The Straits Budget, 10 October 1946
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Title Section30 1946-10-10 1 The Straits Budget THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES [ESTABLISHED OVER A CENTURY] fS, Series No. 10. Singapore, Thursday, October, 10th, 1946. ii > ftSMli Price 40 cents (S.S. Currency)30 words
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Advertisement63 1946-10-10 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 advertising63 words
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Article945 1946-10-10 2 Straits Times, Ocf 3 Those who had the unforgettable experience of hearing the voice of Lord Justice Lawrence in Singapore on Tuesday night, conning from the court-room at Nuremberg on the BBC. broadcast, were awed by a sense of listening in at a pregnant moment oi– Straits Times, Ocf 3 - 945 words
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Article626 1946-10-10 2 —Straits Times, Oct. 4 At Pangkal Pinang, on the island <H Banka, a conference representative of European. Chinese and other minority rroups in the East Indies is meeting to discuss their status in the new Indonesia. At Den Pasar, in Bali, another conference will shortly be—Straits Times, Oct. 4 - 626 words
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Article849 1946-10-10 2 I t* WMV —Stnits Times, oc Aittr the somewhat hectic atmosphere which prevailed at the tinu the Interim Government was formed, a welcome state oi calm has become apparent in Indian politics. True, communal rioting has not altogether subsided. A number oi deaths have been reportedI t* WMV ' * —Stnits Times, oc - 849 words
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Article682 1946-10-10 2 —Straits Times, Oct. 7 Government anc; M u employees in doing to be in a better position then aof the population ai M future to cope with tliving, quite apa dubious benefit ot bounty. They are r large variety of imP° at prices 30 to 50 tow—Straits Times, Oct. 7 - 682 words
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Article880 1946-10-10 3 Better Times In Malaya —Straits Times. Oct. 8 Are things getting any better !in this country? Is talk of l better times ahead anything i more than talk? Are there I any visible or tangible signs of improvement? These are the questions at the back ol j everyone’s mind in—Straits Times. Oct. 8 - 880 words
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Article996 1946-10-10 3 —Straits Times, Oct. 9 What extraordinarily secretive people the Dutch are! When the British Cabinet mission went to India several months ago, the whole world knew beforehand what thnt mission wns going to offer. Mr. Attl r e. w l ile the mission was still on its—Straits Times, Oct. 9 - 996 words
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162 1946-10-10 3 From Our Own Correspondent Penang. Oct. 8. THE Govornor-Ocncral. Mr Mai--1 colm MacDonald replying to petitions sent to him last week from over 120 trading associations In Penang. today stated that he had no administrative or executive functions in the Malayan Union and therefore could162 words
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Article847 1946-10-10 4 SIR GEORGE MAXWELL, K.B E .CM. G - By SIR GEORGE MAXWELL, K.B E .CM.G [Probably (he thorniest question under discussion by the committee of representatives of the British administration, the Malay Sultans and I'M No which i** drafting proposed amendments to the Malayan L'nion scheme in Kuala I.unipur is definition of847 words
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Article98 1946-10-10 4 A COMMUNIQUE issued by the Singapore Government on Oct. 7 states: "Certain Malayan newspapers on Sunday reported articles in London Sunday newspapers purporting to Lutllne the course >t constitutional decisions in respect of the Malayan Union •Any official statement on thr* course of the consti* tional98 words
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319 1946-10-10 4 Feb. 15 Incident Singapore, Oct. 8. AN incident at Bras Basah Road on mm). 15 when the polio .red shots to disperse a crowd 'atiif red in a procession was (calied in the Singapore kroner's Court yesterday when •u* r v»roner Mr. WO Porto.* inquired into319 words
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Article79 1946-10-10 4 FIGURES for crime in Jolioro show drops in September compared with August. Aimed jobberies dropped from 19 to two. mi pie robberies from 13 to six and murder from six to two. Housebreakings rose—from 30 1o 37. In both murders reported in Teptember the Johore police were79 words
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222 1946-10-10 4 A CLAIMS Commission has been set up in Kuala n Lumpur, with a branch office in Singapore, to deal with property lost or damaged as a result of the war. Secretary of the Singapore office is Mr. D. Brennan, and of the Kuala222 words
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Article481 1946-10-10 4 STORE, Oct. 8. HEADQUARTERS ALFSEA revealed yesterday taat the 243 men of the 13th British Parachute Battalion convicted at the Kluang mutiny court-martial were imprisoned in Kluang, living in “normal tropical tents" and "receiving full-scale rations larger than the regulation prison fare.” The ALFSEA statement, which was in481 words
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216 1946-10-10 4 SINGAPORE, Oct. 3. LIEUT. Gen. Sir Frank Messervy. G.O.C.-in-c Malaya Command yesterday visited the 1st Battalion of the Mala> Regiment, stationed in Kuaia Lumpur, to say good-bye in person. lhe following is the translation or the Special Ord r oi the Day216 words
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Article78 1946-10-10 4 From Our Own Correspond PENANG. Oct 5. AN Indian youth, who had > arrested at the Penang way pier after he had hero from the mainland ;1, lv with a revolver on his pers' '’reated a commotion outsio' i magistrate courts this I when he made78 words
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337 1946-10-10 5 ■T was reported in the* Straits I Times recently that the proKo: al of the Hong Kong Government to introduce income v has met with lively oppoHition. Accepting, for the moment, the Rice ssity for introducing turth r Hjxatiui into Malaya, n337 words
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Article198 1946-10-10 5 Britain Malaya MHheN will people from EngI land realise that the food in Malaya is ggHpalling when compared with it is in England? position her e Ls as follows ■MEAT—unrationed out 3 to times pre-war prices. ■SUGAR— lb per person week ■■eggs— unrationed but 3 to Urnes pwp. BANANAS unrationed198 words
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Article124 1946-10-10 5 October ist., 1946 ha^ passed the TARGET DATE on which all requisition ed buildings were to be re leased. And so now. we are wondering when the mtl'tary authorities will ke*.p to their pro mises which they lavishly and carelessly threw about Are we to expect another124 words
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Article170 1946-10-10 5 MY wife and I have been residing in Singapoi* since 1921. We stayed pu nd did our dotv to the com try up to the time the kindhearted Japs herded us into Changi Jail and then Sime Road Camp. After 3 2 years of Internment we were170 words
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Article124 1946-10-10 5 rE Indonesians are to be greatly admired. They do not merely organise demonstrations or shout slogans They sacrifice their lives and wealth for “Indonesia Merdeka.” But the wholp nation canno’ go on fighting. The Indonesians must also see to the economlsid". and thnsp who corre to Malaya are124 words
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Article145 1946-10-10 5 “Old Chiang 1 NOTICE that m conversation people ol other races refer to •be Ch lne s e President a 'Chiang,'’ though they may noi mean any impoliteness. Wha* would the British think oi i: they heard other races referring their King as “Edward” ana their Queen as “Elizabeth**" The145 words
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Article140 1946-10-10 5 IWAS going along North Bridge Road yesterday evening when I saw a Euro- j pean police inspector and two constables trying to bring order in a crowd of hooligans who were fighting for milk. Thus morning (Oct. 2) I read m your newspaper that the distributors of milk140 words
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Article52 1946-10-10 5 1NOTE in your news columns that a well-known tlrm in Kuala Lumpur was censured bv the judge and fined for not exhibiting the official orice list in respect of regulated articles. It Ls hoped that th Pricr Control Department of Malacca will make this a precedent MILK52 words
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Article147 1946-10-10 5 |N the n merle past, the majI oritv of foreign inhabitants in this country were Indians who had immigrated from Kalinga a state of India. hater the Tamils, and Soutn Indians as a whole were called Kalingar T n th period when many longhair's flowed into this country147 words
