The Singapore Free Press, 31 May 1948
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The Singapore Free Press
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Title Section19 1948-05-31 1 The Singapore Free Press LABGEST AFTERMOOK SALE IW MALAYA SINGAPORE, MONDAY, MAY 31, 1948 PRICE 10 CEN I S19 words
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Article39 1948-05-31 1 Traders told 'cut prices' :(l >fter B rient m )rd t the t P B^ I ned I ■L I X P Mcit for mi I trices H ,iv-.r I X H rd." VTVW mdlw I M Brpi ■R39 words
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Article23 1948-05-31 1 i I m 9* <ff Reporter I ftimrw tonfkang lab- I* IB X BT i I 'id valuW aim23 words
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Article60 1948-05-31 1 I :omr oi Gretk orthodox ''hulches attached to ti.e Church oi the Holy Sepulchre and one of thorn exploded only 15 paoes from the Dome which was pitted with fragments. Piitsts said that a woman *ai praying besides the itutec between two and three am on FridayReuter - 60 words
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Article388 1948-05-31 1 COUNCIL APPROVES C.o.L BILL A month 'spay at once Free Press Staff Reporter AN advance equivalent to one month's pay will be given as soon as possible to Government servants m Singapore the Acting Financial Secretary, Mr. A. Williams, announced m the Legislative Council this morning. The Council had before388 words
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Article, Illustration175 1948-05-31 1 CAIRO, Sunday. lyillLE Arab States leaders were gathering today to decide their attitude to the Security Council's latest proposal for a four- week cease Are m Palestine j the Jews struck back at the advancing Egyptians south of Tel Aviv. Both sides used aircraft asReuter; A.P.; U.P. - 175 words
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Article36 1948-05-31 1 The American Military Gov- i r.ent m Germany will: Hfl the ban on June 1 on RusoijiT- licensed ntwspapers circulating m Bizonia. Colonel Gordan Toxtor, US. Infortlon Control chief said In ::i today.36 words
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Article92 1948-05-31 1 70 DIE IN BLAZING OIL TRAIN NANKING Sunday. THE death roll m the camphor oil fire aboard a Keeluu;g (Formosa) train; has risrn to 70. the Central News stated this evnning. Forty bodies were found m the burnt-out coaches of the train, and another thirty have been recovered from theA.P. - 92 words
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Article68 1948-05-31 1 Free Press Staff Reporter WO Chinese who were 1 chatting m a house m Malabar Street at 8 p.m. on Saturday nteht had their convprsation rudely broken up by three gunmen who forced their way into the house. One of the robbers, armed with pistol, covered68 words
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Article36 1948-05-31 1 Guenther Nareyek, a German servant to an American Army Colonel, was sentenced to six months m jail by the 1 United States Military Court Wiesbaden for drinking the Colonels wine cellar of 185 bottles.36 words
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Article31 1948-05-31 1 Princess Alexandra Obolen- sky. 32-year-old Russian princess, was sentenced to tight years' imprisonment by a Belgian military court on Saturday for trading with the German Army during the war.31 words
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Article139 1948-05-31 1 Fret* Press Stall Reporter IN a statement issued this morning, the S.T.C. Employees Union— which is making fresh wage demands -asserts that rolling stock workers have no scale of annual increments similar to that for traffic u/nrkprs of the company. Many rolling-stock men. the Union statement139 words
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Article153 1948-05-31 1 Free Press Staff Reporter A CHINESE named Chu Joo Seng was murdered by a gaiig or Malays, Chinese and Indians last night. He was at- tacked m Veerasamy Road at i about 9 P m anc d^ a t the t j General Hospital just before153 words
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Article17 1948-05-31 1 Bathing belles at Weston-super-Mare are wearing swimming costumes made from red sails of RAJ. rubber dinghies.17 words
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Article83 1948-05-31 1 friIKLI) Marshall Lord Wavell. former Viceroy of India, is 1 ;i casualty m a new war— about poetry. Wavell, a poetry lover and a compiler of an anthology, resigned the presidency of the Poetry Society after the stormiest meeting m the Society's history had rejected his83 words
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Article171 1948-05-31 1 Free Press Staff Reporter AN argument that started over some ronggeng girls at a party at the 13$ mile Sembawang Road on Saturday night turned into a communal clash between Malay R.A.F. personnel and Indian residents of the village. Four persons two Malays and two171 words
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Article208 1948-05-31 1 Free Press Staff Correspondent LONDON, Sunday. rK>MPLETE reorganisation of the British Overseas Airways Corporation services to Singapore Australia and the Far East, now m progress, will Sately mean the disappearance from Singapore skies of 8.0.A.C/S famous flying-boats. The 18 Solent flying-boats, ordered as replacements for208 words
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Article82 1948-05-31 1 Free Press Staff Reporter THREE armed Chinese who had scaled the back wall of a coffee shop m Victoria Street at 4.20 this morning locked the inmates m a bathroom and robbed them of $1,000 m cash and valuables. Two of the robbers held up82 words
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Article54 1948-05-31 1 FIRE OUTBREAK AT CINEMA Free Press Staff Reporter THE Singapore Fire Brigade rushed two machines to the Majestic Theatre last]! night when, during the late] ghow. fire threatened the projection room. The fire which burnt out a few feet of film was brought under control by the operators themselves before54 words
