The Straits Budget, 20 March 1947
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The Straits Budget
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Title Section30 1947-03-20 1 The Straits Budget THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES [ESTABLISHED OVER A CENTURY] Series No. 33 Singapore. Thursday March 20th, 1947 Price 40 cents (SS. Currency) Or 1 sh.30 words
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Advertisement62 1947-03-20 1 The SINGAPORE FREE PRESS has the largest nett sale of any afternoon newspaper published in Malaya The Singapore Free Press is the oldest established newspaper in Singapore. It recommenced publication in May last and its smart presentation of news has made an immediate appeal to the reading public. For advertising62 words
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The Straits Budget
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Article1176 1947-03-20 2 -Straits Times, Mar. 13. One of the problems of .southeast Asia at the present time arises out c f the new importance ol Singapore a.s tile local point of trade for the Netherlands East Indies. We use that term a.s a matter of convenience, although there-Straits Times, Mar. 13. - 1,176 words
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Article1100 1947-03-20 2 —Straits Times. Mar. 14. One ol the most momentous pronouncements of modern history was uttered in Washington last I Wednesday. The United States has decided to intervene in the Near I East and Middle East and block ’Russian expansion in that region. That ;s the meaning oi—Straits Times. Mar. 14. - 1,100 words
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Article759 1947-03-20 2 oei 114, vhcre c' sc s Mi: —Straits Tim^V Thirty years ago in this country we had the Straits Settlements Civil Service and the F.M.S. Civil Service; then we had the unified Malayan Civil Service (“a rose by any other name and since 1931 our local serviceoei114, vhcre c'sc ' ’ .s Mi: —Straits Tim^V - 759 words
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Article965 1947-03-20 2 —Straits Times. Mar. 17. Notice has been f trade-union mov- n t jJ in official annoy, u during the last Jy must either put tr- ated as illegal. The lor registration ol all V- v,.if 1 in Malayan ‘i May 1 m Singapore m\ U1 unions—Straits Times. Mar. 17. - 965 words
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Article929 1947-03-20 3 —Straits Times, Mar. 18. We in Malaya know very little of what is going on in Japan. That is partly because w*e are too preoccup.ed with our own allairs to pay much attention to the remote, complex and unique experiment in political tutelage that is taking place—Straits Times, Mar. 18. - 929 words
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Article1165 1947-03-20 3 -Straits Times, Mar. 18. Lately there have been two sigiiiticant scraps ol commercial news in Singapore. One is that this pjrt has begun shipping rubber to Japan again, in a small way, and the other is that the first cargo 01 Japanese piecegoods is expected shortly. These-Straits Times, Mar. 18. - 1,165 words
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Article42 1947-03-20 3 The money order service between Malaya and Brunei is resumed with effect from March 15. The maximum amount permitted for a single money older is S4(H) There is no telegraph money order service to and from Brunei.42 words
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Article1838 1947-03-20 4 DATO ROLAND BRADDELL - ■By- DATO ROLAND BRADDELL THERE have been a succession of Singapores, both physically and psychologically. The first great change came with steamships and the opening of the Suez Canal: the second with rubber and motor transport: the third between wars with the centre of n-Mvity to1,838 words
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Article56 1947-03-20 4 THE Alumni Association of tfl College of Medicine. SingapoM is preparing a memorandum ofl the question of a university j Malaya for submission to tH commission inquiring into education. I The Association has written m the secretary of the commissi® (asking for an interview with56 words
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Article, Illustration315 1947-03-20 4 SINGAPORE, Mar. 14. JLJEFORE members of the Singapore Advisory Council and guests, presentati ns were made by the Governor, R.r FrankUn Gimson. yesterday to Mrs. Gertrude 13. Hindi, Mr. Low Leng Chuan and Mr. Wong Peng Sv/ee. Mrs. Hir.ch received the hadze of an Officer of the315 words
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Article274 1947-03-20 5 ld indeed to note that <• co Worley’s recom- 1„1M he Volunteers, are. don’t apply ,nited members S- c.. R E., R.A., I e like. tbo«e soldiers, like B t-avc not raised B; i 'h to be heard, as V ..i'mants for “Bock Bi v274 words
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Article140 1947-03-20 5 coiu> R a flics Place is not a con* re. nor is it a ■tarv centre. B t ma ter how many B iv linn offices there pia.-e? B o be only on? B hat is: both sides W v« i les that are not W or140 words
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Article103 1947-03-20 5 WAS surprised to read a statement by Dr. Vickers, reported in the Straits Times, that there was “no money to deal with T. 8.” I believe that since Government could afford to spend so much money on broadcasting and other items, certainly some money could be103 words
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Article167 1947-03-20 5 AS a “working man” I realise the great value of trade unionism. In the U.K. I was a member of the Amalgamated Engineering Union myself at one time. But there are NO true unions in Malaya. Here it is not a case ol trade unions backing a167 words
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226 1947-03-20 5 IAM one of 25 Malay soldiers of the R.A.S.C. who have been sent to the R.A.S.C. IT airing School, Far East, and I am glad to mention here a few things which will draw the attention of my Malay brothers to the training, education,226 words
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Article214 1947-03-20 5 T'HE hous?wife on an upcountry rubber plantation who recently advocated the deporting of every person associating themselves with strikes and their instigators, has obviously the one logical and sane solution to the problem. All offenders against the social order of the country should be deported, and then214 words
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Article137 1947-03-20 5 m a l JJ n( >delay in takB r action Company m 1 VHiiment. to put [j r 1 ud again. B"!< mv not come to B r r "°ne to arbitra- an(1 11 re incapable oi making the necessary agreement between themselves and th. Tract! :n Company.137 words
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Article88 1947-03-20 5 IN all the correspondence on back pay I have not yet seen anything on the subject from rubber planters. Mv recompense for sticking *o my post was six months' leav p nay c o that I could recover from the effects o! Internment., and while I was88 words
