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Title Section32 1947-10-23 1 The Straits Budget THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES fBBTABUagED OVfeR A OWTURY] ir Series No. 64. 11 mm Singapore Thursday, October 23rd, 1947 Price 40 cents (S.S. Currency) Or t32 words
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Advertisement63 1947-10-23 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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Article1254 1947-10-23 2 —Straits Times Oct. 16. What does and does not qualify an immigrant to become a true Malayan citizen in the eyes of the Malayan Democratic Union, as defined and expounded in the document known as the People’s Constitutional Proposals, was the theme of these columns yesterday.—Straits Times Oct. 16. - 1,254 words
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Article1076 1947-10-23 2 —Straits Times, oJ Next Monday will see the third attempt in six weeks to stage a hartal in Malaya, as part of the campaign against the Federal constitutional scheme. This unpleasant importation from India, which aims at a complete stoppage of business and public services for one—Straits Times, oJ - 1,076 words
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Article559 1947-10-23 2 TRAITS TIMES. Oct. 18. World rice production I in the new survey by the States Agricultural DepJ hold out the hope of slighl creased supplies for the! countries in the coming I months. Unfortunately thl figures on which not tool reliance should be placed.! are estimates ofTRAITS TIMES. Oct. 18. - 559 words
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Article189 1947-10-23 3 PfSipl' keep them busy. AITS TIMES. Oct. 18. ws item from Melbourne week contains a shock >se who have been labourer the pleasant illusion alaya is now quite advanced >-to-date in machinery for inion conciliation and ar)n. with the new boards hat-not that have beenPfSipl' keep them busy. AITS TIMES. Oct. 18. - 189 words
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Article1160 1947-10-23 3 —STRAITS TIMES, Oct. 20. The strike ballot which has been ordered by the Pan-Malayan Council of Government Workers j is still proceeding in the Malayan Union. It is said that results received so far show a majority in favour of a strike, but voting has yet—STRAITS TIMES, Oct. 20. - 1,160 words
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Article1172 1947-10-23 3 -STRAITS TIMES Oct. 21. Singapore presented an impressive spectacle yesterday, with its miles of shuttered shops and its streets almost empty of traffic. The organisers of the hartal certainly made a proper job of it, as might be expected from a unique and extraordinary combination of-STRAITS TIMES; Oct. 21. - 1,172 words
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Article1183 1947-10-23 4 —STRAITS TIMES. Oct. 22. It may be assumed that many people in Singapore are thinking afresh about politics in this colony, after hearing Mr. Malcolm MacDonald’s broadcast on Sunday night and after experiencing the demonstration given on Monday by the forces which are working against the new—STRAITS TIMES. Oct. 22. - 1,183 words
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273 1947-10-23 4 A PRIVATE' investigation 1 an G d A 'Sf t oct '2 the purpose of protecting Chin.*™ K igeil< against extortion and intimidation sine their property, intend, to open bSiCI > in the near future. s ln Sl The new agency, the first of its273 words
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Article99 1947-10-23 4 SINGAPORE, Oct. 22. CHAM KIM CHONG. Hokkien. 39. was sentenced to six months and Phor Sae Kor, Hokkien. 35 to four months’ rigorous imprisonment by the Second Police Magistrate, Mr. L. C. Goh, yesterday, for being members of an unlawful society “la Kha Group of Oi Choon Seng99 words
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Article601 1947-10-23 4 SINGAPORE, Oct. 22. AN official statement issued in Kuala Lumpur yestern day draws attention to a judgment delivered by the Chief Justice, Malayan Union, Sir Harold Willan, last week holding that strikers can be legally dismissed for absenting themselves “without reasonable excuse.” The judgment lays down601 words
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Article70 1947-10-23 4 TO MARY wife of Rcbert Yap. on 17th October, at B Kerbau Hospital, a son. Motl doing fine. BIR 111 BOVELL—At Johore Bahru on 18th to Ethnc i Jennie'». I rin, wife of Kerr Bovell. 1 Police—a daughter. Susan J BIRTH AT KANDANG KERBAU Has 21st. October. 1047. to70 words
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Article91 1947-10-23 4 LIM-CHIA. Mr. LimTecJI son of Mr. and Mrs Lim ui and Miss Nelly Chi a Yuet Me" daughter of Madam Tiane A on 18.10.47. Both of Singapore. an THE ENGAGEMENT is an between Lieut. Leslie nilis-Jo** onlv son of Mr. and Ellis-Jones of Liverpool, ana onlv daughter of Mr.91 words
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Article65 1947-10-23 4 i .iiaiuf SMITH-LOMONT 10th. in Singapore cnar. Kjn Lomont of Talain M-* Marjorie Grace House" Cameron H MARRl'f ,F r newton-howes--ba the Registry OfTic x October 1947 Howes, of Torntc' £er.l Joan Haieh of Cha a a marriage hand will take n- 5 Henry Brrnard 1 ‘j i>a Ed65 words
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Obituary20 1947-10-23 4 Borden. Hams. T MR. BONG peacefully at No. on 17th. October age 61. Interme: 0 per tery on Saturda'. p.m.20 words
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130 1947-10-23 5 IrDING to a manifesto Kued by the MDU one K objects of the hartal ■Monday is to obtain ■r for the People’s ConKonal Proposals. Under proposals any one inL to obtain the rights Eenship must renounce Rationality of origin (if I Chinese Chamber130 words
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273 1947-10-23 5 fcXD a room for a friend lof mine in a house in one lie notorious red light dials of Singapore. Normally I self-respecting person Id choose to live in such Itrict, but this is a case Iny port in a storm.273 words
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Article58 1947-10-23 5 -wnu V(umv 1 ar!!! 0re hear many in s f Un JI‘ nts for and de< TT 0 formation of beard t °h S; bUt We have sti 0n the ans wer to this thl& expenses (in«n* of aeroplane) of Ma]n? rc Te achers who Tr', i58 words
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Article264 1947-10-23 5 I READ that the Malayan Union has “saved” over $33,000,000. The East Coast Railway does not appear amongst these savings. What urgent justification is there for the commencement of reconstruction of this line at the present critically financial time? This railway cost a huge sum264 words
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Article172 1947-10-23 5 rS hartal business is causing a great deal of inconvenience to the public. The public has had enough of these things and would warn the bodies responsible that w e have no sympathy with them. We do not desire to encourage this method of propaganda and172 words
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Article196 1947-10-23 5 THE impression gained by 1 your Penang representative that this old Settlement is gradually losing its importance to the Province mainland represents a true picture of trading conditions here. As a business man, I cannot but feel greatly perturbed at this lessening of Penang’s importance.196 words
