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Title Section31 1947-07-24 1 The Straits Budget THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES fESTABLISHED OVER A CENTURY] New Series No. 51. Singapore Thursday, July 24th, 1947 Price 40 cents (S.S. Currency) Of 1 «h.31 words
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Advertisement63 1947-07-24 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 year and its smart presentation of news has made an immediate appeal to the reading public. For63 words
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Article1064 1947-07-24 2 —Straits Times, July 17 Under the hopeful heading MOVE TOWARDS CHILDRENS CHARTER in Tuesday’s Straits Times, in a report on new legislation passed by the Malayan Union Advisory Council, there was this sentence: One measure approved raised the employment age of children in the Union—Straits Times, July 17 - 1,064 words
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Article824 1947-07-24 2 —Straits Times, July 18. On Wednesday, the Straits Times published a letter from Mr. S. H. Tan. who is the only patient from Singapore in the tuberculosis sanatorium at Bandoeng. This sanatorium is run by the Dutch administration, and before the war it was—Straits Times, July 18. - 824 words
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455 1947-07-24 2 —Straits Times, July 18. All lovers of the countryside and wild nature In Singapore—In so far as these things still survive in the face of fast-spreading militarisation, motorisation, suburbanisation and industrialisation are thankful that the Singapore Government has re-introduced the pre-war Wild Animals and—Straits Times, July 18. - 455 words
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Article992 1947-07-24 2 —Straits Times, July 19. The India Independence Bill became law yesterday. Thus one of the most remarkable pages in history was written and two new Dominions were created. The historical significance of the occasion, however, is not confined to this achievement alone. Sir Stafford Cripps—Straits Times, July 19. - 992 words
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Article942 1947-07-24 3 —Straits Times, July 21. I Another week of crisis finds ■java and Sumatra on the verge K war. The danger has lever Keen greater. If the Dutch begin Kilitary action, then nothing can Krevent its development into luilKcale colonial war. Talk of ■limited objectives, such as the—Straits Times, July 21. - 942 words
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Article1183 1947-07-24 3 —Straits Time*, July 22 In all the racial, religious and political turmoil of Asia since the war no event has come with a more stunning sense of shock and horror than the assassination of U Aung San and six other memliers of the Executive Council—Straits Time*, July 22 - 1,183 words
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Article1019 1947-07-24 3 —Singapore, July 23. The only agricultural development which is taking place in Malaya at the present time is in the rice and rubber industries. The Malayan Union Government is pushing rice cultivation as fast as possible, and Sir Edward Gent said last week that an increase of—Singapore, July 23. - 1,019 words
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Article, Illustration942 1947-07-24 4 HARRIS SITOMPOEL - By HARRIS SITOMPOEL Straits Times Copyright Straits Times correspondent in Batavia Dr. amir sjarifoeddin, who holds the key posts of Prime Minister and Minister of Defence at this critical point in the history of the Indonesian Republic,Straits Times Copyright - 942 words
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Article169 1947-07-24 4 OHLSEN. To Joy (nee Johnson) and Ernest, at Kandang Kerbau. 15 July, a sen. Adrian Ernest. JEYARAJ. On the 16th Julv. 1947, at Bungsar Hospital. Kuala Lumpur to Ranee, wife of C. Jeyaraj of the Far Eastern Broadcasting Service and late of the Chief Secretary’s Office Colombo, the gift169 words
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Article148 1947-07-24 4 The engagement is announced the marriage will soon take pL tween Paul Lamprecht of Zue: nct er Singapore and Rosemarie Rich nß of daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R Neuhausen and Zuerich. The engagement is announced tween Donald Dunkley. son o R E. McFarlane and the late Mr. J.148 words
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Article57 1947-07-24 4 HAMMETT-SHERRATT A ir on Mary’s Church K^ a L Ge or V Friday 11th. July. 19 J]- shrr ratt. Hammett to Natalie Maini* e DRAPKIN-FERRIDAY. in M n F of Mr. Stanley. PJjSjt Malay* 1 Assistant Superinto p f rn i ;V Union Police a nd M»-u® u „r57 words
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Article165 1947-07-24 4 SINGAPORE. July 23. MORE than 100 Maiay crew members of Singapore Harbour Board tugs went on strike yesterday morning. One of the men’s principal demands is for an increase in wages. Mr. P. A. T. Chrimes. Chairman of the Singapore Harbour Board, told the Straits165 words
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Article343 1947-07-24 4 From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, .July 20. DESPITE yesterday’s price reaction, the week-end finds most London members of the rubber producing industry considerably more confident about the short-term outlook. There is strong belief that \he United States synthetic policy is now subject to Anglo-American discussion at343 words
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443 1947-07-24 5 HOPE you will grant me ,pace to try to express ■hat I lld countless othet R tv citizens are feeling R'/ t he -it nation into which KT delightful country (a Etrv Which to many of us become our adopted homeK is443 words
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Article104 1947-07-24 5 S ORE'S Financial centiy ury disclosed relrresi)nnoKi amoun t lost by how brdw? fi buyin K and Just Whp n 'in the colony is. Financial*' sLJM Malayan Union’s and let m f rpta ry do the same CUr red s n s t kn 0w the104 words
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Article111 1947-07-24 5 ALTHOUGH we are urged to introduce State lotteries for the benefit of suffering humanity, it seems to me they would bring more harm to a greater number of people than blessings to T.B. sufferers. There are many, especially among the Dear, who would be tempted to111 words
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Article150 1947-07-24 5 I WAS in the Kota Bahru District Court recently when a preliminary enquiry was held against a Japanese named Kathigesu who is charged with the murder of a Chinese at Kuala Krai during the occupation. Kathigesu is currently serving a sentence of 10 years tor the150 words
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Article110 1947-07-24 5 CAN the Malayan Union Government explain why the cost-of-living allowance for Government employees has not been increased? Prices of rationed and other commodities have gone up. No time was lost in increasing the mileage allowance for officers using motor vehicles in the execution of their duties110 words
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Article206 1947-07-24 5 TREACHERS in Government schools have to undergo three years’ training before they are regarded as qualified teachers. Recently, due to the shortage of qualified teachers in Chinese schools, the Government decided to train teachers in English in Chinese schools. A circular was passed to all Chinese206 words
