The Straits Budget, 14 November 1946

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    31 1 The Straits Budget THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES [ESTABLISHED OVER A CENTURY] New Series No. 15 Singapore, Thursday, November, 14th, 1946, Price 40 cents (S.S. Currency) Or 1 A.
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      63 1 The SINGAPORE FREE PRESS has the largest nett sale of any afternoon newspaper published in Malaya The Singapore Free Press is the old est 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
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  • The Straits Budget
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      The Killearn Mission
      1045 2 —Straits Times, Nov. 7 It was announced in London on Feb. 18 that Lord Killearn, form *r British Ambassador in Cairo, had been appointed Sp cial Commissioner in SouthEast Asia. It was made clear that Lord Killearn would b* “responsible to th? Foreign Secrtary.” Tin* Colonial OlMce
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      The Atom Bomb
      1110 2 —Straits Times, Nov. 8 It .s now fifteen months since the first atom bomb was dropped on Hiroshima. In the interval, the word “atomic” has been adopted as a trade-mark, as a name for places of entertainment and as an addit.on to the battery of adjectives used
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      Landslide In The U.S.
      1289 2 --Straits T'nrs, Nov. 9 The bennial Congressional elections in the United States have resulted in a landslide comparable in size to that which put the Labour Party into power in Great Britain in 1945. Republicans now hold a majority in th.* Senate and in Congress, they
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      We Want The Best
      1078 3 Straits T'mes, Nov. 11 Plans hav-3 been drafted m var ous parts of the Common wealth for thi reception of large numbers of mmigrants frem Britan. South Alnca. Austral a and South rn Rhod s a in part cular are bidd nu for substant al addit’ons
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      The A.B.M.
      1095 3 —Strait*; TmPS. Nov. 12 At tlv* la.st annual general mctng of the Associat on ol lirtsh Malaya, th> follow ng resolution, propos'd by Mr. C E. Wurtzburg, was carr'ed unan rnou.sly: “That the ncom ng committee clo consder what steps are and should be takn. whether by an
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      Desire And Performance
      1085 4 —Stra'ts Tim*s. Nov. IS W.th the concentrated statesmansh.p of the so-called United Nations gathered in New York preserving un.versal amity by squabbling over every conceivable subject from rac.al disenm nation to atomic energy, the lesser beings of the world continue to exist in that state of hgh
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    CRIME IN MALAYA: AN ANALYSIS
    787 4  -  By SIT YIN FONG The present crime wave in Malaya has been brought about by the general neglect of the Japanese occupation period. In this article, a Chinese correspondent, taking crime in Perak as an example, outlines the task which faces the authorities in their
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    G.-G. TO GIVE XMAS PARTY FOR BLIND
    171 4 From Our Own Corresponden* PENANG NOV 12 SPEAKING to the blind children of St. Nicholas Home yesterday evening. the Governor General. Mr Malcolm MacDonald declared that he would be goir.e to Canada “very soon to get married”. He said he hoped to bring
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    WILD PIG HINT IN JASIN
    95 4 From A Correspondent THE District Officer. Jasfc Malacca, with the he.p military units stationed n district, has organised a hun ng party to combat the ntenaof wild boar which is reS f sible for the destruction J valuable food crops in the a* s trict.
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    Railway Instilnte Re-opened
    64 4 Railway Instilnt e Re-opened From Our Own Corrcspor.de» SEREMBAN. N_o\. Ir THE Seremban Ra: v o' 1 stitute was re-'P*'^' 1 Saturday The office bearers of r*' way Institute are: c 0 y.r. President:—Mr. J O Sard' (ex-offlcio): vice-preM./ S. T. Thambiayah and P secretary:—Mr. A. C Etnj treasurer:—Mr. K.
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  • STRAITS TIMES POST-BAG
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      Malay Gives Advice To The Indians
      375 5 IHE siam-Burma Railway, according to newspaper p ol ts. has already been sold U Government of Siam for 2,-, 0.000. If that is true, may J“ a citizen of the world, and C iti/rn of Malaya, request B r,, ivsentative of the Goviml,.; of
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      Price Controllers
      185 5 issues of local :> *rs. including the rimes, have publisher inviting application* "intments of Asst. Foot h Price Controller 01 •Secretary of the Mala•>n kindly supply the information in con•th the recent appointAss;t. Price Control hi her of applications h' <m Europeans and in»hf* r of Europeans and
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      Strikes And B.M.
      175 5 THE black marketeers have realised that plentifu supplies have already reduce! prices so heavily that thci' chances of blood-sucking tin public have been seriously cui tailed. In the harboui an ships with millions of dollar? worth of further much nee dot supplies. In the circumstances need we
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      Furniture Grants
      173 5 rHE Claims Commission will be asked to formulate a scheme for rehabilitation errants for purchases of lurn.* turc, etc., for those who were interned in Malaya who huv* returned to this count iv, t*‘ ports the Straits Tunes. Mav I know if it would be possible for the
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      Grateful Patient Suggests Fund For Junior Nurses
      313 5 IMAKE this short reply to Junior Nurse and in it I do not dispute the loyalty of anyone. I believe there are times when one should speak without fear. I unfortunately, or perhaps fortunately, have had a few spells in civil hospitals where
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      Treatment Of Nurses
      135 5 ONE could not liavc lived in thi> city for more than f/i years without knowing the: then* was something wrong with the way our Government has treated our local medicai service, both befop* and altei tiie Japanese regime. Put when a “Junior Nurse has brr ii imnelled
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      Lest We Forget!
      199 5 IN our remembrance and homage to the men and women of the Services who have died that we may liv» and civilisation may endure* let us not forget those of Up Services who still remain with us Most of them have endured the hardships and dangers o:
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      The Atom Bomb
      102 5 |T i sufficiently cxasperat nip, to have to put up with Hi*- sight of w«-ll fed Japan*- pi*’j oners enjoying their *"f. t.n*atment in Malaya wiHiout being invi1*-d in your Iasi Friday’s lender to weep ov*o Japanese sufferings in Hir*' <hima. some lingered hu days and they
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      “Forced Service”
      195 5 (HEAD in tile Straits Iimt‘S of Oct. 25 that politics are banned in Malayan schools. Religious teaching is also prohibited, according to the following circular: Kducation !>• partin' nt Clrc'dai No. S 2H No religions Inn ruci on shall be nlV' .1 and no rel Kious observance piurtLsed
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      The Fire Watchers
      122 5 AS you fiave so correctly observed, th* re are many anomalies in connection with back pay for ex-internec.s. A friend of nun** was called up under tb** Man-P«)w**r Ordinance and was allocated to firewatching He attended l**cture.s, sp lit whop* mi'll'.) on duty, arid lost his car
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    TEN-YEAR PLAN FOR SCHOOLS
    438 6 SINGAPORE, Nov. 10. A ten-year plan for education in Singapore has hem submitted to the Governor, Sir Franklin Gimson, by the Director of Education, Singapore, Mr. .1. I>. Neilson. It is already in circulation among members of the Advisory Council and will soon he discussed in
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    Unity plea by new G.O.C.