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Article92 1947-10-23 5 PLEASE allow me space to remind the postal authorities that there is an antitubercolasis campaign under way in Malaya and also to point out to them that they should do something to help this campaign. T.B. germs are picked up bv the million every day92 words
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Article257 1947-10-23 5 rE present administration of the Colony of Singapore ha§ been a controversial subject with the people of this country. Some of the big noises of the Advisory Council have now and again voiced weakly against some plans the Government has failed to carry out equitably, while257 words
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Article448 1947-10-23 5 Sir Harry Trusted Had Better Hurry Up rE letter from a very old European resident, which was published in your paper a few days ago has prompted to follow up one of the opinions he so rightly expressed. In comparing the domestic servant, the labourer, and the clerk,448 words
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Article121 1947-10-23 5 IN my opinion, the recent step taken by the Government against the uniformed postal workers, when they gave notice of their strike, was most undemocratic. I should say the Government la going against its own policy of encouraging Government workers to form trade unions If121 words
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Article121 1947-10-23 5 THE letter from “A Kampong Card-Holder” on improper weighing of weekly rations by rice retailers is very interesting. I hope readers in Johore would appreciate my discovery—on the use of the gar.tang measure and the dachlng. If you receive your rice ration, say 12 katis, I121 words
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Article109 1947-10-23 5 IN your editorial of Oct. 15 under the heading ‘‘The MDU Then And Now.” you state: “They (presumably the MDU) cite the recent debate in the Malayan Union Advisory Council in which Mr. H. S. Lee said that he failed to see what sane objection there could109 words
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Article1451 1947-10-23 6 TUAN DJEK - A Malayan Countryman’s Diary TUAN DJEK rR the past week I have been busy collecting Malay names for th e Tailor Bird. Not counting those recorded in my bird books, I have three so far: Burong Tampok Labu, Burong Kongchang and Burong Perenchet. Mark1,451 words
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Article790 1947-10-23 6 (Some elephant stories told by “Tuan Djek” in one of his recent articles have prompted another old-timer of the planting community to set down some reminiscences of bygone Selangor. Extracts from his letter are given below). WHEN I came here in 1912 there was nowhere to790 words
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Article239 1947-10-23 6 SINGAPORE, Oct. 2’fl r E chairman of thifl Pore Chinese chi! Commerce. Mr. lT® Chian, said i ast ni ll the hartal had beenfH “It was the only a of Malaya could exDrpL !vH satisfaction with the?™S sUtutlonal proposals," Whether the Govern™ J act on this "voluntarwB239 words
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Article72 1947-10-23 6 SINGAPORE, Oct. 22. rE 34-year-old Auhtr ship Canberra will a i n Singapore this ntf after being towed 4,jJU from Sydney by h ie Rumania. The ship has been sold Greek shipping company Singapore. the During the vo^= e 72 ships were connected b of 16-inch72 words
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Article93 1947-10-23 6 SINGAPORE. Ort. “I am told that J|£ u t t> of age. and usualW W when persons ar< deC i a re in firearms offend Assize Justice Brown a f yesterday. b ?J. t vea rs' rM sentence of eig h 20-y ei imprisonment Malay.93 words
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481 1947-10-23 7 I SINGAPORE, Oct. 18. IpAPORE Municipal expenditure next year is 1 estimated to reach $31,128,953 against an estiL revenue of $29,555,943, resulting in a deficit of Ef budget, which has to come before the Municipal |Lj 0 ners for approval at a special meeting481 words
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Article121 1947-10-23 7 Straits Times, Oct. 18. The last Indian battalion in Singapore—the 7/1 Punjab Regiment—sailed for India yesterday in the Georgic. They expect to reach Bombay on or about Oct. 24. Commanded by Lt-Col. Budh Singh, M.C., the unit arrived in Singapore in March this year. The Sea forth121 words
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Article139 1947-10-23 7 SINGAPORE, Oct. 18. General MacArthur’s headquarters in Tokio yesterday informed the Singapore Government that it would grant an entry permit for a Singapore businessman valid from Oct. 1 to Oct. 14. The permit was dated Sept. 22. The businessman, Mr. M. T. Assomull, had originally139 words
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Article108 1947-10-23 7 SINGAPORE, Oct. 18. The Singapore Teachers' Union in a letter addressed to the Director of Education, Singapore, savs that “free medical treatment should not be limited to the children of people whose salaries are less than $5O per month, as this amount is unrealistic and out-of-date.”108 words
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Article517 1947-10-23 7 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 17. DIG financial loans for new planting of rubber in Malaya and improved rubber research are the chief recommendations made by the Malayan Rubber Advisory Committee in its report published today The report, which was prepared under the517 words
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Article171 1947-10-23 7 SINGAPORE, Oct. 18. FIVE guards of the Ceylon Corps of Military Police were produced in the Singapore Fourth Police Court and subsequently in the Seventh Police Court yesterday on charges of abetting the commission of housebreaking and theft of 31 bales of canvas, and causing hurt,171 words
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Article107 1947-10-23 7 SINGAPORE, Oct. 18 A Singapore Chinese. Lam Fatt, who assaulted a trlshawman and later offered a bribe to a policeman who arrested him. was fined yesterday. The Second Police Court Magistrate. Mr. L. C. Goh, fined Lam $l5 In default 10 days’ rigorous Imprisonment for using107 words
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Article133 1947-10-23 7 SINGAPORE, Oct. 18. A claim for $25,000 damages brought by a Singapore lawyer, Mr. B. H. Chla against a carpet merchant, Mr. 8. Quereshl, was dismissed with costs by Mr. Justice Jobllng in the High Court yesterda ,r Mr. Chla brought the suit cm the ground that133 words
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Article134 1947-10-23 7 SINGAPORE, Oct. 18. rE Singapore Government has stopped collecting 1942 quit rent for its properties in response to a complaint by the Singapore Ratepayers’ Association. The Association had informed the Colonial Secretary that the Collector of Land Revenue was ttempting to collect the whole of quit rent134 words
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571 1947-10-23 8 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 16. THE Governor of Singapore, Sir Frank n Gimson, who arrived at Port Swettenham today on his return from leave, said he did not see how the Singapore Government could do its duty to the571 words
