The Straits Budget, 5 September 1946

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    30 1 The Straits Budget THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES IESTABLISHED OVER CENTURY! jsjew Series No. 5 Singapore, Thursday, September sth, 1946. Price 40 cents (S.S. Currency) Or 1 rh.
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      62 1 The SINGAPORE FREE PRESS has the largest nett sale of any afternoon newspaper published in Malaya The Singapore Free Press is the oldest established newspaper in Singapore. It recommenced publication in May last and its smart presentation of news has made an immediate appeal to the reading public. For advertising
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      The Last Straw
      845 2 Straits Tings An° ?9 1 If ever there was an illjudged and untimely strike, it ts the strike ol the S.T.C. employees in Singapore at this moment. This is Just about the last straw for U.e wageeamers and suburban population of this city. Life was harassing enough
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      The “Boy” And The “Mem”
      918 2 Straits Times Aug. 30. Some ol tlie European women who have come back to .Singapore, knowing vaguely that the place has changed but expecting to return to the o!<l pre-war ways ol life, and in particular to that blissful mode ol existence which consists of
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      Sparks In The Balkans
      823 2 —Straits Tim v: It is not without a gloomy significance that, while the international situation deteriorates almost visibly day by day. its epicentre has shifted to the Balkans. That immemorial trouble centre, where wars breed as easily as flies, is for geographical reasons a natural source
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      The “Red Hairs” Prestige
      904 2 —Strits Times Sept, 2. It is regrettable 1 Singapore Asscciat first public meeting leincarnaticn unde; name, should hav-‘ the platform for a denunciation that wide of the mark v Asiatic merchant Ov Jumabhoy) sets an ,v a prominent and European fnamelv Lavcock) in d°nrrcat and ill-informed
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      Boat Quay And Washington
      1055 3 Straits Times. Sept. 3 A Chinese merchant of Boat Quay, in an article published in this page yesterday, voiced what is probably the geneial opinion of the Chinese community with regard to the rice crisis. The Chinese, who know the ins and outs ol the rice
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      Kampong Glam And Java
      999 3 Straits Times, Sept. 4 1 Kampong Glam is an historic spot in the; Malaysian world, and there is a profound significance in the tact that an assemblage ol Singapore Malays and their racial cousins who call themselves “Indonesians” gathered there a lew days ago to celebrate
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    Singapore Crematorium Plan Raised
    136 4 SINGAPORE. Aug. 31. THE question of the* provision of a crematorium lor Singapore was raised at yesterday’s Municipal Commissioners meeting by Mr. Ng Sen Choy. He recalled that the matter had been discussed at some length before the war. The opinion of most ot the communities
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    MR. MCKERRON
    31 4 Mr P. A B McKcrron, the Colonial Secretary, has left Singapore by all for England on leave During Ins absence, Mr Hut h Bryhon v.ill act u,s Colonial Secretary
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    A Malacca Volunteer wrote this for posterity....
    1557 4  -  Ity CHAN CHENG YEAN HI J KING the* Japanese attack on Singapore the* 4th Battalion of the S.S.V.F., Malacca, especially “B Chinese Company and “I)” Eurasian Company were detailed to tfuard duties at Volunteer Headquarters. Fort Canning and some important military points. On
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    LEGAL CLERICAL SERVICE PLAN
    170 4 A I' 1 HOUGH the .Malayan Union Government are considering, the formation of a Legal Clerical Service which will obtain its recruits from General Clerical Service candidates and other government officers, it i s understood, the Singapore Government have not yet considered opening up a similar
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    WELFARE FUND GETS $12,000
    102 4 From Ou Own Corespondent IPOH, Sept. 3. THE Maiivan Wei. are Fund stands to benefit br übout $12,000 as result o the eharitv lair held a. Jubile* Park on Saturday right under the organisation of ih> Perak Chinese Chamber o' Commence and the Amalgamated Guild Associat.ons.
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      31 4 SITUATION WANTED EX AIK FORCE Officer. Supper. Major prof Land Surveyor, landscape experience, 40 British, 4 years Malaya, seeks pout offering wo|x\ prospects, Salary Box A B.C. c o Straits Budget
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    Boat Quay’s Advice To Killearn
    996 5  -  By T. C. Yeo this article a Chinese •rchant of M«at Quay, ,,raporc. explains how rice crisis similar to present one occurred r j n p the Japanese jime. due to the inabiv the Siamese GovJnt to fulfil its proves, and how the Chise m.
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      Blotting Out The B.M.A.