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Article104 1947-07-24 5 IF “Hidop Melayu” objects to the term “Malayan” because he believes that persons born here retain their respective nationalities, I, for one, strongly object to being called “Melayu”, even when all the political organisations in Malaya have agreed to constitute this as a new nation104 words
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Article373 1947-07-24 5 THE only short-term way to meet the fall in the price of rubber is to reduce wages, but this cannot be done unless the price of rice is lowered. There is in this country sufficient rice for everyone. There is no shortage of rice. Instead373 words
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Article193 1947-07-24 5 IIpuR correspondent ‘King I Cobra” wrote of a Malay who died from snake-bite 30 hours after being bitten. He then referred to a snake farm In Bangkok which antivenene was manufactured. I know it to be a fact that such an anti-venene was obtainable in 1940193 words
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Article63 1947-07-24 5 I WISH to thank through your columns the staff of the Public Relations Travelling Cinema Unit of Malacca for giving us a show here recently. Although the public displayed considerable interest in the show. It seems many did not understand wt.at the films were about. Most of those63 words
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Article304 1947-07-24 5 WITH reference to the list in the Straits Times of aliens who have applied to the Governor for certificates of naturalisation, I cannot understand why one of these applicants has described himself as an “Armenian Jew.” I ecme from Armenia, where everybody is an “Armenian”,304 words
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Article125 1947-07-24 5 THERE has been a lot of discussion of this subject in your excellent newspaper, but there is one aspect of the matter that even Mr. Laycock has not mentioned. It is quite true that the people of Singapore were strongly in favour of elections before this controversy started.125 words
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Article38 1947-07-24 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Tuesday— The Governor General. Mr. Malcolm MacDonald, is suffering from an attack of enteric fever in a mild form. The fever is taking a mild course and there is no cause for anxiety.38 words
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1453 1947-07-24 6 TUAN DJEK - A Malayan Countrymans Diary TUAN DJEK F? is thought that many years ago the inhabitants of Johore relied to some extent on sago as a food. One sees the sago palm growing on the banks of the Johore River, along the upper reaches1,453 words
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231 1947-07-24 6 SINGAPORE, July 22. FUR masked Chinese armed with pistols robbed a 50-year-old Hylam butcher yesterday of $3,300 and $9OO in jewellery in a shop in Sam Leong Road, 50 yards from a police emergency hut at the junction of Jalan Besar and Maude Road.231 words
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Article461 1947-07-24 6 SINGAPORE, July 21. THE chairman of the Wo men’s Association of the Malay National Union of Sarawak, Miss Lily Eberwein, said •n Singapore yesterday that resignations in protest against cession had had the most serious effect on education which, she said, is now virtually at a461 words
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Article614 1947-07-24 6 T H L' vli u kled Ch: ‘J hsh hawker whfl comes to the ejjl i llltle W"t««irS when language difficukfl ties beset him. I He had some delicio J looking fish the last time S came and I decided total some when he quoted ml614 words
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771 1947-07-24 7 I SINGAPORE, July 18. I pgOPOSED increase in Singapore rents of five, 20 I n( j 25 per cent., according to the class and rental L rem j s es instead of the 20 per cent, originally [Jested—was announced by the acting Attorneyifneral Mr. G.771 words
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Article117 1947-07-24 7 SINGAPORE, July 17. An urgent appeal for publio help in the reconstruction of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in Singapore, was made at yesterday’s meeting of the S.P.C.A. at the Council Chamber, Secretariat. An old hand-book of the rules of the society117 words
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Article102 1947-07-24 7 SINGAPORE, July 17. Ten hours after his bride had disembarked from the Dutch ship, Oranje, Mr. Francois Joubert, Senior Trade Commissioner of South Africa (Far East), married Miss Elizabeth Baker, at St. Andrew’s Cathedral, Singapore, on Tuesday. The Archdeacon of Singapore, the Rev. H. D. Rosenthall, officiated at102 words
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188 1947-07-24 7 SINGAPORE, July 17. A YOUNG English-speaking Chinese who tried to extort $5O from a Chinese businessman in Robinson Road on Tuesday fell on his knees and begged for mercy, when the businessman seized him by the collar and summoned the Singapore Criminal Investigation Department.188 words
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300 1947-07-24 7 SINGAPORE, July 19. DEPORTS from Nanking that the Commission for Overseas Affairs is to attempt to control Chinese newspapers in Malaya and South East Asia in general have angered Singapore’s Chinese editors: With the exception of the Kuomintang controlled Chung Shing Jit300 words
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Article166 1947-07-24 7 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. mHF returns of road accidents In Selangor for the second T H aulrter of this year show that, out of 20 deaths from such accidents, three involved military vehicles. Of the 17 fatal accidents caused by civil166 words
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Article71 1947-07-24 7 T AIRING, July 16.—Jap surrendered personnel were granted permission on Sunday to attend a variety concert staged by their own artists. The show was under the patronage of Major J. H. Ingram of the Graves’ Concentration Unit. A Japanese eight-piece orchestra played, classical music and one of their71 words
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Article177 1947-07-24 7 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, July 18. THE Kuala Lumpur Flying Club expects to begin active flying either in August or September with the delivery of the first of three Tiger Moths which are now being assembled in Singapore. Arrangements for maintenance are177 words
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Article82 1947-07-24 7 From Our Own Correspondent SEREMBAN, July 18. yY NEGRI SEMBILAN crime survey r last month reveals that crime is increasing. In June there were 45 thefts, Including 12 bicycle thefts, 27 reports of housebreaking and two attempted extortions. This compares with the May crime survey totals of82 words
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Article112 1947-07-24 7 MALACCA, July 18.—The Malacca magistrate, Mr. A. H. W. Lilly, today gave the custody of homeless 14-year-old Wong Ah Cheng, the Singapore girl who was recemtly rescued from the sea, to Mr. Yap Kwi, of the Malacca C.I.D. Mr. Yap told the magistrate that he was prepared to112 words
