The Straits Budget, 24 June 1948

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    6 1 THE STRAITS BUDGET lun e 24,
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  • STRAITS TIMES POST-BAG
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      Excess Profits —A Parallel
      653 1 THE recent campaign against excess profits that all merchants are supposed to conduct, and which the Colonial Secretary is leading, shows once more how little our present-day leaders know about “business” in Singapore. I am, like thousands of others, a small businessman. I was on my
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      THE MDU AND THE POLICE
      95 1 IT staggers me when I hear of a so-called law-abiding union deploring the fact tha* owing to banditry, ar&on and murder that is now running rife in this country, the hard worked police have been given greater powers. While I do not say they are
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      BORNEO: For Happy Holidays
      164 1 ON a recent visit to Sarawak and North Borneo, I was greatly impressed by the friendliness, and the different attitude of the people of all races towards a newcomer to their country. Kuching is, from my point of view, a town that has not been affected
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      A MEMORY OF SENAI
      110 1 ON holiday at Senai a few months ago I was caught by rain at the top of the hill leading duwn to the village. Two Chinese youths, pushing their cycles up the hill from the Scudai side, stopped and pointed to the oversize carriers over their
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      Malayan Tin And Marshall Aid For Britain
      467 1 I have read with alarm the speech delivered by Mr. E. M. F. Fergussou, chairman of the Straits Trading Company, the other day. Mr. Fergussou declared that recently certain persons were quoted as having said in Washington in evidence before a Senate Committee
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      Violence: A Planter Replies To Sir Edward Gent
      436 1 ON June 13, the High Commissioner of the Federation of Malaya, at a press conference called upon us to “keep cur heads” and to “keep a sense of proportion.” He then went on t© suggest that by not doing so “an impression
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      MUBARAK GOT A CARD
      233 1 YOU express a pious (and very reasonable) hope in your leader ol June 17, entitled “GOVERN. OR GET OUT.” that for going after a gang of murderers, Corporal Abdul Halim should get the King’s Police medal. But will he. in view of what Inspector Mubarak Ahmad
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  • The Straits Budget
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      GOVERN OR GET OUT
      1082 2 —Straits Times, June 17. L rr „r ..».<) anger surged Malaya from one end ■X I'uunlry to the other 1. ~d v utter hearing the W that three European K r e Vt! been murdered RU Sunp’ Siput district in I rlaV Only nine days ago
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      GOVERNMENT RICE
      1104 2 —Straits Times, June 18 Many and loud have been the complaints in Singapore since the war about the poor grades of rice received in the Government ration. Sometimes it has been a case of the Government ration going into the black market through the back door, while the
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      THE P.M.F.T.U.
      1099 2 —Srraits Times. June 19. week has seen the removal from Kuala Lumpur to Singapore of the headquarters officials of the PanMalayan Federation of Trade Unions, in consequence of the action of the Federation Government in declaring the P.M.F.T.U. and all its State and Settlement organisations illegal. It appears
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      QUEEN STREET REVIEW
      1064 3 —Straits Times. June 21. Last week we received the June number of the M.C.P. Review, a monthly journal published in English by the Malayan Communist Party at its office at 218 Queen Street, Singapore. It may surprise our readers to learn that anything so normal and conventional
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      COMMUNIST CADRES
      1082 3 —Straits Times. June 22. Today we return in these columns to the M.C.P. Review, a monthly journal published in English by the Malayan Communist Party at its offices in Singapore. As stated at the end of our leading article yesterday, there is in this review an article which
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      INTERPRETING TERRORISM
      1707 4 —Straits Times. June 23. What is the true explanation of the sudden outbreak of industrial and political terrorism n Malaya The commonly expressed view is that Russia is carrying out sabotage in the richest country of the British colonial empire, using as her instrument the Malayan Communist Party.
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  • PERSONAL
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      BIRTHS
      165 4 NIQHTINGALE.—On June 22nd to Jean, wife of H. W. NightlngaK a son. TO JEAN, wife of W. M. MacLeod, on May 28th. in Olasgow. a son. lan Graham. BANFIELD—To Margaret nee Patrick, wife of Arthur G. Banfield. at Dulwich Hospital, sth June, a son. Robert Howard. Both doing well.
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      ENGAGEMENT:
      31 4 CLARKE FULLER Lorraine, only child ol Mrs. A. L Fuller of Sydney to Ivo John, eldest son of the late Ivo Clarke and Mr 3. S. J. Coggins of Sydney.
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
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      41 4 Quarterly Half-Yearly Yearly (ALL THE STRAITS BUDGET. SUBSCRIPTION RATES (PAYABLE IN ADVANCE! Sin** pom Town Area No PoM«<e 5.20 10.40 20.80 Malaya (Including Footage) 5.60 11.20 22.40 Br. Empire A Foreign (Including postage) 6.00 12.00 24.00 ABOVE ARE IN STRAITS CURRENCY.)
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  • Obituary
    Untitled
    17 4 DEATH SOYZA—At No. 8, Hicks Road. Kuala Lumpur, on 15th June 1948. W. P. Soyza, aged 82.
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    MOUSEDEER IN THE DUSUN
    1920 5  -  A Malayan Countryman's Diary ,K. IT appears that mousedeer are feeding on the leaves of our newly-planted tapioca. This is rather jolly. Neither in the Enactment of the Federation nor in that of Johore do I find any reference to the Larger Mousedeer (the Malay Napu)
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    S’PORE BUILDS NEW HOUSES
    389 6 S’ PORE BUILDS NEW HOUSES B SINGAPORE, June 20. BrIVATE enterprise, in spite of the continued B 1 prices of building materials, is getting B n t 0 the job of building much-needed new K u <es both in the City and in the Rural Board Brea, but high costs
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    M.N.P. On Unrest In Malaya
    370 6 I ctnchPORE. June 21. Malay Nationalist p r! y yesterday issued a Kit rmint on the present unKst in Malaya. It said: K"Tnt* crucial situation in Blahy* can never be settled K. ,ach steps as banning the Kn-Malayan Federation of Bvade Unions and by extendKg
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    3 FEDERATION POLIO DEATHS
    78 6 4L Jl V. CIXTfpv' p MPUR, June 19. 9 niir.hvlj as s of infantile d'athv di' with. three HWtj.i-V n *Ported in the b? hilV' ,he week endvin r a ai nst s °ven for r 'tW(,nn» oro in Selan1(( l 1,1 10 cases) and *sp.s
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    Chandu Haul Near Kedah-Siam Border
    78 6 From Our Staff Correspondent SUNGEI PATANI, June 18. KEDAH Customs officers yesterday stopped a car near the Keciah-Siamese frontier, seized about 1.200 tubes of chaudu and arrested a man. The car was proceding towards Alor Star wh n it was halted at the 13th Mile.
