The Straits Budget, 12 August 1948
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702 1948-08-12 1 I WOULD like to refer the Secretary-General of the Malay Nationalist Party to your statement in the Straits Tares of July 19, regarding the variety of elements obtaining in the party. Apart from the existence of an element of extreme nationalism, you702 words
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Article66 1948-08-12 1 IHOPE your correspondent Mr. Chiew of Malacca, who inquired about guards on Asianowned estates will be reassured by my experience. My Special Constables here iall Indians) helped me, on this Chinese-owned estate, to drive off Chinese insurgents/ gangsters only a few days ago. We get the same66 words
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Article66 1948-08-12 1 IT has been stated in the the Press that more and better arms are needed in the fight against the Communists. Why not supply the troops and police with flamethrowers which were used effectively against the Japs In the Pacific? If we were to employ these against the66 words
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Article343 1948-08-12 1 THE official report on the recent disturbances in the Gold Coast appear to ha/e rec eived considerably less publicity in the local press than in London, where headlines appeared in most newspapers and editorial comment in some. Who will deny that the findings in this343 words
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Article318 1948-08-12 1 AFTER reading the reasons given by Comrade Liew Sze Weng for the M.P.A.J.A. revolt, expressed in his letter to you, I cannot help thinking that he is a complete fool, deluded by the Communist Party. Though he admits that murders, rape and arson are silly318 words
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Article204 1948-08-12 1 An Old-Time Looks Back I FIND so much tha 1 provocative of thoui and memory in Straits Times that ont occasion, anyway, I compelled to write reactions to one part your issue of Aug. 4. Mr. J. A Thivy on New Malaya” quotes Pa Nehru as describing204 words
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Article187 1948-08-12 1 out” the gangsters who are threatening our law IT would seem that we have in our ranks one of those gentlemen who would weigh the pros and cons before fully throwing his whole energy into the business of “rooting and order. It is preposterous to u that187 words
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Article88 1948-08-12 1 TTJAN Djek wrote on July 24: “It should be stated here that there are no restrictions imposed on buildings erected at least one hundred feet from the centre of the road.” I understand the distance is about two hundred feet or, to be exact, three88 words
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Article1061 1948-08-12 2 —Straits Times. Aug. 5. u us t J was to have 1 if... datv on which the ,*.ist republic of Malaya f, aV e been proclaimed! *as revealed by the Corner- General m his Lt on Tuesday night. Lners were surprised to p this date was fixed—Straits Times. Aug. 5. - 1,061 words
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Article1210 1948-08-12 2 —Straits Times. Aug. 6. The Straits Times has received a long and remarkable letter for publication in the “Man-In-The-Street” columns. It is signed: “Comrade Liew Sze Weng, 4th Regiment, M.P. A.J.A., Johore.” However, the letter bears the Singapore postmark, and the writer says: “I have not been—Straits Times. Aug. 6. - 1,210 words
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Article346 1948-08-12 2 —Straits Times. Aug. 7. One big improvement which could be made in Radio Malaya programmes would be to give us the world news straight from London. There is a full news bulletin of the 8.8. C. at 8.30 p.m. local time which could be relayed, if Radio Malaya—Straits Times. Aug. 7. - 346 words
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Article297 1948-08-12 3 —Straits Times. Aug. 7. Following publication of our leading article addressed to Comrade Liew yesterday, further information on the question of back pay for members of the M.P.A.J.A. has been given to the Straits Times. Among M.P.A.J.A. documents seized during the past six weeks have been forms—Straits Times. Aug. 7. - 297 words
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Article246 1948-08-12 3 —Straits Times. Aug. 7. A striking comment on the Legislative Council of the Federation, which has an unofficial membership of more than sixty, was made by the Commissioner-General in his broadcast on Tuesday. Referring to the last meeting of the Council, at which Mr. MacDonald was present, and—Straits Times. Aug. 7. - 246 words
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Article207 1948-08-12 3 -Straits Times, Aug. 7. On the lighter side, the high-light of the week's news has been the news-agency report from London that Lord Killearn’s bead boy has resigned and is coming back to Singapore because he finds Chil—ham Castle too big and there is too much work. The-Straits Times, Aug. 7. - 207 words
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Article1155 1948-08-12 3 -Straits Times Aug. 9. An indication of the strong current of Malay nationalism that is flowing in this country today was given at the last meeting of the Federal Legislative Council, when both Dato Onn and Inche Zainal Abidin, president and secretarygeneral of UMNO, voiced a warning-Straits Times Aug. 9. - 1,155 words
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Article582 1948-08-12 3 TH E BERLIN OUTLOOK —Straits Times. Aug. 10. The atmosphcn- ■ffi Bl rl nl,n l ''"i !r c r B h T is ,OUr 1 r,BI h, r,1; isunal)!y r ,*g but thi «'->• is r,, t .'M to t’xplatn ■f" f '-"•■•‘•matiJ the western allies been neqnti;;t:ng v.e.h y—Straits Times. Aug. 10. - 582 words
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Article369 1948-08-12 4 —Straits Times, Aug. 10 Isince planning for the future I now in fashion, we may be Igkful that the Singapore ticipal Commissioners on K JO at last decided to probe a crematorium, and appoted a committee to make puled recommendations. Ik fifty years' time there will ft more—Straits Times, Aug. 10 - 369 words
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Article918 1948-08-12 4 Times, Aug. 11. Chinese very quickly found themselves in the front line of attack. They, ian the first instance mud with depressing consistency ever since, were singled out for special attention by the Communist marauders. These, being Chinese, quite naturally had a clear insight intoTimes, Aug. 11. - 918 words
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Article333 1948-08-12 4 WHEN we went to licence the pistol last week the clerk in the office asked us if it loaded. We replied no, not at that moment, and right in the middle of the town. I have always wished I knew a few more Asian proverbs than333 words
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Article69 1948-08-12 4 AT Singapore on 3rd August to Dr. Mrs. T. Lyall. a son. HARDAKER—To Stella and Kenneth Hardaker on August 4th at Kuantan, a daughter. MAYSON on July 24th at Malacca General Hospital to Margaret wife of Howard Mayson —a son. BAINBRIDGE.—To Margaret William Balnbridge on August Bth., at Singapore,69 words
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Article120 1948-08-12 4 The engagement Is announced between Charles Malcolm Quayle, son of the late Mr. C. M. Quayle and Mrs. Quayle of Liverpool and Moreton. Cheshire and Thalia A. Jones, only daughter of Mrs. B. Jones of Hampstead Way, London. The engagement Is announced between Capt. Edward (BUI) Johnson, elder son120 words
