The Straits Budget, 22 April 1948

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    4 1 THE STRAITS BUDGET Apnl^
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  • STRAITS TIMES POST-BAG
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      ‘Stab In The Back’ For Young Planters
      745 1 Stab In The Back For Young Planters A LETTER published in the January issue of The Planter has given rise to a good deal of bad feeling, and has been received by young planters with feelings akin to amazement. We refer to the letter written by Mr. C. R. Harrison
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      “IRREVOCABLE”
      127 1 IN your able leader today (April 17) you make no mention of one argument against the death penalty, viz. that it is irrevocable. We may argue interminably upon the retributive, deterrent, and reformatory aspects of punishment, and pile up factors to suit our particular moods or general circumstances, but
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      A European Woman Doctor And Sisters
      859 1 I HAVE read the letter 1 signed G.S.H. f in your issue of April 12. The vehemence of your correspondent is reminiscent of that of certain members of the community, when Dr. Simpson of Edinburgh, towards the end of last century, advocated the use
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      PROTEST BY A PILLION RIDER
      65 1 IT has been stated that 1 side-saddle pillion riding on a motor cycle is “dangerous”. but up-to-date I have not heard oi any pillion riders falling from motor bikes. Perhaps the authorities concerned may be able to explain in what way it is dangerous to
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      Churchill Tribute Is Called Ambiguous
      309 1 pH ERE must have been a weary smile in America on reading Mr. Winston Churchill’s ti lbute to Franklin D. Roosevelt at the unveiling of the statue, as reported in your issue of April 14. Mr. Churchill, who knows the meaning of English words, and
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      J.Ps. WITHOUT THE JUDGE
      113 1 DERHAPS it is 01 ffS known that di{ JL n ot year there wen ,tl i s posless than six e< m bers sibly more, whet 1 g o ard of the Rent Ass Sing* presided over th D j S ;rict in the absence o:
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      THE RED WAVE IN CHINA
      1088 2 —Straits Times, Apr. 15. I t who remember the I n (tl between the world wars, 1(ll the younger generl u n ;t requires little imaginI >t > 0 what Communism L Clnn«i may mean in the long L,, fot Malaya and other Luntnes of
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      EXPATRIATION BOTH WAYS
      1057 2 —Straits Times, Apr. 16. The only possible defence that can be made for expatriation pay in Malaya—in the sense of a margin between Europeans and Asians on the same basic salaries —was stated in an article contributed to this page some days ago by Professor T. H.
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      SCRAPPING THE GALLOWS
      859 2 Straits Times, Apr. 17. The vote against the death penalty in the House of Commons last Wednesday was a very remarkable event in the social history of England. In j modern times ever since the death penalty began to trouble the conscience of civilised man England has
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      Paying The Price Of Prohibition
      291 3 —Straits Times. Apr. 17. The tevelation that opium is now fetching almost the price of gold in Malaya was made by Mr. D. A. Mackay, chairi man of the Penang Chamber I of Commerce, at the annual 1 meeting of the Chamber last week. The
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      TIN MINERS IN WASHINGTON
      1001 3 —Straits Times Apr. 19 A conference of considerable importance for Malaya opens in Washington today, namely the meeting of the International Tin Study Group. After having had occasion to complain so frequently during the past two years about decisions affecting our interests being taken over our
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      THE MAN WHO ENDED IT
      1079 3 Ti, ”es. Apr.' 20. Admiral Baron Kantaro Suzuki, one-time commander of Japan’s Imperial Combined Fleets, the Emperor’s Chief Attendant, President of the Imperial Council and Japanese Premier who negotiated the surrender of Japan died at his home outside Tokio last Saturday. The fact that he
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      TWO TO ONE IN ITALY
      885 4 Straits Timos Apr. 21. n ,,f the u'i ias thc attenhtssed f)h Wor Id been a ,io ns in one i„ I, 1,1 t)CL>n on the ,taI > >'»*e polling started last Sunday. If those elections bad been he'd a year age, few peop'o would
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      Lord Listowel’s Notebook
      263 4 Lord Listowel’ s Notebook —Straits Times Aor. 21. Here are two echoes of Lord ListoweFs recent travels in these parts. In The Economist of April 3 there is an article from that journal’s correspondent in Hong Kong, in which he says* “The visit of Lord Listowel is appreciated, and he
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    CIGARETTE PRICE UP
    78 4 SINGAPORE, Apr, 21. SINGAPORE cigarette sell- ers have raised the price l>♦ popular brands by five 1 cents a packet of 10 because of the temporary shortage ot i cigarettes. Reason lor the shortage is that the Harbour workers’ strike is holding up the unloading of fresh
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    Mr. MacDonald Is Now Commissioner-General
    103 4 Straits Times Copyright From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Apr. 19. MR. Malcolm MacDonald, Malaya’s first GovernorGeneral, today formally assumed the new combined post of Commissioner-General for His Majesty's Government of the United Kingdom in South-East Asia. Mr. MacDonald was received in audience by the King
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    Looters Cut Army Wires
    198 4 SINGAPORE, Apr. 21/ Military communi*cations in Singapore have been repeatedly hampered during the past few months by looters who have cut off lengths ol underground cables and overhead wire for sale to receivers. This was told to reporters yesterday by an official of the Singapore C.I.D.
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  • PERSONAL
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      BIRTHS
      111 4 MACGREGOR at the Bungsar Hospital. Kuala Lumpur, on 14th April, to Midge, wife of R. C. P MacGregor, a daughter. NORTH—To Vivien wife, of Captain E J. R. North, RNR on 13th April at Kandang Kcrbau Hospital a son. PEGG. At Batu Gajah 14th April, to Jean, wife of
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      ENGAGEMENTS
      72 4 THE ENGAGEMENT is announced between Peter Nelson (late R.N.V.R. son of Mr. and Mrs. Wood of Birkenhead, and Regina Josephine (Q.A.I.M.N.S.R. daughter of Mr. Mrs. Thorton of Wednesfleld Staffs. The engagement is announced between William Mildred elder son of Mr. and Mrs W. J Yetton of Durban, South Africa
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      ANNOUNCEMENT
      40 4 ALLEN MOLESWORTH. A marriage has been arranged and will shortly take place between Geoffrey, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. F. G. Allen of Singapore. and Betty, daughter of the Honourable Ernest and Mrs. Molesworth of Auckland. N.Z.