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Article226 1947-10-23 8 SINGAPORE, Oct. 18. The Ceylon Flood Relief Fund committee acknowledges the following donations: Previously acknowledged $1,578. Wholesale Singapore Fish Merchants’ Association, $lOO, Mr. Mrs. Suppiah $25. D.S. Wijendra $2O, Ellenborougn Mkt Staff $2O. T.V. Kandiah $l5. A. S. Maniam $l5, V. Subramaniam 51C. A.R.S.A.R. Meyappa Chettiar226 words
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Article101 1947-10-23 8 SINGAPORE, Oct. 17. “We are confident that our request for representation on the College Council will be granted very soon,” says the Grad, the organ of Raffles College graduates of Singapore. It suggests that representatives of graduates from all states should meet in Kuala Lumpur, or Singapore,101 words
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Article95 1947-10-23 8 KUCHING, Sarawak, Oct. 17. A Chinese. Chai Tet Fong of Kuchir.g who disembarked from M.V. Jangkor with a quantity of chandu concealed in umbrellas was sentenced to nine months’ rigorous imprisonment and fined $5OO for having imported contraband. Chai said in the Kuching District Court that h e95 words
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Article131 1947-10-23 8 SINGAPORE, Oct. 18. AN expen team of Royal Air Forc e navigators wiU arriv e in Singapore next week in a plane equipped with 13 compasses and other instruments for the investigation of “mysterious deviations of the compass needle” experienced by aircraft on Empire ail131 words
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Article128 1947-10-23 8 SINGAPORE, Oct. 18. THE Braddell family reached its fifth generation in Singapore on Thursday, when a daughter was born to Mrs. Hobbs, wife of Fl'.ght.-Lleut. L. G. Hobbs. Mrs. Hobbs was formerly Miss Joan Braddell and Is the daughter of Dato and Mrs. Roland Braddell. The Bradaell128 words
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Article56 1947-10-23 8 SINGAPORE, Oct. 18. The Governor of Singapore, Sir Franklin Gimson returned to Singapore by air yesterday morning. Looking fit. Sir Franklin was greeted on hi s arrival at Kallang airport by the Colonial Secretary, Mr. P. a. B. McKerron, who has been Officer Administering Government during Sir56 words
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237 1947-10-23 8 SINGAPORE, Oct. 18. A EURASIAN sewage overseer, V. C. Edwards aged 30, died yesterday in an attempt to save an Indian sewage labourer, Appawoo, who was overcome by leaking gas whil e working in a 12-foot deep sewage manhole in Tanjong Rhu Road. After237 words
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414 1947-10-23 8 IpIVE Ceylonese *n.r* t g? were arrested yesterday after taV k ?S| two members of a Mice party. Th* n!i "o| to the base to prevent a raid by C lu *l Police also arrested a Ceylonese sergeant l I in plain clothes, and a414 words
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Article206 1947-10-23 8 rHE G p P °5 E 0c 2l l "HE President o( International, Mrl Kendrick Guernsey aJ in Singapore yesterdal flying boat from Sydnel Mr Guernsey is accompaJ his wife. He is making a l tour of rotary clubs He has already visited cl 1 Australia206 words
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Article102 1947-10-23 8 Malacca, oct. ic.-Mai Municipal Commissioners terday bade fareweil to Mr-1 Day, Resident Commissioner Municipal President, who goe transfer to Kedah at the en this month. They welcomed G. E. C. Wisdom. Collector Land Revenue who will act president until Mr. Day's sue sor arrives. Capt. Ali bin Maidin.102 words
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Article79 1947-10-23 8 SINGAPORE. OctDetained in the lock-up a Lebar Police Station. J on Oct. 10 in connection K armed robbery. Te° 1 j hanged himself with m A police constable T ing and informed th< C0It charge. grad* Too was arrested Road on Oct. 9 and was■ r"79 words
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Article365 1947-10-23 9 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 15. r secretary of State for the Colonies it is understood has approved grants from the Malayan ration and from the central fund of the Colonial elopment and Welfare Fund for urgent rice-grow-and medical schemes in the Malayan Union.365 words
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Article169 1947-10-23 9 Our Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Oct. 15. n Johore River Rubber nli las endod The 135 men ‘‘■cl are back at work. They to the following rates Workin g in the old area, per lb., four cents for iL uppers working in the w a f169 words
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Article177 1947-10-23 9 From Our Staff Correspondent MALACCA, Oct. 15. IN a series of surprise raids last night on suspected opium dens in Malacca, police seized more tha n $20,000 worth of opium, chandu pipes and other smoking implements and arrested 20 persons. Parties of mata matas led177 words
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Article66 1947-10-23 9 SINGAPORE, Oct. 16. A 56-year-old Chinese cyclist died within twenty minutes after he was knocked down by a bus belonging to the Tay Koh Yat Bus Company at the sth mile Thomson Road on Oct. 8. The Coroner, Mr. K. K. Oon, yesterday recorded a verdict of misadventure66 words
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257 1947-10-23 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 15. THE Department of Agriculture is to begiin a programme of Intensive cultivation and distribution of Manila 'hemp to speed up possible commercial production of tile fibre as an alternative or complementary cash crop to lubber. This decision has been made257 words
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Article331 1947-10-23 9 Staff Corres P<>ndent KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday THE Chief Justice of the 1 Maiayan Union, Sir Harold Willan, at the Court of Appeal today quashed a conviction and sentence of two years’ imprisonment imposed on an India n estate clerk from Klang, Rammoorthy. t.S!2? 00, 5f hy331 words
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Article73 1947-10-23 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. Is. —Celebrating the first official visit of the Bishop of Malacca Monsignor Olcomendy. to Kuala Lumpur, the present and old boys of St. John’s Institution gave a concert last night in the school hall. Among those present were ihe Governor, Sir Edward Gent,73 words
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Article273 1947-10-23 9 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 15. IfUALA Lumpur Town Board members today unanimously decided to urge the Government to give priority to housing persons in lower income groups when using any funds made available as a result v of recommendations by the Malayan273 words
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Article114 1947-10-23 9 SINGAPORE, Oct. 16. The Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce will hold a lanterm procession on Nov. 20 to celebrate Princess Elizabeth’s wedding day This was decided at a committee meeting of the Chamber '•esterday. A sub-committee formed to organise the procession consisted of Messrs. Lee Kong Chian,114 words