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160 1947-03-20 5 SHOULD like to draw 'lie 1 attention to the very bad lighting along Rangoon Road, Dors t R ad. and in the Thoin‘oo Road area. Rocen ly I he. vo heard of a number o| cases of people being waylaid in tins distnc but they160 words
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194 1947-03-20 5 \jO\JU correspondent One For Ail” suggests deportation of agitators on estates. Does she not see that removal of the causes of agitation would be a sounder policy? Perhaps, she, as a planter’s wife, believes that the planters are doing everything possible to put the194 words
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Article92 1947-03-20 5 I SHALL be thankful if you 1 will enlighten me as to the following:— What is a Communist? What is the benefit or advantage ot being Communist? How many kinds of Communists are there in Malaya? To whom do the Communists pledge their loyalty? Arc the92 words
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Page 5 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous24 1947-03-20 5 HOW ABOUT IT <&he Straits Slimrs PRINCESS PETS BABY LICEP IN SOUTH AFRICA T.H.P£V\6 inw Wk 'JUfe fe r MALAYAN UNION k imi f24 words
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570 1947-03-20 6 SINGAPORE, Mar. 16. AN officer who won the V.C. in the Malayan campaign has been re-visiting the battlefields with Mr. Coniplon Mackenzie, the noted author who is compiling a history of the Indian Armv in World War 11. He is Brigadier A. E. dimming who570 words
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89 1947-03-20 6 SINGAPORE, Mar. 18. Ihe following wer e elected office-bearers of the Malayan Democratic Union for 1947 at the annual general meeting hold yesterday: Chairman: Mr. Philip Hoalim; vice-chairman: Mr. J hn Eber, secretary: Mr. Eu Chooi Yp; treasurer: Mr. Yong Nyuk L’n; branch organiser:89 words
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Article, Illustration534 1947-03-20 6 SINGAPORE. M lr A WARNING that Malaya should not make the 9 establishing a university and “having 0 „j lnislak ti university” was sounded by Dr. Noel Clarke, a j 0 a lative Councillor keenly interested in education mer view with the Straits Times yesterday.534 words
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Article71 1947-03-20 6 DANKER. To Dulcie, wife of H. E. Danker, L.D.S., Dental Surgeon, Orchard Road, Singapore, on March 12th., 1947, a son. TO IIIP.LMA, wife of D. R. Burrows on Bth March 1947, the gift of a son—Lindsay. BROMLEY-DAVENPORT—On Mar. 13th. 1947. at the Kandang Kerbn.i Hospital. Singapore, to Elizabeth, wile71 words
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Article37 1947-03-20 6 At Singapore Mar. 14, John Brookfield only son of the late Mr. Mrs. R C Gould of Sheffield At Malacca to Margery only daughter of 11. W. Welch. J.P. A i Mrs. Welch of Tynemouth. Eng.37 words
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Article1141 1947-03-20 6 A Malayan Countryman's Diary DECENT speculations in this “Diary” concerning the wild sow’s lying-in nest have brought an interesting letter from a Chinese gentleman livnc on Singapore Island. He writes: “I believe that the female wild pig makes the nest herself, because I have personally seen1,141 words
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Obituary17 1947-03-20 6 DEATH At Sydney on 11th March 1947. C. A. EDGAR of Edgar Brothers Ltd., Singapore, aged 67.17 words
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Article168 1947-03-20 7 m SINGAPORE, Mar. 13. B\S are now complete for the erection of a seven Bv; rev building for the Hong Kong and Shanghai H. r Corporation in Orchard Road on vacant land Malayan Motors. ■Woi lt on the foundations is expected to start m Sit168 words
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Article193 1947-03-20 7 4 SINGAPORE, Mar. 13. a meeting held at the AdelAhi Hotel on Tuesday, it was to revive the Oxford and Abridge Society and to invite Itaft G vernor-General (Oxford) X the Governor of Singapore to become patrons of A Society. Hr. H. R. L. Dyne (Cambridge)193 words
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Article61 1947-03-20 7 vn orr esix>ndent IK n, RAN March 12.—The EK-:nV' 01 the out-going Kv.pji ‘'j ,h( Negri Sembllan Congress and of Strict newly-elected Kn toa lttccs of Ncgri Sem[■tnii;,,, 0 P 1 yesterday at the tit 10 Indian AssociaBh weroTCb ofFlce Carers for w- d meeting: fjiry; r,61 words
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Article156 1947-03-20 7 SINGAPORE, Mar. 13. “'you and others like you who molest people in their houses must expect no mercy from this court,” declared Mr. Justice Brown at the Singapore Second Assizes yesterday when he passed sentence of seven years and eight months’ rigorous imprisonment on Maskor156 words
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Article94 1947-03-20 7 From Oar Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 12. MEMBERS of the Selangor Club will be asked at a general meeting to be held on March 26 for the club premises at Fraser’s Hill to be leased or sublet. The general report states that the premises94 words
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Article105 1947-03-20 7 From Our Own Correspondent Teluk Anson, Mar. 12. ABOUT 20,000 pounds of scrap rubber sheets were i stroyed on Nova Scotia Estate, Teluk Anson, in the latest of three mysterious fires which have occurred in the district within a month. AH three fires caused damage to105 words
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Article118 1947-03-20 7 SINGAPORE, Mai. 13. TAN Tiong Thor, a Singapore lawyer’s clerk, was found guilty o* intentionally giving false evidence regarding a will before Uhe Commissioner of Oaths in June last year, by the Third District Judge, Inche Ahmad bin Ibrahim, yesterday. He was fined S2OC or in118 words
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248 1947-03-20 7 THE last British Military unit now left in Java is the 68 War Graves Registration Unit, which is stationed in Batavia, and has the task of preparing two permanent cemeteries for Allied war dead, in Java. This unit will probably remain in Java248 words
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Article155 1947-03-20 7 pLANS are being submitted 1 for the construction of Singapore’s first private maternity hospital which, when finally completed, will stand four storeys high and be the most modem-equipped hospital of its kind in the colony. It will be air-conditioned. A large amount cf scientific equipment, including an155 words
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Article191 1947-03-20 7 SINGAPORE, Mar. 13. THE dismissal of five men for alleged stealing of coconuts has brought a strike of all Indian labourers on the Tangkak Estate, Johore. Chinese and Javanese labourers are continuing to work. On Sedenak Estate, where 750 labourers struck on March 1 over a191 words
