The Straits Budget, 3 April 1947

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    31 1 The Straits Budget THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES [ESTABLISHED OVER A CENTURY] jsjew Series No. 35 Singapore, Thursday April 3rd, 1947 Price 40 cents (SS. Currency) Or 1 sh.
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      62 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 advertising
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  • The Straits Budget
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      Penang Appeals To Caesar
      998 2 —Singapore, Mar. 27. What a strange amalgam ')1 East and West the Straits-born Chinese communities of the Straits Settlements are! This thought comes to mind on reading the petition against the Malayan constitutional proposals whicn has been addressed to the Secretary of State for the Colonies
      —Singapore, Mar. 27.  -  998 words
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      The University College
      1058 2 —Straits Times. Mar. 28. [•css than twenty years ago it was impossible tor a Singapore boy to continue his education beyond the level required for n clerk or an artisan, unless he wanted to be a doctor. Then Raffles College was founded, and speedily found itself an
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      National Park
      904 2 —Straits Tim 1 3 A voice from Radio Malaya last Saturday night had the unfortunate effect of making a number of Singapore folk even more discontented with life in this tropical Aldershot than they had been before. The voice was that of the Chief Game Warden, Malaya, Mr.
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      The Army Plus Controls
      950 3 Straits Times. Mar. 31. ,nd downs in the iM' “’’vu, 01 Singapore. om;C \-u\cvs oi merchants > g criticisms oi Governrecorded in the sene* delivered by succev oi the Singapore ci O commerce at ‘no of the Chamber, 'L W t tchihS back to toe r
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      The Cheeseman Committee
      982 3 —Straits Times. Apr. 1 The soundings which the Cheeseman Committee has oeen taking in the deeps and shallows of Malayan public opinion ha e culminated in the report summarised in this issue today. This report is the fulfilment >f the pledge given last December when the plan
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      April Fool?
      1078 3 e’s 2 —Straits Times, It is possibly not known to all our Asiatic readers that April the first has a special significance m England, it being the custom for irerry youtih on that date to spring some utterly improbable yarn on an unwary victim, and then, if he
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    MEMORIES OF OLD SINGAPORE
    2060 4  -  by CATO ROLAND BRADDELL •THOUGH I was quite un aware of it at the time, I arrived back in Singapore at the beginning of a new era in the Far East and a new era in Malaya. I stepped into the past but very soon found
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  • STRAITS TIMES POST-BAG
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      “Landlords’ Petition:” Worker’s Warning
      548 5 r r ice cut was followed by petitions for higher t e s and discontent amongst all classes of ia)',s clerks, etc. This was then followed by strikes more strikes, the last of which we have net yet There is no end to the argument of
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      Housing Standstill: Twiddling Thumbs
      178 5 PHE chairman of the Singapore Rural Board, Mr. C. W. A. Sennett, at the last meeting gave us some very interesting facts about the housing shortage. His figure of one quarter of a million people out of three quarteis oi a million needing houses in Singapore
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      The Night-Soil Lords Of Civic Singapore
      365 5 F[IS night-soil racket in Singapore has reached such serious proportions that the authorities must do something to stop it. At first it started on a small scale, but now it is so well organised that the public dare not make a report for fear
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      “The Petition”: More Critical Reactions
      577 5 THE difficulty in replying to the Singapore landlords’ petition and your recent leading article on the subject is that there are landlords. and landlords! Also, that there are several classes of property, and what applies to certain owners and certain types of property does not
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      Another Murder
      243 5 MY husband was killed in Sandakan, British North Borneo, in 1945 by the Japs. He was a Government servant and a lieutenant in the volunteer force. I lost my husband, my home, and everything I had, and I was left with four young children. I had expected some
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      Awkward
      79 5 A SINGLE European in Malaya can live on an average of $2OO to $250 a month, and a married couple on $4OO a month,” This information, so w t > are told, has been supplied to the Koval Empire Society by the Director of Public Relations, Malayan Union. It
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    LABOUR BOARDS CRITICISED
    970 6 SINGAPORE, Apr. L CRITICISING; the manner in which the Lal)«ur Advisory Hoards were formed, the Pan-Malayan Federation of Trade Unions, in a letter to the Governor of the Malayan Union, Sir Edward Gent, suggests that the members on the boards representing labour should Ik* elected and not
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  • PERSONAL
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      BIRTHS
      102 6 DESKt'R. at Kandang Kerbau Hospital on 29 th. March, to Ethel, wile of A H. Deskcr, a son. SOUL—On March 28th at Batu Gajah to Joan (Nee Rigby) wife of Stanley Soul, a son Michael John. EDGAR: At Bungsar Hospital, Kuala Lumpur, on 2(ith March 1947 to Jeannette mec
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      ENGAGEMENTS
      94 6 GRAHAM-SHAW. The engagement is announced between David Douglas Graham, Surveyor-General of Ships’ Department, Singapore, youngest son of the late Mr. and Mrs. J. Graham of Drumoyne, Glasgow, and Joy Perry, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. P. H. Shaw ol Bessacarr, Doncaster. Yorks. THE ENGAGEMENT is announced between Stallord
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      MARRIAGES
      59 6 SHIELDS-STEWART at Singapore on 29th March, 1947. George Hunter Shields, youngest son of the late Mr. James Shields, Edinburgh, and of Mrs. Helen Shields, “Viewficld,” East Calder, Scotland, to Flora Dora (Dot) Stewart! youngest daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. William Stewart. Blackball Edinburgh ROBERTSON-MIDDLEBROOK. On March 21st..
