The Straits Budget, 5 June 1947

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    32 1 The Straits Budget THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES [ESTABLISHED OVER A CENTURY] I Series So. 44 Singapore, Thursday, lane sth, 1947 Price 40 cents (S.S. Currency) Or 1 Sh. a
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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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      The Worries Of Russia
      999 2 —Straits Times. 29. The Soviet Union has had as rough a handling in the American and British press since the end oi the war as Mr. Molotov has given the United Nations from time to time. Boorishness, suspicion and dislike quite obviously merit only boorishness, suspicion
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      The Societies Ordinance
      711 2 —Straits Times. May 30. A Bill to amend the Societies Ordinance was passed at yesterday’s meeting of the Singapore Advisory Council. The amendments. which relate to political organisations, are not without considerable significance for. if nothing else, this action by the Government emphasises the honesty of its
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      What Happened To Rubber?
      1075 2 The setback in rubber which began this month now appears to have had its maximum eflect. but it is still difficult to see just how much improvement, if any. can be expected. A general review of the situation as ii appears today, rather than indulgence in
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      Easy Money
      796 2 —Straits Tim.'.'. June 2. At m .IH M,:n:n i )a Corral™ boi d o: Mala "ar wnieh ri/v throughout th- eai *Bl breadth ol the coS*! since the tinar.ciai governnvT.t and authorities :n bevanv d, dr to the have been indication tere st in state lottery® mean.s a
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      The Planter As Landlord
      1007 3 —Straits Times, June 3. the subjects on the u e round-table conB in Kuala Lumpur Brn l' v 11 representatives Be and the estate B.u unions n Selangor was EVhatip tates The P lanter s B in that Esiblr flu r nres are mainly Bes e
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      The Sage Of Malacca
      1198 3 —Straits Times. June 4. A selection of the speeches and writings of Mr. Tan Cheng Lock over the past quarter orf century has just been published in Singapore in a book entitled “Malayan Problems: From A Chinese Point Of View.” It is not a very satisfying
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    INCORRIGIBLE THIEF
    119 3 SINGAPORE, June 4. An Engllsn-speaktng Chinese. Kam Eng Hong, who admitted 20 previous cor.vivtions for cheating and theft, was sentenced to 10 years' rigorous imprisonment, when he pleaded guilty to nine charges of cheating, before Mr. Justice Brown, at the Assize Court yesterday. Kam went to Robinson’s on
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  • PERSONAL
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      BIRTHS
      116 3 RUSSELL. At Muar on 25th May to Joy wife of E. F. L. Russell, a son. Patrick John Limpenny. LEWIS—At Kandang Kerbau Hospital on May 26th to Muriel Aurea, wife of Hugh Dan Lewis, a son Robin Geoffrey. TO MAIRI, wife of Dougie Stewart, of the Straits Times, a
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      ENGAGEMENTS
      112 3 The engagement is announced between Selwyn Robert Leighton, elder son of Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Buckwell of Tonbridge, Kent, and Shlrwa Patricia, elder daughter of Mr. W. G. Howse. J.P., and the late Mrs. Howse of Seremban. Negri Sembllan. The engagement is announced today (31.5.47) between Mr. Lawrence
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      MARRIAGES
      116 3 At Kuala Lumpur on Mav 16th. 1947. William L. Mussett. Malayan Railway. Kuala Lumpur, to Lesley Griffith of Melbourne. Australia. LEE OAN—The marriage between Mr. Lee Beow Chiang and Miss Gan Bee Ee took place on the 27.5.47 at 3. Tembeling Rd., Spore. wishes to thank relatives friends for
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    72 3 DEATHS Mr. Chua Keng Chuan aged 50. at 50 Eng Hoon St., leaving his mother. Madam Poh Beng Neo. 6 brothers 1 younger sister. Funeral 1.6.47. Mrs. Se a h Cheng Joo (nee Tan Kim Hlan. passed awav peacefully at her residence. 43. Boundary Road, on 29.5.47. Funeral on Sunday.
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    WORSE THAN HIROSHIMA IN THE SUNDA STRAITS
    1966 4 They heard it in Singapore During the evening service in St. Andrew s Cathedral, Singapore, on Sunday, Aug. 27, 1883, a loud explosion was heard, which the congregation attibuted to blasting at Tanjong Pagar, where blasting had been going o n for some
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    BISHOP BAPTISES 11 JAPANESE
    408 4 SINGAPORE. June 2. E Bislwp of Singapore, the Right Reverend Dr. Leonard Wilson, yesterday afternoon baptised 11 Japanese surrendered soldiers at St. Andrew’s Cathedral. Th bishop suffered internment and maltreatment at the hands of the Japanese in Singapore during the occupation. A woman missionary con-worthy of
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    Squeeze Prove In Malacca
    37 4 Our o» nC(|tl( 7™ Atai M i.'.v.l .u?:':" sal ••squeote" bv M a T a 0, 'h>® trol inspectors. CCa The Chief Police o* Bli S. Oakeshott said ?5 Cer ZZZZt ,J V®
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    FIRE GUT 29 STALLS
    146 4 SINGAPORE. June 4■ About 200 dozen bottlesM beer and stout, a $3,000 M piano, several thou>ana lars’ worth of theatiical tumes, furniture and instruments were imol jJ goods which were dest m the fire which jrutted and a Chinese au J the Happy Wo l Id
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  • STRAITS TIMES POST-BAG
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      Those Vacant Houses In Singapore
      137 5 ■dud and fifty •t. vacant in SmgaKccnling St r «te •fl Tlmagd delated that landlords have signed Kiwi that every endea- been made to ootain th is endeavour was one see wmle we know that e usual Tt> .et’ notice was ■ous by its absence.
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      Suffering Pigs
      181 5 Becent announcement in Be Press of an increase quota of pig> exported Bgapure was hailed with K but there appears, ■an aspect of this trade B conveniently forgotten, Bat is the method of H)Drt of the pigs. any civilised community Bow the present method to Be passes mv
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      School Broadcasts
      158 5 V*OUR account of the astonishing success of the School Broadcast Department of Radio Malaya is borne out by the enthusiasm of the pupils of my school. At one time the broadcast period in the school curriculum was a signal for tomfoolery. Now it has becom e a period
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      Lallang Rice?
      160 5 IN a fortnight rubber has fal- le n from sss—to s3s—a picul. Rice on the other hand has jumped from s6o—to $9O a picul. These are signs of breakers ahead. I suggest that the International Raw Materials Control Committee be revived and made as active as the U.N.O.
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      The Stable O.R.A.
      106 5 AT the recent general meeting of the Old Raflflesians’ Association, the president, Mr. G. E. N. Oehlers, a responsible local citizen, said that “in the present-day rush for selfgovernment, the O.R.A. stood aloof as one of the stable institutions with sober objects and reasons.” Besides holding an
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      New Dynasty?
      68 5 THE following paragraph is taken from last week’s “Sunday Times:” NEW COUNCILLOR: The appointment of Mr. W. G. Taylor to the Singapore Advisory Council is in keeping with the practice for Shell’s No. l man in Malaya to serve as an unofficial member. He follows in the Tootsteps
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      Singapore tickets for $30,000 prizes
      205 5 IAM in thorough agreement with Mr. N. A. Mallal in his proposal to institute State lotteries with the object of raising funds for hospitals and social welfare work. The answer to the objection raised in your leader of last Monday that the working-class can ill
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      Post Cards
      133 5 T FORWARD an original letter from the Ag. Controller of Posts, Malaya, which answers your correspondent, Khoo Eng Teo’s complaint concerning the disappearance of the official postcard. In my opinion a more feeble excuse could not have been offerd. I voerheard an Asiatic at our post office counter
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      Rice And Sugar Rise: Household Worries
      271 5 WITH the rice cut the prices of other commodities have risen sharply. The price of rice in the black market has gone up to about $1.20 per kati, against 70 to 75 cents a few weeks back. The price of white sugar is $1.20.