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Article196 1947-03-20 7 From Our Staff Correspondent IPOH, Mar. 12. GANG robbery and looting which to a large extent has been impeding the speedy rehabilitation of the mining industry in the Kinta valley are to be tackled by the Perak Police with the introduction of new security measures.196 words
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Article249 1947-03-20 7 SINGAPORE, Mar. 12. TWO women, one described 1 as a “prominent Singapore woman leader” and the other as the “leading Malay lady educationist of Johore,” are among the 19 representatives who have been invited to form the Malayan delegation for the Inter-Asian conference to be held249 words
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Article37 1947-03-20 7 From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Tuesday:— A Tioist priest, who wns charged before Mr T R Hopworth, District Judge, with importing chandu. was found’ guilty and sentenced to tlire3 months’ imimprisonment.37 words
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Article527 1947-03-20 8 SINGAPORE, Mar. 15. IN anticipation of the establishment of a new university college for Malaya, I)r. (I. V. Alien, Principal of the King Edward VII College of Medicine, is to assume the appointment of Principal-Designate. The members of the commission to inquire into higher527 words
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Article98 1947-03-20 8 SINGAPORE, Mar. 15. SINGAPORE Municipal Commissioners may give their opinion to Government on the proposed new constitution for the Municipality in a month or tw T o. Welcoming the 14 newly-nomi-nated Commissioners at a meeting yesterday, Mr. L. Rayman, the President, said that Government expected the considered98 words
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Article217 1947-03-20 8 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, Mar. 14. THE Governor, Sir Edward Gent, will be pressed for a public inquiry into the background to and reasons for the Kedah disturbances by the Representative of the Government of India, Mr. S. K. Chettur, in Kuala Lumpur tomorrow. Mr. Chettur217 words
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Article617 1947-03-20 8 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 14. lIOGE ADAMS in the District Court here sentenced a T ,ewchew na 1,10(1 Ooh Kim En s to 18 months' rigorous imprisonment and ordered that he lie banished after imprisonment for having assisted in the management of an617 words
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273 1947-03-20 8 SINGAPORE, Mar v ALTHOUGH orders were placed some fi ve ago in the United Kingdom for street lamps, which will form the skeleton of, 1)11 nent lighting scheme in Singapore, n() J I*? 1 has yet been received as to when deliver, expected. ma273 words
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Article438 1947-03-20 8 SINGAPORE, Mar. 15. 4 NY existing trade union which has not completed its registration by May 1 this year will be deemed to be an unlawful union, and will after that date be liable for prosecution under the law, if it breaks the law. This Government decision438 words
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Article148 1947-03-20 8 SINGAPORE. Mar. 13 ANOTHER rice- racketeering gs was spiked in Singapore T® terday afternoon. On the day of publication J the Straits Times of a le”e:r moaning the lot o: rice who have to pay out as muc. 70 cents per bag of rice to ccc-«148 words
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Article34 1947-03-20 8 b.v o.-r stair IT is officially ani 1 money required tlon of 200 houses Besi housing site n by the Finance C Work is being P u mediately.34 words
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Article446 1947-03-20 9 I j, rom Our Own Correspondent I BANGKOK, Wednesday. IE recent visit of Sir Harold Sanderson, Director L j»j ce in the British Ministry of Food, to Siam, will li «> i cat benefit to this country, stated Mom Luang Itthua Kainphu, the Siamese representative446 words
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Article44 1947-03-20 9 I a. I Tr| u l;l :ns 01 the Rural fcd»-u‘i 0 F( J>- 20, it was I nna me Kce Sun Road, lv k '‘uue and Ke e Sun ■<>' i Lian Teck Road, m.-iu i 1 Avenue and Tay nnvc* respectively.44 words
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Article83 1947-03-20 9 From Our Own Correspondent TAIPING, Mar. 12. FOUR shots fired through the window of his Office in Market Street last night fatally wounded the wellknown Taiping resident Sockalingam Chettiar and slightly wounded his clerk, Letchumanan. The murder occurred about 8.30 p.m. as Sockalingam was talking with colleagues.83 words
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Article145 1947-03-20 9 SINGAPORE, Mar. 13. TINES totalling $43,845 as a re- suit of 317 convictions for price and food control olfences, were imposed on accused persons in the Singapore Polioe Courts last month. Of this amount, fines totalling 536.895 were paid. There were 336 prosecutions of which ten145 words
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Article162 1947-03-20 9 From Our Staff Correspondent Kuala Lumpur, Mar. 12. MALAYA’S impersonator No. I—a young Malay speaking several languages, including Dutch and German, who had been posing as royalty from Sumatra and Java—is believed to have been arrested in North Malaya. The police had traced the royal impersonator162 words
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Article87 1947-03-20 9 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, Mar. 12. Following a petition by Penang Hill residents the bus service is to be re-introduced on the Hill. This decision was confirmed by the Municipal C.mmissioners at an ordinary meeting held yesterday. The Deputy President, Dr. W. H. Brodie, who87 words
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Article63 1947-03-20 9 From Our Own Correspondent. JOHORE BAHRU, Mfcrch 12. Mr. Justice Laville, Judge of the Supreme Court, Johore, leaves for the United Kingdom next week on furlough. He has been on the Supreme Court Bench since the Civil Administration took over from che B.M A. Mr.63 words
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198 1947-03-20 9 From Our Own Correspondent SEREMBAN, Mar. 12. ARRANGEMENTS have been made with the Chief Medical Officer, Malacca, to admit to Malacca Hospital all cases of pulmonary tuberculosis in Negri Sembilan, according to a medical report issued here today. It is also stated that in198 words
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Article118 1947-03-20 9 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, March 12. The Dispossessed Persons Board sitting yesterday heard an applica- tion from a pre-war tenant hr the return oi a shop premises in Beach Street which had been hit during the Japanese bombing of Penang but had been subsequently repaired.118 words
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Article35 1947-03-20 9 From Our Own Correspondent. TAIPING, Wednesday.—A gang of five Chinese armed with knives entered a Malay house last night and got away with $25 in cash, jewellery worth $llO and one new bicycle.35 words
