The Straits Budget, 26 December 1946

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    31 1 The Straits Budget THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES New Series No. 21 [ESTABLISHED OVER A CENTURY) Singapore, Thursday, December 26th, 1946. Price 40 cents (S.S. Currency) Or I A.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
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      64 1 The SINGAPORE FREE PRESS has the largest nett 9 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.
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  • The Straits Budget
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      Sarawak Bans A Brooke
      867 2 —Strais Times. Dec. 19. A sad footnote to the unique history of the Whi'.e Rajahs ol Sarawak was published >n oui front page yesterday, in :h? news that Mr. Anthony Brooke has been told at Manila that D’.e new Colonial Government of Sarawak has prohibited his
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      Another Dose Of Socialism
      824 2 —Straits Times, Dec. 20 The Bill to nationalise all internal transport in Great Britain, which has been the subject of a full-dress debate in the House of Commons this week, marks anotrxr step forward by the Labour Government towards its eoal of a peaceful revolution which
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      Singapore’s New Education
      892 2 —Straits Times, Dec. 21. A document of historic importance for the Singapore parent and citizen has been published this week. It is the plan for a new educational policy in this colony which was tabl d in the Advisory Council on Thursday This new policy Ls basically
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      Paying For The Free Schools
      1070 2 —Straits Times, Dec. 23. The main points of tno new I educational policy for Singapore I were discussed in this column cc I Saturday. This policy is of I course. all-Malayan, but on:I theme today is again the special! problems presented by its appli-l cation
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      The Inevitable Federation
      1044 3 —Btralts Times. Dec. 24. The plan for the proposed Federation of Madaya is put before the country today. The Straits Times plays its part oy publishing in a special supplement almost the entire report of the committee wihich drafted this plan. It is not supposed that many
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      Heaven And Earth
      1165 3 —Straits Times. Dec. 25 Many things in the modem world only make sense when viewed in the perspective of evolution from the atomic bomb back to t*c first stirrings In the primeval .slime, but Christmas Ls no* one of them. There docs not app ar T o
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    S’PORE COURTS: 1947 CALENDAR
    170 3 S’ PORE COURTS: 1947 CALENDAR THE following is the (’ourt Calendar for Singapore for 1947: Wedi fwduy, Jan. 1 t,o Saturday, Jan. 1 1 Vacation, Monday, January 13 onwards (except Jan. 22 &c 23 and Feb. 4) Ist assizes: Monday. March 2 2nd assizes; Monday March 31 onwards (except April
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    GOVERNOR’S DEPUTY
    31 3 Ir. th*- abM-nce or H*s Excel--1,., rv Governor Franklin (liin.v)!. w.. 0 ha left for Fraser’s Hill M; 11 I*. Bryson has been appoints! .0 act as Ms deputy
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    Singapore’s fight against inflation
    1307 4  -  LIVING STANDARDS MUST COME DOWN By 7; H. SILCOCK Professor of Economics at Raffles College WHEN the problem of new taxes for Singapore is discussed at ail, it js usually treated as if it were solely a problem of raising enough revenue to meet the Colony’s
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  • PERSONAL
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      BIRTHS
      60 4 At Woking Surrey. 17-18-46. to Pamela (nee Leapman) wife of R D. Harrison Paloh Estate, a son. HEYTMAN—To Elsie Kathleen wife of H.H. Hcytman, at Perth W. A on December 19th. The gift of a son. Peter, a brother for John. DALY—To Nadia, wife of G. H. Daly, at
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      ENGAGEMENTS
      200 4 CHEW-CHAN. T h e engagement wan announced on 22nd. December, between Stephen Chew, eldest son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Chew Eng Hong and Jean Francesca Rosalind Chan, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Martin Chan. (Kuching, Sarawak papers please copy). CHAN-CHEW. The engagement Is announced between
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      MARRIAGE
      59 4 LOCKHART-HAMPSON. At St. Andrew’s Cathedral, Singapore, on Dec. 21st., 1946, Barbara only daughter of Mr. C. B Hatnpson and the late Mrs. Hampson of Howlck, Natal, to Hugh Ralston lurdine Lockhart of Payalang Estate, Batu Anam. Johore younger son of Mrs. I. J. Lockhart! Howlck, Natal, and th** late
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    BUSHEY PARK CHRISTMAS
    59 4 SINGAPORE. Dec. 25. Mrs. Rosenthall, wife of the Rev. David Rosenthall, Archdeacon, Singapore, presented Christmas gifts to the inmates of Bushey Park, one of the Social Welfare Department homes. This is part of the programme for the Social Welfare Department for Christmas. Also present at the function
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    Coroner Commends Police
    283 4 SINGAPORE Dec u DOR pursuing and shiotimil two Chinese gunmen 6 do patrol led by Mr HHV f% and in particular' ”w 0 if*, policemen, Ramlan bin and Tebab bln Hussain S “"S» yesterday commended k v Singapore Coroner, Mr. w 5? Porter, when he held an
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    ALLEGED THEFT OF PETROL
    155 4 SINGAPORE. Dec. 25. THREE Boyan'se, Aksim DD Awan, of 101 Keng Lee Road, Junsi bln Narwa-n and Masnoofl bin Matsum, both living at Norfolk Road, we rP produced p i° r Inche Ahmad bin Ibrahim in l Fourth Police Court >* where they were charg d**
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    SUPPLIED FOOD TO COLLEGE, CHARGED
    227 4 SINGAPORE, Dec. 24. THE manager of a Chinese firm, which supplied articles of food to the College of Medicine was yesterday charged in the Second District Court under the Pric? Cmtrol Ordinance with sel.'ir.g at prices higher than the control price. He was Low Peng
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    32 4 DEATH THUNG— Mrs Thung Slang Rwee nee Ong Chirn Kay Neo aged 48 passed away peacefully at her residence 12 Kim Yam Road at 10 10 p m on 19 12 46
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  • STRAITS TIMES POST-BAG
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      Government Overflows As Well As The Garrison
      436 5 iiBoUK leading article, “An Overflowing Garrison”, Has timely, if not overdue. Yet §H i> doubtful whether all the Hcts have even now been Basically, the housing diffleuiHes experienced by everyone IBsolve themselves into the plain ■id unvarnished truth that Sir.Hpore is housing far
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      More Milk For A Malayan Infant
      186 5 |P attacking Singapore govI* f i nmont broadcasting, Mr. J S. Fergusson asked what I community value would justi|*y this large expenditure in VlL w of the small number of IP oplo willing to listen.” I J ask Mr. Fergusson what com,,'i; ity value
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      If Federation Fails
      131 5 MAY I sketch the rather ugly picture of Malaya which I foresee if the previous discussions on the Federation are to be repudiated at the demand of the new Council of Joint Action. The Johore Malay masses, in spite of blaring propaganda from the M.N.P., are still
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      Eggs And Milk
      159 5 IN Kelantan two Japanese PoWs were involved in a lorry accident. Both these men were placed in the 2nd Class B Ward of the Government Hospital. They are given extras, such as milk, eggs and bread. They are even supplied with Gold Flake cigarettes. I do not
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      Johore’s One-Man Job
      129 5 THE Department of Social Welfare, Singapore, though in its infancy, is to be congratulated on its services to the people of C n^apore. 1 feel sure this is equally true in the case of the Departments of Social Wei!are in the Malayan Union The Department of Social
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      In The Army Now
      127 5 YOUR correspondent “Group 15” appears to be labouring under a misapprehension when he asserts that men now serving in the Army (Group 46 and over) must be either regulars, late intakes or deferred personnel. In actual fact the Army In Singapore must comprise a large number
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      Restrictions
      282 5 SINGAPORE seems to be in some respects very backward as compared with the Malayan Union. In the Union, the Lessees and Tenancies (War Absentees! Ordinance has now been law for quite a considerable time There is no such law in tihe Colony hs yet. The Japanes- Judgments Ordinance is
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      Illicit Opium Smoker In Prohibition Era
      296 5 GOVERNMENT i s taking drastic action against prewar registered opium addicts --$2,000 fine and one year’s imprisonment, as a maximum sentence. As one of these addicts n*yself, I wish to present our viewpoint to the public. Do the Government and the Ad vlsory Councillors
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      The Rent Board
      188 5 YOUR journal recently carried a report of a case heard before the Singapore Rent Board in which the President of the Board asked a lot of questions which seem to the layman to be totally unconnected with the case. One question put to the defending party was
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
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      37 5 c A l V, Bl*'* 7oO»V* yooR R»Ct SUGAR V*^ «/«ST 0*F X/Ss7) MY DEAR/. y °0 *«ORrACf L fr >K. y n r SINGAPORE PUBLIC UG D ft£ y i T./4.F4H6 CPU) IT'S OLD ENGLISH CUSTOM...
