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The Straits Budget
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Title Section31 1947-01-16 1 The Straits Budget THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES (ESTABLISHED OVER A CENTURY] Mew Series No. 24 Singapore, Thursday, January 16th, 1947. Price 40 cents (S.S. Currency) Or 1 ah.31 words
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Advertisement67 1947-01-16 1 ••ffct Museum S The SINGAPORE FREE PRESS has the largest nett sale of any after- noon 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 to67 words
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The Straits Budget
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Article805 1947-01-16 2 —Straits Times, Jan. 9. One of the outstanding figures of a world struggling to find a solid basis for peace disappears with the resignation of Mr. Byrnes. To a degree rarely equalled in the history of either country the foreign policy of the United States and—Straits Times, Jan. 9. - 805 words
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Article1141 1947-01-16 2 —Straits Times, Jan. 10. Perhaps the most surprising feature of the public reaction *o the plan for a Federation of Malaya Is the complete lack of enthusiasm. and indeed lack of Interest, that has been shown by the domicil d non-Malay communities in the proposals for tihe—Straits Times, Jan. 10. - 1,141 words
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Article929 1947-01-16 2 —Straits Times, Jan. This week has seen the end of General Marshall’s mission in China, and although w* now know that the reason for his recall to Washington was not that his mission had failed but that he was needed in Washington for higher duties, the—Straits Times, Jan. - 929 words
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Article1299 1947-01-16 2 —Straits Times, Jan. 13. This article starts with the Pmise that there are thjj distinct and competing of human society in the wol today, and that sooner or la one or ether of those three take the lead and deinonstra to mankind its superiority as means—Straits Times, Jan. 13. - 1,299 words
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Article1074 1947-01-16 3 —Straits Times, Jan. 14. We ask our readers’ indulgence today, when we propose to ignore many more important topics tn th' news and narrow our focus in this column to our own newspaper world of Cecil Street. The occasion for doing so is our farewell—Straits Times, Jan. 14. - 1,074 words
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Article907 1947-01-16 3 —Straits Times, Jan. 15. It is ironical to recall that in 1941 the Premier of Burma, U Saw, went on a mission to London to ask for a declaration that Burma would be granted Dominion status immediately after the war, and that not merely was he refused—Straits Times, Jan. 15. - 907 words
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1279 1947-01-16 4 EIGHTEEN years after he took over the editorship of the Straits Times, Mr. G. W. Seabridge left Singapore on retirement on Jan. 13. Mi* and Mrs. Seabridge sailed by the Dutch steamer Straai Soenda for Cape Town, where they expect to settle1,279 words
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Article419 1947-01-16 4 SINGAPORE, Jan. ll>. 'J*HE extensive damage to pro- perty and the great toll of I Chinese lives during the recent! clashes between Indonesian and Dutch forces in Palembang, was described by Mr. Chan Yin Sze Chairman of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce in Palembang, at419 words
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Article197 1947-01-16 4 A WOMAN who applied to the British Military Administration in Kuching for a birth certificate for a one-year-ola cnild in December, 1945 did not arouse any suspicions at the time The woman was sent away to get an affidavit. Within a few days several more197 words
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130 1947-01-16 4 A BILL which will empower the Governor to defer demobilisation of volunteers and members of the Local Defence Corps is about to be introduced into the Singapore Advisory Council It is officially explained that notwithstanding the dates provided for the demobilisation of all volunteers130 words
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Article121 1947-01-16 4 niSCLOSURE of information n u quired in “the public inter* for the forthcoming census widening of the scope of the c sus will be permitted under a fi about to be introduced into 5 Singapore Advisory Council It is stated in the Governing Gazette that “the121 words
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Article112 1947-01-16 4 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, Jan. 14 DETTER living amenities fa rural residents in Penang envisaged in the 1947 estimat which were presented to ;i Penang Rural Board at a meetia held yesterday afternoon. The proposed expenditure i; eludes $174,835 for conservanc and $39,000112 words
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Article128 1947-01-16 4 BATH—To Rosemary, wife of Virtu Bath, of Singapore, the gift of i daughter, at Kandang Kerbau Hospiu on Jan. 10. McNEILL—To Nan, wife of W. H McNeill, on January 9th. at Kandan Kerbau Hospital, Singapore, daughter. On January 11, 1947, at Bungsa Hospital, Kuala Lumpur to Sheila, wil of128 words
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Article106 1947-01-16 4 MR. r.M. WALKER AND MRS E M. SPEARING. The engagement announced between TREVOR MAL COLM WALKER, of Kuala Lumpur younger son of Dr. and Mrs. Thorns Malcolm Walker, of Monk’s Corner Dorchester-on-Thames. and ELIZA> BETH MAY. widow of the late Mr S. M. H. Spearing, of 8 Castle Gardens106 words
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Obituary98 1947-01-16 4 DEATHS TOBY—Mrs. E. Toby wife of w late T. R. Toby of Ipoh. Perak. London on 5th January. 1947. Ljwuuui i uu tiui uanuai y Mr. Low Bok Eng passed away pen"' fully on the 7.1.47 at Tan Tork Sen* Hospital leaving behind his wife. nuspiLHi leaving uemnu iua ~ji98 words
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909 1947-01-16 5 “SARAWAK BANS A BROOKE” vr r niv arrival here I have that Radio Malaya |!,othv extracts from ,ve A, Dec. 19 last. uU1 tt the authorities over “the ban against ,y t ."uy c;py r!V. ir j report of the prolJL &>•!,909 words
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Article334 1947-01-16 5 fl\ your leading article of toA day’s date I notice that you still harp on your favourite theme that the Pan-Malayan Council of Joint Action is a Singapore-led movement. An impartial examination of the member associations of the PMCJA will reveal that out of twelve which334 words
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Article46 1947-01-16 5 I THANK you and the ex--1 internees for the kindness which resulted in my receiving not cnly a cheque for $1,660 but also many expressions of sympathy. I am glad my late husband’s sacrifice is remembered. MRS. WEE AIK TECK. 201 Albert Street,46 words
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Article381 1947-01-16 5 As I sit beside the log-flre, backside frozen, face half-warm. I keep thinking of the crocodiles in sunshine and in storm That we hunted at Senggarang, Sungai Koris and Benut, How we bagged ’em, you and I did, if the crocs were there to shoot! We381 words
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228 1947-01-16 5 HOW much longer have we in the Union Federation got to put up with the activities and outpourings of Mr. John Eber of Singapore? Does he not realize that, by interfcring in the domestic affairs of a neighbouring country, he «s doing a228 words
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Article31 1947-01-16 5 From Our Own Correspondent SEGAMAT. Tues.—Che Nasir, till recently Asst. Controller of Land Revenue, Segamat, has replaced Che Haron bin Ahmad as Segamat Magistrate, who has gone on leave.31 words
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Article25 1947-01-16 5 From Our Own Correspondent Muar, Jan. 13: Mrs. C.E. Milne, Head Mistress of the Government English Preparatorv School, Muar. has returned from leave.25 words
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Miscellaneous53 1947-01-16 5 mmm ;1* i tciAi #i Ml yfl. SACS|A itf w MofIACSiA Jtt» H IK* hq. sacsea sxo n** 0 ON Of OISPOS* I s m director or rroaocastino Mi in IK >-■ i ECTOR OF BROADCASTING *3* IS* N A/Vp mi omit. OK :•:> L»Mi Z' RIO T.H.VIM wm FLATS53 words
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Article1211 1947-01-16 6 SINGAPORE, Jan. 13. A COMMUNAL economy, in which the Indonesian factory and agricultural workers show a surprising sense of improvisation and ingenuity, hut in which there is obvious need of foreign advice and expert direction, is the picture of Java brought back to Singapore of a1,211 words
