The Singapore Free Press, 1 June 1948
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Title Section18 1948-06-01 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST APTERHOOM SALE m MALAYA I SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, JUNE 1, 1948 PRICE 1(1 CENTS18 words
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Article, Illustration387 1948-06-01 1 CUT PRICES', ECHO HOUSEWIVES Traders think it difficult Free Press Staff Reporter THE Colonial Secretary's warning m the Legislative Council that prices must come down has been warmly welcomed by the Singapore public, particularly by housewives whom the Free Press interviewed this morning. But among traders, who also think there387 words
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Article51 1948-06-01 1 P Stall Correspondent Xl ALA LIMPLR, Monday. ii has been content to import ought Now it is m danger of id the Director of Medical i 1 1,- X B McGregor, m the Federal Legis..ersity m Malaya would Aards achieving "mental s of the world, Dr. Mac- f51 words
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Article64 1948-06-01 1 IT was reported m Singapore yesterday that the Canadian Transport Company's Harmac Westminister, h a cargo of salt lor Japan. Aground on a reef Pulau Bukom. Ship s surveyors, however, who later inspected the ?eswtn satisfied that she was undamaged. IBM Westminister arrived m Singapore64 words
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Article21 1948-06-01 1 el Brodie, 53-year-old senior Jewish chaplain to the b armed forces, has been chosen Chief Rabbi of h Empire.21 words
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106 1948-06-01 1 Estate evictions not yet enforced Free Press Staff Reporter KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. THE Klapa Bali and Lima Bias estates at Slim River where eviction notices have been served on 79 striking labourers, were quiet this morning. The management has not yet decided when to enforce the eviction warrants. It had106 words
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Article85 1948-06-01 1 The Philippines, which wais j hawking rice to South-East j Asia at the year-end, will ask I for a loan of rice at today s Liaison Officers' conference at the Cathay Buildings, Singa- pore. i From Manila, A.P. reported 1 this morning that the P.I.85 words
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Article113 1948-06-01 1 JOGJAKARTA. Monday. HPHE Indonesian Premier, Dr. J. Mohammed Hatta, declared today that the Republic was "prepared to fight for years and years" If the present negotiations with the Dutch break down and result m renewed Dutch military action. "I doubt whether the Dutch could113 words
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Article88 1948-06-01 1 •'pHE Chinese Embassy yesA terday protested against the restrictions placed by Ministry of Education on Chinese schools m Bangkok, claiming that they violated the Sino-Siamese treaty of friendship signed a year ago which specifically allowtfi An Education Ministry spokesman said the treaty provisions did not preclud*88 words
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Article181 1948-06-01 1 Free Press Staff Reporter T*HE tin share market opened very firm this morning A asa result of the increase m the tin price by £50 a ton ex-smelter. This means a rise of about $15 per 1 picul of ore on the mine, and should be181 words
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Article53 1948-06-01 1 MR. HUGH DALTON, who resigned the Chancellorship of th« Exchequer last autumn after confessing a budget "leak" to a newspaperman, has returned to Government office as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. He succeeds Lord Pakenham, appointed Minister of Civil Aviation m place of Lord Nathan,53 words
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Article18 1948-06-01 1 The thre?-\veek-old South Indian railway crew strike ended yesterday when an through trains were resumed.18 words
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Article82 1948-06-01 1 LONDON police are dragging the "Tiddlers Pond", Potters Bar golf course for the remaining hacked pieces of a man's body m an effort to solvt England's ugliest murder for many years. The pond has been drained and men at work with a dredging machinery have found82 words
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Article42 1948-06-01 1 When lightning melted gas and water pipes of a house m i Manhesfleld, Yorkshire yesterday, the freed gas blazed up. but the waW gushing from the melted pipes put the flames out before the arrival of the fire brigade.42 words
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Article42 1948-06-01 1 BURGLARS yesterday took gems and heirlooms worth £20,000 from the suburban home of Sir Francis Whitmore, Lord Lieutenant of Essex. They bruke open a strongroom m which jewellery belonging to Lady Whitmcrc— tiaras, necklaces and rings were kept.42 words
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Article72 1948-06-01 1 MURDER charges have been placed against a 17-year-old girl who told the Pittsburgh (U.S.) police that she felled her aunt with a flower pot during a violent argument, then burned her alive. Dolores Waldo calmly admitted Mrs. Gertrude Norrfe, 61. with whom she had livedU.P. - 72 words
