The Singapore Free Press, 20 July 1948
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Title Section18 1948-07-20 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE Rf MALAYA I SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, JULY 80, 1948 PRICE 10 CfcMS18 words
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Article439 1948-07-20 1 soldiers killed in ambush Fierce battle with terrorists Free Press Reporter KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. A STRONG column of military and police, moving up to Gua Musang (Keiantan) yesterday afternoon, was ambushed by insurgents. A British major and six Malay soldiers were killed and three other Malay soldiers wounded. After fighting439 words
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Article, Illustration11 1948-07-20 1 General Charles de Gaulle, France's wartime leader.. .time to take power.11 words
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Article25 1948-07-20 1 Rubber this morning reached a new peak, when fob. m bales. August, ro«e by 5/8 of a cent per lb. on yesterday's price.25 words
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Article7 1948-07-20 1 SHE HAS BROUGHT EM BACK ALLIVE' A.P.A.P. - 7 words
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Article57 1948-07-20 1 I I' I I c placed m the boxes from which the watches were 'aken,, he said. Officials of Qantas air serM here said pilfering on Bangkok to Singaoore route was so prevalent that any suspected packet had to be opened m the presence of CustomsReuter - 57 words
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Article281 1948-07-20 1 Planters want more arms Free Press Staff Reporter DIBBER companies and agencies are still finding it difficult to procure sufficient amis and ammunition for their estate stalT. the Free Press was told this morning by representatives of leading concerns. They were not encouraged by reports that the Australian Government is281 words
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Article39 1948-07-20 1 JAIL FOR AMERIC AN Mr. Harukl William Allen, I 28-year-old American, sentenced to three and a half years imprisonment by a Shanghai district court for assault resulting m the death taxieab dnver, will appeal a«ain*t the verdict. rePorts ReuterReuter - 39 words
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Article36 1948-07-20 1 The Filipino Cabinet will 1 consider the Chinese request that the quota of pre-war Chinese residents allowed to return to the Islands should be increased. The present quota is 100 per month.36 words
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Article111 1948-07-20 1 ROBBED WHILE 'TAKING THE AIR Free Press Staff Reporter WHILE taking the air m a taxi at the 84 mile, Bedok Road, early this morning two Chinese- men and a woman were held-up and robbed of $500 m cash and jewellery by a gang of three men, one armed with111 words
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Article, Illustration33 1948-07-20 1 A Gurkha guard of honour fire a salute at the funeral yesterday, at Batu Gajah, of the first British officer killed m action against Malayan terrorists. His name has not vet been disclosed.33 words
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Article115 1948-07-20 1 3 ENGINES FIGHT GI AN SINGH FIRE Free Press Staff Reporter THREE Singapore lire engines were called to Raffles Place late last night to deal with a fire which had broken out m a dress -making shop m Gian Singh's premises. A plywood partition at the back of the first115 words
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Article72 1948-07-20 1 Free Presa SUXf Reporter A YOUNG Chinese welder A employed at a workshops m Kuala Lumpur was killed this morning when a tank on which he was working exploded. He was bending close to one wall of the tank whe;i the heat trom his torch72 words
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Article63 1948-07-20 1 THREATENED by power cuts because of a fuel shortage, 1 the Tsinan power station has saved several days supply of coal by burning huge quantities of China's cheap currency. Only small denomination banknotes practically worthless were burned. More than 100 bales of cuiivncy Here handed over byA.P. - 63 words
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Article129 1948-07-20 1 Ft*t Press Staff Reporter IPOH, Wednesday. DOTTLES of acid were thrown at police who raided D a hut near Bniaa yesterday. The police opened fire, killing one and wounding two of their attackers. One of those shot was a woman. rive Chinese were arrested. One129 words
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Article222 1948-07-20 1 Truman in 'aid West talks WASHINGTON, Monday. OHORTLY after a meeting with the U.S. Secretary of State, Mr. George Marshall, at the White House today. President Truman called Defence and State Department chiefs into conference on the Russian blockade of Berlin. It is believed that the conference discussed American aidReuter; A.P.; U.P. - 222 words
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Article81 1948-07-20 1 D.R. SHOT, DESPATCHES STOLEN Free Press Staff Reporter JOHORE BAHRI Tues. f\S the Bum Johore trunk road. at 2 pun. yesWday a British military despatch rider, who had stopped his motorbike to make some adjustments to his engine, was fired at and wounded m th« tor He escaped into the81 words
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Article39 1948-07-20 1 Free Press Staff Reporter A Malay cyclist, Masevan bin Babik. who collided with a motor van at 7.20 a.m. today on the airport side of Kallang Bridge, was seriously injured. He was taken to the General Hospital.39 words
