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Title Section35 1947-09-11 1 The Straits Budget THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES f ESTABLISHED OVER a CENTURY] ft. Series No. 68.. Singapore Thursday, September 11th, 1947 ■mi li i Price 40 cents (S.B. Currency) Or 1 nti.35 words
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Advertisement63 1947-09-11 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 ne\ys has made an immediate appeal to the reading public. For63 words
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The Straits Budget
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Article1268 1947-09-11 2 —Straits Times, Sept. 4. “The position in simple language is that the cake which the country will have available over the next year to divide up among its citizens is 1 considerably smaller than in 1939. and the maintenance, let alone an increase, of the size—Straits Times, Sept. 4. - 1,268 words
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Article1092 1947-09-11 2 -Straits Times. sJ Unfortunately space did not permit of our publishing Mr. E. D. Shearn’s memorandum on the Heasman report in full, but the extracts which we gave in this page on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday were no doubt sufficient to show that if anyone wants a-Straits Times. sJ - 1,092 words
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Article1063 1947-09-11 2 —Straits Times. Sept. 6. This week has seen the of the Sultan of Johore to® State over which he lifts rule® over half a century, and, anu®| political and racial cross-cm® of this new Malaya, a sign:® accompaniment of Sir homecoming \va> the passu® two resolutions—Straits Times. Sept. 6. - 1,063 words
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Article1158 1947-09-11 3 —Straits Times, Sept. 8. No speech by a British Minister in recent months has received a better press than has Mr. Bevin’s address to the Trades Union Congress. It was a remarkable speech in more ways than one, and not least for its brevity. But Mr. Bevin—Straits Times, Sept. 8. - 1,158 words
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Article1126 1947-09-11 3 —Straits Times, Sept. 9. In these columns yesterday Mr Bevin's call to Great Britain to find her economic salvation in her own empire was discussed from the viewpoint of Britain and of the Empire as a whole. We are bound, however, to look at any such—Straits Times, Sept. 9. - 1,126 words
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Article1037 1947-09-11 4 -Straits Times, Sept. 10. At a meeting held in Penang last Friday four hundred teachers from Penang and Province Wellesley unanimously voted to form a trade union. This is interesting in itself, as showing that* trade unionism is spreading upwards into the professions, but what is even-Straits Times, Sept. 10. - 1,037 words
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Article243 1947-09-11 4 —Straits Times, Sept. 10. Most people are wondering whether it is not possible to make economies in the machinery of officialdom in Malaya in these days. Here is an example of the small but innumerable ways in which time and labour are being wasted, and—Straits Times, Sept. 10. - 243 words
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Article65 1947-09-11 4 IPOH. Sept. 6. FIFTY new Government quarters are to be erected in the near future in Ipoh. This was revealed by the Resident Oommissionetr, Mr. A. C. Jomaran, when he explained the position regarding the derequisitioning of private premises taken over by the Government for the housing65 words
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Article322 1947-09-11 4 SINGAPORE I THE former Rajah Muda of Sarawak >],' I Brooke, who was banned from enterim/ in December last year, has now been foLi?*! enter North Borneo and Brunei. rl)l( t<W| The Governor-General’s office yesterdav i* >, a I statement saying that Mr. Brooke’s recent322 words
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Article95 1947-09-11 4 From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG. Sept. 9. EMVE persons were injured, two seriously, when a 700pound drum containing sulphuric acid exploded in a Dutch company’s godowm in Beach Street, yesterday afternoon. The drum was being taken out of the godown when the explosion occurred. Those95 words
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Article134 1947-09-11 4 SINGAPORE, Sept. 10. The chairman of the Singapore Teachers’ Union, Mr. H. N. Balnatchet. yesterday commended a week-end decision taken by the Singapore Malay Teachers’ Unicn to boycott the coming Singapore election. The Malay teachers" decision, unanimously adopted at a general meeting of their union, was134 words
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Article109 1947-09-11 4 From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Sept. 9. Pieparations are being made for the celebration of the 75th birthday of the Sultan of Johore on Sept. 17, The official celebrations in Johore Bahru will begin witl> a thanksgiving service at the Dewan at 10 a.m. to be109 words
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Article40 1947-09-11 4 MR. <fc MRS TWINING of Evans Road Shore announce the I of a daughter on Auc list. WALSH. At K K Hosuital a September. to Alex. w:ft of D H. P. Walsh. O B E a wn. St. P.40 words
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Article42 1947-09-11 4 MASON—CHAMPION The enj meat is announced of John Mason, only son of the late Mr. Mason of Lady Tavlor of U J Ferme. Vence. Provence. cn J Champion, only daughter of MrChampion of 8 Berkshire Road w the late Mrs. Champion.42 words
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Article127 1947-09-11 4 PEREIRA-DANKER— The between Napoleon Pereira phine Danker takes place tod J Sept. 1947 at St. Johns (Jure CHARRINGTON GREEN. September 5th at St Andrew ral. Singapore W Cdr H riiiRton. G C son of and Mrs. F. A Chan Littlehampton. Sussex to Be only daughter of Mr and Green127 words
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Obituary15 1947-09-11 4 DEATH: HOUSE—At Sinp.r. 1 Evelyen Constance 0 Ho Beloved Wife of E*' Singapore Harbour F15 words
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587 1947-09-11 5 I former Technical AdvlI for Rice Mills Malayan I created a sensation) llv bv his outspoken lien: ‘in the Press criti-1 I the rice milling indus-| Id the padi purchase ne. [rice milling industry is inI failure this season, belli the big mills,587 words
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Article254 1947-09-11 5 IN the Straits Budget of January 9, 1947, there is a report about the silver scroll of a trophy, “Championship Challenge Shield, Amateur Athletic Association of British Malaya”—found at Blakang Mati during the war, bearing the inscription: Given by: Frank A. Swettenham Ernest W. Birch John254 words
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Article340 1947-09-11 5 jyjR. E. D. oliearn’s first criticisms of the Heasman report do not seem to amount to a very useful contribution to the income tax controversy. They savour rather of “if your case is weak abuse the plaintiff’s attorney.” He accused Mr. Heaseman of writing “mere340 words
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Article95 1947-09-11 5 COMPARISONS may be odious, but at times tliey t are illuminating. Here are some figures given.to> Mr. L D Gammans in the House of Commons and supplemented bv others taken from a 1947 edition of Whitaker Territory Approximate Approximate Governors Territory rea in population in total sq. miles95 words
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465 1947-09-11 5 IN your issue of Aug. 19 I read a letter advocating that various pains and penalties be visited on the wretched inhabitants of Malaya in order to reduce dollar imports and thereby help Britain. As far as (he importation of fylon stockings and American465 words
