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Title Section31 1949-01-27 1 The Straits Budget THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES [ESTABLISHED OVER A CENTURY] I\v Series No. 130. Singapore Thursday, January, 27th 1949 Price 40 cent* (S.S. Currency) Or. I ah.31 words
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Advertisement107 1949-01-27 1 The STRAITS BUDGET 1 Published in SINGAPORE on THURSDAY Delivered in LONDON on MONDAY SIX MONTHS SUBSCRIPTION $24.00 t i Arrangements have been made to send the ‘‘Straits Budget hy air to the United Kingdom weekly on Thursdays i.e. on publication day in Singapore. Under normal conditions we should be107 words
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Article276 1949-01-27 2 ra new arrival in this beautiful city the housing shortage seems as acute as in most places in the world, but as one settles down and sees and studies things around him, one finds that the acuteness of the shortage is more artificial than276 words
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Article51 1949-01-27 2 “TREASURE” THE COST IT would be interesting to know what was the total cost incurred on the "Treasure Hunt" at the Junction of North Bridge Road and Stamford Road. Perhaps Mr. C. C. Tan would ask for this information at the next meeting of the Legislative Council. X. Y. Z.51 words
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Article94 1949-01-27 2 THERE are many in A Government service who are forced on transfer to God-forsaken places. When these unlucky ones ask for a re-transfer after a reasonable period the authorities present a deaf ear, and talk vainly of mutual transfers. How Government expects these mutual transfers to94 words
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Article110 1949-01-27 2 WHETHER Gandhi did or didn’t coin the wisecrack describing the 1942 British offer of independence to India as “a post-dated cheque on a crashing bank” is something we shall never know. But while Mr. Kalelkar says that the crack was coined by a Parliamentary wag after Gandhi110 words
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Article114 1949-01-27 2 DO the dog owners of Tanglin live in soundproof rooms, are they stone deaf, or is it that they simply have no nerves or just don’t care? Night after night one is wakened up and kept awake for long periods by the incessant nerveracking barking of114 words
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Article129 1949-01-27 2 ITITH reference to the article on cruelty to horses In the Straits Times of Jan. 8, may I say that it seems very strange that the “experienced grooms” who, according to the Managing Director of Malayan Bloodstock Ltd., are sent up with every consignment of horses, apI129 words
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Article409 1949-01-27 2 IAM indebted to Mr. M. Abraham for drawing my attention to "the several differences” (n addition to the ones I mentioned in my letter published on Jan. 10 on the subject of India and Indonesia. I am aware that these differences do exist. It would appear, however409 words
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Article279 1949-01-27 2 T THINK everyone with any conscience as appalled to read the report about cruelt to horses being brought from Australia to Mai ya. In this world there are many people who thoughtlessly ill-treat animals. I would like to see the proper handling of animals taught in279 words
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Article163 1949-01-27 2 APROPOS your second leader entitled “A PROMISSORY NOTE” in your issue of Jan. 20, you say: “The jibe is not new. Gandhi coined it in 1942, when the Congress Party refused a post-dated cheque drawn on a crashing bank.” Your statement doe* great tnjustlce to the great Mahatma163 words
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Article187 1949-01-27 2 1, AS the President of t he United Sarawak National Association have no knowledge, nor have the members of my Association any knowledge of the ultimatum sent to the Raja Muda of Sarawak. We therefore believe that the ultimatum must have been sent by a187 words
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Article125 1949-01-27 2 I THINK flats as tall as x the Municipal bye-laws would allow should have been built on the valuabe piece of Crown Land at the junction of Neil Road and Cantonment Road. To build one-floor quarters on such a site is like building attap houses in125 words