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172 1947-07-24 7 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, July 17. The Plenary Conference on the future Constitution of the Malayan Union ended today, and a communique from King’s House, Kuala Lumpur, said: “It is anticipated that His Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom will now be in a172 words
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Article463 1947-07-24 8 SINGAPORE, July 20. CINCE the beginning of this year 30 different liquors labelled whisky, gin, brandy or ruin have been prohibited from sale after examination by the Department of Chemistry (Malayan Union and Singapore) Singapore Laboratory revealed they were not genuine products. In all about463 words
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Article102 1947-07-24 8 T PENANG, Saturday. HE possibility of a piracy charge being amended was indicated in the Third Magistrate’s Court today when the prosecution applied for a further week’s adjournment of the case in which See Bah Seng, an English-speaking Chinese, is charged with six others with102 words
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Article150 1947-07-24 8 Tuorrr SINGAPORE, July 17. HRE mt armed Chinese entered a petrol agent’s shop ,n Wa t f r l?,°. Street yesterday at 9 a.m., and robbed the 55-year old Chinese proprietor of $2,800 in cash and $l,OOO They were all armed with pistols, and150 words
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Article224 1947-07-24 8 SINGAPORE, July 20. SIXTEEN Sarawak anti-cession organisations have sent a telegraphed message to the former Rajah of Sarawak, Sir Charles Vyner Brooke, in reply to his message to the people of Sarawak on the anniversary of the cession of the territory to the British Crown.224 words
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Article75 1947-07-24 8 SINGAPORE. July 18. The Singapore Coroner. Mr. K. K. Oon said yesterday that he was of opinion that a car which fatally injured a five-year-old Chinese girl in Tan Quee Lan Street on July 7 was parked on the wrong side of the road. He75 words
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Article151 1947-07-24 8 From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, July 18. THE Kulim Coroner yesterday found that a 20-year-old police constable, Mat Zahad bin Puteh, had shot himself dead with a rifle. In returning this verdict, the Cornor, Tuan Syed Noor, added that no one was to blame for the151 words
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Article83 1947-07-24 8 SINGAPORE, July 20. ALLEGED to have been in possession of a toy pistol, a 39-year-old Teochew, Ang Boon Yong, was charged in the Second Police Court, yesterday with loitering with intent to commit robbery, in Kallang Road, at 3 a.m., on July 11. After Ang had83 words
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Article98 1947-07-24 8 SINGAPORE, July 21. There was a large audience at the Chinese Musicians’ Goodwill Mission concert at the Victoria Theatre last night which was under the patronage of the Officer Administering the Government, Mr. P. A. B. McKerron. Artistes of the evening were Mr. Jamson Huang, lyric tenor,98 words
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Article249 1947-07-24 8 SINGAPORE, July 21. OUTLAWING of API (Angkatan Pemuda Insaf) organisation by the Governor of the Malayan Union last week is described as “un-British in principle” and “unsportsmanlike in the light of post-war progress” by a Singapore Malay youth movement. The movement is the G.E.R.A.M. (Gerakkan249 words
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266 1947-07-24 8 FILM industry spokesmen in Singapore Julv 20. 1 lhat the J. Arthur Rank Organisation n annou nce| had bought “a part interest” in Associated Bril l of Malaya and Singapore. lcatre s Limit J The new deal gives the Rank Organisation 1 the Cathay266 words
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Article235 1947-07-24 8 ySunv ORE Ju1 >' 19 I A XO G woman who toolfl a Singapore trade unioB platform last night told he! mixed audience they dream,! of a Utopian life of happil ness, peace and contenimentB but they were unable to a :9 tain their mental235 words
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Article103 1947-07-24 8 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. JUiV 19 THOUGH Malaya Will not w officially represented at tne World Scouts’ Jamboree, to oo held in France next month, tnerwill. however, be a Malayan present. He will be 15-years-old Gunn Thic Than, son of Mr. Gunn Teik,103 words
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Article70 1947-07-24 8 At an extra-ordinary °f the Unicorn s CM* othorS known as the Juil -V, b o ar ers Club) the following oflu were elected: 0 r. President and P atr0 J; rclar y. Sitharam; hon. S cnt ia] ral lS eT. S. Nathan: assist, ge cretary, A.70 words
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Article1208 1947-07-24 9 SINGAPORE, July 17. IpF \K1N<; of the future, at the 14th meeting of the j; oU th East Asia liaison officers yesterday, at cj n "o U pore office, the Special Commissioner, Lord Rleaiii! said that the rice P r °spect was “such as exclude complacency.”1,208 words
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323 1947-07-24 9 SINGAPORE, July 17, THE Singapore Rotary Clul: 1 has decided to raise $80,000 to open a clinic for diagnosis and preliminary treatment oi T. B. cases. This was announced by Mr. S. S. Franklin, the president of the Rotary Club, at the weekly luncheon meeting323 words
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Article50 1947-07-24 9 Well known local artists will judge the Inter-School Art Exhibition to be held in the Chinese Chamber of Commerce. Hill Street from August 11 to 16. The Chinese Consul General will open the exhibition which will include oils, water colour, oastels and needlework from all schools in Singapore.50 words
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Article260 1947-07-24 9 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, July 16. THE Governor of the Malayan Union, Sir Edward 1 Gent, has declared the Malay organisation A.P.I. (Angkatan Pemuda Insaf) to be an unlawful society, said an official statement this evening. This action was taken by the Governor, it260 words
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Article97 1947-07-24 9 MALACCA, July 16. Chee Ah-Chlk. arrested in connection with the double murder of a Chinese police detective, Tay AhMing. and his wife in Bunga Raya in April, was granted a discharge, not amounting to an acquittal, after the 0.C.P.D.. Mr. Hamilton, had informed the magistrate at the97 words
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Article313 1947-07-24 9 From O ur Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, July 16. rHE Malay Sultans were present at ?n investiture held at King’s House this evening. The Governor, Sir Edward Gent, conferred decorations and medals and presented certificates and cards of commendation to 29 Government officers, volunteers, and civilians.313 words
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Article48 1947-07-24 9 SINGAPORE. July 17. rpHE hoiu< «>i a Cnines? oil mer--1 chant Ivl ,g in Wateiloo S‘r*<t was ended bv three Chin se gunmen sh rlly after tin o’clock yesterday morning wh‘ ri $2 800 tn cash and $705 worth ot jew 11 ry w.re stolen.48 words