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Article37 1948-07-20 1 SIX Chinese were detained m Singapore under the Emergency Regulations yesterday b«t four were later released. This brings the total of persons detained under the Emergency Regulations m Singapore up to 93,37 words
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Article83 1948-07-20 1 The European manager Bukit Sidim estate m South Kedah was fired at twice last night while he was m bed. Both shots missed him, and his attacker ran into the jungle. Investigations by the police into the recent attack on Batu Arang have resulted m the arrest of83 words
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Article209 1948-07-20 1 'Time to assume power': De Gaulle PARIS, Monday. WITH the resignation of eight Socialist Ministers precipitating the collapse of the 10-month-old Schuman Cabinet tonig-ht, France's wartime leader, General Charles de Gaulle, told the National Council of his Union of French People that the moment had come for him to assumeReuter; A.P. - 209 words
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Article34 1948-07-20 1 Free Press Star! Reporter li. Kuala Lumpur during the past 24 hours 25 a were mad? by the police. Another three men nnr.ded up m Klang and one m Rawang.34 words
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Advertisement33 1948-07-20 1 Sp7i6U/0/# SHROFFS Arrivals of *°OUEN CARPETS "i show SftL KASHMIR NUMDAHS :y available with us from ieady stock. patch to U.K. are being **ed aeain at India prices 'wroom "tamford Road, Phone 2057.33 words
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Advertisement105 1948-07-20 1 M%/J CUtViD BLACK L^*s MO$D FURNITUti jrr, I There is an art m giving. An art I1" '/jL j m knowing just what your friend* will H&A '/MM! appreciate most. I Jj\V U W When you carry a tin of De Luxe j J r \Ui Virginia you are m105 words
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Article798 1948-07-20 2 K. S. CHIA - K. S. CHIA By A SUM of $10,000 has been promised by philanthropist Aw Boon Haw for the renovation of one of the oldest Chinese temples m Penang the God of Prosperity Temple at TaiHOQg Tokong, a fishing village on the north-east coast. Neglected798 words
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Article92 1948-07-20 2 k SIXTY-YARD "repeat" of Princess Elizabeth's wedding-dress fabric pure silk Er.glish satin— has been woven for sale m British shops. Half was bought by a dress hire firm. Brides will be able to hire a wedding gown styled like the orginal or only £9. including accessories, although92 words
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Article, Illustration9 1948-07-20 2 MODEST MA IDENS TrUnMrt B««uKrW U S. Tut* OOn9 words
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Article456 1948-07-20 2 Roy Ferroa - Caring for orphans in Singapore Roy Ferroa by A FEW miles out of Singapore, perched on a hillside, stands a group of wooden buildings that Ls home to 75 little orphan boys. This is the Ramakrishna Mission Boys' Home, iniexided primarily for parentless Indian youths, who are looked after, clothed,456 words
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Article, Illustration345 1948-07-20 2 EASrs d mble of three heart* wm certainly ques* -onable particularly as that contract cc-uld not )vavc been defeated Whether Wc^t would have left m tin double or not is a matter he never had to decide, for South (who should hare left r In* ran to four345 words
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Article, Illustration87 1948-07-20 2 This is the garden of one of the St. Pancras libraries at Kentish Town. London but once a week it may be a desert, or the high seas, or even fairyland. The youngsters gather there each week, drawn by the magic of story -telling. They listen, enthralled, as Miss Joyce87 words
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Article199 1948-07-20 2 PREPARE FOR BAD TEMPER IF tempers flare and emotions are unbalanced, it may be due to the ultra-violet from the sun spots now nearing their maximum number and intensity for the first time m 11 years, says Dr. Roy K. Marshall. Director of Fels Planetarium. Then. too. emotions are controlledA.P. - 199 words
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Article219 1948-07-20 2 How the Game will be filme EXTENSIVE are now being: made for filming 14th Olympiad— The Glory Sport, the 1 colour feature^ of the Olympic Games v produced b\ Knight for the Arthur Rank Organisation. Twenty five thou pounds has been paid for the exclusive v rights of the film.219 words
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Advertisement80 1948-07-20 2 After Stocktah We are clearing from our\ stock a fete MIRZAPORI ru(;s I AT CLEARW I I! Sizes (>' x :V 9* x f? 9' x 7' 0 r x vr TW« are our or<linarv I quality and only a fe* )> rfac are availnM< 1 at Inspection invH^' ROBINSON80 words
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Miscellaneous612 1948-07-20 2 SINf^APDRF Parljr; 1 ltd: 01 OomH ing wa\* Oaiui> s to It JO m juiunrwnt cal; ?3Q Nt ws ln Malay 7.45 Iy 84 mrtr^ n0 t u metres,. Froa 1244 aooo to Z96 p m Popular Request. II JO 12 am 19 M metres 12 48$ ■wires m th«612 words
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Miscellaneous173 1948-07-20 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR DORN today, you have a good mind, but one which is apt to become too much involved with trivtalitj s. You often put as much thought and energy into some minor incident as you uould put into a major project. Be more selective In where you put173 words
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Miscellaneous13 1948-07-20 2 v\Ae -~e c—c* 7*m BacA<p»c*., 1 s\sr anc» A' nl 4 tJ 013 words