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Article89 1949-01-27 2 WE are glad that the oM Ghat Serang system ha'been abolished and the Govment Seamen’s Registratiof Beareau established in* it place to look after the intt* rests of seamen. With the introduction c. the new department, th< seamen will not only be ablto save unnecessary and ille89 words
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Article725 1949-01-27 3 —Straits Times Jan. 20. Most of the uneasiness originally aroused by the summor.in? by Pandit Nehru of lhe Asian conference on Indonesia. which meets in Delhi today, has been removed by the disclaimer that the conveners have any intention of competing with the work of the United—Straits Times Jan. 20. - 725 words
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Article364 1949-01-27 3 —Straits Times, Jan. 20. In a comment on the Commissioner General’s broadcast, the Utusan Melayu presents a point of view which perhaps is more widely held than Whitehall realises. Referring to Mr. MacDonald’s statement that the British Government looks forward to the day when Malaya will take—Straits Times, Jan. 20. - 364 words
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Article755 1949-01-27 3 —Straits Times Jan. 21. In just under three weeks of the new year, over ninety more lives have been added to the toll of terrorism and its suppression. Of itself, this figure contradicts recent official assurances that the security forces continue to make steady progress towards ending—Straits Times Jan. 21. - 755 words
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Article355 1949-01-27 3 —Straits Times, Jan. 21. There is an item in the Anglo-Polish trade pact, signed in Warsaw last week, which does not seem to have attracted the attention it deserves. Among the principal British exports to Poland listed in the pact is rubber. This year Poland will take—Straits Times, Jan. 21. - 355 words
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Article668 1949-01-27 3 —Straits Times, Jan. 22. The Colonial Office survey of public opinion on colonial affairs is an almost inexhaustible mine of little jewels. The best of them have already been cut and mounted —three per cent, of the people of England believe the United States to be a—Straits Times, Jan. 22. - 668 words
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Article222 1949-01-27 4 —Straits Times, Jan. 22. The Under-Secretary for the* Colonies, Mr. David ReesWilliams, was polite if nothing else at the Cardiff meeting of the Coloured and Colonial Peoples’ Organization at which he paid a tribute to Malaya. Britain and the whole of the Commonwealth, he said, owe a—Straits Times, Jan. 22. - 222 words
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Article243 1949-01-27 4 —Straits Times, Jan. 22. Sir Donald Bradman is not the only new name to conjure with where cricket is spoken. There is also Jack Iverson, 33-year old Melbourne bowler, who has set Australian tongues wagging in a season in which bowlers have done little indeed worth talking about—Straits Times, Jan. 22. - 243 words
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Article964 1949-01-27 4 —Straits Times, Jan. 24. A situation which clearly was most unsatisfactory has been remedied with the gazetting by the Federation Government of amending legislation governing the use of force by the police and military against persons attempting to escape arrest or from custody. The new regulations make—Straits Times, Jan. 24. - 964 words
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Article983 1949-01-27 4 —Straits Times. Jan. 25.1 Amid the rises and falls of generals and factions in China in the last nearly thirty years, Chiang Kai-shek alone has never ceased to count. His influence has been second only to that of the founder of the Republic, Dr. Sun Yat-sen, and—Straits Times. Jan. 25.1 - 983 words
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Article837 1949-01-27 5 —Straits Times, Jan. 26. Tho demand by the PanAsian conference for acUon by l U‘<\ Nations in the In°nosian dispute will strength- 1 Security Council’s hand 0 c.ist through the moderj l0n nc course it proposes. t tance the resolution v x ky the Delhi confer^—Straits Times, Jan. 26. - 837 words
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Article293 1949-01-27 5 —Straits Times, Jan. 26. As a senior army officer explained to the press yesterday, it is quite true that officers of military units stationed in Malaya must be accommodated somewhere. The question is whether it is right—it certainly is not wise—to make accommodation by throwing a—Straits Times, Jan. 26. - 293 words
