The Singapore Free Press, 7 June 1948
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Title Section18 1948-06-07 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA E; SINGAPORE, MONDAY, JUNE 7, 1948 PRICF HI lEMS18 words
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Article268 1948-06-07 1 Govt support for small traders Food control group scheme Free Press Matt Reporter THE Food Control Department is working 1 on a scheme to encourage Singapore retailers to organise small groups to deal direct with foodstuffs importers m order to cut out middle men" profits. Importers will be asked to268 words
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162 1948-06-07 1 It's not the wages, says a reader A FREE PRESS reader, signing himself "Sama-Sama", writes: The Colonial Secretary's appeal to merchants to "cut the prices" deserves the fullest support. The wage-earning public m particular would appreciate it if traders acted on it. Some of them seem to think "the trouble162 words
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Article43 1948-06-07 1 Free Press Staff Reporter A CHINESE pedestrian was knocked down by a taxi at the junction of Cross Street and New Bridge Road about 11.30 last night. He received minor injuries and was taken to the General Hospital.43 words
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Article21 1948-06-07 1 The Commissioner-General, Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald, left Singapore by air early this morning for visit to China.21 words
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Article75 1948-06-07 1 Free Press SUIT Report Johore Bahru. Monday. THERE was no change m the situation om Johore's troubled estates this morning, j No violence has been reported m the past 24 hours. Police and troops are still on the alert and are carrying out systematic searches on75 words
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Article23 1948-06-07 1 STRAITS TRADING 1917 LOSS pr»>E the I carme m f > the j st of I EL E -538.B 7 |r IT Ir Mon-23 words
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Article313 1948-06-07 1 Free Press Staff Reporter *iniE Colonial Secretary, Mr. P. A. B. McKerron, who launched a "cut *h* prices" campaign at the last meeting of the Singapore Legislative Council, told the Free Press recently, while discussing his cost of living index chart, that fish was the313 words
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Article52 1948-06-07 1 Frc« Press SUIT Reporter A CHINESE mandore, Chua Seng Yong, who was shot near the Chua Guan Hong rubber factory m Jurong on Saturday is still m a serious condition. Five Chinese, arrested m connection with the shooting, will be charged m court this morning with52 words
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170 1948-06-07 1 AMMAN, Sunday. r\ATE for a truce m Palestine has now been fixed provisionally for Thursday, June 10. This was disclosed tonight after a two-and-a-half hour flying visit by Count Folke Bernadotte to the Transjordan capital, where he conferred with King Abdullah. Extension ofReuter; A.P.; U.P. - 170 words
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90 1948-06-07 1 Free Press Stall Reporter SINGAPORE police arrested three men during the night m connection with a trisha robbery at Lorong 3, Geylang Road, last night. A trisha rider, hired by a! Chinese from the Happy, World to Kirn Keat Road, went instead m the90 words
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Article63 1948-06-07 1 Free Press Staff Reporter A CHINESE taxi driver was assaulted last night and '< then robbed of a wrist watch i and cash by two Chinese who posed as passengers. The driver said the two men j hired his vehicle from the Happy World, and63 words
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Article27 1948-06-07 1 Soviet paper* on Sunday published prominently requests by the Hungarian and Rumanian Governments for a reduction m their reparation debt to the Soviet Union.27 words
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Article38 1948-06-07 1 American President Lines yesterday announced the first ship on the restored Atlantic coast-Malaya service will sail on June 7 from Singapore and I June 26 from New York, Sin Francisco and Los AnI be intermediate por'38 words
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Article70 1948-06-07 1 Post script to the C-G AT the end of the Commissioner-General's broadcast from Radio Malaya last night— in which Mr. MacDonald* attacked Communism a listener telephoned the station to ask the name of the composer of the symphony which was played immediately at the end of the talk. •Tchaikovsky." said70 words
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Article128 1948-06-07 1 JOGJAKARTA, Sunday. INDONESIAN Republican Army men are being 1 demobilised m West Java and sent home, Dr. Mohammed Roem, leader of the Republican delegation negotiating with the Dutch, declared today. He was commenting on a statement by Gen. Sudirman, Republican C-in-C, that the army might "takeReuter - 128 words
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Article33 1948-06-07 1 Free Press Staff Reporter A Chinese woman crossing the junction of Killiney Road and Orchard Road about 8.30 this morning was knocked ''r.wn by a motor cyclist. She red slight injuries.33 words
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Article, Illustration220 1948-06-07 1 Malays split on mission offer Free Frees Staff Reporter TNCHE Taha Kalu, vice-president of tihe Malay Na--1 tionalist Party, this morning rejected an invitation to meet the Australian goodwill mission, headed by Mr. W. MacMahon Ball. Inche Kalu told the Free Press: "I declined for obvious reasons. My party's views220 words