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      “It's The Poor That Helps The Poor”
      176 5 I WOULD like to ask the City 1 Fathers why some of them are so enthusiastic about State lotteries. Who would b contributing more to the financing of such worthy projects as T. B. sanatoria if money were to be raised by means
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      Requisitioned School
      119 5 OLD boys of the Singapore English School received with dismay the decision of the Army authorities to use their former school as a recruiting centre. Since the return of our former principal, It had been our hope that the sohool would be handed over to him and that,
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      Appeals Ignored
      97 5 CAN you, or any of your readers, inform me whether there is any legislation in existence in Malaya to deal with the granting of pensions or allowances to persons suffering incapacitation as a result of injuries received while serving in the Local Defence Services during the recent war.
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      Two Grasses
      71 5 yPUR correspondent, YanI Kee Leong, wonders why we don’t produce a lallangpadi hybrid and so save Malaya from starvation. The two grasses are as aliktei as dogs and cats and even if a hybrid was possible, it would in any case be sterile Also, padi flowers oeing normally
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    THE SUBURBAN SUNBIRD
    1114 6 A Malayan Countryman’s Diary I WAS lately .staying with 1 some friends in Singapore who live near Tanglin Barracks. We were out strolling one afternoon, and as we passed one of those red fire hydrants at the roadside we were surprised to see a small bird fly
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    Advisory Council For Radio
    196 6 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, June 2. AN Advisory Council on Broadcasting Las been appointed by the Governors of the Malayan Union and Singapore to advise the Department of Broadcasting and Government in all matters affecting broadcasting in the Malayan Union and Singapore. 1 A
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    BOATMAN DIES OF BURNS
    50 6 SINGAPORE. June 3. A CHINESE river boatman. Eng Kia Siak. aged 26, died of burns sustained in a fire in the engine-room of a powered junk in the Singapore River yesterday afternoon. Another Chinese, Tay Buck Koh, aged 29. was admitted to hospital suffering from burns.
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    17,000 Trishaw Men Still Hold Out
    300 6 SINGAPORE, June 1. ABOUT 1,000 of Singapore's estimated 18,000 trishaw riders had applied for registration trp fo yesterday. The registration law comes into effect today. The Singapore Registrar of Vehicles, Mr. W. A. M. Watts, said yesterday that those who have applied for registration
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    Chinese cucumber easy to grow
    469 6  -  GROW YOUR OWN Vrg^ By J.N.MILSll and J.R.P. SOPE of the Department Agriculture, Malaya AF the vegetables be- longing to the family Cucurbitacea, i.e., gourds, pumpkins, cucumbers and marrows, the Chinese cucumber is one of the easiest to grow. Ridge cucumbers and other temperate varieties
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    S’PORE WIRE TO P.P.C. SESSION
    90 6 SINGAPORE' Mr. Tan Kah■ K£ f the Singapore Chinese, for Peace and Dem China, today issued festo on the Studen s which is now manil ctiies in chin^ >t t orial rule denounces the dictators the Kuomintang lera i which has b e^f i sim
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    DEATH OF MR. S. ABDUL RAHMAN
    42 6 SINOAPO^'i se Mr. S. Abdul R^ im v K 1 partner of Messy S ch;<» Brothers, of D* Emanespuram. on May 28. nl0 ther. f r He leaves a ni br0 Uier. four children and a
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    INFANT DEATHS DECREASE
    153 6 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. May 31. THE total number of births in the Malayan Union registered for 1946 was 183,960, slightly lower than the number for 1940 which was 186,028. There were 79,155 Chinese, 83,522 Malays, 20,350 Indians and 933 other races born last year.
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    TAPPING RATES TO BE CUT ON UNION ESTATES
    334 7 I r idm Our Staff Correspondent I f KUALA LUMPUR, May 30. lv\(T tapping rates on rubber estates in the lavan i nion are to be cut by 20 per cent. The ■of daily-paid labourers on rubber estates will strong recommendation made
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    PIRATES KILL SIX
    178 7 PENANG. May 30. le survivor oi a crew of .j n has brought to Penang r ‘v "1 a battle at sea in ail his comrades armed .|th stioks were shot dawn mese pirates using Japanese pi'U' oeeunvd in the 'jound Palau Payer, a j S al
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    OCCUPATION IS PENSIONABLE
    120 7 H.,,, SINGAPORE. May 31. D 4 if) enable ret respective efi'. be given to certain pen;!Uons ancl t0 enable ■nnm t 0 n, my occupation P- ns-n was passed Bl ‘Ursdav P<)n Ativi,sory Council Bdu?i! provi dos the option of K rf„S C^I,,n ai:d gratuity ■c: 0l
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    8 SAFETY WEEK ACCIDENTS
    84 7 Corespondent E accident l y 28 -TwentyE SembL wer <; recorded in K' f’ive invoivr i Unng Safety la r n,n0^ffencesl? er lr > Peciic R( mbau and i j tdriv inK an^ re duo t0 ne |L d tfJ incon^H° ne in Mantin Bf r
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    Workers Gave Up Pensions
    190 7 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, May 28. UNIFORMED employees of the Postal and Telecommunications Departments in the Malayan Union have submitted a memorandum to the Salaries Commission, inviting members of the commission to visit the departments and judge working conditions for themselves. The memorandum points out
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    UNION MESSAGE TO WHITEHALL
    84 7 KUALA LUMPUR. May 30. The Governor. Sir Edward Gent, has sent the following telegram to the Secretary of State for the Colonies: “Or. behalf of the people of this territory, I wish to thank you for your inspiring Empire Day message. “As one of the younger
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    Experts To Study Damage To Malaya
    273 7 SINGAPORE, May 30. WAR damage suffered by Malaya and other Far Eastern countries will be discussed at an international conference [at Shanghai on June 10. Members of the United Kingdom delegation to this conference of the Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East
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    PUBLIC APATHY IS HAMPERING POLICE
    313 7 SINGAPORE, May 31. I ACK of public spirit in Singapore is hampering the police in their fight against gangsterism in the colony, says the Acting Colonial Secretary, Mr. H. P. Bryson, in a letter to the Malayan Democratic Union and 11 other bodies which sent
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    STOLE WIRE: FINED
    127 7 SINGAPORE, May 30. After a police corporal had given evidence that the scene of an alleged theft was a protected place, although the searchlight was no longer used, Mr. W. H. Nightingale, yesterday fined three Chinese, Chee Fook Team, 21, Leong San, 23, and Chee Fook Weng,
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    SHOT DEAD IN K.L. HOUSE
    113 7 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. May 29—Police who answered a call from Petaling Street last night found the dead body of a Chinese. He was lying in a room which showed signs of having been used as an opium den. The man had been
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    Test Case On Army Requisition
    332 7 SINGAPORE, May 29. IN a decision having wide application in Singapore, the Compensation Board has held in a test case that tho military authorities had no right to deduct 24 per cent, for rates or assessment for rent compensation payable in 1945 in respect of
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    FORMER O.C.P.D. CHARGED
    81 7 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. May 30 A summons case in which a former European O.C.P.D. in Kuala Lumpur, Mr. W. T. N. Tipton, is alleged to have caused hurt to Lim Teh Sai, was mentioned before Che Rani in the Second Magistrate’s Court today. The
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    Siamese Pirates Murder Crews
    300 8 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, June 1. SIAMESE pirates make crews “walk the plank" before shooting them down in cold blood <ind sinking their vessels, according to reports received here. Two more vessels from Siam have failed to arrive in Penang. Anxiety for the .safety of
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    GENT VISITS ENDAU
    173 8 JOHORE BAHRU. June I. Endau. northernmost town on th*> East Coast of Johore. was lor the liist time in its history honoured by a visit from a Governor when Sir Edward Gent, Governor, Malayan Union, who was accompanied by Lady Gent and Miss Gent, his Private Secretary,
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    N.A.AF.I. MAN GETS 6 WEEKS
    59 8 SINGAPORE. Map 31. Sentence of eight years’ rigorous imprisonment and 12 strokes of the rotan was imposed on Tang Ah Hor by Mr. Justice Jobling at the Assize Court on Thursday. Tang was found guilty of having committed armed robbery with another Chinese, of $2l
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    Designer Robbed Of Jewellery
    101 8 SINGAPORE. May 31. |V|RS. Beryl Constantine, the dress designer who set up business in Singapore three months ago. has been robbed of jewellery worth between $2,000 and $3,000. The jewellery, which was taken from her bedroom, was partly insured. it. included a diamond and platinum ring,
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    GUNMAN HOLD UP LORRY
    154 8 From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU. June I—A Johore lorry with three Chinese arid an Indian aboard, travelling to Singapore from Labis, was compelled to stop by two logs placed across the road. As soon as the lorry drew up, a masked Chinese appeared from the
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    GAOLED FOR CRIMINAL TRESPASS
    227 8 From Our Own Correspondent KLANG, May 30. a N INDIAN labourer A. named Muthman, foimerly of the Athlone Estate, Tapah, was charged yesterday before the Klang Magistrate, Tuan Haji Abdul Aziz, with criminally trespassing on the estate with intent to intimidate, annoy and insult the assistantmanager
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    SINGAPORE R.S.P.C.A.