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Article393 1947-03-20 9 SINGAPORE, Mar. 13. MR. Compton Mackenzie, noted novelist and critic, made biting comment last night cn both the British and th e American Press for their vilification of the troops who lost to the Japanese in Malaya in 1942. “There never was a greater libel of393 words
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Article271 1947-03-20 9 From A Staff Correspondent Sungei Patani, Mar. 12. POLICE yesterday arrested a leading Kedah union official on a charge of criminal intimidation. He is Murugiah, secretary of the Indian Employees’ and Workers’ Union with branches at Batu Tujoh, Binjol and Kuala Ketll. This is the first271 words
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Article133 1947-03-20 9 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, March 12. Penang’s waterfront families whose huts along the foreshor 0 of W, Id Quay have been described by the Fire Brigade Superintendent as a grave lire risk, may have their new homes built jn the reclaimed land off Noordin Street133 words
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Article271 1947-03-20 10 SINGAPORE, Mar. 1 i. APPROVAL was received yesterday and work will start almost immediately on the building of 28 modern bungalows at Rukit Timah. The builders, George Wimpey and Co., expect to finish building by the end of this year. Also included in the scheme271 words
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Article100 1947-03-20 10 From Our Own Correspondent 1POII, Mar. 13. Ransom or $50,000 it is understood, is being domnndcd by armed kidnappers lor the role 1 0 of a leading Kampar Chinese mini r, Mr. Ng Yin Fong, who was recently appointed a member of the Kinta Town Hoard. Mr.100 words
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Article97 1947-03-20 10 From Our Own Correspondent KUCHING, March 13. The Sarawak Arri/ult oral Development Bo rcl has been lormed as •t xemi-officn l body to proinoic closer liaison between tlv Government and influential members of Sarawak rural and business communities interested in production, export and processing of rural products.97 words
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Article65 1947-03-20 10 Isy Our Staff Correspondent Kuala Lumpur. Mar. 111. TIIE .Malayan t moil Ciovern- incut is to launeli out on the production of film cartoons l for sin li campaigns as “Grow More Food.** A ke*y artist, tuo animators, a title ar- list and an assistant camciaman65 words
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Article103 1947-03-20 10 R< uter. LONDON Mar. 13. AN exp* rt i*, to visit Malaya to survey the war-damaged pineappl' industry and draw up a s: himc 1 r its reconstruction. His task will e ver reorganisation oi marketing as well as the agricultural side of the industry.R< uter. - 103 words
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Article113 1947-03-20 10 —Reuter. LONDON, March 13. The Colonial Secretary, Mr. A. Creech Jones, was asked by Capt. L. D. (JammaiLs ‘Con., Hornsey) in the House of Commons yesterday when he expected to be in a position to make a statement on the progress of the constitutional i a—Reuter. - 113 words
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274 1947-03-20 10 SINGAPORE. Mar. 14. WELL-KNOWN along the Pacific trade routes before the war. Klaveness Une will resume its Trans-Pacific Service in May this year with the sailing of the company's new 9,000 ton motor vessel Castleville to Singapore. The Castleville which is now on274 words
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Article300 1947-03-20 10 From Our Own Correspondent SEREMBAN, Mar. 12. T'HE method which the Government has adopted in the nomination of the mem hers to servo on the Labour Advisory Board without first consulting and obtaining the opinion of all registered trade unions was criticized by Mr Yap300 words
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Article182 1947-03-20 10 Sungei ratani, Mar. 12. POLICE have begun to found up alleged intimidators concerned in the recent Kedah disturbances, associated with the strikes and the K.F.T.U.inspired anti toddy campaign. Six Indians have been arrested is alleged to have been tied up for drinking toddy. The labourer182 words
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Article361 1947-03-20 10 SINGAPORE, Mar. u AN assurance to the Singapore business conimunih particular genuine importers, that Government use arbitrarily its powers to sell unclaimed s Muls Singapore Harbour Board was given by Mr. e. J n Attorney General, when he introduced the llarbo Ur (Temi>orary Powers of361 words
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174 1947-03-20 10 SINGAPOFi:. M.: 14 TAKING its name from a wz south of Perth (Werea Australia), the 9.892-ton P and O. ship Pinjarra. h s rriv d Singapore from Ant we:' in :1s course of her maiden v the Far East. Formerly named ‘h174 words
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Article84 1947-03-20 10 INDIAN K ILLED IN SHOP FIGHT From Our Own t I TELUK ANSON. N cn Friday last o\ I from four Indian I fight at Sabak I knives, sticks, bo'. I were used. I The trouble is belt I started tirst betw* prictors ot two si'* emnioyees of the. I84 words
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242 1947-03-20 11 SINGAPORE, Mar. 14. ■vl told the “Chinese Massacre” trial Court t. ii iv of how he was eye-witness of machine C I of his countrymen, some of whom were carium*- i!j n and moaning. i- Chinese witness described how he esf .Japanese firing party by242 words
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Article93 1947-03-20 11 so a so launch at B ’oir.s Depart ’b.e Singapore extremely -'h are vital B purchase can- nd special B mode for n report of 4 tee adoptho report inK 1 f $10,500 as removal of lanjong Rhu o'ill to the find a matt obstructed93 words
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Article98 1947-03-20 11 From Our Own Correspondent MALACCA. Mar. 13. ASINGAPORE-Malacca bus was held up 29 miles from Johore Bahru on the Kulai road at 1.30 a.m today in one of the most daring highway robberies in Johore. The coach which icft Singapore for Malacca was carrying four \ilay98 words
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106 1947-03-20 11 From Our Own Correspondent KUCHING. March 13. The Chinese Advisory Board, comprising representatives from each of the various leading Chinese communities in Kuching, met for the first time at a reference presided by the acting Secretary of Chinese All'airs, Mr J. R. Outram, to discuss106 words
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Article70 1947-03-20 11 The Council of the Institution nt Sanitary Engineers in London recently awarded the Institut on Bronze Medal, tor the highest number of marks obtained by any candidate in the 1046 examinations. to Mr. L. H. T. Cau’.iielri. partner in the firm of Messrs. Watts and Baker.70 words