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Article171 1947-10-23 9 From Our Staff Correspondent PENANO, Oct. 15. rE extent to which Penang is gradually losing her rubber trade to Province Wellesley is indicated in the latest figures issued by the Registrar of Statistics, Malayan Union and Singapore. These figures show that more than 60 per cent of171 words
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Article101 1947-10-23 9 SINGAPORE, Oct. 16. The Singapore Teacher’s Union, in a statement issued on October 14. says that considerable propaganda for better and improved educational schemes is necessary for Government to get moving on a plan for developing education. The statement supports the demands of Mr. J. B. Neilson. the101 words
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Article65 1947-10-23 9 SINGAPORE, Oct. 16. Lim Ah Kwee, a 34-year-oid woman wa.s bound over In Ihe sum of $lOO for six months by the Second Police Court Magistrate; Mr, L. C. Goh yesterday for attempted suicide. The woman said she took caustic soda because her son, a65 words
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Article437 1947-10-23 10 From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, Oct. 15. THE Municipal President, Mr. W. C. Taylor, gave a “solemn warning” to Penang ratepayers yesterday that there would be an all-round increase in Municipal rates and a drastic curtailment in all services. Mr. Taylor also announced that the437 words
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Article108 1947-10-23 10 ONE MILLION DEFICIT SEEN From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 15. —Increases im wages a.n<i high cost of materials are estimated to give Kuala Lumpur a $l-million deficit in its first municipal budget next year. Tc reduce this, the Kuala Lumpur Town Board’s Finance Committee has recommended revaluation of108 words
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Article232 1947-10-23 10 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, Oct. 15. THE Governor of th e Malayan Union, Sir Edward Gent, has asked the Penang Chamber of Commerce to nominate one representative for appoint ment to the Malayan Union Advisory Council The Chamber will be holding a special meeting232 words
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175 1947-10-23 10 PENANG, Oct. 15. TOWN-Planning Committee for Penang may be appointed shortly to prepare building plans for the town, the Resident Commissioner, Mr. S. N. King, said at a Press conference today. Mr. King was replying to a questioner who asked whether any new government offices175 words
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281 1947-10-23 10 From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, Oct. 15. PENANG merchants had been driven to desperation by th e “obdurate and uncompromising” attitude of labourers, the Vice-Chairman of the Penang Chamber oi Commerce, Mr. Jules Martin. said yesterday He was addressing the inaugural meeting of the Penang281 words
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329 1947-10-23 10 SINGAPORE f DOUR masked Chinese gunmen robbed a win 1 6 *J r Chinese Singapore coconut-oil mill (mn 'H Goh Chwee Leong, of $16,500 in cash and i Jin’ his home in Tong Watt Road at dawn yesterdav The gunmen entered the house at 5.30329 words
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Article201 1947-10-23 10 SINGAPORE, Oct. 16. AFTER six and a half months’ freedom Mohd. Hassan bin Haji Mohamed, a 22-year-old Banjarese convict who escaped from Out ram Road Gaol, was brought back to Singapore yesterday morning from Klang. He was re-captured near Klang by police a few days201 words
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Article146 1947-10-23 10 From Our Own Correspond! SEREMBAN Ort I THERE will be an incrVaJ 4.470 acres over last sea] wet padi crop in Negri Sembl according to the State AeJ tural Officer. 1 This new acreage r epre<| an increase of 15 p. r cent. I last146 words
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Article171 1947-10-23 10 SINGAPORE Oct 1 THREE dollars and sixty cei raised by the sale of eu bottles, has been sent to the tary Tuberculosis Clinic Fund, Goh Jwee. caretaker of the C( nial Secretary's office The fund received anot $1,059 from the boys of St drew’s171 words
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Article57 1947-10-23 10 SINGAPORE. If J| Two Chinese livr.st' K vt :pr Rochoi> Hoad u f m pris fined $75 o r six "\i v loff* ment each f° r inner live ducks in such a to cause unnecessai lC fu A third tradesman to untie the chick n structed57 words
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520 1947-10-23 11 SINGAPORE, Oct. 17. ERE criticism of the Government’s rubber policy f' m ade by Mr. Tan Cheng Lock presiding at Lnual meeting of United Malacca Rubber Estates, [at Malacca, last week. Kjj. Tan said the whole of the nuit rent of $4 per D520 words
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Article194 1947-10-23 11 SINGAPORE, Oct. 17. CONTENTS of the Consulai Commission’s final report on Indonesia were a top secret, said the chief member of the Chinese military mission to Indonesia, Capt. Woo Ying Chiun, when the party arrived in Singapore yesterday with the report. The report will194 words
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Article101 1947-10-23 11 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 15. ON the suggestion of the Governor, Sir Edward Gent. Kuala Lumpur is to adopt the English system of allowing the public to donate seats in the parks. Sir Edward, making the suggestion. said he was prepared to pay101 words
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Article96 1947-10-23 11 Fruni Our Staff Correspondent From U KUALA LUMPUR. Act. 1(5. i f,., irn khVm Lumpur scoured creeks and the waters off rO Royal Air Force planes n,,m 1 7 nii;.t<* motor-boat. No true,, of the boat has Port Swettenham today in Fvuich o. a I_ yr96 words
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154 1947-10-23 11 A Singapore Chinese monk in his priest-robes and a group of white-garbed devotees preparing themselves for the festival of Kiu Ong Yiah, or the Nine Emperor-Gods, which falls annually on the ninth day of the ninth moon of the lunar calendar (corresponding to October 22) and is celebrated by Chinese154 words
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383 1947-10-23 11 SINGAPORE, Oct. 17. A $10,000,000 shipping company with two trade union leaders among tlie directors has been floated in Singapore. Its name is the India Lanka Steam Navigation Company Ltd. It is the biggest company floated in Singapore since the war. An authorised capital of383 words
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Article178 1947-10-23 11 PENANG, Oct. 18. TWO Penang doctors, two lawyers and seven other members of the Passive Defence Services will be officially presented with cards ot commendation at a parade to be held at the police headquarters next Friday. The awards are made in recognition of meritorious178 words
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Article106 1947-10-23 11 SEREMBAN, Oo\ 15. A: assessment appeals committee consisting of Mr. S. Thamty Rajah. J P„ Mr. Lee Tee Siong and Che Abdul Aziz was appointed at yesterday’s Tow.n Board meeting, held at the Council Chambers with the District Officer, Mr. A. J Heal, in t.he chair. The chairman106 words
