The Straits Budget, 1 January 1948

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    32 1 The Straits Budget THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES [ESTABLISHED OVER A CENTURY 1 New Series No. 74 Siinpofc Thursday, January Ist, 1948 Price 40 cents (S.S. Currency) Or 1 sh.
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      66 1 The SINGAPORE FREE PRESS has the largest nett sale of any after•0 noon newspaper publish ed i n Malaya The Singapore Free Press is the oldest established newspaper in Singapore. It recommenced publication in May lhst year and its smart presentation of news has made an immediate appeal to the
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  • The Straits Budget
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      NORTH BORNEO RUMOURS
      1159 2 —Straits Times, Dec. 27. “The air is full of rumours, most of them distorted, said the Governor of North Borneo, Mr. Edward Twining, at the budget meeting of his Advisory Council this month. These rumours have been heard in Malaya too. The general impression is that specially
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      MACDONALD AND KILLEARN
      855 2 —Straits Times, Dec. 29. Without the distraction of publicity four senior British civil servants, under the direction of Sir David Monteath, former permanent Under-Secretary of State for Burma, recently spent a busy two weeks in Singapore on enquiries connected with the coming amalgamation of the offices of
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      How Not To Make A Profit
      351 2 —Straits Times, Dec As an example of the u T ay in which more than $l5O million of Malayan money has gone down the drain after the re-occupation in buying and selling by official agencies, the story of a deal in palm-oil is worth
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      UP WHITEHALL’S SLEEVE
      925 2 -Straits Times, Dec. 30. There is one delicate matter which both officials and unoffieuB! evidently thought it better noi mention in the debates on rr.&i Malayan Union and Singap* budgets for 1948, and that is thw question of what used to be knowAi before the war as
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      Kuala Lipis In The Atomic Age
      377 3 —Straits Times. Dec. 30. taaga?i»'" S through the school lnt «f the Clifford School, Kuala Lipis, we were struck by the following comments With regard to the educational facilities in the school, admittedly we have yet much room for improvements. We believe that classes
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      WHO PAYS FOR THE ARMY?
      1229 3 —Straits Times, Dec. 31. That bogey of old days in the Straits Settlements, the Defence Contribution, was recalled in these columns yesterday, as a reminder that a precedent exists for provision in Malayan budgets for contributions to defence other than the cost of purely local
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    CO-OP CALLING BACK LOANS
    90 3 SISGAPORE, Dec. 31. The Singapore Government Servants’ Co-operative Thrift and Loan Society Ltd. is calling for the repayment of pre-war loans granted to members by the society. In a circular to members, the secretary of the society. Mr. N. A. Kularajah, states that under the Moratorium
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    25 P.C. DIVIDEND
    58 3 A final dividend of 15 per cent, making 25 per cent for the year ended Sept. 30. was approved at the annual meeting of Wearne Bros. Ltd., on Dec. 30. The accounts, which provided for $137,568 to be carried forward to next year’s accounts, were approved. Mr.
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    Promotions Board For Debate
    264 3 SINGAPORE, Dec. 31. AN establishments board should be set up in the Singapore Municipality to deal with all appointments and promotions on the Municipal staff, suggested Mr. A. P. Rajah at a meeting of the Municipal Commissioners yesterday. On the proposal of the president, Mr. L.
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  • PERSONAL
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      BIRTHS
      98 3 ANDERSON. On X’mas morning at Kandang Krrbau Hospital to Rene wife of S. A. Anderson —a daughter. BAILWARD—To Diana wife of J. T. Bailward at Malacca General Hospital on Christmas Eve. December 24th 1947 —a daughter. FISHER—On Dec 16. 1947. at Ashtead, Surrey, to Katherine (nee McDiarmid) wife of
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      ENGAGEMENTS
      155 3 The engagement is announced between Mr. A. H. H. G. Foov and Miss J. V. Perera. Singapore Boxing Day 1947. The engagement is announced between John Philip Roberts, son of Mr. George Alexander Roberts and the late Mrs. Roberts of Fairlight, Llmosfleld, Surrey and Priscilla Elizabeth Pamela Leonie Anna
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    43 3 DEATHS CHEW—Mr. John Chew Peng Long, aged 63. passed awav peacefully at his residence No. 6. Chin Hin St. S’pore. SALE JACK. Late Chief Instructor Royal Singapore Flying Club 1935 to 1942. later R A F., passed away In London 5th. Nov.. 1947.
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    WHEN PENANG WAS AN OPEN TOWN
    1368 4  -  By OH KEE TIANG On Dec. 16, 1941, the British evacuated Penang. Few people who were not there know what happened on the island in the days between that evacuation and the arrival of the Japanese. This account of those three days was written
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    Death Sign Was On Demand Note
    259 4 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Dec. 29. A NOTE demanding $4,000, on which a skull and cross bones had been drawn, was one of the chief exhibits in ;he First Magistrate’s Court today when two Chinese, Chui Suen Shiew and Feh Hai, were
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    TB WARD HAS RADIO
    39 4 KUANTAN, Dec. 30.—Kuantan Hospital T.B. ward has a new sixvalve Pye radio. The local Welfare Committee voted $250 for tiie purchase of a set. The local wireless agent provided one for that amount—a cuit price.
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    Union Adviser Going To U.K
    92 4 Union Adviser Going To U K From Our Staff Corresponds, KlIALA LUMPUR, Dee 09 1 Mr. John Brazier, Trade Uni£ Adviser for the Malayan Union will shortly return to the Unite Kingdom on three months’ l< av During his absence Mr. H Caddick, Assistant Trade l nj 0l Adviser stationed
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    “The Boiler” At Last Gets There
    195 4 From Our Staff Cerrespondeu® KUALA LUMPUR, Dec. 30. THE 30-ton ex-marine boilA feir Bungsar Power Stl tion passed safely througM Kuala Lumpur today on tifl last stage of its journey :l its future home. hi As the huge mass of steel pa<>-W through the
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    RELIEF FUND BEING FORMED IN PERAK
    50 4 IPOH, Dec. 30.—A state hood B relief fund is to bf formed Perak. The Resident Comnvsslonei 1* announced :ods>» that a com- mittee is to he formed ur.df) J the patronage ot the Sultan orB Perak to administer relief. cubscriptiors a.« urgently I needed.
