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The Straits Budget
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Title Section27 1947-10-30 1 The Straits Budget THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES [ESTABLISHED OVER A CENTURY] ft- Serio No. ®>* Singapore Thursday, October 30th, 1047 Price 40 cents (S.S. Currency)27 words
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Advertisement63 1947-10-30 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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Article932 1947-10-30 2 —Straits Times, Oct. 23. Amid the political distractions of the last few days, the first report of the Malayan Rubber Advisory Committee has not received the attention that it deserves. This report was published in Kuala Lumpur last week, and it is sold at one—Straits Times, Oct. 23. - 932 words
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Article300 1947-10-30 2 —Straits Times, Oct. 23. The following letter from a Chinese correspondent in Singapore deserves special attention, inasmuch as it exposes a demand by a chief tenant which is certainly not legal and which subtenants in general should resist: Could vou Dlease enlighten me—Straits Times, Oct. 23. - 300 words
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Article996 1947-10-30 2 Straits Times Is an employer in Malaya within the law if he refuses to re-engage employees who go on strike Much publicity has been given this week to a judgment by the Chief Justice of the Malayan Union, Sir Harold Willan, which has a bearing on this— Straits Times - 996 words
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Article169 1947-10-30 2 Straits Times. Much is being said ab< efforts that are being made Malay Peninsula to incre area under padi, the yiek the existing padi areas, a sales to Government und Padi Purchase Scheme f Pan-Malayan ration. There is, however, one point which should enga attention of the— Straits Times. ( - 169 words
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Article668 1947-10-30 2 —Straits Times, Oct. 25. If the latest despatches Manchuria are only mod correct, the position of the l Government forces the grave. It has never beet ticularly happy, although beginning of the new cat against the Communists th tionalists seized several iml cities, and made a strong—Straits Times, Oct. 25. - 668 words
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Article522 1947-10-30 3 —Straits Times, Oct. 25. There has been some comment lately on the desirability of fewer directiv es from London in the administration of Malaya, but in at least one recent episode the Colonial Office must be wishing that Malaya would settle the matter—Straits Times, Oct. 25. - 522 words
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Article879 1947-10-30 3 —Straits Times, Oct. 27. i Dr. Frank P. Graham, of the United States, Mr. Justice R. Kirby, of Australia, and Dr. Paul van 1 Zeeland, of Belgium, are due in 1 Batavia today to commence their j task as members of the commission which has—Straits Times, Oct. 27. - 879 words
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Article376 1947-10-30 3 —Straits Times. Oct. 27. Two European residents of Pahang have written to the Straits Times criticising the decision to reconstruct the East Coast Railway. The Japanese took up two hundred miles of this line between Mentakab and Krai, and the work of relaying it is—Straits Times. Oct. 27. - 376 words
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Article984 1947-10-30 3 —Straits Times. Oct. 28. A Malayan delegation of twentyeight will be present at the opening session of the ILO conference in New Delhi today. It was at first hoped to save expense by chartering one aeroplane to take the whole party to New Delhi in—Straits Times. Oct. 28. - 984 words
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Article287 1947-10-30 4 —Straits Times, Oct. 28 A sarcastic writer has offered the following definition of the new term MALAYAN: “A pseudonational denomination conferred on all those who have made Malaya their temporary home and the object of their royalties.’’ In the context it is clear that the reference is—Straits Times, Oct. 28 - 287 words
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Article1123 1947-10-30 4 —Straits Times, Oct. 29. Considerable public interest has been aroused by the prospectus of the India Lanka Steam Navigation Company Ltd., which was incorporated in Singapore on Sept. 12. This prospectus states that the company will have an authorised capital of $10,000,000 and an issued capital of—Straits Times, Oct. 29. - 1,123 words
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Article154 1947-10-30 4 SINGAPORE Oct. 29. The British and Foreign Bible Society will wind up its work in Malaya. This is the result of a decision at a London conference to form a United Bible Society of all Protestant denominations. Under the arrangement the National Bible Society of Scotland will154 words
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Article244 1947-10-30 4 THE LA LUMPtJR Oct TVs. batten with richly Mo dered Malay cost! eml wedding present 3: The gifts will hp by an illuminated leu??'?" each Sultan with h I; 51 will be enclosed in an h r l su standing on a ZclV B platform. p244 words
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Article59 1947-10-30 4 AUCUTT—Oct. 24. 1947. Cuq Hospital. Kuala Lumpur, t r Jean.' of P/Lt. W. L. Aucutt RAF Ri (Malaya), a daughter. TO STELLA WIFE OF ROBERT WALLACE of Gar ir.tr Estate or. 22 October. 1947. at Malacca Hogtt son. Gordon Gow. PETHER To Kathiee: < Clark) wife of Harold Edward59 words
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Article184 1947-10-30 4 TENG-CHOO. The engagers•:« Teng Teow Lock and Choo Siar.z (Amy) take ulace on 26th Oct Both Darties of Singapore ON THE 26.10 47 the eneartl was announced between Mr. John Joo Hock 4th son of Mr. Mrs i Yong Twang Sz Miss Marv Lo»' Nair third daughter of Mr.184 words
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Article25 1947-10-30 4 MAKKI.IIT f THE MARRIAGE took al Mr. A. van Jer Sf Ofto a Miss M. Th. Soln 24th. 1947 at II Moum Singapore. afrllC25 words
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Obituary54 1947-10-30 4 OlUKttUUIC. ui DEATHS N phot MR. R. grapher. Anoor October 1** passed away on. the Deeply regretted. 24:- Deeply regretted. v 24th ANDREOLI. On H ,(l lde r.cf. 1947. suddenly at J* 1 R d. StfJ 5th Avenue. Bukit Timah n pore. Frans George Su*»J dearly beloved huslj-‘ Andreoll. Interred54 words
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423 1947-10-30 5 Malay Majority BRITISH MISTAKE”SAYS A CHINESE a bcal-born Chinese. I ■j o in no political parties j harbour no political |mj ne s. But as an ordinary jKn of Singapore, I cannot feeling that the GoverBjeneral contradicted himBj n his broadcast talk ■emning Malaya’s first ■try-wide “hartal.” Rn commenting on423 words
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Article343 1947-10-30 5 m, Kl have done a great E i, lc service by making vn?,l raits Time s available h Pr \L re aders on Monday. )rnin lS0 absence of a /JJ? Paper in Singapore r inis regrettable day ln a way, have contri- buted towards the “success”343 words