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Article233 1946-10-10 5 r f HE public must have noted with real satisfaction the displeasure expressed by the Governor, Sir Franklin Gim son, in a letter to the Singapore Municipal Commissioners concerning their recent decision rcm|/ing the limit fixed for assessment rates. The Governor is certainly right As long233 words
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Article, Illustration59 1946-10-10 5 —Straits Times, Oil. 2. “With price control coming into force today, more than 120 trading bodies in Penang, led bv the Importers and Importers Association, have signed a joint petition addressed to both the (iovcrnor-ticncral and the Mali van—Straits Times, Oil. 2. - 59 words
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328 1946-10-10 5 OF late rubber .small-holders have received notices from the Land Office. Rernbau, thus:— It Is a m;ittor of regret that land rents have not been coming In as speedily ns they should, and the He- sklent Cnmmiftslonri ho.*. expreived deep concern nt the stow328 words
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Article619 1946-10-10 6 Sunday Times Special Correspondent LONDON, Oct. 7. THE final legal documents which will turn the 1 Malayan Union into a federation (absorbing the former Settlements of Penan# and Malacca) and create the office of High Commissioner, are being drawn up in Singapore for submission during this month619 words
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Article164 1946-10-10 6 SINGAPORE, Oct. G. AHMED robbery and housebreaking in Singapore continue to increase, it is shown by the crime figures foi last month. Armed robberies rose lrom 73 m August to 105 in September. The increase in the number o! reports, however, is believ d to164 words
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Article234 1946-10-10 6 SINGAPORE, Oct. G. AS a measure against night looting, the Government is planning a curfew for lorries in Singapore between 11 p.m. and 5 a.m. and the necessary legislation for this introduced shortly, said the Governor, Sir Franklin Gimson, in a statement to the Press yesterday.234 words
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102 1946-10-10 6 SINGAPORE, Oct. 6. SIR Franklin Gimson Gover* nor of Singapore, will soon form a special committee to draft an ordinance covering the election of members of the new Legislative Council. 'This ordinance will he based on the methods employed in Trinidad “It may take102 words
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Article130 1946-10-10 6 $1 7 Million Sent To China lIINESE in Singapore and the J Malayan Union snt neaily 17.500,000 to China by way ol ‘mittancfs to tluir fam.lies in \ugust and September. Although this to'ol is a big on he average remittance per head "orks out at well under $2O. The aximum130 words
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Article71 1946-10-10 6 From Our Own Correspondent SEREMBAN, Oct. 5 IT Is intended to start a Chinese Co-operative Society for the benefit of the Chinese working classes in So re m ban. A protem committee with Messrs. Choong Sin Sen and Le_> Turn Koe. both ol the Town71 words
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Article558 1946-10-10 6 SINGAPORE, Oct. ij. METEOR jet-propelled aircraft, capable :»f speeds of over (100 miles an hour, will replace the Spit fire fighters in Singapore early next year, provided they prove satisfactory in tropical condition?. They will lx* based on Tengah aerodrome which i s n (JW being558 words
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Article267 1946-10-10 6 SINGAPORE. Oct. 6. THE Singapore Association has appointed a special committee to ieport on the question ol rents. If, as a result oi hs imes.gations, the Comm.ttee should ce inclined to initiate any move for an increase in the rents ot a.! or any spec267 words
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112 1946-10-10 6 SINGAPORE. Oct. 6. THE lifting of the moratorium was discussed by the Singapore Advisory Council at nr eting last Thursday, disclosed the Governor. Sir Franklin Gim* son. at a press conference yesterday. "Th're was.’’ he said, ‘-sorre suggest on of a partial lifting112 words
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Article414 1946-10-10 7 li MALAY A-WIDE and Singapore census is to be |fl carried out under the direction of the country’s Ip re- war Census Superintendent, Mr. M. V. del Tufo, text year 1 Mr. del Tufo has just returned to Malaya from ■England where he has done a414 words
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Article89 1946-10-10 7 Prom Our Own Correspondent MALACCA, Oct. 4. I THE recently-formed Prisoners Aid Society of Malacca is •'■suing invitations for member- ip of the Society. 'Hie minimum individual subscription has bet n fixed at $0 per '*ar or $60 for life. All subscriptions can bo sent I iriu89 words
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117 1946-10-10 7 From Our Own Correspondent Penang, Oct. 4. DROVIDEI) premium is paid similar to that paid to insurance companies for cover against burglary and adequate precautions are taken to safeguard stocks, the Malayan Union Government, it is understood will assume responsibility for relief supplies of textiles117 words
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Article44 1946-10-10 7 i. rom ur Own Correspondent I ,f »li, ‘Saturday.- A temple in I :i Poad was completely gut- yesterday by a fire which 1 d $30,000 worth of damage. I 1,1 temple had been built te> acI ->m mod ate 2,000 devotees.44 words
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Article59 1946-10-10 7 THE General Clerical Association formed in Singapore recently to serve Government, clerks held a general meeting at the Municipal canteen yesterday The meeting was called to elect a committee ot management to take over l*vm the interim committee wnuli had been functioning since tls organization was59 words
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246 1946-10-10 7 SINGAPORE, Oct. J. MR S K. Chettur who recently returned to Singapore after a visit to Hong Kong, stated yesterday that the object of his visit to Hong Kong was to contact Indian nationals there and investigate their conditions H lound Indians as246 words
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Article64 1946-10-10 7 From Our Own Correspondent Taiping, Sat.—The swimming pool at the foot of picturesque Taiping HilLs was transformed into a miniature fairyland last night wnen Lt.-Col. C L Omanney and the officers of the 7th Indian Div. Signals gave a farewell party. All Taiping was there,64 words
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Article399 1946-10-10 7 Four million yards of doth but.., From Our Ow n Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Saturday. NEARLY four million yards of textiles have been issued throughout the Malayan Union through the Resident Commissioners and the Chambers of Commerce hut *>«*» it* people still go naked in Perlis, unless they399 words
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Article, Illustration244 1946-10-10 7 Singapore, Oct. a THE wedding took place at St Andn w’.s Cathedral yesterday afternoon of Mi John O’Dell. Deputy Municipal Treasurer. son of Mrs O'Dell and the lat 0 Mr H .1 OD 11 of Ab'*rvMw r yth, and Miss Winifred Marsh oi the Educational Department. Colonial Servic244 words
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Article33 1946-10-10 7 Penang. Sun. A Malay, fbra him b Oularn Mydm. employed th< I A i capla n< ilcgor, was drowried wb* ri k fell overboard from an H A F barge33 words
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Article388 1946-10-10 7 SINGAPORE, Oct. 6. THE Singapore Improvement Trust is planning the construction of hundreds of new houses, as well as leasing its own land for the erection of temporary houses. This forms part of the Trust’s contribution towards relieving the housing shortage in Singapore, the consideration of388 words
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Article160 1946-10-10 7 SINGAPORE. Oct 5 \HDUL Latif bin Munshi Abdul A/1 d scribed as an Indian soldier was yesterday s* ntenced to seven years’ rigorous lrnprisonment by Mr Justice Worley at the Singapore Assi/es A/i/ was found guilty or arm *d robbery The prosecution stated that on160 words
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Article287 1946-10-10 8 AVER 200 “factories” are operating in Singapore to* v day, a large proportion concerned with producing food or drink, according to official figures. Of this total, nearly 100 “factories” are scattered in th“ rural areas, and over 40 operate within Municipal limits. The greatest number are287 words
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174 1946-10-10 8 From Our Own Correspondent LONDON. Sept. 18. tribute to the Sultan of Joh ore's friendship and allegiance to Britain was paid at a reception given at the Dorchester Hotel, London, by Mr and Mrs. Dorai Ross formerly of Malaya, in honour of Sultan Ibrahim’s birthday.174 words