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Article29 1948-06-01 1 The Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs Mr. Christopher Mayhew, said yesterday that Britain believed restrictions on Japanese merchant shipping should be confined to those required for security. A.P.A.P. - 29 words
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Article40 1948-06-01 1 THE War Office announced last night that Brigadier D. Dunlop, C. B. E., has been appointed Commander, Singapore District, with the temporary rank of Major General. He will succeed Major General L. H. Cox. A. P.A.P. - 40 words
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Article195 1948-06-01 1 kUAn CAIRO, Monday. A KAB armies today poured men, guns and armour into a 40-mile front opposite Tel Aviv. Final stage m the encirclement of the Jewish capital came today with the capture by Iraqi troops of Natanya, on the coast 18 miles north of TelReuter; A.P.; U.P. - 195 words
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Article138 1948-06-01 1 Free Press Correspondent LONDON, Monday. IP fairly distributed, the £5.000.000 apportioned for the settlement of Malaya's wax damage compensation claims should go a considerable way to meet well-founded claims, says a statement issued tonight by the London Committee, of which Sir John Hay Is the chairman. The committee138 words
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Article, Illustration287 1948-06-01 1 Wall crashes on mother and child This Morning's WHcCs m/ r i w y Free Press Staff Reporter A CHINESE woman, Wong Ah Siew, jnd U^ *>»">- year-old daughter were trapped under debris half an hour m the backyard of a houso m L»u\ i i Road this morning whenFree Press - 287 words
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Article92 1948-06-01 1 MELBOI KNfc, Mon. THE leader of the Australian Opposition, Mr. Wobert Menaies, said here today that i>w a s a tenifying paradox that the disaster, bar. exhibiUu 'so many signs of breaking up m the past two years." Mr. Winston Churchill and Field-Marshal Jan SniuiN the Empire'sReuter - 92 words
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Article68 1948-06-01 1 Free Press Staff Report, r A Dakota aircraft, carrying 18 passengers, which had b specially chartered to Of lrom Ceylon which circled and then landed at Changi airport m the growing darkness of last night, had petrol left m its tanks for only another 30 minutes68 words
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Article30 1948-06-01 1 Over 18.000 Berlin bus. tram and underground workers vill walk out tomorrow, demanding a 25 percent wage increase, a freo midday meal and a higher ration category.30 words
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Article682 1948-06-01 2 HOUSEHOLD PROBLEMS ALTHOUGH all cherish our jewels and ornaments, I wonder how many of us realise that these need cleaning and polishing regularly m order to show then true lustre and sparkle? Jewellery does become slightly dulled by moisture and dust. Why not sefeC| a special morning each682 words
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Article521 1948-06-01 2 William Richmond - William Richmond v TF there's one thing wrong with today's Navy," said the Coxswain, tk it's this there are too many Petty Officers chasing too few matelote." What about Leading Seamen I asked. 'Ah. that's different. he replied, "we haven't not enough of them. But it's521 words
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Article, Illustration47 1948-06-01 2 Bridget Burton, like many people m Britain took things easy' m the sunshine during the Whitsun holidays. Bridget took her new pneumatic beach armchair, which iceighs only a few pounds, on to the sands at Bognor, bussex, and settled dorm to a quiet holiday by the sea.47 words
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Article76 1948-06-01 2 Wi id Came Is-dosc* i idan ts of animals originally broucnt to Australia lor tra*is,port purposes— are pest m north earn South Australia. The Govern m«tu offered to eive the cam-els away, but there w€Te no takers. Order wiere jjiveai t'rat the camels to be shot,Reuter - 76 words
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Article, Illustration211 1948-06-01 2 the gUCCESSFUL defence usually depends upon asking yourself questions like. ''What muM. declarer have for his bid? What Is he trying to do? What musi my partner have if we are to defeat the contract?" And. of course, coming up with the right answers. Thus,, when West opened211 words
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Article, Illustration318 1948-06-01 2 Roy Ferroa - PUTTING THEM WISE Roy Ferroa by TH E ever-growuifi popularity of America and English films among the Chi-nese-educated masses m Singapore, who do not understand English, has led the three largest cinemas to screen Chinese subtitles m conjunction with the main film. The latest theatre to adopt this is the318 words
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Miscellaneous699 1948-06-01 2 •3,300 Or VZPPZZ 4TH€ &v3\ S^x ff^ST^ r v^O\g/ U §> TO CUBE SINGAPORE Programmes In English: 10 55 S.E.A.C. n r to zoo p.m. En^h Bch^b .Broad- BAI>IO SE AC blasting fro» ;i M^S^3rT2 Neii: V.40 V Knnj German Colombo; Colon, on the followt»V. 11 metr 'band His Oich699 words