    73 8 SINGAPORE. June 2. Steps are being taken for the formation of a Singapore branch of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, o: Great Britain. Application has been made for the rules of the Society and also for those of the Rangoon branch, and when
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    JOHORE PLANTERS MAKE WAGE CUTS
    51 8 JOHORE BAHRU. May 01. Some Asiatic planters in Johore have notified their labourers that their wages will be reduced owing to the fall in the price o: rubber. A few Asiatic rubber estate owners have already effected a cut of $5 a month from each
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    MASTER’S APPEAL
    96 8 SINGAPORE. May 31. AN appeal against the findings of a Singapore Marine Court of Inquiry which suspended for three months the Master's certificate of Capt. W. S. Stoker, was dismissed by Mr. Justice Brown and two assessors in the Singapore High Court yesterday. Capt. Stcker was master of
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    POLICE ON ALERT IN K.K.
    324 8 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, June 1. WHILE extra police have been sen t to Kuala Kangsar as a precaution against possible further demonstrations by alleged members of a Malay secret society Parang Panjang” (“long kris”)—the situation in the Perak royal tour is described
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    Hooded Pirates Daring Hold-Up
    260 8 From Our Own Correspondent *1 HOODED pirates, firing rifles *l Singapore-bound tongkang and, after badlv’ b a fc l passenger and tying up the crew in the hold six tons of sheet rubber worth about $4,000 aHa ?l The attack took place four miles off the
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    CAMPBELL ACCLAIMS INDONESIA
    227 8 SINGAPORE THE Indonesian Trade 1 I missions in Australia.* C. H. Campbell, left M for Sydney on Tuesday M four-day stop in SingapJ his return trip from Java. l Mr. Campbell, who desol himself as managing direcSl group of New South Wales m* facturing industries, had bid
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    New Transport Crisis Feared
    189 8 SINGAPORE. Hay THERE are signs that in tnenw future there may attempt at concentrated a<J with the object ot bnng “J g DU °1 a complete stoppage Jl transport in reports the Registrar f v Wa l Singapore, Mr. 'V. A- w m writing in March
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    MORE ‘VIGOUR’ IN SARAWAK GOVT.
    262 9 I From The Times I LONDON, May 28. li Sarawak became a British Colony just 12 W s a r 0 there was some disposition to ques■n wisaoni of the methods employed to bring ■the change of status, even among those who beI that the
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    SEPATRIATES TO CHINA
    69 9 I SINGAPORE. May 29. Batch 'A*; Chinese repa- il (i yesB yos- Hongk ng, B second party. B r T t ..st week by B 1 China ports. B th< >se sailing B t to Malaya Batin'Japanese 1 ’-v-:n forced la■c.ißir' pa T ch ship Van Bra
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    GAOL AND CANE FOR ROBBER
    102 9 ltenceof GAPORE May 29 Bmprisonrn V^‘ u ears rigorBe rotan ’v i Und 12 strokes B Chinese r, n r lp os t d on a Bust ice I, Ki^ t f Eok Soo, by e rdav at the Assl with twn y Ik armed
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    INFORMATION CHIEF
    24 9 Ir K [P'.Pb'e.. us h, BIackburn e. I?J h e n^]v- r b !f" appointP 0f P0St Of pi Office" matlon Services,
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    3 Opium Smokers Bound Over
    160 9 SINGAPORE, May 29. A CHINESE who hid a pound of opium and seven tahils |of chandu in a gramophone was bound over in $5OO in two sureties for two years by the District Judge, Mr. *E. P. Shanks, yesterday. Admitting possession of the opium and
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    NONYAS TO TAKE PART IN CONCERT
    52 9 From Our Own Correspondent. MALACCA, Wednesday. Malacca nonyas belonging to wellknown Straits-born families are taking part in a concert in aid of the Malacca Welfare Fund on June 6. 7. The concert is being staged by the Malacca Chinese Dramatic Party of the Royalty
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    Plan For $5,000 Memorial
    273 9 SINGAPORE, May 29. HOW best to devote a sum of about $5,000 to the Memory of one of the past principals of the Singapore Raffles Institution, Mr. W. Hullet, was raised at the annual general meeting of the Old Rafflesians Association yesterday. Dr Noel Clarke said
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    FLOODS DIVERT K.L. TRAFFIC
    101 9 From Our StafY nrrcspond *nt. KUALA LUMPUR. May 28. Heavy rains and severe flooding have stopped traffic between Kuala Lumpur and Klang during the past two days. The waters are said to be 1 ailing. h wever, and if there is no further rain the road
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    MOCK ELECTION BY RAFFLES GIRLS
    199 9 SINGAPORE, May 2D. Singapore Supervisor of Elections, Air. G. Hawkins, yesterday assisted 200 students at Raffles Girls’ School to conduct a mock election. The schoolgirl “parties” which contested the “election” were Democrats, Progressives, and Liberals. A table in the school hall was turned into a
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    MALAYA WINS DISTINCTION AT EMPIRE FAIR
    517 9 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, May 28. THE total number of requests for trade information about Malaya at the Malayan stand in the British industries fair was three hundred and twenty-eight stated to be nearly double the total reached at any previous British
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    Shooting On Estate ‘Justified’
    167 9 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, May 28. Finding that the police opened fire “in self-defence,” the Kulim coroner, Che Azmi Mohamed, returned a verdict of justifiable homicide at the conclusion of a three-day inquiry into the death of a labourer named Loh Teik. Loh died of
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    SEVEN YEARS FOR GUNMAN
    140 9 SINGAPORE, May 29. Remarking that the case before him was “a particularly bad one of carrying arms.” and that the accused was a danger to society. Mr. Justice Joblir.g at the Singapore Assize Court yesterday sentenced a young Chinese Tar Per.g Kam. to seven years, rigorous
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    NEW KLUANG TOWN BOARD MEMBER
    75 9 From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, May 28.-Mr. Chia Hoi Yuen, of the Kwong Chan Cattle Co., who was recently appointed a member of the Kluang Town Board, was entertained by residents of Kluang on Sunday and yesterday. A dinner In his honour was held
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    RANGOON RICE
    32 9 SINGAPORE, May 29. Fifteen thousand bags of Gov-ernment-controlled rice have been unloaded from the Hong Slang In the past two days. The Hong Slartg arrtved from Rangoon earlier this week.