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Article300 1948-06-07 1 MR BALL HAD A 'BRUTAL' EVENING Free Press Staff Reporter AT Bukil Serene, the residence of the i'omir.teyionrrGeneral, community leaders met on Saturday night the Australian Goodwill Mission. For Mr. Macmahon Ball and his team, it was a harassing evening. When the time came to leave, Mr. Maomahon I said300 words
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Article167 1948-06-07 1 IT WAS ALL OVER SOUR GRAPES Free Press Staff Reporter A BUNCH of grapes was the cause of a minor riot m Tiong Bahxu last night. The trouble began when a man and his wife argued at a fruit stall over the price of a bunch of grapes. This led167 words
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Article14 1948-06-07 1 An earviiquafce oT moderate hitensity jolted Tofcio aixl ita suburbs early today.14 words
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Article51 1948-06-07 1 Free Press Staff Reporter rVO Chinese gangsters. on.» armed with a pistol, were scared off by a Neil Road Chinese family yesterday The gangsters entered the house by the front door. When the occupants ran to the back and raised an alarm, they left without taking51 words
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Article762 1948-06-07 2 BATTLE FOR MALAYA DUPLICATED press conference m London a few days ago. He should know, for he has been "recruiting sergeant" for the Colonial Service since- he left the army In 1919. That 4 per cent, includes, too, officers engaged by the Crown Agents for the Colonies and also a762 words
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Article217 1948-06-07 2 Hall Romney - Hall Romney By IF war came again to Malaya that is the hypothesis underlying the activities of Lord Montgomery, < ief of the Imperial Genera] Staff, and senior officers from Malaya, among others, at the peaceful little Surrey town of Camberley, some ten miles removed from Aldershot, last217 words
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Article221 1948-06-07 2 ELTON C. FAY - ELTON C. FAY By A.P. Correspondent A MERICAN Army l\ ractar experimenters don't want ju»j the moon. They are now aiming at more d'staat marks. Plans to explore the face of the moon with radar are but a step toward an eventual attempt to bounce221 words
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Article, Illustration82 1948-06-07 2 Sailors don't usually believe in mermaids, but when Dennis Doioel, of Weymouth, Ken Duffy, of Stanley. Co. Durham, and Dick English, of Newcastle, went for a row in Plymouth Souna In the warm spring sunshine, they were surprised to see something (or someone) on the rocks. It turned out to82 words
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Article68 1948-06-07 2 (jiKAM Rg MAKY RUB, who is not yet two years old. pit ked up a 2 ft. 6 ins snake while olaying m the Harden at her home at LJftnmre. New South Wales, and bit it. drawing blood. Her horrified mother, had to smack the child's handsReuter; AAP - 68 words
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Article, Illustration176 1948-06-07 2 "yyHEN this hand was published here some wwks ago. East dropped the king on the lead of the club ace so West led another club. South ruffed, got to dummy with another trump and lost the diamond finesse. Then West l«i a third club and this column got176 words
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Article744 1948-06-07 2 THE SEA GIVES UP ITS LIQUID GOLD j/VLiJCi uut wea.imy, wit: 7,000 whaling men of Britain's great Antarctic armada are beginning to stumble ashore at Liverpool for their first glimpse m seven month green trees, song birds, girls and beer It has been a good killing. The 200 hunting ships744 words
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Article24 1948-06-07 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR Dm D an *U UMU. m m so« All a pi and i\*-\er if t »«f h<lp v wit and Mlrf24 words
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Advertisement89 1948-06-07 2 Msgiificeit Recorditgt JJ^ BEETHOVEN SOCIETY ISSUES VIOLIN SONATAS v^ Played \,y FRITZ KRtISLER («*l »«<! FRANZ RUPP Vol. I <**.— No. I: Op. IS N ,0f No. 2: Op. r9 No 3: Op IS N DB -:BOT-78«e Vfll II rtl.-NO. 4 Op 21 Mawr Op. 34 m F Mak*; w89 words
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Miscellaneous682 1948-06-07 2 \l Oil EST M \M>E\S Tr*jcJM't Rrf><(fr«t U S P»l«m 0*»cr "77ic champ's taking a very dun view of everything today. SINGAPORE > Summary, Topical Talk Fi-atur. •> 7.45 Master Pianist A j vjoi wni- announcomf nts; 8.30 Tuesday recital by Paderewski; 8. Singers Fn»m UJ)9 noon to 2.00 p.m.682 words
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Article149 1948-06-07 3 A Suggestion thai 50,000 American aliens should be allowed "to enlist m an American "Foreign Legion" for five years, was made by Senator Cabot Lodge after the House of Representatives had approved tfre largest U.S. Naval appropriation m peacetime: Dodge suggested that the aliens shouldA.P. - 149 words
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Article94 1948-06-07 3 TWO fair -haired boys, left m Prague by their parents, told their grandfather that they were going for a walk. They took sandwiches and walked as far a$ the U.S. lone frontier of Germany. There Mila, aged two. and Jan. aged eight, said "We want to goReuter - 94 words
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335 1948-06-07 3 U.K. PRODUCING 'SMART ALEC' OFFICIALS lords ridicule mental agility tests WEEK-END country-house parties where young men are tested out for the Civil Service are producing for Britain "smart- Alecs who can sell 12 cars m an hour to an Aberdonian but not capable civil servants" according to speakers m a335 words
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Article, Illustration5 1948-06-07 3 King visits Chelsea flower show5 words
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Article117 1948-06-07 3 THE Irish Folklore Commission disclosed «n Belfast that it has located a modern Homer who spins novel-length yarns at the drop of a hat. He iff Angus McMillan. 74--year-old farmer, loho spent his life on the Islands of Benbecula m the Outer Hebrides. For weeks. MeMillanU.P. - 117 words
