The Straits Budget, 15 April 1948

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  • STRAITS TIMES POST-BAG
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      The Drawbacks Of Rubber Planting
      661 1 HAVING read Mr. C. R. Harrison’s remarks on young planters in the Straits Times of April 3, one feels one let them pass without comment. He quotes figures showi ing that only 20 out of 200 planters in one of his groups have suivived in
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      Nursing: Call For Action
      423 1 MUCH ink has been split on the despicable treatment of nurses, and it is high time the authorities concerned took ap propriate action to remedy matters. As a patient for some months in the modern Johore Bahru Hospital, constant observations reveal that nurses there work ui:grudgingly,;
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      COLONY HAS NO INDIAN WOMAN J.P.
      103 1 WITH reference to the recent appointment of women J.P.s in this Colony it was reported in the press that they represent the Chinese, European. Indian. Malay and Eurasian communities. May I as an Incian. point out to the authorities that this is incorrect. It
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      MR. FERGUSSON ON INCOME TAX
      252 1 YOUR paper of April I contains a report of Mr. Fergusson’s address at the annual general meeting of the Singapore Chamber of Commerce, in the course of his speech he touched on income tax. Amongst other things he .said, “Whichever year ol assessment is finally
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      A SINGAPORE ORCHESTRA: THE COST
      251 1 if™ 0 ago a sol i J Plt*a was ra:sHi Ji column uf th e 9 Times n save the {381 pole Oiv■ >tj a whichtK Chisolm uj trained high degree of culU tency: some admittedly enough t'i give us'SSI ground on wh.ch to —was
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      Brunei Darulsalam: A Malay Point Of View
      520 1 I WAS extremely delighted and interested to read your recent editorial under the heading “A Bitter Pill for Brunei.” A? everybody knows, quinine is bitter, so it is on account of its bitterness that it is an effective remedy for the treatment of
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      INSURANCE WARNING
      891 2 —Straits Times. Apr. 8. i .damns yesterday $,'175,000 had „ui so far oil :15° the War Risks .cheme in Malaya. not able to ihr original amount i.y. claims, which may K .,v (iiilcivnt thing from p.„,rd of ManageWar Kisks Insur- R i ire ides to pay out clams
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      SOUTH OF THE CAUSEWAY
      1079 2 Tinv's, Apr. 9. Singapore has become a foreign state in the new Malayan set-up,” said Mr. Jules Martin at the Penang Chamber of Commerce meeting on Tuesday. Coming from one of the few remaining old-timers of trade in the Straits Settlements, that is rather startling. Mr.
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      MECHANISED SAWAHS
      739 2 Straits Tim‘s Apr. 10. When Dr. W. Clyde and Dr. Lucius Nicholls came back to Singapore a few days ago, after attending the conference of the Food and Agriculture Organisation of UNO at Baguio, they said that it was calculated at the conference that there were still another
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      A Merchant Asks A Question
      412 3 Straits Tirms Apr. 10. In that peaceful and pleasant hinterland that we in Singapore speak of as “up-country,” it is popularly supposed that the Singapore merchant is a soulless office-wallah whose Malayan horizons do not extend beyond his own waterfront and the lawns of the
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      A JOB FOR J.Ps.
      704 3 —Straits Times, Apr. 12. New ground has been broken with the appointment n Singapore of eighteen women Justices of the Peace. Their principal duty will be the visiting of women prisoners, and the general supervision of conditions in the women’s section of Out ram Road Prison,
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      Motor Insurance In Malaya
      455 3 —Straits Times, Apr. 12. The annual meeting of the Automobile Association of Malaya is usually a sedate and formal affair, but last week it was enlivened by Mr. David Marshall’s remark that the average comprehensive motor insurance policy in Malaya today is about as comprehensive as
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      DEATH TAKES A HOLIDAY
      1133 3 •Straits Times, Apr. 13. Most people in Singapore who think seriously about social questions are conscious of a reaction against politics. This is a hangover from the elections and the launching of the new’ Council. Such people feel that they have had enough of oratory and
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      THE PENANG TRADER
      742 4 —Straits Times, Apr. 14. columns hist Friday w «iit* ntion to Mr. Jules k mark at the annual n n u °1 the Penang ChamCommerce that Singal)l,u has now become “a 01 !L n s t<iU* from the view11 the Penang trader. !llU ,lu n we have
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      The Big Cheques Are Taxed
      432 4 —Straits Times, Apr. 14. One unfortunate consequence of income tax in Malaya has already made itself felt, and that is a drying up of the springs of philanthropy. Organisations which are trying to raise money for good causes are finding that Malaya’s millionaires and semi-millionaires
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    Perak tackles her forests
    177 4 IPOH, Apr. 10 THE loss of valuable forest in Perak due to the wanton destruction caused during the Japanese occupation is one of the major problems confronting the Forest Department in the State at the moment. Loss is particularly serious in the Kinta Valley. Approximately 56,000
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    New Ruler Receives Regalia
