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Title Section32 1947-06-12 1 The Straits Budget THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES [ESTABLISHED OVER A CENTURY 1 K* Series No. 45 Singapore, Thursday, June 12th, 1947 Price 40 cents (S.S. Currency) Or 1 ah.32 words
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Advertisement62 1947-06-12 1 The SINGAPORE FREE PRESS has the largest nett sale of any afternoon newspaper published in Malaya The Singapore Free Press is the oldest established newspaper in Singapore. It recommenced publication in May last and its smart presentation of news has made an immediate appeal to the reading public. For advertising62 words
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Article909 1947-06-12 2 —Straits Times, June 5. Broadcasting from New Delhi yesterday, Pandit Nehru said that it was with no joy in his heart that he recommended acceptance of the British Government’s plan to set up in India new governments with Dominion status on the basis of Hindustan—Straits Times, June 5. - 909 words
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Article326 1947-06-12 2 —Straits Times, June 5. The formation of the Singapore Association for the Prevention uf Tuberculosis, decided upon I at a well-attended public meeting J last Tuesday, will hearten all those who have lately become conscious of the tuberculosis menace as never before but have been discouraged—Straits Times, June 5. - 326 words
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Article1019 1947-06-12 2 —Straits Times, June 6 For the first time in the history of Malaya the Labour Department is In charge of an official who has no local experience and Is not a member of the Malayan Civil Service. This remarkable position arises with the arrival—Straits Times, June 6 - 1,019 words
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Article794 1947-06-12 2 —Straits Times Jaw Singapore took the lead in the political evolution of Malaya this week with the publication of a Bill to make provision for election to the prospective Legislative Council of this colony. No date has yet been fixed for the scrapping of the Advisory—Straits Times Jaw - 794 words
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Article355 1947-06-12 2 ,n» n -Straits Times. June 7. Whether cr no P°" that-be in Malaya c r in an ostrich-like marx. matter of State K rp endeavouring to conformist conscience Asiatic ethos, as so allege, it would s* Governors and Go- u s ral can be far /gj port,n» *** * – n -Straits Times. June 7. - 355 words
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Article1126 1947-06-12 3 —Istraits Times. June 9. Le of the most extraordinary ■eminent fiascoes ever known Malaya is the Short-Term m Production Department Eh has just been wound up Ewritten off in the Malayan In. Since there is only one ■r government in the world Kh is farming in—Istraits Times. June 9. - 1,126 words
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Article870 1947-06-12 3 —Straits T.mes. June 10. Last week the London correspondent of the Straits Times cabled certain comments made by Sir John Hay in a circular to the shareholders of Llnggi PlantaI tions. “We are now being invited,” said Sir John, “to examine official proposals for replanting on—Straits T.mes. June 10. - 870 words
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Article357 1947-06-12 3 Straits Times. June 10. One question which arises out of the Elections Bill in Singapore, and which is worth bringing up when the Advisory Council discusses this Bill, is whether there is not a loophole in it whereby the fundamental principle of the Bill andStraits Times. June 10. - 357 words
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Article1059 1947-06-12 3 —Straits Times, June 11. That bugbear of the Left wing in Singapore, the Societies Ordinance. is under fire again, and it will be surprising if the latest broadside does not find a chink in the armour of bureaucracy. The letter from the Malayan Democratic Union—Straits Times, June 11. - 1,059 words
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Article168 1947-06-12 4 WELCH—At Batu Gajah Hospital on 29th May to Betty, wife of R. V. Welch, Ipoh, a son. BRODIE. To Davida. wife of J. F. Brodie, a daughter, June 4th. 8CRUBY. On June 3rd. at Kan- dang Kerbau Hospital, to Inger i Cathrine. wife of C. R. W. Scrubv. Far168 words
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Article80 1947-06-12 4 BAX TER—BENNETT. At the Presbyterian Church on the 9th June, by the Rev. R. M Greer. M.A., B.D., Ronald Gray, youngest son of the late Mr. and Mrs. George Baxter, Smithfield Loan, Alloa, to Mary Kerr, younger daughter of Mr. and Mrs! Robert Bennett. Fenton Street, Alloa. Upcountry papers80 words
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Article301 1947-06-12 4 From Our Own Correspondent ALOR STAR, Tuesday. TWO death sentences were confirmed, three three-year sentences were increased to four years with 12 strokes of i the lotan each, and one death I sentence was set aside with an order for retrial at the Kedah Court of301 words
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Article260 1947-06-12 4 SINGAPORE, June 11. AN attempt to intimidate Singapore trishaw riders is being made by a gang who have pasted up a series of posters issuing death warning to riders who wear arm badges. The posters, bearing the chop of the Singapore Trishaw Riders Committee, a260 words
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Article121 1947-06-12 4 SINGAPORE. June 11. Two deaths resulted from an explosion on board a motor tongkang oil North Boat Quay. Singapore, on June 2 when a tin of petrol caught fire from sparks from the engine. The flames spread causing extensive damage to the junk. Trapped in the121 words
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Article873 1947-06-12 4 harry miller - By harry miller (Straits Times Correspondent, Kuala Lumpur.) SIR Edward Gent, Governor of the Malayan Union, made a journey last month such as no Malayan governor has ever made before, not even in the pioneering days of the Ma'ay States. Starting from Kuala Lumpur, Sir Edward873 words
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Article626 1947-06-12 4 SINGAPORE jnn ,1 S™° KO 11 Singapore was day bv the cha rm >'4 South-East Asia F^" 0 the China Relief F i, ra ;i »B Tan Kah Kee. i„ fl to the Straits Times he*! Commissioned meeting day of Mr. N. A \tai a626 words
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Obituary95 1947-06-12 4 DEATHS HUTCHESON. At the Singapore General Hospital, at midnight of June 2, 1947. Hugh Frank Hutcheson, of Batu Gajah. ALLEN Francis George, late of Singapore. Kuala Lumpur and Ipoh on June 4th.. at Exeter. BRODIE On June 7th Aurlol Anthea infant daughter of Mr. Mrs J P. Brodie. BARNARD. On95 words
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436 1947-06-12 5 h0 have undertaken the task of organising L t ['.tuberculosis campaign should pay full at.’up sociological aspects of the problem. iO 11 if l rn 10,1 ih hi> regrettable if I «l d energv and exgiven to the Sne and equipping of a j436 words
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Article65 1947-06-12 5 IyHEN the Japs were here we could see shirts, pants, socks, putties, etc. hanging out of the Cathay Building windows. Then the British officers came and took over the building, and today we see the same thing. Can’t the officers hang out their washing elsewhere? It is a65 words
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Article223 1947-06-12 5 I READ your leading article of Wednesday morning with deep interest for I have long admired the character of “The Sage of Malacca”. I once had hopes that Mr. Tan Cheng Lock might become the man who should fulfil my Ideal of a true leader of223 words