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Article406 1948-08-12 4 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 10 A LLEGED to have fought a gun battle with two detectives at the 6th mile, Ayer Hitam Road, Kajang, on Jan. 20 this year, a 24-year-old Chinese, Lui Chow, was charged in the Selangor Assizes today with406 words
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Article77 1948-08-12 4 SINGAPORE, Aug. 11. Dr. John D. Denneny was summoned to the Singapore District Court yesterday on a charge of voluntarily causing hurt to a public servant while he was engaged in his public duty. Dr. Dennehy is alleged to have assaulted George E. Verrall, a member of the77 words
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Obituary21 1948-08-12 4 DEATH BURNHAM, Kenneth Assheton Witt, beloved husband of Betty, killed by bandits at Buklt Sidlm Estate, Kullxn, Kedah, 4th Aug. 1948.21 words
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Article, Illustration1951 1948-08-12 5 TUAN DJEK - A Malayan Countryman’s Diary TUAN DJEK. SUNDAY morning August 1. A wood famine in the dusun kitchen has been narrowly diverted. The cook set to and cut up some knobbly hardwood logs. On the estate was found the kepala's old father, armed with an axe andPhotograph by K. F. Wong. - 1,951 words
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Article456 1948-08-12 6 SINGAPORE, Aug. 9. of the most brutal killings since the terrorists began their wave of violence in lalaya shattered peaceful Hari Raya celebraat the Telok Sangat Estate in the Kota jnggi area on Saturday night. Labourers were watching a cinema show f hen terrorists burst456 words
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Article228 1948-08-12 6 Spitfires Dakotas Out From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 8. SPITFIRES yesterday attacked the Ampang area six miles east of Ipoh on the Tanjong Rambutan Road. Two areas In the hills where enemy camps were suspected to be located were hit by cannon and machine gun fire. Owing to228 words
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Article98 1948-08-12 6 KUALA LUMPUR. Aug. 8. —One bandit was killed and several others wounded when bandit snipers clashed with troops advancing from Gua Musang, states a Kelantan Police communique, issued tonight. Bandits had tried to ambush the military police party. One Gurkha of the military party died in98 words
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118 1948-08-12 6 SINGAPORE, August 9. TWO 20-year-oia Australian footballers, who have been school mates and have played together in the same team for many years, arrived at Singapore last night on their way to play professional football in England for four years. They are Mr. A. H. Paskins118 words
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Article75 1948-08-12 6 SINGAPORE. Aug. 9. Johannes Bonde. a 19-year-old Danish sailor, was in the Seventh Police Court, on Saturday committed for trial at the next Assizes. He was cnarged with having used a toy pistol in Lavender Street, on July 17. It was alleged that Bonde pointed the pistol75 words
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Article88 1948-08-12 6 SINGAPORE, Aug 10. Th. District Judr (Mr. F. P Shanks' yesterday bound over a Ch’ p se youth in his own recognisance, to be of good behaviour for six months. Lim Ah Poh pleaded guilty to entering the R A F. Base Seletar. a protected place,88 words
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Article84 1948-08-12 6 SINGAPORE. Aug. 10. Two Indians. Shanmugam and Rajoo appeared before the Singapore Ninth Police Court Magistrate. (Mr. E. V. A. Peers) yesterday on a charge of having stolen a cur valued at at ut $9OO. It was alleged that in the early hours of April 2.84 words
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Article249 1948-08-12 6 SINGAPORE, August 9. 'THERE were 49 violent deaths and fatal accidents reported in Singapore in July, including the ’isappearance at sea of an aircraftman, L.A.C. D. Broadbank, and a Malay lascar. Special inquests were held in both these cases. The aircraftman disappeared from a picnic249 words
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Article275 1948-08-12 6 Government is now giving active consid era turn to a departmental report on the condition of the group of islands lying to the south of Singapore Island, which form part of the Colony «iiiu whose state has been described as “neglected.” The implementation of the275 words
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Article150 1948-08-12 6 SINGAPORE, August 9. THE Immigration Department, Singapore, is keeping a special lookout for 90 illegal Chinese immigrants who are believed to be still in Tanjong Üban on the north west of Rhio Island, across the Straits of Singapore. These illegal immigrants are the balance of a150 words
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251 1948-08-12 6 Federal Police Second To None Says Langworthy From Our StafT Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 9. SPEAKING at a farewell tea party given in his honour today, Mr. H. B. Langworthy, retiring Commissioner of the Federation of Malaya Police Force said: “Yoti can take it from me that the Federation Police251 words
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Article424 1948-08-12 7 KUALA LUMPUJt, Aug:. 7. MALAYAN forces fighting the insurgents may be reinforced by Dyak headhunters from Borneo, Maj.-Gen. C. H. Boucher, G.O.C. Malaya District, said today in a special interview with the Sunday Times. These Dyaks were among the men who formed the greater part424 words
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Article66 1948-08-12 7 SINGAPORE. Aug. 6. THERE was one motor accident approximately every 75 minutes last month during l^ e day and night. Of the total of 596 accidents, 15 were fatal and persons suffered varying degrees of hurt in 132 accidents. Services vehicles were responsible for 29 accidents while services66 words
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Article69 1948-08-12 7 Sunday Times Staff Reporter KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 7. MR. George R. Livett, formerly Chief Police. Officer. Penang, has been appointed Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of the newly-formed intelligence branch, at Kuala Lumpur police headquarters. Mr. Livett, who was one of the Malayan officers recalled69 words
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Article57 1948-08-12 7 SINGAPORE Aug. 8. TWO Chinese, together with two Sikhs, robbed a Chinese. Yong Heng Ong. of $5 cash and one dozen white singlets at mile. Yu Chu Kang Road yesterday. Yong was on his wav to Kampong Pangkalan Petai, off Yu Chu Kang Road,57 words
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192 1948-08-12 7 SINGAPORE, August 5. jDVERY person in Singapore with an income will be asked to give half a day’s pay for the benefit of 2,000,000 suffering children throughout the world. The object of the appeal is, the United Nations Appeal for Children. Mr.192 words
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Article146 1948-08-12 7 SINGAPORE, August 6. r PHE Indian .Association, and not the Malayan Indian Congress, is the only body qualified to represent local Indians in social and political matters. This view was expressed Mr. R. Jumabhoy, president of the Singapore Indian Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Jumabhoy suggested that146 words