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Article52 1947-10-23 11 SINGAPORE. Oct 1«J. A FORMER student of the Anglo- Chines'* School. Singapore. Mr Ding Luk Kiu, has been enrolled as j fr-simian at Randolph. Macon College, in Ashland, Virginia, USA. Randolph Mason Is the oldest Methodist college in the United States. Mr Ding will take a52 words
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Article537 1947-10-23 12 SINGAPORE, Oct. 17. MR. R. Jumabhoy, president of the Indian Chamber of Commerce, Singapore, and a member of the Singapore Advisory Council and a number of other public bodies, has resigned from the Malayan Indian Congress. Mr. Jumabhoy’s main reason for resigning is that he has537 words
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Article53 1947-10-23 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 16. At a simple ceremony held at Batu Pahat on Sunday, the R?sid' n* Commissioner. Johore presented cards of commendation to M< Mr*. R. C. Maclntyre. Perumal, C. P. Krlshnan. L°e Kong Boon, J. C. Isaacs,. Khnw Eng Chin, Somasundaram. M. E. Mathews, Fazaldin and53 words
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Article251 1947-10-23 12 Government cannot provide funds or staff for any new English school in thy Singapore rural areas because whatever reserves are available at present will be required for th e rehabilitation of existing schools. This was stated yesterday when a proposa* :or ar. English school at251 words
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Article132 1947-10-23 12 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 16. The cutting of a length of red tape by Lady Gent, wife of the Governor of the Malayan Union, marked the opening this morning of “Kampong Satu.” Malaya’s first housing estate built for the poorer132 words
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Article228 1947-10-23 12 PENANG, Oct. 16. A POLICE constable who murdered a European planter while acting as his jungle guide during the Japanese break-through to Kedah in December, 1941. was sentenced to death by Mr. Justice Hill at Alor Star Assizes yesterday. The policeman, Musa bin Salleh, denied having228 words
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114 1947-10-23 12 From Our Staff Correspondent A THRFF n AV 11 PENANG, Oct. 16. A 1 HKEE -P>AY celebration marked the 80th birthday today n of the Penang multi-millionaire banker, Yeap Chor Ee Climax of the celebrations which began on Tuesday will be a dinner tonight to114 words
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Article66 1947-10-23 12 SINGAPORE, Oct. 17. Residents of Jalan Pasir, off East Coast Road, suggest that their road b P renamed “Sennett Road.” They told the Rural Board yesterday that it would be fitting to name th P road after th P chairman of the Rural Board, Mr C W A.66 words
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Article368 1947-10-23 12 From Our Staff Correspondent I THE first British officer to •ntHS/VI 1 Japanese capitulation, Col. J. p. Hannah' J 136, has been awarded the Distinguished’ °Lj Order, according to information received her The award is in recognition of his service in vl during the Japanese occupation368 words
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Article117 1947-10-23 12 Malacca, oct. 16.—with the intention of arriving at a satisfactory method of dealing with Malacca’s hawker nuisance, the Municipal Commissioners have appointed the following committee: Mr. G. E. C. Wisdom (as chairman), the Municipal Health Officer, the Chief Police Officer, the Assistant Commissioaer for Labour, a member from117 words
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Article51 1947-10-23 12 SEGAMAT, Oct. 16.—1 n the Segamat District Court Lee Yew. a young Chinese. was charged with rash driving, driving without a licence and oarrying passengers in a vehicle not oermitted for that purpose. Lee Yew was offered $l,OOO bail with two sureties. The case was postponed for a51 words
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Article257 1947-10-23 12 KUALA LUMPUR, c t SEVEN Chinese, Indian,I tish and Australian ties are inspecting the I iron mine at Bukit Btsil Trengganu. owned byB Japanese before the warm These companies a e forested in ot'.i.r ex-Japm manganese, iron and worn lands in Kelantan and Jor.fl If257 words
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Article105 1947-10-23 12 SINGAPORE. Oct THE promotion of throe PJ nent members oi tne Administrative 4 Service m Sembilan to the Ma ayan Service. Class five, has been nounced. re The officers concerned a Mohamed Bazain Bin ran a j Mohamed Bin Baba A* Che Mohamed Bin Tengku Mohamed Bin Besar105 words
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330 1947-10-23 13 KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 18. ,.q Chinese who were shot dead by detectives on a footpath leading to a tin mine at the 8th mile, r „nL>- were stated at an inquest today to have been headers of the “Green Dragon Hill Tiger Tamers”— ntortion330 words
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Article89 1947-10-23 13 ’EM BAN. Oct. 17.—A prompt S'‘tt (•nK-ni in the strike of the an labour force on Senwang Gadut. was made e:a v as a result cf negotiavec ,V n n a representative of A; Ru t)ber Workers’ Union !e ne management of the ulmberin S about 150,89 words
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Article94 1947-10-23 13 Vv 1 o onii t li haw n,M? 0N ct 10.—Rick t‘iuk P A rs and trishaw men the to\viVq 01 who Petitioned to nr^n- 111 ternal bus service liOtl !Vn haVe had their ie TVi.lS a second time. Cim 0 An $on Town Board la] kJ94 words
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Article33 1947-10-23 13 f 0 Brtk^° APOR E, Oct. 18. inn c u s,) ldiers. G. McCul1: J'Kt; ,,Vf were acquitted ><• a ST CP Bitown at the Sin**yesterday on a Ch. raped a 14-year-33 words
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Article182 1947-10-23 13 SINGAPORE, Oct. 19. GIVING evidence in the Seventh Magistrates court. Singapore, yesterday. Mohd. Yacob b. Darus. a lorry attendant, said that he saw a Chinese. Lim Hai Seng, toying with a revolver “like a cowboy” in a room in Kee Seng Road on March182 words
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Article168 1947-10-23 13 IPOH. Oct. 18. PRIVATE medical practitioners. sanitary inspectors and hospital and welfare authorities will take part in a campaign which has been planned here to carry the fight against tuberculosis to the home. The organiser is Dr. A. B. Byrne. Medical Officer of168 words
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Article147 1947-10-23 13 With SER KMBAN. Oct. 18. I 111 a wound in the left side of his chest caused by a rifle outlet iireu by a compatriot, a Sakai named Yaksin Bin Hatit ,“ven days throush the jungle to make a report to the police. Y aksin Bin147 words
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Article187 1947-10-23 13 PENANG, Oct. 18. TINY tots, only three or four years old. sang French songs and assured a large gathering of prominent citizens yesterday evening that “we are happy children all the day.” The occasion was the official opening of the Penang Convent’s $30,000 “Baby House.”187 words