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Article86 1947-06-12 5 IHAVE recently completed a tour through Malaya by road and I have been struck by the very large number of unlicensed and unhealthylooking dogs that roam about the countryside. I am not astonished to learn that there is so much disease among dogs throughout Malaya and it is86 words
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Article34 1947-06-12 5 WITH reference to bus passengers’ complaints, may I suggest that the S.T.C. sell to its patrons season tickets and coupons in suitable denominations which can be tendered as fare? “FAIR FARE”. Singapore.34 words
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Article124 1947-06-12 5 ALLOW me to compliment you on your very inspiring leader under the caption “Easy Money.” I for one wish to register a strong protest against the resolution passed by the Singapore Municipal Commissioners In connection with the proposed State lottery Many people with an observant eye must. I am124 words
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Article164 1947-06-12 5 “A Dollar A Week IN your editorial on the subject of State lotteries, the Statement that clerks and labourers with families to support can ill afford even a dollar a week to buy “a ticket at a Government gambling booth” is not based on proper investigation. Wild gambling in “Chee164 words
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Article190 1947-06-12 5 r[E decision of the Singapore Municipal Commissioners to ask the Government to legalise and institute State lotteries as a means of raising funds for the establishment of hospitals and tuberculosis clinics in the Colony is certainly a step in the right direction. State lotteries will undoubtedly be190 words
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Article202 1947-06-12 5 IN addition to your wellA timed and well-tuned editorial “Easy Money”, I wish to point out that a State lottery will also tend to unbalance the spending power of the community. At each draw of the lottery there will be a few lucky Investors becoming rich over-night,202 words
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Article85 1947-06-12 5 yiOUR article in the editorial column about State lotteries gave me a spark of hope. Being mindful of the serious consequences of illegal games of fortune such as Chap Jee Kee and gambling dens. I feel that State lotteries would be a sal?tyvalve to law-abiding citizens Some85 words
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196 1947-06-12 5 IN your editorial of June 4 you refer'to “the bitterness and the anti-European tone of t h e Malayan Democratic Union today.” As an association which is striving for equal treatment for all Malayan citizens and democratization of the Government the M.D.U. is naturally embittered196 words
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84 1947-06-12 5 IN reply to "Labour/' in your issue of June 7, let me tell him that the planters he refers to are receiving pre-war rates of wages, plus 20 per cent C.O.L., whereas labour rates range from 300 to 400 per cent above prewar level. Moreover,84 words
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Advertisement24 1947-06-12 5 3SS§ grapes KEY SOUTH AFRICAN W 1 l ''nrif Afriftf' 1 S '«mdn L t* duu i n Mrmv«i wicutc£y JOSEPH TRAVERS 11 SONSjtd24 words
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Article865 1947-06-12 6 R.E. Holttum - The Malayan Gardener By R.E. Holttum Director of the Botanic Gardens, Singapore INORGANIC or artificial manures are either of mineral origin, or are products or by-products of large-scale chemical processes, some of them being partly made from atmospheric nitrogen. They are relatively simple in chemical865 words
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Article442 1947-06-12 6 SINGAPORE, June 10. FEARS that the official recognition of political associations in Singapore may lead to victimisation of smaller political groups are expressed by the Malayan Democratic Union in a letter to the acting Colonial Secretary, Mr. H. P. Bryson, sent yesterday. The letter, which is442 words
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Article960 1947-06-12 6 A Malayan Countryman’s 11 \N PJH® MALAY narrles of some floweis and fruits are rather too realistic to be used in polite society. If a flower or iruit looks like an unmentionable something it is called a Bunga so-and-so or Buah ditto. However, there are many11 \N PJH® - 960 words
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Article118 1947-06-12 6 From Our Own C°nesP° KUALA LUMPUR. Jf dest il “better moral c e n uni persons in the who receive a month M and do nothing n dai iy cl instead be ere( Lal and M allowance, a free n useful work to do. M118 words
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226 1947-06-12 7 Help Fo r Destitute Chinese In Penang Krom Our Own Correspondent PENANG, June 6. I T 4 200 destitute Chinese in Penang will receive U lief from the Chinese Government through the Ifhinese Consul, it was learned today. a S um of $130,000 (Straits) is being remitted by Nanking Foreign226 words
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Article98 1947-06-12 7 BsiNG A POKE, June 7. HERAL i-.ruis in Singapore Bmv plui.ged into darkBan night as the result of fcvra’Y 1 ctr eal break- a: S*. James Power Ion. b!a.?a.u! aihetcd vaiious I ci r.’v r periods B- h r c:n n n hour to an cr c :..<e98 words
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Article102 1947-06-12 7 L oi S s| N G n PORE T l > n e 7. I Arthn bPcn refu nded lar!? hn Ed ard Mulot, a felai lettp ye terday received er S ln th at the Won il( had Quashed his I hnvie ntence on a102 words
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Article58 1947-06-12 7 ■ang. 7 J °AlUlYb|J ■Sjftos Which' n 0lle packet K ca.sM h v J?t Ur t? in a ■V'the Thirri S M rday was l Magistrate, Rfc; t0 be dps Ke^y 1 ,hi s order KJ- r Sloo u} Ul a CoffeeK s mi t f h58 words
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Article143 1947-06-12 7 SINGAPORE, June 7. A CENSUS of the inhabitants of Singapore will be taken between Aug. 23 and Sept. 27, this year, it is notified in a rupplemem to r he Govern men; Gazette issued yesterday. The notification sets out the rules under which the census will143 words
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Article90 1947-06-12 7 SINGAPORE, June 7. A 3.000.000 to 4.000.000-guilder barter transaction between the Dutch authorities in Java and the Tata Oil Mils. B.mbay. is now being negotiated in Singapore. The transaction i! successful, will cover the supply of 3.000 tons of c.pra and 5.000 tons of coconut oil90 words
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Article187 1947-06-12 7 SINGAPORE, June 7. AN Australian firm intends build a $700,000 factory, which will employ 300 local workers, in Henderson Road, Singapore. The firm—the Australian Glass Manufacturing Company—is one of the leading producers of industrial and commercial glassware in the southern hemisphere. Final approval of the187 words
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Article187 1947-06-12 7 <rom Our Own Correspondent PENANG, June 6. A CHINESE who officiated as a Sinseh at the rituals of a certa n triad society in Penang is to be banished from Malaya. Announcing this in their crime review for May, the Penang police state that the man,187 words
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Article108 1947-06-12 7 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, June 6. Penang’s first 00-ooeraiive store will be op:*ned on Aug. 9. it was decided at a meeting of orierinal members on Wednesday night. t Based on Government model rules, the store was registered on Mav 20. Membership is open to Penang108 words