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    Indian & Pakistan Muslims Form League In Malaya
    279 4 Indian Pakistan Muslims Form League In Malaya From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, Dec. 30. MALAYA is to have a Muslim League for Indian as well a* Pakistan Muslims resident in this country. It will be called the Muslim League of Malaya. The decision was taken at today’s session of the
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  • STRAITS TIMES POST-BAG
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      An Ex-PoW On War Cemeteries
      625 5 ,9 RECENT letter to you c „mpels me to write as ';I, ve often contemplated do1 ,o s„v that as an exMv and an ex-serviceman of world wars I am ol 2 i,,„ that the Woodlands led Military feme ery is 1 "evdit. either to
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      A VISITOR SHOUTS AT THE P.W.D.
      86 5 A FEW days back I went to the Accounts Department of the Public Works Department on official business and to make myself understood 1 had to shout at the top of my voice. The reason for this is the unearthly noise being created in
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      A TAX ON THE SICK
      175 5 YOU really championed the cause of the poor people by fighting for the introduction of Income Tax. This is essential for the government to meet its necessary expenses. But the tax on medicines whicn is at present in force in the Malayan Union should be
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      The Only Pensionable Allowances
      445 5 A PERUSAL of the report of the Salaries Commision reveals a few interesting morsels. The “additional rates of pay’ for Europeans (expatriate allowance) is the only pensionable allowance recommended. All other permanent allowances—which incidentally are granted to certain Asian Government servants, notably in the Education Department—are
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      Mr. JOHN COSTELLO
      61 5 1HAVE recently received a letter from Mr. John Costello, who was at one time i chief Detective Inspector in Singapore and Penang. Mr. Costello has many friends In Malaya and they would like to know that he Is in excellent 1U Hls profit address is 35. Belton
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      A BEAR-FACED LIE: WE MAKE AMENDS
      241 5 MY attention was drawn by my manager, who is a subscriber to your paper, to the inaccurate news published in your issue of Dec. 27, under the heading BEAR MAY GO TO AUSTRALIA.” The name of the owner was inaccurately mentioned as “Mr. P
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      A Welfare Officer In The Districts
      374 5 ONE of the Government slogans for imposing income tax is the necessity for improving the condition of the people. No one approves this policy of amelioration more than I. There are, however different approaches to the problem. Tn the large district where I work,
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      AGAINST THE TRUSTED REPORT
      390 5 THERE is a growing resentment against the report issued by the Salaries Commission. That is not surprising, for there is plenty of evidence of discrimination against Asiatic employees. No doubt there are increases ranging from $l2 to $3O. and glorious schemes with big maximum salaries. But
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    ULU “OBAT”: AMATEUR AND OTHERWISE
    1865 6 A Malayan Countryman’s Diary TUAN DJEK ONE morning lately, whilst going round the estate, I came to the spot where the tappers park their collecting buckets. Lilly, the kepala’s second wife, was there a'one, having a drink out of the inevitable Japanese waterbottle. Lilly is
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    TIN CHIEF ATTACKS M.U. GOVT
    264 6 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Dec. 30 THE Malayan Union Governrru had never previously come for such a barrage of criticism it was experiencing today and would have to learn to list n Its unofficial advisers, said M r H. Rich, presiding yesterday the
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    TEACHING PLAN PROGRESSES
    119 6 SINGAPORE Dec. 31 Representatives of three Sin-J pore teachers' union have be el appointed to the executiv I mittee of the newly-; :r.e| People's Educational Assctuauoj Tite unions are the 8ing Teachers* Union, the Chines Teachers’ Union, and the Mala Teachers’ Union. The president of the PEA
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    Jan. 1 Big Day For Malays
    111 7 Kl' ALA Lt MPVR. l>ec. 28. Al Tliot OH the inauguration 0 f the Federation of Malaya I, is been postpone I from Jan. 1 to Feb. 1. Malays throughout ,l i\ i will celebrate on Jan. 1. The President of IMNO. Dato Dnn
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    £13,878 Profit But No Div.
    204 7 13,878 Profit But No Div. B’rom Our Own Correspondent LONDON. (Bv Air Mail). a LTHOUGH Narborough m\ (F.M.S.) Rubber Estate, ltd., made a not profit of ll3,878 in the year to June 30, ■shareholders are not to reweive a dividend. J Thu cnairman. Mr. E. D. Money, In his statement
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    OFFERED DOLLAR TO CONSTABLE
    87 7 SINGAPORE. Dec. 25. Ir.t Klan caught v.ith 35 ’Vi. i ri c p he had swept from 111 front of godown 143 n i '/Jc SmgaDore Harbour Board. Thirrfp g uilty in the Singapore ji Court to theft of the rice. ri n° ildmit ted having
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    $3,000 ROBBERY AT TIONG BAHRU FLAT
    90 7 4 CH;MrJ£4 APORE Dec. 28. A ki fumil y answered a flat in Tinner d()0r of their Bahru at 330 p-m-by twi, 'mo 1 were confronted u '«,bh!?i ;j k< d urmed Chinese. Un( l i wcifj. r y Hm of 3 ’000 in
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    SHB TO ENGAGE LABOUR DIRECT
    278 7 0 1 SINGAPORE, Dec. 28. WHM Singapore Harbour Board in February will I assume responsibility from labour contractors I employing its 6,000 wharf workers and stevedores. r L ibmu welfare authorities hail the impending change I n ational indirect employment to direct employment m by
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    Troops Give Concert
    54 7 SINGAPORE, Dec. 28. pEYLONESE troops ir. Singapore presented their first concert at the Ceylonese Forces Club, Waterloo Street, last night. Maj.-Gen. L. H. Cox, G.0.C., Singapore District, Mr. Victor Mendis. President of the Ceylonese Association, Singapore, and Mr. J. A. Thivy, Representative of the Government of India
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    This 323lb. tiger was shot recently at Jabor, in Pahang, by Messrs. S. Low and Foo Kok Meng. It measured ½ feet from nose to tip of tail and stood three feet high at the shoulder.
    35 7 This 323lb. tiger was shot recently at Jabor, in Pahang, by Messrs. S. Low and Foo Kok Meng. It measured feet from nose to tip of tail and stood three feet high at the shoulder.
