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The Straits Budget
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Title Section31 1947-10-16 1 The Straits Budget TOS WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES [ESTABLISHED OVER A OBfTURY] Singapore Thursday,. October 16th, 1947 1, series No. 63. Price 40 cents (S.S. Currency) Or 1 lb.31 words
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Advertisement63 1947-10-16 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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Article1073 1947-10-16 2 —Straits Times, Oot. 9. Paragraph 29 of the Joint Wages Commission’s report figured prominently in the negotiations between the Pan-Malayan Council of Government Workers and the Malayan Union Government which ended in the PMCGW recommending a general strike of its 40,000 members. The PMCGW laid—Straits Times, Oot. 9. - 1,073 words
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Article1287 1947-10-16 2 Straits Times, 0® The official plans for the celebration of Princess Elizabeth’s wedding in Singapore were announced yesterday. These have been drawn up by a committee over which the president of the Municipal Commissioners presided and which was representative of a large number of– Straits Times, 0® - 1,287 words
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Article693 1947-10-16 2 ’Straits Times, Oot. 11. Abolition of the Mil demanded in a memoral submitted to the Chinese Mil of Foreign Affairs by membl the Control Yuan, is not yeti of official Chinese policy foil coming Japanese peace confer! But it may well be so by the! the’Straits Times, Oot. 11. - 693 words
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305 1947-10-16 3 —Straits Times, Oct. 11. •ndt,), the columnist of re p ‘t London, has Id's t V > k c n 8 one of the if ac *dulous journal!o\*or in P° r Potual state of re u 1 'l lin S or other. His invoctj s—Straits Times, Oct. 11. - 305 words
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Article1161 1947-10-16 3 —Straits Times, Oct. 13. Last Friday a delegation from Penang went to King’s House, Kuala Lumpur, and had a discussion with Sir Edward Gent, the subject of the discussion being I officially stated to be "the facts relating to Penang trade and the effect on that—Straits Times, Oct. 13. - 1,161 words
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Article892 1947-10-16 3 —Straits Times, Oct. 14. The terrible tragedy in Selangor last week in which Banjarese killed eleven persons and wounded nine others, not one of whom had done him any harm or was even known to him personally, is a grim reminder that the traditional Malay amok has—Straits Times, Oct. 14. - 892 words
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Article420 1947-10-16 4 —Straits Times, Oct. 14. In the plague of new departments, regulations and forms which is afflicting the Malayan merchant today there is one thing in particular that he is unable to understand, and that is the policy of the Malayan Governments in forcing importers to apply for—Straits Times, Oct. 14. - 420 words
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Article1169 1947-10-16 4 —Straits Times Oct. 15. When the Malayan Democratic Union first began to attract attention shortly after the liberation, it was regarded with interest, sympathy and hope by many people, immigrant as well as domiciled, European as well as Asiatic. Here at last, it seemed, was—Straits Times Oct. 15. - 1,169 words
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Article202 1947-10-16 4 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 14. CTJRROUNDED by an armed *3 guard but calm and obedient to orders, Mat Taram bin Sa’al, alleged to have been an amok responsible for the deaths of 11 people, was produced in the Kajang Police Court this morning.202 words
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Article91 1947-10-16 4 SINGAPORE, Oct. 15. STUDENTS from Malaya, the Philippines and other areas will be given special facilities for study in a new university now being built in Shanghai on the initiative of overseas Chinese. The plans for the university are nearly completed, the Singapore Chinese Consul-General, Dr.91 words
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Article73 1947-10-16 4 SINGAPORE, Oct. 15. The terminus of the York Transport Command’s Lyneham to Singapore air service was temporarily removed yesterday from Changi to Tengah, the R.A.F. announced. This move is a preparatory step to clearing the Changi airfield of its more important commitments so that any construe,73 words
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Article220 1947-10-16 4 SINGAPORE. Oct. M A S f RIESu1 'rubber stJ ft two of which had assorted with Singapore yesterfal the Rubber Workers' tff made agreements uJB Dunlop Rubber Compll thg Joo Sontr Mill Four hundred women to work at Dunlop's down after a strike lasrwll than a220 words
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Article44 1947-10-16 4 SINGAPORE. Oct. H V P. Abdullah, managing pH ner of the People’s Press H fined $250. In default two mojH r.i. by the Third Police (H Magistrate. Mr. F. BenJ Oehlere. yesterday, for run* a printing press without reneH the licence. m44 words
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Article199 1947-10-16 4 PARKS. On 9.10.47 at KUjM Kerbau to Muriel, wife of John a son. At Kandang Kerbau on 9th 1947 to Olga, wife of R C. H. a daughter—Gabriellc. MARTIN. At Singapore on H October, a son to Mr. and R. Martin (nee Miss I.am Shoon«daughter of Rev. Lam199 words
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Obituary69 1947-10-16 4 age wm y DEAT iis october m NICOLSON: On bth atc» (result of u a “fouronj Nicolson. Manager beloved hu Estate. Johore Bahru of May Simpson. |am sw^M ,.u H of May Simpson. smi« PATERSON. 1 1 i a 0 n 9th V Perth Western Au V‘ r r it69 words
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1402 1947-10-16 5 L e writer of this left A* is one of the oldest European Lts of Singapore and has been engaged sinc e the Lion in rehabilitating his business, after three and a [years in Changi Gaol and Sim e Road. The Straits L has1,402 words
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Article594 1947-10-16 5 y OUR London correspondents message on the recent letter from Malacca written to the Manchester Guardman in criticism of the new Malayan constitutional proposals, has more than usual interest and the remarks that follow herein are based j on an except from the Guardian leader on594 words
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503 1947-10-16 5 IT seems unwarranted that disapproval of “ragging” at Raffles College should be implemented by the threat of expulsion. This uncompromising stand needs be contrasted with the sympathetic approach to the problem by the opposite number of the more sendor Medical College, when controversy was raised503 words
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Article87 1947-10-16 5 I NOTICE from the Press 1 that the Registrar of Imports and Exports is offering quotas for the import of potatoes from Canada. Apart from the fact that all tiie potatoes r.eedcd lien* could be imported from Australia, doesn’t this invitation involve the release of hard87 words