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      MARRIAGE
      22 4 LANGDON-KENNY. At St. Mary’s. Kuala Lumpur, on Saturday, 17th April, Patrick Langdon. Malayan Customs, to Patricia Kenny of Bagtor House. Devon.
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      43 4 Quarterly Half-Yearly Yearly (ALL THE STRAITS BUDGET. SUBSCRIPTION RATES ■PAYABLE IN ADVANCEl Singapore Malaya Town Art a (Including Postage) No Fos tag, e 5.20 5.60 10.40 11.20 20.80 22.40 Br. Empire Foreign (Including postage) 6.00 12 00 24.00 ABOVE ARE IN STRAITS CURRENCY.)
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  • Obituary
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    65 4 DEATHS Michael John Greer died suddenly on April 18th at Ipoh, only son of John and Pauline Greer of Auckland, New Zealand. Aged eight years. At 11a. Moh Guan Terrace. Mr Low Thian Kim aged 03. On April 17 At 29, Church Street. Malacca of Madam KUAN SI at the
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    FLOWERS IN THE RUBBER
    1771 5  -  A Malayan Countryman’s Diary TTAN DJF.K. IDO not know if then is any other tropical country where wi id flowers are to be seen in abundance as is the case in the temperate anc sub-tropical zones. Here in Malaya there is noth ing to make a
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    TODAY’S PICTURE
    64 5 p t tarc this befutifni pcr hans ‘he must beautiful nature study that tho h r" cont rihuted to tiie Straits Times bv a Malayan camera artist. K. F \ong was born and bred in ganorp tame to Singapore last year and opened «,i 4 0wn business. Straits
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    The Bearded Pig In The Peninsula
    896 6 Brill', extraordinary II 4orv of how a rare l, )t .,ies‘of pig lingered Bm in the Malay PemnKitl'i from Neolithis Rines right up to 1918 ■without being discol- elV( l by sportsmen or Ecitntists is told in &n Kitick* entitled "The middle Of The
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    PORT CHAPLAIN:
    69 6 The Rev. and Mrs. R. J. I.lovd, who arrived in Singapore from the U.K on April U by the Glengarry. Mr. Lloyd is the first Church of Lngland Port C haplain to ta ke up nermanent residence in Singapore since the liberation. Ilis II.Q. will be the Marine
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    ‘Take More Interest’
    214 6 SINGAPORE, Apr. 15. AX appeal lor more pub lie interest in the Singapore After-Care Asion. more members and more funds, is made by Mr. T, H. Stone, retiring chairman, in his an filial report. The association regularly y |fien and women in gaol na tries to assist
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    Millions In Loans To Industry
    183 6 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Apr. 15. ESSENTIAL industries in the Federation of Malaya have received in the past year $54,000,000 in loans to aid recovery from war damage. The Industrial Rehabilitation Finance Board, which began work a year ago, sanctioned the loans. The
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    G.G. Loaves Soon
    36 6 Straits Times Copyright From Our Own Correspondent LONDON. Apr 15. The Governor-General. Mr. Malcolm MacDonald, is back in London from Canada. He expects to leave for Malaya at the end of the month.
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    U.K. ‘Speeding Machines For Malayan Mines’
    139 6 —Reuter. U.P. LONDON, Apr. 15. MR. John Morrison, M.P., asked in the House of Commons to-day what arrangements were being made to expedite delivery of new mining machinery to such dollar-earning activities as Malayan tin and West African gold industries. Mr. George Strauss, Minister
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    Police Release Five Unionists
    155 6 SINGAPORE, Apr. 16. FIVE of the nine men arrested by the Singapore l Police on Wednesday during raids on the premises of three labour unions, including the Singapore Federation of Trade Unions, were released late on Wednesday night. I he raids were made on the premises
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    Seized Rice: $4,000 Fines
    93 6 SINGAPORE, Apr. 15. THREE Chinese concern ed in the illegal possession of 2,981 katties ol Java rice in a boat oil Katong were fined a total of $4,000 yesterday. Ong Liang Hock, described as the owner of a motor boat in which the rice was seized
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    COLONIAL POLICE MEDAL AWARD
    48 6 SINGAPORE Apr. 16. Police Constable Omar bln Said of the Singapore Police Force, will be awarded the Colonial Police Medal for Gallantry, it was announced yesterday. The award is for “conspicuous bravery” on Aug. 18. 1947, in a gunfire engagement with two armed robbers.
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    Bonus For Estate Workers
    251 7 From Our Stall Correspondent Kuala Lumpur, Apr. 14. THE council of the Malayan Planting Industries Employers' Association has recommended a scheme for payment of a bonus or commission to subordinate staffs on al 1 estates. The recommendation is contained in the association s reply to demands
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    THE SCARRED GUNMAN
    80 7 SINGAPORE. Apr 15. Singapore’s C.I.D. chief (Mr. lirr y) sa ld yesterday that one of the gunmen who robbed a family in Ulu Pandan. off Holland Road, Singapore, about a month ago has been arrested. The gunman had freshly healed scars on his back. <The victim, armed
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    Spore Has 14,000 Opium Addicts
    339 7 SINGAPORE, Apr. IS. SINGAPORE has over 11,000 onium addicts, who get their supplies in over 1,000 smoking dens, which vary from saloons with up to thirty pipes to smaller places which spring up overnight. These figures are revealed in an estimate prepared by the Customs
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    FOR SARAWAK
    45 7 SINGAPORE, Apr. 18. THE DAYANG MUDA of Sarawak will be leaving Singapore for Sarawak on May 15. She plans to stay for a week in Kuching and then to visit Sibu and Miri. The trip will last between a month and six weeks.
