The Straits Budget, 23 January 1947
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Title Section30 1947-01-23 1 The Straits Budget New Series No. 25 [ESTABLISHED OVER A CENTURY] THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES Singapore, Thursday, January 23rd, 1947. Price 40 cents (S.S. Currency) Or 130 words
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Advertisement64 1947-01-23 1 The SINGAPORE FREE PRESS has the largest nett sale of any afternoon newspaper published in Malaya §\nr<tp9ri" 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.64 words
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The Straits Budget
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Article1036 1947-01-23 2 Nationalisation In Kinta —Straits Times, Jan. 16. Not unnaturally, some people with Interests in the Malayan tinmlning Industry are apprehensive as to the prospects of eventual extension to this industry of the policy of nationalisation which has been applied by the BritLsn Labour Government to coalmines in the United Kingdom—Straits Times, Jan. 16. - 1,036 words
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Article1016 1947-01-23 2 —Straits Times, Jan. 17. There Is no class of road-user In Singapore that is not acutely conscious of the fact that traffic is more congested and dangerous in our streets than ever before, and the announcement that the Traffic Advisory Committee is to be reconstituted is welcome.—Straits Times, Jan. 17. - 1,016 words
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Article1038 1947-01-23 2 Times, Jan. 18. There has been more public comment on tuberculosis in Singapore this week. Dr. B. R. Sreenivasan, whose work as specialist in charge of the tuberculosis wards at Tan Tock Seng gave him an unrivalled knowledge of the tuberculosis problem as it exists among theTimes, Jan. 18. - 1,038 words
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Article1144 1947-01-23 3 »X1 muun t.v uwiimo —Straits Times, Jan. 20. I,our has it that the Singa- Govcniment has asked -he BBoard to express its opinion Ifai; .-lion o: revision oi rd"that the Board has reIfavouring a general increase l'. rr cent. IS that is so. it l lt er»X1 muun t.v uwiimo —Straits Times, Jan. 20. - 1,144 words
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Article910 1947-01-23 3 —Straits Times, Jan. 21. It was suggested in this column last Friday that bold and drastic planning would be necessary as Well as stricter control, to solv»* the traffic oroblems of post-war Singapore. It is proposed to be more specific today and resurrect ideas for entirely—Straits Times, Jan. 21. - 910 words
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Article1069 1947-01-23 3 —Straits Times, Jan. 22 That the seven striking unions of labourers employed by the Singapore Municipality do not represent the entire labour lorce was shown by the variegated picture presented on the first day of the strike yesterday. The Gas and Electricity Departments were maintaining their services:—Straits Times, Jan. 22 - 1,069 words
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Article115 1947-01-23 4 From Our Stall Correspondent Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 21. IT is understood that an announcement will be mad soon of the appointment of a special commission by th< Secretary of State for tan Colonies to investigate all aspects of the establishment of a university college in Singapore. This115 words
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Article54 1947-01-23 4 From Our Own Correspondent SEREMBAN, Jan. 21- A daring r ab; ry took place on Monday ni-lit when three armed Chines held up the rrv nager of Kota Cst-de, near Joiiol, in his home and d ramped wit}) $4,000 worth of jewellery and clothing. The54 words
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Article143 1947-01-23 4 IO BERTHA I.II.MAN <N(.t Parsons* wife of 1. II I Caulfield, a daughter, lioKcmary. on Jan 12th 1947 at Tun•srldKe Wells Kent England. Both doing well BLACKLEDGE: On January the l.‘>th. 1947. at Bungsar Hospital. Kuala Lumpur, to Barbrr Margareta wife of J. P Blackledge—a daughter. TREBLE—To Rosalind wile143 words
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Article138 1947-01-23 4 Sheridan—Chantler.—On IJee.. 7. 1948. at Holy Trinity Brompton. by the Rev. B. S W. Green Gerald Thomas Brinsley Sheridan, younger son of Mr M O and Mrs E M. Sheridan to Ann Rose Ohantler. only danghtei of Mr R S Chantler :*.nd the late Mrs Chantler The marriage took138 words
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Article29 1947-01-23 4 PEREIRA— ROSARIO On 21st .Ur. January 1922. at St Peter’s Church. Malacca, by Rev. Fr. A. fiapage Paul Franke] Pereira to Charlotte Alexandra de Rosario. Deo Oratlas29 words
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Article111 1947-01-23 4 SINGAPORE, Jan. 'll. r'ORTY-MVE large photographs depicting Malayan lift* and customs will form part of a special British Colonial Exhibition to be featured at the first post-war Sydney Royal Show to be held in March. Ihe Malayan section oi the exhibition is bing prepared b.v the111 words
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Article68 1947-01-23 4 From (tnr Own Correspondent Ipoh, Jan. 21.—A bold attempt v three Chines? to h Jc! up Ernri'ii who wa< eyeing iJo’v •:;.bun Road shortly Mfoi\ M-.sk yesterday, has b n r por cl to the police. The rvc!ist. however das.:( u 3nd pr mptlv report68 words
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Article101 1947-01-23 4 From Our Own Correspondent IPOH. Jail 21.—Forty-seven Chir.t .-e who v. e e a. fged to liev* a ~oih’Dl< 'i a sago factory last wee is to parti •ipate m the initiation ceremonyof a secret society were pounced on bv the police and taken into custody.101 words
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Article392 1947-01-23 4 DETTER amenities for members of the Singapore Government clerical service will result if concessions being sought by the General Clerical Service Association are granted by Government. In order that employees in the service may have easier access to a doctor, the Association proposes to ask392 words
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254 1947-01-23 4 From Our Own Correspondent MALACCA, Jan. 21. AT a conference of 42 Chinese associations and guilds A in Malacca called by the Chinese Chamber of Commerce it was decided to reject the Malayan Constitutional proposals and work for a united Malaya inclusive of Singapore. The254 words
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Article135 1947-01-23 4 From Our Staff Correspondent Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 21t rHE Malayan Union Government has taken action in the Malayan Collieries strike at Batu Arang under the Industrial Courts Enactment and has offered arbitration to settle the dispute between Company and the workers. Letters frcm the Chief135 words
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Article299 1947-01-23 4 I rem Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 21. FIFTY trainees in the school maintained by the Malayan Union Fire Fighting Services tn Kuala Lumpur yesterday morning showed what they bed learnt under intensive instruction in one week in the first school of Its kind hi299 words
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Article146 1947-01-23 4 SINGAPORE, j an J iMNUAPOHE P„| ;ce 11 J deavouring to trace I whereabouts ot three ill of the labouring cla.. s Jl alleged to have nssuu1 1 ertl K.K. Palayan. Seemly Government ami MunJ Labour Union, whi'e he 1 on his way to v.ork vmJ morning.146 words
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Article135 1947-01-23 4 f rom Our Own (YrroponJ PENANG. Jan. a PAVING his first ofliciaiij to the Go veraa farm at Bertam Fstate. pala Batas. the Gnwrnor the Malayan Union. Sir ward Gent, yesterday saw Japanese labourers clear the fields and 50 family Chinese squatters working their plots. Th?135 words
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Article126 1947-01-23 4 Freni Our Own Corresnondf 1 Penang, Jan. 21.—IX’scribed the judge as apparentlv resigj to a life of crime. Choo Pak Ki was found guilty in f e AfS Court of having extoi tod S 3, from Dr. Ooi Kee Wan and tonced to five years126 words
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Article38 1947-01-23 4 SINGAPORE. .T.i:;- K. Thomas, of Seren* .j acquitted and discharp D j Singapore First District Mr. Paul Storr, yesterd he was found not pa charge of being ii* pa.s seven rounds of artimu*- 1 1138 words
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Obituary54 1947-01-23 4 DEATHS POOLER Wo regret to announce the death of Mr Mark Poole-,. Chairman of Lewis fit Peat Ltd., London He was killed when a HO AC Dakota plane bound for Lagos crashed In Kent on Saturday. 11th January. 1947, STELLA LINCOLN, daughter of the late Mr .1 A Lincoln and54 words
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346 1947-01-23 5 ■nreseiit Municipal ComIt mo tiers of Singapore t,i be ashamed of them I for forcing up salaries uneconomic level and Kg on the vicious spiral Hal ion. hLOi-fas lirms at present Btunior clerk about s6a per I it lu* in* na train346 words
