The Straits Budget, 19 September 1946
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The Straits Budget
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Title Section31 1946-09-19 1 The Straits Budget THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES lESTABLISHED OVER A CENTURY] jjew Series No. 7 Singapore, Thursday, September, 19th, 1946. Price 40 cents (S.S. Currency) Or 1 ail.31 words
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Advertisement62 1946-09-19 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 advertising62 words
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The Straits Budget
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Article986 1946-09-19 2 Straits Times. Pont,. 12 Today we celebrate the formal .surrender of the Japanese forces in Malaya to the Supreme Allied Commander in South-East Asia. Our thoughts go back to that day a year ago when Singapore was electric with excitement and Jubilation, when crowds flocked from allStraits Times. Pont,. 12 - 986 words
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Article1001 1946-09-19 2 —Straits Times. Sept-. 13 Somp four thousand civilians in Malaya who were in the hands of thp Japanese in f’hangi Gaol and Rime Road are searching their consciences today. Tommaga. KObayashi and Kawasue sentenced p death bv hanein". Suzuki to imnr’.sonment for life Mvamoto to seven—Straits Times. Sept-. 13 - 1,001 words
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Article908 1946-09-19 2 Straits Times, Sept. 14 That was a great show that the Chinese community of Singapore staged on Victory Day. Perhaps many a reader of the Straits Times found it. a welcome and timely antidote for th 0 view of the world expressed in this column thatStraits Times, Sept. 14 - 908 words
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Article915 1946-09-19 3 —Straits Times, Sept. 16 fou ought to move fairly or the world outside will take you,” said Dr. Rayd Priestley, vice-chancelloi Birmingham University, in broadcast from Radio iya last week-end. Perhaps Priestley was merely being ful in not saying that the ide world has already overn—Straits Times, Sept. 16 - 915 words
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Article1053 1946-09-19 3 —Strats Times. Sept. 17 Boat Quay’s advice to Lord Killearn on how to get rice ou. of Siam, printed in this page re cently, has reached London judging by news published dm ing the week-end. A gentlemnr I named Mr. Walter Fletcher, M.P. was reported as—Strats Times. Sept. 17 - 1,053 words
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Article962 1946-09-19 3 —Straits Times, Sept. 18 Allairs in Java are entering upon a new phase that is likely to settle the course of events one way or the other for the next decade. Last March hopes of a settlement rose high for a while, only to fall—Straits Times, Sept. 18 - 962 words
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1832 1946-09-19 4 [A full explanation of the Mountbatten proclamation prescribing the death penalty for carrying arms, and the principles which should guide the courts in deciding w hen to impose the death penalty under this proclamation, was Riven in a judgment oi the Malayan Union Court of1,832 words
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Article211 1946-09-19 4 INCREASED cost of ■allowances are now P^* 1 from Aug. 1 in Singap* Monthly-paid employees i now given 20 per cent, of basic wages, plus month, with a maximum S60, and daily paid 0 get 20 per cent, of their b* wages as allowance, P ,us211 words
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1168 1946-09-19 5 The Rev. Colin King - By The Rev. Colin King I (lays ago in the u ia Hall 1 watched i, scarcely audible ngs against live of ier captors. I saw ■ness and courtesy chich the Court l*fence counsel, the from any gril)f the accused. I with1,168 words
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Article438 1946-09-19 5 TIME was when an Englishman’s home was his castle, when even English civilians it) colonies might look with some pride and sense of security upon their right to furnish and inhabit some place they called their own. All that is changed: thcr*. is but one438 words
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Article284 1946-09-19 5 New Books On Malaya: Equality HERE in Malaya there i« talk of equality, and there is an East and West Club. But, as Mr. H. B. Egrnont Hake points out in “The New Malaya and You,” while Malays. Indians, Chinese and Eurasians mix freely, the attitude of English society in284 words
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Article110 1946-09-19 5 IT is satisfactory to note that five members of the Japanese personnel of the Singapore internment camp will nave to pay a heavy price for indulging in sadism in the discharge of their duties. Many ex-internets an* anxious to know wh«n retribution will overtake th Bikh guards attachd110 words
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Article490 1946-09-19 6 From Our Own Correspondent. KUALA LUMPUR. Sept. 15. CIR EDWARD CENT, the Governor of the Malayan Union, will reward the rescuers of the crew of a B-29, which crashed at kampong Istana Raja, near Remhau, Negri Semhilan, on January 11, 1915, at a presentation ceremony to490 words
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104 1946-09-19 6 I rom Our Own Correspondent IPOII, 15. DERAK will have 1,100,000 yards of textiles lor distribution and already nearly half this allocation has been received It is hoped that a lir.st release will be made during the month. Ihe Resident Commissioner. Mr. A. V.104 words
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Article207 1946-09-19 6 THOSE who recall editorial comment under the heading “Arms And The Man” in the Straits Times some weeks ago, and subsequent correspondence in our columns, will be glad to hear that the subject of those comments—a Chinese whose entire family was wiped out during the occupation,207 words
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Article164 1946-09-19 6 From Our Own Correspondent I KUALA LUMPUR, Sent il COR the first time in the history of the .Malay aj ment three officers have been promoted to n,„ of captain. ra V They are Ismail bin Tuha, Raja Lope bin Raa,;., I 1’aib bin Jais. m,li l164 words
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Article69 1946-09-19 6 From Our Own Correspondent. TAIPING, Sept. U. VICTORY DAY in Tampin was celebrated in an appropriate manner through the eflorts of Mr. D W A. Smith, the District Ollleer, aided by a local committee. An athletic meeting was held in the forenoon lollowcd by a game of69 words