      117 5 Blotting Out The B.M.A THE Civil Government is trying to effect a total change and to eradicate every sign of the presence of the even to the extent of removing the military ranks of all' the government officials. So far they have done quite well, but, it is very irritating
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      “Show Us How—”
      78 5 “Show Us How V SHALL be glad if Mr. McNeJce will show the public how to live on a salary of $120 per month, for a family of six persons. on fish, chicken, etc. at controlled prices-—not necessarily on pork The fact remains that to live on inferior-quality fish, like
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      A White Smallholder In Johore
      445 5 YOU have published articles by p< oj)io <>: various races oil the subject Of the Malayan Union ami all it implies. Perhaps you will publish this letter written bv an animal almost as rare as the two-hornrcl rhinoceros, .an English smallholder who has settled in
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      We’re Waiting ——
      79 5 We’re Waiting WE'RE WAITING TILL CHEAPER noons ARRIVE says tin* c ngapoie ignboard which was put up by tin* author! irs some six months ago Plenty of <«N*apiT eood; have arrived all right, but looking at omul tin market. I am somewhat depressed to sec such a large part of
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      The Burlington
      115 5 THE owners of the ole I dilapidated Burlington Hotel building in Coleman Street, and the terrible slum at the rear of it this lattei a legacy of the Japanese occupation are to be con gratulated on their enterprise is undertaking the complete demolition ot ail the old property
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      This “Boy” Business
      393 5 I CAN imagine that the Straits Times editorial “The ‘Boy’ And The ‘Mem’ will cause much of the popular annoyance, approval and dissension for which id! good editorials are written (and I have written many). Nevertheless, it is interesting :n the extreme, and. allowing for people with
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      “Killearn In South-East Asia”: Army Comment
      355 5 WITHOUT wishing to detract from the achievements of the Special Commissioner’s office. I feel bound to point out, in the interests of accuracy, that most of the work you attribute to his office in your article ‘’What Killearn has done in S. E. Asia”
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    Union Governor On The Future
    697 6 From Our Own Correspondent 11*011, Sept. 1. THE Malayan Cnion (Government is engaged on new 1 and long term policies for welfare work, employment and Public Relations, declared Sir Edward (Gent, the (Governor of the .Malayan Cnion, speaking at *> dinner given in his honour
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    GOVERNOR’S TRIBUTE TO MALAYAN PRESS
    113 6 from Our Own Correspondent. K. LUMP UK, Monday. AT a dinner given by Chinese journalists last night. Sir Edward Gent said that because the press has in the main regarded the public interest as its own guiding factor, it has achieved that influence which is
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    New Shipping Line Operates From S’pore
    162 6 SINGAPORE, Sept 2. yifE Waterman Steamship Corporation recently admitted into membership of the StraitsNew York Freight Conference, s resuming its regular monthly service to the United States. Atlantic Coast and Gull ports I he first vessel ot the service is the s.s Afoundria. loading
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    Chinese Threaten Boycott Of Dutch
    330 6 SINGAPORE, Sep t A TOTAL boycott by Chinese nationals against ut nationals and interests throughout s j a particularly in Java, Sumatra and Malaya, wi|| called by the Singapore Chinese Chamber of w merce if Chinese trading vessels and crews recen seized by the Dutch
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    PENANG TO RE-BURY DEAD
    262 6 From Our Own Conespo ident PENANG, Sept. 3. C ATING it was the first time he ha i heard 01 it ne Re sident Co’nmissione! Mr S N King, reply.ng to a appeal by former po'r.ca prisoners A Penang at t i first re-union anni versary
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    Lightermen Return
    145 6 I rom Our Own Correspondent PENANG. Aug. 31. THE five-week old strike py Penang Harbour Board lightermen ended yesterday when the men returned to work following the .successful outcome of negotiations in which Mr. S K Chettur. th*- Agent tor the Government of India, took a proininent part
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    Send-Off For Malay Announcers
    113 6 TWO young Malay radio announcers, Inche Mustapha bin Che Ismail and Inche Idris bin Ahmad Shah, who are going to England early next week to broadcast B H O news in Malay, were given a tea-party by Utusan Melayu at the G H Cafe Both Inche
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    Penang Reign Of Terror Told At Trial Of 35 Kempeis
    290 6 I rmn Our Own Correspondent PENANG. Aug. 30. THIRTY-FIVE members of the .Tapane.se Kempei-tai, facing their judges at the opening ol the biggest War Crimes trial in the Malayan Union, this morning heard the prosecution accuse them of “outrages against
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    APPLICATION TO ACQUIT PRIVATE
    889 8 KLUANG COURT MARTIAL B\ Our Special Correspondent KIJJANO, Aug. 27. PKOC'KKDIMiS in the court martial of 2<>2 men of the 13th Para troop battalion took a new turn today when the defending officer, (’apt. .1. F. Reilly, submitted at the close of the case for the
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    Plaque For The Cathay
    66 8 Major-Cacn. R. C. II. Kimmins (right) unveiled a brass plaque presented h.v Admiral ford Louis Mounthatten. to Mrs. I.oke Yew joint owner with be r son, Mr. Loke Wan Tho. of Singapore's Cathay building T he plaque commemorated the setting up of SACSEA headqua rters in
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    The Defence Of 262 Paratroopers Opens
