The Singapore Free Press, 29 January 1948

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    18 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA Tt^ PRICE 10 CENTS SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, JANUARY 29, 1948
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    INMEN TAKE 5,000 FROM DRE'S HOUSE
    42 1 INMEN TAKE 5,000 FROM DRE'S HOUSE I 10 intitp of as all ood be disl tain. Itt Frt^ I let K m 'aile n ehm- of a h m early inta B r.d goods. I p the police I of Club UK)
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    THE GAULLE AWAITS THE WORD
    399 1 THE GAULLE AWAITS THE WORD Critical day for France PARIS, Wednesday. THE French Government's fate is still in the balance, with a possibility that resignation may come in the next 24 hours because of Socialist opposition to a free market for gold and hard currencies. If M. Schuman resigns, Gen.
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    CLEARNS ON WAY BACK
    22 1 CLEARNS ON WAY BACK nghalfor le Kil- J> Dan in Lt -Gen. Q 4 ie- Tukio for ''lee. Gen 1 SSWfiSI A.P.
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    NEW RICE RATION TO STAND
    176 1 NEW RICE RATION TO STAND Free Press Sialf Reporter A LTHOUGH no official i\ statement on the new rice ration scale was obtainable this morning, the Free Press understands that the increase which retailers in Singapore bt^an to distribute on Monday will not be withdrawn This will mean a ration
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    RUHR COAL
    30 1 The British. French and United States Governments have agreed that henceforth the coal production of the Ruhr territory is to be turned over for use by the French
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    NEW BLOW TO UK's MIDDLE EAST PLAN
    231 1 LONDON, Wednesday. FOLLOWING closely on the I? rejection of the recentlysigned Anglo-Iraqi treaty and the flight of the former Premier, Sayed Saleh Jabur, from Iraq, Transjordan today demanded revision of the entire Anglo-Trans Jordan treaty of 1946, instead of a review of its
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    U.K.-SIAM PACT ON CLAIMS
    67 1 BRITISH Commonwealth Governments and the Government of Siam have reached an agreement on procedure for presenting claims for property lost by British subjects resident in Siam at the beginning of the Japanese war. Announcing this in the House of Commons yesterday, in reply to a question,
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    JO DIE OF COLD
    29 1 At least, ten persons died of cold in Hong Kong yesterday when the temperature droDDd to 38.8 degrees Farenhelt equalling the January 1917 record.- Reuter
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    U.N. to debate plebiscite
    186 1 KASHMIR DISPUTE LAKE SVCCESS, Wednesday. 4 FTER India and Pakistan had today submitted conllicting resolutions for a settlement of the Kashmir dispute, the Security Council adjourned until tomorrow afternoon to give members an opportunity to study the documents. The Pi .d« .t of the Coun- i
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    Rice treaties not affected
    115 1 LONDON, Wednesday. THE changes in the Government in Siam and the governmental status in Burma have not affected the arrangements for the export of rice in either country, the Minister of State. Mr. Hector McNeil, stated in a Parliamentary reply today. Mr. Walter Fletcher, (Cons. Bury),
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    U.S. EXPERT HERE
    31 1 MR. Charles Reed, newlyappointed chief of the South-East Asia section of the U.S. State Department, is in Singapore on a tour of the m^ countries of South-East Asia.
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    OVERSEA? ARMY RATION CUT?
    60 1 THE scale of rations for British troops overseas are being examined to see what economies in hard currency are possible. This statement was made in Parliament by the Minister of Defence. Mr. A. V. Alexander, who said reductions in food rations of the British forces serving
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    JEWS CALLING UP MORE TROOPS
    245 1 JERUSALEM, Wednesday. ANEW Arab threat that the Arab world was prepared to sacrifice one million lives in a fourmonth campaign against Zionism "the minute that the British leave" coincided with news that the Haganah, the Jewish underground army, is soon calling up another 15,000 men
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    GOLD LUST LEADS TO BUSH MURDERS
    209 1 DAR-ES-SALAAM (Tanganyika), Wednesday. A CORONER'S jury at the Lake Victoria town of Mwanza ruled today that an Austrian mine worker, fired by the lust for gold, ambush-* ed and murdered in cold blood a Canadian woman and her native driver and then committed suicide
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    Paglar stands for Council
    239 1 Free Press Staff Reporter I\R» C. J. Paglar yesterday announced his intention *J to contest the Municipal North-East Division in the Legislative Council elections in March. He will stand as an independent. There are now four candidates lor the Division's two seats. The Progressive Party has
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    33 KILLED IN CRASHED AIRLINER
    69 1 FRESNO (California >. Wed. THIRTY-THREE people were killed when an airliner crashed in the Los Gatos canyon, near Fresno, today. Civil Aeronautics Administration officials at Oakland said that the crashed plane left Oakland airport this morning with 28 Mexicans, all agricultural workers, a United States
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    FIVE CHILDREN IN LOST PLANE
    73 1 TWELVE persons, including five children of American military personnel, were reported last night to be on board a missing Dakota aircraft, which was overdue on a flight from Istres. Marseil- les, to Übine in northern Italy. The missing plane, which was based at the Rhein-Main
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    G. O. C's plea for du ly concessions
    296 1 G. O. C 's plea for du ly concessions Free Press Staff Reporter THE Services in Singapore, particularly married personnel, would not be able to afford to buy theii full rations of liquor and tobacco if the present duty free concession was withdrawn, said Major-Gen L H. Cox, G.0.C., Singapore
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    BOYS' HOME
    49 1 FE Malayan Union's second approved home for young delinquents will be opened in I Kuala Lumpur next month. i The first was opened at Taiping last year. Two other homes are to be built, the sites for which have been selected but not yet I made public.