    127 6 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 9. STRESSING the rcuslts achieved during the war as the result of co-operation between Services and civilians, Lieut.--Gen. Alexander Galloway, the newly appointed G O C.-in-C Malaya Command, speaking at an Armistice dinner held by the Kuala Lumpur
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    Escaped Prisoners Arrested & Gaoled
    83 6 Escaped Prisoners Arrested Gaoled From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, Nov. G. TWO j! the five prisoners, who 1 made a large hole in their cell wall and succeeded In escaping from Butterworth station lock-up and were re-arrested :n Nibong Tebal and Ipoh, were sentenced by the DLstrict Judge. Mr B
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    Malayan’s U.S. College Post
    107 6 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, Nov. 9. Penang boy has made good in America, lie is Mr. Goh Teik Jhow, 30-year-old graduate from (bungling High School, who now htolris the (hair of International Relations at tne Massachusetts Institute of Technology, having passed his |»h. I). Degree
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    Successor To Mr. H.D. Noone
    142 6 MR. Edney-Hayter has been se- 1 cted to fill the post formerly entitled “Field Ethnographer. E M S.” rendered vacant by the presumed death of Mr. H. D. Noone. Mr. Edney-Hayter has been in Malaya since 1911, except during the period of the two wars,
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    Postal Union Registered
    44 6 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG. Norv. 6. THE second trade union was re- gistered in Penang on Monday when the Postal Uniformed Staffs Union received its certificate of registration. This union has a membership of 170 postmen and other uniformed staff.
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    BANK ROBBERS FOILED BY DOG
    324 6 SINGAPORE, Nov. 10. A DOG’S bark in the early hours of yesterday morning foiled an attempt to rob the Singapore branch of the Bank of China, on the ground floor of the Great Eastern Life building in Cecil Street. The burglars had forced an entry
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    Ex-servicemen’s Part In Malaya’s Future
    372 6 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 10. AT no time in Malaya has the quality of steadinc$>, on which the British character is based, hucii' more valuable than now, declared Sir Edward Cent, the Governor of the Malayan Union, at the Armistice banquet of
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    LESS SMALLPOX IN N. MALAYA
    82 6 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 9. MALAYAN U ger.ee for the week ended Nov. 2 shows a decrease in the number of smallpox cases in northern Malaya. There is a corresponding decrease in the number of deaths. 32 having occurred out of a
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    SIR ANGUS GILLAN
    75 6 SINGAPORE, Nov. 8. CIR ANGUS GILLAN, chief of ■*the Empire Division of the British Council, left Singapore yesterday for an extensive tour cl the Malayan Union to survey the scope for the Council’s work in the Union. He will return to Singapore on Nov. 17. It is
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    BRICKS MEET DEMAND IN SINGAPORE
    340 6 ALTHOUGH Singapore Is producing only 40 per cent ot the bricks which were made before the war, the supply still meets the demand. This means that, despite the acute housing shortage in the Colony, building is going on at half-speed only, in comparison with pre-war
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    ARMED THEFT
    50 6 SINGAPORE, Nov Shortly after 10 p.m. on S. day six persons including Chinese and two Malays cn a house in Tanglin area robbed an Indian of 1.100 r, $397 in Straits currency and wrist watch. All the men were armed pistols. Later, three Chinese and Malay were arrested.
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    Furniture Trade is Now Booming
    450 7 SINGAPORE, Nov. 10. QJM.APORE has become the biggest producer ol o furniture in Malaya, with 3,000 skilled cabinet makers working at the moment on nearly $1,500,000 worth of orders from the Services and civilians. Two other interesting facts are disclosed in talks I iV had
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    CHE KAMARUDDIN
    52 7 If’;', KAMARUDDIN BIN IDRIS, t who has held the post :i Public Relations Officer. since the Department Relations was formed, U h 'o" f eded on transfer to I Trengganu as Dls- ’ommissioner. r-v“ will be carried out by Tin bin Buying, Public I Officer. HQ, assisted i
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    Japs not to be hanged
    113 7 SINGAPORE. Nov. 10 SENTENCES o t death by hanging u passed on Naotake Okuda Singapore-educated Japanes* and three of his compatriots Amart. Isatno and Yoshii lor being concerned in the killing of two Malay policemen at Keircn Pangsang Island three days a'tor the surrender of
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    PENANG BUDGETS FOR A DEFICIT
    115 7 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, Nov 8. PENANG'S water rates wl’ < o raised by, 25 per cent ai.-l conservancy charges by 50 p* r cent ir. order to contribute to proposed increase in revenue of $500,000 lor 1017 Addressing the commissioner, at a special
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    Oranges For Singapore
    59 7 A shipment »f 1,800,000 1 oranges—one of the highest consignments to arrive in Singapore in recent months are on board the K.IV.M ship Straat Socnda which arrived fvom Australia ports. Owing to the large quantity ot perishable cargo on hoard, discharging will he carried out imnicdiatch on
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    K.L. Housing Situation Getting Bad
    131 7 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 8. rHE housing situation m Kuala Lumpur is likely u> be aggravated when several hundred Chinese families re siding on state land are compelled to leave in the very neat future and seek other accommodation. This act on
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    FATAL END OF AN ARGUMENT
    115 7 SINGAPORE. Nov. 11. FOLLOWING an argument on politics between two Indians, which resulted in on'- of them being staobed lutallv, with a knife. Mariappan was produced before Mr Justice Jobling on a charge r.f murder at the Singap ire As izes on Friday. Mr M.