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Article25 1948-06-07 3 New York State's GovernI ment will buy an occasional beer for its employees working overtime, but refuses to pay for "hard liquors."25 words
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Article235 1948-06-07 3 FIFTY-FOUR-YEAR-OLD Dr. Kenneth Graham Wrigley, who lived m Somerset-road. Almondbury. Huddersfield. with his ex-balk< dancer wife, described M a "Picket Venus," was m dread of action police and the General Medical Council, on an I drug offen. >ter entered m to find h m nssuflering I235 words
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147 1948-06-07 3 f* RANTING a decree nLsi to VI a 61 -year-old woman a Swansea S. Wales th*> Jud^-' said she had been separated from her husband for 31 n and now wanted to marry another man who was kind to her. .said v was not until147 words
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Article26 1948-06-07 3 The Czechoslovak Governmem disclosed yesterday that 1.000 people had escaped from Czechoslovakia sinco the February crisis. which brought the Communist to power. ReuterReuter - 26 words
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Article, Illustration144 1948-06-07 3 Wilhelmina abdicates on Sept. 4 QUEEN WUhelmina of the Netherlands will abdicate on Sept. 4, and her daughter, Crown Princess Juliana, will assume the throne that day and be sworn m as Queen two days later, it was officially announced at The Hague. The Queen, m poor health for- months,A.P. - 144 words
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Article129 1948-06-07 3 (CHINA'S Dr. T F. Tsiang j has joined Russia and the Ukraine in abstaining from voting on the Security Council's decision to empower the Uni*ed Nations Kashmir Commission to study all controversies existing between India and Pakistan. Tsiang urged Pakistan to withdraw its charges thatU.P. - 129 words
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Article34 1948-06-07 3 The itork is likely to be-| come non-existent m Switzerland, the Ornithological Ob-; server" warns. There were, only eight nests m Switzerland last season, and only five broods resulted, with 20 young.34 words
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Article174 1948-06-07 3 THE status of Brig. Glubb Pasha. British Commander of the Arab Legion, was explained by Mr. Ernest Bevin. British Foreign Secretary, m the House of Commons. Labour member Emrys Hughes, a critic of Mr. Bevin's Foreign policy, asked on what conditions Brig. Glubb Pasha had been loaned174 words
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Article101 1948-06-07 3 THE Czechoslovak Ministry of th^ Interior has directly charged the United States with conducting espionage m CV.c hoslovakia. Mr. Felix Uhl, former prominent member of the Peoples Party, will be charged with accepting money and documents from a foreign power for the purpose of espinage.Reuter; U.P. - 101 words
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Article99 1948-06-07 3 THE Australian Opposition leader, Mr. Robert Menzies. who is leaving for London, said at Melbourne that he would present to the British Government a 'definite plan for welding Empire countries together more closely and helping to restore Britain's position m world's affairs." Warning that the Empire99 words
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Article20 1948-06-07 3 The first postwar transSiberian train has arrived m Vladivostok. 5.790 miles from Moscow, m nine day* nine hour*.20 words
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Article38 1948-06-07 3 In its first, postwar purchas of American raw oo tjn on a privau? comp:tive ba^. Japoi.esc Beard of Trade has accepted bids of 42 American cotton firms for a toal of 45,000 baks of cotton38 words
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Article, Illustration55 1948-06-07 3 Food parcels jrort. South. Wales were distributed to SOO needy people of Westminster Mr John M Tully. Aaeut Gerurat tor Mew South Wales, mat present at the Caiton Hal the ceremony. (Left), Tommy Hundley, comeuau of IT. MA. fame and Mr Tully with 71 -year-ntd Liston,55 words
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Article207 1948-06-07 3 'Key money' racket in Hong Kong THERE are 62 "very beautiful' vacant houses IB one of the best residential a; m Kowloon < mainland about a mile across Hongkong Islana and they are vacant because the owners hope to obtain k< -y money ranging from $10 000 to $50,000 forReuter - 207 words
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Article23 1948-06-07 3 Finland ha& accepted a Russian offer of a $5.0' loan at two percent. Interest repayable m currency other than dolla-23 words
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Advertisement14 1948-06-07 3 RED DRAGON FOR SOLID CONSTRUCTION HAGEMEYER TRADING CO malaya LTD SINGAPORE KUALA LUMPUR PENANG14 words
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Miscellaneous22 1948-06-07 3 TARZAN Pause #>' r fVv Burroughs M* "it s; Wm <l? xvv "2000.' Ti SAO what H e have O€sCRi6€s c tasjan I22 words
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674 1948-06-07 4 The Singapore Free Press MONDAY. June 7, 1948. Malaya and the Red menace PANGtfXER, gunman and communist have combin- ed to confront Malaya with j a situation that is little short of a state of emer- gency. In the thirty-three months since the liberation •there have been periods of almost674 words
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Article916 1948-06-07 4 IN the 32 months of its existence, the Republic of Jogja has had its ups and downs. In the first year of its existence the Repubhc undertook to convince the world that its state and government were a reality. The Netherlands Government decided, m June 1946.916 words