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1519 1947-10-16 6 TUAN DJEK - A Malayan Countryman’s Diary TUAN DJEK. IN 1907 Nelson Estate was suffering greatly from the damage done to young rubber trees by hordes of monkeys Keras, Beroks, Chengkoks and/or Lotongs. It is not suggested that these various species of apes worked in unison,1,519 words
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122 1947-10-16 6 SUNGEIPATANI, Oct. 12. lh-iEAK-OLD boy, still in mourning, today described to the Sungei Patani magistrate, Che Harun, how pirates July 20 Ot hIS lather dead at sea near Tan J on g Dewai, on The magistrate was holding a preliminary inquiry into charges122 words
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Article51 1947-10-16 6 JOHORE BAHRU, Oct. 13—From Jan. 1 to Sept. 31 this year a sum of $22,705 was collected In fines iin the Magistrate’s Court, Johore Bahru, from owners and drivers of motor vehicles who were convicted on charges of overloading their vehicles. The number of oases involved was51 words
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Article148 1947-10-16 6 SINGAPORE. Oct. 15. A Chinese. Koh Ah Kok, who was alleged to have taken away a Malay girl, Mahani bimte Haji Ahmad, without the consent of her guardian, was discharged when the case against him came up for mention ir. the Fourth Polic3 Court yesterday. The148 words
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Article186 1947-10-16 6 SINGAPORE, On THE Civil Lord o, a •1 miralty, Mr. w SB Singapore' a week’s admSB yaid. He takes with J i-eply from London, M for higher wag es made® by European workmeVl dockyard unions. Mr. Edwards, who aMI Singapore from a simiffjl ?°J g186 words
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Article104 1947-10-16 6 SINGAPORE. Oct. No painter in Singapore live by his art alone, the pre oi the Society ot Chines?A Mr. Liu Kang, said .vested Mr. Liu said that the peo Singapore who could I# patronise art were not yet conscious. The Society of Chinese i104 words
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Article66 1947-10-16 6 Malacca, on. at a luncheon meeting Malacca Round Table ye.'_ Mr A. H W. L:® S Officer. Malacca. *aid j there would be a j e Malay-a printed b\ merit. Mr. Lilly, speaking said: “Maps an* j 3 tools ordered pro?.e^ country. “It has been found are66 words
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Article154 1947-10-16 6 SINGAPORE, Oct. 12. SINGAPORE has lifted restrictions on the export of certain foodstuffs to the United Kingdom, but the ban on canned pineapples being sent out remains—to safeguard the good name of the Malayan pine. This action, it is stated, has taken because much of154 words
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Article249 1947-10-16 7 PENANG, Oct. 11. H aN gES of student tours between Malaya and countries Europe and Asia ar e urged by Mr. Gunn Chit Thye .(alive in Malaya of My Fnend Abroad, an organisaK pen friends started by a Swede, Mr. Karl Gunnar gunn suggests that a249 words
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Article129 1947-10-16 7 SINGAPORE, Oct. 12. Bielp deal with the many ■eople who line up daily the chambers of the ■’rates in Central Criminal Police Courts, in South Read. Singapore, to get rs and statutory decla- Chief Justice ■’-Aynsley has appointed H sen .:or court officers to be129 words
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Article129 1947-10-16 7 SEREMBAN, Oct. 12. A GANG of eight or nine Chinese is reported to have murdered a compatriot in a rubber estate half a mile from Mengkuang, in the district of Temerloh, and subsequently robbed various shops in the villages of Mengkuang and Kemayan. In connection with129 words
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Article261 1947-10-16 7 KUCHING, Oct. 12. A CHANGE in the method °f assessing the rubber export duty has been announced, with effect from Oct. 8. The du,y of four cents per lb has been abolished, and henceforth the duty will be charged according to the following ad261 words
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Article189 1947-10-16 7 SINGAPORE, Oct. 13. A lEST to the Singapore Government against the formation of the Muslim Advisory Board as a Govern-ment-sponsored body will b± made by the Malay organisation PUTERA. The association, at a recent meeting, pissed a number of resolutions, one of which demands that membership189 words
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Article62 1947-10-16 7 SINGAPORE, Oct. 12. A FEW minutes after boarding a taxi, a Singapore Chinese was robber yesterday of $4OO, which he had drawn from the Chartered Bank. The Chinese in the taxi was going to h's home in Tyrwhitt Road, when two men stopped the62 words
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Article253 1947-10-16 7 Ur Correspondent j LA LUMPUR, Oct. 12. the aim of encouragh SCouts to attain a ini ng n tofit d fV, f effl ciency in vi Co b 1 flt them for public fc’ard r h Governor. Sir er pu G f, nt has offered a253 words
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Article333 1947-10-16 7 SINGAPORE, Oct. 12. ALL the vessels of the Straits Steamship Co., Ltd., have now been derequisitioned, with the exception of the Kelantan, and new vessels purchased. This fact was revealed by the chairman of the company, Mr. H. J. C. K, Toms, in his speech333 words
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Article283 1947-10-16 7 SINGAPORE, Oct. 13. A STRAITS Times survey yesterday amongst individual Singapore operators of taxis and trishaws showed that their business has declined within the past three months, and has declined most sharply in the past month. A reporter took taxi and trishaw rides and established that283 words
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Article229 1947-10-16 7 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 12. THE Pan-Malayan Council of Government Workers who were du e to call i n results of the strike-ballot among member unions today, have decided to extend the period for collection of ballot papers. Asked what the result of the229 words
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Article114 1947-10-16 7 Sunday Time* Correspondent KUANTAN, Saturday. COR ten dreary miles a bullalo 1 was meekly led along to the sawah by its master. Then suddenly, the animal lost Its temper and launched a vicious attack. Its master, the ketua of Tanjong Medan, a kampong on the Pekan114 words
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Article98 1947-10-16 7 JOHORE BAHRU, October 10.— Strike ballot papers from the PanMalayan Council of Workers have arrived lm Johore and have been distributed to workers. So far the Malays have refused to take part in t'he voting which has been confined to Chinese and Indians. The voting boxes are labelled98 words
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Article419 1947-10-16 8 SINGAPORE Oct 11. CINGAPORE Chinese transformed the city into a scene of gaiety and colour yesterday when they celebrated the Double Tenth, Chinese National Day. Chinese business oflices, 'markets and cates were closed for the festivities marking the dbth anniversary of the Chinese Republic. The red419 words
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Article80 1947-10-16 8 SINGAPORE, Oct. 11. A TRISHAW rider, Chng Say Pee, was fined $2,250 or eight months’ rigorous imprisonment in the Second District Court yesterday for hoarding 3,393 katties of Siamese rice. The case against Chng was a sequel to a raid by food control officers on an80 words