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Article197 1947-07-24 9 SINGAPORE, July 17. THE former officer-in-charge of the Singapore Food Control Inspectorate, Chief Inspector Claude William Roberts, appeared in the Second District Court yesterday on a sum mons charge of abetting the .commission of the offence of the concealment of 198 hags of controlled rice by197 words
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66 1947-07-24 10 SINGAPORE, July 20. COMPANY Sergeant Major, T. N. Hawksworth. was fined $BO, in default two months’ rigorous imprisonment. by the Fourth District Judge, Mr. H.A. Forrer, yesterday, when he was convicted on an amended charge of "inconsiderate driving.” Hawksworth was originally charged with causing66 words
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Article, Illustration1204 1947-07-24 10 HARRY MILLER - By HARRY MILLER THE Governor of the Malayan Union has declared illegal the Malay organisation A.P.l (Angkatan Pemuda Insaf) This article traces the history of the organisation from the time of its inception during the Japanese regiifte until its sun tegan to set with the conviction of1,204 words
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Article155 1947-07-24 10 From Our Staff Correspondent IPOH, July 18. C GOVERNMENT and Com--1 mercial executives were looking for more qualified men, and clerks should take the opportunity of bettering themselves provided by the Perak Clerical Union s higher commercial education courses, the union president, Mr. C. H. Yin said155 words
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Article79 1947-07-24 10 SINGAPORE, July 19. Sentence of five years rigorous imprisonment was imposed on Gan Tuan at the Singapore Assizes yesterday when he was found ?uhty cf carrying two automatic pistols and being in unlawful possession o: 21 rounds ot ammunition at South Canal Road on February79 words
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Article216 1947-07-24 10 SINGAPORE, July 19. rHE Singapore Government has declared the Singapore branch of the Malay organisation A.P.I. (Angkatan Pemuda Insaf) no longer recognised as a political society and so .no longer excluded as such from the application of the Societies Ordinance. The acting Colonial Secretary, Mr.216 words
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159 1947-07-24 10 SINGAPORE. July 17. THE Singapore Criminal Investigation Department yesterday began a recruiting campaign tor Chinee detectives. Object of 1 lie campaign i* to strengthen the Singapt' K Defective Force for a tluv against the organised ciinhaagang menace. The Force, which now number 190 men, will159 words
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Article82 1947-07-24 10 From Our Own Correspond SITIAWAN, Friday ch.n Chinese, Chong Kon y v San* Fong Ko:i, 19- an J )n three Fah. 25, were piodi 6 be fore charges oi armed r f in the Magistrate. Mr. J- reP The charges related robberies alleged to >n place82 words
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Article530 1947-07-24 11 I SINGAPORE, July 18. II’BOI’KAN firms may be most affected by a clerical Ki un jons’ request for 12 months’ pay as a rehabili- lion grant which was sent this week to every Malayan employer listed in the directory. The president of the Singapore530 words
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Article61 1947-07-24 11 i 25 has been fixed C'*nsiis nt 2i te of the final L Hu l !n sapore Island. f *tors CkS of Part-time enumerf thfi M nee <*ed lor work tn Tr-i Ipal and rural areas. L'a^ f r j f0r those already enAppij COr nme<nce next week.61 words
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Article215 1947-07-24 11 SINGAPORE, July 18. THE payment of gratuities to members of the Passive Defence Services in Singapore who were not interned would cost the Colony about $1,500,000. said the acting Colonial Secretary. Mr. H. K Bryson; in the Singapore Advisory Council yesterda.v. The Council adopted the report215 words
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Article102 1947-07-24 11 Malacca, Thurs.—over 5,000 labourers attended the funeral Mr. Lee Kai Koh, 30-year-cld secretary of the Malacca Federation of Trade Un'ons, and president ot the Malacca Shop Assistants’ Union, which 100 k place cn Tuesday. Mr Kai Koh who was admitted into the Malacca hospital with tuberculosis died102 words
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Article286 1947-07-24 11 I rom Our Sliiff Correspondent PENANG, July 16. CIVING evidence at the trial u today of a prominent Chi mse merchant. Mr. V. Kandwh, Aso taut Supervisor oi S™’' cellared yesterday T f ~h <i m chant Tan Swee Tin, haa offered him a bribe $l2286 words
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Article187 1947-07-24 11 SINGAPORE, July 17. *THE Singapore Labour Ad- visory Board has sent a protist to the Government against the proposed Control oi Rent Bi 1 and suggested that the Bill should not be passed ii#i's present form. The Board, which discussed .he Bill at its last meeting, held187 words
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281 1947-07-24 11 “Throw Pepper At Robbers Advice From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, July 17. CELANGOR police, in a drastic measure to combat crime in the community, have distributed hundreds of notices Co shopkeepers suggesting that they throw pepper or chilli powder in the eyes of robbers and extortioners. The chief police281 words
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Article175 1947-07-24 11 SINGAPORE, July 17. THE Army is to de-requisi-tion Goodwood Park Hotel on Aug. 31. The building is to be handed back, complete with accessories, to the proprietors, who propose to restore it to its pre-war function as a private residential hotel. Mr. Vivian Bath representing the ‘.wners,175 words
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299 1947-07-24 11 SINGAPORE, July 17. A 52 year-old Chinese boatswain, Yon# An Sang, who was awarded the British Empire Medal (Civil Division) by the King for meritorious service on a torpedoed oil tanker during the war, received his award in Singapore, yesterday. The p.< sentation was made299 words
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138 1947-07-24 11 SINGAPORE. July 17. The Social Welfare Department has opened in various kampongs and villages in Singapore free chila-feeding centres which are supplying nutritive meals of curry, rice, fruit and milk to children under seven years. They are opened everyday except Sunday. Some of them are under138 words
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Article58 1947-07-24 11 PENANG, Thursday.—One nui tired and fifty workers of -he Kedah United Transport company who went on strike on Tuesday morning have returned to work. Their decision followed 5h assurance by the Deputy Commissioner for Labour, Mr. R. Middleton Smith, that he would call the employers for a meeting58 words
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320 1947-07-24 12 SINGAPORE, July 19. A 25-YEAR-OLI) Singapore Teochew jeweller, who was robbed by two Chinese of $BOO in cash and $l,OOO in jewellery, inside a taxi at Newton Circus yesterday, followed the men for half a mile. Two arrests were made later. The jeweller was320 words
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Article121 1947-07-24 12 SINGAPORE, July 19. The Korean guard. Hayashi ("Maggot”) CTshun, shouted "Ten thousand cheers for Japan” in Korean and "Banzai” as he was about to be hanged at Changi Gaol yesterday morning. Hayashi was twice sentenced to death Dy the Australian War Crimes Court in Singapore for kicking121 words