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Article60 1946-10-10 8 Mr. Rowland’ s Death From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, Oct 1 THE Municipal Overseer, Mr Carl Rowlands, succumbed on Saturday night to the injuries r. celved in a motor-cycle crash at Pulau Tlkus on Sept. 21 The Municipal President. Mr W. C. Taylor, was among a large gathering at the60 words
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150 1946-10-10 8 Ftoiii Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Oct 2 roi.LOWINd th inspection oi one (.1 t!v* Malayan railways’ new localliotive; I" cen* V 101port»*d 1 nan th* Unihd Kingdom. Mi A 'I Newboult. Clii« i S< eretary t the Malayan Union, drove an ngi ie out150 words
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Article115 1946-10-10 8 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Oct. 2. NUMBER ol arrests have been made by the Kuala Lumpur police lollowing the hunt for a Chinese, Liew Nyit Sing, who escaped from the custody oi the police while being taken to Pudu gaol on remand last115 words
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Article268 1946-10-10 8 SINGAPORE. Oct 2. DESCRIBED by prosecution witnesses as a sex maniac and drunkard Major Kudo. Death Railway” labour camp commandant yesterday categorically denied that there were any incidents at labour camps as a result of his “fondness tor liquor Kudo and 11 other Japanese268 words
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Article107 1946-10-10 8 Boos Catcalls Greet Kempeis From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Oct. 2. DOOS and catcalls greeted 30 D Kempeis taken through the principal streets of Kuala Lumpur on their way to the padang on Monday for identification. The men, formerly stationed here, were accompanied by armed military police. The Kempeis107 words
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596 1946-10-10 8 A name well known in the commercial life of Malaya has disappeared and in its place a new one has been substituted Haiti sons. Barker .ind Co., Ltd. are now to be known as Harrisons and Crosllold < Malaya) Ltd. Harrisons A: Crosfield were established596 words
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111 1946-10-10 8 From Om Own Correspondent TAIPING, Oct. 2. MR. H. B. J. Donaldson, Ofiicer Superintending Police Circle, Taiping District, together with a party of Police and Military toured the numerous creeks and islets m North Perak on Saturday m naval landing craft. The surprise inspection111 words
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Article119 1946-10-10 8 SINGAPORE, Oct. 3. AN appeal for a heavier sentence to be passed on a Malay was made by the Crown yesterday in the Supreme Court. The case was one in which Salamat bin Mangun was charged with carrying a knife in public. Mangun had been convicted119 words
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310 1946-10-10 8 DETAILS of (he system followed by the Singapore Vehicle Priority Bourn in apportioning cars was explained by u member at a recent committee meeting of the Singapo r Ratepayers Association. Mr. G. 11. Kiat, who attended two meetings of the Board made the report to310 words
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Article117 1946-10-10 8 THE CHINESE Consul-Genet a in Singapore, Dr. Wu Shin, will go on a tour shortr of the East Coast of Malava and Sarawak. He will leave for Batu Pana’ on Oct. 13. and will be at Kuala Lumpur on Sat. Oct. 19. On Oct. 21,117 words
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Article75 1946-10-10 8 From Our Own Corresponded MALACCA. Oct. 2 AN imposing memorial costing rX about $20,000 is to be erected at Bukit China cemetery ground in memory of the Chinese wn were massacred by the Japan in Malacca. It is roughly estimated t* M some 800 to 90075 words
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Article112 1946-10-10 9 rIK Singapore Association considers that the need for adequate rare and treatment of tuberculosis cases is more urgent than ever in view of the increase in incidence Two members have been detailed to obtain as much information on the subiect as possible and ronort to112 words
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206 1946-10-10 9 SINGAPORE. Ort. 5. FOLLOWING two assaults on r ST.C. employees by hooligans in busies on Thursday, Singapore Traction Company busmen yes*erday declared “war” on pickpockets. First skirmishes were fought out” just after midday when strong forces of Traction Company men waited at street and took206 words
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Article59 1946-10-10 9 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 3. MILITARY truck on Saturdav night caught fire near e Taiping aerodrome, the names spreading to an adjoining building used by the Japaneseurrendcred personnel as their administration office. The Taiping fire brigade rushed to the scene, but was powerless to59 words
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Article342 1946-10-10 9 SINGAPORE ASSN. RICE PROBLEM roOl) has loomed in recent discussions of tlu committee of the Singapore Association, and i:s ice-president, Mr. H. D. Mundell, and a member, Mr. L. Cresson, have had a talk with Killearn’s Economic Adviser, Mr. Charles Empson, on the possibility of the Siam Rice Commission being342 words
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Article, Illustration201 1946-10-10 9 JJNGKU Abdul Aziz. Prime Minister of Johore, is retiring after nearly 40 years service with t.he Johore government. He as going on eight months leave in mid-November prior to retirement Appointed to act unci officiate as Prime Minister of Johore as Dato Onn bin Jataar.201 words
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209 1946-10-10 9 SINGAPORE, Oct. 5. THE Colonial Secretary has been asked by the Singapore Association whether Government is prepared to make a public announcement to the effect that it will be responsible for the dependents of any citizen killed in combatting the lawless elements in the Colony.209 words
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Article78 1946-10-10 9 SINOAPOPE, Oct 5. TJIE manager of Raffles Cafe in Bras Basah Road, M. Arathoon was yesterday fined Tit'O or three months’ impris >nmen‘ by Mr. T. T. Russell, in the Second District Court, for ov' rcharging for meals In the Cafe on July 1 His waiter,78 words
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328 1946-10-10 9 A SYSTEM for supplying imported goods as well as ralioned articles, first to Government employees in Singapore and later to commercial office workers, at officially approved prices is being put into operation. It is designed to deliver a shattering blow to the black market328 words
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187 1946-10-10 9 SINOAPOi F, Oct 5. I ESS than hall an hour alter L thieves broke into a boarding house in St Thomas’ Walk yesterday and got away with "1.500 worth of jewellery and clothing. a hep patrol operating Jrom Orchard Road Police Stai ion arrested187 words
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Article90 1946-10-10 9 THERE were two births for every d< atli recorded in Singapore during the lirst half of this year, according to figures published yesterday. Total number of births record- < d for tills period was 15.102 while th*> number of deaths were 7.862 Among members of90 words
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239 1946-10-10 9 AN Indian s» ntry attached to the 93 Base Supply Depot at Alexandra Road, described In the Fourth Police Court how he shot at two Javanese who failed stop when he order <1 them to, with the result that one was killed He239 words
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Article49 1946-10-10 9 SINOAPOPE, Oct 5. The Governor. Sir Franklin Olmson, visited the Government Printing Ollice yesterday and, following an Inspection of the works, complimented Mr V G O. Gattr 11 the superintendent, on the condition of the plant, and the volume and efficiency of the work produced.49 words
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410 1946-10-10 10 LONDON, Oct. 2. THE United States has agreed to buy an additional 200,000 tons of Malayan rubber up to the end of the year at 20 U.S. cents, f.0.b., eastern ports, states the Hoard of Trade. The Hoard adds that this is additional410 words
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Article372 1946-10-10 10 By Our Market Correspondent SINGAPORE, Oct. 3. MALAYAN rubber circles generally welcome the American d'eision to take an additional 200 000 tons of Malayan rubber during the last quarter of this year, as tin- new agroenv nt ends the period of uncertainty during which th372 words
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Article87 1946-10-10 10 "From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPlilt, Thurs AS a result of a general comb out of Kuala Lumpur town b> mobile patrols of the C I.IL, 1311 loiterers were rounded up. 30 of whom were sentenced to live months’ rigorous imprisonment by Che Abdul Ram in the87 words