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278 1949-01-27 5 SINGAPORE, Jan. 2ft. HR. E. Stanley Jones, the American evangelist and author, who arrived in Singapore by air from Rangoon yesterday afternoon is on his way to Japan in response to a call for help from Kagawa, the famous Japanese Christian leader. Dr.278 words
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Article105 1949-01-27 5 ‘Let Me Pay Fine By 1967 From Our Own Correspondent TELUK ANSON, Jan. 25. A CHINESE today asked the President of the Sessions Court to allow him to pay a fine of 000 in instalments. His “terms” were—s3oo on the spot and monthly. It would take him approximately 18 years105 words
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Article103 1949-01-27 5 $25,000 For Over-60 ’s SINGAPORE, Jan. 26. MESSRS Runme and Run Run Shaw will give $25,000 in gifts to 4,500 people, over the age of 60 in Malaya, on the occasion of the Chinese Now Year. In Singapore, 2,000 will each receive gifts of five katties of rice, one katty103 words
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Article132 1949-01-27 5 From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, Jan. 24. MR. Anthony Eden, who will arrive in Singapore in March, will be invited by the Penang Secession Committee to come to the Settlement to get first-hand information about the secession issue. The Committee decided at its meeting last week to132 words
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Article165 1949-01-27 5 TO MARIE HASTIE (nee Moerman). wife of Dennis Rastie, a daughter, Dianne Marie, at Franborough Hospital. Kent, on 9th Jan., 1949. MORGAN: At Bungsar Hospital. 8 p m.. 16th Jan., to Doris, wife of Capt. T. S. Morgan—a daughter, Gail Veronica. JEFFERSON: On Jan. 5, 1949. in Hong Kong,165 words
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Article27 1949-01-27 5 The engagement is announced between Michael, son d Mr Mrs Marks of Hounslow. Middlesex and Lucy daughter of Mr. Mrs. Gordon Tarmer. North Labis Estate, Johore.27 words
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Obituary154 1949-01-27 5 DEATHS. TEO: On Jan. 20. Teo Wab Kwee, 741-B Telok Mata Ikan, aged 82. leaving his beloved wife, only son Teo Chwee Chua of Land Office, Singapore, me daughter-in-law, six grandchildren and two great grand children to mourn his loss. Funeral cortego leaves residence for Tanah Merab Kechil Teochew Cemetery154 words
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Article167 1949-01-27 6 From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, Jan. 25. THE chairman of the Penang Chamber of Commerce (Mr. D. A. Mac Kay) will formally move at the next meeting of the Settlement Council that Penang should secede from the Federation and revert to hep pre-war Colony status. Dr.167 words
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Article, Illustration9 1949-01-27 6 —Photograph by C. A. Gibson-Hill.—Photograph by C. A. Gibson-Hill. - 9 words
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Article, Illustration50 1949-01-27 6 FARKUFLI- PARTY: The Bishop of Singapore (the let. Rev. J. L. Wilson) seen addressing a gathering of English, Chinese and Tamil congregations at a f arewe!l tea party given in his honour at St. George’s Paisonape, Penang, on Jan. 23.— Straits Times picture. •Straits Times picture.•Straits Times picture. - 50 words
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Article124 1949-01-27 6 SINGAPORE, Jan. 25. A 38-YEAR-OLD woman rubber worker, Lai Ah Foon, fell 50 feet to her death from the second storey of a house In Sago Street at 12.40 am. yesterday. People living on the same lloor as the woman were not aware ol124 words
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Article77 1949-01-27 6 From Our Staff Correspondent MALACCA, Jan. 25. fIMIK Malacca Indian J. Chamber of Commerce at its annual general meeting on Sunday passed a resolution calling for the return to Malacca of her pre-war status as a free port. It was stated that, owing to heavy77 words
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Article57 1949-01-27 6 From Our Slaff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Jan. 25. The Johore Education Department has provided for 17 Saturday classes in English for selected Malay pupils to begin on Feb. 5. Instruction will co ntlnue until the end of October, when an examination will be held to select57 words