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Article191 1947-06-12 7 SINGAPORE, June 7. ill HEN two Japanese were charged with theft in the Fourth Police court, yesterday, the interpreter had great difficulty in understanding the word bail. I have never yet been able to get a Japanese interprets to understand bail*,” said Chief Inspector191 words
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Article234 1947-06-12 7 SINGAPORE, June 7. THE principal of Raffles Institution, Mr. E. L. Shaw, said 1 yesterday that students of the Institution sained 76.6 per cent of passes in the Cambridge examinations last December, including eleven grade I, passes, and that their results compared “not at all unfavourably”234 words
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Article401 1947-06-12 7 SINGAPORE, June 7. AWING to lack of public co-operation, the Singapore Food Control Inspectorate has had to set traps in order to catch offenders of food and price control regulations, Mr. C. W. Roberts, officer in charge of the Inspectorate, told the Straits Times yesterday. Food401 words
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Article145 1947-06-12 7 From Our Own Correspondent KLANG, June 6.—The alrcmlt carrier H.M.S. Theseus, which came to Port Swettenham on June 4. will leave for Singapore this evening. Rear-Admiral C. L. Creasy and Capt. R. K. Dickson made an official call on tiie Sultan of Selangor at the Istana145 words
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Article288 1947-06-12 8 From Our Staff C orrespondent KUALA LUMPUK, June 8. I OANS granted to C hinese tin miners under Govern* ment’s rehabilitation scheme passed the' $10,000,000 mark on Friday following approval by the Loans Hoard of the hulk of 100 outstanding applications. The work of the288 words
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Article84 1947-06-12 8 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, June 6. Three Chinese, Chew Chee Beng. Lee Eng Huat and Chuah Ah Chin, were committed yesterday to stand trial at the Penang Assizes on a charge of having murdered Teo Soo Eng. 40-year-old resident of Ipoh. whose body was found84 words
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Article140 1947-06-12 8 From Our Staff Correspondent KUCHING. June 4. The second annual agricultural show sinc° the liberation, under the patronage ot Governor and Lady Arden Cluike, v;as h‘la at at the Maderasah M< layu last week. Although sections of the antice.ssion Malay communities kept away lrom the show140 words
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Article165 1947-06-12 8 SINGAPORE. June 6. ASSISTANT Superintendent of Police Mr. K. L. John son described in J he Singapore Coroner’s Court yesterday a gun fight in Queen Street on Cct. 18 between armed police on jeep patrol and gunmen which resulted in the death of a Chinese165 words
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440 1947-06-12 8 SINGAPORE, June 7. TWO weather-stained trawlers with bearded crews put into Singapore yesterday from Sydney. They took 49 days to complete the 4,385-miles voyage. The trawlfers are the diesel-engined 78-foot Westwind of 70 tons and the 60-foot Pollyanna of 60 tons —the survey forerunners of a440 words
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Article440 1947-06-12 8 SINGAPORE, June 0. THE United Stales' fust Ambassador to India, 65-year old Mr. Henry F. Grady, will help lo promote Indo-American trade during his term in India. Mr. Grady, accompanied by his wife, is passing through Singapore on his way to take up in New Delhi440 words
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Article, Illustration268 1947-06-12 8 SINGAPORE. June A 500-STRONG Sir.gaj Police con ingen:, heade ill Acting Commissioner Police. Mi. E. V. Fowler tende.i the funeral yestei oi marine constable Alan Haji Sirat at Bidadari Ce iery. The funera took place fud police honours. Atan died of gunshot won on Thursdav night, followin268 words
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Article562 1947-06-12 9 Pr.im Our Own Correspondent Yr0 LONDON, June 4. fhan 300 .Malayans and their guests at the first \ssotiation of British Malaya annual S t"ml their President, Mr. C. E. Wun .'.burg, r he 1 l 0 f Mansfield and Co., Ltd., Singapore, [he outstanding events of562 words
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Article142 1947-06-12 9 SINGAPORE, June 5. POIXG British soldier, IAIeXl AleX Johnson, was senP. t,J sev en years’ rigorous ■J'onment by Mr. Justice rV l Assize Court ■erday. fo und unity of K tivf sa.5 a lsln B hurt lo a |W atUate four othe >' 13-OR's I ordered^142 words
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Article52 1947-06-12 9 BOY WOUNDED BY R IFLE SHOT June 5. in Z a 'ay >oy was t bv i rifle* sllo ulder vestertU:*rd•: ln to on of U* bov ,h mbawa^ I? 100 va? f u a :V ,eponed 10 be |jent off lv ay v -ion the r* ,s nr >t52 words
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Article240 1947-06-12 9 Singapore, June 5. MASS Observation is doing a! trerrendous amount of research for official and unofficial bodies in England at ihe present time, said Mr. Tom Harrisson, founder of Mass Observation, who has arrived m Singapore on his way to Sarawak. Mr. Harrisson. who was the240 words
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Article79 1947-06-12 9 From Our Own Correspondent IPOII. June 4.—Thanks to generous support, mainly by the Chines? community, Ipoh now has a dispensary which will give lire? medical treatment to poor edy Chinese. The Chung Wah Dispensary at Avifsbury Street was opened yesterday under the auspices of the79 words
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230 1947-06-12 9 SINGAPORE. June 5. COME Malayan political industrial problems could be solved b by mass observation, one of the launders ot ‘h* technique. Mr. Tom Harrisson told Singapore Rotar ans in talk yesterday. Mr. Harrisson is passing through Singapore on his way to Sarawak to take up230 words
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Article634 1947-06-12 9 Reuter. LONDON, June 4. THE Secretary for the Colonies, Mr. Creech Jones, denied a suggestion in the House of Commons today that the banishment ordinance now in force in Singapore and Malaya was used to prevent genuine political activity. Mr. D. N. Pritt, (Ind. Lab. HammersmithReuter. - 634 words
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Article205 1947-06-12 9 SINGAPORE, June 5. AN appeal by Dr. Cheng Sek Toll, the licensee of a house in South Bridge Road, who was ordered to quit the pre mises by the Third Police Magi'ti ate, was dismissed by the Chief Justice Mr. Murray* Ayn.'l y yesterday. Dr. Cheng appeared205 words
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Article48 1947-06-12 9 MALACCA, June 4. Five Europeans, four wearing army uniforms, broke into a house at Pulau Sibang on Saturday night and after assaulting a tenant stole his watch and gold ring. The robbers first demanded women. On learning there was none, they committed the 10bbery.48 words
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Article85 1947-06-12 9 SINGAPORE, June 5. THE King ui Norway has awarded the -Order ol St. Olav’ (Knight Ist Class* tj Mr W. A Venning, who was for many years on the Stall of the Shell Company In Singapore. Mr. Venning held the official appointment of Consul for Norway for85 words
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Article626 1947-06-12 10 SINGAPORE, June tt. TWO trawlers are due in Singapore from Sydney to survey grounds for a $2,000,000 local fisheries company. If their survey is encouraging a fleet ot trawlers, including a 300-ton refrigerated mother ship, will sai! from Australia to Singapore to open an industry new626 words
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Article230 1947-06-12 10 SINGAPORE. June 6. The story how her husband was fatally wounded by three Chinese gunmen after they had robbed $l,lOO and some jewellery from their house in Silat Road, in the early hours of July 4. last year, was told by Mrs. Mohamed Ismail at the230 words