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Article372 1948-07-20 3 PS COULD AID EUROPE TO RECOVER \krshall Plan trade likely for Asia MARSHALL Plan officials at Washington said *y x yesterday that they have some hope of organising direct exports from Japan to Europe as part of the European Recovery Programme. This ha^s been considered m connection with a campaignU.P. - 372 words
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Article, Illustration53 1948-07-20 3 Bishops meet, Berliners pray picture*. and Opening session of the Lambeth Conference m London was attended by 350 bishops of the Anglican communion from all over the world. BELOW: First service of consecration since uar conducted tn Berlins open-air arena by the Bishop of Berlin, Cardinal Graf von Preysina A.A.P.; Planet News - 53 words
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Article75 1948-07-20 3 DERSONAL titles and ranks have been introduced for leading responsible workers of financial and banking injstitutions m the Soviet Union. Decrees In the official Soviet journal said these officials I would wear special ''forms of clothing" and Insignia of rank. Top rank provided m the decrees isA.P. - 75 words
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Article260 1948-07-20 3 rEHov .f Common* Select Committee on Estimates demanded investigation into the whole of ir £200.000,000 Colonial Development plan. Reported th mi "Great expectations aroused. It is imperative that they should be fulfilled within a measurable time." In the last nc year's work has been done. muddI,260 words
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Article36 1948-07-20 3 Cardiff (Wales) authorii blocked the shipment to Tel Aviv of 36 surplus American scout cars on a Greek steamer. The cars had secret compartments containing armour plate for quick conversion to armoured cars.36 words
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Article, Illustration127 1948-07-20 3 THE Spanish .system may not be perfect, but m thi. hour of universal confusion it is the only .serious tiling the world can offer," declared General Franco this week on the 12th anniversary of the rt of the Spanish civil war. He said the present inish regimeReuter; A.P. - 127 words
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Article70 1948-07-20 3 A JUSTICE of the High 1 Court m Rangoon has ruled that the British Government cannot be sued m a Burmese court. The case arose over a suit filed by a Burmese for compensation for property allegcdh destroyed as an act of military necessity when theReuter - 70 words
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260 1948-07-20 3 HPHE eight-year-old search for the missing will of x Mrs. Daisy Alexander, who died at the age of 80 worth more than £3,000,000, is still going on m London. Mrs. Alexander, a daughter of Isaac Singer, of sewing-machine fame, lived alone m Grosvenorsquare. Shortly260 words
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Article85 1948-07-20 3 CAY ING the executives were paid too highly and lower levels too little, employees of two Shanghai Chinese banks the Ningpo Commercial Bank and the Commercial Bank of China staged a "hunger strike" today m demand for higher pay. A spokesvian admitted that the hungerU.P. - 85 words
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Article89 1948-07-20 3 BRITAIN has proposed proclaiming Haifa a free port to help ensure the success of the European recovery plan. A Foreign office spokesman said that would aL resumption of the flow of crude oil from the MidEastern oilfields. In the past, oil has been refined mA.P. - 89 words
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Article46 1948-07-20 3 STALIN'S -must guard* d pecKi" \i a fabu- I sly rich zo\d m j Siberia, says an article m the I New Yort Herald Tribune. Annual output^f the secret .fleld il time^ ge as AmeT due A' are 1 ana w »ri'46 words
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Article, Illustration40 1948-07-20 3 picture. Arab League delegates leave Transjordan Parliament Building, Amman, following a meeting when the proposal for a "cease- fire" m Palestine was discussed. Left is Riad Sulh Bey, Prime Minister of the Lebanon, with Gamil Mardam Bey, Syrian Premier. A.P.A.P. - 40 words
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Article185 1948-07-20 3 TRADE fi^urrs ill m the first rive ir. 1948, Hong Kon^ traa ceeded m value that c A ..1 China by nearly 100 oe; According to the I tern Economic Review I Kon" :or th^ I months of 19 i 3 U.S. $201,780,000 imporeaA.P. - 185 words
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Article49 1948-07-20 3 DR. Alton Ocham-r of Orleans says that m th« j of cancer of the lung hy.s i upward" In I cigar* But he add conclusive proof thacauses c A resi arch proup m A' Una had containi a tar" which will cause cancer. A.P.A.P. - 49 words
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Advertisement100 1948-07-20 3 |^^L -V Eji ijL. *'Why do you 1 Journeying over long distance*, crossing ocean*. \o\aipnK to the ends of ihe earth these things «re se« ond nature l^a^lw the excellence of rfieir service Ht O ?/J and the soreoes« of iheir »kil' Wy V />Mw N^l B# I by flying100 words
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Miscellaneous26 1948-07-20 3 TARZAN Modest Victor By Edgar Rice Burroughs I M II 71*1 t f.y »cr -n^ /^Olm<^ON- />)M -v^-** 1 />.| >OU SAVED MY LIFE yv "*> j->^* fJ26 words
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575 1948-07-20 4 TUESDAY, July 20, 1948. War no nearer TTHE Berlin crisis has not worsened, despite the blood chilling licence taken by some reporters and commentators far from the scene. The situation is unchanged and will remain unchanged until the three Western Powers have re- .-wed the alternatives left them by the575 words