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Miscellaneous212 1948-06-01 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR fortune forecast foi others ■Mcc you detest people born today ■impthig, advw ftom DORN today, you are others! emotional and im- You think m terms of pulsive and must learn to the grandiose. and you hold yourself m check at feel your efforts are betimes of crisis.212 words
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Article, Illustration14 1948-06-01 3 Rundstedt will stay behind -ommander o; Hi tot leave Britain b of war r.14 words
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Article19 1948-06-01 3 Japan' s economy "is chaotic" I Japan are chaotic under ecupation authority, Mr. Howard H. Wickersfrom the Orient. A.P.A.P. - 19 words
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Article65 1948-06-01 3 SIAM'S muivalent o* the Loch S'ess .sea monster a giant crocodile has reappeared. A river boat commg from Singhaburi to Bangkok along the Menam Ghao Phyc r eported it icas jed jor an hour by a tdOt stretching all the across the river." Siam*Qend has it that theA.P. - 65 words
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Article47 1948-06-01 3 THE Pope m a radio addr to the Hungarian people i jpwhich he said had occurred m ountry. .v:io was speak- anruv r.>ury Intemation^i EuchC mff] at which he •dtd as Cardinal delegate. bed upon the "tragedies afflictions which befell during the war.47 words
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Article694 1948-06-01 3 GERMAN PRISONERS GO BACK HOME 'Shuttle 7 service from Britain BY ALVIN STEINKOPF, AJ\ Correspondent QREAT Britain is seem/the last of a lot of visitors—- the rearguard of 517,000 German war prisoners is moving toward the ports of embarkation. Two busy British steamers, shuttling back and forth across the North694 words
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Article, Illustration18 1948-06-01 3 a majestic background as (he hunters are judged during the Royal Windsor Horse Show held m the castlegrounds.18 words
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Article91 1948-06-01 3 UUKBALAHAP suicide squads 11 have been organized to liquidate persons they consider unfriendly to some high officials m the Government of Pampanga. Governor. Colonel Jose Ungad told an audience at San Fernando. Lingad. elected to the post on a strongly anti-Hukbala-hap ticket, said the Huk>s wereA.P. - 91 words
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Article33 1948-06-01 3 German brewers In Frankfurt are refusing to acoept bread coupons for a beer ration. They say they don't want the family to starve while thirsty husbands drink the bread ration.33 words
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Article223 1948-06-01 3 'Fans never so many' G.B.S. MR. George Bernard Shaw, m an open letter to Mr. Michael Foot, Labour M.P. and editor of the Socialist weekly, Tribune, writes to "warn" Mr. Foot that M my fans and disciples are so numerous that a claim on his part to be anti-Shavian orA.P. - 223 words
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Article161 1948-06-01 3 'THE text of tile Bulgarian-Polish alliance has re--1 vealed <that the two countries have agreed to provide aid m case of an attack by Germany, or a German ally. The twenty-year-treaty wjw signed m Warsaw yesterday, thus following the same pattern as other recent Eastern BlocU.P. - 161 words
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Article60 1948-06-01 3 1/RKD TAYLOR, old-age pensioner, of Perth, Western Australia. won £3,000 m a recent lottery. The Social Service Department has ruled that he will lose his pension until he has reduced the prize to £650. Fred has been told that he must reduce the money at a "reasonable rate"Reuter; AAP - 60 words
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94 1948-06-01 3 |>OLICE fear that America's 1 holiday week-end death roll may total nearly 400 before the nation goes back to work on Tuesday. More than 100 died on Saturday m car smashes, drownings and other accidents, and highways will be jammed with trafficU.P. - 94 words
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Article28 1948-06-01 3 Lidice, a small Illinois village which renamed itself to annoy the Nazis after they razed Lidice In Czechoslovakia, new wants to chance its name to annoy the Russians.28 words
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Article106 1948-06-01 3 MISS Unity Mitford. Hitler's former girl friend, died m Oban hospital, aged 33. Unofficial reports say she died from meningitis of the brain, resulting from bullet wounds, which caused her hurried departure from Munich on Christmas Day, 1939. Miss Mitford's romance with Hitler beganU.P. - 106 words
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Article61 1948-06-01 3 A reliable source m Hyderabad revealed that a settlement had been reached between Hyderabad and India, and a formal signing will take place about June 5 at New Delhi. The source said the settlement is m the form of a treat}'. He indicated that Hyderabad state, which la61 words