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Article35 1947-01-16 6 I'row Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 11. TIIL death occurred on Thursday 1 a: Bungsar Haspital of Mrs. Marv Goodo, wife of Mr. W C Goode, of th. Malayan Union Secretariat.35 words
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Article67 1947-01-16 6 It is officially announced that it is now permissible to include in parcels sent from Singapore, tinned foodstuffs up to the maximum of seven lbs. per parcel, but not more than three lbs of any one item. This does not permit the export of edible67 words
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Article56 1947-01-16 6 Malacca, Jan, 9.—Mr. A. W. Lumond. D strict Officer, Alor Gujah. who is going on transfer to Kuala Lumpur, was ent rtained at a tea party by the staff of th P District Office yesterday. Mr. Smallwood, who is taking over dut es from Mr. Lamond. was56 words
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Article763 1947-01-16 6 SINGAPORE, Jan. 13. CRITICISM of the Government’s attitude towards the probk*m of tuberculosis in Singapore as a ‘‘defeatist” one which ‘‘brings us nowhere,” was made by a specialist in the disease. Dr. B. R. Sreenivasan, at a meeting of the Alumni Association of the King763 words
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Article304 1947-01-16 6 (From Our Own .Correspondent) KUALA LUMPUR, J an n. PENDING a decision regarding the future role of th e i 0 forces in the defence of Malaya, the status of the Volu teer Forces in the Malayan Union demobilised disembodied but not disbanded is being extended304 words
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Article84 1947-01-16 6 —Straits Times copyright. From Our Own Correspondent LONDON. Jan. 8 THE promotion of Mr. Tnonn “Tikky” Lloyd to succeed Si George Gater, Permanent Unde: Secretary at the Colonial is considered the wisest po&ft! choice both in Whitehall arj outside, and is warmly welcomed Mr Lloyd, who—Straits Times copyright. - 84 words
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Article73 1947-01-16 6 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, Jan. 9. THE duty payable* on goods nv.ss ing in transit by rail froij Singapore to Penang will not future be claimed from con signees of such goods, it wai officially stated in Penang to-da'* This announcement is welcome73 words
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Article234 1947-01-16 6 SINGAPORE, Jan. 10. 'STATER was likely to be rationed or its use restricted in Singapore within the next two years, the Municipal Water Engineer, Mr. D. J. Mumane, said yesterday. Mr. Murnane said supplies from the six reservoirs on Singapore Island and in Johore234 words
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Article672 1947-01-16 7 SINGAPORE, Jan. 10. il supplies °f Eastern countries could be increased (Vast four or five times from unexploited sea j |.„id waters, the international Fisheries Conf nd m et in Singapore for two days this week C ported in its findings. Its resolutions will be672 words
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Article185 1947-01-16 7 SINGAPORE, Jan. 10. M R s a. arim has been apvn P T i A' tcd aclin S Pr s.dent of o un.or Civil Service Associag?" succession to Mr. L m an w ho resigned tV' l l win t0 suddrn illness, i*, fL Association185 words
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440 1947-01-16 7 SINGAPORE, Jan. 10. r THE discourteous and threatening attitude” adopted in a 1 letter from seven Singapore Municipal labour unions is referred to in an official reply to those unions from the Municipal Commissioners. In their letter to the Singapore Municipal Commissioners, the “representatives” claimed440 words
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Article117 1947-01-16 7 From Our Own Correspondent. TSTTMAWO Tan 0 pENANG Flying Club Committee has been reconvened and is negotiating with tor either the replacement of or compensation for aircraft oelonging to the club which the government requisitioned when war broke out in December. 1941, Mr. A. J.117 words
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Article236 1947-01-16 7 DEORGANISATION of Malay national sovereignty is demanded in a commentary on the new constitutional proposals issued by the Malay Nationalist Party. The party considers that essential conditions of such sovereignty are: The Malay national flag to be the national flag of Malaga. Malay to be tihe official236 words
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Article179 1947-01-16 7 SINGAPORE, Jan. 10. PAN-American World Airways are postponing their projected operations into Singapore for a short while, due to “temporary circumstances beyond their control.” This information was given in letters to Singapore lirms sent by Mr. Stanford Gluck, who has rbeen Panair station manager in179 words
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Article177 1947-01-16 7 SIXTEEN dealers were fined $200 each and 181 fined $250 each in default two months’ rigorous imprisonment in all cases for refusing to sell and for selling cigarettes above controlled prices in Singapore last month. Fines totalling $33,888 were imposed for these and other Food Control177 words
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Article80 1947-01-16 7 From A Correspondent Mersing, Jan. 9.—Mersing, a popular sea-side resort before the war. which was practically wiped cut in 1942, is well on its wav to recovery. Although repairs to the Rest House have not been completed a small comfortable temporary Rest House has been opened. Bookings80 words
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Article277 1947-01-16 8 SINGAPORE, Jan. 11. AN interim scheme for locally recruited doctors *n the Government service is being considered by the Singapore Government and an announcement will he made very shortly, Mr. 11. P. Bryson, acting Colonial Secretary, told the Straits Times yesterda>. If approved, this scheme will277 words
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317 1947-01-16 8 SINGAPORE, Jan. 11. JUDGMENT was given in favour of the Bank of China, by the? Rent Board yesterday in 1 lif* :ase in which Gian Singh Cr., applied that the Board substitute March 15 for Jan. 15, this year, as the317 words
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Article52 1947-01-16 8 I rom Our Own Onrrespnndr it Penang, Jan. 10: While negotiat n*' a bend near Tanjong Tokong a military truck driven by a European serviceman crashed Into a Malay house, knocked down two pillars and them overturned. The driver, who was the sole occupant, hr wever.52 words
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Article38 1947-01-16 8 SINGAPORE, Jan. 11. Fred Tay and Harry Chre charged with possession of military property, were acquitted by the Singapore Second District Judge Mr. T. T. Russel) on Thursday. Mr. G.E N Oehlers was tor the accused.38 words
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Article78 1947-01-16 8 From Our Own Correspondent IPOH, Jan. 10.— Armed with rifles and knives seven Chinese held up an entire settlement of villagers near Chemor last night. An Indian, who slipped out of the settlement undetected, summoned help from Chemor police station before the Chinese could do anything78 words
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Article164 1947-01-16 8 Acknowledging receipt of a gram of $10,000 from the Indian Government, the Ramakrishiv.i Ashrama Orphanage Committee. Penang, have sent a special letter of thanks to Mr. S. K. Chettur. Representative of *he Government of India in Maiava. “who has been directly and chiefly responsible for such164 words
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247 1947-01-16 8 ABOUT 100 squatters, living in plank and attap huts in Flanders Square (off Petain Road near Jalan Besar), which have been condemned by the authorities are to be provided with new tenements by their employers. Plans for a two-storey, 32-room block on the site of247 words
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Article148 1947-01-16 8 SINGAPORE, Jan. 11. IT is not unusual for crocodiles to be seen travelling overland at nights. said Mr M. W. F. Tweedie. Director of the Raffles Museum and Library, commenting on the r»wcnt shooting of an eightfoot crocodile at Thomson Road. Singapore, by a radio patrol.148 words