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    Sentenced To Die For Having Arms
    226 6 From Our Staff Correspondent IPOH, June 17. YOXG KUM KENG, aged 24, was sentenced to death by Mr. Justice Paul Storr in the High Court here yesterday when he was re-tried, under the old Mountbaitten Proclamation, for carrying arms. In January Yong pleaded guilty
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    14 HELD IN PERAK MURDER AREA
    155 6 From Our Staff Correspondent IPOH, June 20. FOURTEEN people—in* eluding two womeiiwere detained for questioning when a police and Gurkha patrol made a raid before dawn today on squatters living behind the Sungei Siput estate wheie Mr. Allison and Mr. Chris. tian were killed
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    Austers Up In Hunt For Hide-Outs
    911 6 f rom A Special Staff Correspondent IPOH, June 20. IE Communist murder gangs have won the opening rounds in the Perak battle which has now become a nerve-war. European estate life and production has been disorganised. Some planters have written out their resignations. One
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    GANGSTERS FOILED
    81 6 SINGAPORE. June 19. Two Europeans have escaped from arm d gangsters in Johore and in the Sungei Siput area. Mr. J. Budge, European as sistant of Payalang Estate at Batu Anam. south of Sega mat, wits shot at while motor cycling. A bullet narrowly missed him. At the
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    Communists ‘Get Aid’
    73 6 SINGAPORE, June 21 Communists in the South Seas regions, including Malaya, were receiving financial support from the Soviet Government. said Mr. Tan Kok C’lior, member of the ('Vines** Government. >aid in Singapore yesterday Money and goods, h#» said, were shipped from a North China port to Hong
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    MPAJA sounds ‘call to arms’
    463 7 MPAJA sounds call to arms’ SINGAPORE, June 20. EADERS of the former Malayan Peoples’ Anti-Japanese Army have gone underground in Johore and have issued a call to e\-members to rejoin on “an active basis”. Police say the ex-guerilla chiefs have taken to the hills. The “call to arms” is a
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    Acting Members
    50 7 The Secretary for Economic Affairs Mr. A. Gllmour has been appointed to act as a member of the Singapore Harbour Board in place o; the Colonial Secretary Mr. P. A. B. McKerron. Mr. R. F. W Leonard will act during the absence on leave of Mr. A. McLellan.
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    Ban On Fireworks
    135 7 From Our Staff Correspondent SEREMBAN, Juno 20. A REWARD of $5,000 is offered by the Negri Sembilan police for information leading to the arresit and conviction ol men responsible for the shooting of a Chinese detective in Bahau on Friday night. The curfew placed on Bahau is
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    Control In Jap-Malaya Trade
    110 7 1 From Our Staff Correspondent Kuala Lumpur, June 20. ALTHOUGH trade between Malaya and I Japan is now on the basis lof convertible sterling as against sterling, the Federation Government is continuing to exercise hard currency control on dealings between the two countries. A Government spokesman
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    ACTING SECRETARY
    41 7 MR. H. W. Nightingale has been appointed to act as Secretary for Economic Affairs, Singapore in place of Mr. A. Gilmour, w-ho is deputising for the Colonial Secretary. Mr. P.A.B. McKerron, during the latter’s absence in the United Kingdom.
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    Singapore Crime On The Decrease
    192 7 SINGAPORE. June 19. WITH the exception of the four murders in May, against one in April. Singapore crime figures for last month show an all-round decrease compared* with April. Of the four murdeis, three were connected with disagreements between secret: societies. There were seven attempt-!
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    GOVERNOR AT BOYS’ HOME SPORTS
    184 7 SINGAPORE. June 20. DOYS of the Bukit Timah D Home run by the Singapore Social Welfare Department celebrated the first anniversary of the opening of the Home with a sports programme yesterday evening. The Governor of Singapore, Sir Franklin Gimson, Lady Gimson. members of the
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    Johore planters may leave estates
    184 7 JOnORE BAHRU, June 19. PLANTERS in one district of Southern Johore may leave their estates unless military protection is given to them, a leading planter in the area told the Sunday Times yesterday. “We had made plans for planters in my di9 4 r:?t to
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    RESERVISTS TO BE RECALLED
    158 7 SINGAPORE, Jum. k MALAY Regiment reservists are beiiJ, 'u the colours in all states to assist ih,. I'M and regular troops in their battle against. I rorists. 1 Iter A senior police officer in Perak, where of the reservists will be used, said this m „vlt
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    Miss Eileen Joyce In Singapore
    141 7 SINGAPORE, June H Tasmania bom, Eileen Joyce, thfl celebrated pianist. arrvrcM in Singapore yc<orda\ ofl her way from Australia Fngland. “I would have to given a concert in Singaporp® Suit unfortunately it has r.oH been possible." she said fl Miss Joyce has spent tftnfl months'
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    INQUIRY INTO ESTATE BATTLE
    57 7 KUALA LUMPUR. June 1 The Sultan of Johore (Mv Gen. H.H. Sir Ibrahim > nj appoints! Mr. T. R to conduct a full enquiry in the circumstances of w affray on Kang Swee Johore. on June 1. Eight people diea as the r suit of a
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    Bridge Closed After Pontoon Sinks
