The Singapore Free Press, 3 February 1948

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    19 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA I agn SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1948~ PRICE 10 CENTS
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    COUNCILS-OWN MASTERS'
    496 1 COUNCILS-OWN MASTERS' G-G on tariffs and budgets Free Press Staflf Correspondent THF v f4U LONDON, Monday. JHE will of the legislatures of Singapore and the Malayan Federation would prevail m normal circumstance* m the event of a conflict with the Governor or High Commissioner, said the Governor-General, Mr. Malcolm Mac
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    A-bombs to be mass-produced
    85 1 WASHINGTON, Monday. states Atomic Energy Commission idicated today that its objective is to manufac*mic bombs on a mass production basis with »< production facilities of its factories designed for witimious flow*' of component parts. -hat it was nmg on the "'d* v<.iopnv>nt mic apons. ■niljual report
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    U.S. REJECTS RED PROTEST NOTES
    257 1 WASHINGTON Monday rrHE United States Government today curtly told 1 TTv,^ v sia tnat ncr objections to American warships m Italian waters are "without foundation" and that Russian charges of U.S. militarism m Persia are either "distorted" or "downright false commenting on a third Moscow
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    WAVELL IN AFRICA
    23 1 Field Marshal Earl Wavell, former Viceroy of India, at present on a tour of Africa arrived m Capetown yesterday. Reuter.
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    BRITAIN BANS FLIGHTS BY TUDOR IV
    78 1 BRITAIN BANS FLIGHTS BY TUDOR IV LONDON. Monday. THE British Ministry of Civil Aviation to/lay suspended commercial flights of the Tudor Four, Britain's newest four-engined luxury airliner, pending investigation of the disappearance of a British South American Airways plane with 31 persons aboard near Bermuda on Friday. Mr. G. S.
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    WAR CLAIMS: 'FAIRLY EARLY AGREEMENT'?
    216 1 Free Press Correspondent LONDON, Monday. "TVHE possibility of early A payments on war damage compensation was not ruled out by the GovernorGeneral, Mr. Malcolm MacDonald, at a press conference today when he was questioned on the present position and the outlook for claimants. Mr. Mac
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    Fatal 'hit& run' accident
    85 1 Free Press SUIT Reporter A CHINESE food hawker was hurled 20 feet and killed by a lorry m a "hit and run" accident m Clemenceau Avenue at 5.30 a.m. today. The lorry hit the hawker from behind and failed to stop The vicUm had a fractured
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    COMMONS QUERY ON BROOKE
    35 1 Mr. William Teeling. (Cons. Brighton) will ask the Secretary for the Colonies tomorrow for a statement on the discussions during January with the Goveroor-General ot Malaya concerning Mr. Anthony Brooke. Reuter.
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    HATTA MEETS VAN MOOK FOR PRIVATE TALKS
    168 1 BATAVIA, Monday. DR. Hubertus Van Mook, LJeut. -Governor-General of the Netherlands East Indies the Net her kinds East Indies today met Dr. Mdhamed Hatta, Indonesian Republican Premier, for private talks, which, it was reliably learned, were aimed at the improvement of relations be-
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    TAXI MAIN ROBBKD
    36 1 Four Chinese, one armed with a pistol, robbed a Chinese taxi driver of $23 and a fountain pen at Pasir Panjang last night. They had hired the taxi at Lorong 27. Goylane Road.
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    MALAYS TO LEAVE WIVES BEHIND
    177 1 SYDNEY. Monday. THE Australian Government 1 has told 19 Malays who j have been working m Austra- lia since the end of the war that they must sail on Wednesday by the troopship Wes- tralia (8,108 tons) for Japan. from where they will be repatriated
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    Chaos in Holy Land seen
    310 1 Chaos in Holy Land seen CALL FOR UNO ARMY NEW YORK, Monday. WHE United Nations Palestine Commission tonight urged immediate United Nations action to prevent a threatened "collapse of the security and administrative services" m Palestine. The report refers to the "necessity for United Nations forces to back up the
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    Talks on tin duty begin
    101 1 Free Press Correspondent LONDON. Monday. DISCUSSIONS are m progress on the Malayan tin ore export duty, the Governor General, Mr. Malcolm MacDonald, told a press conference m London today. Mr. Mac Donald refused to express an opinion whether the Texas smelter was subsidised by the
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    CHINA BANS CABARETS
    40 1 THE Chinese Social Affairs 1 Minister. Mr. Ku ChenkailjCi commentinK on the Shanghai riot of taxidancers, said m Nanking yesterday the Government would not consider a change m the policy of suppressing commercialised dancin? "under any circumstances."