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Article110 1946-10-10 10 SINGAPORE. Oct. 4 A finding ol murder against some person or persons unknown was recorded by Mr. W. G Porter, the Singapore Coronar. yesterday, when he inquired into the death ol 29-year-old Lim Cheng Choh, a taxi driver, whose body was found in Reformatory Road on110 words
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Article124 1946-10-10 10 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG. Oct. 3. AN important statement on the share out ol supplies ordered bv the Army and the Colonial Office was made at a press conlorencc? yesterday by th? Resident Commissioner, Mr. S. N. King, who revealed that firms, other than members124 words
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Article80 1946-10-10 10 Singapore, Oct. 4. UWVKERS along Connaught Drive last night abandoned their pitehes and in most eases their goods and took to their heels when members of the Town Cleansing Department of the Municipality ami the police raided the area The party which was led by Mr. B.80 words
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Article150 1946-10-10 10 SINGAPORE, Oct. 4. A FOUR-POINT petition ha* been submitted by Singapore firemen to the President of the Municipality for his consideration. The firemen are asking for their weekly ration of rice to oe increased to six katis, for 60 cigarettes a week, and a free150 words
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Article419 1946-10-10 10 ex-police detective Ahmad bln Haji Nasir and Toil Chiew Hong, a Chinese, were committed to stand trial on charges of armed robbery, and o: possession of arms at the next A.ssi/es, at the conclusion of i preliminary inquiry held in thFourth Police Court. On the night419 words
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Article, Illustration334 1946-10-10 10 SINGAPORE, Oct. 4. AT St. George’s Garrison Church, Tanglin, yesterday after noon a service attended by high service officers, was held in memory of the late Col. Cyril Hugh Dahymple Wild, War Crimes Liaison Officer to ALFSFA, who was killed recentl\ while flying to Singapore334 words
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143 1946-10-10 10 From Our Own Correspond^; KUALA LUMPUR. Oct. 3. THE third People's Resiauiam in Selangor will be opened a' Batu Road, Kuala Lumpur. m Friday by the Resident Comma sioner of Selangor. Mr. W A Ward It will seat 350 people at an* one time; the143 words
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Article94 1946-10-10 11 t rom Own Correspondent IPOIf, Oct. 2. Tilt. bullet-riddled body of 1 a liidor merchant was found by tbe Tapah police on Monday when they went along ihr road leading to the Lcong Kan (in mines at Bidor. The body was identified as that of94 words
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Article151 1946-10-10 11 SINGAPORE, Oct. 4. POR making his escape while in ]>olic? custody, a Javanese, Hashim bin Samat was convicted, and sentenced to three months’ rigorous imprisonment by the Hurd Police Magistrate, Mr. K. M Byrne, yesterday. Hashim was one of the three arrested in connection with151 words
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Article135 1946-10-10 11 SINGAPORE. Oct. 4. 1 1 COL. C. E. R. Jennings at the Australian War Crime 'ourt yesterday sentenced Capt Fumio, commandant ol camp in Siam to five years mprisonment lor inhumane trcai- of Allied PoWs. U'or an Allied air raid it w«u Hosed, an135 words
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Article266 1946-10-10 11 CINGAPORE youths with Senior Cambridge qualifi>s cations arc among the applicants lor police work jvho are to be interviewed and tested in the Police training School at Thomson Road during the next lew days. If accepted they will be the fourth batch of local vimths266 words
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140 1946-10-10 11 SINGAPORE, Oct. 4 AN Indian named Cheliamuth Nadesan. who was describe as a person with a “special attraction for revolvers,” was yesterday sentenced to three years’ rigorous imprisonment by Mr Paul Storr, the District Judge for possession of a .32 revolver. The police arrested Nadesan140 words
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Article89 1946-10-10 11 SINGAPORE. Cct. 4. TWO young Chinese, Ct.ua \h Bee and Poh Kee Choon, wer acquitted and discliarged bv Mi Justice Worley yesterday at ti e Singapore Assizes without Un i defence being called. Chua and Poh were charge with armed robbery and alter natively receiving stolen pro89 words
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Article73 1946-10-10 11 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG. Oct. 3. the arrival of another food ship on Monday the rice position here can be considered very satisfactory” and Penang residents need have no anxiety on this score, according to a local food official in a statement to73 words
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Article75 1946-10-10 11 SINGAPORE. Oct. 4 TWO Chinese lost tl»«.ir lives 1,1 the recent lire at Boat Quay in which cargo was destroyed and a motor tongkang badly damaged. Tlvy were Se P Kim Chuan < 32 and Tan Chin Lim <23>. Death in each was believed to75 words
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Article340 1946-10-10 11 TIIK Singapore War Memorial should take the form of a Community Centre which should be the everyday home of communal activities in Singapore, where all races can meet and mingle for the pursuit of cultural ends. This proposal was approved by the Social Welfare Council340 words
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Article, Illustration277 1946-10-10 11 SINGAPORE, Oct. 4. THE last proclamation of Sir Shcnton Thomas issued on Keb. Hi, 191*5, which stated that it was the task of every man and woman in Singapore to co-operate in the restoration of order in the town, was (jiiotcd by l\lr. S. V. Hogan,277 words
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Article114 1946-10-10 11 From Our Own Corrcsjxmdent PENANG. Oct. 2. ALTHOUGH Penang’s first war crimes trial is now over, the War Crimes Investigation Team here will not be ending its work or moving elsewhere, it is oflicially stated Instead the team will spr *ad its net wider114 words
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173 1946-10-10 11 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 5. MACHINERY has been set up in Malaya to ine>uire wheth r the man-|>ower resource’s of this country will need to b supplemented by immigration and if o to assess such requirements in accordance with the needs of173 words
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Article114 1946-10-10 12 FARA Singh, a Sikh Police sergeant, on whom the sentence of death wts twice imposed for the shooting down of five Chinese guerillas in 191. T in British North Borneo, has had his sentence commuted, by the Governor-General. Mr. Malcolm MacDonald, to 10 years’ rigorous114 words
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78 1946-10-10 12 IT is reported by the Chinese Central News Agency that Mr. Tal Kui-Seng, vice-minister o! the Overseas Department oi the Nanking Government, is on way to South East Asia on a goodwill mission. Touring with Mr. Tai is Dr. Lin Wo Chiang, of78 words
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Article84 1946-10-10 12 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, Oct. 1. A note demanding $lO,OOO alleged to have been signed by the ‘army corps of Perak.” was mentioned in the Assize Court today when a Chinese shopkeeper. Lim Ewe Poh. related how after receiving the said note he eventually paid84 words
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Article81 1946-10-10 12 5O clerks oi the Depart ment of Social Welfare do not have to worry about looking for food in the hot sun. By courtesy of the Food Section of the D partment of Soeiul Welfare, a restaurant Ls run on the premises lor the staff. Arrangements81 words
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Article321 1946-10-10 12 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, Oct. 2. THE Penang Rural Hoard at its first meeting since the liberation decided yesterday that the water supply system for the whole of Penang island should be investigated and that a special sub-committee should be appointed for this purpose. This321 words
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261 1946-10-10 12 r_._ SINGAPORE, Oct. 3. IA r Asia could not attain democracy and peace when she was still a poker card in power politics and a pawn to international manoeuvres of which China was a most shocking ixample, was the comment made bv Mr.261 words
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Article83 1946-10-10 12 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, Oct. 1. ANE member of the crew was killed and three othe\s seriously burnt when an explosion occurred on Monday on board a motor launch lying ofT Noordin Street Ghaut. The cause of the exnlosion is not known but it is83 words