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    Highlands Produce Is Cheaper
    271 6 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Dec. 22. THE production of vegetables at Cameron Highlands was maintained at high level during the month of November, but the figures for output are not yet available. Prices showed a marked drop during the month, partly due to foreign
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    PLAN FOR 16 NEW HOUSES
    94 6 Development of the Queen Astrid Park estate in Singapore with the construction of 16 new houses Is planned in the near future by Associated Builders, of which the Nanyang Structural Co., Ltd., and E. J. Tan Engineering Ltd., are th e principals. Th 0 houses
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    NO MORE RICKSHA LICENCES
    154 6 From Our Own Correspondent TAIPING, Dec. 21. AT a meeting of the Larut and Matang Town Board, held here, an Unofficial member, Dr. Tan Che Leng asked what was the Board’s policy towards rickshas. Taiping has still more tlhan 100 rickshas in use. The meeting decided
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    Seaman had opium tied round ankles
    139 6 SINGAPORE, Dec. 23. YOUNG Shanghai Chinese. Shan Tong Seng, who came to Singapore on board the Empire Admiral from India, was sentenced to three months’ rigorous imprisonment and fined $l,OOO or thre P months' rigorous mprisonment by Mr. Paul Storr in the First District
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    REAR LIGHTS FOR CYCLES
    59 6 SINGAPORE, Dec. 22. A Police Traffic Department spokesman said yesterday that it is hoped the present legislation will be amended so as to enforce the currying of rear as well us lront lights by bicycles and trishas. At the moment the law only says that front
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    SEREMBAN STILL TO HAVE RICKSHAS
    71 6 From Our Own Correspondent SEREMBAN, Dec. 21. THE Seremban Town Board chairman, Dato Mahmud bin Mat, M.C.S., replying to an Unofficial member, Mr, Yong Sze Lin. said that, in the absence of any definite policy for a changeover to trishaws, rickshas would continue to be
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    Restriction On Sale Of Livestock
    103 6 From Our Staff Correspondent Kuala Lumpur, Dec. 22. THE number of livestock in Kelantan has fallen so low that peasants are now allowed to sell cattle only with the permission of the headmen of villages. The heavy work in padi fields and the shortage of
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    JAP PRISON GOVERNOR GETS ‘LIFE’
    118 6 SINGAPORE, Dec. 24. KOSHIRO Mikiaawa, governor of the civil section of the Outram Road Gaol during the Japanese occupation, was yesterday sentenced tc life imprisonment and his chief subordinate Takashi Nodo to five years’ by Lt. Col. R. I. le Gallais at the War Crimes
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    MADRAS-S’PORE SERVICE
    102 6 SINGAPORE, Dec. 24. INAUGURATING the first regu- lar service between Madras and Singapore, specially to assist in speeding up the repatriation of Indians from Malaya, the 5,000ton b.I. ship Vasna arrived In Singapore from Madras on Sunday with 177 passengers. Capable of more than 16 knots, the Vasna
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    BRAVERY AGAINST JAPS COMMENDED
    181 6 From Our Own Correspondent IPOH, Dec. 21. MINE more Perak residents have received the Government’s card of commendation for loyalty and courage during “a time when a brutal enemy was about to overrun the coun'.ry or had already done so.” Paying tribute to these men at
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    BRITISH OFFICERS GET U.S. AWARDS
    406 6 SINGAPORE, Dec 21 FOR outstanding Anglo-American executive and liais during the war, British officers— Groun r >n Wol J. Corbally, Group Capt. J. P. Pritchard and Lt.-Col aTJ —were invested as members of the U.S. Legion of (Degree of Officer) at a ceremony in the
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    $900 ROBBERY ALLEGED
    161 6 SINGAPORE, Dec. 24. A YOUNG Chinese, Chan Keng n Leong, of 9, Lian S?ah Street, was committed to the Assizes by Mr. A. P. Jack in the Seventh Police Court, yesterday, on charges of armed robbery and carrying arms. The prosecution, conducted by Mr. A. H. Frew,
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    BIGGEST HAUL OF OPIUM
    191 6 SINGAPORE, Dec. 24 HALF a million dollars’ worth of opium, weighing 600 pounds, was seized by customs searchers aboard the Glen Line ship Empire Admiral in Singapore yesterday morning. It was the greatest single hail made since the liberation, when opium smoking was banned in Singapore,
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    EURASIAN ON ARMS CHARGE
    120 6 SINGAPORE, Dec. 24. “I HAD not intended to harm anybody,” stated Hugh George Newman, a 26-year-old Eurasian, in the Seventh Police Court yesterday, before Mr. A P■ Jacs when charged with possession a revolver. Mr. A. R. McEwan. A S M' charge of the Indian and
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    ASSOCIATION OF ENGINEERS PARTY
    59 6 SINGAPORE. Dec. uRepresentatives of th? s.-r ping community in SingaP were present at an at n celebrate the reopening 0 club of the Association o: j*"* v neers at Raffles Quay > evening. Am<?ng those present Willftm Orr, who joined H sociation in November. 1 w*as
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    Jurong Radio May Have To Move
    497 7 BUILDING and service plans of Radio Malaya, thi Voice of Britain and other organisations may become completely changed in Singapore as a result of difficulties which have arisen between the broadcasting authorities in Singapore and the Royal Air Force. The change would involve a
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    RADE UNION FOR ARMY CIVILIANS
    161 7 CIVILIANS employed by the War Department in Singapore are seeking the approval of the General Officer Commanding, Singapore District, Major General L. H. Cox, to register their present Association under the Trade Union Ordinance as the Singapore War Department Civilian General Administrative Staff Union. A
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    OPIUM APPEAL ALLOWED
    83 7 A Chinese, Koh Kiat Swee, who had been sentenced in the lower courts to six months’ rigorous imprisonment for possesion of 35 tahils of Chandu made a successful appeal through his counsel, Mr. D. K. Walters and Mr. We P Chong Jin, before Mr Justice Jobling. Mr.
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    LABOUR OFFICE
    50 7 Changes in the names of the oflices in the Department of Labour lrom Controllers to Commisioners are notified in the Government Gazette. The offices re now the Commissioner for labour Deputy Commissioner of l abour. Assistant Commissioner or Labour and Extra Assistant Commissioner for Labour reP r ctively.