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223 1947-01-23 5 11 soldier who fought against the .Japanese, I d is about time somebody to 'U;*h people as A l UI ’I n ’jsod And Angry s Wife who wants nipuisory birth control” 01 (0f i 011 all Japanese. P p t^ ron ly223 words
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Article87 1947-01-23 5 YOUR correspondent “Another Resident Of Amber Mansions,” reminds me of a similar lover of his neighbours that I noticed in Poona, India. Th t thoughtful Indian gentleman had printed on his garden wall— COMMIT NO NUISANCE HERE—GO FARTHER ON.” rhat there IS inconvenience l know. w:. who live87 words
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Article181 1947-01-23 5 HAD Mr. Platt’s experience extended from “fighting against the Japanese” to being a prisoner in their hands, the charity which he retains might have been replaced by less Christian feelings. But I pass from surmise to his statement that the Jap PoWs. who have not181 words
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Article151 1947-01-23 5 SINGAPORE is one of the world’s biggest ports, and here at any time of the day at any corner you can come across foreigners who have hardly heard a word of Malay. In this city a newcomer can easily get lost, and when he does he is151 words
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Article186 1947-01-23 5 THE announcement of new I import duties in the Mala yan Union on various articles comes as no surprise in view of the temporary shelving of income tax. Whilst such import duties ar p on so-called luxury articles only, yet they will only make it more difficult to meet186 words
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Article93 1947-01-23 5 YOUR correspondent C.J.K. should realise that programmes put on the air in Malay are meant chiefly for the entertainment of Malays, as are the Chinese programmes for Chinese listeners. It would be an insult or. the part of the announcer to speak in pidgir. Malay just93 words
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Article197 1947-01-23 5 ‘A Disgraceful Service i I HAVE once again witnessed the disgraceful ambulance service which now exists in Singapore, and think it should be brought to the notice of the public. This morning an old lady was knocked down opposite the Indian Temple in South Bridge Road. I immediately dialleo “O’197 words
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Article136 1947-01-23 5 INHERE has been considerable talk both from the Government and the public regarding the question of levying taxes un imported goods at Singapore or in the Union.. Why cannot the Government adopt the very simple expedient of levying import duties on goods at all places where import is136 words
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218 1947-01-23 5 I AM at present half-way through John Coast’s “Rail road Of Death”. As an ex-PoW who went to Siam, 1 commend this book to: The ex-PoWs who tend to forget (as I had) details of the ignominy and indignities to which they had to218 words
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Article138 1947-01-23 5 AS a resident of Amber Mansions of many years standing, may I appeal to the authorities for the removal of the Pick-up sign for Services transport to a position iarther up. My family hav not had one n ght’s uninterrupted rest since we re-occupied our flat138 words
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Article132 1947-01-23 5 1AM glad to see in your paper of Jan. 8 that radium is availab'e in Canada for Malaya. In spite of over a year having passed since the rcoccupation. nothing practical appears to have be:n done regarding the purchase of radium for this country. Many unfortunate victims132 words
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Article113 1947-01-23 5 SURELY it is not necessary for food hawkers, particularly in the River Valley-Oxley Road district, to perpetrate the hideous noises they do at all hours o£ the night and day. I cannot think that the average Chinese consumer of these foods is so ravenous that he finds it113 words
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Article78 1947-01-23 5 YOUR special article “A Chapter Of Our History In Cecil Street” made interesting reading, but allow me to point out that The Sunday Times was not the first Sunday paper in Malaya. The first Sunday paper in Malaya was the Sunday Gazette. This was founded in Penang78 words
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472 1947-01-23 6 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMIMIR, Jan. 20. l/UALA LUMPUR and the whole state of Selangor, as well as Seremban, are threatened with rationing of electricity if the strike at Batu Aran# ollieries, whieh employs .‘>,51)0 workers, continue over the Chinese New Year. The Electricity Department472 words
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Article100 1947-01-23 6 SINGAPORE, Jan. 21. k N Indian Mamkam, w s s« n tended id <■< 4 r*;' porous imprisonment a. <' i ulit s’ ro’o of \V‘ rn an "Jr .Tu tco Jebl'ne at 'in '-inpaporo As: ’/os ye-’'re 1 v on a eln’pro of aimed robh'-rv.100 words
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Article151 1947-01-23 6 SINGAPORE, Jan. 21. A SINGAPORE Chinese-own-ed vessel, P.C. 1293, with a cargo of 334 bags of rice and 200 cartons ot cigarettevalued at $33,000, destined for destitute and homeless Chinese at Palembang, has be( n detained by the Dutch authorities at Banka, accord mg to a151 words
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Article44 1947-01-23 6 SINGAPORE, Jan. 21. Two Chinese of the labouring class, Chow Ah Knm and Ala S' o\v, were senten c'd to five vears' rigorous imprisonment each by Mr. Justice .Tobiing at the Singapore Assizes yesterday on pleading guilty to charges of carrying arms.44 words
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Article148 1947-01-23 6 SINGAPORE, Jan. 21. WITH the arrival of nearly 60 British motor car* arid lorries by the 6,000-ton ve>s.l Gloria in Singapore today, the number ot motor vehicles to roach Singapore this week nas now reached 100. Yesterday. 25 Buick Boons D Olrisnn bile cars and148 words
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Article27 1947-01-23 6 About 1.000 hawkers are at nr< s»*nt being modi aiiy examined by the Health Otlice, Kuala Lumpur. before thev are issued with licences.27 words
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Article398 1947-01-23 6 SINGAPORE, Jan. 21 I A HR AWL estimated to have involved aboul I<7(i'v,J labourers, hooligans, firemen and i>oli ce ,1 place in Singapore on Sunday afternoon. 1 The fight began in iront of the Harbour Board J Brigade after an engine had responded to398 words
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299 1947-01-23 6 A FORMIDABLE force of river and sea craft is being assembled by Singapore Marine Police to bring an end to the activities of the harbour thieves and the many pilferers operating on Singapore waterways. Seven of the nine launches sold by the British Stores299 words
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Article436 1947-01-23 6 (An appreciation by a correspondent.) SINGAPORE, Jan. 21. DEV W G. Shellabear. D.D one of the pioneer Methodist missionaries in Malaya died it his home in Hartford. Connecticut. U.S.A., on Jan. 16. Dr Shcllabcar’s recent servicwas as Professor of Missions and Islamics in Hartford Theological Seminary436 words
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Article66 1947-01-23 6 SINGAPORE. Jan. M TWO Chinese wen* tin J in Singapore satuJ by the Hokkicn suit branch B the C.I.D. on suspiei »n of ij connected with Du sitj a J bomb outrage, in which sj persons were killed and a hoi destroyed. I They are being66 words
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Article186 1947-01-23 6 From Our Own Con -r.nadvntß Penang. Jan. 19. T:u we* mint’s move to tax th luxury articles we Mr. N. T. Assomull. P; ,?sID J of the Penang Indian f Commerce, stat d I nun] general meet in. I Ohamb r held yesterd. I Declaring that Pen186 words
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Article242 1947-01-23 7 i roin Our Own Correspondent i KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 17. ft (i rs t time in the history of the Malayan ft ,l Service, eleven Asiatic staff nurses of the ft IC I nion been promoted to the post, of an nPP° intment hitherto reserved for ■racial242 words
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Article158 1947-01-23 7 Dm Our Stall Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Jan. 17. E Selangor Branch of the Malay Nationalist Party has inti about 70 Malay associations parties in Selangor to a dn S at Kuala Lumpur jn i 23 to discuss the formation a Malay Council of Joint ion158 words