    300 4 From Our Start Correspondent IPOH, Apr. 12. SULTAN Yussui, "he new Sultan of Perak, today promised it would be his I endeavour to rule the Slate in the oest traditions of his predecessors. He spoke as he received th. Perak State Regalia in tile Throne Room
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  • PERSONAL
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      BIRTHS
      99 4 LLOYDS. To Jackie (nee Cleaver), wife of Nod Lloyds of the Shell Co., at K.K. on April sth, a brother for Patricia— Christopher Edwin. RENNIE—To Kathleen Mary (Dinah), wife of D. D Rennie of Ladang Gcddes Estate. Bahau on April 10. a son. TJADEN.— At Zeist. Holland, 12th April
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    191 4 DEATHS Mr. F. E. A. de Morney. age 05 oassed away peacefully at hi.s residence No. 85, Wilkie Road at 6 am. on 13.4 48 leaving behind 3 daughters and 5 sons to mourn his loss. Madam Ang Kim Kiok passed away peacefully on Monday the 5th April. 1948 at
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    THE MALAY CRAFTSMAN
    2003 5  -  A Malayan Conn try man’s Diary T|t AX DJFK. KAMPONG Makani, the village of th< graveyard, is very straggling. In that pail which is intersected by thi road to Mersing there ale to be seen two finelybuilt Malay houses. One of them is situated a few feet
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    Govt. Warned On Colony’s Status
    521 6 Govt. Warned On Colony s Status SINGAPORE, Apr. 8. <rHKKE must be no attempts by the Singapore 1 (jovernment to play second fiddle to the ■Federation of Malaya, said Mr. C. C. Tan, a representative of the South-West constituency, in the Singapore Legislative Council yesterday. J He* also warned against
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    17 Road Deaths In March
    192 6 SINGAPORE, Apr. 8. SEVENTEEN persons died last month as a result of motor accidents in Singapore. There were a total of 603 motor accidents in March, as compared with 621 in February, but there were five more fatalities than in February. when 12 persons died
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    Laycock Calls For A Boycott
    240 6 SINGAPORE; Apr. 8. AN attack on a recent move to unite all Malayan Chinese In a single political association was made by Mr. John Laycock at yesterday’s meeting of the Singapore Legislative Council. “1 sincerely hope that no Singapore Chinese will Join this new association,”
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    “High Priority” For Municipal Reforms
    271 6 SINGAPORE, Apr. 8. THE Colonial Secretary (Mr. P. A. B. McKerron) said yesterday that Municipal reforms would be given the “highest possible priority” and would be brought before the Singapore Legislative Council in the form of a draft bill. Legislation was now lithe course of
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    Malaya Leads In Timber
    310 6 From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Apr. 7. MALAYA is in advance of most colonies in forestry matters. This was said by Mr. W. A. Robertson, Forestry Ad viser to the Colonial Office, at a press conference in London. Malaya Is one of the few colonies with
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    Scheme For Tamil School
    209 6 SINGAPORE, Apr. 8. A $20,000 scheme to establish a Tamil school in Geylang was referred to by Inche Sardon bin Haji Jubir, Unofficial member representing Rural East, in the Singapore Legislative Council yesterday. Inche Sardon said that one of his friends had such a scheme and
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    BRIGADE TO EXPAND
    78 6 KUALA LUMPUR. April 7.—Addressing members ot the Rotary Club here today, the Federation Director of Medical Services (Dr. McGregor) said an effort was* being made to expand St. John Ambulance Association and Brigade in Malaya. This had nothing to do wUh the organisation for war said. Or.
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    Mr. John Lay cock On Procedure
    345 6 SINGAPORE, Apr. 8. M R John Laycock, an Unofficial representing the Municipal North-East constituency, yesterday challenged the Governor’s nomination of a Select Committee to report on the draft Debtor and Creditor (Occupation Period) Bill. This came within 1T> minutes of the opening of the
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    DECISIONS OF COUNCIL
    405 7 SINGAPORE, Apr. 8. IT was of paramount importance that the decisions of the Singapore Legislative Council should be respected and fully carried out by the Executive, now that the people of the colony were represented in the Council through their own chosen representatives, said Mr. C. C.
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    Special Rice Diet For Children
    239 7 SINGAPORE, Apr. 8. FIVE thousand children attending the child feeding centres in Singa pore will be given varying degrees of nourishment ir their diets from next Monday until the end ol the year as an experiment to see if they will respond proportionately to the
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    CLOSE DOWN DEPT
    131 7 IfUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday —A man who holds the unique record of having recommended the closure of the Government department of which he was in charge will leave Malaya at the end of the week on retirement. He is Mr. R. M. Williams, whose office the Department oi
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    ‘Rice Position Is Encouraging’
    295 7 SINGAPORE, Apr. 8. OPENING the monthly meeting of the South-East Asia liaison officers at Singapore on Tuesday, Mr. P. S. Scrivener of the Special Commissioner’s office, said that so far as lice was concerned, “the situation in S.E. Asia is most encouraging; more so, indeed, than
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    DESPATCH RIDER IN COLLISION
    41 7 SINGAPORE, Apr. 8. A Government House despatch rider named Abdul Wahab bin Mohamed Said was involved in a collision yesterday with a woman named Loke Wpe Heng at the junction of South Bridge Hoad and Sago Lane.