    93 7 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. J“"y'L* THE Permatanf; Pauh pontoon bridge m Weffcsley, was closed to all trafffc iu^ f 11 after one of the wooden pontoons sanfc today The Public Works Department states that traffic should travel by the chain ferry at Bagart
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    OLD RELIABLE
    50 7 °0 SINGAPORE Jnne Police investißah ts the two arrests ma<i o[ Kla bang. 16 miles rta isiit (Selangor), a f r tta dte when a Chinese san» nliina p a Chinese sav n>' llie pistf revealed that u i«d recovered haa r( i e rs four previous nu
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    Three Europeans killed: Gurkhas Rushed To Scene
    1147 8 I SINGAPORE, June 17. were live estate murders in Malaya yesterday. Three Euro- pean planters were brutally murdered by Chinese gangsters on two I tts in the Sungei Siput district,near Ipoh; on the Senai Estate, near I t |{ahru, a member of the
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    MRS. MacDONALD BACK IN COLONY
    296 8 SINGAPORE, June 17. MRS. Malcolm MacDonald, wife of the Commissioner General, arrived in Singapore yesterday on boa r d the Willem Ruys after a six-montih holiday in Canada. She was accompanied by her two children, Jane and 1 Bill Rowley, and their nurse, 1 Miss
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    STU Welcomes New Bill
    158 8 SINGAPORE. June 17. the new Education Bill, which had its second reading in the Singapore Legislative Council on Tuesday, the Singapore Teachers’ Union says that when the Bill becomes law the educational policy and development in the Colony will be shaped by the people. The Bill
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    Police Corporal Gaoled
    117 8 SINGAPORE, June 17. SINGAPORE Police Force Corporal, with 10 years’ service, was sentenced to 10 weeks’ rigorous imprisonment in the Second Police Couii, Singapore yesterday. The Magistrate <Mr. L. C Goh> found him guilty of accepting a bribe of $lO from Tan Tin Cheong. a lorry driver
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    HELD FORGED CERTIFICATE
    120 8 SINGAPORE. June 17. Mr E. P Shanks, the First District Judge. Singapore, yesterday sentenced an 18-year old Chinees to 12 months’ ri gorous imprisonment for be ing in possession of a forged certificate of admission. Mr. A H. Frew, who prosecuted. said that the accused, who arrived
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    Dentists Want Too Much
    301 9 SINGAPORE, June 13. THE Government has turned down the offer of the Singapore Branch of the Malayan Dental Association to assist, in running a school dental clinic because it would cost about $4,000 more to pay for the “expenses” of such assistance than if ih<> Government
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    ARMS DUMP NEAR K.L.
    42 9 KUALA LUMPUR, June 16. rne Kuala Lumpur C.I.D. last, night found 20 hand grenades and 1,500 rounds of rifle ammunition in an isolated hut lr 1 the hills at Serdang, a village about 10 miles from Kuala Lumpur.
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    DECREE NISI
    42 9 SINGAPORE, June 18. r T n° hlef Ju stlce (Mr Justice Murray Aynsley) in the Singapore Supreme Court yesterday grunted a decree Vm l Mr Eclm und Gray Wheatley, surveyor, of Singaon the ground of the h S Wlt Gladys
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    Planters Call On Govt To Act
    426 9 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LI)MPUR, June 17. PLANTERS, disclosing the receipt of more “death notices,” have called on the High Commissioner for action against instigatois of violence. Their views on lawlessness were placed belore Sn Kdward Gent by a deputation from the Incorporated
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    Drastic Powers Now In Force
    163 9 SINGAPORE, June 17. EMERGENCY powers have been declared in force by the High Commissioner in the Ipoh and Sungci Siput police districts in Perak, in the Kluang and Muar police circles of Johore, as well as at Kulai and Plentong in Johore. These essential emergency
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    ACTION IN OTHER AREAS URGED
    74 9 The chief police officer of Perak (Mr. J. N. M. A. Nicholls) told the Straits Times that application has been made for emergency regulations to apply to other areas in Perak besides Sungei Siput. Mr. G. Child has been appointed a member of the Board
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    Need For Colony Borstal
    215 9 Singapore, June 24, 1948. THE necessity of establishing a Borstal Institution in Singapore for the attention and training of offenders between the .ages of 17 to 21 years was brought up for the tirst time at a meeting of the Prison Inquiry Commission yesterday. To assist
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    Planters Get Escorts
    157 9 Fr, m Our SpM iai orrespnndrnt IPOH, Z„ r IN preparation f or Commu'iiist' pany arm" "units, which been identified as rp sible for yesterday's 'C ders m Perak," >pc police reinforcements a,, now stationed at stratiS towns throughout -l State. Tone li T >i haVe amed
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    Colony May Get Better Rice
    179 9 SINGAPORE. June 17 OEFERRING to a report that Government rice retailers might go out of business it the quality of ration rice was not improved, an official of the Secretariat for Economic Affairs told the Straits Times that Singapore was cling its best to ootain
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    BEATEN UP
    40 9 SINGAPORE, June 18. An Indian conductor on the Bukit Badak Estate, Layang Layang was stopped bv five armed Chinese early yesterday. They questioned him unsuccessfully about the assistant manager’s whereabouts, beat him up and rode off on bicycles.