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56 1947-10-16 8 Hui Yik Piew, master craftsman in wood carving, putting the finishing touches to the table of Rengas wood which is one of the Malayan Union’ s wedding gifts to Princess Elizabeth. The table with other presents of Trengganu cloth and Kelantan silver ware were on view in Whiteaway Laidlaw’s windows—Straits Times photo. - 56 words
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Article163 1947-10-16 8 SINGAPORE, Oct. 11. ASKED when the report of Salaries Commission would bp available, the Officer Administering the Government, Mr. P.A.B. McKerron, replied, i n the Singapore Advisory Council on Wednesday that he was not in a position to say and that he had been •’considerably concerned163 words
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Article85 1947-10-16 8 SINGAPORE, Oct. 11. A BATCH of 51 banishees, the biggest since the liberation, left Singapore yesterday for China aboard the Ho Hong steamer Hong Siang. They included gang robbers, extortioners, secret society members and others convicted of violent crime. Some had served prison sentences. The banishees85 words
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Article68 1947-10-16 8 SINGAPORE, Oct. 11. A sack in which the body of a Chinese hawker was found huddled and strapped with a belt in Tessensohn Road on Sept. 12 was produced as an exhibit in the Singapore Coroner’s Court yesterday. Inquiring into the death of the Chinese, Poh68 words
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Article380 1947-10-16 8 SINGAPORE, Oct. 12. BEFORE the 1914-1918 world war Singapore was a grand place to live in, said the oldest resident of the York Hill Home, Mr. William Orr, when giving his reminiscences to the Sunday Times yesterday. Mr. Orr came to Malaya on Sept. 18,380 words
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Article162 1947-10-16 8 From Our Staff Correspondent IPOH, Oct. 10. ELIAS bin Haji Yunus, a 21- year-od Malay, was sentenced to 20 strokes of the rota n today for using a pistol to threaten a Chinese shopwoman before robbing her. He was also scathingly condemned by Mr162 words
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Article56 1947-10-16 8 SINGAPORE, Oct. 11. Dr. W. M. Clyde, Food Adviser, to the Special Commissioner in South-East Asia, left by air yesterday morning for- Washington, via London, in order to attend the Rice Committee meetings of the International Emergency Food Council The rice allocations for the first half of56 words
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Article311 1947-10-16 8 Carb ide ‘Dangerous Cargo’ SINGAPORE, Oct t he siiignpoiQ c ,ri 1 w r t> C0 ij! i«,H w. g. Porter, M should i n mture b J as dungomus c r the meaning of th I plcsior. Of a earbifc.ifl at North B .it Quay »a Si “’"AUh S311 words
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Article71 1947-10-16 8 GANGSTE RS OFFENSIVE SINGAPORE. Oct. Gangsters threw aer water bottles and 0 missiles, and manhandled proprietor and others Indian restaurant m** goon Road, Singapore, Thursday night. t The proprietor saw Indians and one out the attack on In he had refused to pay tection” money. 0 f The Eurasian immbi71 words
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Article37 1947-10-16 8 KUALA LUMPUR. 0('t l0 rf Khoo Tetk Ei-. a Malayan Union A*;, d pro pri and well-known l was married tod hter of Wai Ying. r C ni secretary of the Loke Recreation Club Chee.37 words
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Article544 1947-10-16 9 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 8. ■sSTKK TION work on a privately-built $2 million ■garden city for Kuala Lumpur will begin this if the promoters of the scheme, a private conin' and the Malayan Union Town Planner ■agree immediately on the question of544 words
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Article133 1947-10-16 9 SINGAPORE, Oct. 9. A VERDICT of suicide was returned yesterday by th e Singapore Coroner, Mr. W. G. Porter on Pte. Albert George Jaycock, who was found shot i n his room at 223 Base Ordnance Depot, Alexandra, on Sept. 26. .Taycock’s room-mate, Pte. S.133 words
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Article86 1947-10-16 9 A finding of suicide was returned on a young Chinese *voman, 24-year-old Lim Wee Chin, who was stated to have jumped from the second floor of her house in Beach Road to the road 31 feet below. The incident occurred on Oct. 1 about ten months after86 words
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Article55 1947-10-16 9 Caught between the track and the running board of a traotor when trying to board the machine, Pte. Anthony lanetta of the Motor Transport Section, R.E.M.E. at Balestier Road, received fatal inj urles. The accident ocourred on &ept. 25, when the tractor was being tested. The Coroner recorded55 words
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Article76 1947-10-16 9 SINGAPORE, Oct 9 SINGAPORE Police yesterday O recovered three unused 5 uns wi,h 24 magazines packed m an unopened case •ynig in a hacklane joining Robinson Rjad and Raffles Quay. A Malay chauffeur, Md. Aseh bin Kassim, saw the case in the hack-lane, and made a76 words
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Article116 1947-10-16 9 From Our Own Correspondent SEREMBAN, Oct. 8. A MALAY who admitted six previous convictions was sentenced to eight years’ rigorous imprisonment and te n strokes of the rotan for robbery at the Seremban Assizes yesterday. The Malay, Omar bin Mat, was charged with robbing a116 words
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Article36 1947-10-16 9 JOHORE BAHRU, October B. An Indian bread vendor, Sherif, was killed here yesterday when the bicycle he was riding collided with a lorry at the junction of Jalan Yahaya Awal and Jalan Yusof Tala.36 words
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Article192 1947-10-16 9 Jap Horror Book T o Build Church From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 8. MRS. Sybil Kathigasu, wife of Dr. A. C. Kathigasu, of Brewster Road Ipoh, is writing a book describing her terrible experiences as a prisoner of the Japanese. From its proceeds she hopes to build a192 words
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Article87 1947-10-16 9 SINGAPORE, Oct. 9. Four Chinese was yesterday fined $lOO or four weeks’ simple Imprisonment in connection with the sale of medicines purporting to be remedies for venereal disease. A fifth Chinese was fined $l5O or six weeks. Mr. E. J. Linsell, prosecuting, told the Third Court87 words
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231 1947-10-16 9 EUROPEAN OFFICER SAYS From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 8. A EUROPEAN police officer, Mr. D. A. Weir described in the Coroner’s Cpurt today how, while participating in a raid on a suspected gangster hideout on September 18, he had killed231 words
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Article221 1947-10-16 9 From Our Staff Correspondent IPOH, Oct. 8. THE resource of an Ipoh shopkeeper, who got a neighbour to trail a party of extortioners, resulted in two Chinese being sentenced to three years’ rigorous imprisonment each at the Assize Court, Ipoh, today. 9 After the extortioners had been221 words