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Article, Illustration439 1946-10-10 12 Webb Jones - A Searcher's Vigilance By Webb Jones 1HAI) just returned from an inspection of shipping with one of ll.>l. Customs officers when my phone rang with a certain degree of urgency. It was the customs officer again; he had left a search party aboard one of439 words
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Article316 1946-10-10 12 tTn Singapore, Ot a THE Siamese Premier i L 5 1 Nawasawat Dhamro'ng 1* vealed yesterday that riee sh f! ments in September tot,i, p 30,000 tons. He added that A tons were available again-, TV. target of 60,000 tons but' ft British were316 words
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Article138 1946-10-10 12 SINGAPOPE, Oct 5 CHILDREN from 23 schools par ticipated in the Singapore School’s anti-black market poster competition, an exhibition at which was opened by the acting Colonial Secretary. Mr. 11. P Bryson in the Municipal Council Chamber yesterday. Winner of the first prize was 14-year-old138 words
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85 1946-10-10 12 From Our Own Correspondent PPNANG. O c t. 1 A y°«ng Chinese girl. Kung Slew P°h. who jumped into the s°a in Penang harbour on Saturday night, told th° Third Magistrate vesterdav that she had done this “very silly act” because she “had been85 words
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Article44 1946-10-10 12 Singapore, p ct 6 The 13 members of r: mittee of th e Singapore <• n Chamber of Commerce, sign d this week as a Pj, against the use of the C ha premises for discussion wJJ tical subjects, have withdrawn their resignations.44 words
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Article748 1946-10-10 13 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 6. AN extensive planting scheme during the off-padi season in Tanjong Karang settlement area is expected to be put into operation immediately after the present padi harvest in February and March by the Department of Agriculture with the help748 words
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140 1946-10-10 13 SINGAPORE. Oct. 7. WITHIN seven hours ot a burglary occurring in South Perak, the culprit was arrested, produced before the District Judge and sentenced to 18 months' rigorous imprisonment, and t#e stolen articles returned to their rightful owner. The burglar. Hoy Chee Kong, broke140 words
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106 1946-10-10 13 "I do not think there is any doubt that if insurance of textiles and other stores breaks down in Singapore, we shall have to cover it.” said a Singapore Government officer last night when asked if there was any intention of following106 words
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Article174 1946-10-10 13 AN tlic ad\ ice of the uulhoiiiie.s, lhe Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce will shortly lodge* a claim lor over $30,000 wish the Local Records Office in respect ol advances made by the Chamber during the war This amount represents wages paid by the Chamber174 words
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Article54 1946-10-10 13 From Our Own Correspondent Kuala Lumpur. Sat.— -A rat hunt set up in response to requests from householders in Kuala Lumpur has accounted for 3,406 rats in September The haul for September is a record and is three times the number caught in the whole of 1937.54 words
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305 1946-10-10 13 TIIK present state of lawlessness in Malaya has affected Insurance Companies to such an extent, that in Singapore, with recent high incidence of burglaries and car thefts, mai y companies have refused coverage against burglary risks particularly in respect of godowns where tyre* and textiles are305 words
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Article63 1946-10-10 13 From Our Own Correspondent LONDON. Sun. SOLDIER who made an air dash from Malaya In order to .sec his nme-month old daughter, who was dangerously ill arrived too late He is Corporal Allred Stubbs, of the Durhams, who was flown home from Malaya on rompassionate63 words
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122 1946-10-10 13 INCREMENTS received uy Government employees m Singapore since the re-occupa-tion are to be pensionable, the Straits Times understands. Hits nas already b* en annmmcid in the Malayan Union, and Singapore i.s lik< lv to follow suit Originally. Government cmnloytes were told that although they would receive122 words
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Article126 1946-10-10 13 IPOH, Sat. WHEN the Perak Branch of the Automobile Association of Malaya called an extraordinary general meeting yesterday at the Ipoh Club. Mr J. G Clcmctson. the chairman, called for a campaign for road safety. "Malaya must declare war on road accidents," he said. They constituted126 words
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418 1946-10-10 13 SINGAPORE. Oct. 7. REACTION of Overseas Chinese to the proposed Municipal Constitution for Singapore is given in an interesting editorial comment by the Nanyang Siang Pau of Singapore. The editorial states: “China emerged as one of the five big powers out of the418 words
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Article109 1946-10-10 13 From Our Own Correspondent TAIPING, Oct 6 SINCE the reduction In the price of meals attendance at th»* people's Restaurant Taiping, has risen bv nearly 200 per cent. Five cigarettes tor ten cents to all purchasers of meal tickets aralso given The Gymkhana Club (Golf section»109 words
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Article, Illustration420 1946-10-10 14 SINGAPORE, Oct. <>. MALAY'A’S own film unit operating from its aptly-named “Seladang Studios” in Kuala Lumpur, has achieved its first world success with a newsreel of Kuala Lumpur's Victory Day celebrations which has been accepted by Gaumont-Hritish newsreels, in Ixindon, for world distribution. This420 words
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Article91 1946-10-10 14 From Our Own Corn sjxmdeni KUALA LUMPUR. Oct (i PLANS are under way to n viv< poultry keeping in English and Malay schools in the Mala\an Union B' lore the war about 100 Malay and English schools went in for poultry r. p*'V A teachej91 words
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Article196 1946-10-10 14 SINGAPORE, Oct. (i. ROAD accidents continue to increase in Singapore and last month tiny touched the highest figure ever recorded here. During September, the Traffic Police investigated 505 cases against 512 in the previous month and in these 13 people were killed and 223 injured.196 words
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Article61 1946-10-10 14 SINGAPORE, Oct. TIIE Second Police Magistrate yesterday commended a Chinese, Simon Ong, foi arresting a bines* who had tried to piek his pocket. Ong was attacked by three other members of the accused’s gang •te when he caught the pickpocket but dealt with them single handed.61 words
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128 1946-10-10 14 China India Pillars Of Stability From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Oct. 5. THE Chinese Consul in Kuala Lumpur, Mr. Hsu Mong Hsiung. believes lh*» India and China, by Ttuc of their common philosophy and love of peace, will become the pillars of world stability. He expressed this in a128 words
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Article271 1946-10-10 14 SINGAPORE, Oct. 7. SINGAPORE residents are now to get their milk “on the rice card.” By an arrangement come to between the firm of Nestle's and their retailers in Singapore, no sweetened condensed milk should he procurable in a shop till further notice271 words
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Article355 1946-10-10 14 SINGAPORE, Oct. 7. fIIIXKSE squatters who carried out an “invasion’ and settled on more than eight acres of land he* hind Owen Road have been given notices to quit In the Commissioner of Lands—but have also received invitations from the Singapore Improvement Trust to register355 words
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190 1946-10-10 14 From Our Own Correspondent Ipoh, Sun THE dispatch of an unofficial mission comprising traders ar.d merchants to producing countries to investigate the rice situation there is one of several points being considered by Malaya’s tin miners to case the pr< sent rice situation in Malaya.190 words
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Article60 1946-10-10 14 From Our Own Correspondent MALACCA. Sun A well-known Malacca resident, Mr. Ee Yew Kim, President of the Straits Chinese British Association, was the victim of a ease of car stripping on Thursday night Mr Yew Kim’s car was removed from the garage and left a few miles60 words