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    DEATH RAILWAY AUTHOR HERE
    329 6 SINGAPORE, Apr. 2. Coast, author of the widely-read book on how P.o.W.s lived and died in Siam—“ Railroad of Death’’— bi ck in Singapore from U.K. on his way to Bangkok to take up a Foreign Office appointment. He intends, apart from his Foreign Office work
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    Malay Regt. Man Cycles To India
    251 6 By Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Apr. 1. Twenty-eight- YEAR-oid capt. Dennis Hooper.-Colsey, of the 28th Kumaon Regiment, Indian Army, who has been with the Malay Regiment for the last six months, starts cycling to India via Siam and Burma on Apr. 7. Just
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    CHARCOAL TRADE PIONEER DEAD
    61 6 I rom Our Own Correspondent TAIPING, Mar. 31.—The death took place in Taiping on Saturday, Mar. 22, of Towkay Ng Seng, age 81, one of the pioneers of the charcoal industry in this district. The deceased came to this country from China over 40 years ago
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    Brooke’s Questions To Gov-Gen
    283 6 SINGAPCHE a™. THE following <t t( i pi 2 1 been Anthony Brooke on l of the Governor-General' turn from Sarawak: Alter the long officio, with regard to the Sarawak, it will not't ♦v tr thought untimely or h spec.fic questions to be mer"* equally specific
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    MAJOR ON RASH ACT CHARGE
    75 6 SINGAPORE. Apr MAJOR J. S F A F BUS was produced in i* District Court before Mr. Storr yesterday on a CI 5 committing a rash aL amounting to culpable by causing the death a jabi, Baghail Singh 5 0l Chua Chu Kang Roado.i 3,
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    OLD XAVERIANS OFFICIALS
    78 6 i/1 11'** J, From Our Own (<l,,c v P t he PENANG, the nual general m< held I Xaverians’ Assoo Tel u Saturday, Mr. L<. ‘7 (0 j elected President year. Mr. Lee Gaau *ere el Mr. Cheah Seng L; li n %vni ie ed vice-presiden ]e
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    146 6 DEATHS Mr. Victor Quintal, Supervisor of Works II.M. Naval Base passed away peacefully at (i.30 pm. on 30/3/47 at the British Military Hospital, Singapore BILLIEWICZ. At Singapore, on 28th Match, 1947. Antoni Bernard Billicwicz husband fo Mrs. W Billicwicz of the Anglo.Chinesc Continuation School, Singa|)ore. GOODSEA at Singapore on 30th.
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    TENANCY RIGHTS OF ABSENTEES
    287 7 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, Mar. 27. the Supreme Court yesterday Mr. Justice Carey reserve d judgment in the first appeal lodged ejectment order made by the War Abti i n* j appeal was brought by Chop Tong Bien present tenants of a shop premises in
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    Kidnapped Towkay Released
    74 7 D m Our Own Correspondent. 11*011, Thursday. I Ss Vin long, wealthy Kampar miner and member the Kint.i 'lown Board, who h hLs motor ear driver was napped by an armed gang Chinee while returning from mine a fortnight ago, relied safely to his home this rninu
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    Fines For Johore Labourers
    165 7 SINGAPORE. Mar. 27. N young Indian labourers charged with wrongfully fining the manager of oh Estate. Johore, and his istant in their office were convicted ir. the Kluang trict Court yesterday. he caurt was crowded with re Indians, but there was no lonstration. he mag s'rate
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    BOLIVIAN TIN AGREEMENT
    64 7 ARHINTjtov T March 27.—1 t I th a t but unoffltin negotlaR’> ti tha r r l a tin agrre--1*47 o V jn f bn,t u d States for pjori o'.n ’-vhieh it is un«,l cort V lp r a basic price *hr, la 1 r bound.
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    IMPROVEMENT TRUST BILL
    76 7 SINGAPORE, Mar. 28. AMONG the bills passed at yesterday’s meeting of the Singapore Advisory Council were the Trade Marks (Transitional Provisions) Bill and the Singapore Improvement Trust (Transitional Amendment) (Repeal) Bill. The second of the two Ordinances provides for the repeal of last year’s temporary Ordinance on
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    DAYAKS WELCOME GOVERNOR-GENERAL
    98 7 From Our Own Correspondent KUCHING. March 26. —ln his tour of Sarawak, the Governor General, Mr Malcolm McD nald, was welcomed at Kapit, a Dayak district in the Third Division, by assembled Dayak chiefs and leading Chines?. A guard of honour was inspected and the party par’ici«pated
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    VESSELS TO CARRY FIRE EQUIPMENT
    159 7 1 SINGAPORE, Mar. 28. ALL small craft plying in the Singapore harbour area will be required to carry fire-fighting equipment by the terms of an Ordinance passed at yesterday’s meeting of the Singapore Advivisory Council. The Ordinance comes into effect on June 1. From that
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    No Marked Changes At Medical College
    147 7 SINGAPORE. Mar. 27. THERE will be no marked changes in the King Edward VII College of Medicine, Dr. D. W.G. Faris, new principal of the College, who has arrived from the Malayan Union to the post, told th ft Straits Times yesterday. H P
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    LADY RAFFLES’ GRAVE
    24 7 From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, March 21.—The Association of British Malaya is bearing the cost of restoration of Lady Raffles’ grave.
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    East Asiatic’s 50 Years Trading
    276 7 SINGAPORE. Mar. 28. £ONSULAR officials and representatives of Singapore commercial and mercantile firms were present at a reception in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the East Asiatic Company yesterday held at the company’s offices in Raffles Quay. Singapore. More than 200 guests attended the
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    $1,000,000 Lighter Fleet For Singapore
    180 7 SINGAPORE, Mar. 27. FIFTEEN tugs and 60 barges —part of a much larger fleet bought for over $1,000,000 by Government from the British Admiralty in London—have arrived in Singapore. The purchase was made on behalf of the Singapore Government by the Secretariat for Economic Affairs.