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Article202 1947-09-11 5 WITH regard to Chinese criticism at the last Malayan Union Advisory Council meeting “against the investing of full powers o n immigration policy in the hands of the Malays,” does this mean the policy is a matter for decision confined to the Malay members of the202 words
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Article139 1947-09-11 5 SO much-has been written about income tax in your paper and much more will be said in time to come. The following is a comparison of costs in the budget of an average Malayan family: 1941 1947 Sugar per katty 05 50 Rice per gantang 40139 words
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Article111 1947-09-11 5 MR. S. Shanmugam has voiced In your columns the need for th e public to take active interest in politics. I suggest that before anyone takes upon himself leadership in politics, he should take a course In political science and economics either at the London School of111 words
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2105 1947-09-11 6 TUAN DJEK - A Malayan Countryman’s Diary TUAN DJEK. THE picture of one of my former residences in this district, on the hill at the third mile, which was published on this page last Saturday, called to mind our hill-top garden. For many years, when we lived in2,105 words
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Article66 1947-09-11 6 SSWfe«V 1 lrrp 'l'r. J mail, l,V„ R f'"nl Co., well-kn«w„ tr'eal engineers^hein<9 *»> Gloucestershire a n ft of exchanging f ?el overseas branches n?s *B ployed. nes M inrtalled'on'the jrounJ 1 j 5RKf2as-^?l used by Field Manhi.'H *omer> at El Alameh, N "9 X>n it, greetings66 words
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Article211 1947-09-11 6 From Our Staff CorrespJ PENANG. Sept* CONGRATULATORY M sages from the Govern! General, the nine Mafl Sultans and the preside!® UMNO. Dato On n bin Ja® were read out at a Pak® Day tea-party held by® Muslims yesterday even® The large gathering oresentl eluded Mrs. Malcolm211 words
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Article191 1947-09-11 6 mittee. ~,.r iuh t Straits Times cop>- From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Sept 8. MEMBERSHIP of the Association of British Malaya increased during the year ended June 30 by 10 companies and 223 individuals, resulting in a 20 per cent, increase in revenue, says the annual reportmittee. ~,.riuht Straits Times cop>- – - 191 words
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Article61 1947-09-11 6 SINGAPORE. Sept An Indian and thr>‘ ge:( were charged ‘with Police Court yesteida> at ing morphine ir. j* mir pos< Chitty Road, or 1 f u SV administering i> t on Saturday. Ge0 The four men 1 g oh 62. Swa Kong 33 Tin 42. and Tar> »',.%■,ill61 words
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1668 1947-09-11 7 S pore’ s Chance As A Trade Centre I SINGAPORE, Sept. 4. laI’ORE’S opportunity as the potential financial |nd commercial centre of the Far East, and [pore's “headache” in the potential rivalry of the Inlands East Indies and other states in the Far I were described to members of the1,668 words
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146 1947-09-11 7 From Our Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Sept. 6. A 104-year-old Malay, Ilaji Hassan, gave a skilful exhibition of Malay sword and kris fighting in partnership with his great-grandson at the physical drill display staged by the Youth Movement of the Pergerakan Melayu Semenanjong, Johore, yesterday.146 words
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Article233 1947-09-11 7 SINGAPORE, Sept. 4. I A NEW type of agricultural) implement which should prove of consideration interest to planters, market gardeners and the ricegrowing industry in Malaya is the Rotary Hoe. This machine is little larger than a motor mower, ar.d can be handled as easily. A233 words
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94 1947-09-11 7 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Sept. s.—The Finance Review Committee, which is to be set up simultaneously with the committee appointed to consider the Heasman income tax report, will be under the chairmanship of the Financial Secretary, Mr. W. D. Godsall, It was officially94 words
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Article115 1947-09-11 7 SINGAPORE. Sept. 6. Three boatmen, Lei Ban, Let Ting and Teh Oh, claimed trial In the Second District Court yesterdav to two charges of transporting and abetment of transporting without permit 2,104 katties of Rangoon rice sweepings at Boat Quay on Sept. 3. They also claimed115 words
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Article58 1947-09-11 7 SINGAPORE, Sept. 6. The Central Committee of the Malayan Communist Party yesterday expressed its support for the decision of the Putera and the Pan-Malayan Council of Joint Action to boycott the Singapore elections. The decision to boycott the elections is based on the belief that the elections58 words
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Article84 1947-09-11 7 SINGAPORE, Sept. 6. The Singapore Coroner, Mr. W. G. Porter, yesterday returned an open verdict after Inquiring Into the deaths of five Japanese burnt when their tent at Jurong caught fire. Two of the Japanese died in the tent and three others in84 words
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Article192 1947-09-11 7 SINGAPORE, Sept. 4. 'yHE industrialisation of Singapore was not only vital, but was to be looked On as the salvation of the future of Singapore, said Mr. L. Cresson, president of the Singapore Manufacturers’ Association, at the Singapore Rotary Club yesterday. He added that192 words
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Article309 1947-09-11 8 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Sept. 6. THE Malayan Union Government this morning 1 granted a request by the Pan-Malayan Council of Government Workers to allow negotiations on employees’ wage demands to proceed despite the Sentul railwaymen’s refusal to withdraw their strike notice.309 words
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200 1947-09-11 8 SINGAPORE, Sept. 6. rIE Pusa Tenaga Ra’ayat (Putera) and the AllMalayan Council of Joint Action said, in a joint press statement yesterday, that neither of the organisations planned any action in the opposition of certain organisations in hore to the alleged infringement of the200 words
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Article158 1947-09-11 8 SINGAPORE, Sept. 7. jyiORE British troops stationed on Singapore Island will be able to have their wives and families U come out and live with them when the nev, barracks now being built in the Tyersal area are completed. It is expected that the first batch158 words
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Article117 1947-09-11 8 PARIT BUNTAR, Sept. 6. AN 11-year-old Chinese girl entered the dock in the Magistrate's Court here yesterday with l)er adopted mother, who was charged with having ill-treated the girl and with having wilfully neglected to provide her with adequate food. Wong Bee Hiong, the girl, clung to117 words
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Article312 1947-09-11 8 SINGAPORE, Sept. 5. BJRITAIN, in the great expansionist days, never forgot that her prosperity depended on the world: to-day, the average American, whose nation is now in the same position as was Britain then, has not yet learnt that essential axiom. Lecturing before the Singapore312 words
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Article68 1947-09-11 8 SINGAPORE, Sept. 5. BRITISH Army authorities in Singapore yesterday warned local traders against thieves or their accomplices who would probably try to sell locally two large Jots of cloth stolen last month from an Army Ordnance subdepot in Bukit Timah Road. The cloth consists of 30,060 yards •of68 words