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Article20 1948-05-31 1 Four tons of dead sea monster washed up m Southampton Water have baffled harbour and clocks officials.20 words
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Article, Illustration319 1948-05-31 1 KUALA LUMPIR - More senior posts for local men KUALA LUMPIR SALARIES REPORT CALLS FO R Free Press Staff Correspondent Monday. npHE special committee appointed by the Federal and Singapore Governments to report on salaries has recommended that a PuUie Services Commission be set up immediately to implement the British Government's policy mA.P. - 319 words
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Article135 1948-05-31 1 Free frtm SUff Reporter MALAYA'S petrol supplies may be *»riously affected by the war In Palestine. As a result <«f the fighting m Palestine. Shell have been compelled to elo;>e down their important Haifa refinery. Not only does this impose a further strain on other135 words
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Article35 1948-05-31 1 A middle aged woman bound from Canada for London vanished from the liner Ascania m mid Atlantic. She was Mrs. E. W. S. Muir who had been an inmate of the ship's hospital35 words
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Article27 1948-05-31 1 The lr&un Zvai Leumi has appealed to Russia for help m stamping out "ArabBritish aggression" m Palestine, A. P. reported from Tel Aviv this morning.27 words
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Advertisement27 1948-05-31 1 111 S de 5/tVA I 'imited iltdu of the popular I C R EPR A N A pr r ladit> DtfißMi Finish BJ). A. 54 inches wid»27 words
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Article, Illustration783 1948-05-31 2 Hall Romney - Hall Romney LONDON LETTER By AMONG visitors from austerity Britain touring the Empire section of the British Industries Fair at Earl's Court I have little doubt that the Jamaican stand created the strongest impression. Many mouths must have watered at the sight of the luscious display of tropical783 words
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Article, Illustration232 1948-05-31 2 T OTE S-^uth's jmnp takeout. Having passed orginally. this d a near opening bid. North could have passed it, howcvtr, if he had not nad a sound op»-ning. West opened a low diam. r.d and Euit won the trick With Urn ace. What would you return? East did232 words
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Article, Illustration373 1948-05-31 2 GRAHAM STANFORD - GRAHAM STANFORD ONE THOUSAND years or so ago a man called Rhazes, of Arabia, grew grey hairs trying to solve the mystery of measles. Today the most eminent doctors m Britain are still trying to find the answer, but they have not got very far. Princess Margaret and373 words
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Article217 1948-05-31 2 TWO t d th 1 bones found n< Serkfoniein "mail caves, are provide conclusive pi that the PI- .s or man-ape, walked upright. These latest remains w>. found little i from tne spot v. South African scientist Dr Robert Broom, unearthed first Plesianthropus skull 1936 They were i hy217 words
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Article82 1948-05-31 2 ON six whiskies DC b>>' h-< of l> average drink njr Amencan gots drunk. Thats the verdict of •"drunkometers" and similar devices m use m several cities lor testing the intoxication of persons m automobile accidents. Six wliiskies or beers boo^i the alcoholic content of the average person's blood82 words
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Advertisement35 1948-05-31 2 Jhe Lotesi tt'mks are Arriving hic^nLirly from London for von to Borrow from rHE ULUPUT LIBRARY at Little^ i- LiJ l^7'i *Tke Picture of a Thousand Memorable Moments" WMMM JENNIFER JONES GREGORY PECK JOSEPH COTTEN35 words
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Advertisement31 1948-05-31 2 iSOBEL BAILL| VICTORIA MtMOSIAL TOMORROW MGBI 1 3 BOOK NOWotROBIHOt FAREWELL CCNCERtI FROM 12 NOON TELEPHONE 2776 FOR RESERVATIONS AIR CONDITIONED I tBTH B V lISIQ U R R I T31 words
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Miscellaneous302 1948-05-31 2 s •jn THC HE/WOVAL. OF WHICH vvOuuc? crwi_iSEi i-r to F=-»-V iixj CigCLEg... mOu?eplv if^P pitc... .I Tt-»ET SINGAPORE Frum 1249 0000 to 2.M p m. 526 metres m the medium wave band and 7.20 meracTrlo^ In the 41 metre band from 6.00 p.m. to 7.45 p m.: from 9.36302 words
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Miscellaneous576 1948-05-31 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR Fortune lorecaM for people born todaj DORN today, ambition v and pride m personal accomplishment are two outstanding characteristics which are all too olten at odds with your love of leisure and comfortable living. In fact, your high idealism, on one hand, and you* love of material576 words
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Article11 1948-05-31 3 Gls stand by against Communists I I ■f to I I11 words
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74 1948-05-31 3 GAP GANGSTER CHIEF'S BID FOR FREEDOM Wr. X w I; X X Ozu returnc'd to opera* 1112 -cmarket stores tc h he netted m anrufit of 12.000.000 yen. M finally arrested for extortion and illegal Investigations had to De tran*ferred from Yodobashi -ion by Ozu's gane reared. Ozu had putReuter - 74 words
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Article, Illustration300 1948-05-31 3 TURKS ARE WARY OVER PALESTINE I jF^tfr of Russian intervention NEW YORK, Sunday. rE Turks, who are men of action but few words, are doing some quiet worrying for fear the JewishArab conflict may result m Russian troops being sen; into ihe Middle East, as part of a United NationsA.P. - 300 words