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Article63 1946-09-19 6 From Our Own Correspondent SEREtyBAN, Sept. 14. THE first agri.horticultural exhibition since the libera, tion was held in the village of Kuftla Klawanc in J' lubu district, Neeri Rembilan. under the patronage of the Yang di Pertuan Besar. the Resident Com. mlssioner. Mr. W A CJordo i63 words
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310 1946-09-19 6 heavy labour. Malayan Oaser. VCT. AFTER years of inactivity, Malayan oil palm plantn at ions are resuming operations. Several however cannot operate on a large scale yet; their factories were stripped of all machinery during the Jap occupation. Before the war, 60,000 tons of redheavy labour. – Malayan Oaser. VCT. - 310 words
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372 1946-09-19 6 SINGAPORE, Sept. 17. LT. Col. Yoshitada Nagatomo whose “brilliant army career” was cut short when he was adjutant to General Tojo in Manchuria because, the defence counsel said, he was considered to he pro-British was yesterday sentenced to death by hanging at the Australian372 words
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Article169 1946-09-19 6 (From Our Own Corresrvm* ALOR STAR jSMAIL bi n Munai. a youtt 1 lay who was s.ntcncfd death lor possession oi fw. and two and a half y ar s of prisonment for t ocjl mit robbery, was again pro£ today along with three other169 words
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Article97 1946-09-19 6 From Our Own KUALA LUMPUR. Sept. ll j\ LMOST a year after H liberation of Malaya. I Malayan branch of the Rl Asiatic Society is nice again!* tionlng normally I Dr. W. Linehan who is no! Kuala Lumpur, has been eiefl president of the society. I The97 words
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Article104 1946-09-19 6 From Our Own Correspond® KUALA LUMPUR. Sept- J EIGHT Chinese, all arnnc® revolvers, broke house of Mr. Huy On? proprietor of the Shuns™ 1 {M Company, Batu R° acl H Lumpur, about 3 o'clock night and got away lery and cash to the $2,050. It104 words
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Article170 1946-09-19 7 FATHER, SON SON-IN-LAW TO DIE L Krom Our Own Correspondent I MUAR, Sept. 11. I the conclusion of a four-day trial in the Muar I Supremo Court, Mr. Justice Laville passed a senior death on three Malays, Haji Abdul Karim bin Bhok' Mustapha bin Lasalik, Haji’s son-in-law I kaput eh170 words
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Article213 1946-09-19 7 B own Correspondent PENANG, Sept. 10. B .s imprisonment B .-Is in 19)2, when B ..unci whole sal' B p nang, was given B trial of 35 B m mbers today. B :i Mat Taib. subB the time oi Jap ocB art during the April213 words
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Article71 1946-09-19 7 BP f vn Correspondent B I’ENANO. Sept. 10. B sor of unlicensed B ''Jung for the maxiK J' 1 said Mr. B. J. B *i trirt Judge, today B: n 'dish speaking ChlB n to two years’ K ’as arrested with .V, ammunition 'n from71 words
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152 1946-09-19 7 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, Sept. 11. THREE brothers who wrote to the authorities disclaiming credit for helping the crew of a crashed Blenheim bomber in December. 1941 in Kedah averted the Governor-General’s presentation of the Supremo’s certificates and cash gifts to the wrong152 words
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Article60 1946-09-19 7 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Sept. 11. TI!L marriage took place at the 1 Methodist Episcopal Tamil Church. Kuala Lumpur. o n Tuesday between Miss Rand- Nava ratnam, daughter of Mr. M. W Navaratnain. assistant auditor o! the Malayan Railways and President of the Ceylonr e Association.60 words
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Article148 1946-09-19 7 f rom Our Own Correspondent PENANG, Sept. 11. I THOUGH he was a new comer to Malaya he ha< discovered that Malayan, possessed the qualities neede* m the slow, difficult task repairing the ravages of war and gathering the fruits of victory, says the Govern148 words
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Article116 1946-09-19 7 SINGAPORE, Sept. 12. ry d LOWi.bG a tliree-liour ill' e* I iny in the Director oi Mcdi--1 S rvics office yesterday (veniiv;. representative ol Sinccore’s '])ital aM/ndanLs who h'v non ti ikt inc Au 9. signified ’heir readiness to reto work tomorrow Th< are going116 words
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259 1946-09-19 7 TOKIO, Wednesday. POL. Cyril Wild, continuing his evidence before the War L Crimes Tribunal to-day, described the massacre of Kitients by Japanese soldiers, who ran berserck through the rooms of the Alexandra Military Hospital at Singapore, bayonetting and shooting everyone they saw. Col. Wild said259 words
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376 1946-09-19 7 From Our Own Correspondent ALOR STAR, Sept. 10 MORE arrests of Siamese, alleged gang robbers, recently recall the death of Din Ann, notorious Siamese bandit leader last April, when villagers chopped off his head during a fight. Since then the Investigation Branch at Alor Star376 words
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Article67 1946-09-19 7 SINGAPORE, Sept. 12 ONF hundred and filly five Indians won 1 produced be I ore Mr. Ahmad bin Ibrahim, in the Fourth Police Court yesterday, charged with beln" stowaways m the 10,000-ton trooper Cairn ronia All except fiv of the Indians pleaded sullty t'> the churße,67 words
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Article70 1946-09-19 7 From Our Own Correspondent KOALA LUMPUR. Sept 10 A.Si/.h bus conductor ot the Lcn Sent? Bus Company Kuala Lumpur, was shot dead by three Chinese armed robbers who brok» into his house in Setapak in the 1 1v hours of this morMmc Chinese came masked and70 words
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Article92 1946-09-19 7 SINGAPORE. Sept 12 MOTOIt car dealers in Singapore were inundated yes. terday with urgent requests to order American ears for clients —in view of the ofTlcial statement that imports of private ears were possible conditional to shipment hv Her. 'll. IfMti. What the official announcement did92 words
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277 1946-09-19 7 SINGAPORE. Sept. 12. A SE RIK o 1 1 fi i corruption, involving Singapore policemen, clerks and a contractor, is to be tried during this month and the n xt before ftjn- a pore’.. Additional District Court, which opened yesterday Established specially to deal with277 words