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Article124 1948-08-12 7 SINGAPORE, Aug. 5. TIIE Singapore Labour Ex- change last month recruited 36 men for Federation estate security police. It could not meet the demand for technicians, clubs, amahs, cooks and labourers. Among those the exchange placed were 64 amahs, 72 boys. 31 drivers, 30 fitters, 16 peons124 words
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Article150 1948-08-12 7 SINGAPORE, August 10. xjo official statement is L' to be issued on the Governors’ Conference which took place at Bukit Serene during the weekend, it was announced yesterday. The Conference was attended by the Commissioner General (Mr Malcolm MacDonald), the Governor of Hong Kong (Sir Alexander Grantham),150 words
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Article89 1948-08-12 7 SEREMBAN. Aug. 7. A CHINESE. Pow Ten Huat. was shot and injured by two bandits last evening as he was w’atching a game of mahjong in the upstairs room of a shop house at Sungei Belek. in the Sepang area. The shophouse is a short89 words
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Article260 1948-08-12 7 SINGAPORE, Auk g I THERE has been a general improvement in I types of juvenile delinquency in SihMnJ from January to July this year, the Secret,! for Social Welfare, Mr. T. P. F. McNeteSS the Sunday Times yesterday. This improvement could be attributed iml main260 words
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Article144 1948-08-12 7 SINGAPORE, Aug. 8. ANOTHER phase in the unceasing battle between the police and bandits, illegal immigrants and smugglers round the coast of Singapore was marked yesterday by the handing over a new modern police launch. Faster than any previous Singapore police patrol boat, the new144 words
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Article93 1948-08-12 7 Reuter. SINGAPORE Aug. 8. MR. Mohamed All Jinnah. Governor-General of Pakistan in a message yesterday sent greetings to Muslims all over the world saying: “My message to our brother Muslim states is one of friendship and goodwill. “We are all passing through perilous times. The dramaReuter. - 93 words
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Article110 1948-08-12 7 SINGAPORE Aug. 5.H Except for an increase J extortion cases, July's figures, officially released terday, show an all round dH crease compared with tlioH for June. There were two murders July, one committed on high seas, but reported to Singapore police, L’9 robberies, 15 simple 67110 words
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Article57 1948-08-12 7 SEREMBAN. AUg. THE Governor-General India, Mr. C. RajaP® palachari has sent a of greetings and “atlecno good wishes” to Tnclmi > Negri Sembilan The message of good 1 in reply to a coortratu-J 1 message sent to toe I General on the assunm 1 v his57 words
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Article39 1948-08-12 7 IPOII. AUP 7 'l TWELVE -wanted" I who escaped tr.< Federation-wide mass a. r m of subversive 2 1 early hours of J lin p>nt:kfl arrested yesterday < ,Ti ro;isi dm Island, on the Perak.39 words
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599 1948-08-12 8 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, August 4. strong Gurkha and Malay Regiment force attacking insurgents in South k plan tan today reached the Chinese settlement of Pulai, an Army spokesn told the Straits Times. The troops overcame the block put up yesterday -p599 words
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Article66 1948-08-12 8 GAV E INJECTION, FINED $250 J4 «l S Th?m P0RE Au e- 5. H Ong, a b hosSWcTwifHt w ith 11 years’ yesterdav ho Gover nment get month hne,i ***** or ScoSn‘\ ln the Se cond Denirin mRapore for ?>t thr I m injections lhe legal qualiflcal? 10, Mr L.66 words
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Article101 1948-08-12 8 SINGAPORE, August 5. PRIVATE sale ot arms in legitimate possession has been forbidden, it was officially announced last night. Owners wishing to sell arms may do so only through licensed dealers after consultation with the police. The regulations seek to control the rising price of firearms .since101 words
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Article165 1948-08-12 8 j SINGAPORE, August 5. i "pHE Brunei Resident in Chambers has declined to make an order for service of writs in the Brooke suit. He says the Brunei Courts have no jurisdiction over Sir Charles Vyner Brooke, former Rajah of Sarawak, and the other defendants. The165 words
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Article69 1948-08-12 8 KUALA LUMPUR Aug. 4. Malaya has ordered I.bOO Sten guns from England, and the Government Is inquiring about the availability ol Australian Owen guns. A Government spokesman >aid today that if Owen guns could be obtained “about 2.000 would be useful." He added that the consignment69 words
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Article174 1948-08-12 8 SINGAPORE, August 5. GRADUATES of Raffles College will be given opportunities to fill posts as assistant lecturers and demonstrators. Two Johore Malays, seconded for a year each from the Johore Government, are the first to be appointed as Graduate Assistants. They are Inche Wan Abdul174 words
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Article76 1948-08-12 8 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 4. A POLICE recruiting team flew from Kuala Lumpur to Kota Bharu in an R.A.F. Dakota on Monday—the first to go by air. They flew to Alor Star yesterday and conclude the tour with a flight back from Penang to76 words
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Article621 1948-08-12 8 trom Our Staff Correspondent THF KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 4. THE extent to which it will be possible to introduce social security measures in Malaya will depend on the general prosperity of the country. This opinion was expressed today by the Commissioner for Labour (Mr. R. G.621 words
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Article145 1948-08-12 8 From Our Staff Correspondent Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 4. A Chinese in black this afternoon murdered Mr. K. A. W. Burnham, manager of Bukit Sidim Estate in Kulim, Kedah. While Mr. Burnham was lying down and reading his newspaper after lunch, the Chinese entered the house and145 words
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Article183 1948-08-12 8 SINGAPORE, August 5. THE Singapore Govern--1 merit's policy on imports from Japan is one of treating all such imports “as on a hard currency basis” —limiting imports to essentials which are insufficiently available elsewhere. This statement 13 made by Mr. H. W. Nightingale acting Secretary183 words
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Article31 1948-08-12 8 TAIPING, August 4.—Seven-year-old Choi Lai Heng. who fell 15 feet from the window of a shop-house in Market Road, is recovering in hospital A signboard broke the fall.31 words
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384 1948-08-12 9 UP. From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, August 6. JLjAJ. Gen. C. H. Boucher, General Officer Commanding, Malaya District, said yesterday that he hoped to end the first phase of the anti-terrorist campaign by October. He disclosed that the Army was dividing theUP. - 384 words