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    CLOSURE FACING ESTATES
    1764 10 Result Of Rubber s Downward Trend JOHORE BAHRU, May EEAR that the downward trend in the rubber market would limit work on most properties to tapping and minimum upkeep was expressed by Mr. C. H. K Pierrepont, presiding at the first post-war meeting of the Johore Planters’
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    Girl Killed By Coconut
    119 10 SINGAPORE, May 31. THE Singapore Coroner found on Thursday that a 13-year-old girl had died by misadventure after a coconut fell on her head. She was Tan Siew Beng, of Aljunied Road. The girl’s mother told the Coroner, Mr. W. G. Porter, that she was in
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    OVERCHARGED FOR CIGARETTES
    99 10 From Our Own Correspondent SEGAMAT. May 29. Price Control Inspectors brought several cigarette vendors to the Segamat District Court before Che Hamid bin Mustapha yesterday and fines ranging from $BO for overcharging to S2O for unlicensed sales were imposed. Mama Kutty. owner of a railway stall at
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    NO LICENCE TO SELL CLOTH
    60 10 From Our Own Correspondent SEGAMAT. May 29—K. Nadarajah. an Indian shopkeeper of Batu Annam, was fined $75 in the Segamat District Court before Che Hamid bin Mustapha, on Tuesday for selling textiles without a licence. Accused said that he had applied for the necessary licence
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    SARAWAK FLAG FLIES IN S’PORE
    224 10 1 yellow flag was hoisted bv tv, Sat| U Muda 0 f h e Anthony BrookeIn!? 1 1 °f his Singapore 5* Sarawak Lod-e NW, ei ‘*l last night. ceded fheho'stiii™^,? 6 attended by both Dyak representatives a I national Sarawak nth 1 Hoisting said
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    BROOKE WANTS TO TRANSMIT
    92 10 SINGAPORE. May 2 Banned by the Broadcas Department oi the Mw Union and Singapore from spi ing over Radio Malaya a ago, the ex-Rajah Mato Sarawak Mr. Anthony Brooke formed the S’ rails Times night that he had appW permit to erect a snort transmitter in
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    ROBBER GAOLED
    50 10 SINGAPORE. M-j Sentence of sit. *eek imprisonment was ®P°f u \j r Second Police MagW”- the C. Goh. on Thursday teen manager of goon Road, Chew UP res i criminal breach of trus of $440. n Apri A surprise check on showed a deficit of s■* j -j
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    FRIENDS OF S’PORE MEETING
    213 10 SINGAPORE, May 30. THE Friends of Singapore Association, held their first general meeting since the war, at the Adelphi Hotel, Singapore, yesterday. Professor T. H. Silcoek. who Kok the chair, made a brief re. port on the state of the Society and tollowing the election of
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    COUNCIL PASSES SOCIETIES BILL
    657 11 SINGAPORE, May 30. ulsory registration of all societies other tThose excluded under the provisions of the. L Ordinance is an emergency measure and will F' c \,,i or amended when that emergency no Lvists said the acting Colonial Secretary, Mi. [Bryson, in the Singapore Advisory Council
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    FLYING TO SARAWAK
    99 11 The Times Corresi>ondent LONDON, May 29. MR. Tom Harrison, the wellknown authority on Borneo, has left London by plane at the request of the Colonial Office to study the Kelabit Till people of Sarawak. Mr. Harrison hopes also to renew old friendships he made in Sarawak after
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    Consul Invites Criticism
    300 11 I* rom Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. May 29. JJUALA Lumpur Chinese who may wish to make suggestions to their Consul or criticise him, are to be provided with a special “public opinion” box at the Consulate offices into which they may drop letters. Mr. A. C.
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    NO PERMIT TO MOVE RICE
    74 11 From Our Own Correspondent SEGAMAT. May 29.—A fine of $25 was imposed by Che Hamid bin Mustapha in the Segamat District Court on Lim Ping, a 60-year-old Chinese, for moving 82 katties of rice without the necessary permit from the Food Control Department. Lim Ping
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    Registration Of The S.F.T.U. Soon
    198 11 SINGAPORE, May 30. THE Singapore Federation of Trade Unions, the most powerful individual trade union organisation in Malaya, is likely to be registered within the next week or two. The President of the o F.T.U Mr. P Veerasanan. told the Straits Times last night that
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    EXTORTION CHARGE
    38 11 Alleged to have attempted the extortion of $lO,OOO from Lee Keng Guan by putting him in fear of death at Singapore, on' May 12. two young Chinese were remanded in custody in the Third Police Court
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    NEW MALAYA RADIO PLANS
    200 11 SINGAPORE, May 30. RADIO Malaya will have new schedules and programmes when a second shortwave transmitter begins operating \rom Singapore soon. “Revision of present sessions is under active consideration, tne Director of Broadcasting. Singapore and Malayan Union, Mr. J. S. Dumeresque, said yesterday. Mr. Dumeresque had
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    S’PORE REIGN OF TERROR BY SOCIETIES
    460 11 SINGAPORE, May 30. rONDITIONS in Singapore today were compared with the Colony’s reign of terror of half a century ago by the acting Colonial Secretary, Mr. H. V Bryson, when he spoke yesterday in the Singapore Advisory Council. ‘‘Singapore,” he said, “is today experiencing
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    Penang Rickshaws To Go
    129 11 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, May 29. THE fate of the Penang rickshaw is to be decided shortly by the Settlement Traffic Committee said the Resident Commissioner, Mr. S. N. King, at a press conference yesterday. Mr. King said the Municipal Commissioners had not taken steps
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    MAN KILLED IN ACCIDENT
    78 11 SINGAPORE, May 30. Nobody saw how a Chinese painter, Fong See Keng, was fatally knocked down by a military lorry driven by a Japanese p 0.W... Y. Shinkichi, at Blair Road on May 16. After the accident someone shouted out to the lorry driver to stop.