    233 8 By Our S|H'( ial Correspondent KUJANG, Auf*. ‘>B. TIIK manner in which the* defence would Ik* conducted was outlined by ('apt. Reilly, the defending otTicor, at todays hearing of the court martial in which 2f»2 men of flu* 18th Parachute Battalion are charged with
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    Court’s Belief Strained To The Limit
    197 8 By Our Special Correspondent KLUANG, Aug. 26. Brigadier m. v. Wright. President of the Court Martial at Kluang. today told one of the accused. Pte Devlin, who was living evidence, that some of the things which the accused had told the court so far
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    All For One
    94 8 A LI. for one and one for all. Everybody stiek together. That is the Paratroopers* slogan,” stated Private W. Murphy of H.Q. Coy at the Kluang court martial. Murphy, one of the 262 men of the nth Parachute Battalion on trial on a charge of join, ing
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    Penang Public Pay New Tax
    134 8 I rom Our Own Correspondent PENANG, Sept. 1. UJIIII the* increased entertain- men?, tax coming into force in the Malayan Union today, admission prices at Penang fin mas are being raised almost correspondingly, but amusement Porks arp keeping th°ir same rates ot 20 cents gi:te
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    R.A.F. DROP PENICILLIN IN SARAWAK
    305 8 SUPPLIES of penicillin O drugs urgently save the life of M r Aikman, British lci B< aga, Sarawak. with suspected were parachuted f r m fire piloted bv Win. rnancier J. R. r u.„Vl D.S.O.. D.F.C.. coicl-mreakor and Com ms mg Officer of 684 Soil
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    COLOURFUL HARI RAYA IN TAIPING
    94 8 From Our Own Corresponded! TAIPING. Aug. 31 UARI RAYA PUASA in Taip: this year was celebrated is pre-war Dresses were colourful, with the arrival of sarongs and kebayas in .a shops. The weather also kept fin? large crowds attended thesp® shows at the amusement pai>
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    ARRIVALS AT RAUB
    50 8 'From Our Own (^r;rK lff 3; RAUB A«2> Recent arrivals amorf: ment officials at 1 V Mr. L. F. Harvey, District Mr. W. F Mavor Senr toms Officer. Lt Cc. Rhodes. District Jud- If Chambers. Senior 1 Engineer: P.W D.. and Wilson, of the Dram Irrigation Department
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    FOOD PROTEST TO LONDON
    835 9 SINGAPORE, Aug. 31. >( ,1ATI0N to send a telegram to the Secretary <>{ State for the Colonies calling on him to do some- r t( relieve the present rice situation in Singaf an( expressing concern at the rapidly diminish- confidence of the people in British administration.
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    Quarters For Ipoh Govt. Employees
    88 9 < from Our Own Correspond* nt) IPOH. AUg. 29. IN order to relieve housing short--1 age among government servants temporary quarter.; w 11 be constructed hre soon The site chosen is in Aslibv Road and it is hopd to complete part of th sch me
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    KILLEARN REPORTS SUCCESS
    217 9 SINGAPORE, Aug 31. OHD Killearn, Special Commissioner for South-East Asia, arrived at Kallang aerodrome yesterday afternoon lrom Java, where he has been holding conversations with Dutch and Indonesian officials. As he stepped out of the Dakota which brought him from Batavia. Lord Killearn said: “I have had
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    Estate Workers Learn Hindi
    62 9 From Our Own Correspondent TAIPING, Aug. 30. THE newly formed Indian Labourers’ Association, Taiping branch, is storting classes in Hindi and English lor (state labourers and their children. It is understood a teacher will be sent round to Sclinsihg and Jebong estates once a week to
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    No Bread Shortage In Penang
    201 9 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, Aug. 29. WITH the rice ration cut send. mg the price 4p by more than i 100 per cent. Penang, where the cost of living i.s lower than m i Singapore, i.s today eating more bread than ever. There is
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    Armed Robber Gets 17 Years’ Gaol
    340 9 Armed Robber Gets 17 Years Gaol SINGAPORE, Aug. 31. TWO young Chinese, Scab Seek Ilenj; and Tan Sew (hew, were yesterday sentenced to seven years* rigorous imprisonment with six strokes ot the cat each by .*lr. justice Thorogood in the Second Singapore As-izes when the common jury returned an unanimous
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    COLLEGE AS THE FIRST STEP TO UNIVERSITY
    412 9 SINGAPORE, Auk. 31. THE Secretary of State for the C olonies views favourably the suggestion that a I'niversity C ollege should he created as a first step towards the establishment of a I’niversity of Malaya, a communique issued by the Singapore Government yesterday
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    Ship’s Captain Had Difficulty With Accounts
    103 9 SINGAPORE, Aug. .11 COUR days alter he was posted T as missing, the body ot Capt Jesse Dixon, master of the Empire Gipsy was found floating in the Singapore harbour. Hie Singapore Coroner. Mr. W G. Porter, was told yesterday that Dixon’s transfer to
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    JUDGE TELLS OF BRUTALITIES AT CIVIL INTERNEES CAMP
    1712 11 SINGAPORE, Au b 2». k indignities Rnd brutalities he sune red because of a Japanese objection to a “V” sign on the Camp stage and his violent initiation into the post of Men's Irescntative by the Japanese formed part of the story
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    The ‘V’ Sign And ‘V’ Cigarettes
    144 11 THE Japanese staff in Changi Gaol internment camp failed to eradicate a “V” sign which the internees had placed on their concert stage. Mr. N. A. Worley, a Puisne judge, related how the Japanese ordered the dismantling of a neon “V” sign (‘‘lt stood
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    Death Of Mr. George Powell