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    Dock strike has cost millions
    236 7 SINGAPORE, Nov. 10. THE jrreat Singapore Harbour Board strike which J» 1 n-n-ilvsintr the City’s import trade has already 1 paiaiysinfc uie y unfulfilled contracts business men millions of dollais in m i i r-mrellations and enormous ex-ship costs. And there is gradual but relentless
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    How Taxes Have Been Raised In S’pore
    379 7 WI II TIIKK it is a dog or a car, a rubber factory or a handcart you own, it will cost you more in taxes to have it next year, and the increase will Ik* anything from 50 per cent, (for taking your
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    HOARDER FINED IN BUTTERWORTH
    118 7 Irom Our Own Correspondent PENANG, Nov. Ii. CHANGED with hoarding 70 bat's ol rice and six bat's of wint«• simar a Chinese shopket per. Got It Seong, was convicted in the Hut terwort h Distort Court and sentenred t>v the District .Indue, Mr H J. Jennings,
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    L.C.C. Examinations
    72 7 THE spr ng examinations of the Condon Chamber of Commerce will b g n In May 1047, and application for rqusi‘lo n forms and fees mu t be sent to t he local education offices not later than January 10,1047. savs a Public Relations Department anuouii ement from
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    Japs Rounded Up In Johore
    97 7 SINGAPORE, Nov. 9. CAKI-V yesterday morning, itie “Chief Police Officer, Johore Itabrii, Mr. O E Cullen with a party of officers and men from tiie ItufTs. threw a eordon round isolated huts ofT tin* road to Masai in Johore, and rounded .lip seven Japanese. lln
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    S’pore A.S.P. As Hong Kong Police Chief
    234 7 SINGAPORE, Nov. 9. MR. D. W. Macintosh, Assistant Superintendent of Police and personal assistant to Commissioner R. K. Foul ger, had been appointed Commissioner of Police, Hong Kong, 1 lie Strait 'linns un derstands. Mr. Macintosh, who is on casual leave, leaves Singapore
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    A.D.O. Entertained
    80 7 From Our Own Correspondent KLANO, Nov 9 Nearly 100 members of the Selangor ("oast luh, Kian k, attended a Malay dinner held at the Club In honour of Y M Rata Avoub bln Raja Hajl Hot. ADO, Klang, who has been transferred to Kuala Lumpur as First Magistrate
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    NO PAY INCREASE FOR JUNIOR MUSES
    478 8 SINGAPORE, Nov. 11. SINGAPORE nurses who read or heard the speech made by l)r. W. J. Vickers, Director of Medical Seivices, at the recent Singapore Medical College Alumni Association meeting, and who anticipated far-reaching changes in the conditions of service, salaries and promotion, are
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    WARRANT OF ARREST AGAINST V.C.B.MENON
    206 8 SINGAPORE, Nov. 7. A WARRANT for the arrest of V.C.B. Mellon was issued by the District Judge, Mr. Tan Thoon Lip, yesterday when Menon failed to appeal for the continuation of his trial at the Singapore District Court. Menon, a contractor, faced two charges of
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    FOOD CARGO PIRATED
    114 8 from Our Own Correspondent PENANG, Nov. 7. A CARGO of food valued at $40.0C0 was taken by pirates and the junk crew was locked up in hatch for eight hours, according to a report which has Just been lodged with the Penang Marine Police The junk, it
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    STORE COLONIAL SECRETARY
    117 8 TO substitute “S ngapore” for “Straits Settlements” In the official title of the Colonial Secretary, a bill is to bp introduced at the next meet.ng of the Advisory Council. The object of the hill is to remove all doubts which may exist as to the official postion
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    Appeal Court Confirms Death Sentence
    156 8 From Our Own Correspondent IPOH, Noc. 6. THE Malayan Union Criminal Court of Appeal comprising the Chief Justice of the Malayan Union, Mr. Justice Willan. the Chief Justice of Singapore. Mr. Justice Murray Aynsley and Mr. Justice Laviile of Johore yesterday dismissed the appeal of
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    Scarred Woman Tells Of Attack
    171 8 SINGAPORE. Nov. 8. DEARING several scars on her face, a woman whose recovery had been described by medical witnesses as “miraculous,” told the Third Singapore Magistrate yesterday of how a rickshaw puller. Tang Ah Nong. who lived with her. had attacked her with a chopper.
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    HELP FOR MUSLIM STUDENTS
    343 8 From Our Muslim Correspondent A COMMITTEE meeting of the Muslim Students’ Aid Society was held recently In Singapore, with Sycd Ibrahim Alsagoff in the chair. Other members present were Messrs. M. J. Namazie, Yahya Namazie, M. A. Alsagolf, Ahmad Ibrahim and B. A. Mallal <honorary secretary)
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    New Bill Will Clarify Jap Judgments
    163 8 WRINGING Singapore into line with the Malayan Union, where a similar bill will also be introduced, a “Japanese Judgments and Civil Proceedings Ordinance,” is to be introduced at the next meeting of the Singapore Advisory Council. The bill is to clarify the position regarding
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    GAOLED FOR TRUST BREACH
    110 8 From Our Own Correspondent. PENANG. Nov. 7. DESCRIBED by one woman witness as a “quack”, a Malay. Yaliaya bin Mohamed Zakanah. was yesterday sentenced lo a total of three years’ rigorous imprisonment followed by two years of police supervision on tnrep counts of criminal breach of
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    Two-Gun Gangster Shot At Katong
    341 8 SINGAPORE, Nov. N. EOLI .OWING a daring daylight armed robbery j n Still Road (Katong district) yesterday, the polite tracked down a gangster and shot him dead alter a fierce gun battle in which the man used two automatic pistols, firing simultaneously with a gun
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    Dato Onn Feted At Batu Pahat
    170 8 From Our Own Correspondent BATU PAHAT, Nov. <• DATO and Datin Onn bin Jallar were entertained to a well dinner by the Muslims Batu Pahat at the Jala:. Lim Poon School on Monday 1; > More than 600 people representing various communities too* part
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    ‘LOST LEGION’ RETURNS AFTER MONTHS OF DELAY
    805 10 SINGAPORE, Nov. 8. MALAYA’S lyCtfion”—26o men who are the remnants of a forced labour con- of 1,100 sent by the Japs to llollandia, Dutch New Guinea, returned to Singapore yesterday on hoard the Rotterdam Lloyd liner Bloemfontein from Batavia. Some of the men
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    PoWs WERE ‘GODS,’ SAYS JAP GENERAL
    234 10 SINGAPORE, Nov. 8. A JAPANESE General yesterday described PoWs ana labourers on the Burma-Siam Railway as “Gods of Construction.’' This tribute and a statement that he had given instructions, that they should be treated with love and respect was made by Lt. Gen. Lshida
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    SERVICES THANK S.S.C.
