The Singapore Free Press, 4 March 1948

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    19 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA lM* SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, MARCH 4, 1948 PKIt b iv li'An
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    LORDS URGE BRITISH LEAD
    829 1 LORDS URGE BRITISH LEAD Russian peril must be faced w LONDON, Wednesday. I ORD Pakenham, speaking for the British Government, tonight denounced the Communist overthrow of Czechoslovakia as Hitlerite m technique and utterly damnable m every way." He was replying to a debate on foreign affairs m the House of
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    Bevin warns Guatemala
    272 1 LONDON, Wednesday. [Foreign Secretary, Mr. Ernest Bevin, told the buse of Commons today that. Britain has aent itrengtli "on the spot" to preserve the If if British Honduras m the dispute with tfmab. adding that "necessary steps" would be i -if there i> threat to use force
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    POLICE FIRE ON STRIKERS
    59 1 FOUR men were wounded when the police yesterday fired on strikers at the Ame-rican-owned Mavrovouni cop?er mines m Cyprus, when hey tried to attack "black legs." Six policemen and one Inspector were Injured m the clash with the workers, who have been on strike since Jan.
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    OOPS READY FLY TO OLD COAST
    61 1 OOPS READY FLY TO OLD COAST fly m ca Africa— pi Gold Co.. ov expahas cost 23 liv liriield K*Mthe 2nd Ba; Cuneroniana was [■Jfoff to a destina- i g» at fast was keDt a night the War I CIJ I that the de CL :rOCDS v added that gpyt
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    LES QUIT AFRICA
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    BRITAIN EXHAUSTS U.S. LOAN
    119 1 BRITAIN EXHAUSTS U.S. LOAN WASHINGTON, Wed. BRITAIN today exhausted her $3,750,000,000 loan from the United States, when she withdrew her final $100,000,000. Reuters Financial Editor write.: Instead of the five years which the United States credit was originally intended to cover, the loan has lasted 20 m(%nhs and has ended
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    Rice hopes rise at Baguio
    96 1 BAGUIO. Wednesday. ASIA'S hopes for Increased autonomy m respect of rice allocations by the International Emergerncy Food Control rose today when the Siamese delegation arrived here to participate m the current FAO rice conference. The conseusus of opinion among Far Eastern delegations is that the
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    COLLISION AT SEA
    38 1 The Belfast-to-Liverpool steamer Duke of Argyll carrying some 300 Dassengers. collided with a British freighter m a fog m the Irish Sea yesterday. Both vessels were damaged. There were no re- A.P. ports of casualties.
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    BRITAIN-U.S. KEEP COMBINED STAFF
    168 1 BRITAIN -U.S. KEEP COMBINED STAFF WASHINGTON, Wednesday. BRITAIN and the United States are retaining the combined chiefs of staff organisation which operated during most of the war. It is quartered m one of the most heavily guarded sections of the U.S. War Department building. All but specially approved visitors are
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    TOP GEAR AND HIGH SPIRITS
    97 1 SACRAMENTO (California) Wednesday. q^RAFFIC officers found Helen Jackley driving along Broadway here m nothing but top gear. She first attracted attention by going through a red light. The signal was paled, however, by the blushes of the police. In the Municipal Court Helen said: "I
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    $3 MILLION FIRES
    25 1 Two fires, one at Bacolod City, m Southern Philippines, and the other m Manila, caused damage to property aggregating (U.S.) $3,500,000. Reuter
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    NO SOVIET AID FOR KASHMIR REBELS
    163 1 NEW DELHI. Wednesday. THERE is no ground to imagine that any kind of help has come from the Soviet Union" to the insurgent forces fighting* Indian troops m Kashmir, said the Indian Prime Minister, Pandit Nehru, m reply to questions m the Indian Assembly
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    1,070 American planes for China
    210 1 WASHINGTON, Wednesday. rFHE United States has agreed to provide China x with 1,070 planes, Senator Styles Bridges, chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, disclosed m Washington today. Congress also heard today from General Douglas Mac Arthur, who cahled "China's problem is part of a global
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    PISTOL GANG TAKES $175
    41 1 ITOUR Chinese, three armed JT with pistols and another with a knife, held up a Chinese family at a house at the 7} milestone Changi Road on Tuesday and decamped with $50 oash and $125 m valuables.
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    17 DEAD IN PRISON RIOT
    41 1 The Greek Ministry of War announced yesterday that 17 prisoners were killed m Makronisos prison camp when Communists rioted and attempted to halt the transfer of fellow prisoners. Thirty-one guards amd sol- diers were injured.- U.P.