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Article472 1948-06-07 4 HUGH SAVAGE - HUGH SAVAGE By MOKE than $50,000 is paid out every month to Singapore secret societies and gangs as protection money by thousands of Chinese business establishments and towkays. Some of this money is paid to "collectors" who visit coffee shops, artisan establishment, retailers, wholesalers, gambling rackets and several472 words
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Article, Illustration606 1948-06-07 4 HAL BOYLE - HAL BOYLE By A.P. Correspondent RIANY years ago a boy *^was born m Russia who had a great dream. The boy was a Jew. His dream was that his long wandering people again would come to Palestine. And into his dream the boy poured his whode606 words
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Article, Illustration27 1948-06-07 4 Lana Turner, newly married wife of American millionaire, Mr. Topping, hugs the winner of the first midget car race m England—a sport imported there by her husband.27 words
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Article339 1948-06-07 4 GEOFFREY CELDEN - GEOFFREY CELDEN AIR COLUMN I BY LAST week's news that Constellations which the Irish were going to fly on the Atlantic route will now replace the flying boats which Qantas and BOAC are operating on the U.K. to Australia route, raises the question of Kallang's future as a339 words
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Article, Illustration292 1948-06-07 4 M.T. Leong - M. T. Leong Chinese Legends By jyECAUSE Wang Choon's mother was not able to return the loan of rice taken at the beginning of the year, she was murdered by her neighbour on Sew Year's Eve. Poverty and the fear of further trouble prevented his father from fighting the case292 words
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Advertisement84 1948-06-07 4 jDtt (Qjht Camps with R K4 i>th.'.djhr^f!i 4141 ~V, Sole Agent (Incorporated w r SINGAPORJE P O BOX 8«« I>: PEKING. KtALA Ll'MPl R *M MM DRESSES GC SALE Drastic Reduction* Last f Tin i I I 82-1, BRAS BASAII ROAD, N>ar Rffles Hotel. pHQN- j>> H. B. WINTEI MERCHANT84 words
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Miscellaneous20 1948-06-07 4 FAITH Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth. Proverbs 27 120 words
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Article, Illustration583 1948-06-07 5 'MUST CRUSH REDS' —C-G issioner General of Malaya, Mr. D iid. m a broadcast from Radio t declared that the "bestial munis* agiitators must be struck defence of the free and decent igitaton were not satisfied trade unions on constitu::npartial conciliation m the NL.cDonald added the a making a desperate583 words
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Article, Illustration38 1948-06-07 5 1 A group picture taken at the formal opening last week by Dr. Wu Paak-shing of the Eng Choon Association of Kluang, Johore. During last December's floods, the premises of the Association were used as jl relief headquarters.38 words
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Article125 1948-06-07 5 Free Press Chinese Correspondent ARRANGEMENTS are being i\ made to set up a Chinese Vice-Consulate m the Rhio Archipelago and a Chinese community leader there will be selected to fill the honorary post of Vice-Consul. the Chinese Consul m Medan, Mr. Lee Ching-keng told the Free Press.125 words
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Article330 1948-06-07 5 THREE BIG MUNICIPAL PROMOTIONS Free Press Staff Reporter "p EFFECTING the proposals, lV now approved, for the reorganisation of the Singapore Municipal Secretariat, the transfer of Mr. T. M. Stevens to the new permanent post of Deputy Municipal Secretary created by the scheme te announced Mr. Stevens' post is m330 words
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Article67 1948-06-07 5 IN the first five months of this year, the former Axis countries have brought 41.776 ton s of rubber from Malaya: Germany has taken 25.141 tons, Italy, 10,795 tons and Japan 5,840 tons. The total exports from Malaya during the five months amounted to 391,931 tons, of67 words
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Article20 1948-06-07 5 The Rev. Alexander James Turner has been granted a licence to solemnize mar- j riages m Singapore.20 words
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Article334 1948-06-07 5 all medical officers slvould be regarded as members of a unified Malayan service and no discrimination should be made on account of race or place of qualification The same titles or designation* should be used for all medical officers who are performing similar duties. Seniority334 words
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Article67 1948-06-07 5 FILMS on the Royal Family will be screened at the Great World park on Thursday evening m conjunction with the celebrations on the King's Birthday. The Public Relations film unit's programme for this week is as follows: Monday at Jalan Yasin, Tuesday at Siglap Fishing Village,67 words
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Article335 1948-06-07 5 GovL warning Free Press Staff Reporter DECAUSE infringements of the Merchandise Marks Ordinance by small manufacturing firms are on the increase, the Singapore Government has issued a reminder that the Royal Coat of Arms or Royal crests cannot be used as a trade mark without a335 words
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Article, Illustration71 1948-06-07 5 These are some of the Ucnu of the Services Week which begins m Kuala Lumpur today. Upper picture shoivs a trick motor-cyclist, and lower picture shows men of the Royal Ceylonesc Pioneer Corps m a Kandyan dance. Services Week has been organised to create a spirit of mutual understanding and71 words