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Article97 1948-08-12 9 SINGAPORE Aug. 9. [ESS printing ink is being used in Singapore to-day noP«P« re war when between £30,000 and £40,000 worth imported each year. was disclosed yesterday by the overseas operations director of Interchemical Corporation (Mr. U. G. Frondorf) who arrived in Singapore from Bangkok. He m97 words
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Article184 1948-08-12 9 SINGAPORE. Aug. 7. DESPITE the troubled times. the Malays in the Federation have managed to uphold law and authority maintaining friendly relations with all people of peace and goodwill. said the Mentri desarof Johore. Dato Onn bin Ja’afar. in a special Hari Raya message last184 words
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Article126 1948-08-12 9 “SPEEDY VICTORY IS VITAL From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Aug. 6. A SPEEDY clean-up of the present state of lawlessness by obtaining and making full use of adequate military forces is vital if production in Malaya is not to suffer a considerable set-back. Mr. D. T. Waring, who presided126 words
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Article61 1948-08-12 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Aug. 6. —An announcement on the successor to the post of Commissioner of Police. Federation of Malaya, will be made in the next few days, it was officially stated today. The statement denies a report in a newspaper here today that Mr. J. D. Dailey, head61 words
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Article498 1948-08-12 9 SINGAPORE, Aug. 7 THE Colonial Develop- ment Corporation announces that the instrument through which it will supervise its activities in the various groups of Colonial territories will be regional boards of directors, including persons with special local knowledge and experience. The Corporation is now arranging to establish498 words
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Article261 1948-08-12 9 SEVEN hundred and fifty U? 7 U.S. warships Toledo. Higbee and c e thr anchored in the Singapore Roads earn* Ier n yesterday feeling thirsty. tame a sho They had their last beer at Tsingtao six days ago. The first parties of'officers and men to261 words
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Article124 1948-08-12 9 SINGAPORE. Aug. 7. The Army has asked for tenders for the supply and operation of 12 taxis to act as staff cars attached to Singapore District. Fort Canning. The Yellow Top cabs f the General Transport Company already maintain a staff car service for GHQ. FARELF.124 words
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Article181 1948-08-12 9 From Our Staff Corresnnnd KUALA LUMPUR A ue R Planting groups the Federation ha begun to employ Ear peans to take charge the protection of estat in the more dangero and isolated areas. Two Australians, forn members of the SingaDi Harbour Board Police 1 Kuala Lumpur to-day181 words
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Article107 1948-08-12 9 JESSELTON. Aug. 6.-An Papar River railway brid built by an officer and 1 NCOs of the Royal Engine with the aid of tribesmen. 1 been opened. The old bridge, vital link Borneo’s only railway, i destroyed by Allied bomber It was first replaced Indian Army engineers the piles107 words
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Article195 1948-08-12 9 SINGAPORE, Aug. 7. WHEN Chang Ho Loh, a reff sident. of Pulau Tekong Besar. went fishing in one of the kampong ponds last week, he was attacked by an eight-foot crocodile. After biting Chang's thigh and struggling with the hardy Chinese fisherman, the crocodile suddenly released195 words
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Article, Illustration289 1948-08-12 10 SINGAPORE, Aug. 5. ClX hundred officers and men of the 1st. Batta- lion. <he Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, arrived singap° re yesterday by the troopship I,an*j,j re from Hong Kong, to throw their weight (|,c campaign against Malaya’s insurgents. Referring to the Inniskillings in his broadcast Tu.—Straits Times picture. - 289 words
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Article184 1948-08-12 10 Frem Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, August 4. i prominent official of the H penang Straits Chinese British Association told t h e Straits Times to-day: -The SC BA pledges full support to the Government in its tight against terrorism.” He said the public was mtlv184 words
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Article91 1948-08-12 10 SINGAPORE Aug. 5. wISTER St. Columban, for 30 t lews headmistress of 2* Singapore Convent, died Tuesday, aged 74 years. SRe vent to Penang in 1897 'fart the Cambridge classes “Jin 1900 was transferred to tor.ban. Two years later J en t to Singapore to open gjrst91 words
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Article138 1948-08-12 10 From Our Staff Correspondent Johore Bahru, August 4 A •disappointed lover v no set fire to the homo o* his sweetheart, was today sentenced to two years’ imprisonment by Mr. Justice Laville at the Johore Assizes. He was Mohamed Din Latis a 27-year-old rubber tapper of138 words
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180 1948-08-12 10 fe R E, Au gust 5. L pu U ee 43-year-old was barged Poll c I d p y m the Seventh robborv urt with armed y n a house in )/y" Weld Road on >n g Z* 1 ch arged with Llm Tua180 words
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Article350 1948-08-12 10 SINGAPORE, August 5. EFFICIENT methods of rice cultivation could increase the yield by one quarter in many areas, declared the Commissioner-General (Mr. Malcolm MacDonald) when he opened the monthly meeting of South-East Asia Liaison officers in Singapore yesterday. Determined efforts had been made by the350 words
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Article48 1948-08-12 10 SINGAPORE, Aug. 5. SINGAPORE Municipal staff must not in future tell outsiders about their work. The Municipal Commissioners made rules for secrecy at their last meeting. Applicants for posts in which they would be dealing with secret matters of internal administration will be sworn to secrecy.48 words
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Article92 1948-08-12 10 SINGAPORE. Aug. 5. The gang of robbers which has been victimising young people at seaside resorts in Singapore struck again last night. They held up a Chinese and a woman ir a car at the 64 mile Paslr Panjang Road at about 10 p.m. and took92 words
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Article189 1948-08-12 10 SINGAPORE, August 5. THE introduction of popular elections for the Singapore Rural Board may take at least another two years. Interviewed yesterday the Commissioner of Lands (Mr. C. W. A. Sennett) said he expected that it would take this time to rouse sullicient civic189 words
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Article46 1948-08-12 10 DENANG, Aug. 4.—A tong1 kang man was allegedly attacked and wounded with a spike at East lelulong vesterday. He was helping others of the crew repair the tongkang. A report to the nolice said he had quarrelled with a shipmate three weeks ago.46 words
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Article83 1948-08-12 10 SINGAPORE, Aug. 5. The work being done in Singapore by the World Swastika Society was commended on Tuesday by the Rev J. T. N. Handy, the Deputy Secretary of the Social Welfare Department. He was on a visit to the Society’s clinics at New Bridge Road and83 words