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    PARTITION FORCE: UNO BACKS OUT
    274 1 LAKE SUCCESS, Wednesday. fpHE prospect of Security Council approval iuc th*. United States proposal to implement the Ccr.eial Assembly's request for armed aid to carry 011 1 tne partition of Palestine faded today. No vote was taken but Canada, Belgium and China made it clear
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    ARAB TROOPS FINED £1,000
    57 1 SIX Syrian members of the "Palestine Arab Liberation Army," who surrendered to British troops, were sentenced by a Jerusalem military court on Wednesday to a fine of £500 or five years' imprisonment each. "Special treatment," better prison condition will be accorded to them m case they
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    15 DEAD EN HAIFA EXPLOSION
    123 1 JERUSALEM, Wednesday. A lorry loaded with 4Uo ib. of explosives blew up outside a block of Arab ilats today, killing five Arabs and injuring 27 other Arabs, m the business centre of Haifa. The blast tore down sections of the block of flats, partly destroyed
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    EGYPT-RUSSIA PACT
    11 1 Russia yesterday signed a trade agreement with Egypt Reuter
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    SQUARE RE-NAMED
    21 1 The Action Committee of the Bratislava City Council decided to ne-name Churchill I Square to Trade Union Square.— U.P.
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    Sugar imports suspended
    94 1 THE private importation of sugar into Singapore lias been suspended temporarily from today, it is officially announced this morning. Importers who have already placed irrevocable orders should submit proof to the Registrar of Imports and Exports before Mar. 11. Without such proof import will not be allowed.
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  • FEATURES..
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      Prince of Letter Writers
      800 2 Prince of Letter Writers A £-&layan BooksStel_c BY A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT nEAR Mama: I hop you are wall and I am very well and I hop Papa is wall and I begin to slaap and I hop al wall and my cosans like ther pla things vary wall and I
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      Doubting Wizards
      266 2 A THREE-DAY congress m Rome ol Italy's mediums, occultists, wizards and other workers of wonders has ended m an uproar with prophecies, counterprophecies and finally recrimination? on the part of the offended magihians. Centre of all this commotion has been Achille d'Angelo. known as the "Saee of Naples,"
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      PASHKOV IS DEAD
      290 2 FROM the KareloFinnish Republic of the Soviet Union it is reported that Anna Mikhailovna Pashkov, one of the most renowned of modern Russia popular story tellers, has died at the age of 82. She carried on during her long lifetime a tradition which has led to the
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      Bridge Problem
      274 2 THIRTEEN tricks Were easy to make, for after drawing trumps, dummy got a club d.scard on Souths fourth diamond. As is usually the case when a grand slam is made without even a small slam having been bid. there wore flaws m the bidding of both partners. Perhaps
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      HISTORICAL NEWS
      512 2 By A. I. GOLDBERG A. P. Correspondent THE news today, written nearly 3,500 years ago, was that 31 men of Crete were being ordered to cut wood for Egypt, that another 23 were assigned to dig foundations for a temple of Zeus, and that there would be some
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      It made me laugh loud
      328 2 PETER QUENNSU Death, he not proud, though some have called thee Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so THUS wrote a famI ous and pious poet of the English 17th century. Donne's defence was the buckler of faith. Lacking for the most part faith,
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      377 2 m ;¥±i»]L»m m kiai4 ii [< SINGAPORE Blue Network From 12.00 noon to 2.00 p.m t 626 metres m the medium wave I band and 7.20 megacycles In > the 41 metre band From 6 00 pjn. to 7 45 pm. from 9.30 p.m to 11.00 p.m.: 526 metres m
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      347 2 S.E.A.C. RADIO SEAC broadcasting from Colombo; Ceylon, on tho following wave bands; 8 to 11.30 a.m. I 19.84 metres and 19.38 metres. 11.30-12 a.m. 1.84 metres, 12 noon-5 p.m. 16.88 metres 19.84 metres and 49.38 metres 5-5.30 p.m 19.84 metres and 49 .38 metres, 5.30-night 19.84 metres' and 49.38 metres
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      80 2 World News Headlines; 2.02 Programme Summary; 5.30 Station Opening; 532 Music for the D**ncf; 6 Thirty to One; 630 World and Home News; 645 It's Fun Finding Out; 7 Swing Session; 7.30 Music for the Million; 8 World and Home News; 805 Yours for thc Asking; 858 Programme Summary; 9
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      194 2 YOUR LUCKY *3 1 Axv Fortune forecast for people born today DORN today, you are esu sentially the idealist and adhere to an exceptionally high code of ethics m whatever you undertake. Everything you do and everything you own must be first rate. If you cannot afford the best, you
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      For Civil Rights
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      ROXAS FACES REVOLT IN CONGRESS