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203 1947-10-16 9 SINGAPORE, Oct. 9. A 30-YEAR-OLD Singapore Chinese woman is alleged to have run amok, and severely injured two Chinese boys, aged three and four, I with a vegetable chopper in Geylang Road on Tuesday morning. The woman was later sl al Japore and was charged203 words
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Article196 1947-10-16 9 J OHORE BUSES RUN AGAIN From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, October 8. —Following negotiations between striking busmen and representatives of the South Johore Bus Co., 16 of the company’s 22 buses have resumed operations and the rest will be on the road again as soon as new staff can196 words
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387 1947-10-16 10 U.K. “Dictation T o Malaya” On Trade Attacked SINGAPORE, Oct 10. THE economic policy of Malaya should not be dictated from London without due consideration being given to the effect on local conditions and local trade, said Mr. E. M. F. Fergusson in the Singapore Advisory Council yesterday. Mr. Fergusson387 words
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Article115 1947-10-16 10 SINGAPORE, Oct. 10. A Chinese mother kneeled in the Third Police Court yesterday before the Magistrate, Mr. F. Bernarl Oehlers and with her hands together begged for leniency for her son. Later in the morning she attempted a second supplication but was told to leave115 words
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Article231 1947-10-16 10 SINGAPORE, Oct. 9. A2B-year-old Chinese gunman, Leong Seng Chai, who fired a revolver at a detective in Carpenter Street on the afternoon of January 29 was yesterday sentenced to death in the Singapore Assize Court for carrying arms. Before sentence was passed, Leong said to Mr.231 words
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Article140 1947-10-16 10 SINGAPORE, Oct. 10. TWO taxi robberies, in which armed men took away one vehicle and warned the driver of the other, were reported in Singapore yesterday. Tw 0 and a Malay produced a pistol and kicked a Sikh taxi driver out of his seat140 words
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Article122 1947-10-16 10 KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 9. FOUND guilty of having strangled to death a taxi driver whom they had lured to a lonely estate road, three Chinese, one a police informer, were sentenced to death today at the Selangor Assizes. The assessors gave their verdict after a two-minute retirement.122 words
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Article116 1947-10-16 10 SEREMBAN, October 9. Two Chinese were arrested at Alor Gajah today after allegedly attempting to extort from the proprietor of a Tampin shop. A police report said the two men alighted from an Austin 12 saloon and confronted the proprietor as he was leaving his shop. They represented116 words
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131 1947-10-16 10 From Our Own Correspondent BATU PAHAT, Oct. 9. A TAILLESS crocodile weighing about 500 pounds was speared by Malays at Serang Boya, a village 12 miles from Batu Pahat today. After capture it was discovered that the crocodile’s tail was only a foot long, an<j131 words
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256 1947-10-16 10 THE Joint Advisory Board on the ct fcB 1 of Malaya has been instructed by the Sei r Xp, n nI for the Colonies to do nothing in the matter of s 5 can film arrangements until further inforimli... This reply was given, to256 words
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Article121 1947-10-16 10 SEREMBAN, Thursday. The Scout Commissioner for Malaya. Mr. F. C. Sands, addressed a rally of about 500 boy scouts and cubs at the People’s Park. Seremban. yesterday as part of his inspection tour of Negri Sembilan. The Scout Commissioner was accompanied by the Yang diPertuan Besar of Negri121 words
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Article82 1947-10-16 10 SINGAPORE, Oct. 9. The Third Officer of the Tydeus, now in Singapore, described in the First District Court yesterday how he saw a pair of feet hanging out of a deck cabin porthole and pushed them inside the cabin. With assistance he later detained a Chinsee.82 words
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Article63 1947-10-16 10 Renter. LONDON, October 8. Sir Richard Winstedt, who spent 19 years in the Malayan Civil Service was today presented with the Royal Asiatic Society’s triennial gold medal for his services in oriental research. Through his research work in Malaya, Sir Richard added greatly to-— Renter. - 63 words
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Article495 1947-10-16 10 $7 ,000,000 Housing Scheme SINGAPORE, Oct. l 0 rE Singapore ImprovenB Trust’s housing would cost $7,000,000 U year if Government decX to finance it, the oJ Administering the Govfl ment, Mr. P. a. B. told the Singapore AdvjX Council yesterday. Mr. McKerron sai d that I chairman of the ImprcvenM495 words
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Article275 1947-10-16 11 I From Our Staff Correspondent I KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 9. ■\G representations are to be made direct to the Kjvernor of the Malayan Union, Sir Edward |bv representatives of the United Planting AssuE of Malaya who, it is understood, will demand Eiate and decisive275 words
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Article148 1947-10-16 11 SINGAPORE, Oct. 10. and Mrs. Chen Su Lan. of |Bure and Dr. and Mrs. Tan |JI Hons, of Penang, recently {■ed the Moral Re-Armament Assembly now being held at Switzerland, ■aya was one of 47 countries there this summer ■akin" at one of the Assem- j148 words
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Article83 1947-10-16 11 ur s taff Correspondent Knn f LUMp UR, October 9.— ■n?fi rt of the Salaries Com■th k ox P ec ted to be put bem Governors of the Malanion and Singapore next tfA a ir man of the Commds■avc V arry Tr usted. returned e a83 words
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Article290 1947-10-16 11 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. IMPORTERS in the Malayan Unions, who have hitherto had to apply to Singapore for import licences, will now be able to apply to. Kuala Lumpur. The new system will take elTect immediately. It follows urgent representations made to the290 words
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232 1947-10-16 11 SINGAPORE, Oct. 10. A YOUNG Singapore Chinese detective fired three shots with a revolver at 10 Chinese gangsters, who attacked him in the crowded Eu Tong Sen Street food market on Wednesday night. The shots missed the gangsters. A 22_year-old painter, Tan Bock Hee, who was232 words
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Article61 1947-10-16 11 SINGAPORE, Oct. 10, Alleged to have used a sick horse to pull a cart along North Bridge Road on Wednesday, a 35-year-old Indian. Tambi Kechil, was charged in the Second Police Court yesterday with cruelty to the horse. He pleaded not guilty and was61 words
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Article156 1947-10-16 11 SINGAPORE, Oct. 9. THE President of the Singapore Rotary Club, Mr. S. Franklin, announced at yesterday’s luncheon meeting that the Rotary T. B. Fund has reached a total of $68,199. Recent contributions to the fund included $17,000 from the entertainment organised by the Rotary156 words