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Article, Illustration62 1948-06-01 3 Naval ratings giving a display of ladder and rope climbing at their icarblitzed drill hall, Portsmouth. They are preparing for the Royal tournament at Olympia. One car can b(' gee* on the winding ribbon o] tru don-to-the-coast road a strikvig eiamule of hoii th< basic petrol cut emptied Britain's road*,62 words
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Miscellaneous17 1948-06-01 3 TARZAS^? Targ€t fly WW /?w Burroughs ■j r4-»nJ TK£ ANO TAB7AN 4^ P2OM W'NDOWS AND DOORWAYS HEAOS17 words
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811 1948-06-01 4 The Singapore Free Press TUESDAY. June 1, 1948. The Forces of Disorder THi ..> plain speaking, m the Federal Legislative Council yesterday on lawlessni ss and subversion, but what m the end did it amount to There is industrial strife accompanied by violent crime, I id Mr. V. M. N.811 words
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866 1948-06-01 4 by CHRISTOPHER SHAWCROSS, M.R, one of the 23 Labour delegates to the Hague Congress of Europe. THE best possible proof that Britain's Labour Party and other Socialist parties m Europe should have given official support to the Hague Congress was the mass meeting866 words
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Article521 1948-06-01 4 Hal Boyle - Hal Boyle TODAY'S PROFILE: Ami ret A mireyevich i By A. P. Correspondent THE United Nations U losing its biggest drawing card this summer with the departure of Andrei Andreyevich Gromyko, the "oldest young man m the world. A Lake Success will not be the same without521 words
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Article221 1948-06-01 4 M. T. LEONG - M. T. LEONG k A Chinese Ix^ends By 1 ANY Chinese will re- member the wisdom of Wong, the magistrate of Fukien. A native of Chekiang. Wong had journeyed to Fukien to assume the post of a magistrate long before the Chinese Republic. One dap, a poor man came to221 words
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Article20 1948-06-01 4 Koa^st not thyself of to morrow: for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth. Proverbs I" A20 words
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Article, Illustration44 1948-06-01 4 The youngest model is the title for Margaret Harding five months old, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs L N Harding, of Golders Green. London, who poses for photographers. With her is sister Eli:abeth, 3, who also earns money modelling children's clothes44 words
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Article, Illustration691 1948-06-01 4 PERCY CARTER - IT WAS BEVIN'S DAY PERCY CARTER There's no pining for the seaside on sunny days among the children who belong to London's first "do-as-you-please" playground. The group here are engrossed m building a wall, mixing concrete and trundling up materials. In the background, an "armed p; mounts guard with an691 words
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340 1948-06-01 5 BIG DROP IN FIRE LOSSES LAST YEAR Free Press Staff Reporter TIRE losses m Singapore last year fell from 7.7 per cent, of the value of property at risk m 1946 to 1.7 per cent., says Mr. J. G. Shaw, Superintendent of the Fire Brigade, m a review of the340 words
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Article, Illustration24 1948-06-01 5 and Mrs. Ng Koh Thiong after their wedding on Sunday. Bestman icas Mr. Ho Chow Chang and the bridesmaid teas Miss Lim Phay Yeow.24 words
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Article11 1948-06-01 5 MORE PAY WON'T CUT PRICES Letter To Editor kets of put11 words
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246 1948-06-01 5 Indians' political, rights "No such thing,' says Councillor OPEAKING m the Legislative Council yesterday Mr. S. C. Goho (Rural West) said that he strongly deplored such statements as "political rights of the Indians must be protected," which recently appeared m the Press. "There is no such thing as political rights246 words
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Article180 1948-06-01 5 'I'm innocent' AFTER hearing sentence of six months' rigorous imprisonment, passed on him by court martial at Tanglin yesterday. Capt. Christopher Macßae. Seaforth Highlanders, told reporters: "Having sacrificed the lives of almost my entire family and the best i of* my own lift- to the service of180 words
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Article47 1948-06-01 5 TEACHERS TO DISCUSS POLIO THE Singapore TYaeh* rs' Union is holding rui cmer;y meeting on Friday at 10 a m. at the Union premises In North Bridge Road to propose ways and moans of making up for the loss of Dolio dlacusa State lotteries and genera] matters47 words
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142 1948-06-01 5 'MUST STOP VIOLENCE, GANGSTERISM' IN the Legislative Council yesterday, Mr. S. C. Goho (Rural West) emphasised that violence m labour disputes must be ruthlessly suppressed or the Singapore Government would be considered a weakling government. And a weakling government would be no government at all, he declared. "I wish to142 words
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Article59 1948-06-01 5 EMERGENCY broadcasts from Radio Malaga to schools are now m their third week. The service has been extended to include a special period for students of the Singapore Trade School. The service for School Certificate students has been revised to include two periods of Latin during the week.59 words