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    MNPs 3rd Annual Conference Opens
    268 7 SINGAPORE, Dec. 29. THE treaty signed by the late Sultan Abu Bakar, of Johore, and the British Government in 1885, was referred to as a “treaty of independence for Malaya” by Dr. Hamzah bin Haji Taib, at the third annual congress of the Malay Nationalist
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    Malaya Plans Experiments With Cocoa Planting
    222 7 From Our Staff Correspondent /vu n KUALA LUMPUR Dec. 28. j seeds troni Ceylon, which will be used for extensive V experiments to introduce this crop to Malaya, will arrive in Kuala Lumpur in a few days time. It is understood that this consignment
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    IPOH CLERK NAMED ‘MR. PERAK’ OF 1947
    88 7 IPOH. December 27. ANTHONY LEE. a 20-year-old clerk, was last night adjudged the man with the best developed body in the State and declared “Mr. Perak" for 1947. The competition, which was held in the Jubilee Park, was sponsored by the local Strength
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    Johore Weekly Letter
    244 7 From Our Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Dec. 28. rIS Christmas was a particularly lively one at the General Hospital. Christmas Eve three carolsinging parties, from the choirs of the Church oi England and Methodist chuiches and the Naval base, visited every ward. On Christmas morning Santa Claus
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    Singapore Concert To Aid Orhpanage
    38 7 A CONCERT in aid of the Ramakrishna Orphanage, Singapore, will be held at the Ramakrishna Mission Hall. Norris Road, on Jan. 16 and 17. The Governor-General has been invited to open the concert.
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    FEW MEN SAVED MANY IN FLOODS
    224 7 IPOH, Dec. 27. DETAILS of the magnificent part played by a platoon of the King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, commanded by Lieut. G. Rose, in evacuation and rescue work during the Upper Perak floods are just reaching here. Within a few minutes of the
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    JUVENILE DELINQUENT
    122 7 CITIAWAN. Dec. 29.—The Dis- trict Court Judge, Mr. J. G. Adams, yesterday sent a 15-year-old boy to the Taiping Boys' Home for three years when he pleaded guilty to a charge of theft. Police described the boy as an accomplished thief and told the Court that a whipping
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    NEW PROTEST BY OPIUM SMOKERS
    393 8 SINGAPORE, Uec. 29. THE petition of the 9(H) Singapore opium smokers, which was forwarded to the Governor Sir Franklin Gfmson, last week, is receiving official attention. The spokesman for the opium smokers, Ur. Teo Ban Choon, has received this information from the Governor's secretary. The
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    PICK-A-BACK MAIL
    83 8 KUANTAN, l)ee. 27A 15-FOOT sampan carried pick-a-back by a Pahang Mail Transport Co. truck is helping to deliver mail In flooded areas. The sampan will carry mail hags across any stretch of submerged road or bridge, and will be loaded on the truck with the bags after the
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    Atomic Energy Classes Soon?
    129 8 SINGAPORE, Doc. 29. rE newly-formed People’s Educational Association in Singapore has decided to start its education scheme with classes in English, Malay and Chinese. Later atomic energy courses may be included. Enrolment for the classes may .start early in the new year. Small fees will be
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    RUMOUR STARTS HOUSE INQUIRIES
    96 8 KUALA LUMPUR. Dec. 27. IN «tn official statement this morning, the Government Building Surveyor refuted the rumour that the Government would be building houses in various parts of Kuala Lumpur. He declared that the only housing scheme which the Government had under consideration was the one
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    SMALLPOX IN PERAK
    64 8 IPOH Dec. 24 Fourteen cases ol smallpox were reported in Perak last week and of these three proved fatal. Hie largest number, four, was reported from Kampong Gajah \n Lower Perak and the next highest was from Sungel Manik where there were three cases, including one death.
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    $2,250 Fine Imposed On Owner Of Still
    107 8 2,250 Fine Imposed On Owner Of Still SEREMBAN, Dec. 28. FOR being in possession of an illegal still and quantities of liquor and fermented mash, a Chinese was fined a total of $2,250 here yesterday. The accused, Yap Pin, was stated by Senior Customs Officer S.R.L. Buckwall to have been
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    Named after the ship which was the first casualty off Singapore in the war, the Sirdhana, the new motorship for the British India Company Ancar line is seen above. With a gross 9,000 tons, the Sirdhana will be on the Calcutta, Straits and Far East run. She will accommodate 2,091 passengers.
    51 8 Named after the ship which was the first casualty off Singapore in the war, the Sirdhana, the new motorship for the British India Company Ancar line is seen above. With a gross 9,000 tons, the Sirdhana will be on the Calcutta, Straits and Far East run. She will accommodate 2,091
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    BIG DAY FOR THE CHINESE
    135 8 SINGAPORE, Dec. 28. SINGAPORE Chinese will hold a grand celebration on New Year’s day to commemorate the inauguration of China’s new constitution which comes into being officially on Jan. 1, 1948, The decision to celebrate was taken at a meeting of more than 200 Chinese
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    H.K. RULE HITS MALAYA TRADE
    172 8 .—UP. HONG KONG. Dec. 27. MEW Hong Kor.g regulations to restrict local export trade with dollar areas, announced by the Government today, will put ar. end to the large re-export trade in which rubber from Malaya is imported for shipment to I the United States.
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    Employee- Employer Tie Sought
    204 8 EmployeeEmployer Tie Sought Prom Our Staff Correspond J KUALA LUMPUR, Dec. M Malayan clerical work* representatives me. tul in Kuala Lumpur, today. M corded their dissatisfacti.M that Malayan commercial cj ployers, generally, had ,1 formed associations to prov.'dB negotiating machinery 0 I tween employees and ployers. T A hope was
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    Malaya To Deport Foreign Legion Men
    206 8 IPOH, Dec. 27. IM4E Malayan Union Government will deport the 10 French Foreign Legion men who jumped overboard from the French trooper Marechal Joffre in the Straits of Malacca and were later picked up by Chinese fishermen and landed at Lumut. A charge against
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    U.K. Travel Bureau For Students
    180 8 A CENTRAL bureau in the United Kingdom for educational visits and exchanges of students with the Far East and other parts of the world will be established before next summer. r I he object of the bureau will be to co-ordinate activities of organisations sponsoring
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    CHRISTMAS’ TREAT CLOSE PERIOD
    85 8 UNTIL further notice there w.lll be a close time throughout! Christmas Island and the Cocos! Islands for all wild birds with! the exception of hawks, golden! plover, frigate birds and boobies'! This was brought into force pnl Boxing Day by an order madei by the Governor
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    TIN ORE FIGURES FOR NOVEMBER
    64 8 From Our Staff Correspondent 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Deo. 24 —Figures of the production of tin-1 ore concentrates from the! Malayan Union for November! show that a total of 73,071 pikulsl equivalent to 4.349 long tons, was! produced. Perak produced 48.254 pikulsl Selangor 18.436. Negri Sembilanl
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    S’PORE MAN DIES IN HK
    48 8 A.P HONGKONG, Dec. 27. C‘»hl How Sang (32), who had be ‘‘I passenger aboard the Dutch Van Heutz, when it was pir; off the South China coast here today. He was travelling from S" tow to Singapore, where had business connection.— A P
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    BIG DROP IN UNION CRIME
    261 9 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Dec. 24. lu'KCTACULAR drop in violent crime in the MalaI van Union has been recorded for the first 22 days lihis month. I said to be due to increased police attrition, bamshJ 'r.'rf Uie introduction of the arms-carrying enactment.