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    Social Security Proposal
    208 7 From Our Staff Correspondent Kuala Lumpur, Apr. 7. THE Central Welfare Council is to ask the Federation Government to formulate a policy for a social security scheme for widows, orphans and the blind. A resolution to this effect was passed by the Council at a meeting held
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    All-Day Power Failure
    306 7 Singapore, Apr r ONLY the central’ Cl ’ty area of Sii^. 4 por e haa electricity supplies vestpr day during an 8i!-h<ur •blackout” caused by the breakdown of a generator in St. Janies power station. Tbe .breakdown caused tto most extensive power cut i® Singapore since the
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    CO-OP THRIFT SOCIETY
    144 7 KUALA LUMPUR Apj} 1 7.—A sum 01 $36,718.50. amounting to 34 2 per of the capital of the Cent* Workshops Employees tJJ operative Thrift and Society Ltd., became “barre» owing to the Mora tm turn Land remained so f° r d months, states the annua** port of
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    Malacca pay car ambushed
    184 8 From Our Staff Correspondent MALACCA, Apr. 8. MALAY policeman was shot and wounded A u *n a European estate manager’s car was ambushed by bandits at Bukit Gapis on (he M lendar-Nyaalas Road yesterday afternoon. The car was hit 12 times, but the driver •urclerated and
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    Ho “Cover”
    126 8 jsIMIAPORE, Apr. 9. r nK average tomprehenI sin. motor insurance oolio in Malaya today is about as comprehensive as French swim-suit Mr David Marshall at the annual general meeting of the \iitomobile Association of Malaya. Singapore Branch, at the Adelphi Hotel K<Mif Garden last night. He uas protesting
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    Erosion Threat To Malaya
    219 8 From Our Staff Correspondent Kuala Lumpur, Apr. 7. COIL erosion, one of the greatest menaces in Malaya, was causing the G rnmont grave concern The Ft dt i ation Director ol Agriculture, Mr. F. Bur* Ue’L told the Straits Times this today. by hillside such crops
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    FIVE CHINESE FREED
    84 8 JOHORE BAHRU April 7—Out of eleven Chinese charged with kidnapping, were discharged on police at plication today in the Jokore Bahru Magistrate’s Court. The men discharged were: Wc-ng Phin. Lim Kong. Low Choon. Khoo Slew Kee and Leong Nam. The six still accused are: P;ing Sian Chin,
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    LOANS TO MINES
    75 8 KUALA LUMPUR. April B.—The Chinese Tin Mines Rehabilitation Board up to yesterday had sanctioned leans totalling $l6 402.000. The Secretary of the Board (Mr. N. A. J Kennedy) told the Straits Times today that 399 Chinese mines had now begun operations with the help of loans, although
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    $200,000 Worth Of Opium Seized
    253 8 SINGAPORE, Apr. 9. A NOTHER 150 lbs of opium,, found by Singapore I\ Customs officers yesterday morning among the of deck passengers on the Dutch ship Van lleutsz. brings the total seized, to 280 lbs., valued at nearly $200,000. This is the biggest opium haul
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    Anti-T.B. Sweep if Govt. Waives Tax
    127 8 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Apr. 7. GOVERNMENT is to be asked to waive its 15 per cent tax on a Sweepstake on the Derby which the Penang Turf Club is organising in aid of the Malayan Anti-T. B. Fund. It is understood
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    Athlete Is Found Dead
    94 8 From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, April 7.—A Penang Athlete. Tan Kok Tin, who broke the Malayan Chinese discus throw record at the Easter trials held in Penang, was found dead on a garden seat in the Shanghai Hotel, North Beach, this morning. Tan left two letters
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    Plane Down —4 Aboard
    116 8 From Our Stall Correspondent Kuala Lumpur, Apr. 8. A Government-owned Miles Gemini twin engined aircraft flying to Kuala Lumpur from Singapore made a forced landing at Morib fast night when an engine failed. The passengers were Mr. W. D Godsall, Federation Financial Secretary; Mr. S. Griffith
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    Rice From Brazil Expected
    325 8 SINGAPORE, Apr. 9. THE Controller of Sup plies, Singapore (Mr. S. R. Crocker) told the Straits Times yesterday that, besides the total original allocation of 208,700 tons of rice for Malaya for the first half ot 1948, it was expected tc receive an additional quantity of
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    Police officer killed in Perak jungle
    318 9 From Our Stall' Correspondent 11*011, Apr. ‘J. A CHINESE accompanying a police party A through a Perak jungle to-day, shot and killed Mr. (i. C. Sansom, 28-year-old Assistant Superintendent of Police attached to the riminal Investigation Department at Ipoh. I lie Chinese was shot
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    Over Million Paid Out To Claimants
    106 9 SINGAPORE. Apr. 9. The Pre Occupation Claims Ollier. Singapore, lias paid out a total of $1,193,943 out of a sum of $3.w;:!,000 claimed for. The amount paid out represents 803 settled claims out of 1.000 that have been submitted. The Pr P Occupation Claims
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    Lepers Need Public’s Aid
    161 9 SINGAPORE, Apr. 10. FEW people in Singa-j pore have ever visited the Colony’s Leper Hospital, which is off the Serangoon and Yeo Chu Kang Roads. Canon R K S. Adams said thU over Radio Malaya last night in a talk on the lepers of Singapore Of
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    167 TRADE UNIONS
    62 9 SINGAPORE, Apr. 10. Six newly-registered trade unions bring the total of SinKa £2 re trade unions to 167. They are: Singapore Pooh Neang Workers Union, Pulau Brani Tin Smelting Workers’ Union, Singapore Building Materials and Timber, Fruits and Vegetables Dealers’ Association, Singapore Cold •Storage Royal Bakery Lamurers’
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    G.-G. RESUMES POST
    62 9 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Friday —•’Hie Governor-General (Mr Malcolm MacDonald) will arrive in London tomorrow after his vacation in Canada From tomorrow he will resume his duties as GovernorGeneral and the High commissioner (Sir Edward Gent) will relinquish his post of Acting Governor General. Mr.