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Article79 1947-01-16 8 From Our Own Correspondent SEREMBAN, Jan. 10.—Over 100 people, including heads of government departments, attended a meeting convened at the Council Chambers here today to hear Mr. W. A. Gordon Hall. Resident Commissioner of Negri Srmbilan, explain in a two-hour address the new constitutional proposals. Although79 words
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Article274 1947-01-16 8 SINGAPORE, Jan. 11. LARGE shipments <ff food lor the civilians anrfc the Services figure prominently on the manifest of the Blue Funnel liner Charon which arrived in Singapore at noon today from Freman'le with 57 passengers on board for Singapore. Services cargo on board274 words
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Article316 1947-01-16 8 From Our Own Correspondent ALOR STAR, Jan. 10. WITH slogans enthusiastically proclaiming “\V e An On The Right Road” and wishing “All Success To Our Leaders,” the United Malay National nisation’s general assembly opened at Alor Star todav after hearing the Sultan of Kedah tell316 words
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Article70 1947-01-16 8 The Council of Joint Action to hold muss demonstratio:, throughout the country in a fullscale campaign to line up a. Asiatic communities behind r programme for a United Malaya The plans were revealed in Pea ang yesterday. Tentative dates for meeting are: Ipoh and Singapore. Ja: 19:70 words
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Article45 1947-01-16 8 FOR refusing to sell a packet m cigarettes to a Food Control Inspector, a 59-year-old Hokien Pop Cheng Chup, of 91. Lavender Street, was fined $100 or month’s simple imprisonment Mr. T. T. Russell in the Singa pore Second District Court45 words
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Article61 1947-01-16 8 SINGAPORE, Jnn. ll. An elderly Chinese. Tan Tow, of 146, Jalan Raja. srntenoed to three mon*-; ♦simple imprisonment by the gap~re First District Judg'\ Paul Stcrr, yesterday when was convicted of having honestly retained three radio receiving sets the Far Eastern Publicity sion, Hq., S.A.C.S.E.A, Tan. who61 words
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Article649 1947-01-16 9 Lr Hritish Government cannot recognise the PanP I van Council for Joint Action as “the only embraces all Asiatic communities in ■v .in#i with which the Government may conduct nations on constitutional issues.” I 8 This statement is made in a letter written by Sir649 words
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Article121 1947-01-16 9 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, Jan. 8. THE Acting Governor-General Sir Edward Gent, paid a brief visit to Penang today with Dr. L. Haden Guest, M.P lor Islington. North Div.. and member of the Parliamentary Medical Committee, who is at present visiting Malaya. Dr. Guest121 words
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Article62 1947-01-16 9 SINGAPORE, Jan. 9. Two Japanese PoW’s who were charged on Monday w T ith voluntarily causing hurt by using two small knives on a Chinese at Woodlands Road on Jin. 4, were produced again ir> Hie Fourth Court yesterday. The case was withdrawn on the instructions of62 words
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Article127 1947-01-16 9 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, Jan. 8. WHEN the s.s. Jalagopal carrying 1,100 Indians to Malaya arrived in Penang today, some trouble was caused by a number of deck passengers who refused to go into quarantine. The incident occurred because quarantine regulations were tightened as the127 words
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Article41 1947-01-16 9 SINGAPORE, Jan. 9. The Hokkien sub-branch of the C.I.D. have started a campaign against, pick-pockets as a result of numerous complaints. Within the last two days 17 young Chinese were rounded up and are being detained pending investigations.41 words
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Article465 1947-01-16 9 Gunman Held Up Police Shot Down SINGAPORE, Jan. 9. THREE Chinese detectives attached to the Singapore Police Force who allowed themselves to be held up by three gunmen were commended by the Singapore Coroner yesterday “for standing up to the attacks cf the gunmen” one of whom they shot in465 words
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Article397 1947-01-16 9 pEES for paying patients in the General Hospital, Singapore are likely to go up in the near future, the Straits Times understands. The whole subject of fees is at present under consideration and the authorities studying the position are likely to be influenced by the397 words
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162 1947-01-16 9 From Our Own Correspondent KRIAN, Jan. 8. DAMAGE estimated at a million dollars was caused to Gedong Estate, six miles from Bagan Serai,* in Perak, by a storm which broke early in the evening of Dec. 27. Eight hundred acres of growing rubber162 words
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166 1947-01-16 9 NO steps are being taken by the Singapore Chinese Consulate-General to conscript overseas Chinese of military age for the Chinese Government, the Straits Times was authoritatively informed A report from Shanghai that embassies and consulates abroad have been instructed by the Chinese Government to make166 words
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Article88 1947-01-16 9 From Our Own Correspondent Malacca, Jan. B.—According to padi cultivators in Malacca this year’s padi crop will be a bumper one. Harvesting has already begun in many of the northern areas in the State, while padi in the southern areas is beginning to mature. It will88 words
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Article38 1947-01-16 9 From Our Own Correspondent Kuching, Jan. 8: More than 500 children from nearly all the schools In Kuohing were entertained to a free cinema show at the Sylvia Cinema by the Kuching Rotary Club recently.38 words
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535 1947-01-16 10 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 9. ANE individual and 17 organisations form the present v v membership of the Council of Joint Action, according to the secretary (a representative of the Malayan Democratic Union), whom I saw to-day. Two Singapore associations535 words
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173 1947-01-16 10 SINGAPORE, Jan. 10. MR. Douglas Massey, 20-years-old son of the Australian Govt. Commissioner in Singapore, Mr. Claude Massey, was injured in the right leg when the motor cycle which he was riding yesterday afternoon came into collision with a Services truck opposite the Victoria173 words
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81 1947-01-16 10 “A fire department Is a vital department which must, no matter what happens, carry on, and with the help of the Military, Singapore today is sufficiently protected in cvcr> respect—personnel and equipment,” stated Mr J. G. Shaw, Chief of the Singapore Fire Brigade, to81 words
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Article209 1947-01-16 10 From Our Stall Correspondent Kuala Lumpur. Jan. S. I'HE Malay Nationalist Party has not yet taken up membership of the Council of Joint Action, said Dr. Burhannudin, ihe president, to me to-day. He added that the party’s newly-elected committee would be deciding this week whether209 words
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300 1947-01-16 10 PENANG Jan 8 A LANDLORD’S view that it seemed rather unfair that pre-war tenants should come back after so many years and expect the return of their pre-war tenancies was expressed before the War Absentees Board yesterday. The case arose when Mr. J. H.300 words
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Article218 1947-01-16 10 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, J an 81 A SCHEME to supply loans amounting to millinj dollars for the rehabilitation of Malayan in J tries, including rubber and oil palm estates, has m formulated by the Government. Full details wilil announced in the next218 words
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Article134 1947-01-16 10 From Our Staff Correspond Kuala Lumpur, Jan ‘'THIRTY additional appoi 1 ments of Asiatic insp tors have been applied for the Acting Commissioner Police, Malayan Union, st a an official communique to-<j Referring to service m Malayan Police Force, the ci munique states that the ques134 words
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Article85 1947-01-16 10 SINGAPORE, Jan. 3 FOUR Chinese armed pistols held up a Chiu clerk at the Singapore Mei Hospital early yesterday aft noon, robbed him and ransacl his quarters. After forcing the clerk to hi over his gold ring and a wris watch the robbers herded clerk, his 1885 words