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Article241 1948-08-12 11 SINGAPORE, August 6. SOUTH-EAST Asia Liaison Officers reviewed the food position of their territories at the final session of their twenty-first meeting in Singapore yesterday. Except for India, where the food position was described as “still unsatisfactory” the territories in the area were all reported to241 words
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Article150 1948-08-12 11 SINGAPORE. Aug. 6. THE Commander-in-Chief of the East Indies Fleet (Vice-Admiral C. H. L. Woodhouse) arrived at Singapore yesterday in the 10.000-ton heavy cruiser H.M.S. Norfolk from Trincomalee, Ceylon, on a four-day courtesy visit after which the Norfolk will be refitted at the Naval Base. An inspection150 words
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Article49 1948-08-12 11 TAIPING. Aug. s.—Colleagues •last night gave a dinner party to two King Edward VII School teachers who are leaving soon for Britain, o The teacher are Mr. Lim Swoe Chin, who has a British Council Scholarship for two years at Bristol University airship!" Sln6h Wh has49 words
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Article131 1948-08-12 11 From Our Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU. Aug. 5. EIGHT British soldiers have been arrested under the Emergency Regulations and I are held in police custody i pending inquiry. They w*ere arrested in Mersing and Kota Tinggi In the Supreme Court Johore Bahru before Mr. Justice Laville131 words
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Article92 1948-08-12 11 SINGAPORE, August 6 pROSPECTS for the resumption of normal trade between Singapore and Sumatra Indonesian ports have brightened since the first barter ship the Hong Thong, sailed early this week on trial run to Pekan Bahru. Chinese traders are now busy making preparations for the resumption92 words
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Article60 1948-08-12 11 Irom Our Staff Correspondent lOHORE BAHRU, Aug 4 IJASKAM bin Haji Khatib. i u an Asian warder of the Jphor e Bahru prison was charged before Inche Nasir i«£ ay w,th conveying a letter from a prisoner to a person outside the jail wa allowed bail60 words
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Article69 1948-08-12 11 mu R rp p. SINGAPORE, August 6. authorities si*u ec L up these men together fiVe other llleßal immigrants on Aug. 3 from the ftn U n n H« U J wh,ch arrived with 800 deck passengers. Phol Dle aded Ruilty to the charge69 words
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Article270 1948-08-12 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 5. FIVE more persons have been murdered by terrorists in the Federation. Today, the body of Mr. Ian Ogilvie. 56-year-old general manager of Muru Tin Ltd., Jelapang. about 10 miles north-east of Ipoh, was found riddled with bullets under his Car He was the270 words
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Article129 1948-08-12 11 From Our Staff Correspondent MALACCA, August 5. “IT is highly undesirable and astounding that, at a time like this, only Europeans will be considered fit to handle revolvers, Sten guns and handgrenades”, declared Mr. Tan Siew Sin in a letter to the secretary of the129 words
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Article89 1948-08-12 11 SINGAPORE. Aug. 6. Viscountess Davidson, the only woman Conservative M.P. to be returned at the last General Elections, arrived In Singapore yesterday. Accompanied by her daughter. the Hon. Jean Davidson, she left this morning by Constellation for Australia. They spent the night as guests of the89 words
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Article24 1948-08-12 11 SINGAPORE, Aug. 6. Mr. Ee Peng Liang has been appointed to be a member of the Rent Conciliation Board.24 words
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Article196 1948-08-12 11 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, AutL ONE0 NE bandit was killed, another was shot y lieved drowned when he fell into a others were wounded and three more ht l prisoner, in a tight yesterday between k 1 police force and bandits near Kerdau Mentakab.196 words
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Article65 1948-08-12 11 SINGAPORE Aug. 5. The Seventh Police Court heard 38 preliminary inquiries in July, a record number for any month since the court has operated in Outram Road. There was an increase of 15 cases over the monthly averaged committed to the Assizes since January. The65 words
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Article139 1948-08-12 11 from Our StalT Corresponde* z IPOH, Auc j FOUR of the live Mj&nfl who have been award* scholarships by the Method* Mission of the United Sta* out of the “Crusades Christ Fund” will sail f* America by the Norman LykB on Aug. 15. They will stu*139 words
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Article216 1948-08-12 11 I SINGAPORE. August THE effective answer false propaganda wfl not punishment, but jres'ricted facilities to lish the truth, said '1H Government of India formation O fit c e i Malaya (Mr. S. Kalelk.-™ in a talk to the SingaptfH Rotary Club yesterday. m Mr. Kalelkar216 words
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Article914 1948-08-12 12 I From Our Staff Correspondent I KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 6. it u one of the primary functions of the court I 1 safeguard its dignity,” declared the Deputy Ehiir prosecutor, (Mr. E. N. Griffith-Jones) today, Kn pleading before Mr. Justice T. C. SpenserKinson for a writ914 words
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Article45 1948-08-12 12 SUNGEI PATANI. Fri. During the aosenoc on leave of the Kedah Superintendent of Education <Mi E. S. Tiddeman> the principal of the Sultan Abdul Hamid Coileee (Mr D. H Christie) will act as Superintendent of Education in Kedah and Perlis.45 words
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Article229 1948-08-12 12 Sunday Times Staff Reporter SINGAPORE, Aug. 8. •THE strike threat by the A Singapore Lighter Workers’ Union scheduled to take effect from i midnight last night did not materialise because the General Lighterage j and Transport Co., had agreed to postpone all changes in the agree-229 words
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Article33 1948-08-12 12 KUALA LUMPUR. Aug. 9. A Chinese was taken to the Singapore General Hospital by ambulance after he was knocked down by a motorcycle at Tanjong Katong Road at 11 a.m. yesterday.33 words
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Article144 1948-08-12 12 Sundav Times Staff Reporter 1 SEREMBAN, Saturday. UNARMED but quick-witted, the Ketua (headman) of Kampong Jempol, near Bahau, grappled with and disarmed one of two Chinese—who tried at pistol point to persuade him to show them the way out of the village. One of the144 words
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121 1948-08-12 12 Sunday Times Staff orr. PENANG. Aug. 7. ON rounds early yesterday morning an inspector of the Central Police Station found two young Chinese girls sleeping on the flve-foot -way o; the Immigration Office. When questioned, they could not give a satisfactory account of121 words
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Article47 1948-08-12 12 JOHORE BAHRU, Aug. 4. The trial fixed for today of Wong Sek Wah and Wong Choon Tat on a charge of consorting with persons who had In their possession Sten and Tommy guns. In contravention of the Emergency Regulations, has been postponed.47 words