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Article196 1947-06-12 10 SINGAPORE, June f>. THE uu f A the Singapore Rural Board toward unau*r.or.'<rd buildings in the rural area was described as “very -er.lent" by the chairmap of the Singapore Rural Board. Mr. C. W. A. Sennett, to the Straits Times yesterday. If ar. authorised house196 words
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Article132 1947-06-12 10 The Musang The Fowl Fr.»m Our Own Correspondent SEG A M AT. June 5. KARIM BIN TAIB. a Sinipans Jubi Malav on Monday showed the I) strict C*.url a drawing of a niusang with a fow’i in its mouth, captioned, “Minn the niusang takes aua> the h'n you have reared,132 words
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Article77 1947-06-12 10 SINGAPORE, June 5. WHEN Customs officials examined 300 drums being loaded on the Sam Dauntless on Monday as wood preservative, they found the drums contained coconut oil. The drums were of the 4: gallon tyi>c and the consignr tiU was to Hong Kong. Coconut oil can77 words
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273 1947-06-12 10 A SIX-STOREY building to cost Ju J A for a proposed new Chinese bank it!! w ,!l be1 Market and Chulia Streets, Singapore j Un ctJ approved. 11 plan s 1 The building has been approved in principle. When completed it will stand within273 words
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Article349 1947-06-12 10 SINGAPORE. June 5. THE manner in which the Government had dealt with the Asiatic volunteers’ claims for back-pay and the Worley Report were criticised by members of the Straits Ch nes? British Association at its annual general meeting yesterday. Mr Yap Pheng Geek, a m°mber349 words
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Article388 1947-06-12 10 from Our Own CorrJj' T HFfi H Rt: BAHRl J*fl THE fl is t >tag e i„ th fl I vatmu 0 f s v ah new seas.,,, is repor&fl piete fiom Scguniat Ccfl Jotiore and Pontian. The sawahs ha\e bee- rl all fallow vegetation388 words
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Article50 1947-06-12 10 JnAi>l ri po pr June SINGAPORE-^,. A gtng# returned d> l p ter yes coroner. Mr Jv .-‘51.ye.1r day. on the rie.* 1 g^rc Chee Cheng, labourer. tO iCe While attempt m plank across fei* house at Neil P e the first floor 1 feet below50 words
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Article1041 1947-06-12 11 S ’PORE ELECTION W IL L PUBLISHED SINGAPORE, June 5. i to make provision for election to the Legisla council, Singapore, which will he introduced U \dvi>or> Council, stipulates that every person Qualified to vote will be asked to send his name l)epul> Registering Officer of the electoral dis!n which1,041 words
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Article287 1947-06-12 11 SINGAPORE, June 6. A 68-YEAR-OLD Australian farmer has arrived in Singapore in his 60-foot gaff rigged ketch Elinor from Southampton. The 8,000-mile voyage to Singapore has taken him nearly a year. The owner, Mr. V. R. Dulhunty, who is Australia-bound, is assisted by a navigating287 words
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Article86 1947-06-12 11 SINGAPORE, June 5. Heavily in aebt. a store employee at the Great World broke mta an adjoining store and stoic 26 ladies’ c:ats and nine rolls of c4oth He was Chang Soh San. He pleaded guiltv in the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday to breaking into86 words
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Article48 1947-06-12 11 SINGAPORE, June 5. Convicted twice during April, 19-year-old Lee Eng Seng was convicted a third time in the Second Police Court yesterday on a charge of stealing $9 from a European soldier at Oldham Hall. Singapore, early yesterday morning. He was sentenced to three months’ imprisonment.48 words
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Article126 1947-06-12 11 SINGAPORE, June 5. All traffic policemen on duty in Singapore are now armed with revolvers. A senior police officer said that this order, which came into 1 rce on Monday, was part of a plan to combat crime in the community. The revolvers are also intended as126 words
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Article118 1947-06-12 11 SINGAPORE, June 6. THE 7,176-ton United States liberty ship, Katherine B. Sherwood, has run aground in Kidjang Straits, about 70 miles East of Singapore. The ship was on her way to Singapore from Bintan Island. According t>o the Singapore agents of the vessel, the Katherine B. Sherwood118 words
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Article128 1947-06-12 11 SINGAPORE, June 6. Found in possession of Rangoon rice, in suspicious circumstances, two Chinese were convicted in the Second District ,Court yesterday. Two trishaw riders who transported the rice were fined. The men were Chua Guan Kee and Tan Song Heng and the trishaw riders, Lee128 words
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Article31 1947-06-12 11 SINGAPORE, June 5. At 11 40 p.m. yesterday a Chinese walking along Tan long Paga** Road was hold up bv two armed Chinese and robbed oi cash and valuables31 words
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Article266 1947-06-12 11 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, June 6. THE penalties for abductors and intimidatory in the Malayan Union are to be heavily increased by legislation which i be presented to the Malayan Union Advisory Council on Monday. The present maximum of 10 years’ imprisonment and a266 words
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Article154 1947-06-12 11 SINGAPORE, June 6. PHE ex-Rajah Muda of Sarawak, Mr. Anthony Brooke, describes as “misleading” a recent Singapore Public Relations release which emphasised the material bene fits expected in Sarawak by virtue of its cession. In a statement yesterday. Mr. Brooke said: “The Colonial Office have had the courage154 words
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Article86 1947-06-12 11 The annual general meeting of the Arab Assooiatlcn was held at t*hc Ist ana Kampong Glam on May 2-1 The following were elected office bearers tor 1947 president, S. A. M. Alsag if: vice president. S. Awab Aituway. hon. secretary. S. A wad Bashrahtl: asst, secretary, S. Ali86 words
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298 1947-06-12 12 Demanded Apology from Japs— and got away with it From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, June G. A WELL-KNOWN Malayan resident, Mr. A. K. Westrop, who demanded an apology from a Japanese guard who slapped him while he was in internment camp in Singapore, is leaving Malaya this »eek to298 words
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Article251 1947-06-12 12 SINGAPORE, June 7. Hooliganism and extortion prevailed in Kampong Betek, Singapore, to such an extent mat “even members of the police were believed to be paying protection money,” Inspector R Siva Raja told the Singapore Coroner, Mr. W. G. Porter, yesterday. A Malay Ariflin, was shot251 words
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Article170 1947-06-12 12 F"om Our Own Correspondent PENANG, June 6.— A small gang ot skilled "safe crackers" is operating in Penang with considerable success, according to the police report for May. They usually work according to the same plan of action, says the report. They remove the •sof s who'esale170 words
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Article85 1947-06-12 12 SINGAPORE, June 6. Detained by the police on charges of confining and hurting a compatriot, an Indian named V. Gopal, escaped from the custody of a detective on Wednesday. In the Second Police Court yesterday, Gopal pleaded guilty to escaping from lawful custody but claimed trial on85 words