      395 3 Labour also plans a showdown MANILA, Wednesday. DKESIDENT Manuel Roxas's dominant Liberal Party is facing a revolt from several (.nailers, spearheaded by the announcement of 25 Liberal congressmen that they have formed a "Commoners Bloc" which has reserved the right to make decisions independent of
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      Anti-lynching laws nearer
      43 3 Anti-lynching laws nearer -l fur 1" years that re- Me legislation to reduce ainsl a and i ther racial 1 I fflited States will be .r. blew up round i a com p iv honmonth, i j I B R iiniext deom- L
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      London as UNO maritime HQ
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      SENTRIES STOP SHORE LEAVE
      55 3 X sentries armed with rilles rure bring posted On the gangways of ships calling at dish ports to pre. from e^ca^;.ng. In some cases Russian subl charged with guarding Lan and other Baltic amen are staging regular manhunts op Swedish itory to track down tu-fd- *o
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      SHORTHAND DEATH
      18 3 tn Robert Gregg, aged tor of th- .hand System has died N w York.— A.P. tion
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      TRADE PARLEY AGREEMENT
      6 3 TRADE PARLEY AGREEMENT I« 1 I
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      CORFU MINING
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      CLOSE AIRFIELD
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      U.K. USING LAST OF U.S. LOAN
      73 3 THE last U.b. $100,000,000 of the American loan to BrJ tin will probably b drawn "m the ctext three or four days." according to a.n authoritative Br: i.sh source m Londen After thi.s sum is drawn, :n will have to rely oc\ small proportion
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      Maldive Islands seek new treaty
      180 3 rHE Maldive Islands, which ceased to bo a dependency of Ceylon when it attained dominion status, i gotiating a new treaty with Britain, Amir -\bdul Majid Didi, Sultan-desfgnate 6f the Maldives, old R< titer m Colombo. The Amir refused to r veal the nature of
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      SAYS DIPLOMAT TRICKED HER
      125 3 YVONNE SJOVALL, Swedish beauty, claimed m the U.S. Supreme Court that American diplomat Gordon Knox, hei former hu band, had forced her into a Reno divorce. "Immediately after he marrit <i me," she told the court, "i" i •..-•<•< dme b\ 1 1 i '..< t.
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      They sang as he went to jail
      96 3 \MR. D. P. R. Ounewardene, Ivl Ceylon member, of Parliament, was escorted to iii Colombo to serve a three hs' m rm of imprh i t by thousands of pc singing the Internationale mmer and Mr. Qunawardene's appeal against his sentence tviction on
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      LOVE ON RECORDS
      30 3 In a separation suit before a Rome court the husband produced ;;2 gramophone records which, he said, recorded the telephone conversations between his wife and her lover.
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      NEW BID FOR WATER RECORD
      75 3 CIR Malcolm Campbell is considering a trip to the Lake Okanagan In July lo attempt to s t up a new world speedboat record Wl h his jet -propelled Bluebird 11. Sir Malcolm said m a letter to the Kelowna (British Columbia) Board of Trade
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      Another Soviet wife seeks a divorce
      95 3 Another Soviet wife seeks a divorce vtet ai the fifteen JL Russian wives ol Br. I Mrs. Nina Price* y at Moscow q to till her hus1, Mr. Wall Pi i him. Price, ol Prohyn Bon m B ptentb r, i is twenty-two. (Martin Lindsay, Mr.. tne cretary, "whi I
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      WHAT'S IN A NAME
      32 3 Bnown hi U.S. as "Fr.l.sics"! or "Gay Deceive rs," Lusts made of sponge rubber 10s. 6d. a pain were dis- I played m London. They're i lle<] "Shapelies."
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      Soviet Union 'mythology' leads to war
      324 3 Soviet Union 'mythology' leads to war DR. ALBERT EINSTEIN, famed sclent! t. I: I accused the Soviet Union of perverting •Ai i into a "new kind of mviholc-ry" wh'ch, he sr.id. is leading the world toward a new war. lie also cri v Russia for its stand on International atomic
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      SPRING TIME CRUISE
      18 3 The Home Fleet has 1 ft j Portland for Gibraltar on "the normal sprine:tinv cruise."
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      Ceylon asks more for her copra
      41 3 Ceylon asks more for her copra IN a n-emorancum to tr-j s Icr her cco^a v ar eoni I 4 g r SOU i CQ t i ij l. to a must I hat r 0 0 th i.io- fc l
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      RARE BOOK GIFT FOR OXFORD
      38 3 TWO haves missii. th rary, O: copy ot "Dcctrina CnrLstiana" have b- nd bn Harvard University, u.S A., and n: as a y one o her cop book, written m lt been traced.
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      128 3 I Sky ©Scape By Edgar Rice Burroughs j fe^ RUSSIA GETS I J ~*.2 [ON HIS STOMACH. TARZAN MOVED SlOw.Y AROUND THE PERiPmERy OP THE T 7 17" t-T*?^!^! 2-^ _L*-y- L "v--^T_^/ ijOPTY AER>E,EXAMiNiN6 ThE SHEER v,A_LS POR A POSSIBLE »AEANS OP UIV _^Il_r_Lj v /^i'%' DESCENT. LOOPING THE
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  • LEADER.