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Article103 1947-10-16 11 SINGAPORE, Oct. 10. i on h e dutv <>n totalisator bets and sweepstakes »N increase of from five to ten per c thnriged in the Singapore Advisory Council A conducted by clubs in Singapore was yesterday. Ordinance to make provision Tor* this Increase was103 words
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699 1947-10-16 11 SINGAPORE, Oct 10. IT is proposed to spend $600,000 on Singapore’s celebrations on the occasion of the wedding of Princess Elizabeth on Nov. 20. The proposed sum represents a dollar per head of the estimated population of Singapore. A call for a united effort by699 words
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Article42 1947-10-16 11 SINGAPORE, Oct. 10. Stated to have surrendered himself to the Singapore C.1.D., a 28-year-old American subject, Stuart Sayles Whipple, was charged in the Second Police Court yesterday with vagrancy. The magistrate, Mr. L. C. Goh, granted the postponement.42 words
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289 1947-10-16 12 From Our Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Oct. 8. THE chairman of the Johore Planters’ Association, Mr. A. G. Boyd, said yesterday the planting community in Johore were seriously considering evacuating their wives and children from Johore until security conditions improved. He was referring289 words
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Article262 1947-10-16 12 From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, Oct. 8. Dissatisfaction with the manner i n which Asiatic mining interests were “practically ignored” in the proposed submission of war damage claims to the Siamese Government was expressed today by a prominent Penang Chinese miner. He was commenting on262 words
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Article88 1947-10-16 12 SINGAPORE, Oct. 9. A thousand guests attended the opening of th. e Lido at the Haw Par Swimming pool, Pasir PanJang, last night. There were cocktail bars and dancing. Major-General L. H. Cox, G.0.C., Singapore District, cut the tape which opened the cabaret and swimming88 words
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221 1947-10-16 12 SEREMBAN, Oct. 8. A CHINESE detective told the Seremban Assize Court yesterday that, after two Chinese had told him they intended to steal a car and offered him 30 per cent, of the proceeds of its sale, he helped them push the car from221 words
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Article59 1947-10-16 12 HMS GAMBIA TO VISIT S ’PORE —A.P. HONG KONG, October 8.— H.M.S. Gambia, the 8,000-ton cruiser which fired the last shot against the Japanese mainland will leave Hongkong for Singapore on October 28. Commissioned in 1942, the Gambia was highly successful during her war service and finally distinguished herself at—A.P. - 59 words
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Article256 1947-10-16 12 SINGAPORE 0>H P E L V" diH liumhvcN “SJta Siameso An k,,;,.■ an.Vfd in yesterday. “Vou m’i\ n d -r H.H, lirv e." said Chamrat W.iukup’ i":?W Liaison Olluv. -bat H He added that lice ed in ii itvakitk. H Ques.. au ut t; r256 words
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Article41 1947-10-16 12 SINGAPORE. Oct. Sentence of three years i ous imprisonment was ifflj upon a 19-year old Malay, a bin Yusof at the Assize Cowl terday when h P pleaded gw a charge of stealing a bicyc Cavanagh Bridge on JW41 words
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Article45 1947-10-16 12 KUALA LUMPUR, October 8. —The wedding took place at the office of the Seremban Registrar of Marriages on Saturday, of Mr. Desmond Alfred Bates and MLss Gweiidpliine Jasmin Pilnto. The bride was given away by her uncle, Mr G.P. Skelchy, of Kuala Lumpur.45 words
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263 1947-10-16 12 Malayan Postmen T o Appeal To London From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, Oct. 8. MALAYAN postal workers hope to raise the question of their right to strike in Parliament. The Chairman of the Joint Committee of Postal Uniformed Staffs Unions. Mr. Osman Siru. said today that further meetings would be263 words
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154 1947-10-16 12 From Our Own Correspondent SEREIVIBAN, Oct.». A YOUTHFUL Chinese, Foo Moon Chiat, alias Foo Lim, pleaded guilty before Mr. Justice E. O. Negri Sembilan Assizes yesterday to a charge tna ed two revolvers at a man and demanded mone>. l aemanucu Evidence was that154 words
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Article398 1947-10-16 13 I Sunday Times Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 11. VYAN Union Police looking for the amok res- lor the deaths of 10 people today arrested NV ho walked into Sabak Bernam Police Station Wn[h l'crak (114 miles by road from Kajang) and K e(i398 words
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Article105 1947-10-16 13 KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 12. t£? Vernor Sir Edward Gent. -ved a delegation from the Planting Association of ms morning when the S w r str( >ng action against in dohore was stressed. comprised Mr. S >ia t r the president to the hern and Mr105 words
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Article411 1947-10-16 13 SINGAPORE, Oct. 10. SHOUTING threats, a crowd of nearly 40 retrenched workers closed th e gate on two directors of the Joo Seng Rubber Works in Bukit Timah Road, Singapore, on Tuesday and prevented them from leaving until police assis tanc e was called. The directors411 words
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175 1947-10-16 13 Repaid Bishop’s Kindness With F orgeries Sunday limes Correspondent KUCHING, Oct. 12. A OUNG employee of the Posts <?" d e graphs Department, f, Soon K |a. was sentenced to four years’ rigorous imprisonment •tor st-aling seven cheques from Jhe residence of the Bishop oi Labuan and Sarawak and forging175 words
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Article167 1947-10-16 13 SINGAPORE, Oct. 12. A Singapore doctor, Chee Chin Hal, committed suicide by injecting formalin into his heart twice at his quarters in Tan Tock Seng Hospital on Sept. 28. Dr. Chee was 45 years of age. Medical evidence showed that two needle marks were found on167 words
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Article312 1947-10-16 13 SINGAPORE, Oct. 12. A MAN who has done a considerable amount of good work in social Welfare circles and towards the decrease of juvenile delinquency in Singapore and the Malayan Union leaves for England next month. He is Colonel John Wainwrjght, Chief of the312 words
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Article361 1947-10-16 13 SINGAPORE, Oct. 12. A CHINESE tapper was critically stabbed and left for dead by a gang of seven armed bandits, who attacked and robbed a Chinese estate “kongsi” house near Kulai, Johore, in the small hours of yesterday. Th e tapper. Goh Ilai, is now' in361 words
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Article161 1947-10-16 13 SINGAPORE, Oct. 13. CANNED Malayan pineapples can still be sent to the United Kingdom. The approval of the Department of Imports and Exports, Singapore, must bo sought before export is possible, however. The Inclusion of canned pineapples in food parcels to the United Kingdom, however, has been161 words