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Article83 1946-10-10 14 From Our Own Corresponded KRIAN, Oct. 6 TWO Malays. Mat Piah bin Said and Baharem bin Mohamar charged with theft of sugar can were produced in the Magistrate court at Bagan Serai yesterda Both pleaded guilty but they had rut down the siuiu cane plants only to83 words
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Article243 1946-10-10 15 CHINA’S allocation of rice from Siam for October, v \ovcmber and December is to be diverted temporarily to Malaya, Borneo, Hong Kong, India and the Netherlands East Indies. An official announcement from the office of the Special Commissioner for South-East Asia yesterday stated that this had243 words
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Article263 1946-10-10 15 I India has agreed to supply 20 million yards of textiles at the rate of five million yards a month, as well as bicycle tyre.* and tubes, in return for 420.000 t#ns of rice irom Indonesia, stated Mr K. L. Punjabi. Joint Secretan- to the Government263 words
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223 1946-10-10 15 SINGAPORE, Oct. 8. A 28-year-old Indian Army officer, believed to be that of Capt. Mohan Rao, of bol Sub-Area, Malacca, was found lying dead across the grave of Miss Bertha D. John in Bidadari Cemetery, Singapore, yesterday, with a bullet wound n» his chest223 words
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Article27 1946-10-10 15 Mr Cheng Hui Ming has oc n nted the Chinese Assistant to the Secretary for Chines Affairs. Singapore, according to Chungnang Jit Poh.27 words
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387 1946-10-10 15 Singapore Oct. 3. CAPT. John Gillespie, of the Base Rrinforeement Sfct i o n. ACSEA. was acquitted and disby Mr. T T. Russell, the Second District Judg". yesterdavy r- n c harrc« of caws'ng death Lieut J Baker and Fazal Hoosdn. mid causing grievous hurt387 words
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Article48 1946-10-10 15 From Our Own Correspondent Penang, Mon—A civilian flying boat made a forced land *ng sixty miles north of Peuanij, about noon today. The Penang harbour boaiu sent a launch to assist in rescue operations. It is understood. however, that there were no casualties.48 words
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Article136 1946-10-10 15 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. G. OWING to the present shipping difficulties the authorities are facing a.big prob-em in providing facilities to Chinese, Indians and Ceylones* who wish to return to the:, home country. nt the* moment people arc being given passages only on troopships.136 words
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Article76 1946-10-10 15 SINGAI ORE, Oet. 8 Abdul rahman bin sudam. a Naafl driver, in the Fourth Police Court yesterday, claimed trial to a charge of criminal breach ot trust involving 55 cases of cigarettes valued at $8,500 It was alleged that he committed the otrence in the76 words
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Article83 1946-10-10 15 From Our Own Correspondent. KUALA LUMPUR. Oct. 7. VERNACULAR school-children m V th f Ulu Selangor. U!u Langat and Kuala Lumpur d stricts will shortly receive a fr e issue of half a pint of milk daily Thr- 720 s of lull cream powder d milk83 words
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Article164 1946-10-10 15 OINGAPOKE fishermen are turning to the Andaman lslands for their fish, as the recent trouble in Hagan Si Api Api has caused a fish shortage in Singapore. Fishermen are now refusing to fish in areas in which they run the risk of being seizd by164 words
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Article102 1946-10-10 15 From Our Own Correspondent. KUALA LUMPUR. Oct. 7. AN association known as the Malayan Volunteer Ex-Ser-vices Association. Malaya, to promote the social, economic and general interests of the Malayan Volunteers was formed here yesterday. All Malayans, who were members of the Malayan Volunteer Forces and who had102 words
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Article80 1946-10-10 15 MR. E. E. F Pretty. M.C S to* sident Cornmis inner Johore accompanied by Che Abdul Mubin bin Dato Abdullah. Olllcer-in-Charge. Socla l Welfare, Johor visited the Johore Bahru Welfare Home last week He was shown round the com pounds of the home. Inspected the buildings80 words
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Article99 1946-10-10 15 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG. Oct. 7 Appearing beion the di«tlict Judge, Mr. J. B. Jennings, today Soosey John, former municipal employee, pleaded guilty to three charges of cheating th? Municipal ShrufY and was sentenced to two years’ rigor our imprisonment on each count. The99 words
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Article129 1946-10-10 15 From Our Own Correspondent PENANO. Oct. 5. Reconstruction and maintenance of Penang’s public roads and buildings have already cost the Government over $1,000.000 in thr? past nine months, according to thj Senior Executive Engineer. Mr. It II A Johnson, who in a statement todav declared that the public129 words
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92 1946-10-10 15 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Oct. 0 po.STERS printed in all languages aimed at helping doth the educated and the un■dueated classes to realise th damn r of Jay-walking and ruin'/ in the middle of the road have been put un in the pnnci92 words
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Article426 1946-10-10 16 THE slowness of the War Department in nuking payment of claims arising out of requisitioned properties in Singapore is indirectly responsible for the acute housing shortage, declared Air. Lee Kong Chian on Oct. 5. Mr. Lee was speaking at the 13th annual general meet ing of426 words
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Article137 1946-10-10 16 Prom Our Own Correspondent TAIPINO. Oct 7 COR causing hurt to two of her JJ rorn n blends with a parang at Kampong Chctty on Monday S?*; lf a y f un Malay woman, Rliarifa Rfhani. appeared before M r Nowton in the Taiping District Court137 words
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217 1946-10-10 16 RENDERS of parcels posted in Malaya and addressed to Australia Barbados. Bri’ish Guiana, Eire, Falkland Islands, Gambia. 1 Gold Coast, Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Grenada, Jamaica, Lc ward Islands, New Zea, lend, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, eira Lone and Trinidad and Tobago may now217 words
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571 1946-10-10 16 SINGAPORE, Oct. 8. A Town Board Committee Member of the State of Johore, Quek Ho Yeow, was acquitted and discharged in the Fourth Magistrate’s Court yesterday on the charge of criminal misappropriation of forty-three 44•»‘lon drums of lubricating oil, believed to be the property of the Custodian571 words
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Article60 1946-10-10 16 IN an emergency of this description, we shall have to take steps to be responsible for the dependants of any eitr/en killed in combatting the lawless elements in the Colony. The Governor Sir Iranklin Gimson, stated in a press conference lie was asked if insurance for members60 words
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142 1946-10-10 16 PARES lor deck passenges from T Singapore to Ceylon on the Quern o! Bermuda will be $5l. according to Mr. A I. Raja Singham. Representative of the Government of Ceylon in Malaya. The ship will take about 1.000 paying passengers. Mr. Raja Singham pointed142 words
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Article82 1946-10-10 16 From Our Own Correspondent TAIPING, Oct. 7. CUBRAMANIAM, an Ii diem was sentenced to six months’ imprisonment in th e Taiping Dstrict Court on Thursday for breaking into the house of his former wf c and stealing five pieces of clothing. Subramaniam. who admitted the facts82 words
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Article377 1946-10-10 16 By A Special Correspondent SINGAPORE, Oct. 7. THE end of November will see Air Command, South East Asia, withdrawing its last personnel from the Netherlands East Indies, while Siam will be evacuated as soon as the Siamese have trained the neciss;p*v <o run their377 words
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Article123 1946-10-10 16 SINGAPORE, Get. 8. TOY pistols are to oe oannea from further importation into Singapore and the Malayan Union. 4 This action bv both Governments follows what is officially described as “public complain;, of the use of realistic tov pMols by gangsters to threaten th*.;123 words
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Article131 1946-10-10 16 SINGAPORE, Oct. 8. DOYS of St. Patrick’s School. Siglap. had a very ousy day yesterday shifting desk* and miscellaneous school equipment from their temporary classes at Telok Kurau School, wher* they have been accommodated sT.ce the liberation back to the now de-requisitioned buildings at Siglap.131 words