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    'ARMIES OF HATRED' OUTLAWED
    258 1 'ARMIES OF HA TRED OUTLA WED Nehru declares NEW DELHI, Monday. DRIVATE armies raised and maintained by political or communal organisations were outlawed m India today. A Government communique, announcing this, declared: "There is no place m India for any organisation preaching violence or communal hatred." At a mass meeting
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    She Won 'Best Mother' Prize IN AUSTRALIA
    749 2  - She Won 'Best Mother' Prize IN AUSTRALIA Mary Evans- Jones by I\/IKKT 24-year-old hl Mrs. Bette Big- gart of Sydney, winner of a £A5OO prize m a quest for the loveliest mother and child sponsored by a newspaper m Sydney, Australia, m aid of the Royal Australian Air Fovce Memorial
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    Blood for a nation
    334 2 By ALTON A. BLAKESLEE. A. P. Correspondent 'PHE American Red Cross has launched a huge nationwide programme to supply lifesaving blood and many amazing blood products free to all sick and injured citizens. Hailed as an unique and far-reaching step to improve national health, the programme
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    DROPPING THE CAPITAL
    274 2 DROPPING THE CAPITAL By BIRGER FARUP, A. P. Correspondent nENMARK'S Minister of Education, Professor D. Hartvig Frisch, has announced that he is preparing a plan to abolish the use of the socalled initial capitals from the Danish language except m names and after full stops. Danish is apart from German
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    COSMIC RAYS
    210 2 A SMALL sealed package containing: photo phic plates was carried m the pilot's cockpit of a PanAmerican Airways CliDDer j that has just arrived m Johannesburg from N York. It has already made two trips from New York to i Calcutta, and will make an- other trip to
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    OWL'S FACE IS STUDIED
    147 2 WHAT kind of face does an owl make when it hoots? British bird watcher Eric Hosking hopes to find out now that the British admiralty has lent him a black searchlight an infrared ray device developed during the war so that troops could see m complete
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      274 2 skgkjskhgj SINGAPORE Blue Network From 12.00 noon to 2.00 p.m. 526 metres m the medium wave j band and 7.20 megacycles In the 41 metre band. From 6.00 p.m. to 7.45 p.m: i 1 from 9.30 p.m. to 11.00 p.m.: < 526 metres m the medium wave band, and 4.825
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      185 2 13 Tulk The Re-Estabh.shnitnt News letter 5 20 Everyman's Music; 5.30 Shirley D%ane presents The Forces Requests"; 6 pm. Tut.sday at 8.30 A programme to suit all tastes; 6 30 Australian News Bulletin; 6.45 Spotlight Bands Glenn Millar and Orch 7 pm. 'Famous Conductors" Sir Thomas Becham; 730 Talk "Canberra
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      162 2 metres and 49.38 metres 5-5.30 p.m. 19.84 metres and 49.38 l metres, 5. 30 -night 19.84 metres and 49. 58 metres. TUESDAY AFTERNOON 1 p.m. World News Headlines; 1.02 Heard Melodies Aro Sweet; p.m. World News Headlines; 5.30 Echoes from the Shows; 6 p.m. Thirty to One; 6.30 World and
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      323 2 Bridge Problem "I UCKY. sneered Ea.«t at the cd. wed have beaten you. But ouuin aeaier. declarer had played the hand NORTH with expert skill, for it required Q76! perfect timing and imagination S? A J 10 6 4 to avoid being defeated— even O J 8 4 3 with
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      193 2 YOUR LUCKI STA Fortune U niiK h the indni that >ou hishK tf^ kind of (onir individual. You are proud vi Uous to raccetd buui convinced ihat yoi r the one and'onh I -ire <juiik to s opportunity and U reach out for m no« and are not t m
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    00 'Gib' evacuees rek to U.K.
    33 3 n 10 I C r homes, pour- Ireland wh.ch ling, men, rmer Fulharar by i the slung I m the ition to Itar ar- but 100 month.
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    Chinese bishop appointed
    15 3 ral anXII Hew-:-old ithern the ;s the man na to I >hop
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    GHT-SGT' COAT OLD COMRADE
    10 3 former Air :ucal i I ion.
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    US. DOLLARS WILL NOT SAVE CHINA
    389 3 US. DOLLARS WILL NOT SAVE CHINA Intervention necessary, say diplomats DIPLOMATIC opinion m Nanking reflects the almost unanimous belief that United States aid will not solve any of China's pressing problems unless it is accompanied by both strict supervision and substantial military assistance, reports Associated Press. This view is stated
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    Miners of the future
    37 3 Miners of the future A. P. picture. Schoolboys perhaps the miners of the future are seen working a model of an electric winding engine, as used at Pindton Colliery (Notts.), at the Schoolboys' Own Exhibition in London.