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Article82 1946-09-19 7 SINGAPORE. S* pt. 12 INQUIRING Into th* leath «»r Elvlnu Omcci Normal O Goodings who was found lvlru on Charvd beach on Sept t wi*h a Run shot wound to the he id, Mr. W O Porter the fitrmaooie Cornier. yesterday recorded a verdict of suicide Ooodinus82 words
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Article658 1946-09-19 8 SINdAPOKK, Sept. 11. ilK Straits limes understands that l)r. Raymond Priestley, Vice-( haneellor id Rirmingham I’m* versity, who has spent three weeks in count r> discussing will) the (Jovernor-fieneral and leading educationists and unoflicials of all coinmur.ities the development of higher education here, has strong l\658 words
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Article99 1946-09-19 8 1 1 rum Out On ii < m rcsjioiirii-nl i KUALA LUMPUR. Sept. 1... V ADY Gent, wile ol the Ull.Oll Governor, accompanied oy the Deputy Commissioner lor Labour, Selangor, v..sited certain lactones in the Kuala Lumpui area to see the conditions under u'h eh99 words
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Article228 1946-09-19 8 SINGAPORE, Sept. 14. COMMl’NAL feeding in Singapore through the 35 cents meals plan run by the Social Welfare Department and through industrial canteens and sponsored restaurants, benefited 28,000 people during the week ending Sept. 13. an increase ot 0.000 over the figures for the previous228 words
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460 1946-09-19 8 SINGAPORE, Sept. 12 MIITICIRM of the behaviour of 4 members of the Principal Sea 'I ratr port Officer s staff during the embarkation of 300 Indian passengers aboard the Camernnia in Singapore f<n S pt is made In a etatement ’•sued to tlie Straits Times460 words
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Article283 1946-09-19 8 SINGAPORE. Sept 13. JIIAT the Rritish Government should implement the pro. vision of self-government to Malaya on a basis of absolute raeial equality, was one of four resolutions passed at a mass meeting held at Farrer Park yesterday to commemorate the first anniversary of the283 words
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Article207 1946-09-19 8 WAKM tribute i,, ti of Mr. w V 1 C.M.G., i-.-tirir.BtfV cin.t! President w V 4 •h- m.T-tinj! of t hr A O Council. A The Governor of Sir Franklin Gimson Bartley had had a tinguished career in ih and his experience and Vi 5207 words
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213 1946-09-19 8 A COMMITTEE to consii a suitable wai memo! <>r war memorials in Sir) pore has been set up by G ernment. The memorial may be i only a monument, but >n project' a public pa:k. the foundation of spec funds for scholarship.'213 words
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Article40 1946-09-19 8 From Our Own Corrcsp o IPOH. sc DART of Ipoh’s governm;-*: location of cloth v: $7,500 disappeared ft rooms of Messrs. He-' and Co., two days m seemed to have* for i the front door to ofi trance.40 words
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Article, Illustration306 1946-09-19 9 SINGAPORE, Sc’>(. i;. Is siill Rrioous, but now tlicit the* »!f.* :r. niev once more over the hud, > r* V n< h’om the auclress oT :v-r. K (bvk Sin'i'iinore Achisory Goum'v made ‘in the observation of v M; finises the lone of the spe v,306 words
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Article39 1946-09-19 9 ~llr Own C orrespondent Malacca, sept. 12. '•'as celebrated in d festive spirit. Procession led by t!u> streets and Malacca Club pa‘f\ Resident Comv O Day, pref thanks for paa rint; Japanese 'r :..ns r.rlud- en.39 words
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Article218 1946-09-19 9 'From Our Own Correspondent) PENANG Sept. 12. ING from d b L a ain t doc 4 or’s ord-r; Gn» •rm r-f’t:!"Pl. M Vcvr,tumid. this morning ore. sent d certificates and room tary ’fts totalling over $22,000 to Ai Malayans who hlp r Alii* 4 roups218 words
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Article76 1946-09-19 9 V’ii, i: A.F. are planning to i imp at Sime Road h livin' than -1,000 Malayans spent ;<> years behind barbed win ilv site was previou. lv Air Mini, tr; ground. This is just one ol the -hi m« s R A F 's preparing o76 words
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Article64 1946-09-19 9 Mr. J. N. Hughes, the ne w Seri: ary oi the Incorporated Soil tv ol Planters, arrived in Singapore' on Sc pi. 10 by a r lrom I ontlon. lie is proceeding to Kuala Lumpur dur ng the next tew days which he* will gain con'a-* with64 words
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Article1003 1946-09-19 9 FIVE addrossc:; \v«tc jjnv-t•Mi-nd to the Governor, Sir Pcanklin Gimson. ;it th<> coivmonv hold at 4 h<* Municipal T>n !dir f 4 C F. Cullin'.o. member •>: Muntehvil C mm sum i .n 1 f I < 1 rnment Caron. lid “For »ir.c ot i'Iijips for t1,003 words
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Article112 1946-09-19 9 SI < i AI It K S* ,d, 13. i no i fjt various types oi doih bf*lon *i. to 'ho Com pa i v were fom d to 'erdav mo r r.in:? ny i v.'oi* :iny it, Ciod >wn No. 2 rraial-ar Street. Sir112 words
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371 1946-09-19 9 Volunteers L.D.C. Get War Ribbons From Our Own ('orrespondent. M ALA LFMFI U, Sopl. 11. TIIOFSWFS uhertd on ttu* padaiv morning 1 to w< ’H* k s flm enmmemoruting tJu* anniversary of the .!:»»>smcv e surer ider i-» South Fast Asia at which t!u* (iovernor. Sir Fdward Cent, presented <nrds371 words
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Article137 1946-09-19 9 < Ftom Out Own Correspondent i KUAI A LUMPUR, .Sept. U. AT a up cfmp o ni' id 1 r rn ni "ntin" arioits •r\ ice of It." Ma lava n If ail way held < n f-'iprlr'v at the Town Ilali. Kuala I.'-mpnr, it. was137 words
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Article48 1946-09-19 9 From Our Own Co-resixuident MUAH. Sept 11. MR J Le Prevost. Grom Super. vK’or. .Tohore North was ent< rtalned to tea by the rtatT of th Govt n ment Fnghsh Pre. pur ‘ory '*’ho >1 M :ar at the s hud p re*n st: yesterday.48 words
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Article710 1946-09-19 10 SINGAPORE, Sept. IT MALAYA has come 100 years nearer to democratic self-government as a result of the crises of the last fea years and this fact offers a wonderful challenge and opportunity, said the Rev. David Rosenthal! speaking at the united Service of Thanksgiving held at St.710 words