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Article122 1947-10-16 13 TELUK ANSON, Oct. 12 —Anoverseer who pulled out a knife when he was reprimanded by the Danish manager of Mon Repos Estate, Sabak Bernam, and then abused him and hLs daughter, was fined $5O and bound over for a year in the District Court here. The manager,122 words
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Article91 1947-10-16 13 SINGAPORE. Oct. 10. A 24-year old Chinese, Le e Ee Quek, who was charged with being in unlawful possession of three rounds of revolver ammunition, was acquitted at the Slngapor 0 Assize Court yesterday without his defence being called. It was alleged by the prosecution that a91 words
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Article193 1947-10-16 14 SINGAPORE, Oct. 13. FLYING shell fragments struck 21 labourers, a six-year-old European girl and an RAF corporal when a case of 20-millimetre cannon shells exploded at the Seletar RAF base at 3.30 p.m. on Saturday. The child, daughter of an RAF sergeant who had wandered from193 words
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Article127 1947-10-16 14 SINGAPORE, Oct. 13. SEVERAL Singapore jewellers have expressed dissatisfaction over the Colony’s wedding gift to Princess Elizabeth. It was originally decided to give an elaborate trinket box of gold and diamonds but, according to jewellers, because one firm reported that they had no suitable rollers to127 words
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Article142 1947-10-16 14 JOHORE BAHRU, Oct. 12. A MALAY who was sentenced to death for the murder of his step-daughter had the death sentence quashed by the Court of Appeal yesterday. The Court of Appeal, which consisted of the Chief Justice. Singapore, Mr. Justice MurrayAynsley, Mr. Justice Brown and142 words
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Article81 1947-10-16 14 SINGAPORE, Oct. 13. ONG PEE LIAT and Lim Ah Leh. two Chinese, were produced before the Singapore Seventh Police Court Magistrate. Mr. E. S. de Banzie, on Saturday, charged with attempted extortion of $lO,OOO from Sim Tian Poh, by putting him in fear of death on October81 words
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Article209 1947-10-16 14 J OHORE BANDITS STRIKE AGAIN From Our Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Oct. 12. ROAD bandits have struck again on the Johore Bahru-Pontian Road. In broad daylight yesterday *a taxi was heid up by two armed Chinese seven miles from the spot where less than a week ago the Johore planter,209 words
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Article116 1947-10-16 14 SINGAPORE, Oct. 13. AT 11.30 yesterday morning. His Excellency the Governor of the Malayan Union. Sir Edward Gent, drove to Whiteaway. Laidlaw’s premises ai d spent time admiring the display of Malaya’s wedding gifts to Prir.- < B'\s Elizabeth The Union’s gifts to the Princess include a116 words
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Article572 1947-10-16 14 rE United Kedah Planting Association has issued the following statement regarding the recent labour unrest on Pelam Estate, Kuala Ketil: With reference to the allegations made by one Maniveloo in your issue of Oct. 1, under the heading “Mediation by Welfare Officer” it is essential that572 words
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325 1947-10-16 14 From Our Stair Correspondent 1 KUALA LUMPUR Oct n I THE former Commander of the Japanese llih rJ 1 ment in Malaya, Lieut.-Col. Watanabe Tsnn.il will be shot for his part in the Kuala Pi! a, i of March, 1942. raass l This325 words
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Article89 1947-10-16 14 SIX MEN ROB HAINAN ESE SINGAPORE, Oct. 13. Military ana civilian police are investigating a report by a Haimanese that six men robbed him of $2O and a wrist-watch valued at $4O at the seventh milestone. Holland Road, at 1.30 a.m. yesterday. The Hainanese said that he suspected that the89 words
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87 1947-10-16 14 SINGAPORE, Oct. 14. The electric wiring in the District Court in South Bridge Road, Singapore, caused a small fire yesterday morning when the switch was turned on. Fire shot out from the wiring but court attendants promptly put it out before the arrival of the87 words
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Article130 1947-10-16 14 SINGAPORE. Oct. 1 MORE Singapore jewel have expressed indi tion over the central i brat ion committee’s desir reduce the size of Smgapt w ’hv? gift to Prin Elizabeth. Mr. B. de Silva, of Wijendra Co.. Middle Road, told the St Times yesterday: “I knowtha Arm130 words
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Article150 1947-10-16 14 TEACHERS SENI ORITY From Our St aft' Corrcspoiu PENANG. Oct. 12. r f<HE Senior Inspector Schools, Mr. C. A. Sc told normal students at t first conference in eI yesterday it was right teachers should aspire greater respo nsibi 1 it ies, added: “You cannot, h ever, qualify for senior150 words
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Article36 1947-10-16 14 SINGAPORE. Oct The Malayan Teachers y increased its member.... than 200 in Septemb r This fact is revealed tn Edu( est Issue of the Mala Ia i the official organ of 1 Teachers’ Union.36 words
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1270 1947-10-16 15 R. E. HOLTTUM - Lhe Malayan Gardener By R. E. HOLTTUM Director of The Botanic Gardens Singapore I \<\\I.YIMIAS make I *\iiiitc good hedges, L Hie Iwighl red-leaves iridv «ivw :1 distineK e colour, which may I mav not be found Bitablc ns a l)ackground K-other plants.1,270 words
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481 1947-10-16 15 THE welcome house-mar-tins are building i» our eaves again. They are often miscalled swallows but actually martins are white underneath and my birdbook says that the swallow is chestnut underneath. This pair are very labour-sav-ing for they have not built the usual nest481 words
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186 1947-10-16 15 From Our Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU. Oct. 13. OOCKALINGAM, a 27-year-old 8.0. D. clerk in Singapore, was today charged in the Pontian Magistrate’s Court with the murder of his 18-year-old bride. Th c man and the girl had been married less than six months. The186 words
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Article198 1947-10-16 15 PLAN TER DIES SINGAPORE. Oct. 14. Mr. W. S. Paterson, a wellknown planter and sportsman of Parit, Perak, has died at Perth Western Australia, at the age of 43. Mr. Paterson, the son of a Perth University professor, came to Malaya 20 years ag 0 a s an assistant on198 words
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Article219 1947-10-16 15 From Our Own Correspondent SITIAWAN, Monday. TWO Chinese were committed for trial at the next Perak Assizes on Saturday on charges of murder and causing mischief by fire at thc* end of a n inquiry into the hand grenade outrage at Jclutong early this year. The219 words
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Article85 1947-10-16 15 KLANG, Oct. 13.—An armed police escort from Singapore arrived at Klang this morning to take charge of a Malay named Mohamed Hassan. who Is alleged to have escaped from Outram Road gaol on Mar. 21 this year. Klang police heard of Hassan’s presence when they85 words
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Article343 1947-10-16 16 From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, Oct. 13. THE Economic Adviser to the Governor-General, Prof. 1 F. C. Benham, will visit Penang shortly, at the request of the Governor of the Malayan Union, Sir Edward Gent, to investigate Penang trade. This was disclosed to the Straits Times343 words