    133 10 SINGAPORE, Nov. 8. GENERAL Sir Montagu Stopiord U Deputy Supreme Allied Commander, has written to the presi dent of the Singapore Swimming Club thanking him for the sentiments expressed at the general meeting on Sunday with regard to the use of the club by Service personnel. “As
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    ARMY CLOTHING FOR MALAYA
    82 10 LONDON. Oct. 6. WHEN asked by Mr. T. Dri- berg (Lab Maldon) about the continuing shortage of cloth ing in Kua a Lumpur, and other parts o: Malaya and what he was doing m improve supp'ies Mr. A. Creech Jones, Secretary of State tor the Colonies,
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    FLYING BOATS FOR SELETAR
    274 10 FLYING boats on the Journey to and from Great Britain and Australia are to put down at Self t ir instead of at Kail.mg. This change in the normal BOAC-Qantas working will opeopfrate for about two months. It is necessitated by the dr< d"icg operations being
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    V-CERTIFICATES ON SALE IN UNION
    227 10 SIMULTANEOUS with their release in Singapore, Victors Savings Certificates will be issued for sale at Pus! Offices throughout the Malayan Union on Nov. 11. Thr\ will be issued in S 3, 87.50, $l5, $75, $l5O and $750 denominations, which after ten years are repayable at
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    ARRANGEMENTS FOR INDIANS
    70 10 OPECIALLY chartered Government of Inti a Jalagopal is expected to Singapore on Nov. 22, the first hatch of repatria Indian ports. Before passengers obt travel tickets from the company they must memo from the Food Con partment deleting their rards. Arrangements have bee with the Food Control
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    Held Stolen Watch
    61 11 SINGAPORE. Nov. 9. F 1 rst District Juage, Mr. Storr, found a Chin< se, 1 °ng Kuan, aged 25, guilty ''Mostly retaininc a watch trom Capt. Francis, forMporintendent of Outram :i h. by a gang of hooligans aulted him in the Jalan J iro a on Sept
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    President’s Analysis Of Singapore’s 1947 Budget
    462 11 A SINGAPORE, Nov. 9. KCRBASES in taxes, rates and licences in Singapore next year will raise Singa1 pore Municipal revenue by at least $2.4 millions, said Mr. L. Kayman, Municipal president, analysing the main fealu res of the 1917 budget for the Municipa- lity
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    NEW ROAD TAXATION
    305 11 NEW taxes for motor vehicles in Singapore which will come into tore* from January next year, are as follows: Motor cyeles not exceeding 7 h.p., $3 a month Motor cycles exceeding 7 h.p. but not exceeding 11 h.p., $6 a month. Motor vehicles for conveyance of passengers
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    Mr. Justice Worley’s New Appointment
    152 11 SINGAPORE, Nov. 9. THE appointment of Mr. Justice N. A. Worley, at present Puisne Judge, Singapore, as Chief Justice of Bn ush Guiana, has been approved by the King, it was announced yesterday. Mr Worley who is 56 years of age, jo ned the Malayan
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    Siam’s Biggest Rice Shipment
    55 11 Reuter. BANGKOK. Fri. Rice mad-.* ava lablo by Siam during Oct(;ber lor shipment to fuminehreatened countries in SouthFast As.a amount'd to 55.751 tons the highest monthly total so tar -t! Siamese Rice Commiss on announced h* ro today Only 38.680 tons have yet been however, as
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    Bandits Ransack Ipoh House
    57 11 From Our Our Correspondent IPOH. Nov. 8 ARMED bandits perpetrated another hold-up when early last night three masked men holding revolvers and a fourth hoidin" a SD n gun entered th» house oi a Chinese tobacconist m jalan Datoh and ransacked the house for valuables. The
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    Union Stops Buying Cloth From Singapore
    223 11 SINGAPORE, Nov. 9. THE export of textiles from Singapore to the Malayan Union has suddenly stopped, and no order was received from upcountry during the second half of October, reports the Sinchew Jit Poh. The paper recalls that of the total amount of Hongkong
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    Committee On War Damage
    172 11 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 8 A MEETING of the Joint Malayan committer on w*ar damage compensation was held at Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday The Hon Mr S B. Palmer was appointed chairman and Mr. A. F. Taylor was appointed vice chairman Mr E.
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    MINING LAND DEALS MAY BE ALLOWED
    250 11 From our Own Correspondent. KUALA LUMPUR. Nov. 7. IT is likely that an order liftm-? 1 re-trictions contained in th Moratorium Proclamation artec m„ Hrd applications and lain alienations will be issued shortly states a communique 'SMhd tee Malayan Union S m dcalt>i!l with
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    Tojo Blamed For Deaths On Siam Railway
    229 11 SINGAPORE, Nov. 9. Reference te> Gen. Tojo'r, notion that a railway from North Indo-China to Burma, a distance* of 1.800 kilos, could be yonstructe'd in a year or two, was made by Lt. Gen. .Ishida when he continued his evide»nce* yesterday at the*
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    Gaol For Frying To Kidnap Towkay
    143 11 From Our Ov n (%n r r nM, h-nt PENANG, Nov. 8 FOR attempt ng to k uuup a Chinese towkay and *o <x tort $15,000 trorn him two Chim* so, ong Thean Sin and Sun ponir I fool, wore* s» nt need Oy
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    41 Accidents In Penang Town
    64 11 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG. Nov. (5 MOUNTING road toll in Penang is Indicated by the latest po--lir > figures, which show that U accidents the hl ’h* 't recorded for any single month occurred in the town during Otober as compared to 12 in
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    MALAYA VEHICLE TAXES TO BE DOUBLED
    488 12 SINGAPORE, Nov. 9. TAXES on motor vehicles registered in Singapore and the Malayan Union will he approximately double the present rates from January next year, the Straits Times understands. In Singapore there will also be a surcharge, not exceeding 25 per cent, “on any
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    CENSUS H.Q. IN IPOH
    158 12 MALAYAN Census Headquarters 111 will be removed from Kuala Lumpur to Ipoh towards the end t)f this month, states a communique Issued by the Singapore Government yesterday. 7he move has been decided upon because It, Is considered that the problc m of recultirg and housing 300
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    APPEAL AGAINST DEATH PENALTY DISMISSED
    100 12 (From Our Own Correspui. Ini* IPOH, Nov. 8. THE Malayan Union Cr'inir.al Court, ol Appeal yesterday dismissed the appeal of three Malays, Yunus, Abdul Samat and Abdul Majid, and an Indian, Sinnadurai. against the se;.truce of death passed on them by the Perak Supreme Court.
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    Boar Gores Woman
    49 12 <From Our Own Corresponde.it PENANG, Nov. 8. Malay woman, while lapping rubber on an estate near Bukit Mertajam, was attacked bv a wild boar which eon d her to death and then drugg-d her body down a 40-foot slope The m Dialed body has been recovered
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    EURASIAN SOCIAL WELFARE
    73 12 A GROUP of Eurasian women evacuees from Singapore who lived in Coimbatore, India, during the war years, raised from io!s. cr s hind approximating Sooo for Die relief of destitution in Singapore. This sum has been distributed to 46 people bv the Eurasian Assoeu»tion’s Relief Sub-Committee To
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    Sugar Ship Delayed
    83 12 SINGAPORE, Nov. 7. TIIE Fort Ksptrance, carrying Singapore's first big sugar shipment 3,?50 tons did not arrive* on Tuesday as expected The vessel has been delayed and is now scheduled to arrive during the second half of this month. The suear has been consigned to Guthrie and
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    GOVT. TO PAY MORE FOR PADI
    154 12 SINGAPORE, Nov. 7. IN order to stimulate the production of rice, a com munique from the Malayan Union Secretariat issued yesterday states, the price of padi delivered at the mill will be increased throughout the Malayan Union to $lO per picul. Similarly, the price
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    Public Relations In Alor Star
