The Straits Budget, 17 April 1947

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    30 1 The Straits Budget Iv Series No. [ESTABLISHED OVER A CENTURY] Singapore, Thursday April 17th, 1947 THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES 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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      They Bounced!
      960 2 —Straits Times, Apr. 10. An ingenious press agent In New York thought up a stunt last week which, while not likely to be emulated in the environs of Raffles Place and Collyer Quay, is nevertheless just what the Singapore rubber trade likes *o see. This press agent dropped
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      Merdeka In Malaya
      1087 2 —Straits Times. Apr. 11. The first Prime Minister of Indonesia was the guest of honour of the Malay and Indonesian communities of Singapore on Wednesday afternoon. That was certainly an event of historic interest, but it is an old and pleasant custom in Singapore to entertain distinguished
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      The International Wrangle
      824 2 fif C sua' t» Times, Apr. 12. Grave charges that the United States have fanned the flames of civil war in China have been made by the Soviet Foreign Minister, M. Molotov, in a series of letters (made public this week) to the U.S. Secretary of State.
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      MacDonald And Brooke
      1068 3 —Straits Times, Apr. 14. ln MacDonald took iwvLi.il course last week fTdirect, formal and "“Untv to° statements made Lev nrooke in Singar n is unheard of for inti'll to be named in a ldl 'tl or correction ™f h e h a ..'.mce. But if this h
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      No Sentiment In Business?
      1075 3 —Straits Times, Apr. IS. We have become so accustomed to hearing Singapore talked about in Kuala Lumpur as if its interests and desires were of no concern to the Malayan Union that it comes as a surprise to read that one of the reasons why the
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      A Red Rag To A Bull
      1125 3 —Straits Times. Apr. 10. The future of the Malayan Communist Party may be decided in the near future. The Singapore representative of the party, Mr. Chang Ming Ching, said last week that the party would not apply for registration under the Societies Ordinance “unless
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    MEMORIES OF OLD SINGAPORE
    2006 4  -  By By DATO ROLAND BRADDELL rE old Singapore had a marked personality of its own and a fiercely parochial spirit which eyed London with distrust and put the needs of our commerce above all else. The great firms, British. German, Dutcl\ Swiss, French and Italian, were
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    ‘Token Of German Gratitude —Gift To Cathedral
    355 4 To the Editor, Straits Times. SIR, —In your issue of Saturday, April 5, you printed a picture taken before World War I to illustrate the hey-day of German trade in Singapore. The picture was used to illustrate Dato Roland Braddell’s most interesting memoirs.
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  • STRAITS TIMES BUDGET
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      The Ritz at the docks: Fifty people per acre
      260 5 have been population of Singapore is jing saturation point, in ion to housing, and soon the Municipality demo3g houses in many quaiwe may see people living r five-foot ways and in v odd corner as in Hong rv person of common-sense
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      ‘lnfluential Leaders’
      276 5 HOES Mr. R. H. C. Lim think that his plea or words of advice with regard to those who were picked out in the concentration camps is going to comfort or console any of those who have lost their loved ones? "It is Jiot fair cried Mr. Lim,
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      More Memories Of Straits Bar
      212 5 MEMORIES Of Old Singapore” by Dato Roland Braddell make interesting reading, but he made a mistake by mentioning Arthur Thornton instead of Maxwell Ruthven Thornton as one of the founders and partners of the legal firm of Wreford and Thornton, (now known as Conaghan, Wreford
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      Two News Items
      61 5 ON the same page of your issue of today (Apr. 12) you print the news of a daring armed robbery in River Valley Road and also the appointment of a highly placed police officer to be Film Censor. Surely there are plenty of people other than police
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      Still waiting for a Car
      295 5 LIKE your correspondent “Extremely Perplexed”, I have contributed, as a sponsored civilian, to the rehabilitation of Singapore and Malaya. I have refloated and manned ships, restarted a local industry and been instrumental in lowering the price of certain staple foodstuffs. I still employ a large
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      Sarawak: principles and personalities
      446 5 YOUR admirable and forthright leading article headed “MacDonald and Brooke” will, I feel, meet with the warm approval of the majority of your readers, and especially of those like myself who know and love Sarawak and its people and consequently deplore the way that the question
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      Business Man Asks: Is This A Record?
      149 5 PE basis of allocation of vehicles is still perplexing the Singapore public, and the following may be of interest: 1. I am the head of an oldestablished European business classified during emergencies as "essential.” 2. My company is entirely without transport of ANY
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      Queen’s Chinese?
      125 5 AS a true Chinese, 1 cannot help writing to point out the silly ideas of the eleven Straits-born Chinese who so ardently declare themselves to be the King’s Chinese. I doubt very much that they have any national feelings of their own. In the eyes of other nationalities
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      Girls Thanked
      69 5 IHAD almost come to the conclusion that the only Straits-born Chinese who ale really grateful for having been born in a British colony were K.C. and “A Lion’s Cub*', but now I know better! May I say a hearty “Thank you” to “A few More Lion’s Whelps”? It’s
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      Victoria Chimes
      91 5 IAM doubtful as to whether the Victoria Memorial Hall clock is accurate to the second, as I have observed that the chiming takes place before the long hand reaches the exact point of the hour. During the Japanese occupation, the time was adjusted often by the authorities concerned.