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Article220 1948-08-12 12 Sunday Times Staff Reporter MALACCA, Aug. 7. “M UCH wor k h as yet to be done before the Malayan Chinese League can become an accomplished fact,” Mr. Tan Cheng Lock told the Sunday Times today when he reviewed the progress of the League. “Provisional working220 words
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Article121 1948-08-12 12 PENANG. Aug. 7. "I ITTLE boys like you should L do better things with your money,” the Third Magistrate, (Mr. J. P- Blackledge), today told two teenage Indian boys, Baharudin and Abubakar, who appeared before him on a charge of gaming in public. Both the accused121 words
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Article86 1948-08-12 12 SINGAPORE. Aug. 8. AN ex-member of th»' R A A.F., Mr. Neil Buchanan of Neil Buchanan Ltd.. Hong Kong, who was in Kota Bharu the day before the Japs invaded Malaya, is now back in Singapore. He arrived from Hong Kong by air on Friday. Mr. Buchanan86 words
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Article126 1948-08-12 12 SINGAPORE, Aug. 7 THE first TrenKganu A Chinese to go abroad for higher studies is Mr. Tham Keng Hong. Mr. Tham will leave Singapore today by the Clyde L. Seavoy for lowa. United States, where he will attend Cornell College for a course in medicine. Tham,126 words
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Article83 1948-08-12 12 SINGAPORE. Ails. 8. BAIL of $l.OOO was allowed to Teo Chiong Hav. a 25-year-old Chinese, who was charged yesterday before the Third Police Court Magistrate. Singapore, with voluntarily causing hurt to a compatriot. It was alleged that the accused struck Ah Bah with an iron83 words
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Article129 1948-08-12 12 SINGAPORE. Aug. 8. THE Hong Kong Government’s move to cut hotel charges now temporarily suspended—is not likely to be copied in Singapore. The District Judge < Civil». Mr A. W. Bellamy, who is president of the Rents Conciliation Board in Singapore, told the Sunday Times:129 words
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Article839 1948-08-12 13 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, August 5. THE appeal of Tan Seng Ann, Kuala Lumpur postal clerk, against conviction and sentence of death passed on him last week at the Selangor Assizes for possession of a revolver was today dismissed by the Court of Appeal.839 words
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Article191 1948-08-12 13 BI T KIT MERTAJAM, August 4. JIlORE than 2,000 attended the patronal festival of the Church of St. Anne at Bukit Mertajam last Sunday. A record number of pilgrims came from many parts of Malaya. Three low masses were sung by the rector of the Redemptionist191 words
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Article123 1948-08-12 13 SINGAPORE. August 6. TEXTILES most suitable 1 to the Malayan market will be imported under the proposed quota system for all imports from hard currency sources as from October 1. The Registrai for Imports and Exports (Mr. A. D. Stutchbury) made this statement yesterday. Importers in123 words
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Article202 1948-08-12 13 SINGAPORE. Aug. 6. THE memorial to the Ven. Archdeacon Graham White, who died in Singapore during internment, will take the form of a parish halldiocesan and parochial offices, library and bookshop—to be erected on the Coleman Street side of the Cathedral compound. Collections for the fund will202 words
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Article194 1948-08-12 13 SINGAPORE Aug. 8. POLICE search for the murderer of three years and eleven months old June Ann Devaney has stretched from Britain to Singapore. A few days ago. detectives of the C.1.D.. Singapore, boarded a ship in Singapore harbour and took the left thumb and194 words
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469 1948-08-12 13 Colon y Ban k Employ 34 Women Workers From Our Woman Correspondent 1 SINGAPORE, August K T'HE Hongkong and Shanghai Bank is main A use of women workers. it now ng w women compared with only seven before th Ploy Since the war it has employed for the first time469 words
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Article182 1948-08-12 13 SINGAPORE. August! THE former Royal N a river gunboat. Aptfl 625 tons, now lying Singapore Harbour J not sold at a pu J auction in SingapJ yesterday. 1 Bidding did not reach I reserved price of the ownl Chop Guan Huat of Sinl pore. 1 The182 words
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Article267 1948-08-12 13 SINGAPORE. August DAVID Wolf Ginsbe faced two additior charges yesterday ne appeared in 1 Seventh Police Court. The charges were in pect of assisting in the posal of two generating valued at £716 and €4Ol i pectively which the accu had reason to belieu stolen property The dates267 words
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Article436 1948-08-12 14 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 9. U('F and Malay troops to-day killed three insurgents in a battle on Sunga Kahang i a(e in the Kluang area of Johore. There were about 20 men in the gang, who K eating breakfast in a hut436 words
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Article146 1948-08-12 14 From Our Own Correspondent MELBOURNE, Aug. 9. THE Australian Council L of Trade Unions will give careful consideration to any request from Malayan unions for an A.C.T.U. representative to Malaya to investigate the Communist tactics there. This was stated by the secretary of the A.C.T.U.146 words
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Article194 1948-08-12 14 Kepala Wife Shot By Insurgents From Our Staff Correspondent IPOH, August 9. 'THREE insurgents killed the Chinese kepala of a rubber estate and his wife at the ninth mile Ayer Kuning, near Kampar, last night. The couple’s five- year-old child looked on. The insurgents walked into the house, locked in194 words
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Article43 1948-08-12 14 TELOK ANSON. Aug. 9.—The death occurred on Sunday morning of Mrs. J.G. Heriot, wife of the manager of Selaba Estate, following a fall on Saturday night. The funeral service was held at St. Luke’s Church, the Rev. John Hayter officiating.43 words
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Article, Illustration313 1948-08-12 14 SIX holders of the Colonial Development and Welfare Fund and the British Council scholarships—all Singapore Government employees—will leave Singapore on Aug. 15 for the United Kingdom. The Canton, which leaves Singapore at the end of this week, will take two Colonial scholars, three British Council313 words
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Article372 1948-08-12 14 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 8. A a mas *> meeting in the Chinese Assembly Hall this evening, more than 200 representatives of Chinese firms and businesses in Kuala Lumpur unanimously approved a resolution to give “fullest support” to Government s for Chinese372 words
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Article161 1948-08-12 14 SINGAPORE, Aug. 10. DATA Shoe Company, of D Singapore were /esterday given an interim order bv Mr. Justice Thorogood in the Singapore Supreme Court restraining the Zlim Shoe Co., from using the word “Bata” on their products sold in the market in Singapore. Penang and Malacca.161 words