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    FLOODS SWEEP AWAY BORNEO RAIL BRIDGE
    109 1 Free Press Staff Reporter FLOODS have dostroyod the Papar bridge, which spanned the famous Papar gorge in North Borneo, west of Jesselton. state reports from Borneo's new capital. Destruction of the bridge has severed Borneo's only railway, but communication with Beaufort, Weston and other
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      57 1 Annual Anniversary C*f r FREE ENLARGEMENT For > Each Pose of Portrait tftk Y in our Studio between Isn 1G ■< Feb IS A s»«d,o D£ tWXfi High Class Portrait vC Outdoor PhotoiraDiiers $< 33 Stamford Rd. (r.pjr Capitol Theatre) Phone isr.6 m I i^ mm r m > with,
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  • FEATURES
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      SIDELIGHT ON WELLS
      792 2 SIDELIGHT ON WELLS A MALAYAN BOOKSHELF IUR. H. G. Wells was born at Bromley, in Kent, where his father, after a period as an extremely unsuccessful gardener had set up as an equally unsuccessful proprietor of a hardware shop. H,s mother was equally unsuccessful in her sphere and has gone
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      Bridge Problem
      319 2 ptafcn have learned that When thrir own long guit looks hopeless of establishment hrrame they lark re-entries. 11 often better to lead a short rail hoping to find partner's Ira But not all players discount fluentry value of their side suit strength as West correctly did in this
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      COLLECTING ART
      483 2  -  PIERRE JEANNERAT By A READER writes ""I should like to .start a collecting hobby within reach of limited means and having good chances of lasting a lifetime; something similar to stamp-collecting, but more artistic, if you know what I mean, more decorative for my little home. Can you
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      Francois Shows The Way To Frederic
      596 2 Francois Shows The Way To Frederic DEVIEWING Sin- clair Lewis's latest book last week, I discussed certain of the characteristics that go to form a really good novelist. Here is another that he should be able to persuade us that he minds, genuinely and intensely, what happens to his characters.
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      A NEGM BALLETI
      197 2  -  Ernest Eytle by gKHTO Pasuka is the founder, principal dancer, director, and creator of the Ballets Negres' first lour bullets. Borto Pasuka went to England from Jamaica and studied classical ballet, but, after 1946, when he supplied a dance sequence for the film Men of Two Worlds,
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      3 BENEFITS FROM ATION
      28 2 liHREE m ceful d mic thai, cl Atomic sj rl til The Control and I ease. n< plants and luction tion. and human di
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      110 2 fe/'efin30 Seconds CrmTftreru of CATARRH I^o^k at tho diagrams .itnive Ono minute you're stutfed-up with Catarrh. Nasal momhr.inni swollen puffy Breathing paanatres blocko.l with congested fr.ucua Then you simply inhalo Kara drino through tho handy pocket tube, twice up each nostril, and the breathing pas- a r:j »»Of-.n to open,
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • Miscellaneous
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      112 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR Fortune forecast for people born today BORN today, you are strictly an individualist and despite any amount of criticism, you will do as you see fit under any and all circumstances. You have a fine mind and like nothing better than to take some contemporary problem under
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    • Miscellaneous
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      260 2 SINGAPORE Blue Network From 12.00 noon to 2.00 p.m. 520 metres in the medium wave band and 7 20 megacycles in the 41 metre band. From 6.00 p.m. to 7.15 p.m: from 9.30 p.m. to 11.00 p.m.: metres In the medium wave band, and 4.825 megacycles in the Gl metre
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      340 2 10 00 9.m. to 11.55 p.m. \h 16.82 metres 17.84 megacycle*; 10.00 p.m. to 11.30 p.m. VI. B» 25.40 metres 11.81 megacycles. TIHRSDAY 9.30 am. Music for Millions: 10 Cross to Adelaide for descnutions of play in Fourth Test India V. Australia; 10.30 Australian Neva Bulletin: 10.40 Records by Request:
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      66 2 FRIDAY Morning 8 a.m. Music On the Air; 8.30 World and Home News; 8.45 Morning Star; 9 a.m. Nothing But Music; 9.30 Programme Summarj; 9.40 Interlude; 9.45 Variety; 10.15 Paula on Parade; 1D.30 News and Items from Friday's Papers; 10.45 Forces Educational Broadcast: 11 a. m. The Melody Lingers On;
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  • NEWS
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      Arabs, Jews seek equipment in U.K.