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      The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY, MARCH 4, 1948. China's Need For More Aid
      574 4 The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY, MARCH 4, 1948. China's Need For More Aid EVENTS of the past two weeks, including the creation of a Communist dictatorship la Czechoslovakia, new Soviet pressure on Finland and farther succ sses lor the Russianaided Red armies m Manchuria, have strengthened the hand oi Americans
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      IT SEEMS TO ME...
      1013 4  -  Politico by TWO Government headaches which we shall hear more about shortly are the dollar drain and the Commonwealth citizenship bill. Malaya, of course, earns many more dollars than she spends, but that is no argument against exercising the utmost economy. Malayan economy is based on
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      Running the White House
      398 4 Running the White House By William Hard castle, Reuters Correspondent TT takes 503 people to 1 help President Truman run the White House and the nations business: he is one of thoso people wh 0 make their home their office and Jtave tbeir office m their home. A large proportion
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      UK PREPARING A NEW NAVY?
      903 4 UK PREPARING A NEW NAVY? By RONALD MACLURKIX Reuters' Correspondent MANY British naval experts believe that behind the scieen of recent Parliamentary storms and Government reticence on the apparent decline of the Royal Navy, Britain is working out a plan to become Mistress of the Seas m the atomic age.
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      Buddhist Gods' Yearly Outing
      351 4 T'HE Buddhist Gods 1 at Johore Bahru attended yet another Chingeh festival on the twentieth day of the First Moon on Monday evening, and spectators nocked to see the temple idoifl on their annua! onting. Brightly clad figures on stilts walked beside huge dragons, lions, decorated
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      White Problem in E. Africa
      369 4  -  GRAHAM STANFORD By DRITAIN will create an East African colony of bankrupt beachcombers unless the Government rapidly enforce an ordered emigration scheme. Top man-power officials here urged me to disclose the hard facts on the position, which they describe as "desperate" and damaging to British
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  • LOCAL NEWS..
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      TB sufferers among dogs
      76 5 Sin ip have been discovered suffering 5 -Kins at the Singaj>ore Rotary Club rday, the Municipal Veterinary Surgeon, fit R Witheri Kaid that although he hari ii local co* with the disease, he had found [j. m *onu 4 dogs he had examined. they were infected
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      BUNGALOWS FOR MUNICIPAL STAFF
      300 5 Free Press Staff Reporter CHAIN of holiday bungalows for the Municipal subordinate staff m Singapore will be built at Telok Mata Ikan on the site of the former bungalow which was demolished as a defence measure before lhe Japanese occupation. Authority to proceed with 'his scheme
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      Malayans in New Zealand defence talks
      43 5 Malayans in New Zealand defence talks I Sir II RAF. Far Rear AdmiIJcrd Caslon. Flag Ofnand MajorRedman, East Land ■I h the and v itaHigh on a Zeahmd lay met 'is of staff Ef '»ncern- ices. Instated officially m t Malayan .'ved wed
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      LANDLADY SHOOK FIST AT TENANT
      298 5 Free Press Staff Reporter WHEN a sub-tenant bought an electric iron and started using it m his room, he brought trouble on his should Fn-st his landlady cv' oft h_s electricity supply then raised h;s rent from $12 14 p.m. Yesterday, elderly Ang Siak Chuan.
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      RHIO TIMBER
      35 5 During 1947. the Rhio Archipelago, a group of N.E.I, islands off Singapore, produced more than 24.000 cubic metres of timber, of which nearly 9.000 cubic metres were exported, says the Dutch news agency.
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      HOSPITALS BOARD
      29 5 Dr. M. C. Bain. Lady Song Ong Siang, Mr. Kwa Siew Tee and Mr. A. P. Rajah have been appointed members of the Hospitals Board for 1948.
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      POSTAL ORDERS
      26 5 As Palestine and Transjcrdan are now outside the sterling area, facilities for issuing and cashing British postal orders m these countiies have been discontinued.