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    FIVE YEARS FOR HAVING PISTOL
    61 9 SINGAPORE, June 17. A Malay youth of 18, Mohamed Yusof bin Mahmood who had been employed as a coolie with the military at Kranji. was sentenced to five years’ rigorous imprisonment in the Singapore Assize Court yesterday for unlawful possession of a .38 revolver and
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    SHOT MAN DIES
    129 9 SINGAPORE. June 18 THE 37 year-old Chinese seaman. Ng Ah Keng. who was shot in the stomach ana arm while having drink at a roadside coffee staii in Blanco Court on Wednesday night, died at the General Hospital at 7.20 pm. last night, r r> Ng is
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    MANY AFTER ONE JOB
    92 9 SINGAPORE. June■ lB Many candidates ha plied for the $6OO p« r m r post of petrol ratiomng in Singapore. The P u open to all races. The present officer. 1 on G. Staunton k 7,; .return home leave and on nn (ftc will resume woik
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    Djambi closure: Traders protest
    286 10 SINGAPORE, June 18. vcr seas Chinese Importers and Exiorters Association yesterday asked the „!L, IC Government to make representations 'y U (ch authorities to re-open the port of l,l)i as soon as possible. Association has asked the Chinese Consul- j the Chinese Chamber of Commerce, and
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    “STRUCK HIS EMPLOYER”
    97 10 SINGAPORE. June 17. h A man who knocked down if em Ployer by banging on ‘4 head with his handcuffed buund over in the ‘H d p °lice Court, yesterday. man Lee Poh Seng, was ?L 1 g o? f Pslde T h[s employer Swee Hiang) in
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    ARRESTS IN JOHORE
    81 10 ur w n Correspondent v H a 0re BAHRU. June 17. A 0 n T o HER three Chinese, “d lit a 4!° man< were arrestC v a L ayang La*:‘h tb ag0 in connection ‘.or Mr n urcler of a contracEstatJ iri al Pf)l Ulu Remis
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    PLAN FOR NEW BABY HOSPITAL
    122 10 From Our Staff Correspondent Kuala Lumpur, June 17. 1 ’ANGLIN hospital may become a maternity and infant hospital if recommendations by a Municipal Commissioner (Dr. A. E. Duraisamy) in a memorandum are approved bv the Government. The Municipal Commissioners. who recently discussed the memorandum, have
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    NEW JUDGE WELCOMED
    94 10 SINGAPORE. June 18. Mr. Justice F. Gordon Smith, the new Singapore Supreme Court judge, was officially welcomed at a ceremony in the Appeal Court yesterday. On the Bench w;re the Chief Justice (Mr. Justice Murray Aynsley) Mr. Justice T. A Brown. Mr. Justice Thorogo»-d and Mr. Justice
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    Rush Trip To Britain
    207 10 SINGAPORE. June 17. f PHE Colonial Secretary (Mr. A P. A. B. McKerron) will leave by plane today for Britain following urgent news of the deterioration in his wife’s healtn. Mrs. McKerron left Singapore for specialist treatment in Britain some weeks ago. During Mr. McKerron’s absence
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    2 COMMISSIONERS
    26 10 Two new Singapore Municipal Commissioners have been appointed by the Governor (Sir Franklin Gimson). They are Mr. Duncan Robertson and Mr. Sandy G. Pillay.
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    20-Year Colony Plan To Clear Slums
    239 10 SINGAPORE, June 17. rIE Colonial Secretary (Mr. P.A.B. McKerron) said on Tuesday that the Singapore Government had mapped out a definite programme of slum clearance and new housing spread over the next 20 years. For the immediate three years from 1948. plans had been
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    Record Sales, Little Profit
    212 10 From Our Staff Correspondent Kuala Lumpur, June 17. ALTHOUGH the Malacca Rubber Plantations had more rubber to sell in 1947 than in any previous year of the company’s history, there was only a small margin of profit over the high cost of production. This was despite
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    UNION FLAGS flew in Sarawak as the Governor presented medals and awards at the King’s Birthday parade. Letters of appointment and Union Flags were also handed to Kuching Malay headmen. Detachments of the constabulary, boy scouts and girls guides then marched past the saluting base, when the salute was taken by the Governor.
    53 10 UNION FLAGS flew in Sarawak as the Governor presented medals and awards at the King’s Birthday parade. Letters of appointment and Union Flags were also handed to Kuching Malay headmen. Detachments of the constabulary, boy scouts and girls guides then marched past the saluting base, when the salute was taken
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    Ten Reds Slay Kuomintang Man
    283 10 From Our Special Correspondent SENAI, June 16. ANOTHER Kuomintang member’was murdered by Chinese Communist terrorists at a Johore estate this morning. Ten men with tommy-guns, sten guns and revolvers were waiting for their victim, a kepala. on a lonely road on Senai Estate. 15 miles
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    MAN, WIFE MUST KEEP THE PEACE
    68 10 Penang, June 16: The District Judge (Mr. M. R. Fletcher Rogers) today ordered a Malay couple to sign a bond to keep the peace for six months. The wife, 35-ycar-old Warteh binte Din, was charged with voluntarily causing hurt to her husband. Warteh said
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    STATE RELIGION
    26 10 From Our Own Correspondent SEREMBAN. June 17. Negri Sembilan State Council have approved Raja Nordln’i proposal for the creation of a Mohamedan religious department.
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    Reds Open Offensive Against Malaya
    966 11 From A Special Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, June IS. MALAYA’S Communists have declared war against British rule m the A* Federation. This is the simple explanation ot the murders and attempted murders of the last month. And, in the opinion of hijjfh Government officials and
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    Hot Exchanges In Colony Council
    248 11 SINGAPORE. June 17. HOT exchanges between two Indian Unofficials in the Singapore Legislative Council on Tuesday were arrested by the interruption of-a Chinese Unofficial citing the Standing Orders which governed procedure in Council. Tlu* Governor (Sir Franklin Gimson) hastily lose to support the Chinese Unofficial,
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    GOOD WISHES TO CHIEF JUSTICE
    65 11 SINGAPORE. June 18. Members of the Singapore Bench and Bar last night at Rattles Hotel held their first dinner since the re-occupa-tion. Best wishes were expressed to the Chief Justice of Singapore, Mr. Justice MurrayAynsley, who is shortly going on leave, and at the same
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    Post For Local Man
    130 11 A LOCAL candidate. Mr. G. A. T ssensohn, has been appointed Assistant Administrative officer, a superscale post, in the Department of Civil Aviation. Mr. Tessensohn Is the president of the Government Clerical Services Union, and serves on the committees of the Singapore Recreation Club and the
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    WELFARE AID TO 2,217 FAMILIES
    264 11 SINGAPORE, June 17. ASL’M ol‘ $20,417 was spent on relief to 2,217 families In -the Singapore Social Welfare Deport- merit last month. An additional sum of $671 was paid out as pocket money to the residents of York Hill and Bushey Park homes. Out of
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    TWO ON ARMS CHARGES
    84 11 SINGAPORE. June 18. Charged with possession of a revolver in Upper Weld Road, on May 12. a 40-year-old Chinese. Ong Ok, of Fraser Street, was in Singapore yesterday committed to stand trial at the next Assizes. Edward de Souza, a 52-year-old Eurasian, of Pasir Panjang Road,
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    C.I.D. Close Malaya Communist Paper
    106 11 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA Ll MFI tf THE offices of the Min Sheng Pan daily It> I Malayan Communist Party published ,,f the pur. have been sealed by the police llalu t urn Special officers of the C.l.I), raided the nr. before midnight last
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    ARMED GANG RAID VILLAGE
    265 11 From Our Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, June If A DRAMATIC story' of an armed gang’s raid a village in Johore was given to the Straits Ti mes I last night. The Chief of the John*. I P °/i C r Ir 1 D MacDonaw! I said
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    14 HUTS MUST COME DOWN
    127 11 SINGAPORE Jim;-, h'The military authoring-‘I Singapore want the i l Board to demolish 14 near the Ceylonr>« I Camp at Woodlands the huts are b< li immoral purposes mm opium dens. Mr. M. D. Bascran. P* cuting in a Rural Beaie mons case, said tin*
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    FLOODS SUBSIDE
    31 11 KUALA LUMPUR, p u blu The Department 1 fl( .r Works state that d Lubok China bew v r and Port Dickson subsided and t h open to traffic.