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143 1946-09-19 10 ing. pocket money, etc -Kung Pao. I5y Our Cliimsi* oi respondent Til E Chinese Consuiati General in Singapore has recently received an abridg (I prospectus from the Naval College* in Nanking, granting, special concessions to Over eas Chine e candidal 's who wish toing. pocket money, etc -Kung Pao. - 143 words
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Article182 1946-09-19 10 SINGAPORE. Sept lli. (JIXTY Indians, believed to be civilians, who stowed away on board the B. I. trooper Aronda which left Singapore for Palembang on Dec. 8, were discovered soon after the ship had left T> bang for India As a result i>i this discovery,182 words
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Article51 1946-09-19 10 SINGAPORE. Sept. 12. Wali Mohamod. an Indian soldi r. was sentenced to three years’ rigorous imprisonment and fined $l,OOO or six months’ imprisonment. by Mr T. T Russell, the Second District Judge, yesterday, for unauthorised possession of a revolver and ammunition in Bukii Timah Roacl on July51 words
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Article279 1946-09-19 10 SINGAPORE, Sept 1 > THE Governor of Singapore, Sir Franklin Gimson. sent the following message* to the schoolchildren ol Singapore on the occasion o| the celebration ol the- anniversary of the Surrender Ceremony “Sept. 12. is a memorable day in the history of Singapore. It was279 words
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Article, Illustration549 1946-09-19 10 By A Special Correspondent. SINGAPORE, Sept. 1* tfHINATOWN, with all its moon-chasing dragon its flyrhtin.tr lions, its historical scenes of anew C hina, its clashing cymbals and fiercely-beaten drill its minstrels, passed through Singapore •tre< fascinating cavalcade in the fierce heat of >esterd morning as part549 words
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Article63 1946-09-19 10 From Our Own (’nrrcsponi Kuala Lumpur. Sept. OFFICERS and men oi th< vestigation branch of Kuala Lumpur police, folio! the afternoon performand the Pavilion cinema W arrested four Chinese peeted to be responsible! number of armed robherii Kuala Lumpur The Chinese were Mirrnni as soon as63 words
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Article43 1946-09-19 10 SINGAPORE. H Tan Oh Tai wa six months’ rigo r ment by Mr T Second District for wrong:ill p° of Siamese rice I He was fined c I months’ imprLsoi A other charge o: rice without auth I43 words
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Article987 1946-09-19 11 H |)i;l l*i KI ORATION in the food supply situation in South H ;iv| Asia and in India is noted in a communique, issued Hrom the office of the special commissioner, after a Hvo-d-iv of liaison officers from South-east Asia. II mimique says that inI'987 words
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Article686 1946-09-19 11 SINGAPORE, S«|)t. 12. EXPKNIMT! RK totalling $l,SKl,4(». r > and an estimated revenue of S.‘»8i,K00 are 1JM7 figures budget led for by the Singapore Rural Hoard, it was announced at yesterday’s meeting of the Hoard by Mr. C. W. A. Sennett, the C'hairman. At the686 words
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118 1946-09-19 11 SINGAPORE, Sept. 12. THREE Indian soldiers who were mi mber:: of guard outside* a ni'lifary stores depot in River Vall<-y Road were sentenced to a •yen years’ rigorous imprison, inept yesterday by Mr Justice Thorogood for armed robbery. It was alleged that the118 words
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Article, Illustration251 1946-09-19 11 SINGAPORE, Sept 12 outstanding work when 1 representing the British \rmy Stall and the British Supply Mission in the United States from 101.1 to I'll:,. Bri midier Clifford C laude C lark m»u Direetor of Disposals. Far l.as tern Area, with headquarters in Singapore, was251 words
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Article100 1946-09-19 11 SINGAPORE, Sep’ 12. YOUNG Chines* urn Pill Tee, was sentenced to seven years’ rigorous imprisonment with ..ix strokes o! tin rotan by Mr Justice Worley in the Second Singapore A.s.si/es yesterday when the common jury returned a verdict of guilty ol armed robbery against him.100 words
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Article147 1946-09-19 11 From Our Own Correspondent MALACCA. Sept. 11. Malacca pcopu k< aurant, selling 35.cent meals, was ofn<*i:illv opened yesterday by the Resident Commissioner Mr K V Day T( a and entree wi11 1 milk are al <i being sold a? five cen's p'*r CUP the restaurant 1147 words
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Article547 1946-09-19 12 Drum Our Own «irrc>p(i..<h .MALACCA, Kept. J. VICTORY Day was < lc‘ l >r;itc*d in Mah.■ <•;* in re;:! festive* spirit ycstenlav The* streets were thrane;ed with IhoiisanrD of people to watch a precession in w Ivrh all commnnitic*s took nart To he in t547 words
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Article98 1946-09-19 12 From Our Own Correspondent PKNANO. Sept. VA. THE Penang Importers and Kx- porters Association at an extraordinary mooting on Wednesday expressed opposition to the Malayan Union Price Control Hill and decided to ask the Chine ,e Chamber ol Common e to call a meeting ot all98 words
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215 1946-09-19 12 From Our (nvn Correspond* lit KUALA LUMPUR, Sept. 12. Till: lii t in' ting ol the i Inn se Tcxt-Borl Advisory Com mitt wa i* 1 Id in Koala Lumpur last, w 1 t Mr W f r sby, As. s an Director o!215 words
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Article589 1946-09-19 12 i\\* \v on nn\L SIXOAPOKK, Sept. 14. k >d /i 'IN* trial a: hn,. out ol the building <»1 Ihe Siami*. *r»• *:^:i “d afli railway" opened in Singapore* yesterday. 1 in c n>vr| vert* men a tanner .Japanese ambulance tan ps t ailed the589 words
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Article411 1946-09-19 12 SINGAPORE, Sept. 11. niinules .oiler mid-day yesterday the liner i* f biLunnu. reoplcndenf in the morning sunshine, drew v »n to Ihe quayside at Singapore, tailing the rails of I’ e lower dock were the wives of men of three Sen ices, hummed in Singapore the411 words
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Article297 1946-09-19 12 SINGAPORE, L' ,t u OEURIT Pasnn-n, O cer of ihe o t Muirenu which cently from Ab; Persian Gulf, <!■ First District Cm. a bid seizure uy on Wednesday < < matiui to be wort ,b’ curr uit prices. The seizure oe 1 .T.s'r n anchor 1297 words