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    Car Taxes Are Doubled
    65 7 £AR and cycle owners wl«l double the pre-war taxation on their vehicles under a new schedule which become effective from Jan. 1, 1917, The new schedule is: Motor Cars. Not exceeding 7 h.fr. $lB 11 h.p. 38 lb h.p. 42 20 h.p 48 30 h.p. b
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    GOC-in-C On Monty’s Visit Here
    160 7 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Dec. 18. VIEUT. Gen. A. Galloway, G.0.C.-in-C. t Malaya Command, at a press conference today was unable to state whether Field Marshal Montgomery would be visiting Malaya in the near future. He said that representatives of the War Office
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    MALAY REGT. STRENGTH
    110 7 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Dec. 18. THE G.0.C.-in-C., Malaya Command, Lieut. Gen. A. Galloway, declared today that he definitely supported any policy which tended to Increase the strength of the Malay Regiment so long as it was kept within reasonable grounds. It was mainly a
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    DALFORCE PETITION LONDON
    229 7 MEMBERS of the DaLorce, who resisted the Japanese in the battle of Singapore in 1942 and carried on underground activities throughout the occupation, have presented twelve demands to the authorities, among which is their disbandment before Christmas and back pay for time-and-a-half years. The demands have been
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    Triumph For Collective Bargaining In Union
    336 7 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Dec. 18. THE agreement reached between the freely elected representatives of employees of the Malayan Union Electrical Department and official representatives on matters raised by the Electrical Department Labour Union is a landmark in industrial relations between employer
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    12 SAGO FACTORIES CLOSE DOWN
    68 7 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG. Dtc. 18. rRTY per cent of sago factories in nothem Malaya have closed down as a result of the present export ban on pearl tapioca, it was revealed at the annual meeting of the Sago Manufacturers and Merchants Association held
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    MALAY IN COLONIAL SERVICE
    128 7 From Our Onn Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Dec. 18 C'HE Ismail bln Mohd. All, who 4 Is the second Malay to rocelvO a direct appointment in the Colonial Service, is now back in Kuala Lumpur after eight years spent overseas He is now on ono month’s leave
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    C.-IN-C.’S VISIT TO BURMA
    116 7 General sir Montagu o. n. Stopford Commander-ln-Chlef, South East Asia Land Forces, was on an inspection tour of Service units in Burma Command last week. Among other units. Sir Montagu visited the Burma Regimental Centre where recruits for the reforming Burma Army are trained and posted
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    ANTI-BM WAR STEPPED UP
    119 7 AN intensified campaign against Singapore’s bluckmurketeers Is reflected by a o.g innrea.se in tn< number of prosecutions and hi cs imp ..ed last month Food Control Department inspect r>, secured 510 convictions ,n November compared w.th HIM U, OrtoLer Fines imposed dining the two months lot
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    Why Kuching Banned Anthony Brooke
    599 8 SINGAPORE, Dec. 19. “MR. Anthony Brooke has openly and frequently 11 expressed his intention of changing the form of Government in Sarawak and restoring the Brooke regime. It can reasonably be inferred that his ;ntention is that a restored regime shall have him at its
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    Govt. Will Back SSLS Applicants
    192 8 SINGAPORE, Dec. 20. Government win be willing to support the applications of those members of the Straits Settlements Legal Service who possess the necessary qualification for appointment to the Colonial Legal Service. This statement was tabl'd at the Singapore Advisory Council yesterday in reply to
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    $10 Million Loan For Singapore
    209 8 4 SINGAPORE. Dec. 20. TO meet a deficit of approximately S 8 >/ 2 million in Singa- he Government is to borrow a liirllnr SlO million by the issue of the balance of the rehabilitation loan. On the motion of the Financial Secretary, Mr. Nelson
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    HOUSE DEMANDS REASONS
    427 8 Reuter. LONDON, Dec. 19. THE Secretary for the Colonics, Mr. Arthur Creech-Jcnes, stated in the House of Commons today that Mr. Anthony Brooke had been refused entry to the colony ol Sarawak because he had encouraged opposition to the Session which might cause strife and disorder. “It
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    S’pore Entry Ban On Ex-Rajah Muda
    676 8 SINGAPORE, Dec 2d MR. ANTHONY BROOKE, the ex-Rajah Mu<| a 1,1 < Sarawak, has been refused permission to ent Singapore. He was reported yesterday to be still b Hong Kong. 11 Endorsement of his passport has been refused because he would not agree to
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    ALUMNI ASSN. FORMED
    106 8 PAST students of the Technical College in Kuala Lumpur have formed a body called the Technical College Alumni Association. It is proposed to have the oocy legally registered as soon as possible The Director of Education, Malayan Union. Mr. H. Cheeseman, and the acting Principal of the
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    PRODUCE SHOW IN TAIPING
    103 8 From Our Own Correspond;® TAIPING. I> THE first agricultural --u held in Taiping liberation provec, a gna* yesterday and drew lara i of peasants from the n ing districts. 0 The Deputy Commissi Perak North, Mr. C. B. P- 1 in opening the show sta its
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    S.E.ASIAFISHERY CONFERENCE
    389 9 k.PKESENTATIVES of all countries in the South I I last Asia area have been invited to attend a Ihcrics conference to be held in Singapore on jan. 17, and Bat which ideas will be exchanged and Itliods recommended to step up fish production loughout South East Asia. I
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    Sime Road Escapee Bound Over
    172 9 SINGAPORE. Dec. 21. BRAHAM Joshua, an ex-inter-nee who made two' escapes >m Sime Road Camp without ins detected by the Jap guards, is bound over to be of good beviour for one year in one surety $4OO by Mr. Justice Brown at e Singapore Assizes
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    MUAR MAN’S WILL
    51 9 London, Fri._Mr. John RoyTaylor, 0 f Muar, Johore, bead of the Government School in Muar, who /U nt. sea In February, 1942 a Portion of his estate in dI J Va to the Singapore branch f Salvation Army and $l,OOO JJ. to three employees if still no
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    MALAY REGT. TO BE REVIVED
    114 9 —Reuter. LONDON, Dec. 20.—The Malay Regiment is to be re-established, it was annouced bv Mr. Arthui Creech-Jones Colonial Secretary, when he answered a question from Mr. D. R. Rees-Williams in the Common yesterday. In the first instance the Regiment will consist of a depot headquarters
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    7 Men On Christmas Is. Mutiny Charges
    185 9 SINGAPORE, Dec. 21. AP lELD General Court Mar. tial will try seven Indian soldiers charged with complicity in the Christmas Island mutiny in March, 1942, in Singapore next Friday. The men are all regular soldiers members of No. 7 Coast Regiment, Hong Kong
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    BOXER GAOLED
    85 9 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, Dec. 20. U. SUPRAMANIAM, a Penang boxer, was sentenced by the District Judge to three months’ rigorous imprisonment on a charge of being armed in public with a dagger The accused, according to the prosecution, was arrested by a police constable on the
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    STOLE ARMY TOOLS
    65 9 SINGAPORE, Dec 21. Two Chinese labourers of 223 B O D. Alexander Road, Low Ah Ming and Bun Kee wer P produced in the Fourth Court yesterday and were each sentenced to six weeks’ rigorous imprisonment When they pleaded guilty to stealing machine tools from the depot
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    IPOH HAS FIRST WOMAN PC
    177 9 From Our Own Correspondent IPOH, Dec. 19. r;S On# Kcng Bee, former Matron of the Kuala Lumpur Federal Home for Vagrants, has joined the police force as the first woman constable in Ipoh, said Mr. J B. Masefield, O.S.P.C. Kinta, at today’s meeting of the