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Article, Illustration97 1948-06-01 5 Dr. T. S. Cheng, the Chinese Ambassador to London, and Lord Fraser t Com-mander-in -Chief, Portsmouth, with representatives of the British Board of Admiralty, attended a ceremony at Portsmouth when two former British Navy vessels, H.M.S. Aurora (now the Chungking iwd the destroyer Mendip (now the Lingfu) were handed over97 words
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Article276 1948-06-01 5 Labour unrest 'is spreading Free Press Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. DURING the debate m the Legislative Council today on the payment of higheT cost of living allowances to Government employees, Mr. M. P. RajagopaL, seeking more payment for certain classes of dailypaid workers, spoke of the "spreading labour unrest prevailing276 words
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Article, Illustration24 1948-06-01 5 Tiicity JT^use a weU-known landmark to pre-war Singa poreans tn Bukit Tiuuui Road, has re-started business after a lapse of more ihan six ueurt<24 words
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Article143 1948-06-01 5 10,400 DOGS LICENSED IN COLONY A RECORD number of 10,409 dogs was registered In Singapore m 1947, reports the Municipal Veterinary Officer, Mr. D. H. Witherington. For the first time In the Animal Infirmary, hyperimmunised dofes were used with reasonable success as serum producers and blood donors for caii/ cases143 words
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428 1948-06-01 5 Free Press Staff Reporter rpHE Singapore Government has every reason la hope that at the end of June the Fedciation tf Malaya will remove control over the movement of rice, and that this will result m a further fail m the price428 words
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Article16 1948-06-01 5 A SINGAPORE registered society, the "Weng Mci Kwun" has been ordered to be dissolved.16 words
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Article164 1948-06-01 5 NO DELAY IN PAYING ALLOWANCES AFTER making an "imme- diate payment' oi a month's salary to its sta!! an advance against arrears oi cost of living and hou allowances, the Government will proceed with "the utmost rapidity U? pay the rema der payable wider th rates. The acting Financial Baa164 words
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Article55 1948-06-01 5 The Malayan IGovernment has the new post of officer-in-charge. Malayan estabi. ment, m India. Th;> a... n sponsible for dealing with Govrrnment servants goina: on leave and retirement to India, and labourers returning from Malaya to India. The post of Ass: Emigration ComnusMom r. Negapatam. will55 words
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Article475 1948-06-01 6 JEWISH FRONTS ALMOST UNBROKEN Two weeks 7 fighting m Palestine •TWO weeks after the state of Israel went to war its 1 armies are holding the frontiers almost unbroken and are fighting deep m Arab territory m an effort to raise the siege of Jerusalem. Almost complete censorship blacks ouit475 words
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129 1948-06-01 6 THIRTY British soldiers, who say they are "deserters" from the Irish Guards have moved into Palestine to lead 30 Arab commando squads, each of 70 men m Fawzi Kawkji's Liberation Army. Describing themselves as "strictly on roving commissions," one said: "We are free to da:hA.P. - 129 words
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Article52 1948-06-01 6 CCUSATIONS of "anti- white" and "anti-Ameri-can" recently hurled at the Philippines presidential aspirant, Mr. Jose Laurel, are denied by a Nationalista Party spokesman. Laurel gained a reputation as anti-American during the Japanese occupation and during the Roxas administration when he attacked the pro-American attitude of theA.P. - 52 words
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Article74 1948-06-01 6 ANEW Indian airline AirIndia International expects to offer the fastest service between India and Great Britain. It will fly between Bombay and London m approximately 18 hours. Oflicials of the Government Department of Civil Aviation say the airline expects to cut about an hour off present74 words
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Article47 1948-06-01 6 Mr. Bevan, Minister of Health: Next month I hope to relax some restrictions on privat? building Mr. Lennox-Boyd. (Tory M.Pj Are you aware I have now more unemployed brick* than constituents. Mr Be van: In the oast you had many more unemployed constituents than bricks47 words
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Article216 1948-06-01 6 rE Truman Administration has three answers to the threat of world Communism Mr. Arthur M. Hill, chairman of the National Security Resources Board, declared. They were 1. Full support of the Uniti d Nations. 2. Full support of the European Recovery programme. 2. Continued progress216 words
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Article104 1948-06-01 6 \|LLE Suzanne Karpeta Itl member of the Buddhist Study Institut? or Xndo-China and the French Research Institute m Hanoi, said m Colombo that the Buddhist Gtudv Institute of Indo-China had done extensive work on the Dublica'ion of the TriDitaka text and translations In Cambodian by senior monks104 words