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Article90 1946-09-19 12 From Our Own Corn TAIPING 1 Pt AN receipt of inform. on U aimed men had j a Chinese contracto 1 y; Snpetang, a small villa of Taiping. the Tam r.- P f headed by the O.S.P C. Donaldson, proceeded t<> scene. The victim stated90 words
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Article700 1946-09-19 13 I SINGAPORE, Sept. 16. L PKIESTLBY. Vice-Chancellor of Birmingham I l niversily, left Singapore yesterday by air takI NV j|!) him the written views and observations of b x in leading educationists and community leaders (siivMpore and the Malayan Union who replied to l ill-* questions700 words
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42 1946-09-19 13 Ingenuity is the keynote of Singapore trade and industry today. This Straits Times picture shows a Chinese b arber who has set up his business in an arched doorway leading to one of the lanes off one of the city’s busiest thoroughfares.42 words
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48 1946-09-19 13 ilium Our Own Correspondent) ALOE STAR. Sept. 13. THE wife of a Malay fisherman in Tanjong Oawai, a little village in Kedah, has given birth to a freak child. The freak, which did not. survive, had two heads four hands and three legs48 words
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Article133 1946-09-19 13 SUGGESTION. emanating from the Chines' Consul .it Kuala Lumpur, that the Chinese should lly the Union Jack on national occasions, has found the whole-hearti cl agreement oi Dr. Wu Paak-shing. Chinese ConsulGeneral. Singapore. Since this is a British colony, it is a matter >1 international133 words
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Article218 1946-09-19 13 SIXTY-ONE passengers arrived in Singapore by tin* Charon Irosn Fremantle. They weie: Mr. P.li.M. AkKerman.s Mrs. EC Iwoohei and infant. Mr. A. Cuird. Mrs. S.V Champ. Mrs. E H David. Mr. W.B Coates, Mr. E.lf. Dawson. M’ K.C Chun;. Mrs. D DunbabLuiU. Mr. L./. Edmeades. Mrs.218 words
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Article337 1946-09-19 13 SINGAPORE, Sept. 11 rr\\() big robberies have occurred in Singapore in the -ist 1 |„o days, involving a total loss in cash ami jewellery 'I im"e Chinese took part in one robbery at Geylmp 1 on VVPn(-dav night, in which the occupants ol a were337 words
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180 1946-09-19 13 OFTKNCKS under the Food and Price Control Kegula. tions in Singapore have risen steeply during the month of August as eompared with July’s figures. Fines imposed on food raeketeers show a eoi respond. inir increase of 7. r per cent. Purine; August there* were180 words
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Article73 1946-09-19 13 From Our Own Oorresj>ond* nt TAIPfNO. Se pt. 12. Pleading guilt v to commit fin* housebreaking into th** Oh ne n school nt Parking Oaiah on the night of Sept, 3. and stealing a tiff care ~f clothing, two you* NTi lays. Bekar bin Put**h73 words
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303 1946-09-19 13 British Soldier Slashed Drowned From Our Own Correspondent A LOR STAR, Sept. 10. CONCURRING with the finding of one of the assessors, Mr. Justice Moor in the Kedah Assizes yesterday sentenced Tail) hin Ilassan and Rakar Arshad, two Malays, to death for murder of an unknown Rritish soldier at Padanjr303 words
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Article56 1946-09-19 13 Air**rrift.*:man Honald J Mur ton <27' was sentenced to throe »i onth rl gonei imorts* nm**nt by i*. Second Police Magistrate, *>n Sent M for i*h**aM?*g i Chln- v,.,. p..pg Hai. of s'oo he. t .11. J and Au 10. Bur. t n' nc** wll run Uoin56 words
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433 1946-09-19 14 SIMJAPORK, Sept. 12. THRKK sentences of death, one of life imprisonment, and one of seven years were passed yesterday by the War (’rimes Court in Singapore on the five Japanese members of the former Singapore (civilian Internment (’amp staff, who had been433 words
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Article257 1946-09-19 14 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Sept. 11. JHE Building Inspector. Kuala Lumpur Town Board, in a memorandum placed before the meeting of the Board today submitted plans for a housing scheme in order to relieve the acute shortage of accommodation and to eliminate gradually the257 words
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Article204 1946-09-19 14 r) meet the long felt want of civilian employees at u ALFSEA a Civilian Canteen has recently been > in Tanglin Barracks where a 35 cents meal may be be Until a permanent building is available, the cam will be located in a tent behind the204 words
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Article86 1946-09-19 14 A CABLE received from the Commonwealth Relations Department. th? Government of In- in N-.*w Delhi, states that ther c is no foundation whatsoever in the rumour that Mr. N. Rag’havan of Penang is shortly to take over from Mr. S. K. Chettur. I C S.. as86 words
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1211 1946-09-19 14 THAT the cause of most of the in the civi- lian internment camp in Singapore was due to raDt. Sakae Susuki, the first accused, not exercising proper supervision and control over his subordinates, was a submission of prosecuting counsel, Mr. St. J. Kher, in his1,211 words
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Article199 1946-09-19 14 SINGAPORE, Sept. 12 AN the list to b hanged yet v terday in company with 1 other Japanese condemned f war atrocities, Lieut., \aeat.! Kokubo, “indifferent” and > pctually drunk" commanded a PoW camp on the Siam-Bum death railway, had his late m poned-without his knowing199 words
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Article117 1946-09-19 14 From Our Own Corresponded RAUB, Sept. IC. SIR Edward Gent, the Govern of the Malayan Una will be the guest oi honour a; luncheon party to bo giver, s the Pahang Chinese eommuni next Monday at Raab. Mr. Tsu Meng Tsung. 1 Chinese Consul at Kuala117 words
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213 1946-09-19 15 SINGAPORE, Sept. 17. ITCH authorities who have released 14 of the 22 ships belonging to Singapore Chinese merchants which they led recently, are expected to announce a decision torrow in regard to cargoes they have detained. M mbits of the Singapore Chinese213 words