      118 3 Jt-WISH and Ajab agents are in Britain trying to secure sea-going ships i n which to smuggle arms to Mediterramean countries from the continent, reports the News C-Trceiicle. The paper said the Arabs wer also looking for form-er Antxy jeeps and 100.000 had bceci
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      DUKE DIVORCE IS FINAL
      56 3 JAMES H. R. Cromwell, former U.S. Minister to Canada, won an absolute divorce from Doris Duke, the tobacco heiress, at Jersey Cltv U .0. A. Doris Duke, whose Reno divorce from Cromwell had no! been recognised has since rr m arrled. Her second husband s Porflro
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      Famous school now open to poor boys
      258 3 f\ULWK II COLLEGE, one of Britain's best-known public school*, founded in 1619, has placed !>0 Wr?v °i P^ Ces available at disposiil of London. Surrey, and Kent education authorities The only qualification the boys require i s that t^v wni p; r s<
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      SYMBOLS FOR CANDIDATES
      54 3 /CANDIDATES in Bombays V' municipal elections adopted symbols to represent their names in order to enabi illiterate voters to make their choice. Many candidates favoured the lion, horse, bicycle ana cart as their symbols. Oth r* chose the cow, the umbreli-j or the swan, while one candidate
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      The Premier apologised
      89 3 MORE than 200 Moslem women and college "iris rated be: ore the vvt vo Legislative As:,.mbly building in Lobore nst what they considered unou'j delay in pas- the Shan at Bill to gnu* them equal inheritance rictfits with men. They withdrew when Uo Ministers assured them ft
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      Britain's big coal switchplan
      132 3 Britain's big coal switchplan AN important scheme for speeding up the movement of coal supplies from the Midlands to south east and west England is disclosed by Sir Cyril Hurcomb, Chairman of the British Transport Commission. The plan provides for complete modernisation with latest equipment, including remote controlled railbrakes of
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      INCOME TAX PLAN
      38 3 The Government of the Urutei Provinces is working an plans to impose an income" ax on agricultural incomes In excess of 2,500 rupees a year, expecting it to produce revenufs of 20,000.000 nin~>* anciually.. A.P.
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      NO VOTE-NO WORK
      21 3 shanßhai «m »p The trouble, however, is exoertpd rt kthem to ballot.- w Instr «<*ions Permittin ff Reuter
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      SMUTS PLANS TO TAKE ATOMIC LEAD
      452 3 South Africa H/iq firh iisy/ynU,*** designed to assure that the headquarters of the atomic age in industry will be in the British Commonwealth, in spite of American technical progress, is about to be introduced in the South African Parliament. will be introduced by Field-Marshal
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      CHINESE EDUCATION
      19 3 The Chinese Ministry of Education reports that China no* has 205 colleges and imi- i versities.- A.P.
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      Navy jealous of MacArthur
      76 3 U.S. WARTIME FEUD nwr 1 cretnry of War, Mr. Henry L. attacking the Navy as mainly le f<ir»f DM Army and Navy feud, says iGener Lrthinr figured largely in the conocond instalment of his wared in the Ladies Home Journal: tatlt bone of conter.Of that officer
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      Army camp will become an Olympic 'town'
      133 3 Army camp will become an Olympic 'town' /conversion of a riftcenV acre Army convalescent cai. i,n Richmond Park into Oivrapic Gamu "towa 1 is grailly takum place. I n Jmie the first of 1,700 competitors' team managers and other officials will move in. t Abo a month ago more than
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      ITALY WANTS TO JOIN WEST
      102 3 IJRITAIN and France are in 9 consultation in London about Italy's wish to be associated with the extension of the Anglo-French alliance to other countries of Western Europe on the same footing as the Benelux countries, writes Reuters diplomatic correspondent. The day after the Foreign
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      U.S. FLEET IN MED
      32 3 America's "task fleet" in Mediterranean waters is now as larsre as during the war, ac-coT-tng to Admiral L. Connelly, commander of the Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean Fleet U.P.
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      TCRMS OF CEYLON INDEPENDENCE
      122 3 TCRMS OF CEYLON INDEPENDENCE ed to not less than two- thirds of e number of members < iniose not present). Every of the Speaker under subsection shall be conclusive 'rposes II n<.)t oe questioned, in any court of law rne Governor-General may tx months from the commencement of this Order
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      'Boffin' helps to beat the steel target
      208 3 'Boffin' helps to beat the steel target "OOFFIN"— who beat the magnetic mine in warIJ time— is now helping the British iron and steel industry to beat its targets and shortages He is Sir Charles Goodeve, 43-year-old Canadian who was Deputy Controller of Admiralty Research and is now Director of
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      AUSTRIA WANTS VON PAPEN
      72 3 THE Executive Committee of 1 the Allied Council of Austria has agreed to pass on to the Allied Control Council in B.rlin the Austrian request for the extradition of Franz Von Papen, former Nazi Ambassador to Turkey and Baldur Von Schirach, former Statthalter of Austria the
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      U.K. BUSMEN ASK: £1 'RISE'
      63 3 FIRST wage claim since the L.P.T.B. was taken over by the State on January 1 is to the London Transport Executive by the Transport and General Workers Union. Nearly 60,000 bus. tram, and trolley bus workers are involved in claims for rises of to oloyees
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      129 3 "CASTLETONE CABINETS STRATOSPHERE PA&i Envelops and Note. i ;«^j on Lmed^ Wlnte only, 100 Sheets 25/25 Blue, M:,ize, White $1.20 Sbe 10 x8" 75 cts "FONTANA CABINETS IMPERIAL AIR MAIL PADS Envelopes and Note. Size 10'x 8", Plain, White ***** Si c-y $1.50 ,00 sh^ 75ct$ "RUNNYMEDE" CABINETS Envelo es
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  • LEADER
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      The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY. JAN. 29. 1948. The Old Crocks & Cruising
      544 4 The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY. JAN. 29. 1948. The Old Crocks Cruising rpHE Registrar of Vehicles I has this week given a welcome indication of the tightening up of action against unroadworthy motor transport, which is one of the factors contributing to the city s high accident rate. On an
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      FAITH
      29 4 He cuuseth the grass to mm for the cattle, and > »>< rli for the vrvire of man: that he miv forth food out of the earth P»anu. 104. li.