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    Prisons Commission Named
    143 9 SINGAPORE. Dec. 25. Singapore Government M last night announced the Jj. >intment of a Prison RerBn i Commission ot five which I' convene early next month. Wi,, commission consists ot the :Bumission**r «»t Prisons. Com>Ind'T G. F. W W. Bayly ‘chairIn.. Mr. S. Q. Wong. J.P.. Dr.
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    Plans Aid To Indonesians
    194 9 SINGAPORE. Dec. 27. A N Egyptian doctor who reB* turned t n Singapore from fcniatra this week said yes■krdny that he would ask the Ifevptian Red Crescent organisit'oii tn send clothing to Be Indonesian Repub'icans. T::t doctor is Dr. Mohamed Cal' Eddine, leader of a mission
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    CLOG MAKER BOUND OVER
    72 9 IChfonp. Dec. 25. ft v u.st.d a clo maker. J? avln committed Nf*i K, nH obbe a t, the junction m rj„* a nd Teck Lim Road H- M w kv? 5 0und over by Mr. •Utiiiv b V 1Kapori Second 5 «in L hi J
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    BACK FROM U.S.
    46 9 SINGAPORE. Dec. 25. THE Rev. H. B. Amstutz and Mrs. Amstutz returned to Singapore on the “Willem Ruys“ after an extended absence in the United States. Dr. and Mrs. Amstutz have both travelled widely m America giving missionary addresses throughout the Methodist Church.
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    Exports From Penang Still Increasing
    140 9 From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG Dec 24 A FURTHER increase of $3,500,000 was recorded in Penang exports for November, the total value for that month being: $30,602,040 against $27,119,678 for October. Tin* November export® figures were nearly double those for September. Imports bn to the
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    Flooded Padi Crops May Be Saved
    176 9 From Our Staff Correspondent IPOH, Dec. 24. PADI planters in Lower Perak are now hopeful of saving their flooded padi crops if the present fine weather holds and the Perak River level drops another foot or two in the next 48 hours. i In
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    CINEMA EQUIPMENT
    30 9 BATU PAHAT. Dec. 23. The Union Theatre in Batu Pahat which is controlled by the International Theatres, of Singapore, has just installed the latest type of sound equipment.
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    BACK PAY FOR 1,500 VOLUNTEERS
    284 9 SINGAPORE. Dec. 25. COVERING the whole period of the Japanese occupation, the Singapore Government is paying 1,500 ex-members of the Singapore Volunteer Corps and Local Defence Corps 50 per cent Of tfieir pay and allowances Grants already made will bo deducted from tnese payments. This
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    Governor’s Xmas Eve Broadcast
    233 9 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Dec. 24. HPHE Governor of the Malayan Union, Sir Edward Gent, in a Christmas Eve broadcast tonight, said that the health of the people had obviously improved during the year. This was particularly noticeable among children and the impression was
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    Tribute To Boys’ Club
    187 9 SINGAPORE, Dec. 25. PATRON of the Katong Boys’ Club, Mr. Tan Thoon Lip, speaking at the Club’s annual meeting this week, paid a tribute to the boys for the success of the club in its first “experimental year.” Mr. Tan added the boys, who had been
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    5 WEEKS’ GAOL FOR WOMAN
    87 9 SINGAPORE. Dec. 25. Mrs. Z. A. Patrickson, a European woman, was sentenced to five weeks’ simple imprisonment by Mr. E. P. Shanks, the Singapore First District Court Judge, yesterday. She had pleaded guilty on Dec. 10 to a charge of disorderly conduct at Singapore Harbour
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    $36,000 REWARD FOR 38 BANDITS
    504 10 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Dec. 26. REWARDS totalling $36,000 are being offered by the Kedah-Perlis police for the arrest of 3K members of two leading bandit gangs in North Malaya—the Klian Intan and the Kaki Hukit groups. Both gangs operate along the Malayan-Siamese
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    YMCA EFFORT RAISES $70,000
    54 10 Singapore Y.M.C.A ha.s raised about $70,000 since it started a drive lor rehabilitation funds In August last year. However, much more money is needed to pay for the Association’s plans fo r its Orchard Road buildings. The Bras Basah Road sports groundland pavilion are costing a
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    Export Record In November
    184 10 SINGAPORE. Dec. 27. November expoits Horn Malaya, valued at $135,947,255, reached the record high for the year, while imports rose by $7 million over October to make a total of $118,178,516. The export total was also the highest amount to have been attained either for imports
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    URGES BOYCOTT OF COUNCILS
    110 10 SINGAPORE. Dec. 27. Malayan Indian Congress lias re-affirmed its policy of boycotting the new constitutions for Malaya. In a statement from Kuala Lumpur, the president of the Congress. Sardar Budh Singh, states that constitutions opposed by the people will never work Sardar Singh warns members of
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    Singapore Control Of Building
    181 10 SINGAPORE. Dec. 25. T1HE Singapore Government intends to impose temporary control on “non-essential and luxury building” under a Bill to be introduced in the Advisory Council. Under a Control of Building Ordinance the express approval of the Governor in Council must be obtained after a written
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    SEAMEN’S DINNER
    40 10 SINGAPORE Dec. 27. Ovt*r 500 seamen were entertained to Christmas dinner i.t the Boustcad Institute. Tanjong Pagar Road. Singapore, on Christmas night. Alter dinner there was a film I show and entertainments to which all passers-by were invited.
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    DROWNED IN POOL
    93 10 SINGAPORE. Dee. 25. Tile Singapore Coroner, Mr. W. G. Porter, yesterday recorded a finding of death by misadventure at an inquest o.i a newly-married Chin se woman who was drowned in a swimming pool at Lam S on Villa. East Coast Road, on the moi\ ing of
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    Colony Muslims Denounce Plan To Split Palestine
    234 10 SINGAPORE, Dec. 27. FOUR thousand Singapore Muslims at a meeting yesterday passed a resolution protesting against the proposed Palestine partition. Another resolution expressed the hope that partition “will not be forced upon the Arabs, lest a Holy War be precipitated.” The resolutions were
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    WOMAN INTERNEE M.B.E.