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    JAPANESE CLOTH FOR MALAYA
    249 9 SINGAPORE, Dec. 21. MALAYA has been allotted 12,000,000 yards of Japanese manufactured textiles out of the 150,000,000 yards which has been approved for sale to the South East Asia territories from Japan, Mr. K. Tours, Chairman of the Joint Supply Hoard, said yesterday. The 12,000,000 yards
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    $1 Million Frankel Estate Sale
    160 9 THE Frankel Estate in the Siglap District of Singapore has been purchased by the Credit Foncier de L’Extreme Orient for $1,000,000. The area of the estate, which is one of the largest in thd Colony, is 413 acres. Although the Immediate disposal of the land
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    FIRST US CLOTH HERE
    183 9 rHE first shipment of American textiles for Malayan importers has arrived with the Phrontis, which is in the oads awaiting berthing space to discharge her cargo. Larger quantities are «xpected here when the Rondo comes into port in about ten days’ time with textiles and cars
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    International Club Rules
    230 9 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG. Dec. 20. NEW rules to provide for the running of the International Club were adopted by the Penang Turf Chib at a general meeting held yesterday. Mr. Lee Toon Poon, presiding, said the committee considered it desirable to amend certain rules “so
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    INFORMATION CENTRE IN KANGAR
    77 9 From Our Own Correspondent ALOR STAR Dee 1« WITH the* op* rung of an information Centre at Kangar. Perils, the* Public Relations Department, Malayan Union, has a network of centres throughout the peninsula now The in format ion centre at Kangar Is situated in a central
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    New Education Plan For Singapore
    665 10 SINGAPORE, Dec. 20. “IN Singapore the development of the new policy ot free primary education will mean practically the introduction of a new system rather than the extension of an already widely based one,” says Mr. J. B. Neilson, Director of Education, Singapore, in a
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    PADI HARVEST IN KEDAH
    113 10 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Dec. 19. U7HILE short-term padi planted early in the season has come to maturity and has been harvested In north Kedah and Perils, about 2,000 relongs—--1,400 acres—of medium-term varieties within a radius of seven miles of Alor Star have begun
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    FREE RICE PURCHASE ‘HARMFUL’
    135 10 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, Dec. 19. Referring to a proposal by Penang traders that free importation of rice into Malaya should be allowed, the Resident Commissioner, Mr. S. N. King, at a press conference today pointed out that Burma and Siam had surpluses of rice
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    BRIGHTER LIGHTS FOR SINGAPORE
    302 10 FIRST steps in introducing into Singapore the most modern system of street illumination have been taken by the Municipality with the installation of what are known as modern discharge lamps on certain main roads in, and on the outskirts of, the town. The first of 72
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    House Returned To Pre-War Tenant
    271 10 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, Dec. 18. STATING that the applicant had been compelled to leave the country and that he was ‘the kind of person whom the ordinance was meant to safeguard,’ the counsel, Mr. C. D. Hogan, successfully applied to the War Absentees
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    1946 PILGRIMS RETURN
    68 10 Forty-three Singapore Muslims who journeyed to Jeddah nealv three months ago, have returned to Singapore by the Blu e Funnel liner Phrontis after completing their first pilgrimage to Mecca in seven years. According to the pilgrims, nearly 250.000 pilgrims from all parts of th P world visited
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    AGRICULTURAL SHOW IN KUCHING
    79 10 From Our Own Correspondent KUCHING, Dec. 19. THE Government agricultural 1 exhibition opened on Sunday and in spite of the short notice to exhibitors the number of exhibits surpassed all expectations. Opening the show the Governor, Sir Arden Clarke, stressed the need for making the country
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    58 Buildings For January Release
    512 10 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, I) ec is “WHEN the Army arrived, selfish use of o Ur en neers, labour and materials could have n|- !Ii every soldier in comfortable accommodation. InsteH the Army’s assets were turned to rehabilitation f the common good of
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    BICYCLE THIEVES ACTIVE AGAIN
    43 10 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, Pec. 19. AFTER a lull of several mom bicycle thieves struck last night when a Chinese man was stopped FLs.i robbed of her bicycle by Chinese who blindfolded warned her not to rah alarm.
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    Tan Cheng Lock & United Malaya
    478 11 Tan Cheng Lock United Malaya SINGAPORE, Dec. 19. MR. Tan Cheng Lock, C.B.E., replying to criticism by n the Straits Times of the policy of the Council of Joint Action in demanding that fresh negotiations be opened for the creation of a unified Malaya instead of negotiations for. a draft
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    HOLD-UP OF SHIP: DUTCH STATEMENT
    212 11 THE Consulate General of the Netherlands has issued the following statement on the detention of a Chinese vessel at Karimoen Islands: “In connection with reports which have appear'd in the press recently regarding the detention at Karimoen Island of a Chines’ 1 vessel on its
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    BIG RUSH FOR 8-CENT MEALS
    229 11 SINGAPORE, Dec. 19. SINGAPORE’S first Family Restaurant at Maxwell Road was opened yesterday and within a few minutes hundreds of men, women and children, looking pleasantly surprised, were heartily enjoying wholesome food at eight cents a meal. The Governor, Sir Franklin Gimson, and Lady Gimson,
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    MORE RICE REDUCES PRICES
    208 11 SINGAPORE, Dec. 19 THE new reduction in vegetable 1 l and ftelh prices in Singapore were reported yesterday to have been made possible as a result > more plentiful supplies and tne effect on demand by the recent slight increase in the rice ration. Vegetable and
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    BACK TO MALAYA
    37 11 NEW DELHI, Wed.— Seventeen ‘ljousand passage registration ff rMflcates have so far been isur*d by the Government of India Indians who wish to return to Malaya from India, it was otfi*ally stated here today.—Reuter
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    PASSIVE DEFENCE SERVICES
    44 11 Dependants ot members of Passive Defence Services who are missing, presumed dead as a result of being taken into Japanese concentration camps In February, 1942. have been made exgratia payments of Pensions based on those awarded under the personal injuries scheme.
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    LONDON HEARS OF SHB’s STEEL NEEDS
    327 11 SINGAPORE, Dec. 19. rE urgent need for steel required to rehabilitate the port of Singapore has been stressed to the authorities allocating supplies in the United Kingdom by the Chairman of the Singapore Harbour Board, Mr. H. Hasten. Mr. Basten, who a fortnight ago
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    NO MONOPOLY OF SHEEP SHIPS —SEALF
    339 11 SINGAPORE, Dec. 10. SOUTH East Asia Eand torccs, H.Q., yesterday issued the following statement on sheep S There has been no s*;t period for the allocation of shipping space in connection with the importation of sheep from Australia and. therefore there can b. no
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    NS TRADERS WANT SHARE OF CLOTH
    157 11 From Our Own Correspondent SEREMBAN, Dec. 13. THAT Negri Sembilan textile merchants never received their due share of textiles distributed through the respective chambers of commerce by the Government and other recognised importers with the result that prices remain high in Negri formed the
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    POLICE GET AWARDS
    61 11 SINGAPORE, Dec. 19. FIVE members of the Singapore Police Force, Including a Police inspector, have been awarded the Colonial Police Medal for gallantry They are, Inspector Alexander •Jenson, Sergeants Ja’afar bln Daud. Abu Hass an bln Akok, and Constables Mohamed Yasin bin bujal, and Othman bn All.
