The Straits Budget, 10 April 1947

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    30 1 The Straits Budget THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES [WTAIUBBD OVER A OBITORY] New Series No. 36 Siappore, Thursday April 10th, 1947 Price 40 cents (S-S. Currency) Or ih.
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      370 1 s' t a it i t.'* a CJl U Li/ it f? s=5r DY ship and plane they come, 0 books In their hundreds, consigned by W. H. Everett of London. Is there one for you amongst them? Are you shortly to enjoy the pleasure that a new book can
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      The A.P.I. Trial
      1143 2 —Straits Times. Apr. 3 The trial of Ahmad Boe.staniam, leader ol 4 he Malay youth movement known u.s A P l. <Angkatan Permuda In.sal», which ended in Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday, has attracted the attention oi alert obs< rv< r nitie.s as a reflectioi 1 significant mov<
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      The Massacre Trial
      1007 2 —Straits Times. Apr. 5. If the Massacre Trial in Singapore has served no other purpose, it has brought to the forefront a fact which is not yet understood in the v/ider world—that the most tragic and terrible aspect of the fall ol Singapore was the fate of
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      The Fetters Of Singapore
      791 2 L Vttlfd n can be a t—Straits A contributor in Page 6 makes an enlightening analysis of representations t.o the Cheeseman Committee on the question of whether Singapore should be included in the future Federation of Malaya. This was only a sideissue for the Cheeseman Committee,
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      Chinatown-Now And Then
      1044 3 —Straits Times. Apr. 8. I eight-storeyed blo <* La class flats, imposing tn and design, towering tilth of Chinatown C mire air and sunshine. Kh nut so as to be an island fe °ano°security amid the I that is the curse of SingaLriav—that v-as the picture the
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      Clementi Across The Years
      1192 3 -Straits T mes, Apr. 9. There have been very few statesmen in the making of Malaya, as an entity of the modern world. That is not surprising, considering the brevity of the history of this country W? can. if we like, go back to the Indian
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    ‘EXPULSION’ OF SECRETARY
    90 3 THE president and vice-presi-dent of the Young Malay Association, Sibu Sarawak, write as follows: As active president and vice-presi-dent of the Young Malay Association, of Sibu. Sarawak, we wish to Inform the public that we have not been consulted by those who signed themselves as committee members
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    TONGKANG AFIRE
    51 3 SINGAPORE, Apr, 5. A motoi tongkang was severely damaged by fire while lyir? in Rochor Canal last night The I fire broke out in the engine room. I No one was injured and the outbreak was being speedily quelled by the Fire Brigade. There was no cargo on
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    Y.W.C.A. CHIEF TO RETIRE
    344 3 SINGAPORE, Apr. 9. WELFARE workers in Singapore and Malaya are soon to lose the services of Mrs. T. W. Hinch, O.B.E., President of the Y.W.C.A. in Malaya, who is shortly leaving for England on retirement with her husband. Mrs. Hinch, who came to Malaya in 1921,
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    VICAR GENERAL OF MALACCA
    40 3 Monsignor M. Bonamy, Vicar of the Good Shepherd Cathedral, has been promoted to the Office of Vicar General of the Diocese of Malacca, consequent upon the election of Monsignor M. Olcomendey as the Bishop of Malacca.
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      BIRTHS
      38 3 GREGOIRE. At the Kandang Kerbau Hospital on 7th April, to Joan, wife of J. M. Gregoire, a son, Anthony John. GULLIFORD. On Easter day at Kandang Kerbau to Elizabeth wife of Maurice Gulliford a daughter (Margaret Jane).
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      ENGAGEMENTS
      48 3 ANG-YONO. The engagement took place on 6th April. 1947, between Mr. Lawrence Ang Kwong Hin and Miss Yong Se Kiaw of Singapore. The engagement is announced between John Crichton and Mrs. Isabel Pcall, only daughter of the late Mr. G W. and Mrs Crawford formerly of Singapore.
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      MARRIAGE
      37 3 Cn Wednesday, the 2nd at a family gathering. Miss A Retneswary, 3rd daughter of Mr. K. Applah of Railway Accountant's Office, was married to Dr S. Parampalam M.O. General Hoep.tal. Kuala Lumpur. No invitations were sent
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    A £16 Motor Velocipede Was As Temperamental As A Mule
    1851 4  -  BY DATO ROLAND braddell TRAFFIC in old Singapore whs very slow, goods being moved l>y bullock -cart and hand-cart and human beings by rickshaw and every kind of horse-drawn vehicle. In 1905 I can remember only two automobiles. as we
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  • STRAITS TIMES POST-BAG
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      Pre-war possessions in Others’ Homes
      232 5 IrrrRS to the Custodian’s ■ffici- lejrat'diitjf disposal ol Kl„. e valuables, etc., Kf n Singapore after the E e5e had capitulated meet 0 effective response. L b e persuaded to make fclt announcement on the fefufanv'sueh articles been I JC mod. sold or given away
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      Disappointment
      81 5 ■E news that only two out of the seven Jap war Blinals are sentenced to be »d and the remaining five Bife imprisonment is reBd with disappointment. These men are accused of the massacre of five thousand innocent Chinese. AH the relatives of the victims expected to see these
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      A Leaf Out Of Syonan’s Book
      199 5 MR. P. A. B. McKcirnn must be complimented on h s di-approval of lavish enter tahirrent. Though this is admittedly wrong the.'e days, there is still perhaps a slight excuse on occasions such as marriages or birthdays. What s definitely to be condemned is
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      Greetings From England
      140 5 PRESENTING greetings and compliments from London please, through your widely read paper, to the people of Singapore. I know 1 speak for all of us her:* when I ask you to give our grateful thanks to these who have kindly suggested a fund to aid England. While
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      Appeasing The Dead
      140 5 1*WO Japanese have been sentenced to death and five others to life imprisonment for the massacre of 30,000 innocent Chinese in Singapore in February, 1942. Whilst this news might appease the dead, it is poor consolation for the living, especially the widows and orphans who are today