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Article1625 1947-03-20 11 SINGAPORE, Mar. 14. ITNESS at the War Crimes trial of two Japanese generals and five other Japanese officers in connection with the massacre of Chinese in Singapore in February and March, 1942, yesterday described how he was taken to Changi by the Japanese along1,625 words
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Article194 1947-03-20 11 Tom Our Own Correspondent MALACCA. Mar. 13. IJOUR armed Chinese pirates I in a rowing boat took $lO,OOO in cash and valuables from ten fishing boats of a Malayan convoy lying becalmed in the Straits of Malacca on Tuesday and disappeared in the direction of194 words
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30 1947-03-20 11 The Department of Agriculture has now resumed publication of Its agricultural Journal. The Journal Is published in English arid three vernacular languages, Malay, Chinese and Tamil.30 words
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Article, Illustration2423 1947-03-20 12 SINGAPORE, Mar. 15. ‘HEAD bodies were littered here and there just like fish in a market stall. Some were groaning* wailing, crying. Some were cursing. It was just like Hell on earth.” This was the description of a massacre at Changi beach in February, 1942, given2,423 words
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Article203 1947-03-20 12 SINGAPORE, Mar. 15. AN inquiry into the death of a regimental policeman. Sapper p.w. Regelous, who was killed by an anti-tank mine which exploded as he stooped to pick it up. was held In the Singapore Coron•T\s Court yesterday. Sapper Regelous was on a walking tour203 words
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Article80 1947-03-20 12 SINGAPORE. Mar. IjB CUSTOMS officials *9 410 lbs. of opium, valfl at $615,000 on .he illB market, at the Singapore HB bour Board wharves yosterdB The hnd was made tinder dB feet of coal in the S S. T:B and the fireman s rang of fl80 words
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Article158 1947-03-20 12 SINGAPORE. Mar.l® IF Government runted money for the police should be voted pro '■f ernment can assure ua ;.B police force will rid us ot gangsters, racketeers ana of that sort.” declared M* vB Mahal in the Singapore M U ~B Commission yesterday He158 words
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Article45 1947-03-20 12 From Our Staff 0, rr p KUALA LUMPUR. Mar. ,,-CB there are no more B the country. d yB Telephone Priorities d B been suspended u1 further supplies n v few remaining in.' already been allot n in dilferent States45 words
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Article247 1947-03-20 13 I SINGAPORE, Mar. 16. t background and detailed working of the f ,i(in system in Singapore is to be scrutinised t vernment j n order to bring the system into i h the law, said the Governor, Sir Franklin l"‘ ..yaking at a Press conference247 words
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Article125 1947-03-20 13 H< Our Own orrespondent HKu: i; Lumpur, Mar. 16. B- M-iayai. Collieries coal- m;ne a* Batu Arang has B ha: clod 1 ack to the comH "d-'r c-.a‘.:ny: the Chief H (c: r ef Mints as competent H 1 the recent H x ked on the125 words
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Article41 1947-03-20 13 ’“respondent Mar. is. °f the Mala- ’cviving the hl P t; enable trainB' rr 'n scholarships Director of at Kunla 1 30 I Required to 8 With the m terms as I v !l ‘vm time41 words
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130 1947-03-20 13 SINGAPORE, Mar. 16. THREE soldiers, who were alleged to have stoned a taxicab belonging to a Sikh taxidriver, were produced in the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday on three charges. The men were charged with committing mischief by stoning and damaging Clhannan Singh’s taxi130 words
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Article71 1947-03-20 13 From Our Own Correspondent. MALACCA. Friday.—A Chinese Volunteer Chan Ah Chye, who lost the tenancy of his premises while on active duty in Singapore during the hostilities in 1942. has been given liis pre-war house on the order of the Dispossessed Persons Board which sat in71 words
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Article53 1947-03-20 13 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Mar. 13. ris hoped that the Malay Girls’ College in Kual a Lumpur will open later this year. Selection committees in each State and Settlement will select entrants from the applications for admission. A number cf scholarships is available for girls53 words
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283 1947-03-20 13 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Saturday. THERE lias been a further marked decrease in serious crime in the Malayan Union. February statistics from all parts of the Peninsula show that there were fewer murders and armed gang robberies than any month since the283 words
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Article381 1947-03-20 13 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Mar. 15. TWO similarities between the Government and newspapers, which he personally regretted, were mentioned b,y the Governor of the Malayan Union. Sir Edward Gent, yesterday evening before unveiling a tablet in the Malay Mail office commemorating both the381 words
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183 1947-03-20 13 T SINGAPORE. Mar. 16. HE re-elected president of the Singapore Clerical and Administrative Workers’ Union, Mr. Lim Chuan Geok, at the annual general meeting of the Union urged members to “justily the ccnfldence that the Government has in us.” Mr. Lim said: “I am183 words
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Article30 1947-03-20 13 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 15. ONE million yards of relief textiles are being distributed in Jchore in the near future through recommended textile dealers.30 words
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Article276 1947-03-20 13 SINGAPORE, Mar. 16. A JUDGE of (he Singapore High Court, Mr. Justice Jobling, has accepted nomination by the Governor, Sir Franklin Gimson, to carry out a complete investigation into the sixweeks old Singapore Traction Company strike. In pointing this out to a Press conference276 words
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Article379 1947-03-20 13 From Our Own Correspondent. SEREMBAN, Mar. 16. REFERENCES to the quantity of rice rations, the policy of “appeasement” and political dictation from Whitehall as contributory causes of labour unrest, were mentioned by Mr. D Farquharson. President of the Negri Sembilan Planters Association, at the annual379 words
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Article51 1947-03-20 13 It is hoped that the Malay Girls’ College, Kuala Lumuur, will open later in the year. Selection committees in each State and Settlement will select students for admission Into the College. There will be a certain number of scholarships available for girls needing financial51 words