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Article61 1947-01-23 7 He w[° AP0RE Jan. 18. Johoi/^ 11 reme nggong j: ana his wife and laron whm'J aboard the i! tral ja ycsterday Sln8apore for n ‘hjs K vj,?! 1 r u on is on eignt Mt the S& nd plans 10 Tirana n, Kin Sdom af61 words
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Article79 1947-01-23 7 From Our Own Correspondent IPOH, Jan. 17. THE highly decomposed and mutilated body of a male adult was found last night at the mouth of the Telok Anson river. The left arm and foreneud bore peculiar tattoo marks representing an anchor with throe dots. The police79 words
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Article142 1947-01-23 7 From Our Own Correspondent Penang, Jan. 17.—A landlord, who said he required h:s house tack lor his “n w wife” and family to live in. was permitted b" the Penang Rent Board to take ejectmmt proceedings against th* present tenant. The applicant, Quah Kok Khoon. said142 words
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Article248 1947-01-23 7 SINGAPORE, Jan. 18. PE number of awards of Queen’s scholarships and fellowships which will in future be made to Singapore candidates is being considered by Government, together with other adjustments which have to be made in the rules governing the scholarship, now that Singapore is a separate248 words
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Article100 1947-01-23 7 From Our Own Correspondent Penang, Jan. 20.—T0 “regulate ‘ciations and settle disputes bei ween employees and employers I >etween one member and another and between members and other I workers” the technical and clerical staffs of the Penang Municipality will form the Penang Municipal Services Union100 words
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163 1947-01-23 7 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, Jan. 16. ITNTIL the supply position improves and traders u return to making a fair m in of profit, price control will continue to be enforced, Mr. G. W. Somerville, Price Controller of the Malayan Union who is at163 words
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Article205 1947-01-23 7 SINGAPORE, Jan. 18. IN its future plans the Singa- pore Y.M.C.A. must be careful “to cater with exact fairness for all its members whatever their race or language may be,” said the Archdeacon, Ven. D. Rosenthal, at the annual meeting of the Y.M.C.A. on205 words
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Article29 1947-01-23 7 Convicted on a charge of “carrying arms,” a young Sikh, Atma Singh, was sentenced to five years’ rigorous imprisonment by Mr. Justice Jobllng at the Singapore Assizes29 words
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Article370 1947-01-23 7 k TRIBUTE to the Office of the Special Commissioner for South-East Asia in Singapore is paid in an economic review of 1946 appearing in the Sarawak Gazette. The writer states that Sarawak was faced with famine at the end of the war but Lord Killearn and his370 words
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Article155 1947-01-23 7 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 17. Application by crown counsel for a preliminary inquiry with a view to the referring of a case to the High Court, was granted by the District Judge Mr. M. Garton, this morning against Frank Joseph Sayer, an155 words
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Article134 1947-01-23 7 SINGAPORE, Jan. 18. CULPABLE homicide amounting to murder against an unknown male Chinese, was the verdict returned by Mr. W G. Porter, the Singapore Coroner, yesterday, when he inquired into the death of S. Kolandasamy, a machine attendant employed by the Straits Times Ltd. The134 words
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Article48 1947-01-23 7 From Our Own Correspondent Muar, Jan. 17.—Two hunred and thirteen volunteers ot the Johore Volunteer Forces <Muar detachment) have so far received their release benefits. It is learnt that widows and others who have not yet received benefits will be paid in due course.48 words
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Article254 1947-01-23 8 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. lfi. CETTING up house and buying mirrors and eleclrical appliances will cost the Union householder considerably more as from Jan. Hi, when new import duties come into force. Air conditioning plants and component parts arc taxed 20 per cent,254 words
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Article163 1947-01-23 8 SINGAPORE, Jan. 17. LATE yesterday afternoon a flight of Lancaster bombers from No. 7 Pathfinder Squadron, R.A.F. Bomber Command, roared in to perfect landings on Changi airfield. From this base, and from Minpaladon < Rangoon) ar.d Negombo (Ceylon», they will begin a month-lot i taetieal bombing163 words
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Article112 1947-01-23 8 From Our Own Correspondent. Malacca, Jan. 16. AFTER three, successive meetings initiated by Mr. Tan Cheng Lock. C.B E., a new body known as the “Malacca People’s Committee” has come into being in Malacca. This new body will collect views of the loc-'.l residents on the constitutional proposals112 words
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Article64 1947-01-23 8 THE new Malayan impost will not affect Singapore in any way, the Straits Times was informed last night by Mr. Nelson Jones, Singapore Financial Secretary. “The .clicy in the Union with r gard to such duties is entirely 'TTcrrnt from that of Singapore.’’ he said. “We64 words
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Article218 1947-01-23 8 SINGAPORE, Jan. 17. THE Government of India Office repatriated 13,000 Indians from Malaya last year. More than 5,000 had their passages arranged by the office in December. These figures w r ere given press conference in Singapore 1 yesterday by the Representative !of the Government of218 words
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313 1947-01-23 8 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 16. TIIE ‘shoot to kill’ order which is being considered by the Malayan Union Advisory Council on Saturday is particularly welcomed by Malaya Command who for many months have been striving to obtain more powers for guards313 words
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Article105 1947-01-23 8 N E WPROTECTED AREA IN S’PORE THE Malayan Railways have applied to the Singapore Government for the establishment as a protected area of the railway area adjacent to the Singapore Railway Station. Th's is the latest move of the Malayan Railway in Singapore to defeat the loiters who have been105 words
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Article167 1947-01-23 8 SINGAPORE, Jan. 17. rENTY-FIVE Buick and 14 Oldsmobile motor cars, the first shipment of these American vehicles for allocation in Singapore and the Malayan Union, are on board the Blue Funnel liner Rondo which is expected to arrive in Singapore from the United States on167 words
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Article197 1947-01-23 8 frrom Our Own Correspondent PENANG, Jan. 16. r[E question of payment of two months’ advance on back pay over which 500 Pen ang Municipal employees had staged a ‘walk-out’ last Saturday was considered by the Municipal Commissioners at a meeting in committee and it was197 words
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440 1947-01-23 8 THE interim scheme for locally recruited docto I the Government service has been approved! principle and will come into operation soon, r J Vickers, Director of Medical Services, Singapore j the Straits Times ’1 Government is considering the recommondati] for a revised scale of salary440 words
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Article117 1947-01-23 8 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, Jan. ALTHOUGH Penang was a free port her trade was hampered by all sorts of restretions, Mr. Tai Ngee Kheng P resl fl dent of the North Malavan Saw Manufacturers and M‘ Association, said last night a dinner held to117 words
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Article496 1947-01-23 9 SINGAPORE, Jan. 15. ,n of how the 581-ton Chinese trader Coont- Vis subjected to shell and machine-gun fire iVe lull days by Dutch shore batteries and a h nlrol craft while the vessel was berthed 11‘ K wharves at Palembang recently was told •irrivd496 words
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Article231 1947-01-23 9 SINGAPORE, Jan. 16. THE application of M. S. Ally Co., for an extension of the date of their vacation from 6. Battery Read, Singapore, the property of the Bank of China, was dismissed by the Rent Board yesterday.. The application asked that March 15 be substituted231 words
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Article113 1947-01-23 9 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 15. HAWKERS and stall-holders m Kuala Lumpur are appealing to the Government against what they describe as th p “totally unjust action” which the authorities are taking against them. At a tea party held yesterday the President of the113 words