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    Taxi Trouble hi Wharf Area
    203 7 DASSENGERS arriving by ship i n Singapore for the first i'me are dismayed to find that the port is at C the ship m He WOrW Where no ,axi is available o wh <> aiTived last week complained tn iho Sunday Times that he had
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    Idol’s Gems Missing
    61 7 From Our Staff Correspondent. PENANG. Apr. 16.— More than S!.000-worth of sapphires and diamonds are missing from the body of an idol in the Siamese Temple in liurmah l.ane. The temple priest told the police yesterday the stones were missing when he opened the temple in the
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    Penang As An Artists’ Centre
    154 7 From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, Apr. 17. OEFORE he leaves for England in a few months’ time on a threeyear Colonial art scholarship in England, Mr. Tay Hooi Keat hopes to form an international Art Society in Penang. Mr. Tay, a Penang Free School teacher,
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    Jumped Into Tub Of Boiling Water
    128 7 PENANG, Apr. 18. B ,lad n° """><•> and wanted to die, a i«r?U3& A witness revealed this yesterday in the Penang Coroner’s Court during an inquiry into Chan’s death. The Coroner (Mr. A M I Austin) returned a verdict of suicide. Evidence was given
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    THREE FOR U.K. STUDY
    83 7 KUALA LUMPUR. April 19. THREE Malayan teachers have been awarded scholarships to study in the United Kingdom. They are: Miss Jemiah binti Yacob of Seremban who will study domestic science for three years; Miss Constance White of Malacca who will take the three-year course for the
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    WAUGH BUILDS FOR STAFF
    295 7 SINGAPORE. )r H HENRY Waugh and Co. Ltd., has embarked energetic buildnir and purchasing proo ra n an cider to provide ample house accommodation^* in staff in Singapore. Ipoh. Kuala Lumpur and lU Three bungalows have been built in Singapor. one in Penang. Two houses were
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    Federation Training In U.K.
    267 7 SINGAPORE, Apr n U7IJH reference to our badI ing article y sterday. g .which we comm uted on a statement made by the Colonial S cretary, Singapore on steps which had been take: to send Asian officers 01 the Singapore Gov.mment to the United Kingdom tor
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    PRODUCTION OF PALM OIL
    120 7 KUALA LUMPUR Apr. —The Federation 3,567.6 long tons of pa* nl in March. Thirty-four estates plain ted area of 71.410 a were in full product:i montn out of a rOt, of estates with a plan.ed 78.405 acres. Jo-hore had 33.466 a o0r Perak 20,037 and 15.461
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    T.B. Clinic Building To Begin
    151 8 SINGAPORE. Apr. 15. ■qUILDING will begin Bn iv'Xt month of a ■5250.01 >0 clinic for tuber* ■culnsi* patients it» Snga* K).,iv. tnc Straits Times is ■nfomied. i An riinal notification on announcing the ac- -v-.m by the Government ■r- ?'l *392 square feet of land
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    Coconut Oil -5,203 Tons
    130 8 L IV SINGAPORE. Apr. 15. IOINCiAPORE produced 5.203 loVrt ton s 01 coconut oil and |!:r, 3,1 l n > f copra in Febru|u.\ ltA r f !l L :rv> R’ r tll e FederaI, n l Malaya were: 6.231 ITl 01 C( 'Pra and 3.224
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    GETS 6 YEARS FOR TORTURE
    57 8 Or.-' > A r, A r H—A Pes'.nitnccri' Japan:,se was iabou* i, lx i’ ears hard >dav for helpEuraalan In Thf. t £tiß. dii.H r :l s n Bertie de F‘rnp 1 p hands of the Th 1 Inouye Toml- w originally murder, pleaded vol
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    Strike Squad Guarding ’Phone Lines
    391 8 Strike Squad Guarding Phone Lines SINGAPORE, Apr. 15. Ljij,; oriental Telephone Labourers Union last |1 ni-’ht claimed that they were voluntarily I rdinjf telephone lines against “wilful damge” Kn the present strike of 300 telephone linesmen Kjul technicians. Union squad of 40 to 50 strikers has l guarding overhead telephone
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    10-Ft. Statue Of Gandhi
    144 8 SINGAPORE, Apr. 15. Aten foot high statute of Mahatma Gandhi is fast nearing completion in the Geylang studio of the Indian sculptor, Jacob Tarecon. Mr. Tarecon said yesterday that Gandhi’s statue would be eventually built of bronz? The intention, he sa’d, was to have the statue
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    Wives Complain Of Laundry Cost
    353 8 SINGAPORE, Apr. 15. IT is expensive to use a bed-sheet laundered by a dhoby for one dollar complains a Singapore housewife. Her sister who iives in Katong, thinks herself iveky because her dhob\ charges only 80 cents a sheet. But they both complain that laundering
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    Troops’ Grouses Probed
    228 8 From Our Staff Correspondent Kuala Lumpur, Apr. 14. rHE several hundred troops of the Royal Ceylon Pioneer Corps were visited at their Circular Road camp here today by Lieut.-Col. Anton Muttukamaru, the personal re presentative of the Ceylon Prime Minister, Mr. D. S Senanayake. Col. Muttukamaru, Commanding
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    ‘Eat More Fish’ Campaign
    571 8 Eat More Fish’ Campaign From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, (By Air Mail.) A TRAINING institute in methods of fish cul- ture, to be set up in Malaya, is one of the steps the Colonial Office will take to improve the food supply in British South-East Asia. Officials believe people in
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    Buffalo Amok: Shops Smashed
    492 10 Krom Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Apr. 1«. ■M'FFALO ran amok in Kuala LumpUr today. M sma shed up two colfee shops, uoied an Aim and a Chinese, twice bowled over a K,oi pot-wielding RAF officer, then scattered A lining women and children in a mile
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    Woman Has Given Blood 22 Times
    210 10 SINGAPORE, Apr. 17. AN Englishwoman, Mis. Kathleen He gh, hold.* what is perhaps a record for blood donors in Singapore. She has given blood 2? times. In her hair-dressing salon in Orchard Road. Mrs. Heigh t' M me her story. Just before the fall
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    DEATH OF MRS. MEATHEREL
    46 10 SINGAPORE. Apr. 15. Mrs. Annie Meatherel, who lived in the East for nearly 50 years, died yesterday in Singapore. Before coming to Singapore, Mrs. Meatherel spent many years in Shanghai. The funeral will be at 4.30 p.m. thJs afternoon at Bidadari Cemetery.