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    State Sweeps To Fight T.B. Urged
    1124 12 SINGAPORE, May 31. BRUSHING aside the suggestion that it uoulcl he “unmoral” for the Government to legalise a State lottery, half the body of the Singapore Municipal Commissioners yesterday voted in favour ot a motion to ask the Government to legalise state lotteries for
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    SINGAPORE CENSUS IN SEPTEMBER
    75 12 SINGAPORE, May DO. A Government census will be held in Singapore in September. Municipal authorities and the Land Office have completed the numbering of Singapore houses in preparation for the count. The census will record the number of people in Singapore, their name, age, place of
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    FIREMAN TO STAY AT AERODROME
    56 12 From Our Own Correspondent. PENANG, May 28. Penang Municipal Commissioners yesterday confirmed a decision, reached in committee, that a fireman and driver of the Penang Fire Brigade should be permanently stationed at Bayan Lepas Aerodrome, and that the Department of Civil Aviation should be charged
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    Reds May Enter Elections
    243 12 SINGAPORE. May 31. I THE Malayan Communist j Pariy will run candidates! in the coming elections for six unofficial seats o n the reconstituted Legislative Council if it considers the elections “democratic enough.” The Party’s Representative in Singapore, Mr. Chang Ming Ching, told the Straits Times
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    Singapore Extortion Terror Mounting
    396 12 SINGAPORE \i "I CINGAPORE police this month hav, r V I J complaints from victims of extortion tu' Ved A other month since the liberation f i|. y f n J panese occupation. 1 trij a 1 The acting Colonial Secretary Mr it I told the
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    PENANG HALTS RECRUITING
    100 12 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG. May 30.—Recruiting for the army has met with such an excellent response here that the campaign has now been suspended till next month. Major R. Newton Howes, recruiting officer, said yesterday that his department could not acctpt any more candidates for the
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    700 Men For Malay Regiment
    118 12 Kuala Lumpur. Mar 1 THE Malay Regimenil undertake a new real mg campaign next month! get 1 00 recruits o n reg! engagement with the Coll for seven years a nd withfl Reserve for five years. I Three special recruitingj J will tour the Peninsula
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    EIGHT YEARS FOR ROBBERY
    96 12 From Our Own Correspond JOHOR E BAHRU. May —Tan Chen Kiam. charged at t Assizes before Mr Justice B took Hill, on three counts robbery, was yesterday conrj cd and sentenced to eight vea r.i. cn each charge, the sent® to run concurrently. He was also
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    DR. BRODIE ASKED TO STAY ON
    84 12 From Our Own PENANG. nang Municipal Commission yesterday decided to as* inj. puty Municipal President, H. Brodie. to remain in servn* months beyond his rounne. Dr. Brodie. who was Health Officer, returned to Ecn shortly after the reoccupa 4 has been reorganising th health
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    DECREE AGAINST K.L. HUSBAND
    59 12 DECREE AGAIN ST K.L. HUSBAND KUALA KUALA decree nisi to be ma a nl ed t in three months was Jus ti( the Chief Justice. rtt i Willan, in the day to Mrs. who petitioned m- t praac her marriage to aid Ang, an employee oi Railways. a pP eS
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    Govt Attacked On Price Control
    517 13 SINGAPORE, June 1. ■CISM of the complete failure of the Singapore I rnment to effect any appreciable reduction frost of living is made by the Special Inquiry littee, appointed by the Municipal Commisr w jJ ose recommendations were announced Iv.vut representatations should be made to
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    EVES BREAK INTO BANK BASEMENT
    98 13 SINGAPORE. Jim- 1 HIES in the early hours of ■sterday morning broke basement ot the Hong- an d Shanghai Banking ■ration's building at the of Collyer Quay and V Rotid, and stole four ■1 cloth. ■t.ar police patrols around disturbed tlie thieves. arrests were made.
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    TRAVEL AGENTS SEEK ROOMS
    141 13 I°MMODATIBN E V May 31 or transit Blit that tin s Hgapore is so |g to fi nd F; l .y o 1 agencies are pill tako P n Vate individuals W[ two nights y ng guests for is taxed Indents in P no nt main
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    TAX CHANGES -EXPERT’S VIEW
    103 13 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, May 31. npHE possibility that as soon as JL income tax is introduced the rubber^ duty and other taxes S? y be J ,f d was ind *cated by b. Heasman, income tax adviser to the Malayan Governments, when he met
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    MALAYA MAY GET MORE RICE FROM AUST.
    146 13 SINGAPORE, May 31. MALAYA may soon be receiving more rice from Australia, if plans for increasing output there are successful. The rice irrigation area in the Riverina of New South Wales is to be more thickly settled, and preference settlers will be given
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    HANDCUFFED TO BED, CHINESE ESCAPES
    101 13 SINGAPORE. June 1. SINGAPORE Police are searching I: r a young Chinese who escaped irom the General Hospital in the early hours oi yesterday. The man was arrested on Friday following a scuffle with twa detectives in Geylang. v He was injured in the head
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    Trishaw Request Turned Down
    222 13 SINGAPORE. May 31. THE Singapore Municipal President, Mr. L. Rayman, told Singapore trishawmen yesterday that the laW requillllg their registration by June 1 would stand. ln Mr. Rayman was replying to a letter from the Singapore Ricksha and Trishaw Workers’ Union which was handed to him
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    Yanks Warned Of S’pore Gangsters
    266 13 o____T SINGAPORE, June 1. FFICERS of the visiting United States heavy cruiser, Toledo, yesterday warned of the danger of Singapore gangsters before sending their men on shore leave. An officer instructing his men on discipline ashore, said: “Singapore’s out of bounds areas are similar to
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    UNION AWARDS SCHOLARSHIPS
    105 13 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. May 31. THE following awards of Malayan Union Queen’s Scholarships and Fellowships Rir 194 G have been made by the Selection Board: Queen’s Scholarship—Chin <\mg Kee, a Raffles College gradua.e and now with the High School, Bukit Mertajam. Queen’s Scholarship (reserved
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    ECHO OF MASSACRE IN JOHORE
    63 13 JOHORE BAHRU, Sat. GAPT. Nakamura Kikuo, of the Japanese Imperial Army, wanted in connection with the Ulu Tiram massacre of March 1942. has been located in Japan and an application has been made for his transfer to Johore for trial. This massacre resulted in several
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    SAVINGS CERTIFICATES
    22 13 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. May 31. CALLS of Victory savings certificates up to May 28 amounted to $529,584.
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    Gangsters rob S’pore Dr., staff & patients
    257 13 Gangsters rob S’pore Dr., staff patients SINGAPORE, June 1. THREE masked Chinese bandits, armed respectively with a grenade, a pistol, and a knife, yesterday robbed a doctor, his staff, and his patients in a clinic at Hill Street, Singapore. The doctor is I)r. A. M. D’Cotta. The bandits collected the
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    PENANG MOVE TO GIVE WOMEN EQUAL RIGHTS
    107 13 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, May 31. Y.IURASIAN women may shortly enjoy the same voting rights as men and may represent their community on public councils and other bodies. This possibility is envisaged in a move to be taken tomorrow when the Penang
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    Pomp And Colour In Cathedral
    1358 14  -  By JAMES M. TAYLOR (Straits 'l imes Staff Reporter) SINGAPORE, June 2. MONSIGNOR MICHAEL OLCOMENDY, aged 46, born in France, was consecrated ninth Roman Catholic Bishop of Malacca at the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd, Singapore, yesterday morning. At 8.10 a.m. he faced the consecrating
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    O.A.G. AT WELFARE HOMES
    215 14 SINGAPORE. May 31. TIHE Officer Administering the Government, Mr. P. A. B. McKerron, yesterday suggested that the York Hill and Bushey Park Government Welfare Homes should be whitewashed and fitted with better sanitary conveniences. Mr. McKerron made this suggestion when he took part in an informal
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    Malayan Medical Casualties