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Article216 1948-05-31 3 EX-KING Michael of Rumania and Princess Anne of Bourbon Parma, whose wedding had been threatened with complete deadlock by Roman Catholic conditions, may now fly to Athens early next week for their wedding. This was reported from a source close to King Michael •t was stated, mayReuter - 216 words
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Article, Illustration376 1948-05-31 3 Three murder suspect SCOTLAND YARD detectives m I^mdon and I-inca-shire are anxious to catch I man. whom they suspect of three murders before the next new moon on June 7. All three murders were committed within a few days of the new moon it is376 words
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Article123 1948-05-31 3 IT was a long night m 1 C'oalville, heirs, for a 14 -year -old boy who had an appointment with the travelling school dentist next day. .And then the boy recalled that the dentists equipment was m a classroom. He got m. took vital paxts of123 words
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Article94 1948-05-31 3 MR. D. R Rees-Williams. Under-Secretary for the Colonies, told a questioner m the House of Commons that the acquisition of a control-! ling interest m the Nigerian 1 Daily Times by the proprietors of the Daily Mirror did not; require the approval of the I Colonial Office.94 words
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Article69 1948-05-31 3 THE plight ol stout Britons j who were unable to buy large-suzed bathing trunks was aired m the House of Commons. Conservative MP Mr. NlHiurice Hollis asktd Mr Harold Wilson if he was aware that only one pair of outsize bathing trunks was manufactured for69 words
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Article37 1948-05-31 3 The Public Works Department has announced that Manila's pot-holed and rutted streets will be re-oaved. The job will cost $1,250,000 VS. of which the United States Public Roads Administration is furnishing $859,000 U.S. A.P.U.S.; A.P. - 37 words
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95 1948-05-31 3 TURKEY ARMS: 'A VAST IMPROVEMENT' MAJOR-GENERAL Horace Macßride says Turkey's military forces have improved vastly m the first year of the American-aid programme. Gen. Macßride, chief of the American Army Group mission m Turkey, told newsmen m Istanbul that equipment obtained under the US$lOO,--000,000 Congressional allotment was still arriving mA.P. - 95 words
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Article36 1948-05-31 3 In the last two years 75.439 British assisted emigrants went to Canada, 22,604 to Australia. 11.346 to New Zealand and 37.269 to South Africa. Lord Addison. Lord Privy Seal, told the House of Lords.36 words
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Article, Illustration32 1948-05-31 3 INDIAN ARMY C. G. S. Major Uf.^ral Kulicant Singh has been appointed Chief of the General Staff, Indian Army H.Q. He icas formerly commander of the Kashmir forces on the Kashmir front.32 words
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Article, Illustration256 1948-05-31 3 Smuts' fall is deplored by Churchill MR. Winston Churchill said at Perth, Scotland thai the defeat of Field-Marshal Jan Smuts would bring anxiety, and perhaps a temporary eclipse to South Africa. He said: the great world statesman has fallen, cast aside by the country he led through so man) perilsU.P. - 256 words
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Article45 1948-05-31 3 CEVEN hundred watches. v packed m 21b. tins labeled "Fruit," were seized by Customs officers at Folkstone when the steamer Isle of Thanet arrived from Calais. They are believed to be worth £3.000. A young Belgian was among passengers questioned.45 words
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116 1948-05-31 3 DUSSIA i.s now grov rubber above the p circle m the Arctic tune. of Siberia reports the St holm ewspuper Aftoobla In a dispatch from M the Swedish paper (Uji that rubber beets— not !o bcontused with sugar I arc successfully being cultivated m116 words
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Article56 1948-05-31 3 ADVENTUROUS Hem I i\ landers an bring wan ••Don't go down the vdcai since B.UOO ft. Mount Ngauruhoe's eruptions started J l-'w days ago. Two men CAIBe oil alive tier a ram <>1 hot bould but the warning says. "Things happen quickly me era big56 words
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Advertisement35 1948-05-31 3 1 KHO! i> HKM u>pi vnces U\M IRON STAND S2.MJ ki H^V Ri stores cv rywhere. Vppliances are fully guaranteed "ths from date of purchase. ut Malaya*— j E S ISAAC CO., Mr t-t >in^apore.35 words
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Advertisement25 1948-05-31 3 ||k HOTTEST DAY it's^/ji if 77 -^^^Ni^W rmWK^ AMSTEL 5 BEER "a wealth of ccheepr p HAGEMEYER TRADING CO. (Malaya) LTD. SINGAPORE KUALA LUMPUR PENANG25 words
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Miscellaneous8 1948-05-31 3 X ARZAN Vague Clues Ry Edsar Rice Burroughs8 words
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Article779 1948-05-31 4 THE tin industry, said Mr. J. D. Mead. President of the F.M.S. Chamber of Mines, has now passed the halfway mark m its progress to recovery. But it has been a rouuh road, and m his address to the annual meeting of the Chamber, Mr. Mead made779 words
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Article, Illustration1044 1948-05-31 4 LESLIE HOFFMAN - A MALAYAN ABROAD LESLIE HOFFMAN By A SIX-WEEK visit *\o Britain is like a cocktail it can either whet the appetite or ruin it. I have returned from just such a visit. We were a party of seven journalists, representative of Chinese, Indian. Malay and English newspapers m Malaya. The1,044 words