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Article338 1947-03-20 14 From Our Own Correspondent SINGAPORE, Mar. 16. OINGAPORE could start immediately on the deveiopment of the Colony—including an Improvement Trust housing scheme prepared down to the last detail, and the implementation of the Medical Services Director’s expansion scheme —if the money were available. The money338 words
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Article92 1947-03-20 14 From Our Own Correspondent SEREMBAN, Saturday. TIIF Seremban I'oiice arc investiguting a letter demanding S 10,000 signed by the “t'oniniander-in-Chief of the Junrh I’nlon” which was iccrived by a Seremban C’hettiar. The letter threatened tliui .1 the Chettiar did not comply with the demand he would92 words
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Article95 1947-03-20 14 From Our Staff Correspondent IPOH, Mar. 16.—Capt. Syed Shaidali, who retired as headmaster of the Government English School at Batu Gajah after 38 years in the educational service in Malaya, was today entertained by the Perak Teachers’ Ass ciation to a luncheon at the Hotel Metropole.95 words
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210 1947-03-20 14 l-'nun Our Own (’orrespondent KUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 15. CAPT. G. H. M. Salt, formerly of Claims and Hirings, Malaya Command, was sentenced to lour months’ rigorous imprisonment and a Chinese, H. S. Shang, to three months by Mr. Justice Spenser Wilkinson in the Supreme210 words
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Article70 1947-03-20 14 From Our Own Correspondent IPOH, Mar. 15. MORE than 1,500 d gs have been destroyed in Kmt a since th'' campaign against rabies started in August last. Mr. A. V. Aston. th 0 Reside;.t Commissioner, states that th P position has worsened of late and70 words
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Article168 1947-03-20 14 SINGAPORE. Mar. 16. THE wedding took place yesterday at St. Andrew’s Cathccral between Miss Barbara Yvonne Woodcock, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. Woodcock of Normacot.t, Staffs, and Mr. Gordon Pritchett of Newcastle, Staffs and Singapore. The bride wore a frock of ivorvflowered silk with tulle veil and168 words
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Article86 1947-03-20 14 SINGAPORE, Mar. 13. THE Singapore Municipal Spe. cial Inquiry Committee, which is inquiring into certain demands made by the labourers of the Municipality during their recent strike, held its second session yesterday. It examined a number of labourers’ representatives On what It cost them to pay86 words
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Article38 1947-03-20 14 MR. E. V. FOWLER, Chief of the Criminal Investigation Department of the Singapore Police, is to act as Commissioner of Police, when Mr. R. E. Foulger goes on leave in the near future.38 words
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Article293 1947-03-20 14 i' rom Our Staff Correspondent IPOH, Sunday. CIVICS should be taught to senior students,” said Mr. F. G. H. Parry, hon. secretary of the Perak Teachers’ Association, when he spoke to a meeting of the Association, at Ipoh, on Saturday. There should be special courses where293 words
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233 1947-03-20 14 SINGAPORE, Mur. 16. THE Singapore Ordinance to reconstitute the Legislative Council of the Colony has now been printed. “The Ordinance has definitely been drafted, it has actually been printed, and it is now ready to be considered by the public,” said the233 words
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Article112 1947-03-20 14 SINGAPORE. Mur. 16. MALAYA’S trade with Australia has reached such proportions that the Australian Government has decided to have a special trade representative in Singapore. He is Mr. James Payne, formerly Australian Trade Commissioner in the Middle East, and he will arrive tomorrow and begin work immediately.112 words
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Article50 1947-03-20 14 APPOINTMENTS approved by the Secretary of State for the Colonies, gazetted in Singapore vosterday, include those of Col. W. L. Rolleston, as an Assistant Secretary to the Governor-Gene-ral, and Mr. W. A. Horsford and Mr. W. C. Rees, as cadets of the Malayan Customs and Malayan Civil Services respectively.50 words
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Article268 1947-03-20 14 From Our Own Correspondent I KUALA LUMPUR. Mur I A GRICULTURAL experts and drainage anil jt J tion engineers in various states are l« C0 .J/1 in the biggest food production drive ever to l )e ia!J ed in Malaya, with the aim of making268 words
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Article151 1947-03-20 14 From Our Own Corresponded PENANG. Sunday —A wuefl to traders that under the exifl ing regulations they &V know in advance what eoM they would be receiving or* the risk ot having these Id seized, was given in the Dgd Court, yesterday, when the Customs Officer. Mr.151 words
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Article124 1947-03-20 14 From Our Own BATU PAHAT. morrow the remams o! yfl local Chinese cl B.tHi 1 c were massacred by jM 1942 will be re-interiea > Item. n i aC e I The most cental Johorc roads from j p:!* Kluang, Segamat anc. v cr .B meet124 words
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Article1302 1947-03-20 15 SINGAPORE, Mar. la. L (tied together, were taken out to sea I n boats, pushed overboard and tired on li automatic weapons was described in aliidavits Ellul w'lerday when the “Chinese Massacre” trial I coiiliiiucd in the Victoria Memorial Hall. the victims was a woman who1,302 words
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Article99 1947-03-20 15 SINGAPORE, Mar. 10. SUBJECT to Municipal approval, it has now been decided to build a wall around the entire Harbour Board area. The suggestion was put forward some time ago by the police. The wall will be one and a half miles long, nine feet high99 words
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111 1947-03-20 15 From Our Own Correspondent. JOHORE BAHRU, March 18.— Convicted on a charge ot possess ng army rations. Tan Sek Woo, who told the Court that he was a cclleotor of waste food from Military canteens, was fined $lOO by the District Judge, Mr. T.111 words
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Article161 1947-03-20 15 SINGAPORE, Mar. U). A VERDICT of justifiable homicide was recorded yesterday after an inquiry into the death of a Japanese Chief Petty Officer, who was fatally wounded in the back by Indian guards at the entrance to a military food store he was helping to161 words
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Article257 1947-03-20 15 RELEASE OF TWO P. O. SHIPS SINGAPORE, Mar. 19. AFTER more than seven-year busy service, first as armed merchant cruisers and subsequently as transports, two more P and O. ships, the Maloja and Carthage, have been released from Government service and returned to the shipbuilding yards for reconversion The 14,500-ton257 words