    80 11 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG. Auk. 28. THE deatti occurred in Kuala Lumpur on Monday night of Mr Cyril George Powell, General Manager of the General Transport Co., Ltd Mr. Powell, who was in good health until Sunday did not attend office on Monday, but
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    Malacca Killing: Japs To Hang
    294 11 Fro 2* 9. ur ow «i Correspondent th^ AU lumpur Auff 26 JHB. Wat Crimes Court. Kuala Lumpur, this afternoon passnn of d( ath b y hanging n Warrant Otllcer Osakl Glichi head o. Malacca Kcmpel Tai in March 1942, and on Servant Major su
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    Woman Internee Was Beaten In Sikh Guard House
    807 11 r PHE beating up of a woman intcr--1 nee. Mrs. Gwen Kirwarc, in the Sikh guard room at tie Sime Jfcoad camp was related by Mr John Weekley yesterday when he continued his evidence. It was reporter! to the Ceitfral Committee, he
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    More Evidence Of Atrocities In Sime Road Camp Trial
    816 12 SINGAPORE, Auk. :)0. “EVERY time TominaKa asked me to make an admission 1 told him to k<> to hell, declared a witness, Bert Seymour, a Singapore Prison Officer, when he described before the Sime Road case War rimes ourt yesterday how
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    Sime Road Vignettes
    104 12 Descriptions of three of the five Japanese aeeused were given by a witness, E. I> Itrettell, in the War Crimes trial. Tominaga. second aeeused, was “a vicious brute, who from the very start made it clear that he loathed the British and anything to do with them
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    LAWYER TELLS OF BEATING
    126 12 Mr. F R. Kock.” a Singapore lawyer, cave details of thiee a saults while he was in internment at yesterday’s hearing of Sime Road trial. About 1 1 ic middle' of 1942. he was :n tne womens camp with a fatigue partv wh«n he- taw liis
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    Incident At Rice Store
    697 12 In an affidavit. Mr. Edwarct Douglas Brcttell, once in charge ol the Jail rice and cereal stores, related that at 11 p.m on F'‘b. 15, 1044, he was called to the Japanese office where hr. found six internees who worked in the store, with Kobayashi there
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    MUSICIANS ON A TOWER
    597 12 THE. tribulations of members of the Changi internment camp orchestra who were exposed t* the sun for several hours on top of the tower in the jail and left there throughout the night and a part of the following day, after they had been found practising
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    SEREMBAN WEDDING
    55 12 marriage took plare on Aug. 29 at the Church of the Visitation, of Miss Constance S. Manuel, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. I. F. Manuel of Seremban, to Mr. X. A. Nicholas. Health Inspector. Taiping. son of Mr. and Mrs. G. R. Nicholas of Kuala Lipis.
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    Man’s 90-Foot Death Fall
    55 12 SINGAPORE. Aug. 30. People walking beside the Southern Hotel in Singapore’s Chinatown on Wednesday afternoon saw’ a Chinese crash to the ground from the fourth floor of the hotel, a height of about 90 feet. He was rushed to the Gen. eral Hospital where he died
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    Chinese Urges De-Control Of Rice Market
    409 12 By Our Chinese orrespoi* THEJ Chinese viewpoint < current rice situate a in this interesting t x* ral-* editorial by the Sin cw 0 of Singapore. Tiv states:— c The world food 'hort--fully understood by th«> \f’ people, but there is (J1 which we
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    Inspector Gets 30 Months’ R.I.
    70 12 A FORMER Police InsP e Chia Kuan Oon, who a woman to be severely o forced her to strip, a n subject her to “water trea until she was sentenced to 30 months r:--; imprisonment in the Singapore Assizes Chia was convicted oa of charges
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    RO-JAP WOMEN CAROUSED WITH SIME ROAD CAMP GUARDS
    2330 13 SINGAPORE, Auk. 31. IKE "omen —two in affidavits—described the humiliations, indiKnities, and hrutalitics they suffered at the hands of Japanese staff of Sime Road civil Inincnt camp at the continuation of the War Crimes trial in the Victoria Hall yesterday. |m, Mrs.
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    European Type Meal For 35 cts.
    90 13 SINGAPORE, Auk 29. A European typo meal was served for the first time at People's Restaurants in Singapore on Wednesday, and was sold at the regular price of 35 rents. The same meal is at present being sold for S 2 in other Singapore
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    Serdang Turns Out Graduates
    99 13 Fmm Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Aug. 30. CREAKING at the graduation ceremony held at the Scrdang School of ..ericulture on Monday Mr. F. Burnett, Director of Agriculture. Malayan Union, declared agriculture was not merely a method of making a living. It was not merely an
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    Savings Increase
    64 13 •From Our Own Correspondent! KUALA LUMPUR. Aug 30. THE savings bank business in t h Malayan Union cont nu< x to Increase and the number of transactions fdeposits and withdrawals* during July was higher Mian any previous month h nee tre-occupation S nee the re-ope n |ng of
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    Food Prices Soar In Kuala Lumpur
    375 13 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Auk. :jo. rice is scarce and only obtainable if the buyer is prepared to pay the black-market price, which ran ires from $1.30 to SI.OO per kati, there is abundant stock of other foodstuff's in shops and markets
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    REVIEW OF RATE OF ASSESSMENT
    260 14 SINGAPORE, Aug. 31. IN his maiden speech at the Municipal Commissioners meeting yesterday, Mr. I). K. Walters gave notice that at the next meeting he proposed to try and reopen the question of the raising of the assessment ceiling. He said that many people considered