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    Urged To Clear Cargoes
    162 12 I SINGAPORE, June 19. I THE Harbour Board |1 authorities have made [an appeal to all importers I in Singapore to do everyI thing possible to clear [cargoes quickly in order to prevent port efficiency I from dropping to the evels of 1946 and early 1947.
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    SPECIAL CONSTABLES
    119 12 SINGAPORE June 19. Special constabularies of a !T e mine managers art' already being in Perak. p ae Police Officer of erak <Mr. J.N.M.A. Nicholls) •wL au horised officers ».n J.l: Clr -les and districts to ‘'V* ln s 'Pecial constables. t n >5 the B.M.A. Proclamatior V
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    $5,000 REWARD
    69 12 IPo[! Ur xt afT Correspondent offcroa siZ* 18 po e informal,*:' 000 r ward for of tho thr 11 larding each for th<. I ep en responsible contractor^? 8 of a Chlnese Taipin?, hen 8 Choy, at Mr"' 11 Wednesday. u arl| cr r >n, r» ng con
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    BBC TO HAVE $6 MILLION RADIO HERE
    290 12 SINGAPORE, June 20. It K K is shortly to begin in Johore on the W erection of four giant radio transmitters ■or the British Broadcasting Corporation. There E to he battery of four 100-k.w. transmitters, Khich will make the new station the most
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    If you know Russian...
    72 12 SINGAPORE, June 20. CEVERAL Russian films, in the vernacular, will be shown in Singapore in the next few months following the nine-day visit to Singapore of a Russian trade representative of the U.S.S.R. Ministry of Cinematography. The representative, Mr. Nikolai Lytkin, returned to Bangkok by air
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    Inquiry Into ‘Tea-Money’
    194 12 Inquiry Into Tea-Money’ SINGAPORE. June 19. SINGAPORE’S Municipal Assessor’s Department is now asking tenants in <the Colony whether they paid “tea-money” for their leases or received “teamoney” for sub-leases. The question has been added to the normal, routine form sent, out annually to house occupiers bv the department. It asks
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    BAHAU CURFEW AFTER SHOOTING
    120 12 SEREMBAN, June 19. A CURFEW has been proclaimed in Bahau, about 40 miles from Seremban, after four Chinese gunmen had fired on and injured a Chinese. One gangster was killed. Bahau is the first town in the Federation to be placed under curfew under the Emergency
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    Better quality rice for S’pore
    429 12 ii u SINGAPORE, June 19. iir.Kh N \vill be a general improvement in the quality of Government ration rice in Singapore in the near future. The Government intends t 0 stop the issue of pulot and very small broken rice. The Food Controller (Mr. S.
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    Singapore’s jumping passengers
    182 12 SINGAPORE June 20. JHREE people died this month after falling off moving public transport vehicles, either while mounting or jumping off. Many more have been hurt, ranging from minor injuries to permanent disfigurement and j more serious injuries. Mr. C. J. R. Bembroke, Singapore’s Traffic Police chief,
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    Docks Peace Plan
    165 12 SINGAPORE, June 18. THE legal representative of Singapore Dockyard contractors (Mr. C. H Koh), in a letter to the Singapore Mechanics and Engineering W o r k e r s’ Union yesterday, suggested a conference between contractors and workers in the current dockyards wage dispute. Six hundred
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    Vagrant Is Gunman
    192 12 SINGAPORE. June 19. IN the Singapore Assize Court yest rday Mr. Justice Thorogood told a young man. found guilty of carrying arms, it was passible he would not have been in trouble had he not been sent to jail in 1946. The man concerned, Lim Kim Lee.