    279 10 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Doc. 24. THE Kin}; has approved, additional honours for the* Malayan Union. Mrs. Nora Chowns of Taiping is awarded the M.B.E Corporal (now Detective-Ser-geant) Badur bin Shamsudin. Malayan Police, receives the* British Empire Medal Mrs. Chowns was interned in Singapore during
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    London Recruitment For Future College
    308 10 SINGAPORE, Deo. 25. 1 The Principal-Designate of the University College Malava. Dr. G. V. Allen, >aid yesterday that applications i® appointment to the staff of the University College were fl present being considered in London. Dr. Allen sa d that the schen® for the exchange
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    WELSH NURSE FOR MALAYA
    74 10 Straits Times Copyriglr From Our Own Correspond nt LONDON (Air Mail > Miss Hpith Jones. Welsh nurse tr: n- in Liverpool, has been appoints a Nursing Sister in Malaya A State registered nurse ui certified midwife. Miss Join > H registered sick children’s nur>ej She was
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    SKELETON FIND
    78 10 SINGAPORE, Dec Six months after an I M l tailor, Khard Baksh, lei* -i house in Queen Street his sk v.a *'ound in a jungle clear 4 the 13th mile at Changi TL? discovery was inad b I E. E. Barker, who, wit., suprriu* officer, Capt. D. I
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    NIPPONESE NOEL
    997 11 BY A MEMBER OF THE CHANGI MALE VOICE CHOIR Bi j/ \\{‘yk* culled trom ■v our cells hcilt-Hii* loui- earlier than we exited. Maybe tne ■hrcatening' rain was the ■eason; or perhaps the Japanese Camp Commandant, having giud■rindy consented to the I'arol singing, was animus to get the
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    Police On Alert At Court
    298 11 V on Dm Staff Correspondent ENAXG, Dec. 24. armed with Bi,. f V ls WPn >n duty in j 1 here yestertum'cT'f the hearing was a a CaSe ,n which o vice-president B,. ‘‘“ong Federation of 0 V ,,ls and chairman p !(il an section
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    “Malays Awakened From Long Sleep”
    333 11 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA, LUMPUR, Dec. 26. TIIK danger of parochialism in Malayan politics was stressed by Dato Onn bin Jaffar in his presidential address at this morning's session of the eighth general assembly of the United Malays National Organisation. “We are grateful,’’ he
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    Sutan Sahrir On Deadlock
    109 11 SINGAPORE, Dec. 25. SUTAN Shahrir, ex-premier of Indonesia, said in Singapore last night that the Renville talks on Indonesia had not necessarily broken down, thus denying yesterday’s cable, reports from Jogjakarta. Sutan Shahrir said that Dr. Sharifuddin’e decision to leave Jogjakarta was probably partly because he
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    Additional US Consul In Colony
    109 11 SINGAPORE, Dec. 25. MR. JOHN HAMLIN, a new United States Consul in Singapore, being in addition to Mr. J.S. Richardson Jr. arrived on Monday by the Marine Swallow. Born in Oregon, he has for the past 24 years been with the United States Government diplomatic
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    NORTH BORNEO CURRENCY
    118 11 JESSELTON. Doc. 24. Representatives of the Government of North Borneo will attend a conference in Singapore next month to consider whether or not that Government should join the Malayan Currency Board. Speaking at a meeting in Jesselton of the Advisory Council, the Governor. Mr. Edward Francis Twining,
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    MANDORE GAOLED
    51 11 SINGAPORE. Dee. 25. Ng Ah Cheok. a mandore. working at Singapore Harbour Board. w’as lined $lOO, in default, two months’ rigorous imprisonment,. by Mr. F. B. Oehiors, the Third Police Court Magistrate, on a charge of stealing tw*o bars of chocoiates and two paek?ts of cigarettes on October
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    Gangsters Drive Off In Family Car
    119 11 SINGAPORE, Dec. 27. TO the music of a melodious waltz on a gramophone, Singapore gunmen herded a Singapore businessman, his wife and children into a bath-room in their house in Wilkinson Road on Christmas Eve and got away in their victims’ motor car. While
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    ’VARSITY PLANS FOR MALAYA
    387 12 SINGAPORE, Dec. 28. PIK Carr-Saunders Commission has recommended, as a first step to the immediate establishment of a University of Malaya, that the Medical College should he the first faculty and that its graduates should receive degrees instead of diplomas. The Commission has recognised the exceptionally
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    Another Hartal Planned?
    181 12 SINGAPORE Dec. 27. THE chairman nl tin* AllMa'aya Council nl Joint Action, Mr. Tan Lock, yesterday suggested a second Malaya-wide hartal on Feb. 1. 1948, the day when the constitution for a Federation of Malaya will come into bointf Mr Tan told the Straits Times that Feb.
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    2 GREEN LIGHTS SPELL DANGER
    143 12 KKMAMAT. Dec. 27 A RUBBER-ESTATE owner ol P.ika Wang Phung Poon. was out wild-boar hunthig one night this work when he saw bv his flashlight, a drei He was taking aim when he noticed two green lights a little distance away. Realising that these were
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    ADMITS POSSESSION OF ILLEGAL STILL
    73 12 SINGAPORE Dec. 25. Goh Boo.;, a 47 year-old Chinese, pleaded guilty in the Singapore Third Police Court, to illegally distilling one quart of samsu and possession of a distilling plant and a quart of samsu and 25 gallons of fermented rlr.e on which duty had
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    Gunman Fires On Merchant
    105 12 SINGAPORE. Dec. 27. A 50-YEAR-OLD Singapore Chinese shopkeeper was wounded yesterday when a Chinese gunman opened lire on him in front of a sundries shop in Lorong 17, Geylang. Tlie wounded main, Chan Min Hon, was hit in both hands and the right side ol his
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    54 Strike At Rubber Works
    206 12 SINGAPORE. Dec. 27. FIFTY-Four Chinese mechanics are on the first postwar strike at the Cressonite Industries works at Pasir Panjantf, following dismissal of a mechanic whom police have arrested. The Singapore Chinese Engineering Association. which calk'd the strike on Tuesday, wants the man who is
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    UMNO BROADENS MEMBERSHIP
    195 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Dec. >;■ A\ important step towards broadening the basis oi bership by granting direct membership in addition the present system of membership by associations and uroul was achieved at the conference of the United Malays Nati< J Organisation which ended here today. After considerable discussion,
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    GRAND XMAS’ AT Y.M.C.A. HOSTEL
    175 12 SINGAPORE. Dec. 28. THROUGH the efforts of the 1 General Secretary. Mr. Rowland Lyne. and Mrs. Lvne. the Singapore YM C A hostel residents had a grand Christmas th’s year. The premises were decorated with coloured paper festoons and palms. A 10-it. Christmas tree adorned
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    CHRISTMAS DAY HOLD-UP
    124 12 T SINGAPORE. Dec. 28 WELVE robbers armed with pistols raided 13 Chinese houses on the Pont inn road about 10 miles away iroin Johore Bahru Just alter midnight on Christmas P/LV. They entered the house's by the back doors and divided their parly into three sections each
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    Gunmen Put Victims Under Blanket