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Article759 1948-07-20 4 NEW YORK: A FTER the Declara- tion of Independence, the insistence on inter-dependence. America has been celebrating and glorifying its 172 nd anniversary as a free nation. Seventeen-seventy-six and Thomas Jefferson have been lauded: mild sideswipes have been taken at George 111. This was a great pageant759 words
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Article, Illustration913 1948-07-20 4 By KEITH GARNER Keuters' Torres. WESTERN Germany, m the space of only one month, has been transformed from a halfstarved economic slum eking out an existence on the black market, to a country with a standard of living almost equa] to that of Britain. The change,913 words
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Article, Illustration890 1948-07-20 4 William Holt - William Holt I by .m a broadcast from the 8.8.C, I JN a bicycie factory m Birmingham, I noticed that they had some brightly coloured posters stuck on the walls inside the workshops. In big red letters, it said: 1948 we'll make it a production leap890 words
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Article50 1948-07-20 4 GEORGE FRANKS - A DUTCH REV IV AK GEORGE FRANKS B> Reuters' Cor VITAL cha comeo commercial and trial life m li twelve months ing the i the whole of try's economy t the impac international re at ships created < Marshall Plan. \V crn European Ec mic Cooper a' t 1 I50 words
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Advertisement19 1948-07-20 4 I FAITH 1 Surely the serpent will,' bite without enchantment and the babbler is no better. Ecclesiastes. 10. 11.19 words
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Article143 1948-07-20 5 Several firms close down Free Pkm Staff Reporter business generally is suffering as the prevailing state of emergency n of Malaya and the crisis m b usinessmen told the Free Press accepting thousands of dollars' worth of supplies against their will and hoping to get .heir143 words
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Article, Illustration89 1948-07-20 5 picture The cruiser Chungking which arrived from England yesterday en route to China to join the Chinese Navy. She is a gift of the British people to China. The party who went on ooard to welcome the cruiser included Lieut. P. W. Spencer, the officer of the guard representing theFree Press - 89 words
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Article30 1948-07-20 5 Mr Cfeoor Singh, the acting apore Coror.er has passed m rac; and Tort and Criminal Law papers of the Trimcy Bar Ex aminaUon held m April 1948.30 words
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Article416 1948-07-20 5 S.H.B. REPORT Record trade tonnages for 15 months A REPORT issued by ttie Singapore Harbour Board, covering the 15-month period from April 1946 to June 1947, states the Board handled imports and exports amounting to 2,974.216 tons, excluding coa] and fueL In the 12 months ended June 30, 1947, which416 words
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Article60 1948-07-20 5 A PUBLIC meeting will be held at the Victoria Memorial Hall this Friday at 5.15 p.m. to introduce to the people of Singapore the work of the People's Education Association, and its programme of extension lectures. Speakers will include the Commissioner-General. Inche Sardon bin Jubir, Mr.60 words
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Article284 1948-07-20 5 H Free Press Staff Rei^r^r UNDREDS of young men and women, ihe majority of them office workers m Singapore, have jttfiown the keenest interest m medicine, journalism and law, and many have expressed their d.?sire to t^kc up studies that will give them future cpenines m284 words
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Article65 1948-07-20 5 yHE Federation Government has stopped the sale of Survey Department maps of Mala> a to all bat authorised penxms. The freexinj: order was made by the Internal Security Department on Saturday, a few hours after the Kajang battle with the Communists. The new measure was65 words
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Article173 1948-07-20 5 TTTE U.S. Naval Liaison Officer, Lieut. Com. S. Lee Smith, U.S.N.R., left by R.A.F. plane yesterday j morning for Labuan, whence he will travel to Brunei |and thjen across the border to the Limbang area, where 71 residents will receive rewards for assistance to distressed173 words
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Article69 1948-07-20 5 NOTES presented by evacuees from Malaya and destroyed amounted to $2,236,849 as at June 1, this year. Notes destroyed by the Currency Commissioners and withdrawn from circulation between September 1945 and May 1948 totalled $100,161,818. The total amount m circulation during May was $412,003,649. who have69 words
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Article, Illustration63 1948-07-20 5 picture. Maj. Gen. and Mrs. L. H. Cox were guests -of -honour at the end-of-term celebrations of the Alexandra Barracks school for children of servicemen m Singapore. Here they are seen examining the books awarded to Jean Hedley ill years) and Lucius Meclaren (8). S eve n-year old Terence Hadley,Free Press - 63 words
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Article286 1948-07-20 5 TANJONC PINANC CONTROL Free Press Staff Reporter A SPOKESMAN of the Netherlands Consuktcr\ General, Singapore, told the Free Press yesterday that rather than delay ships at Tanjong Pinang, the Dutch sea navigation control authorities there were doing everything possible to expedite their passage. He286 words
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Article35 1948-07-20 5 A FRESH warning that forged ten -cent notes bearing the date 'Ist July 1941" are m circulation m Singapore was issued yesterday. These forced notes portray a very crude picture of the King.35 words