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Article119 1947-01-16 10 SINGAPORE, Jan. TWO serious fires were narro averted in Singapore J terday by the only two avails engines, manned by soldiers a civilian officer in c hal About 120 members of the < gapore Fire Brigade have b on strike since New Year’s D If the two119 words
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Article224 1947-01-16 10 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, Jan. 9. POOD Control and Price Control Departments were different departments and no one had the right to lift controlled prices at his discretion, Mr. G. V. Dawson, the prosecuting officer, declared in court in replying to the defence counsel.224 words
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Article65 1947-01-16 10 From Our Own Correspondent MALACCA, Wed :—Chinese members of the Volunteer Forces and the Local Defence Corps will be paid release benefits before the Chinese New Year, according to the offlcer-in-charge of the Volunteer Records Office. The official declared Christian volunteers were paid before Christmas and65 words
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Article252 1947-01-16 11 SINGAPORE, Jan. 9. rruK President of the Dyak Association, Dr. C. T u-wim and its joint honorary secretary, Mr. lit-i’m have, the Straits Times understands, Ph Ineei th”r posts because both are Government resl^. n f S in Sarawak. sen ,?i understood that by their252 words
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Article161 1947-01-16 11 I SINGAPORE, Jan. 10. I at \-Pow witnesses who have 1,/ ai given evidence in the In u- Detain War Crimes trial I .io.h rtered its fourth day yeslu d v h ive tcstmed to the help |2j£w Po\v» hy col. suwabe. |ih with161 words
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Article116 1947-01-16 11 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, Jan. 8. A reformer who confined an Indian woman in a house in Noordin Street in order to ‘bring her back to the path of virtue" was told in the Police Court yesterday that he could not interfere with the liberties of116 words
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Article166 1947-01-16 11 SINGAPORE, Jan. 10. Ml, Gerald Farleigh Clarke, a man Wl «L' klloWn Singa P° r e sportsnret 7n S T arried t 0 Miss Marm- p in e Cockburn in the yestprH? r tbe 00( I Shepherd I«e M r ay r mi He is J he son166 words
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Article87 1947-01-16 11 From Our Own Correspondent MUAR. Wed.—Wong Yew Seek was fined $250 by the District Judge, Mr. Hamid bin Mustapha, for moving 1,232 katties of wheat flour at Pahog without a written permit from the Assistant Food Controller. In another case and under the same charge87 words
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Article92 1947-01-16 11 SINGAPORE, Jan. 19. A Singapore scheme similar to the Malayan Union one for the rehabilitation of industry by Government loans, reported in yesterday’s Straits Times, is being considered. Mr. Nelson Jones, Singapore Financial Secretary, told the Straits Times yesterday that the matter had been under92 words
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Article126 1947-01-16 11 SINGAPORE, Jan. 11. AMERICANS will soon hear an “actuality broadcast” of life in Singapore over more than a hundred U.S. radio stations. Mr. William Winter, American radio commentator and former war correspondent will interview Singapore’s “man-in-the-street” today and record his impressions for America. During his126 words
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Article305 1947-01-16 11 SINGAPORE, Jan. 11. BECAUSE docking facilities at the Keppel Harbour dockyards for converting seven LCTs (Landing Craft Tanks) into commercial craft, will not be available till the end of February or early March, these vessels will continue to lie idle in the Singapore Harbour till that time.305 words
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219 1947-01-16 11 SINGAPORE, Jan. 11. ALL U.N.R.R.A. repatriates from China in future will be quarantined on St. John’s Island as a precaution against meningitis being brought to Singapore. Only after medical authorities have made a thorough check on each person’s health will he be permitted to enter219 words
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92 1947-01-16 11 From Our Own Correspondent iMialacca, Jan. 9.—Legitimate dealers in price-controlled articles hav e complained to the Department of Price Control that, in view of th e largp number of hawkers who sell prics-controlled articles, their turn-ov~r through' sales is very small. Th-y have appealed to the92 words
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Article72 1947-01-16 11 SINGAPORE, Jan. 11. Sean Liang Soon, aged 56, of 8 Synagogue Street, was bound over in a sum of $5OO for six months by Mr. Paul Storr in the Singapore First District Court yesterday for having possession of 185 two-hoon tubes of chandu. He was also fined $25,72 words
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Article164 1947-01-16 11 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 9. THE railway line south of Kuala Lumpur was blocked from 9.30 a.m. today following the derailment of five wagons on a slow goods train on its way from Kuala Lumpur to Singapore. Two or three wagons were badly164 words
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Article158 1947-01-16 11 From Our Staff Correspondent Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 10. pASSENGER trains from Singapore to Kuala Lumpur were four hours late as a result of the second derailment which occurred this morning on the deviation which had been constructed past the track on which five wagons had jumped the158 words
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Article186 1947-01-16 11 SINGAPORE, Jan. 10. A struggle in a coffee shop between a Chinese detective and a wanted man for the possession of the detective’s loaded revolver, which ended in both men being wounded, was described in the Singapore Second Police Court yesterday, when Tar. Ah Chye, alias186 words
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Article210 1947-01-16 12 SINGAPORE, Jan. 9. OIR Franklin Giin.son, Governor of Singapore, and Rear-Ad-miral H.J. Egerton. Hag Officer, Malaya, were present, at the Rotary Club luncheon at the Adelphi Hotel yjGordiv, at which the Rear-Admiral addressed the meeting on his impressions of Russia. Rear-Admiral Uger.on, who was Senior Brit210 words
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Article78 1947-01-16 12 SINGAPORE, Jan. 9. A Chinese, L:m Seng Heng was fined $750 or in default six months’ rigorous imprisonment whin the Singapore Third Police Magistrate was asked by Mr. J. P. Merson, Customs Prosecuting Officer, to impose a maximum sentence. Lim had abused his position as a78 words
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Article97 1947-01-16 12 SINGAPORE, Jan. 9. An attempt of a Sikh to smuggle 1.433 yards of cloth from Silat Panjung (East Indies) into Singapore, later foiled by a Customs search party, was revealed in the Second District Court before Mr. T. T. Russell yesterday when Jagat Singh was lined97 words
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Article306 1947-01-16 12 AS part of what will eventually be a Malayan-wide project to buy and develop plots of land and build houses on them for sale or rent, 14 new residential houses of the cottage type will be ready for sale in Singapore within six months. This is306 words
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Article109 1947-01-16 12 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. B.—A Chinese gangster robbed $l,OOO from a Chinese rubber dealer at 4 1 2 miles, Bentong Road, on Friday after lulling his victim into a sense of false security by discussing with him the current rubber prices and the109 words
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153 1947-01-16 12 SINGAPORE, Jan. 10. 'THE stale of fees and charges 1 which Singapore solicitors are authorized to make is now increased by 50 per cent, with the passing of the Solicitors Remuneration Bill in the Singapore Advisory Council yesterday. Mr. E. J. Davies,153 words
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Article453 1947-01-16 12 Trade Commerce Return To Borneo TRADE and commerce are gradually returning to normal and supplies are arriving in ever-increasing volume, the Officer Administering the Government of North Borneo, Mr. J. A. Calder, states in a report on general conditions of the colony tabled at the North Borneo Advisory Council. Mr.453 words