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Article295 1947-10-23 13 SINGAPORE, Oct. 19. MORE than 100 Singapore Malay women yesterday unanimously agreed to protect their womenfolk from unscrupulous husbands who deserted them after a few months of married life. This decision was reached at th e inaugural mooting ol the Malay Women’s Welfare Association held in295 words
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77 1947-10-23 13 From Our Own Correspondent llfllEN the Prai-bound train from Kuala I.umpur rtllt WTre yesterday it was discovered that valued at $8,680, had been stolen from one of The truck w'hich was sealed had been loaded with -25 baps of tin ore for smelting77 words
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Article51 1947-10-23 13 KUALA LUMPUIL Oct. 17. A Chines.-, Sha Yau K»n«. was sentenced to a year's rhmrous Imprisonment anti six strokes of hi' rotnn bv the Dlstriet Jnrtce. Mr r d. Smith, todav for nieklmr the 1 pocket of a oassenser in a bus In Kuala Lummtr on Oct.51 words
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534 1947-10-23 13 SINGAPORE, Oct. 19. IMMEDIATELY after conviction in Singapore First District ■I Court yesterday on one of the two charges of causing hurt to his wife a sanitary engineer, George Gauron, apologised, through his counsel, to the court and his wife’s counsel for certain statements534 words
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Article181 1947-10-23 13 SINGAPORE, Oct. 18. THE fust new British Iindia vessel to operate on the Calcutta-Far East service since the war, has arrived in Singapore on her maiden voyage to Shaing'hai. She is the D.OOO-toei Sangola, command d !y Capt. R. H. A. Bond, O.B.E. The181 words
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Article118 1947-10-23 13 MALACCA. Oct. 18.-.—The imm diate settling up of a bloocf batik in Malacca to be used In times o! emergency was advocated by Ur A. L. Shield, recentlyappointed h ad of the Malacca. General (Tuberculosis) Hospital, addressing Rotarians at a luncheon meeting yesterday. I)r. Shield asked118 words
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Article444 1947-10-23 14 SINGAPORE, Oct. 19. IN an old style bungalow in Thomson Road, Singapore, are 1 136 boys of the Salvation Army Boys’ Industrial Home. In age between five and fifteen, most of them were homeless lads brought by people who found them; others have been brought444 words
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Article107 1947-10-23 14 MALACCA, Oot. 18. A T a lumcheon at t.he Malacca Rest House. Malacca Rotarians bade farewell to their Resident Commissioner Mr. E. V O Day and Mrs. Day. They will b? leavin; for Kedah on transfer next year. Rotariam President Tan Slew Sin in bidding107 words
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Article165 1947-10-23 14 •JOHORE BAHRU. Oct. 18 WHETHER a transaction in cigarettes was a wholesale one or not was discussed when Yeng Kok Wee. of Tong Ah Cold Storage, was charged here yesterday at the instance of the Price Controller with selling Abdullah cigarettes above controlled rate. The165 words
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Article69 1947-10-23 14 SINGAPORE, Oct. 20 THE Singapore Aeromodzllers’ Society held open handlaunched duration rubber and glider contests yesterday at Seletar. Results: Rubber: A Watkins, 221 2/5 secs.; (out of sight) V. Hoisington, 137 1/5 secs: Jimmy Lam. 99 secs; Lim Yew Lam, 98 3/5 secs. Gliders: Clarke, 441 1/569 words
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Article90 1947-10-23 14 SINGAPORE, Oct. 19. DIVE Chinese robbed a Malay tongkang man. Mohd Said bin Ketolah of 10 cases of raisins stored aboard his tongkang off Clifford Pier shortly after noon yesterday. Two Chinese robbed another Chinese in Sungei Road at 4 p.m. yesterday of eight dollars and90 words
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Article191 1947-10-23 14 SINGAPORE, Oct. 19. THE Scout Movement in Singa- pore was desperately short of leaders said the Rev. R. K. S. Adams, Singapore District Scout Commissioner, when he addressed a Y’s Men's lunch meeting yesterday. There were 2.000 Scouts in Singapore, he said, but he was191 words
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183 1947-10-23 14 SINGAPORE. Oct. 20. A report from our Seremban correspondent with reference to negotiatiius to settle a strike on Tanah Panjis Estate, Negri Sembilan, was published in the “Malayan Round.Up” in our issue of Oct. 14. In this report an official of the Negri Sembilan Rubber183 words
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Article140 1947-10-23 14 SEREMBAN, Oct. 18. NEGRI SEMBILAN police are looking for two Chinese, one of whom shot a Chinese contractor. Lai Wah. in his house at Tanah Merah in Port Dickson last night. The injured man was taken si ii that ms condition is not serious. Police reports140 words
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Article80 1947-10-23 14 JOHORE BAHRU. Oct. 10. LAD If MARCELLA, the wife of Sir Ibrahim, the Sultan of Johore, left England early this month to come to Malaya. She is expected to arrive in Singapore on October 26. Due to lier return the Sultan has cancelled his plan to80 words
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Article106 1947-10-23 14 SINGAPORE, Oct. 19. THE Singapore Registrar of Vehicles. Mr. W. A. M. Watts, said yesterday that his department would replace the number plates of bicycles which had become damaged because of wear and tear. The Registrar was commenting on a letter to the Straits Times in which the106 words
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Article257 1947-10-23 14 SINGAPORE, Oct. 19. THE urgent necessity for an art gallery in Singapore, was stressed by Dato Roland Braddell when he opened an exhibition of Bali paintings and drawings by the Russian artist, Mr. Anatole Shister, at Robinson’s yesterday. Mr. Shister realised more than $B,OOO from257 words
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Article, Illustration167 1947-10-23 14 The governor gene Mr. Malcolm Macdonald. Mrs. Macdonald yesterday att ed as guests of honour the i ding of their house-boy. 1 Poh Kee. Wang, a 28-year-old Haina was married to Miss Loi Sue. i year-old Hainanese. in an stairs room of a Chinese scl167 words
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Article110 1947-10-23 14 SINGAPORE. Oct. THE absence of two prm witnesses ici the Sev Police Court yesterday causec preliminary inquiry into an tempted murder charge a, Lee Kim Seng. 24. Hokkien.l held over another week The prosecutor. Mr. A. l jah, told the magistrate. MJ S de Banzie.110 words
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Article42 1947-10-23 14 seremban. Oc CABLED advice to b- the (j ed from London v‘? s f 1( ad. of Harrisons and C 1 3P for the year ondert was £399.500 ,-i iration last year with a rent, final dividend of 2042 words
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Article33 1947-10-23 14 SlNGAPOrj^^o FOR being p a ly in a coll'- M n ran goon Road $i v Hockchew. was n p( M by Singapore S< c" trate, Mr. L. C. v33 words
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650 1947-10-23 15 SINGAPORE, Oct. 20. I Governor-General, Mr. Malcolm MacDonald, broadcasting last night on Radio Malaya, conned today’s Malayan hartal in these words: “If we in Malaya had to wait until the various j es who are co-operating in tomorrow’s demolition could all agree on a Constitution650 words