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    FREE SALE OF SMOKES URGED
    104 7 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, March 26. Re- turn to the free sale of cigarettes is urged in representations forwarded to the Malayan Union Government by the Penang Coffee Shop Owners Association and th e Chinese Commercial Union. Stating that the profit on the sale
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    FIVE MALAYS ON MURDER CHARGE
    118 7 From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU. March 27. After an inquiry before Tuan Sheik Abu Bakar, Magistrate which was held yesterday, Budin bin Awang, Majid bin Muzarki, Abdullah bin Mohamed, Abubakar bin Maroff and Ibrahim bin Esa, whose ages range from 15 to 26, were
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    QUERY ON S’PORE BANISHMENT
    81 7 QUERY ON S PORE BANISHMENT I/ONDON. Thursday:- Mr. Arthur Creech-Jones, Colonial Secretary m a Parliamentary reply yesterday said that the banishment (Amendment) Ordinance, 1941. was operative in the Colony ot Singapore. Mr. •Charles Smith. Labour, had asked how many persons had been, 'arrested under this ordinance since 1947 and how
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    Merchants’ View Of Labour And Costs Problems
    849 8 SINGAPORE, Mar. 29. PROBLEMS arising out of the fact that “Malaya has now become a vast military centre” were dealt with by Mr. E. M. F. Fergusson, chairman of the Singapore Chamber of Commerce, at the annual meeting of the Chamber yesterday. Rising
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    Better Trade Outlook
    116 8 SINGAPORE. Mar. 29. The chairman of the Singapore Chamber of Commerce, Mr. E. M F. Fergusson, reverted to the pre-war practice of giving a full review oi Singapore trade at the annual meeting held yesterday, the second annual meeting since the liberation Dealing with rough goods, he
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    Pirates’ Haul Off N. Malaya
    122 8 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, Mar. 28. PIRATES, striking again from the notorious water of Pulau Teratan, north of the Langkawi group of islands, attacked a Chinese junk and made away with a $ll,BOO haul which included rubber, jewellery and salt fish. According to a
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    CHILD VENDORS WARNED
    146 8 JOHORE BAHRU. March 27. The Price Control Department summoned five boys and girls, whose ages varied from 9 to 14 years, for violating the new rule regarding the sale of cigarettes. The mother of a girl of 10 told the Court that slhe was a widow with
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    Chamber Chairman Attacks S’pore Separation Plan
    399 8 SINGAPORE, M ar 29 “THE development of Malaya requires a Pr central Government in which the views of part of Malaya may be heard and decisions taken t the advantage of the whole territory,” said Mr.fi J F. Fergusson, chairman of the Singapore Chamho
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    R.A.S. C. MEN TRAP GANG
    267 8 SINGAPORE, Mar. 27. AN R.A.S.C. driver and his sern geant who reported to their Commanding Officer a proposal that they should transport cloth from the docks to the servants’ quarters of Naval House residence of the Flag Officer, Malaya —wore responsible for the conviction of
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    Dalforce Demands To Chief
    142 8 SINGAPORE, Mar. 29. MEMBERS of Dalforce areti day presenting to CoU D. Dailey, their wartime !eai er, five demands drafted at general meeting in Singapa yesterday. This action tollcws dissatisue tion at the contents of aiw received from Col. Dailey, adtj ing the men to accept
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    TROOPING THE COLOUR
    127 8 From Our Own Correspond** PENANG. Mar. a PENANG witnessed it* s impressive post-war cs monial parade yesterday eve ing when, before the Commas er-in-Chief SEALF Lt.-Gen< Neil Ritchie and with the w ernor, Sir Edward Gent, tajj the salute, the 2nd Batta West Yorkshire Reeiment its Trooping
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    MUNICIPALITY TO SEE COMMISSION
    61 8 SINGAPORE. Mjfa The Singapore a J missioners have a vitation to meet 0 .Apr. for Higher Educe par-i and give their v <L lar on the capao 2r jd> cipality to abscio c; jtv c ;llfj of the future uni'—to They will also j $u&J an
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    Rice Position Is Still Precarious
    267 9 SINGAPORE, Mar. 27. i ilua lion in South-East Asia is still precaria n( not only should a more conservative r U: Hitherto be taken of the amount of rice, 'till )t available during the first half of 1947, u. imi>< prepare for a possible lean
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    AIR CRASH VICTIMS
    79 9 SIXGAFORE. Mar. 27. A;: Mi:.., iv communique hat the follo'.vP ,IM s *u v ‘heir lives in h on March A A.F. York air- Singapore was N “gumbo Aero11*.:— it 1 v Annin?, v »;»> lor, WO. 1 5 t. Grant, hi (A A. Cheyii«», t Mr.
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    AUSTRALIAN ASSN. MOVE
    66 9 forming an I Mr ci, t s latl °n in Ma--1 W t Masse y. Australarina ‘A'. 1 1 0r Mala ya, is s in the of all Austrar Ma.s.vf"* d ya community. 1 that Austrai m touch with r Au.s i--, ’**ouid Association, he ay a
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    PRISONERS OVERPOWER WARDER
    95 9 From Our Staff Correspondent IPOH, Mar. 26. THREE Chinese recently ar■l rested in Singapore in connection with a bomb outrage in Sitiawan and brought back and held in Sitiawan police lock-up made a sensational escape last night. Five other held on serious charges in the same lockup
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    FIVE JAP WAR CRIMINALS DIE
    113 9 SINGAPORE. Mar. 27. Five Japanese found guilty of war crimes were executed at Changi Gaol yesterday morning. Two major-generals convicted in the Burma-Siam Railway Trial who were to die with them, will not he hanged until they have appeared as witnesses for the defence in
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    RAFFLES COLLEGE PRINCIPAL
    27 9 The Governor has appointed the Principal of the College of Medicine to be Principal of Raffles College, according to a Singapore Government Gazette notification
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    MALAYS WARN GOVT.
    221 9 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 26. THE Pan-Malayan Council of Joint Action and an organisation called the United Peoples Front—which is stated to be formed of 74 Malay associations, including the Malay Nationalist Party—are sending a joint letter to the Secretary of State for the
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    AIR FREIGHTER TO CALL AT S’PORE
    165 9 AIR FREIGHTER TO CALL AT S’ PORE SINGAPORE, Mar. 27. A NEW British aircraft—the Bristol “170” Freighter—has left England on a demonstration flight to New Zealand, and is expected to be on view in Singapore at the end of this month or early in April, according to information received bv
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    $1,500 FOR TREES AND ADVICE
    80 9 From Our Own Correspondent. PENANG. March 26. The Municipal Commissioners at their meeting yesterday, decided tj pay the Botanical Gardens Department a sum of $1,500 “in exchange for materials, shrubs and advice given by the Department as regards roadside trees.” Speaking on this subject, the
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    NEGRI SEMBILAN PLANS FOOD DRIVE
    309 9 NEGRI SEMBIL AN PLANS FOOD DRIVE From Our Own Correspondent. SEREMBAN. Mar. 2G. SHOULD the food situation towards the end of the year I become difficult due to supplies of rice being less than expected and should our rice ration be cut we can supplement our diet with groundnuts or
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    S.S.C.’s Further Heavy Expenses