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    BANNED FILM TOO ‘RED’
    180 13 SINGAPORE, June 21. THE Russian newsreel showing the May Day celebrations in Moscow has been banned from exhibition in Singapore because the Mandarin commentary to the film “overstepped the mark/’ The Pan-Malayan Film Censor, (Mr. Jack Evans) told the Straits Times yesterday that the film dwelt
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    MRS. McKERRON
    39 13 A.P. LONDON. June 20. Mrs. P. A. B. McKerron. wife 01 the Colonial Secretary. Singapore who underwent an operation at Hendon Cottage Hospital yesterday, regained consciousness later Her condition is reported “satisfactory—as well as can be expected.”-
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    Clerks “Left In Lurch”
    259 13 From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, June 20. BITTER disappointment and frustration” over the recommendations of the Special Salaries Committee was expressed by the Penang and Province Wellesley Clerical Services in a memorandum sent yesterday to Government. The memorandum stated that the failure of the committee to
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    HER TENANTS ANNOYED
    71 13 INg APORE Jun** 19. COR annoying her tenants, Mrs. L. E. Campbell, landlady of 48 Upper Serangoon Road was yesterday bound over in the Sixth Police Court Singapore. Mrs Campbell and her adopted son Robert Lim were of m Mri nt M on ,h< com Plalnt Joyce
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    NO SWEATING IN THIS OFFICE
    206 13 Br.no SINGAPORE, June 20. P ers P**»tion, sticky hands and damp a >rV n re^ kn °r m 'T e Sin a P« r e office where a stair of 150 daily go to work—and enjov it This i* After haS instal,ed *Tuch as U
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    CAR THIEVES SLOW DOWN
    272 13 SINGAPORE. June 20. A CLOSE check on suspected car thieves and receivers ha* helped to cut down considerably the number of cars stolen in Singapore since the beginning of this year. Fewer motor-cycles and trishas have also been stolen, but bicycle thefts have shot up compared
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    $160 million in currency call-in
    205 13 $160 million i n currency call-i n SINGAPORE, Juni* •>„ THR0U(JHOU T Malaya, aboJ S dollars in old currency notes hm*™! 1 received by the Treasury in exchann* fn, ones since the liberation of Mala\a r n( them dating back to the first note issue inTJ Witli the official announcement
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    194 DEATHS IN SINGAPORE
    96 13 •SINGAPORE. June 20. THERE were 22 more death.' in Singapore during the week ending June 12 than in the previous week, according to a statement issued by the Municipality. For the seven days ending June 12. 194 people died in Singapore. including 159 Chinese and 23
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    LALLANG FIRES
    62 13 SINGAPORE. June 21. There were two lallang fire* in Singapore yesterday, in first occurred in the Mandi area and was put out b. Amy Fire Service before t Municipal Fire Brigade ar rived on the scene. The second fire occurred -g Tanah Merah Besar Changi airstrip. B was
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    PLAN FOR A NEW COLLEGE
    192 13 From Our Staff Correspondent Kuala Lumpur, June 20. Proposals for a new Technical College have been completed and are now before the Government. The Dn-cctor .of Education •Mr. H. R. Cheeseman) announced this last night when h :l at the first dinner 01 the Pan-Malayan
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    Squatters Warned: ‘Drastic Action’
    117 13 SEREMBAN. June ">• A WARNING of draslic government action illegal occupiers of Slate land who );|tri violating the law was given by (he Mentri B |> ,r Abdul Malek bin Yusof) yesterday. it esterday. 0 He said that 111 wa tion heavy lines. Mil 1 -‘|j
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    JAP DOCTOR HELD IN C.I.D. SWOOP
    168 14 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, June 20 llPANESE ex-Army doctor, his Chinese wife, and live ('hint**** three of them alleged to be memjiof strong arm squads of a powerful secret society J ere rounded up early this morning by the anCor U.I.D. in
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    INQUIRY INTO KIDNAPPING
    94 14 HmOnr s hi Correspondent Bo.HOKE BAHRU June 21.1 K..n Meng. son of a j H-known contractor of H was liberated by H police after being in the Hd' oi kidnappers for se- H- days, today narrated in Hn :h' >'Vents connected i H his kidnapping. Hii Sow
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    ASSISTANTS PROTEST
    79 14 Stan ('<im>spoiu|«*nt fu AU LUMPUR, June 20. cb-w-V*? 1 Pan ‘Malayan i two-day in Kuala Lumpur k Vp C ,V toda y decided to in e and SinS'th' V T n? mt ntS n °t tO itt-L Jt,int Select Comini' c p01t salaries “in Th f 'Suitable form.'*
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    C-IN-C’S ARRIVAL
    132 14 SINGAPORE, June 22. rHE Commander-in-Chief, British Pacific Fleet, Admiral Sir Denis Boyd will arrive in Singapore on July 1 to set up his shore HQ and HQ staff in the city. On iiis arrival at Clifford Pier he will be met by a guard of honour from the
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    From an estate bungalow
    186 14 RURAL Malays are always so busy that it is all the more pleasurable to see large numbers of them gathered together on pleasure bent, as I did on the occasion of some school sports recently. It was a terribly hot afternoon. but that did not damp
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    Until recently, one of the largest signboards in the country announced in Kuala Lumpur the site of The Malayan Communist Party’s Selangor office. The headquarters took up most of one floor of a large building. The party have had to give up their premises to the owner and today the signboard of the office cannot be seen in Kuala Lumpur. Picture shows the former office.
    65 14 Until recently, one of the largest signboards in the country announced in Kuala Lumpur the site of The Malayan Communist Party’s Selangor office. The headquarters took up most of one floor of a large building. The party have had to give up their premises to the owner and today the
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    Federation frees rice from July 1
    154 14 KUALA LUMPUR. June 1!). movement of rice will be allowed inside the Federation from July 1, it was officially announced today. The present restrictions on the sale of rice will be removed, except in the case of rice supplied by the Government for issue
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    FAX PROTEST
    71 14 PENANG. June 20.—Opposisition to the proposed bicycle tax was voiced by a deputation of clerical representatives at a recent meeting with the Municipal President (Mr. W. C. Taylor) and four other commissioners. It is .understood a full and frank exchange of views took place after which the leader
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    “Russia Anxious To Secure Siam’s Tin”
    143 14 SINGAPORE, June 22. WITH the lifting of the Siamese ban oh tin exports, Russia will now try to buy from Siam the tin she could not obtain from Malaya. A leading Penang miner, with extensive interests in Siam, expressed this view to the Straits
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    WILL HELP MORALE
    206 14 Kuala Lumpur, June 21. O&aCKIbIJNG to-day's police action as “encouraging,” an authoritative spokesman of tho rubber industry told the Straits Times that more action of this sort would bo a considerable stimulus to planters’ morale. He hoped that the extended powers given to the police were being
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    NO TEXTILE PERMITS
    109 14 SINGAPORE, June 22. Granting of permits for* the import of textiles from “hard currency” sources has been suspended in Singapore since last, Friday. The suspension is necessary pending working out of a (junta basis which will in elude import of textiles from Janan. The Registrar ol Imports
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    Building Schemes
    217 15 SINGAPORE, June 23. SINGAPORE Improvement Trust plans ior better housing and amenity in the city are outlined in a book, the first such official account published, covering the 20 years to 1947. Some development schemes recorded were prepared in plan form last year On some of these work
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    TRADE QUERY
    93 15 SINGAPOE. June 23. AT the request of the Motor Traders' Association, the Singapore Chamber of Commerce has made representations to the Government on the latter’s import policy. A letter from the Chamber is understood to have expressed concern over apparently arbitrary Governmental decision on important trade questions. Motor
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    TRUST FUND ‘INADEQUATE’
    367 15 TRUST FUND INADEQUATE SINGAPORE, June 22. THE funds available to the Singapore Improvc- ment Trust are inadequate to permit of further housing on a large scale. This is stated in a review of the work of the Trust from 1927 to 1947, which has been compiled by the Manager, Mr.