    68 12 From Our Own' Correspondent Alor Star. Friday. A BRANCH of the Public Relations Department, Malayan Union, has been opened in Alor Star. Mr. Y. T. M. Tungku Nong Jcwa M.A. (Cantab.) is in charge of the department. An .nformation centre will soon be set up
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    PIRACY GROWS IN PENANG WATERS
    133 12 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, Nov. 7. DENANG Chinese importers will appeal to the ov ernment for aid in suppressing piracy in waters around the island, according to a decision reached yesterday at a meeting of the local Importers and Exporters Association. The merchants in
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    Chinese Asked To Help Government
    168 12 From Our Own Correspondent SEREMBAN, Nov. 6. MR. Tai Kwee Sheng, Viceminister of Overseas Ch* nese Affairs in the National Government of China, exhorted Chinese in Negri Sembilan to co-operate with the Government and work hand in hand with other communities io r the welfare
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    $1¼ MILLION SAGO “FROZEN”
    213 12 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, Nov. 8. AS a result of the Government export ban, one and a quarter million dollars worth of sago flour is now “frozen” and deteriorating in Penang godowns. The sago merchants who claim that they have laid in stock 4,000 tons
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    Govt. Asked To End ‘War Period’
    84 12 THE honorary secretary of the Singapore Association has been instructed to write to the Colonial Secretary suggesting that steps should now he taken to repeal the Indemnity and Invalidating Ordinance, 1946 and “terminate the war period.” This Ordinance was designed originally to protect public
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    2 TROOPERS ARRIVE
    105 12 SINGAPORE. Nov. 8 ONE hundred and forty-live Indian passengers from Bom. bay who were on board the 27.000 ton trooper Georgic yesterday, were not permitted to land in Singapore. They were taken to St. John’s Island and quarantined. Unsatisfactory medical certificates are the reason for the Indians
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    TEN MORE CASES OF SMALLPOX
    86 12 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, Nov. 7. THE incidence of smallpox in Pe* nang took a more serious turn this morning with the discovery of ten more cases. Of these one was fatal. The others have teen removed to a quarantine camp The health authorities
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    No Participation In Relief Scheme
    52 12 From Our Own Correspond' 1 PENANG, N > 1 THE Penang Importers arc porters Association at a m ing yesterday decided n participate In the Gover scheme for distribution of Bunnlies. The Penang Chinese and Chambers of Commerce as the Indian Mercha ciation had earlier
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    PENANG PIRATES LOOT $1 MILLION
    475 13 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, Nov. )IIIATKS operating from bases around the four islands north of Penang have now taken at least q (1011,1)1)11 in goods from coastal traders. Tin- C.I.D. today told me that this success of the sea jobbers is probably due to
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    Wedding Of Penang Footballer
    122 13 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, Nov. 10. SHIPBOARD romance k«st year had a happy culmination at the Fitzgerald Memorial Church yesterday afternoon, when Mr. W. F. Thomson. the wellknown Penang Rugby toot bailer, was married to Miss Patricia Doreen Liston. eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
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    PIRACY CASE FOR ASSIZES
    128 13 Freni Our Own Correspondent PENANG. Nov. 9. THE story of how a junk sprang a leak after having been pirated in Pulau Rimau waters and the predicament in which the crew found themselves w:\s told at a preliminary inquiry held on Friday into the charges committing
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    GOV. GEN. IN PENANG CEREMONY
    199 13 I rom Our Own Correspondent PFNANG. Sun /\T the base of a tlagpole put up where the Cenotaph used to stand, belcre it was bombed by tile Japs the Governor-General Mr. Malcolm MacDonald, this morning, placed the first wreath in an impressive 15-minute ceremony which
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    Woman On Arms Charge
    88 13 SINGAPORE. Nov. 7. A WOMAN and three men, all Chinese, were produced in the Second Singapore Police Court yesterday and had a charge of unlawful possession of two Japanese automatic pistols, a revolver. 16 rounds of .38 revolver ammunition, and a .32 bullet explained to them.
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    Drank Cyanide
    79 13 SINGAPORE, Nov. 9. finding of ,su cid 0 by drink ing cyanide of potassium was returned by Mr W. G Porter, I lv Singapore Coroner yesterday when he inquired into the death )f 20 year-old Indian woman, Alamalu. Ramasamy, fie*r husband, said on the* previous n ght he
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    Dr. Vickers On The “Medical Charter”
    506 13 I THE “Medical Charter” announced by l)r. \V. .1. Vickers, Director of Medical Services, Singapore, at the recent Alumni Association dinner, is based on the scheme which was offered Asiatic doctors earlier in the year and rejected by them as unsuitable. This is the
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    PISTOL CHARGE
    35 13 SINGAPORE, Nov. 10. Preliminary inquiry field Third Police Court yestei v; an Thlam Zee. a Chinese tnmiffed io stand his trial rr Assizes on a charge ol ion of an unlicensed r**') t)\
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    R.A.F. SPOTS MINES FOR NAVY
    412 13 TY7TTH the last of many minew strings laid by the Japanese in South East Asiatic waters during the early days ol the war now being cleared by the 37th. Flotilla of the Royal Indian Navy, the RAF was called in recently to cheek on the
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    Smallpox Spreads In Penang
    108 13 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, Nov 10. FROM the centre of the town of Georgetown, Penang, smallpox is now “moving up” to the countryside. Today, two new eases, believed to have emanated from the Kedah area, were discovered at Ayer Itam Road, about three miles from
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    Strikers Save Black Marked
    93 13 have totally disappeared—3.TU translation copyright SINGAPORE. Nov. 9. AS a result of the strike of the Singapore Harbour Hoard workers, wholesalers in cigarettes have riot been able to take delivery of their consignments for tne last fortnight, says Nanyang Siang Poh. Retailors, who used 10 receive
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    Handling Charge Dispute Continues
    80 13 From Our Own Correspondent. PENNNO. Nov. 7 A nine-point proposal on the A srop p of cargo handling in Penang was presented bv harbour labourers at a meeting last night with representatives of the lm* porters and other local trading bodies. The labourers, it is understood.
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    MORE RICE FROM S.E. ASIA FOOL
    544 14 SINGAPORE, Nov. 11. AN unexpected increase in rice distribution from the South-East Asia pool will be possible following increased exports from Siam and Burma. The rice situation, however, remains precarious. The monthly meeting of liaison officers in Singapore yesterday decided to recommend to the
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    Threatening Note Leads To Gaol Term
    104 14 Ere>m Our Own Correspondent PENANG, Nov. 10. A THREATENING note deman--1 ding $20,000 from a local me rchant le*d to a Chinese Yap Boon Yan, being sentenced to six years’ rigorous Imprison ment and six strokes of the rotan oy Mr. Justice; Can*y n.
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    MARKED DECLINE IN PENANG CRIME
    118 14 From Our Ov v-o ut n PENANG, Nov. 8. DEVIEWING the siat v.dnie in Penang a police oft'ciai said that there had b :en a marked decline in serious crime last month, which saw a blank peiiod ot 22 days out oi 31-a record for
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    HUNTING TRACEDY IN MALACCA
    71 14 From Our Own Correspondent MALACCA, Nov. 8. rRAGEDY befell a wild-boar shooting party in Paya Kumpot village, eight mile*s irom Malacca town, last night when one of the members of the party, Ah Pow, was accidentally shot and killed. The deceased was a well-known local resident.