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    SUPERVISES SCHOOLS:
    35 9 In the Petuin binti Abidin, Sin- gapore’s first prohatiouaiy Assistant Supervi.ser. Malay Schools. She controls e ght schools and also the female teaching staff of 20 co-ed ucational Malay scbooLs.— Straits Times picture.
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    Repatriated From China
    91 9 SINGAPORE. Apr. 10. FVVO hundred and sixty four Chinese residents of Singapore, Malaya anc’ Sarawak have reached Singapore after being stranded in China during the war. They arrived on the ships Ruys and Van Heutsz. Thev were repatriated by the Intematioiiai Refugee Organisation. They are now in
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    Air Cadets Get Temporary HQ
    170 9 SINGAPORE, Apr. 10. THE Malayan Air Cadet Corps, which has been evicted from its headquarters at Kallang Airport, has been granted temporary use of a building in the new Government Trade School in Balestier Road. The Air Cadet? are ap plying to the Government for
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    Told To Leave Australia
    211 9 From Our Own Correspondent MELBOURNE, Apr. 9. THE Singapore-born x Chinese wife of Mr. Norman Carvill was informed by a Perth (W.A.) Immigration Department official on Wednesday night that she and Mr. Carvill’s Chinese stepdaughter must leave Australia by July 10. Mr. Carvill, aged 43, is
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    Human Skull Produced In Court
    235 9 From Our StulT Correa Johore Bal-.ru aw> WHEN three cZ± y peared in the k! Court yesterday c 2 mih having mix®* Sikh who disappear™ March 23. 1947. P secution produced W human skull and |vJ said to be those ofS missing man. Dr. V.
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    To Discuss Tax And Pay
    211 9 From Our Staff Correspondent Kuala Lumpur. Apr. 9. NAMES of the Federation members of the Joint committee with Singapore which will consider income ta* amendments under the chairmanship of the Gov-ernor-General’s Economic Adviser (Dr. F. Benham) were announced here today. They are the Financial Secretary
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    Illicit tapping on increase
    417 10 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Apr. 8. TMK alarming increase in illicit tapping was a 1 great evil threatening the rubber industry in Malaya when the price of rubber rose last vear, according to the annual report of the Vnited Planting Association of Malaya. The
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    Automobile Association Meeting
    219 10 SINGAPORE, Apr. 9. IN the last six weeks be 1 lore the fall of Singa pore, more tiian 900 rnenv bers of the Automobile As sociation of Malaya (Singapore Branch) paid their subscriptions for 1942. Mr. T. H. Stone, the retiring chairman of the Singapore Branch of
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    NO BIG PINE EXPORTS YET
    163 10 from Oiir Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. April nin Aiy large increases in SEW* 1 exports from hPfli ya .J s not e xpected until bf ‘iore the end of 1949. r eas o» for this delay. Asfnri f- he Uni ted Planting a 2? tlon
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    Jumabhoy Resigns
    86 10 SINGAPORE. Apr. 9. Mr. R. Jumabhoy, President of the Indian Chamber of Commerce, has resigned from the Municipal Commission as from April 1. ‘'This resignation is in order to give the younger generation a chance,” Mr. Jumabhoy told the Straits Times early this morning. "Mr. S. A. Mohamed
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    Municipality Wants Two Treasurers
    160 10 SINGAPORE. Apr. 8 SINGAPORE Municipality i& advertising in England and Australia for two municipal assistant treasurers. The two posts have been vacant since the end of the war. The advertisements call for candidates with “a recognised accountancy diploma, preferably that of the Institute of Municipal Treasurers
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    89 ESTATE STRIKES
    157 10 Kuala Lumpur, Apr. 8. THE supply of cheap and plentiful rice together with a stabilisation oi wages at an economical level would go a long way to settling labour unrest in Malaya. Ms statement is contained in the annual report of the United Planting Association of Malaya
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    Rice Retailing: Stricter Control
    253 10 SINGAPORE, Apr. 8. THE Singapore Food Control Department has worked out a plan to stop dishonest ration retailers substituting good quality Government rice with inferior grades. The plan will be put into effect in the near future. All Government ric? retailers will then have to display
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    Workers’ housing programme plea
    488 10 Workers housing programme plea SINGAPORE, Apr. 8. |y|R. Thio Chan Bee, one of the Unofficial members, said in the Singapore Legislative Council yesterday that it would be a good thing if Singapore could see “the beginning of a housing programme for employees of business and industrial organisations” after the example
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    Ex-Malaya Editor Dies
    110 10 Straits Times Copyright From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, April 8. Mr. John Ashley Gibson, editor of The Malay Mail from 1923 to 1926. died in London on Tuesday. He was 63. Mr. Gibson was made assistant editor of the Times of Ceylon in 1912. After serving in
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    NEW PRESIDENT
    60 10 PENANG. April 8. Mr. Ong Keng 8eng was yesterday elected president of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce. The new president is at present in Shanghai in connection with the participation of Malayan Chinese in the China National Games. Dr. Ong Ohong Keng was appointed a trustee of the
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    POLITICAL TESTAMENT OF A MALAY RAJA
    1377 12  -  By RAJA BADRI SHAH IBNI R.H. HARUN4L RASHID, PERAK IpHi: Malayan Union II ,,ioposal, which Rave' rise to a protest ■unprecedented in the fhistorv of Malaya by ■the native Malays, has turned out to be a I blessing in disguise after all. A blessing
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    WORM RESEARCH IN SAKAI LAND