    329 14 From Our Staff r, KUALA LUMPur*!*J ras-sl tion during th eDe m!B Medical 4l The. ioi lo^ n ®e«reS is not hM accurate infernv t!^ 111 able: nUl °nis n ot J Killed on activp c* I Tetlry. chtmut ln S« It fl Research (Li,nit., h ifl
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    SECOND CHANCE FOR MESSENGER
    114 14 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG. May 20.—A fomcr messenger who pleaded that he had to support a wife and two children on a salary of $57 a month was told by the police magistrate, Mr. A.M.I. Austin yesterday, that he would be given another chance to
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    BRANDY BELOW QUALITY
    57 14 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, June I.—Because they are found to be short of the standard required by Government, some 2,000 cases of brandy c-re at present lying in Penang harbour, the Assistant Comptroller of Customs, Penang, said yesterday. It is understood the importers may re-label the
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    NEW CROWD COUNSEL
    51 14 SINGAPORE. May 29 MR. Lim Koon Teck, fof® a magistrate m has been appointed Counsel, Singapore. Mr. Lim is Produce Co., a firm Le u Lee Kong Chian. »l ber Co.. Ltd., is Under the terms of will retain managersmP company and work c° nt as Crown
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    SYMBOLIC FLAG CEREMONY
    180 14 SINGAPORE, June 2. THE WHITE ENSIGN flown by H. M. S. Sussex when she sailed into Singapore on Liberation Day, September 5, 1045, was blessed and “laid up” in St. Andrew’s Cathedral. Singapore during an impressive ceremony yesterday. Present at the ceremony were Rear-Admiral Egerton, who read
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    Police Plan Joint Drive On Bandits
    160 15 Vmm Our Own Correspondent 1 r0 BANGKOK, May 2. I Malaya and Siam will this month strike atrainst bandit gangs now terrorising n(i towns along the Siam-Malaya border. <teps have already been taken. Forces of rehm established at strategic points to cut the h
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    Malayans e British Day Of Life
    252 15 LONDON. June 2. I five Malayans who lee been in Britain as E of the British CounKve made use of time and are highly ■ssed by many aspects E life tiiev led here. ■of them. Mr. T T. By., headmaster ot the Kad Sc
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    SARAWAK J.C.S.A. “AT HOME”
    117 15 irun Ur Vn c respondent Ir med Sarfli! n u 2 The new_ ice AsSr ak Junior Civil ialoS a °P.v marked the Wh P a„ B of thelr Assoctae lven at ‘he 2aida. r f the Associate t ady Arden ch comnrisf 1 ng t^
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    NO LICENCE FOR BROOKE
    122 15 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. June 1. BECAUSE the policy of the' Malayan Union Govern-1 ment does not as yet extend to the granting of licences to private individuals to run their own radio transmitting stations, it is unlikely that Mr. Anthony Brooke’s application for
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    YOUTH CHARGED WITH MURDER
    103 15 SINGAPORE, June 3. An alleged dispute over a kite in Joo Chiat Lane on Sunday afternoon, which resulted in the death of an 18-year-old Indian, Ibrahim Shari ff, had a sequel in the Second Police Court yesterday. In the dock stood Poh Ah Mee. aged 18
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    SEEKING HOME IN MALAYA
    103 15 SINGAPORE, June 3. IMMIGRATION Authorities I in Singapore are receiving about 30 applications each week from Anglo Indians who wish to settle in Malaya. This is an increase of about 500 per cent, on applications received 12 months ago. Doubt as to their standing in India
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    TONS OF FOOD SENT IN PARCELS TO U.K.
    82 15 SINGAPORE. June 1. ELEVEN tons of food parcels were despatched to the United Kingdom from Singapore during May. This figure maintains the average as recorded by the Imports and Exports Department for the previous two months when 23 tons of parcels were
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    MALAY REGT. PAY
    54 15 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. May 31. THE pay for recruits to the Malay Regiment will be at the rate of $41.30 per month, rising to $44.30 per month, after six months’ service, says an official announcement referring to the drive for 700 men which is
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    TANGLIN WARNS WHISKY RATION OFFENDERS
    127 15 SINGAPORE, Juno 1. rpHE committee of the Singapore Tanglin Club will call for the resignation of members who break the whisky rationing rules. The committee, in a circular states that some members, after the bar “boys” had been Instructed to serve single “stengah” whiskies only,
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    STREET ROBBERY
    31 15 SINGAPORE, June 3. Three Chinese, one armed with a pistol, held up another Chinese in Bain Street at 9 a.in. on Wednesday and rabbed him of $1,938 in cash.
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    FOUR WOMEN TO STUDY PHARMACY
    297 15 SINGAPORE, June 3. A RECORD number of 26 students, of whom four are women, began studies yesterday in the first post-war course in pharmacy at the College of Medicine, Singapore. Of this number, 19 are from to be extended into a two-year 9 Singapore, including
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    FUND TO AID GIRL STUDENT
    193 15 SINGAPORE, June 3. IN order that a poor Chinese girl who has been offered a $16,000 scholarship to America will not lose it because she cannot afford to pay her passage there, the president of the Singapore Clerical and Administrative Workers’ Union. Mr. Lim Chuan
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    BANDITS ATTACK POLICE OUTPOST
    308 15 Sunday Times Correspondent PENANG, M4y 311 SIAMESE troops, rushed to the assistance of seven con* stables defending a police station, beat off a surprise attack by about 30 bandits on Kampong Jaroma in Betong district. Armed with Sten guns and pistols, the bandits, it is reported,
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    MALAYA’S BELL ON THE WAY
    73 15 Straits Times copyright. From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, May 30 —The Daily Herald announces that Mr. Tvor Thomas, Under-secretary of State for the Colonies, has conveyed to the Admiralty the request of the Victoria Institution, Kuala Lumpur, for the bell of the battleship Malaya. The
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    ROBBERY IN LOCKUP
    55 15 SINGAPORE, June 3. A police report states that two Chinese detained in the Singapore Police Court lock-up yesterday robbed another detainee of a wrist watch and a gold ring. Police have recovered the wrist watch but not the ring This Is the second reported case of robbery
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    WAGES COMMISSION TAKES EVIDENCE
    50 15 SINGAPORE, June 3. The Singapore Section of the Joint Wages Commission will this week take evidence from the heads of Government and Municipal Departments. The Commission last week took evidence from the Food Controller, representatives of Army H.Q., and employers who supply food to their employees.
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    S’pore Begins Drive On Tuberculosis
    707 16 SINGAPORE, May 4. I ACK of foresight, administrative errors, apathy and ignorance over many generations were criticised by Mr. S. H. Peek, Chairman of a meeting which last night unanimously voted to form the Singapore Association for the Prevention of Tuberculosis. All speeches at the
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    RADIO SET FOR PULAU SUDONG
    51 16 SINGAPORE, June 4. The first community listening radios set was installed on Pulau Sudfng by the public address van crew from the Public Relations office this week. It is a battery-operated set and is operated by a mechanic in the Signals Unit of the Malay
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    CHILD SOBS AS FATHER FACES GAOL
    145 16 SINGAPORE, May 29. WHEN the father of 13-year-old Chong Mee Lan was unable to pay a fine of $250 imposed on him in the Singapore Sixth Police Court, yesterday for abetting her in selling cigarettes above the controlled mice und faced six weeks in
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    GANGSTER GETS EIGHT YEARS
    55 16 SINGAPORE. May 29. Lee Moh Chin, a member of an armed gang of Chinese who robbed a Chinese family at Kampong Tiong Bahru of cash and jewellery on May 25 last year, was sentenced to eight years' rigorous imprisonment and 12 strokes of the ret an
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    CONVICTION SET ASIDE
    74 16 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG. June 3.—A conviction for bookmaking at the Penang races was set aside by Mr. Justice Carey in the Appeal Court yesterday. The judge also ordered that the fine of $l,OOO be returned to the appellant, Cheah Tuan Eng. Mr. R. D. Hume,