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231 1947-10-30 5 HOW right is your correspondent “Orang Puteh” in what hg writes on the subject of export permits. Myself, I have to work every day and all day except Sundays and however much I would like to Send to the folks back Home a personalty packed231 words
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Article63 1947-10-30 5 THERE does not seem to be house-to-house collection of household refuse in my neighbourhood. Consequently householders are dumping their refuse in a vacant piece of land at the junction of Still Road and Lorong M. It is even being dumped in the carriage way. Would the Municipal63 words
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363 1947-10-30 5 Frustration By Export Permits —For Tea ON Saturday afternoon I went to the Post Office with the intention of sending to England a small packet containing 1 lb. of tea. I was informed that I had to have an export permit but that it could not be issued that afternoon363 words
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299 1947-10-30 5 AS a newly arrived ex-RAF pilot in Singapore I would like to disclose some facts in the hope of preventing others from falling into a similar plight. Approximately four months ago I resigned from a good position in England to take up a post ln299 words
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Article296 1947-10-30 5 MR. H. S. Lee’s denial, published in your correspondence columns on Oct. 20, made me find out whose words your leader of Oct. 15 had apparently misquoted. Your Kuala Lumpur staff correspondent had it that the speaker was Mr. Ee Yew Kim, of Malacca. The passage in question296 words
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Article301 1947-10-30 5 AS one of the rising generation, and also one who has travelled about as the result of the war, may I voice my ideas about socalled society in Singapore. It is my opinion, and also the opinion of countless others, that It is301 words
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Article73 1947-10-30 5 MALAYA was overrun by the enemy individuals, firms and industries suffered heavily through lack of protection by Government. Compensation Is due and It would bo reasonable if that were paid to consider income tax. Remote control from Whitehall thinks otherwise I suggest that any73 words
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Article191 1947-10-30 6 LAST Saturday “Tuan Djek” mentioned his difficulty in getting a young Malay to identify a pair of Malkohas in his dusun. Well, in my dusun in Malacca, too, Malkohas of the description given by "Tuan Djek” used to be seen quite frequently, going about in pairs,191 words
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1642 1947-10-30 6 TUAN DJEK - A Malayan Countryman’s Diary TUAN DJEK. WE have given up the idea of a Sunday oft, at least for the time being except when there is no tapping owing to rain. The reason being that we have no kepala and no wage coolies, so that1,642 words
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Article65 1947-10-30 6 From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Oct. 28. Another case of smallpox is reported from the Endau Settlement area. Again, a child is infected The child lives in the same house where th e first case which ended fatally, occurred! pie new case is making65 words
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Article134 1947-10-30 6 A USTRALIA TUGS FOR SINGAPORE r SYDNEY rw !l 75-ft I 2 L Ct j fl lian tug s h n 4 bourne o n th e 5 e to Singapore l,ll e l >ng a 60-ft steell Wlth food and sLre? e 1 to h Thi Uir tl m134 words
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Article127 1947-10-30 6 RAF MAN’ S FALL TO DEATH SINGAPORE. Oct. M The Singapore Coroner. M-1 O. Porter, yesterday return* verdict of death from nil venture at an inquiry intol accident in which Flight-lieM nant Harry Smith, of then No. 68 Embarkation Unit, ceived fatal head injuries I Flight-Lieutenant Smith m found in127 words
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Article98 1947-10-30 6 The Indian Musical Socii Singapore, held an extraordini general meeting on Oct. M 21 Kinta Road. Office-bear elected were: Patrons: Messrs. B Govindtf Chettiar, V. Appavoo Kandiar, PJ nam, and G. Saragapany, Dr. c® Singh and Swami Satyananda bw (adviser.) j President Mr. V. K. AnandaiU98 words
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Article229 1947-10-30 6 SINGAPORE, Oct. 29. rE Singapore Rotary Club will decide i„ the next few weeks how best to spend the $75,000 contributed to its Anti-Tuberculosis Fund. TJe president of the Club, Mr. S. S. Franklin, told the Btralte Times this after he had announced at a stamp229 words
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Article1759 1947-10-30 7 A Ramble With “Tuan Djek” ■you are like me, you have I often wished, when ■tunng up-country, that COU Ki and explore If f those side-roads Hirg ,rf through the brr that the car leaves liiid almost before the luglit enters your head. Hhat1,759 words
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Article43 1947-10-30 7 JOHORE BAHRU, Oct. 25.—Four Chinese and a Malav were injured and taken to hospital Yesterday as a result of a collision between a Jeep and a car. The accident occurred on the Scudai Road near the Government rice mill.43 words
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Article100 1947-10-30 7 I SINGAPORE, Oct. 25. A MUNICIPAL committee considering the appli- cat on of the Singapore Island Club for approval of its scheme for a new clubhouse, swimming pool and tennis courts near Peirce Reservoir has voted against the plan. The reason is that the scheme100 words
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Article171 1947-10-30 7 Irani Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 26. The Diocesan Secretary for Schools, Mr. Dong Chul Sing, today denied that there was any friction between the Diocese and the Education Department. He was referring to an address made by the Bishop of Singapore, Dr. Leonard Wilson,171 words
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Article107 1947-10-30 7 S’ PORE PROTEST TO INDIA SINGAPORE, Oct. 28. The Ahmadlya community in Singapore have sent a protest to to Mr. J.A. Thlvy, Representative of the Government of India In Malaya. th«t the assurances given by the Indian Government for the protection on minorities in the Punjab have been grievously violated.107 words
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Article211 1947-10-30 7 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Oct. 27. rE Government’s educational policy, which set as its main principle, “increase in the capacity of selfgovernment and the ideal of loyalty and responsibility,’ was condemned as being “too narrow and selfish’’ at this morning’s session of the Church of211 words
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Article, Illustration298 1947-10-30 8 SINGAPORE, Oct. 25. THE first Constellation aircraft to arrive in Singapore landed at the R.A.F. station airfield, Tengah, yesterday afternoon. It is the Qantas-owned Ross Smith, which flew from Port Darwin to Tengah in one hop of exactly eight hours. I The Ross Smith will—Straits Times photo. - 298 words