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Article169 1947-06-12 12 SIN'J APCRE, June 5. A GUN fight between liva) gang* in Maude Road on the night of May 15 in which about 40 shots were fired re suiting m six casualties including one dead was recounted in the Singapore Coroner s Court yesterday. Inquiring into the169 words
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Article76 1947-06-12 12 The death took place in Abecon May 26 of Mr. Fred Ma.shell, well-known in planting and masonic circles in Malaya. M. Marshall was for years in the service of Messrs. Sime Darby Co Ltd., in Malacca and Selangor, and he was a past Warden of76 words
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Article187 1947-06-12 12 SINGAPORE. June 6. Mahmud Bin Übar. a middleaged Malayan, shopkeeper, was lined $250 in the Raub District Court this week for hoarding 42 katis of rationed sugar. The District Judge, Mr. B. V. Rhodes, ordered the sugar to be confiscated. He said Bin Übar should have known187 words
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Article132 1947-06-12 12 From Our Own Correspondent Cii fvret' a IPOH, June 4. HINLSL gangsters who stripped machinery from a ChiTronoh last night, left a note for the owner $l5 000 hS C U d haV h S P M P« rt y back on payment of T132 words
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Article377 1947-06-12 12 SINGAPORE, June 6. “was obvious that the renabilitation of schoo’s in Singapore would have to be car ned through before any start could be made on implementing the ten-year educatmn plan, the chairman of the Select Committee appointed to examine the ten-year edu cation plan, Sir Han377 words
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Article400 1947-06-12 12 Company agai nst seamen’s agency SINGAPORE \»Jt AN employment agency for seamen which n tered Singapore seamen’s unions prw operate to replace the ghaut sarang (crew con system is not favoured by the SlrtiN Company. llan, s If the ghaut sarang were to be abc! .jv- v which is mainly400 words
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Article65 1947-06-12 12 SINGAPORE Tin Gcvernnnnt In referring L ;:,?‘,j 0n rhe® for mutual consjdeiatio" tion of increasing the allowance .n'■ that paid by ClV i:l mlsfimers. tr>er.® vices A£S0:'i.‘ cfally inr.rmec- apP :i« Thu J C S the Grvtmm of cost hich V the Mun:c:P*‘- highest r fl65 words
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Article396 1947-06-12 13 I SINGAPORE, June 9. I ir j a nds Government will negotiate with ilie tf* to secure the use of the I \ir Force-controlled Tengah airfield, SingaI j iilv landings of Dutch (K.L.M.). ConstcllaFaTrcrittt operating between Amsterdam and I?* j. aviation representative in Singapore said396 words
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Article52 1947-06-12 13 t)ui ■f\ AVr< Correspondent ‘"'a. Jij n > n An 80-year-■ii ii,|, 'i 11 bis life rr,u ?h 'about t u nsiSPd ln y V! rjut three miles H o’: ,J ala Muda. in the boat H. ashore. I /'rcc. police H ne drowhed W r52 words
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Article176 1947-06-12 13 From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, June 8. THE Penang police have offered a reward of $1,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of a 30-year-old English-speaking Chinese, Si Bah Seng, alias Lim Bah Seng, who is wanted in connection with the Pulau Payu176 words
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Article93 1947-06-12 13 From Our Staff Correspondent. PENANG. June B.—Seventeen candidates, including one girl, sat for the London Matriculation Examination held in Penang this week. This is the first time since the re-occupation that the London Matric has been conducted here. Previously, it had been held only in Kuala Lumpur. Two93 words
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Article139 1947-06-12 13 1 nun Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUh, June 8. A WHITE Ensign, presented to the Ex-Services As-j-ociation of Malaya, is to be housed in the Selangor Club and will be flown at the Cenotaph on suitab’e occasions. T'h e flay was flown at the Cenotaph.139 words
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Article202 1947-06-12 13 JOHORE BAHRU. June B—At the continuation of the hearing of the charge of murder against Budin bin Awang, Abdul Majid, and three others who are alleged to have strangled a Chinese taxi car driver on Midlands Estate road on Nov. 1, the second accused, Abdul Majid, 26,202 words
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Article89 1947-06-12 13 From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU. June 8.-The Jrhore Chinese Olympic sports meeting will take place at Batu Pah a l in August, after which the state representatives to take Dart in the All-Malaya Chinese Olympic meeting at Kuala Lumpur will be selected. Local schools are89 words
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Article347 1947-06-12 13 SINGAPORE, Junt 9. MR. G. E. N. Oehlers, president of the Old Rafflesians Association, said at Rattles Institution Founder’s Day over the week-end that students at the Institution would now have extensive playing I deIds if the original trustees of the Institute had not sold the land347 words
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Article253 1947-06-12 13 From Our Staff Correspondent FENANG, June 8. A police party rushing to the scene of a highway 10b bery, about three miles from Klian Intan, intercepted 20 armed bandits on the road to Grik. Perak, yesterday afternoon, and following an hour’s gun battle, succeeded in dispersing253 words
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140 1947-06-12 13 From Our Own Correspondent ALOR STAR, June 8. JH E supply of hat guano to padi planters in North Kedah and Perlis, where the harvest has been completed, helped considerably in production. A record collection of padi has been made by the Government. which140 words
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Article145 1947-06-12 13 From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG. June B.—Malayan Chinese are to have six seats on the Chinese National Assembly which meets in Nanking on Der. 25 this year. Elections to thesj seats will be held. Indicating: this yesterday, the Penang Chinese Consul, Mr. N K. Lee. said that145 words
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Article138 1947-06-12 13 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, June 8 “This regiment is playing an essential part in the growth cf the Malay people to their full stature in the world.” said the GovernorGeneral, Mr. Malcolm MacDonald, at the passing- out parade of 500 new recruits of138 words
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Article66 1947-06-12 13 SINGAPORE, June 9 Two fire engines—one from the Central Fire Station and the other from the Army Fire Service- turned out yesterday afternoon at o’clock to put out u lallang fire in Adam Road near the site oi the old Sime Road camp The fire was66 words
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959 1947-06-12 14 J.N. MILSUM; J.R.P. SOPER - Grow Your Own Vegetables gy- J.N.MILSUM and J.R.P. SOPER of the Department Agriculture, Malaya THE brinjal, aubergine or egg-plant is a wen known Malayan vegetable, but its large number of variations aie perhaps less familiar. The fruits vary in configuration from spherical959 words
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Article111 1947-06-12 14 THE Federated Malay States War Relief Fund, administered in London had a credit balance of £18.076.17.0 at the end of 1946 Thi s was stated in the administration report, issued when the anrual meeting was held on May 23, last. The chairman and treasurer of the111 words
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Article257 1947-06-12 14 pEOPLE who are not conversant with estate life sometimes wonder what sort of interests labourers can possibly have. They think they live a dull life. On estates, we make our own pleasures but Iherc is often a Rreat deal going on in the lines. If257 words