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      Brunei wants better schools
      276 5 rmeet the wishes of the authorities and people of Brunei for improved education and other services, the heads of certain Sarawak technical departments will act as advisers to the Sultan of Burnei. This will be one of the benefits of the administrative changes m Brunei announced
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      Reviewing Rice Shipments
      101 5 MR. W. R. Innes, Rice and Oereals Assistant, and Major F. Your.g, Shipping Officer, on the staff of the Special Commissioner m 'South-East Asia, left Singapore yesterday by air for Bangkok to confer with the Rice Shipping Co-ordir. at lon Committee. They will later leave for Rangoon,
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      $20,000 GIVEN AWAY IN PRIZES
      96 5 $20,000 GIVEN AWAY IN PRIZES I^HE distribution of prizes A Malaya's biggest ever competition organised by Messrs. Martins Ltd. of Piccadilly, manufacturers of the famous Martin cigarettes, took place last night at th^ Happy World. More than $20,000 m prizes, rarging from Austiij motor car-*, refrigerators. radiograms and sets to
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      BIG DONATIONS TO S.A.T.A. FUND
      278 5 NEARLY $50,000 including a gift of $10,000 m SS. Government Loan, was donated by Singapore firms, public bodies and individuals to the Singapore AntiTuberculosis Association Fund during February. The list of February donations is as follows: The Mercantile Bank of India Ltd.. $5,000; Gian Singh
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      PORT POLICING WILL CONTINUE
      345 5 For another six months Tire c*. Free Press Staff HI- Singapore Harbour Board $2-million Auxiliary Police Force to combat looting and crime within the harbour area is to continue for a further six months until the end of this year. It was originally intended that the
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      GUTTED SHIP FOR STORE
      86 5 THE fire, which broke out m the U.S. Liberty ship Cecil G. Sellers, m the Indian Ocean, was reported yesterday to be under control. The ship had be:n sending SOS signals for the past 36 hours. The John Gorgie, a sister ship, is standing by, waiting
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      Gets BEM for secret radio news
      183 5 A>EFORE a private session of > the Singapore Auvisory Council at Government Housj thl morniner. the Qoven. ur present? ri the Bn Lsh Emp; c Med. U to Mr. T. A. Din: n. *i ex-Sergeant m the F.MS. Volunteer Force. This Non c >mmissiva
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      HOTEL RENT IS RAISED
      140 5 HOTEL RENT IS RAISED MR. Loke Tai Wah. landlord of four houses m Bukit Pasoh Road. Singapore, was yesterday allowed by the Rent Conciliation Board to increase the rental of the Majestic Hotel from $300 to $450 per month as from April 1. His lawyer. Mr. C. G. Toh, told
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      QUICK PROGRESS IN SUMATRA.
      72 5 SOUTH Sumatra is recovering speedily. One hundred and forty- four schools have re- opened with 20.000 pupils and 500 teachers. The general language is Indonesian. The food situation is not difficult and the prices or foodstuffs are, with exception of rice, steady. The palm-oil factory produced
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      Gandhi's ashes due shortly
      115 5 A PROGRAMME for honouring the sacred remains of I Mahatma Gar.dhi, cxi>ectea I to arrive ir. Smgapore within the next few days, has b c drawn up by lce.U Ii oia,..s. The Governor will take tpart ir. tlie programme. It was decided that alter the urn
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      250 NEW CARS ARRIVE
      104 5 Free Press Staff Reporter THE largest shipment to ar- 1 rive m a single ship. 250 British motor cars huve been unloaded m Singapore. They arrived by the 7.800- 1 ton Ben Line vessel Benal- banach from the United Kingdom. When the ship left for Hong
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      116 5 ESSENTIALS to. >i* Well-Groomed Man. HIS EXCELLENCY TOILET PREPARATIONS LONDON At last, with the introduction of "His Excellency" Toilet Preparations, men ar ottered a complete range of products which ensure comfortable shaving and healthy, well-groomed hair. The shaving preparations bring pleasure to this daily task. Laving the skin cool and
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  • NEWS..
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      Don't wait for C-day, U.N. told
      42 6 the world shot have I to I" C-Day"— ace 1 im Mr Richard ish dt. I .c Suet M C national for Lntrodu( I is to uld be l l and n *»ostDoned Reuter on, t
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      Manila cleans up the streets
      50 6 MANILA Citj taking ors wh up t. he city. I mer< I I r »m to bar. frpm c to c of i a much col d tr!an,s L :.d limp amongst the vehicular ::c. being cl I to tak? care of t] merch Reuter
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      U.K. SLASHES AIR FORCE BUDGET
      313 6 £41 million, 45,000 men less BRITAIN'S Air Estimates for 1948-49, published this week, total £173 million net, which is £41 million less than the corresponding figure for the current year. About £8 million of this decrease is caused by a reduction m the provision of
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      'Terrorism' holds up N.I. recovery
      88 6 'Terrorism' holds up N.I. recovery AN itement o! tl m"- ia t behind ot I area> nds m econoo Dv rs. of efforts are Delng ftYJ but tinue to rise, while 1.. m tlie Sourabava area ldropped. In January. 4?2 tons of I was expo; i :.s of the I
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      17 KILLED IN PRISON RIOT
      57 6 SEVENTEEN men were killed and Gl wd\ind( d when guards quelled disturbances on Sunday at Makagnisios, detention island for more than 3,000 Communist fightthe Grerk Ministry of War announce i The detained men stoned I the guards and attempted to o\ rpower them durine: Sunday
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      MAIL SUSPENSION
      45 6 Certain mail services m Palestine arc to be suspended because of the coming end of tlie British mandate. On March 15 or shortly after parcel mail from abroad wi'li be suspended. Parcel mail to other countries will, however i continue until further notice"
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      Fivepence cost lives of 22
      271 6 Fivepence cost lives of 22 ALBERT DUFOUR, slationmaster at Tiiumeries, near Lille, broke down sobbing before an examining magistrate m Paris and admitted: "Vcn. 1 made the ghastly error." He was describing how he "so wrapped up," m an argument whether a certain fare was Is. 3d. *or 1 8(L
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      P.I. PINEAPPLES
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      SHIP ABLAZE
      19 6 F.rc caused worth of iaee m tho British motori I t 17.043 tons) m Melbourne dry dock.