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Article277 1947-10-30 8 KUALA LUMPUR. Oct. 22. REDUCED buying by America accounted for a further fall in Malayan Union rubber exports during September, statistics issued in Kuala Lumpur today reveal. The total exports for September were 51,330 tons of which 26,915 tons went to foreign markets and 24,415 tons277 words
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Article109 1947-10-30 8 The Chief Inspector oi Mines, Malayan Union, in his report on the production of tin-ore concentrates from the Malayan Union for September, s.ates that the highest production of 37,920 piculs, the equivalent of 2?57 Kong tons, was registered in Perak. Selangor’s production was the next highest with109 words
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Article64 1947-10-30 8 From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Oct. 26.—Mrs. Joy Feltham. wife of Capt. Robert Feltham. now in Malaya, was slightly injured yesterday when the car in which she was returning home from 31ankney Hunt Ball at Cranwell RA F. College, Lincolnshire, struck a telegraph pole.64 words
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Article75 1947-10-30 8 SINGAPORE, Oct. 26. UR. Lesier Reutens. the Malayan and Singapore hoekev player, was married to Miss Mavis Anthony in the Church of the Holv Familv vesterdav. Miss Anthony is a teacher of the Convent of the Infant Jesus, and the bridegroom is on the staff of75 words
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Article319 1947-10-30 8 KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 25. THE Bishop of Singapore, the Right Rev. Leonard Wilson, today accused the education authorities of “antagonism” when he referred to a suggestion by senior officials that it was time Church schools closed down and handed over education to the government. Addressing principals and319 words
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Article70 1947-10-30 8 A cable message was received by the Straits Times October 26, that Mr. Claude Greener Cadman. formerly Engineer in Chief of the Telecommunications Department. Malaya, has died in London He came to Malaya about 1904 and served with Railway Department and the Electrical Department before70 words
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Article177 1947-10-30 8 SINGAPORE, Oct. 25. MORE complaints were made yesterday to tSingapore Police in the ca e in wh'ch a young Chinese, is being sought in connection with $123,000 drawn on three bills of lading alleged to be false. The man described by Police as “the manager of177 words
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167 1947-10-30 8 SINGAPORE, Oct. 26. Thirty-five thousand kilogrammes of Japanese mushrooms will arrive on the SS Hansang which is scheduled to arrive in Singapore at the end of this week. This will be one of the largest consignments of mushrooms to arrive in Singapore since the167 words
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Article360 1947-10-30 8 SINGAPORE, Oct. 23 DUBLIC Relations, Malayan Union, yesterday is* an official correction to its statement on a jw ment of the Chief Justice, Malayan Union, Sir Han W'illan, on the legal position of labour agreements relation to strikes. Essence of Sir Harold’s judgment was that absenting360 words
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Article42 1947-10-30 8 t 23. SINGAPORE O A p A Chinese named m3 nJ was sentenced m 1 t bv rigorous impl lL EPDistrict Judge, M E ho occuP 1 yesterday for hem. P nad of a house hi f nd which morphine42 words
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156 1947-10-30 9 S’ pore Celebrates Sea-God Festival (SINGAPORE, Oct. 23. SANDS of Chinese packed roads in the Serangoon area sincapore last night to celebrate the birthday of Kew £f-Father of Nine Gods”). 11, of police ming ed e crowds. European n( j police diverted o:ig Eah is a sea god, devotees annually156 words
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Article97 1947-10-30 9 >ANG. Wednesday. Tan Tii'.. a Puiang merchant )day sentenced to two years p imprisonment on a charge Kcssion of opium, brother, Tan Shu En, who o:ivictC(j wi.h him. received e‘ ce of 18 months’ simple sonment. F G Pcoley, for Tan Swee a: ’d Mr.97 words
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Article111 1947-10-30 9 Oct.. 22.—A well known s;d, nl of Ipoh. Mr. H. D. managing director of On nier and Co., Ipoh. at his residence n Maxwell Road. r Aln a church service this a l John The Devine rp mains will be f^ Batu Gajah for burial. P sz111 words
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Article194 1947-10-30 9 From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Oct. 22. LIM KIM TENG, who was banished from Singapore for life in 1920, was charged at the Assizes yesterday with having returned to the country from banishment. His identity was discovered after he was arrested at Kluang railway station in194 words
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Article134 1947-10-30 9 JOHORE BAHRU. Oct. 22. Capt. C M. Foss was charged in the Magistrate's Court today with having been found at Jalan Gertok Merak. Johore Bahru, in unlawful possession of 1.142 rounds of various types of ammunition. Inspector Karthigasu applied for the withdrawal of the charge against Foss, the134 words
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Article72 1947-10-30 9 SINGAPORE, Oot. 24. Two elderly Cantonese women, one 'with a bandaged head, appeared in the Singapore Second Police Court yesterday on a charge of disorderly conduct by fighting in Jalan Besar at 1-55 a m. yeserday. The injured woman was acquitted by the magistrate, Mr.72 words
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Article209 1947-10-30 9 ttGAPORE, Oct. 24. n w >th pistols and "'Hi a knife early yes“I morning robbed a s w »ma n of her savings I i, husband was away P hon K Mol, was 7, house at Lorong a 10 30 a m when men' If entered•r209 words
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Article111 1947-10-30 9 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday PUTERA and the All-Malayan Council of Joint Action have authorised their representatives in London to invite a Parliamentary fact-finding committee to visit Malaya. The committee will be the guests of PUTERA and AMCJA and will be asked111 words
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126 1947-10-30 9 PENANG, Oct. 22. AS a result of successful border talks between Malayan and Siamese police representatives, a co operative campaign against border bandits had been agreed upon and lists of suspected persons exchanged, the C.I.D. chief in Kedah and Perlis, Mr. P.1I.D. Jackson said yesterday. Mr.126 words
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Article182 1947-10-30 9 SINGAPORE, Oct. 23. “Your objection to a revision of the present Cost of Living Allowance in advance of the recommendations of the Salaries Commission is not valid, nor is it relevant to the issue.” says a letter addressed by the Singapore Teachers’ Union to the Colonial182 words