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    Kidnappers Try To Extort $5,000
    470 16 IPOH, June 2. A WOMAN who tried to extort $5,000 from a female n acquaintance by purporting to be the representative of a gang of kidnappers who were planning to kidnap her son, was sentenced to 18 months’ rigorous imprisonment bv Mr. J. G. Adams
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    Singapore Harbour “Lawless”
    275 16 SINGAPORE, June 4. Lawlessness in Singapore Harbour was referred to in the Fourth Police Court yesterday when a sampan owner, Cheng Kow Sai, 301 pleaded guilty to communicating with the Van Heutsz, a ship carrying aliens, without the permission of the Immigration Officer on May 26. He
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    Shot Man Worked For Japs
    165 16 from Our Staff Correspondent KLALA LUMPUR, Thursday. A OUNG Chinese who was found shot dead in a room at Petaling Street on Tuesday aight has been identified as Lee Fah. He had been a member of the Japanese detective force in Kuala Lumpur during the
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    $500,000 School For Kuala Lumpur
    267 16 Sunday Times S'»« Co„ e WORK will start in August on a Kuala l umpur, designed tor 1.000 m,„ i’° #0 lull overlooking Victory Avenue. It uVk a d sittdfl Girls’ School and will replace the 30-vear aiH'!" 5 <<J which 950 students are at
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    Better Radio Reception For Schools
    134 16 SINGAPORE. June* SCHOOL |M-i»LT;i!iin:es bnH cast by Radio Malaya shortly be put on a wave on which reception W& be greatly improved, Mr.H Lloyd Williams, Director™ School Broadcasts, told Straits Times yesterday. Mr. Lloyd Williams sMjU the wave length tor school casts had been altered
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    SINGING LESSONS
    33 16 criral CB The Methodist Thenjog J lege has receive* t0 from 115 men sin g« tend a course 1 lessons. Thom as 1 Mrs. Sylvia Barnes I conduct the cours 1
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    Singapore Street Lamps Aid Crime Drive
    253 17 I SINGAPORE, May 4. I. t 00 ii ce in the drive against crime in Singaf is 0 Municipal Electricity Dept, will instal 73 In’ strategic positions in the city. IT lighting will be mercury vapour lamps, r j hi lamps of 400 watts
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    Death For Japanese Gaolers
    176 17 Our Staff Correspondent »LA LUMPUR, June 3. Bjformer Japanese administrators of the Pudu oX su NakaBtant >U A 1 u n atsu an d his •nced^ be i Mnshero were Crii d 1 to da y by a ‘j* Cl,urt when they ■75 gm!t v ,lf
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    CONTRACT WAGES TO BE CUT
    227 17 From >ur Own Correspondent. JOHORE BAHRU, June 3. IT is understood that at an informal meeting of planters in a South Johore district, it was decided to make a reduction in the contract rates of pay of both Chinese and Tamil labourers. In the case
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    INDIAN SOLDIERS SENT TO GAOL
    92 17 From Our Own Correspondent IPOH. June 3.—Two Indian soldiers Abdul All and Ismail, who on the night of Feb. 17, absconded from the guard room of their unit, the 1.A.M.C., Ipoh with about $5,000, two revolvers and some ammunition, were today convicted by Mr. Justice
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    COLLEGE AT SERDANG, GENT HINTS
    166 17 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, June 3. HINTING at the future status of the school, the Governor, Sir Edward Gent, referred today to the Serdang Agricultural School as the “College of Agriculture” when he spoke at the official opening of the school for its
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    BUILDING LOANS IN PENANG
    74 17 PENANG. May 30.—T0 enable land owners to build houses in, the suburbs of Penang, the Gcv- eminent is prepared to grant loans of up to $lO,OOO. announced 1 Mr. V. E Dawson, chairman of the Penang Rural Board at a meeting of the Board yesterday afternoon.
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    Seamen’s Contract System Opposed
    349 17 SINGAPORE, June 3. SHIPPING companies in Singapore will soon have to engage local crew through unions if a move by the six local registered seamen’s unions to abolish the contract system succeeds. The unions are the Malay Seamen’s Union, the Chinese Seamen’s Union (Singapore Branch), the
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    JUNK CREW FINED FOR SMUGGLING
    159 17 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, June 3. THE District Judge yesterday fined the entire crew of a junk alleged to have been attempting to smuggle textiles and nails from Glugor and application has been made by the Customs for seizure of the junk. Goods worth
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    $168,000,000 BILL IN MALAYAN WAR CLAIMS
    373 17 KUALA LUMPUR, June 3. CLAIMS lodged with the War Risks (Goods) Insurance Fund by businesses in the Malayan Union and Singapore total $168,000,000. Most claims have come from Singapore where firms have presented with a bill for $113,000,000. Singapore claim is made up of
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    ELDERLY PEOPLE GET CHANCE TO EARN LIVING
    181 17 From Our Own Correspondent SEREMBAN. May 31. A WORKING centre to enable elderly people to earn a living has been established at the top floor of the Negri Sembilan Club under the auspices of the N.S. Welfare Department. Their work consists in making
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    FAIL TO ATTEND WAGE TALKS
    103 17 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, May 29. rHE round table conference between mine owners and mine labourers, arranged to be held today, had to be called off because the labourers’ representatives failed to keep the appointment. The mine owners were represented by two members
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    Malaya Welcome At Olympics
    298 18 SINGAPORE, May 30. MALAYA’S wish to compete in the Olympic Games will Ik? welcomed when the International Olympic Committee meets in Stockholm next month. This information is contained in a cable irom the Straits Times London representative, which arrived in Singapore late last night. Officials point
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    S.C.C. WIN EASILY
    253 18 SINGAPORE, June 2. THE Singapore Cricket Club defeated the Kranji Wireless Station Cricket Eleven by 45 runs in a game of cricket played on tin* padang yesterday. G > >d batting and bowling featured the game thr ughout KRANJI—ST INNINGS S. R. Thorpe b Holt 7 D.
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    POSTAL UNION BEAT CHINESE
    75 18 KUALA LUMPUR. June 1. The Postal Union beat the Selangor Chinese by 34 run s today at the Indians’ ground. The Postal Union in batting first scored 143, their highest scorer being Idrus with 49. The Chinese replied with 109 of which Wong Kam Thong contributed
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    RAUB CHINESE BEATEN
    100 18 RAUB. May 30.—At the Raub Padang yesterday the Raub lndoCeylonese won their League fixture against the Raub Chinese Sports Association by four wickets. The R.C.S.A. side batted first. They scored 97, of which Chor Seng got a useful 42. Shori bowled well, taking six for 36. SEREMBAN,
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    MALAY F.A. MEETING ON JUNE 14
    78 18 THE first council meeting of the Malay Football Association. Malaya, to discuss and to pass the draft bye-laws and rules of the Association and the draft regulations of the Gold Cud Competition, to elect sub-committees and to draw up fixtures of the Competition. will
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    Tourists To Play 6 Matches
    200 18 SINGAPORE, May 29. I OCAL basketball enthu- siasts are looking forward to the visit of tl<e Manila Chinese basketball team, which is expected to arrive early next month. Arrangements are being made to hold six matches—three against Singapore’s best and three against representative teams from
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    HUNTER SCORES 42 NOT OUT
    145 18 SINGAPORE. Juno 1. THE cricket match on the padang between the Selangor Club and the Command Supply Depot was played today In spite of intermittent showers and ended in a draw. The Club, who batted first, declared after scoring 106 runs for the loss of
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    SPECTATOR STONES PLAYER IN IPOH SOCCER
    252 18 From Our Own Correspondent IPOH, May 31. r-iHE first defeat of the Kinta Indians in a first division league game occurred on Wednesday at the hands of Headquarters Cameron Highlanders. By this defeat, the Indians now place to the Food Control and Customs combined
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    Trainers’ Strings May Be Cut To 40
    217 18 From Our Own Correspond,.. 1 KUALA LI MP, p I rE Straits Racing Association, the ruling' 1 111 is understood to be considering a **l Malayan racehorse trainer be allowed in u oposal horses in his stables. a e If this proposal comes