    386 9 SINGAPORE, Mar. 27. FURTHER heavy expenses must be met in order to further equip the Singapore Swimming Club and provide amenities which existed before the war, according to the committee’s report for the year ended, Jan. 31, this year. It is stated that the arrangement agreed
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    Social Welfare Conference
    66 9 SINGAPORE, Mar. >7. A CONFLUENCE on the organization ol social welfare in South-East Asia will be held in Singapore later this year. This proposal was approved at yesterday’s meeting of liaison oflicers from territories in South-East Asia held at the office of Lord Killcarn, Special Commissioner. Territories
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    TRAINING FOR TEACHERS
    60 9 From Our Own Correspondent. MALACCA. March 26.—Tamil teachers in Malacca have begun a two-year period of training for their future profession as teachers in Indian schools. The Assistant Inspector of Indian School, Malacca. Mr. S. D. Augustine says that 17 teachers in all are now attending the
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    SENTENCE QUASHED
    101 9 From Our Own Correspondent IPOH, Mar. 26. y. A. Thamby Dural, a police inspector under the Japanese, who was sentenced to death at Kuala Lumpur for the murder of Victor Perera at Ipoh during the war, had his conviction quashed by the Union Criminal Court of Appeal today
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    GOVERNOR AT PENANG
    103 9 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG. March 26 Th< Governor, Sir Edward Gent, who is attending tomorrow evening’s trooping the colour cer mony by the Second West Yorks at the Penang Free School ground, arrived this morning tor a fourday stay i n Penang. in addition to attending
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    Japanese Surrendered Personnel Move Out
    119 10 SINGAPORE, Mar. 28. A.NE hundred and thirty-two Japanese surrendered personnel the first batch to l>e repatriated to Japan this month under the South East Asia “move out” scheme —left Singapore by the Dilwara yesterday afternoon for Kure. The men were accompanied by a few’ Japanese
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    University College Soon As Possible
    542 10 SINGAPORE, Mar. 28. THE Commission on Higher Education will rccom- mend that a university college of Malaya should be established as soon as possible, Sir Alexander Carr* Saunders, chairman of the Commission, said pore yesterday. There is a possibility, that the university college will he
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    UNION WAR MEMORIAL
    163 10 From Oui Staff Correspondent. KUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 27. A WAR MEMORIAL committee n has teen set up by the Governor of the Malayan Union, Sir Edward Gent, under the chairmanship of Mr. D. Farquharson, of Negri Sembilan, to consider proposals for providing a suitable memorial or memorials
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    DETECTIVE IS SENT TO GAOL
    66 10 WEE 800 Soh, a Chinese detective attached to the C.I.D, was »enter.ced to lour months* Il l Ki r<)Us imprisonment and fined $»00, or in default six months’ imprisonment, in the Corruption Court Wee was found guilty of extort irg $5O from a Chinese businessman
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    Dalforce Men End “Squat”
    220 10 SINGAPORE. Mar. 28. jy[ORE than 400 members cf Dalflorce, w r ho had “squatted’’ outside the premises of the Chinese Seoretariat. in Havelock Road, from Monday night in protest against the non-payment of back pay by the War Office, packed up their acetylene lamps and went
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    Malayan Film Of Ricefieids Life
    292 10 From Our Own Correspondent TELUK ANSON, Mar. 27. WITH the tentative title “Paradise in Perak,” a film depicting the life of settlers in the colonisation area of the Sungei Manik irrigation scheme is now being made by the Malayan Film Unit from Kuala Lumpur under
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    POSSESSION CHARGE
    61 10 From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, March 27. Jaffar bin Salim and Kamaruddin bin Rashid, both aged 18, who were arrested on March 24 were produced before Tuan Sheik Abu Bakar, the Magistrate, and charged with being in possession of 24 car lamps, bulbs, etc., belonging to the
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    “RIGHTS WHITTLED DOWN”
    253 10 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, Mar. 27. THE constitutional proposals 1 not only “whittle down the prescriptive rights of British subjects, but also impair the status of the British Settlements,” Dr. Lee Tiang Keng President of the Straits Chinese British Association, declared at the Association’s annual general
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    LIQUOR DUTIES RAISED
    122 10 IMPORT liquors in Sino a 5 Malayan Union creased a further The now duty brLf''" of a bottle of the same price as U S,N 26 shillings S n.3S, 1,1 Er i no change in a ale, beer, stout, perur sherry. v mr eider; In legard to
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    N.S. FACES BIG BRIDGE PROGRAMME
    155 10 From Our Own Correspond* SEREMBAN. Ma:! A BIG programme 01 permaa bridge construction will 1 to be undertaken to replace temporary timber bridges 1 strected during the Japan regime to replace the bra blown uo by our forces dun:.? retreat in 1942. fays an c
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    RICE STOCKS ‘ARE FROZEN’
    137 10 f< There is at P rcsent large quantity of J P free rice from Siam r ‘j Singapore owing to the F trol Department not na ceived the usual notifKau the Rice Commission m that these shipments ca lowed to land as they co:the 3 per
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    Seventh Accused Tells His Story
    1083 11 MASSACRE TRIAL SINGAPORE, Mar. 27. L v iff! of this war is for the liberation of Asia and P 1 obstructing the Japanese Army is going against a n V t of the liberation,” were words of advice Capt. .mi* oave members of the police
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    TO ADVISE ON UNIVERSITY
    283 11 SINGAPORE, Mar. 27. THE Commission on Higher Education, headed by Sir Alexander Carr-Saunders, which is to make recommendations to the Colonial Office on university education in Malaya, arrived at Changi airfield yesterday. It will stay in Singapore for about a week and go to the Malayan
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    Milk Ban For Coffee Shops
    53 11 SINGAPORE, Mar. 2G. FROM tomorrow, coffee shops in Singapore will not be allowed to use condensed sweetened milk. The prohibition of the use of condensed milk in coffee shops, which was lifted on Jan. 31 this year, is being reimposed due to the scarcity of
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    COUNCIL VISITORS
    42 11 SINGAPORE. Mar. 27. Mr. Lim Yew Hock, secretary of the Singapore Administrative Clerical Workers’ Union, and Abang Othman, of the Sarawak Police, who have been selected as British Council visitors to Britain. left Singapore yesterday by R.A.F. plane for U.K.
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    Australia Plans S.E. Asia Talks
    355 11 SINGAPORE, Mar. 27. FE Australian Government plans to arrange a conference this year with South-East Asian countries to discuss problems of common interest, said Mr. Claude Massey, Australian Commissioner for Malaya, in a broadcast from Radio Malaya. The Australian Minister for External Affairs had suggested
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    Naval Base Talks Are Successful
    169 11 SINGAPORE, Mar. 27. A SUCCESSFUL conference of Singapore Naval Base authorities and representatives of the Naval Base Labour Union, attended by Commissioner for Labour, Mr. R. P. Bingham, and Assistant Trade Union Adviser, Mr. S. P. Garrett, was held at Seletar yesterday. Commodore W. H.