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Article64 1948-08-12 14 SINGAPORE. Aug. 10. Realistic training win be given to a flight of Beauflghters which will arrive in Malaya from Ceylon in the next few days on operational training. The aircraft, which are from No. 45 Squadron (Ceylon), will remain in Malaya for only a few64 words
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Article23 1948-08-12 14 SINGAPORE, Aug. 10. The next meeting of the Johore Council of State will take place at the Dewan on August 19.23 words
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Article41 1948-08-12 14 SINGAPORE, Aug. 10. Siew Kam Sam, a 48-year-old Chinese, was remanded till Sept. 17 In the Second District Court yesterday on a charge of possession of 605 tubes of chandu. He was allowed bail of $5,000 in two sureties.41 words
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Article309 1948-08-12 15 Sunday Times Staff Reporter IPOH, August 7. A COMBINED army, police, and Air Force operation against an insurgent area east of Ipoh began this morning, and Ipoh residents had a ringside seat when, for more than two hours, they watched Spitfires attacking the area with cannon309 words
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Article91 1948-08-12 15 SINGAPORE, August 10. AN official statement last night confirms the report in the Sunday Times yesterday that Colonel W. N. Gray has been appointed Commissioner of Police for the Federation of Malaya. The announcement states that “Mr. H. B. Langworthy (Commissioner of Police) who has been on91 words
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Article110 1948-08-12 15 ‘Highlands Are Well Guarded KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 10. OAMERON Highlands are well guarded by British and Gurkha troops and police, said Mr. Duncan Robertson, Singapore Municipal Commissioner, to the Straits Times aodav upon his return from the Highlands where he nas been on holiday. There were troops round the school,110 words
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Article40 1948-08-12 15 SINGAPORE, Aug. 11. Members of the Singapore Government-licensed Rice Retailers Association have been granted permission by the Food Control Department to close their shops tomorrow in order 'o celebrate the second annivorsarv of the Association.40 words
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Article171 1948-08-12 15 Sunday Times Staff Reporter KIT ALA LUMPUR, Aug. 7. THE first new issue of stamps in Malaya since the A return of Civil Government may be on sale in Singapore next month. The stamps, one of 12 designs ordered for issue in Malaya to replace171 words
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Article159 1948-08-12 15 ‘COME AND SEE FOR YOURSELF Sunday Times Staff Reporter KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 7. AN Australian trade unionist who has written to Malaya’s Trade Union Adviser, Mr. John Brazier, calling him an “enemy of the working class” because of his attitude to the suppression of Malaya’s Communist insurgents, is being invited159 words
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Article39 1948-08-12 15 SINGAPORE, Aug. 11. Buddhists in Nepal have decided to establish a school and to name it Sri Mohun Viydyalaya. It will commemorate the declaration of Vesak as a Buddhist holiday by the Maharaja of Nepal.39 words
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Article80 1948-08-12 15 SINGAPORE. Aug. 8. MR. William Hildred Yetton, a chartered secretary with Messrs.. William Jacks Co. (Malaya) Ltd., was married to Miss Daphne E. Bond at St. Andrew’s Cathedral yesterday. The Rev. Kinross Nicholson officiated at the ceremony. The bridegroom, who U the captain of the Singapore80 words
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Article214 1948-08-12 15 Sunday Times Staff Corresponds, I AFTER being held captive by the 1 A 12 days the young Chinese miner, Mr (>!*"!* Huat, who was kidnapped while comi.,»° K Chu l father’s mine in Sungei Siput district, is balk hoSl The C.I.D. Headquarters here st-iton .1 "The214 words
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Article166 1948-08-12 15 SINGAPORE. Aug H I A market stall holder, nami Mohamed Ibrahim ofl Alla Pitchay. who had b»l sentenced to two months’ 1 gorous imprisonment on 1 charge of cheating by tfl Singapore Third Police CoJ Magistrate (Mr. F. B. Oel lers). was set free by the aJ166 words
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Article58 1948-08-12 15 SINGAPORE, Aug. 10. Programmes from the British Far Eastern Broadcasting Service yesterday were the first to be radiated under the auspices of the British Broadcasting Corporation, which has taken over from the Foreign Office. Up to yesterday, the B.F.E. B.S. broadcast news and other programmes, which have58 words
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Article148 1948-08-12 15 IPOH, August 10. 'THIRTEEN armed ar uniformed insurgen burned down the packir shed and smokehouse < the 500-acre Europear owned Penarth Estat about three miles nort of the Iskandar Bridg near Salak North, at t\i o’clock this morning. There was only a smi quantity of rubber on148 words
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Article418 1948-08-12 16 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUIt, Aug. 10. nOUCK killed three more insurgents in raids on jungle camps yesterday. They captured other terrorists and seized arms, ammunition and documents. A police party from Tapah, Perak, ran into heavy automatic weapon fire from about 20 insurgents.418 words
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Article64 1948-08-12 16 Tail 1 Th? staff of jjtht Hospital last W anrt ta ned Dr. L. H. whS o Dr Ka napathiJjWon anr, J? avir *g for tt !5 y on stn Du blin respeci,°ther\u in y lea ve. Snd g (La S H® Were Dr l L !k!64 words
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Article198 1948-08-12 16 SINGAPORE, August 10. M"?- H. Rice, whose husband was killed by terrorists on Saturday night, is still far from well and is not allow*ed to see visitors. Lady Marcella Ibrahim, Sultanah of Johore. called at the Johore Bahru General Hospital yesterday to visit the victims of198 words
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83 1948-08-12 16 After one of their talks on “routine matters” at the Governors’ Conference at Bukit Serene over the weekend, the five heads of British administrations in South-East Asia pause for a smoke with the Commissioner-General (Mr. Malcolm MacDonald). Left to right: Sir Alexander Grantham (Governor of Hong Kong), Mr. MacDonald, Sir.—Public Re-; lations picture. - 83 words
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Article172 1948-08-12 16 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 10 VIOST of the labour force on Sungei Tua estate, in the Batu Caves area outside Kuala Lumpur, stopped work today after intimidation by armed insurgents. Police protection has been asked for by the management. At half-past tive this172 words
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Article180 1948-08-12 16 From Our Woman Correspondent SINGAPORE, August 7. IUISS Margaret Gimson, 24-year-old aclress daughter of the Governor of Singapore, will leave in the Canton for England this month to try her luck on the London stage. After completing her course at the Royal Academy of Dramatic180 words
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Article532 1948-08-12 16 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 10. pi LAI, an isolated Chinese settlement in South Kelantan which assisted the resistance movement during the Japanese occupation has been razed to the ground and its 1,000 people harried by Gurkha and Malay forces following up insurgents in532 words