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Article326 1947-06-12 14 From Our Stall Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, June 9. STRIKING at two forms of activity by Union gangsters —abduction and criminal intimidation of witnesses—he Bill increasing penalties for these two types of crime becomes effective tomorrow. ‘This Bill,” said Mr. K. K. O'Connor, Attorney-General, at the Advisory326 words
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Article67 1947-06-12 14 From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, June 9. A verdict of guilty of murder against four of the accused— Majid, Abu Bakar bin Ma'rof, Abdullah and Ibrahim bin Esa, was returned by the jury today in the taxi murder case The first accused Budin bin Awnng67 words
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Article473 1947-06-12 14 From Our Staff Correspond,,,, V KUALA LI’Mpi d I A MOTION by Mr. S. B. Palmer that all J J /i country should be abolished was def**Sl Union Advisory Council today by nine vote** lntht d three Government hands —to seven ew *hic|jjJ The Gw473 words
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Article711 1947-06-12 15 Vr»m Our Staff Correspondent r KUALA LUMPUR, June 9. fovernor of the Malayan Union, Sir Edward 0 the Union Advisory Council today that "d all l,,oSC e x Pf rienced n affairs of the would give serious consideration to the ques'j nfon ,e tax in711 words
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Article55 1947-06-12 15 Malayan Theatres have added another new cinema to a chain of more than 60 controlled and operated by the company. Th P Empire Cinema will open this week at Segamat. The theatre is equipped with the R C.A. Sound System which is used in the55 words
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Article111 1947-06-12 15 SINGAPORE, June 10. lIR Headquarters, Malaya, announced in a statement yesterday that the R.A.F. might allow six civil Constellation airliners each week to take off from Tengah with a maximum “all-up” weight of 96,000 pounds, which is 31,000 pounds more than the weight which the strip111 words
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Article228 1947-06-12 15 SINGAPORE, June 6. Depressed class Indians of Malaya should be prepared for ‘‘another non-violent revolution for the attainment of social and economic equality with the caste Hindus of India,” said the general secretary of the Malayan Indian Scheduled Caste Federation, Johore, Mr. K. Nathan, in a letter228 words
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Article167 1947-06-12 15 From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, June 9. THE number of cultivators on Penang hill has been doubled in a move by the Collector of Land Revenue, Mr. V. E. Dawson, to prevent damage to the land by soil erosion. Mr. Dawson said that the 250167 words
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Article109 1947-06-12 15 SINGAPORE. June 8. The wedding took place at the Presbyterian Church yesterday between Col. Herbert (“Wallaby”) Bruton, 0.8. E., R.A.S.C., son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Walter Bruton of Melbourne, and Miss Margaret Johnson, daughter of the late Col. A. M. Johnson and Mrs. Johnson109 words
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Article487 1947-06-12 15 SINGAPORE, June 10. SINGAPORE Chinese merchants have claimed nearly $4,000,000 as compensation 1 for cargoes seized by the Dutch. The terms of the Dutch reply to these claims are being sent to Mr. Lee Krng Chian, chairman of the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce, through the487 words
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Article655 1947-06-12 15 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, June 9. A NEW charter for working children and young people is envisaged in the report of a special committee which reviewed the conditions of their employment in the Malayan A V j Union. Tne new bill, which this655 words
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Article81 1947-06-12 16 SINGAPORE, June 11. A CHINESE woman living at the 13th mile, Kranji, Singapore, reported to the police yesterday afternoon that a Japanese prisoner-of war had robbed her of one ear-ring worth $l2. Four Chinese, all armed with pistols, robbed a Chinese of cash and jewellery81 words
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Article85 1947-06-12 16 SEGAMAT, June 10.—At the annual general meeting of the Segamat India-Ceylon Association, held at th e association premises yesterday, office bearers were elected as follows: President, Mr. Gurdial Singh; vice-president, Mr. K. Rasanayagam; hon. secretary, Mr. K. Kandiah; asst. hon. secretary, Mr. George Komatt; hon. sports secretary,85 words
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Article104 1947-06-12 16 SINGAPORE. June 11. Sentence of 18 months' rigorous imprisonment was imposed by the District Judge, Mr E. P. Shanks, yesterday, on 24-year-old Lei Kin on a charge of assisting in the management of an unlawful s°clety. Policemen on patrol on March 26 came across Lei Kin and104 words
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Article78 1947-06-12 16 KUALA LUMPUR, June 10.— Designed to solve difficulties raised by the Japanese cccupation, a new bill was passed at the Advisory Council yesterday making special provisions for operation of the Malayan Planter Provident Fund. Main result of the bill is to treat, for the purpose of simplified calculation,78 words
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Article274 1947-06-12 16 SINGAPORE, June 11. THE British Broadcasting Corporation has acceplt the invitation of the United Kingdom Government to take over control of the British far Eastern Broadcasting Service in Malaya. The B.B.C. will direct Far Eastern Broadcasting programmes, and will build new high-powered shortwave transmitters to274 words
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Article174 1947-06-12 16 SINGAPORE. June 10. A 36-year-old Chinese carpen-] ter, Tham Chan, who threatened to “use a bomb” against a compatriot in the event of failure to deliver money to him, was sentenced to two years’ rigorous imprisonment by the District Judge, yesterday, on a charge of extortion.174 words
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Article138 1947-06-12 16 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, June 9. Government replies in the Union Advisory Council yesterday said it was not part of the policy of the Malayan Union Government to limit the number of A>iatic candidates to European posts. This reference to policy was138 words
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Article193 1947-06-12 16 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, June 10.— Since the introduction of price control in the Malayan Union, two price control officers had been dismissed after conviction in i court, said a Government state- ment tabled at yesterday’s Advisory Council meeting. The information was given in reply193 words
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Article65 1947-06-12 16 SINGAPORE. June 11. TJk- Seda] Welfare Department, Singapore, asks the public to report to the department all cases of orueity to children. The Women r.nd Girls Section cf the Social Welfare Department recently secured the prosecution of a woman who had beaten a girl until h?r legs,65 words
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Article191 1947-06-12 16 From Our Staff Correspondent I PENANr i I CTRONG forces of Gurkhas last week oLl 'I J police detachments from Malaya and 1 three-day drive against bandit gang’s which hi terrorising villages on the boundaries nf h,tVt l and Perak. 5lan >.iiJ Reports reaching Penang yesterday191 words