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Article200 1947-09-11 8 From Our Own Correspondent MALACCA, Sept. 5. rE Chinese head of a clan house at 162 Banda Hilir Malacca, Mr. Tay Say Lan, was early this morning abducted by four armed Chinese from his residence, taken to the jungle at Selendar, 27 miles away, and200 words
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87 1947-09-11 8 THE Commander-in-C hief, FARELF, General Sir Neil Ritchie, (left) gave the bride away at Saturday’s wedding at St. Andrew’s Cathedral, Singapore, of Lt.-Col. F. E. Waldren, and Mrs. Waldren. Mrs.. Waldren was formerly Miss Mercia Constance Hodges, of London and Hunstanton, Norfolk. She was formerly a civilian staff officer of87 words
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Article59 1947-09-11 8 PENANG, Sept. s.—Seventy-five refugees who arrived from Langsa two weeks ago have found new homes In Penang. They were allowed to land after having been “guaranteed” by Chinese business houses These refugees made the trip from Sumatra in a converted minesweeper, arriving practically empty-handed except for small59 words
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Article143 1947-09-11 8 SINGAPORE, 1 THE findings of the J Commission fall t ..1 of seeking a permanll medy for the nomic conditions’ I labourers of Malava J ing to the Secretary ,i Singapore Government! Municipal Labour id cr”se the" j to ensure ample food and! quate143 words
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Article118 1947-09-11 8 MALACCA. Sept I MEMBERS of the Fourth b! lion. S.S.V.F.—the Mil Volunteer Corps—have decidJ erect a memorial plaque in hid of 96 Volunteers who lost I lives by direct enemy action I ing the Malayan campaign. The plaque, which will beat names of the dead Volunteers118 words
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Article86 1947-09-11 8 SINGAPORE. Sept. Charged with the possossa hypodermic syringes ana not being registered medu* titioners. at the Hotel, on Sept. 3. tw J p a g c peared in the Fourth P yesterday. aD d Both pleaded not guilty f j; case was postponed I t P86 words
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Article73 1947-09-11 8 SINGAPORE, SeP^ The textile P os f i J^ av 111 repo pore, which i 6 t° n f ur ttier very good, will be of 400 hanced by the rel 4 eX tiles yards of Japanc.s* few days’ time. ing dii Government is to button73 words
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Article158 1947-09-11 9 SINGAPORE. Sept. 4. Singapore Coroner, Mr, G. P»'i ter, and a jury yesterday found that hut which killed a HarBoarii labourer, Vengadaf un Aug. 21 and bi ought ’four-day strike of HarBoard* labourers was by Akbar Shah, a police able, in self-defence, jury said it158 words
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Article105 1947-09-11 9 SINGAPORE, Sept. 4. tram, n Singapore ceie- r> nad anniversary ct lent of the Republic f 5 the Malayan Del Hall on Tuesday v eoe Vy. leader Vietnamese comt' >;■ r (r? iw> oi various ,r sat ions in Singaa '> part in the cole- H Cruz,105 words
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Article60 1947-09-11 9 inf iec tior. of all different lv se 0v t“ r printed stamps of con taining the Perak 8c. ou -rprint inverted, Kedah to n h val ues of Trengganu, a ocl bv Mr. H. R. Harmer, stamp auctioneer, »wth £70, realised £90 e if, U P for60 words
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499 1947-09-11 9 MO Favours Income Ta x in “Principle” JOHORE BAIIRU, Sept. 3. ks „I.LT10N “that this General Assembly 0 ivi-s that income tax as a source of revenue hi country is acceptable in principle” was carried r. session of the General Assembly of the .'j‘\;.,jays National Organisation. who spoke on the499 words
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Article92 1947-09-11 9 From Our Staff Correspondent Kuala Lumpur, Sept. 3. —The Vehicles Priority Board has issued the following statement: The allocation of permits to buy new cars has hitherto necessarily been limited to applicants with claims to the highest priority. The position has now improved and applications can92 words
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Article134 1947-09-11 9 From Our Starff Correspondent LONDON, Sept. 3. IT its last committee meet 1 ing, the Association of British Malaya decided to forward copies of the recent speech of Mr. A. W. Wallich on the cereal ration in Malaya to the Colonial Office and to certain Members134 words
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214 1947-09-11 9 SINGAPORE, Sept. 4. THE first application fur the extradition of an Indian from Singapore to the new Dominion of the Union of India was heard in the Second Police Court yesterday. The Indian, A.R.K.V. Shanmugam Chettiar, alias A.R.K.N. Shanmugam Chettiar, of 45, Market Street, Singapore,214 words
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185 1947-09-11 9 PLANE TO FLY FISH TO S’ PORE DAILY SINGAPORE, Sept. 4. H NEW service which will bring to Singapore daily plane-loads of fresh fish caught off Malaya’s east coast, will begin tomorrow. This is the first enterprise of its kino in Singapore. The fish will be sold in the Singapore185 words
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153 1947-09-11 9 SINGAPORE, Sept. 4. A JAPANESE major, Mizoe Ilachizo, was sentenced to death at Changi Gaol yesterday for hts complicity in the killing of four R.A.F. personnel at Malang, Java, in May 1942. The four men—two officers, a warrant officer and a sergeant pilot,153 words
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Article97 1947-09-11 9 rpwo Malayan engagements 1 were recently announced In London. One is the engagement of Mr. Donald Neville Turner. Singapore Police, only son of Mr. and Mrs. Neville Turner, Harkers Hall, Jamaica, and Ann Sutherland Masters, younger daughter of Mr. and Mrs. P, J. Holt, of Hartgrove, Hampshire. The other97 words
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Article32 1947-09-11 9 SINGAPORE, Sept. 4. THE President of the Singapore Rotary Club. Mr. S. S. Franklin, announced at the weekly luncheon yesterday that the Rotary T.B. Fund had reached $41,096 46.32 words
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Article73 1947-09-11 9 SINGAPORE. Sept. 4. Three masked and armed Chinese robbers forced their way by the back d-or into a attap house In Payar Lebar Road at 1.30 a.m. yesterday, and robbed a Chinese driver and a copra labourer of $7O in cash, five pairs of gold73 words
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638 1947-09-11 10 SINGAPORE, Sept. 5. THE Singapore Advisory Council agreed yesterday to ask the Governor-General, Mr, Malcolm MacDonald, to form a committee “to report on the present cost of administering the Malayan Governments.” The existence of three Governors in the administrative structure of Singapore and the638 words
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Article161 1947-09-11 10 SINGAPORE, Sept. 5. THE joint committee of Putera and the AllMalaya Council of Joint Action in Selangor has decided to call a mass meting at Kuala Lumpur to protest against the Revised Constitutional Proposals for Malaya. The joint committee met on Tuesday. It resolved to start the161 words
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119 1947-09-11 10 From Our Own Correspondent TMUAR, Sept. 4. HE Muar gaol was closed down as a gaol from the end of last month and it has been converted into an advanced approved school for juvenile delinquents. Air the Muar prisoners have been transferred to prisons119 words