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    OWL FAMILY: A TRUE STORY
    1074 6 A Malayan Countryman’s Diary PERE are twenty forms of owls in the Malay Peninsula, many of which are rarely met with. In our dusun we can say for certain that there is a Scops Owl and the Malay Fishing Owl, resident. Before the war we
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    BUTTER COMES IN TWO WEEKS
    98 6 SINGAPORE, Apr. 15. housewives will probably have to wait another fortnight before they will be able to buy butter in the shops. The Burns Philp ship the Burnside, which is carrying Singapore’s awaited butter cargo and which was held up in Australia on account of
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    CUPS FOR JUSTICE
    101 6 SINGAPORE. Apr. 16. THREE silver cups each er_1 graved with the words “Preserver of Justice’” were presented to Major F. W. Ward, Major M. G A. Watson and Mr. R. C. H. Lim in recognition of their work in the Singapore Chinese Massacre trial at a tea
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    DUCK-SHOOTING IN PAHANG
    823 6 r pHE duck and snipe shooting season has opened in certain parts of the Peninsula. Along the East Coast, following the recent heavy monsoon rains, and also the inactivity of the part of hunters over a period of five or six years, whistling teal, jungle fowl, partridge,
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  • PERSONAL
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      BIRTHS
      37 6 BROWN—Penang n 9th to Zoe, wife of J C Brown, a REYNELL-BAKHi Ol.thy ;13i| to Pamela wife o a daughter both w-:i. April MONTIGNY. On 8 J yV# Curepipe. Mauritius '<> ,‘oilW M. A. Montigny 0 T
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      ENGAGEMENT
      40 6 TAN-LAW W i~g%\ place on 12-4-4. ,J ‘VJ'Vr a te> Boo Lat only son of M Lali S Tan Chuan Hock and M; Bee youngest dautb"» n( j i Mrs. Lau Chen? P° n Eng late Madam L' Singapore.
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      MARRIAGE
      64 6 MAKKiu-r. Qn WILLIAMS —M ACUON April, 1947. at St. A: «»< J A Ji Singapore by the L* C.B.E.. D.D., K H t y enf Chief, RAF.. M* <5 the Archdeacon oi L te Mr J Leslie, younger son ot n g i0 i B. Williams, b.A. 0 Mrs.
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    19 6 iVA UUIlc 1 DEATH d I Mrs. M. A. Dr.:f;* Ho ojtal peacefully at Bun 11 Tuesday, 8th Ai
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    ARMED ROBBERS TAKE $8,500
    284 7 I SINGAPORE, Apr. 12. ■I\ESK gunman made off with the weekly pay■r,fV.»00 fw employees of United Engineers, K daring robbery yesterday afternoon. While V off a f ter the hold-up the gunman shot one of Enpaiiy's jagas at point-blank range and wound■Tin the stomach. Kl 0
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    POLICEMAN SENT TO PRISON
    57 7 SINGAPORE. Apr. 12. A sentence of five years’ rigorous imprisonment was passed on Ibrahim bin Ahmat, a Naval Base policeman, at the Singapore Assizes yesterday, when he was found guilty of being in unlawful possession of 299 rounds of .9 man. ammunition at his house in
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    Banishment For Robber Recommended
    94 7 MN'GAPOHE Apr. 12. bb* 1 n a '-’barge of n inese, Chuah two sin,; r ’v 3, nprisonment hv Sn D r tn f t Mr. C. Pd f r -i ay Ulid reco^s- r ,vit h t"'o other f-b L larin X hold-up Ur f
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    FREE VACCINATION
    55 7 A.\g P orrespondent ■JTiior..’.*-“ i: a denial as l- r ci to V' v hina have r ln °cnlation bythrp" as mado yesPor t Health n 'that Chin f (>se prrs s »1Ufv o y< rf h‘e of $5 wa5 :».s .'X L* p »rt Inw-; ri hat
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    Daily Air Service To Penang
    320 7 SINGAPORE, Apr, 11. A DAILY service between Singapore and Penang, stopping at Kuala Lumpur and Ipoh, will be operated by Malayan Airways, whose re- gular internal services open 1 on May 1. I The schedule will be as follows: S’pore dep 0800 Penang dep 1430
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    College Of Commerce Suggested
    229 7 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, Apr. 11. JHE establishment of a college of commerce and engineering is advocated by the Penang Indian Chamber of Commerce in a memorandum which it is presenting to the Carr-Saundeis Commission on Higher Education. The Commission is due to arrive here
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    STOWAWAYS COST $2,050
    153 7 SINGAPORE, Apr. 12CAPT. G. P. Cope, master of, the s.s. New Chang which arrived in Singapore from China on Thursday with 41 stowaways aboard was fined $2,050 in the Fourth Police Court yesterday for having carried passengers in excess of the number on the ship’s list. Capt.
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    Burma Will Make Up Rice Export Lag
    358 7 SINGAPORE, Apr. 12. rE quantity of rice.available for export from Burma this year will not be up to expectations because of strikes, but the total for the year will be made up. Making this statement to the Straits Times yesterday, Mr. B. O.
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    RECOVERY HELD UP BY CRIME AND DISPUTES
    323 7 SINGAPORE, Apr. 12. THE number of persons in Singapore who were not 1 doing an honest day’s work was referred to yesterday by the Singapore Secretary for Economic Affairs, Mr. Andrew Gilmour, when he delivered a ‘word of warning to labour leaders in
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    POLICE SEIZE ARMS AND CASH
    73 7 From Our Staff Correspondent. KUALA LUMPUR, April 11 The Kuala Lumpur Detective Branch investigating the abduction and ransom of a Chines* merchant in Serendah, madt four arrests early this morning in Chan Sow Lin Road. During the raid they too'* possession of four loaded revolvers
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    209 REGISTERED TRADE UNIONS
    81 7 From Our Staff Correspondent. KUALA LUMPUR, Anril 11.— The registration of a further 15 trade unions in the Malayan Unions is announced in the Government Gazette, bringing the total registered trade unions to 209. They include the All Malayan Railway Workers’ Union, the Selangor Town Board
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    Brooke To Live In Far East
    218 8 SINGAPORE, Apr. 15. TH E ex-Rajah Muda of Sarawak, Mr. Anthony Brooke, has intimated hn> intention of staying in the Far East for the rest of his lift. After staying at the Seaview Hotel, Singapore, since Jan. 1 this year, he has found a
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    INDIAN SOLDIER SENT TO GAOL
    68 8 T SINGAPORE, Apr. 15 ♦Vwt n wt! an soldior attached to the Mahratta Light Infantry named Rathnasurbi, wa s sentenced to a year's rigorous Imprisonment In the Third District Court yesterday on a cnarge of causing the death of a lorry driver through negligent driving
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    $315,000 In Grants To Chinese Schools
    271 8 SINGAPORE, Apr. 15. THE Singapore Government this year will set aside $315,000 as grants-in-aid to Chinese schools, which represents nearly twice the amount spent last year. The figure for nine months of last year from April to December was $127,800. This increases in officially
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    KILLEARN LEAVES FOR AUSTRALIA
    42 8 SINGAPORE. Apr. 15. THE Special Commissioner, lor South-East Asia. Lord Kil learn, and Lady Killearn left Kallang aii port, Singapore, by flying boat for Sydney yesterday morning. The Special Commissioner’s private secretary, Capt. D. S. Noel, accompanied them.