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Article40 1948-06-01 6 The regalia strong room at Shoreditch Town Hall, E. proved too strong one night. No one could open it. The mayor, Alderman P. James, wevit to a council meeting without his chain, and the macebearer had no mace.40 words
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Article, Illustration293 1948-06-01 6 "THE Victoria State Government ii pushing ahead a 1 vast hydroelectric scheme to >upply one-third of the state's power. Known as the Kiewa project the hydroelectric installations are being built, 200 miles north of Melbourne. It will ooet an estimated £25 000--000 AustralianA.P.; International News - 293 words
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Article69 1948-06-01 6 A NSW rW'j marathon rl Skipping record of 21,133 turns m 1 hr. 50 mins. 15 I without a break was set up today by J. J. Brown, of Victoria. The previous record was 20,010 set up by T. Thompson of Colorado m 1932. Brown, icho isReuter - 69 words
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Article59 1948-06-01 6 DEPRESENTATIVE John J. McDowell d.manded an FBI Investigation of an alleged Red "Plot" to teare Congressmen into defeating th communist control bill. He said he and ottief members had received letters bearing forged signatures of prominent constituents threatened defeat at the polls if the legislators pressU.P. - 59 words
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Article38 1948-06-01 6 The Ceylon Cabinet has approved the draft proposals Hoarding Ceylon's sterling balances recently negotiated m London. The terms of th^ agreement, after ratification by the British Government, will shortly be announced simultaneously m London and Colombo.38 words
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Article29 1948-06-01 6 Monkey killing is an important part of Orissa's grow-more-food drive. The Government pays 4s 6d for every monkey killed and a special Annedy prepares skin doormats.29 words
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291 1948-06-01 6 FHE new Nationalist Government <,{ y, v h not likely to make any nio\, British Empire. Dr. Daniel Maian has often publican issue would hay» to be d< wiJl" of the people m an election. 1 gave him less votes than291 words
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11 1948-06-01 6 Jury weep during girl cruelty case E No I I l11 words
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51 1948-06-01 6 SIR John Boyd Orr. retiring D United Nations Food and A. tion, has proposed that tin? Br should take the kad m plans I to overcome increasing fo i The increasing world iood s threat to civilisation then H chanci 1 i51 words
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Miscellaneous58 1948-06-01 6 JANE Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press m Ma lava COULD NEVER LOVe"\ /-Birr IMIGHT LliT>N^\ I yKvHAT IF I SOLVE IT^i I f ,"S sg{ A MAN WHO LETS MERE)/ Tb A PROPOSAL FROM \f T&o^JANE'-is TiJiS 1 /OOSH!— A^\ MtHdTghS INTERFERE /I YOU IF YOU COULD TELL I58 words
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Article536 1948-06-01 7 Champion 3-y-o at his best Free Press Racing Reporter WITH a big advantage m the weights No Regrets, the champion three-year-old of the Malayan Turf. is strongly fancied to beat Oriental and Gold Caste m the six furlong sprint for cracks at Ipoh tomorrow,536 words
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16 1948-06-01 7 I B tk.u I In nne :he r the ReuterReuter - 16 words
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Article150 1948-06-01 7 a ere lucky to hold the S.C.C. to .hen they nut yesterday on the > V V soccer game. ftvv minutes, the Airmen got g minutes through a r t I half tune when Clifton hit the bail hard only to miss the crossby150 words
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Article, Illustration28 1948-06-01 7 Aitken, SC.C. goalkeeper, rises to punch the ball avay m yesterday's first division soccer match on the padang uhich ended m a draw see report m this page).28 words
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357 1948-06-01 7 Y orkshire win by innings HUTTON 176 n.o. yOKKSHIKF. tor whom Leu Ilutton, made a 1 classical 176 not out m a total 309 for five ired, yesterday trounced Sussex by an innings im I 65 runs m an English County cricket championship game. Sussex were spun out for 167357 words
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Article54 1948-06-01 7 ROARING Ftrtfci will not run m the Derby unless there is considerable rainfa'l and the going becomes soft, it was stated by his owner. Mrs. R. Mac Donald Buchanan yesterday. "In ?uch a case he will probably run and give a good account of him.st If Mrs. MacReuter - 54 words
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34 1948-06-01 7 'J'HE Singapore District Signals won a good victory over the Singapore Chinese Engineering Association by three goals to nil at Geylang yesterday m a second division S.A.F.A. league ;natch.34 words