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Article89 1947-09-11 10 SINGAPORE, Sept. 4. The Singapore immigration authorities yesterday told the Straits Times that the visa of M. Nicolao Plakhin, Soviet Trade Envoy, has been extended from time to time and that therefore, he is still legally in Singapore. A British Foreign Office spokesman said recently89 words
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Article115 1947-09-11 10 SINGAPORE, Sept. 5. The Singapore Harbour Board has rejected the recent petition of 561 clerks for three months’ salary as a “back pay” grant and for an increased high cost of living allowance. The S.H.B. Staff Association has called a meeting at which delegates will115 words
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Article54 1947-09-11 10 SEREMBAN, Thursday.—a quiet wedding was solemnised at St. Mark’s Church, Seremban, yesterday by the Rev. Mr. Wilson, Vicar of Christ Church, Malacca, the contracting parties being Miss Janet Elizabeth Edmonds, daughter of the late Mr. Arthur Edmonds, J.P., C.H., and Mrs. Edmonds, of Seremban, and Mr. Clement D.54 words
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Article863 1947-09-11 10 From Our Staff Correspondent I CUPPORT for income tax in Mallya J u by Penang’s only woman councillor Mr-H Inn Kiong, at today’s meeting of the Pon J il ment Advisory Council. '*l Speaking “not only as a woman Council, I also as a863 words
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Article257 1947-09-11 10 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Sept. 3. FIVE young Chinese gunmen attacked two houses at the third mile, Klang Road, this morning, with revolvers and a hand grenade, but got only a watch and a motor car key. They fired ten rounds with revolvers, wounding257 words
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Article212 1947-09-11 11 e nt On ‘New Road’ For Malays From Our Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Sept. 5. i- Governor of the Malayan Union, Sir Edward lent, spoke of the United Malays National Organin “making a new road leading to the advancement ie Malays” when he addressed more than 1,000 le attending a212 words
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Article788 1947-09-11 11 m Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, Sept. 4. s'TROL of coconut oil exports was “indefensible/* was gradually crippling industry, Doctor Lee Tiang g declared today at the sting of the Settlement isory Council. ating that such restrictions on e and industry would lead to lomie strangulation, he urged788 words
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Article186 1947-09-11 11 SINGAPORE, Sept. 6. rO Chinese who appeared in two separate Singapore police courts yesterday charged with attempting to commit suicide by drowning themselves said that they were suffering from tuberculosis, and were unemployed and penniless. Cheng Fan, a 21-year-old Cantonese, pleaded guilty in the Fourth186 words
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Article116 1947-09-11 11 IrEMAMAN, Sept. 4.—The Gov- ernor. Sir Edward Gent, will be visiting several places in Trengganu during the latter part of September. On September 20, Sir Edward will arrive by air in Kuantan, then go by road through Kemaman to Kerteh, stopping there for the night. On his way116 words
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Article203 1947-09-11 11 SINGAPORE, Sept. 5. WHEN a 21-year-old British serviceman, Philip Mannion, again appeared in the Second Police Court, yesterday on remand charged with attempting to cheat John Little and Company, Limited, with a $250 cheque, on August 19, two further charges were preferred against him and on203 words
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185 1947-09-11 11 SINGAPORE, Sept. 5. rR half an hour, on Wednesday night, a crowd ol 100 infuriated Chinese villagers hunted a gang of gunmen. The gang of si.. Chinese robbers had attacked a sundry goods shop at the 6V2 mile, Yeo Chu Kang R Singapore. Armed with185 words
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Article187 1947-09-11 11 From Our Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Sept. 4. FIVE hundred youths of the Johore Permuda Pergerakan Melayu Semenanjong, dressed in white and wearing armbands of UMNO colours, paraded this morning on the Bukit Zahrah School padantr before the Sultan of Johore and a crowd of about187 words
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Article205 1947-09-11 11 From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, Sept. 5. a four-hour meeting today, 200 teachers from Penang and Province English schools unanimously voted in favour of forming a Teachers’ Union. No European teachers were present. Shortly after the meeting began, the Inspector of Schools, Mr. J. N. Davies,205 words
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Article141 1947-09-11 11 SINGAPORE, Sept. 6. PLANS are being made to hold a huge trade exhibition in Singapore next Eastei, on the Balestier Plain which has just been derequisitioned by the Army authorities. The Government has given the organisers, Messrs Cheah Kim Bee and Co., Singapore its approval141 words
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Article64 1947-09-11 11 SINGAPORE. Sept. 6. A public meeting to consider a resolution on the financial position of Singapore and the Malayan Union will be held ln the auction room of the Singapore Chamber of Commerce on Sept. 11 at 5.15 p.m. At this meeting, the reports on Income tax64 words
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Article52 1947-09-11 11 SINGAPORE. Sept. 6. Seven Chinese women, whose ages ranged from 16 to 56, were charged In the Third Police Court yesterday with the theft of 40 kattles of rice from an S.H.B. godown on Thursday. The Magistrate. Mr. F. Bernard Oehlers, allowed them ball of $5O each till52 words
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Article, Illustration704 1947-09-11 12 SIX DIE IN S’ PORE HOUSE BLAZE SIXGAPOEE, Sept. 5. C1X Chinese, including three children, died when lire swept a two-storcy shophouse at the junction of Malabar and Malay Streets, Singapore, yesterday. Five bodies, two of children, were found by firemen on the top floor and one of three children—Straits Times picture. - 704 words
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Article130 1947-09-11 12 SINGAPORE. Sept. 5. Singapore C.I.D. me>n on Wednesday night arrested 27 persons in a secret society haunt in Merchant Road, and recovered 99 rounds of .22 revolver ammunition, and two baskets of empty bottles. Three Europeans, one of whom had a pistol, forced a Chinese130 words
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Article50 1947-09-11 12 SINGAPORE, Sept. 4. THE Straits Times regrets to announce the death on June 8, suddenly at sea, on R.M.M.V. Warwick Castle, of Captain Montague Hay Hawkes, late Indian Army, and later Comptroller, Customs and Excise, Malaya, Jamaica, and Northern Rhodesia Colonial Service. burgh Hawkes 15 now Edln50 words
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Article369 1947-09-11 12 SINGAPORE, Sept. 4. MALAYAN trade has made a quick recovery from its fall in June by registering a $l4 million increase in exports and $8 million increase in imports during July. In June, exports fell by $45 million and imports by $23 million compared with369 words
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Article283 1947-09-11 12 SINGAPORE, Sept. 5. TpHE Philippines are to lend the Malayan Union and Singapore 2,500 tons of rice. This decision was made at the South-East Asia Liaison Officers meeting which took place in Singapore on Wednesday and yesterday. The Philippines will also grant from their International Emergency283 words
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Article224 1947-09-11 12 Krom Our <)■.»,, C w JOHORK i;.U!Ri .u*l 1 UMN'O'j jB di, y Co! I> i .ice aproed that th, improving mariage 2! t ons for h av I matter t<' r the coiisicuSB of women’s I»u* Kltt.i... t i the subject ‘“JB breed nu" marriages.224 words