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    PAKISTAN ASKS FOR AIR LINK
    122 15 SINGAPORE. June 22. NO licences have been issued to Pakistan air companies for a KarachiSingapoite service, a Singapore Government official told’ the Straii? Times yes/terdliy.. He was commenting or a Pakistan Government announcement on Saturday that such a service wrsufid be Parted. ‘An appliiyxtlo'Q naj
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    Revolver Discovered During Police Raid
    166 15 SINGAPORE, June 22. THREE Chinese were charged in the Seventh Police Court yesterday wifth unlawful possession of a .32 revolver. They were Ng Ah Bee. aged 25, Goh Chin Neo, aged 20, and Ong Kim Seng, aged 20. Ng Ah Bee and Ong Kim Seng
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    Colony Relief Ship Going To Sumatra
    137 15 SINGAFGRK, June 22. SINGAPORE Chinese have beea given permission by the Dutch Consulate here ta send a relief shin to Kuala Toenggal, Sumatra. The- Overseas Chinese I reporters' and Exporters’ A&iOrciation last month received tui app(*ol for food and clotla-ing from the Chinese Fraternity
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    NO ‘PRISON BABIES’
    110 15 NO PRISON BABIES’ SINGAPORE, June 22. THERE are no “prison babies" in Singapore. This is because expectant women prisoners are sent to. the maternity husgital. The Superintendent of Prisons (Com. CL K W. W. Bayly* said yesterday rthafc, to his knowledge, no babies had been delivered" in a Singapore prison.
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    New Bridge Over Kelantan River
    97 15 From; Our Own Correspondent LONDONvJOme». THE rebuilding ©f the Kelantan River bridge is A expected; t« be completed by the end. erf the year, the chairman of Pahi Plantations say* ih. ui statement with the anmoal accounts. This will mean that it will again be
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    Crematorium Objections
    134 15 SINGAPORE, June 22. THE Singapore Municipal Commissioner (Mr. Ng Sen CUoy) said, yesterday he could not understand why Muslims objected to his proposal that a modern crematorium be built in Singapore because it would in no way interfere with their practice of burying their own dead. He was
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    Troops Available For Action
    256 15 From Our Staff Correspond, KUALA LUMPUR i A LL the trained fighting troops in mV""* il Gurkha and Malay—are avaibhi 6 ordinated action with the police il .u fot ft emergency. n ,n pres. This was said today by the G.O.C. Malaya District (Maj.Gen. D. A.
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    COLONY MAY SEND TROOPS UPCOUNTRY
    396 16 SINGAPORE, June 23. UK Straits Times understands that an application has been made to Singapore District m Federation for the use of troops at re >ent attached to the Singapore Command. This application, it is understood, is “under Misideration. The three main sources of troops
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    “Malays Will Not Tolerate Violence”
    267 16 From Our Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, June 22. IMMEDIATELY after his return from Singapore today where he had attended a meeting of Johore Planters. Dato Onn, Mentri Besar, said of the present sl| uation: “I do not think I have more comments to tuake at
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    800 Men Return To Work
    139 16 SEREMBAN, June 22. EIGHT hundred strikers in the Pont Dickson district have returned to work. An official of the Labour Department told the Straits Times today that 500 Indian labourers on the Sua Betong Estate had decided to go back to work on the employers’
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    “REMINDER”
    97 16 SINGAPOE. June 23. The Singapore Federation of -rade Unions decided to send a ‘reminder’ today to the Governor of Singapore about their arotest letter of June 16. The letter demanded the ‘‘unconditional release” of one of the S.F.T.U. vicepresidents, Inche Byzar Ahmad, and a committee member. Mr. Koh Swee
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    NO NEW CASE OF POLIO
    74 16 SINGAPOE. June 23. No deaths from polio, nor any fresh cases, have been reported in Singapore since June 15. it was announced yesterday. The total number of cases remains at 97. with 14 deaths. The cases (by race) are as follows: Chinese 59; European 22:
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    Wider Check On Disloyalty
    471 16 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, June 22. THE Restricted Residence Enactment of the Federated Malay States, which controls 4he movements of disaffected persons, is to be extended 4o cover the whole Federation. This is contained in one of three bills which, as a result of
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    Govt. Blamed By M.N.P.
    163 16 SINGAPOE, June 23. THE Singapore branch of the Malay Nationalist Party, in a statement, said yester y that during the Japanese, occupation. many Malays opened up new lands for agriculture. Now, they contend, at a time when their labour has just shown fruits, the Government are
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    EXPORTS TO U.K. OF PALM OIL
    42 16 Palm oil and kernel exporta from Malaya to the United Kingdom during May 1948 were 1,372 tons and 479 tons respectively. The total exports for the period Jan/May 1948 were 15,274 tons and 1,841 tons respectively.