    130 12 SINGAPORE, Dec. 28. covered a Singapore Chinese importer and his a anket and then r °bbed them of $5,420, and 5,000 Dutch guilders yesterday morning. The merchant. Mr. Ong Teck Kwce, said that six or seven masked Chinese, armed with pistols and knives, forced their
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    Gunmen Under Her Bed
    265 12 SINGAPORE, Dec. 27.1 A WELL-KNOWN Singapu Chinese singer and am teur actress, 18-year-old Mi Vang Pei Vuen was boun gagged and robbed by thn masked Chinese gunmen ear on Christmas morning. Miss Yang was undressing her house in Jellicoe Road win the gunmen sprang out from
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    EURASIAN WEDDING IN SINGAPORE
    141 12 SINGAPORE. Dec. I THE wedding took place at t !l l 1 church of the Holy Fa mil* Katong yesterday of Miss Glady, Regina Meyer and Mr. Willia* James Pereira. i The bride is the daughter Mrs. Regina Nancy Meyer ol Sini gapore. The bridegroom, who
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    LEGION MEN: “WE WON’T GO BACK ALIVE’
    962 13 iwvom Our Staff Correspondent 1 1POH, Dec. 29. l v ranees from the French Foreign Legion, who r k detained at Sitiawan police station while hi n Union Government decides their future, f laro*l today tKat the legion “would not get them hA"
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    More Street Lights For Singapore
    306 13 SINGAPORE, Dec. 30. ANOTHER big area of Singapore will have better lighting soon. Last Saturday 750 Class “B’’ mercury vapour lamps arrived from England. They arc to be installed on concrete columns, and work is expected to be in lull swing early next month. The
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    Guerilla Man Interprets
    184 13 SINGAPORE, Dec. 30. MR. Robert N. Morrison, the! Philippines gueryilla lea-! der, was called to the Sixth Police Court yesterday to act as Spanish interpreter. Mr. Morrison. who recently bought the Governor’s yacht. Sea Belle, interpreted in a case in which Juan Zapata, a 41-year-old Spaniard, was
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    CLUB DIRECTORS
    82 13 SINGAPORE, Dec. 30. At the annual general meeting of the Y’s Men's Club of Singapore at the Y.M.C.A. the "ollowing v/ere elected to the board of directors for 1948: President: Dr. C. J. Poh, viceprESidemt: Dr. A. W. S. Thevathasan, honorary secretary: Mr. S. Y. Han, honorary assistant
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    Children Disembark From Australia
    178 13 SINGAPORE, Dec. 30. SIXTY-NINE schoolchildren arrived in Singapore last night after spending Christmas at sea. The m.v. Gorgon brought them home to Malaya from school in Australia. The chief steward. Mr. A. C. Antrobus. said last night the children had thoroughly enjoyed themselves. A Christmas tree
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    Gangsters Became Impatient
    314 13 Colony Crime SINGAPORE, Dec. 30. A SINGAPORE Chinese butcher went home to Boat Quay on Sunday night to find gunmen had seized $2,500 in cash, and $300 in jewellery from his wife and other members of the family. He had Just returned from collecting bills. He was
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    PENANG WOMAN AWARDED M.B.E.
    183 13 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Dec. 29. The King has approved these awards tor the Malayan Union: Distinguished Service Order (Oct. 24. 1944) to Wing Commander P. J. Channer, D.F.C., and M.8.E., Civil Division (Jan. 1. 1946), to Mrs. S. K. Mackenzie, of Penang. Mrs.
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    GROWTH & CARE OF GRASS LAWNS
    1323 14  - GROWTH CARE OF GRASS LAWNS The Malayan Gardener -By- R.E. Holttum, Director Of The Botanic Gardens Singapore CELDS oi grasses suitable for lawns in Malaya are not obtainable, and therefore some other method of planting must be used. Those possible are furling, spot-turfing and cib-bling-in. Turfing means cutting up the
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    Singing At His ‘Task’
    378 14 OECENTLY, when our gardener was sick, we made shift with one of the younger members of the labour force. This lad was quite willing but I soon saw that his heart was not in his temporary job. tn fact he seemed to have other interests in
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    Colony Police Changes
    233 14 SINGAPORE, Dec. 30. IMPORTANT changes have been announced in the senior appointments of the Singapore Police Force. The Director of the Criminal Investigation Department in the Malayan Union. Mr. B. M. B. O’Connell, is being transferred to Singapore to become Deputy Commissioner to the Commissioner of Police.
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    NEW CO-OP PATRONS
    51 14 The Colonial Secretary. Mr. P. A. B. McKerron. and the President of the Singapore Municipal Commissioners. Mr. L. Rayman. have accepted invitations to become the patrons of the Singapore Urban Co-Operative Union. Ltd. The Union which has 12.000 members is composed of 15 major Co-Operative Societies in
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    ‘UNITE CALL’ TO MALAYA MUSLIM
    240 14 From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, Dec. 2». A UNITED front on the part of all Muslims in Mala was urged by Abdul Rahman Siddiqui, presid at the Pan-Malayan Indian Muslim Conference whj opened here yesterday. This was of importance, he said, ant i) lj 1(
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    THREE CHOICE FOR SHAHRIR
    162 14 SINGAPORE. Dec. 3 SUTAN Shahrir. Ambassador large for the Republic of Indu sla. said in Singapore yester that political developments of next two weeks would deterra which of three moves he wu make. i He said that he would lead Indonesian good-will mission China, or speak
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    MANAGER SAYS HE TOOK CASH
    89 14 SINGAPORE. Dec. A Chinese who misappropfjjj his firm’s money and then a clean breast of it” appear* 0 the District Court yesterday. In the dock stood Lee Wing described as the manager 01 Wee and Co., of Nunes Bull® on a charge of criminal breaf-;
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    CLERKS DEMAND MINIMUM WAGE
    322 17 From Our Staff Correspondent j 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Dee. 29. |M <eluni> or Clerical Union has issued a memorandum demanding that a minimum wage, annual 'ca*e and lAvident fund be fixed by law, or by an order of K ues Council, for all clctks employed by
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    COURT REBUKES INSPECTOR
    93 17 SINGAPORE Dec. 31. IB Singapore First District Jud g e Mr. E. P. Shanks. JBnay complained against a *B inspector who was in charge ■case of attempted extortion. V Shanks said that the inw had committed "stupid ■disgraceful carelessness" in r down the date of arrest of
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    PART IN PASSIVE DEFENCE CLAIMED
    275 17 I Ym N APORE D, 'C- 31. \w h, nB Ge <* at a SinXr,' nicl Pal Commissioners’ vi rd^ y ur 6cci recogni■ial Municipality’s wartime i§t of th s P erson nel’s claim l"^msa?lon°s y S Passlve de p 3G r sueh Payments to
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    Petty Officer Joseph David, Admiral Egerton’s personal chauffeur since 1946, who on Dec. 30 drove the Admiral and his wife to the docks for the last time. P/O David, aged 47, is a Calcutta-born Indian, and has acted as driver in Singapore to four Admirals since 1937. —
    50 17 Petty Officer Joseph David, Admiral Egerton’s personal chauffeur since 1946, who on Dec. 30 drove the Admiral and his wife to the docks for the last time. P/O David, aged 47, is a Calcutta-born Indian, and has acted as driver in Singapore to four Admirals since 1937. Straits Times picture.