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Article102 1947-09-11 12 SINGAPORE. Sep! J Tham Seek Kioiu. a COjl old Chinese, pleaded gutty! the Third Police Court yesWJ to stealing five locks, $2.50, from Harbour Boardfl mises on Feb 7. this year! with escaping from custoa. the same date. I It was stated that Tr.affll found102 words
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Article92 1947-09-11 12 SINGAPORE- Sep j A looter’s dying atcm fJoJ read to the Singapoi Mr. W. G. Porter, at the on Aug. 19. 1 In the statemcnL C i m-tted going t0 had 4 loot, but denied that f I a hook against the a ve rd| The92 words
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Article351 1947-09-11 13 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Sept. 6. (~0.C., Malaya Command, Lieut.-Gen. A. Callo- disclosed on the eve of his departure to Austhat th e Command was to be reduced in military r e to that of a district. It was cheaper to run a351 words
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Article113 1947-09-11 13 r I’ENANG, Sept. 6. V’f. widest European reij!!'* in Malaya. Mr. Jules n j$ rnu r chairman of the hL Ulambe r of Commerce, p een a PPainted a Justice of ing Ce lur Settlement c>f r a^ a^ in came to Malaya in i113 words
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Article40 1947-09-11 13 jA\T r r' lttw f Sept. 6. Buses carrvin Post Office trucks re n?ian u mails from Kuantan irpp hue d thf. iw rom Panies have sentan t/ >: racts covering the ?Un > nia man, Kemamane$. r) ungun-Trengganu40 words
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Article114 1947-09-11 13 From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, Sept. 5. ABOUT 700 dockers on contract to eight stevedores have gone on strike following the dismissal of a labourer by one of the contractors. The strikers allege that the labourer was dismissed because he would not join the Muslim General114 words
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Article152 1947-09-11 13 SINGAPORE, Sept. 7. THE Singapore Coroner, Mr. W. G. Porter, returned a finding of death by misadventure yesterday at the resumed* inquiry into the death of a Chinese rubber factory labourer. The labourer, liong Ah Hoon, aged 36. was fatally injured when he was knocked152 words
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Article41 1947-09-11 13 SINGAPORE, Sept. 7. STATING that she took samsu as a tonic, a 72-year-old woman, Ter Na:, was fined $2O or 10 days’ simple imprisomment in the Singapore Third Police Court yesterday for possessing 3’/2 quarts of dutiable liquor.41 words
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Article218 1947-09-11 13 SINGAPORE, Sept. 8. THE Executive Bureau of the I Pan-Malayan Federation of Trade Unions passed a re-1 solution yesterday on the Sin-! gapore Harbour Board shooting incident. It was resolved: 1. To protest to the Officer Administering the Government against the verdict of the coroner which218 words
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Article70 1947-09-11 13 IPOH, Sept. 6.—Using traffic jeeps and loudspeakers, the police here have started a drive against jay-walkers and jay-cyclists In view of the operation of the horn ban in the town area. As many as nine of these offenders have been convicted and fined $5 each since the start70 words
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Article219 1947-09-11 13 From Our Stall Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Sept THERE is a slump in piracy in Malayan waters. There has been little piracy reported during August. Of a total assessment of reports up to July 31, the police have records of ten genuine piracies that have occurred off219 words
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Article163 1947-09-11 13 SINGAPORE, Sept. 7. LOCALLY engaged crews are to man the two Australian trawlers which will undertake fishing in Malayan waters shortly. The enterpri 1 e Is being launched by the Cheng Chlang Fisheries. The managing director. Mr. HGoodman, has left for the United Kingdom to163 words
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664 1947-09-11 13 SINGAPORE, Sept 7. IN a judgment in the Singapore High Court yesterday, in the case in which the President of the Rent Assessment Board, Mr. H. E. Kingdon, applied for leave to issue a writ of attachment against Mr. S. C.664 words
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Article157 1947-09-11 13 SINGAPORE, Sept. 8. In a letter to the Chinese Chamber of Commerce, the Acting Colonial Secretary. Mr. H. P. Brysor., has promised to consider naturalisation of non-English speaking Chinese. The letter was written in reply to a Chinese Chamber of Commerce letter to the Government last157 words
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Article232 1947-09-11 14 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Sept. 7. DEPRESENTATIVES of the Pan-Malayan Federa- tion of Trade Unions withdrew from a meeting which was held today to elect a delegate for the forthcoming International Labour Organisation Conference in New Delhi, after other trade union representatives refused to232 words
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Article324 1947-09-11 14 From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, Sept. 5. A resolution to form an Employers’ Association in Penang was unanimously adopted at a meeting of more than 100 merchants yesterday. The chairman of the Chamber of Commerce, Mr. D. A. Mackay presided. The Trade Union Adviser. Mr.324 words
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Article72 1947-09-11 14 KUALA LUMPUR, Sept. 7. Kuala Lumpur Ls to have a new “housing estate” for Government servants and construction work on the first 200 houses will begin this month. These houses to be built on a tend off Circular Road, will be double-storied, four-room-ed quarters built to a new72 words
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Article105 1947-09-11 14 KUALA LUMPUR, Sept. 7. Registration of sundry gcods and provision businesses, importers and exporters, commission agents, sawmills and timber and fire wood merchants, which should have been completed at the end of this month, has been extended to October 31. The Registrar of Businesses said today of105 words
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Article185 1947-09-11 14 SINGAPORE, Sept 7. 'T'HE latest issue of the Sarawak Government Gazette names 62 people of Sarawak who have received honours from the King for bravery during the Japanese occupation of Sarawak and the fighting to recapture the territory. Occupations listed beside the names include wireless operators,185 words
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Article132 1947-09-11 14 From Our Own Correspondent T ur D PENANG, Sept. 7. HE Penang Coroner, Mr. A. M. I. Austin, held an inquiry yesterday into a pair of human legs. The legs had been found, without any body, in the sea, off Victoria Jetty. A Marine Police132 words
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Article193 1947-09-11 14 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Sept. 7. MALAYA was tired of “these commissions and committees and the second hand form of democracy that is handed out at the moment,” said Mr. Budh Sigh, president of the Malayan Indian Congress, yesterday commenting on the Wages Commission’s report.193 words
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Article162 1947-09-11 14 MALACCA, Sept. 6. THE missing Singapore school--1 teacher, Sebastian de Sa whose whereabouts had been traced since Aug. 30 by his anxious parents, was discovered in the Malacca General Hospital where he had been detained under observation for loss of memory. As soon as friends162 words