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    Message To Lady Clementi
    69 8 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Apr. 9. THE following cable has been sent to Lady dementi by the Governor of the Malayan Union, Sir Edward Gent: “I learned of Sir Cecil dementi’s e’eath with deep regret which will be shared by his many friends of
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    Vernon Bartlett In S’pore
    191 8 SINGAPORE, Apr. 15. MR. Vernon Bartlett, the well-known commentator op foreign affairs, Member of Parliament and political observer for the News-Chronicle, has arrived in Singapore on a convalescence trip which he is combining with a study of conditions of the post-war world. On the way out
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    PRESS DINNER TO P.R. DIRECTOR
    327 8 From Our lltafif Correspondent np FA KiMr a< KUALA LUMPUR, Apr. 14. C AKING at a dinner given by newspapermen in Kuala r^ m Pl r i Lst 4 n,gl t the Govern °r of the Malayan Union, F“ Wd !j G ent, said he
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    Imports Cause Slump In Highlands Vegetable.
    527 8 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPl'KAn,, THE Department of Agriculture, in its *lat 1 states that prices for vegetables repi Highlands fell in the middle of February wh 91 quantities of vegetables were received i from China and Australia. n Vegetable dealers have accordingly
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    NATIONAL DAY
    30 8 Th„ SINGAPORE, Apr. 15. The Singalese In Singapore observed their National Day at a party given by the Singapore fnrio SC Association at the Victoria Memorial Hall yesterday.
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    CHARGE AGAINST MAJOR
    394 8 SINGAPORE. Apr 15 Major j. s. f. a d. b nett. D.S.O., M.c.,05 Commanding D Company. Seaforth Highlanders, pli not guilty in the Singap Fourth Magistrate's counj ttrday to causing the m of a Sikh taxi driver r in Baghail Singh. The charge accused the of “doing
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    Attorney General Asks For Unity Among The People
    853 9 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Apr. 10. r attorney General, Mr. K. K. O’Connor, after outlining the reasons for the need to transmit the report of the Consultative Committee to the Se0I state and to the Malay Rulers for their consideration,
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    MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS WANTED
    127 9 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Apr. 10. MR. S. B. Palmer, one ot the signatories of the Consultative Committee Report, said he personally thought that the recommendation of introducing elections to both Municipal and Town Board Councils would be a move in the right direction and
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    Women Want Eight Seats On Council
    86 9 From Our Staff Correspondent KOALA LIMPUR, Apr. 11. pr least eight seats in the proposed Federal Legislative Council should be feserved for women, declared Dr. (Miss) Soo Kim Lan at the Malayan Onion Advisory Council meeting today. Two seats, she suggested, should be for
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    Youngest Council Member
    152 9 From Our Staff Correspondent Kuala Lumpur, Apr. 10. AN Indian trade unionist aged 28 has been appointed by the Governor of the Malayan Union, Sir Edward Gent, to be one of the four new members who will “broaden the membership of the Malayan Union Advisory Council.” He
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    Settlement Necessary In Malaya
    229 9 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Apr. 10. “IT is quite clear that the con- stitutional measures for this country will have to represent a compromise in the views of those p°ople who live in it, declared the Chief Secretary, Mr. A. T. Newboult at the
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    ARMY PLANS FOR RELEASE OF HOUSES
    254 9 DY the end of this year, the Army in Singapore should be clear of all requisitioned civilian property except the following: 29 acres of land, five civilian houses, two godowns, four buildings, one hotel and one block of partially completed shops near Bukit Timah.
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    Chinese Support Minority Report
    452 9 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Apr. 10. OIX unofficial members spoke today at the meeting of the *3 Malayan Union Advisory Council which endorsed the recommendations of the Consultative Committee and agreed to the transmission of the report to the Secretary of State and to
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    Blunn On Settlement Question
    202 9 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Apr. 10. FURTHER and very careful consideration should be given to the question of the inclusion of Penang and Malacca in the Federation, urged Mr W.G.C Blunn at the Malayan Uniqn Advisory Council meeting today. Mr. Blunn said that the
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    Shahrir Tells Of Indonesia’s Aims
    518 10 SINGAPORE, Apr. 10. THE Prime Minister of the Indonesian Republic, Sultan Shahrir, received an enthusiastic welcome from a crowd of several thousand people when he arrived by plane at Singapore from Bangkok yesterday alternoon. The thousands of Malayans and Indonesians, vho had waited at Kalian#
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    European Robbed Of Estate Pay
    96 10 *r(im Our Staff Correspondent Kuala Lumpur, Apr. 9. THE Manager of Wardieburn Estate, Mr. H. Thomson was held up by armed Chinese a few miles outside Kuala Lumpur yesterday afternoon and robbed of $7,000 which he had just drawn from the bank t*o pay his
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    OFFICERS & SCREENING BY JAPS
    163 10 OFFICERS SCREENING BY JAPS SINGAPORE. Apr. 10. “IT is not fair to be prejudiced in any way against officers oi the Straits Settlements Volunteer Force who were asked by the Japanese to pick out their fellowmembers in 1942.” said Mr. R. C. H Lim. who was associated with the prosecution
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    SYMPATHY WITH LADY CLEMENTI
    79 10 SINGAPORE. Apr. 11. The Governor, Sir Franklin Gimson. sent a cablegram to Lady Clementi yesterday stating that at a meeting of' the Singapore Advisory Council, held yesterday, members requested him to convey to her on their behalf and on behalf of the people of Singapore an
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    Shahrir’s Hopes For Malaya
    598 10 From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs. THE Premier of the Indonesian Republic, Sutan Shahrir, in an afterdinner speech last night said although he hoped Malaya would progress in the same way as Indonesian, he did not think that the people would be able to get
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    3 Leap From Blazing Boat
    90 10 From Our Own Correspondent TELI'K ANSON, Apr. 10. A CHINESE who with two companions jumped from a burning motor-boat on the Perak river yesterday was rescued by a Malay sampan man and later admitted to hospital, where his condition is satisfactory. The motor-boat caught fire
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    MAY ACCEPT BACK PAY
    106 10 SINGAPORE. Apr. 10. THE Singapore Government 1 Servants’ Back Pay Council at a meeting yesterday decided to advise Asiatic Government servants to accept payments offered on condition that acceptance will not prejudice claims r.ow being submitted to the Secretary oi State for the Colonies. Dr. A.