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Article111 1947-07-24 12 PENANG, July 17.—A Penang lawyer and former magistrate was married yesterday evening to the daughter of a former lawyer and District Governor of Rotarv International. The bridegroom was Mr. George Conoghan, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Conagha n. The bride was Miss Myfanwy Samvel, daughter111 words
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Article225 1947-07-24 12 SINGAPORE, July 19. THE lull story of the piracy of the 158-ton Singapore mo. or vessel, Rosary, in the Straits of Malacca, last week, was told to a Straits Times reporter yesterday when the Rosary put into port. Ih? Chinese cninchew of the vessel. Tang225 words
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Article83 1947-07-24 12 SINGAPORE, July 18. The Singaooie Ad/htcrv Council deliberated two and a hail hours behind closed doors yesterday in one of its longest private sessions in recent months. When the Council chamber doors were filially opened to the Press, the Officer Administering the Government, Mr. P A.83 words
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Article210 1947-07-24 12 SINGAPORE, July 19. OPIUM found under the altar, in the chapel, on board the aircraft carrier Glory led to the appearance, i n the First District Court, yesterday of 36-yeai old, Chew Tim, a Cantonese senior ward room mess steward. .4 wa. charged with being210 words
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Article234 1947-07-24 12 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, July 18. THE Johore police fought out a gun battle with Chinese las. night while ferretting out the headquarters of a secret organisation. One Chines? was killed and four others involved ip the fight escaped into the jungle. A police234 words
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Article107 1947-07-24 12 pENANG, Thursday.—Tan S*ce 1 Tin. a prominent Penang merchant, declared in court yesterday he had not known there was chandu in his car. Charged with possession of the chandu. Tan told the District Judge. Mr. B. J Jennings, that he had been a business man for 30 years107 words
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135 1947-07-24 12 SINGAPORE, July 18. T HE third robbery to take place' in Aljunied Road within a week occurred In the early hours of yesterday morning. i Four Chinese and two Malays, all armed with pistols, relieved a Chinese householder of $4OO in jewellery and other135 words
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711 1947-07-24 12 Our Pay Is Absurd Say S’pore P.W.D. Men SINGAPOKF i„i CIXTY Public Works Department offters L 1 with spending this year $5,000,000 „t sl(| public funds, told the Salaries Commission thgir pay was “absurd and inadequate” Th« esler,1 a $75 to $190 (basic) a month. re e v The officers711 words
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Article106 1947-07-24 12 i.. 17 Alter 4® MALACCA. Jub >st in years of service as p at her Malaya. 66-year-old G nt ral Manuel Cardoso. ion in of the of Malaya, and priest ip )rr is St. Joseph’s Church. S; mjdto return to Portugal A «r Cardoso annojmrrd «WJ to parishioners106 words
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Article308 1947-07-24 13 I From Our Staff Correspondent I KUALA LUMPUR, July 19. I took the Malayan Union’s biggest incinerator, plus I m 282 of the tax-payers’ money to destroy the milI Unused Japanese currency notes found in the alter the liberation. The notes, all in mint Edition308 words
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Article188 1947-07-24 13 From Our Own Correspondent. SFHEMBAN. July 16.—Several prizes and special awards were w °n at the second agri-horticul-tural exhibition of the SerembanP »rt Dickson districts held here, which was declared open by the J an S di-Pertuan Besar of Negri Sembilun and attended by the Governor. Sir188 words
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Article50 1947-07-24 13 4 PHD, TAIPING, July 19. A th inquiry into a jewel win h‘ V from Taiping Treasury sub,om,r "i d on August 20 and Per ,V nt (lutes If necessary. having evidence or to no* off er are requested siorcr f Resident CommisRaving! erak North Mr S50 words
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Article129 1947-07-24 13 From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, July 20. A SHIP familiar to thousands of Malayans steamed down the Thames yesterday afternoon under a new flag and name. Formerly the Kedah, of the Straits Steamship Company, and repaired after being towed off the Cornish rooks last year, she is129 words
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Article164 1947-07-24 13 SEREMBAN, July 18. Mansor bin Sawang. a truck driver, attached to the Standard Vacuum Company, told the Seremban District Court today how he had picked up a man whom he had knocked down on Apr. 24. started to take him to hospital then noticed that the man was164 words
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Article102 1947-07-24 13 From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, July 20. THE public inquiry into the Buki't Tengah railway crash on May 21, has been fixed for Monday, August 11, and subsoauent days, it is officially announced.. The Penang assfistamt District Judge, Mr. A.M.I. Austin, has been appointed102 words
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Article307 1947-07-24 13 B.B .C. MALAY RELAYS NOT FAVOURED SINGAPORE, July 21. THE Director of Broadcasting I for Singapore and the Malayan Union, Mr. J. Dumeresque, does not favour relaying B.B.C. Malay pro- i grammes as suggested by a young Malay woma n student in England. He says Radio Malaya is better fitted307 words
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315 1947-07-24 13 SINGAPORE, July 21. DOLICE yesterday held a roll-call of tenants of the house in Teluk Ayer Street the roof of which collapsed on Saturday and killed a Chinese woman. The check accounted for all 36 occupants and disposed of fears that there might possibly be315 words
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Article194 1947-07-24 13 From Our Staff Correspondent MALACCA, July 19. Judgement was reserved sine die by Mr. E. A. Burton, District Judge, Malacca, in the case in which a landlord, Yong Siong Pow, was charged under Section 6 of Lhd Rent Restriction Ordinance for allegedly increasing his rent without194 words
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Article42 1947-07-24 13 SINGAPORE, July 20. MORE than 400 guests were entertained to a dinner given by the Boon Yew Association, at the Association premises, in Lorong 21-A, Geylang Road, Singapore, last night. The occasion was the sixth anniversary celebration of the association.42 words
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Article142 1947-07-24 13 Straits Times Staff Reporter KUALA LUMPUR, July 20. SIXTEEN new trade unions, including one of European employees, have been registered in the Malayan Union making the total registered to date 269. The new unions are the Municipal and Government Labour Union, Penang and Province Wellesley; Singapore Cold142 words
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Article77 1947-07-24 13 From Our Own Correspondent KLUANG, July 20.—Two Chinese, Tay Kim Leong and Kow Eng Kim were committed for trial at the next Assizes, by the Kluang Magistrate. Raja Omar, on a charge of attempted highway robbery with firearms, at the 38th milestone. Johore Bahru Road. It is77 words