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      IT SEEMS TO ME...
      1365 4  -  Politico By PERHAPS I am a little dull, but I must confess inability to follow the argument that the statistical conference which delegates of South East Asia countries have been holding in Singapore may lead to an improvement in rice supplies. I can see how they
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      Why Princess Elizabeth Will Get £40,000
      977 4 Why Princess Elizabeth Will Get £40,000 J. A. BOYD-CARPENTER AI.P. THE debate in the House of Commons on the question of the fi nanc i a 1 provision to be made for Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh revealed widespread ignorance of the real nature of Civil List provision.
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      GOODWILL IN INDONESIA
      432 4 ■THREE and a half 1 years of Japanese occupation and aimost three more years of Struggle to ket>p" its newfound independence has left Indonesia financially prostrate, sick and wemy at heart. Submersion of Indonesia's aspiration for sovereign independence has become inevitable for the moment. Feeling her responsibility
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      If the £ is ever devalued..
      319 4  - If the is ever devalued.. L.D. WILD this is what it will mean ln r. WU A m 'til// Id I !'l HAT would a M devaluation of the mean. Printed on the Bank of England's note is the "promise to pay" duly signed by Sir Kenneth Peppiatt "for the
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      13 4 gBI «&JBPERY mto»mMA 'to rf'.om) MANUFACTURING MWfUftS W I 7M 7S YEARS REPUTATION
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      43 4 You will be pleasantly surprised M t ieif J and their reliability. Distant stat.ons are i to tune in as local stations Band Spread Model 92 a* illuslfJ AC or AC/DC $375.00 FREE HOME TRIAL EASY Tt Bob 12. ORCHARO RO SINGAPORE ?^JA
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  • LOCAL NEWS
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      POLICE FINE JOB FOR VAGRANT
      42 5 rl I ho art vesrj tor A~ bin d rs- him Pcnans d no to pay hi- lo I "■!r. E. S. the rase it it I I 'dor Lr.l B^hari that mn- < t a:. 1-5 <j
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      CHRISTIAN OLD BOYS TO MEET
      18 5 Old arc LSti- i the SanAsso- le ta of r Oi •:.i2 the
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      BURMA RICE BRAN IMPORTS
      64 5 Free Prevs Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. MALAYA is in touch with Uu Ministry of Food representative in Burma with a view to importation of sur- plus rice bran from Burma. The Financial Secretary, in a statement, said the trouble lay not in Malaya but in Burma
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      MALAYANS AT DRESS SHOW
      74 5 THREE Malayan students, now in Brtain to study dress design, have received Ml unusual privilege of invitations to attend the exhibititon of export models by Norman Hartnell. one of 'the big ten" of British dress designers and the man responsible for design and manufacture of Princess
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      OLD BOYS GIVE SCHOLARSHIP
      50 5 THE Singapore Anglo Chin-ese Continuation School Old Beys' A^socia ioci Scholarship for cne School Certificate class student for 1948. In t.he An<rlo-Chiines<' Uouation School, has bean awarded to Chew K<ng Sen^. After the comnlHion cf the Senior Class, h? hopes to tak up on onsinccrins: cour.se.
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      TRADE SHOW NEXT MONTH
      200 5 Free Press Staff Reporter rpO give the people of Singapore an idea of e x the progress achieved by India in the field of industry, science, commerce and administration, the Government of India is planning to hold a big trade exhibition which will probably open about
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      BOAC SERVICE TO CEYLON
      61 5 BO AC SERVICE TO CEYLON BOAC Lancastrians will operate a direct service from Singapore to Ceylon nest month. The first aircrait will arrive in Singapore from Ceylon on F b. If, the first lor Ceylon will ieave on Feb. 21. The night will take approximately eight hours and the J
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      Brunei turning out more oil
      271 5 Brunei turning out more oil Free Press Staff Reporter rpHE production of oil has been stepped up A considerably in Brunei, in spite of the fact that nearly all the installations there were destroyed during the war and the industry is now operating with temporary plant. Most of the economy
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      Memorial Hal! as Council Chamber
      76 5 Memorial Hal! as Council Chamber by the he use ol approvMunic pal <-om,i»o cmtrol M com, iiiv m- the sorrow lied i a k 1 and ndeflnltc in ot i c aal- n of made in d I I overr serva- rve ng the i ith»' pictures. Malay women of
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      DENIES BRIBE TO POLICE
      50 5 Police bail wa.s extended yesterday to Ww Keck. Hoy. a labourer employed by the Singapore Harbour Board, who wa.s chareod with theft of a fcatty of rice. a.nd witV> offering $2 as a bribe to a police constable. He denied ofTerins the coeistable the mon y.