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    SINGAPORE APPOINTMENTS
    139 14 THE following appointments have been gazetted: Mr. W. S. Morgan is to act as Assistant Secretary to the Gover-nor-General’s office. Mr. K. N. Black is to be a member of the joint Transport Advisory Board Capt. I. L. Cronyn is to officiate as Superintendent ol the local prison,
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    TEXTILE PRICES FALL IN KL
    92 14 B|J\CMARKET prices of textiles in Kuala Lumpur have continued to diop, following the announcement ot textile price control, says Nanyang Siang Pau. Prices in October show an average drop of 60 per cent, as compared to September and a drop of over 300 per cent
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    POLICE REPORT DROP IN CRIME
    223 14 A MARKED decrease in the number of robbries in Singapore during October as compared with the previous month is recorded by the Criminal Investigation Department. They totalled 102—including those committed with arms—against 127 in September. There were decreases also In the number of thefts and
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    SULTAN GOING TO HOLLAND
    83 14 SINGAPORE, Nov. 10. THE Sultan of Deli (Sumatra), who has been staying in Malaya for some weeks, will be leaving for the Netherlands in the Oranje on Friday. There he will meet Queen Wilhrlmina and members of the Dutch Government. it is likely he will remain
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    EMPIRE DIVISION HEAD TOURING MALAYA
    214 14 From Our Own Correspondent SEREMBAN, Nov. 9. CIR ANGUS GILLAN K.8.E.. head of the Bntis 1 Empi'e division of the British Council, at pit sent on a ton: o: Malaya, in a press interview here said that the object of his visit was to make
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    700 HOMELESS AFTER FIRE
    505 14 SINGAPORE, Nov. 10 I SEVEN hundred people, in Senai, Johore, rendered hom'd J last Tuesday morning by a fire which swept aw 34 houses, partly damaged three others, burned two thiltlrel to death, and resulted in nine others being admitted t tuJ pital with burns, bruises
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    Six Years’ Gaol For Keeping Pistol
    133 14 From Our Own Correspondent SINGAPORE. Nov. 9. ■N the first case hrard in the Assizes today a Chinese. S m Penpr Hooi, pleaded guilty and was sentenced to six years’ r:gorour imnr sonment on a charge of carrying arms. According to the prosecution lie
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    COL. THOMAS FOR UNITED KINGDOM
    107 14 (From Our Own Correspondent' PENANG. Nov. 10. COL. W. B. Thomas. C B E D.S.O., commanding headquarters North Malaya sub -area, will shortly be leaving Penanc ♦nke up an appointment n United Kingdom, it is oniciahy announced. A veteran of the Burma campaign. who led
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    9 Million Cigarettes Disappear In Lighter
    336 15 SINGAPORE, Nov. 12. eiNGAPORE police are searching for 9,300,000 J cigarettes which were stolen in Singapore Harbour Saturday night after being loaded from a ship „to a large lighter in the outer Roads in the after“on. The lighter was towed to Tanb Pagar ivcs
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    TAIPING MALAY CHARITY SHOW
    109 15 Jrom Our Own Correspondent TAIPING, Nov. 11. LARGE crowd was present at charity show at the Coronation Park, Taiping, sponsorrd by the Malay League omen’s Section). Larut and •viatarm. held recently. A sum of was realised. Clio Yang Tekkah, a commiAe? ••f-mber. in a speech thanked
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    MALAY HELD ON ROBBERY CHARGE
    75 15 SINGAPORE. Nov. 10. >(, ar-old Malay. Mashoor ’he p n Basrah, appeared in dav p Ur,h Police Court yesterof rohh.? nr ection with a char K e N*ov 7 ry in Tanglin Road on alleged that with four ‘oi< °i i l ‘L armed with
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    ‘D’ Force Men Gaoled For Extortion
    159 15 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 11. MR. Justice Spencer Wilkinson sentenced three British soldiers Cpl. George Elliot and Ptes Samuel Burleigh and Arthur Seabrook to eight months’ r’gorou." imprisonment each respectively on a charge of extortion in the Supreme Court at Kuala
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    TEMPLE GUNMAN TO APPEAL
    157 15 SINGAPORE, Nov 12. THE Singapore gunman. Kwek 1 Chin Choi, who was sentenced ‘o death bv hanging at the Singapore Assizes last week lor armed robbery ard carrying arms has asked for leave to appeal. The sentence cm Kwek is roi confirmation by the Governoi-in-Councii. If
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    3 TIGERS IN PENANG
    90 15 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, Nov. 7. FOR the first time in over ten years the presence of tigers has been reported in Penang just outsid;. the town limits. According to Chinese squatters living on the slopes of Mount, Erskine. two miles from the main load,
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    $1,000 FINE FOR GANJA IMPORT
    42 15 SINGAPORE, Nov. 10. A YOUNG Indonesian. Abdul Latif bin Mohamed Shariff. was fined SI.OCO. in default three months* rigorous imprisonment, by Mr. Paul Storr in the First District Court yesterday when he admitted importing ganja into Singapore
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    EUROPEANS IN TAXI HOLD-UP
    87 15 SINGAPORE, Nov. 12. REPORTS of Singapore taxi drivers being held up and robbed by Europeans are continuing to be brought to the notice of the police. At 1 a m. yesterday, three Europeans, one dressed in Service uniform, robbed a Chinese taxi driver in Pasir Panjang
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    New Malayan Appointments
    268 15 THE Secretary of State for the Colonies has approved the following appointments in the Malayan Union Mr L. A Perkins to Ik* an Assistu.it Accountant, grade “D’ Malayan Railway Mi M. L. Bernacchi to be an otflC'*r of Class IV. MC S. Mr. M. G. Israel to
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    CHANGE ALLEY THEFT CHARGE
    41 15 SINGAPORE, Nov. 10 A charge of housebreaking at Change Alley at, 1.45 am. on Nov 9 was explained to three Chinese Sim Ah Chew. Lim Ze Soon ant Tan Boon Long in the Third Felice Court yesterday.