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Article192 1947-07-24 13 SINGAPORE, July 20. FOUR Siamese baby elephants bound for the Odense Zoo in Denmark, yesterday peeped out of their wooden crates and trumpted a noisy “hello” to Singapore from the top deck of the Danish ship Meonia in the outer roads. Accompanying the elephant192 words
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Article64 1947-07-24 13 KUALA LUMPUR, July 18.—Mr. T N. Tipton, a former European police Inspector who was summoned by a Chinese, Llm Teh Sai, for allegedly causing hurt, was today acquitted by the District Judge, Mr. B. G. Smith. The order was made after it was stated in court that the64 words
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1428 1947-07-24 14 T f\/yt A traditional “Henley”... England has not changed much... Britain’s senior civil serif" sj-f-4-sj/v vants want hundreds more... Beer drinkers 1/ ViZ l drink more, smokers smoke less ANE of our socialist newspapers this week carried a streamer headline:1,428 words
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Article129 1947-07-24 14 SINGAPORE. July 22. A daring hold-up occurred at the junction of Rochore Road and North Bridge Road yesterday at 3.15 p.m., when a Chinese billcollector was robbed by four Chinese, two of whom had pistols, of $5,000 in cash and a $l,OOO cheque. The hold-up129 words
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Article79 1947-07-24 14 SINGAPORE, July 22. Sentence was postponed tor a week, on a 48 year-old Hainanese woman. Tan Ah Yeang, who pleaded guilty in the Third Police Court yesterday to possession of four gallons of illicit samsu in a taxi on Saturday. The driver of the taxi, Tan Kim Heng,79 words
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Article176 1947-07-24 14 From Our Staff Correspondent c PENANG, July 20. AS a protective measure against looting in Penan? Harbour, the police have decided to place guards on board vessels bringing goods into the port. This is indicated i n a circular which the police haw addressed to176 words
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Article85 1947-07-24 14 Singapore. July 21. An engineer-fitter was sev f r £jj burnt in a sampan flre W^ C J} broke out in the creek ne Crawford Street. Singapore, about mid-night yesterday. Two detachments from U Central Fire Station were called w deal with the fire, which85 words
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Article301 1947-07-24 14 SINGAPORE, July 22. A SINGAPORE towkay, Mr. S. K. Lim, yesterday engaged 60 members of his clan —all Lims—to start up a coconut oil mill which has been idle for five weeks because of a strike. Mr. S. K. Lim Is general manager of the Ho301 words
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Article1419 1947-07-24 15 The Malayan Gardener m, r .e. holttum. Kinrtor Of The Botanic Gardens, Singapore Km this chapter are in--1 all small to ■medium size bedding ■plants, some being herKjceous and some Ivoody, but not the ■larger flowering shrubs ■which are dealt with in a ■later chapter. There1,419 words
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Article637 1947-07-24 15 Grow Your Own Vegetables THE extensive cultivation of Ceylon spinach in the internment camps in Singapore has made this plant better known to many than before the war. It is a freely branching climbing herb with glossy, rather fleshy stems and leaves. There are two637 words
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Article254 1947-07-24 15 From Our Own Correspondent CANBERRA, July 21. THE Australian External Affairs Department is considering the appointment of the present Australian Minister to China, eminent economist Professor D. B. Copland, as Ambassador-at-large in South-East Asia. Both Singapore and New Delhi are mentioned as possible bases for Professor254 words
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190 1947-07-24 15 SINGAPORE, July 20. THE Singapore Coroner, Mr. W. G. Porter, yesterday emphasised the need for all motor vessels to carry adequate firefighting appliances while at sea. He was Inquiring into the deaths of a Chinese woman, Chye Sul Yin, and her son,190 words
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Article154 1947-07-24 16 SINGAPORE, July 22. WHILE desperate Chinese gunmen at 2 a.m. yesterday tried to force their way into the Singapore home of a Chinese electrician by hacking a hole in the back door with an axe and firing about 10 shots through it, the electrician stood behind154 words
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Article182 1947-07-24 16 From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, July 22. A RETIRED police sergeant and his son suffered serious injuries in Alor Star during the weekend when a band of gangsters attacked them with axes. The sergeant, Mat bin Matsan, tried to fight oil the gangsters with a182 words
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Article82 1947-07-24 16 SINGAPORE, July 22. Sentences of eight weeks’ imprisonment were passed in the Third Magistrate’s Court by Mr. K. M. Byrne yesterday on three Chinese caught on Harbour Board premises. Chan Pak had stolen three bottles of vitamin tablets, two of which were in his right82 words
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Article72 1947-07-24 16 SINGAPORE, July 23. Unsuccessful eiiorts by the police to clear hawkers from the portion of New Bridge Road fronting the Straits Chinese Recreation Club were described in court yesterday by Assistant Superintendent of Police, Mr. A. R Anderson. Mr. Anderson was giving evidence in a case in72 words
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Article192 1947-07-24 16 SINGAPORE, July 23. r)UR Chinese, accused of robbing a Chinese jeweller’s shop in High Street of $74,000 worth of jewellery, were committed to stand their trial at the next Assizes, by he Seventh Police Magistrate.. Mr. A. P. Jack, yesterday. The accused were: Lim Wah Seng,192 words
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Article123 1947-07-24 16 At the inaugural general meeting of the Singapore Hospital Assistants Union held on July 19 the following were elected officebearers for the ensuing year: Trustees: Dr. J. W. Winchester, Mr. Goh Kok Siang and Mr. T. Arumugam. Committee of Management: president: Mr. H. E. Klyne; vicepresidents: Mr.123 words
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187 1947-07-24 16 SEREMBAN, July 22. IT was alleged in Negri Sembilan Assizes today that, because a Chinese suspected his wife of misbehaving with a hillman, he had been able to extort $l6O from the hillman and a tribal chief by threatening to dismember and hang187 words
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Article44 1947-07-24 16 From Our Own Correspondent SEGAMAT, July 23.—8 ail in $5,000 with two. sureties wss allowed Gan See Gim, a young Chinese lorry driver, charged in the Segamat Caurt yesterday with the robbery of nearly 8,000 lb of rubber from Eldred Estate, Bekok.44 words
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Article91 1947-07-24 16 SINGAPORE, July 23. THE ex-Rajah Muda of Sarawak, Mr. Anthony Brooke, will 1 n( I l a,, °wed to accompany his wife to Sarawak. A telegraphed request for Remission from him to the Sarawak Chief Secretary, Mr. R. O. Aikman, has been turned down. Mr.91 words