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226 1948-06-07 5 THE British Government has adopted a scheme to send teachers out to the vaj rious Colonies for experience. By arrangement with their employers m Britain, the teachers will be ensured security tenure m their present posts which will be kept open for them on226 words
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Article195 1948-06-07 5 Free Press Chinese Correspondent T^HE ppt ai Mice '1 I Japanese rubbers »v d -hoes on the Mai;. van n... fcsi has caused grave duoctrn to Th n< se fti< c manufacturers who considering requeuing <i.t; Government to impose ksirictions on :he im of195 words
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Article80 1948-06-07 5 THE trade and industry section of the M.A.H A. Exhibition, which will be held from July 31 10 Aug. 2 m Kuala Lumpur, is now ieady to receive applications for stall space. Applications should be addressed to the Hon. Secretary. Trade and Industry Section. M.A.H A.80 words
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179 1948-06-07 5 AMONG the few industries that have been free from labour troubles is the Malayan pineapple canning industry. And this record will be maintained by implementation of the policy of the packing factories to ensure that there will not be dislo- I cation of labour through179 words
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Article18 1948-06-07 5 Mr. G. T. Holloway has been appointed an Assistant Comptroller of Income Tax, Singapore.18 words
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Article26 1948-06-07 5 < Pasir Leba camp m Jurong has been re-occupied by the military, and the beach there is closed to civilians, says an official statement.26 words
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Article105 1948-06-07 6 UNITED States authorities m Berlin are to protest to ins over the recent arrest of Dr. Franklin. American Deputy Chief of Civil irs m Berlin, m a German camera shop. He was released after 17 hours. Covered by two Soviet tommygunners m the back seat105 words
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Article242 1948-06-07 6 Sawn-up body m pond BRITISH Secret Service officers are now working with Scotland Yard to try to solve the mystery of the sawn-up body found at Potters Bar, Mddlesex. Home Office officials have also joined m the efforts to establish the identity of the murdered242 words
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146 1948-06-07 6 Bid to raise cinema prices in Britain riLMGEORS will have to pay threepence more for their cinema seats if the men who own Britain's cinemas have their way. Cinema prices would have risen long ago but for the fact that for every threepence added to the or Ice of cinema146 words
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Article109 1948-06-07 6 1 ARRANGEMENTS for the J\ inauguration of the Indian National Cadet Corps In August this year are now com- > plete. The director of the Corps las completed a tour ot India and has conferred with educational and administrative authorities of the provinces and states. TheA.P. - 109 words
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Article156 1948-06-07 6 A UTHORITIES of the American endowed St. Johns University m Shanghai have ordered the immediate suspension of classes to curb an ti -American i agitations on the campus. The decision to suspend classes followed a heated session by President Y. C. Tv, at which 100 students156 words
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Article73 1948-06-07 6 Si am rice for Filipino girls AM amicable "trade "Siamese rice for beautiful Filipino girls" ivas referred to at Bangkok when Judge Servilland d>' la Cruz arrived from Marula to arrange for tnurt' shipments of rice to the Philippines, Siamese students, he explained, fell m love with Filipino girls, returning73 words
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Article40 1948-06-07 6 TWO thousand seven hundred Russian spies came into the United State* as diplomatic agents last year, according to representative Karl Mundt, South Dakota Republican. Mundt was arguing successfully for early action on his Curb-Communism Bill. A.P.A.P. - 40 words
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188 1948-06-07 6 'PJIE jeweller's shop of Mrs. Fanny Feldman was 1 second m Black Lion-yard, Whitechapd. London, visited by a tall man m bn>wn hut and tweed overCoat, and a tall, dark-haired girl m scarlet coat, one afternoon recently. The girl threw pepper m 70-year-old188 words
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Article105 1948-06-07 6 (IEYLON'S app tion roi Fnlti Lak* The Prim- Minister o! lon Mr. D. s. Senanayake, pointed <>ut that Oeylon now had \h* same relationship with the Unitad Kingdom, as had the other Dominions. The application will b> sent to thr Security Council. CEYLON JOINS U.N. Ceylon105 words
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Article117 1948-06-07 6 THE leader of the Conserva- tive Opposition m the House of Lords, the Marques of Salisbury, has tabled an amendment urging rejection, by the peers, of the Parliament bill which reduces the time during which the Lords can hold up a House of Commons measure from117 words
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Article118 1948-06-07 6 THE world-famous Emerald Buddha, the priceless idol at the Royal Chapel m Bangkok, is one of the most treasured relics of the Buddhist world I But m a Bangkok criminal court the other day. a Siamese Buddhist youth, nam >d Nal Sombarn. pleaded guilty toReuter - 118 words
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Article, Illustration41 1948-06-07 6 picture. Miniature weather station takes flight when this balloon w released at the Great Malvern (Worcestershire) research station. Instruments transmit information of conditions till the balloon bursts at a height of 15 miles when the equipment descends by parachute.— Planet NewsPlanet News - 41 words