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Article168 1948-07-20 5 JAILED FOR KEEPING BOY IN CHAINS PENANG, Monday. A 43 -year-old Chinese woman, Teoh Khoon, was today sentenced to 18 months' imprisonment m the District Court for chaining up a seven-year-old boy whom she "bought for $800." The prosecuting officer. Inspector M. M. Whittles, said a visiting health sister discovered168 words
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Article71 1948-07-20 5 A SEVENTEEN -TON Bermudan type cutter, Yam Seng, has arrived at Portsmouth after making a 9,850--mile voyage from Singapore m 110 sailing days The craft was designed and built by its skipper. Major John Bossard, an officer of the Royal Engineers. He carried a crew ofReuter - 71 words
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Article174 1948-07-20 5 RAIDING a Chinese squatter's hut m Jalan Marseilling m Woodlands area on Saturday afternoon, the Police arrested a Javanese with gunshot wounds. A Hakka Chinese, who was alleged to have harboured him. was arrested and charged m the Seventh Police Court yesterday. The arrested174 words
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Article, Illustration24 1948-07-20 5 The destroyer Lingfu, which is accompanying the cruiser Chungking, to join tAc Chinese Navy. The ships or rived m Singapore yesterday. —Free Press picture.24 words
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Article18 1948-07-20 5 THE National University at 1 Amoy is holding an entrance examination m Singapore next month.18 words
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Article127 1948-07-20 5 AN extensive timber I can be built up bet Malaya and South Africa J. H Buxness. promir. South Africa timber ex; told the Free Press cor pondent at Penang on Sunday evening. Mr. Burness pa&oed thr Penan*? m the course i business tour of the I127 words
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Article98 1948-07-20 5 1 st emergency arms charges Free Press Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Mon AN Indonesian. Abdul l nam bin Haji Latiflf. was detained c morning's gun battle at X jang between the police and a band of insurgents, and a Chinese arrested at Ampair: a week previously, appeared before the second m98 words
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Advertisement91 1948-07-20 5 ALL WOOL BAIRNSWEAR for Babies and Children PRAMSETS Leggings Cap or Bonnet Coat. In pink, blue, yellow/ brown, fawn 'red, axe blue? Sizes:— 12, 14 16 from $11.50 to $14.50 JERSEY SUITS (2 piece) m white/blue, blue white and yellow white. Sizes:— 14, 12 16 Prices from $5.50 to $7.5091 words
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Article, Illustration116 1948-07-20 6 TESSA'S GREAT MOMENT -can come tyack now. Mummy?'* pleads six-year-old Tessa Deane, having completed the task for which she has waited nervously for weeks— the presentation of a bouquet to Princess Elizabeth. But when the Big Moment had come and gone Tessa lost her nerve m front o/ the big116 words
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Article235 1948-07-20 6 U.K. FILM 'SCOOP' OVER H'WOOD To reach millions via television MILLIONS of Americans can now see British films by television. Tlie "Private Life of Henry VIII"— first of twenty-four Korda productions bought for redistribution was televised from New York, Chicago and other areas recent ty. In the twenty-four are exceptional235 words
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Article48 1948-07-20 6 The Dutch police hare relexsed two prominent art .noisseurs detained on cha illegal transaction i m Dutch ma. c r i to be '00. Tliey are Dr. A. B. De Vries, Director of the Maurithui.s Art Gallery, and Dutch millionaire art dealer, M. B. Katz.48 words
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Article32 1948-07-20 6 A parliamentary group headed by Senate President Ivanoe Bonomi and Chamber President, Giovanni Gronchi. loft by train for England. They will be the guests of Parliament for a week.32 words
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87 1948-07-20 6 Tito was 'tipped off': Evaded arrest by Reds THE Fra:. UTW m a copyrl article that the S »v--ernu plan:. aal Tito and .ship to Russia before rrri denun< made public, but, Tito had tipped off m time." Qu->unej "uni. RUthOvices" the ar* ■'the .inform. .:>• iv chi' I J&d:U.P. - 87 words
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Article20 1948-07-20 6 The US An:. will begin accepting dlstnw nta <>f 18--:-old volunt mder a n^w draft act on Wednec»day20 words
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Article, Illustration32 1948-07-20 6 of the last pictures 'itb'Utrn as Governor rural of India. He is fitLady Mmntbatten and his sued r Shri Chakravarti ilachan, who has arrv at Qovermn TM for his installation.32 words
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Article99 1948-07-20 6 CCO'iIAND YARD and puller •J Officer! throughout Britain are planning to u.duce a secret new code to baffle crooks bflit-ved to be ning m on police radio messages. The Yard has evidence t: radio messa at to polici radio curs have been "tapped 1 by crooks99 words
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Article75 1948-07-20 6 THE Shah of Iran's desire to see the Olympic Games has threatened riots m Teheran. His people think he should stay at home. On the eve of his scheduled departure extra editions m the newspapers called on the people to keep the "Shah from75 words
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Article25 1948-07-20 6 The Greek guerrilla radio claimed on Sunday that Government forces suffered 12.295 casualties including 4,811 dead from January 1 to June 30.25 words