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    TIMBER PRICES TOO HIGH
    184 10 SINGAPORE, Apr. 16. MALAYA had a grand opportunity t 0 build up a great timber export trade, an officer of the Forest Department told the Straits Times yesterday. To this end. he urged all sections of the trade to cooperate to reduce prices The present prices.
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    CLEMENTI: AN APPEAL
    141 10 SINGAPORE Apr. 16. The Colonial Secretary <Mr. P A. B. McKerron) made an appeal last night to alumni oi Hong Kong University to c mtribute funds for the purchase of a portrait of Sir Cecil dementi to hang in the gbliery of Singapore Governors. Speaking at the
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    14 Women Help Run A Ship
    298 10 SINGAPORE, Apr. 17. "THIRTEEN Merchant Navy “sea-women” and a ship’s woman doctor have arrived in Singapore on La Cordillera, a British freighter. The women are on the pay-roll of the Merchant Navy. They are an experiment on the part ol the authorities to introduce
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    Big Malayan Methodist Rally
    228 10 SINGAPORE, Apr. 17. ABOUT 500 youths of the All-Malaya Institutf of the Methodist Youth Fellowship assembled in the Anglo-Chinese School at Ipoh yesterday for a five-day rally. The rally is the first the Institute has held since the reoccupation of Malaya. The delegates who are from
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    SFTU To Demand Explanation
    213 10 SINGAPORE, Apr. 17. THE Singapore Federation of Trade Unions 1 will demand an explanation from Government for the removal of documents from its premises during recent police raids. The S.F.T.U. president (Mr. P. Veerasanan), announcing this in a special statement yesterday, said that strong protests would
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    “Judge” Is Arrested
    67 10 JOHORE BAHRU, Apd. M.—When the staff of the Supreme Court entered the court room for the day’s business yesterday they were surprised to find a Chinese youth occupying the Judge’s seat on the Bench and writing in the Judge’s note hook. When questioned the youth paid no
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    BLYTHE NEW CIVIC HEAD
    71 10 SINGAPORE Apr. 16. Mr. W. L. Blythe, lately Malayan Fed ‘ration Secretary for Chinese Affairs, became d.puty Singapore Municipal President on Mr. L. Rayman’s d parture for England yesterday on long leave. Mr Ray man, who was spending leave prior to retirem nt when the Government
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    JUDGE GETS PAIR OF WHITE GLOVES
    73 10 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Apr. 15. —The Crown Prosecutor (Mr. R P.J. Rvcroft) today presented the District Court Judge (Mr. M. Garton) with a pair of white gloves instead of a criminal case* It was the second time since the liberation that
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    Advice To Malayan Students
    276 11 From Our StalT Correspondent Kuala Lumpur. Apr. 14. 1'HE Director of Colonial Scholars (Mr. J. L. Keith) in Kuala Lumpur today gave a word of advice to Malayan students who proposed to attend a British University. ••As a result of the pressure on Universities.” he said,
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    SCBA NAME
    85 11 OENANG. April 15. The 1 Straits Chinese British Association on Monday will consider changing its name to the Malayan Chinese Association to make the association "a more representative and mfluential body." The annual report says that t lie proposal lias been under consideration for some time and It
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    Woman Pilot Here From UK
    345 11 From Our Staff C orrespondent KUALA LUMPUR, Apr. lb. 4 RS. Joan Allen, first Malayan woman to fly 1V1 solo from Britain to Malaya, arrived in Kuala Lumpur shortly before noon to-day, completing the last lap of a 000-mile (lijfhc which began 21 days ago.
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    HUNGRY RATS
    73 11 pCNANG April 15. -—Rats ate or spoiled 1.000.000 gantangs of padi in Kedah n f r or 175 P er cent, of i a crop according to ortioial figures published in Alor Star K l dah rice millers have retaliated by "recruiting” an army oi pythons to loose
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    Big Opium Seizure
    102 11 SINGAPORE. Apr. 17. In 24 hours, two lots of opium valued at $42,000 were seized hy the Customs Officers in Singapore, it was officially announced yesterday. In the first tase 50 lbs. of opium was found late on Thursday night on board the Rajula after her airival
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    TREASURY BILL ISSUE
    90 11 SINGAPORE. Apr. 15. The Singapore Government will invite tenders for an issue $3 million of Treasury Bills on April 25 subject to the general conditions governing the issue and repayment of Colony of Singapore Treasury Bills. Copies of the conditions together with the forms of tender may
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    Impressive Art Show By Malays
    220 11 Impress ive Art Show By Malays SINGAPORE, Apr. IT. AN impressive exhibition by a group of young Malay artists was opened at the Y.M.CJL Orchard Road, Singapore, by Dato Wan Idri> last night. The exhibition is the first all-Malay Art Exhibition to be held in Singapore, and the Hi artists
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    Rotary Nears T.B. Target
    93 11 SINGAPORE, Apr. 16. WITH just over two months to go, thi Singapore Rotary Club is only $9,000 short of its target of $lOO,OOO for its Anti-T.B. Fund. The Fund will close at the end of the Rotary year, June 30. The money will meet half the
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    A-A Guns Found In Johore
    201 11 SINGAPORE, Apr. 15. A JOHORE police party led by a Chinese guide, lound 11 Oerlikon oneinch quick-firing: antiaircraft guns off the coast ot Johore on Monday J No arrests were made Police believe that the guns had been left about a week ago in the
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    Mission To Seek Rubber
    173 11 SINGAPORE. Apr. 17. rHE Chinese trade mission which will touring Malaya, the Philippines. Siam and tnt Netherlands Ea-t Indies will make a special study ~>f the rubber market > u Malaya, with a v*w 1,1 buying rubber to teed tfl# manufacturing industry ir Hong Kong. The