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    TENANT CAN EJECT SUB-TENANT
    534 15 From Our Own Correspondent IPOH, Nov. 11 MR. Justice Evans in the Supreme Court, Ipoh. recently delivered an important judgment on the quest on of whether a tenant has the right to apply f or perm ssion to the Rent Board to eject a sub-tenant or
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    D.M.S. REASSURES S’PORE NURSES
    437 15 SINGAPORE, Nov. 12. A REASSURANCE on the future of Singapore’s nursing services was given to the Straits Times last night by I)r. W. J. Vickers, Director of Medical Services for the Colony. He referred to fears which may have arisen among nurses about their future, in
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    MEMORIAL TO EURASIANS
    67 15 SINGAPORE. Nov 10 A marble tablet In memory of 1 all Eurasians who lost their lives during the war was unveiled at the Singapore Recreation Club last night by Dr. W. A. Balhatchet, the President of the Singapore Eurasian Association. The inscription on the tablet reads: “In
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    5-YEAR-OLD DONATION
    78 15 PENANO. Nov. 9 A DONATION of $1 348 repre- Renting the collections from a Poppy Day concert glv* n five years ago. has now been handed to the Penang Poppy Day Committee Mr E. M Nolan, the organiser of the Poppy Day. in acknowledging th** gift stated that
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    GIRL’S STORY OF TRAGIC JEEP RIDE
    294 16 From Our Own Corre-pon »cnt PENANO. Nov. 12. A Chinese woman g ving evid- ence yesterday at an .nijuiry into the death oi her cousin. Joyce Low. tod the Penang Coroner, Mr. W Foulsham. a remarkable story of a midnight ride n which she
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    Armistice Day In Seremban
    82 16 From Our Own Correspondent SEREMBAN, Nov. 12. CONTINGENTS of the Ist Bn Northamotons, 14 Engr Bn Malay Regiment, Police, Volunteers and representatives ot L D C., E S A M., M.P.A J.A MAS., and A.F.S., took part in the Armistice Day ceremony at the Cenotaph in
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    DR. SUN’S BIRTHDAY
    52 16 SINGAPORE, Nov. 13. Singapore Chinese celebrated the anniversary of the late Dr Sun Yat Sen’s birthday yesterday with a memorial serv ce and a tea party at the Chinese Chamber of Commerce. The town was beflagged and most Chinese firms and nstitu tons observed the day as
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    REMEMBERANCE DAY IN S’PORE
    485 16 SINGAPORE, Nov. 12. CINGAPORE remembered the dead and the missing of two wars yesterday. Although the bitterest memories might be of the war and the occupation which ended last year, the emblems of remembrance were 28 years old—a poppy, a silence and a bugle call. The
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    56 16 A general view of representatives of Ihe Serviees and ex-Servicemen and women assembled in froi.t of the Singapore Cenotaph during the Remembrance Day ceremony. The Governor, Sir Franklin Gimson, inspecting the parade at the ceremony. Behind him is Major-Gen. L. H. Cox, G.O.C, Singapore District. Sir
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    ALLEGED THEFT OF CLOTH
    226 16 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 11. CLOTH valued at S12.5U0. said to have been removed from Henry Waugh and Company's godown in Kuala Lumpur, was mentioned in the chaige against two Sikhs. Hari Singh and Jagir Singh, on trial at the Supreme Court before
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    REMEMBRANCE DAY IN IPOH
    87 16 From Our Own Corrcsp indent IPOH, Nov. ID. REMEMBRANCE Day was m memorated by a simpl* arc impressive ceremony held at Ipoh Cenotaph this morn:!;’ r the presence of a large gath« including Mr. A. V. Aston. Resident Commissioner, leading members of all munities. Wreaths were
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    Mr. MacDonald On His London Talks
    354 17 SINGAPORE, Nov. 13. By UAL consultations on various matters, indud- j n} r questions affecting Malaya and Borneo, bet--1„ the Governor-General, Mr. Malcolm MacDoi. kl, ■ulthe Secretary of State for the Colonies, Mr. Arthur ccc h Jones, will be held shortly when Mr. MacLaid
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    Oranges Are Cheaper
    81 17 AS a result of the arrival of 1 some 12,000 cases of Austratan oranges during the weeke nd. local prices showed a severe drop. °n Saturday morning, it was Quoted at $3l per case, but this lell to $24 a t noon. Late in the a l‘ernoon,
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    KHAKI AT $1.15 IN PENANG
    77 17 Our Own Correspondent PENANG, Nov. 12. Government distribution of 1 khaki drill started yesterday v“ yards were released about 50 Chinese and Ind'an < ]l rs at the wholesale price of v Pr s P°r yard. in the open market are 1 ed to drop
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    S.H.B. Strikers Go Back
    107 17 SINGAPORE, Nov. 13. SEVEN thousand Singapore Harbour Board workers who have been on strike since Oct. 25 returned to work today. Representatives of the strikers, who opened discussions late last night with Mr. Oakley, Mr. S. J. Garrett, the Trade Union Adviser, and representatives of the
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    JAP SUSPECTS
    24 17 SINGAPORE, Nov. 13. Nine Japanese war criminal suspects, including one Lieuten-ant-General, arrived yesterday at Seletar airport by special plane from New Guinea.
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    SHIPLOAD OF SHEEP FOR S’PORE
    125 17 SINGAPORE, Nov. 13. CINGAPORES “sheep carrier.’ the Blue Funnel liner Gorgon, recently tied up at Fremantle because of the wharf workers strike there, is expected to arrive :n Singapore on Nov. 24, a week behind schedule. Although no information is available in Singapore of the
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    DESERTED SPORE WHARF AREA
    248 17 Straits Times Shipping Reporter SINGAPORE, Nov. 13. THE strike-affected Singapore Harbour Board wharves yes terday presented a desolate appearance. When I toured the dock area yesterday there were four cargo vessels tied up alongside, the smallest number of ships to be at the wharves at one
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    SUICIDE VERDICT IN TOLLIDAY INQUIRY
    582 17 From Our Own Correspondent TAIPING, NOV. 11. A VERDICT of suicide was returned by the Taiping Coroner, Inche Sheikh Abdullah, at the conclusion of the inquest held into the death of Mr. C. R.Tolliday, Inspector of Schools Pwak North who was found shot at his
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    No Black Market In Cloth Now
    627 17 SINGAPORE, Nov. 13. pOMPETITION among Singapore textile importers is now so keen that a black market in cloth no longer exists. Since the last month, prices have dropped by 30 per cent. Unlesj the present trend changes violently, a further drop is expected within
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    Club In Form Again, Win 13—8
    466 18 SINGAPORE, Nov. 10. AFTER a spell of drawn matches and one game lost, the S.C.C. got back into winning form when they mel ALFSEA on the Padang yesterday, scoring 13 points (two goals, penalty) to ALFSEA’S eight (goal, try). The game was notable for
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    College Beat Retnam’s XI
    123 18 RAFFLES College taking the cricket lb Id for the first time In five years, bc'.t a strong scratch XI skippered by Mr. T. E K. Retnam on the Police Training School ground In Thomson Rond Batting first the scratch XI totalled only 55, Umapathy 20 and
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    BATU PAHAT TENNIS
    87 18 From Our Own Correspondent BATU PAHAT. Nov. 0 AT a meeting o* ihe Lawn Ten Pi* Association .i Bntu Pahat the following were elected office-bearers for the ensuin'* y'ar:— Pi esldent.—Dr Syed Malnnood o A Rahman; vlc“-pieMdent.— Mr. Low Tlrw Jiam; Hon Sect, and Treasure.1 Edln b
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    Chinese Beal R.E.M.E. In Seremban
    90 18 From Our Own Correspondent SEREMEAN, Nov. 6. IN a friondly game of soccer 1 played on the Station padang cn Tuesday, the R.E.M.E. lost to the Chinese by two goals to one. The Chinese scored the goals in the first half through Chit Woh and
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    POLICE SOCCER
    81 18 From Our Own Correspondent MUAR, Nov. 9 r FHE Muar Police scored a four-tin victory over the Johore Bihru Pol'ce In u one-sided soccer match at the Muar Club padang on Wednestr«\ Play was mostly confined to lhe vt Itors’ territory foi they always iou.iti lhe local defenci
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    No Goals In Padang Hockey
    347 18 POOR finishing and uneven distribution of the ball, marked the hockey match which ended in a scorelc«c draw between the S.R.C. and the Indon Army on the Padang. A large crowd turned up to see the game Both sides seemed to place too muen reliance