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    DEATH OF REV. N. DEREDEC
    153 10 NEWS has been received in Singapore of the death in France of Rev. Father Noel Deredec, of Penang. Rev. Fr. Deredec was born on Apr. 7, 1885, In France and was ordained cn Sept. 24, 1910. H e arrived in Malaya in 1911 and was
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    GOVERNOR URGES COMPROMISE
    428 10 Cheeseman Report For LoiuT From Our Staff Correspond,.... KUALA LUMPI |{,L THE Malayan Union Advisory Council tod 1 proved the despatch to the Secretary of the Colonies and to the Malay Rulers ~i tt,,, of the Consultative Committee. The Union Governor, Sir Edward Gent, th be compromise
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    $16,000 GIFTS BY MR. AW BOON HAW
    115 10 jyirt. a” heen a I SUM of $16,000 has A nated by Mr- A JJ B cW ne prominent Sing ‘?K, singapj merchant, to "a .wnistra® Clerical and 4000) 3 Workers’ Union 000' Chinese Association t *J e j r d the rehabilitation
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    ROW MORE RICE PLEA BY GENT
    877 11 I'mm Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Apr. 11. ,..o\V More Rice” appeal was made tonight by V t>rnor, Sir Edward Gent, when he rej Mil-van Union affairs in a broadcast talk. V<l\vartl said: “We remain far too dependent tries for our minimum requirements of
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    Sir Harry Trusted Arriving
    202 11 Salaries Commission From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR Apr. 11. OIR Harry Trusted, former Chief Justice of the F.M.S., who re- > tired after interrmen: here and in Manchuria is to h? the Chairman of the Joint Salares Commission cf the Malayan Ur. ion and Singapore.
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    FREE MALAY CLASS
    97 11 From Our Own Correspondent SEREMBAN, Apr. 11. TO assist them in their rural health work in kampongs. a free Malay class for the benefit of members of the Women’s Service League, especially European members, will begin at the Welfare Department Seremban, on Monday afternoon. This class will
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    Engine Failure Causes R.A.F. Pilot’s Death
    334 11 SINGAPORE, Apr. 10. A FINDING of misadventure was recorded by the Singapore Coroner, Mr. W. G. Porter, at the end of an inquiry yesterday into the death of Flying Officer F. Maltese, of 84th Squadron, R.A.F., Seletar, who was killed when the Beaufighter aircraft
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    Protests Against New Port Fire Measures
    242 11 SINGAPORE, Apr. 10. THINESE merchants in Singapore are protesting against an Ordinance which is to come into force on June 1 requiring all motor craft plying in the Singapore harbour area to carry fire fighting equipment. The protest is made on the ground that
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    Luxury Building Must Stop Says S’pore Rural Board
    271 11 Luxury Building Must Stop Says S’ pore Rural Board SINGAPORE, Apr. 12. THE Singapore Rural Board has asked Government for measures to postpone the construction of non-essential buildings in Singapore until the more immediate housing needs of the community have been met. The Board has submitted a memorandum on the
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    MALACCA WAR AGAINST RATS
    55 11 From Our Staff Correspondent MALACCA, April 10.—Organised drives by rat destruction officers, particularly in Malacca and Meriimau, resulted in the extermination of 9,818 rats last month. Damage to crops and storehouses has been considerable and in one area alone nearly 6Vfc acres of padi crop were
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    HYDRO COMPANY TO ACCEPT
    88 11 IPOH, Apr. 9.—The management of the Perak River Hydro Electric Power Company, Ltd., Ipoh. has announced that it will .accept the award announced by the Arbitration Board in the dispute between the company an<i its employees on condition that the employees’ union will also accept the
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    EURASIAN GAOLED
    39 11 SINGAPORE, Apr. 12 Flavian Pereira, an 18-year-old Eurasian, was sentenced to three years’ rigorous imprisonment by Mr. Justice Brown at the Singapore Assizes yesterday, for stealing an army motor-cycle at Tanglin Barracks, on Dec. 12, last year.