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    JOHORE GOVT. OFFICE MOVES
    58 11 JOIIORE BAHRU. Wednesday. —Military P >lic. P Headquarters have moved from th 0 Fort, Bukit Timbalan, to Bukit Meldrum, Johore Bahru. The premises vacated have been handed over to the civil authorities and are being renovated, after which they will house Government offices. The first to
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    SIX CHINESE BOUND OVER
    121 11 SINGAPORE, Mar. 27. CIX young Chinese who were arrested by the Singapore Police last year around two wooden huts—built on the roottop of a four-storied building in Anson Road—where several secret society symbols, two revolvers, and 21 rounds of ammunition were found, were bound over by
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    CHAMBER ATTACK TRADE CONTROLS
    1454 12 SINGAPORE, Mar. 29. TRADE controls and trading were attacked by M. 1 E. M. F. Fcrgusson, chairman of the Singapore Chamber of Commerce, at the annual meeting of the t'handier yesterday. difficulties arose Referring to labour, Mr. Fergusson said that some mmcuu e. ‘because some are
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    RICE COMMITTEE MEETING
    137 12 SINGAPORE. Mar. 29. Tho International Emergency F od Council Sub-Committee on Ric e for S E. Asia held its sixth meeting yesterday at the Office of the Special Commissioner in S. E. Asia, in Singapore, when sub-c mmit-tee confirmed the April shipping programme of rice in and
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    DEFENCE RAISES ROLE OF CHINESE VOLUNTEER ARMY
    654 12 Massacre Trial SINGAPORE M ar )(j EXTRACTS from a Chinese book “The Great War an J Overseas Chinese*’ detailing how the Chinen* VohiJ Army came to be formed in Singapore were read bv j 1 nese defence counsel at yesterday's resumed hearin J
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    Kedah War On Rabies
    89 12 From Our Own CorrcsnondJ ALOK v 1 M ar >«| CINCE the oni ln ak of rabj in Kivlali, resulting in mJ latalities as a human infection. p,i| ue i(t jj against iinliccii'Pri dogs h 3 brought remarkable results Throughout Keilali and PtrlJ a total of
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    BOAT RACE DINNER
    34 12 SINGAPORE. The Oxford Society gave a Bo I at the Adeitjhi 1 Among those s Govern Jr of u Franklin Gim> Gimson. both 'and some o: th* Higher Educ;‘: I Malava
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    INTERPRETER AS REGISTRAR.
    47 12 From Our Own l TAIPINCt. Mar n er prtf R Iyer. Indian 1 DUO inti at. Taiping, has o 1 dis tri 'as first re gist nr .court jn .‘‘/joinedfr m Jan. 1. M» v r sed service in 19 0 P?r* Selangor before
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    Soldiers Held Burning Roof Off Ammunition
    202 12 From Our Staff Correspondent Kuala Lumpur, Mar. 27. ’THREE British soldiers—1 Gunners A. Arnott and F. Taylor and L. Bdr. D. V. Irving of the 96th Field Regiment, stationed in Ipoh, have been commended by the G. Malaya, for courageous action on a burning
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    Loans For Industries Can Now Be Made
    502 13 Sunday Times Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 31. I R ATIONS for loans by estates and industrial I ndi-rtakings in the Malayan Union may be made r.j ,he passage of legislation by the Advisory L il making the Government guarantor for adf f
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    PENANG A.C.S. UNION
    49 13 0,11 (> wn Correspondent Saturday. Pn-s’d.M Was elected Srhri'i' f the Anglo-Chin-*ral at the annual ssr.s y, j r h ii d yesterday, k S. m Chuan, Cheah r fleet f j Chew Bo °n Huck 001 Kim Lean P l eSldents and -ary an < honorary
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    Malays Take To Manual Labour
    232 13 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, Sunday. ONE of the mo6t interesting post-war trends in Penang today is the new enthusiasm shown by the Malays in manual and outdoor w’ork. Commenting, on this in an interview today, an official of the Penang Malay j Association said
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    VICTORY SAVINGS
    15 13 Sales of Victory Savings Cer tifleates up to March 26 amounted to $448,653.
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    MEMO ON COST OF LIVING
    157 13 SINGAPORE, Mar. 29. k confidential memorandum bv the Singap.re Financial Secretary and a letter by the Government on the higher cost of living allowances suggested jointly by the Municipal Commissioners and Singap.re Improvement Trustees, were handed to the Commissioners at a meeting yesterday. The documents
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    LABOUR ADVISORY BOARD MEETS
    60 13 SINGAPORE, Mar. 29. i The Singapore Labour Advisory l Board met yesterday and discussed means of conciliation and wage fixing within industry, including the establishment of works councils. The topic was adjourned pending further inquiry. The couno l agreed on the urgency of the problem of
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    CONTACT MADE AGAIN WITH BORDER GANGS
    232 13 From Our Staff Correspondent i KUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 29. r /CONTACT has been established for the second time between v the Kelantan police and bandits operating across the Siamese border, it is understood, and it is hoped that news of the offer of pardon
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    GIRLS STUDY CURRENT AFFAIRS IN COURT
    337 13 Sunday Times Correspondent PENANG, Saturday. pENANG students are learning current affairs in a big way and liking it too. In a move aimed at extending this new subject beyond the classroom, a leading girls school earlier this week t ok its Standard Eight class
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    EDUCATION PROPOSALS
    121 13 From Our Own Correspondent Penang, Mar. 28.—The Penang Chinese Chamber of Commerce has appointed a sub-committee to conside drawing a memorandum for submission to the Commission on Higher Education which is due in Penang on April 12 and 13. The Straits Chinese British Association may also be appointing
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    Landlords Want Rent Law Change
    266 13 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 30. THAT the Rent Restriction Enactment must defini- tely be amended to a very large extent sooner or later, if not repealed, was the view expressed by Mr. E. A. S. Wagner, President of the Selangor Property Owners
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    S’PORE SAILOR HONOURED
    75 13 S’ PORE SAILOR HONOURED The King’s Commendation for Brave Conduct has been awarded to Captain Bidin bin Chee, of the Singapore Straits Steamship Company, “for services rendered in evacuating civilians from Singapore during the Japanese invasion.” Under the very heavy bombing of the days before the fall of Singapore, he
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    BUS ON FIRE
    44 13 SINGAPORE. Mar. 31. An omnibus o n the KatongBedok line caught fire suddenly ni>ar the Bedok Road corner yesterday afternoon about 4 o’clock. There were only four passengers on the bus at the time the fire broke out. They escaped unhurt.