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      DOCKS TODAY
      25 5 DOCKS TOD AY The Nederland Line ship Oranje will dock at godowns 1 and 2 in the Singapore Harbour Board at about 2.30 this afternoon.
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      CEYLON TROOPS NEED DOCTORS
      178 5 THE Government of Ceylon could help Ceylonese troops In Malaya by providing certain essential amenities for their well-being, said Mr. Victor J. Mendis. Singapore, who has returned to Colombo on a holiday. Mr. Mendis said there were thousands of Coylonesc troops in Mnlaya, who formed I
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      27 5 picture. Mr. and Mrs. A. Manassch after their wedding on Jan. 2J. The bride was formerly Miss P. Manasseh, daughter of Mrs. L. Manasseh. Studio de Luxe
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      $360,000 RADIO FOR
      303 5 S 'pore in tensifies war on crime Free Press Staff Reporter P^ NEW police radio patrol system, costing $360,000 has been approved for Singapore. The Commissioner of Police, Mr. R. E. Foulger, told the Free Press yesterday that the system should be in operation in six months.
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      BOARD RAISES RENTALS BY $115 P.M.
      205 5 BOARD RAISES RENTALS BY $115 P.M. THE rents of two houses, 1 owned by the Straits Trading Company of Singapore, were yesterday raised by consent of the tenants from the pre-war rental of $185 pm. to $300 p.m. The Rent Conciliation Board made an order raising the rentals to $300
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      HERO'S SON GETS FREE SCHOOLING
      221 5 HERO'S SON GETS FREE SCHOOLING Free Press Correspondent rE son of a Johore medical officer, who vms executed by the Japanese for assisting and hiding British women and children," is to be given an allowance of $765 a year until his education is completed in the United Kingdom. The allowance,
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      Radio talks on Federation
      126 5 CPECIAL broadcasts to schools to mark the inauguration of the Federation of Malaya will include a message to schoolchildren from the Governor of the Malayan Union, Sir Edward Gent, who will become the first High Commissioner for the new Federation. Sir Edward will speak to the
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      GUIDES RALLY TODAY
      83 5 THE Girl Guide Commissioner for Malaya and Singapore, Mrs. Pinnick, who is making an inspection tour of Malaya, will attend a district rally of Guides, Rangers, and Brownies in Singapore at the C.E.Z.M. School on Jan. 29 at 4.30 p.m. She will present a Medal of Merit
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      Case deferred: may be settled
      97 5 A FORTNIGHT'S adjournment was granted by the President of the Rent Board in a case concerning two houses in Desker Road owned by a wealthy Muslim woman. Irche Fatimah Khatoon binte Haji Gulab Khan Suratee. Mr. D. S. Marshall, appearing for the house owner, Inche
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      BAIL ESTREATED
      129 5 THE issue of warrants of Han Soo were asked to show cause attachments was ordered wh y their ball should not be in the Third Police Court j esi^ie^th 5^ i f( s° suretv been a mistake, and the accustd tne.y Had giver.! the Court. had been told
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  • NEWS
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      AMERICA HAS WAR JITTERS
      485 6 Averting showdown with Russia picture. pROBABLY in no peacetime period in history, not even in the last weeks before Pearl Harbour, has there been so much concern in Washington with the danger of war. The means of avoiding it, and especially the consequences to the United
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      BEER FLOWED EVERYWHERE
      48 6 HUNDREDS of gallons of brer ran to waste when an intruder turned on the tap> at the Ko>.il Hotel in the Mining village oi Ko>sincton near l)oiua-.tcr. 'lhe cellars were Hooded and stocks were completely exhausted, lhe hotel was closed and many miners went thirsty.
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      Death sentence on Allied'spies'
      70 6 Death sentence on Allied 'spies' THE Albanian supreme military court in Tirana, the Albanian capital, has sentenced to dealh seven members of organisations described as consisting of "spies, traitors and agents of AngloAmerican im-oerialLsts." trr Yueoslav News Agency reported. Four ex-deputies were among those sentenced to death. The aim of
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      MINERS AGAIN BEAT TARGET
      46 6 Miners of the northern division (Northumberland. Durham and Cumberland) of the NaMonal Coal Board in the second full working week of 1948 again boat their target this time by 19,552 tons an improvement of nearly 16,000 lons on the previous week.— Reuter
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      43 6 To spur Britain's efforts to recovery. Prime Minister Attlee sent a New Year message to the nation calling for- ten per cent more production. The message 11 as displayed on posters throughout the country. This one is in New Bridge Street, Central London.