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Article405 1948-05-31 4 BOB THOMAS - BOB THOMAS Film Star Politics By A. P. Correspondent SHOULD film stars take an active part m political campaigns That question is being hotly debated m Hollywood. With the 1948 presidential elections coming up, many stars are aligning themselves behind certain candidates. It may be a bigA.P. - 405 words
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Article134 1948-05-31 4 P)R. Daniel Francois Malan, whose Nationalist Party has won a majority m the South African elections, was 74 last week. He was a preacher, then a journalist before he turned politician. South African born he took his doctorate degree m Theology at Utrecht University, Holland, and returned134 words
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Article, Illustration713 1948-05-31 4 PHILIP CLARKE - ITAL Y'S PREMIER PHILIP CLARKE Today's Profile By A.P. Correspondent ITALY'S Premier, Alcide de Gasperi is 67, sharp-nosed, drywitted and shrewd. Alpine-born, he has the gawky gait of the mountaineer. Through brown-rimmed glasses, he has the piercing, steel-blue glance of an eagle. Wisps of heavy brown hair, fly out above713 words
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Article272 1948-05-31 4 M. T. LEONG - M. T. LEONG fghgfh (Chinese Legends) By IT is the belief of Chinese that a person can accomplish more dead than when he was alive. Among the records of Chinese legends is the story of the spirit of a jilted girl who took revenge on her lover. Ho Yoke Ko,272 words
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Advertisement24 1948-05-31 4 f FAITH Are not my days few? Cease then, and let me alone, that I miy take comfort a little. i Job, 10, 20.24 words
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Advertisement40 1948-05-31 4 JJLJLL i y CXy^e /amps with R i-t f* Sole Agent fknoDrixtnttrd Singapore PO B v Penane Kuala l.umpur >i"' h TeL 7 Tel 3M3 SALE] Conns for all' Drastic R*~ oltf \JJ> IlllliliaiJlL 82-1, BRAS bASAH [Near Raftits Hotel]40 words
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Article382 1948-05-31 5 Local Govts set up in Sarawak I. ntra ing on the development oi and has already established v >**, each with its own treasury. ut di> net and divisional advisory i but it is neither swift nor Governor, Sir Arden Clarke, m incil of State at Kuching. 'The re rapid382 words
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36 1948-05-31 5 Bishop Wilson will meet the Japs again I S; -ipore, ■J England, n, to famous I. X X W will X B r B r i ccoH^L lit— proB B B 8 B a B iniof36 words
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Article18 1948-05-31 5 |_>es not BBJ- tropical B deveby offiQ Of fac- for and r-^ady ouzside b export18 words
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Article33 1948-05-31 5 Mr. v has been appointed a member of the Board of Licensing Justices for a period of three yean, taking the place of Mr. Lim Book Kee, who has resigned.33 words
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Article31 1948-05-31 5 Mr. Teo Kiak Seng, senior Chinese interpreter, has been appointed Chinese Assistant to the Secretary for ChinesAffairs. Singapore, m place o. Mr. Cheng Hui Ming on leave.31 words
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Article38 1948-05-31 5 Raffles Institution Speech Day and Prize-Giving will be celebrated m the school hall at 10 a.m. on Saturday. School Certificate and Standard Eight Claj>se6 and prizewinners will attend a rehear- sal at 10 a.m. on Wednesday.38 words
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Article29 1948-05-31 5 EfR. George Earle, cbjurAssociated Portland Cement company, told shareholders m London that their Malayan factory is to have a capacity of 10.4M0 tons, and will cost £SM,M#.29 words
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Article28 1948-05-31 5 Mr. R. F. W. Leonard has been appointed to be a member of the Singapore Pilot Board m place of Mr. A. McLellan, who has resigned.28 words
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Article226 1948-05-31 5 Free Press Staff Reporter TO safeguard tiie bicycles of those employed at Union 1 Building m Collyer Quay, a special bicycle park has been buiH m the basement. Users of the park pay $1 a month. The sponsors of the idea say that when more226 words
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Article, Illustration300 1948-05-31 5 Improving fish yield in Far East 'THE British Government plans to set up a firstclass research institute to investigate means of improving the diet of the people who depend largely on fish. In many countries especially m the Far East, proteins have to be largely obtained from fish. The objectDutch official - 300 words
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Article527 1948-05-31 5 Malayan ore left to waste Free Press Staff Reporter JJIGH internal railway freight is depriving Malaya of trade worth millions of dollars. On the refuse heaps of Malayan tin mines are huge quantities of an ore, known as ilmenite, which has a market value m527 words
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Article170 1948-05-31 5 Agitation made labour rastless CUBVERSIVE ap. made the labour the Singapore Municipal T Cleansing Department less last year and work si: ed considerably, str annual report of the depi ment for 1947 "An honest days work MM not done by the labourers and the normally hi^h standard of cleanliness m170 words
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Article72 1948-05-31 5 PR FILM SHOW S THIS WEEK UEWSREELS taken -he N Royal Silver Wedc:. British Industries I the soccer Cup Final bet\\< Manchester United and Blackpool, will be shown other instructional Bin the Public Relations Fim I at the following places U week: Today at S.H B. Boy. < Tomorrow at72 words
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Article18 1948-05-31 5 Mr. R. N. Stone has been appointed to act as an Assistant Comptroller of Income Tax.18 words