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Article192 1947-07-24 16 I From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, July 22. HUNDREDS of people ail over the island watched RAF pilot Wing Commander H. bird Wilson flying a Gloster Meteor plane in a series of ureathtaking rolls and loops this afternoon. The jet plane streaked past Butterworth airstrip192 words
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Article53 1947-07-24 16 PENANG, July 19.—Two new Penang lawyers, Messrs. Mohamed Tajudin Merican and Yeo Wee Pin, were admitted to the Penang Bar yesterday by Mr. Justice C. W. V. Carey. Mr. Merican is attached to the Arm of Lim and Oon while Mr. Yeo is with Messrs. Hong Teik53 words
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205 1947-07-24 16 From Our Staff Correa I KO*u LUMPUB. gift to the Lord Mayor otTj don for his Flood Distre hef Fund. The monev L asiir J heard with distress I suffering end loss caused by 0 iJj ear; y Part of this year^1 gfWM.'iua fered so205 words
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Article194 1947-07-24 16 SINGAPORE, July 23. THE Acting Colonial Secretary, Singapore, Mr. H. P. Bryson, gave an assurance on Monday, that the question o» an increased cost of living allowance for Government servants is meeting with the urgent and sympathetic consideration of the Government. This assurance was given194 words
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Article639 1947-07-24 17 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, July 22. ■rOB VBLY the most colourful Malay woman in the country, Ambun binti Luntar, has died at an age ■id to be 135. resident of a Malay settlement in Kampong hru she had been unable to walk for639 words
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209 1947-07-24 17 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, July 22. ONLY eight days out of gao after serving a twomonths’ prison sentence a 21-year-old Malay, YusoiT bir Arshad, broke into the house of the Resident Commissione; of Selangor, Mr. W. A. Ward in the early hours of209 words
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Article259 1947-07-24 17 From Our Own Corespondent BRUNEI, July 22. ARTS and crafts took a popular place in the Brunei and District Agricultural Show, which was held in the newly erected Malay School last month. The show was opened by the British Resident, Mr. W. J. Peel. “I am259 words
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Article279 1947-07-24 17 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, July 22. THE fall in the price of rubber during May and June is 1 reflected in export figures for the Malayan Union June which fell sharply from 64,808 tons in May to 52 U_ tons last month. Th£279 words
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Article31 1947-07-24 17 MUAR. July 23. —The funeral of Che Katijah binte Dato Mohd Shah. late wife of the Assistant Superintendent of Police, Muar, Che Ahmad bin Haji Tahir, took place yesterday.31 words
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Article262 1947-07-24 17 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, July 22. IT was estimated in the early days of the liberation that it would cost between $70,000,000 and $75,000,000 to rehabilitate the tin industry to a productive capacity of 74,000 tons per annum. This statement is made262 words
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284 1947-07-24 17 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, July 22. THE Malayan Union Official Report for April-Decem-ber, 1946, which deals in detail with labour troubles’ and the development of trade unionism, states that there is “every reason for optimism on the labour front.” The Report says that284 words
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Article114 1947-07-24 17 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, July 22. A SINGAPORE -BOUND A motor tongkang carrying 25 tons of rubber loaded at Tanjong Bali, Sumatra, was pirated last Sunday in Sumatran waters by a boatload of armed men believed to be Chinese. The vessel left Sumatra at four o'clock114 words
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Article132 1947-07-24 17 SINGAPORE, July 23. The 35-year-old Australian, George Stamford, alias Thomas John Stanley Hammond, alias Stanley Hammond, charged under the Fugitive Offenders Act of 1881 was ordered by the First District Court Judge, Mr. J L. McFall yesterday, to be returned to Austialia. Stamtord has appeared several132 words
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Article116 1947-07-24 17 From Our SUIT Correspondent KTJALA LUMPUR, July 22. “One effect of the Japanese occupation on the people of Malaya appears to have been the reduction in the value of human life,’ says the Official Review of the Malayan Union. “This lowering of the moral standard,116 words
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Article510 1947-07-24 18 SINGAPORE, July 20. HUNDREDS of sports fans who attended the Singa- pore Amateur Athletic Association Championship meeting at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday were surprised when the name of the individual champion of the meet was not announced. Lloyd Valber# of the Singapore Recreation Club,510 words
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Article63 1947-07-24 18 SINGAPORE, July 21. B. W. F. Goodrich and Dr. Laidlaw Thomson entered the final of the Singapore Golf Club championship yesterday when they won their semi-final matches Goodrich won 2 and 1, and Dr. Laidlaw Thomson 3 and 1. The final over 36 holes will take place63 words
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Article252 1947-07-24 18 From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, July 2 <. Overcoming a bad start, Fong Seow Yoke, the Penang schoolboy swimming star, won the 100 Metres Free Style Penang Open Championship today in the Penang xecord time of 64 seconds This time is 1.2 seconds behind252 words
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187 1947-07-24 18 SINGAPORE, July 22. A DECISION that affiliated teams and players should not take part in matches against unaffiliated teams was made by the SAFA Council at a meeting last evening. It was agreed that if affiliated teams and players were to be protected, this187 words
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Article112 1947-07-24 18 SINGAPORE, July 17. Baby Baltazar and Emilio Ibanez, two of the first Filipino boxers to visit these shores since the re-occupation, arrived in Singapore yesterday by the Bagmasalen from Manila. They were accompanied by Battling Sima, the Singapore Filipino who is billed to fight the Australian,112 words
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Article91 1947-07-24 18 From Our Own Correspondent. TAIPING, July 21.—Scoring a run a minute, Hasaim Ghows, playing for Survey Sports Union against King Edward VII School yesterday, scored 129 not out. Hashim’s century is the first century in north Perak cricket this season and ins knock was a91 words
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319 1947-07-24 18 SINGAPORE, July 20. RESULTS of yesterday’s Singapore A.A.A. championship meeting at Jalan Besar Stadium are:— 100 yd*. Flat: 1. Yeo Choon Bee (S.C.A.A.F.); 2. D. H. Sutton (R.A.F. Seletar); 3. All bin Ahmad (Y.M.M.A.). Time 10 4/5 secs. On® Mile Flat: 1. J. Bromley (553319 words