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    G.-G. Replies To Anthony Brooke
    1219 12 SINGAPORE, Apr. 11. AN overwhelming majority ol the people ol Sarawak are content that the country has been ceded to the King, according to a statement issued by the Governor-General, Mr. Malcolmn MacDonald, in Singapore last night. The Governor-Generals statement took tne tovm of a
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    Brooke Make No Comment
    131 12 SINGAPORE, Apr. 12. The following statement was issued last night by Mr. Anthony Brooke on the subject oi the Governor-General’s statement on Sarawak on Thursday: lu view of the ban against my entry into Sarawak 1 mi not in a position to give niv first-hand impression
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    BANKER LOSES APPEAL
    132 12 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, Apr. 10. THE Penang banker and millionaire, Mr. Yeap Chor Ee, unsuccessfully appealled in the High Court today against a District Court judgment which had dismissed with costs his act on to regain possession of a house in Penang Road. Respondent, Chi
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    K.L. As Centre For Malayan University
    523 12 From Our Own Correspondent I IPOH, Apr in I CUGGESTION that the proposed Inherit. I 15 lege should be situated in Kuala Lum J that it should be a state or state-aided i n ?J planned for both teaching and research as wen conferring
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    RENTS TO BE INCREASED
    86 12 DENTS of certain single rooms in Singapore Improvement Trust buildings, mainly in the Tiong Bahru area, Banda Street and New Bridge Road are to be raised by $3 a month from May l This increase does not affect flats The Improvement Trust states that this increase
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    Memorial To Penaang M.A.S. Men
    278 12 From Our Own (orrtspol PENANG, ThuSl IN memory of M. A. $.il who died in the bool of Penang, a plaque isl placed in the Genera! Hoi and a “roll <>1 honour’’isl printed. This decision I reached b\ lvpresentatil the Penang and Prol Wellesley Medical
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    S.H.B CATCH LOOTERS
    54 12 SINGAPORE pin Caught in tho W some khaki clot- 1 of liquor from R arc > Singapore Harb M* Indians —Nad vo’na 11 1 samy and R an ,l f ‘je each sentence 1 lt t? rigorous imp 1 ge-cesf T. T. Russell in trict Court V
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    UNION CHIEFS ACQUITTED
    220 13 IsiNGAPOUE. Apr. 13. REE Singapore labour Lion leaders. M. SundaraI a. Hamid and K. M. u were acquitted, withihoir defence being called K.i District Judge, Mr. stoir. yesterday on a Le of entering the head|ter.' of the Government ■Municipal Labour Union ■recourse Lane, on Feb. 16, fcmmit
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    DUTCHMAN ARRESTED
    90 13 KUALA Lumpur Sunday. LUMPUR detectives last u arrested a Dutchman I‘ng. 1 ng description of a gained i n Singapore and t-na r 3ll °sed oiTences of i U a’nn V f 0 Sa 7 him driving a h;^ ng Pu du Road and stophf P innL say
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    MEMORIAL FOR SCHOOL
    62 13 PEMoriai 0^ 1 Apr. 14. ys o£ st K&ing pianJ? Jj uring the war I s Adam? Said Rev Rftol. P I incipal of the BZ 1,11 Saturday. at ■W ntemori?i Pea i ed f r fund£ r 1 eoufg-M he SU i Ual prizes in iu
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    New Plan To Check Traffic In Women
    313 13 New Plan T o Check Traffic In Women N[ I u>ps are being taken in Singapore to check the traffic in women and girls and a new branch l t h> Department of Social Welfare is to be formed I u i(|, this and kindred problems. °r*, enforcement of the
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    Pleas of guilt by letter
    106 13 £RRING motorists who are summoned to appear in the new Traffic Courts for minor offences will soon be saved time and expense involved in attending court personally. Once new legislation is passed they will be able to “appear by letter,” if they admit the offence.
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    EAST COAST PETROL IS CHEAPER
    71 13 From Our Own Correspondent. KUALA LUMPUR. Apr. 13. AS far as the Malayan Union is concerned the extra seven cents a gallon tor petrol represents a levelling out of prices. On the East Coast, between Kota Bahru in the north and Pekan in the south,
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    CONTROL MEASURES URGED FOR PORT SWENTTENHAM
    244 13 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Apr. 13. IMPORTS into Malayan ports which were controlled In order to avoid congestion, by the South-East Asia Freight Movement Committee, will from now on be able to move freely following the disbanding of the Freight Committee, but
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    New Move To Stop Power Thieves
    272 13 SINGAPORE, Apr. 13. ELECTRICITY consumers who have tampered with their meters so that current consumption fails to register properly are robbing the Singapore Municipality of thousands of dollars every month, according to a Municipal spokesman. To stop this “power piracy” the Electricity Department will
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    BRITISH TASK IN MALAYA
    227 13 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Apr. 13. SPEAKING at a dinner given by the All-Malaya Federation of Ceylon Associations, at the Eastern Hotel, last night, the Governor-General, Mr. Malcolm MacDonald, said that the ambition of the British in Malaya was to help the people in
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    OWEN ROAD FLATS
    45 13 THE Singapore Improvement Trust is to go ahead in the building of the Owen Road block of shop houses, tenders for which have been accepted. The building, which is the first of the building projects of the SIT. since the Japanese occupation,
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    New Councillor Gets $3.20 A Day
    578 13 By Our Market Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Apr. 12. THE new Advisory Councillor, Mr. Parthasarathy 1 Rajagopal, appointed by Sir Edward Gent, besides being the youngest in Malayan history, is a daily-paid worker receiving $3.20 a day with a cost of living allowance of 30
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    TAMPIN CENTRE
    45 13 From Our Own Correspondent SEREMBAN, Apr. 13-A Public Relations Department Information centre has been opened at TampLn and is housed in the old Customs checking station. This is the second Information centre to be opened in Negrt Sembllan, the first being at Seremban.
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    ‘TAINTED’ SHARE SCRIP WARNING
    404 14 SINGAPORE, Apr. 13. HUNDREDS of thousands of dollars worth of “tainted” scrip in dollar, sterling and Australian companies operating in this country is in circulation in Malayan share markets and some may even now be in London and Sydney. The scrip covers Malayan tin, rubber and
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    S’PORE POLICE DENY COUNTERFEIT CENTRE
    101 14 ALLEGATIONS made recently by the Indonesian Minister of Economics, Mr. A. K. Gani, that Singapore was one of two centres concerned in large-scale production of counterfeit currency notes, are not supported in official circles in Singapore and the Police disclaim all knowledge of counterlciting activities
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    DOCTOR PROMOTED
    24 14 SINGAPORE, Apr. 13. Dr. C. E. Smith, former Assistant Medical Officer, Grade 1, hai; been promoted to Medical Officer, Malayan Medical Service.
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    2,000 BIRDS GASSED
    66 14 MORE than 2,000 lives were lost in Singapore last week when the Victoria Theatre was turned into a gas chamber, ventilation points sealed off and poison gas released. The victims were birds, the house martins which during the past months had made their home in the theatre,
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    EX-NAVY SHIPS AS FREIGHTERS
    186 14 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, Apr. 12. CEVEN former Naval mine- sweepers, bought from the Admiralty for £lOO,OOO. are at present in Penang HaiJbour to a new shipping company which is to be formed i n Malaya i shortly. The company, it is understood, will establish
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    MALAY EXAMINATION
    18 14 An examination in Malay for Government Officers will be held in Singapore, starting from June 23.
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    Police officer becomes new Film Censor
    129 14 SINGAPORE, Apr. 13. MALAYA now has a fulltime Film Censor in Mr. A. C. Crnningham-Perdriau, former personal assistant to the Deputy Commissioner of Police, who has just succeeded the Director of Broadcasting. Mr. J. S. Dumeresque. Mr Dumeresque, who has been responsible for film
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    GOVT. CLERKS TO DRAW UP PAY SCHEME
    130 14 SINGAPORE, Apr. 13. IFTER a three-hour meeting, the Singapore J.C.S.A. yesterday appointed a sub-commit-tee to go into the question of salaries, and tc make representations subsequently to th e Salaries Commission, a$ requested by the Colonial Secretary. Mr. H. M. Danker (Chairman), Mr.