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Article, Illustration48 1948-06-07 6 picture On four wheels at a standstill and on two m motion w thus unusual vehicle designed by a Connecticut (USA) inventor. It has a 25 horse-power motor at the renr Th*> two small, side wheels lift at n i need of 6 m p h A .P.A.P. - 48 words
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Article23 1948-06-07 6 The British film Brighton Rock has been declared unfit for public exhibition m Holland by the Dutch Film Censors Board.23 words
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Article211 1948-06-07 6 A new synthetic gem. "the poor man's diamond,' is reported by Mr Jack Dement. of the Fluorescence Laboratories, Portland Oregon. This man- made stone, will have more fire than a diamond; it will emit more of ihe light it rec* ivecs than a diamond; it is harderA.P. - 211 words
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216 1948-06-07 6 Major Jap way criminals still free, says Sovie PRAVDA say* from M<**o* have "the ri^ht t o txp v J the major Japanese war cnn w "v They are "responsibi. I riocent tha<t was shed and of the Japanese militar The article m the Commubroadcast by Moscow Rad Criticising theA.P. - 216 words
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Advertisement67 1948-06-07 6 {y PHONE bQO3 Last Four Shows 2. 4.15, 8 30 9 30 p.m 6ABIN and MiCHELE MOR6AH Tomorrow For 1 Day Only Esther Williams Van Johnson THRILL OF A ROMANCE OPENING WEDNESDAY An Outstanding British Motion Picture From Eanle-lAon. I«KIH.II B «N k pnMM, Mmrgmr** I ku „.*i 1 >,„>.,.67 words
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Advertisement43 1948-06-07 6 GLEAMING OUT f*~~M OF HER DARK Jl PAST ~AN IRRESISTIBLE 1L 1 THING OF A^J BEAUTY IN AN UNUSUA F?OL^ $to j4Dy JVom jt^HA^ Presented hv COI LAsr OAr C4OJS 11 am p.m &F- i mJ& 4 Ik, 6 :J0 5.1 5 toi*^*r^^^43 words
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Miscellaneous98 1948-06-07 6 JANE Exclusiix to the Singapore Free Press m Maluva SOMETIMES WONDER V WOT !-YOuA TwELL, f WOULDN'T 60\?h'm!-|Ve AD ME 1 BOT I GOTfA RUSH SOMF WIF PROFFSSOR MuTTtf?[MEAN I SO FAR AS THAT I DOUBTS MESELF, MORE COFFEE OVER To 7«f 7 IS QU(Te GENUINE, A A SPY, Al98 words
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581 1948-06-07 7 ENGLAND HAVE 7 BATSMEN, 7 BOWLERS One surprise m Ist Test team t'NGLAND have seven recognised bowlers and seven batsmen among the 12 players from whom the team will be chosen to meet Australia m the first Test match which will start at Trent Bridge, Nottingham, on Thursday, and willReuter - 581 words
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Article, Illustration56 1948-06-07 7 The referee. Joey Walker j is floored after final bell m j attempt to halt an overtime exchange between Laurie Buxton (right) and Mike de Cosmo. It was the only knockdown of the fight won by Buxton at Newark, New Jersey. U.S.A.. May 19. i Just who floored the re-56 words
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Article209 1948-06-07 7 Vernon Morgan - Vernon Morgan r glamour of the Derby and its old tradition, does not, m the opinion of B Tipure with Ascot, and so it is with Krmor.'N of thr Derby, the Oaks and the other great IB m still fresh m their minds, racegoers209 words
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20 1948-06-07 7 Graziano is favoured to keep title It t puni I t I t i i hird they pt t U.P.U.P. - 20 words
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Article209 1948-06-07 7 TDECOKD entries have been received for most of the main races to be run at the Sydney and Melbourne spring and autumn carnivals. Entries closed on June 1 m. all cities for 24 races worth nearly £100.000. There were record entries for the Melbourne Cup,Reuter; AAP - 209 words
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Article15 1948-06-07 7 BruslF -t of m 1, 6-2. I m the ReuterReuter - 15 words
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Article67 1948-06-07 7 HAROLD G. Churcher Brii Olympic hope for the 10.000 metres walk, surpassed the world record for the fivemile track walk on Saturday ring the distance m 35 43.8 sec. The flve-mile track walk re-admitted as a world record distance m 1946. The last acknowledged recordA.P. - 67 words
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Article185 1948-06-07 7 SNOOKER HAS OUSTED BILLIARDS JOE Davis, the snooker king, hopes to score his 300 th century snooker break within the next few weeks or so. but !to use his own words he doubts if he will ever get anywhere near the 400 mark. However, he will be quite satisfied with185 words
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Article29 1948-06-07 7 J^EG HARRIS, amateur .sprint cycling champion, was b.aten by Alan Bannister m the National Cyclists' Union sprint championship at He me Hill. London, on Saturday. A. P.A.P. - 29 words
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Article49 1948-06-07 7 THE iS.A.^.A. League Ui\. 11l fixture for Thursday between the S.H.B. Boys' Club and Ist. Malay Coast Battery has been postponed. In its place the La Salle Sports Club v. Serangoon Association: previously post- poned, will be played at the C.V.M.A. ground m St. i George's Road.49 words
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Article44 1948-06-07 7 THE Singapore Chinese Recreation Club drew with Khalsa Association m a cric- ket match at Hong Lim Green on Sunday. Scores: S.C.R.C. I*7 (Evan Wong 46, Salakan seven foi 39); KhaLsa 97 (Kxishnan 51 not out, Seah Keng Siew four for 28).44 words
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318 1948-06-07 7 VERNON MORGAN - VERNON MORGAN 91 From only have athletics, i proved the most popular sport m the coming Olympic Games according to the number of nations which are en-: I tering for the track and field events, but they also have the; 1 greatest box office judging318 words