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Article65 1946-10-10 16 THE following appointments have been notified in a racent Singapore Government Gazette:— Mr V D Gerhold to be an Assistant Superintendent. Malavan Police Service: Mr. P J How\s to be a Cadet. Malayan Police Service: and Mr S H Dowse to be a Cadet, Malayan Civil Serviee Mr A65 words
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Article58 1946-10-10 17 SINGAPORE, Oct. 9. njKST of Singapore's rice ships t<> arrive this week, the t bina —Siam liner Halvdan has 1 <n'"ht 1,104 tons of rice from I. nt:kok. •j lu* Messaerrics Maritime* •vm 1 AiiTJiste Pavie, is ex* i ted in Singanore tomorrow tli a shinment of58 words
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Article102 1946-10-10 17 SINGAPORE. Oct. i). TAf KAM CHOON, a Food 1 Control elerk. was found mill y on two charges of bribery .n connection with the issuing "t rice ration cards. Tang was senti need to six months’ rigorous imprisonment on each charge by Mr. Tan Thoon Lip102 words
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Article75 1946-10-10 17 Singapore. Oct. 9. THERE was busy scenes at tne Singapore Harbour Board wharves yesterday when two troopers, the Orient Liner Otranto and Blue Funnel ship Antenor drew alongside the docks within two hours of each other. While tht Otranto disembarked only six civilian passengers at Singapore, the75 words
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Article88 1946-10-10 17 Singapore, Oct. 5. a result of using an open oil n lamp on May 27. Ang Ah Ng. a 34-yeai-old motor-boat salesman, and a friend sustained burns which subsequently proved latal to Ang. Ang his friend went to inspect a fishing boat and w'hen :n88 words
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Article401 1946-10-10 17 nISCRIMINATION between Government and MuniV cipal employees on the one hand and commercial office workers on the other should be removed in the matter of public distribution of goods, the Singapore Clerical Union suggests in a letter of protest to the Controller of Supplies, Mr. J.401 words
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613 1946-10-10 17 SINGAPORE. Oct. 9. EVIDENCE recorded yesterday from Capt. C. J. S. Agate master of the motor vessel Bentong at the inquiry yesterday into the damage sustained bv the Bentong which collided wi*h some .joating submerged object on its pproach to Singapore harboui on July613 words
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104 1946-10-10 17 yi'l'll effect from Oct. 1, the Pyke cost of living allowance will b:* paid to civi ian employees of the War Department. Prior to that date War Department employees were paid an overall rate which included an element for cost of living. In certain104 words
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107 1946-10-10 17 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Oct. G. DLLiEVLD to be the leader of gang o: car-strippers, Yer Man, a Chinese, was yesterday sentenced to ten years’ rigorou> imprisonment by Mr. Justin Spens.r Wilkinson, in connection with the discovery ol a minialur* arsenal ana appliances for107 words
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Article85 1946-10-10 17 PENAG. Oct. 8 THE Singapore police are on the look out lor a gang ol seven armed men. five of th m masked, who forcibly removed a Chinese. Yeo Ah Bee, from his home and shot him on May 20. at the 9>/ 2 milestone Bedok85 words
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79 1946-10-10 17 SINGAPORE, Oct. (>. Regular ju p pumas aic now being can in,! out m In* Singapore Harbour Hoard aiva by the police who from yesterday resum <1 contio', diking over from the 2nu Buffs. These patrols were insttut d i week ago. and79 words
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Article75 1946-10-10 17 SINGAPORE, Oct. 0. rHREE we.l-dress: Conies one of whom had a load d 38 revolver were arrested by a je p patrol operating from Kandang Kerbau police station on Monday at about 10 p m The men were found in a lane* oIT Kitchner Road in the75 words
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Article51 1946-10-10 17 SINGAPORE, Oct. 9 Found guilty on a charge ol exporting 517 pieces of cloth <about 15,880 yards* without a permit Lau Teck Soon was sentenced to six months’ rigorous imprisonment and fined $l,OOO or three months’ imprison m nt by Mr. T T Russell, the Second District51 words
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290 1946-10-10 17 IN probably the biggest land deal in Singapore since the liberation, Caldecott Hill Estate has been sold to Mr. N. 1C Mistri, managing proprietor of Phoenix Aerated Water Works, Singapore, for $912,500. The purchase includes over 81 acres of land in Caldecott Hill area as290 words
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Article144 1946-10-10 17 SINGAPORE. Oct. 9 HOW a pone trap t>su.u-u m eight Chine.v looters being brougiit to book was to d by tile prosecutor ip tip. Fourth Folic Court yesterday *1 h eight Chinese, who wre charged with tiie theft >t 41 iron pipi s Irom144 words
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Article55 1946-10-10 17 One and a had million dollars worth of sugar was among the ’ov.ses caused by lire at K»*rimon. 'fhlo which link- on’ on Sunday morning reports the N'anvang Siang Pan The paper states that nearly all the 200 hous s m th> town wer levelled flat and55 words
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Article162 1946-10-10 18 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 8. OUNIANDY, a Tamil, wanted in connection with a robbery, who twice managed to escape from the police, once after members ol his gang attacked the police. was today convicted in tne Kuala Lumpur police court and sentenced to 18162 words
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Article225 1946-10-10 18 SFTVENTY-FOUR passengers nnlvod in Singapore on Monday by the Blue Funnel ilncr Gorgon Mrs. E.D.E. Adams and child, Miss J.M. Anderson, Mr. and Mrs. 1.1. Aroozoo, Mr. A. Baker, Mrs. J. Me Bate and daughter, Mr. K T. Beckton. Mrs. PS. Beil, Miss B. A. Beythian,225 words
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Article52 1946-10-10 18 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR Oct. 8. SIR Edvyard Gent, the Governor of the Malayan Union, was entertained at p tea party by the Resident Commissioner of Pahang Mr. Arthur Sleep, and Mrs. n Thursday at Kuala Lippis P’omineni citizens o f Kuala Lips also attend'd52 words
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272 1946-10-10 18 THE re-organisation of Singapore’s nursing services to bring them in line with modern standards is envisaged by Eovernment, it is urn* rstood. Although no indication as to what form the proposed re-organisation would take has been gium, o has been hinted that the question of272 words
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279 1946-10-10 18 FIVE members of the 13th Parachute Regiment who were “unable to attend the previous trial for various reasons, including sickness” will be tried by Court. Martial at Johorc Bahru on Friday, Oct. 11. The announcement from ALFSEA Headquarters yesterday reads: Five men, including Pte.279 words
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191 1946-10-10 18 SINGAPORE, Oct. 9 JWO Chinese robbers who attempted to rob a 60-year-old Kheh in a small attap house oil Cross Street yesterday received ♦lk* surprise erf their lives when the old man turned on them, fighting them with Chinese “koon tau I’he tight was about191 words
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89 1946-10-10 18 K.L. Police Chief’ s Boy Stole Ring I rom Our dun orreM.m.dent KUALA LUMPUR. Oct. 7. LI.M All Kill house “boy employed )y Selangor*-' Commissioner of Polo e Mr AC. Haines, wa-. tml.iv sen teneed to six months’ rigorous imprisonment, f»*r stealing a sapphire ring. I he ring belonged Miss89 words
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Article88 1946-10-10 18 From Our Own Co-respondent KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 8. GOVERNORS Commissions were iwuidcd to three Warrant Officers and a sergeant of the Ist. Battalion. Malay Regiment at a parade held at the headquarters of the battalion in Kuala Lumpur yesterday. The men awarded the commissions were: C.S.M Mohd.88 words
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Article57 1946-10-10 18 From Our Own Correspondent) KUALA LUMPUR. Oct. 7. Thirteen revolvers, 30 pistols 230 rifles, 30 shot guns and Stei. guns. 170 hand-grenades. 62 bombs, one bayonet and 2.783 rounds of ammunition were recovered by police action in Kedah from January to September ol this year, aceirdhv57 words
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324 1946-10-10 18 SINGAPORE, Oct. 9. MORE than 500 Chinese nationals who had been stranded in Europe as a result of the war, including a number who had resided in Germany and Italy for several decades, are in Singapore today on their way back to China. The324 words