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Article132 1947-06-12 16 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, June 9. Relaxation of controls on the sale of motor cars Wa£ not yet possible because then was still a demand for thousands of cars in the Malayan Union, the Governor, S r Edward Gent, said at today’s meeting of132 words
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Article77 1947-06-12 16 KUALA LUMPUR, June 10.— To protect banks managing the registration of stock holders in Government loans, a new ordinance was passed at yesterday’s meeting of the Advisory Council, which rules that no notice of any trust “expressed, implied or constructive,” shall be entered on any register of such77 words
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Article188 1947-06-12 16 I’rom Our Own Correspondent BANGKOK, June 10. DICE merchants are responD ding to pressure applied by the Ministry of Commerce in co-operation with the police, and the shortage of rice in the capital is expected to be over this month. This was stated by Nai Sanya188 words
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Article289 1947-06-12 16 SINGAPORE. Jui, t A SCHEME t 0 ment ana public eftH social Welfare \vnrk n 9H P"iv laid be. i: me considerat;,i n 0? ernment, the Secretarial Social Well are DepaJ Mr. T. P. F. McNnce.l yesterday. WM Under this schenv*. funds and public amcb289 words
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Advertisement18 1947-06-12 16 MAPRO’S CHICKEN -..-llahle 3' Now ovallaW' Sole Agenu K LEE SAN c0 U Pfn»« 2 Market Sti*£ p18 words
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Article549 1947-06-12 17 SINGAPORE, June 11. I Workers’ Union has served most in Singapore with a list of demands ■"dude salary increases ranging from 69 10 nii’ii says it trusts that managements “will L ,he privileges within one week.” a ivhibilors in Singapore operate about 26 ■ve exn 14549 words
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Article136 1947-06-12 17 ODED MEN B S’ PORE TONGKANG “P°"n Correspondent MALACCA. Tuesday. 0 pirates operating the Straits of Malacca a8 !ll n t]l e night of They hoarded a e-b iund tongkang and With "Ver $9,000 °f mcense. within two Kuala Per- q j few miles Pr in Tong, g Bi r136 words
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Article104 1947-06-12 17 M SINGAPORE, June 9. K. I.au Chou Seng, son ol Dr. Lau Peck Hiong, of Singapore, has been awarded a scholarship from the Scottish Ministry of Education. He was an undergraduate of Raffles College, Singapore before the war and left Singapore in May, 1946, to join104 words
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Article69 1947-06-12 17 SINGAPORE. June 8 The Singapore Police recovered 61 hand-grenades and four pistols on Friday. Inspector Rajaratnam, acting on information, led a search party to Bukit Timah and found in an open patch of gr:und the grenades all assembled in a tin box. The four pistols, all serviceable,69 words
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Article125 1947-06-12 17 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, June 8. THE Malayan Union Government is to take greater care of its bl nd and its lame. For work among the blind, a new appointment, a blind welfare officer, has been sanctioned in the Social Welfare Department, and the125 words
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Article80 1947-06-12 17 From Our Own Correspondent MUAR. Tuesday.— The acting Mentri Besar of Johore, the Hon. Dato Onn bin Jaffar, paid his first official visit to Muar in that capacity to make personal contact with thp people. Dato Onn paid visits to Bukit Kepong Oersek. Bukit Gambir, Sungei80 words
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Article45 1947-06-12 17 From Our Own Correspondent ALOR STAR, June B.— Five Siamese bandits armed with shotguns waylaid a Chinese ve g et j* b in farmer ar d robbed him of $559 in cash and goods on the Sintok Read. Jitra, last night.45 words
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Article378 1947-06-12 17 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, June 7. gLLLDOZERS and tractors have proved useless in recent experiments to mechanise wet padi cultivation in Malaya, states a Malayan Union Agricultural department report. Even when they were used in level, shallow areas the heavy machines invariably bogged down.378 words
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306 1947-06-12 17 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, June 7. SIGNALLING an expansion of the Trade Unions Department. four field officers have been appointed and branches of the rnair. office are to be set up in Malacca. Seremban, Ipoh and Penang. The four field officers are306 words
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Article260 1947-06-12 17 SINGAPORE, June 9. THE funeral of Mrs. Dorai Raj, wife of Mr. J. M. Dorai Raj, Secretary, Indian Chamber of Commerce, Singapore, took place at the Bida dari Cemetery on Saturday. A well attended funeral service was held at Christ Church, Dorset Road. The Rev.260 words
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Article147 1947-06-12 17 Reuter. LONDON, June 5. HHHE War Minister, Mr. John Bellenger, told the House of Commons yesterday in reply to a question that it was expected that dispatches covering the loss of the Malay Peninsula and Singapore would reach their turn for publication some time this autumn. MReuter. - 147 words
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Article45 1947-06-12 17 TELUK ANSON, June 7. A young Malay at Sungei Tukang Sldln wa? cutting a tree on June 4 when it fell on him and pinned him down In a pool of water nearby. The man died before he could be extricated.45 words
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Article54 1947-06-12 18 Singapore. June 9. In both games played by the S.C.C’ on Saturday the Club won with the last hall of the match. On the Padang the last Indian Association wicket fell at 6-15 p m. with the last ball. A similar coincidence happened in the S.C.C54 words
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Article120 1947-06-12 18 SINGAPORE. June 7. THE S.C.C. were trounced by live goals to nil when they met the Customs on the Padang yesterday. The Customs dominated the play from the start and had the better of the exchanges throughout the game. The Customs opened accounts ten minutes after the120 words
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Article114 1947-06-12 18 The weight-lifting and bodybeautiful con bests organised by the Singapore Amateur WeightLifters Association, under the auspices of the Singapore Chinese Amateur Sports Federation, will be held on June 28 and 29 a», 8 p.m. at the New World Arena. Dr. Wu Paak-shing, the Chinese Consul-General, i s the114 words
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Article58 1947-06-12 18 SINGAPORE. June 6. Army beat the Royal Air Force vr*RforHoi. Ja n Besar Stadium Ihf Oio i n r tu> S( c °nd round of the S.A.F.A, League and are now in a very strong position, having a total of 16 points from 10 matches. f58 words
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Article224 1947-06-12 18 SINGAPORE, June 9. THE State cricket selectors have chosen a young side to represent Singapore against Negri SembiJan in the match to be played on the Padang next weekend. The team, which was announced last night, contains the names of eight players who have never224 words
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Article77 1947-06-12 18 SINGAPORE, Ji|ne 7. The Dutch Army beat the Chinese Association by 4—3, in a fast and thrilling game of soccer played at the Jalan Besar Stadium, yesterday. Play during the first half included several chances missed by both sides. It was even throughout with the Chinese slightly77 words