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Article39 1947-01-23 9 SINGAPORE, Jan. 16. Mr. W.L. Clark, who has lived i the greater part of his life in Sarawak and whose father v-as a Captain in the Sarawak Rangers, left Singapore by air for Kuchina yesterday morning.39 words
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Article309 1947-01-23 9 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 15. RENEWING his plea for action on the problem of housing in Kuala Lumpur, Mr. J. R. Vethavanam, at a meeting of the Kuala Lumpur Town Board this morning, said it was five months since the Board brought309 words
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Article140 1947-01-23 9 SINGAPORE, Jan. 16. CEVEN Chinese were arrested m Singapore on Tuesday night by officers attached to the Criminal Investigation Department on suspicion of being members of a secret society of extortioners known as the Mui Hua Tong. The Police are anticipating very important developments from the arrests.140 words
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Article250 1947-01-23 9 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 15. THE unification and reorganization of the Bar throughout the Malayan Union is the intention behind the new Advocates and Solicitors Ordinance which is being introduced at the next meeting of the Union Advisory Council. There are oubstantal diferencrs,250 words
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Article86 1947-01-23 9 SINGAPORE, Jan. 16. A YOUNG Chinese, Koo Wan who claimed to be a member of the Straits Settlements Volunteer Firce in 1941, was sent enced to live vi ars’ rigorous imprsonmtnt by Mr Justice Jobling at the Singapore Assizes yesterday. Wail was convicted cn a charge :t “earning86 words
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470 1947-01-23 10 SINGAPORE, Jan. 16. A SHIP is expected to sail very shortly for Palem- bang with relief supplies for the Chinese population homeless and destitute there as a result of the recent fighting between Dutch and Indonc' 1 troops. This arrangement was first approved and470 words
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Article68 1947-01-23 10 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Jaif. 15. RY an ordinance being in1J troduced into the Union Advisory Council, the Chief Secretary is vested with power to exempt persons and goods from .Customs duties in the Union. Under the present enactments in force in the various territories comprising68 words
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Article316 1947-01-23 10 IT will cost persons in quaran- tine from between $1.30 to $l2 per day in food, accommodation ard amenities, according to their “class,” by rules which have just been published in a supplement to the Singapore Government Gazette. The new rates show an increase of316 words
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Article173 1947-01-23 10 SINGAPORE, Jan. 16. Allegations that the Dutch authorities in KariI mon stencilled the names of Dutch estates on a cargo of rubber and hemp aboard a Cninese-owned vessel valued at $63,358 and confiscated th' cargoes on the grounds that they were Dutch estate produce, were made by173 words
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Article123 1947-01-23 10 By Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 15.—An official review states that crime statistics bear testimony to the degree to which the Malayan police have been successful in the prevention of crime. In January 1946 there were 76 cases of reported murder, 108 gang robberies with123 words
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Article82 1947-01-23 10 Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 15.—The Chendering Malay School at Kuala Trengganu was opened try the Sultan of Trengganu. Mr. N. Rees, the Superintendent of Education, in his opening speech, said, “I have come back to Trengganu solely to help the Malays in every respect, particularly to promote82 words
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Article663 1947-01-23 10 SINGAPORE, Jan I A WARNING to the territories of South-East J that it would be prudent for them to prograJ for the storage of as large a part as practical! the rice they received during the first half 0 f|| was given by Lord Killearn,663 words
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Article262 1947-01-23 10 SINGAPORE, Jan. 16. CO that politics and sports u should not mix, the Singapore Indian Association has adopted a new constitution whereby all objects r.ot connected with the provision of recreational and social facilities have been deleted ’rein the rules of the association “In view of262 words
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Article120 1947-01-23 10 SINGAPORE. Jan. 16. A CHINESE fitter Wong Kit who stood bail for Wong Gi who was charged with the it portation of opium and chaw into the Colony and who J stated in court to have abscond* was asked to show cause in u Singapore First District120 words
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Article69 1947-01-23 10 From Our Own Corrcspond en Alor Star, Jan. 15.—An artful gang of Chinese entered scnj shops in the village of Guacr.GJ padak in Gurun last nigh* I ransacked the shops, cash and jewellery worth $Mi j The men, who were all entered the shops a69 words
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Article269 1947-01-23 11 i in basic salaries is proposed in the reI commendations made to Government by the L. c Municipal Commissioners and the trustees Iho °l'ni provement Trust for an amended scale of I nf living allowances. Itfft sca le, which applies to the senior and subl g ta269 words
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Article93 1947-01-23 11 )m Our Own Correspondent. PENANG, Jan. 15. jAX on born-blowing in the town area, especially in the I'drd business centre, is one nany "preventive traffic mea--15 w hich the police plan to )rce in Penang in an all-out JPaign to check street ace*- h r measures93 words
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Article100 1947-01-23 11 SEE CE m? A RE Jan 17. Plan r?t youths > ng Ah Thiarn Chfn Tian Poh and t Harbour n f the Singa- sentened Ja t rd c 3lie lines< rous imnrk, n to two years’ Paul StMrr nm( L nt G3Ch b V 1100 words
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Article148 1947-01-23 11 From Our Staff KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 15. KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. AFTER many months deliberations, the Government of the Malayan Union is giving “shoot to kill” powers to sentries at protected places. There is considerable looting of stores and owing to the shortage of forces available148 words
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Article73 1947-01-23 11 From Our Own Correspondent Segamat, Jan. 17.—The Segamat District Agricultural and Livestock Show will be held on Jan. 30 and 31 at the Government Malay Girls School and will be declared open by the Tunku Mahkota, Regent of Joihore. There will be ten sections—padl, farm produce,73 words
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Article50 1947-01-23 11 SINGAPORE, Jan. 16. Ng Ah Tee, a 40-year-old Chinese woman, who was arrested by a Food Control Inspector for refusing to sell a packet of cigarettes, was yesterday convicted and fined $lOO or one month’s simple imprisonment by the Singapore Second District Judge, Mr. T T. Russell.50 words
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Article151 1947-01-23 11 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 15. rLLOWING the pre-war system, the compulsory registration of business is to be introduced throughout the Malayan Union. It is considered it provides a certain safeguard against dishonest trading, fraudulent bankruptcies, evasion of death duties and the like. In 1939151 words
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Article186 1947-01-23 11 TELEGRAMS have been sent oy the Lembaga Persatuan Melayu, of Johore, to the Secretary of State for the Colonies. Mr. Arthur Creech-Jones, the Governor of the Malayan Union, Sir Edward Gent, and the chairman of the Consultative Committee, Mr. H. R Cheeseman, stating that the association186 words
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Article306 1947-01-23 11 THE Resident Commissioner, Pahar.g, offers a reward of $l,OOO to any one who gives information leading to the discovery of the Pahang Registers of Titles which were lost in Singapore during the Japanese occupation. These registers were sent by train from Kuala Lipis ar.d were306 words
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Article50 1947-01-23 11 SINGAPORE. Jan. 10. An 18-year-old boy, Tiu Ah Gong, appeared before the Singapore First District Judge, Mr. Paul Storr, yesterday charged with possession of a bayonet and having voluntarily caused hurt to an Indian. Tiu pleaded not guilty. The case was adjourned to Jan. 29.50 words
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290 1947-01-23 11 SINGAPORE, Jan. 17. ARORBER who was recognised by his victim about eight months he had robbed him was sentenced to eight years’ rigorous imprisonment and eight strokes of the rotan by Mr. Justice Jobling at the Singapore Assizes yesterday The victim, a solicitor’s clerk290 words