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Article288 1947-07-24 18 THE suggestion that the Singapore Am’t^i 2 I Association and the Singapore OJympkTjjH Council might co-operate in obtaining A„ dSp °l Stadium and the vacant ground adjacent t„T" H for a first-class stadium for Singapore u k 88 H the president of the SAFA.288 words
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Article60 1947-07-24 18 From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, July 18. rpHE Indian Recreation Club won the Victory Cup today when they beat the Ramblers I—o in the final of the Penang knock-out competition for the trophy. The Ramblers' team included Boey Guan Wah and Yeang Kar Chong, Penang’s representatives60 words
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Article406 1947-07-24 18 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. July 20. An undefeated 94 by Lall Singh in Selangor’s second innings and a brilliant batting performance by Walker who scared 79 in Negri’s first innings and 46 in the second were features of the State cricket match between Selangor406 words
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Article203 1947-07-24 18 From Our Own Correspondent MALACCA. July 20. Selangor won the Inter-State cricket mate; played on the Padang here today by an Innings. In reply to Malacca’s total 112 runs, Selangor scored 2.5 ana skittled Malacca out in their second innings for 94 SELANGOR—IST d Lee Soon Wee203 words
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Article59 1947-07-24 18 From Our Staff C e t^e ir in* IPOH, July, 1 J l l a n yester* ter-school match Ph v An deiso n day, the home teal e excellent School, knocked uo the 7 wic kets score of 200 /pissed St declared ann j|jen f59 words
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Article577 1947-07-24 19 SINGAPORE, July 18. ■■RIKINCi proof of the post-war rise in the cost of rubber production was provided by figures preI r t 0 the annual meeting of Riverview Rubber Rates by the chairman, Mr. P. B. Marriott, at lpoh I their all-in-cost of rubber per577 words
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Article140 1947-07-24 19 DEPORTS have been received from the United Kingdom that certain consignments o! sheet rubber, recently arrived from the Far East packed in bales with hessian wrappers, nave shown serious deteriora tion on the outer sheets of rubber, spates the director of the Rubber Research Institute of Malaya, Mr.140 words
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Article148 1947-07-24 19 From Our Own Correspondent TAIPING, July 20. MR. VV. Jesudason. Raffles graduate and member of the staff of King Edward Seventh School. Taiping. has been awarded a British Council Scholarship which will enable him to study for one year in Britain. Mr. Jesudason is leaving early next148 words
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Article321 1947-07-24 19 OROVIDED the supply of 1 labour is adequate, two| Malayan estates developed with hign-yielding slock expect their estimated crops for this year to be exceeded. The first is Middleton Estate, belonging to Cheviot Rubber Limited. It expects to crop 4,723,000 lbs. The second is Glendale Estate, belonging321 words
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Article72 1947-07-24 19 MALACCA, July 21—Ten candidates, including one Malay girl from Malacca’s French Convent, Pon binte Abdullah, were interviewed on Saturday morning by the board of selectors from the Raffles and Medical Colleges, Singapore. The interviews were at the Education Office, Malacca. Selections have not been announced. The board consisted72 words
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122 1947-07-24 19 SINGAPORE, July 21. At the second meeting of the works committee of the Singapore Traction Company, held on Saturday. the spokesman of the company urged inspectors to report cases of corruption to the management as soon as they occurred. The men’s representatives agreed that corruption should122 words
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Article82 1947-07-24 19 SINGAPORE. July 21. THE Singapore Seamen’s Union has decided to petition the Colonial Secretary, Singapore, to ask for his intervention in its campaign to end the contract system of recruiting seamen. This move was taken as a result of the delay in obtaining a reply from the82 words
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Article38 1947-07-24 19 SINGAPORE, July 21. IN order to solve the housing problem, the Government must advance loans to landlords at low interest and encourage them to build houses”, said Mr. Chang Ming Ching, the Communist representative in Singapore.38 words
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Article323 1947-07-24 19 LONDON, July 17. THE Colonial Secretary, Mr. Arthur Creech-Jones, stated in a Parliamentary reply today that tin to the value of about $12,500,000 had been shipped from Malaya to the United States and Canada since the liberation of Malaya. The British Government had also sold about323 words
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579 1947-07-24 19 SINGAPORE, July 21. THE Commissioner of Lands, Singapore, Mr. C. W. A. Sennett, said yesterday that decentralisation of the city of Singapore was the essential starting point for ridding it of slums, tuberculosis and crime. He said that the slums of Singapore, like579 words
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Article618 1947-07-24 20 Weekly Share Market Review By A Market Correspondent FE feature of the week has been the welcome revival in the price of rubber, which once again topped 30 cts., advancing to 33 cents on Thursday and closing on Friday evening at 30*4 cents f.o.b. Rubber618 words
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Article116 1947-07-24 20 From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Sunday. THE Economist considers that the Supply Ministry’s announcement this week of the withdrawal of restrictions on the issue of licences and conracts covering tin metal, as well as copper, lead and zinc, indicates partial success of the latest campaign116 words
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Article279 1947-07-24 20 SINGAPORE, July 19. THE disappointment expressed by the markets with the findings of the Rubber Study Group was short-lived. The conclusion of that meeting marked the turning point in the market, which has shown a very welcome improvement during the week, states Messrs. Lewis and Peat’s weekly279 words
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Article288 1947-07-24 20 Frm Our Own Correspnndent I THE registration in Adelaide, J uj >' 1 1 (Australia) Ltd., with a nominal canU- fFir Mo| in £1 shares, marks the newcomer to the lucrative Australian rubber M I trade, currently dominated by Dunlop, Goodyear Firestone’s million will be subscribed288 words
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Article198 1947-07-24 20 from Our Staff Correspond M KUALA LUMPUR, July 2M A SCHEME has been sul mitted to the Goveriimal with a view to setting up 1 law school i n Kuala LumpJ and for the appointment of Director of Legal Studies. I This scheme Is described198 words
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Article695 1947-07-24 20 SINGAPORE, July 22. SINGAPORE, share quotations today as given by the Malayan Sharebrokers’ Association were as follows: INDUSTRIALS Boyer Seller Alex. Brick (O) 2.10 2.25 Alex. Brick (P) 3.40 3.55 B M rrustee 8 25 9 00 Consolidated Tin Smelters (O) 21/3 22/3 do (P) 26/- 27/9695 words