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Article252 1947-10-30 9 SINGAPORE, Ocl. 23. ANY worker who absents himself from work for more than a day without reasonable excuse automatically dismisses himself. This, said the Commissioner of Labour, Singapore, Mr. R. p. Bingham, and the Commissioner of Labour, Malayan Union, Mr. R. O. D. Houghton, iri Singapore252 words
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Article177 1947-10-30 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 23. FOUND guilty of committing armed robbery, two young Chinese, Leong Sam and Chong Choy, were sentenced to six and seven years’ rigorous imprisonment respectively and ordered to be given 15 strokes of the rotan each by Mr. Justice Spenser Wilkinson at the177 words
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Article64 1947-10-30 9 SINGAPORE Oct. 23. Police who raided the labourers’ quarters at the Heap Hoe Rubber Factory. Singapore, found a dagger under the pillow of a Chinese. Lim Yew Tat. it was stated at the Second Police Court yesterday. Lim was charged with possesof the dagger without a64 words
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298 1947-10-30 10 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 24. DAPID progress in the Malayan Union’s tin industry during the last three months resulted in a monthly output figure which more than doubled (hat obtained at the beginning of the year. All sections of statistics just298 words
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Article137 1947-10-30 10 S’ PORE’S GIFT APPROVED SINGAPORE, Oct. 25. Princess Elizabeth has approved the present which was suggested by the Central Celebration Committee. The description of the present is this: A jewel casket in hammered gold 22 carat, engraved with the distinctive emblem of the Colony of Singapore <a plain tower design)137 words
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Article61 1947-10-30 10 Kuala lumpur, Oct. 24. Found guilty of having unlawful possession of a revolver, a young Chinese. Tan Swee Teck. was today sentenced to five years rigorous imprisonment by Mr. Justice Spenser Wilkinson at Selangor Assizes. On a second charge of unlawful possession of 24 rounds of ammunition.61 words
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Article265 1947-10-30 10 SINGAPORE, Oct. 25. ELEVEN applications have so far been received for the two new posts of trade union officers in the Department of the Trade Un'on Adviser, Singapore. These are the first posts tor fulHime Asiatic officers in t-he department, and applications close on Nov.265 words
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441 1947-10-30 10 SINGAPORE, Oct. 25. MR. V. Keith White, manager of the Singapore branch of General Motors Overseas Corporation, will fly to New York at the end of th s month. He is going to finalise plans for -milding General Motors Corporation’s new $1,000,000 motor441 words
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133 1947-10-30 10 SINGAPORE will be able to receive pictures by radio early next year when it is hoped the Cable and Wireless 81,000,000 receiving station at Trafalgar, Ponggol area, will be ready for use. Work on clearing the site has already been begun and the contractors133 words
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338 1947-10-30 10 SINGAPORE I CIX thousand radio owners in Singapore cl **l k t 0.,““ S K en i j 1 w t hout Hcence, and mam wiUh Conti »l by the broadcasting authorities shortly ti b pro *J of Broadcasting, in a new drive to get'.'>»•»„338 words
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Article204 1947-10-30 10 SINGAPORE. Oct. 25. For committing robbery of a sheep, an 18-year-old Chinese. Tan Ah Kow. was sentenced to three years’ rigorous imprisonment and eight strokes of the rotan. by Mr. Justice Brown at the Singapore Assize Court yesterday. Chan Kan CJioy. who was charged with204 words
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362 1947-10-30 10 KUALA LUMPUR, Oct Xf DAHANG police are seaifl the jungles around Kompm River for a Trl ganese amok who killed! Chinese and grievously $<H ded another Chinese anH Sakai woman in a reiifl village on the river on Octl 13. I The village. Sungei362 words
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Article42 1947-10-30 10 SI noapohe .orj JUNGLE grerii ur standard the British Arn Singapore n :.cl ptea This colour to 3 the 14th Arm.v t n ati troops the P 1 > camouflage R 1 jn background Since then no ;n> different shad-42 words
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277 1947-10-30 11 Singapore, Oct. 24 )SING of the 750 acre Royal Naval Air Station, H.M.S. Simbang at Sembawang, is likely to be one be British Government’s first naval economies in rapore. It is expected that the station will be put on a cave maintenance basis.277 words
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Article151 1947-10-30 11 F ive New Ships For Malaya SINGAPORE, Oct. 24. KEE 394-ton vessels, the Enipiiv May mead, Em,,May bury and Empire ijand. formerly employed k t African coast, e D< n purchased by the l St< am.ship Company MSiaya's coastal trade. arrived in Singapore r' llum lle United Kingwill be put151 words
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Article214 1947-10-30 11 SINGAPORE, Oct. 24. THIRTY-SIX Chinese packed the Second Police Court dock in three batches yesterday on secret society charges. Their ages ranged from 17 to 61. The oldest among them. Chan Hok, a Hokkien. was charged with assisting in the management of an unlawful society—the214 words
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365 1947-10-30 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 23. I EGAL authorities, commenting on the judgment of the Chief Justice, Sir Harold Willan, on the ques* ton of employment agreements in relation to strikes, stated that its implicat ons were “definite.” According to Sir Harold’s judgment, certain labourers who ha365 words
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Article167 1947-10-30 11 SINGAPORE, Oct. 24. THE Chinese manager of a Chinese shipping company in Singapore yesterday alleged tFlat 7.>0 hags of copra were substituted for a consignment of 750 hags of pepper for which he had issued three bills of lading. He said that the discovery167 words
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Article153 1947-10-30 11 From Our Own Correspondent KUANTAN, Oct. 23 CIX out of ten Japanese boats lying at the mouth of the Kuantan River were completely destroyed IV a fire which at one time threatened to burn down a village and petrol installations nearby. It is believed153 words
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Article122 1947-10-30 11 SINGAPORE, Oct. 24. SINGAPORE uniformed police interrupted a relig'ous procession in Havelock Road on Wednesday night when a distuibance was created, and detained 45 C hinese. Police state that the disturbance occurred just before midright wher. thousands were tailing part in a procession of the122 words
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Article229 1947-10-30 11 S’ PORE PARADE ROUTE FIXED SINGAPORE, o<<t. 24 The route for the Chinese lantern procession to celebrate the wedding of Princess Elizabeth was fixed at a meeting of the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce celebration sub-committee yesterday. The procession, which will start at 7 p.m. on Nov. 20. the wedding229 words