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    TOYED WITH REVOLVER
    46 11 1 J V jj t singapokk V P N misVerdict of rt( tur m’d >'2 adventure was Iour men terday by a iMJ at the inques; form* Abdul Latif bin er traffic c 01 h; r :x» iln shot in ttu Maxwell Road
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    HE WANTS A TIGER TO FLY
    128 12 SINGAPORE. Apr. 18. Hie of these days one of the air lines in Singapore is ■n, to have to fly a tiger to England Ktartled freight managers i\ lax. however, because W ti-er will be mostly skin H bom s-und teeth and K and
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    MALAYA NEEDS A NEW PORT
    81 12 mm'::.:/ vv.pui? a pi. it. *:'.t ntinucd to inE* without ;i very i.r.pruvrmmt in port P Swettenham A\n altogether. V. r A w Wallich. preF M S. Chamber a’ the annual C'namber here r Mr. Wallich, <U4 122 tons s '.v( ttenham. in ships was
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    THREE MORE POLIO CASES
    92 12 Apr. 20. Dj., v cas, s of infan- Ki' s iwo Chinese ■Ntoth 8f an w, r, ad fc Sl n, r t yesterday. r O >i«'alth authnri-Bdrt-D 1 .Parents of Here pj,t, ndm S schools ■alvsus u° r hi famt ile ■tr. 0a 1 V,
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    RESCUE SHIP WAS GOING WRONG WAY
    175 12 1 SINGAPORE, Apr. 18. I U SF t hey wanted to go to Penang, not ■v r p seven Indonesian seamen of a sinking i.ft’in the Straits of Malacca refused to be W in i t hv 1 Singapore-bound British vessel, the ■ami which
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    A THREAT TO TRADE
    119 12 KUALA LUMPUR. Apr. 18. “Merchants in the Federal on are becoming increasingly perturbed by the appearance of large stocks of smuggled brandy in the local markets" said Mr. A. W. at the annual meeting of the F.M.S. Chamber of Commerce at Kuala Lumpur yesterday. This liauor
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    ROBBERY AT MIDNIGHT
    58 12 SINGAPORE Apr. 19. i Two robberies took place on Saturday within half an hour alter midnight. One was in Teck Guan Stieet where five Bengalis pounced on another Bengali and robbed him of $145 in cash The other was in North Bridge Road/Stamford junc1 tion where two
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    Infantile Paralysis In Colony
    202 12 SINGAPORE, Apr. iJ. T*WO European children in Singapore have contacted infantile paralysis within the last three days. Municipal health authorities have advised some European clubs to tell members to refrain from bringing their children to the clubs pending Investigation of the possible sources of infection. The
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    EX-MALAYAN DIES
    30 12 SINGAPORE. Apr. 18. THE death occurred on April 8, peacefully in his sleep, at a Surrey nursing home, of Mr. Ernest George Watts, of Morecambe. formerly of Malaya.
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    Robber Gang Strike Thrice
    123 12 JOHORE BAHRU, Apr. 17. THREE Chinese, one of whom was armed with a long kn fe and wore a mask, committed three robberies, one after another, on the same night at Labis. The victims of these robberies were market gardeners who lived in thatched houses. Two
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    Bulk Ration Cards To Go
    279 12 From Our Staff Correspondent Kuala Lumpur, Apr. 13. ‘THE rationing system in A the Federation of Malaya is to be tightened up. The Controller of Supplies has decided to withdraw bulk ration cards issued to certain estates, tin mines, and other large industrial groups While
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    City Folk Flock To New Park
    375 12 SINGAPORE, Apr. 18. OrNDKKDS of city and flat-dwellers are acquiring a new interest in Singapore’s newest park, situated on the western slopes of Fort Canning Hill. In the evening and at night-time scores of people may be seen making this spot their rendezvous for
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    PLEDGE TO MUSLIMS
    109 12 SINGAPORE. Apr 17. The Young Men’s Muslim Association, Singapore, held a tea party yesterday at the Victoria School in honour of the Muslim members of the Singapore Legislative Council. Culling on the Muslim members of the Council to do all they could to safeguard and advance the
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    NEW CAREERS FOR MALAYS
    529 13 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 18. **|T is an urgent and absolute necessity that 1 bright Malay boys and girls learn English it thc\ are to rise above the lowest grade posts" says Dr. W. Linehan Adviser on C onstitutional \tVairs, in a l
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    Mrs. Joan Allen, first Malayan woman to fly an aircraft solo from Britain to Malaya, photographed in the cockjit of her Fairchild Aigus on arrival in Singapore on Apr. 17. She bega n her flight 26 days ago and found heat and offtcals her worst difficulties
    47 13 Mrs. Joan Allen, first Malayan woman to fly an aircraft solo from Britain to Malaya, photographed in the cockjit of her Fairchild Aigus on arrival in Singapore on Apr. 17. She bega n her flight 26 days a go and found heat and offtcals her worst difficulties
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    SHB Area Raided This Morning
    134 13 SINGAPORE, Apr. It). At 3 a.m. this morning Auxiliary Police of the Harbour Board service raided the labourers’ lines at Tanjong Pagar in a search for ringleaders of a triad gang who used a pink ticket, marked on one side with a flaming torch and
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    PENANG TRADE SEESAW
    136 13 PENANG, April 17. I>ENANG exported only 13.855 tons of rubber last month. This figure la the lowest so far this year and re- i presents a drop of some 6.000 tons from last month’s total. Comparative figures for the first quarter of 1948 were: January 21,000 tons:
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    Borneo Wants Pioneers
    74 13 \TORTII BORNEO is cryine out £J; NGAp ORE. Apr. 18. rN European dentist, a veterinaJ? ,awyer a oculist to attend the people of th rtl sur eon 11 and an Borneo News is offering to rUJtL CO,ony Thc North want to consult any one of the'mulini ames
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    PENANG’S NEW R.C.