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150 1948-05-31 5 Trade expert will join Malayan agent THE organisation of the Ma- layan Agent m London is Ito be strengthened towards the end of the year by the appointment of Mr. David Sturrock as Deputy Agent, i thus reverting to the estab- lishment of pre-war days. In an office which, to150 words
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Article, Illustration61 1948-05-31 5 picture. A new traffic arrangement is now m force m front of the Town Hall. A circus \as h~cn installed, and it is hope d this icill eliminate congestion especially during office, '-inch and after-office hours. The construction of the circus fat present only temporary) has entailedFree Press - 61 words
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Article, Illustration60 1948-05-31 5 The Dutch Consul-Gen-eral, Mr. A. M. L. Winkelman, is flying to the Netherlands on leave on June 3. Mrs. Winkelman left on May 20 also by air, but stopped m Egypt en route. This is Mr. Winkelman's first leave since 1937. Consul J. B. Haverkorn van Rijsewijk60 words
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Article101 1948-05-31 5 A Social Welfare Advisory I Committee has been established m Kuching under the chairmanship of the Chief Justice to advise the Government on the future extension of social welfare work. A branch of the British i Red Cross has been formed m Kuching, organised on allcommunity101 words
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Article113 1948-05-31 5 THE Secretary of the Kam- pong Wak Tanjong Malay welfare section of the Singapore Malay Union is suggesting to the Governn* that free open-air film shows be made a regular feature of the activities of the Singapore Public Relations Office. Inche Hassan Maskam, Secretary of the Kampong113 words
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Advertisement56 1948-05-31 5 Women of tathioa Impeccable TasU •ROBE DE BAL m < H \R\HV; PLAIN SHADES JERSEY LAIN PIQUE, PRINTED STRIPED ROBINHOOD SILK with Disrmcr Motiffs on pleasant da<kgrounds. p. »-i SRDEHTE "INTERCOM" fc^t d\ HIGHLY EFFICIENT EEjj SHU (>LU SPh.AMMt (> Wj Jl IMC A lING SVSTFM or OFFICE-HOME -FACTrPY JJ56 words
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Advertisement30 1948-05-31 5 A ill SUITS DRESSES I BEING OFFERED SPECIALLY REDUCED PRICES TO MAKE ROOM FOR 111 OUR NEW STOCKS. THIS OFFER COMMENCES ON TUESDAY ht. JUNE H Sole Agents for Spore30 words
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Article271 1948-05-31 6 A THREE-MAN committee has been formed m Calcutta to draft fundamentals of a communal harmony organisation. This followed a meeting of leaders of communities m the province. i The members of the committee are: H. S. Suhrawardy. •urmer Premier of Bengal; Surendra Mohan Ghosh, PresidentA.P. - 271 words
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Article31 1948-05-31 6 A £500.000,000 rehabilitation project has been approved by the Siamese Cabinet, covering Irrigation, power, and railway reconstruction. It will be directed by a commission headed by Marshal Phibun ReuterReuter - 31 words
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Article24 1948-05-31 6 Mickey Rooney. whoso second wife is suing for divorce, us t«> make her a settlement of €25 000 over ten years A.P.A.P. - 24 words
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Article, Illustration460 1948-05-31 6 j New mills, new metals, new methods INDIA is weak industrially and plans new steel mills and increased production of machinery, machine tools, aluminium, chemicals and ships. For the future, the production of synthetic petrol is planned. Plans are far-reaching, tyut they reflect the feeling of IndianA.P. - 460 words
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Article, Illustration37 1948-05-31 6 picture. Yeomen Warders of the Tower of London m full dress at the ancient ceremony of 'beattng the bounds' were the centre of interest, till the cat strolled on the scene. A.P.A.P. - 37 words
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120 1948-05-31 6 THE weekly magazine U.S. News and World Report reported from Nanking that "hardly a trace remains" of the 39 Chinese divisions trained and equipped by the United States Army. "In the opinion of official I observers, corruption and j Nationalist army politics did120 words
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Article104 1948-05-31 6 W'UKS the yearly civic lerheld at St. Cuth- s. Hepburn-on-Tyne, the dard of the local British branch will be miss- i The vicar, the Rev. T. A Drew ttie. wrote to the branch on the announcemen! that the Legion waa to! run a football pcol: "You104 words
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Article51 1948-05-31 6 Motor-car owners m Canton will have to pay a special tax from June. Only types of vehiotas exempted will be fipc-cTL^mes. ambulances and busvs Tax schedule wall bo: Private saloon cars CN- $600,000; public saloon.s CN$900,000; private and public lorries CN$ 1,800,000; motor cycles CN5450.000 monthly.Reuter - 51 words
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Article26 1948-05-31 6 A man rariß from a police- j box m Highgate, London. recently. "Please come and J arrest me. I'm drunk," he said. They did.26 words
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189 1948-05-31 6 rpHE body of the "Mobile X Hermit," one of the strangest characters m North Australia, has b<en found m the lonely Victoria River country. 300 miles south of Darwin. He was Harry Cook, aged 47. prospector. He was born m Sydney and his address wasReuter - 189 words
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Article97 1948-05-31 6 THE commanding site of the Royal Bombay Yacht Club House and grounds overlooking Bombay Harbour is reverting to the Bombay Port Trust. The harbour site now to be vacated, with its wide view of the anchorage, is one of the best, m Bombay and wasReuter - 97 words