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Article257 1947-10-30 11 SINGAPORE, Oct. 24. THE Singapor e Coroner, Mr. W. G. Porter, at an inquiry yesterday, suggested lormaJ recognition of the conduct of CpI. D. J. Skipp of the R.A.F. Police, who attempted to rescue Municipal labourers trapped in a manhole filled with sewer gas on257 words
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Article57 1947-10-30 11 DENANG, Oct. 23.—The Perang Chamber of Commerce has nominated Mr. Jules Martin, a past chairman as their representative to sit on the Malayan U.’.ion Advisory Council. The nomination followed an undertaking given by the Governor, Sir Edward Gent at the last Council meeting, that a Penang commercial57 words
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Article116 1947-10-30 11 r |iAIPING. Thursday. Cllmax--1 lng their nine-day festival, the Kew Ong Yeah <Nine Sea Gods) Temple held a lire-walking ceremony yesterday. Led by two mediums, 30 devotees walked across a hot -harcoal bed 12 feet long before a large gath< ring including Europeans One devotee when Interviewed later116 words
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Article, Illustration309 1947-10-30 12 SINGAPORE, Oct. 24. TWO Chinese have been promoted from the Straits Settlements Legal Service to the Colonial Legal Service. They are the first two Chinese to be admitted to the higher service. They are the Acting Registrar of the Supreme Court, and Sheriff of Singapore,309 words
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Article71 1947-10-30 12 SINGAPORE. Oot.,24 Two robberies at sea off Beach Road occurred simultaneously in the small hours of yesterday morning. In the first, three Chinese, one armed with a pistol, robbed a Banjarese sailor of cylinder oil valued at $500 and $8 in cash from a motor71 words
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Article41 1947-10-30 12 IPOH, Oct. 23.—. Remembrance Day in Ipoh will be observed at a service at the war memorial on Sunday. Nov. 9. A guard of honour at the cenotaph will be furnished by the Ist Battalion. Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders.41 words
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Article74 1947-10-30 12 SINGAPORE, Oot. 24, An enlarged number of the Singapore Anglo-Chinese School Magazine for 1947 will be published in November. It will contain special articles and pictures in honour of Mr. T. W. Hinch 0.8. E., and other personalities connected with the school. Old Boys of the school and74 words
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Article95 1947-10-30 12 SINGAPORE. Oot. 24. Another group of 2.500 Japanese surrendered personnel will leave Singapore next week by the Japa-nese-manned ship Kizan Maru for Japan. IOHORE BAHRU. Oct. 23. A Chinese child has died of smallpox in the Endau Settlement area. The Health Department has taken the95 words
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Article88 1947-10-30 12 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 23. fJMIE Central Welfare Council will donate 5100,000 to any future anti-tuberculosis camJ?aign which may be launched by the Government. The Council has also decided to write to the Malayan Union Government suggesting that the time is now88 words
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Article145 1947-10-30 12 From Our Own Correspondent TELOK ANSON, Oct. 24. AHOLD-UP of two Chinese poultry dealers on a footbridge near Telok Anson yesterday morning ended in one of them being kiMed after he had attacked the highwayman. The dealers. Khong Kok and Khong Tak Chia. were returning145 words
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Article146 1947-10-30 12 From Our Staff Correspondent IPOH, Oct. 23.—Da to Panglima 1 Bukit Gantang and Inche Zainal Abindin bin Haji Abas are the candidates recommended to the Sultan of Perak by the Perikatan Melayu Perak (Malay League* for the key appointments oi Mentri Besar and State Secretary. Perak, under146 words
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Article199 1947-10-30 12 CEYLON--SINGAPORE SERVICE SINGAPORE. Oct. 25. Heralding the first commercial air service between Singapore and Colombo, the B.O.A.C. Avro-York, Middlesex, arrived in Singapore yesterday afternoon on schedule from Colombo. The pilot, Capt. A. B. Dykes, said the trip was a great success. The main purpose of the flight was to familiarise199 words
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238 1947-10-30 12 From Our Own Correspondent BATU PAHAT, Oct. 23. i (JUNG Indian woman, Manikamah, told the Magistrate’s Court here today that on the night of August 28 sh e had watched an Indian cook named Manikam struggling in the moonlight with Velu, her husband, and238 words
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Article218 1947-10-30 12 SINGAPORE Oct 25 I SINGAPORE Chinese woman vested I the keys to her safe, in which was Lr i when two robbers prodded her with a aim Ja l( H and her 12-year-o!d daughter cried and Four Chinese gunmen in all raided tin.». house in218 words
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Article338 1947-10-30 12 SINGAPORE. Oct 25 committee of the Cevl Flood Relief Fund acknowta with thanks the following don lions to tr.e Reliet Fund:Prevlously Acknowledged ca contributions. $l9Ol 00 B Govi dasamy J. P. 51.00. S. Maruthali gam 25.00. M. Rajagop.il 20 British Lighterage Co. 20.00. 3: bir Co.338 words
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Article387 1947-10-30 13 SINGAPORE, Oct. 26. ,l,c ultimate aim of the Governmeht to attach to h hospital in Malaya a T.B. specialist trained in t advanced method® of treatment and who will 'all major cases as they arrive in the hospitals. acca General Hospital, however, will serve as387 words
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Article127 1947-10-30 13 SINGEPORE, Oct. 27. Pc?? Pore Chinese Silk and Merchants’ Association embraces all the important f textile merchants in Sin- -sending a protest to impotent authorities in allowing’ the China "Construction Corpor- con ]Diete monopoly in the 1 hade. protest arises out of a misover the prices127 words
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Article386 1947-10-30 13 SINGAPORE, Oct. 23. A WARNING that over-pro-duction of latex in Malaya may be in sight was Riven by Mr. Fred Waterhouse, of Fred Waterhouse and Co., to the Straits Times yesterday. “A similar situation to the rubber remilling industry is arising in respect t 0386 words
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133 1947-10-30 13 SEGAMAT. Oct. 25. TO celebrate Princess Elizabeth s wedding the Singapore Central Celebrations Committee has decided to build a block of model workmen’s dwellings. su niclent funds are forthcoming. 300 houses mav be built. The Committee aims to collect at least $500,000 and thousands133 words
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Article321 1947-10-30 13 SINGAPORE, Oct. 23. ANG Tai Siong, appealing on vr Tuesday against a judgment which ordered the forfeiture of his car, had his appeal granted by the Singapore Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Murray-Aynsley. His Lordship, in giving judgment, detailed the “peculiar” tacts of the forfeiture, which arose from321 words