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    Japs Cultivate 600 Acres
    124 11 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG. Dtr. 18. NEARLY 1.000 Japanese surrendered personnel now working on Gov- rnment farms in ProViiire Wellesley have since June this year cultivated over MO acres land according to th** latest tvailable figures. It is hoped to open up further •j Mil)
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    21 NEW DOCTORS AND 6 DENTISTS
    574 12 SINGAPORE, Dec. 21. A TOTAL of 21 new doctors and six new dental sur- geons, forming the biggest single batch to graduate from the King Edward VII College of Medicine, Singapore, have been awarded diplomas by the College qualifying them to practise. Results of
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    KIDNAPPED MAN’S CAR RECOVERED
    133 12 SINGAPORE, Doc. 20. THE Austin saloon car belonging to the Singapore Harbour labour contractor. P. K. Mohamed YusofT, who was kidnapp d while driving into town from Katong on M>!.day morning and forced to sign cheques totalling $13,400, was recovered on Wednesday afternoon a short distance
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    EX-SERVICES ASSOCIATION REVIVED
    122 12 From Our Own Correspondent SEREMBAN, Dec. 20. JIT a meeting of members of the Negri Sembilan branch of the Ex-Services Association of Malaya held here on Wednesday It was decided to revive the association. Tt was revealed that out of a pre-war membership of 65, the association
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    Malayan Films For Canada
    164 12 SINGAPORE, Dec. 21. THE developing post-war interchange of documentary films between Empire countries is evidenced by Canadian interest in films which the Malayan Film Unit will be producing soon. The Canadian Government Commercial Agent in Singapore. Mr. Arthur Wilding, said yesterday that the National Film Board
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    8 PER CENT. FOR CO-OPS
    79 12 SINGAPORE. Dec. 21. MEMBERS of the Singapore Mercantile Co-operative Thrift and Loan Society, Ltd., at a meeting yesterday voted themselves a dividend of eight per cent, so that as one member put it, “they would be in a better position to discharge? their debts.” The
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    AIF SCHOLARSHIPS: 17 APPLICATIONS
    180 12 SINGAPORE, Dec. 21. SEVENTEEN nurses from Singapore have applied for the A.I.F. Malayan Nursing Scholarship and it is expected that many more applications will be received from the Malayan Union in the near future. The first two successful candidates will begin training in Australia next March.
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    SGT. DROWNED
    80 12 SINGAPORE, Dec. 21. A VERDICT of death by mis- adventure was returned at the end of an inquiry into the death of Sgt. J. F. Busby, of No. 6, Boat Stores, R.A.S.C., Pulau Brani, who was .drowned off Ponggol beach on Oct. 3. The Singapore Coroner, Mr. W.
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    WHITE CLOTH FOR MALACCA MUSLIMS
    47 12 From Our Own Correspondent MALACCA, Dec. 20. WHITE cloth for use in connec- tion with deceased persons among Muslims is now available in Malacca district. The cloth can be bought from the All-Muslim Welfare Association, Egerton Road, Malacca, at a death certificate.
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    APPEAL TO HIGH COURT ON PENANG ORDER
    257 12 SINGAPORE ARRESTED in Singapore on a n charge of abetting the murder of Tai A k Seng in Penang Feb. 18. a Chinese, Teoh Teik Ghee, was yesterday remanded In police custody for a week when his counsel. Mr. C.H, Koh, told the
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    Sir Edward Gent On Constitution Plan
    387 12 Sir Edward Gent O n Constitution Plan SINGAPORE, 2 THE hope that the “general expression of views wj,j t--1 are to be sought from all interested i-irt-lcs in Malaya will be views expressed after very careful con sideration of the broad interest of the country and in the spirit of
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    RAILWAY COL. GETS 12 YEARS
    97 12 SINGAPORE. Dec. i-- r fOL. Iju Sugusuwa, comma., t of the PoW Administra Jon Siam, from August, 1944 nri date of the Japanese suite 1 was sentenced to 12 yea** prisonment by Lt. Col. i t Forsythe, M.M., at the W;‘i’ LMK Court, Changi, on
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    VETERANS RETURN
    38 12 SINGAPORE 1 FIFTy -eight Chinese truck 1 vers and mechanics wh f > 1 seen service on the Burma xv during the war, returned to gapore yesterday by the i China Steam Navigation Wosang from Hong Kong.
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    Union Makes Back Pay Grant
    347 13 From Our Own Correspondent I KUALA LUMPUR, Dec. 21. in()\ ERNMENT financial officers throughout the P .Malayan Union are preparing for the immediate Payment of two months’ back-pay to all Government Subordinates —at a cost of $7,500,000. I This has been authorised by Sir Edward
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    K.L. TO HAVE I.S.P. BRANCH
    134 13 Ii'>m Our Own Correspondent Kuala Lumpur, Dec. 21. A N interim committee of the Incorporated Society of Planters orve Kuala Lumpur district -d commence a local branch m lected yesterday with Mr. G. F. Brown as chairman and ;;v J- E. Pearce as vice-chairman. j;
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    THREE KILLED IN EXPLOSION
    113 13 From Our Own Correspondent. PENANG, Dec. 22. explosion which occurred on a motor launch, killing three Chinese and hurling another into the sea where he was presumably drowned, was described in the Coroner’s court yesterday at an inquiry held into the deaths of three fitters, Lee
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    CIGARETTE RATION ABOLISHED
    83 13 From Our Own Correspondent KUCHING, Dec. 22. CIGARETTES and tobacco are on sale at all dealers following an ord-r by th e Controller of Essential Commodities abolishing cigarettes and tobacco rationing. Although the prices will be at controlled rate the public can buy any quantity. Large consignments
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    DayakAssn.On Use Of Name
    116 13 From Our Own Correspondent KUCHING, Dec. 21. JIIE Joint Secretary of the Sarawak Dayak Association, Mr. Philip Jitam, who is also a member of the Council Negri, announced today, with the approval of the President, Dr. C. Mason, that in future the name of the Sarawak
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    Malayan who aided Sjharir here on visit
    173 13 SINGAPORE, Dec. 22. A FORMER Malayan Journalist Mr Charles Thamboe, arrived in Singapore on Friday to visit friends in Malaya after spending the war years in Indonesia. He brings with him messages to Lord K Hearn, Special Commissioner in South East Asia, from
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    JUDGE ON CRIME AMONG YOUTH
    341 13 SINGAPORE, Dec. 22. AT the Singapore Assizes yesterday, Mr. Justice Brown observed that the law made ample provision empowering him to deal with a child convicted of taking part in a rob bery, but no machinery existed at pnsoni The child needed proper training in
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    DOCTORS REJECT ‘CHARTER’
    462 13 SINGAPORE, Dec. 22. TIIE Northern, Central and Southern branches of the 1 Alumni Association of the Kin*? Edward VII College of Medicine have unanimously agreed to reject the proposals of what Dr. \V. J. Vickers, Director of Medical Services, Singapore, recently described as a “new medical charter*’
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    RETIREMENT AFTER 44 YEARS’ SERVICE
    68 13 SINGAPORE, Dec. 22. MESSRS Brinkmann &Co gave a dinner to their general .staff of about lilty members at the Great World Re.s’aurant on Friday to mark the retirement or the chief clerk of their Insurance department, Mr. Tan 800 Lat. who had served them for
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    PENANG JUBILEE FUND $*****00
    193 13 From Our Owa Correspondent Penang. Dec. 21. INAUGURATED in 1935 to mark the local silver Jubilee of King George V's reign, the Penang and Province Silver Jubilee Fund now has assets exceeding $1,300,000. A large sum has accumulated during the war years, states the chairman’s report
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    CATHEDRAL WEDDINGS
    220 13 SINGAPORE, IX’C. 22. THE wedding look place at the St. Andrew’s Cathedral yesterday of Lieut. George Hardy, H E., son of the lute Mr. and Mrs. Hardy of London and Miss Olive Tennant, daughter of Mrs. L. Tennant, of Blackburn. The bride, who carried a bouquet of white
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    $2,620 ROBBERY
    35 13 SINOAPORE, Doe IJ, Two Chinese armed with pistols entered a house In North Bridge Road. Singapore, about mid day yesterday and got away with cash and property worth $2,620, belonging to a Chlnsee^fj
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    MALAYAN JOINT COUNCIL FORMED
    945 14 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Dec. 22. A PAN-MALAYAN Council of Joint Action was formed in Kuala Lumpur today and immediately decided to send a telegram to the Secretary of State for the Colonics and the Acting Governor-General informing them that it would not. submit
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    RATION FOOD IS DEARER
    210 14 From Our Staff Correspondent Kuala Lumpur, Dec. 22. PRICES of rationed commodities in the Malayan Union have ail been increased in order to reduce the enormous Government subsidy, which was necessary to keep the prices down to the figures ol the Price Controller. The Price Controller
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    CHINESE CHAMBER OFFICE BEARERS
    158 14 From Our Own Correspondent MALACCA, Dec. 20. AT a general meeting of the Malacca Chinese Chamber of Commerce held recently the following were elected office-bearers for 1917. Mr. Tan Cheng Lock: patron; Mr. Goh Chce Yan: president; Messrs Cheong Seng Wan and Chew K?ng Chiong: vice-presidents;
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    Penang Gangsters Smashed
    207 14 From Our Own Correspondent Penang, Dec. 21. WITH the smashing of the gangs which at one time terrorised Penang and the mainland, there is now practically no more serious crime on the island, the local C.I.D. states in a year end review of the work of the
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    36 DEATHS FROM SMALL-POX
    48 14 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Dec. 22. THE health Intelligence report for the Malayan Union for the week ending Dec. 14 states there were 159 cases of small-pox in north* Malaya including 36 deaths. In Trengganu 126 cases were reported Including 22 deaths
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    Kedah Turns Out Hand Loom Cloth
    275 14 From Our Own Correspondent ALOR, STAR, Dec. 22 THE ingenuity of the people of Kedah in turning *i good use a common raw material, provide! clothing for many people at a time of acute shorta^ In 1943, during the Japanese occupation, Kedah special attention
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    PENANG ENTERS A NEW LIFE
    100 14 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG. Dec. 22. CTATING that Penar.g and Province Wellesley had crossed the ‘‘threshold of a new life” and could look back “with pardonable pride” on the past year, the Resident Commissioner. Mr. S. N. King, in a Christmas message to the
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    Govt. to reconsider European grant
    165 14 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Dec. 21. rOLLOWING strong verbal and written protests, the acting Governor-General, Sir Edward Gent, has referred the question of European Government officers’ cost of living allowances to the Financial Secretary, Mr. W. I)/Godsall, for reconsideration. I understand that Mr.