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    JUMP IN CAR INSURANCE RATES
    165 16 8K 08 June 23. U m °tor insurance fatiorf n e S 0 r the Fedeannouncod Sln^ apore were came int d y and ately effect immediSjffs wnurli! y in troduced He ini r?I y a PP y t0 those nsi rinK their vehicles —not
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    Tax Relief For Tin And Rubber Firms
    336 16 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, June 22. MEW taxation relief measures for the planting and mining industries are being considered. This is disclosed in a note to Amendments to the Income Tax Ordinance. The amendments giving effect to the recommendations of the
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    DIVIDEND OF VIOLENCE
    894 17 General Slide In 4 Malayan Shares From A Market Correspondent TO nothing else but the recent murders in Perak and Johore can be attributed last week's general slide in Malayan share quotations. The decline, however, attracted fair selective buying. Despite everything a satisfactory volume of business was
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    1,487,250-Lb HARVEST
    82 17 SELANGOR RIVER SELANGOR Riv.r Rubber Estates last year harvested 1,487,250 lbs against an estimate of 1.470,000 lbs. The estimate for the current year is 1.650.000 lbs. Tlie company made a trading profit of £20,182 last year (£***** in 1946). Tax on profits amounted to £17.197 including £9OOO for
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    Rubber Crop Quintupled
    62 17 Glasgow Estates TLASGOW Rubber Estates harvested a crop of 1.163.000 lbs. hist year. The 1946 cron was 235.000 lbs. The company made a profit of €9-203 (£348 in 1946). After rehabilitation reserve 12.000 > £1-854 was brought fonvard. Revenue in 1947 was £48-888 (£10.302 in 1946 Eastern
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    RUBBER OUTPUTS
    55 17 The following Mnv rubber crops are announced, in lbs.; Alor Gajah Estate 26,000 Ayer Panas Estate 86.000 Glenraly Plantations 71.000 Kluang 62.000 Pa Jam 189.000 Tambalak Estates 27.957' Trluk Anson Estate 65.000 Ulu Bcnut Cons. 39.600 Katu Tin Dredging Limited in May dredged 103.000 cubic yards and produced
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    SOVIET WANTS ROBBER
    163 17 SINGAPORE, Juw RUSSIA s, ems keenly interest securuig considtrablt quantities of rubber cording to trade sou,* in Singapore. on non h s l>,ught about 20,000 Ions m the p as t five months. m These purchases have hat si teadylni! *‘Hect on jf rubber market. The highest
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    BELATA RIVER RUBBER
    65 17 River iSelangor) Rubber Estates last year harvested a crop of 971.000 lbs. Tb estimate was 1 194.000 lbs. The estimated crop for th» current year is 1 .163-000 lbs. Trading profit for 1947 vat £ll-913. plus €5.099 brought in Rehabilitation expenditure absorbed €3.440- tuxat on £3.150 an
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    PRICERISE IN RUBBER
    209 17 SINGAPORE. June 19. THIS week has seen the highest rubber prices since the markets became free, says Lewis and Peat‘s weekly market report. The main causes were buying for Russian shipments and the psychological effect of the unprecedented lawlessness in parts of Malaya. The latter would undoubtedly
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    MALAYAN SHARE QUOTATIONS
    824 17 SINGAPORE, June 22. Prices quoted by the Malayan Sharebrokers' Association were INDUSTRIALS Bnye* seller Atlas Ice 13.00 14.00 Alex Brick Ord. i .60 4./I) Pref 3.00 3.15 B. B. Petrol 42/6 43/6 B. M. Trustee 9.40 9.80 Consolidated Tin ‘O) 24/- 24/6 Con Tin Smelters dc >P>
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    NEGRI MAKE CUP SOCCER HISTORY
    682 18 SINGAPORE, June 20. HoTBV! i history was made in Singapore yesterday ■Ihen ne Singapore Civilians saw the curtain j 0 w n on their chances of getting into the final ■he Malaya Cup. This will be the first season ■e the inception of the Cup
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    Water Polo Team For Olympics
    101 18 PENANG. June 19. TWO Penang players are included in the Malayan Chinese water polo team for the London Olympics. The team will represent China. Nine players have been chosen to make the trip. The two from Penang are 00l Sim Teik, former captain of the
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    All-Malaya XI Picked
    76 18 SINGAPORE, June 21. THE AU-Malaya XI to meet the China Olympic soccer team on June 28 at Singapore was selected last night as follows: O. Angullia (Singapore); Abdul Rahman (Singapore), Salleh (Singapore); Kim Seng (Selangor), Harith (Singapore), Daly (R.A.F.); Thian Kwee (Negri Sembilan), Todd (R.A.F.), Thomson (R.A.F.),
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    Footballer Suspended
    91 18 From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, June 16. 17HDR "dangerously kicking T an opponent,” Tan Bee Seng, a member of the Penang Chinese Football Association’s second team, has been suspended from further pla> for one month. This is the first suspension by the Penang Football Association this year. The
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    KLANG TAMILS IN CRICKET FINAL
    65 18 KOALA LUMPUR, June 20. -The Klang Tamils beat Kuala Lumpur Town by four runs in the semi-final of the Tamils’ inter-district cricket competition played on the T.P.C.A. ground today. The winners will now meet Brickfields in the final, to be played next month. Scores; Klang
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    S.T.C. Tote Due In September
    142 18 SINGAPORE, June 17. AN electrically .operated .Barometer tote, costing approximately £30,000 (Australian) should replace the present hand operated barometer tote at the Singapore Turf Club by the end of this year. A Singapore Turf Club official said that the barometer tote is expected to arrive
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    Singapore Side Beat Hong Kong By 8 Wickets
    322 18 SINGAPORE, June 21. THE Hong Kong cricket tourists were unable to 1 resist the excellent bowling of the Singapore Civilians and were beaten by eight wickets in their two-day fixture concluded on the S.C.C. Padang yesterday. The Singapore Civilians, who gained a
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    Fine Recovery By Perak
    196 18 From Our Staff Correspondent IPOH, June 20. MAKING a fine recovery in the second innings, Perak scored a sensational cricket victory over Selangor here today. Amazing bowling bythe Perak skipper, A. H. Phillips, and Koenitz waslargely responsible for Perak’s victory by 99 runs. Selangor topped Perak’s
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    Scoreboard
    206 18 HONG KONG—lst. Inns. 88 SINGAPORE CIVILIANS—Ist. Inns. 135. HONG KONG—2nd Inns. M. M. Little Ibw Colling .21 A. D. Panton Ibw CouTng u T. A. Pearce Ibw Kailasapathy 4 J. P. M. Hope b Colling 4 H. Owen-Hughes e Kailasapathy b Growder 5 J. M. Gosano ran out 35
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    KL Game For Hong Kong XI
    85 18 From Our Staff Correspondent Kuala Lumpur, June 18. •pHE Hong Kong cricket team will meet the Federation in a two-day match in Kuala Lumpur next week. The game will be played on the Padang on June 23 and 24. A special committee will select
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    GUNNERS WIN BY 7 RUNS
    68 18 BATU PAHAT, June 20. The H. A. beat the Government English School by seven runs in a match decided on the first innings. The gunners made 52 runs to the Sohool’s 45. In the second innings the respective totals were 31 and 34. J Woodhull
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    C. S. C. DEFEATED
    62 18 SINGAPORE, June 21. The Combined Changi Ist. XI beat the Ceylon Sports Club In a cricket match at Changi yesterday. Scores: CS C 129 (8. K. Sundram 39. S. Kulasingham 24. Lt. Perera 21. Tarhan seven for 42. Lloyd three for 41): Changi 176 for seven
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