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Article333 1947-01-23 11 SINGAPORE, Jan. 16. MR. Malcolm MacDonald, Governor-General of Malaya, and Mrs. MacDonald arrived in Singapore last night. The R.A.F. York plane which carried them on the last lap of their journey which began in Canada landed on Changi airfield shortly before 5.30 p.m. It was met333 words
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Article157 1947-01-23 11 From Our Own Correspondent AI/>R STAR Jan. 16. OWING to the disappearance of a Crown witness a Chinese, Kang Cheng Hoe, who was charged with carrying fire arms some time in September last year in Pekan China had t 0 be acquitted in the Kedah Assizes today.157 words
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Article75 1947-01-23 12 -Keuter LONDON, Jan. 17. IMMEDIATh reduction of air mail postage rates from Rritain to Malaya, India, Ceylon, llong Kong, Egypt, Palestine and Iraq is announced hy the General Post Office. Instead of a Hat air mail rate of Is. 3d. for half an ounce and 7d.-Keuter - 75 words
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Article237 1947-01-23 12 Government and non-Gov-ernment employees in Singapore and the Malayan Union are to be asked to give details of what it costs them and their families to live during the current month. In Singapore forms have been sent out for the first of what will be a237 words
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Article49 1947-01-23 12 SINGAPORE, Jan. 18. J. Caruwana, a 24-year old Canadian was olTered $->0 bail ir 'the Fourth Police Cour*, when ne claimed trial to being in fraudulant possession if a ?f>() gold ring at 258, Middle Road on Jan H The case was postponed to .lan 2449 words
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Article34 1947-01-23 12 From Our Own Correspondent KLUANG, Thurs.—kluang police, led by the O.C.P.D., Che l Ahmad bin Haji Hussein, in a h surprise raid arrested 20 hawkers t°r selling vegetable and pork without permit.34 words
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Article240 1947-01-23 12 From Our Own Correspondent MALACCA, Jan. 17. AFTER day-long negotiations with the Director of Medical Services yesterday the Malacca nurses on strike returned to work today. At the talks the nurses gave expression to their grievances individually. On the question of examinations they were told they240 words
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Article86 1947-01-23 12 from Our Own Correspondent Malacca. Jan. 17.—With the cooperation ot the military police, members of the local civil p;lice conducted a search for arms and ammunition in Bunga Raya area last night. Throwing a cordon round the area the police made a n:use-to-house search. Although86 words
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Article278 1947-01-23 12 SINGAPORE, Jan. 17. WATER and electricity were restored yesterday to the Bank IT of China premises in Battery Road. Singapore, occupied by Gian Singh and Co. Supplies had been discontinued on Wednesday afternoon. Gian Singh and Co. and M. S Ally and Co. two278 words
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376 1947-01-23 12 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, J*m. 17. THERE is a possibility that the War Prisoners (Malayan Union) Association will expand into a political association pursuing a radical policy and incorporating all nationalities in its membership. According to a report by the association, the376 words
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Article94 1947-01-23 12 From Our Own Correspondent Seremban, Jan. 17: Pending confirmation from the President of the J.C.S.A. in Kuala Lumpur, about 1,000 members of the Negri Sembilan Government J.C.S.A will march in a procession to the Residency with banners at 5.30 p.m. on Jan. 27 and urge94 words
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Article, Illustration224 1947-01-23 12 SINGAPORE, Ja n pi H THERE was a happy re J x at the 1 anj eng wharves yesterday even* when Jane and Bill Howl the two children of \M colm MacDonald, wife of Governor-General 0 f >.■ Malayan Union, were met fl board the224 words
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Article184 1947-01-23 12 From Our Own Correspondent Kuala Lumpur. Jan. 17. POLICE patrols of the Ku-li Lumpur Criminal Invest gation Branch on Wednesday night arrested an alleged car stripper and stopped a hini car in which certain quantities of chandu were found. As the result ot further184 words
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Article57 1947-01-23 12 From Our Own Correspondent KUCHING, Jan. 17.—A strikewhich was to have taken P 1 today, by workers of the Sara* Electricity Supply, Kuching. averted following the compn’ 1 decision to grant three mom* 15 ex-gratia payments. It is also learned that worked' demands for pay increase57 words
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Article367 1947-01-23 13 t ,O, L i Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 18. F VKINtJ on the Federation constitutional propof i u Governor, Sir Edward Gent, at today’s iTinti of the Malayan Union Advisory Council, di- comments at quarters which intended withr. ir t u .j,367 words
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Article157 1947-01-23 13 T Ur »n Correspondent soon'ho 9 A h:m e in Ipoh be ,°P c ned for giving numhn hel i er to the increasin Perak. f Under -P ri vileged homp 8 n hC S( hcme for lhe aturn a? 11 B Gray °f the makin*157 words
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Article135 1947-01-23 13 From A Correspondent Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 19. SIR Edw r ard Gent, Governor ot the Malayan Union, is due to visit Sabak Bernam sub-dis-trict. towards the end of January. Sir Edward, who will travel by launch, will be accompanied by Lady Gent. The principal object135 words
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Article154 1947-01-23 13 ALL persons in possession of unlicensed weapons in Sarawak have till March 31 to bring them to police stations. After that date, anyone in possession of an unlicensed weapon will be liable to the Heaviest penalty laid down in tne Arms and Explosives ordei ol 1931.154 words
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Article72 1947-01-23 13 A LTHOIGII in many parts of the world the divorce courts are crowded, there are comparatively few divorce suits coming before llie High Court in Singapore. Since the courts were opened in April last only 23 divorce suits have been heard. There is no congestion in72 words
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253 1947-01-23 13 MASS protest meetings on Jan. 26 will be held all over Malaya by branches of the Malayan Indian Congress, which is a member-association of the Pan Malayan Council of Joint Action. Addresses will be delivered on the three basic principles of a United Malaya inclusive253 words
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Article150 1947-01-23 13 From Our Own correspondent. KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 18. THE Governor, Sir Edward Gent, at today’s meeting of the Malayan Union Advisory Council, disclosed that it had been decided tc constitute a tripar tite Labour Advisory Board for the Malayan Union with representatives of employers,150 words
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Article118 1947-01-23 13 SINGAPORE, Jan. 19. A FINE of $2,700, or 12 months’ imprisonment, was imposed on Pung Loh Beng, the licensee of a retail liquor shop at 378-21 Changi Road, yesterday by Mr. K. K. M. Byrne In the Singapore Third Court. Mr. J. P. Merson, of the118 words
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Article207 1947-01-23 13 SINGAPORE, Jan. 20. THE second shell-scarred and 1 bullet-marked ship from Palembang—the 200-ton Chineseowned inter-island motor vessel Eng Guan, of British registry—is now in Singapore after being through the thick of the recent hostilities between the Dutch and the Indonesians at Palembang. Besides being repeatedly subjected207 words
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Article, Illustration315 1947-01-23 13 SINGAPORE, Jan. 17. MR. Arthur C. T. Kwong, Chinese Consul at Singapore, was married to Miss Kay Tan Yeow Kim at the Victoria Memorial Hall, Singapore yesterday. The bridegroom is the eldest son of Mrs. Y. C. Kwong, the bride, the second daughter of Mr. and315 words
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Article111 1947-01-23 13 Straits Times Copyright. From Our Own Correspondent London, Jan. 19.—The Sunday Times Correspondent in Kuching quotes Sir Charles Arden Clarke. Governor of Sarawak, as saying: “Mr. Anthony Brooke is no ordinary person. He was heir apparent to the heir presumptive under the Brooke regime, andStraits Times Copyright. - 111 words