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      Barber sues his girl for breach
      73 6 Barber sues his girl for breach 1 30-YEAR-OLD London barber has filed a suit for breach of promise his former fiancee, the 22--year-old daughter of a Lonn taxi-driver. Down for hearing at the Law Courts this week is the :.-.an v. Silver. Ac Schaffman, barber, ol Colb Btai Bill, Is
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      Australian MPs to vote by 'tote'
      107 6 V: KCTRIC vol! no* machine will I m Pari res is d from 75 to 1 l_i_ and numbers are r from ;*6 to 60 atter the Dext elt turn m 1949. Boards displavintj the r..mus of ali members will be erected In both
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      THAWING OUT
      34 6 Walmer (England) lifeboat- nru n rushed to turn out when flames were seen on the deck of a .ship. Th- n :es stopped suddenly. Tho crew were thawing out their anchor cable.
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      WASHINGTON POST
      31 6 Mr f. R. Royer-MiUar, who 'as pi isiv destined for he oosr of Minister to Vienna, has benn appointed an additional Minister to the British Embassy m Washin-- on.
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      Private air line accuses Government
      106 6 /AUSTRALIAN National Airways largest free enterprise airline, and rival of the Stat --owned Trans-Australia Airhnes. is to contest ln the High Court a Federal Government plan to take over its headquarters. Mr. Herbert Walsh, general j manager, said "Our freehold I properties at Essendon Air-
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      Rank replies to critics of film industry
      143 6 Rank replies to critics of film industry MR. J. ARTHUR RANK, the film London: lam maki 0 e year.- That was his repU Industry Employees' Council i f b ?tfcJ slowed down and workers ai lio n »d Britis* film compar i. this year will be subst.Their replies t„ the
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      Skittals wins over $20,000
      320 7 p Free PWSi Racing Correspondent PENANG, Today. l N 1 fconfsi's" Skittals, which cost IMM as rliiden, boosted his winnings beyond the L-Lirh when he scored his fourth win off the f n r yesterday, the second day of the Penang Year Meeting. irff 11 i
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      LINCOLN FINAL ACCEPTORS
      203 7 LINCOLN FINAL ACCEPTORS LONDON, Wednesday. CINAL acceptors for the Lin--1 colnshire Handicap to be I run on Saturday Mar. 13 were announced today. Sixty three of the original 112 entries have aocepted as follows (with weights)- Vagabond 9st. 71bs.; Patchouly 9 1 Royal Tara 9st.; Flexton 8.12 Clarion 8.12 Commissar
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      SHELL SPORTS CLUB
      102 7 The following will represent the Shell Sports Club at cricket against St. Joseph's Institution at the S.J.I, ground on Saturday at 2 p.m.— J. V. H. Geeks, E. W. Lloyds, N. Aeria, R. J. Lowe, L. E. Fencott, A. Neubronner. J. D'Oliveiro, Kwok Koon Soon, J. P.
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      United are firm Favourites
      417 7 OOTH the Lancashire Clubs, Blackpool and Manchester United must he considered as having a great chance of reaching the F.A. Cup final. Manchester united are strong favourites for the rup. The meeting with Tottenham at Villa Park will be Blackpool's nrst semi-flnal. Tottenham will contest their
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      KILLED IN 1st FIGHT
      69 7 HOLLYWOOD. Wednesday. lEROY DE CATUR, 20--4 year-old lightweight boxer, was killed ln his first professional fight. De Catur was fighting a four-round preliminary at the Legion Stadium, with Frederlco Herrera, 20, of Yima. Arizona. Herrera suddenly pounded a left hook to Catur's body, then a right
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      GRAZIANO TO MEET ZALE
      172 7 NEW YORK, Wed. THE first move was made toward a return middleweight fight between champion Rocky Graziano and Tony Zale at the Griffith Stadium, Washington, m late May. Graziane signed for a nontitle bout with George Home on April 5. The promoters regarded the Graziano Home
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      MALAYS WIN BY ODD GOAL IN FIVE
      316 7 M.F.A 3, GHQ Signals 2. T<HE Malay Football Association beat the G.H.Q. Signals at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday by three goals to two m a first division league soccer match. The third fixture of the S.A.F.A. first division league the game was notable
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      W. INDIES SCORE 284 FOR FIVE