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    $2,500 FINE FOR DISTILLER
    73 14 SINGAPORE, Aug. 31. TOH Kah Guan, a Chinese, was fined $2,500 in the Third Police Court yesterday, for possession of dutiable liquor and of distilling fermented rice. The amount of liquor involved was 396 gallons of fer. merited rice, and 15 gallons of samsu. In addition,
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    He Has New Job
    68 14 MR. K. Rodgers, former chairman and general manager of the Singapore and Penang Harbour Boards, re. turns to Singapore this week by air to become managing director of United Engineers, Ltd. Mr. Rodgers is at present in Australia. Mr. R. M. DufT, former managing director of
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    $5,000 Fine For Not Paying Duty
    130 14 From Our Own Correspondent ALOR STAR, Aug. 30. COR being in possession ol 1 sugar without customs declaration weighing 91 piculs and 28 katies In 36 bags, a Chinese merchant Jrom Haadyai was fined $5,000 or one month’s simple imprisonment in the District Court
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    POLICE FIGHT GAMBLING
    84 14 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, Aug. 31. THE police campaign against the operators of “Hua Hoay” games in Penang and Province Wellesley has revealed that these lot. teries are conducted by big orga. nisatlons which employ touts to carry bets across the channel Irom the mainland. Intensification
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    S’PORE THANKS RED CROSS
    91 14 THE Government of Singapore has sent a message ot thanks to tin* British Red Cross Society and the Order of St. John tor their “very noble part in the most humane work of recovery and rehabilitation, working in conditions that were always difficult and often extremely
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    Complete Record Of War Trials
    221 14 WHEN every Japanese war criminal in Singapore and ff Malaya—in fact, throughout South East Asia—has been tried, a complete record of every word said at their trials will be available in London. In Malaya alone a corps of 18 men and women shorthand writ, ers
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    Charged With Assault On Constable
    68 14 SINGAPORE. Aug. 31. THREE Tamils appeared in the Fourth Police Court yester. day on a charge of assaulting a detective constable, Jaafar, on Aug. 28 in Orchard Road. In addition, one of the men was also charged with attempting to cause hurt to Jaafar, with
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    PENANG ELECTRIC PROBLEM
    206 14 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, Sept. 1. gECAUSE oi the '‘gravely unsatisfactory condition’* of the Prai Power Station which sup. plies electricity to Penang, the Electrical Department has circularised all power consumers asking them to cut their usage of electric current between 6.30 and 10 nightly. Explaining
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    How $25 million loan will be spent
    299 14 ARREARS of pay, gratuities, pensions to ex-internees, three months’*’ Cm defcnc servict members and the i -months salaty giants given to Government omoloveps i'oan bv f '’th° Ut r f th $25 000 000 Rehabilitation subscribe,I. nment and recently fully Two and a
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    MUNICIPAL REPLY TO ACSEA
    306 14 Mountbatten Road SINGAPORE, Aug •>, A categorical denial that the responsibility for the of Mountbatten Road now lay with the civilian a rities, as stated by ACSEA this week, was made yesu by Mr. W. Bartley, the Singapore Municipal president a i meeting of Singapore Commissioners
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    Detective And Constables Sent To Gaol
    195 14 Detective And Constables Sent T o Gaol SINGAPORE. Aug ARRESTED oy meinucrs 0.' special constabulary on rol duty at Siglap on Junes long-service constables. A mu gam and Jantan bin and a detective, Yon” Kokl were convicted on charges possession of 25 bags i katis of rice and removing rice
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    42 INTERNEES SHARED PARCEL
    1261 15 Sime Road Trial SINGAPORE, Sept. .L I M ,i en i elToits to force the Japanese staff ot Sinn* Ka(\ internment camp to release valuable Red Cross u° ~t food were described in the War Crimes court in [nme yesterday by Mr. C. E. Collinge, who
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    Another Tribute To Myamoto
    232 15 ANOTHER tribute to the “helpfulness” of Minoru Myamoto, the fifth accused, in the Sime Road Camp case, was paid during the trial by Mr. C E. Collinge. Collinge, was asked his opinion on any of the accused He described Susuki as "weak and irresponsible” Tominaga as
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    Tried To Sell Revolver
    124 15 110 SEE PAK, a 21-year.cld youth who was found in possession of a revolver and nine rounds of am. munition, was sentenced to three years’ rigorous imprisonment and fined $lOO or a further three months’ imprisonment by Mr. Paul Storr. the District Judge. When the police
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    War Dept. Civilians Form Assn.
    162 15 THE Singapore War Department Civilian StatT Association will conn* into existence on or about September according to a resolution passed at a meeting of the preliminary committee set up to form the association, held on Aug 25. The 0.0 C Singapore District ha*' given his
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    Singapore Appeal For More Food
    266 15 FOLLOWING upon a resolution made at a meeting of the Singapore Association, formerly known as the Straits Settlements (Singapore) Association, on Aug. 30, a ca.de has been despatched to the Secretary of State for the Colonies which reads as follows: “The Singapore rice ration has
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    CENTENARY IS CELEBRATED
    37 15 BKI'IISH insurance linns Iri Singapore were represented at a luncheon at Raffles Hotel on Saturday in commemoration of the joint Malayan centenary of the Royal Insurance Co.. Ltd and their agents. Boustead Co., Ltd.