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Article139 1947-10-23 15 SINGAPORE. Oct. 22. THREE armed robbers abandoned their loot and left in a hurry when one of a household of ten living at 8. Havelock Road. Singapore. escaped into the road shouted for help ln the eariy hours of yesterday morning. The robbers had found $695139 words
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Article164 1947-10-23 15 SINGAPORE, Od. 19. MR. BOLIIASSAN bin Metasip, assistant of Malay National Union of Sarawak, told the S y Times yesterday that the tremendous welcome Riven to Mrs. limes yesieiuty va if Kuching showed that the Anthonv Brooke on her arrival ai fVUtI orrOrtoterJOjind rwhrhig toured164 words
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Article95 1947-10-23 15 MELBOURNE, Oct. 21. A WOMAN doctor was decorated in Melbourne yesterday for her services while she was a prisoner of the Japanese in Changi Camp. She is Dr. Margaret Smallwood. who was one of 42 recipients of awards for bravery and devotion to duty at an95 words
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Article287 1947-10-23 15 PENANG, Oct. 21. THE Penang Frees today celebrated the 131st anniversary of a school which, th e Resident Commissioner, Mr. S. N. King, assured them, they could “well be proud of.” 1 Mr. King commended the boys on their great efforts in “making up for287 words
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Article790 1947-10-23 15 SINGAPORE, Oct 20. yHE Governor-General, Mr. Malcolm MacDonald, said in a broadcast over Radio Malaya yesterday that the policy of the AMCJA and Putera should be condemned by all who cared about the steady advance of democracy in Malaya. Mr. MacDonald, who was speaking on the790 words
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Article146 1947-10-23 15 SINGAPORE, Oct. 22. The British Council has recently established a centre In Singapore tor the fostering of scientific and cultural relations between Britain a.nd South-East Asia. The local organisation has been set up by Mr. J. P. Lucas, M.C., who has recently completed a reconnaissance of146 words
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Article47 1947-10-23 15 SINGAPORE, Oct. 22 Baboo Sahib: an Indian Muslim, appeared before the Third Police Court Magistrate, Mr. F. Bernard Oehlers, yesterday, on a charge of offering illegal gratification to a food control inspector. He claimed trial and the case was postponed to Nov. 18.47 words
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810 1947-10-23 16 SINGAPORE, Oct. 21. HUNDREDS of thousands of dollars were lost by the Government, industry and business yesterday when the har tal kept labour aw r ay from ports, rubber estates, tin mines, business houses and streets. Responsible opinion in Kuala Lumpur, where all Chinese810 words
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Article622 1947-10-23 16 SINGAPORE, Oct. 21. IN Selangor, every rubber estate contacted by the Straits Times said that Indian and Chinese labourers were not tapping. Tin dredges were idle and on some tin mines only essential work was being done. The state was dominated by fear. Opinion among most622 words
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Article44 1947-10-23 16 SINGAPORE, Oct,. 21. A m nnber of witnesses and accused persons failed to turn up in policecourts yesterday, hartal day. Magistrates were indulgent in view of the lack of transport. Witnesses were brought to the coroner’s court in police vehicles.44 words
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Article972 1947-10-23 16 SINGAPORE Oct 21 1 THE vital power of law-making in Sinjran™ 1 1 pass from Whitehall to the unofficial "1 gapore Legislative Council with the introducti 1 year of the new constitution in the colony Governor-General, Mr. Malcolm Mad)nn u ij'• I broadcast on Sunday. ln972 words
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Article26 1947-10-23 16 JOHORE BAH r 0 J Mrs. L. F. Knii-ff j';i Chief Police puis in charge ot gal rangements for District this y ear26 words
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1007 1947-10-23 17 I M SINGAPORE, Oct. Z\. Kr hartal was a failure in Malacca and only partially r^eessfu 1 in Penang and many other towns i n the nvan l n or1, Straits Times correspondents in those centres lE-ential services carried on as1,007 words
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Article224 1947-10-23 17 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 20. FIGURES compiled by the Malayan Rubber Advisory Committee for 50 estates in different parts of the country reveal that production costs varied from 45.67 cents a lb. o n “expensive" estates to 17.21 cents a lb. <m “cheapest” estates.224 words
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Article272 1947-10-23 17 SINGAPORE, Oct. 21. THE Straits Times dis-ribut--1 ed more than 50,000 copies yesterday. It was the only Engns lanoutsglL rk WSPaper t 0 published outside Penang yesterday morn*Singapore Fre e Press was y news P a Per on sale in yesterday afternoon, r .T Stra272 words
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320 1947-10-23 17 PENANG, Oct. 20. pHE main interest in Penang in the Governor-Gene-ral s broadcast last night is centred in his statement that when the new Constitution had got well started the question of including Singapore in the Federation could be considered. Commenting on thia, the chairman320 words
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282 1947-10-23 17 JOHORE BAHRU, Oct. 19. AFTER hearing that robbers had waylaid a Chinese near Ihe 42-mile Jalan Jemaluang, tied him to a tree in the jungle and robbed him of two rings, police went to the spot and found the man dead on the282 words
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Article404 1947-10-23 17 SINGAPORE, Oct. 21. r REIGN Minister of the Republic of Indonesia, Haji Agoes Salim, arrived in Singapore yesterday by air from London o n his return journey from the United Nations Assembly at Lake Success. sixty-three-year-old Haji, dressed In a battered semimilitary cap and grey suit,404 words
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645 1947-10-23 18 R.E. HOLTTUM - NOTES ON INFORMAL HEDGES By R.E. HOLTTUM Director of The Botanic Garden, Singapore MANY different shrubs may be used for inforral or untrimmed hedges or screens; a border of tall shrubs often serves the latter purpose, but \vc are here concerned rather with boundary hedges.645 words
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Article71 1947-10-23 18 SINGAPORE, Oct. 21. Charged with attempted theft and causing hurt to an elderly Chinese two 18-year-old Cantonese were committed to stand trial at the next Assizes by the Seventh Police Magistrate, Mr. E. S. de Banzie, yesterday. The prosecution alleged that the complainant was punched unconscious71 words
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306 1947-10-23 18 SINGAPORE, OCT. 21. A WOMAN searching Singapore for three young nephews missing from home early yesterday afternoon found the drowned body of one of the boys aged 12, surrounded by a crowd on the Esplanade. Marine Police found the body of a second ooy,306 words
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Article101 1947-10-23 18 SINGAPORE, Oct. 21. A 25-year-old Chinese, Lim Hoon Puay. was fined $6,632 or 15 months' rigorous imprisonment by the Singapore Third Magistrate, Mr. F. B. Oehlers, yesterday when he pleaded guilty to a charge of distilling dutiable liquor on Oct. 11. Customs mem who raided101 words