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Article98 1947-01-16 12 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, Jan. 8. WITH two ships, the Hong Siang and Mau Sang, arriving this week, Penang is well stocked with China delicacies dnd other goods which are expected to add the prewar touch of festiveness to the forthcoming Chinese New Year. The98 words
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Article301 1947-01-16 12 f rom Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 8. MR Lee Kong C'hiang, well- known Singapore Chinese, interviewed in Kuala Lumpur on the proposed Malayan constitution, declared, “It is only natural Singapore should be included in Ihe Federation of Malaya that is being planned.” He added301 words
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Article289 1947-01-16 12 From Our Own Corresponds PENANCJ Jan. 9 Leaders of u.m.n.o., meet ing in a two-day’ secre session yesterday and todav discussed in detail the CoJ stitutional Working Committee’s proposals for a Fed* ration of Malaya. Dato On bin JafTar presided at th meeting. The meeting,289 words
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Article121 1947-01-16 12 SINGAPORE. Jan. 10. At a meeting of the commits of the Singapore Silver Jub:W Fund held in the office ot Department of Social Weltaj yesterday the chairman. Mr. 1 P. F. McNeire, informed bers that there was an accurnu.' ation of about $320,000. inters accrued during121 words
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Article60 1947-01-16 12 From Our Own Correspondent Mirar, Jan. 8.—Mr. Syecl Kaw Mohammad, Deputy Commission er of Trades and Customs, was entertained at a tea P a given by the Peninsula M a Movement at the Muar Club e terday. Mr. Syed Kadir is going transfer to60 words
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374 1947-01-16 13 IaVY Kuching Malays who resigned from the ik Civil Service informed their departIffheads privately that they acted contrary to I a ,i wishes because of pressure brought to bear rc lhe j r families, or because of fear of social I rXiuus boycott,” states374 words
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Article100 1947-01-16 13 HE lice ration b-« increased this V n cation of 225,000 M alaya for the 1 lit i* 'a l f) 47 was shipped. Government offit:i" Straits Times, warning against lQv';Vr ii!\ ni Said that *1- r t, 1 00 to ns was “alioon: hs or nor100 words
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Article32 1947-01-16 13 tob'in r tho ta frl ished sh ackle h fJ l in Japanese en opened as treet has f, ation oc r\il first "Class ren ?apore. f r troops in32 words
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Article140 1947-01-16 13 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 11. LADY Gent, wif? of the Governor, on'Thursday inspected the firs* prefabricated house in th? Malayan Union, which is th? suggested model on which th? Government should base any programme to relieve the acute congestion among the puir c’asses.140 words
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Article75 1947-01-16 13 PLEADING guilty to a charge of having attempted to export 1.140 yards of cloth and 720 tins of condensed milk without a permit, ft 36-year-old Chinese, Boen Kcw Tai. was fined a total of SI.SUC or eight months’ rigorous imprisonment by Mr. T.T. Russell at75 words
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Article49 1947-01-16 13 SINGAPORE. Jan. 9. A 22-year-old Teochew, Yro Teng, of 97 New Bridge Road, wns fined $l,OOO, in default six months’ rigorous imprisonment bv the Second District Judge. Mr T T. Russell, yesterday when he was convicted of having moved 18 bags of rice without a permit.49 words
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143 1947-01-16 13 SINGAPORE, Jan. 10. k PROTEST has been lodged by the Representative of the Government of India, Malaya, Mr. S. K. Chettur, to Mr. A. T. Newboult, Chief Secretary, Malayan Union, against the action taken by the Penang port health authorities to quarantine 1,100 Indians who143 words
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Article51 1947-01-16 13 A Chinese, Chui Seng, who pleaded guilty to stealing tools and spare parts worth $l2O while working as a labou-er at 223 8.0. D. Alexander Road on Jan. 10. was sentenced to two months’ rigorous imprisonment by Mr. Tan Thoon Lip, in the Fourth51 words
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Article159 1947-01-16 13 SINGAPORE, Jan. 13. INCIDENCE of smallpox and deaths from this disease in the Malayan Union are rising according to a Health Department statement issued in Kuala Lumpur. Mass vaccination is being carried out. In the week ended Jan. 4,275 cases of smallpox and 47 deaths159 words
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Article206 1947-01-16 13 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, Jan. 12. PIE recent series of piracies in Penang waters which cost Penang traders the loss of over $1,000,000 in food and other cargoes appears to have died#out with the old year, the Penang Police crime survey for the month206 words
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Article317 1947-01-16 13 SINGAPORE, Jan. 13. MANY of the points raised by the Alumni Association of the King Edward VII College of Medicine in its annual report have been adopted in principle, and in the very near future an announcement will be made of some of the steps being317 words
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382 1947-01-16 13 LTHOUGH Singapore in its worst year for crime on record had ten times more armed robberies in 1946 than it had in 1938, figures for the last quarter show a gradual decrease in this type of crime. There were 960 armed robberies reported382 words
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Article150 1947-01-16 13 From Our Own Correspondent Malacca, Jan. 11. “THE incidence of venereal di sease in Malacca is on the increase and both the medical and social authorities should note this fact and take adequate steps to bring It under control”, declared Capt. Ali bin Maidin, a member150 words
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478 1947-01-16 14 SINGAPORE, Jan. 12. ONE-THOUSAND supervisors and 12,000 enumerators will he needed to undertake the third allMalayan census scheduled lo betfin in April. The task of interviewing Malaya’s five to six million inhabitants will cost about $1,200,000, will involve thousands of man-power hours, filling478 words
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Article158 1947-01-16 14 TIIE following Singapore J.P.s have been appointed members of the Board of Visiting Justices for the Colony, for 1947, in accordance with the Prisons Ordinance: January: Mr. B. Govindasamy, Dr. N. A. Canton; February: Mr. W. If. F. Mosbergen, Mr. R. Jumabhoy; March: Mr. Lim Kim158 words
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Article117 1947-01-16 14 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 11. DR. Frederic Charles Courtenay Bonham has been appointed Economic Adviser to tho Gover-nor-General of Malaya, Mr. Malcolm MacDonald, and is expected to arrive in Singapore before the end of this month. Dr. Bonham, who has been Cashel Reader117 words
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Article58 1947-01-16 14 SINGAPORE, Jan. 12. ALLEGED to have robbed $2OO in cash from a Sikh at W/2 milestone, Woodlands Road, on Jan. 5, a 40 year-old Sikh, Gurdial Singh of 10 milestone, Buk'.t. Panjang Road, was remanded for 48 hours in police custody, when he was produced58 words
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Article204 1947-01-16 14 From Our Own Correspondent IPOH, Jan. 11. nOLICE are scouring the country side for the perpetrators ol the midnight bomb outrage which occurred on a rubber estate a few miles from Sitiawan on Jan. 9. Armed men were responsible for setting a building on204 words
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Article66 1947-01-16 14 SINGAPORE, Tan. 13. “PONG of Singapore”, the first Mandarin talking picture to be produced in Singapore since the liberation, was given a preview at the Rex Theatre yesterday morning. Directed by Mr. Wu Chu, a film director with Shanghai experience. the picture, which has a oast66 words
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Article38 1947-01-16 14 CAPT. W J. M. Spiers, Royal Corps of Signals, has been appointed Aide-de-Camp. to Sir Franklin Gimson, Governor of Singapore, in place of Capt. B. C Las Casas. Capt. Spiers’s appointment took effect on Jan. 4.38 words