    162 12 KUANTAN, Apr. 10. A SURVEY of parasitic worm infection among the aboriginals of Malaya is being conducted by Dr. A. A. Sandoshani, acting Professor of Biology of the Singapore College of Medicine, who is now visiting several places in Pahang. He spent the past two
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    From An Estate Bungalow
    358 12 SPHERE have been a great many flights of the beautiful greenish parakeet near here lately. I do not know much about the habits of these birds but I have noticed in the past that you may not see them for months and then, suddenly, the> appear
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    Graduates In SSCS Urged
    197 12 PENANG Apr., 11. fTHE revival of the pre- war Straits Settlements Civil Service for Raffles College graduates was urged *ast night by the president of the Penang Stamford Club (Mr. Yeo Tat Thong). Addressing members of the Club at the annual meeting. Mr. Yeo said that
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    RIGHT ON DOORSTEP
    90 12 SINGAPORE, Apr. 11. MISS M. BUXTON, veteran friend of Singapore’s 300 leper colony patients, yesterday morning found a bundle of clothes on her doorstep. It was the first response, anonymous, to the appeal by Canon R. K. S. Adams over Radio Malaya for help for the colony
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    NORTH MALAYAN BANDITS ARE ROUTED
    1132 13 From Our Special Staff Reporter IPOH, Apr. 11. CO M B I N E I) police and military operations against North Malayan bandits ended today. They have been hailed by officials at Ipoh as “a terrific success.” The police have made “important discoveries” involving political
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    1,000 THROWN OUT OF WORK
    354 13 SINGAPORE, Apr. 11. the closing of 21 out of Singapore's 30 timber TT sawmills during the past year, a thousand workpeople have been thrown out of work. Only nine sawmills are still operating and some of these may have to close down in the near
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    Sultan Of Perak ‘Great Gentleman’
    193 13 rom Our Staff Correspondent THE Executive Council of Perak naid tribute to the late Sultan, Sir Abdul Aziz ‘‘an of his Si™ r f is Klale and a we loved They conveyed the deep sympathy of the membeis to the Sultan’s family. Mr. J. D.
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    Prof. Found Areas ‘Interesting'
    151 13 SINGAPORE. Apr. 12. QROFESSOR M a rcu< 1 Oliphant, emineit Australian “atom" physicist at Birmingham University, passed through Singapore last night ot nis way back to England after a tour of “interesting areas” in Australia. Professor Oliphant told the Straits Times he had discussed with the
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    ROAD BLOCKS IN TAXI HUNT
    97 13 SINGAPORE. Apr. L Singapore Police pa last night cordoned sever; roads, looking for a taxi c which was believed to na four armed men as passens P1 *Late last night the chief jf the Singapore c I Ti l lW Barry, told the Straits T
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    BABY DIBS
    53 13 SINGAPORE. API [-’u, Madeleine Cl air ths did Hcbbs. aged 6 month.. yesterday morni u fo iR.A.F. Hospital. Chaned lowing an attao °f P She was the dill J^ r an d Ft. Ueut Leona i d Hobb h Mrs. Hobbs and ran dde ll. ter of Dato
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    Strike notice disclaimed
    105 13 Ufn D rM TIFIE agitators on V'pV’^r'lVn^ Vn*. n h *nese in Singapore Harbour Board I"’ s00 n" a /f R Til 1 aI S.H.B. labourers to be ready to sl n th«* s three months’ non-strike “truce” e *nt* ,0 -vees would expire on Apr. J"
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    Estate duties bill published
    547 14 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Apr* 11. to deal with the apportionment and B |)aN me nt of estate duties in the special cirKmstVnces of the occupation of Malaya, and the w constitutional arrangements for the Straits fcttlements, was published here yesterday. W The Bill
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    Side-Saddle Prohibited
    75 14 SINGAPORE, Apr. 13. The Singapore Traffic Police has started a campaign to make women pillion-riders sit astride and not side-saddle fashion. Traffic policemen in the past few days have warned riders. After an interval, when as many side-saddle riders as police come across have been warned, action will
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    Sultan Runs TB Fund
    175 14 From Our Staff Correspondent Kuala Lumpur, Apr. 12. r VHE Sultan of Selangor will launch a special drive to collect funds in *id of the Selangor T B fund on his 50th birthday (May 13). The Sultan’s wife, the Tengku Ampuan, Is taking a keen interest
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    KEY BANDITS SEIZED
    280 14 From Our Staff Correspondent IPOH, Apr. 12. CIGHTEEN men were arrested in the police 1-1 swoop on bandits in Perak. Three were ‘key men’, ft was said today. They were thought to be the supreme commander of the bandits, the organiser of the Klian Intan road massacre
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    J.P.s May Sit As Magistrates
    175 14 SINGAPORE, Apr. 13. THE Colonial Secretary A (Mr. P.A.B. McKerron) said yesterday that the Singapore Government was considering the suggestion that Justices of the Peace should sit as magistrates to relieve congestion in the courts. A similar suggestion in connection with women J.P.’s was also
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    New Firm Will Sell Aircraft
    172 14 SINGAPORE, Apr. 12. NEW company to be registered in Singapore is the Mclllree Aircraft Company, Ltd., which will deal in the sale of aircraft in the Far East. Mr. Eric Mclllree, principal of the company, told the Straits Times yesterday there was a reasonable demand
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    Mr. Tan Replies To Dr. Ong
    271 14 SINGAPORE, Apr. 12. MR. C. C. Tan, Unofficial member in th« Singapore Legislative Council, yesterday issued a statement on Dr. Ong Chonp Keng’s “assertion that Singapore has not been forced in the past to give in to the Malayan Union.’ Dr. Ong, a Penang
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    $5,330 FROM FOOD CONTROL FINES
    59 14 SINGAPORE. Apr. 13. In 16 convictions under the Food Control law in Singapore during March $5,330 was collected in fines. Total fines Imposed amounted to $7,630. Out of 31 cases dealt with there were 10 acquittals. Three cases were dismissed and two accused w’ere discharged.