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      Revenge
      98 5 HOLDING no brief for any exenemy military personnel, 1 yet wonder what particular good the sentences passed on ihe Japanese in the Massacre ’al are going to do. These men acted according to their code and blindly obeyed orders from high authority. The only result I can see from
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      Jap Night Patrols
      189 5 SINGAPORE is not the same Singapore that we knew in pre-war days. Every day we hear of street robberies, gang robberies, extortion and other crimes too many to enumerate, including, the daring pickpocketing that is being committed in crowded buses. We see that the police are as
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      From eleven Straits Chinese girls
      313 5 MAY I voice, on behalf of myself and ten other girl friends all Straits born Chinese office workers our .ndignation and contempt for Mr. B. H. Tan's effusion in your paper of Apr. 3, in which he criticised K.C.’s suggestion to open a fund in
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      What Confucius would say about England
      430 5 I’HE dithyrambic declarations of two Straits born Chinese lovers of England which you published lately did not provoke me to derisive laughter. On the contrary, I was impressed. Their t.mcerhy was palpable. I admire their courage and candour. Rather incongruously the words: “M.iid of
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      King’s Chinese
      119 5 THE letter published in your paper under the heading “From A King’s Chinese” calls for comment. K C. says that England is now in a bad plight, but he forge’s his mother country CHINA which has suffered so much trom 1937 up to now. K C speaks oi
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    AS SINGAPORE SEES IT
    708 6  -  CHEESEMAN COMMITTEE’S REPORT By “Politicus” THE committee received representations in favour ol the inclusion of Singapore in the Federation. There were, also, representations against the inclusion of Singapore.” “While representations for and against the inclusion of Singapore were received, it is noted that memoranda from a
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    $100,000 Loot In Two Weeks
    127 6 ,<> i Our Own Corn Tnl PENANG, Apr. 4. PIRATE vessels hiding among islands in the Langkawi group have seized cargoes worth $lOO,OOO in the past two weeks from four Penang vessels. Victims in many otner casus have not reported the attacks b cause they
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    214 MATERNITY CASES IN 1946
    135 6 From Our Own Correspondent KLANG, Sunday. THE annual general meeting of the Klang Chinese Maternity Hospital Association will be held on Thursday at 2 p.rn. at the Klang Oversea Chinese Chamber i of Commerce. In his report for the year ended Dec. 31, 1946, Mr.
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    GIRLS’ LIFE BRIGADE ENROLMENT
    52 6 SINGAPORE, Apr. 7. Members of the 3rd Singapore Company of the Girls’ Life Bri- gade, attached to the Fairfield Girls’ School, held an enrolment service yesterday at the school hall. The Easter message was de- livered by the Rev. H. F. Kuehn, I Minister-in-Charge of the
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    Chinese Want Death For Seven Japs
    310 6 SINGAPORE, Apr. 5. DECLARING that the souls of the thousands of Singapore Chinese massacred by the Japanese in February, 1942, should be appeased, members of the Oversea Chinese Appeal Committee, representing the families of victims, at a meeting in the Singapore Chinese Chamber of
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    RHODODENDRON RARITY
    846 6  -  A Malayan Countryman’s D ta^ Tl AN DJfJ| I’HERE is a pure white variety of that commonest of j Malayan wild flowers known as the Singapore Rhododendron, whose mauve flowers lend colour to every patch of blukar. Actually this is not a true rhododendron but belongs to quite
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    BRITISHER CHARGED
    85 6 SINGAPORE. Apr A BRITISHER. Richar d in ‘l perley- Jones. appeare B Fourth Police Court yestoWM a charge ot breaking motor vessel. Nanmei. d /B ing the cab 11 of the 2 ship to steal $1,500 11 11 J He faced an of d shonestly retain n- l
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    INDIA REPATRIATES
    58 6 The Government of 1 formation Service 5J the special arrange f| tioned by the Govern menm dia in April, 1946. 01 vVar J and dispersal of a d i patriates from e( j ai ma, will be dtocontm WJ May 31. Intending i;e 0 f are warned to
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    MILLIONS IN WAR CLAIMS LODGED
    387 7 iVom Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Apr. 5. y\\l MO claims under the War Risks (Goods) Insurance Scheme, representing losses worth dreds of millions of dollars, have been lodged with War Damage Claims Commission by rubber, palm and coconut estates, by miners and merchants of
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    S’PORE BRANCH OF R.A.F. ASSN.
    103 7 S APORE branch Of the bf'er ‘*V r Force Association li„„'L ed following a Hotel d l ntly at the Airedlo"'.'' l, i~ ull,c have been I D lr V,ce Mar-oicak-j, vice-presi-G. P. car*arrant offlccr Bander T i r t reasurer Wing ftarv f e',;
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    $1,000 TRAFFIC LIBRARY
    120 7 1,000 TRAFFIC LIBRARY SINGAPORE. Apr. 6. CINGAPORE’S Traffic Ad- visory Committee has asked the Government for an early grant of $l,OOO to enable them to build up a reference library both for the use of members of the committee and, in special cases, for members of ths public. It is
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    MALAYANS TO STUDY SOCIAL WELFARE IN U.K.
    150 7 DEGARDING Malaya as a most important country in the field of social welfare work, the Colonial Office has allocated a larger number ot places in its social welfare ccurse to Singapore and Malaya than to any other part of the Colonial Empire. Ten
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    Wettest wet season for 60 years
    198 7 SINGAPORE, during the iirst u quarter of this year, has experienced one of the wettest wet seasons on record with a rainfall nearly double the average recorded over a 64-year period. Last month, March, tops the list ior heavy rainfall with nearly 10 ins.
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    OFFICERS MOVED
    39 7 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG. Apr. 6.—Mr. S. T. Stewart, district officer, Balik Pulau. has been transferred to Province Wellesley, while Mr. S. H. Dowse, from the Province, has taken over as District officer at Balik Pulau.