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Article346 1947-01-16 14 SINGAPORE, Jan. 12. VEGETARIANS throughout Malaya are banding themselves together in an all-out drive to discourage meat eating. The Malayan Vegetarian Society has just issued, its first report. Three hundred copies were printed at a cost of $45, which was paid by a non-vegetarian Chinese, and346 words
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Article206 1947-01-16 14 Trom Our Own Correspondent. PENANG, Jan. 11. THE Federation plan has been accepted in principle by the United Malay National Organisation Congress, meeting in Alor Star. In a heavy rainstorm, which the Malays regarded as a happy omen, 25 out of 29 delegates present yesterday evening,206 words
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Article152 1947-01-16 14 SINGAPORE Island’s December rainfall was about 10 ins. more than had been its average share over a 64-year period from 1869 to 1932. The actual rainfall recorded at Changi during December was approximately 18 ins., while the average for the month is approximately eight ins. Rainfall152 words
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Article422 1947-01-16 14 FOLLOWING closely on the announcement 0 f 1 largest number of road deaths in a month f O J years, the Singapore Government has decided t o constitute the Traffic Advisory Committee in o r l to plan measures to check the mounting toll of422 words
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Article98 1947-01-16 14 SINGAPORE, Jan. 12 ]\/[EMBERS of the stall of Sini pore Social Welfare 9°? 3 ment entertained Mr. T. Mac Niece, the secretary G department, to a Chinese dr* l at the Telok Ayer Peoples staurant last night, in honorthe Otficership of the Or do the98 words
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Article248 1947-01-16 15 R e lief For Chinese In Palembang SINGAPORE, Jan. 14. <;.iPiiDore Chinese Chamber of Commerce has I'd b, (he Chinese eomn-nnit, of Palenv v ia to organize a protest against the alUilling of a large number of Chinese during a 2 hetween Dutch and Indonesians at a market c e248 words
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Article165 1947-01-16 15 R. Tail Kah Kec, Chairman of j ‘he China Relief Fund Com- I ttee in South East Asia, yesterv sent the following telegram waders ui the Indonesian Relblic: ‘Overs as Chinese sympathise hi the Indonesian independce movement It is most unrtunate th.at during the recent in Palembang165 words
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Article55 1947-01-16 15 Klano' 1 m >um Cot respondent, ram’ Mr V. NaKual la 2 InterPretar‘ s ft rr (-d tr Ln Selan g°r. is v Muthiu ang ln place of ansf u um arasamy, on m u A p l c t Court, Serema s ‘rate* *Moorthy. from ir has55 words
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Article88 1947-01-16 15 A Singapore Gazette notification authorises the letting off of fireworks during the following hours during the Chinese New Year period. 11.30 pm. on Jan. £1 to 1.30 a.m. on Jan. 22. 5 a.m. to 7 a.m. on Jan. 22. 11.30 p.m. on Jan. 29 to 1.3088 words
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Article198 1947-01-16 15 THE death occurred on Christmas Day at his home, Sitting-, bourne, Kent, of Mr. Daniel Wills, M.C.S., eldest son of the late Mr. G. H. Wills and Mrs. Emily Wills, Sittingbourne, Kent. Mr. Wills leaves a widow. A correspondent writes: Daniel Wills was a modest198 words
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Article197 1947-01-16 15 MR. Anthony Brooke has replied to the official communique issued in Singapore on Sunday, which stated that many Sarawak Malays who iesigned from the Sarawak Civil Service did so because of pressure brought to bear on them or on their families, or Decause they feared social197 words
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Article101 1947-01-16 15 “/\NLY the foolhardy w:uid contend that the Malay National Union represents the Malays and only the ignorant can believe that the Dyak Association represents the Dyaks,” states the writer of an editorial appearing in the latest issue of the Sorawak Gazette. After referring to “repeated reierence101 words
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Article47 1947-01-16 15 SINGAPORE, Jan. 14. A gang of six Chinese entered the residence of Dr. William Oh in Newton Road shortly before 11 pm. on Saturday and got away with about $2,000 in cash. The men were armed with pistols and one man carried a nand grenade.47 words
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248 1947-01-16 15 SINGAPORE, Jan. 13. A REPRESENTATIVE of the biggest American firm of whisky distillers is in Singapore trying to capture part of what has always been an almost exclusive Scotch market. He is Mr. Napier Parlato, Far cause our agents cannot get East Representative248 words
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Article251 1947-01-16 15 From Out Own Correspondent Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 13. A GREAT deal of interest is being taken by the public generally on the question of Kuala Lumpur being raised to the status of a Municipality i from next year. Observers paint out it is gratifying that this course251 words
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Article77 1947-01-16 15 From Our Own Correspondent TAIPING, Jan. 13.—1 n an early morning fire today the Jndiar soldiers’ canteeen, the former Perak Club building, was razed to the ground. Fire was noticed at about 3.15 a m. and within five minutes it had spread over the whole building.77 words
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Article47 1947-01-16 15 From Our Own Correspondent KLANG, Sun. SINCE the liberation, the various activities of the High School, Klang, have been revived. A hostel which can accommodate about 50 boys will be opened .shortly. A swimming pool is being considered by the Education Department.47 words
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Article333 1947-01-16 15 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 11. THE Malayan Railways are understood to be review- ing the Imperial Shipping Committee’s 1931 proposals for the construction of additional deep water wharves near a place called Deepwater Point in North Klang Straits, a distance of three333 words
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Article146 1947-01-16 15 SINGAPORE, Jan. 14. ANOTHER former sea trade route between Malaya and The African continent was revived yesterday with the sailing of the 7.000-ton K.P.M. motor vessel Straat Soenda for African and South American ports via Batavia. Although the re-assumption < f the service is being146 words
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Article42 1947-01-16 15 MUAR. Mon.- On pleading guilty to forging a cheque for $84.95, on July 16, 1946, at Jalan Genuang. Segamat, a Chinese Lai Fong, was sentenced to two years’ rigorous imprisonment by Mr. Justice Laville at the Muar Assizes today.42 words
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Article307 1947-01-16 16 SINGAPORE, Jan. 11. TWENTY-FIVE thousand students from Singa- pore’s English schools went hack to school yesterday where they will face a brighter prospect in 1917 than they have done since the liberation. In the words of Mr. J. B. Neilson, Director oi Education, there will307 words
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Article72 1947-01-16 16 SINGAPORE, Jan. 14. CIXTY-ONE goods wagons for the* Siamese Railways which arrived in Singapore by the B I. shij) Empire Viceroy from Calcutta yesterday, are now being unloaded on to a specially constructed track at tin* Singapore Harbour Board wharves. This is the second shipment of American-made72 words
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Article80 1947-01-16 16 A CHARGE or dc ll g a vagrant on Jan 14 at the Marine Hostel was withdrawn against Joseph Davies, a Canadian seaman in the Third Singapore Police Court Mr. K. M. Byrne, the magistrate. In acquitting Davies pointed out that Davies could not be charged80 words
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Article25 1947-01-16 16 Issues of Victory Savings certificates up to Jan. 10 in the Malayan Union totalled $330,178 50 while in Singapore the total was $253,395.00.25 words
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Article191 1947-01-16 16 From Our Own Correspondent Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 13. A SENTENCE of 13 months’ rigorous imprisonment was passed on a Chinese. Chan Hock Seng, who was convicted by the District Judge, Mr. M .Neal, in the Kuala Lumpur District Couit today on a charge of191 words
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Article64 1947-01-16 16 A sum of $1,619 was raised at the New Year’s Eve Dance, sponsored by “D” (Eurasian) Company, I/S.S.V F The object of the dance was to raise lunds for the widows ar.d orphans of Eurasian Volunteers who were killed in action during the Malayan campaign, and64 words
