five British and two Burmese companies will be affected.27 words
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Miscellaneous30 1948-01-28 8 WEATHER Showers rATIfER report for the next 24 hoars compiled by the RAF: Occasional khowera this afternoon. Bright period* during evening. Fine to-ni«ht. Temperatures: Max 84 de*; min. 11 dec.30 words
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Miscellaneous12 1948-01-28 8 SINGAPORE TIDES High: 11 44&.m. 16 X ft. Low: 6.36 p.m. t.lft.12 words
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