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320 1948-06-01 7 KOTA RAJA MADE SCORING LOOK SIMPLE 'THE sirong Kota Raja team made goal-scoring l«ok simple when they beat 19th Air Formation Signals by eight goals to nil m a second division league soccer match on the padang yesterday. A feature of the game was the hat-trick by Sharif! Madon. Had320 words
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Article82 1948-06-01 7 KEITH Johnson, manager of j the Australian cricket team m England, disclosed yesterday that the Aust- ralians have drawn £10,000 In receipts from games so far played. This, said Jonnson, was better than the corresponding period on the 1938 tour, despite bad weather naving cutA.P. - 82 words
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Article46 1948-06-01 7 Th«- <oing is Mtely to be good tomorrow, if the prati I spell of S< od weather continue Likely seratrhings are: Some ("las». King's Yale, Golden Gypsy, Tollana, Snaps, Broiue I l.i-li Oaklaw. Iron Duke. King sicn. Mar.heta 111. My Bachelor, raidan.46 words
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Article328 1948-06-01 7 WEIGHTS for all eight races tomorrow, the second day of the Perak Turf Club Summer Meeting, are: Hors,., liss 1, Div. I—61 6 Furs. Some Class 9.04 King Vale 8.00 Oriental 8.13 No Reerets7.l2 G i Caste 8. 12 Gold.n Princess Gypsy 7.09 K;n^ Toll ana 7.07328 words
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Article, Illustration22 1948-06-01 7 S.C.C. defender handle* m the penalty urea foliowtna a flag-kick m yesterday's game between SCO nnd RAF. (see report)22 words
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Article313 1948-06-01 7 Robin - Robin By R..VF. Changi, scoring five goals j n the la-t 10 minutes of yesterday's S.A.F.A. Firsi Division match against A.A.A. at Jalan Besar Stadium, gave a valuable boost to 4 heir goal average. Changi won seven-one, and all the goals came m theYee Kiang - 313 words
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372 1948-06-01 7 J£AIN again tut into cricket on Monday but its effect wa.s slight at Nottingham whore the Au. i tralians bu:lt up a solid advantage against Nottinghamshire. Bill Brown hit his founh hundred m his last five innings, but neither ho nor Don Bradman were completelyA.P. - 372 words
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Article531 1948-06-01 7 CRUSADER - Loyalty to state or community? CRUSADER ARENA By TTHE decision of the Council of the Football AssociaI tion to hold an inquiry into the conduct of 4 he two Malay State players, Shariff bin Awang and Mcihd Noor Yunos for alleged refusal to play for Selangor against Penang m a531 words
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Article36 1948-06-01 7 THE Ir.sh un w h eh played the Spanish an Sunday left Barcelona I Dublin. The Sparr.i^h team d. I I on Bub was »h<^ fif*h socc< i bftween the two Yams- A.P.A.P. - 36 words
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Advertisement39 1948-06-01 7 3 3 TAI KIN SHAN" May, Sails for Bangkok 2nd June. ;r:ruiars Apply: EAST ASIA TRADING CO. (sum) LTD. ttcdH Bangkok) U Koi<j (»nd Floor) Phon e is«t I BAN SEJIG CO. N Hrd«e Roa«j Phon c 7066 11139 words
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Miscellaneous248 1948-06-01 7 F.P. Crossword No. 399 W~Wi} F~T 1 i 4 p i 5 LILIIIIIILII l!i L W _H_3_S!ll!l !L l 7 1 I_II 2T22 ""23 P~P ..J 27 28 H29 ll_li 31 I I 1 ILLfca AC KU.>> 2, Meet (9). 7, One of the cats (4). 9. Eggs <3>. 10.248 words
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Article424 1948-06-01 8 WALL OF WATER WIPES OUT TOWN Hundreds are feared dead PORTLAND (Oregon), Monday. HUNDREDS of persons, mo-' of them children, are feared drowned m Vanport. war-built prefab town of 23,000 inhabitants, which tonight lies submerged by flood waters from the Columbia River. A wall of water swept the town yesterday,Reuter; A.P. - 424 words
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Article, Illustration49 1948-06-01 8 Cj -iracn.-i, London, is one of the most pleasant spots m London just noio—it is a mass of colour after the bril-l.a-it sunshine. Here, the rhododendrons and tulips are both blooming together. Usually, the tulips have well passed their glory before the rhododendrons reach a full blaze of colour.49 words
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233 1948-06-01 8 COMMON SPHERE IN S.E. ASIA India does not aspire to 'lead' OPENING a conference of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry at New Delhi, the Prime Minister, Pandit Nehru, rejected the idea of Indian domination of South-East Asia, but called for, cooperation with other countries m building up a •'common233 words
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Article80 1948-06-01 8 ALWAYS DRY ON TUESDAY NO liquor can be served at N m Delhi on Tuesdays as a result of legislapushed through by orthodox Hindus out of respect for the Monkey God Hanuman. This is part of the drive against modem customs, especially drinking N > liquor can be served onU.P. - 80 words
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Article181 1948-06-01 8 LONDON, Monday. INCREASED buying and selling prices for Malayan tin and Nigerian tin concentrates effective June 1 were announced today by the Ministry of Supply. The buying price for Malayan tin metal is increased from £504 to £554 per ton at the smelter's (Penang or Sinsap*A.P. - 181 words