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    S’PORE WOMAN APPEALS TO PRIVY COUNCIL
    170 7 MRS. Lee Choon Guan, well- known Singapore Chinese woman, has been granted leave by the Singapore Supreme Court to appeal to the Privy Council against the High Court’s decisioii regarding the will of her late husband. In his will, Mr. Lee made her an
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    MOVE TO CLEAR JAPS FROM CHANGI GAOL
    270 7 SINGAPORE, Apr. 6. IN order to clear Changi Gaol of Japanese war criminals and suspects so that it can be released as soon as possible for use as a civil prison, the Military authorities are now sending convicted Japanese war criminals to Outram
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    GURKHA ‘SUCCESS’ AT NEGRI MILITARY TATTOO
    278 7 Sunday Times Correspondent SEREMBAN. Apr. 5. Explosives used to simulate battle conditions in the training of Allied troops for the war provided dramatic realism when a platoon of Gurkhas staged a mock battle against entrenched “Japanese” as an item in the military tattoo held
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    $5 MILLION HOTEL FOR HARBOUR DISTRICT
    255 7 WORK is to begin on a $5 million luxury hotel and recreation centre, ranking among the finest in the East, as soon as plans have been approved by the Singapore Municipal Architect. The 150 ft., eleven-storey building will cover an area of 40,000 sq.
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    GOLF CLUB PLAN TO ACT AGAINST ‘SQUATTERS’
    183 7 THE Royal Singapore Golf Club proposes to seek summonses against remnants of the Club's Tamil labour force who are refusing to quit their quarters after having been dismissed from the service of the club. As the number of labourers who refuse to quit
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    MALAYAN PICTURES FOR LONDON
    68 7 THE Department of Public Relations is sending to London a set of 30 pictures for display at the British Industries Fair to be held in May. These pictures will represent mainly Malaya’s industries. Whitcaway, Laidlaw and Co., Ltd., have agreed to exhibit these pictures on Wednesday.
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    CO-OPS TO FIGHT MIDDLEMAN
    434 8 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Apr. 5. TRITICISM of’ importers who had refused to cooperate in supplying tfoods, which, when sold through co-operative stores, could fitfht the menace of the middleman and wipe out his huge profits, was made by delegates at the Pan-Malayan Conference
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    Mirrors to check speech training
    207 8 SEVERAL thousands of pounds worth of new equipment for primary schools in Singapore and the Malayan it,; m recently arrived in Singapore nnd is to be divided between 12 Government schools and 15 Governmentaided schools. i The equipment, which arrived I in two consignments, includes
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    Cheeseman Calls for University
    172 8 I* iom Our Stall’ Correspondent Kuala Lumpur, Apr. (5. THE need lor a university ini A Malaya was stressed by the Director of Education, Mr H. K. Cheeseman, at the annual reunion dinner of the University of Hongkong Alumni Association, held at Kuala Lumpur 1 Stressing
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    MALAY VIEW ON VARSITY NEED
    75 8 I'rum Our Own Correspondent THE Penang Malays, through their Association, have submitted their views on higher education to Kuala Lumpur for incorporaion m the memorandum which a deputation of .tin* U M N O. will be presenting to the Commission on Higher Education. The memorandum,
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    CHILDREN’S RALLY
    29 8 More than 2,000 Chinese boys and girls Irom nine Singapore schools celebrated Chinese Children’s Day at a rally held at the Great World Amusement Park on Friday.
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    CINEMA STAFFS’ WAGE DEMANDS
    76 8 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, April 6.--Represen-tatives of Penang cinema managements and staffs will meet or. Wednesday to discuss the demands presented by the mer. lor higher pay and a higher cost of living allowance. The meeting is to be held at the Labour Office and
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    MR.MACDONALD DEPLORES POLITICS IN SCHOOLS
    226 8 From Our Own Correspondent KUCHING, Apr. 5. HEPLORING the fact that politics should have been introduced into the school life of children, the Governor-General, Mr. Malcolm MacDonald. commented upon the withdrawal, “on orders of certain politicians,” of several teams from the football competitions held for
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    MALAYA THANKED
    46 8 —Reuter; NEW DELHI. Apr. 5. THE people of Malaya, Ceylon and India were thanked for the support given to Indonesia, during its “struggle for freedom” by Sutan Sjahrir, Indonesian Premier, when he broadcast a message to the Asian peoples over the All-India Radio today.—Reuter.
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    Safety drive cuts bus injuries
    283 8 SINGAFORE. Apr. 6. J|j£SPITE the acute shortage of buses due to the absence of II S.T.C. vehicles on Singapore roads, and the consequent temptation to overload, not a single person was killed or injured by falling from buses last month and this is regarded as
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    Chinese Shot In Hold-Up
    113 8 SINGAPORE. Apr. 7. A Chinese was shot in the face yesterday morning when he attempted to run from two other Chinese who demanded his money. The incident occurred near Kallang Bridge at 11 a.m. He had just stepped from a sampan when he was approached by
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    CUSTOMS STOP $200,000 CARGO
    248 8 CUSTOMS STOP 200,000 CARGO SINGAPORE, Apr 6 I WHEN officers of the Customs PreventiveV I made a surprise raid on the Duke of ui/fl she lay alongside the Singapore Harbour d 1 Wharf at Godown 16 they found that 7,(Min I,,. r B as containing tapioca flour actually contained sulnhfl
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    Maternity Allowance
    197 8 THE Deputy Commission for Labour has issued fl reminder to employers fl female labour that they responsible under Section fl of the Labour Ordinance Ifl the payment of a maternifl allowance. I He points out that under j •‘benefit period” of two a female labourer may a from
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    COUNCIL MEETING
    51 8 uuum Ti i From Our Own C 1 PENANG, Sund- > I Settlement Advisor. (V a,1 hold its second W Cc-;| 17, when the I sioner, Mr S. N. K to preside. -v I The Council held 1 ing on Nov H l?jv t>.• I not met again
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    CHINESE PLANS FOR MALAYAN FEDERATION
    1199 9 OM.MKSTATIONS for the construction of the pntirc plan of the Federation of Malaya, utilising i,ody such as a Royal Commission, have "inatlc by the Associated Chinese Chambers of mcrce of Malaya. 1 were embodied in a memorandum se«t to rovernor General on Mar. 25. The
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    PRISON REFORM IN S’PORE
    159 9 SINGAPORE, Apr. 3. fONFIDENTIAL information regarding Singapore gaols is expected to be la:d before the Jus ices of Peace at a meeting which is tj) be held in the Council Chamber at 4 p.m. o n Apr. 10. The meeting, which is convened by Mr. T.