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Article299 1947-01-16 16 SINGAPORE, Jan. 14. SAILOR’S wild drive through the Singapore streets which ended in a collision with a taxi and crash into a wall was described in the Singapore Filth Police Court ye.-dtiday when Kenneth E l)avis, an R. N. sailor pleaded guilty to two charges299 words
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Article58 1947-01-16 16 MUAR, Jan. 13.—Anti-mosquito drive on a wide scale is being carried out by the Muar Health Department and the department is soliciting the cooperation of the public in an clfcrt to eliminate all mosquito breeding places. The department in a notice warns the public that action58 words
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Article215 1947-01-16 16 SINGAPORE, Jan. 14. A COMPREHENSIVE survey of the higher institutions of education and learning and of the status of individual scholars throughout South East Asia, are being under taken by an American couple who arrived in Singapore yesterday by the President Monroe from Manila.215 words
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Article49 1947-01-16 16 SINGAPORE, Jan. 14. Entering a shop in North Bridge Road shortly after 11 a.m., yesterday. two Malays and a Chinese aimed with pistols held up the proprietor and his assistants and got away with a large quantity of tweed suiting valued at $4,800 and $2BO in cash.49 words
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Article320 1947-01-16 16 SINGAPORE, Jan. 14. BRIGHTLY painted in grey, blue and white colours, the house colours of American President Lines, the 16,715-ton President Monroe arrived in Singapore yesterday in the course of her rouru’-the-world cruise with 29 passengers for this port—the majority of whom were the wives and320 words
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Article192 1947-01-16 16 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. i) DANDITRY along the Siam-Malayan frontier h become so bad that Gurkha troops were recen moved to the area around Kali Katil and Pada Resar to aid the Malayan police, if necessary. Both the police and the192 words
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Article162 1947-01-16 16 From Our Own Correspond™ ALOR STAR, Jan. 13.® Excepting for “a very m amendments in the Feel ration Agreement,” the meet:® ot the United Malay Natiorl Organisation’s General a| sembly was concluded w® the acceptance of the entifl federation and model staH scheme. I These amendments162 words
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Article121 1947-01-16 16 SINGAPORE, Jan. 14. FIVE masked Chinese yesterda robbed the shop of Mr. Taj Tiong Beng, ship-chandler, of 3‘ Beach Road, and later took h u away by taxi at the point of gun. He was released some dis tance along Bukit Timah Ro. a( and got back121 words
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Article352 1947-01-16 17 H SINGAPORE, Jan. 15. ■COMMENDATIONS for a higher salary and cost f living allowance for the staffs of the SingaI 0 Municipality and Singapore Improvement t have been made to the Government, hut they E> not vet been approved, Mr. L. Dayman, Muni- i President352 words
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62 1947-01-16 17 m a meeting of m i’i :i n t in a Association o ■,avl hold in Kuala Lumpur S rn ti> the following resolution Bhis Association feels strongVthat the continued delay in HSivision of a stable system Government is proving deto the planting lnKtrics and62 words
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Article197 1947-01-16 17 SINGAPORE, Jan. 15. NGAPORE police are searching for a 3-ton Chevrolorry with a red bonnet, 1 a trishaw. No. S-3438, ich are suspected to have tied away about S30,3CC rth of textiles and pernerv from Messrs. Gian gh Co's premises at No. Raffles Place, at197 words
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Article75 1947-01-16 17 «LACC A 0 x n ue s 0r Th P0nde t nt Ssc Of cloth 1 t00k over the flothlo has b€en issu:ti °n of rin p( L ople on proiki drill has C ho^ rd nrl late lV ’yard. Ttero li SOlfl at lf *>75 words
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Article85 1947-01-16 17 jy|ALAYA is to bqpome the dumping ground for General Anders’s Polish Corps, predicts the Utusan Melayu, the leading Malay language daily newspaper in Malaya. The paper says it founds its fear on information that ‘‘former members of General Anders’s Polish Corps are at present learning the85 words
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Article174 1947-01-16 17 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 14. A MALAYAN police mission is leaving for Bangkok next Wednesday to confer with Siamese police officers on the question of banditry on the Siam-Malaya frontier. The mission comprises Mr. I. C. MacMillan, Deputy Commissioner of Police. Mr. R.174 words
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Article344 1947-01-16 17 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 14. rE Selangor Eurasian Association has issued invitations to all Eurasian Associations in Malay to send delegates to a round table conference at Kuala Lumpur on Jan. 26 to discuss the constitutional proposals and the attitude of the Eurasians344 words
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323 1947-01-16 17 THE future of Malayan broadcasting, which is to be 1 based on the co-operation of the Malayan and the British Foreign Office authorities, will come under discussion when Mr. Lawson Reece, Controller of Far Eastern Broadcasting under Lord Killeatn, Hies to London on Sunday,323 words
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Article200 1947-01-16 17 COMMENTING that it was one of the worst cases of manslaughter within his experience, Mr. Justice Brown sentenced a young Malay guard, Mohamed Zin bin Abdullah, to two years’ rigorous imprisonment at the Singapore Assizes A guard attached to the Jap war internees’ camp at200 words
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Article251 1947-01-16 17 C SINGAPORE, Jan. 14. OL. Suwabe, one of the six accused in the case in which they are being tried by the Singapore War Crimes Court, for illtreatment of Indian POW 3 at Rabaul, New Britain, told the Court yesterday that he had punished his251 words
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Article130 1947-01-16 17 SINGAPORE, Jan. 15. DAIDING a lonely hut ofT Paya Lebar Road one night in November last, Mr. A. R. McEwan, A.S.P. attached to the C. I. D. and a party of detectives found seven new automatic 'Jmm. pistols, spare parts including four magazines and a box130 words
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Article1172 1947-01-16 18 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 11. RAIN, a heavy ball, superority in the serums and the brilliance of Pestana enabled North to gain a clear-cut ten points (two goals) to three (try) win over South in the annual Rugby match played at1,172 words
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Article314 1947-01-16 18 SINGAPORE, Jan. 15. BECAUSE it had not been possible to obtain land Hunting the sea at Katong, it has been decided to merge the International Club with the Island Club, members o! the International Club were told at a meeting in Singapore yesterday. The Island314 words
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Article66 1947-01-16 18 IPOH, Tuesday. Perak drew with Penang, one-all, in a fast and evenly contested hockey match here on Saturday. Perak scored after a goal-less first half when Caleb took a pass from Navaretnam on the right wing. In the last 10 minutes Penang made a spirited rally and66 words
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Article525 1947-01-16 18 COAL-GETTING with lightning moves was the featurt yesterday's hockey fixture between Singapore and nJ Sembilan State Xls, played at the Thomson Road pd Training School ground. Singapore won four goals to tJ u.K-tnct nmvp sppn in Singapore for Fastest move seen in Singapore for a525 words
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Article167 1947-01-16 18 SINGAPORE. Jan. 12. PENALTIES decided the rugger match betwssn thi? S.C.C. and Nee Soon Transit Camp, on the padang yesterday, the club winning by six points (two penalty goals) to three points (penalty). Played in pouring rain, the game was rather scrappy, players finding167 words
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Article316 1947-01-16 18 SCORES obtained Oy rifle teams in the an Inter-Colonial Full 8 uv match conducted on L*' e were released This competition i s throughout the colonies b\ ht «1 tional Rille Association in is sponsored by the British GovXl ment. Cards had to be in316 words