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Article106 1948-08-12 16 KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 10. THE Officer Administering the Government (Sir Alec Newboult) sent the following llari Raya message to the officers and men of the police force of the Federation of Malaya. “I take this opportunity to say ‘Selaniat Hari Raya’ to all the officers and men106 words
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Article71 1948-08-12 16 SINGAPORE, August 11. stocks in Malaya are adequate for the country’s immediate needs at the moment. Eighte»en months ago. Malaya was “living from hand to mouth.” Present monthly supplies from India are enough to cater for the needs of shipping in Singapor? which absorbs the largest sh71 words
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734 1948-08-12 17 Malayan Markets: “Federation Must Float A 3 Loan In 1948” TRADE REVIEWS FOR THE HALF -YEAR TIIK Government of the Federation of IVlalaya will have to raise a loan before the end of 1948 and the rate of interest will have to be 3£ per cent, to attract any considerable734 words
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Article133 1948-08-12 17 from Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Aug. 6. FIVE tin companies of the Anglo-Oriental group field their annual meetings vesterday in Kuala Lumpur. The chairman (Mr. D. T. Waring) made these comments, among others. Rawang Tin Fields: Expenditure on restoration, to date. £133.808. Rawang Concessions; It will133 words
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Article31 1948-08-12 17 From A Market Correspondent COCONUT oil prices eased yesterday to $71.50 in the absence of Interest. Copra, however remained Arm. Other Singapore produce market sections were quiet and unchanged.31 words
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Article457 1948-08-12 17 From A Market Correspondent AUGUST Bank Holiday and Hari Raya Puasa reduce 1 the working week to three days in which Malayan markets never got into their stride. European events continued to exercise paramount influence on world exchanges where the meeting with Stalin of the Western plenipotentiaries was457 words
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Article63 1948-08-12 17 -Reuter. AccgrdinST’L*;^ Secreumi* 0 Study Group. ,h, ber position in June u./? lows: (all In lonz torn,*’ 0 NATKRAI. Kl-BBER Production. 135 000° K Consumption. 115,000 Total stocks at the erd June 850.000 comprising?! 000 in producins ar4 375* In consuming areas 260,000 afloat. 5 aq SYNTHETIC-Reuter. - 63 words
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Article43 1948-08-12 17 SINGAPORE, Ail’ 11 The following companh* a estates announce their July rubt outputs in pound-: Henrietta: 178.900. Sungei Matang: 47W) Allenby: 43.500. Benta. 68.500 Jeram Kuantan 51 son Kundong: 39 000. Mentakab: 94.500. Sungei Bngarr: 123 000 Sandycroft: 24.000. Tanjong Pau: 43.00043 words
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Article49 1948-08-12 17 SINGAPORE. Aug. 11. The following ore output piculs arc reported by tin ccmj nles aiui sections. fc*r the mw of July: Kuala Lumpur Tin: 276. Tongkah Compound: 44C. Tongkah Compound No. 2: 4 Kampong Kamunting: 613 Thabawleik: 706. Asam Kumbang: 53 Ulu Yam: 286. Kuchai Tin: 490.49 words
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Article56 1948-08-12 17 SINGAPORE. Aug. 11 TAKUAPA Valley Tin Dredg announce the following J results: No. 1 dredge—462 hour wori 65.000 cubic yards covered, piculs of ore won. No. 2 dredge—637 hours. 160. cubic yards. 386 piculs. The estimated value of the U output of both dredges $95,500. The56 words
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Article840 1948-08-12 17 SINGAPORE. Aug. 11. Prices quoted oy the Malayan Sharebrokers’ Association today were: INDUSTRIALS Buvct SfllfT Atlas Ice 14.00 15.00 Alex Brick Grfl l 80 1 10 Prrf 3.05 3.15 B.B. Petrol 40/9 41/9 B M Trustee* 9.00 9.50 Consolidated Tin <Oi 21/6 22/6 xd Con Tin Smelter?840 words
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Article502 1948-08-12 18 SINGAPORE, August 10. decision of the Singapore Chinese Football Liciation that all matters pertaining to Chinese JJj in t!u* Colony of Singapore should and must under its jurisdiction, control and sponsorship groused considerable comment in local soccer *!den> < was taken decent meeting of the502 words
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Article52 1948-08-12 18 ««T N m'JATEN t»i. Mn r^respondent Se L in M, l R Auf. 4. f r t rain storn Sed tho ay U the T-P-C.A. t* record 1 h,- un^ atp n senior 1* 0r Indian defeatln B f' Association by 'n th? fi cd the goal np52 words
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Article217 1948-08-12 18 SINGAPORE, Aug. 7 •J’HE Rovers Sports Club lost two valuable points when they were defeated by the Chinese Athletic by one-nil In an S.A.F.A. Div. 1 game at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday. Both teams went all-out from the kick-off. Hee Jong for the C.A. and Yin Kee,217 words
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Article90 1948-08-12 18 Ala special general meet- ing of the members of the old Keppel Golf Club held at Raeburn House, Raeburn Park, on Aug. 5, it was unanimously cecided to make available to the Singapore Harbour Boa r d th? proceeds of the Club’s War Damage claim, if90 words
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230 1948-08-12 18 SINGAPORE Aug. 9. THE cricket match between the Singapore Cricket Club and the Shell Bports Club on the Padang yesterday, was drawn. Scores were; S.C.C.: D. B. Haig lbw Pearcey 5; K. Graham b Potts-Dawson 11; A. Nicholson c Neubronner b PottsDawoOn 18; K.230 words
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Article22 1948-08-12 18 LONDON, Aug. 9.—The International Amateur Athletic Federation today provisionally accepted into membership Singapore, Puerto Rico, Bermuda, Algeria and British Guiana.—A.P.22 words
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Article237 1948-08-12 18 T HE rn *f n E t,o ?.u Amate Athi?tli federation will decide either tomorrow or Tuesday whether to confirm Singapore’s provisional election to* membership. Similar decisions will be made on the Soviet Union, Iran, Austria, Pakistan, Bermuda and Co- lombia. But the major question at237 words
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Article229 1948-08-12 18 SINGAPORE, August 9. r* SCHUBERT took seven wickets for 10 runs when bowling for the Singapore Recreation Club against the G.H.Q. FARELF in their match on the padang yesterday., The S.R.C. won by 20 runs. G.H.Q. FARELF MaJ Bradley b Schubert 5; Capt. Holland c229 words
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285 1948-08-12 18 MALAYAN TURF TOPICS From EPSOM JEEP IPOH, August 9. npHE possibility of an “invasion” of the Malayan I Turf by Australian-owned racehorses in future years was foreseen by an Australian visitor who was in Penang on Gold Cup day. He said: “The Singa-pore Gold Cup285 words
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Article782 1948-08-12 18 SINGAPORE Aug. 8. A PROGRAMME of 23 events in Raffles Institution annual athletic sports was successfully run off at the school ground yesterday aft°rnoon before a large gathering. Another seven events had been run off during the last two weeks They were: Throwing the Cricket Ball —Class782 words