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      RKD H.Q. RAIDED
      41 6 Police searched the office of the Delhi Provincial Communist Party and the home of one of the party's workers and removed copies of the latest issue of "The Peoples Age", organ of the Communist Party in India.- Reuter
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      The train of the future
      142 6 D..v Burton years in steam trains sank into his leather-upholstered bucket seat in British Railways' new diesel locomotive No. 10,000 and told what it was like to drive it at nearly 80 m.p.h. "It's like driving a car," he said. "It makes work milCh easier."
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      IMAHATM GANDHI
      58 6 I M AHA TM GANDHI Mahatma Gandhi, yesterday -d the mausoleum of the t Muslim saint. Hazate Outu- buddin Jajl. on the outskirts of Delhi, where, beginning from Monday, thousands of Muslims are celebrating the anr iv»-rsnry of tho saint's i. First of the conditions on which Gandht broke his
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      LABOUR CANDIDATE
      33 6 Mr. Harold Nicholson is prospective Labour candidate for North Croydon in the by flection expectod to follow th« appointment of Mr. H U. Willink. Oons., as Ma.stcr of Magdalene cx>liog« Gnmbricgf*
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      'Bevin plan will split Europe', says Soviet
      143 6 'Bevin plan will split Europe', says Soviet TIMES, the authorit'x- i tive Soviet political weekly, said that Mr. Ernest Bevin's latest foreign policy speech was "dictated by Washington" and had two aims: 1. "Strengthening the exploitation of the British, French, Dutch, Belgian, and Portuguese colonies and semicolonies in Asia and
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      WARSHIP OFF SOMALI LAND
      97 6 BRITISH destroyer has arrived oil Mogadishu Somaliland and armed sailors are to patrol the city, scene of the native massacre of 52 Italians on Jan. 11. A sub-committee composed of British, American. French, and Russian representatives investigating the status of Italy's former colonies went yesterday to
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      China denies river trade rumours
      107 6 A highly-placed Chinese Government source in Shanghai said rumours that j British shipping would be al- lowed on inland waters are unfounded and the ban on foreign shipping would con- j tinue even though it adds 20 per cent, to costs of inland delivery of
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      RADIO PRICES CUT
      31 6 The General Electric Co.. announced in New York that it had reduced radio prices as much as 30.1 per cent, under the company's recently adopted price reduction programme
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      U.S. EX-AIRMAN ON TREASON CHARGE
      252 6 piciure. A27-VEAR-OLD former lieutenant in the United Stated Air Force, Martin James Monti, was arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation in New York on a treason charge on the day he was discharged from military service. The FBI alleged that he broacast from Berlin
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      MR STRACHIA ILI
      31 6 The Food Minister. Mr. John Strachey, is ill and may enter a nursing home lor a few days. He has postponed three engagements at Dundee this week. A.P.
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      S A clamps dowi on illegal immigration
      56 6 S A clamps dowi on illegal immigration QOl •n Ci out the are immi the rn them in by sea. It is ofl that 2.000 illec; are staying In Suui:. hotels. Bincc he b thoritics have uncov man who had beer. Union Illegally for seven and had fortune. All illeeal
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      BELGIUM WIU BUY BRITISH
      28 6 BELGIUM WIU BUY BRITISH BELGII "P morv nn Jlt fewer A— rican one. the m The Brus.- Ls i to kul ston* balances an oth« r pun A.P.
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      71 6 JANt Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press in Malaya I sjane wdActe^s /artA&' I Kgosh.'-hr oroffydd\ /^better \7 asfray in /Ae /one/v I WAS RIGHTf IT "*5 A3 1 r inlamd again— cf /^ui |>> s<£sxrAi//s /ookmo ft» Aer 6AKt AS A l >byan I can break tmroooh )MM 9
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      REGRETS IN SPLENDID
      412 7 Final gallops on Ipoh track Free Press Racing Correspndent Regrets, The Raven 'and Diamond Epic did the n,* PS l IpO h this morni ng when some of the horses running at Ipoh on Saturday, the first day of the Perak Turf Club's meeting were given w£!T
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      Ray Lindwall dominated final day
      115 7 From K Puleepsinshi AUSTRALIA w n the fonrth India at v when Ray and accuracy I feature Innings. t he captured over two wicket hit next i.v In ra mentioned d for if a pace bowler ft was a pie. I i crici] Australian chance
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      SCOREBOARD
      41 7 A !f»|faUa— W iutu c Lindwall A "*-"v.v.vr. i Toul in ■OWLING J-«nd,. a •' R. W. Hifi t^nson'' 13 1 sr •••• Vt 4 r >* o M '<oo] ls 1 :.i i T km hx' ° s^>3_2! —-*** i
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      KOTA RAJAH CLUB SOCCER TEAM
      114 7 A TEAM from the following will represent Kota Rajah Club against Naval Wireless Station Kranji at Kranji ground on Saturday. Players should assemble at No. 34, Baghdad Street, at 4.15 p.m. sharp for transport. Jaafar Rlthwan Hashim, Omar Salleh, Abdul Rahman, Mohamed Rahman, Harith, Ihsan
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      34 7 Twenty-seven-year old Celhna Seghi, one of the top three women downhill and slaloei skiers of Italy, takes out her skis for a practise run for the Olympic Winter Sports opening at St. Moritz tomorrow.