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Article180 1947-10-30 13 SINGAPORE, Oct. 27. T'O date, more than 100 Singapore Chinese schools and several hundred Chinese school teachers remain unregistered. Unless they obtain their registration by the end of the year, they will not be allowed t continue. The Singapore Chinese Teachers Association will shortly send a deputation180 words
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Article307 1947-10-30 13 SINGAPORE, Oct. 25. THE Communist Party of Malaya was not “preparing to seize power by the clenched fist,” said the party representative, Mr. Chang Ming Ching, in a press statement. “What our party advocates is the realisation of elementary democracy and the establishment of307 words
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369 1947-10-30 13 KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 25. “CPARE Time' and Talent Enterprises,” an associa- tion of British men and women, is to be launched in Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday with the aim of sending food parcels to Britain during the crisis. This movement of goodwill has the369 words
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Article138 1947-10-30 13 KUALA LUMPUR. Oct. 25. A branch of the Malayan Women’s Club In London Is to be formed In Malaya, and members who are now in this country are asked to communicate with a former member of the committee, Mrs. H.L.H. Harrison. 22. Golf View Road. Kuala138 words
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71 1947-10-30 13 SINGAPORE. Oct. 20. IT Is proposed to erect a memorial In St. Andrew’s Cathedral. Singapore, in memory of the late Mr. E. S. Hose, a former Colonial Secretary In Singapore. The Veil. Archdeacon David Rosenthal, who is now in England, is consulting with71 words
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Article, Illustration545 1947-10-30 14 KUANTAN, Oct. 25. IN Kuantan Harbour fitting an engine into his 46-ton ketch, Fram, in which his effort to sail round the world was interrupted in 1942 when he was captured by the Japs, retired Australian businessman, Mr. Bradford Potter, of Bellevue Hill, Sydney, hopes soon to545 words
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Article194 1947-10-30 14 F.R.C.P.P RAISES S’ PORE COLLEGE SINGAPORE, Oct. 26. THE scholastic level reached in the King Edward VII College of Medicine compares very favourably with those ir. the best universities in the United Kingdom. This opinion was expressed by Prof. G. a. Ransome at the Michaelmas terminal staff students' dinner held194 words
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Article254 1947-10-30 14 SINGAPORE, Oct. 26. MEK 40 years as a scouter, and 23 years as Scout Commissioner for Malaya, Mr. Frank C. Sands is to retire from active scouting in March next year. Mr. Sands probably holds the record for scouting in Maiaya, having been in the254 words
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Article49 1947-10-30 14 SINGAPORE, Oot. 24. Mr. J. D. M. Smith, has been appointee to act temporarily as Colonial Secretary Singapore, from Oct. 22, in add! ion to his own duties as Acting Financial Secretary, during the abse?)ee of Mr. P. A. B. McKerron on casual leave.49 words
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Article146 1947-10-30 14 LONDON, (By Air Mail). AN officer who served during th e war in Malaya, as well as in Inda and Burma, will shortly be returning to Malaya to take up a post in the Education Department. He is Mr. William Miller, of Wigan, who has146 words
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Article111 1947-10-30 14 KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 26. AT a meeting held tonight, the Pan-Malayan Council of Government Workers set Nov. 9 as the date for calling in the strike ballot papers distributed among Government trade unionists throughout the country. The ballot counting was originally fixed for today and the111 words
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Article252 1947-10-30 14 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 22. Anticipating an increased demand and new uses for liquid latex, a new company has been formed in the Malayan Union which will organise collection of latex and provide buildings and machinery for its concentration. Sites for the factories252 words
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Article227 1947-10-30 14 x.m Our S 1 aIT C A E yßop E ffi ,ocM n Gardner manage; the a Hydraulic mines Wm liitan, Perak, was stantaneously early M morning uhe M the c l r S a e 6/)' f S f IV d biJ-foot ravine. Mrs.227 words
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262 1947-10-30 14 SINGAPORE. Oct. 26. ON a special England-Australia flight to investig mysterious compass deviations experienced by airci flying Empire routes, the converted Lincoln bomber Aries landed at Tengah Aerodrome, Singapore, at 5.35 p yesterday. The plane, piloted by Group Captain E. E. V;< 0.8. E.,262 words
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Article76 1947-10-30 14 From Our Own SEREMBAN. 0<t. succession of Data 7t n( janfl Mae to the P°f fron i Oct| Johol. to take e, i° was approved at a j 0 ho| Waris and Lemba-a. Is officially annoinue Tan M The Dato ManapJ whose name is Abd76 words
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Article1215 1947-10-30 15 R.E. HOLTTUM - NOTES ON HEDGES AND TREES By R.E. HOLTTUM Director of the Botanic Gardens, Singapore Jgcus mutabilis, or thp Changeable Rose *1 makes a very informal hedge, but needs very generous lent as regards Jfing to make it really S'plant of this kind Is Shtly and a1,215 words
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595 1947-10-30 15 •THE little Indian boy 1 dashed up to us full of life and happiness and said in excellent English—his father happened to be a local school-master —“Good morning sir. Can you give me a job in the estate office?’* “Good gracious! said the tuan595 words
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619 1947-10-30 15 JN. MILSUM; J.R.P. SOPER - GROW YOUR OWN VEGETABLES By JN. MILSUM and J.R.P. SOPER of the Department of Agriculture THERE are two members of the gourd family which may either be grown On stakes i n the main beds like cucumbers or can be planted to sprawl over a619 words
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Article131 1947-10-30 15 IPOH, Oct 25. THE Governor of the Malayan Union, Sir Edward Gent, and Lady Gent, accompanied by the Perak Resident Commissioner, Mr. A. C. Jomaron, spent more than an hour yesterday at the Central Census Office here. The party was conducted round the office by Mr.131 words
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Article1313 1947-10-30 16 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 27. PLANTERS in remote areas of the Malayan Union are to be given permits and priority for arms, full-scale measures are to be taken to overcome the crime situation in Johore, and military patrols working with the police in1,313 words
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92 1947-10-30 16 SINGAPORE, Oct. 28. TANGLIN Club, Singapore, has reinforced its staff of nightwatchmen since an unknown arsonist made four attempts to set the Club on Are. Since the employment of more night-watchmen three weeks ago, attempts to set the club on Are have ceased. The92 words