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Article140 1947-10-16 16 SINGAPORE, Oct. 14. AN Indian remand prisoner in Singapore escaped for a second time from police custody o n Saturday morning after he had obtained a magistrate’s permission to get a change of clothing in town. The prisoner, who was wearing handcuffs, made a sensational140 words
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Article200 1947-10-16 16 From Our Staff Correspondent SEREMBAN, Oct. 13. A 60-YEAR-OLD Chinese contractor and coffee shop proprietor, Wong Tuck, and nis 16-year-old schoolboy son Wong Sup, were found stabbed to death in their shop at the 43rd mile. Sorting ’(Jlu Road, early on Saturday morning. The shop200 words
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Article78 1947-10-16 16 SINGAPORE, Oct. 11. Two Chinese seized the till of a dry-cleaner’s shop in Middle Road, Singapore, took $2O in small change, then walked out oi the shop at 3.30 p.m, on Thursday. The Chinese had earlier asked the proprietor of the shop. Sek Kooi Chai,78 words
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Article109 1947-10-16 16 From Our Staff Correspondent. KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 13. Pleading guilty to unlawful possession of two revolvers Choy Yoo Wah, a youthful Chinese, who admitted two previous convictions, was convicted a n d sentenced to three years’ rigorous imprisonment by Mr. Justice Spenser Wilkinson at the109 words
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Article76 1947-10-16 16 DENANG, Oct. 13. -One of the oldest educational institutions tin Malaya, the Penang Free School, will be holding its 131st annual speech day next Tuesday. October 21. The Resident Commission Mr. S. N. King, will preside and Mrs. King will distribute prizes. Addresses will be given by76 words
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Article414 1947-10-16 16 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 13. EIGHT members of the Medical Auxiliary Service T have been awarded Cards of Commendation by the Governor of the Malayan Union for loyalty and devotion to duty before and during the Malayan campaign. They will be presented414 words
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Article309 1947-10-16 16 SINGAPORE, Oct. 14. r|N Oct. 1, under the heading “Intimidation And Har-! tals”, a letter signed by Robert E. Lee was published in the Straits Times, the final paragraph of which was as follows: Mr. Tan Cheng Lock was careful enough to make it known that his309 words
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Article619 1947-10-16 16 S pore Complain On Petrol Cut SINGAPORE, Oct H THE recently-inaugurated system of )e ro Jig 1 in Singapore was a further examnio J I 01 directive from the Colonial Office, of s j m jj" to income tax and the unfortunate the Banishment Ordinance,” it was suggested fl| mittee619 words
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Article, Illustration1409 1947-10-16 17 By Larry Carroll, Straits Times Staff Reporter I u KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 10. ■e people, including a British sergeant were killed and 12 were by a Banjaree who ran amok yesterday at about 6 10 d m V Singapore-Kuala Lumpur train,1,409 words
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Article347 1947-10-16 17 TRIDENTS T O CHECK AMOKS SINGAPORE, Oct. 11. rE killing of nine people and wounding of 12 by an amok near Kajang on Thursday is believed to be the worst case of its kind that has occurred in Malaya since the case on board the Straits Steamship Company s steamer347 words
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Article138 1947-10-16 17 SINGAPORE, Oc*. 11. CATE-crashing a dinner party in a house in Onan Road, Singapore, on Thursday night, an Indian detective introduced himself to the guests and then fired six shots from a revolver. A Singapore Traction Company clerk, Chan Ah Tong, who was seated at138 words
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Article87 1947-10-16 17 From Our Own Correspondent SUNGEI PATANI, Oct. 10. Four hooded men, armed with a gun and knife, held up a Chinese family at Bujang on Wednesday night. Two of the robbers entered the house while the other two remained on guard outside. After threatening to87 words
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Article103 1947-10-16 17 The Governor-General, Mr. Malcolm Macdonald, In a statement to the Press, says that his recent official communique concerning Mr. Anthony Brooke was not intended to suggest that Mr. Brooke was advocating a change of constitution in Sarawak by violence or other unlawful means or that In103 words
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Article273 1947-10-16 18 From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, Oct 14. A SECRET society “sinsei” has been recommended by the Penang police for banishment. The Criminal Investigation Department, in its review of crime for September, stated today that the sinsei had admitted having conducted an initiation ceremony at Mount Erskine273 words
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Article126 1947-10-16 18 SITIAWAN, Oct. 13. —A verdict of murder by a person or persons unknown was returned by the Lumut coroner, Mr. A. N. MacDonald, who held an inquiry into th P death of a Chinese named Kong Wah, The coroner said the body was beiieved to be that126 words
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Article144 1947-10-16 18 SINGAPORE, Oct. 15. THE domestic ration of sugar in the Malayan Union and Singapore will be increased from four and a half to six tahils a week with effect from Oct. 20, it was officially announced yesterday. There will be no alteration In the basic rate144 words
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Article133 1947-10-16 18 KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 14. Two Indians, Nallasamy and Savarimut.hu, already serving two years’ prison sentences each for escaping from custody, received additional terms of three and tw r o years’ imprisonment respectively at the Selangor Assizes today for unlawful possession of a rifle. The offence, to133 words
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Article274 1947-10-16 18 SINGAPORE, Oct. 15. THE Singapore Methodist Girls’ School yesterday celebrated the 60th. anniversary of the foundation of the school. The school, was founded by Miss Sophia Blackmore. the first woman Methodist missionary in Malaya, with nine little Indian girls as its only pupils. It now has274 words
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Article73 1947-10-16 18 SINGAPORE, Oct. 15. Caught loading ten bags of broken rice (1.597 katties) into a motor junk alongside Boat Quay on Sept. 3 without an export permit, a 31-year-old Chinese named Kwak Geok Ban was finhd $l,OOO or six months’ rigorous imprisonment by the Second District73 words
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Article94 1947-10-16 18 SINGAPORE, Oct. 14. Another batch of 923 members ot the Royal Pioneer Corps (Ceylon Section) arrived in Singapore yesterday from Colombo by the 27,000-ton troop transport Georgic The ship also disembarked 2.290 British other ranks. 134 civilians and members of the women’s services from the United Kingdom. The94 words