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    SULTAN URGES MALAYS TO TAKE UP POLITICS
    72 14 THE Sultan of Perak, at a reli- gious school meeting in the Bagan Serai mosque, strongly urged that Malays should play an active part in the politics of the country. The Sultan, pointing out that ho himself had to refrain from politics, said
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    TWENTY BOYS GO TO WORK IN OILFIELDS
    128 14 From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, Apr. 12. TWENTY Penang boys in search of work and adventure have left for Borneo to join the oilfields there. They are on a three-year contract to serve as clerks in a land which none of them has
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    UNION REGISTRATION DELAY EXPLAINED
    66 14 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Apr. 13. IN a statement issued today the I Fan-Malayan Federation of Trade Unions explains that the delay in its registration is due to the necessity of translating into several languages Government’s direction regarding registration. Another reason given for the
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    ASIATIC BROTHER AS DIRECTOR
    66 14 SINGAPORE. Apr. 13. A TEA party, in honour ot the Rev Bro. Alban, was given yesterday at the school hall of St. Joseph’s Institution, Singapore, by the bovs of the Senior and Standard Eight classes. Rev Bro. Alban, who hails lrom Malacca, has just been appointed
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    UNIVERSITY REPORT READY IN OCTOBER
    247 14 From Our Own Correspondent PHNANG, Apr. 12. THE report °T the Commission on Higher Education should be ready sometime before October this year. Indicating this at a Press conference this afternoon, the Chairman of the Commission, Sir Alexander Carr-Saundcrs. said it was “very urgent” for
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    PRE-WAR TENANCIES: NEW BILL PROPOSED
    487 14 SINGAPORE An I rE Committee appointed by Government t 13, I what, if any, relief from legal obligations given to pre-occupation lessees and tenants wh Sh ul i prived of their premises by the Japanese occun v 4 recommended that such tenants should have th
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    R.A.F. CHAPLAIN ON TRANSFER
    62 14 r tvjf ja After a stay of a > c al hi f sistant Chaplain-” c G:0IIi Air Command. Far ha. w Captain the Rev. L.jvn-i left to assume the aPP° chie Assistant Chaplain H.Q Middle East &;0 t Me will be succeeds. g Captain the
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    MALAYANS TO MAKE TOUR OF BRITAIN
    43 14 i-' J LONDON. »>(> riVE r workers from Sarawak have arm* a ic p 5 to Britain under t» stu dy the British Council to ters of professioih After a stay in L^H eU to visit provincial a
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    Fining & Planting Courses Urged
    599 15 Fining Planting Courses Urged Prom Our Own Correspondent PENANG, Apr. 13. Lt graduates with their academic achievements L he equally useful in whatever walk of life Ihoosc to pursue,’” the future University College [lava should introduce extension courses in tin L rubber planting and other sabjects having [affinities to local
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    BANKS ASKED TAKE BULK SMALL NOTES
    71 15 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG. April 9—An appeal to all Penang banks to accept in bulk notes of 50-cent denomination and under has been sent today by the Penang Importers and Exporters Association. The Associati;n states that while it realises th e shortage of
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    Malaya Will Have Good Start With University
    170 15 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, Apr. 13. THE future Unversity of Ma--1 laya will have a head start over many universitiies in Britain, Sir Alexander CarrSaunders, head of the Higher Education Commission, indicated to members of the Stamford Club at a dinner given
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    Malay As Medium Of Instruction
    381 15 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, Apr. 13. “A UNIVERSITY’ of Malaya whose medium of instruction is English will not be acceptable to the Malays,” according to the Penang Muslim Chamber of Commerce in a memorandum which they submitted to the Carr-Saunders Commission on Higher Education
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    Johore Strikers Become Estate Squatters
    246 15 SINGAPORE, Apr. 14. EIGHTY Indian labourers who have been on strike on a Johore estate for nearly seven weeks will not return to work and will not leave the estate. They struck work after five colleagues were given notice of dismissal for picking coconuts without
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    Removal Of Ceiling Sugar Price Urged
    150 15 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, Apr. 9. P[E removal of the ceiling price imposed on “free sugar” imported into the Malayan Union is sought by Penang traders i n a petition addressed to the Price Controller, Kuala Lumpur. The Penang Importers and Exporters Association,
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    NEW COUNCIL MEMBER
    101 15 SINGAPORE, Apr. 10. THE Governor has appointed Mr. 1 Ee Yew Kim J.P., of Malacca, to be a member of the Malayan Union Avdisory Council in place of Mr Tan Eng Chye who recently resigned Mr Ee Yew Kim who is 43 years of age is the
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    Malaya To Send Delegate For ‘Human Rights’ Talks
    178 15 SINGAPORE, Apr. 10. rHE Malayan Democratic Union has received an invitation from the National Council for Civil Liberties, London, to help to nominate a Malayan delegate to attend the Inter- national Conference in Human Rights which will be held from June 13
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    HAD AMMUNITION
    52 15 TAIPING, Wednesday. A young Indian named Anthony pleaded guilty before the District Judge, Mr. C. P. Newton, today with possession of 61 rounds of Sten gun ammunition and a small knife. He was sentenced for eight months in respect otf the ammunition and was fined $5 for having
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    K. L. Men As Human Guinea Pigs
    126 15 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Apr. 13. FOREST RANGERS, oil palm estate workers, the Hash House Harriers (a European athletic club which holds crosscountry runs) and Government employees, whose work takes them into the kamixings and rice fields, are voluntarily acting as
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    SHIP HITS MINE OFF SINGAPORE
    604 16 SINGAPORE, Apr. 15. PE 971-ton Straits Steamship vessel Empire Passmore struck a mine at 11.15 a.m. yesterday 10 miles East of Singapore. There were no casualties. Capt. G. H. Grown was in command of the ship. The China Navigation Company vessel Anhui took the Empire
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    3 Bishops For S’pore Induction
    177 16 SINGAPORE. Apr. 14. THE lack of shipping facilities has caused a delay in the arrival of three bishops who have been invited to Singapore for the induction ceremony of the Bishop-elect of Malacca, Rev. Father M Olcomendy. which is to take place shortly. The parishioners
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    INCOME TAX PROTEST
    52 16 SINGAPORE, Apr. 10. DEPRESENTATIONS against the imposition of income tax in Singapore are to be made to government by the Singapore Ratepayers’ Association. At a committee meeting of the Association on Tuesday, members decided unanimously that income tax under the present conditions would be an inequitable term
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    P.R. CHIEF GOING TO BRITISH SHOW
    101 16 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Apr. 13. A MAN who built up a completely new Government department whose work now envelopes the whjle of the Malayan Union ieave.s Maleva on leave next week He is Mr M C 11 Sheppard, Director ot the
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    Board Ready To Make Loans
    90 16 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Apr. 15. THE board set U P under provisions of the Industrial Rehabilitation (Finance) Ordinance, 1947, is now prepared to consider applications for Financial assistance. The loans, which will be issued up to a total of $75,000,000, are designed
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    Chinese Muslim As Consul Suggested
    185 16 From Our Chinese Correspondent. THE appointment of a Muslim Chinese c:nsul for the Malayan Union, in order to bring about a better understanding between the Chinese and Malays, has been approved by Nanking, according to a Kuala Lumpur dispatch to the Nanyang Siang Pau of
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    MALAY POLICE LEARN ENGLISH
    65 16 By Our Malay Correspondent MALAY policemen of Kulim, Kedah, have got together to form a night class to study English. Classes are being held nightly at the Police Club premises and the keeness shown by the policemen more than compensates lor tne lack of facilities provided.