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Article1248 1947-01-23 14 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. IS. THREE speakers at the meeting of the Malayan Union Advisory Council here today stressed the seriousness of the coal position in Malaya which had resulted from the considerable reduction in the out' put of Malayan Collieries and1,248 words
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Article288 1947-01-23 14 Iro n Our Stall Correspondent Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 20. Malayan collieries Ltd. have issued a statement referring to comments made by Mr. H. S. Lee at the Malayan Union Advisory j Council meeting on Saturday. The statement reads “While Mr. Lee’s reference h the position at the288 words
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Article30 1947-01-23 14 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, Mon.—A gardening society on the lines of societies which existed in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur before the war, wil be formed in Penang.30 words
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Article137 1947-01-23 14 From Our Own Correspondent KUCHING, Jan. 19. A THOUSAND Malays, both men and women, demonstrated at the Kuching mosque yesterday protesting against the Government’s ban on the entry of Mr. Anthony Brooke into Sarawak. They demanded that the Government should change its policy and137 words
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Article50 1947-01-23 14 Straits Times copyright. From Our Own Correspondent London, Jan. 19: The battleship Malaya is either to be broken up. used as a target or turned into an accommodation hulk. She is at present at Portsmouth providing overflow accommodation for the mining and torpedo establishment, H.M.S. Vernon.—Straits Times copyright. - 50 words
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353 1947-01-23 14 THIS is the story of a Tanglin treasure trove—the reoevery of jewels and valuables buried by Brigadier Robert Gifford Moir, Commandant of the F.M.S. Volunteer Force, in February, 1942, with the aid of an Army mine detector. Ir. the last, hours of Singapore, before the353 words
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Article433 1947-01-23 14 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, J an i Bt OERIOUS crime in the Malay Peninsula dtiring J reached the highest level ever recorded figures just released by the Union Police Force sU that there were 120 times more gang robberies tu there were433 words
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Article69 1947-01-23 14 From Our Own Correspond Penang, Jan. 19: Bin- a rich haul over the when they broke into n dence of a prominent 10 chant in Leith Street «> L away with about SIO.OOC of jewellery. re p< According to a P ()i1 the burglars entered through69 words
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Article267 1947-01-23 15 SINGAPORE, Jan. 19. T in by a squadron of Spitfires, with the ‘u'’standard flying from the nose of his Avro Kmi'iivour, the Duke of Gloucester landed at 1 Vii'td yesterday afternoon. He stayed the t id (Government House. nn his way back to England from267 words
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76 1947-01-23 15 •SINGAPORE. Jan. 21. C t-e of the i*hcrs* Union i tition to tiv I terms of sor ided schools permanent 0? based on government grant in-aid 1,1 same type both governed mf l regulations D« partment; f iUalilica* ions rv scales are biitorm ty76 words
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Article295 1947-01-23 15 Freni Our Own Correspondent Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 20. HEPENDANTS of men who were executed in Johore by the Japanese are receiving ex-gratin allowances from the Malayan Union Government. They are: Mrs. Woodhull. wife of the late Dr. G. S. Woodhull who was shot whilst on duty295 words
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Article327 1947-01-23 15 THAI a judgment nua oeen passed by a Dutch court at Karimon with respect to estate produce seized from a Chinese vessel is revealed in a statement I issued from the Netherlands Consulate General, Singapore A report published in m j Straits Times on rnursday sla.eci327 words
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Article101 1947-01-23 15 From Our Own Correspondent IPOII, Jan. 18. THE police have increased to $25,000 the reward of $5,000 originally offered for information leading to the arrest of five perpetrators of the bomb outrage at Sitiawan on Jan. 9, which resulted in the death of seven people and101 words
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Article162 1947-01-23 15 From Our Own Correspondent ALOR STAR, Jan. 17. INFORMATION reaching Alor Star indicates that a heavy battle between Chinese bandits on the border and Siamese police dispatched by the Siamese Government to the Padang Besar and Kaki Bukit areas took place recently, a number of bandits162 words
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272 1947-01-23 15 MISS ING STORES WORRIED SHOT MAJOR SINGAPORE, Jan. 19. A VERDICT that death was due to a self-inflicted gunshot wound was returned at the inquiry in Singapore yesterday into the death of Major Kerr, who was stated in evidence to have been worried over stores missing from his unit, the272 words
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567 1947-01-23 15 SINGAPORE, Jan. 20.A RESOLUTION condemning the “undemocratic nature of the Malayan constitutional proposals” met with the unanimous approval of more than 200 delegates from various associations in Singapore, at a meeting called by the Council of Joint Action and held at the Malayan Democratic Union567 words
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Article427 1947-01-23 16 SINGAPORE, Jan. 20. THE need in Singapore and Malaya of a highly deve- loped internal air service—organised and individual—was discussed yesterday hy Group Captain S. O. Tudor, who represents the Societ*’ of British Aircraft Constructors. Ho told tho St rafts Times that his arrival in Singapore427 words
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Article120 1947-01-23 16 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, Sun. Mr Tan Cheng Lock, who is at pre.sent in Penang to contact local community leaders, said in an interview that the ideal to bo aimed at by all communities in Malaya was the achievement of inter-racial unity. This would b?120 words
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Article137 1947-01-23 16 From Our Own Correspondent. PENANG, Jan. 18. Despite the high cost of living since the end of the war, 7,200 depositors have been able to put more than one and a half million dollars into the Post Office SavingBank since the establishment ol civil government137 words
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Article149 1947-01-23 16 SINGAPORE, Jan. 19. C. K. CHENG, proprietor of the Cheng Trading Company, of Winchester House. Singapore, appeared before Mr. Paul Storr, in the Singapore First District Court yesterday, on two charges. He was charged that, being the landlord of No 8, Winchester House, he did on149 words
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Article314 1947-01-23 16 SINGAPORE. Jan. 19. THOSE chosen to visit Britain under the auspices of the British Council comprise trade union Secretary, a schoolteacher, a bookshop’ proprietor a civil servant and a police officer it was announced yesterday I hey an drawn from the Malayan union, j314 words
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Article86 1947-01-23 16 From Our Own Correspondent. Kuching, Jan. 19.—The Sarawak Government in a circular issued yesterday states that if has decided to make a further ex gratia payment of two months’ pay to ail mploy.es. Those who have been out ol service since September 1945, or86 words
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Article47 1947-01-23 16 SINGAPORE. Jan. 19. ANTHONY LYNCH, a 30-year-old n British seaman of H.MS Sultan, was fined $lOO, or two months’ rigorous imprisonment in the Fourth Court yesterday when he pleaded guilty to dishonestly retaining a wrstwatch belonging to Capt. Stafford on Jan. 15.47 words
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Article286 1947-01-23 16 By Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, J an 19 SIDE by side with their war on gangsters and ciii the Malayan Police steadily recovered from 1 lairs of robbers, from hold-up men, and from Jai nese arsenals nearly 1,300 weapons of all deseriptij and286 words
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Article133 1947-01-23 16 SINGAPORE. Jan. 19. TWO Chinese detectives of the Singapore Police Force, Ng Pui and Wee 800 Soh. were charged separately yesterday before Mr. Paul Storr in the Singapore First District Court with having corruptly accepted sums of money tor refraining to prosecute for alleged offences. Both133 words
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Article214 1947-01-23 16 CMALLPOX cases reported in the 15 Malayan Union and Singapore show a substantial decrease in the week ended Jan 11 conpared with the previous wee*' Mass vaccination is still in progress in the Union. Figures just issued by Departments of Health show 215 cases of214 words