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    IMPORTANCE OF LAYCOCK REPORT
    128 13 SINGAPORE, Mar. 29. The report Of the Municipal Constitution Committee, headed by Mr. John Laycock, is so important that it should not be left to a sub-committee to consider initially, Municipal Commissioners decided at a meeting yesterday. By a majority it was decided 1 h•? the
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    $170,000 LIGHT PLAN FOR CITY
    435 14 SINGAPORE, Mar. 30. ANEW lighting scheme for Singapore, consisting cl approximately 250 mercury-vapour lamps, covering a distance of about six miles and costing $170,( has just been approved by the Singapore Municipal Commissioners. The area of streets to be lighted is split into two main
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    ‘NURSES OF MALAYA’ FUND RAISES £500
    97 14 THE “Nurses of Malaya” Fund. which is being run to provide sch larshipf for nurses and to provide medallions for those who served during the Japanese occupation of Malaya, so that the j heroism and unselfish work of nurses can be commemorated, has already
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    Troops help in Perak man-hunt
    134 14 From Our Own Correspondent IPOH. Mar. 29. ROUND-the-clock patrols by the Perak Police assisted o? armed troops are scouring the country around Sitiawan for eight desperate prisoners who escaped on Wednesday from the Sitiawan police lock-up. Perak’s Resident Commissioner. Mr. A V. Aston, said today
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    NEW POST OFFICE JOB FOR WOMEN
    114 14 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Mar. 29. A SCHEME for recruiting wo- men between the ages of 16 and 27 for the new role of counter clerks and clerical staffs in the postal service is now in force, it is understood. Although it
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    Bill To Ban Street Collection
    194 14 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Mar. 31. THE prevalence of intimidation cl oik* kind or another was perhaps the greatest single obstacle to the proper maintenance of law and order in the country today, said Mr. K. K O Connor, the Attorney General, introducing
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    COMMITTEE ON BACK PAY
    55 14 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Mar. 31. A JOINT committee is being formed in Singapore to consider the award made by Mr. Justice Worley to members of the Passive Defence Services in respect of the occupation period said Mr. W. D Godsall. the Financial Secretary,
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    SURPLUS STOCKS HIT DEALERS
    498 14 SINGAPORE, Mar. >3l I THE disposal of enormous quantities 0 f SUr J tinned meats and vegetables by the Sen" l “knock-down” prices in Singapore while hein* J benefit to the consumer, have caused serious If?] rassment and loss to established provision d J who had
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    Services’ 10,000 vehicles in island
    291 14 SINGAPORE, Mar. 29. THOUGH there are 10,000 less civil vehicles on Singapore roads than in 1941 the larger number of Service vehicles operating brings the total to more than pre-war and is responsible for much of the congestion on Singapore roads today. In addition, since
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    MEDICAL WAR MEMORIAL
    121 14 From Onr Own (orrf>P ,n KUALA LUMPUR. A war memorial tor yeci A the Malayan M Services who ueu are missing as a rcsi i or occupation is D f rec tor As a first step, the > w Medical Services 1 stall Medical and l‘; 1
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    STOWAWAYS FOUND
    44 14 SINOAPOI I Three Chines- V; ‘undiscovered on boi* 1 n nai' v China Navigation t r;V od sel Szechuen whic- 1 Hong Kong on su The stowaways a P over to the Innm jjor. ities and return' cl by a later ship
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    STALLS IN CONGESTED AREA ORDERED TO CLOSE
    247 14 SINGAPORE’S Municipal Commissioners have decided to take a firm line with Chinatown stall-holders who have been repeatedly petitioning them in an attempt to stay put in congested parts of the city. They have* decided that the licences ol stall-holders of temporary markets in
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    Plans To Combat Juvenile Crime
    545 15 I'rom Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 29. IvsTKM <’• youth movements, boys’ camps, juvenile 1 it' approved schools to deal with young l C j. rs remand homes and a Borstal Institution V eil ongly recommended to the Union Gov- nt bv a committee
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    HEALTH TALKS TO ISLAND’S VILLAGERS
    152 15 f SINGAPORE. Max. 30. ■HIRD nubile dispensary to (serve the rural areas of fcapore is likely to be added to E now operating before the m is out. Singapore’s Chief ■lth Officer, Dr. R. S. Johnm, told me yesterday*. ■.e two dispensaries now’ workI deal
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    BROOKE ON G.G’s SARAWAK VISIT
    136 15 I SINGAPORE. Mar. 30. HarlhM Brooke former a MuUa of Sarawak, said ordin-. n yeste rday that V y n *< he had p„. c -'>wak there was u dur. :nst cession in r r-o* r l r,il CJ th c Govuicl a;: Malcolm Mdc!r
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    ASSESSOR ON PROPERTY MARKET’S RISE
    247 15 ASSESSOR ON PROPERTY MARKET S RISE INHERE was a general rise in the property market in 1946 and several properties were sold by auction and by private treaty at prices which appeared incommensurate with present rents, says the Singapore Municipal Assessor in his annual report covering the period Apr. 1
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    From inspector to Customs chief
    106 15 rom Our Own Correspondent A KUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 29. MAN who rose from an inspeciunhip in the Singapore Police to be head of the Customs Department is retiring within two or three weeks. He is Mr. 11. W Phear, Comptroller of Customs in the Malayan
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    REPAIRS TO SMC QUARTERS
    127 15 MORE than $67,000 is to be spent 1 by the Singapore Municipal Commissioners in the rehabilitation qf quarters for the subordinate staff. General repairs, colour washing and painting of quarters at Kampong Kapor are to be carried out, and a tender for $51,000 for. this job
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    NEW COMMITTEE ON AMBULANCES
    79 15 Government is to appoint a special committee to draw up a tentative scheme on the best distribution of ambulances for the benefit of the Singapore public. Reference to this is mode by the Municipal Commissioners in their committee minutes reporting the nomination of a Commissioner, Mr.
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    MALAYAN WINS MEDAL WITH A.I.F.