    72 13 PENANG. Apr. 17. |>ENANG‘S new Resident 1 Commissioner. Mr. A. V. Aston, is due to arrive with Mrs Aston by the P. and O. Carton on May 2. Mr Aston will take over 1 from Mr. G. E C. Wisdom, win has been acting Resident O mmlssloner
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    Rice ‘Dominant’ Post-War Factor
    294 13 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Apr. 18. UHL price of Malaya's staple food, rice, was on an average 10 times higher in 1947 than before the war, the president of F.M.S. Chamber of Commerce (Mr. A. W. Wallich) said yesterday in his report to the
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    Mixed Weddings Show Increase
    222 13 SINGAPORE. Apr. 18 \IORE than 13 per cent, of the weddings that took l? 1 place before the Registrar of Civil Marriages Singapore, last year were inter-racial. European bridegrooms and Chinese brides headed the list. These marriages numbered 64 last year, compared with 45 in 1946
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    CURIO DEALER GAOLED
    134 13 SINGAPORE. APE 1( A DEALER in curios A tenced to one t j, f rigorous imprisonment gjs Fourth Police h?? yestrate (Mr. RJ- c sto len terday. for possess on goods valued at si» u He was also fl nt ’d rigoa further three month rous imprisonmen
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    SHB STRIKE ‘NOT VOLUNTARY’ —C.I.D. CHIEF
    1140 14 SHB STRIKE ‘NOT VOLUNTARY’ C.I.D. CHIEF SINGAPORE, Apr. 20. ■SINGAPORE’S C.I.D. chief, Mr. J. C. Barry, W denied yesterday that the strike by the fcarbour Labourers’ Union was a “voluntary, Spontaneous and full expression of the will of ■he workers.” In support of this assertion Mr. Barry reHrealed the contents
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    GIRL STABBED IN LANEWAY
    85 14 From Our Own Correspondent KLANG. April 16. The police have offered $2OO reward for the arrest of a man, who on Sunday night stabbed and fatally injured Mah Ah Mong, a 27-year-old Chinese girl, living in Meru Lane. The girl was walking along the lane with
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    Penicillin Expert At Kuala Lumpur
    182 14 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Apr. 19. T'HE co-discoverer of penicillin, Sir Howard Florey, A F.R.S., has spent the last two days here at the Institute of Medical Research discussing with the American medical research team and the members of the Institute staff the
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    Tan Kah Kee’s Son Released
    240 14 SINGAPORE, Apr. 20. MR. Tan Kit Cheang. kidnapped son of the Singapore millionaire, Mr. Tan Kah Kee, is recuperating in Amoy after his release from four months of captivity by Chinese pirates, according to an Assochated Press message from Hong Kong. The pirates had released
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    COUNCIL MEETING NEXT MONTH
    68 14 The Singapore Legislative Council is expected to hold its second meeting about the middle of next month. Meanwhile select committees. including one to examine Draft Standing Orders, have sat, although this committee has not yet completed its work. The committee t,o deliberate jointly with t.he Federation
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    INDONESIAN PLAN FOR PENANG
    43 14 .—UP BATAVIA. April 19.—The former Premier. Sutan Shahrir. recalled from Singapore last week by President Soekarno for consultations, told the Indonesian newspaper Merdcka here today that the Indonesian office In Singapore would shortly open a branch in Penan*.—U P
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    New Scheme For Postal Workers
    372 14 SINGAPORE, Apr. 20. THE Singapore Government has accepted the introduction of a time-scale salary scheme for Postal and Telecommunications Workers and has also increased the initial salary of women workers to that of men. This is stated in the annual report of the Singapore Union
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    REFUSED TO BE PAID
    118 14 SINGAPORE. Apr. 20. Strikers at the Straits Trading Company’s smelting works at Pulau Brani yesterday refused to be paid off and their pay was handed to the Assistant- Commissioner of Labour (Mr. C. R Danby) by the company. The 350 strikers on the Island have been
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    Singapore Govt, clerks protest
    476 15 SINGAPORE, Apr. 20. THE Singapore General Clerical Service Union, representing Government employees, is collecting data to take up with the Government what it describes as the loss of its “exclusive privilege” of filling super-scale posts. Super-scale appointments were restricted to the General Clerical Service until 1938,
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    Four Face Sedition Charges
    106 15 SINGAPORE, Apr. 20. FOUR committee members of the Chinese Section of the Singapore Harbour Labourers’ Union were charged in the District Court yesterday with having been concerned in the distribution and publication of seditious docu-j ments. Th«\v were Lim Chu ’Hok. Si All Seng, Foo Kok
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    RAF Malays On Parade
    146 15 From Our Stall Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Apr. 19. F" UAL A Lumpur will see an i historic ceremony on Wednesday when the lirst two •squadrons of Malays of the R A.F. Regiment (Malaya) hold their passing-out parade. The regim nt was formed n year ago and
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    Six Social Science Scholarships
    91 15 From Our StafT Correspondent Kuala Lumpur, Apr. 19. social science scholarships under the Colonial Development and Welfare Scheme will oe awarded this year to Malayans. Successful applicants for the scholarships will study at the London School o! Economics Out of 183 applicants. 13 have been selected
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    IMPERSONATION OF INSPECTOR
    70 15 SINGAPORE Apr. 20. Anndres Straves. a native of Madagascar, was yesterday, in the Fifth District Court, bound over to be of good behaviour for two years in a personal bond of $200 for impersonation of a Food Control inspector. On another charge of extorting $3 from a
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    North Borneo Power Plan
    171 15 SINGAPORE, Apr. 20. A HUGE hydro-electric scheme is being investigated in North Borneo, with a view to providing power for bauxite mining on a large scale. This scheme involves the damming of the gorge of the Padas River. This will create a huge lake completely submerging