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Article, Illustration268 1948-05-31 6 MAJ.-G^n. E. O. Herbertt, British representative 'told the Allied Kommandatura m Berlin that ithe Soviet authorities were directing labour into the 'uranium mines of Saxony. Answering "wild Soviet assertions" that the Western sectors and zones of Germany compared badly with the Soviet sector and zone,Reuter; International News - 268 words
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Article64 1948-05-31 6 keeps some men fri>m attending church minks the Rev A J H Hobbs. 42. rector of Wirford ti:ar Bristol. "Many a man wlip WO uld face a lion, a machine- -gun or a raging storm will hesiiS^ bef 2f c facing e y*s of those64 words
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197 1948-05-31 6 A YACHT-OWNER'S to set fir. yacht I money wa* mentioned court when Derek (May i V ]»any director, Elgin-road of:— I Setting ftro to his Barcarolle at Southampton w intent to prejuci. surance underu Obtaining £400 from tin- Royal Insurance Co. by raLsely representing197 words
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43 1948-05-31 6 Party pure of Moscow's opponents in Poland H ty i> mun eren the In*fas: They L he back, thouer. had trie* W biiu into to si the 8 sweeping carriec ship Ifembei by thosr *he idi a I :>■ ing clo- zi sure A.P.A.P. - 43 words
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Article14 1948-05-31 6 I I draw;i tron; "the rion a inter: Ger: publ.14 words
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Advertisement134 1948-05-31 6 CAPITOL Phone 5159 LAST DAY! 11—'! 1.15— 6*0— IS HOPE (;tAMowr\ TO-MORROW IDKMIiAL TWINS! Wl< a ovt |s <'HTY! DE MARNEY FRANKAU <}&*& DUAL $J ALIBIC^J Phon, CATHAY 3400 THK HOI'SK FOR COMFORT. LAST DAY! RONALD COLMAN, IN "A DOUBLE LIFE OPENING TOMORROW A COMEDY OF LAUGHS AND A MERRY134 words
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Advertisement25 1948-05-31 6 ALHAMBRA I I -i.iwtvp 6903 STARTS TO-DAY '.'p.m., 4.15, 6.30 9.15 FINAL CHAPS. ENCHANTING DAUGHTER of DON Q" USED AS A TARGET FOR KNIFE THROWERS25 words
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Advertisement28 1948-05-31 6 ftT RESTAOR*BT GRILL ROOM-* jj» Singapore'; <\ Rcsui I LUNCHES lV>^ DINNER. DANCING St TIBOR KUNSTLER AND HIS ORCHEST* EDWARD FORSTER. NEW MANAGtIR tfe GRILL OPEN NIGHTLY UIL JV28 words
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Miscellaneous60 1948-05-31 6 JANE Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press m Malaya SHALL I, WASTING^ X' 5 H°, p E NOTJ WILLIE fVwHAT A6OOT "SHs )I I YES-CANT YOU 1 IN DESPAIR, S *"< «?S E °F YOU 7 PROBLEM -I>lAtC/ /TACKLE IT»-I TOOuaiT /S\ I DIE BECAUSE A V wJ^r ,?oT D60 words
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Article535 1948-05-31 7 U.K. TAX CUT TO BENEFIT SPORT Lead for S 'pore tsy IKUSADEK H/ITH the local spotlight now focussed on Government's 30 per cent, tax on Singapore sport, it is illuminating to consider the British Government's attitude to entertainment tax as envisaged in the Buderet presented last month In the British535 words
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Article25 1948-05-31 7 EPSOM JEEP - EPSOM JEEP fgh splendid he sprint irned by hree mm and Mn a; ;he i I pace r horses on the25 words
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266 1948-05-31 7 Cup prospects CZECH FAVOURITES IN EUROPE ZONE my, the dynamic Czech left-hander, 1 the brilliant form shown m the 1 hampionships m Paris, there Czechoslovakia earning 'off the ■r> m the Davis Cup competition tr m succession. I to a final, sets ptiimp :hey f the' whom for the secondReuter - 266 words
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Article86 1948-05-31 7 ITALIAN Guzzi motor-cycles showed their paces on Saturday m practice for the international motor cycle races on June 7 -9 at Douglas. lile of Man. and all Guzzis had then fastest times m the and lightweight classes. Earl Lyons, an Irish rider from Klldare. clocked aA.P. - 86 words
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Article56 1948-05-31 7 Prince B:ra of Siam. yesterday finished first In the Stockholm motor racing Grand Prix, but was disqualified because of a faulty start. The race was awarded to Biondettl •Italy), driving a Ferrari who red the course m 2 hrs. ..v 52 2 sees, at an averspe^dReuter - 56 words
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220 1948-05-31 7 PR the second consecutive year. Singapore proved too strong for Negri Sembilan at cricket, beating them by 187 runs, at Seremban yesterday. Singapore declared their second innings at the overnight total of 156 for four wickets. Negri Sembilan, faced with a deficit of 228220 words
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Article144 1948-05-31 7 A FINE innings of 80 runs by C W A. Murray, the State cricketer, enabled Seiam j ,or Club to beat Combined Schools by 45 runs m Kuala Lumpur yestertiuy. Murray, who hit 12 fours, batted for nn horir and 1^ minutes. Schoolboy Wong Yorm LimReuter - 144 words
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Article108 1948-05-31 7 FRANK Stranahan's victory m the British amateur golf championship means a summer vacation for his caddie. 51-year-old Bilie Love. Love said that Stranahan was giving him £125. "That means the first holiday m a long, long time for the wife and seven kids," Love said.A.P. - 108 words
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Article162 1948-05-31 7 LONDON, Monday. nON BRADMAN, bowlers' enemy number one, has started another cricket controversy Dy advocating m a speech at Lords a change In the leg before wicket rule to make It apply to che ball turning from leg as well as from the off. Under the162 words