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    STRIKE HOLDS UP CARGO
    114 14 From Our Own Corresponded PENANG, Dec. 22. AN appeal to the Government' A intervene in the P resent t M pute of lightermen a nd e ec t M early settlement is c0 n o a L ner alB a resolution adopted at a g meeting
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    SCHOLARSHIP FOR MALAYS
    50 14 With the object ol on 1 Malay youth of Johore u jr*. technical studies, the f... Melayu Club of Johore created a scholarship j three years lor Malav at the Trade School. ,jjd Mohamad bin Ahma< Don bin Mohamad A been chosen to take a radio engineering.
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    Building Laws To Be Enforced
    315 15 HUNDREDS of families living in unauthorised attap huts within Singapore Municipal limits will have to find alternative dwellings soon, unless the premises they occupy can be reconstructed to conform with the building bylaws. Notices to demolish them are being served on the occupants of these
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    JAVA EXPORTS CONTROLLED
    123 15 From Our Own Correspondent) BATAVIA, Dec. 24. THE export of vital commodities like* rice, sugar, rubber and t’olTee from Indonesia will in future be permitted only from five ports in Java and seven ports in Sumatra, according to an Antara report. The Indonesian Republican Welfare Minister has
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    HAD AMMO CHARGE
    59 15 SINGAPORE,' Dec. 25. A -4 year-old Chinese, Ong Um. living at 9th mile, Yio Chu p Road, was produced in the ■■''Urth Police Court yesterday A n he was charged witn being Unauthorized possession of a rounds of 9 mm ammuni- J!] along the same road on
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    Brooke Coming To Singapore
    147 15 SINGAPORE, Dec. 24. MR. Anthony Brooke, former Rajah Muda of Sarawak, informed Reuters in Hong Kong yesterday that he was leaving for Singapore by sea on Dec. 26, after securing an unconditional entry visa for Singapore and the Malayan Union. The Government order imposing restrictions on
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    MALAYANISSUE OF CURRENCY
    75 15 THE amount of new currency notes issued in Malaya since the liberation is given as $212,248,741.75, according to a recent Currency Commissioners’ report. This figure includes $11,200,000 issued by the Military Administration of British Borneo, which was only brought into circulation account in October. 1940 The average
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    645 BABIES BORN
    85 15 SINGAPORE’S birth rate is still far aDove the death rate. In the week ending Dec. 14. 645 children were born. In the same period there were 208 deaths The infantile death rate was 102.33 per 1.000. Among the chief causes or death stated for the Municipality were
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    GOVT. GIVES NOTHING TO RUBBER’
    425 15 rLE principle that seems to determine Government’s attitude towards the rubber planting industry, the mainstay of this country, which in the past and at present has supplied Government with a substantial proportion of its revenue, is to take everything out of it and give nothing
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    $4,000 FINE FOR SMUGGLING
    72 15 From Our Own Correspondent ALOR STAR, Dec. 19. FOR smuggling 48 wrist watches and 230 wrist watch straps a Chinese, Lim Chua Pool, was produced in the Alor Star District Court today and fined $4,000 or to undergo one yrar’s imprisonment. The prosecution officer said that
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    $27,000 RICE CHARGE
    143 15 SINGAPORE, Dec. 24. TWO Indians, Arumugam and Kothandan, of 119 Tras Street, who were arrested In Penang, and brought to Singapore for trial appeared before Mr Paul Storr in the First District Court yesterday on a charge of criminal breach of trust in respect of a lighter
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    GAOL FOR ESCAPING FROM CUSTODY
    168 15 From Our Own Correspondent KRIAN, Dec. 22. IJAN bin Unpan, alias Sarjan b n Unpan, who was being detained on a charge of robbery at the Bagan Serai police station, was smtenced to 14 months’ rigorous imprisonment when he pleaded guilty to a charge of
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    COMMUNITY SCHOOL IN PENANG
    71 15 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, Dec. 22. PLANS for opening a community school to serve the Dato Kramat and Ayer Itam areas have been completed and will be put Into operation when the new school year begins on Jan. 20. The new school Is to be
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    GUNMEN ROB MR. J.A. ELIAS
    186 15 SINGAPORE, Dec. 21. MR. J. A. Elias, a prominent member of the Jewish community in Singapore and a director of many Firms, was robbed by masked gunmen of about $2OO in cash in a house in Bukit Timah Road on Sunday morning. Mr Elias’ motorcar
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    JAPS PROTEST ON REPAT DELAY
    270 15 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Dec. 21. JAPANESE surrendered personnel in the Malayan Union have staged demonstrations and sitdown strikes and what are described by an Army spokesman as minor disturbances in an effort to bring about their early repatriation. The Army spokesman Informed
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    SINGAPORE WEDDINGS
    153 15 SINGAPORE. Dec. 24 THE wedding of Mr James H Wheeler, sales manager of Borneo Motors Ltd son of Mr Prank Wheeler and tihe late Mrs Wheeler of Battle, Sussex, and Miss Rosemary (Johnny) French, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs H. F French of West Kirby, Cheshire,
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    MAJOR ON TAXI THEFT CHARGE
    82 15 SINGAPORE. Dec 24 A 29-year-old British major and two British other ranks appeared before the Second Police Magistrate Mr. L c Go 1 jreiterdav on a charge of stealing a taxi valued at $2 500 at Albert Street. Singapore, at 1 am on Dec 22
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    Room For S’pore In Federation
    476 16 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Dec. 24. THE future of Singapore in the Malayan Federation was not one of the subjects within the terms of reference of the Constitutional Working Committee, but it was realised that other territories might wish to join, so provision
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    Foreign Cars Tax Restored
    92 16 FE imposition of a 20 per cent, tax on all foreign cars imported into Singapore has been restored with effect from Dec. 20 According to a regulation appearing in the latest Government Gazette, all foreign cars brought into Singapore in future will cost buyers 20 per
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    MALAY YOUTH CONGRESS ENDS
    97 16 From Our Own Correspondent Malacca, Dec. 24.—The first congress of the Angkatan u‘ermuda Insaf (Malay Youth Corps) ended today in Malacca It was attended by seventy delegates from Singapore, Johore, Malacca. Negri Sembilan, Selangor, Perak, Kelantan, Kedah, Penang, and Perils The Committee for 194 7 v/ill
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    INDIANS WILL STATE VIEWS