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115 1947-01-23 16 From Our Own Correspond*! PENANG. Jan. phHEAKSALS will soon in Singapore, in a It mpor ary studio built on a lot leg by Tunkgu Hussein, for a fdi about the Malayan uurrilli who fought the Japancs? ara of occupation throughout ta war. This was disclosed115 words
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149 1947-01-23 16 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG. Jan 11 THREE bookmakers. Ong Chee. Teo Cheow Guar. Quah Kean Hean. who had w convicted in the police c nr' lowing the r arrest at the P efJ Turf Club during the Chris*: and New Year race meeting. successfully149 words
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Article61 1947-01-23 16 From Our Own Correspond' 1 PENANG. Jan A DRIVING licence found 1 dead man’s pooket has lished the identity ot a found inside a gunny sac* ing down the river at f Nyor. Butterworth, as that Ipoh Chinese, Chong Say y The widow, it is61 words
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302 1947-01-23 17 L-iorn Our Own Correspondent SEREMBAN, Jan. 20. Iat the mangrove forests in Port Dickson district It \c ri Setnbilan may, within a year or two, be 1°, exploitation for several years to give them f* ct( >ver from the damage suffered during the Limition,302 words
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Article189 1947-01-23 17 lo S IXGAr<)RE Jan. 21. ■JBLlwS V.i.o stole Llbout 4)i,JilO l 1:i T r sb -\m the cashier -r p 1 'p in North Singapore, m San1 r nt weir unlucky large t*11* aid ar.iiT in ilv dav r.* |Cf ht uot ;Jlv ,tvh ■oi'-mpri189 words
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Article179 1947-01-23 17 From Our Own Correspondent. PENANG, Jan. 20. “MOBODY however poor need lack medical attention in Penang,” Dr. Glyn Evans. Chief Medical Officer, told a party of Press correspondents yesterday when he conducted them on a tour of the General Hosoital and Maternity Hospital. Explaining the179 words
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Article48 1947-01-23 17 SINGAPORE. Jan. 21. SENC 3ak Tee. a financial clerk attached to the Public Works Department, was convicted on two bribery charges by the Singapore First District Judge. Mr. Paul Storr, yesterday and sentenced to nine months’ rigorous imprisonment on each charge, the sentences to run concurrently.48 words
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Article151 1947-01-23 17 SINGAPORE, Jan. 10. NEWS has been received in Singapore that the Rev. Bather Michael Olcomendey, the Vicar Capitular of the Diocese of Malacca, has been appointed to succeed the late Monsg. Adrian Devals, as Roman Catholic Bishop of Malacca. The news is contained in a message from151 words
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Article106 1947-01-23 17 SINGAPORE, Jan. 21. ANLY 439. or less that! 10 per cent, ol those examined, lor tuberculosis X-rays a* the Civilian General Hosp’tal, Singapore paid anything for the X-rays between June 14 and Dec. 21 last year. The total number Xrayed was 4,780. Singapore’s poor arc106 words
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Article80 1947-01-23 17 SINGAPORE, Jan. 21. A 26 YEAR-OLD Eurasian, Hugh George Newman, wno claimed to have been imprisoned bv Keuipeitai in Singapore and to have been forced to wo/k on the Siam-Burma death railway, was sentenced to five years’ igorous imprisonment by Mr. Justice Jobling at the Singapore80 words
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Article76 1947-01-23 17 EINGAPORE, Jan. 21. OWING to breakdown in the gas-making plant in Singapore, gas will have to be rationed, states an official announcement. The hours gas will be available are 7 a.m. to 8 a.m.; 12 noon to 1 p.m.; 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. Pressure was76 words
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Article127 1947-01-23 17 SINGAPORE, Jan. 21. TIGHT applicants were inter- viewed at the Australian Government Commissioner’s Office yesterday, in connection with the Australian Eighth Division Fund to send two Chinese nurses to Australia for a course in Austnlian hospitals. Another seven girls will be interviewed up-country, and from127 words
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Article39 1947-01-23 17 IVEE 800 Soh, a detective at- tached to the Singapore Police Force, was charged w.th extortion belore Mr. Paul Storr in the Singapore First District Court Wee claimed trial, and the case was adjourned to Feb. 10.39 words
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Article397 1947-01-23 17 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Jan. 20. TITBITS from the Malayan Union’s finance committee's reports just released: A sum of $8,500 is required to cover the ccst of the carriage >f diplomatic bags tor the Colonial Office by aii The Raja of Perlis has recoverthe motor-car397 words
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176 1947-01-23 17 SINGAPORE, Jan. 21. THE first of three relief ships specially chartered to convey supplies of foodstuffs and medicines to destitute and homeless Chinese residents in Paiembang —the result of recent clashes between the Indonesians and the Dutch—left Singapore ya&ierday. The ship Sin Hua which is176 words
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Article163 1947-01-23 17 SINGAPORE, Jan. 21. TIGHT Japanese were hanged at Changi Goal yesterday. The first six in the list were wa»* criminals tried and sentenced by the Australian War Crimes rr”rt. The eight were: Capt. Suzuki Sohei, Sgt. Ya- mamoto Tetsuo, Korean Chiba Korin Lt Ilirota Eiji <Jumbo163 words
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81 1947-01-23 17 THE Singapore Y.M.C A is plan ning to organise cultural activities in the form of internal clubs. These clubs arc open to Y.M.C A members and members of H M Forces within this garrison. Enrolment in the following clubs is invited: literary ard debating; psychology and81 words
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Article43 1947-01-23 17 Kuala Lumpur. M:n Piece goods transported between Singapore and Penang by railwav netd not now be accompanied by formalizes of cust ms declaration and customs bond as the result of arrange mints between the FM S Railways and the Customs.43 words
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Article198 1947-01-23 18 From Our StafT Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR Jan. 18. IN a game of rugger in which Selangor were unable tu make any impression, the Royal Navy XV from Singapore defeated Selangor by 11 points tone goal, two tries) to nil on Ur? padang this evening. Heavy198 words
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Article245 1947-01-23 18 IPOH, Jan. 15. THE Sultan of Perak was host or.: Sunday to the North PeraK and South Perak teams when they met In a state trial In prepara- i tion for next month’s interstate fixture against Penang. South Perak won all the events played—9 doubles and245 words
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Article51 1947-01-23 18 PHE annual meeting of the Royal Singapore Golf Club was held yesterday, when the followin'! officials were elected: President. Mr. W Eldrcd; club captain. Mr. R Craik: vice-captain. Mr. R. J, Ishcrwood; committee: Messrs. W. 7’. Yoxall, W Munro, 8 Lowric. t. Robinson G Child and 8 A.51 words
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Article282 1947-01-23 18 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 18. SELANGOR beat Singapore two-nil today in a State Hockey game, which was spirited in spite of the water-logged ground after heavy rain. Kam Thong, Selangor’s goalkeeper, made two brilliant saves, but on the evening’s splashing display, Selangor well282 words
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Article57 1947-01-23 18 The St. Andrew’s Old Boys hockey eleven were held to a 2-2 draw by the S.R.C. in a fast wmt* played at the Padang yesterday. For the Rees. Klieman’s part; in the dt fence was outstanding Sawver and Soully were the scorers for the Rees, while57 words
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Article735 1947-01-23 18 Prom Our Own Correspondent IPOH, Jan .18. THE going was yielding at today s opening day of the Perak Turf Club’s meeting at Ipoh. when Good Scout a new importation, scored its maiden win in great style in the weigh for age race. Soencer rode735 words
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Article154 1947-01-23 18 KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 18. DLAY1NG on a rain sodden ground Singapore beat the > f, e r A11 Blues by three points (one try) to nil, to win the Al) Blues competition for the fifth time Singapore's try was scored ten minutes tram the end when154 words
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Article62 1947-01-23 18 SINGAPORE’S hockey team were held to a one-all draw by Perak at Kuala Lumpur on Sunday in a game spoiled by rain and heavy ground. Singapore opened the scoring early in the first half through Abdul Karim. Thereafter they gave a sound display and looked winners62 words