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    CHANCES FOR R.A.F. CADETS
    88 3 A.T.C. cadets holding proficiency certificates who join the R.A.P. for national service will be eligible for training as pilots without a regular aircrew engagement. They will also have special opportunities lor choosing trades. picture. Rioters have ignored completely the Palestine Police armoured cars which convoy workers
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    Report on Guam Filipinos
    104 3 rWO inspectors sent to Guam by the Philippines Department of Labour have reported to Labour Secretary Peflro Mausalin that the rondition of over 3.000 Filipinos working there on Inrge miliprojects under private American contractors is .satisfactory" and no wage discrimination exists The investigators said the Gilamanians
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    NOT RESIGNED TO IT
    33 3 Between July 1945 and November last 8,302 nun and •men resigned from the llways for reasons other an retirement— Mr. Alfred met, Minister of Trans- m a written Parliamenftnswer.
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    Travellers' 'gifts' checked in U.K.
    159 3 Travellers' 'gifts checked in U.K. HEOPLE ju*s( returned to Britain from abroad arc beinja: visited by the police who ask about valuable articles they brought home with them. The authorities aro seeking to answer the question: "Where do British travellers get the monoy k> buy goods abroad?" and to close
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    ENGLISH IS EASIER
    66 3 Tilt latest fad m Canton the study of hnt;lish. Even who hopes to transact business with the Governor of KwaiiKtuiK, Mr. T. V. Soonc. is doing it. I 1 Harvard-educated Governor speaks only the northern Chinese dialect, which to Cantonese is a foreign language. His callers find
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    TRADE TALKS WITH DUTCH
    49 3 Anglo-Dutoh trade talks will be resumed at the Hague this month, and Britain expects the first shipment of grain under the Anglo-Soviet trade pact to arrive m February, Mr. Harold Wilson. Prtsident of the Board of j Trade, told the House of Commons yesterday.- A.P.
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    MOSCOW PROTEST
    33 3 Moscow Radio said on Thursday that Russia had sent formal protests to the United States and Britain over American proposals to j re-open the Mellaha air base. I outside Tripoli.- A.P.
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    Navy men held for smuggling
    98 3 ,'LVERAL U.S. Navy men. m»- eluding some officers, are Ing held pending investin into charges that they involved m extensive uggling activities. U.S. naval authorities conmed the detention but re- fused to disclose the number of persons held for their names. A U.S. Navy statement
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    WIDOW KILLED BY FLYWHEEL
    35 3 WIDOW KILLED BY FLYWHEEL Mrs. J. Griffiths, of Llanyre, Llandrindod Wells, widow of a former High Sheriff of Radnorshire, died from head injuries received when her clothes caught m the flywheel of an oil entrino.
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    LEPROSY CAN BE WIPED OUT IN FORTY YEARS
    223 3 I EPROSY is one of the easiest diseases to eradicate and can be wiped out m two generations by a concerted educational campaign, m the opinion of Dr. Eugene R. Kellersberger, genera] secretary of the American Mission to Lepers. Dr. Kellersborger, who
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    TALKS ON N.Z. TROOPS IN BCOF
    85 3 lEUT.-GEN. H. C. H. RoberUan, C-in-C. British Common wealth Occupation Forces m Japan, has arrived m Wellington for talks an tfhe future ol New Zealand's military representation m Japan. Mr. Peter Fraser, New Zealand Prime Minister, said last November: "We are hoping to withdraw
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    French envoy in Pakistan
    79 3 THE first French Charge d 'Affaires to Pakistan, M. Jacques Fouchet, accompanied by Mme. Fouchet, has arrived m Karachi. M. Fouchet told Press representatives that the relations between France and Pakistan were "cordial and friendly." "It is proposed to establish a Trade Commissioner's office m Pakistan
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    The 'luxury' of false teeth from America
    185 3 "I UXURY" false teeth imported from America were L*« discussed by indignant M.P.s m the House of Commons. Brig. A. R. W. Low iCon Blackpool) had asked why, Mr. Harold Wilson, President of the Board of Trade, had authorised the expenditure £125,518 m
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    Soviet opens assault on U.S. Jap policy
    290 3 Soviet opens assault on U.S. Jap policy INFORMED sources m Washington declare that '»<e 1. Soviet Union, convinced that the United States intends to build up Japan as a buffer against Communism m the Far East, plans to open an all-out assault on United States occupation policy m Japan. Soviet
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    European Union treaty move
    97 3 THE British Government, has sent the draft of the livepower treaty between Britain. France and the three Benelux countries to the French Government. This followed last weeks offer to Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg of a West European Union whose first step would link the three
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    62 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE
    38 3 ]\/|R- Thomas Payne, who has Ul just retired as manager of the Baltimore Hotel Grill, Los Angeles, was asked: "In your 62 years' experience, which are the more fussymen or women diners?" Answer: "Women."'
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    FIVE DAY WEEK
    19 3 The British electricity supply industry will have a five day, 44-hour working week ilrom March 1.