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    B.I. To Replace Ship Mined In Singapore
    424 15 By Our Shipping Correspondent SINGAPORE, Sept. 2. ANNOUNCING details of an extensive shipbuilding programme for service between India, Malaya and the Far East, the British India Steam Navigation Company are constructing a new 9,000-ton vessel which carries the same name as the ill-fated
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    Ceylonese Wedding In Union Capital
    93 15 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Sept. 2 THE marriage* took place m Kuala Lumpur on Saturda\ between Miss Malina Lee la Florence, eldest daughter ot Mr and Mrs A. Gunasekcru and Mr. M R Cyril Wetta.slnghe, son of the late Mr D. I). Wettasinghe
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    Anti-Corruption Drive Planned
    430 16 AIMKI) directly at combatting “tlu* wave of corrup- tion prevalent in the Colony” two bills will be in troduced at the next meeting of the Advisory Council to give the police and the courts greater powers in dealing w ith offences under the Corruption Ordinance The first
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    New Plans For Chinese Education
    219 16 By Our Chinese Correspondent THE first meeting ol the Chinese Schools Rehabilitation Committee was recently held at t.h< Chinese Consulate in Kuala Lumpur, and attended by representatives from Selangor, Negri Senibilan, Pahang and Perak. The following six resolutions were passed: (1) That priority lor rehabilitation
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    JAPANESE REPRINTED DICTIONARY
    94 16 FOLLOWING an article publish- ed in the Straits Times on Thursday stating that the Japan, esc had published a British book during the occupation, a reader has sent in a copy of Wilkin, son’s Malay-English Dictionary, which was reprinted m Tokyo and openly sold in Singapore in
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    PENANG CUSTOMS SEIZE GOODS
    68 16 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, Sept. 2. motor coastal vessel anchored off Jelutong was raided by customs officers yesterday just before it was scheduled to leave fo: Sumatra with several thousand dollars worth of cloth, tinned provisions and other goods, apparently intended for smuggling out of
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    District Judge Addresses Estate Labour
    580 16 From Our Own Correspondent KRIAN, Aug. 31. A warning to estate labourers not to be intimidated and advice as to what constituted breaking tin law were delivered to a packed court by the District Judge, Mr. C. P. Newton, at the Hagan Serai court today.
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    Dutch Queen’s Birthday Celebrations
    239 16 QUEEN Wilhelmina’s birthday was celebrated extensively by the Dutch community and many Indonesian subjects of the Queen in Singapore on Saturday. The celebrations included a parade of Dutch troops, a gymkhana for children, a soccer match between teams of the Royal Air Force and the Dutch
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    Blow For Black Marketeers
    155 16 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Sept. 2. A BILL to be introduced at the next meeting of the Malayan Union Advisory Council at Kuala Lumpur on Thursday will provide drastic penalties on offenders against price control regulation alter it has been enforced They include fines
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    FULL V-DAY PROGRAMME FOR K.L.
    181 16 T m prov l R ram me has been B for Victory Day eeleb™* 1 Kuala Lumpur ll0! railed by the Resident* rS sioner. Sept. 10: A hockey m J tween the Services £|i fans. d Sept. 11: Sports for the padang. "’‘■B Se:n. 12:
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    Free Medical Panel For Difficult Birth
    214 16 II was agreed recently by I Municipal Commissioner reintroduce the pre-war sti of panel doctors to proviM for the poor in case of dia birth, at a fee payable by I Commissioners ol $25 tori attendance. I Elaborating on this statei the Municipal Health
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    Sharper Whipping For Robbers
    82 16 Sharper W hipp ing For Robbers SINGAPORE Sept PANG robbers have been that whippings in be more severe. This wa’jj given by Mr. Justice l*in the second Sine; vesterday at the cone .\i■ cuso in which a your.Seah Seek Heng. we to seven years’ ri 2ol u> r > sonment
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    OIL POSITION IN THE INDIES
    451 17 (By Our Batavia Correspondent) BATAVIA, (By Air Mail). L,\ Japan’s domination in the Far East began to wane fcarlv *n 1945, the question of petroleum supplies for L,rk of reconstruction in this country was given r u> consideration by the Bataafsche Petroleum Mij. hi Dutch)
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    Penang Port Development Scheme
    173 17 1 Our Own Correspondent PENANG, Aug. 29. -HEME lor development j! j na port will be advocated i e Malayan Union Advisory cil meeting or. Sept. 5 by K members, Dr. Ong Chong ar '(J Mr. Abdoolcader. This v, ll be taken with full n of
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    AUSTRALIAN EGGS
    112 17 SIX hundred and five cases, each case containing 30 dozen eggs, have been distributed to stall holders in Municipal Markets. These stall holders in turn distribute the eggs to other stall holders in their particular markets and the eggs will be on sale to the public today at
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    Examination For Chinese Doctors
    106 17 By Our Chinese Correspondent THE first professional examination for Chinese physicians since the surrender was held recently at the Tung Chi Free Hospital, in Serangoon Koad. Singapore. Of the 49 candidates who sat for the examination, 20 passed. The examination papers were sent to Hongkong Tung
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    Dutch Envoy On Threat Of Boycott
    244 17 SINGAPORE, Sept. 4. THE Netherlands Indies Government have been acquainted with the grievances of legitimate traders and are giving the matter their fullest attention,” stated the Dutch Consul-General in Singapore, Mr. M. F. Vigeveno, yesterday. Mr. Vigeveno was commenting o n the total boycott
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    India To Help Her Needy Nationals
    201 17 SINGAPORE. Soph 4 THE Government of India have sanctioned SI 0,000 for the relief of distressed Indian nationals in Noitd Borneo and another $lO,OOO for free repatriation for those who are destitute. This was disclosed by Mr. S. K. Chcttur, Representative of the Government
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    Companies Ordinance Amendment
    174 17 THE Malayan Union Advisory Council is to consider a bill to amend the Companies Ordinance. Representations have been received from some companies to the effect that owing to the Japanese occupation the only copy of the memorandum and articles of association now in existence is tilt* one
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    Black Market Link Broken
    231 17 From Our Own Correspondent Kuala Lumpur, Sept. 3. KUALA Lumpur police and food control officers carried out their biggest raid last night and seized 100 bags of black market rice. The raid had a sequel in the police court this morning when the proprietor of a
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    CONDEMNED MEAT ON SALE IN K.L.