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Article63 1948-05-31 7 Mrs. Pat Todd and Miss Doris Hart, of America, won the women's doubles title m the French lawn tennis championships which were continued at the Stage Roland Garros, m Paris yesterday. In the final they beat Miss Shirley Fry and Mrs. Mary Prentiss, also both of America, 6-4,63 words
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439 1948-05-31 7 "GOT TO BE 100 PER CENT FIT" BAILEY By VERNON MORGAN THE British Olympic athleticteam wi!l probably be announced on July 7, a few days alt'-r the Amateur Athletic championships on July 2 and July 3 which will form the basis of the final selections. The women's team will beReuter - 439 words
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Article, Illustration33 1948-05-31 7 picture. 4NGULLIA, Singapore goalkeeper, boots away hurnea- ly to save a dangerous situation m Saturday's Malaya Cup soccer match m which the Singapore Civilians beat the Army-Navy three-nil. Free PressFree Press - 33 words
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Article435 1948-05-31 7 Free Press Racing Reporter STRAIGHT Races remain as unpredictable as ever and about the only punters who ended the day's racing with a profit at Ipoh on Saturday, first day of the Perak meeting, were those who ignored race form and went on "hunches." At least435 words
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Article98 1948-05-31 7 rPHE China Olympic soccer A team scored its second victory In Batavia yesterday, when they scored four goals without reply against a Batavia combined team. In the first match on Saturday, tht Chinese team beat an Indonesian team "Jong Ami on" by five goals to one,U.P. - 98 words
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589 1948-05-31 7 Malay badminton players ready for top honours By COIRTCRAFT MALAYS m Singapore will make a strong bid Singapore's badminton titles, thw fMMr. N«w drawing 4o a close, the second Malay badminfmi championship meet has revealed a Ivjrh itMlaN <" play among the record number of players who entertnl. Critics have589 words
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Article113 1948-05-31 7 Free Press Staff reporter A combined Pulau Brani team, travelling m an L.C.T. 36 miles to Pulau Karimoen yesterday, played a friendly soccer match against Kurimoen which the visitors won 5-1. More than a hundred members of the R A.S.C. and the local staff of the113 words
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Article45 1948-05-31 7 Spain beat Ireland by two goals to one m the fifth international soccer match between the two countries m Barcelona, yesterday. At half time the score was 1-1. Each country has now won two matches while one has been drawn.- ReuterReuter - 45 words
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Miscellaneous249 1948-05-31 7 F.P. Cro«swopd No. 59S ZZGZOZ _iI_IILZ _£_Z M 9 l 0 W" IL _«LZjZ?ZE 3r ZZiZ_~^Z~l~ J I _il_liz m W\ 1 I T 1 txun across 1, Infer (8) 7. DLsregard <6). 9. Chastisement (6>. 11. D.- figure (3». 12, Egg-shaped (4). 14. Reptile (5). 16, Point $>. 17249 words
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Article203 1948-05-31 8 IMMORAL BRITISH FILMS LONDON, Monday. FOREIGN protests against the immorality of British films are causing concern to London film producers. Scones that leave the most unsophisticated British audiences unblushing are proving unsavoury to censors m other countries. Six films have recently been censored. The latest to meet with U.S. disapproval203 words
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Article331 1948-05-31 8 RED BID TO ISOLATE MANCHURIA Govt collapse m Jehol looms SHANGHAI, Sunday. AS intensification of the Communist general offensive today threatened to sever the last remaining land link between China proper and Manchuria, through Jehol Province, rumours were revived that the Nationalists were planning to abandon Changchun, the capital ofA.P.; Reuter; U.P. - 331 words
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Article71 1948-05-31 8 SEVENTEEN YEAR OLD Hugh Thompson of Harrow rose to schoolboy fame a year ago when he was a high scorer m the school's big cricket match against Malvern. On Saturday he was told that he would not be included m the Harrow team to face Malvern71 words
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Article255 1948-05-31 8 US $929 million aid for Japs TOKIO, Sunday. A JAPANESE Government spokesman told Keuter today that Japan is certain to receive aid from the U.S. this year totalling $929,000.000 nearly 5200.000.000 more than recommended by the United States Economic Mission. The Japanese hope to receive $375,000,000 m relief, $144,000,000 mReuter; A.P. - 255 words
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Article27 1948-05-31 8 Shanghai U> facing a sweltering summer following a city decree curtailing the use of electric power for airconditioning m cabarets, cinemas, offices and hotels A.P.A.P. - 27 words
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Article167 1948-05-31 8 LAKE SUCCESS, Sunday. HTHE unofficial "United Nations World" magazine estimated m a detailed survey of the world's armies that there now are 15,362,899 men under arms m 57 countries. It added: "The regular armies of today are definitely Incapable either of aggressive moves on theReuter - 167 words
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Article97 1948-05-31 8 MELBOURNE. Sun. FIVE mysterious flres aboard the British India freighter Pemba (7.400 tons) haw baffled Australian fire experts. and the cause of the outbreaks was still unknown when the ship left here today for East Africa. Australian waterfront police suspect saboteurs of trying to sink theReuter - 97 words
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Article27 1948-05-31 8 FINNS-REDS NEW TALKS I^HE Finnish G^vernment'ii Foreign Relations Committee is expected to prepare a proposal for negotiations with Russia about a rejection of war reparations this week.27 words