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    Dato Onn Threatened
    128 9 By Our Malay Correspondent DATO Onn bin Ja’afar, President of the United Malay National Organisation revealed at a tea party given by the Pergera’an Kebangsa’an Malayu Selangor at Klang that he had been threatened in an anonymous letter. The writer of the letter, he said, asked him
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    CINEMA STAFFS WANT INCREASE
    71 9 i From Our Own Correspondent i PENANG, April 2. Cinema managers are to hold a meetj :r.g to discuss a petition for Higher pay presented by their staffs. The Assistant Commissioner fo* Labour, Mr. J. 3rundv is arranging a meeting Between the managements and the staffs.
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    8.30 P.M. DEATH SENTENCE ON IRWIN JONES
    436 9 SINGAPORE, Apr. 3. IRWIN OLIVER JONES, 38-year-old Singapore 1 contractor, was last night sentenced to death in the Singapore Assizes for the murder of Maurice Fox, a 23-year-old Eurasian ex-P.o.W. on the night of Oct. 31. Mr. Justice Brown recalled the special jury
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    G.G.’s OFFICE ASSISTANT RETIRES
    193 9 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, Apr. 4. AFTER 35 years In the Govemn ment service, the Office Assistant in the Governor-Gen-eral’s Office in Penang, Mr. Lim Ewe Lee, has now retired. Mr. Lee Joined t.h e Government as a records clerk in the Medical Department In
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    NEW PRICES FOR GIN AND WHISKY
    89 9 MAXIMUM prices have been gazetted for the sale of gin and whiskies in Singapore. Johnnie Walker “Black Label” and Hepburn and Ross “Red Hackle” Scotch whiskies may be sold at a maximum price of $12.45 per quart bottle. Hedges and Butlers “Vat 250” Scotch
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    NOT ENOUGH TO MEET CHEQUE
    102 9 SINGAPORE, Apr. 3. M. K. Kutty, a South Indian, was charged in the Second P dice Court belore Mr. L. C Goh yesterday with falsely representing to P. K. Bhanu on November 13 last year that he had sullleient funds in the bank and dish'mostly
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    LADY GENT SEES KLANG SCHOOLS
    109 9 From Our Own Correspondent KLANG. Apr. I ADY Gent, wife of the Governor of the Malayan Union, arc mpanied by Miss Gent, visited the Methodist Girls School. Klang. in the company of Mrs. Ruth Eklund, wife of the District Superintendent 01 the Moth dist Mission.
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    Food Adviser To Go To Washington
    390 10 SINGAPORE, Apr. 4. Till. W. M. Clyde, Food Adviser to the Special Commissioner in South East Asia, Ivord Killearn, is to attend (he meetings of the International Emergency Food Council at Washington at which rice allocations for the second half of 1917 are to
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    INSPECTOR K.H. SONG PROMOTED
    125 10 CHIEF’ Inspector Song Kok 1100 i of the Singapore Police Force, has been promoted to the rank ot Assistant Supprintendnet. of Police, alter 20 years of service in Singapore. Malacca and Penar g. He is the second Asiatic Inspector in Singapore to be promoted to ASP.,
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    Ten Days’ Notice By Estate Men
    154 10 I From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Friday. TEN days notice has been given to the United Planting A/ociatcn < T Malaya for a 4 eply to six demands submitted bv the Central Commi:tee of th n rv'fmgo’ Eslate Work* -id Uirno cf 4,
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    REGISTRATION OF COMPANIES
    45 10 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, Friday.—To enabl P the fifing of documents by Malayan Union companies wn:se registered offices are in Penang or Province Wellesley, a branch office of the Registry of Companies has been opened in the Bankruptcy Office, Supreme Court.
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    DEATH SENTENCE QUASHED
    179 10 SINGAPORE. Apr. 3. SENTENCE of death passed m a rickslhaw puller for the alleged murder of his one year old adopted daughter was quashed by the Singapore Court ef Criminal Appeal yesterday. The Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Murray Aynsley said that one of the most significant facts
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    SOLDIERS CHARGED WITH CHEATING
    70 10 SINGAPORE. Apr. 3. Three British soldiers. Edward Morris. 21. Thomas Kelly, 22 and Dennis McCarthy. 21, appeared in the Fourth Police Court yesterday on a charge of cheating an inquiry clerk at Bulk Reserve Group Depot. Kranji, on April 1. All accused pleaded guilty to the
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    MALACCA TRANSFER
    32 10 MALACCA, Wednesday. Mr. R. K. Bogle, Assistant Food C ntroller Malacca, has left the Depayment to join the Penar.g Municipality’s Engineering Department. He is succeeded by Mr. D. M. McPhaU.
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    A WAR ABSENTEE GETS PIANO BACK
    325 10 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, Apr. 4. A JUDGMENT with an important bearing on the property of war absentees was delivered by Mr. Justice C.W.V. in the Supreme Court, yesterday, when he ordered a YVeisbrod baby grand piano to be returned to its original
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    One-Cent Coin Can Be Got At Any Bank Or Exchange
    129 10 THERE are sufllci?nt one-cent copper coins at present Ivins in the vaults of the Hoard of onnnissioner of- Currency, Malaya. to satisfy all reasonable demands made by the public. Hut there is little demand for these coins despite the fact
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    MOST OF SINGAPORE LIVING IN STATE OF SEMI-STARVATION”
    580 10 SINGAPORE. Apr. 5 I THE opinion (hat threequarters of the people of Singan* could be said to be living in a state of scmi-stanitl from a scientific point of view, was expressed by Dr J Oliveiro, acting Professor of Biochemistry, at the
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    MEDALS FOR MALAYAN POLICE
    178 10 From Our Own Correspond™ KUALA LUMPUR. Apr FDUR members of the Mali* Police were presented with Pol* Medals by the Governor of* Malayan Union. Sir Edward G* yesterday. I The Colonial Police Medal M presented t> Lieut. Col D B Macnamara, who from Oct* 1944 while
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    MOTOR JUNKS ON FIRE
    40 10 SINGAPORE W A Are which motor boat nl0 rn Raffies Quay V*" u -la immediately sprer.c motor junks wh 1 alongside the bo; Two engines tr Fire Station wh:«--- went to the see from the sea.