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68 1947-09-11 14 The staff of the Great Eastern Assurance Co., Singapore, on Saturday entertained Mr. A. Robinson, who has been with the company since 1919, to mark his retiring from the position of managing director, a post he has filled since 1937. Mr. J. D. Nisbet succeeds Mr. Robinson. Picture shows Mr.68 words
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Article322 1947-09-11 14 Fr0m Own Corrib rB? A D0N 51 ;»SSSSS.-J irsrjs 7'M almost entirely L revenue received f ?4 house-building aetivi J I O R. K mp MugUsto C r 1 hairi at l 10 S 'H O e^y s eld inL «Ci “We are fortunate in .1 entirely322 words
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116 1947-09-11 14 SINGAPORE. Sept < SEVERAL 500-.vard bale* 5 canvas were found from a R.A.F. technic. er di Meyer Road, Katon*. after nine armed Ma u powered an v v* sentry on duty, thn bn rifle, tied him up. and if in the grass, in the small116 words
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Article762 1947-09-11 15 R.E. HOLTTUM - The Malayan Ciurdner By R.E. HOLTTUM. Director of the Botanic Gardens, Singapore I erect, Shrubby Btrea Rugosa is less Known than the Beni Petrea YoluI iviivii Kugosa is Bher slow-growing 1 slmil) with short■unvs of flowers [Viren Volubilis, Kith broader sepals petals, giving a ■v mass762 words
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Article578 1947-09-11 15 J.N. MILSUM; J.R.P. SOPER - Grow Your Own Vegetables By J.N. MILSUM and J.R.P. SOPER, of the Department of Agriculture Till 4 various chillies or hot peppers are eas\ to cultivate in a home garden, and should he grown because of their usefulness in making sauces, pickles, chutneys and curries.578 words
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Article203 1947-09-11 15 N.S. Massacres —Japs Face Trial From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 8. FOLK Japanese officers, believed to have taken part ia the 1949 massacres of Chinese residents at Sungei Lui and Kuala Pilah in Negri Sembilan, have been brought back to Malaya for trial. f* They were found in203 words
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Article554 1947-09-11 15 T H L R E is a famous 1 Norse fairytale which tells of a wicked troll, one of those mythical wicked supermen who live in hills and caves. The story concerns three goats, one large, one medium, and one small. To get to a554 words
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Article139 1947-09-11 15 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Sept. 8. Lee Chai Min, alias Lee Chai, was oommitted to stand trial at the Selangor Assizes, t-day, by Raja Ayoub, the Kuala Lumpur First Magistrate, on a charge of having been concerned In the ‘armed holdup and robbery of139 words
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Article77 1947-09-11 15 From Our Staff Correspondent. KUALA LUMPUR. Sept. 8. The following telegram has been despatched by the Governor of th# Malayan Union. Sir Edward Gent, to Lieut.-Gen. A. Galloway, who left Malaya Command at the end of last week on transfer: •On your relinquishing Malaya Command. I77 words
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Article582 1947-09-11 16 SINGAPORE, Sept. 9. THE Delegate for Malaya of the International Red Cross, Mr. Hans Schweizer, has protested to the Indonesian Republican authorities against Indonesian allegations, broadcast from Radio Jogjakarta, that Dutch officials damaged Red Cross supplies by searching them in Java at a stopping place582 words
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Article228 1947-09-11 16 SINGAPORE, Sept 9. BRITAIN plans to increase the range, volum e and variety of radio broadcasts to the people of South-East Asia by building in Malaya five or six transmitters of equivalent power to the British Broadcasting Corporation’s shortwave overseas transmitters. The new transmitters, costing about228 words
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Article130 1947-09-11 16 KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 8. THE inaugural meeting of the Malayan Teachers. Union will be held at the Majestic Hotel, Kuala Lumpur, at 5 p.m. on Friday. The business meeting of the newiy-formed M.fT.U. will be held at the Y.M.C.A. on the following day beginning at 9 a130 words
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Article79 1947-09-11 16 SINGAPORE. Sept. 9. Miss Ruth Woodsmall. General Secretary of Young Women’s Christian Association, will arrive in Singapore today on her wav from Indonesia to China. Mis. Woodsmall is making contact with leaders of the Y.W.C.A. in South-east Asia in order to prepare her report for the79 words
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Article473 1947-09-11 16 I* rom Our Stall Correspond™, I KUALA LUMPIjrV I THE Pan-Malayan Federation of Trade send a protest to the International I ah"'a headquarters in Geneva alleging “illegal” P ZJ a meeting held yesterday in Kuala Lumpur *""f The purpose of the meeting was to473 words
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334 1947-09-11 16 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 8. THE appalling starvation and disease existing in some of the remote areas of Ke)anta n has just been brought to light and food and medical aid are being rushed there by the Government Welfare Department. For the334 words
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Article181 1947-09-11 16 SINGAPORE, Sept 9. lITUSAN Melayu, a SingaU pore Malay-language newspaper, said in its editorial yesterday that the United Malays National Organisation had refused to admit a reporter of the paper to UMNO’s tea party at the Is tan a Besar, Johore Bahru, last Friday. Utusan Melayu said181 words
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Article127 1947-09-11 16 SINGAPORE. Sept Hie General Electric Comp in Malaya yesterday pre® seven of its employees Ques of 21 guineas each *or ing completed 21 years set with the company. Certificates of service *reon the way to Malaya from land nl# The presentation took a tea-party held at127 words
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Article75 1947-09-11 16 SINGAPORE. o^P 1, Alleged to Hive trishaw rider irom official arm band by t* him with injury, “'g cond were charged th „.jfh 19 lice Court yesterday midation. g e ng. The men Tay Tang Ah Siang. j an d l 37, Leng Ah Cho• 3475 words
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Article310 1947-09-11 17 I SINGAPORE, Sept. 9. ■Commissioner of Lands, Singapore, Mr. C. W. Innetl. yesterday announced development plans s) ,n Hoad area, including the stadium site. Kese plans provide for a new and up-to-date comI centre, stretching along Robinson Road up to lai'ine Hostel, in Anson310 words
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Article160 1947-09-11 17 ■nGAPORE. Sept. 10. I Singapore Harbour Hoard has rejected a H Harbour Labour Union Htnm again calling for ■factory” replies to six Hds that followed the Holier shooting of a road Hr on Aug. 31. In representatives, before I the board s reply on ■v requested160 words
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Article89 1947-09-11 17 SINGAPORE, Sept. 10. works of United e ers Singapore, is unlikely urn to normal until the j iCs and Engineering WorS ni0n abandons its demands to a spokesman for inpi^nv who says: ‘‘There room for compromise.” company, whose main acr5pairin R tin dredges, many clients it89 words
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Article85 1947-09-11 17 fin 1,r Vlusical Association (pt i!; so r v a r °up wedding fan. n he Victoria Memo. the third of such n and anis(ld b y the assoupie s h 1S understood that tsirinr, alre ady registered tony.' ?akf n ar in the orfe 1 jedding ceremony85 words