    58 15 AN old boy of St. Andrew’s School, Singapore, Sgt. Charles Frederick Sanderson, Australian Imperial Force, has been awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal lor the work he did in Borneo when he was dropped behind the lines during the Japanese occupation. Sgt. Sanderson is a brother
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    BIG COAL-TO-OIL SWITCH PLANNED
    480 15 SINGAPORE, Mar. 30. TO assist in relieving the Malayan coal shortage and in order to help restart idle industries, large quantities of fuel oil are going to be imported and, as soon as coal-burning plants can be converted to oil, tin mine plants, power stations and
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    Police may not join trade unions
    121 15 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 29. POLICEMEN or members of the armed forces of His Majesty or the Malayan Union Government are prohibited from becoming members of a trade union. All other Government employees may now Join trade unions whose membership is
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    IPOH WOMAN IN U.K. HOSPITAL
    140 15 From Our Own Correspondent. KUALA lUMPUR, Mar. 29 MRS. A. C. KATHIGASU, wife of Dr. Kathigasu, of Ipoh, who suffered greatly at the hands of the Japanese during the occupation and who was flown to England In December, 1945, recently underwent another major operation. Her
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    SEREMBAN PREVIEW
    55 15 From Our Own Correspondent. SEREMBAN, Saturday. THE first film produced by the Malayan Film Unit of the Department of Publio Relations, entitled “Help Yourselves” which concerns food production was shown at the Residency last night before th Yang di Portuan Besar, the Resident Commissioner, Mr. W. A. Gordon
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    BIGGER LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL URGED IN CHEESEMAN REPORT
    1954 16 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 37. A LARGER Legislative Council and changes in the citizenship regulations are recommended hy the Consultative Committee in its report which was laid on the table of the Malayan Union Advisory Council meeting todayThe chairman of
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    GOVT. PLEDGE TO RESTORE LAW AND ORDER
    427 16 SINGAPORE, Mar I THE second year of civil government j n J since the liberation will be a year of r<M j of law and order, said the Colonial Secro4! j P. A. B. McKerron, yesterday. 1 In a review of the events
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    Death Of Mr. Adrian Goodsea
    204 16 SINGAPORE. Apr. 1. WE regret to record the deals: Singapore on Sunday Adrian J. A. Goocisut. Account t Fraser and Neave. Ltd Mr. Goodsea. who was bora: Oct. 25, 1912 was a son ot Mr. A. Goetzce, at one time maiui for Malaya oi Whiteaway,
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    PENANG RALLY
    38 16 A A rV]** PENANG. Marc* thousand Chine.' various associat y at the Sam Min Corps Club in co::. -:s China Youth Day. tions included a r. g test, won by Fuke and an open air n
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    10,000 TONS OF RICE OFFERED
    297 17 SINGAPORE, Apr. 2. Y thousand tons of polished Persian rice, des- as “outside of Food Board quota,” were H'ld for sale in Singapore yesterday. J fhi n a few hours of the appearance of the ad- inquiries were received from estate and employers of labour
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    SINGAPORE WEDDING
    132 17 L Singapore, Mar. 30. r eadl -g t ok place at St. F {u s Cathedral yesterday Flat a m n y Franks son L a e Ir Ct J Franks and Iw of Har ™w and Miss I? u u ln daughter cf Dr. f 1 A
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    CLAIMS AGAINST THE ARMY
    65 17 l^a!ly‘ N^ p ORE Apr. 2 fca:n t .V u oble claims th t Army arising I ccupatlon W*? f U t rV> Ma a >' a but n* 'i ll sitloning bv I/- >rity .civil, V thi i) as so: n as 1 'Pr< r
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    Shortage Of Coal Affects Local Tin
    223 17 SINGAPORE, Mar. 31. DEFERENCE to the shortage of coal in Malaya was made by Mr. E. M. F. Fergusson, Ohairman of the Singapore Chamber of Commerce, in his review of Malayan trade at the annual meeting of the Chamber last Friday. Mr. Fergusson said
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    FLAGSHIP FOR SINGAPORE
    84 17 U.M.S, Belfast, flagship of the Commander-in-Chief, British Pacific Fleet. Vice Admiral Sir Denis Boyd, is due to arrive at Singapore about the middle of next month, for refit. H. M. S. Sussex the cruiser which arrived in command of the first British Navy force to reach Singapore
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    Botany And Biology: University Scheme
    251 17 SINGAPORE, Apr. 2. THE Singapore Botanic Gardens and Raffles Museum 1 may in future play an important part in the university scheme of Malaya. Proposals have been made that the study of botany and zoology as part of the biology course would be more properly
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    EX-INTERNEE CLAIMS PIANO
    269 17 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG. Apr. 1. DEFORE Mr. Justice Carey to- day. Mr. G. Martin, a European ex-internee, claimed on behalf of his wife a Weisberg grand piano, or alternatively its value in the sum of $1,200, from Messrs. The World Piano Company. The piano, plant
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    338 Sarawak Malays Leave The Service
    119 17 From Our Own Correspondent KUCHING, Apr. 1. THREE hundred and thirty- eight Malay government servants who today left the service following their resignations three months ago gathered at the late Datu Patinggi’s house where they arranged themselves in a group forming the letters “No
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    CAR SEAT SEIZED
    89 17 From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, March 26. —The car seat in which ten cartons of cigarettes had been concealed was confiscated witn the cigarettes at the end of a case yesterday when a Singapore driver, Teo Thio Kang, was fined $2OO. The c’garet'es were discoverrd at
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    ‘Plain Falsehood’ Says Secretary
    438 17 Plain Falsehood Says Secretary ACCOMMODATION FOR EX.PoWs j SINGAPORE, Apr. 2. A STATEMENT made by the Colonial Secretary, Mr. P.A.B. McKerron, to the War Prisoners (Singapore) Association was described as “plain falsehood” by Mr. D. S. Marshall, secretary of the Association, speaking at the first annual general meeting. The statement
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    Banners For Danish Company
    121 17 SINGAPORE. Mar. 31. PLEVERLY-WORKED art silk banners, presented by Chinese merchants In Singapore to the East Asiatic Company. wh s ch last week celebrated its 50th anniversary, will shortly travel by an East Asiatic Line ship to the Company’s headquarters in Copenhagen. At least one of
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    S’pore Census Precaution
    140 17 SHOULD anybody call at your house to affix a number on your door between now and the night of Sept. 23—when the census of Singapore will be taken—make quite sure that he is really connected with ihe census organisation and not just someone after your wireless, warned
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    $142 DIVIDEND AT SELANGOR RACES
    830 18 By Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 29. WIN the Peace, a recent importation owned by “Lucky Kongsi,” won the last race of the day from a big field of 12 runners—the biggest since the Liberation —and returned the biggest dividend, $142, in the opening
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    AIRMEN WIN AT TENGAH
    290 18 SINGAPORE. Apr. 1. Bidtinn first against the R A F. Tengah on Sunday the Indians seored 109 for seven wickets and declared. Selakan Singh was the highest scorer with 35 runs which included 6 fours R. Sitharam played a captain’s innings when four wickets were down
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    MUAR POLICE WIN 4-0
    126 18 Sunday ’l imes Correspondent MUAR. Mad 29. THE Muar Police scored a very credi- table four-nil victory over the Tangkak football team on the Muar Club padartg yesterday when they met iti a first division match of the Muar District soccer league competition. The police with
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    BIG PLANS FOR ISLAND CLUB
    256 18 SINGAPORE. Mar. 31. A SUB-COMMITTEE oi the Island Club, Singapore, has been formed t.o consider propo{sals for a first class clubhouse. I with a swimming pool and a dance floor, in addition to goii and tennis j Miking this announcement at 1 the annual general
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    JAGIR SINGH WINS
    73 18 IPOH, Mar. 29.—1 n one of two main events last night at the Jubilee Parb, Jagir Singh knocked out Penang's Castillo in the third of a scheduled ten round bout. In the other main fight between the flyweight champions of Perak and Selangor. the Perak champion won
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    PERAK SIDE SELECTED
    119 18 From Oui Staff Correspondent. IPOH, Mar. 30. THE following players have been chosen for the State cricket side to meet Penang in the threeday match on April 5. 6 and 7: S V. Suppiah (captain), An: Earn Hock (wicket-keeper*. S. Nalliah, M. Appuni, A. Amaladass, E Yong,
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    MALAYS BEAT THE DORSETS
    110 18 KLUANG, Mar. 28. I Playing at Kluang in a soccer match. the Dorsets were defeated ,2 goals to 1 by the Malays. Beth teams took to the attack from the start and in spite of determined efforts by the Dorsets, the Malays took i the lead
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    SELANGOR TEAM TO PLAY SINGAPORE
    264 18 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 30. THE Selangor cricket team to play Singapore at Singapore during the Easter week end was selected this evening as follows: H.A.F. Brooke (capt.), Chua Eng Cheng. H.M. Fuller, K. Gillespie, Khoo Bin Kheng. I. Ingleton, Lall Singh.