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Article, Illustration303 1947-03-20 15 SINGAPORE, Mar. 18. SIR Franklin Gimson, Governor of Singapore, presented certificates signed by Viscount Mountbatten, formerly Supreme Allied Commander in South East Asia, to a number of Chinese residents of Singapore who rendered assistance to British and Australian soldiers during the Japanese invasion and occupation of303 words
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132 1947-03-20 15 SINGAPORE, Mar. 19. WIND and swift currents car- ried a fire-swept drifting vessel from outside the Singapore breakwater last night towards he Dutch islands, and water-tront watchers lost sight of it after it had been burning for more than alt hour Singapore Marine pallet*.132 words
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Article, Illustration2653 1947-03-20 16 SINGAPORE, Mar. 19. AN affidavit by a Japanese newspaper correspondent. Lt. Col llishakari Takafumi, who said that he was told (hat 50,001) Chinese were to be killed in Singapore soon after the Japanese entry into the town, was read yesterday at the2,653 words
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Article115 1947-03-20 16 From Our Stall THE peaceful m.*n? 1 1 f. i T both parties case was a hcpp\ enl i future relationship s m er ere.en t r. < j pg# Perak Hydro, si chairman f r m p nrrl tor’ay b' •«t r.r’lourncd f C 1115 words
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593 1947-03-20 17 I t'roin Our Staff Correspondent I KUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 17. Ip world in saner moments has taken faltering If,, ...hstantial steps to reform its system and we I; on the threshold of such a fresh movement” n s’i'r Edward Gent, Governor of the Malayan593 words
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Article84 1947-03-20 17 I" vvr 'i\ T r< s n°ndent Pr .u Kuching, Mar. 17. D'OO Malay w men 1 mass mooting at > Kuching toft; a. a Lion of a wo- he Malay ft A res lution to v the cession of I 1 th first of its Malay84 words
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Article116 1947-03-20 17 SINGAPORE. Mar. 17. AN extra-ordinary general meet- ing of the Singapore Eurasian Association was held on Thursday, at which it was decided to throw open membership t.o Eurasian women. For the purpose of admission <o membership of the Eurasian Association. the meeting adopted ?r <;’ rule that116 words
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Article86 1947-03-20 17 SINGAPORE, Mar. 17. CINGAPORE Customs made u their second Mg haul of opium within forty-eight hours yesterday when they seized 250 pounds of opium valued at 5375.000 from the Dutch Tanker Clavella. The tanker which had been to Bahrein and Bombay was fuelling alongside the wharves86 words
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Article134 1947-03-20 17 From Our Own Correspondent. KUCHING, Mar. 17. pOMMITTEE members of the Young Malay Associate :n of Sarawak in an open letter have notified Mr. Klpdi bin Haji Osman that his services as their secretary 7 are no longer required on the ground of infringement of the134 words
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Article197 1947-03-20 17 SINGAPORE, Mar. 18. DESPITE a Washington message intimating the end of international food control after June 30 this year, the control and allocation of rice will remain unchanged in South-East Asia, according to an official statement to the Straits Times from the Special Commissioner's197 words
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335 1947-03-20 17 $2 MILLION COMPANY BEGAN WITH 700 SINGAPORE. Mar. 16. A tribute to the late Mr. C F. F. Wearne, a founder of Wcarno Brothers Ltd., which had a capital of $7OO when it was formed in 190 r and which today has a paid up capital of more than $2,009,000335 words
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Article506 1947-03-20 17 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Mar 16. MALAYA’S unmapped Central and Eastern territories, three large portions of which figure in high priority Government development schemes, are to be air-mapped in the next few months under the direction of the recently-formed Colonial Geodetic and Topographical506 words
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Article85 1947-03-20 17 SINGAPORE. Mar. 18. AFTER being perched on a coral reef at No. 1 Beacon on the Western Approaches to Singapore for almost three days, the 1.188-ton Straits Steamship vessel Perak was refloated at 4.34 a.m. yesterday by salvage experts of the Singapore Harbour Board. The Perak85 words
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Article37 1947-03-20 17 From Our Own Cm respondent. MALACCA, Mar. 17. A police constable discovered a Chinese lying dead in the back lane of Egerton Road from what appeared to be gunshot wounds. The police are investigating.37 words
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Article750 1947-03-20 18 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, Mar. 15. D.R.8., ridden by Spencer carrying 10.01, and favourites’ money, won the Governor-General’s Challenge Cup today in the manner of champion, healing Boh rah and Courtenay. After the race Mrs. MacDonald presented Ihe trophy to Ihe750 words
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250 1947-03-20 18 SINGAPORE. Mar. Hi. MORE than 2,000 watched the finals of the Singapore Amateur Boxing Association tournament at the Happy World last night, among the spectators being Major-Gen. Cox, G.O.C., Singapore District and Air ViceMarshal Brcakey. All the bouts were clean and interesting and250 words
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Article84 1947-03-20 18 The Singapore Cricket Club went down to the Indonesians on the padang at soccer when they were beaten by four goals to two. in a match when all the Indonesian goals were scored in the first half. Endout (2). Nasin and M. Salleh were the sco'cs for84 words
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Article468 1947-03-20 18 With the Singapore Cricket Club’s tirst eie\ei: engaged in a cricket match against the Singapore Recreation Club on the Padang, the Special Commissioners Cricket Club had little difficulty in beating a greatly weakened S.C.C. side by six wickets at Thomson Road The match on468 words
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Article179 1947-03-20 18 SC ORES PENANG TURF DOUBLE *l ar 1, i ut T L. Fox scored a double trlumpl. al Heand Irlbicra' lists” 7" GC 8 C p He headed both the Liters’ He saddled eight winners, eight seconds, and four thirds, with stakes worth $8,580. As an cwirr ho had one179 words
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Article222 1947-03-20 18 MALACCA, Mar. 17.—First annual inter-Malay Sohool Sports (Senior Malay Schools), which was held on Saturday on the Banda Hilir English School Ground was witnessed by a large gathering of friends and parents oi Malay School children. Fiist part of the carnival was devoted to sports and drill222 words