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Article187 1947-10-30 16 SINGAPORE, Oct. 28. pOLICE yesterday were called I out to Jalan Kayu village, nine miles from Singapore, shortly after three Malays had attacked a Chinese with a hand grenade, which did not explode. Two Malays, one aged 20 and another aged 40, were arrested. Police said187 words
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Article282 1947-10-30 16 SINGAPORE n F HE Amy authorities in Singapore civilian personnel because of the nrl encl position in the United Kingdom. P en “The overall employment of civilians by finances allocated by the War Office f' i° Ve > pose,” an Army spokesman said yesterdav hls282 words
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Article92 1947-10-30 16 SINGAPORE. Oct. 28. A 20 year-old alleged Dutch stowaway, Aad Jansen, could net be charged in Singapore yesterday because he was on a foreign ship He was found on board the Dutch ship Alcinous c.n her arrival in Singapore from Batavia. When Jansen was produced92 words
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163 1947-10-30 16 SINGAPORE. On M A 30-year-old Scottish fl ing sister who was injured in a motor accil on the Muai-Malacca roal Saturday died the day® Malayan Union Goverm®| Gazett e announced her®-; motion to matron of Muar General Hospital. I The dead nurse163 words
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Article120 1947-10-30 16 KUALA LUMPUR. Oct® TWENTY-four cases of 4 pox with six deaths wer« ported in the Malayan last week. Comparative for the previous week vere™ cases with two deaths. Selangor had the highes* cidence w’ith 14 cases deaths. Perak was next nine cases and three j*120 words
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Article42 1947-10-30 16 A gj The Sandiwara P»' nl^ ronC r and the Sin u 0 charW. Party which gave formances at n F (lin g Ce Road Children F rr torm e( on Oct. 24 and P ce aid of the Childrci Fund.42 words
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Article194 1947-10-30 17 SINGAPORE, Oct. 28. V acres of the Singa)re Municipal catcharea, principally off son and Buktt Timah are being denuded of arv trees by thieves ire stealing timber, illegal practice has aslarge proportions and the ml Water Department is r every effort to stop it. it 90194 words
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Article102 1947-10-30 17 BELLE ll—a yacht pecially built for Singa--8 Ph.-war Governors and honeymoon yacht of Duke, the world’s Kill—has been sold s $50,000. buyer is Mr. P. Morrison, a L of to* P-M.P. Shipping Cebu Philippines. e ,j’ y J ar "°ld steam yacht ~l''(\ as a passenger-cargo102 words
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Article441 1947-10-30 17 PENANG, Oct. 25. ■rr-chasing patrol boats, heavily armed for B a re now searching the waters around IVtoI* desperate gangsters who have returned to h seas for loot and plunder. These speedy W quipped with wireless and are in direct Ration with the control room at441 words
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Article220 1947-10-30 17 from Our S‘aff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Oct. 27. pRODU( 1 lON of gold ore at I the Australian gold mine in Raub has been held up since Saturday by a strike of 250 Indian and Chinese miners. They observed the hartal on Oct. 20220 words
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134 1947-10-30 17 SINGAPORE. Oct. 28. A MALAY motor car driver told the Singapore Coroner yesterday how. after knocking down a cyclist, he was set upon by a crowd of Chinese near the Uth mile, Woodlands R/oad, on Oct. 10. The driver, Salleh bin Haji Ngarip, said134 words
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Article190 1947-10-30 17 SINGAPORE, Oct. 28. THE Singapore Federation of Trade Unions conducted 1 119 strikes over the past 12 months according to the second annual delegates’ conference which has sat since Saturday. ni v i P t o ries and 10 Officials report “four lOl victories190 words
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772 1947-10-30 17 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 27. EE LOY, terror of Serdang and gangster chief of the “Malayan Chinese People’s Self-Defence Corps,” a criminal organisation operating from Serdang, was shot dead by a police party at Sungei Buloh today. He was shot by the772 words
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Article101 1947-10-30 17 From Our Own Correspondent IPOH, Oct. 27. A PAN-MALAYAN Public Works Department Technical Services Union was formally inaugurated here yesterday at a meeting of representatives of the department from Malacca, Negri Sembilan, Penang, Province Wellesley, Perlis and Perak. Mr. A. C. Wilson, the State Engineer, Perak, delivering101 words
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Article106 1947-10-30 17 SINGAPORE, Oct. 28 Three people were fatally injured when sparks from the engine of a motor boat began a fire on Sept. 23. The boat was at anchor in Kallang River. All the members of the crew a Chinese and five Javanese received bums.106 words
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Article590 1947-10-30 18 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 28. THIRTY-EIGHT rifles, several thousand rounds ot ammunition, one machine-gun, 10 revolvers, two tommy guns, 124 hand-grenades and several cases of explosives were unearthed by the Selangor Police m the course of investigations during the last fortnight. The590 words
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Article196 1947-10-30 18 SINGAPORE, Oct. 29. A SINGAPORE Chinese j special constable was accidentally killed by a rifle I bullet outside the Singapore Glass Factory in Henderson Road yesterday. He was Teo Kim Suan, aged 23. The tragedy occurred at 6 a.m. in an attap police duty hut. which196 words
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Article88 1947-10-30 18 PENANG. Oct. 23. THE Christian Brothers have opened a hostel in Cambridge for former students from Malaya and hope to open a similar hostel in Oxford shortly. The Director of St. Xavier's Institution, Rev. Brother Fimtam. announced this at the amnivprsary dinner of the Old Xaverians Association in88 words
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167 1947-10-30 18 The Malays, however, believed the tiger had eaten me n because it had black teeth. The Malay who shot the tiger noticed the bushes moving when he was walking along a path to his hut. Thinking it was a wild boar, he went silently, to167 words
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Article226 1947-10-30 18 SINGAPORE, Oct. 29. THIRTY-SEVEN babies were entered in the Army’s first post-war baby show held at Alexandra Barracks, Singapore, yesterday. As was expected, the show was a ‘‘howling success.” Baby girls showed that they had something which the boys did not possess. For they226 words
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Article64 1947-10-30 18 SINGAPORE. Oct. 29. fFHE Indian Musical Art Society gave a tea party to their honorary secretary, Mr. A. S. Mariappan, at Kinta Road on Sunday on the occasion of his departure to India. Among those present were Mr. B. Govindasamy Chettiar J.P.. M.C.H., Mr. P. Rethnam, Swami Satyananda64 words