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    CLUB WIN THREE-ONE
    122 18 SINGAPORE, Apr. 1. IN a friendly game of soccer 1 played under water-logged conditions on the Padang yesterday, the SCC beat the Nither- lands India Commercial Bank by three goa's to one 1 The game, wlvch was evenly contested ior tlie first hall, was mere hi laveui
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    POLICE WIN 5-0
    26 18 Showing better teamwork and control cf the ball, the Seaamat Police swamped the local G.E.S. at soccer over the weekend to win flve-nil
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    Chinese Approve Pool Plan
    316 18 Chinese Approv e Pool Plan SINGAPORE, Mar I THE Singapore Chinese Swimming Club l approximately $250,000 on a new swi mm B, j to be built opposite their present premises i„1 Road, it was announced at the 32nd annual j meeting of the Club held yesterday. esi l For this
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    PERAK TEAM TO MEET SELANGOR
    133 18 Tennis From Our Own Correspond® IPOH. March 31. Inteni tennis between Perak and gor which is to take Kuala Lumpur over the w holidays will be decided as fore the war on the resui six singles and nine.®"" The latter event is ma e i
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    ISLAND CLUB MEDAL
    58 18 dal fX The Island Club r e?u It#i petition played on 1 w ith a win for B. W I > ;'J arC <e0> score of 70. The t the best cards retw 4 24 B.W. Taylor KS. Murray 0 fi-2 4 i D. A. Ferrier-Smith E.
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    Inflation Spiral Just Be Checked’
    461 19 Inflation Spiral Just Be Checked I SINGAPORE, Mar. 31. l, u ,iv<; (he continued high cost of living in Ir non* Mr. P. A. B. McKerron, Colonial SeKingap terday that he proposed to give a |Tn helping to check “this inflationary spiial” of far too much expensive entertainment I on
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    JUMP IN RUBBER EXPORTS
    114 19 From Our Stall Correspondent. KUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 26. EXPORTS ot rubber from the Malayan Unicn to foreign countries jumped trom 25,196 long tons in January to more than 41.037 tons in February Oi this. 9.636 tons went to the United States, 9,368 to the United Kingdom.
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    RUBBER FREIGHTS TO JAPAN RAISED
    102 19 SINGAPORE shippers have decided that the $33 a ton. or 50 cubic feet, charged for carrying rubber from Singapore to Japan is “not an economic proposition” and that the figure represents only a few cents more than that charged for shipping rubber from Hong Kong
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    Malaya At Geneva Parleys
    100 19 SINGAPORE, Apr. 1. j MR. C. J. PYKE, Economic Ad--111 viser to the Malayan Union, is expected to leave London almost immediately in order to represent all British Colonial dependencies in the East at the second session of the Preparatory Committee on trade and employment at
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    MAJOR PART OF ESTATE CUT
    130 19 U7ITH the exception of scu- tered areas amounting to about 40 acres, all the trees on the estate of Kedah Rubber Co. Ltd., were cut out during the Japanese occupation period for rice cultivation. This v/as revealed in the directors’ report submitted to the general
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    Coconut Oil Price Change
    83 19 SINGAPORE, Mar. 29. IT has b?en pointed out by merchants, says an official announcement, that the existence of a controlled wholesale price of coconut oil in Singapore places them at a disadvantage when exporting in view of the fluctuations in world prices. To remove this disadvantage
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    Large Quantities Of Textiles For Malaya
    285 19 SINGAPORE. Mar. 31. IN addition to Manchester, large quantities of piecegoods have recently reached Malaya from China. India, Hong Kong, Itaiy and the U S A. There is every indication that supplies trom these countries will continue to arrive. Mr. E. M. F. Fergusson,
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    UK Export Drive Helps Malaya
    364 19 SINGAPORE, Mar. 31. 'THE effect of the British export drive on Malayan imports 1 of hardware lines has had an important bearing on Malayan industrial recovery and Malaya can now look forward to a gradual easing of the supply position, subject only to a sufficiency
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    RAHMAN TIN GOES AHEAD
    195 19 IT was announced at the annual! meeting of Rahman Hydraulic Tin Ltd., held at Penang, that satisfactory arrangements had been made to enable the com-1 panv to get going in replacing immediate requirements ol plant and machinery lost or destroyed., At the same time an application
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    Rubber Industry: A Warning
    412 19 Straits Times copyright. From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Apr. 1. OVER confident economic planners to be warned by the rubber industry, declares the News-Chronicle, which states that the experience of the rubber industry after the war has belied nearly all expert prognostications. Even a year ago,
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    BRISK BUYING IN TINS & RUBBER
    1028 20 BRISK BUYING IN TINS RUBBER Weekly Market Report By A Market Correspondent SINGAPORE, Mar. 29. ’TRADING in Malayan share markets again reached large 1 proportions and rising prices were general during the past week. Dollar and Australian Tins gave most business followed closely by Rubbers with a fair contribution by
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    Public Debt Now $162 Millions
    212 20 From Our Staff Correspondent Kuala Lumpur, Mar. 31. TOTAL public debt in the Malayan Union to date, including 30 per cent, of the Public Debt of the Straits Settlements on account of I Penang and Malacca amounts to $161,952,168. Against this investments held on account
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    DREDGE NOW BURNS WOOD
    49 20 From Our Own Correspondent MALACCA. March 28 The Tongkah Compjund Tin Dredge at Ampanp. which has been laid up for some time owing tj lack cf coal has switched over to firewood and is now working again. This dredge employes a large number ol Malays.
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    Further Advance In Rubber Prices
    354 20 SINGAPORE, M ar CONTINUED buying and the holding up of v Malaya in anticipation of decontrol and IT opening of the New York Rubber Market hay e| a further advance in values this week, says th* rubber market report issued yesterday Lewis and Peat. 9ll
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    HONG FATT’S GOOD REPORT
    133 20 i Froni Our Own Correspond* KUALA LUMPUR. Mar 3 WORK cn the rehabilitation Tl Hong Fatt Sunset Btt.tj mine, the li rgrst open cast id in the country as progres according to anticipations, the see.nd detailed report issi by the Consult ng Engir.e.rs a: Tin Mine
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    STANDARD OIL CO.
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