    115 16 SINGAPORE, Dec. 25. THE Malayan Indian Congress, 1 which represents Indians in Singapore and the Malayan Union, will shortly hold a meeting o discuss the constitutional proposals for Malaya presented by the Working Committee, and will issue a statement, Mr. R. Jumabhoy, chairman of the Malayan
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    PLAN TO ATTRACT PADI
    234 16 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Dec. 24. IN order to attract the greatest possible quantity of padi for sale to the Government during the harvest now beginning, it has been decided that the Government purchase price be further increased from $lO to $2O per ploul
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    RE-UNION DINNER
    57 16 From Our Own Correspondent. MALACCA, Dec. 23. MORE than 60 present and past members of the Chinese Company of Malacca Volunteer Corps attended the re-union dinner last Saturday at the premises of Keng Chew Huay Kuan at Jonker Street. Dr. Tan Seng Tee, presiding, gave a brief history
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    GOVT. ALLOWANCES ARE RAISED
    235 16 Dec, 24, rE Singapore Government announced yesterday improved cost of living allowances for Government servants, to be back dated to December 1. Men employed in Government with a salary of $5O a month, or $2 a day or less, are to receive a monthly allowance of
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    SHOT INSPECTOR CHARGE
    246 16 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Dec. 24. inquiry into a charge of attempted murder against a Chinese, Chong Loy, for the alleged shooting of Inspector Ariffln, 0.C.P.D., Sungel Besi, opened in Kuala Lumpur police court this morning. Mr W D Weir, Assistant Superintendent of Police, who
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    LONDON GREETS MALAYA
    143 16 *|*HE following is the text of a Christmas message from the Mr. Arthur Creech Jones, Secretary of State for the Colonies, to the people of Malaya: “On the festival of Christmas it is curtomary to remember and greet our relations and friends. “The circle of the British
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    LIGHTERMEN RETURN TO WORK ON OLD RATES
    189 16 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, Dec. 24 A TEMPORARY truce in the dispute between Pen n lighter owners and the striking labon^ n| was declared in the High Court when Mr. E. A. de Buriatte, counsel for the plaintiff told the presiding judge
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    ROBINSON & CO ACCOUNTS
    205 16 ROBINSON CO ACCOUNTS SINGAPORE, Dec. 22. i CCOUNTS of Robinson and Co. Ltd. yesterday cove; the period Sept. 5, 1945 to June 20 1946, during which no trading was carried on. No profit was therefore, earned. The balance sheet and proJt and loss apropriaton account as at June 30, 1946,
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    VICE-CIGS IN KUALA LUMPUR
    140 16 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Dec. The Vice-Chief of the m P r r General Staff, Li eu t--Gen. r W. Simpson and 0ther o Pressed guished army visitors, addresseo officers of Malaya Command Kuala Lumpur Town Hal y terday during a brief yi inspect
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    PLAN FOR FEDERATION OF THE PENINSULA
    1288 17 SINGAPORE, Dec. 23. fHE plan for a Federation of Malaya to replace the I Malayan Union is published to-day. I The Federation, as proposed, will comprise the line Malay States of the Peninsula, together with Pelang and Malacca. There is provision for other territories
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    Malayan Citizen Defined In Plan
    308 17 SINGAPORE, Dec. 23. ANEW Malayan citizenship—which is not a nationality—is proposed in the Federation plan. The Committee which drafted the new constitution says: “The form of citizenship proposed will not, for example, affect or impair the status of British subjects in the Settlements, or the
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    1,000 TONS UNLOADED
    46 17 From Our Own C irre*pondent PENANO I**c. 24. VY/HAT Is stated to be a r c- rd ll«: urc. oi cargo was discharged n pori jesterday when 1,000 ton.-* of ric* were unloaded from tne S.S. Ismuila by the Penang Harbour B ard.
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    WE THANK INDIA
    139 17 -A P. new DELHI, Dec. 2\\. A PRESS n‘>te Issued here yester- day states that Sir Edward G.jvt, the Governor of the Malayan Union, has conveyed the thanks of his Government to ali persons who rendered service f o “those unfortunate” people, mostly women and children, who
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    CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE
    389 17 UK- H. R. Cheeseman, Director of Education, 1 Malayan Union, was elected Chairman of the Consultative Committee on the Constitutional Proposals at a preliminary meeting in Kuala Lumpur last Thursday. Mr. P. C VVickens, M.C.S., has been appointed Secretary to the Committee. Simultaneously, the Malayan Union Government issued
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    BIG ILLEGAL OPIUM HAUL
    120 17 SINGAPORE. I>*e 25 IN ut tempt to smuggle six hundred pounds of opium into Singapore was recently smashed by revenue officers when they curried out u search for contraband in the Empire Adrnirul The opium, valued at half a million dollars, was found in a coffer
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    S.C.C. Beat Airmen By Nine Points
    760 18 SINGAPORE, Dec. 22. ON a rain-sodden ground at Jalan Besar yesterday the S.C.C. once and for all settled arguments as to who is tops in Singapore Rugby by beating their strongest rivals, the R.A.F., nine points (two tries, one penalty) to nil, outplaying them
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    Selangor Club Beat Rest 21-Nil
    276 18 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Dec. 21. SELANGOR Club scored a decisive victory over the Rest —a team drawn mainly from the Army and Selangor United by 21 points (three goals and two tries) to nil on the padang this evening. The ground, after
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    OVERSEAS RIFLE MATCH
    215 18 rE Overseas Full Bore Intercolonial match was fired by Singapore Teams on Sunday (Dec. 15) at Seletar Range. Results, duly certified by the Superintending Officers, have been sent back to the National Rifle Association in England. According to the conditions of this match, scores may not be
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    Perak Defeat Indian Army Five-One
    272 18 From Our Own Correspondent IPOH, Dec. 21. IN the fastest match of the tour played so far, the Indian Army Hockey team from Singapore were trounced by a Perak Hockey Issociation XI at Ipoh this evening by five goals to one. Perak team compris State
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    RAFFLES COLLEGE BEATEN
    70 18 From Oar Own Correspondent SEREMBAN, Dec. 21. 'll IE hockey team of Raffles College Singapore, playing here this evening. were beaten by three goals to nil by Yacoob’s Xl—a scratch team of Negri players. Sheik Mustapha, the State player, scored two goals and Syed Hamid one. The
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    JOHORE F.A.