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    China Kachins claim Burmese nationality
    113 3 China Kachins claim Burmese nationality ARMESE Government spokesman has disclosed that Kacniu tribesmen m China are claiming Burmese instead of Chinese nationality. He said their chieftains had expressed "great uneasiness" at Chinese control. The spokesman was Thaki- Wa Tin, aKwly appointed Information and Broadcasting Controller, who recently investigated conditions on
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    CLUB WANTS FRIEND
    36 3 Hit by the basic petrol ban. Camberley Heath, one of Surrey's most beautiful golf courses, is looking for a social club or golfing society which would take it over as a country branch.
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    TORIES WELCOMED
    24 3 The Oxford Unions carried a motion, by 392 to 278. "That this House would welcome the return of a Conservative Ad- ministration."
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      101 3 TARZAN Dissension By Edgar Rice Burroughs "MdVA-toT CO»£S with the I I*l am -IOT V*TW fIECW.* OF MV TRlOt, I I **EAKOV IS A THac k)LLEO By I I AHEAD Of TAffZAN WALKED M WA-U7T AND 1 7T?/fl£. rAH-CASM g^jQ -<3OO£>* AMMOUHCED TM£ GREAT BLUE-FAC£D SAOOTM. A rASAG,*TAR-OASM SAID. I
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      Siam's Record in Patani
      572 4 ON the eve of the Federation ol Malaya, there came a reminder irom across the northern frontier that all is DOt well m the predominantly Malay districts of Patani, Naradhivas. Yala and Setul. *»m reports that there is fresh unrest, a demand for separation from Siam
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    FLASHBACK to the 'Death Railway'
    938 4 FLASHBACK to the 'Death Railway' THE present condition of the Bang-kok-Moulmein railway is that it has been totally out of use for nearly two years, and it is now without any sort of maintenance staff, writes John Coast, m The Clarion," official organ of Returned British P. O. W. Association.
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    BOOM TOWN
    236 4 THE town that spawned the California gold rush. Coloma. California, brushed off the effects of a modern avalanche of humanity last week. Nearly 75,000 persons poured into Coloma over the weekend for the 100 th anniversary celebration of the discovery of gold m the fa: west, and once
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    FAITH
    18 4 Follow peace with all men. and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord. 12. 14
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    UN Cuts It's Own Home
    384 4 UN Cuts It's Own Home •THE United Nations 1 Headquarters Commission has agreed on several modifications of the projected Skyscraper world capital to offset the rising construction costs. The changes were necessary to keep the costs within the U.S. $65,000,000 limit authorised by the General Assembly last autumn and promised
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    GERMANY'S SCAPEGOATS
    343 4 By GEORGE BRIA, A. P. Correspondent NEARLY three years after the end of Hitlerism, the Jew is still potentially the number one scapegoat m Germany. Surveys m the American zone indicate not only that the Germans lack virtually any remorse for the Nazi extermination policy, but that six
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    White Russians Go Red
    600 4 White Russians Go Red By ROY ESSOYAN A. P. Correspondent J OCAL Russians recently repatriated are having no difficulty m finding jobs m the Soviet Union, but the jobs m many cases have no relation to their abilities, talents or past experience. Letters received m Shanghai last week and printed
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    The 'Brain' never waits
    795 4 By RONALD MacLURKIN Reuters' Correspondent SHANGHAI: THANKS to Sir Stafford Cripps, Chancellor of the Exchequer and economic ''dictator," the British public is rapidly becoming one of the best informed m the world on its industrial and economic life. Once a week, and often twice. Crimps faces
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      40 4 Tl Those empti| MILK BOTTLES... i YflU 3^ are restricting supplies to iw other customers when you fail to them to your store. By promptly retur ing all empty bottles, you protect y° own supplies of fresh milk. Inserted by
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    BIG SHIPMENTS FROM JAPAN
    259 5 SI, 000, 000 imports due shortly Free Press Staff Reporter hqxION-DOLLAR consignment of Japanese A (mkls— the first imports into Singapore from I m vi this > ear— is M the way. One of the ships, peJ^.Tien, is due today. The imports include a big quantity
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    ARREST OF SUB-TENANT ORDERED
    83 5 ARREST OF SUB-TENANT ORDERED A WARRANT for the arrest of Teo Cheong Chwee, sub- ten ant of the room m Lavender Street, where a fireworks explosion caused sev-cm deaths, was issued by the Singapore Coroner, Mr. W G. Porter, yesterday. Mr. Porter held Teo. a salesman, as having shown ne^lizence
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    Malay fined for smuggling
    203 5 mur Free Press Staff Reporter THE discovery of illegal cargoes on board two Singapore Chinese-owned vessels at the Dutch naval checking point at Tanjong Pinang m December last, led to a Malay being fined 3,000 guilders, m default six months' imprisonment. The Singapore Overseas Chinese Importers'
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    TALK ON JAPAN
    30 5 A talk on his impressions of Japan by Mr. Jack Singleton, lecturer to troops m the Far East, will be broadcast by Radio Malaya at 9.45 fccnißht