    221 17 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR Sept. 3. effort is now being made by veterinary departments throughout Malaya to build up again the animal population of this country. Malaya’s livestock resources were seriously depleted through uncontrolled slaughter during the Japanese regime and there is
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    Indians’ Clash In Singapore
    173 17 SINGAPORE, Sept. 3. PROMPT action by the police prevented what might have developed into serious incidents yesterday afternoon whim demonstrations and clashes between Indians occurred in the Kandang Kerbau area, Cecil Street, Kampong Java and Geylang Serai. In Cecil Stmt a lorry containing 35 Indians was
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    Army Moves Out Of Victoria Institute
    113 17 c’rom O’V ')wn Cor -rspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Sept. 3. TIIK Main'.a Comm i r cl has moved to its w head poarter? off Rifle Ranpp Road The move, which cost the British taxpayer round abo’l t! 210 r /00. is not nearly didst ed
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    Kluang Defence To Be Shortened
    542 18 From Our Special (’orrespondent KLIJANO, Sept. 3. JHE defence of the 2(>l Paratroopers facing a mutinv charge before a court martial in Kluang is to be considerably shortened. To enable the defending officer, apt. J. F. Reilly, to make separations for this shortening, the court
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    Paratroop And Special Classes
    388 18 I From Our Special Correspondent KLUANG, Sept. 2 j y\ T the Court Martial at Kluan.-; 1 ot the 261 Paratroopers who are charged with j, ining in a i mutiny. Private Yuille, one of tiv accused, said that h asked for an interview with his
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    UNLAWFUL ASSEMBLY
    79 18 SINGAPORE. Sept. 4. Thirty-five Hindus and two Chinese were given bail in tut Third Police Court yesterday on charges of being members of an unlawful assembly. The two Chinese are the drivei and at- t. ndant of a lorry which carried Indians along Cecil Street on Si nt.
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    Airman Saves Drowning Child
    122 18 SINGAPORE. Sept. 4. AT the* height ol the* floods yesterday, an' airman plunged into a drain in Orchard Road to rescue a Chinese child. He* was LA C. Taylor, from 505 Squadron R.A.F. Changi who was drying out the carburettor of his motor-cycle when he saw
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    Chinese Observe Victory Day
    340 18 Singapore, Sept. 4. CHINESE in Singapore observed yesterday’s victory anniversary on a rather subdued scale, owing to the uncertain weather conditions. Throughout the city Chinese flags were flown in honour of the day. As a climax to the celebrations, a tea was held at the Chinese
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    $10-Million Victory Certificates
    187 18 A a,)out t<> lio introduced into the Malayan Union Advisory Council will give the Financial Secretary the power to borrow 810,000,000 against the issue to individuals of Victory Savings Certificates. Ceitificaies will be issued with a unit value of fifteen dollars and will be redeemable at $2O
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    Sime Road Prosecution Case End
    491 18 SINGAPORE Sett THE case for the prij) 1 tion in the Sim* camp trial closed yes* afternoon, and the counsel, after consul* with the accused, j n j rj the Court that all five 4 eel would enter the wit box to make their defey
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    Senior Golf Society Hold Meeting
    355 19 retnAL meeting oi trie m bers oi the Senior Golcci,.ty oi Malaya was hell prt inises of the Selangor ;ub and. having regard to iepl' tion in members by un d or retirement counled ciii:, allies oi transport in d;i>s was well attended. ring a
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    FAST SCORING BY S.C.C. BATSMEN
    298 19 lIITTIXG all round the wicket, Potter (46), Healey (44) Stein (41) did some fast scoring for the Singapore Cricket Club on Autf. 31 in their match against the Ist Devons which ended in a draw. The Club batted for about two hours a declared at
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    LOUIS BRUISED
    63 19 lON T \KES. NEW JERSEY, Sept. 2. d br. l bruis 0 unde** unrhv’s training for his th Taml Mauriello on a 'parrim? partner, eh '1 a straight, rigM Marshall Milos, said 207 lb. already “too rapt his boxing for vi do only light roadkis training ramp v
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    GOOD WIN FOR DURHAMS
    45 19 I;' TP, -\N, AUg. SI. i- infantry XI dole,. -T bv fivp wirkots r v thf* N.S. Club t- XI scored 83 l‘h 'u rrr bclT V? M. Ratl" ro /_«Ut. r-* ,i 142 runs for five 'j nr.‘ Capt. Quirk
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    KLUANG C.C. BEATEN
    369 19 ’OOI) bonding by Webster of H. Qrs Paracnuto Brigade and breezy knocks by Lieut. Lack. Lieut. Norton and R rgeant Allum largely contributed to th** Brigade Team’s 10 wickets n-'n ov n r Kluang Cricket Club p’aycd at Kluang. The scores were: H.QRS. PARACHUTE BRIGADE—I ST INNS.