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    Big rubber sale to Russia
    188 15 SINGAPORE, .\p r 2Q niISSIA is at present the Invest single’ h ot Malayan rubber. Uj(r Next month, 15,000 tons will he sj,i DM Russia from Singapore—and this mav L creased. This is the largest single month's e<m.i.. nniMll rubber from Malaya to Russia, and
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    From An Estate Bungalow
    433 15 THE old enamel bowl was much cracked and the beggar made hi* way slowly alongside the storm-water drain by thr shop-houses, tapping with his stick as he went, tor he Whs blind. The best ot us sometim.s have doubts as to whether or not these men
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    Riot Squad Called To Sawmills
    87 15 SINGAPORE Apr 20 A SINGAPORE Police squad went to the Amalgamated Sawmills u, Lavender Street yesterday afternoon to guard timbei workers against intimi dation. The timber works, which had closed down for some time, put on new workers when it re-opened yesterday Both me workers
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    BANISHMENT CRITICISED
    139 15 SINGAPORE Apr. 20. The Malayan Democratic Union has distributed among its members a copy of a resolution. adopted by the National Council for Civil Liberties in London on March 20. condemning banishment ar.b deportation laws in Malaya The resolution, passed at the Council's annual general meeting, says: "This
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    PRISON FOR TYRE THEFT
    104 15 SINGAPORE APr judge The Fifth Di>t^ 1 rday Mr. H. A. Forrin 5 to 20 sentenced Tan Ch>‘ laboU r months’ gaoi with 2 for stealing 32 ty Sub-depot. 223 ance Depot. Ke fl t that The prosecution 29 llie on the morning of six 0
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    Back Pay Campaign Will Go On
    324 16 I SINGAPORE, Apr. 21. Lp; l|U estion of back-pay for non-interned I Government servants has not been dropped, I Singapore Civil Service Association announ- j n i( S report to be presented at the annual toting at the end of this month. The report
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    New Road Safety Scheme
    202 16 RlNG A PORE, Apr. 21. IBs a pedestrian safety move tiie infiltration IBthe left of motor traffic I ft, been stopped at tftrtain main intersee|ftms in the town area of [Bnwpon 1 Iftriiese intersections are (Huh Bridge Road, near the Hipitol cinema: Stamford H> a ri
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    14 Tried To ‘Gate-Crash’
    76 16 «?OAPO R E. Apr. 21. I vr Police Court yesterday or 1 rtocl 11 Indonesians r illegal entry into the '!™V en April 18. X)r!t were arrested on «rem a J )r hu hl <* "as inlarbSur bv n th Sl PS a Pore latro] boat
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    Inspector’s Revolver Jammed
    123 16 SINGAPORE, Apr. 21. yyHEN 28-year-old Tay Ah Boey appeared at the Seventh Police Court yesterday charged with carrying arms and attempted murder, the prosecution told of a police trap for gunmen. Assistant superintendent of Police Mr. E. Moule prosecuting said Inspectors Henson. Do Cruz and three detectives
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    ‘Tappers’ Arrest Jungle Bandit
    140 16 BATU PAHAT, Apr. 20. POLICE Constable Mohamed Salleh and several other Malays—ail of them dressed as rubber tappers—yesterday captured a bandit in a jungle near Par it Bekok. The bandit is believed co be the one who escaped last week when police raided a jungle hut,
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    Russian Women Go Back: Visa Hold-Up
    206 16 SINGAPORE, Apr. 21. TWO Russian women who have been on a tour of A Burma and Malaya are returning to Calcutta today “because of delays in getting visas from the Dutch and French authorities to visit their terri- tories in the Far East.” Miss
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    STOLE BICYCLE -GAOLED
    39 16 SINGAPORE, Aor. 21. Lim Kim Huat. a young Chinese, was sentenced to two years’ rigorous imprisonment in the Singapore Assize Court yesterday for stealing, in Battery Road, a bicycle belonging to an Indian named Francis Anthony.
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    ‘Students Will Not Be Segregated’
    206 16 1 Oiir staff THE A P* 20. (Mr. J. l. the n,. (ll today that lre tor \n c London cen- tIayan students Courage their “The atuf» i have a centre. h ,r European friends could meet them he stated. The centre, Mr. Keith told
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    SFTU Calls A Protest Strike
    391 16 SINGAPORE, Apr. 20. THE Singapore Federation of Trade Unions would A call a 24-hour strike of 74 affiliated unions from 5 ani <» n Friday, the president (Mr. P. Veerasenam) said yesterday. Mr. Veerasenan said the strike would be in protest against police raids on
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    The Sultan’s Example
    109 16 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Apr. 20. DY Showing his vatciu nation marks to Sakai kampong folk, the Sultan of Pahang was largely instrumental in inducing 447 Sakais to undergo vaccination. During the recent 10-day tour of the outlying districts of his State, vaccination, vvrre carried
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    BANK CLERK DISCHARGED
    85 16 SINGAPORE, Apr. 20. After hearing the evidence from more than 19 witnesses. Mr A. G. Shears, the Seventh Police Court Magistrate, yesterday discharged Lim Yew Kt ng. a clerk employed by the Chartered Bank who appeared on a charge of forging a cheque for $3,600 and cashing
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    SHARE MARKETS FIRM
    948 17 Buyers Await Opportunities From A Market Correspondent IN spite of world political uncertainties there was a good turnover on Malayan share markets during the week. Even so, save for Industrials which were steady throughout, there was a general easing in prices and the period closed with considerable
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    TIN OUTPUTS FOR QUARTER
    65 17 Oiborne Chapp?l. Ipoh announce the following quarterly tin returns to Mar. 31. 1948. in piculs: Chendenang Dredging 617 Oopen Con 3 550 Hongkong 2 840 Idris Hyd 545 Kent (F.M.S.» Dredging 1.187 Kinta Mines 2,267 Lahat Mines iTTibuters* 867 Pengkalen 1.572 Petaling 0 226 RRubber Tirr
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    A.Hitam & S.Way Tin
    30 17 A.Hitam S.Way Tin t Hitam Tin Dredging Limited output for the quarter to Mar 31, 1948. was 187 tons. Sungei Way Dredging Limited for the same period was 432 Piculs.