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    POLICE FREE KIDNAPPED WOMEN
    522 15 From Our Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Apr. 12. POLICE, striking in a Johore jungle, yesterday charged a bandit hut and freed two >oung women who had been kidnapped by armed raiders. One bandit was arrested, while another got away with police bullets flying around hnn. One
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    Govt. Lifts $2.50 Meal Limitation
    184 15 SINGAPORE, Apr. 13. THE Singapore Uovern--1 ment yesterday lifted the controlled price of $2.50 as the maximum chargeable for a meal. Managers of hotels and restaurants said they welcomed the news because they could now serve “special orders.” Mr. E. Kuhn, manager, of Prince’s, said
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    DIVERS WORK ON SUNKEN NAVAL CRANE
    123 15 SINGAPORE Apr. 11. DIVERS of the Naval Boom Defence Organisation are working today on the wreck of a 250-ton floating crane which sank in Singapore waters a few weeks before the Japanese occupation of the island. The demolition of the crane began more than
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    STOLE DRUGS — NINE MONTHS
    58 15 STOLE DRUGS NINE MONTHS TAIPING. Apr.. 12. An Indian attendant, Murgiah, of the Central Medical Store, Taiping. w'ho pleaded guilty to stealii}g medical drugs worth $1250 was today sentenced by District Judge A. M Webb to 9 months’ rigorous imprisonment. Murgiah was arrested on March 29 as he was boarding
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    Malay Unofficial Refuses Oath
    313 15 From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, Apr. i‘> A MALAY Councillor, Haji Abdul Rahman i* Haji Abdullah, withdrew from the k«j'J State Council meeting in Alor Star after declining to take the oath of hivilt, the Sultan. >a,t> Haji Abdul Rahman was one of two MaiCouncillors who
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    LOCAL REP. FOR RADIO MALAYA
    194 15 SINGAPORE, Apr. 11. DADIO MALAYA has decided to form a repertory company of locally-born actors to replace as far as possible European staff who present radio plays, the Director of Broadcasting, Mr. J. S. Dumeresque, told the Sunday Times yesterday. At a meeting held last
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    “Succeed — Or No Pay”
    131 15 “Succeed Or No Pay” From Our Own Correspondent KLANG, Apr. 12. MALAY divers of a Singapore salvage company are trying to move two sunken barges, hoWinK up rehabilitation of the Port Swettenham wharves. The divtrs have been on the months and so far nave moved about 1000 tons of mud.
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    He got the worst of it
    119 15 KUALA KANGSAR. pr i, A S, K struck the O.r.p d Kuala Kangsar, y\r. 7 Secdwell, got the worst of the argument when Mr Secdwell ovt rpowered hj m by ju-jitsu and took him along to the polue lock-up Mr. Secdwell was invests gat
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    WAR AGAINST MOSQUITOES
    119 15 SINGAPORE Apr. 13 The Singapore Municipal Commissioners used nearl' 72.000 gallons of oil lor spraying at mosquito breedir.a places in 1947. as 40.000 gallons in 1946 stat s Dr. Hutchinson 'PHealth Officer) in his repor on mosquito control D\ Hutchinson adds that the quantity of oil requity
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    MURDER ATTEMPT ALLEGED
    97 15 SINGAPORE l (j r KaV Lee Ah Fook. 21. <>■ > c pong Bahru. was 1 rt yestne Seventh Polici t mp terday on a charge ol an ted murder. p said Mr. E. Moule. y 0 I that Lee. in the con P'j t 3 two
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    PRACTICAL SOCIOLOGY
    68 15 SINGAPORE, Apr. 11. J BOYS of a Singapore school led the wa y jjj social welfare this month when they supported temporarily a school gardener who fell ill. The gardener, a Sarawak Malay, contracted tuberculosis. Bovs at the school clubbed together to provide two dollars every day for
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    Ceylon Troops Break Camp
    236 16 SINGAPORE, Apr. 14. I ft 180 Ceylonese troops broke away from [P the parade ground at Kranjf Camp, near 1 Woodlands, on Monday afternoon, the Straits I Ernes understands, and a minor riot, in which I K civilian was badly injured by a flying stone, ■ollowed
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    No Varsity In Malaya Criticism
    259 16 From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, Apr. 13. I a COUNTRY of Malaya’s ■A S ize, population and Potential wealth should ■have had a University a (generation ago, the vice■Chancellor of Hong Kong ■university (Dr. D. J. ■Sloss) declared here last ■night. Dr Sloss was speaking
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    MAJOR HOEY GETS O.B.E.