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Article224 1947-01-16 18 SINGAPORE, Jan. 11 J. B. LECKIE, Singapore r.u sb’c opening batsman, is in Sinnop’ and will be the clue’s viceaptam during the coming season. Leckie had his firsl sens >n mi SiaS J pore in 1940, and soon mod for himself with some polished224 words
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Article321 1947-01-16 18 AMATEtR boxing in Singapore is to get into its stride again after an interruption of over five years, and the first of a series of tournaments is to take place in March this year. Tentative dates for this tournament are Mar. 10 to Mar. 15.321 words
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Article425 1947-01-16 19 Hip volume of trade in Singapore and the Malayan i nion has returned to pre-war proportions, if of imports and exports from September last Hiuvards which approximate those of corresKdine months of 1941, can be taken as a guide. K f this approximation could be425 words
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Article83 1947-01-16 19 >on Ou r n PPMa rieSn nd/ nt ALAYANS ANG Jan 11 mid invn fu m oney t 0 spare 1 ln china Mr lb *r m,r.} ;n P r rominont Pen *n g 1 a! Kiioni?. t lt nd mr »iber of :V r,,83 words
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Article154 1947-01-16 19 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, Jan. 8. PARTIAL relief for sago manufacturers, several of whom had to close down their factories last month, is provided by a Government ruling communicated to local merchants today that in future sago flour “of any age” can be exported to154 words
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Article82 1947-01-16 19 WASHINGTON, Jan. 12.—White House said today that President Truman will ask Congress for permanent legislation to protect and maintain the synthetic rubber industry as an insurance against future emergency. It said that Truman will also seek extension of war powers under which the use of82 words
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114 1947-01-16 19 SINGAPORE, Jan. 11. PERMISSION to send food parcels out of Singapore, consisting of tinned foodstuffs up to a maximum of seven lb. will in many cases affect goods disposed of by the Army in Singapore. Sale of large amounts of Army food recently swelled114 words
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Article189 1947-01-16 19 From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Jan. 8. rHE publication today of reports of meetings on Dec. 31 at which it was decided to amalgamate Merchiston. Bagan Serai and Glenshiel rubber estates and also to amal gamate Batak Rabit with Straits Rubber by purchase by the latter, has189 words
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175 1947-01-16 19 REPRESENTATIONS by leading business and professional men in Singapore have been made both to the Government and the Secretary of State for the Colonies, asking that the British Government should invite at least one representative from Malaya to the International Trade Conference to175 words
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Article344 1947-01-16 19 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 11. THE Economic Development Committee, formed about two months ago by the Malayan Union Government, has asked the heads of all departments to draw up plans to cover the next 10 years for progress and development in the344 words
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Article101 1947-01-16 19 COLOMBO, (By Air Mail).—An imtzrnal boom in the price of coconuts has resulted from the increase in th" desiccated price and considerable difficulty is being experienced by the Colomoo Co-o.x'rative Societies Union in maintaining normal distribution owng to the suc'den d. mand for higher prices.101 words
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Article56 1947-01-16 19 TENDERS for Malayan Union Government Treasury Bills of 3 months tenor were accepted ny the Financial Secretary, Malayan Union, to the extent of $2,450,t 00 at the rate of three quarter p< r cert p i annum. Tenders in excess of that rate were rejected. Bills will56 words
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Article108 1947-01-16 19 from stocks—Straits Times copyright. From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Jan. 12. •pHE London Rubber Secre--1 tariat December bulletin shows the total of world’s natural rubber stocks on Oct. 31, 1946, as 825,000 tons, including 410,000 tons in the consuming areas, compared with 600,000 tons and 194,122from stocks—Straits Times copyright. - 108 words
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Article140 1947-01-16 19 DUBBER shipments from Malaya during December were more than 10,000 tons less than during November, according to statistics released by the Registrar of Statistics in Singapore. The December figure of 69,163 tons of all grades shipped included 522 tons of latex, 485 tons of which140 words
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Article65 1947-01-16 19 Rubber crops harvested during the month of December were as follows: Allenby Rubber Company Ltd. 50.000 lbs: IJenta Rubber Estates Ltd. 58.000 lbs: Jcrnm Kunntnn Rubber Estate Ltd. 35.000 lbs; Kundong Rubber Estate Ltd. 40,000 lbs; Mentakab Rubber Company Ltd 63.000 lbs; Sungel Hagan Rubber Company Ltd. 63.00065 words
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Article743 1947-01-16 20 Weekly Market Report By A Market Correspondent rIOC ’(ill the turnover in rubber shares was disappointing and in tin shares only moderate, the volume of business in Industrials during the past week was highly satisfactory. The premature announcement locally ol the fixed buying price of743 words
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Article239 1947-01-16 20 SINGAPORE, Jan. 11. RUBBER has been offering more freely locally and with bids from overseas reduced, prices ha\e (alien over a quarter of a cent during the week, but the market is steadier and sellers are holding oil. say Lewis aixl Peat in their weekly rubber239 words
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Article143 1947-01-16 20 ALL business names in Singapore will be re-registered under a Bill about to be introduced into the Advisory Council. This is the Business Names (Fresh Registration) Ordinance, 1047. The original Ordinance ol this nature came into loree on Aug. .*{o, 1040, and business names in the Colony143 words
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Article98 1947-01-16 20 THE Singapore Government may be asked by local Chinese merchants to appoint a representative to attend the talks which will be resumed shortly between the merohants and the Dutch Consul General on the recent interception by Dutch patrols ol Chinese vessels trading between Singapore and98 words
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Article42 1947-01-16 20 DEALERS rubber stocks in Malaya at the end of November were officially estimated at 51.766 tons. Of this total 37,867 tons were held in Singapore. Port stocks in Singapore totalled 14,393 tons and in the w’hole of Malaya 31,208 tons.42 words
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374 1947-01-16 20 SINGAPORE, Jan. n rfEIGN exchange control—in operation m apore and Malaya since the early day*, b f recent world war—has come to stay as a “pci nia J regulator of money and credit movements in this 9 of the world. Two financial officers are now374 words
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Article85 1947-01-16 20 Rubber crop figures lor the a M of December are: Alor Gajah Rafl Estate Ltd., 23.000 lbs; Ayer Rubbef Estate Ltd. 85.000 lbs; nealy Plantations Ltd 64 600 Kluang Rubber Company L r d Ml lbs; Pajam Ltd. 196.000 lbs Tamil Rubber Estates Ltd. 29.380 lb' ffl Anson85 words
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Article64 1947-01-16 20 The accounts of the Mentakab l bor Co. Ltd. show a balance at pi and loss account of $134 97b TO at Jan. 31. 1946. Provision for $4 000 directors’ fees for 1941 42 and pi sion for replanting. $35,000 is to made and the balance carried fora64 words
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Article677 1947-01-16 20 SINGAPORE. Jan. 14. Share quotations according to the Malayan Sharebrokers Association (Singapore) today were as follows: INDUSTRIALS Buyer Seller Alexandra Brickwork* Ords. 1.80 $2.00 Alexandra Brickwork* Preft. 2.90 3.10 Brit Malaya trustee Si Executor Co a. 00 9.00 Jonsnltdateci ITd Smelters Ord. 20/- 22/6 do Prefs 26/-677 words