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Article, Illustration31 1948-07-20 6 Lord Mountbatten, now Flag Officer Commanding the Ist Cruiser Squadron, arriving with Lady Mountbatten at the Savoy Theatre. London, to see the new Firth Shepherd reime "A La Carte."31 words
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Article233 1948-07-20 6 IMTESIIIKE Education Committee will meet soon to take a decision on a statement made by Lord Sorn, m Glasgow High Court, that there W*M "alarming immorality" m Kothesay Academy. The committee recalled for consultation Mr. J.D. Mac7ic, former teacher of Jordanhill school and rector of the233 words
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Article60 1948-07-20 6 SOUTH Africa is expected to break off diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union shortly, according to the Johannesburg Express. It is understood the question was discussed at a n cabinet meeting, particularly m the light of the NationaPartys pre-election undertaking that Russia would not60 words
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Article15 1948-07-20 6 Tfre hat appr i $20. 0 ik 000 rioocLs are 1 000. 000 peopk ReuterReuter - 15 words
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93 1948-07-20 6 SUPPORT FOR TITO 'Slav students defy Stalin REPORT YUGOSLAV military and political students have sent telegrams from inside Russia attacking the Kremlin and backing Tito, says the Commu newspaper Borba published m Belgrade. Such a stand ha.s never before bt-en heard < the history of the Soviet and it v93 words
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Article150 1948-07-20 6 BRITONS DESERT' TO NEW ZEALAND r VHt \m of British A is being: swelled Wellington, N I -n cut x This wor th'g im; OtU I good food and i rantecd and a it the end. But other "jumpers" become disillusioned when tht y find no got-nch-quick routr m thisReuter - 150 words
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Article10 1948-07-20 6 Jap industrial loot sought trial y»»ar book I I U.P.U.P. - 10 words
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Miscellaneous87 1948-07-20 6 JANE Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press m Malaya -BUT CAa/t^/|T MUST HAVE J /|Ve MADE IKIQUIR,IEs\ L/"|'H. HAVE Tt> "N JANE?— SAVE MEf— r£ UNDERSTAND BEEN THE ABOUT FORELOCK AMD FIND A NEW ER-) (MY WIFE'S ARRIVED f J FOREUiCK BEING SWISS NAVY, )IT SEEMS HE'S AN RACKET TOO,87 words
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Article40 1948-07-20 7 Changi drop 2 valuable points the v to I 1.;- -ree m I I X numerous for--1 scoring I'- ba:: I weU I HoUoi r d os ■f-aKO W the PjW- I I T 0 1 I I I icon <»♦-40 words
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Article198 1948-07-20 7 Grand Day, Mascotte in class 2 SINGAPORE griffins Grand Day. scored a double, and Jtie. have been classified m ciajs two. accordmg to the latest S R A. amendments ssucd today. nune s Favourite, class one horses, has been sent down to rJaas two. The full list vTRANSFERS Prom class198 words
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Article381 1948-07-20 7 LAKER JUST MISSES FIRST CENTURY Crapp gets 77 JIM Laker, Surrey's allrounder, celebrated his choice as one of England's 12 for the fourth Test against Australia by almost getting his first century m big cricket against Kent at the Oval yesterday. He had the misfortune to be run out whenReuter - 381 words
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Article, Illustration26 1948-07-20 7 Mrs T. Calhaem leads m Prince Colin, winner of the tnurd race at Bukit Timah on Saturday, final day of the Singapore Turf Club's July meeting.26 words
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Article, Illustration23 1948-07-20 7 Grand Day (Woods up), the Singapore griffin, who scored a double at the July meeting and has been classified among class two horses.23 words
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Article158 1948-07-20 7 De SOUZA TO REPRESENT MALAYA PINGAPORE Amateur Athletic j v Association hon. secretary, I I Mr JS.de Souza, who will be. I Singapore's official representative iat the Olympic Games, hits also been nominated representative of BM A A A. of Malaya. In letter, Mr. P. C. Cookc. president of the158 words
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Article401 1948-07-20 7 COURTCRAFT - COURTCRAFT By WITH the South team to meet the North at Kuala Lumpur during the August holidays considerably weakened by the absence of two of the best players m Malaya, All India champion S. A. Durai and Singapore women's singles champion, Miss Chung Kon Yoong,401 words
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204 1948-07-20 7 TILE RAF. Sembawang arc* the Indian. Av^ociation drew one- j all m a second division S.A.F A. Ie soccer game played at the SRC. yesterday. A penalty goal awarded the RAF. saved the side from being defeated. The Indians fielded a faster and more accurate204 words
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Article98 1948-07-20 7 nnHE Olympic flame, kindled m the temple of Zeus at Olympia, Greece, on Saturday, arrived m Rome yesterday m the British frigate Whiteshand Bay on its way to Wembley Stadium. The frigate had brought the flame from Corfu whence it had been carried from GreeceReuter - 98 words
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Article52 1948-07-20 7 f pH£ Singapore Distr ct athletic championship nnai« will be held at the Police ground Thomson Road on Saturday; starting at 2.30 p.m. The Governor of Singapore Sir Franklin Ginwon; will present the prises. The heats will be heid at Thomson Road tomorrow, starting at 252 words