    89 16 SINGAPORE, Apr., 14. M A u£? Robert F Hoey, Liaisonn?• States Militar y has bton°innn- V Sin 8 a P°reof t£ V PP teo an Officer of the Fxcell ent Order Ration say.: War a 1 bave be en since the Plex nrnhw num ber of
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    Rural Board Ambulance
    89 16 SINGAPORE, Apr. 13. SINGAPORE Rural Board *s studying the cost of establishing an accident ambulance station at Bukit Timah. The Rural Board now has no separate ambulance service from the one providrd in tOWIO If the Board decides that it can afford the new service, it is
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    LESSON: DAY AT COURTS
    82 16 SINGAPORE, Apr., 14. Nineteen girls from the Church of England Zenana Mission School, accompanied by their teacher. Mrs. Robert Eu. visited the Second Police Court yesterday Before the court, began, the Magistrate (Mr. L. C. Goh) explained to them the general principles of justice, the rights
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    23,758-Ton Rubber Imports
    84 16 YIALAYA imported 23,758 tons of rubber last month; 20,652 tons came into Singapore. The bulk of both the Malayar Federation and Singapore imports came from Sumatra—--1.778 tons and 13.428 tons respectively. Sarawak supplied Singapore with 2,646 tons and Dutch Borneo with 2,196 tons. The Federation also drew
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    Chinese Girl Best Orator
    108 16 SINGAPORE, Apr. 14. A CHINESE girl won first prize at the second Annual Oratorical Contest of the Singapore District Methodist Youth Fellowship last night. She was Miss Bertha Tan. Second was Mr. Theodore Christie, third was Miss Lim Poh Luan. The 12 competitors each spoke for
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    CLUB PLAN
    89 16 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Apr. B. The possibility of th? formation of a Joint Fraser’s Hill Club from among the members of clubs constituted on similar lines to the Selangor Club was mentioned at the annual meeting of the Selangor Club held yesterday. Mr. B. J
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    Negri Police Seek “Black Gang”
    101 16 From Our Staff Correspondent SEREMBAN, Apr. 13. FOI R Chinese dressed in black with their faces blackened, each with torches and two with revolvers awakened a Chinese contractor one night on Bahau Estate last month and robbed him of $2,000. Negri Sembilan police report this
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    Power Cut Traps Two
    120 16 SINGAPORE, Apr. 14. AN electric power cut in down-town Singapore near lunch-time on Monday stranded a lift attendant and a Chinese passenger between the second and third floors of Fullerton Building. They had to stay in the lift for nearly half-an-hour till the power came on
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    The Fifth Generation
    105 16 From Our Staff Correspondent irtlfß KUALA LUMPUR, Apr. 13 months old Paul Richard Tupholme, was chrls--1 tened at St. Mary’s Church her e today in his great-great-grandfather’s christening robe. The robe, which was also used at the christenings of Paul’s father, grandfather and great-grandfather, was specially sent
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    IMPORTANT ARREST
    79 16 IPOH, Apr. 13. TWO further arrests —one a “very important” one—have been made by Perak police within the last 24 hours In connection with the recent large-scale bandit hunt in the jungles of Perak. The Police, who have been specially seeking one man, picked him up last night
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    Four Awarded Scholarships
    163 16 SINGAPORE, Apr. 13. COUR Singapore men have been awarded scholarships this year to study in the United Kingdom under the Colonial Development and Welfare Scheme, it was announced yesterday. They are Mr. Tio Seng Chin of the Rural Board Office, Mr. Lim Kim Heng of the Government
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    Prison reforms ideas sought
    216 16 SINGAPORE, Apr. 11. MEMBERS of the public with ideas on prison reform in Singapore are invited to send suggestions to the Prisons Inquiry Commission to help the commissioners in their task. Communications, whether in the nature ot evidence or suggestions, should be addressed to the Secretary
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    Malayan Shares Have Busy Week
    937 17 From A Market Correspondent DUSINESS in Malayan markets reached large proportions during the week both before and after presentation of the British Budget. Trading was evenly spread over all sections. Greatest activity, however, was noted immediately after the Budget. Towards the end of the week
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    Good Week In Rubber
    200 17 SINGAPORE, Apr. 10. OWING to fair accep tances by America, rubber prices have beet I well maintained during •the week, says Lewis Peat's weekly market re I port. With holder.'* willing to meet j the market at around this level, a fair volume of business has
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    TIN OUTPUTS FOR MARCH
    62 17 The following are the March outputs of various Tin companies Rt'nong Tin Dredging Ccuipa ly's No. 2 Dredge—2B6 piculs. Kucha i Tin Dd’s dredge—24o piculs. Sungei Kuita Tin Drecigin:: Ltd —342 piculs. Sungri Bidor Tin Dredging Ltd —1056 piculs. Kampoi.g Kamunting Hn Dredging L f d.—602
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    TEKKA LTD. DIV.