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    New Offices And Homes For S’pore
    268 16 SINGAPORE, Apr. 15. A ROW of six two-storeyed, permanent concrete offices is to be built soon on one of the most valuable pieces of land in Singapore Change Alley. While the offices are being constructed tc relieve the acute shortage of office accommodation in
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    3-YEAR TERMS TO STAND
    114 16 From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU. April 14. During the occupation every:ne was in difficulties, said A. Hamid bin Tubi who, with Mohd. Jusoh bin Abdullah, appealed against a sentence cf three years passed on each of them at the Assizes when convicted on a charge
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    Heavier Penalties For Drunken Driving
    198 16 MORE severe penalties for motorists who drive their cars lfl while under the influence of liquor are proposed in the new Traffic Ordinance which is expected to be brought into force in the near future. Under existing conditions a car driver who has on accident,
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    Memorial Service To Dr. Bowyer
    258 16 SINGAPORE, Apr THE Malayan Medical SerrJ Asiatic and European J of Singapore hospitals yj afternoon paid tribute to51 *noi y ot D- Jonn Herbert bJ at his graveside m 8;dadiJ metery. I Dr. Bowyer was Chief ifcfl Officer. General Hospital. H pore, at the capitulation.
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    PRINTER’ UNION FORMED
    74 16 SINGAPORE AP r |l MORE than a hun( J r d Jl sentatives lv M trade. M special meeting Singapore inch Pl ciation yestei- a.\ _>v 0C JB all existing r prjB and form the Singapore Union. Tnde tokfl Mr. S.p. Giinvt viser, and all r a
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    PRISON REFORM
    49 16 SIN 1 I Recommen j to GovernI ment of a I tigatc the ah'. 1 accommoilatio- prisoj® the present S: I long term P I form I This decisi 1 p iM terday after ch' ttf Ing ot the I under the el- I T.H. Stone I
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    Two Racing Days For Singapore
    221 18 SINGAPORE, Apr. 12. THE Singapore Turf Club have been allocated two race days, on Nov. 8 and 15, according to the official calendar of racing dates which was issued in Penang yesterday. Mr. H. C. Reilly, President of the Singapore Turf Club, told the Straits
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    S.C.C. LOSE TO R.A.F.
    219 18 SINGAPORE, Apr. 14. IN a match played between the S C.C. and R A F. (Tengah) yesterday, the Airmen succeeded in beating the Club by 48 runs. Best batting performance of the day was a fine knock up of 68 by Robinson for the Rafs. s.c.c.
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    NINE WICKETS FOR 19 RUNS
    106 18 SINGAPORE. Apr. 11. DLAYING against RAF Jurong on Wednesday at Jurong. Balme, the medium-paced Paya Lebar spin bowler.’ took 9 wickets for 19 runs. His final figures read 11.3—3—9—19. Paya Lebar battled first and scored 63, best performances being 14 from Hill and 11 from
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    Sappers Too Good For Club
    347 18 SINGAPORE, Apr. 14. IN a two innings game played on the Padang yesterday, the Royal Engineers scored a fine win over the S.C.C. by beating them by seven wickets on the Padang yesterday. S.C.C. (1st. innings): Hartley b Kite 6; Bell b Kite 30; Firkins
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    S.C.C.C. OUT FOR 36 ON PADANG
    239 18 SINGAPORE, Apr. 13. THE Singapore Cricket Club, 1 scoring 84 runs, bundled out the Special Commissioners C C. lor 36 runs score an easy victory on the padang yesterday. For the SCC. Pearson was highest scorer with 26, while Grcwder to3k seven wickets for
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    LEIJSSIUS MAKES 43 AND TAKES 7 FOR 34
    246 18 SINGAPORE, Apr, 13. IN a game of cricket played on 1 the padang yesterday afternoon, the Ceylon Sports Club second XI defeated the Singapore Recreation Club second XI by three wickets. T. Leijssius turned out the best performance of the day, scoring
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    Eastern zone for Cup badminton
    314 18 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Apr. 12. A COMMUNICATION from the International Badminton Federation has been received in Malaya intimating that Malaya’s request for an eastern zone for the International Thomas Cup competition has been agTeed to. This will mean that Malaya will now
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    SELANGOR CHINESE GET BACK CLUB
    72 18 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Apr. 11. PRESIDING at the annual general meeting of the Selangor Chinese Recreation Club today Mr. Yong Shook Lin disclosed that the playing field and temporary buildings of the club had been derequisitioned by the Military and that a
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    Selangor Race Statistics
    506 18 KUALA LUMPUR A nr I HIGHLIGHT of the recently concluded Selangor T I Easter meeting was the success of Kuala in m lur *Q| R. N. Hobbs who sent out seven winners "incli7^ Urtr, l eignty who scored a “double” to top the list trainers of the
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    POLICE WIN FOUR-TWO
    70 18 SEGAMAT. Apr. 13 faster and bettor set ment Police beat the School four-two at Clip town padang- The Police scored oil J F the lead but the school through Mazlan. Another penalty was a Police but they fr-i' d u m e in®, The schoolboys tlun elee
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    SCRAPPY GAME AT MALACCA
    48 18 lx 1 MALACCA. scrappy game on 1 b n t the M yesterday 555 Sub A. n in a Police by four w Cup league fixtuic fhre p The Sub Area firs through Pithie. 1 >r m Smart increased tn of the second haw
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    BIG INCREASE IN S’PORE TRADE