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Article36 1948-07-20 7 The Shell Sports Club's annual soccer match between me Europeans and the Rest will be played tomorrow at 5.15 p.m. on the Singapore Recreation Chib ground. Mr. A. Norna will referee the fame.36 words
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Article30 1948-07-20 7 THE OHQ soccer final for the Parker Cup will be played at Tan«lin at 5 pm. today between Base Group RE ME. and the Singapore Engineering Regt.30 words
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Article244 1948-07-20 7 OL YMPIC GIRLS BREAK CAMP THE Olympic Organizing Committee declined to 1 comment yesterday on published reports that "incidents" at Richmond Training Camp had caused the transfer to other billets of 250 college girls previously quartered near Overseas men competitors. A report printed by the Daily Express also says thatU.P. - 244 words
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Article111 1948-07-20 7 SIR Arthur Eiffin. Chairman and Managing Director of Wembley Stadium where the Olympic Games will be held, stated yesterday that there seem- etl little possibility of the Games showing a loss. Sir Arthur explained it had been a irrrat disappointment that at the last moment large111 words
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445 1948-07-20 7 CRUSADER - CRUSADER By Fthe Shanghai Chinese touring soccer team, nowplaying m Manila, ask for games m Singapore they will get them. This is the official reply to the report from Shanghai last week that the touristintended playing m Singapore. So far no official445 words
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Article214 1948-07-20 7 IN a report by the selection and planning sub-com-mittee of the M.C.C. presented to the Imperia Cricket Conference at Lord's yesterday, the reluctant view was expressed that the present situation concerning English cricket was sufficiently serious to warrant a curtailment of tours m the immediate214 words
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Article18 1948-07-20 7 Johnnie Nuttal. captain of India's Olympic boxers, and Boh Lall, left Calcutta for London by air yesterday.- A.P.A.P. - 18 words
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Article250 1948-07-20 7 Compton Edrich out cheaply •THE King and Queen went to I Lords yeeterda;* >h t.ie Australians take a 114 lead over Middlesex Brick uers iouou .iig disastrous start by the toui I The Australians lost thn pit* kets including Don Bradn.-ai s; for only 53 runs but a fourth wicketA.P. - 250 words
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Article29 1948-07-20 7 International Swimming Associauon r.ave apf for the o. Games. Two have accepted on th^ undf' ing that they will not have u> inarch behind the Eire tricolour A. P.A.P. - 29 words
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Advertisement176 1948-07-20 7 IN THE CAUSE OF CHARITY Great World Wrestling Arena PRESENTS FOR YOTR PLEASL RI \M) ENTERTAINMI M| A GRAND CHARITY SHOW In Aid Of THE REDEMPTORIST FATHERS' \PPE\LMM> LVD THE GIRLS' HOME BUILDING FUND (GOOD SHEPHERD M «*S Wednesday 21st July 1948 at 9 p.m UNDER THE DISTINGUISHED PATRON MA176 words
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Miscellaneous97 1948-07-20 7 Crossword Ho. 441 4) t. Vessel '4- 10. Describes U Object of ambition <6». 14. Frigh'en 20 Taking up again (B>. 23 E>'*» (5). 1 29 Set m competition fS). 30 Binds 33. Girdle ft). 34 Cowardly 6» I t«s DOWN rr->m «7). :ia:a <s>. 9 Tacile (3 18. Self97 words
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Article53 1948-07-20 8 E.'FDEN -To B.tly. wife of Cc:d n. at St. Annes on-sea. on July 16ta 1948 a r:e Elizabeth. CHEAH— to Geak Neo. wife of Ch ah Tat Hoe. of Singapore Dis i Co. Singapore, on July ;i brother for Queenie Noele»»n Pionna. Mother and son are Federation and Penang53 words
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Article299 1948-07-20 8 FIGHTING GOES ON IN PALESTINE Iraq, Syria defy UNO HAIFA, Monday. PALESTINE, officially at peace under the United Nations truce today, was torn by fighting at many points, particularly m the north, where both Jews and Arabs accused each other of violating the "cease-fire" order. The Israel Government's charge that299 words
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221 1948-07-20 8 New talk of U.S. loans for China SHANGHAI, Monday. AS black market operators today offered CN.58,500,--000 for UJS.SI, a Nanking report said that a preliminary agreem^.t has been reached m negotiations tor two United States loans to halt China's runway inflation and carry out currency reforms One loan, it isReuter; U.P. - 221 words
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Article224 1948-07-20 8 ROMK, Monday. 4 S the wounded Italian Communist leader, Signor Palmiro Togliatti, recovered sutliciently to resume today, from his hospital bed, active direction of the biggest Red movement m Europe outside Kussi i. thousands of paratroops and infantry with tanks, armoured cars and military spottingReuter; A.P. - 224 words
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Article71 1948-07-20 8 A LEADING Japanese < onimunist and Diet .nember. Mr. Kyuchi Tokuda. was wounded yesterday when an assassin threw a home-made hand-grenade that exptoded at his feet, wounding his neck, left arm and leg. Mr. Tokuda, who h secre-tary-general of the Communist Party, was speakine m theReuter - 71 words
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Article43 1948-07-20 8 ABOUT 120 persons were be- lieved drowned yesterday when a tx>at carrying 202 capsized m the River Ganges The boat was carrying passengers to Cheokl from LaVrien Ghat. As the passengers were preparing to disembark the boat capsized.43 words