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Article52 1946-09-19 15 '-'alking in the garden mother in a house oil Thomson Road at s»-nt. 5. seven-year-old Chyo was fatally in- a coconut dropped on to his head. 4 y" following day from c skull. The Singa:r Mr. W. O. Porter, 1 1 Vr relict of death by at52 words
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Article111 1946-09-19 15 A.P. SINGAPORE, Sept. IV. Concluding his socciai imo. ligation of conditions o' Indian nationals in South-East Asia territories, the* Representative of the Government of fndia in Malaya, Mr. S. K Chettu:, lelt by plane yesterday morning for a seven-day stay m Hong Kong. HeA.P. - 111 words
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Article39 1946-09-19 15 The attention of restaurant owners is drawn to the recent amendment of the Meal in Establishments Order which l vs down that the maximum charge for any one meal shall not exceed $2.50 states a Government announcement.39 words
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283 1946-09-19 15 SECOND £lO,OOO will be raised in Australia by members of the Australian Bth Division to supplement the fund which will provide for the training of Malayan nurses in Australia. It is expected that two nurses will be sent to Australia early in 1947 and283 words
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Article134 1946-09-19 15 Thousands of books lound then way into the Rallies Lib. rary during the Japanese occupation. The owners include a number of government servants, some of them deceased and otheis no longer resident in the country The Director of the Raffles Museum and Library suggests that134 words
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Article81 1946-09-19 15 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, pf. 15 THE headquarters of the Red Cross in Kuala Lumpur closed down in the Secretariat last week. Up to the end of March th *y gave direct assistance to 105,000 destitutes and distributed stores lo a further81 words
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Article69 1946-09-19 15 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Sept. 15. FOUR policemen and two Indian soldiers wore injured following a clash at the Odeon theatre on Thursday night It is stated that the trouble -darted between 1.0.R.s ana toe management of the theatre and when the police intervened the69 words
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Article105 1946-09-19 15 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, Sent. IT QIX thousand five hundred yards of textiles, equivalent to the cloth ration for 1.300 persons, disappeared overnight when the premises of Messrs. Barlow Co.. Ltd., the Government’s distributing agen„, were burgled early thl- morning by a gang of 12 Chinese.105 words
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Article, Illustration181 1946-09-19 15 CINGAPORE’S new Commissioner of Estate Duties is the first local man to be appointed to the post in the Colony’s history. A recent Gazette notification stated that Mr. Tan Ah Tah, formerly joint Deputy Commissioner ol Estate Duties and Deputy Commissioner of Stamps181 words
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Article86 1946-09-19 15 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPL 15. THE distinction o! being the first union U. be registered under the Trade Union Enactment. goes to the Locomotive Enginemen’s Union of the Malayan Union hallways. A cert fl ’ate of registration under the Trade Union Enactment. has86 words
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249 1946-09-19 15 CINGAPORE has again become the news centre of Far Eastern epidemiology,” states a letter to Wardmaster W O. Blight. R N head of the Health Intelligence Section. Otlice o! the Special Commissioner, from Dr Knud Stowman. Chief of the UNRRA Health Organisation. Washington Dr.249 words
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Article, Illustration623 1946-09-19 16 Farming Experiment Feeds Islanders DLAKAN MATI, lying off expensive Singapore, has u almost solved the post-occupation problem of bringing down the cost of living. In a world crying out for food, Blakan Mati's 2,500 inhabitants have enough home produced food to live fairly623 words
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Article184 1946-09-19 16 Fiom Our Own Correspondent SEREMBAN, Sept. 14 FIFTEEN thousand people gathered on the Negri Sem. bilan Club padang on Thursday to celebrate Victory Day. A large part ol the crowd consisted of schoolchildren. The weather, which earlier had threatened to rain cleared suddeniy and the people184 words
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Article20 1946-09-19 16 Mr. K. J. N. Duthle nas o r *ri appointed to act as Superintendent, Malaya.i Security Scrv.co20 words
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Article263 1946-09-19 16 SINGAPORE, Sept. 17. LACK of shipping has been one of the main reasons why Australian flour commitments to Malaya had not been delivered up to the present, Mr. Claude Massey, Australian Government Commissioner who returned from a trip to Australia, on Sunday, stated yesterday. He had been263 words
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45 1946-09-19 16 SINGAPORE, Sept. IV On the application ot Mr j. Laycock, Mr. Ahamad bin Ibrahim. Fourth Magistrate. Singapore was admitted as an advocate and solicitor in the Colony of Singapore yesterday morning in the Supreme Court by Mr. Justice Murray Aynsley.45 words
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Article133 1946-09-19 16 A r “Pium. Kl to be worth more t' 000 at current prices in'. 3 sa at the entrance to th£ p** Dock on Aug. 8 was des-rS* the First District Court' A Two Chinese. Ang Tien pr>k Ong Soon Seng were each tenced to two years’133 words
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Article154 1946-09-19 16 From Our Own Corresponoes ALOR STAR. Sept, 15. ?MART work by the Ke.ahj lice led to the arrest o! la bin Mohd. former forest ga who was terrorising th n area. Long and six other Malays sfl alleged to have raid d a China shophouse in154 words
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Article87 1946-09-19 16 SINGAPORE. Sept. 1 T*HE funeral of Mrs. Roa- von Hagt, formerly of It who died in the General H(X tal. Singapore, early yesten morning at the age of 61 I* took place at Bidadari Ceme. yesterday afternoon. Rev. D. senthal officiating Mrs. von Hagt,87 words
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Article89 1946-09-19 16 From Our Own Ctp KUALA LUMPUR. Sept; THE death has occurred D. A. Endean, of the Union Survey Depart malaria. Mr. Endean joined H> Department in 19 37 11 i of a party entrusted evacuation of Survey ment records in Febrnnr A soldier89 words