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      W. COMMAND WIN AFTER EXTRA TIME
      349 7  -  ARCHIE QUICK Army Cup Final By WESTERN Command won the Army interff Command Cup Final on Birmingham City's ground by beating London District Z l, after extra time, and thus became the first holders of the handsome trophy presented by Ack-Ack Command. The match
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      SUMATRA SOCCER TEAM FOR STORE?
      470 7 J^ SUMATRA combined soccer team may visit i«w M apo i e L for a serics of mat <*es in March, said Mr. Koh Swee Chiang, secretary of the Singapore Chinese Football Association, who e r> U n ed rom Medan b X air yesterday
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      DODDS TO TRY LONGER RACES
      141 7 CHAMPION American *miler" Gil Dodds is eager to attempt longer distance to improve his chances for the Olympics. Dodds is In mid-season form already and seems to be suffering from a lack of competition in the mile. He has hopes of racing for EM U.S.
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      INDIANS LEAVE FOR MELBOURNE
      61 7 INDIAN cricketers Hazare, Mankad. Phadkar. Rangacharl and Adhikari will leave Adelaide by air today for Melbourne where they will rest prior to the fifth Test match which begins there on Feb. 6. The team to meet a Victorian Country XI at Mildura in a two-day match
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      Stadium At St. Moritz
      18 7 ana speed sKatino events in th c OWmpVwttfer I'Zts ml Qg held, starting tomorrow
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      Base Workshops score 12-0 win
      366 7 IN their Rugby match at Thomson Road yesterday, REME Base Workshops completely outplayed the Singapore Police to win by 12 points (3 tries and a penalty goal) to nil. One of the main reasons for the Police defeat was the loss of their scrum half,
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      Both American teams banned
      591 7 ICE HOCKEY DISPUTE it should retire also from the summer games." As a result of an Olympic Committee study, all athletes competing in the 1948 games, both at St. Moritz and at London in the summer, must sign this oath, which is being used for the
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      S.H.A. replies
      343 7 HPHE Singapore Hockey Association Committee x wishes to make it clear that the S.H is not affiliated to the English Hockey Association and that, therefore, the question of abiding by the rules of the English Hockey Association does not arise as far as the S.H.A. is concerned. This
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      LA SALLE SOCCER XI FOR TODAY
      76 7 THE La Sallites will play a friendly game of soccer Against thp Singapore Harbour Board Auxiliary Police XI at Thomson Road ground at 5.15 p.m. today. Thp team will be selected from the following: Bee Cheow; James Tan. Chang Ho; A. Razak: Pit Chon#;
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      CHUNG HWA INST WIN TABLE TENNIS
      101 7 IN a friendly table-tennis 1 match played at the Chung Hwa Institution on Tuesday night, the Chung Hwa uam beat the Singapore Indian Association by four games to three. The following are the result t Chung Hwa Institution players mention d first Ho Shou
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      244 7 F. P. Crossword No. 297 ■■■JHl^B^^ _^lML___ 1111 I I CLUES ACROSS 1. Cheerful (8). 7, Leaking (6). 9, Unclean (.6) 11, Frolic (3). 12. French coins (4). 14. Degrees (5). 16, Choler (3). 17 Outlaw (3). 19, Garment (4). 21, Defeat (5). 24. Insult (5). 25, Decorate (4). 28.
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    Houses buried in lloilo 'quake
    174 8 MANILA, Wednesday. LANDSLIDES from Mount Madia-As, on the mountainous west coast of Panay, in the Philippines, have buried several hundred houses since the earthquake last Sunday, says a report from the town of Antique. The reports said huge rocks had been hurtling down from the
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    TALKS OPEN
    93 8 THE first meeting of the central section of the round-table conference to discuss the sharx? of constitutional reforms promised to the Netherlands West Indies, was held at The Ramie yesterday. Mr. Jan A. Jonkman. Dutch Minister for Overseas Territories, presided at the meeting, which Included Professor Carl Romme.
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    NOT V PET
    40 8 Ram Chandra read in the Bombay Gazette that a Yogi had a User as pet. Ram Chandra called and was surprised to discover you cannot make a net of a tierer. Ram is recoverinc in hospital. U.P.
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    HOME..
    30 8 HOME The Essex and Suffolk Hunt Children's t Meet at the F een Farm, Elmstead Market, near Colchester. Capt. Motion, Master, is seen addressing the young riders at the Meet.
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    French protest on 'Bizonia5
    235 8 French protest on 'Bizonia 5 PARIS, Wednesday. FRANCE has protested to the United States and Britain that the carrying out of the Frankfurt agreement of Jan. 1 to merge the American and British zones inevitably will lead to the restoration of a strong centralised Germany and bring about a return
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    Big new food strike threat in Bizonia
    112 8 Big new food strike threat in Bizonia HAMBURG. Wednesday. ANGLO-AMERICAN BizOma was threatened todav with the worst labour troubles of the occupation, when German union leaders called a city-wide general strike of 190.000 workers in Hanover for Feb. 3; after a million-man, walk-out had tentatively been scheduled lor W urn:
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    COLD SPELL IN U.S.