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320 1948-06-07 7 4 BRITISH boxer who does not hold an area title, and who was beaten m an eliminating series for the British championship, now m progress, will nevertheless fight for the European title m London on July 6, and may get an early chance of winningReuter - 320 words
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Article81 1948-06-07 7 MARK Hart, Croydon middleweight, who boxed a draw with Robert Villemain, France's European welterchampion here on Monday, has accepted terms to fight the Frenchman m a return bout at the open air show at the White City en July 26. The winner will be matchedA.P. - 81 words
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Article318 1948-06-07 7 Free Press Seremban Correspondent T»HE Negri Sembilan Chinese Recreation club went down two-one to the Selangor Chinese Recreation Club m a soccer match played at Seremban yesterday m aid of the Welfare Week. The Negri Chinese, who gave a disappointing display m the first half,318 words
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Article452 1948-06-07 7 RACE RBWEW Free Press Racing Correspondent THE failure of Some Class, King IViiihis and C Tt»v cost punters a small fortune at [psh mi Si v.--day, the final day of the Perak Turf Club" meeting, when several "good tiling' w re bea! Some Class was beaten452 words
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Article163 1948-06-07 7 THE first title m IMS f-Bft Penang lawn len.as tourname^.i w<i^ riAfWfH evening, when 20-year-o;d Koo Kee Ciiti.g won wie junior singles cnampivx .hmo norn Scow Li IfiDg b 7-5 S^ow played mure ■ggfessively but Kinoo v^a.^ t:ie steadier player and hui. U> tns lead In163 words
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Article75 1948-06-07 7 HERB M<K nley I Jamaica Ln the Olympic lowered his own world I for the 440 yards to 4G dead at on Saturd.. Soon ;r li Liv) Bt-ach. the coloured sprinter, equalled the i IUO yarn.- t sees. Only the day previous, i:i l had bettered75 words
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Advertisement57 1948-06-07 7 COMMON SENSE TREATMENT wnom m the blood may be a cause j&j^ of prevalent ailments such as rheumatic 2 I ach c* and pains, stiff and painful joints JjJ^ii common skin disorders. Clarke's Blood Mixture as a reliable blood medicine cleanses the system assists In restoring good health gj name57 words
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Miscellaneous274 1948-06-07 7 F.P. Crossword No. 4€4 i i f i i i; r i 5 if WT *_MTM 19 w"^ir ir~~"wiM_ 'Mi' 30 s 3Z M~W^ 1 1 *t,i^t I. ...</.! i m^L i Y'zft W'-\ 1 1 I I 1 t I I ..LIS 1. Jvi^/ch bttofd <B>. 7, Vinci. cate274 words
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Article337 1948-06-07 8 NEW LINE-UP MEN A CES PARIS GOVT PARIS, Sunday. fiBN. Charles de Gaulle's chief adviser and spokes--1 man, M. Gaston Palewski, today opened a party attack on the Government for 'abandoning French security" m the six-power agreement on Germany and for setting up an •'unconditional" pro-French regime m Indo-China. M.A.P.; Reuter; U.P. - 337 words
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86 1948-06-07 8 LONDON. Sunday. MUTING pressure from the Conservative Oppo>n and elsewhere may •_> the Government to sug- modification of the lition of capital punishment. It is suggested that the Government may consider a compromise that would permit hanging m cases of brutal or premeditated murder Ihe86 words
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Article139 1948-06-07 8 ANEW typt' of cast-iron, claimed to be the most important advance m its neld j m this century, has been pro- 1 duced m Britain. Mr. J. G. Pearce. director of the Cast -Iron Research Association (.which is supported by the British Iron and steel Industry and theReuter - 139 words
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Article82 1948-06-07 8 MORAL LEAD FROM BRITAIN DESPITE heavy rain, some 2,600 people attended the tenth anniversary celebrations of Moral Rearmament at Cardiff yesterday The French Prime Minister, M. Robert Schuman, said m a message: "I salute Moral Rearmament, which is destined to establish the primacy of spiritual values m our distracted world."82 words
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Article, Illustration36 1948-06-07 8 Dazed, not knowing where to turn for safety, a Jewish woman runs from her bombed home to stand, screaming hysterically, m the debris -littered street utter an Arab raid on the Tel Aviv, capital of Israel.36 words
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Article195 1948-06-07 8 Congress fights over dollar aid WASHINGTON, Sunday. ANE of the most crucial battles m the U.S. Congress is developing m the wake of the House of Representatives House cut of 1. 5.51, 000,000, 000 m the foreign spending programme. The immediate question is whether the Senate will act to restoreA.P. - 195 words
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159 1948-06-07 8 Pale Princess cheered by London crowd LONDON. Sunday. of Londoners M- braved grey skies and a drizzle today to cheer Princess Elizabeth on what will be one of her last public engagements before mid-October. The Princess attended a ceremony of remembrance for the "old comrades" of the Grenadier Ouards. ofU.P. - 159 words
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Article117 1948-06-07 8 LONDON Sunday NEXT month the Indian Constituent Assembly will be obliKed to consider future constitutional relations of India with the Commonwealth and the Crown," said the Sunday Times today, m a leading article. The paper added: "No Dominion is held In the Commonwealth against its will,117 words
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Article83 1948-06-07 8 A PIONEER m the French cinema industry, M. Louis Lunviere. died yesterday m Bandol m Southern France after having been ill for several years. M. LemJere. who was 85, heard a Paris audience shriek and run for ttie exit, 50 years ago. when he showed them hisReuter - 83 words