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Article59 1947-09-11 17 MUAR, Sept. B.—A Chinese, Lim 800 Seng, who was arrested by two customs officers in a taxi at Tangkak, was found to have two small bundles of chandu tied to his thighs. They weighed one katty and two tahils. In the District court today, the magistrate. Che Hamid59 words
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Article227 1947-09-11 17 SINGAPORE, Sept. 8. DETTER agricultural methods and improved strains U of livestock would give Malaya a great increase in food production, a higher standard of living and a better balanced economy, state leading Malayan agriculturists writing in the latest issue of the Malayan Agricultural Journal. An227 words
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Article93 1947-09-11 17 From Our Staff' Correspondent. KUALA LUMPUR, Sept. !L A reward of 81,000 was paid to a number of Chinese labourers who reported to the police the discovery of a sack containing six Japanese rifles, a l!-bore double barrel gun, and a quantity of ammunition in93 words
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Article336 1947-09-11 17 From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, Sept 6. THE Malayan Union Trade Union Adviser, Mr. J. A. Brazier, told the Sunday Times today that he had received an assurance from th e acting Director of Education, Malayan Union, Mr. M. R. Holgate, that participation in a trade336 words
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Article501 1947-09-11 17 SINGAPORE, Sept 9. QUESTIONS being asked by disappointed candidates, Tn all parts of Malaya, who have been unsuccessful in 1 securing admission to the College of Medicine, Singapore were answered yesterday the principal, Dr. D. W. G. Faris. Owing mainly to the limited number of students501 words
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Article100 1947-09-11 17 SINGAPORE, S<*pt, 10. Wanted for murder, attempted murder, gang robbery and attempted extortion, a Chinese found hanging to the cistern pipe of the Singapore C.I.D. lock up the day after his arrest on Aug. 29 was yesterday found by the Singapore Coroner, to have committed suicide. Inspector100 words
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Article61 1947-09-11 17 SUNGEI PATANI, Sept. B. A senior revenue officer, Mo. hamed Yunus, was fined $5,000 in Sungei Patani District Court yesterday evening. He was charged, with three Chinese, with being knowingly concerned in the fraudulent evasion of $25,300 Customs duty on 38 piculs of Siamese tobacco. Two of the61 words
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Article126 1947-09-11 17 SINGAPORE, Sept. 10. Three former food control inspectors. Claude De Souza. Tan Teng Hee and Ng Kal Pan. charged with alleged extortion of $1,500 from Chop Kwong Joo Seng on Sept. 4 last year, were yesterday acquitted without being called upon for their defence. The hearing was126 words
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Article110 1947-09-11 17 KUCHING, September 9. The trustees of the Nuffield Foundation have awarded a scholarship for six years to Mr. Leonard Song Thlan Eng, Junior Health Inspector, Grade I, of the Sarawak Modi nl and Health Services, in order to enable him to attend a medical course at King Edw&rd VII110 words
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Article740 1947-09-11 18 SINGAPORE, Sept. 10. PROFESSOR T. L. Silcock last night broadcast from Radio Malaya, largely for the benefit of overseas listeners, some notes on the Singapore non-political scene. Professor Silcock’s talk was entitled: “The Friends of Singapore.” Professor Silcock, Professor ot Economics at Raffles College,740 words
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Article216 1947-09-11 18 SINGAPORE, Sept. 10. WONG Sam Wall was yesterday sentenced to 20 months* rigorous imprisonment for possessing a printing block for the purpose of counterfeiting the Milkmaid Milk trade mark of Nestle and Anglo-Swiss Milk Products, Ltd. Wong was the licensee of a printing press in Tan Quee216 words
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200 1947-09-11 18 KUALA LUMPUR. Sept. 6. IT is likely that a meeting will be called this month to revive the Malayan Kennel Association. The objects of the Association are to encourage the keeping, breeding and importation of pure-breu dogs and to interest itself In the protection200 words
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116 1947-09-11 18 SINGAPORE, Sept. 10. MORE than 700 officers and men of the 266th Indian Infantry Brigade were entertained to tea yesterday at the Cox Social Club for Indian Troops, Waterloo Street. The Brigade arrived in Singapore yesterday, by the hired transport Strathnaver, after having completed 16116 words
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Article271 1947-09-11 18 From Our Stall Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Sept. 9. WONG Choon, a Hakka, was today sentenced to eight years’ rigorous imprisonment and 12 strokes with the rotan for gang robbery committed on Sept. 1. 1945. The charge. heard before Mr. Justice Joblir.g at the Johore Assize271 words
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Article90 1947-09-11 18 SINGAPORE. Sept. 8. liHE replacement of Highly paid European officials by Asiatics was one way in which the Governments of Malaya could economise said Mr. N. Seharenguivel yesterday. Mr. Seharenguivel. is editor of the Singapore Teacher, organ of the Singapore Teachers' Union. At present a qualified Asiatic teacher90 words
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Article83 1947-09-11 18 SINGAPORE. Sept. 9. Three sacks of rice found in a trishaw resulted in a Chinese woman Tan Poll Kee being fined $65 or two weeks’ imprisonment in the Second District Court yesterday lor being in possession of 67 katties of Rangoon rice in Boon Tat Street, on83 words
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Article76 1947-09-11 18 IPOH, Sept. B.—A 70-year-od Chinese who keeps a stall at the third mile. Gopeng Road, was robbed in the early hours of this morning by three Chinese armed with rifles. Waking the man up shortly after midnight, the robbers found only $1.50 on him. whereupon they rummaged the76 words
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Article115 1947-09-11 18 A former Singapore officer Brigadier F. H. Stevens, is one o< two Englishmen handling the gigantic task of directing refugee; in the West Punjab in one of the biggest treks of the century. Brigadier Stevens was in Singapore with his wife and tw r o sons115 words
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Article209 1947-09-11 18 IW1TH new mercury vapour lamps lastnirtu hriii 8 1 1; ing Beach Road from Connaught Drive t Road, yet another instalment has been conmil T* 1 pore's $170,000 streetlight ing scheme. P 1 The initial stage of the scheme, which call cury vapour lamps to light209 words
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Article73 1947-09-11 18 From Our Own Correspond! Ipoh, Sept. 8.—Chinese a in Perak, it is understood, art posing to call a meeting i month with a view to petitic 1 the Government for an incret I the price of tin ere. The reasons for this reques an increase are73 words
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Article59 1947-09-11 18 SINGAPORE. Sept The Singapore lawyer. M C. Goho. will appear in® gapore High Court on e to answer allegations oi tempt of the President ot Rent Assessment Board. E. Kingdom J 0 This was decided by Brown at the High Court d °His Lordship said59 words
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Article85 1947-09-11 18 t*APAR NORTH Psrpb 7.-A sudden -j the Kimanis Ba\ 0 J resU ite N.W. coast ot Born*' r^, Q r the forced landing pi Mosquitoes graphic icton North Borneo. the Unable to teaU Te Labuen, one ‘ana™ ;ot 12 miles noft.i ei ,-ert crew, though s injured. ola85 words