    50 8 The longest spell of cold weather in 12 years has drained fuel supplies in the United States to danger point, disrupting steel and coal production and forcing industrial shutdowns affecting about 25,000 workers in. at least, five States. The Detroit area is the hardest hit.- Reuter
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    90,000 RALLY TO BAO DAPS AID
    202 8 SAIGON, Wednesday. *T»WO religious Vietnam groups were united last x night by a pact, rallying their 90,000 members with their arms and equipment in support of exEmperor Bao Dai of Annam, who is to meet M. Emile Bollaert, French High Commissioner for Indo-China, next
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    THE PILGRIMS & THE ROCK
    62 8 THE PILGRIMS THE ROCK THE question before the Cambridge University Union Debating Society last night was "The pilgrim fathers landed upon Plymouth Rock but in the opinion of this house it would have been better for Plymouth Rock to have landed upon the pilgrm fathers." The negative team won by
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    £8,000 THEFT FROM U.S. NAVY H.Q.
    163 8 LONDON, Wednesday. THIEVES eluded armed Ma- rine guards, broke into the United States naval headquarters building in Grosvenor Square and escaped with cameras and equipment estimated by Scotland Yard at £8,000 last night. The burglary was discovered after an American sailor I reported to
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    FRESH PROGRESS IN N.l SETTLEMENT
    529 8 FRESH PROGRESS IN N.l SETTLEMENT U.S. delegate optimistic BATAVIA, Wednesday. NETHERLANDS and Indonesian representatives, meeting here on board the U.S.S. Renville, today set up two sub-committees to consider finding other meeting places so that the Renville might be free to sail, and to organise a division of work on the
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    Harley Street votes against nationalisation
    151 8 LONDON. Wednesday. MEDICAL consultants and specialists from Harley Street and the rest of the London area voted overwhelmingly last night to refuse service in Britain's new publio medical service. The vote at a meeting held j at the British Medical Associa- tion headquarters was 7C6
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    Ukraine revolt story denied
    121 8 DR. CHEN LI-FU, director of Organisation in the Kuomintang, in a statement issued through the Central News Agency in Nanking yesteiday, denied, for the seccnd time. Press reports attributed to him that the Chinese Government had received information about a revolt in the Ukraine. He said:
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    TIN SHARES ADVANCE
    478 8 London Stock Exchange London. Wedncsdti WHERE was a new note of hesitancy today <••', r first day of the new account on the stod Exchange and the expected burst of new h u in failed to materialise. This uncertaint> was creat by the sensitive French political Reuter's
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    Rubber pness
    110 8 ASPK( I\L Market corrfr pondent cues thf pn« of ruhber at 11 am todi! follows: „m t«. f*. per Ib. Na. 1 R M >po» loose 4#1 No. 1 R.S.S. foti mi bales Fcfe 41 No. 2 R.S.S. fot) rt in bal«, I>l- No. S R.S.S. fob j,
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    MARSHALL FIRM ON AID FIGURE
    53 8 MARSHALL FIRM ON AID FIGURE THE U.S. Secretary of State, Mr. George Marshall, said in Washington yesterday that he stands firm on the U.S. $6,800,000,000 figure set for the proposed European recovery programme. Mr. Marshall made the statement at a news conference in reply to reports that a compromise was
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    RUSSIANS IN SIAM
    40 8 A four-maij vanguard of the Russian Legation arrived in Bangkok yesterday to prepare accommodation for the Soviet Minister, M. Serge Niemchina, and an undisclos£Q o I I v \J I vOCII L ill i liiul hal. A.P.
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    SIAMESE GO TO POLLS TODAY
    145 8 BANGKOK, Wednesday. SIAMS first general elections following the November coup take place tomorrow which is declared an official holiday. It is reported that the Army and police have been alerted for any disturbances during the election polling, but no incidents are expected. The elections revolve
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    MEAT SHIPMENTS
    23 8 Argentine meat and other shipments to Britain will not be suspended, says an official communique issued in Buenos Aires yesterday.- Reuter
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    REDS DEFEATED NEAR NANKING
    227 8 NANKING, Wednesday. VTATIONALIST troops, in counter-offensive operations, have eased the threat of possible Chinese Red pressure against Nanking and Shanghai. Dispatches, confirming reports of Communist attacks within 35 miles of the capital, said the Government troops, striking down from north Kiangsu Province into the Paoying-Liuho-Nantung triangle,
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    N.Y. rubber
    25 8 VEWYORK s rts yesterday: Prices 21.10 c I b ,o 39: *f 19. 95-1998: s 19.05-19.10: No. 1 ribbcci cents non A .P.
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    N.E.I. copra
    21 8 T HE N.EI. Copra; purchase ■'^r^J copra aro m? I(|O jS five N.EI grammes a c and j A.P.
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      53 8 WEATHER I Cloudy I rATHER report for th« ncxi t4 h<-ur» compiled by ih« RAF: Cloudy tth occasional ahowera tfals afternoon. Fair to-night. loudv wfth rain to-morrow morning. Temperatures: Max. ft4 dec; mm 73 deg Relative humidity percentace* Yesterday 7JO a.m. 99; 1.3« p.m. 9t; 7.3t p m. 82. To-day
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