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    $6,000 ROBBERY
    22 10 81 NO Gold and silver 1 $6,000 was r» jeweller's shop four men armed h°nd grenades 1 of Thursday mot
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    TWO MASSACRE JAPS TO HANG
    2536 11 u Found Guilty In S’pore Ml'.!' Big War Crimes Trial B SINGAPORE, Apr. 3. ■i Japanese officers were sentenced to death by hanging and five others to imprisonment when the Singapore “Chinese massacre’’ War Crimes (ihM in the Victoria Memorial Hall yesterday afternoon. sentences were
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    Japanese Officers Broke Their Own Military Code
    2657 12 SINGAPORE, Apr. 3. THE prosecuting officer, Major F. W. Ward, in his submissions to the War 1 Crimes Court in the Chinese massa cre trial, which asked for the conviction of seven Japa nese officers chargedvv ithconipt yn the massacre of more than
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    English For Taxi Drivers
    90 12 SINGAPORE, Apr. 3. IN English class for Malay drivers of Yellow Top taxis was opened at Oldham Lane, Singapore, this week. The class is held at night and Mr. Safaruan is instructor. The object of inaugurating the class is to improve the men’s prospects, states the
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    “BANISH ME,” MAN PLEADS
    167 12 ;pLEADING SIKO B P I r ch Wa where I L I and children and agS L 'M an appellant. C::ee ChiJ? 1 the Singapore CourufrB Appeal yesterday was r<l retrial. ot «KM He had been convictM ..I Aasiae Court of arme ll and at yesterdays
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    Sentences Increased In 10 Appeals
    163 12 SINGAPORE. Apr. 1® THE dock, in the Singap® Court of Criminal Appeal i® just big enough to containt® ten appellants who appeared® gether there yt <t< relay asking!® the reduction ot sentences imp® ed after convictions for into a food control godown <® August and
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    BUSMEN REJECT JUDGE’S APPEAL
    296 14 SINGAPORE, Apr. 7. SINGAPORE Traction Company employees last night rejected Mr. Justice Joblings suggestion they return to work. The union decision was reached at a meeting held outside Union headquarters, where the strikers were addressed by Mr. K. R. Sarny and the Unions legal adviser, Mr.
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    Busmen Deny Red Aid
    239 14 SINGAPORE, Apr. 7. THE leader of the Singapore Traction Company employees, Mr. K. R. Sarny, denied yesterday that the Communist Party was helping to finance the strike, now i n its tenth week. He had been told of the allegation that the S.TC.E.U must be either
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    New Air Venture In S’pore
    164 14 SINGAPORE, Apr. 7. MR. R. A. Wild, of 5, Crescent Road, Katong, Singapore, hopes to start a private plane charter service within the next fortnight. He is starting his venture with one twin-engined Avro-Anson plane. “This is being started as a trial venture, M he
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    SAVED FROM RIVER
    58 14 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, Sunday. While boarding a sampan to cross the Prai river, a young Chinese woman missed her footing and fell into the river. She was promptly rescued and, except for a drenching and the loss of a basket of cakes, fruits, and other
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    INDIES CONTROL OF FOREIGN PROPERTY
    126 14 —Reuter. BATAVIA, Apr. 5. THE Indonesian Republican Government intends to maintain its control over foreign property such as state railways, public works, buildings and government printing offices. Mr. A K. Gani, Indonesian Republican Minister for Economics, told the Indonesian News Agency today. Mr. Gani said
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    New Survey Of S.E. Asia Fisheries
    269 14 A SURVEY of the marine and fresh water fishing industries in British territories in South East Asia is now being made by Mr. C. F. Ilickling, who is Adviser on Fisheries to the Secretary of State for the Colonies. With Singapore as his base,
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    491 14 From Our Own Correspondent fl KUCHING, Apr. 6 AN impressive record of “staunch loyalty to Brit&H and “brave kindness” to British and other pH soners of war during the Japanese occupation H British North Borneo has been assembled by theWH Office Mission sent to
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    ALLEGED SALE OF POISON
    59 14 From Our Own ('orrespondtBl PENANG, Apr fl A JAVANESE woman charged before the Magistrate. Mr. .1 l\ RlackMM this morning with celling packets oi powder eontainiBj poison. The case was poned to Apr. 1! and the man was granted bail in sum of $250. The woman,
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    PLANTER WEDS IN SINGAPORE
    123 14 The weddin? >°ok P fl Apr. 5. at St. Andrewii W thedral of Mr. K R ag gM of Mr. and Mrs. \V. N. B Teddington, Middiesi a 0 f E J. S. Gray, daughter and Mrs. D. N. Gray. d The bride, who am m
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    SINGAPORE WEDDINGS
    579 15 IH SINGAPORE. Apr. *3. SBnvdd:::-: ’•'ok place yesteray at the Presbyterian ■h Singapore. of Mr. West of the late |Kh:: V.Y>t and Mrs. West of "ci M >s Mary Jan■iMoilm d-mine, daughter IB. a r.d Mix W Y Semple. bride w ev an ivory satin on edi'Meal lines
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    BROTHERS DROWN AT MORIB BEACH
    95 15 From Our Own Correspondent KLANG, Apr. 9. rO brothers were drowned at Morib beach yesterday, one while trying to rescue the other. The boys, Ong Lock Teong, aged 15, and Ong Lock Huai, aged 13, were two of a picnic party of schoolboys from the
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    £100,000 APPEAL BY BISHOP
    251 15 From Our Own Correspondent LODNON, Apr. 7. MANY listeners in Britain were very deeply moved by an address broadcast over the 8.8. C. by the Bishop of Singapore the Right Rev. J. L. Wilson, nearly six months ago—~n Sunday morning. Oct. 13 Now. thos? listeners are
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    Municipal Works Body Proposed
    218 15 SINGAPORE, Apr. 8. THE Singapore Municipal Services Union, representing the junior staff, has asked the Municipal Commissioners to appoint their representatives to a Works Committee to be formed on the lines suggested by the Trade Union Adviser, Mr. S. P. Garrett. The Union has not yet
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    Penang Claims On Dutch
    236 15 From Our Own Correspondent wxt PENA NG, Apr. 7. IN order to submit claims to the Dutch Government, Penang merchants are being asked for details of losses or damage sustained by them as a result of the confiscation of j lhe,r tfoods by the Dutch authorities.