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    RAF CHIEF ON CONCESSION CUTS
    264 5 IR Vice-Marshal J. Whitworth-Jones, Air Officer Commanding, Malaya, has sent a message to stations and other units under his command, explaining why certain tax concessions for the Forces on tobacco and alcoholic drinks have been withdrawn m Malaya and Singapore. He has assured the airmen
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    FINED $200
    99 5 A 17-year-old Chinese, Tan Ah Chuan, was fined $200 and bound over on $1,000 for one year when he pleaded guilty yesterday m the Sin- gapore Eighth Police court to assisting ir. the management of Chap Ji Kee lottery. H.H. The Sultan of Johore (extreme left) is seen
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    FEDERATION CEREMONY
    57 5 picture. Sir Edward Gent, is seen making a speech at the ceremony last Sunday inaugurating the Federation of Malaya at Kuala Lumpur. Tunku Musa Eddin. Dato Hamiah bin Abdullah, (Mentri Bvsar Selangor) and H. H. the Sultan of Selangor saying a prayer at the Federation of Malaya ceremony
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    Bigger allowances for Govt. pensioners
    200 5 PENDING the final revision of salaries to meet post-war conditions and any subsequent revision of pensions, it has been decided to introduce, with effect from Jan. 1, 1948, a revised cost of living allowance for Government pensioners m Singapore and the Federation of Malaya. On
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    TROOPER HERE
    44 5 Free Press Mull Reporter The 11, 000 -ton trooper Dunera arrivtxi m Singapore yesterday from Southampton with more than 140 members of the Army. RAF. and W.A.A.F. There were also 156 Service families and civilian passeng- j ers from the United Kingdom.
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    UNIONISTS TO VISIT S'PORE
    68 5 TWO TtoMte Unionists Irotn England will arrive m Singapore on Feb. 5 to study Trade Union conditions here, 1 and meet the leaders and members of the Trade Unions. The Trade Union Advisor, Singapore, Mr. R. P. Bingham, is arranging the programme. Any Track Union Lste
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    NEW 'DAK' FOR AIRWAYS
    458 5 NEW 'DAK' FOR AIRWAYS Service to Siam next month Free Press Staff Reporter extra Dakota aircraft is expected to arrive next week, bringing: tht strength of the Malayan Airways' 'fleet' to five Dakotas and three Airspeed Consuls. Five moit pilots are due to arrive from England soon. Further extensions to
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    Both accused, witness fined in petrol case
    106 5 A witness, who gave evidence r m the Singapore Third Police Court yesterday m favour of a friend who was charged with unauthorised possession of pHrol. was himself put m the dock and convicted of the same offence. He was Tan Ben*? Hiane
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    SHIPPING OFFICE
    39 5 The Shipping and Port Clearance Office and the Office of the Registrar of Imports and Exports will oe closed on Tuesday, Feb. 10, and will be open on Wedn?sday Feb. 11, from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m.
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    Union's demands rejected by SMC
    180 5 A REPLY has been sent by Singapore Muncipal Commissioners to the Municipal Town Cleansing Labour Union, who recently threatened to go on strike. I The Union alleged that one of its members was drowned because he had been sent to work m a flooded drain.
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    Dutch open 3 areas to shipping
    111 5 Dutch open 3 areas to shipping Free Press Staff Reporter •THE Dutch authorities m 1 Singapore have announced the opening of three more areas to shipping. The areas are along the Java coast from Grisse via Probolir.ggo up to Banjoewangi, along the coast or the island of Madura, and along
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    NSW GOVT PROBES CANCE CURE CLAIM
    235 6 'Greatest secret m the world 9 THE New South Wales Government has announced that it will investigate the claim of John Braund to have a cure for cancer. The announcement came soon after Mr. E. J. Hailstrom, a philanthropist, offered Braund (US) $64,000 to
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    Communism rise in India is forecast
    131 6 DR Ba Maw, pre-war Premier of Burma, predicted an up surge of Communism m India as a result of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi's assassination, reports A. P. from Rangoon. 'I hate to suggest that Indian Communists engineered the killing at Moscow's biddine." B:i Maw said.
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    CORRUPT CHINESE OFFICIALS TO DIE
    36 6 Tliree senior Chinese offi■cials of the Chinese Maritime Customs have been sentenced to death by the Nanking District Court on charges of corruption. A fourth official was Riven life imprisonment. Reuter
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    M.P's QUERY STRACHEY ON CLUB DINNER
    90 6 IN the House of Commons, the Food Minister, Mr. John Strachey, was asked why a licence was recently granted for the annual Wdnkle Club dinner at Hastings and what was the distinction for the purpose of such a licence between that dinner and dinners
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    GLASS MAGNATE AIDS U.K. FILMS
    244 6 •No money limit 1 backer MILLIONAIRE "Mr. X," the mystery man backing JVI film producer Filippo del Giudice m his plan to boost British films m the United States, has revealed mshaw Riley, M. A., M. I. f one of Europe's biggest himself as Mr.