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145 1949-01-27 6 From Our Staff Correspondent IPOII, Jan. 25. yiIREE Chinese schoolboys sitting outside a house in Kampar laughed when two soldiers asked them whether there was a woman in the house. Then two shots rang out. One of the boys, Wan Kim Soon, crumbled on the145 words
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Article104 1949-01-27 6 From Our Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Jan. 25. ‘I'HE site for the recentlyapproved BBC station in Johore covers an area of 552 acres, which forms part of a block of land acquired by the War Department before the war. It Is situated seven miles from104 words
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535 1949-01-27 6 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 25. A HAIL of close-range terrorist fire today killed an Australian, a Scotsman and a Malay special constable in a valley two miles Irom Serendah, 21 miles north of Kuala Lumpur. The dead535 words
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Article75 1949-01-27 6 SINGAPORE, Jan. 26. The C.Y.M.A. (Cathedral j Section), Singapore, has elected the following officers for this year. Mr. W. H. Mosbergen. JP. (president): Mr. C. V. Reutens (vice-president); Mr. W. G. Oor* I loof (hon. secretary); Mr. B. W. Mosbergen (as t. secy. Discus* sional Group Sec.); Mr.75 words
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Article, Illustration918 1949-01-27 7 SINGAPORE, Jan. 22. Mil. L. I>. Gammans, Conservative M.P., said in Singapore yesterday that he did not think the war against terrorism was being won the rate people would like it to be. Mr Gummans, who left for Hong Kong this ning a fter a—Straits Times picture. - 918 words
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134 1949-01-27 7 SINGAPORE, Jan. 22. A FTER sipping tea for half an hour in the roofffarden restaurant of the Southern Hotel, Singapore, yesterday afternoon, a Chinese man climbed on to the railings and fell 100 ft. to his death. He is believed to be 53-year-134 words
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Article127 1949-01-27 7 SINGAPORE, Jan. 22. L r NRiap, the principal il Chinese School, who •a chow for his Nrw Year’s eve, was IM lhe Second Dist erday, for mkuo entertainment He was also ordered to pay the tax due. Lee issued admittance tickets marked “Complementary” for the show.127 words
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Article291 1949-01-27 7 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 21. A BUILDING boom has begun at Kuala Lumpur which architects, bankers, and contractors expect to see accelerated when the moratorium is lifted and land deals made during the occupation are completed. Several architects are planning housing estates, some291 words
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Article124 1949-01-27 7 From Our Stall Correspondent SUNGEI PATANI, Jan. 21. A POLICE officer who iiolds the Colonial Police Medal for meritorious services was sentenced to five months’ simple imprisonment at Alor Star yesterday. Inspector Abdullah bin Abdul Rahman, former 0.C.P.D., Kota Sarang Semut, according to the prosecution, obtained $4OO124 words
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Article31 1949-01-27 7 SINGAPORE. JAN. 21. Dr. H. T. Wee. J.P., nas been elected a member of the Board of Licensing Justices in place of Mr. Chin Chye Fong, J.P. who has resigned.31 words
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223 1949-01-27 7 Bought School Certificate Postal Clerk Fined $100 SINGAPORE, Jan. 22. SEVERAL clerks with school leaving certificates issued from a school in Kluang, Johore, were dismissed from the Postal Service last year when it was found that their certificates were forged. All of them had certificates which stated that they had223 words
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Article115 1949-01-27 7 SINGAPORE, JAN. 21. Electoral rolls of 8,680 voters for the Singapore Municipal election, in April, show that Indians and Malays in certain parts of the town registered almost en bloc, with Indians predominating in some districts. With the exception of the Tiong Bahru Improvement Trust115 words
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Article202 1949-01-27 8 SINGAPORE. Jan. 23 TO control heavy traflic from the Singapore dockyards along Cantonment Road, Traffic Police are erecting traffic lights at the Junctions with New Bridge Road and Nell Road. The Cantonment Road New Bridge Road lights are already operating, the final tests having been completed202 words