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Article35 1948-06-07 8 The death toll m the explo- j sion and fire m a Shanghai i downtown chemical factory increased yesterday to six with eight missing, believed buried m the wreckage, and 100 injured.35 words
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Article28 1948-06-07 8 Fire swept through two business blocks m the heart of the manufacturing city of Dulutih, Minnesota, yesterday causing damage estimated by police at "several million dollars."28 words
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Article184 1948-06-07 8 ROME, Sunday. A GROUP of 300 noblemen is b ing organised m Rome for a "20th century Crusade to defend the boly places," it, is reported here today. The organiser is said to be young Prince Gainfranco Alliato, recently elected to the Hoi'-e of DeputiesU.P.; A.P. - 184 words
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Article190 1948-06-07 8 NANKING, Sunday. RATIONALIST columns pushed north-eastward today to halt Communist forces now within 40 miles of Peiping, and fresh seaborne reinforcements landed at the Manchurian port of Hulutao to go to the aid of the besieged Jehol capital of Chengteh. But m Shantung Province the Government positionReuter; A.P.; U.P. - 190 words
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Article383 1948-06-07 8 Nehru 's 'keep calm 9 order DELHI, Sunday. WIDESPREAD reports that India-wide communal riots to be followed by war with Pakistan would follow the departure late this month of the Governor- General of India, Lord Mountbatten, drew a stern warning today from the Indian PrimeU.P.; A.P. - 383 words
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Article34 1948-06-07 8 /m ing 'Mrs io th »d by i mftc tpttm 1 1 at i. n a&d !^ur As occup«ai.> jf :tir h 00. Tung v*■ Ho •fee Ifoou ever I A.P. mi ReuterA.P.; Reuter - 34 words
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Article39 1948-06-07 8 A new factory, expected within 18 months to be producing 3.000 industrial motors a month, will be set up m Bombay following an agreement between the Electric Corporation of India and Newres Industries of Bristol. p:nsjland. ReuterReuter - 39 words
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Article29 1948-06-07 8 The first home of Italian Fascism, a dingy old house on the winding street of Paolo da Cannobio m Milan once Mussolini's first headquarters. U to be torn down.29 words
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Article65 1948-06-07 8 A SPECIAL Market correspondent rtres the price* of rabbet at 11 a m today M toUow: Bayers. Sellers. Cta. Cte. per Ib. per No. 1 B.S.S. Spot loose 4t% 43 v No 1 B.S.S. t* m bales June 42* 4 44 No. t B.S.S. ft* In bales Jane65 words
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Article160 1948-06-07 8 HIROHITO MAY BECOME A CHRISTIAN TOKIO, Sunday. SPECULATION that the Japu anese Emperor will embrace Christianity flared up again today when Catholic sources here revealed Hirohito had sent an autographed photograph to Pope Pius XII Sources close to the Im perial Household told the United Press that the Emperor nowU.P. - 160 words
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Article170 1948-06-07 8 PORTLAND (Oregon), Sunday. A NEW flood wave was plunging toward Portland A today as the Red Cross listed a total of 92 people, including 45 children, missing from the small neigbouring city of Vanport, obliterated by dyke-breaking torrents last week. Weary boat crews are probing the VanportReuter - 170 words
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Article138 1948-06-07 8 Free Press Staff Reporter NO dividend is to be paid by Ayer Panas Rubber Estate Ltd. for the year ended January last. The accounts, which were issued on Saturday, say that the working profit for the year was $21,5*74 and there was income from investments of138 words
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Article47 1948-06-07 8 General Douglai Mac Arthur said he does not want to return to the United States till after the Republican national convention The Senate Appropriations Jommittee had /o*e't 17 to two to ask him to return to advise on economic matters m the Pacific area. A.P.A.P. - 47 words
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Article26 1948-06-07 8 Konni Ziliiacus. British Labour MP. for Gateshead said m Warsaw's Roma Auditorium on Sunday that the foreign policy of Great Britain threatens peace."26 words
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Advertisement219 1948-06-07 8 SITUATION WANTED EUROPEAN girl requires temporary position 1-2 Weeks, as stenographer. Reply Box No. 3. 172 FP ACCOMMODATION VACANT WELL FURN. large and small rooms available immediately with excellent food Apply 3«0. Orchard Road IA'NDHURST* 1 Double accomnvxjition available, bathroom altar hed Full board Tel. 3590 FOB SALE ELECTRIC Cookers219 words
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Advertisement151 1948-06-07 8 TENDER NO SALE Of AKMY FOOPSTIFFS. Tenders arc Invited for thf puv Foodstuff* LOTNO ITtM «MM SP/73 1 *****S lbs. Atta. Earnest Money— K/W0 Pi for -niWlri BP/74 004 C lbs. AtU Earnest Money— $50 F* SF, 75 7 257 lbs Various Commodities. Earnest Money $100 Fit irua»l Pi»« SFl€151 words
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Miscellaneous40 1948-06-07 8 —WEATHER— Cloudy WE 1 ULU report for U»e next 24 boturs compiled by the RAP.: I nsettled, mainly cloudy with outbreaks of rala and scattered thunderstorms. Wind: Southerly. 5 knots. Temperature: Max. 89 2 de«. mm. 75 deg. Rain: Nil.40 words
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Miscellaneous16 1948-06-07 8 STORE HIGH TIDES HIGH LOW Today: \9 SS am; l«llp.SB Twv4ar: 11 Mim. 1« 4« p.ra16 words
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