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    Little Change In Rubber
    208 17 SINGAPORE Apr 17. r |iHE price level in rubber has changed little this week At every sign of a set-back, slightly renewed support and acceptances of offers have a%ain stimulated the market, says Lewis and Peat’s weeklv report. in the earlier part of the week trading
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    Klanang Produce
    26 17 Profit for 1947 £6.602 (£515), available £20.700: less estate rehabilitation £3.154 <£6.olB>: and taxation £2.85i (nil); dividend 71 per cent. <same>. forward £12.892 <£14.098).
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    Big Share Bonus Scheme
    136 17 SINGAPORE, Apt SHAREH 0LDe P r J. re w Kr; "s'fs? oonus distribution le Th eS 100 !«cent"* existing "'ss' sti lr p? hat in $1 stock IS "'S part of the th# divided profits $2,003,475 b, c'anmX 011 Issued to sharchoWe^ 1 proportion of si
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    RUBBER CROPS
    76 17 Tire following rubber crops March ar*» announced m lbs Alor Oajah Estate 25.881 Ayer Panas Estate T5J* Olencalj* PlantaMons 640N Kluang 59 ON Pa jam 1t3.NI Tambalak 30 ON Teluk Anatn Estate 68ON Ulu Benut (ton. 295N The United Malacca Rubber Estates Llir.tf-'d crop last month was 88.343
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    TAKUAPA TIN
    32 17 For the first half of April th* Takuapa Valley Tin Di edging’s No. 1 Dredge w* 109 piculs of ore and the No 2 Dredge won 370 piculs of ore.
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    MALAYAN SHARE QUOTATIONS
    880 17 SINGAPORE April 20. Quotations giv?n by the Malayan Sharebrokers’ Association were: INDUSTRIALS we. Buyer Seller *tl»> lei IH (M (4 n< Alex. Brick Ord. 1.70 1.80 Pref 3.15 3.25 xa B B. Petrol 45/- 46/3 B M Trustee 8 75 9 25 Consolidated Tm Smelter*- <Oi 22/3
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    Good Riding At Singapore Polo Club Gymkhana
    534 18 SINGAPORE, Apr. 19. Le.NTY of good riding and fun was seen at the I Singapore Polo Club gymkhana which was conIded yesterday at Thomson Road. ■rhr Gymkhana was ■errupted by rain on ■urday, after two Knts had been comKed. Hmong those present yesBelay
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    Presentation Of Flag To Contingent
    203 18 Consul-General for B. China, (Dr. Wu PaakB ,n g) will present the of the Malayan Chicontingent to the Bf der a ceremony at e Chinese Consulate* B;2 era l 0,1 April 27 at B 15 p.m. Jt u wiU be entertaining id I i, >
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    TENGAH BEAT SEAFORTHS
    62 18 SINGAPORE. Apr. 19. THE R.A.F. Tengah defeated the Seaforths by five wickets In a cricket match played at Tengah yesterday. The Seafonhs. batting first, were all out for 65 (Wood 19, Williams 14, Rowan three for 35, Llppard four for 24, Citron three for one). Tengah replied
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    2 Games For M.C.F.A. XI
    81 18 SINGAPORE, Apr. 16. THE Malayan Chinese Football Association team are planning two games before they leave this month for the China national games. A proposal has been made to the Singapore Amateur Football Association for two matches, the first against the Singapore Civilians and the
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    Easy Win For Johore C.C.
    191 18 Johore Bahru, Apr. 18. DECLARING when they had scored 193 for five wickets, the Johore C. C. defeated HQ Singapore District by 115 runs today on the Trade School ground. Barthelot, the Johore skipper. played a fine Innings of 63 no* out. The visitors found
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    Recognition Of MCFA Refused
    486 18 SINGAPORE, Apr. 17. ‘THE Singapore Amateur Football Association last x night refused to recognise the status of the Malayan Chinese Football Association at a council meeting of the S.A F.A. held at the S.R.C. The decision followed the receipt of two letters by the S.A.F.A. from
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    Sumatra Team To Play Here
    140 18 SINGAPORE, Apr. 16. rE Sumatra East Coast Football Association team, which include several Dutch international players, will be playing against local sides in Singapore next month. This wa3 announced at a meeting of the Chinese Football Association Council held at the Bendemeer Athletic Club last
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    Raffles College Beat SCC
    412 18 SINGAPORE, Apr. 19. EFFECTIVE bowling by Schubert and Kailasapathy was mainly responsible for the Raffles College securing a creditable victory over the Singapore Cricket Club in a low-scoring match played yesterday. They bowled unchanged In both the Club’s innings and finished with 11 wickets for 50
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    AIRMAN HITS CENTURY
    98 18 I EADINQ, Aircraftman Bird scored a brilliant century for tlhe R.A.F. Seletar in their cricket match against toe Singapore Clarke Rangers on Apr. 18. He hit four 6's and 14 fours in an innings which lasted an hour. The Clarke Rangers were all out for 79 (F/Lt
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    PLANTERS WIN IN KAJANG
    54 18 KAJANG, Apr. 19.—1 n a cricket match played at Kaiang on Saturday a visiting 46 runs. Batting first, Mortimer’s team scored 166 for four wickets before declaring their innings closed. Top-scorers were Beauty (47), Puckride (34), Ransome (25) and Hunter (25). The School replied with 120
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    S.R.C. LOSE TO SEMBAWANG
    40 18 SINGAPORE. Apr. 18. THE R.A.F. Sembawang beat the Singapore Recreation Club by 41 runs In a cricket match played at Sembawang The R.A.F. scored 184 (Robinson not out 85), to which tihe Rees replied with 143.
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    $1,000 DONATIONS TO S.O.S.C. FUND
    47 18 SINGAPORE, Apr. 21. Two cheques for $l,OOl and $l,OOO from Messrs. Gian Singh and Co., Sdngapore. and Dr. C. J. Paglar, respectively, have been sent to the Singapore Olympic andSports Council for funds In connection with Malaya’s participation In the Olympic Oames.
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