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Article43 1947-09-11 18 S’ PORE MOTION LUP s runt p f K NANKING 1 regional1 to the UNESCu amen tai conference on t0 era cation today nm pre judg national and ra caa school textbooks in j peaj promoting nttriim sub^ftteo the Singapore d Neilson.— UT.LUP - 43 words
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Article448 1947-09-11 19 SINGAPORE, Sept. 6. L)VK is shortly to hi made to reconstitute L \mateur Athletic Association of Malaya. F| r >ivsident, Mr. F. f.ooke. told the* l Turns yesterday that on his return from I car!\ next year he would he culling a L of representatives.448 words
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Article90 1947-09-11 19 1 Jor 'hp 1 o; Were elected office1 af th» Sln^a Pore Hockey AssoR.c LV* nl meetir ‘K h*ld at Mr 1 ff'iden., V,. E N Oehlers; r 1 A. a Sandosham ma l, lder A. J. Haskell; ct: ho r I 11 treasurer. Mr. R. 'htor,90 words
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Article265 1947-09-11 19 SINGAPORE, Sept. 8. THE Singapore Chinese Rfc. creation Club beat the Victoria School Old Boys by 109 runs at cricket on Hong Lim Green yesterday. The home team compiled 210 for seven (Thiam Siew 67 retired), then dismissed their opponents for 101. S.C.R.C. Lau Hock265 words
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Article65 1947-09-11 19 From Our Staff Correspondent. KUALA LUMPUR, Sept. 7.— The Singapore 2nd Echelon (FARELF) hockey team, visiting Kuala Lumpur today, defeated the Selangor Sub-Area Pioneer Com-pany-3-1 at Taylor Road. Thapa scored two goals for the visitors and Surjit Singh the third, while Albert was responsible for65 words
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Article152 1947-09-11 19 SINGAPORE. Sept. 3. 01' tin* fifty silver snorts trophies held by the Y.M.C.A. at the tail oi Singapore one has been returned under unusual circumstances. When H.M.S. Mull of Galloway returned to the Clyde for general overhaul, a battered silver cup was found deep down152 words
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220 1947-09-11 19 From Our Staff Correspondent IPOH, Sept. 7. MALAYA’S proposed participation in the Pacific zone of the Thomas Cup tournament was discussed today at a committee meeting of the Perak Badminton Association. Members were of the opinion that it would be more beneficial to the220 words
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Article295 1947-09-11 19 From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, Sept. 3. THREE runs —one of them for a cup—and a consolation race will be provided for griffins taking part in the Penang Turf Club’s autumn meeting. The dates are Oct. 25, Oct. 29 and Nov. 1. The cup raert for295 words
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Article381 1947-09-11 19 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPLJR, Sept. 7. DLAYINU with ten men most of the time, Perak lost by .the odd goal in three to Selangor in Ihe interstate soccer match played this evening at Princes Road*. Perak were saved from a heavy defeat entirely381 words
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Article100 1947-09-11 19 From Our Own Correspondent SEREMBAN, Sept. 7. THE Europeans beat The Rest for the «Goh Eng Thye Cup today by 62 runs in a one-innings game. Rain had curtailed plav yesterday. The Europeans batted first and scored 169 for seven declared (G. S. Walker 76,100 words
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Article57 1947-09-11 19 From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, Sept. 7.—The first match of the Penang rueeer season ended in a narrow win for the West Yorks over the Chinese Recreation Club yesterday. The soldiers won bv six points to three. Both sides fielded strong teams, but the West Yorks had57 words
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Article102 1947-09-11 19 From Our Own Correspondent IPOH, Sept. 8. THE Ipoh and District Football League Committee has upheld the decision of the referee in the Kinta Indians versus the Cameron Highlanders match last week. The point at Issue was the deciding goal which lost the match for the Indians102 words
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Article75 1947-09-11 19 SINGAPORE, Sept. 10. THE Royal Singapore Golf Club September Medal <Stableford) was played at Bukit Timah last we°k-‘nd and resulted in a win for J. B Martin, with a score of 38. The Ball Sweep, played in conjunction with the Medal, resulted in a win for A T.75 words
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Article167 1947-09-11 19 The Island Club's first post-war mixed foursomes competition, held over the first nine holes, resulted in Mr. and Mrs. K. S. Murray winning with a nett score of 35 ti. The following were some of the best cards returned:— Mr. to Mrs. K S. Murray 46-10%167 words
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Article57 1947-09-11 19 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Sept. 8. In a second round First Division match played at Taylor Road today, the Malaya Command Signals beat the R A F. by two goals to nothing The hall time score was one—r.il. Scorers were Bowd in the first57 words
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Article906 1947-09-11 20 Weekly Share Markert Review [By A M—ket Correspondent] MALAYAN share markets, which up to a fdw days ago showed little or no signs of weakness, have at last begun to wilt under the influence of the continual landslide on the London Stock Exchange. So far weakness906 words
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Article39 1947-09-11 20 The directors of the Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China have declared an interim dividend of five per cent actual, for the current lyear, subject to income tax. The dividend will be paid on Oct. 1.39 words
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Article243 1947-09-11 20 SINGAPORE. Sept. 6. AFTER an extraordinarily dull week New York somewhat unexpectedly started an upward movement in rubber on Thursday, which was readily responded to in this market, says'Lewis and Peat’s weekly market report. The reports that the United States Government is contemplating buying 10.000 tons of243 words
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Article42 1947-09-11 20 The Bukit Mertajam Rubber Companv s profit for the veui ended Mar. 31 was £39.119 This was after charging £54.665 as rehabilitation expenditure to a separate account in the balance sheet. There was a loss of £166 the previous year.42 words
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Article321 1947-09-11 20 From Our Own Correspondent I KUALA LUMPUR I THE Malayan Planting Industries Emploveiv i** V J a union of all owners of rubber oil n.iJ* Ass °cijH estates in Mal£ya of fifty acres .and over is nd in Kuala Lumpur on Sept. 27. >e ,nu u?iiH321 words
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Article60 1947-09-11 20 The directors of the Eastern Bank Limited, at a board meetinn in London, have declared an interim dividend at the rate of 2s 6d per share less income tax at the rate of 9s per 1. The dividend will be on Sept. 29. Transfer books nvill be60 words
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Article151 1947-09-11 20 PENANG. Sept.l JN order to bring down! prices, merchants in J Malaya have formed anl ciation. 1 It is the North Malaya Chi Textiles and General Merch Association, ihe principal ai which w ill he to organise tn for collective importing The decision to form the151 words
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Article723 1947-09-11 20 SINGAPORE. SeDt. 10. Price ‘quotations given today by the Malayan Sharebrokers’ Association were as follows: INDUSTRIALS Bayer Seller Atlas Ice 13.00 14 00 Alex Brick Ords O 1.85 1.95 Alex. Brick Prefs. f 3.25 3.35cd B M Trustee 3 2? 9 00 Consolidated Tlr Smelters <0> 21723 words