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Article105 1949-01-27 8 SINGAPORE, Jan. 21. FROM April 1, certain naw- kers, bread and provision sellers and money-changers in Singapore markets must trade elsewhere. This will follow a re-clas-sification of market stalls by Municipal Commissioners. The Municipal policy aims at reserving markets principally for the sale of perishable foodstuffs.105 words
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416 1949-01-27 8 KIIALA LUMPUR, Jan. 22 AN important amending legislation covering the procedure to be adopted concerning captured persons and persons attempting to escape from arrest, was gazetted today. The new regulations make it lawful for officers and men of the security forces to416 words
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54 1949-01-27 8 A black panther on Jan. 22 left Singapore for Egypt. It was taken aboard a Lancastrian aeroplane in a specially constructed flexible cage. The animal was bought from a Singapore circus by Mr. M. Talib of Singapore and is destined for the Cairo Zoological Cardens. With it went a supply54 words
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Article85 1949-01-27 8 S’PORE TRADER IS FINED 1,500 SINGAPORE, Jan. 23. A MANAGING partner of the Malaya Siam Trading Co., Manoharlal was fined a total of $1,500 by the Second District Judge (Mr. J. L. McFall) yesterday for having made three false declarations relating to the importation of cloth on Oct. 15 last.85 words
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Article162 1949-01-27 8 SINGAPORE, Jan. 23. TO keep pace with its rapid growth, the Anglo-Chinese School is forging ahead successfully with its new $525,000 building project on the Barker Road site. Two buildings, one costing $400,000 and the other $125,000, are going up on the 14-acre site made162 words
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Article98 1949-01-27 8 SINGAPORE, Jan. 22. ONE hundred bags of rice included in cargoes for the relief of Sumatran Chinese, has been disallowed for shipment to Pakan Bahru. The relief supplies were to have left in the Singapore ship, Hong Tat, three days ago. The ship will only sail98 words
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Article113 1949-01-27 8 SINGAPORE, Jan. 23. OKVENTY-TWO batteries. £5 with opium cleverly concealed In each cell, featured in a Customs case in the Singapore Second District Court yesterday. Convicted on a charge of possession of six lb. of opium. valued between $2,000 and $3,000, Qu Eng Guan was sentenced113 words
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Article90 1949-01-27 8 SINGAPORE. Jan. 22. A FREE radio doctor service for ships of any nationality is now available from the coast stations at Singapore, Penang and Kuala Trengganu. Ships seeking medical advice by radio telegram are asked to state briefly and clearly the symptoms of the illness of90 words
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Article179 1949-01-27 8 From Our Staff Correspondent SEREMBAN. Jan. 20 ALEXANDER Archibald, a European engineer or. Bahau Estate, was today sentenced to 18 months’ hard labour after he was founc. guilty of causing grievous hurt to another European. Hugh Ritchie Woolmer. with a revolver. It was stated that179 words
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Article139 1949-01-27 8 SINGAPORE, Jan. 25. THE Singapore Federation of Asian Seafarers* Unions is holding a preliminary meeting on Thursday with a view to calling a mass meeting of all Asian seafarers in the Colony soon. The mass meeting will oe the first of kind since the Ghaut139 words
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Article62 1949-01-27 8 From Our Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Jan. 24 Rais bin Mohamed, private in the R.A.O.C. Locally Enlisted Personnel, was sentenced to three months rigorous imprisonment and a fine of $lOO, in default another month’s imprisonment, by Inche Nasir, for giving false information about his name* address and occupation62 words
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681 1949-01-27 9 SINGAPORE, Jan. 21. \-JON TOR, Ltd. and two of its directors, William i'l Vincent Saussotte and Giovanni Aurelv, were fined a total of $7,845 when the case against them for infringing the Finance Regulations, came up for sentence yesterday in the First District Court. Individual681 words