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    Club Plan To Be Heard
    96 17 SINGAPORE, Dec. 31. THE Singapore Is’and Club’s scheme to build a new clubhouse and swimming pool in the catchment area of Peirce Reservoir will be given another hearing by the Municipal Commissioners. At a meeting of the Commissioners yesterday, th? Board agreed to holding a
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    Amendment Likely In Income Tax Ordinance
    306 17 KUALA LUMPUR, Dec. 30. AN important amendment will be made, it is believed. to the clause in the Income Tax Ordinances which states that 1947 will be the basic year of assessment in Singapore and the Malayan Union. A decision on this question, which
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    Board For MCS Jobs Attacked
    226 17 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Dec. 30. A TRAVELLING Colonial Services Appointment Board has completed its work of interviewing applicants in the Malayan Union for the M.C.S. and will go to Singapore on Saturday. The Board comprises Sir Owen Morshead, the King’s librarian at
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    Rubber Down Over ½ Cent
    70 17 Rubber Down Over Cent SINGAPORE, Dec. 31. CLOSING last night at 42 !4 cents buyers, on the local market, rubber showed a decline of of a cent. The market was very quiet and a small volume of business was transacted. There were no particular features to report. Other closing prices
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    INQUEST ON K.L. BANKER
    100 17 From Our Staff Correspondent KIIALA LUMPUR, Dec. 30. A coroner’s inquiry into the circumstances leading to the death of Inche Ma’Arof bin Haji Zachariah, the Kuala Lumpur lawyer and managing director of the Malay National Bank, is to be held on Jan. 24. The body of
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    HOUSING SOCIETY PLANNED
    192 17 SINGAPORE, Dec. 31. A HOUSING Society for Singapore Government servants may be formed shortly. The Singapore Government Servants' Co-operative Thrift and Loan Society. Ltd., is circulating its members on the subject of a housing society The society will be formed to encourage house-ownership, to acquire lard and
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    The First Of Its Kind
    79 17 Believed to be the first of its kind in Singapore, the Union Benevolent Society, which confines its membership to employees of offices in the Union Building, has just published its annual report. The present membership is 11. and on August 31 last the funds of
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    Third Sister Takes Vows
    172 17 SINGAPORE. Dec. 31. A SINGAPORE girl has just completed her novitiate and taken her perpetual vows for the Canossian Order of Nuns to join the Convent ol St. Anthony here. She is Marie Magdalene, the fourth daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Norris of Singapore, who
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    INQUIRY INTO DRAIN CHARGE ORDERED
    80 17 SINGAPORE Dec. 31. The Singapore Municipal President, Mr. L. Ray man, said yesterday an inquiry would be neld into union allegations that an inspector ordered a labourer tb work in a dangerous drain and that the labourer was drowned The Town Cleansing Labour Union threatens
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    SOLDIERS CHARGED
    69 17 SINGAPORE, Dec. 30. Seven Ceylonese soldiers of the E Company were charged In the Fourth Police Court yesterday with the theft of two sewing machines, one wall clock, one gas lamp and clothing to the total value of $733 from Veeshalachee 6n Dec. 24. All pleaded not guilty
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    Malaya suffers from UK control
    335 18 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Dec. 30. IV/IALAYA was suffering from long-distance but active control from W hitehall, said the president of Ihc Malayan Association, Mr. E. D. Shearn, today. Malayan problems must be considered, not fiom a remote viewpoint, but from the viewpoint
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    Dato Onn Appeals For Unity
    170 18 From Our Own Cor respondent JOHORE BAHRU, Dec. 30. AN appeal to all nationalities to work for the future happiness and prosperity ol Malaya was made yesterday by the President of the United Malays National Organisation, Dato Onn bin Jaafar, in a New Year message.
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    TEACHERS PLAN NEW SALARIES
    112 18 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Dec. 30.— Alleging discrimination, injustice and disparities In the Trusted Commission recommendations, the Malayan Teachers’ Union lias submitted a memorandum to the Governors of the Malayan Union and Singapore proposing a new salary soheme based on a unified teaching service.
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    CHANDU SENTENCES
    107 18 SITIAWAN, Dec. 29. Twelve cases cairn* up lor trial in the District Court today under the Opium and Chandu Proclamation. They included: Yeong Chai Hear, and Kim Soo. v,ho were oach sentenced to lour months’ "aol lor having possession of c.utndu and wore each fined $1,500 for providing
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    Rescue Attempts In Ship’s Gas-Filled Hold Described
    318 18 SINGAPORE, Dec. 31. ATTEMPTS to rescue four wharf labourers who were overcome by gas while unloading oranges on board the steamer Narbada on Dec. 19 were described when the inquest on the four men opened in Singapore yesterday. The labourers, who were trapped
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    Ghosts Blamed For Her Suicide Bid
    116 18 A SINGAPORE, Dec. 31. married woman, Fong Siew Fong, told the Singapore Second Police Court Magistrate, Mr. E. S. de Banzie, yesterday that she did not know she was attempting suicide ds she was under the spell of ghosts at the time. Fong said
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    Cloth Move Steadies Prices?
    207 18 SINGAPORE. Dec. 31. SINGAPORE Chinese piece goods merchants consider that the Chinese Government’s proposed monopolycontrol of marketing textiles will help them to minimise loss from price fluctuations. Tlje control, it is felt, will build up a good future for competition with importers of other makes of
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    Operation On His Eye At 10
    189 18 SINGAPORE, Dec I I ABBAS bill Ali, a Kel a B born Malay widower* believes liimse’f t 0 be A than 100 years old, has sue* fully undergone an operation in the General I pital, Singapore. 9 Abbas, squatting in his A bed yesti'roay.