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    Late Sir Cecil Clementi- MAN OF VISION
    609 16 Late Sir Cecil Clementi MAN OF VISION An Appreciation—By A Special Correspondent IN the lone line of men who have headed British administration in Malaya l from ifaffhfs onwa.ds there have been few with more distinction of intellect^resence 5 and' character than Sir Cecil dementi, whose death at the age
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    R.A.F. ASSN. BRANCH IN SINGAPORE
    123 16 SINGAPORE branch of the v. o R yal Air Force Association Mas been formed following a meeting held recently at the Airport Hotel. The following officers have been elected: president, Air Vice Marshal J. D. Breakey; vice-presi-dent, Air Commodore G P Carchairman, Warrant Officer H.
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    Car Ride For S’pore Snake
    112 16 SINGAPORE. Apr. 9. UINGAI ORE snakes may habi* lualiy prefir hen coop e.- v.ee, <;r lull ing grass patches. lint one wound itself arcund (he axle easing of a moving < ar in Ridout Road, yesterday. A mi.tcrist following this car n p;:rts that he
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    BROOKE WILL SEEK REPLIES FROM G.-G.
    79 16 SINGAPORE. Apr. 8. The ex-Rajah Muda of Sarawak, Mr. Anthony Brooke, hopes shortly to meet the GovernorGeneral. Mr. Malcolm MacDonald, who returned to Singapore lust Thursday after his tour of British North Borneo and Sarawak. Mr. Brooke told the Straits Times yesterday that he
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    PENANG MAN ON U.N.O. BODY
    234 16 From Our Own Correspondent A PENANG boy who has made a name both and Chair*of international Relates aT'Z MaSIf STi ‘r tute of Technology to join the Chinese deWaUon to 'the United Nations Commission on Human Rights under the Chairmanship of Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt S
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    Control Inspector Acquitted
    122 16 yHERE would be no security from false accusations if anybody could bring accusations against a Food Control Inspector on no grounds whatsoever declared Mr. C. F. J. Ess. when he made a successful plea for the acquittal of Tan Kim Leong in the Singapore Criminal District Court
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    Lawlessness Hamper Opening Of Tin Areas
    310 16 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR Anr s I I AWLESSNESS in tin mining areas ha* u}' I L the main reasons why a number of Jv! owned mines have not resumed opera tin.,. j .Mr. Lau Pak Khuan, when presiding a the All-Malayan
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    Anti-cession Protest to Mr. Attlee
    290 16 I THE suggestion that the Sara- 4 wak G:vernment has misrepresented the true political position in Brita n’s youngest Colony is made in a telegram sent to the British Prime Minister Mr. Clement Attlee, by 120 Sarawak residents of Malaya and reported to the Straits
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    Behrman Men’s View On Dutch
    369 16 SINGAPORE. Apr. 8.1 THE Martin Behrman,iJ recently attempted todB the Dutch export haul Cheribon, is now lyinj tl miles off Singapore in outer roads waiting for*ii| orders I The Martin Behrman, omul the American Isbrandtsen uH loaded at Cheribon with Ini nesian goods but was
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    TRUST PLAN TO AID BUILDING
    367 17 SINGAPORE, Apr. 8. 1" encourages private building enterprise Hi Singapore has been placed before the SingaHlmVovement Trust for consideration. ■’he outline of the plan is that Government should H potential builders by making loans and that Hmrapore Improvement Trust should make availH‘<uch people “ready-made” plots
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    Labourers’ CO-op. Store
    190 17 SINGAPORE, Apr. 9. NHfTe:' by the Singapore CoJJHeramv Stores Society. Ltd., H a co-operative store ex|Hely for Municipal labourers IgHiacie by Mr. N. A Mallal, BBent ot the Society in an |Hifu with the Straits Times on the possibility co-operative store for Mu- Hi labourers, the Municipal
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    TYRE THIEF GAOLED
    104 17 Br E Kct S I G^ P0RE A P r HL E 18 m nths’ rigor- VT 1S0 ment was imVDistr ct' t, P h U1 Storr the Malav suH U o d8C V y estcrd^’ Hal. ur -an, for breaking thru m f Ca ble Road
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    Inquiry Told Of S.T.C. Losses
    436 17 SINGAPORE, Apr. 9. THE financial losses sustained by the Singapore Traction f Company were mentioned by Mr. John Laycock. who is representing the Company, at yesterday’s inquiry into the S.T.C. strike. Mr. Laycock said the losses were of three kinds: first, the loss of £8,054
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    Internal Airmail Service For Malaya Planned
    156 17 trom Our Own Correspondent PENANG, Apr. 8. niSCUSSIONS are presently taking place between the Postal authorities and Malayan Airways for the early institution of an internal airmail and parcel service within Malaya. The Controller of Posts, Malayan Union, in reply to recent representations made
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    Welfare Council’s Protest To Government
    312 17 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Apr. 4. h PROTEST against the attitude of the Malayan Union Finance Committee towards Sir Edward Gent’s promise of recommending a dollar for dollar contribution by Government to the Malayan Welfare Fund is being despatched by the Central Welfare
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    Meatless Days For Film Unit
    206 17 irom Our Staff Correspondent Kuala Lumpur, Apr. 8. MEMBERS Ol u rublie Relations cinema unit wh'ch travelled 120 miles up the Kelantan River to give shows to villagers far removed from civilisation became vegetal’ lans for two days because they had to conform to custom
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    NEW CHINESE ASSOCIATION
    85 17 KLANG. Monday.—At a meeting of prominent members of the Chinese community held yesterday it was uranimously decided to establish an association known as the Ohiness? Benevolent Association of Klatg. The election of officials resulted as follows: President. Mr. Lee Boon Pin, vice-president, Mr. Theh Chat Heng; hon.