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    CHINESE WIN BY 2 WICKETS
    257 19 'HINESE beat the Grylon Sports Club at cricket on Sept 1 bv two wickets. 1 S< ores were CEYLON SPORTS CLUB I huralsitiMham c Toy b Chong Gee 25 !S. Yogara.lali b Chong Gee 10 '£>. K. Sundram b Chong Gee 2 K. Muttu b
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    16 Teams For S.A.F.A. League
    86 19 CIXTKEN trams have been entered for the Singapore Amateur l oot ball Assoc iation'* Iracur rompetitiou, which h 111 start early in October. The entries arc: th, C hinese, Eurasians. Indians and Malays, and four teams each from the Koyal Navy, the Army and the
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    RAIN STOPS CRICKET ON PADANG
    166 19 A SHOW EH of rain, on Sunday afternoon preventer* urther i plav of the cricket match at 1 the Padant*. when the Sinuapere Cricket Club were just about to Held against the S ngapore Hcri reation Club. The Her., had Just .dismissed their opponents ior
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    NEGRI SOCCER
    42 19 (From Our Own Correspondent* SERFMBAN. Aug. 31. KUALA Pilah Soccer XI defeated the N.S. Malays by two coals to one in a serond round league match. The scorers were Cameron and Kulaiman for Kuala Pilah and Alias for the Malays.
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    AIRMEN DEFEAT DUTCH ARMY
    388 19 R.A.F. (Chnngi) 5: R.N. Army I. f S pari of the Dutch celebrations in Singapore in honour ri of Queen vVithelmina’s birthday, a soccer match was placed af .latan I Ic* r Stadium on Aug. 31 hot ween a Koval Nedcrlands Army side* and R.A.F. (Chanoi),
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    K.L. TEAM WINS AT MALACCA
    78 19 (from Our Own Corr* pondent.» MALACCA, Sept 2. rp pc A Kuala Lumpu; won tl eeonr! charTy football mat'll h* r. yesterday b'atinf' Combined Malaeea Civilians anrl K**rvlces side two-nm* All three goals were rorerl in tiesecond half Malaeea nut un an unexpectedly all round
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    CHANGI XI SCORE 300
    357 19 IN an all-day match at Changi on Sept. 1, Changi Airfield XI defeated an Indian Association XI by 122 runs. Batting first Changi made 300 for seven wickets in two and a half hours before declaring, leaving the Indians three hours in which to get the
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    Hockey Assn Revived
    217 19 Negri Sport Sunday Time t Reporte r SF.TWsMBAN. A UK. 31. \T a meetini' >f representatives of hockey tc'ini'c hi Ne ml Fembilan p, hi V t* j V S flub t'd it Was dcf ;d» d to revh e the MR Hockey As*l j t*r n
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    S’pore Expenditure $28,444,000
    188 20 S’ po re Expenditure $28,444,000 THE cost oi running Singapore from Apr. 1 to the end ol this year will be $28,444,817, it is indicated in a Bill making provision for the Public Service, which is to b“ introduced into the Advisory Council. Expenditure on Medical Services—second only to an
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    Indian Agent Settles Kedah Strike
    312 20 From Our Own Correspondent ALOR STAR. Sept 1 THE strikes on Dublin Estate. Kulim, and Havard Estate, iSungei Patani were settled *olilow.ng visits by Mr. S. K. Chettur, Agent for the Government ol India in Malaya, during an expensive tour of Kedah. Labourers on these
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    Smallholders: Kemlo’s View queried
    412 20 MK. F. J. Keinlo is reported, in the Straits Times oi Aug. 23, as having made the following statement at th» annual general meeting ol the Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association:- "It is generally estimated that Malayan native production rs running at 100 per cent
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    MALAYAN SHARE QUOTATIONS
    779 20 Share quotations, as ut Aug. 30 fteaordlnp to ir.t- Malayan i art-brokers A-ssociatton Suißap^r*'i were as follows (MII'KTKIAI s Riiyt Seller Alexandra Awkwork* Ords *2 00 12 40 Alexandra Hackwork: Prefs i 80 ,i 00 Brit Malaya truster At Executor Co o 00 0 00 Consolidated lln
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    Malayan Share Markets Steady
    664 20 By A Market Correspondent I SINGAPORE. Au| l QUOTATIONS remained steady in Malayan market* J ♦he week and making due allowance for the Ilarnl Puasa holiday, turnover was on a satisfactory scale 1 Main business was in Dollar and Australian tins I imlustfials, rubbers and .uerlinjr
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    Rubber Tall With Board Of Trade Hopeful
    121 20 Straits Times rnpv:: From Our Own Corrc>poi LONDON, Aug.: Yesterdays discus between tin* rubba dustry and the Boar Trade have been ciescritx London as “hopeful.” tb no announcement referri the rubber market is ed for another fortnight It is learned that dischave npt
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    SHARP DECLINE NEW YORK STOCKS
    37 20 Stocks broke nu ODD.OOG today in on (st declines since b bri ale of th? Trading quick* nod b, and the tickor rep > r cl> p bind the market, i New York.
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