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    ALLEGED GOLD CONSPIRACY
    89 18 From Our Own rorr**<sj><>ndrM| MELBOURNE. Dec. 3Q.-U® Hersz Klnstler. 43. Polish Jew naturalised as an Australian.*| remanded in Perth Police cH today. a He is charged with conspiH with others to take or send® unlawfully out of Australia* tween Jan. 1. 1946. and Junfl 1947. 01 Reference
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    STAY GRANTED FOR MALAYA
    123 18 I rom Our Own Correspond* MELBOURNE. Dec 30.Australian Immigration Dep ment has notified Ahmat Soman, one of the Malays for repatriation to Singa; tna he may stay in Ausu till June 30. Ahmat’s Phyllis, expects a baby February. The clue to Dr. Evatt’s s ness on
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    METHODISTS IN CONFERENCE
    59 18 SINGAPORE Dec- 3 The annual Malaysia Cjjf Conference of Methodist u workers began yesterday j prayer service at the Wesic.* thodist Church. Fort Canning About 60 Chinese delegate Methodist Malaya. Sumatra. Java. B° and Sibu attended. The conference will Sunday, Jan. 4. The Malaya Methodist ence will
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    SERVICES ENTER RUGBY FINAL
    437 19 SINGAPORE, Dec. 28. T,-\RGE crowd braved the weather to witness the finest ffl tch of the season when Combined Services defeated Enore Civilians by eight points (a goal and a try) to nil m, n Besar Stadium yesterday. WYht' occasion was the Southern Section final of
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    PERAK MALAYS CHAMPIONS
    75 19 ALA LUMPUR. Dec. 27. hr- If!9 hockey was seen on M?l> P v a V R this evening in J ameV whr S^ ie rian S ular >r i'vf 21 Pcrak met Seth H i (lr w one-all. lament p oint Per &k won the n?le i
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    NEGRI HOLD JOHORE 6-6
    163 19 SEREMBAN, Dec. 27. MEGRI scored their first try this 11 season when they met Johore ir. the H.M.S. Malaya competition at Seremban yesterday and drew 6-all. each side scoring a penalty and a try. The honour of scoring Negri's maiden try went to skipper Hamlyn. The
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    Chinese S.C. To Rebuild Pagar
    134 19 rE Chinese Swimming Club, Singapore, is calling for tenders for the construction of a concrete pagar and gangway. The swimming pagar is to replace the wooden one demolished before the war by the military authorties. but the gangw’ay is an innovation which will enable tables
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    Soars Wins 150-Mile Cycle Race
    138 19 IPOH, Dec. 26. GARTH Soars of Selangor yesterday won the 150mile Malayan open cycling championship in 8 hr. 31 mm. 04/5 sec. In the course of the race, which started yesterday morning at Peel Road. Kuala Lumpur, and finished in the afternoon in Brewster Road.
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    Malayans Lead ’Varsity Teams
    55 19 KUALA LUMPUR, Dec. 29. On Saturday, Dec. 6, when the London University badminton team played Cambridge University at Cambridge, it was captained by F. L. Chai of Kuala Lnmpur. The Cambridge team was led by another Malayan student, Khong Kit Soon of Ipoh. London University won
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    Jockeys’ Assn. Hold First Annual Dinner
    523 19 From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, Dec. 28. “THE Malayan Jockeys’ Association can do a lot of good for 1 racing in this country. Constituted on the proper lines, it will be of great assistance to us who control racing and to the public in
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    SLTA Will Hold Indoor Tourney
    192 19 rruv ei T SINGAPORE, Dec. 30. T HE Singapore Lawn Tennis Association has decided to I revive the Singapore indoor championships, which are to be played in the Happy World covered arena from Feb 1 to Feb. 15, excluding Feb. 7 and 14. The S.L.T.A.
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    Decisions Reached Vital Badmintons
    494 19 SINGAPORE, Dec. 29. CEVERAL decisions of great importance were taken at a meeting of the Council of the Badminton Association of Malaya held in Singapore on Saturday following the North vs. South games. They included a decision that Malaya should compete in the eastern zone of
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    KL CIVILIANS v. SERVICES
    167 19 KUALA LUMPUR, Dec. 27. WITH four tries, two goals and a dropped goal <26 points) against their opponents’ goal, the Selangor Combined Civilians beat the Combined Services in today’s padang Rugby match at Kuala Lumpur. The services started otT well but weakened after dominating the first
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    7 Goals At Tanglin
    41 19 SINGAPORE. Dec. 30 Tlie Posts and Telecoms XI scored a four-three win over GHQ FARELF at hockey at Tanglin yesterday. Scorers for the winners were Ponninh <2). Carncie, and Singam. Boyle (two) and Reeves obtained FAR/ELF’S goals.
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    MARKET STRENGTH Firm Prospect for The New Year
    1185 20 From A Market Correspondent A FAIR measure of activity prevailed in Malayan markets up to Christmas Eve. In the three and a half days’ trading of last week, the volume ol business written must be rated highly satisfactory. Although price movements were
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    BIG AMERICAN RETAIL SALES
    85 20 —A P NEW YORK Dec 29 —Americans spent twice as much inonev in retail stores in 1947 as they did in 1941. when sales topp.d r-he 1929 peak for the first time. Departm. nt store sales in 1947 continued the upward spiral of the past seven
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    LONGHORN TIN
    22 20 In November, the Longhorn Smelter at Texas City produced 2.759 tons of pie tin compared with 2.036 tons in October
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    “No Govt. Respite For Rubber”
    436 20 Malaka Pinda Estates m/|R TAN CHENG LOCK on Christmas Eve charged the! 1t1 Malayan Government with doing little so far to relieve in a practical and effective manner “a sorely harassed I dustry.” He was addressing shareholders of the Malaka I Pinda Rubber Estates. Limited,
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    AGENTS’ SURVEY
    143 20 —A P NEW YORK Dec 29 -H National Association -H chasing Agents said that business had be v-jH off during the pact m an upswing which August and reached a p?:iH November. A report of the business survey conn. the' number of pure!. reporting increased sales production declined
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    MALAYAN SHARE QUOTATIONS
    848 20 SINGAPORE. Dec. 30. Quotations given by the Malayan Sharebrokers’ Association worths follows INDUSTRIALS Buyer Seflet Atlas let 13 OP t 4 00 Alex Brick Ords i go i 90 Alex Brick Pref 3.50 3 60 B M Trustee 8.75 9 50 Consniniaten Tlr Smelters (O> 22/- 23'do
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