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Article24 1948-07-20 8 A reduction of one shilling a bushel m the Australian export price of wheat is announced. The new price is 17 .shillings.24 words
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Article85 1948-07-20 8 LONDON. Monday. BRITAIN will not recognise the right of any Palestine j Jewish court to try British i subjects the Under-Secretary 1 for Foreign AtTairs. Mr. Christopher Mayhew. told the House of Commons today He was commenting on a statement by the Jewish defa ce force,Reuter - 85 words
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Article20 1948-07-20 8 Surplus American Army clothing will be issued to Japanese farmers who vyceed their summer grain collection quotas.20 words
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Article232 1948-07-20 8 SHANGHAI, Monday. /CHINESE Communist forces, advancing along a broad front m Hopei Province, captured two more strongholds along the Peiping-Peiping Railway m the past 24 hours and broke into the suburbs of the provincial capital, Paoting. As Gen. Fu Tso-yis Suiyuanese troops began reelingReuter; A.P. - 232 words
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Article434 1948-07-20 8 London Stock Exchange LONDON, Monday. A LTHOUGH the political situation may well have given rise to it, there was no undue gloom m the London stock markets today, says Reuter's financial correspondent. There was, however, some small selling of Industrial shares which showed declines of434 words
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Article96 1948-07-20 8 THE United States Department yesterday disclosed that a naturalised American citizen, Mr. Stephen Haas, a Philadelphia real estate agent, was killed and a British family were injured, by a stonethrowing mob m Cairo, yesterday afternoon. They were attacked by a mob near the Cairo Citadel. Mrs.Reuter - 96 words
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Article64 1948-07-20 8 WASHINGTON, Monday. THE World Bank announced today that Holland has used up the US$l9O mjllion loan from the bank m making purchases of cargo vessels and tankers, mechanical equipment. coal. feeding grains, rolling mill products, building materials and fertilisers. Pvichaaera In the United States totalledU.P. - 64 words
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Article177 1948-07-20 8 MAHE (Seychelles), Monday. THE Seychelles acting Attorney General Mr. Charles Collet, who was recently referred to m the British House of Commons as "a pocket Hitler" who seemed j "to be working off his colour i prejudice," said m the 'Supreme Court here today ithat his beingReuter - 177 words
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Article, Illustration46 1948-07-20 8 "OPERATION POTATO"— Within two days of an "SOS" from Cornish farmers being received, British troops were m action helping to lift the heavy potato crop. Members of an A. A. Regiment are here seen at work on a farm at St. Columb Minor, Cornwall.46 words
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Article129 1948-07-20 8 rE tea industry m C* faces obliteration unless the blister blight, a plant disease known for years :n North India which had broken out m Ceylon and Southern India m 1946. is wiped out, Mr. W V. D. Pieris. Ceylon s r ate to the129 words
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Article134 1948-07-20 8 SPECIAL Market im 1 1 iniwfci jtives the prices of rabbet ai 11 *.m. today as follows; Tone of market: Firm SINGAPORE mAMAEB Of COMMERCE The Singapore Chamber atf Commerce Rubber Assoriat ion's noon prices, yesterday, were a. rente per Ib. Buyers Setter* Ote. Ctr N«. 1 K.S.S.134 words
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Article46 1948-07-20 8 N. Y. futures J^BW YORK crude rubber futures closed 39 point* to 57 point* higher yesterday. Sales totalled 53 contract*. Offers were: July 23 cmt* vU.S.) bid; Sept 22 95 bid; Dec 22 99; March 22.88; No. 1 ribbed smoked sheets n34 7 8 nor- A.P.A.P. - 46 words
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Article99 1948-07-20 8 fHE Ntw York Stock Exchange yesterday registered the sharpest decline m 1948. reflecting a day of acute nervousness over the Berlin crisis, which brought Ra;l and fciduatrial average; to the lowest levels since early May. The turnover was about 2,500.000 R*new*d soiling during late dealings broughtReuter; A.P. - 99 words
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Article81 1948-07-20 8 FUTURE OF WjERw rph-E military Governors of th< v, U M A zones met at British headquarter* > today to discuss details of the u Or WE government. The governors (*3 their deputies and their pol mif^Si visers. a e «Hn^' Their conclusions will German stateReuter; A.P.; U.P. - 81 words
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Article160 1948-07-20 8 HONG KONG IS 'OUT TO HELP CHINA' NANKING. Monday THE British Ambassado: China, Sir Ralph Stevenson said today tha' i Kong regards it-self as Ch "good neighbour"' with Interests m seeing a hea and prosperous China Sir Ralph, who leaves on Wednesday for a months' vacation m I. told UnitedU.P. - 160 words
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Article53 1948-07-20 8 i THE Hyderabad Government v. allow Gandhi's, disciple Bhan>ali to visit Hydexa j provided he undertakes not talk during his stay m the State, and avoids polr con ta< I Bhansali has been fasting since July 10 m pr against Hyderabad M volunteers alleged atrocities onA.P. - 53 words
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Article8 1948-07-20 8 BANDITS CLOSE CUSTOMS POST A j I U.P.U.P. - 8 words
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Miscellaneous12 1948-07-20 8 STORE HIGH TIDES Today: 11 16a.m: 10.95 p.m. Wed.: H.S4«jb; lfl 46pm12 words
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