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    10 MILLION EGGS FOR BRITAIN
    67 6 10 MILLION EGG S FOR BRITAIN THE Danish ship Margrethe arrived at London Bridge on Thursday with 10,440,000 eggs said to be the largest shipment to reach Britain since the war. The shipment is under an agreement made with Denmark last November. Negotiations for Danish butter and bacon have been
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    TATTOO PRODUCER
    14 6 Alders!hot Tattoo producer Lieut -Colonel Herbert Henry Douglas-Withers, died at Manorbicr, (Pembroke)
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    Jap bride sues Minister
    48 6 isrssLsr stoien a rin Ksup&ngJß f»«c^l flectinK the lew1 ew aggressiveness on the part of tK?i c W c^ under th Ilew constitution which /rants them equal rights with men, the bride demanded lin Ann borrow an outfit for th e marriage ceremony.- U.P.
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    India re-starts Japan trade
    119 6 THE first shipment from India since the war has arrived m Japan aboard the American freighter Marine Swallow, from Madras. The shipment consists of 254 cases of Muscovite mica valued at $35.000(U.5.>. This is part of a $200,000 contract for the supply of Indian mica to
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    Latest U.S. jet plane
    91 6 Latest U.S. jet plane The United States Navy's f new jet fighter, the Panther. This 600-mile an hour Grumman-built aircraft carrier fighter, is the latest addition to the famous Wildcat, Hellcat, Tiger cat aircraft.— A.P. picture. Striking of Britain's 8,000,000 War Medals m cupronickel begins next month. Every member of
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    Plants, methods 'out-of-date'
    269 6 U.K. INDUSTRY CRITICISED pRITICISMS of "technological decay and stagnaJV 1 i0 n m Brita in a "d "stuffed shirt directorates" j m British industries are made m a report published m Washington by an organisation representing the biggest United States industrialists, the Machinery and Allied Products Institute,
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    INDIA PLANS CONTROL OF INVESTMENT
    293 6 INDIA PLANS CONTROL OF INVESTMENT DR. P. J. THOMAS, Economic \T" X f ernment of India, has submitted. l^ government on the question of reini epol1 t« exchanges m India, reports A P Considering the necessity for iw* healthy development of the *s« cimtv J egu^, India's speedy industrialisation d*
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    Aliens get their property back
    95 6 ABOUT 70 per cent of properties belonging to Allied nationals m China, half of which are owned by the British, have been returned to their rightful owners since they were taken over from the Japanese. The majority of these were completed during a six months'
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    QUININE PLANT IN JAVA
    74 6 A QUININE factory, with a I production capacity of 15.000 tablets daily, has been established "somewhere" m Republican held Central Java, medical quarters m Jogjakarta told United Press. The authorities intend to place the plant on a day and night shift m the near future This
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    China trade talks withe Indonesia
    94 6 PREPARATIONS i undr r way m p and Shanghai f£ of trad r thes, f J: Unued* learns m Bai Commercial circles k w v.a say that Inf.™ w! nary talks b^-^S ghjnesf businessmen^ propess aimed ai trade relattom bet^ am ibl'c Offl Us of
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    Canton cheer consulate reopening
    35 6 rpHE Unioo Jar-. 1 ver the Brit m t cupai sul-General Mr F I* tha f torn down ai shreds by r: ters sulate b th. The ceremony r 'the plaus
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    New institute in Indonesia
    40 6 AN ibllcan capital. 1948. The Rrpubl 1 Educate n spokesman"" new institute will X' all Indonesian*. g Courses willc wrfjj and will be free to »J* neslans I -'^JJi 21 and provldii oher p: ■JE U.P.
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    PROTOCOL FORCED
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    WEIGHT WILL NO STOP NO REGRETS
    545 7 WEIGHT WILL NO STOP NO REGRETS Haydee looks the best bet \TftpJ r tfLJ ress Racing Correspondent has been handicapped to the hilt for his two-length win on Saturday, but at his present form I doubt if the extra 18 lb. can stop him from completing a double at Ipoh
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    ICC draw with Trinidad
    475 7 ICC draw wi th Trinidad 1 did not accept Trinidad's challenge, at r Sp.iin Ntsiirday to hit off 165 runs m 90 aad th« match ended m draw, the final scores Trinidad 4SI for 4 declared and 101 for no fcclared. M.C.C. 418 and 80 for 3. M.C.C. was the
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    IPOH RACE WEIGHTS
    679 7 FULL list of weights for tomorrow's Ipoh races is: Horses Class 3, Div. 1, 5 F. Str. 0 1 1 NO REGRETS 9 04 0 PLUTO 9.02 1 1 0 RED TED 8.09 0 ELEGANT ART 8.07 0 14 DIAMOND EPIC 8.04 0 0 1 RUSTLE 8.04
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    Monaghan to meet Jackie Paterson
    117 7 Monaghan to meet Jackie Paterson RINTY MONAGHAN of Belfast, recognised by America as the world flyweight champion following his win against Dado Marino, signed m Belfast yesterday to meet Jackie Paterson of Glasgow for the world. British Empire and British titles m Belfast on Mar. 23. Paterson. it will be
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    SINGAPORE RACES
    34 7 THE Bukit Timah racecourse will be officially opened or Thursday for training for tne Singapore Turf Club's Spring meeting on Feb. 14, Ffb. 18 and Feb. 21. Entries close at noon tomorrow.