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Article623 1946-09-19 17 b\ HATH OOP COURT MARTIAL By Our Special Correspondent. KLUANG, Sept. 17. TEK hearing a plea for generosity in limiting the severity of the sentence, the court martial was illy closed today—more than one month since it it sat to try 258 men of the623 words
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670 1946-09-19 17 Men s Grievances No Excuse For Mutiny’ From Our Own Correspondent KLUANG, Sept. 13. man who had been shown to have attached himself to and placed himself in allegiance with mutinous assembly of his own volition should be dieted, declared Capt. F. W. Ward, prosecuting LTr niaking his final submission670 words
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Article116 1946-09-19 17 SINGAPORE, Sept. 18. A Chinese contractor whose la *rer Pong Kee col’apsed after going through a manhole to clean the sewer at Canberra Gate Naval Base, o n Sept. 8. was told by the Singapore Coroner. Mr. W. G. Porter, yesterterday, that he should take116 words
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246 1946-09-19 17 SINGAPORE. 4 ot. 10. AN R AF. aircraft is assisting the Changi police in the search for an tw.A.r. ccbin cruiser which was stolen irom the R A.F. yacht club moorings at between 8 and 9 pm. on Saturday. The aircraft is scouring the246 words
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Article156 1946-09-19 17 CORGED $lO Malayan currency notes of the tureen issue dated Ist January, 1935 and bearing the head of King George V arc* reported to be in circulation. These notes bear Serial Nos.B/49 ***** and C/2 *****. The two notes are not particularly clever forgeries, but wlrn dirty156 words
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Article568 1946-09-19 17 IN a statement issued yesterday morning, the Netherland Consul-General. Singapore, Mr. Vigeveno, explains that the seven Singapore Chinese-owned ships remain in detention in Muntok because of their cargo of sugar, the legal status of which requires thorough investigation. Mr. Vigeveno says: “It has been claimed that568 words
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Article63 1946-09-19 17 TUP: Con.sul General o! the Ne- tnerland.s, Mr M F Vigeveno, has been award d the decoration of "Officer of tin- Order or Orange Nassau This award was contained In tiie Royal honours list issued yesterday on the occasion of the opening of tin- Dutch Parliament :ti tiie63 words
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Article349 1946-09-19 18 By Our Batavia Correspondent. BATAVIA, (By Air Mail). ACCORDING to a report by a special Aneta corres- pondent at Balikpapan, the Royal Dutch oil company has made an appropriation of f. 500.000.000. about $500,000,(KM) (Straits) —to meet expenditure connected with reconstruction work in that well known oil-producing349 words
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196 1946-09-19 18 SINGAPORE, Sept. 17 k 21-year-old Chinese, Yip Lay Kew. was sentenced to ten years’ rigorous imprisonment with six strokes of the “cat” by Mr. Justice Thorogood in the Second Singapore Assizes yestt rday when the common Jury returned an unanimous verdict o! guilty196 words
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Article127 1946-09-19 18 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Sept. 17. THE European matron oi the Tanglin Hospital, Kuala Lumpur, Mrs. D. N. McDiarmid, received shotgun injuries while standing outside her office in the hospital compound, yesterday evening, when a Sikh watchman employed at the British Red Cross stores127 words
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146 1946-09-19 18 From Our Own Correspondent ALOR STAR, SeDt 15 A VIGOROUS drive against the export to Siam of goods which are already In short supply in Malaya, such as cigarettes, cloth, milk and tinned provisions has been started by the Kedah Customs Department. A146 words
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301 1946-09-19 18 RE BAHRU, Sept. 18. MORE than 600 people were present at the Istana Besar, in Johore Bahru yesterday morning, to observe the official celebration of the absent Sultan of Johore’s seventythird birthday. Malay officers wore their decorations for this first official observance of the Sultan’s birthday301 words
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Article331 1946-09-19 18 THE reduction in the rice ration appears to have sti- mulated the harvesting of tapioca last month, which is sold either as fresh roots or dried chips. There was a rise in prices generally in Selangor, tapioca root being quoted fairly generally at $4 to331 words
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Article77 1946-09-19 18 THE life of Singapore’s Advisory Council has been extended for a further period of six months commencing from Oct. 1. 1946. In a Proclamation by the Governor of Singapore published in a Gazette Extraordinary on Monday, it is announced that the approval of the Secretary of State for77 words
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435 1946-09-19 18 From Our Own Correspondent IPOH, Sept. 17 THE district round Kuala Kangsar has become th latest scene of armed terrorism and a bijr p o c drive is in full swing against the terrorists. The last few days have seen two robberies committed the course435 words
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Article194 1946-09-19 18 SINGAPORE. Sept. 1 TELEPHONE call from a I nese who reported that suspected a robbery was, at: moment taking place in a bo which he was watching, sent( lang police flying to Sim's Avc yesterday morning. They were, however, a minutes late but the194 words
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265 1946-09-19 19 Lumpur Hockey From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Sept. 12. >1151 MI) Services were no match for Combined Civilians in a victory celebrations hockey match on the Kuala npur padang yesterday evening. The Services were rated nine goals to nil. The score suggests the265 words
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Article195 1946-09-19 19 of good bowling by Williams. hi. rr> s'x wickets for 27 A C.S E.A, were beaten by uns in a cricket match agambt B* HC on the Pndan". Ihubcrt (six for 20) Clarke (lour ■2B» and E. Eben. who scored 25 A played well for the195 words