      388 7 Rain stops test play i-f G i?^ lG ET IOWN'1 OWN Brit Guiana > Wednesday. (_/^&l- of play score after the first day's play *^i ln the thlrd Test maich wit h England here today was: West Indies first innings 284 for five. Kam
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      Griffins On Friday
      59 7 TWENTY Singapore Turf Club griffins will arrive from Australia on the Chanda on Friday. The ballot for the horses, which are all untried three-year-olds, will take place at the Turf Club stable at 5.30 p.m. next Wednesday. The price of the griffins will be $2,500. The griffins
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      BARGAINS IN SOCCER PLAYERS
      204 7 BARGAINS IN SOCCER PLAYERS THREE hundred League footballer are being offered for sale m letters now being circulated to every manager iri the country. "Panic unloading has never been so widespread," a First Division manager said recently. Another manager, Mr. Dave Mangall, of Queen's Park Rangers, said there were "stacks"
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      CHINESE CLUBS & AFFILIATION
      290 7 CHINESE CLUBS AFFILIATION Letter 11HE decision of the S.C.F.A. to allow its amiiated clubs to take part m the forthcoming roccer season under their respective colours, s a veiv Wise Ti.ve. I Tret this is exactly what r he Cnui;,g Wah Football club end its ir* s v suo-oorters were
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      WORLD CHESS POSITIONS
      83 7 THE HAGUE, Wednesday. DAUL KERES, of Ru.su, ac- featerf Dr. Max Euwe, of Holland, o n Wednesday m ihe world champio-nshi-o chess tournament. Euwe exceeded the time limit on his 56th move. The match ha^ ben adjourned an Tuesday at the 42ind move. At the end of
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      48 7 A 1,200-acre National Sports Arena is planned for Bankstown, a Sydney suburb. The idea is to devote 600 acres to sports, and 600 acres to a memorial forest, centred on a natural amphitheatre, formed by a bowl m th Q rolling hills, and capable of holding 10,000 people.
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      Special event for S.L.T.A.
      298 7 Q L.T.A. is calling for entries for the Special Plate before Saturday, from players who were beaten m their first match of the singles event m the indoor tennis championships at the Happy World W. H. D. Bartlett and N. S. Wise displayed excellent combination to
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      41 7 Today s Sports Events SOCCEE: S.A.F.A. Lrafue, Dlt. I— S.C.F.A. (A.A.A.) R.A.F. s»le tar. Jalan Besar stadium, 515 p.m.; S.C.F.A. Int*r-distric4 Ltafve **C": Upper Pickering Street v. Kalian*. Geylan* Stadium, 5 p.m. TENNIS: S.L.TA. Indoor Championships, Happy World Stadium. 6.15 p.m.
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      139 7 F.P. Crossword No. 326 WZMLi 1 _J 1 j 4 ""FF ff? fp Wm f» _J zAwr r m ■wm.i I I I I I I «__ill CLUES ACROSS* 2, Highly pleased (9). 7. Skin (4) g Rower <a\ \<\ t_»* m* 12, Jealousy (4). 13, Copious (5) 14 Mark
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      Red coup exposed by Czech envoys
      250 8 Red coup exposed by Czech envoys WASHINGTON, Wed. T-HE Czechoslovak Am- bassador to the United States, Mr. Juraj Slavik, and the Czech Minister to Canada, Dr. Frantisec Nemen, resigned today m protest over the Communist seizure of power m Czechoslovakia. "Czechoslovakia has become fully totalitarian police State." Mr. Slavik said,
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      19 8 A strike of 100.000 Chicago meat-parking workers over wase demands has been called for March 16. says j Reuter
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      BOAC FLIGHTS TO JAPAN
      89 8 THE first civil air service between Britain and Japan a route of over 10,000 miles will open on March 12 The British Overseas Airways are extending their existing flying-boat Speedbin^ route, now ending at Hong Kong, to Iwakun-i, near Kure. headquarters of British Commonwealth Occupation Forces,
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      19 8 The Indonesian Foreign Minister Dr. Hali Agoes Sallm, is ill and has been admitted to hospital In Batavia. U.P.
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      BURMA AND U.N.O
      22 8 The Security Council last night referred Burma's application for membership of the United Nations to thc Special Membership Committee.
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      HOME
      46 8 In the north of the area lying between the Thames and the Channel lie the North Downs. This picture shows a part oj the famous Pilgrims' Way as it crosses the Downs. The Pilgrims' Way itself winds from Winchester m Hampshire to Canterbury m Kent.