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    S.R.C. OUT FOR 36
    255 18 SINGAPORE, June 2. GOOD bowling by C. Snevaratne (.five for 11) and M. C. Umapathy (three for 11) enabled the Ceylon Sports Club to defeat f he Singapore Recreation Club by 108 runs in a game of cricket played on the padang yesterday. Batting honours went
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    New Official Appointed
    89 18 KUALA LUMPUR. June 3. Th. C.irai s Racing Ass .elation has a. po.*:‘.wd Mr Jehn Edward Keating, of Victoria, Australia, as official stipendiary steward in place 01 Mr. R C. Bone. Mr Keating, who arrived in Kuala Lumpur, last week, has had many years’ experience as a
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    CHINESE AND DUTCH DRAW
    68 18 SINGAPORE, June 3. The Amicable Athletic Association played the Dutch Army to a draw in a friendly game on the Padang yesterday. a in the first session, the A.A.A. opened the scoring through Yew Tim, and were 1-0 in the Tn, wben half time arrived. i
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    R.A.F. HAS EASY WIN
    146 18 SINGAPORE. June! In a one-sided game of ball on the Padang yesterß the R.A.F. M.T. (Changi) scored a six-nil I over the S.C.C. I The RAF was superior B the start, and opened the sm within 10 minutes cf play thiiß Bearsford who netted witW angular
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    Bike Titles In August
    80 18 FrOm KUALA O WMPUR7? The Malayan ship will be held in K a gV( on August 2. 3 and 1 a(l will include a s n J l r e r _mile and a three-quarter mu climb. „^rpmadea l These decisions e Se uii annual meeting
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    Rangers Win
    18 18 SINGAP Se J^i Changi Second Eleven chingi in a cricket matci Sunday. notain t ?j_. ■JSS-SirtT;
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    STATE OWNERS BACK CUT PLAN
    251 19 Kr»m Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, May 3. L, pt r C ent. cut in contract rates for tapping rjn.r and curing, recommended to members I'nited Planting Association, may also b? Ii u. members of the Malayan Estate Owners Inwnsion to circularise meiabcrs urging them
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    Connemara Dividend Withheld
    134 19 B Ur Own Correspondent LUMPUR, June 1. BE- T. Cummins, preat the annual meetB»1 Connemara, Limited, Wy- declared that lack B by the Government B 11 cited subversive eleB\ u jrt'«*ater efforts of :,l, d undermined the B 6 industry. K“ d tUt iml ,s government W-
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    Smuggling Of Tin And Rubber
    159 19 From Our Own Correspondent BANGKOK, June 2. A HUGE smuggling network is sending Siamese tin and rubber to Penang and Kedah Its existence is draining the southern Siamese provinces ol tin and rubber and causing a loss of several million ticals w> the Siamese Government
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    NO MORE FINES IN PRICE OFFENCES
    74 19 orm Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. May 30. Sentencing a 61-year-old Chinese woman, convicted of selling four tins of condensed milk above the controlled price. Mr. B. G. Smith, the District Judge, Kuala Lumpur. today issued a warning that luture price control offenders w’ould
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    Mr. Chettur On Wage Cuts Plan
    297 19 SINGAPORE, Juno 4. THE 20 per cent cut in con tract rates for tapping recommended to members of the United Planting Association and the Malayan Estate Owners Association was discussed by the Representative of the Government of India, Mr. S. K. Chettur at a
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    100 SINGAPORE UNIONS NOW REGISTERED
    351 19 SINGAPORE, June 3. SINGAPORE trade unions have responded ho well during the last two months to Government’s order to comply with the law that only a few are waiting for their registration certificates. Registrations reached th.* hundred mark on May 31 Departmental bottlenecks are blamed
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    PLEDGE TO GROW MORE FOOD
    99 19 MALACCA, June 3. AFTER five months of preparation and organization the Malacca Chinese Food Cultivators’ Association was n augurated on Sunday m ruing, whe n pledges were made by Chinese cultivators to pro duce more food. The function in the morning was attended by Mr.
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    WELFARE DRIVE BRINGS $20,000
    49 19 From Our Own Correspondent MALACCA. June 3.—Malacca’s successful welfare drive, conducted early last month, has resultd in a gross collection of $19,956.50. More donations are expected, including the proceeds of two concerts being staged by Malacca nonyas and babas on June 6 and 7 respectively.
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    Rubber: U.K. Action?
    165 19 From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, June 3. THE Malayan Governments are asking Whitehall for action against what (hey consider “unfair .American tactics which are beggaring war-damaged Malaya,” says the Daily Express city editor in commenting on the rubber price fall. Under this pressure, the British Government “is
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    S’PORE MAY GET PLENTY OF TYRES SHORTLY
    269 19 SINGAPORE. June 1. THE present scarcity of motor tyres in Singapore may be remedied in three to five months, representatives of tyrr firms in the city said yesterday. To make this possible, however. English, Australian and Indian factories will have to get down
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    UNAUTHORISED BUILDINGS
    108 19 SINGAPORE, June 4. A survey of the steadily increasing number of unauthorised buildings in the Singapore naal area, which is now estimated at 7.000, is being conducted by t lie Singapore Rural Board, and two building inspectors have been detailed to report on them. "Unauthorsed houses at tinnumbered
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    SMALL POX DEATHS IN SELANGOR
    72 19 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, June 2 Thirty-five cases of smallpox with three deaths occurred in Selangor for the week ending May 21 as a result of the outbreak in the north Selangor coast stretch. This is out of a total "or the Union
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    FINED FOR MOVING RICE AND FLOUR
    72 19 From Our Own Correspondent KLUANG. June 3 A lino of $l5O or six weeks’ r.i.. was imposed by the District Judge, Mr T. R Hepworth. in the Kluang District Court yesterday on Gan Ee Chong, for moving 150 katties of ricf and lio katties
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    Salvation of Malaya’s Rubber Industry Lies Within Itself
    778 20 Weekly Share Market Report Ky A .Market Correspondent SINGAPORE, May 31. PIS week has seen the headlong fall in the price of rubber somewhat arrested. After touching a •low” of 29% cents the commodity market improved cents, subsequently fell away again and
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    WINDING UP OF BORNEO BANK
    215 20 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, June 1 SPECIAL arrangements to deal with the situation in regard to accounts of the State Bank of North Borneo resulting from the transfer if North Borneo to the Crown lave been announced by the Secretary of State for
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    Rubber Report
    185 20 SINGAPORE, Map 31 /\N Sa urday of last week the market took a definite turn for the better, a moderate U.N.R.R.A. order placed in London being responsible for the improve rnent, state Messrs. Lewis and Peat in their weekly marke* report. J Prices here advanced about Jj cents,
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    BILLITON TIN OUTPUT DOWN
    96 20 BATAVIA. June 3. Billiton Company officials reported that its monthly tin production had dropped from 600 to 200 tons last month as the result of a strike by 3,500 Chinese and Indonesian miners which entered its second month yesterday. Company officials expressed hope that the strike
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    KRAMAT RUBBER
    209 20 Co,n Pany J Y V X Kr l h ir man. ?>!r H SlW ‘k tOld »f,e of Kraiaat* J E stliU 1 nth ed held that of the 387 rubb,: ‘he ed ,hat 1201, K*rM wholl;. cleaned acres had been rentictfS tapping purposes V After initial ctafel
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    SAFETY WEEK COST
    36 20 The Municipal have agreed to contribute I wards the cost of the Singifl Safety First Week. I Tills contribution will anti to one-third of the Governai contribution up to a maximal $2,500. I
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    MALAYAN SHARE QUOTATIONS
    751 20 SINGAPORE. June 3. SINGAPORE shar e quotations todaj. as given by the Malayan Shareholders’ Association were as follows* INDUSTRIALS Buyer Seller Alex Brick (O) 2.35 2.50 Alex. Brick <P) 3.50 3.65 B M Trustee 8 25 9 00 Consolidated Tir Smelters (O) 22,6 23 6 do <P)
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