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    $112 Dividend At K.L. Races
    518 18 $112 Dividend At K.L Races <Frum Our Own Correspondent) KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 9. IN spite ot the rain which lcll during the afternoon, some very keen racing was witnessed on the first day of the Selangor Turf Club Golden Jubilee Meeting. Ballvmun showed good form by winning the fourth race
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    S.R.C. Win Another Victory Cup Game
    607 18 SINGAPORE, Nov 10 rOLLOWING their fine victory over R.A.F. (Seletari T week earlier, the Singapore Recreation Club sclJ another grand win at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterdav td time at the expense of the Changi Airmen, who were It*«] three—one in the second round of
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    Chinese Beat Malays 3—2 In Cup Game
    331 18 SINGAPORE, Nov. 11 S.C.F.A 3 M.F.A 2 BEFORE an unprecedentedly large crowd at the l a!an Besar Stadium yesterday, the S.C.F.A. eliminated t^ e Malays from the Victory Cup competition to qualify f< r the semi-final, by winning three-two. Although the Chinese scored
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    MEDICALS WIN FOUR-NIL
    46 18 SINGAPORE Medical College acorw a decisive victory by four ch goals in a hockey match anainsj Recruits at the Police Trainin': Thomson Road, t v h The Rame was scrappy t 1 out. Goal-scorers were Chelliah j* Navarednam and Oehlers on*’ ‘‘a l,l
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    HOCKEY ASSN. OFFICE BEARERS
    55 18 me The following office beard Singapore Hockey Associati been elected: O. E. N. Oehlers, preside r > r Sandosham, vice-president; loot, secretary and treasurer Wong, hon. auditor. Commit t bers consist of representative SCC., S.R.C., S.C.R c < and I.A. An entrance fee of $10 and
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    Rubber Duty Cut: Divided Views
    312 19 I From Our Own Correspondent I KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 11. I THORITIES in the Malayan Union are divided I in their reception of yesterday’s announcement of I. reduction in the export duty on rubber from four I's to i cents per pound. I xhe reduction
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    Borneo Chamber Of Commerce
    122 19 REPRESENTATIVES of firms in Borneo at a meeting at Sandakan recently decided to resuscitate the North Borneo Chamber of Commerce in view of the many matters of vital communal importance affecting post-war commercial interests. It was decided to put forward to the interested bodies a suggestion
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    BIG RISE IN EXPORTS OF RUBBER
    114 19 MALAYAN rubber exports in October showed a considerable increase over total Singapore and Malayan Union September exports. The exports of rubber from Singapore and the Malayan Union totalled 73.383 long tons, compared with 57,579 tons in September, A break-up of these exports shows that
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    SLIDING SCALE ADVOCATED
    230 19 B r,,,n Our Own Correspondent Kuala Lumpur, Nov. 12. S. B. Palmer, President A* of the United Planting Association of Malaya, told tQ day that he was grateA u tlla t the Government had At last to some extent reAogtiised the rubber indusV s claims for a
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    RUBBER CROPS
    34 19 l following rubber crops are re-A-Vf,fi for October: Alor Oaiah, J Ayer Panas. 67,000 lb., ,f roo k 9oo lb., Kluang Rubber. < *****0 lb., TambaLttLui. t. lb Teluk Anson 64,750 lb. ABliUUlUL-iMiOib.
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    KLUANG RUBBER
    121 19 Production on the estate of the Kluang Rubber Co.. Ltd. started in a small way in February. 1946. and until June 30 there was a profit on working of $3,350.53. This has been credited to profit and loss account and an amount of $45,518.66 has been written off
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    Speedier Flow Of Exports
    182 19 From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Nov. 12.—The Times welcomes the cut in the rubber duty because ‘‘it will promote the speedier flow of rubber from Malaya, provided, as is likely, that an adequate demand is forthcoming.” Commenting on the Washington statement in which Mr. John Steelman,
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    Shipping Ordinance Postponement Urged
    244 19 SINGAPORE, Nov. 12. CHINESE' owners of motor vessels in Singapore at a meeting on Sunday claimed that they were incurring approximately half a million dollars in expenses daily and imports to the value of several millions of dollars a month were not coming into Singapore in
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    NEW RUBBER MARKET RULES
    365 19 From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Nov. 10. Regulations applicable to the re-opening of the free rubber market issued today by the Bank of England, while detailing the conditions under which the market will operate and providing for the necessary exchange formalities, do not appear to impose
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    $3¾ MILLIONS IN LOANS FOR MINES
    309 19 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 10. THE Chinese tin mines loan committee has considered 252 applications from Chinese miners for loans for the rehabilitation of their mines and has approved 114 loans totalling $3,798,350. In many cases, however, it has been found
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    GOOD POSITION OF KEMPAS
    341 19 SNEAKING at the 32ml ordi1 nary annual general meeting of Kempas, Ltd., held at i>, Malacca Street, Singapore, on Nov. 2, Mr. F. M. Edmonda said that over the period under review the company's profit and loss balance had increased by $176,176.18 and this in spite
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    THE SHARE MARKETS HAVE GOOD WEEK
    886 20 By A Market Correspondent SINGAPORE, Nov. 9. HESPITE the serious position arising from the wharf strike at the Singapore Harbour Board, Malayan share markets had a good week. The total of transactions, if not of value of turnover, was the highest for many months
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    Rubber Export & Income-Tax
    78 20 Rubber Export Income-Tax —Straits Times Copyright. From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Nov. 11. THE Fconomist considers that reduction in the Malayan rubber export tax will probably necessitate a substantial compensatory income tax. "The difficulty is that a tax like the rubber export tax is easy to collect, whereas in-come-tax is
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    Rubber Control Plan Needed?
    152 20 extent, be paramount.—Straits Times copyright. From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Nov. 11.. THE likeliest outcome of the whole rubber position is some new regulation scheme.” says the Financial Times today, but the paper points out 11.at whereas before the war America was not a producer, anc
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    RUBBER MERGER
    56 20 —Straits Times copyright. From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Nov. 10. The Treasury has sanctioned the merger of the Straits Rubber Co. with Batak Rabit. Treasury sanction is requested for the merger of the Bagan Serai, Glenshiel and Merchiston rubber estates. All five companies have identical boards under the
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    $3,000,000 Scheme Of Harbour Repairs
    340 20 SINGAPORE, Nov. U THE Singapore Harbour Board has embarked on 1 $3,000,000 construction and repair scheme whirl will cover godowns, roads and workers’ quarters The Chairman of the Board, Mr. H. Basten, who a nounced details of the scheme yesterday, said that m difficulty in
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    Free Movement Of Rice Urged
    77 20 THE Singapore Chinese Impol ers and Exporters Associatil •ha5 submitted a petition to 1 Secretary for Chinese Affairs a l the Food Controller appealing *1 the lifting of the ban on th/,1 movement and storage of ric 1 I The petition points out that J
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    Nyalas Report
    82 20 The report of I 31 last, to be presented to the nnnu! meeting of shareholders on Sarirda! Nov. 16. says the accounts for t! period since the re-occupation Malaya show a profit on rubber prJ duction of $7,903.82. Rubber preduj ed amounted to 120.995 lb. I Expenditure on
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    MALAYAN SHARE QUOTATIONS
    731 20 Share quotations as at Nov. 12 «ccordlnp to the Malayan ;raic6rokers Association (Singapore) were as foPows: INDUSTRIALS Buyer Seller Alexandra *4r::kwork* r ds- 1.80 $2.00 Alexandra Brickwork* Prefs. 2.90 3.10 Brit Malaya Trustee Executor Co ».U0 9 ut >nsohdated Tin Smelters Old. 22/6 25/do Prefs 26/6 28
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