    66 18 At a general meeting of the Johore Bahru F.A. recently, the following were elected office-bearers for the year 1947. Mr. S. F. H. Day reelected as president. Wan Mohamed re-elected as vice-president. Mr. Sze Tat re-elected as hon. secretary and treasurer. Messrs. Cullen and Brocket were cleected as
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    FIRST DEFEAT FOR CHANGI
    297 18 THANGI A’ XI suffered their first defeat of the season when they played a return match with Y.W. Bates XI at Changi on Saturday. The wicket was very wet due to heavy rainfall but Bates XI made good use of it when they won the toss
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    EIGHT STROKES UNDER PAR
    75 18 (From Our Own Correspondent) IPOH, Dec. 19. IU. S. Paterson, an Ipoh golfer. Tf returned eight strokes below par this week doing 18 holes in company of three others of Ipoh’s best golfers Going round the Turf Club course, he shot nine birdies and eight bogies
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    Selangor Win 7-0
    199 18 KUALA LUMPUR, Dec. 22. CEILANGOR defeated an Indian Army team from Singapore at hockey on the Kuala Lumpur padang this evening bv seven goals to nil. Selangor dominated play throughout the game. Visitors showed occasional good form but their attack on the whole lacked finesse. Rain earlier
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    Aman May Be Contends For Empire Title
    422 18 SINGAPORE, Dec. I IF representations now being made by Kow Kim L‘ I Singapore boxing promoter and manager, to th n i Boxing Board of Control through Ted Broadribb the n of Freddie Mills, are successful, next Sunday’s fight at the Happy World
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    NEGRI HOCKEY
    86 18 From Our Own Corresponded SEREMBAN. Dec. 18 A scratch XI from th* S S Association defeated the King Georg? V School In a fast and nockey match played nee U.h three goals to ml The schoolboys played well in t first half which saw .in store on tw
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    ASIATIC RUGBY
    163 18 Reuter. The following wore elected m at a recent meeting of the Singi Asiatic Rugby Union: Prcsi^', iden u, Tan Hoon Slang, Messrs. Robert Eu and \o Djin; secretary. Mr. Guy aiD surer, Mr. Loh Siew Teng. John Fergusson. selection fJJ the for representative matches a Singapore Asiatic
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    Direct Taxation Hint In Sarawak
    585 19 I From Our Own Correspondent I KUCHING, Dec. 21. ■THE total expenditure envisaged for 1947 in the V Colony of Sarawak amounts to $10,060,756—0ver K million more than the highest expenditure ever budgeted for in the history of Sarawak. I A hint that it might
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    INCREASE IN RUBBER PRODUCTION
    131 19 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Dec. 22. THE Malayan Union rubber statistics for the month of November show that production amounted to 52,562 long tons compared with 47,203 tons for the previous month. Imports amounted to 4,199 tons while stocks on Oct. 31 amounted to
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    GOVT. PROFIT ON RUBBER SALE
    95 19 From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Dec, 19. Sir Walden Snuthers <Cons Orpington) in the Commons yesterday asked the President of the Board of Trade, Sir Stafford Cripps how much rubber was still in Government hands and what w-as the profit or loss on sales and
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    RUBBER MARKET REPORT
    231 19 SINGAPORE, Dec. 21. ALTHOUGH fluctuations have been negligible this week moderate volume of business has been transacted, but enquiry is almost entirely restricted to January shipment, says Lewis and Peat in their weekly market report. Th:re Is still very little interest shown for forward deliveries although sellers
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    PENANG TRADE SHOWS DROP
    134 19 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, Dec. 22. TRADE in Penang, which touched its post-war peak in October, dropped appreciably last month v/hen imports were recorded at SU/730,502 and exports at $25,902,426, representing a fall of over $2 000,000 in imports and nearly $7,000,000 in exports. The
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    HONG FATT MINES MAKE PROGRESS
    145 19 FOUR years of neglect during the Japanese occupation resulted in extensive scouring and land-slips down the mine slopes and the work of rehabi litation is being carried out according to plan, at a satisfac tory rate of progress, say the Secretaries of Hong Fatt (Sungei
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    KUCHAI TIN
    132 19 The eighth ordinary genernl meeting of Kuchai Tin Ltd., was held on Tuesday at 96 Market Street Mr C P Smith, the chairman. Informed the meeting that owing to serious reduction In the supplies of coal, the mine has nad to be 3hut down since Oct 14 The
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    MALAYAN COAL MINES HAVE 70 YEARS OF LIFE
    432 19 MALAYAN Collieries, with aboui 50 million tons of workable coal, have a life of 70 vears at the rate of 2.500 tons a day. which is the normal full output of the mine, said the chairman 'Mr J Drysdale at the annual
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    ‘SOAKING THE POOR RUBBER INDUSTRY’
    354 19 From Our Own Correspondent •III.IKV KUALA EUMPUR, Dec. 18. lUllhN one looks al Ihc revenue which has accured lo the ton nno onn y Uay export dul > on ™bber- a matter of $20,000,000 in excess of the estimated revenue from this source in the
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    PERAK HYDRO’S £20,545 LOSS
    168 19 LONDON, Dec. 21. THE Financial Times, comment- lng on the accounts of the Perak River Hydro Electric Power Co, Ltd which showed a loss up to July 31 of £20,54b, making a forward debit of £91,480, states that much now depends on Government assistance to the
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    NEW SCUDAI
    121 19 A* the twentieth ordinary general meeting of New Srudui l td held on Tuesday, a profit uf SII.748 fur the period from April l l!)4l to M »rch U 194*5 wax rev*-alel hv the chairman Adding f.do OHH hr ught forward from the lad account the total profit
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    FAIR BUSINESS IN INDUSTRIALS
    972 20 Weekly Market Report From A Market Correspondent SINGAPORE, Dec. 22. A FAIR volume of business was written during the week of which the bulk was in Industrials, a small part in Tins while Rubber and Loan dealings were negligible. With few exceptions gains in quotations were
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    MALACCA ELECTRIC LIGHTING
    198 20 Company Reports A DIVIDEND of 25 per cent on the ordinary share** and clearing off the accumulated dividend on the cumulative preference shares by paying the full amount due from Jan. 1, 1942 to Sept. 30, 1946 are the recommendations contained in the report of the directors
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    TAPAH RUBBER ESTATES
    83 20 Satisfactory progress in production was reported by the chairman Mr. H. D Mundell to the shareholders at the annual genera) meeting of the Tapah Rubber Estates Ltd., on Wednesday. The accounts for the period from the re-occupation of Malaya to Aug. 31. 1946 show a loss of
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    ALOR GAJAH ESTATE
    140 20 Since tne prejimma.’T report issued to shareholders on July 16, 1946, considerable progress has been made in rehabilitating the esta‘.e and the whole of the 633 acres of mature rubber can now be safd to be in good order, say the directors in their report on Alor
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    RUBBER CROP
    53 20 Crop figures for the following estates for November were: Alor Gajah Rubber estate 23,200 lbs. Ayer Panas Rubber estate 75,500 lbs. Glenealy Plantations 61,710 lbs. Kluang Rubber Company 60,000 lbs. PaJam 200,000 lbs. Tambalak Rubber Estates 30,393 lbs. Teluk Anson Rubber Estate 65.309 lbs. Ulu Renut Consolidated Rubber
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    COLD STORAGES $278,000 PROFIT
    431 20 SINGAPORE, Dec A PROFIT of $277,791.57 for the financial ye a r endj Aug. 31, was made by the Singapore Cold Storge Co 1 1 said Mr. H. B. Roper Caldbeck who presided at the ann meeting of the company held in Singapore on Saturday. Owing
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    MALAYAN SHARE QUOTATIONS
    728 20 Share quotations as at Dec. 20 •ccordinp to «.ne Malayan i aieOroLcre (Singapore) were as iOi'OWS INDUSTRIALS Buyer Seller wexundra Hr: tewortf Ords 1 80 $2.00 \l«*xai»dre H.'.ckworkp Prefs 2 90 3 10 irit Malay** trustee •St Executor Co s 00 9 01 imisnlldatec Tin Smelters Ord
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