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Article136 1946-10-10 18 Scholarship students from the Malayan Union left by air last week for the United Kingdom to further thei r studies. They were: Inche Zaleha binte Mohamed \li who holds a Malayan Union scholarship, will study Social Welfare at th e London School of Economics. Che136 words
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171 1946-10-10 18 SINGAPORE. Oct. 9. A VALIANT but successful attempt to save the life of a Dutch seaman suffering from acute app?ndicitis on board the Royal Netherlands ship Van Kinsbergen was made by the chief surgeon of the Otranto whilst the vessel was in the Indian171 words
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Article106 1946-10-10 18 SINGAPORE. Oct. 9. rH SWEE KOON. a Chinese interpreter in the Jap military police station at the Y.M.C.A. during the occupation, was yesterday sentenced to four years’ rigorous imprisonment for causing hurt to three Singapore residents. The three prosecution witnesses, Messrs. Choy Koon Heng, 0.8. E.,106 words
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Article97 1946-10-10 18 From Our Ow n Correspondent KRIAN, Oct. 7. DADI planters in Krian district are faced with a new worry. Reports have been receivel from pad. planters in Semanggol, Sclinsing and Briah of the presence of wild pigs on their padi fields. The nips, bes des97 words
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Article171 1946-10-10 19 SINGAPORE, Oct. 7. who put up an unbeaten Kp Saturday did well again with t return the highest score of I jii ye.ter day s cr*cket tna.ch the SRC. and Mr. A.N. Bxi which the Rees won by were: sat. B r Frost b Lorlng 20171 words
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Article117 1946-10-10 19 |Hui Own (01 respondent Kuala Lumpur. Oct. 4. *miorks making up the |HCoininonwoalth of Natons H the Annual Colonial small lies, without cessation j|Hl(. war II, despite a great jSHol .22 ammunition aiid |BiUs in the Colonies. A HHenter a team to be elect|w a body117 words
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Article86 1946-10-10 19 B urra d up at the Great Btiui last Saturday and Hl<t score a sensational the masked wrestler. 111 the fourth round of e ght round contest, th** victory with his f, p tactics. B Wereof London did well ~f the RASC bv in the last round making86 words
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Article448 1946-10-10 19 SINGAPORE, Oct. (i. sx c 19 ALFSEA 3 Bk1N(» their first appearance as a full-side on the padang Ivesterday the S.C.C. rugby side scored a clear-cut 19 Its (2 goals, 3 tries) to 3 (try) victory over H. Q. ALFSEA. |a slightly greasy ball448 words
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Article525 1946-10-10 19 Straits Times Reporter. PENANG. Oct. 5. THREE new horses. Hill Queen. Aim Well and Colour Patch won th< ir races today. Hill Queen scoring a double for the meeting, while Coloui Patch finished with a terrific burst to h a; the favourite Houlichan on the p e,t525 words
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Article266 1946-10-10 19 ‘From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 7. THE cycling carmval in am u; the Malayan Welfare Kunu w:i. spoilt by rain ancl racing was transformed to a Girt track rendering going heavy and slippery The competitors, in spite of these handicaps, foughi keenly, provlcmg exciting266 words
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Article59 1946-10-10 19 I rnm Our Own Correspondent SEREMBAN, Oct. 5. ▼UK propos’d trial ruRRPr match arranged lor t«wi:»y betwc( n Malacca .and N( gri did not materialise as a result of the ir.Uurc of t! f former turn out Instead a home and homo mat h between ihc- Negri plavets59 words
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Article256 1946-10-10 19 SINGAPORE. Oct 7 M LYONS w« if seven i uns shoi t ol the S.C C total In the cricket mutch on the pa dang yesterday, when iheir lnnngs was completed A sfx»rtmr ges'ure by Devon's Captain, who allowed the S.C.C to bat aUv lunch256 words
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Article93 1946-10-10 19 From Our Own Correspondent KOTA BAHRU. Oct 5 From an authoritol v« source it l leaned 'hat His lli.dar«e s the Sul'an will l) iretenUng a shield to tie- i mil 1 I llsh School for the InterHot. rt.«. The ol<l sh'eltl given by II II la Suit93 words
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Article188 1946-10-10 19 From Our Own Correspondent SEREMBAN, Oct. 5. IN a soccer match played on Saturday at the Tunku Muhammad School grounds, Kuala Pilah. th(. Singapore Malay XI, skippered by Abdul Rahman ucicuicrl the N S Malays, rapt !r -‘d bv Tunku Abdullah. In 4—l In a188 words
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Article94 1946-10-10 19 From Ou r O" n 1 'Tfspcfirtmt RKREMBAN, Oct 0 THE Singapore Malay XI emerged on'*' n^ain victopou ir■ their second game against i S'no-Malav XI nlaved hf r o n dnv a' the Statin n r r :P'» The vi < l o r s. although94 words
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Article214 1946-10-10 19 SINGAPORE, Oct. 8. lI.M S. Sultan proved too good for St. Andrews Old Boys tn one ol the first rugby matches of the season, played at Raffles Collette yesterday, winning by 16 points (two goals and two tries* to five tone goal). McGulnn\ss, In214 words
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Article145 1946-10-10 19 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUiMPUR. Oct. 6. ITEEN and clean boxing, as the judge described it In the feature ol last night’s amateur cont st in aid of the Malayan Welfare Fund Two of the nine Lght.s end'd by the short route. Tiie best bout145 words
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Article189 1946-10-10 19 from Our Own orrrspondrnt KI’IAN. Oct. 4. THK Mrtan Chine Hockey icam i! Hun (1 the.r first defeat of 1 1 when t>: v urprl lng« Jy went, down 2 0 to the Anrloch»n so School. h Chine have only 'o b’ame tu r losing189 words
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Article687 1946-10-10 20 Share Market Report By A Market Correspondent SINGAPORE, Oct. 7. rE main incident of the week was the announcement that the United States would buy up to 200,000 tons of rubber from Malayan markets before the end of the year. This was the result of687 words
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Article127 1946-10-10 20 From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Oct. 5. TIN producers are well pleased with the selection of Mr. A. (i. filenister. Mr. G.W. Simms and Mr. Ivan Snens to he their representatives on the advisory panel to the British delegation at the international tin conference, which127 words
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Article67 1946-10-10 20 The directors of Geevor Tin Mines Ltd., recommend a Dividend of 10 per c»nt. actual (6d. per stock unit) less inocme tax at 9s. in the payable to members registered on Oct. 22, being the total dividena for tne year ended Mar. 31,67 words
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187 1946-10-10 20 SHANGHAI, Oct. 7. OVERSEAS Chinese Chambers of Commerce haw applied for membership following news that an All-China Chamber of Commerce Federation is being formed here. The new body, which is expected to wield considerable influence over the Government’s financial and economic policy, wiii probably187 words
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Article82 1946-10-10 20 The report of the directors of Kramat pulai, Ltd., for tne year ended Mar. 31, will recommend the payment of a dividwo of 3d. per share, less tax at 9-- in the If sanctioned the dividend will be paid on Oct. 24. The excess of expenditure over82 words
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266 1946-10-10 20 Rubber Industry Residual Buyers From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR Q ct THE new rubber agreement has failed to excit timism in local rubber circles in Kuala lu* in view of the lack of information on other vu! connected matters. ,UI > An authority on the Malayan rubber industry t266 words
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Article195 1946-10-10 20 From Our Own Correspondent SEREMBAN, Oct. 8. FFi agri-horticultural show in Seremban was declared open at the King George V School on Sunday by the Yang di-pertuan Besar of Negri Sembilan. In asking the Yang di-pertuan Besar to open the show the District Oillcor. Mr. L. H195 words
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Article47 1946-10-10 20 MALAYAN exports of rubbe during the month of Set tember totalled 57,579 tons. Of this amount 35,641 too went to the U.S.A, and 12,57 tons to the United Kingdom. Imports for the same mont totalled 19,017 tons, of whic 15,924 came into Singapore.47 words
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Article749 1946-10-10 20 Share quotations, as at Oct. d according to im Malayan i arebrokers Association iSingapwr*»» were as follows INDUSTRIALS Buyer Seller Alexandra Brickwork* Ords. $1.70 $1.90 ‘Mcxandui Biickworks Prefs 2.60 2 8b lint Malaya Trustee Executor Co a. 00 9.00 Joiismiduicf Tin Smellers Ord 22/6 25do Prels. 26/6749 words