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98 1947-10-23 18 SINGAPORE, Oct,. 21. Fo r threatening a tailor, of Syed Alwi Road, on Sept. 26: Chong Yock Yew. 43, Khch, was sentenced to six months’ r.i. by the Second Police Magistrate, Mr. L. C. Goh, yesterday. Chong, it was stated, sent a letter through a98 words
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Article643 1947-10-23 18 J.& BEK!L?nl, JK. SOPER - 7 Grow Your Own Vegetable By. J BEK!L n l, J K. SOPER of the Department of Agriculture THE garden sage, so well known in temperate climates, glows well on the hills, but is less suited to the plains though it can be grow n from643 words
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Article77 1947-10-23 18 KUALA LUMPUR, Monday.-l .Kuala Lumpur police hi arrested three men in connect! with ar. armed robbery wr! tcok place during a vedd! ceremony at a house in Sentuil Oct. 5 I Three Chinese are alleged! have held up guests at the w ding ar.cl robbed them cf worth77 words
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Article84 1947-10-23 18 SINGAPORE. Oct 2: A finding 0: death fcy <n.i venture front an electric was recorded by the Singa? Coroner. Mr. W. G Porter, J terday, at an inquiry into death of an Indian. Savar.a -t at the Atlas Ice Works in Ka pong Soopoo on Sept. 2884 words
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181 1947-10-23 18 From Our Staff Correspondent 9j IPOH, Oct. 'f’HE heroism of an Indian police sergeant saved three Chinese from drowning n Kong will be recalled at a ceremony here on W 1,(11 when the Royal Humane Society Bronze Meda* j( Certificate, awarded to him for181 words
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Article422 1947-10-23 19 SINGAPORE, Oct. 16. r Recreation Club gave an impressive jjsplav in their first major hockey match this n when they beat the Singapore Cricket Club by r coals to nil on the padang yesterday. The S.R.C., however, should in no way be flattered •heir victory.422 words
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Article74 1947-10-23 19 4-day Races f or Penang PENANG, Oct. 17 to the exceptionally S°od entries, the Penang j Club’s October meeting, nnally scheduled for three j s has now been extended to f days. t*Vf v L sed d ates are: Saturl~, ct Tuesday, Oct. 28; r j ay Oct. SO and74 words
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Article200 1947-10-23 19 Ur Staff Correspondent DRth 11 MPlT R. Oct. 19. serif. n,nth time in the d mi nt s th e Selangor 5 0,1 Championships, le w °n the singles !Ve u ay atin g Yeo Teck i^H 2 2 15 15-2. 1 month* Wl11 be leaving Indiar200 words
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Article60 1947-10-23 19 SINGAPORE'S team in the in-ter-State Quadrangular badminton tournament at Malacca will be: singles, Wong Peng Soon, S. A. Dural and Yap Chin Tee; doubles: Ong Poh Lim and Tan Chong Tee. Singapore, Johore, Malacca and Negri Sembilan are taking part in the competition, which60 words
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Article327 1947-10-23 19 SEREMBAN, Oct. 19. SELANGOR had little difficulty in beating Negri Sembilan at rugby today by 24 points (three goals, two tries and a penalty goal) to six points (two penalty goals). Aftsr five minutes’ plav. Negri’s absentees turned ud but a minute later S:lancor ocened the327 words
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306 1947-10-23 19 SINGAPORE, Oct. 22. AN the occasion of Princess V Elizabeth’s wedding on Nov 20, the Singapore Amateur Football Associa- 1 tion will arrange a football match at Jaian Besar to be played o n Saturday, Nov. B,’ the entire proceeds of which will be306 words
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505 1947-10-23 19 SINGAPORE, Oct. 18. ANEW record for the 50 metres medley relay was set up by the Chinese Swimming Club trio when they clocked 1 min. 40.4 sec. at the Singapore Amateur Swimming Association’s fourth swimming championship meet held at the Singapore Swimming Club505 words
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108 1947-10-23 19 SINGAPORE, Oct. 18. A COMMITTEE of senior Singapore sporting authorities and Service leaders met at the Singapore Cricket Club last night to lay the first plans for the New Year Sea Sports on New Year’s Day, 1948. A committee spokesman said after the108 words
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619 1947-10-23 19 SINGAPORE, Oct. 17. S.A.F.A. 0; Shanghai Chinese 0. IN one of the fastest and most thrilling soccer games this season, the Singapore Amateur Football Association (Civilians and Services combined) held the Shanghai Chinese touring team to a goalless draw at Jalan Besar yesterday before619 words
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Article813 1947-10-23 20 Weekly Share Market Review By A Market Correspondent AMID the dense financial gloom over Britain and under the portentous shape of wrath to come from Mr. Dalton's autumn Budget—broke one small bright spot. It was the glow from the Malayan rubber industry. It came from813 words
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Article19 1947-10-23 20 The tin ore output of Talam Mines. Limited for the month of SeDtember was 326 piculs.19 words
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Article207 1947-10-23 20 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, Oct. 21. PENANG last month recorded her highest iiiiport trade since the liberation but dropped to her lowest export level for this year. More than $21,500,000 worth of goods arrived. representing an increase of $6,000,000 over the previous month. Exports,207 words
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Article33 1947-10-23 20 Tronoh Mines Limited announce the following tin ore outputs for the quarter to Sept. 30: tons Tronoh Mines (three dredges working) 335* S. Tronoh Dredging (one dredge working) 7533 words
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Article492 1947-10-23 20 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA •_<UMPUR, Oct. 19. IN Its recommendation for greater research in the Malayan rubber industry, the Malayan Rubber Advisory Committee states that the salaries, insecurity of tenure and terms of service being offered by the Rubber Research Institute in Kuala Lumpur are492 words
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Article121 1947-10-23 20 Payment of six years div* on the Preference shares 3 Kluang Ruuber Company ij was agreed to at the anriiai Z mg in Singapore. Jal1 The dividend payments win sorb $16,915 of the available ances In the Profit and Low count of $89,600. After a121 words
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Article82 1947-10-23 20 The directors of Lanadron 1 ber Estates, which nuns estatt Johore. have announced a dim of four per cent, less tax the 360.000 stock for ;he ya Dec 31. 1946 This is the first payment s a four per cent dividend *as for 1941. A82 words
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Article663 1947-10-23 20 SINGAPORE, Oct. 22. Prices given today by the Malayan Sharebrokers’ Associa f ion were as follows; INDUSTRIALS Buret Seller Atlas Ice 13 00 14 00 Alex Brick Ords I 85 i 9b Alex Brick Prefs 3.10 3.20 b M Prustet 3 35 9 00 Consolidated Tlr Smelters663 words