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      Bevin on action taken by Navy
      191 8 LANDINGS IN FALKLANDS *_>^-™ LONDON, Wednesday. fPHARACTERISING the Chilean and Argentine action m the British-owned Falkland Islands as -illegal landings," the Foreign Minister, Mr. Ernest Bevin, indicated m the House of Commons today that all symbols of Argentine and Chilean sovereignty left behind on
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      Tried to say it with flowers
      87 8 BRISTOL, Wednesday. TWENTY members of the Bristol Chapter of the British Sonet Society boarded the Russian ship Selenga yesterday with gifts of flowers and promptly were ordered off. The ship's navigator, who told the delegation that he was acting on orders from the captain,
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      LISTOWEL MEETS JOHORE LEADERS
      218 8 Free Press Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Wednesday rLD that thfc views of the people of Johore were now "different from what they were before the war," and that there was ample evidence that the people were eager for progress, Lord Listowel, Minister of State for Colonial Affairs,
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      VATICAN ORDER ON VOTING
      65 8 left candidates. A.P. THE sacred consistorial congregation of the Roman Catholic Church yesterday issued a decree informing Catholics throughout the world they must vote only for candidates who will "respect and defend the nights of the Church." Pope Pius serves as a prefect of this congregation.
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      37 KILLED IN KOREA RIOTS
      56 8 THE New York Times report- ed from Seoul. Korea yesterday that 37 people, including seven policemen, have been killed m three days of rioting. Crowds stormed 25 police stations m the South-Wes-teni province of Cholla Pokto. The report said, at least, two police stations were
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      'DON'T MAKE TO JO A MARTYR' PLEA
      188 8 TOKIO, Wednesday. INFLICTION of the death 1 penalty on Tojo and other Japanese leaders might make them martyrs m the eyes of their countrymen and "to the cause of freedom of Asia," the defence warned the Inter- j national Military Tribunal for Far
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      TURKEY. GREECE MAY LOW FREEDOM'
      375 8 Marshall calls for more aid WASHINGTON, Wednesday. rpHE U.S. Secretary of State. Mr. George Marshall, x and the Secretary of Defence, Mr. James Forrestal, told Congress today that there is "grave danger" that Greece and Turkey cannot remain free unless they get more military aid
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      145 killed in convoy attacks
      83 8 SAIGON. Wednesday. VIETNAMESE guerrillas have killed 145 people m attacks on two road convoys this week. according to French news agency reports. Most of the dend are CochinChinese. Army authorities said 134 persons captured by guerrillas m the first attack had been liberated by French
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      UK LENDS CHINA WARSHIPS
      78 8 UK LENDS CHIN A WARSHIPS BRITAIN will shortly lend to the Chinese Government the cruiser Aurora and the destroyer Mendlp, Mr. John Dugdale, Financial Secretary of the Admiralty, told the House of Commons yesterday. Britain had already lent the Chinese Goverment the corvette Petunia and eight harbour defence launches. Two
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      EUROPE UNION HAS SUPPORT OF BENELUX
      186 8 BRUSSELS, Wed. BENELUX— Belgium. Holland and Luxembourg has agreed on its conception of Western Europe Union Tor tomorrow's five-nation conference m Brussels. The five-power conference will be presided over by M. Fernand van Langengove. Belgian's representative at the United Nations. The Premier of Belgium,
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      DEMAND FOR NEW COUNCIL TO STOP WAR
      140 8 WASHINGTON. Wednes SENATOR Joseph Ball, Republican. Minnesota, today proposed to the Senate that a new international Supreme Council, backed by armed force, be set ud for common defence against any aggression or subversion threatening the independence or freedom of its members. This international
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      FOUR RED ARMIES STORM RAIL TOWN
      211 8 NANKING, Wednesday A COMMUNIST attempt to storm Szepingkai. a strategic town on the Mukden-Changchun railway, was confirmed today by Lt.-Gen. Teng Wen-vi. the Government military spokesman For the present battle m northern Liaoning (Manchuria's largest of its nine provinces), Gen. Lin Piao. Communist Commander-in-Chief,
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      PESSIMISM HITS THE MARKETS
      361 8 London Stock Exchaa J riXK>MY forecasts of lhe content* J ftSfc] "O. ing Government White Paper, which*. economic survey for 1948. f r j d markeu Tlie view that some export targets may have to be lowered caused hesitancy, and injdustrial shares were, m consequence, scarcely
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      Rubber prices
      105 8 AM'H I \1 Market tmrytW^ jives the prices o( r 11 n today a« follow*: Burtn J So. 1 RSS *.pot |<K>Nf >B B No. 1 RSS. fob m halo Mar I No P RSS. fob m balrN Mar. tt No. |R V< f«* m b-ata Mar. ■>»
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      52 8 Daphne dv Maurier's wonderful it** X a til™ p* now as rui m at tin H VICTORIA THt\l I "REBECCA Presented by IHI M U,F 2j R March 10th to 12th at X > nl 'I Advance bookings Robin .-on-* J el fc fri. W nightly at Theatre from >
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      52 8 I WEATHER— Showers WEATHER report for the next 24 hoars compiled by the RAF: Scattered showers, otherwise fair. Wind: North. 5 to 10 m.p.h. Temperatures: Max. 91 den mm: 73 deg. SINGAPORE TIDES Today Tomorrow C. 39 p.m. 5.02 a.m. 8.38 p.m. 6 3 f t. 7 5 ft. 6
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