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Article323 1947-03-20 18 SINtJAPOIJK Mi, Filipino boxer Battling Sima claims 1/ night’s fight for the welterweight championst Singapore on a foul blowSima was beaten by Siamese Som J> 0n knock-out in the first round at the linn,, Stadium. pp> The fight, which was scheduled for 15 three-minute323 words
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Article188 1947-03-20 18 [EXCELLENT OvWi.l,.; E -"cl took five nuk :> five against the Clarke !t..n t nao« Royal Air Fere 1 Site:...- defea Rangers by 10 rnr--Ibrahim I a vn l u for 12 runs in amongst The S.: .p Cri* gors bowlers. Scores were: SINGAPORE I188 words
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Article119 1947-03-20 18 MAI ACCA Mar y WflS Fast and snappy ed on the Banda l a: ;dt the Sentul Worksl* lacca Rompers. ti c to Both teams took )ers down, and it was > a:D 3 initiated the attn.-K. ;;v‘ re3 pressure in the vaa v Short119 words
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Article945 1947-03-20 19 I r ro m Our Own Correspondent I SEREMBAN, Mar. 14. I the Malayan planting industry is to survive the I eonipetition from her neighbours as well as that ■l synthetic product in America, extensive replantold seedling areas with high-yielding maten will have to be carried945 words
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Article71 1947-03-20 19 At tho stockholders meeting on Mar. 26 the Directors of the Chartered Bank of India. Australia and China recommend a final dividend at the rate of 6 2 per annum subject to income tax making 10% for the year 1946. £lOO.OOO will be added to the Pension Fund.71 words
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Article110 1947-03-20 19 —Reuter. WASHINGTON, Mar. 13. —The U S Government’s exclusive power to buy natural rubber will end on March 31 but the Government will continue to exercise its authority to allocate it if Congress accepts a Bill which has been approved by the House Armed Services Committee—Reuter. - 110 words
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Article117 1947-03-20 19 —Straits Times Copyright. From Onr Own Correspondent LONDON. Mar. 13. POINTING out that whilo Malayan producers were receiving; from Cfovernment, as the sole buyer, €40 per ton lor copra and €70 for palm oil and that world prices were approximately €57 and €120 respectively, the—Straits Times Copyright. - 117 words
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Article82 1947-03-20 19 From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Mar. 15. T ONDON producing interests warmly weloome the Malayan Union Government’s decision to permit new rubber planting. Doubts are expressed, however, as to whether the labour position would permit any large-scale modernisation of estates for a long time yet. They82 words
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Article704 1947-03-20 19 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 17. IN spite of the financial assistance given by the Guv- eminent in the form of loans which already total several million dollars, the rate of recovery of the tin industry is disappointing. Mr. A. A. Bean, Chief704 words
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198 1947-03-20 19 SINGAPORE. Mar. 15. SHAREHOLDERS of United Engineers Ltd., at their annual meeting yesterday, empowered the directors to raise or borrow, as they think fit. a sum not exceeding 53.000.000 to finance' the modernisation of the company’s works. The directors’ report showed that it was198 words
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Article133 1947-03-20 19 From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Mar. 15. TIN share jobbers on the London Stock Exchange report a big inflow oi Chinese and Indian money irm Eastern buyers who are willing to pay fancy prices lor the best class shares. This demand is sharply cutting down133 words
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Article816 1947-03-20 20 Weekly Market Review By A Market Correspondent SINGAPORE, Mar. 15. ALTHOUGH reduced from the scale of recent business the week’s turnover in Malayan markets must be regarded as highly satisfactoryProfit taking which was fairly general in Industrials caused a number of quotations to recede. Tins816 words
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Article45 1947-03-20 20 Rubber output? for February, of the following Companies were: The Changkat Serdang Estates Ltd. 34.895 lbs.; Hay tor Rubber Estates Ltd. 11,500 lbs.; Lunas Rubber Estates Ltd. 50,300 lbs.; The Nyalas Rubber Estates Ltd. 38,300 lbs.; The Tapah Rubber Estates Ltd. 105,364 lbs.45 words
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Article202 1947-03-20 20 SINGAPORE, Mar. 15. Mr. Paul Sykes, Canadian Government Trade Commissioner, who arrived in Singapore on Thursday, will take over his official duties next week. Mr. Sykes, who has had 18 years experience in the East, will replace Mr. Arthur Wilding who has had wartime service202 words
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Article110 1947-03-20 20 Net profit for 1946 of the Eastern Bank Ltd. £110.916-16-1, making a total with the amount brought forward £180.834-13-9. The annual meeting will be held on Mar. 26 at which the Directors will recommend the payment of a final dividend at the rate of three shillings and sixpence110 words
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Article671 1947-03-20 20 SINGAPORE, Mar. 19. quotations according to the Malayan Sharebrokers Association (Singapore) today were as follows: INDUSTRIALS Bayer Seller Alexandra Brickwork* Ords. 1.90 2.00 Alexandra Brickwork* Prefs. 3.00 3.15 Brit Malaya Trustee Executor Co. 8.25 9.00 Jonsnlldated Tld Smelters Ord. 21/- 237do Prefs. 26/0 287Eastern United Assurance 41.00671 words
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Article270 1947-03-20 20 From Our Staff Correspondent I KUALA LUMPUR I RESTRICTIONS on new planting and the replant* 9 rubber in eight States of the Union have bee T 1 according to a notice in today's gazette. n "9 This follows an announcement in the House of Ccm I270 words
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Article40 1947-03-20 20 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, March 14. The value of rubber for purpose of assessing the customs duty for the period March 13 to March 19 inclusive has been fixed at 41 7/ R cents per pound.40 words
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Article174 1947-03-20 20 Company Report IFTER provision had beenm® n for income tax a balance* £25,477 was carried forward® profit and loss account of® Sendayan (F.M.S.) Rubber J pany, Ltd. The accounts and directors’9 port were presented at theann® general meeting in London* Feb. 26. 9 A balance was brought174 words
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Article22 1947-03-20 20 THE Union Advisory Cou® meets at Kuala Lumpur March 31, reports the Strs9 Times Kuala Lumpur Staff 9 respondent. I22 words