    642 19 SINGAPORE, Apr. 12. L a()0 |j(ion of trade controls in Singapore is not ■L-sibi*’ because the interests of the Malayan I, m u>t lie safeguarded first. Ir| u Secretary for Economic Affairs, Singapore, ■Andrew Gilmour, made this statement at a Press Cence yesterday when he
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    Easier Tone In Rubber Explained
    317 19 market.”—Straits Times copyright. From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Apr. 11. COMMENTING on the easier tone of the London rubber market, the Financial Times says one of the ahief reasons is the general realisation that it will be some time before the free United States market
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    U.K. Asked For Labour Expert
    198 19 From Our Own Correspondent Kuala Lumpur, Apr. 10. H EORGANIS ATION of the Labour Department of the Malayan Union is announced in an official release today. The Secretary of State has oeen approached with a view to obtainmg the servioes of an experienced trades union
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    AIR C.-in-C. FOR U.K. TALKS
    41 19 SINGAPORE, Apr. 16. The Air Coir.mander-in-Chlet, Far East, Six George °irie. will be leaving Singapore by air for Lcndon on April 18 for consultations with the Air Ministry. He expects to be away for three weeks.
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    END OF FREIGHT COMMITTEE
    254 19 SINGAPORE, Apr. 12. THE South-East Asia Freight Movement Committee under the Special Commissioner for South-East Asia, Lord Killearn, which has been chiefly concerned with controlling imports into the congested ports in S.E. Asia for the past year, has now been disbanded, it is officially announced. It
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    New Shipping Rules For N. E. I. Trade
    230 19 SINGAPORE, Apr. 10. NEW shipping regulations issued in Singapore by the Netherlands Indies Government through Mr. M. F. Vigeveno, Netherlands Consul General in Singapore, affect ships proceeding to certain Java, Madura and Sumatra ports. The regulations, however, do not apply to vessels
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    PETROL TO BE DEARER
    108 19 SINGAPORE, Apr. 11. MOTORISTS in Singapore 1 nd the Malayan Union will have to pay an extra seven cents a gallon of petrol from today. The new official price is 97 cents a gallon— compared with the former price of 90 cents. The price of gas
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    PEPPER TRADE DEPRESSION
    122 19 I-rom Our Chinese Correspondent k SINGAPORE, Apr. 9. *THE absence of American and EuroI pean buyers has caused a general depression in local pepper market in the past few weeks, according to the Nanyang Siang Pau. Sinc e early in March, the paper says American pepper importers
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    DUTCH TRADE EXPERT HERE
    64 19 SINGAPORE, Apr. 15 The General Adviser to the Dutch Department of Economic Affairs in Batavia, Dr. P Honig. loft Singapore for Kuala Lumpur yesterday He is taking up contact again with various scientific research bodies connected with the rubb'r and other industries. Contact of this nature
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    TIN REGULATION SOUGHT AGAIN
    184 19 Straits Times Copyright. From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Apr. 15. THE Brussels correspondent of the Financial Times reports that the Tin Study Group Conference which opens there today will probably discuss “an eventual regulation scheme.” Belgian Congo producers favour reaching international agreement as soon as possible
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    SLOW RECOVERY AFTER EASTER HOLIDAYS
    912 20 Weekly Market Report By A Market Correspondent SINGAPORE, Apr. 12. MALAY'AN markets were slow to recover after the Easter holidays and in the four days now under review the activity of recent weeks has not been recaptured. after Easter and in the four days now
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    RUBBER CROPS
    83 20 Rubber outputs for March of the following companies were:— lbs. Changkat Serdang Estates Ltd. 29.860 j Haytor Rubber Estates Ltd. 10.100 Lunas Rubber Estates Ltd 48.700 The Nyalas Rubber Estates Ltd. 44.800 The Tapah Rubber Estates Ltd. 100.307 Allenby Rubber Co.. Ltd. 43.000 Benta Rubber Estates Ltd. 65.000
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    Malaya’s March Tin Shipments
    102 20 SINGAPORE. Apr. 10 MALAYA exported 5 888 tons of tin during the first quarter cf this year. Of this total. 2.514 tons were shipped from Singapore, ana 3 374 tons from Penang. During March, shipments totalled 2.987 tons, of which 1.322 toris we|e from Singapore and
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    RUBBER PRICES
    100 20 SINGAPORE Apr. 15. The Singapore Chamber of Commere? Rubber Association's Prices at noon yesterday were: Buyers Sellers Cts. Cts. per lb. per lb No. 1 R.SS. Spot loose 42', 43 No 1 R S S. fob in bales April 43', 43% No 2 R.SS fob in bales April
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    RUBBER MARKET EASES
    211 20 SINGAPORE a 3 >|>HE reaction which the Singapore rubt*- before the Easter hohSa’v, loped funher this i«' Thursd r with press.., weak holders and only small", port from the consuming prices had a sharp decide sirs Lewis <5: Peat's weekly report V sued yesterday. At the lower
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    MALAYAN SHARE QUOTATIONS
    697 20 SINGAPORE. Apr. 15. SINGAPORE share quotations today. as given by the Malayan Shareholders’ Association, were as follows: INDUSTRIALS Buyer Seller Alex. Brick fO) 1.95 2.10 Alex. Brick <P) 3.15 3.30 B. M. Trustee 8.25 9.00 Consolidated Tin Smelters fO) 20/6 227do (P) 26/6 28/Eastem United Assurance 42.00
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