    71 17 From Our Staff Correspondent. IPOH. Friday.—Tekka Limited lias declared a dividend of IV* per cent, (equivalent to 3d. per share) on account of the profits for the year to Mar 31, 1948. Shares were quoted tdoav at Bs. 3d. buyers. 9s. 3d. sellers. The nominal value of
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    JAN.-MAR. CROPS
    38 17 The following quarterly outputs of rubber are announced. In lbs. Sungei Tukang —January 77.000; February* 61.000: March 59.000. Cherang Tuli Estate—January--*****; February 37.000; March 38.500. Narborough < F.M.S.» Estate*— 263.700 total. Pusing Rubber Tin Bedrock Estate)—ls3.4oo total.
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    More Vitamin Is Wanted In Rice
    326 17 More Vitamin Is Wanted In Ri ce SINGAPORE, Apr n SINGAPORE may soon have a plant to the vitamin-enriched variety of i° dU( as Premix. kn The object would be to make Premix available to the people at a price not more than one cent per lb. dearer to the
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    Talam Mines Output
    13 17 Last month's output to® Tala in Mines Limited 4ll piculs.
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    MALAYAN SHARE QUOTATIONS
    860 17 SINGAPORE, Apr. 13. Prices given by the Malayan Sharebrokers’ Association wereINDUSTRIALS Buyer Sellei Mias Ice 13 01 t 4 0( Alex. Brick Ords 1.80 1.90 Prcf. 3.10 3.20 xd B. B. Petrol 45'- 46/B M Trustee 8.75 9.25 Consolidated Tin Smelters (O) 22/3 23/3 do <P) 26/-
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    Public Services vs. Insurance XI
    299 18 I SINGAPORE, Apr. 12. H)| k hundred and eighty-one runs were on the Singapore Cricket Club Mslerday when the Insurance XI beat WL ihihliV ►’-.•rvices by 15 runs in the first match ■(ho Club tournament. i batsmen hit more than 50 runs each, ■,-soivr for
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    Chairman Of M. C. O. C. Resigns
    108 18 MM M’ORE, Apr. 8. I™ r. AW KOW, son of the “Tiger Balm King/* K, Aw Boon Haw, has his resignation as |Kiairm.in «>i the Malayan 9hmes«- Organising ComHittee the 7th China Meet. 9 In a letter to Mr. Wee Joo Bo, k.
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    C.S.C. Win Cricket At Segamat
    261 18 I SINGAPORE Apr 13. 'HE Ceylon Sports Club defeated the Segamat Cric't Club by six wickets at a 'gamat. last Sunday. The Segamat team batted and scored 100 runs. The ?'ion Sports Club easily jfcsed their score with six lf kets in hand. the same
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    Cl. 1 Horse Auctioned
    78 18 PENANG. April 11. GOLD Medallist. winner of about $19,000 in stakes and added money. wa3 put up for auction without a reserve price at the Penang course after yesterday's races. Bidding was brisk, and finally the horse went to Mrs. E. Mcßae Pp.ttie for $12,008. Gold
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    Sundrum Trial Washed Out
    140 18 SINGAPORE Apr. 11. MK. SUNDRUM, the Slngapore champion quartermiler. was a very disappointed man yesterday. The trial that was to decide whether he was qualified to go to the World Olympics this year was not held due to the nfcavy downpour which began at 4 p.m.
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    Dual Nationality And Olympics
    354 18 SINGAPORE, Apr. 9. WITH the coining participation of Malayan Chinese in the China national games, from which selections for the World Olympics will be made, an intriguing point has been raised in local sporting circles. This concerns the eligioility of Malayan Chinese who are British subjects
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    Raffles College Team Defeated
    300 18 SINGAPORE, Apr. 12. QPLENDID bowling enabled the Singapore Recrea7 tion Club to beat the Raffles College Union bj four wickets in a cricket match played on the padang yesterday. Ebert (three for 7), Perry (two for 7), Collings (three for 26) and Hoffman (two for 24)
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    LOCAL TABLE TENNIS IN WORLD CLASS
    316 18 SINGAPORE, Apr. “TABLE-TENNIS in Malaya today is equiva--1 lent to world standard,” said critics and well-known Singapore players recently at the All-Malayan trials held at the Great World. Lai Ying Hon, the Singapore singles champion was chosen as one of Malaya’s representatives to the
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    Indians Beat Police S.C.
    248 18 SINGAPORE, Apr. 12. rS Indian Association beat the Police Bport* iciub by three wickets at Thomson Road yesterday. Morrisey, who opened the Police Innings, hit a bright 69. H» and Rajah, who made 29 runs, were the only batsmen to reach double figures. The Police wer?
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    POLICE WIN 3-2
    80 18 PARIT BUNTAR Apr. 12. In a very keenly-conteated soccer match, the Penang Police Sports Club bv ;t the Krlan District League by three goals to two. The Police led three-nil at half-time. Yusof (two) and Ahmad having scored. Krlan fought back gamely in the second half and
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