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    SHIP OWNER GAOLED
    170 17 SINGAPORE, Apr. 9. ALLEGED to have kept a revol- ver loaded with six rounds of ammunition in a sack hidden under a safe, Ho Kian Chong, a middle-aged Chinese shipping contractor, was sentenced by Mr. Justice Brown yesterday to five years’ imprisonment on each of the two
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    COLLABORATOR TO HANG
    141 17 From Our Staff Correspondent. KUCHING, Apr. 5. TAN Jim Tee, Chinese coilab- orator with the Japanese Kempeitai during the occupation, has been sentenced to death by hanging after a twoday trial at Sandakan. He will be executed shortly at Jrsselton. Chai Jim Kiat, of Kuching, whose father
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    SINGAPORE DRAW WITH SELANGOR
    541 18 State Cricket SINGAPORE, Apr. 7. DLAYEI) on a sodden pitch Singapore and Selangor shared honours in the state cricket match which was confined to one day owing to rain. Selangor made 141 and at close of play Singapore had lost seven wickets for 97. The* match
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    K.L. TEAM LOSE
    38 18 The Medical College “A” team lv at the Kuala Lumpur Ceylon Youths bv ten runs in a cricket match at the Medical College Union ground The scores were Medical ColleK,‘ 81 and Cey Youths 71.
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    Rain Saves Non-Benders
    219 18 SINGAPORE. Apr. 8. RAIN saved the Singapore NonBendtrs irom an overwhelmi ins defeat when they met an S.C.C. XI in a cricket match on the padang yesterday. Scores were: S.C.C. XI D.B. earr b Massey 39 I’ C. Firkins c Leonard b Rostock Hill 27 .1 IV
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    NETHERLANDS WIN 2-1
    80 18 —Reuter. AMSTERDAM. Apr. 8. 9 a 'HE Netherlands beat Belgium two. 1 one In soccer international in the Olympic Stadium here today. The teams wer e one-all at the interval. The Dutch outside left Bergman oper<ed the score for the Netherlands after six minutes but three minutes
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    Segamat Win Two Games
    122 18 From Our Own Correspondent SEGAMAT, Apr. 9. SOME fine bowling by P. Nagesu largely contributed to two wins scored by the Sega mat 1 Cricket Club over visiting teams at Segamat during the Easter. Meeting a Negri Sembilan team, captained by Dionysius, the S©gamat C.C. dismissed
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    REME WIN LEAGUE CRICKET MATCH
    85 18 THE A.C.C. were beaten by R.E.M.E. Base by 43 runs in a league cricket fixture on St. George’s ground last week. There was good batting on both sides with West scoring 32, the highest for R.E.M.E. and Shepherd 17 for ACC. The bowling of Gribble,
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    RAIN SAVES S.C.C. AT KUALA LUMPUR
    319 18 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPURV I FACED with the task of scoring 138 runs in '.I r two hours and with the best three wickew* the Singapore Cricket Club were fortunat 9 heavy rain fell this afternoon and gave them !l| in their
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    Peng Soon Wins Malayan Title
    403 18 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Apr. 8. WONG Peng Soon, of Singapore, won the Malayan Badminton singles title for the third time in succession, when he beat Selangor’s representative, Lim Kee Fong, 15-8, 15-12 today. Another former Malayan champion, Mrs. Cecilia Samuel, performed the
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    PENANG & PERAK GAME DRAWN
    210 18 PENANG PERAK GAME DRAWN Ratxt IPOH, Apr. 7. ain stopped play in the interstate cricket match between Penang and Perak to-day when Penang were in a winning position. Forty minutes after lunch they had dismissed Perak for 98 runs in their second innings and required 71 runs to win the
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    S.K. SUNDRAM IN GREAT FORM
    59 18 A FINE double by s. K. Sundram. who took five wickets for 33 and then scored 88 largely helped the Ceylon Sports Club to take the honours in their drawn two-dav f Q k n c flx *L ure against Combined Chang! at the week-end.