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Article55 1948-05-31 8 CATURDAYS referendum on whether Government control of rents and prices m Australia should be m federal instead of state hands has resulted m a majority for state government control. It is likely, however, that the Federal Govtrnment will continue control by extending the existins: provisions whichA.P. - 55 words
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Article26 1948-05-31 8 Mrs. Emily Richards, who once served Que- n Victoria as a nurs» maid, has died at San Frar. cisco at the age of26 words
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Article215 1948-05-31 8 CAMBERLEY (Surrey), Sunday. /M3-ORDINATION of civilian defence against surprise atomic bomb attack on Britain was mentioned by the Chief of the Imperial General Staff, Field-Marshal Viscount Montgomery, at a Dress conference here i Winding up a week ol annual training conferences and manoeuvres atA.P.; Reuter - 215 words
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Article, Illustration278 1948-05-31 8 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday. r[E headquarters of the first regional office of the £100,000,000 Colonial Development Corporation is to be established m Singapore, with Mr. Frank S. MacFadzean, who is resigning from the service of the Federal Government, as its first full-time director.278 words
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Article66 1948-05-31 8 A SPECIAL Market corre&pona«.Di fires the prices of robber 11 m.m. tods* a* follows: Buyers. Sellers C4s. CU. per Ib per id No 1 i< n s spot loofte 43-. 44v<, No. 1 S.S.S. fob m bales June 43 7 H n So. 2 R.S.S. rob m baJes66 words
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Article195 1948-05-31 8 PRAGUE, Sunday. PRESIDENT Eduard Benes has not signed his country's new constitution and there is no indication that he will. His failure to approve formally the "people's democracy" adopted by the Czech Parliament on May 9 has led to speculation that he may not continue mReuter; A.P. - 195 words
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Article212 1948-05-31 8 BATAVIA. Sunday •*pHE Indonesian Republican Government has decided to recall its Prague representative, Dr. Suripno, who was reported by the official Soviet news agency Tass to have concluded an agreement with Russia for an exchange of diplomatic representatives, says the Indonesian news agency Antara The recallReuter; A.P. - 212 words
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Article52 1948-05-31 8 rr\HE telephone rang m the A newly burgled Kensington hovie of Mr. John Vizard, 8.8.C. engineer, one night. It was the thief astcing Mr. and Mrs. Vizard how they liked being robbed of a £100 camera and an engagement ring. Before Mrs. Vizard could reply he52 words
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Article39 1948-05-31 8 The Flying Scotsman ihe train making the world's longest non-stor) run, rocs back into service today after a lapse of nine years. The train runs between London and Edinburgh, a distance of 390 miles.- U.P.U.P. - 39 words
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Article25 1948-05-31 8 Dame May Whitty. noted British character film and stage actress, died at htr home m Hollywood on Saturday. She was 82. A.P.A.P. - 25 words
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Article118 1948-05-31 8 HONG KONG, Sunday. THE imminent return to the United State* ol Mr. Pel Tsu-yee, Chinese Government financial expert, and the disclosure that Hong Kong's largest printing plant has ceased printing Chinese national currency bolstered re- ports today that China is planning currency reform. Mr. T. V.U.P. - 118 words
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107 1948-05-31 8 Byrnes urges U.S.-Soviet 'get together' MR James Byrnes, former US. Secretary of State, apparently attaching more Importance to recent Soviet peace overtures than his successor, Mr. Marshall, said In South Carolina yesterday that the U.S. should be willing to talk with the Russians so long as questions affecting oth»-i Allied107 words
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Article223 1948-05-31 8 BOMBAY, Sunday T»HE third and most important session of the t'nited x Nations Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East opens on Tuesday at Ootacamund. a hill station near here. The main item facing the 150 delegates from 18 Asian and Far Eastern countries, including Malaya,Reuter - 223 words
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Article141 1948-05-31 8 COPENHAGEN, Monday. PRINCESS Anne of BourbonParma, fiancee of exKing Michael of Rumania, was picking flowers m h^r garde n at Copenhagen yesterday when she was asked by a reporter what she planned to do next. The Princess jumped to her j feet, spun round andA.P.; U.P. - 141 words
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Article149 1948-05-31 8 SUPPLY MINISTRY J Free Press Stall R< >, rtn v THE policy of the British Ministn q|c^ cost Malaya and the Empire many muchrneeded dollars, besides retarding h recovery, said Mr. F. D. Mead j F.M.S. Chamber of Mines, at th« mnu the Chamber m149 words
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Article21 1948-05-31 8 An electrical quirk yesterday piped 8.8.C dance music and news broadcasts into every telephone m Bridlthgton. Yorkshire21 words
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Article29 1948-05-31 8 BAN Bangkok U fon: Starr against 4 ber M Slru a a mar, teac" were al! (V>vernr oonl r Oroupc go dlca*which C! se4 A.P.A.P. - 29 words
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Miscellaneous16 1948-05-31 8 STORE HIGH TIDES HIGH LOW Today: 3 21a.m. 526 p.m. Tuesday: i 34 a.m. 6.24 p.m.16 words
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