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    DAVIS CUP DATE
    58 7 THE annual meeting of the United States Lawn Tennis Association has accepted the proposed date, of Sept. 9, to begin the challenge round of the Davis Cup at Forest Hills This was decided after defeating a Californian motion to play the international on a less favourable date
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    Colonials Prepare For New Season
    146 7 QNE of the youngest cricket teams I m Singapore, the Colonials Cricket Club, is gettlnß ready to start cricket activities m earnest. \ery shortly. At their annual Reneral meeting held over the week-end last year's office bearers were re-elected en bloc. They are as follows:
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    BIRA IN ARGENTINE
    53 7 THE British racing driver B. Bira. the former Prince Birabongse of Siam. will drive the Simca car of Jean Pierre Wimille, m the remaining Argentine races at Buenos Aires. Wimille. who won the Rosarlo j road race, said yesterday that he i is returning t^» Knrnrv Im-
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    AUSTERITY MEDALS FOR OLYMPICS
    363 7 From GEOFFREY SIMPSON »T»HE Olympic champions who mount the winner's rostrum at Wembley will not receive the customary gold medals to mark their achievements. They will get medals that look like gold, but which actually will be silver-gilt. Hitler gave the winners gold m Berlin, but
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    ANXIOUS EYES AT MILLWALL
    42 7 Ainsley, Bradford centre, makes a grand attempt to score against Mill wall with goalkeeper Pur die and two defende j anxiously watching the ball. The game, which was played at Milhcall, ended m a one-nil ivin for Bradford.
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    HITCH IN BRUCE WOODCOCK'S PLAN
    426 7 "Will be fighting soon" From GEOFFREY SIMPSON T»HE day of Bruce Woodcock's return to the ring to meet South Africa's Johnny Ralph is farther away than ever, but as the champion lay m his hospital bed he gave the lie to a persistent whisper that
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    SELETAR TEAMS TO MEET S.C.C
    111 7 R.A.F. Seletar will meet the S.C.C at rugger and hockey m first team fixtures on the Padang tomorrow evening at. 5.15 p.m. The R.A.F. Seletar rugger XV will b.e as follows: F/Sgt. Hancock; Cpl. Gorton, A/C Corr, Cpl. Foster. Cpl. Dk'kson; S.D.O. Evans, F/O Ryan;
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    INDIANS WIN BY INNS
    98 7 THE Indian touring team beat a Victorian Country XI by an innings and 24 runs m the two-day fixture completed m Mildura yesterday. The Indians gave an indifferent batting display before lunch and lost five wickets for 140 runs. Rangnekar and Nayudu brightened the game and
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    TURPIN QUALIFIES FOR TITLE FIGHT
    64 7 DICK TURPIN, 27-year-old Leamington middleweight took his chance of being the nrst coloured boxer to fight for a British title when he outpointed Mark Hart, of Croy--1 don. m the final eliminator for trie British middleweight championship over 12 rounds at Nottingham last night riii\
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    SPURS GET A NEW LEADER
    401 7 I rom An hie Quick TALK about Arsenal's luck. 1 Think upon Tottenham Hotspurs. Here is a club, with Everton, probably the richest m the land. It possesses almost the best ground m the country covered on four sides to hold 60.000 people. They have
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    'Famine threat as great as A-bomb'
    221 8 'Famine threat as great as A-bomb' CAIRO, Monday. SIR Joi.n Boyd Orr, chairman of the United Nations FOod Council, today warned that the increase m lhe world's; population and the decrease m fertile land were '•as great a threat tc human s< c ely as the a-omic bomb." Opening the
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    ARMY CALL-UP GROUPS NAMED
    102 8 THE War Office m London yesterday announced that future Army postings abroad will, with certain exceptions, not be drawn from age and service groups below 72. Overseas drafts will normally be selected as follows: Far East Land Force and West Africa all arms 109 and later.
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    ARAKAN RED' CHIEF KILLED
    51 8 THE long-hunted Arakam »4 Communist member. Saw Oai. was shot dead during a surprise attack on his hideout by men of the Burma Riflt-s. according to an official announcement yesterday m R°n°joon. Th° Government said also that 45 Ruerrill is hrid surrendered up to Jan. 31.