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    RAFFLES O.B.A. TO BE REVIVED
    99 18 SINGAPORE, Apr. 3. At a committee meeting of the Old Raffiesiaris’ Association held at Raffles Institution yesterday, it was decided to reorganise the association, and all old boys are invited to send their names and addresses to the honorary secretary. O R A c/o Raffles
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    SINGAPORE RIFLE ASSN RESULTS
    216 18 Results 01 Singapore sociation shoot on Apr. Pistol: 10 Yards Raj8 e L Brayant score 19: 20 Jones score 20: Aggregate Col. Chapman score Si. First: Ft.-Lt. James score CUP) Ft I Falling Plate: Winners James. F/O Chapman. A/C Oronstien <K A.F.. w Air Cadets: First
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    SIAM IS EXPANDING RICE PRODUCTION
    774 19 I (.'mill Our Own Correspondent I BANGKOK, Apr. 4. I n «imi ut 1,200,000 acres of rice land is being Kvi 'iil by the Siamese agricultural authorities l!l u r „ining 1047 rice planting season. just being harvested, approximately I nd were under cultivation. I
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    CHINESE TO ATTEND TIN STUDY GROUP
    59 19 From Our Own Correspondent _KJ[JALA_ LUMPUR. Apr. GCol. H. S. Lee. President of ihe All-Malayan Chinese Mining Association and the Miners’ Association of Selangor. Negri Sernoilan and Pahang, has left for London by air to attend the first meeting of the International Tin Study
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    Move Against Fake Currency
    67 19 A.P. BATAVIA, April S.—TI:.» Indents an .Minister of He >noinics, A. Iv. Gani, an*n uneed to. d.iv, that became of lurge-s: a.c counterfeiting l hina and Singapore, the enure current's i sue f th Imlones an It public would he i.qAaccd m mid-summer b. a new
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    PARIT PERAK UNDAMAGED
    145 19 the annual meeting oi tne Pant Perak Rubber Co. Ltd held in Penang, it was reported that the profit and loss account tor the five years up «o 1945 showed a balance of *>ll7 524 after charging all expenditure on rehabilitation, wnieh amounted to $5,254. The directors
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    TEMERLOH HAS GOOD OUTPUT
    146 19 k FAVOURABLE balance o $42,844 was shown in the accounts presented at the annual meeting ot the Temerloh Rubber Estates Ltd. held at Penang. The chairman. Mr. J. G. Brown, said that the accounts covered the period from May 1, 1941. to April 30 1046. and
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    U.K. FUEL CRISIS DELAYS LINER
    51 19 —U.P. The Canadian Pacific passenger liner Empress of Canada which is scheduled to inaugurate Canada’s postwar re-entry into the North Atlantic passenger trade next May 14, will not be ready to sail before June or July. Refitting delays caused by Britain’s fuel crisis caused the
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    EMPLOYER TRADE UNIONS URGED
    134 19 SINGAPORE, Apr. 7. EMPLOYER-bodies in Singapore, which have to deal with employee trade unions, should seek registration as trade unions themselves, it is suggested in official quarters. This is deemed advisable so that in the future negotiations between employers and employees could la* carried out as
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    UNIONS RUSH TO GET REGISTERED
    338 19 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Apr. 5. 'THE Pan-Malayan Federation of 1 rade Unions has now i established its headquarters on the top floor of a threestoreyed buildinir in Hi eh Street here—and it has applied to the Government for registration as a trade
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    BASSETT RUBBER
    60 19 Nf. change in the acreage of the Bassett Rubber Co., Ltd.'s estate Is revealed in the annual directors’ report. which adds that further progress has been made in the rehabilitation of the properties. The total acreage is shown as 1.771 acres with mature rubber taking up 968 acres
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    UTAN SIMPAN LOW COSTS STRESSED
    244 19 Company Reports A CLAIM lor $l2 000 has been made by Utan Simpan Rubber Co.. Ltd. under a war risk Insurance policy n i rubber stocks denied and lost to the (nemy. and if that amount is recovered in lull it will wipe out the
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    SUNGEI WAY RESCINDS DIVIDEND
    203 19 THE directors of Sungei Way Dredging I Ltd., because of the extremely large expenditure facing the company for rehabilitation, have found it necessary to rescind their resolution of Dec. 20, 1941, by which they declared an interim dividend of 7' /a Announcing this decision, the chairman
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    KUALA SIDIM RUBBER
    49 19 The estate of the Kuala Bidim Rubber Co. T.td now comprises 3.382 acres of which 2.443 atres is classed as mature rubber. This is shown In the annual report of the directors, just Issued, which further shows that only 824 acres of the estate are unplanted
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    10 PER CENT DIVIDEND.
    206 20 CHARTERED BANK A RECORD total figure of £118,174.870, an increase of £28,128,960, over last a fu Wafi B h° wn in the balance sheet of the Chartered Bank of India. Australia and China submitted to the annual meeting of stockholders in London. After making provision for
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    TINS BOOM AFTER PRICE INCREASE
    699 20 Weekly Market Report By A Market Correspondent SINGAPORE, Apr. 5. RESPITE the usual slackening before the Easter U holidays, the share business encompassed in four days’ operations on Malayan markets would ha>e been creditable in any full week. Considerable trading with many rises arose from
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    Tin shares are still below best
    164 20 From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Apr. 5. COMMENTING on the Malal yan tin share prospects in relation to the rise in the price of the metal, the Financial Times emphasises that the London dealers are taking a cautious view owing to the slowness of
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    SUBSTITUTE CROP FOR RUBBER
    119 20 COLOMBO, April B.—The Rubber Commission which was appointed to enquire into and report on Ceylon’s rubber industry has decided to make an Interim recommendation that steps be taken for the removal oi the international agreement restricting the planting of tea, which will be a substitute for
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    ‘Societies Ordinance No Cure For Crime’
    364 20 ‘Societies Ordinance No Cure For Crim e’ SIXGAPORe \n I THE enforcement of the Societies Ordinance “ur I itself bring about a lessening in gangsterism" 1 <1 pore, while “its threat to the existence of ln organizations is very real indeed.” ri, 8r<*B This statement is made by the Ma-.uvun
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    KALI GLAGAH RUBBER
    175 20 ri directors of Kali Glanh Company (Paloh. imU cided to redeem the exming per oent. Convertible debecttnal' with effect from June 30 1* cent. In order to pro-, ide funds (orJaKi demption and for rehabilitation utl-* la proposed to issue £105 0M n9 a-Half per Cent First
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    GOPENG MINE
    42 20 The directors for Gopeng Onfl dated. Ltd. announce that exploit™ at the mine began ir. January, wd|l gres&ive improvement may be iid| pated as the working faces are cp* out with the Kampar ar.d Genfl® water supplies in service. I
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    MALAYAN SHARE QUOTATIONS
    691 20 SINGAPORE, April 3. CHARE quotations according to the Malayan Sharebrokers Association (Singapore) today were as follows: INDUSTRIALS Buyer Seller Alexandra Brickworks Ords. 1.90 2.00 Alexandra Brickworks Prefs. 3.10 3.25 Brit Malaya Trustee Executor Co 8.25 9.00 Consolidated Tin Smelters Ord. 20/6 227do Prefs. 26/6 287Eastern United Assurance
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