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Article225 1947-10-30 18 Oil,- r JCHCHK iHHP ;rreSpo H DOLiCv '>:*■ u u>t m.unt Can H 111 the jUiljr] t J P H "i cai lying two r PV ana irmc i, .'aS?"l ihOppUlg b;„ S W list'd by lM'Un-\V.Vt< I The Ponti.ui r »ad <A n H has bt-en225 words
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Article80 1947-10-30 18 SINGAPORE Oct. The East-West Society Singapore believes that the duty oi all Malayans who *is take part in the running of country is "to try to unders the other fellow. This was stated las' nigh the Society’s pres dent Mr. Frampton. m a broadcast Radio Malaya.80 words
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Article95 1947-10-30 18 SINGAPORE Oct., Lt. General Nunw' a ,J, former G.O.C. oi 1 bee n Southern Army. «tH'ha s ponsible for the all Japanese d( rea J« nel in South East Asws defeat of Ja I p n I ,.V r 0 r „i:nal as a suspected re95 words
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Article42 1947-10-30 18 SINGAPORE* <£!’ Memorial CJINGAPOKf trouble S clock is Biv«n«. J ninl 1 cause the toiler )p nie cl enough to th nism out. dripP^, Rainwater h t() >1* Motion; s£‘ h r ,X^ t^ overhaul' is u()U ld N42 words
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Article286 1947-10-30 19 I SINGAPORE, Oct. 29. I, 2, S.C.F.A q EotVD I'f ,3 ooo saw the Ma,a y Football Association win [L Singapore Amateur Football Association knock-out f petition at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday, when I defeated the Singapore Chinese Football Association by I'oveinur of Singapore, iklin Gimson,286 words
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117 1947-10-30 19 S’ PORE CHESS CLUB SCORE 10-5 VICTORY Singapore Chess Club beat the Johore English College Chess f ten points to five. ults < Singapore Chess Club r mentioned first): Goh Keng D<at Syed Hussein; Mohd. beat Charlie Lim; Lim Hee areu with Lim Teck Siang; Onn beat Andi Mahar; Gua117 words
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Article79 1947-10-30 19 IS-/ V/ V/ IJGr? )ur wn Correspondent iri sLbMo IBILAN ocf 26—The a fin i. n ru Bby football team Id Re n display to beat the 26th 17 at Tampin yesterday i and n (tw goals, a dropped fits itu-ft p, nalt y g°»D to six79 words
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Article221 1947-10-30 19 SINGAPORE, Oct. 24. Accurate shooting by iris Mathews and Mavis Plunkett contributed largely to the Girls’ Sports Club victory over the Crazy Gang by the wide margin of 37 to 11 goals i n a netball game played at the padang yesterday. The Crazy Gang,221 words
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Article140 1947-10-30 19 Trxi7 S IN GA p °RE, Oct. 27. g WA Chin Swee of the Singapore Island Ramblers won the championship at the cycling meet on the Padang yesterday. Chin Swee was first in two open events, the Quarter-Mile and the Half. Mile. Awthar Singh of Kuala140 words
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Article96 1947-10-30 19 S’ pore Police Win In Muar From Our Own Correspondent MUAR, Oct. 28. DESPITE adverse ground conditions, keen soccer was seen on the Muar Club padang yesterday, whe n the Singapore Police defeated the Muar Chong Hwa Club by the odd goal in five. Muar, however, were the first to96 words
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Article460 1947-10-30 19 SINGAPORE, Oct. 24. Medicals 17; Dentals 0. THE Medicals retained the Gater Cup yesterday when they defeated the combined Dental and Pharmacy faculties in the annual inter-faculty rugger fixture played on the Medical College ground, the score being 1? points (a goal and four tries) to460 words
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Article173 1947-10-30 19 SINGAPORE, Oct. 25. rE Singapore Malays were lucky to draw one-all with the Johore Malays in Sultan’s Gold Cup soccer match at Jalan Besar Stadium. Since the Singapore side have not been defeated in the southern section of the competition, they have now qualified to enter173 words
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Article232 1947-10-30 19 —Reuter. SINGAPORE, Oct. 27. TH E Singapore Clarke Rangers were just able to hold the Police to a one-all draw at hockey yesterday at Thomson Road. Exchanges were even in the first half, with the Police attacking more often. Following a free hit from 35 yards,—Reuter. - 232 words
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Article609 1947-10-30 19 By Our Special Reporter SEREMBAN, Oct. 22. THE Lien Hwa (United Chinese) soccer team of Malaya, playing their first game before leaving on their Far Eastern tour on Oct. 28, today defeated the Shanghai Chinese by an only goal scored in the seventh minute, before609 words
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Article51 1947-10-30 19 SINGAPORE. Oct. 27. The Singapore Island Club October Medal competition played over the week-end resulted in a win for W. L. Rolles.on in the “A” Division with a ne; score of 70. The ‘‘B" Division was won by A Na.sslm, who returned a net score of51 words
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Article973 1947-10-30 20 Weekly Share Market Review By A Market Correspondent WITH rubber continuing its upward move, reaching 38% cents per lb. on Oct. 21, all sections of the market were favourably affected. Dealings on an increasingly large scale covered a wide range of shares. There was973 words
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Article280 1947-10-30 20 SINGAPORE, Oct. 25. THE beginning of the week saw a rather spectacular rise in rubber prices which reached the highest level since May of this year. Subsequently there have been reactions o n profit-takings and wider fluctuations than for some time, says Lewis Peat’s weekly market report. The280 words
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Article38 1947-10-30 20 September rubber crop figures announced by Turqu&nd. Youngs. McAuliffe are: lbs. Alor Gajah 27.000 Ayer Panas 100,000 Glenealy Plantations 70.000 Kluang 63.000 Pajam 177,000 Tambalak 31,280 Telulc Anson 78,726 Ulu Benut Cons. 37,59038 words
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Article80 1947-10-30 20 In view of the low price cf rubber, the directors of Kaoaia Rubber Estates of Malava have deferred consideration of a dividend on the 7 4 per cent. Cum. Pref. shares until the recounts for the vear to Sept. 30. 1947. have been received and audited80 words
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346 1947-10-30 20 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR A. THE great progress made in padi ciiltS'r 7, Selangor since the liberation was «tro d ori retiring Resident Commissioner, Mr \v d h >' interview with the Straits Times today Mruleaving Malaya prior to retirement, to taU346 words
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Article686 1947-10-30 20 SINGAPORE, Oct. 28. Price quotations given today by the Malayan Sharebrokers' Association were. INDUSTRIALS On yet Mtet Atlas ice 13 00 14 06 Alex Brick Ords. 1.70 1.85 Alex Brick Prefs 3 16 3.20 t Prustet 4 35 600 'ion«Piuiatec Hr Smelter* (O) 21/- 22'do <P> 24/-686 words