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    Free Ceylon Day tomorrow
    304 8 COLOMBO, Monday. AT 6 a.m. tomorrow, peals of temple bells all over Ceylon will usher m Independence Day when the island, after centuries of foreign rule, becomes a self-governing Dominion within the British Commonwealth. The celebrations will last for a fortnight, reaching the climax when the
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    Siam's Malay districts: New move expected
    146 8 BANGKOK. Monday. THE Siamese Government, it is understood, is contemplating: reviving the high t commissionership for the four southern Muslim majority districta m an effort to meet the local population's grievances. The high commissionership. which existed during the absolute monarchy days and was held
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    CHINA REDS STEP UP ATTACKS
    235 8 mrnnT SHANGHAI, Monday. CEVERE fighting raged today m southwest Manchuria, near the Talin River, as Communist forces attempted to advance towards the stratetnc railway city of Chinchow, which they must capture to paralyse Nationalist troops and supply movements from North China. The Red Command is
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    3 MILLION STRIKE FOR MORE FOOD
    306 8 BERLIN. Monday. 3,000,000 German i workers are expected to tUce part tomorrow m the biggest series of one-day food strikes to be staged In the Anglo-American zx>ne (Since the occupation. The strikes, stretching from tl.e Danish border almost to the Swiss frontier, will mark
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    TORY PEERS REJECT OFFER OF COMPROMISE
    480 8 TORY PEERS REJECT OFFER OF COMPROMISE To fight Govt. on reform bill LONDON, Monday. A GOVERNMENT offer to discuss general reform of the House of Lords on certain conditions was turned down tonight by Lord Salisbury, Conservative leader there. They decided to proceed with their amendment to reject the bill,
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    CUSTOMS UNION TALKS BEGIN
    96 8 CANADA, Pakistan, India, South Africa, Australia. New Zealand. Sweden and Norway have sent observers to the second plenary session of the study group set up by the Paris Conference to examine the possibilities of a European customs union. The meeting" 1 opened m Brussels yesterday. The
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    FOUGHT WITH LIFEBELTS
    86 8 HARWIC&, Monday. USING fire extinguishers and lifebelts as weapons about a dozen British military prisoners broke away from their escorts, fought their way off the leave ship and escaped across the quayside to nearby fields. All but one were recapturned within two hours. Several of the men
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    'COUNCILS ARE OWN MASTERS'
    252 8 Continued from Page 1 to Malaya, probably something like half the Chinese population m the Federation did not. If m time to come a ohange was considered necessary, it would be a matter for discussion, and U the legislature felt that some amendment was necessary, it
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    500 POLICE SHOOT S'HAI STRIKERS
    236 8 SHANGHAI, Monday. THREE women workers were killed and more than 60 persons were injured today m a pitched battle between 500 Shanghai policemen and 7,000 labourers (half of them women) barricaded m the big Sing Sing Cotton Mill. The workers surrendered after wild gunfire by
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    MAN AND WIFE FINED £200
    74 8 LOW HUNG, aged 56, and his wife. Low Lwei-se. ag^d 45, were fln»ed £200 at I iv-rpool yesterday after DleadLng puilty to a currency charge. Currency worth €153 rud been seized The couple sold their laundry m a hurry last week ?nrt did not have
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    U.S. MAY CUT INCOME TAX
    62 8 THE Unites States House of Representatives yesterda> passed a Republicansponsored bill cutting income tax. m the aprpregate, by $•'^00,000,000. In its present form, the bill would reduce every American's Income tax and drop 7,500.000 low- income people from the rolls. However, it still has to
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    IRAQ REJECTS U.K. TREATY
    71 8 THE Iraqi Ministerial Committee formed to deal with the Anglo-Iraq treaty with Britain, signed at Portsmouth on Jan. 15, has decided to reject the treaty. Britain will be informed of the decision. The Iraqi Cabinet resigned on Jan. 27 after days of pro- i longed rioting
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    US TOLD: HUSBAND YOUR RESOURCES
    173 8 WA rpHE United States Secrc A Julius Krug, warned to< must do a better job ol natural resources or it wil SHINGTON, Monday. ?tary of the Interior, Mr. lay that the United States f housekeeping with its 1 find its cupboard bare. National security demands,
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    PRICES STEAM ON DULL MAM
    655 8 London Stock ExchaiJ LONDON, Monday rpHERE was a low business turnover on the Lo* x Stock Exchange today, operators renu* cautious pending announcement of the total of tain's January gold sales, which is expects today, says Reuter's financial correspondent, li circumstances, prices generally held remarta
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    STOCK 'CHANGE INQUIRY
    52 8 STOCK 'CHANGE INQUIRY THE C mncil ot i* JJ can :ne ol nesri vosii of informal] debt ment. announced >> day nighi by the Foreign Bunas ehai ment or arrears investor., m toot certain cases.JJ^Sj fiod thai led,, terms and >™ n {iir quests, hate WJg No details ol 'n
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    U.K. GOLDSALES IN JANUARY
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