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Article63 1946-09-19 19 l5 B 4 ni nj"orr mm o on B' v >h r )ndorvr > tbo F,lvo- ’bo Pr<;t hv S'X points B y "O')] anc J onc ry) V 'r, no frv i WL f hr H a trrntorlnl B 1 the first hMf. B>63 words
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Article263 1946-09-19 19 could only muster 29 runs in reply to the B AOC.O score of 99 in a cricket match pluved at Tohmson Road. 8.A.0.C.C.: D Riley b F R V. Goonesekera 1. King c Fernando b Arthur 28. Rigby b Arthur 0. Connick b Goon*\sck-'ra 1 Lon-rthorn263 words
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Article38 1946-09-19 19 Batu Pahat. Sept. Ift. r rHE Ist Battalion. Camoronians 4- (Scottish Rifles) stationed here beat a Batu Pahat team bv four goals to, fhre-* in a f:» e t and exciting football j match vesterday.38 words
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Article227 1946-09-19 19 Sunday Times Reporter Segamat, Sept. 14 I AU-Johore Indo-Ceylonese team captained by P. NaRe.su is meeting the Ceylon Spoils Club of Singapore in a came of cricket here this weekend Tins fixture takes the place ol the proposed game between Johore and the Singapore Civilians.227 words
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Article85 1946-09-19 19 Letter WHEN will the* “Wembley Stadium” (Anson Road stadium) be released by the Military? If the S A.F.A. want more funds, then let them appeal to the Military for the release of the stadium There are many occasions when hooligans sjxiil a game at Jalan85 words
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Article535 1946-09-19 19 Saturday’s races at Kuala Lumpur resulted BIG SWEEP The draw on the Big Sweep. *otal pool $276,210, resulted: *****5 1 I~gors 2 *****4 3 Starters: *****. *****. *****4 DOUBLE TOTES Races three and five, $42 on each of 47 t'rkets: raees *-even and eight. $292 on each535 words
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Article221 1946-09-19 19 I u,1( Hunie” cricket match at the SCC on Sept 15 resulted In an easy win for A C Growder's XI over W K. Jagger's team. H.B. Noon scored a last G4 for the winners. Scores were W K JAOCtER'S XI H. J. Tinker b Mealy221 words
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Article204 1946-09-19 19 Tilk .1 minis passed the W roles Oif: »n Group’s score of 66 with five wick- s in hand and continued to bat mak r H. r > for nine wickets. Colling took wickets lor 19 run-. WIRELESS OPERATION GROUP Bacon lbw b Colling 7. Bourne204 words
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Article104 1946-09-19 19 (From Our Own Correspondent) IPOH. Sept 14 The Perak Ilugbv Football Club held its annual general mef ing this evening and the question of the resumption of the Malaya Cup com petitions was brought up and it was decided the matter be referred to ihe Malayan Rugby Football104 words
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Article106 1946-09-19 19 Sunday Tim* 11 Pe- o'ter F'*re*nba*i f’ept 14 A LARGE crowd Includin'.; the Resident Cnrnmt «!*>n*r M r W A Gordon I! til ttlin'""'' 1 the N’e- r 1 Civilian' •con* a narrow vlefo-v hv n eon's to 1 n'r.*- Combined RefVces in th" tMetorv Cun106 words
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Article391 1946-09-19 19 /\N the padang on Sept 14 tlie SCC beat the Indian Association oy 39 rum aimibi on time tot* last wicket oiiling wuh only two more nab* to go. Batting first the Club were given a good start by Haig and Firkins, the opening pair,391 words
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Article127 1946-09-19 19 THE Sporting Union at Kam pong Raja. Bcsut. Trengganu, was i p *n< cl on August ‘lO oy the Abdul Aziz bin Hrssin. tbo D putv commissioner. B si t, and the following were elected office bearers for one year Patron Mr. J. O. Black; adviser127 words
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Article157 1946-09-19 19 (Prt»m Our Own Correspondent* Kluang sot l > A huge crowd was present at tit** Sports fivrrkhana held on th anniversary of the surrender of the Japanese In South East Asia There were el 'ht Ovrnkharia events f,r s ’bool (hltf'ren m l thr* even'* were157 words
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534 1946-09-19 20 (From Our Own Correspondent) PENANG, Sept. 17. PROTESTING against the placing of all importing, selling, pricing and distribution under Government control and against the “far-reaching and disastrous results of such interference with normal trading,” Mr. Jules Martin, Chairman of the Penang Chamber of Commerce,534 words
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Article149 1946-09-19 20 JHE balance sheet to be presented by the directors ol Idris Hydraulic Tin Ltd. at the 32nd annual general meeting of the company in London on Thursday show’s an excess of expenditure over income of 1.170 for the vear ending Dec. 31. 1945. Steady progress in reconstruction149 words
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Article126 1946-09-19 20 From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Sept. 15—There Is every confidence here ol the early resumption of a free rub. her market in consequence of the visit to Washington of a British delegation which left last night. Mr. F. I). Ascoli, the Rubber Growers’ Association Chairman and Dunlop126 words
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Article109 1946-09-19 20 MALAYAN rubber exports lor 111 August totalled 76 649 tons as against 45.938 shipped out in July. Ol this amount 33.656 toi.s went to the United Kingdom and 28.986 to the United States. Singapore handled 40.657 tons of the total and the balance was exported from109 words
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Article26 1946-09-19 20 Children’s playgrounds and ultra-modern hous s are included in plans for the first “New Army” housing estate, at Dreghorn infantry training centre, Edinburgh26 words
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Article680 1946-09-19 20 By A Market Correspondent SINGAPORE, S. THE downward trend recently apparent in world met a check during the week under review and of the period found more buyers operating (n markets than for some time. Total business i J the week, however, was disappointing and680 words
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Article688 1946-09-19 20 Share quotations, ns nt Sept. 13 according r,o inf Malayan i arebrokers Association *Bingap».r*»* were aa follows IMII'STRIAIs Buv“* Seller Alexandra rlnckworks Ords. $1.75 $2.00 Alexandra Hnckworfcs Prefs. 2.60 2.85 lint Malay.* Prustee Sc Executor Co 8 00 9.00 Consolidate* 1 Tin Fme’Ws Old. Q 25/do Prefs.688 words