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110 1947-10-16 18 From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, Oct. 12. NEARLY 3,000 tons of Egyptian rice, the first shipment of its kind, is being unloaded in Penang. The Assistant Food Controller, Mr. E. D. Ingram, yesterday said further shipments would be coming. Egyptian rice, he said, had110 words
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Article250 1947-10-16 18 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 14. rE Rulers in the Malayan Unio n today began important talks on matters arising out of the new Federation of Malaya as it affects each of their states. The Sultans are accompanied by their advisers, and among the questions250 words
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180 1947-10-16 18 From Our Staff Correspondent IPOH, Oct. 13. l| OW Kok Wan and Low Heng, two Chinese who had been *L. ambushed by police, were today each sentenced to seven years’ rigorous imprisonment on arms charges. The first received seven years for carrying arms. The180 words
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Article471 1947-10-16 18 From Our Staff Correspondeni KUALA LUMPUR (u uM MALACCA General Hospital is to becomeii’JI iTI losis hospital under Dr. A. L. ShLri Malayan Medical Service, it was announced J Dr. Shield has just returned from a voai’c/B study of T.B. in America. Ha Ss Dr. Shield471 words
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Article86 1947-10-16 18 SINGAPORE. Oct. 'The Army today J 111 5$$ Changi Gaol to ciul U °The $2,000,000 c jJJ s P in 1936, since the fined Japanese wai c suspeots. v.'Ution It has been the for most war Malay* to death by courts J; -ten ti The transfer86 words
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Article481 1947-10-16 19 EPSOM JEEP - By EPSOM JEEP KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 12. I, -resident of the Selangor Turf Club, Mr. S. B. Bp i mer who is a delegate to the Straits Racing Kiation! told me today that “by next season we K draw up a more satisfactory racing programme481 words
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Article105 1947-10-16 19 SAMUEL KON LEONG FOR INDIA From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, Oct. 8. rO top ranking players, A. S. Samuel and Char Kon Leong of Kuala Lumpur will be leaving for Madras on Nov. 9 to compete in the allIndia badminton championships. They will board ship from Penang. An official of105 words
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Article97 1947-10-16 19 From Our Staff Correspondent MALACCA, Oct. 14. JN spite of stiff opposition by Malacca’s defenders, Negri Sembilan registered a threenil victory over the Settlement in a thrilling inter-State soccer match played here in aid of the Pamadasa Memorial Fund. After ten minutes Malacca settled down and retaliated97 words
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Article201 1947-10-16 19 rom Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 9. MR. Ken J. Archer has resigned as secretary of the Selangor Turf Club owing to ill-health. The committee of the Selangor Turf Club accepted his resignation with regret. Mr. Archer went home on leave in June and has been201 words
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Article69 1947-10-16 19 SINGAPORE, Oct. 10. fibff- Jo^ ore Negri 'take*" and Malacca iCuDonlrt ln the Pama Bem? n q K adran gular tourthe CjK bt D helcl at Malacca BW 28 y Park on Oct. 26. **Macc a l> jLJ h P resld ent ot to imL® edmin£ on AssoclaI'CiTJV69 words
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154 1947-10-16 19 SINGAPORE, Oct. 9. rE question of whether the Singapore Amateur Football Association are to have half control of the pro* posed stadium at Geylang in view of their loan towards the erection of the stdium was brought up at a council meeting of th e154 words
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Article71 1947-10-16 19 SINGAPORE, Oct. 15. At a committee meeting of the Singapore Amateur Football Association held last evening, it was decided to hold the S.A.F.A. Cup final on Oct. 28. The game between the Lien Hwa (Malayan Chinese) and the S.A.F.A has been fixed for Oct. 25. SINGAPORE, Oct. 15.71 words
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496 1947-10-16 19 SINGAPORE, Oct 10. THE Indian cricketers who are to tour Australia arrived at Kallang Airport in the specially chartered plane R.M.A. Fitzroy at 9.40 a.m, yesterday and resumed their journey to Perth at 11 a.m. The Representative of the Government of India, Mr. John496 words
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Article219 1947-10-16 19 Weightlifting Contest From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, Oct. 13. THE Malayan Union Weightlifting Championships held here over the week-end saw one British record broken when the Penang champion, Tho Fook Hung, lilted 192% lbs. n the Two H inds Press for the bantamweight class. This219 words
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236 1947-10-16 19 Selection Of J ohore Malay Soccer Team To Sports Editor, Straits Times I WISH to state here all the facts relating to the selection of the Johore Malay XI. which held the Malacca Malays to a draw recently in the Gold Cup soccer competition. The Muar Malays Football Association has236 words
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Article976 1947-10-16 20 PROFIT-T AKIN G HITS TINS Weekly Share Market Review By A Market Correspondent DUSINESS, while on a lesser scale than last week, D must still be regarded as satisfactory. With few exceptions Tins reached high water mark and receded on well-absorbed* profit-taking. Australian Tins provided the bulk of trade, witn976 words
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Article322 1947-10-16 20 SINGAPORE, Oct. 11. nUBBER prices have again shown a satisfactory rise this week. Although there were two small reactions the undertone was always good and no sign of any deal setback in the market was apparent, says Lewis and Peat’s weekly market report. The main buying interest322 words
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Article323 1947-10-16 20 S’pore J ap Trade Envoy Rebuffed SINGAPORE Oct J T'HE first attempt from Malaya to re-estal.lkv,. 1 1 Japan has resulted in a temporary Jti! ra attempt was made by Mr. Inder Singh a ck Singh and Co., Singapore. partntr oil Gian Singh and Co. have had more tha n323 words
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Article61 1947-10-16 20 Outputs of tin concentrate* companies und r the nunagen of Anplo-Ori« n;e’. «Malaya mited for the m ..'h d S-.ptea 1947. are: Pic Ainpnt Dredging 1 Batu Selangor Dredging Berjur.tai Dredgng Kamunting Dredging 2 Klang River Dredging Kramat Dredging Kuchai Larut Tin Fields Lower Perak Dredging J61 words
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Article26 1947-10-16 20 Mr. Thomas More, who died at his homo at Norwich, a director of B.ikit I.K'k <S«.'lan| and Carnarvon 1 Selangor> Rut Companies.26 words
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Article661 1947-10-16 20 SINGAPORE, Oct. 14 Quotations given toaay by the Malayan Sharebrokers’ Association were as follows INDUSTRIALS Buyei Seller Atlas Ice 13 00 14.00 Alex Brick Ords l 85 i.9b Alex Brick Prefs. 3.10 3.20 B M rrustet 3 35 9 00 Consolidated Tlr Smelters (O) 21/- 22/do (P)661 words