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Article143 1947-01-23 18 From Our Own Correspondent SEREMBAN. Sunday.—The Seremban tennis party, in their first outstation fixture since the liberation, defeated the Ulu Muar Club at Kuala P.lah in a friendly match by 6 games to 1 (unfinished). Results (Seremban players mentioned first): Doubles: Tsen Chow Choy (capt.) Chew Toh143 words
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Article178 1947-01-23 18 A BAROMETER tote will be installed at the Singapore '1 url Club premises before the Club begins racing again It is < xpect.i cl that the installation ol th< new tote will begin during the first half ot the pre •sent year. When the Turf Club178 words
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Article441 1947-01-23 18 From Our Own Correspondent I SEREMBAN, j a IN an exciting finish, with only three minutes to 0 S J Sembilan averted defeat at the hands of Perak i I inter-state fixture played at Seremban, this evening "l Negri, who were leading in the441 words
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Article106 1947-01-23 18 The friendly relations betjc the Indian Association andChinese Athletes was stres yesterday by the president of Indian Association.. Dr A Sandosham Dr. Sandosham wsn reI^ r tc the abandonment of a c !r soccer match, in aid of the i School Building Fund. b;-. Singapore Indians and106 words
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Article60 1947-01-23 18 B-J l 1 W KLUANG. Monday. T J Kluar.g Cricket team lest Regiment. R A. by an *J‘ T and 11 runs in a match. r at Kluang on Friday. jj The Regiment team scora Kluang replied with 30 anJ out a second time for 04 u- exciting60 words
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515 1947-01-23 19 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 17. ri 4TIONS for the grant, security and repayment of rehabilitation loans by the Mala a Chinese tin miners are published in a Bill ‘wiHbe considered by the Union Advisory der h Bin Tfund is515 words
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Article152 1947-01-23 19 MILLION ON LOANS FOR MINERS Our Own Correspondent JALA LUMPUR, Jan. 18. 1ETHER, i$7 loans, anting to $5,730,450 have sanctioned to Chinese tin ior rehabilitation purposes fne loans scheme, declared A Godsall, Financial ry introducing the Bill ln S grant, security and u f loan s made to Chithe Government,152 words
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Article184 1947-01-23 19 Between £2,250,000 and £2,500,000 is being paid to Malayan tin companies for the rehabilitation of their mines and properties, says a Reuter report from London. The total number of companies requiring assistance is not known, but it is understood that out of the total only six184 words
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Article66 1947-01-23 19 by the end of January.—Straits Times copyright. From Our Own Correspondent London, Jain. 19. THE Financial Times considers 1 it is possible that the rubber industry may now receive some financial grant towards the cost of getting their properties into production, and that a Governmentby the end of January.—Straits Times copyright. - 66 words
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Article188 1947-01-23 19 From A Correspondent Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 19. ANE of the biggest deals in esv tate property in Selangor since the liberation was recently effected when Sapintas Estate, situated on the right bank of the Bemam River in the Sabak Bernam sub-district of Kuala Selangor, changed188 words
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Article52 1947-01-23 19 The Sarawak Government's balance sheet at the e nd of November shows an excess of assets over liabilities of $1,865,955 Assets totalling $10,818,644 are made up of $6,101,664 invested in stock, bonds and debentures, $4,564,386 in cash, $139,401 in the Sarawak Treasury and 513,193 in British North Borneo52 words
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Article305 1947-01-23 19 SINGAPORE, Jan. 18. IT.S.S.R. trade representatives have arrived in Singapore. Their purpose is to open up the prospect of future trading between Russia and Malaya. The leading representative, Mr. P. I. Sizov, is likely to stay in this area for a maximum of two months.305 words
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Article32 1947-01-23 19 .—Reuter. London, Jan. 21.—The Ministry of Supply has announced that the buying prices of Malayan i and Nigerian tin are remaining at £370 and £375y 2 respectively, until further notices.—Reuter..—Reuter. - 32 words
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Article283 1947-01-23 19 Malayan rubber.—Straits Times copyright. From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Jan. 14. THE Malayan rubber industry views with very mixed feelings the United States proposal to protect the synthetic industry by permanent legislation, says the London press. There is considerable anxiety to know of how largeMalayan rubber.—Straits Times copyright. - 283 words
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264 1947-01-23 19 difficulties.—Straits Times copyright. From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Jan. 18. COMMENTING on the Colonial Office’s statement that the British Government has granted, with six exceptions, all applications by Malayan tin companies for rehabilitation loans, involving a sum between £2,250,000 and £2,500,000, the Financial Times says:difficulties.—Straits Times copyright. - 264 words
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Article113 1947-01-23 19 OUTPUTS of tin concentrates for the following companies under the managements of Anglo-Oriental (Malaya) Ltd., from the date of recommencement of operations to Dec. 31 were as follows: Rawang Tin Fields Ltd.—No. 3 Dredge (Outputs curtailed due to power rationing) 6.397 pels; Kamunting Tin Dredging Ltd.—No 1 dredge113 words
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Article673 1947-01-23 20 Weekly Market Report By Our Special Market Correspondent SINGAPORE, Jan. 19. INDUSTRIALS commanded the main attention in the local share market during the past week. Dealings in tins were small and business in rubber \er> limited. With rare exceptions, however, prices firmed and tnougn business generally673 words
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Article144 1947-01-23 20 PENANG, Jan. 20. I OUT of a total value of $25,252,040 worth of exports from Penang during December, over $23,150,000 was from rubber, of which 24,388 tons were shipped to the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, China and other countries. This is shown144 words
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Article160 1947-01-23 20 SINGAPORE, Jan. 22. DESIGNS of new cupro-mckel coins for the five cent, ten cent and 20 cent denominations have just been received in Singapore by the Board of Currency Commissioners and are now being examined. Mr Nelson Jones. Financial Secretary, told the Straits Times that160 words
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Article161 1947-01-23 20 AT the 23rd ordinary general meeting of the Mentakab Rubber Co.. Ltd., in Singapore last week. Mr. C. V. Miles, the Chairman said that the figure of $95,531.50 in the Profit and Loss Account virtually represented the best calculation which could now be made oi the result161 words
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Article166 1947-01-23 20 Company Meetings SINGAPORE, Jan. 16. A NETT profit of $13,441.59 arising from the receipt of interest on investment, inclusive of earnings during the period of occupation of Malaya was disclosed in the accounts of Indragiri Rubber, Ltd. which were presented at the annual general meeting of the166 words
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Article121 1947-01-23 20 SINGAPORE, Jan. 16. The profit and loss appropriation account of the Kamasan Rubber Co., Ltd. at the end of 1945 showed a balance of $39,257.79, which was carried forward to the 1946 account, following a resolution at the company’s annual general meeting at Kuala Kuala Lumpur. The121 words
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Article248 1947-01-23 20 From Our Own Correspondent I PENANG, j an M PENDING development of more permanent machinenB interim joint council comprising representatives H'M the Malayan Union Government and its employees j s M set up as a recognised means of consultation on any M in dispute. J Tills248 words
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Article695 1947-01-23 20 SINGAPORE, Tuesday. Share quotations according to the Malayan Sharebrokers Association (Singapore) today were as follows: INDUSTRIALS Buyev SeUet Alexandra Brickwork* Ords. 1.70 1.90 Alexandra Hr. ok work* Prefs. 2.90 3.00 uni Malaya rrustee Executor Oo a.00 9.00 Jonaolidateo Tin Smelters Ord. 20/- 22/6 do Prefs 26/- 28/Eastern695 words