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Article220 1948-06-01 8 SHANGHAI, Monday. THE important Shantung railway city of Taian, 40 miles south of the provincial capital of Tsinan, fell today under the concerted attack of four Communist columns totalling some 60,000 troops. The Red aim appears to be to cripple the southern section ofA.P. - 220 words
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Article36 1948-06-01 8 BOMB SCARE IN LON DON Police radio cars closed the London Exchange yesterday to all but members after a mysterious telephone caller had said That a bomb had been planted there. No bomb was f' inri.36 words
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Article60 1948-06-01 8 THE celebrated soprano. Miss Isobel Saillie. who, during the last week, has given concerts to packed houses m Singapore, Kuala Lumpur and Penang. is giving a farewell concert tonight m the Victoria Memorial Hall. Singapore. The programme will coni tain some items from each of I60 words
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Article21 1948-06-01 8 The worst Hunan floods In 24 years have affected 8,000,--000 people. All four rivers m the province have overflowed21 words
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Article25 1948-06-01 8 Hailstone's "the size of eggs" pounded a wide area north of Toklo. In three hours, more than 3,000 acres of crops were destroyed.25 words
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Article133 1948-06-01 8 He posed as woman for 26 years PARIS, Monday. A FRENCHMAN, Jacques Schindenhammer, who has successfully posed as a woman for 26 years and who beat 250 women for the title of "Miss Seduction," asked a Paris court today: "What's wrong with wearing skirts? Priests and lawyers do it." Schindenhammer,Reuter - 133 words
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Article, Illustration259 1948-06-01 8 'I'D RATHER GO TO JAIL' -ROBESON WASHINGTON, Monday. PHE famous Negro singer, Paul Kobeson today x refused to tell the Senate Judiciary Committee whether he is a member of the American Communist Party. Appearing with several other witnesses, to oppose the Mundt-Nixon Communist Control Bill, Mr. Kobeson said he wasReuter - 259 words
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Article170 1948-06-01 8 Trade with Japan on basis THE British Treasury and Gen. Mac Arthur last night jointly announced an agreement between Britain and the Colonies, except Hong Kong, under which both private and government trade between Japan and the sterling area countries will be on a cash sterling basis. Japan, however, willReuter; A.P.; U.P. - 170 words
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Article125 1948-06-01 8 ARTISTS ON TOUR MUST PAY TAXES Free Press Staff Reporter THE Comptroller of Income 1 Tax Singapore, Mr. D. H. Tudor, told the Free Pn-ss today that visiting artists and others who "hope to make remuneration out of their stay m the Colony" will be liable to taxation ture. "Most125 words
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Article109 1948-06-01 8 LONDON, MONDAY. COR the first time In history 1 a woman presided over proceedings m the chamber of the House of Commons tonight. She is Mrs. Florence Paton, Labour member of Parlia- ment. who had been selected by the Speaker to take charge during a debateReuter - 109 words
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Article464 1948-06-01 8 London Stock Exchange LONDON, Monday. A STATE of extreme idleness existed m the London stock markets today and, while price levels were generally steady, a note of caution has been introduced by the new condition of South African politics and by the stalemate m Palestine464 words
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Article127 1948-06-01 8 A SPECIAL Market correspondent jtrea the prices of robber at 11 a.m. today a* follows: Bayers SHlers Cts. Oil per Ib. per 1b No. 1 R.S.S. Spot loose 43*. 44 No 1 ESS. rob m bales Jane 44 44', No. 2 ESS fat) m bales June 43 No.127 words
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Article85 1948-06-01 8 NINETEEN armed bandits. wi. train m Ethiopia were beaten off by a British Arr ha St<>n gun The bandits had placed a tree across the line and tin train came to a halt. Shots fired by the bandits were anred by the sergeant and itA.P.; Reuter - 85 words
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Article15 1948-06-01 8 Nine Japanese industi are visits. .nji to exchange raw silk lor ar.tomcbiies. sail, and miiuials.15 words
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24 1948-06-01 8 President Benes may quit this week l p A v A I I El Dr Whi' to si mi By B*n"., to ha ReuterReuter - 24 words
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Miscellaneous42 1948-06-01 8 —WEATHER I Rain W LATHER report for the next 24 hours compiled by the RAF: Cloud y with »t c asmnal. Rain at first beromins fair tonight; Wind: variable, mainly southwesterl>. Temperature: Max. HO deg. mm. n deg. Rainfall: 3 69 ins.42 words
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Miscellaneous16 1948-06-01 8 STORE HIGH TIDES HIGH LOW Today: 4.24 ajn; C. 24 p.m. Wed.: 5 55a.r0; 7.11 p.m.16 words
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