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Article63 1947-06-12 18 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, June 4. Playing against the civilians—virtually Selangor’s state soccer side—the Combined Navy team from the Thesus and Constance lost nine—two at Princes Road this evening. The task was too big for the first half. Nevertheless a better defence would have enabled them63 words
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Article281 1947-06-12 18 SINGAPORE, June 9. Yesterday’s S.C.C. home and home game between the teams of Growder (captain) and Leckie (vice captain) ended in a 88 runs win for the captain’s team. Leckie’s team, which batted first, was able to muster only 86 runs, Jagger being the most281 words
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Article86 1947-06-12 18 From Our Staff Correspondent MALACCA. June 3. After repeated warnings from the referee for fouling, a police defender was ordered off the field in the middle of the second half during a Craven Cup fixture yesterday. 'The Police lost to the Rompers five-nil. The game was86 words
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Article191 1947-06-12 18 frrom Our Staff Correspondent MALACCA, June 8. A REAL menace to every soccer match 'played on Bandar Hilir ground these days is the way i n which spectators crowd on to the field, without apparent thought to the safety of the players or their interference with191 words
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Article463 1947-06-12 18 Fro™ Ou, Racing tor, JJOLLOWING the decision of he S"V» announced today, to reject the enini T rf Sub, Rendova, King Arthur and Mvlif 0t(: June meeting, the Straits Racine \sw f June 15 in Kuala Lumpur consider tl,?"" 0 Arthur’s disqualification in Penamr I463 words
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129 1947-06-12 18 W lirv SINGAPORE, June 6. HEN the Singapore Turf Club re opens it is likely tha t a photo finish camera will be in operation. Hi' committee of the Club one. and have already received \T at .K?®. ent investigating details of two129 words
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Article37 1947-06-12 18 F Ow Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, June 8. Si Sec nd Division league plnin P J a^ d Bluff Road this with Pollce Circle drew srnH lndones ians. each side scoring one goal.37 words
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Article119 1947-06-12 18 From Our Maff rr«p#rf IPOH. June 6 —The lo is Perak’s team to meet S at cricket, in Kuala i on June 14 15 S. V. Suppiah (cap Amaladass. Majdt Me Daniel. P. G. Hamilton. D. Z. S. Nalliah. S Senevini W. E. Stuart. R Whitata119 words
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Article85 1947-06-12 18 From Our Staff Carrespoi KUALA LUM p ltt J f It was mainly through ing gesture on the part el Theseus that the Selango Area were able to beat three runs in a cricket the Padang today. When “time” Sub Area were eight runs the total of85 words
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Article45 1947-06-12 18 SINGAPORE^ In an the Padang yesterday played the A.C.8. two-all draw -i.aractc^ The game w'as (•M j,# missed 0PP° r tu f (js’ pa :t It was played at a colourless owl‘ Peters and enm ids ,t both goals for then45 words
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Article694 1947-06-12 19 I From Out Saff Correspondent I KUALA LUMPUR, June 9. I j|v worded attacks on an Advisory P r ®"y w j,o was stated to have made “irres- Itatements” in criticising the planting 1 tht u.M.A. and the Government, were the Malayan Union Advisory Council694 words
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Article168 1947-06-12 19 PGAFORE. June 11. Itotaihr.g 540.884 were Pcttii by the Export P° rt Department for W months of this ■KIv ent has the P°wer 1! nes up to $l,OOO with-!-he courts for ex P°rt and P ul s of the Colony. Ifls‘Vv 2^1 ex Ports is ft'le168 words
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Article198 1947-06-12 19 Rubber Handling From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, June 10. IN a concerted move to reduce 1 labour costs, European rubber dealers and packers in Penang and the Wellesley Province have agreed to back the Penang Rubber Exchange in any revised scale of handlingrates which the198 words
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Article269 1947-06-12 19 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, June 7. MODIFICATIONS in the ordinance governing the Malayan Planters’ Provident Fund to meet certain contingencies resulting from the Japanese occupation, are contained in a bill which will be introduced at Monday’s meeting of the Malayan Union Advisory Council.269 words
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Article240 1947-06-12 19 SINGAPORE, June 7. ON an extremely sensitive market prices have fluctuated widely during the keek, says Lewis and Peat’s weekly report. Supplies for near shipment appear to be well below the normal trading requirements, and should the demand which has been seen during the past two240 words
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Article454 1947-06-12 19 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, June 9. THE following are items from the report of the Malayan 1 Union Finance Committee which considered supplementary expenditure for the Union. The report was tabled at today’s meeting of the Malayan Union Advisory Council The Government is454 words
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Article153 1947-06-12 19 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, June 7. CHE Wan Baharuddln, son of Che Mohamed Khairudin, Government pensioner, of Kuala Lumpur, will be among the passengers for Malaya on board the s.s. Otranto, which is due in Singapore on June 15. An old boy153 words
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1364 1947-06-12 20 SINGAPORE, June 11. THE full text of the address to be given by Sir John Hay at the annual meeting of Linggi Plantations, Ltd., in London today is given below. The address was circulated to shareholders last week and a summary quoting Sir1,364 words
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Article83 1947-06-12 20 K TOTAL of 1,700 tons ef tin. 1,275 tons from Singapore and 425 from Penang, was shipped in May. Nine hundred tons went ta the continent, and 400 each to Canada and India. The latest shipments bring the total shipped to date this sear to 8,80783 words
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Article171 1947-06-12 20 Company Report A SOUND financial position is diclosed in the balance sheet of the Teluk Anson Rubber Estate, Ltd., to be presented at the annual meeting of the Company to be held in Singapore on June 18. The chairman’s statement issued with the accounts shows that investments have171 words
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Article207 1947-06-12 20 From Our Staff Correspond,* MALAYA will have three reprSuS^?-J th World Rubber Study Groun ’aris on July 1. p v hlc l> is t 0 The delegation will be headed bv Mr r> I Economic Adviser of the Malayan Union > J I’ll member of the207 words
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Article51 1947-06-12 20 The follow ing rubber outpul reported for May:— Changkat Serdan: Es Ltd., 29.289 lbs.: Haytar Ri Estates. Ltd. 10.000 tbs: I Rubber Estates. Ltd.. 65.500 Nyalas Rubber Estates. 50.000 lbs Tapah Rubber Est Ltd.. 111.05 U lbs. Henrietta Rubber Estate. 137.900 lbs.; Sungei Matang ber Estate Ltd. 48.10051 words
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Article689 1947-06-12 20 SINGAPORE. June 10. SINGAPORE shar e quotations todaj. as given by the Malayan Shareholders’ Association, were as follows! INDUSTRIALS Buyer Seller Alex. Brick (O) 2.30 2.40 Alex. Brick (P) 3.50 3.65 B M Trustee 825 900 Consolidated*Tln Smelters (O) 22/- 23/do (P> 26/6 28/Eastern United Assurance 43.00689 words