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Article, Illustration44 1949-01-27 9 The Sultan of Selangor talks with the Police Commissioner (Mr. W. M. Gray) and Deputy Commissioner (Mr. H. G. Shaw, behind) in Kuala Lumpur on Jan. 18. His Highness took the salute at a march-past of 700 police recruits.- —Straits Times picture.—Straits Times picture. - 44 words
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Article78 1949-01-27 9 From Our Own Correspondent SEGAMAT. Jan. 20.—Police have offered $2,5g0 reward for the capture of 25-year-old Hoe Lian Chye, alias Liew Hoe Lien, a Kheh, who is believed to be the murderer of a waitress, Chew Ah Lan, shot dead in Cha’ah Village on Nov. 11.78 words
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Article43 1949-01-27 9 SINGAPORE, JAN. 21. '/wo Malayan nurses have seen selected for training in Australia under the A.I.F. Malayan Nursing Scholarship Scheme, it was announced yesterday. As soon as they are found to be medically fit, their names will be announced.43 words
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Article88 1949-01-27 9 SINGAPORE Jan. 21. ARTISTICALLY inclined Ibrahim bin Daud of Pulau Bukom did not like his prosaic ident.ty card. He thought it looked better with some flowery designs which he drew on it. Ibrahim w’as also dissa tisfled with his photograph. He used some red ink88 words
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Article108 1949-01-27 9 From Our Staff Corresoondent JOHORE BAHRU Jan. 19. Fifteen Johore probationary teachers have been accepted for admission to the Sultan Idris Training College Tanlong Malim. in Februarv for a three-year course. They are Md. Ja’afar bin Sujak Sharif bin Sumadi. Kalam bin Ha.ji Taib. Reslan bin Buanas.108 words
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Article161 1949-01-27 9 Kua u r nnfpsiD respondent Tmp r LUMPUR, Jan 20 I of l VrT obile Ass 9ciation n< ro c ,nS a P will discuss •nt inen>aci m V uspfJ 150 Dfr in driving li- p Hin )f wa f( *s at a •x ij‘161 words
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Article232 1949-01-27 9 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 19 TERRORISTS, making their first attack in Selang:or A for some time, this morning: ambushed a five-man police foot patrol six miles from Kuala Lumpur Three of the police died later in hospital, the other two escaped232 words
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Article289 1949-01-27 9 From Our Own Correspondent BENTONG, Jan. 20. MILITARY operations have begun in the Mentakab area of Pahang following yesterday’s killing of 12 out of 13 people ambushed when returning to Temerloh after National Registration work at Lanchang, a village 20 miles from Temerloh. Police believe289 words
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Article67 1949-01-27 9 SINGAPORE. JAN. 21. THE Singapore Rural Board yesterday formally registered its protest at the continued occupation by the military of the Pasir Panjang Park, but decided to allow the Army to use it until the end of 1950. The Chairman. Mr. C. W. A67 words
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120 1949-01-27 9 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 19 HPHE Secretary of State for the Colonies is to be asked to provide the Kuala Lumpur Municipality with a copy of a ten-year-old petition regarding assessment rates, sent by the Selangor Property Owners’ and Ratepayers’120 words
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Article61 1949-01-27 9 SINGAPORE. JAN. 21. Residents in the Bukit Tlmah area will no longer be disturbed by the heavy explosions which have been heard there recently. An army communique last night said that demolition work carried out by the R.A. O.C at the P.W.D. Rural Depot near the 9j61 words
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312 1949-01-27 10 SINGAPORE, Jan. 21. pvEVEIX)PMENT of the rural area of SingaU pore, 2(H) square miles in extent, with a population of 500,000 and with 20,000 houses and many factories, is being retarded because of the lack of proper Rural Hoard staff. The Chairman of the312 words
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Article100 1949-01-27 10 I rom Our Stuff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. THEATRE and cinema owners in Kuala Lumpur will in future have to make full provision for car parks in their building plans befoie they obtain certificates of fitness for their theatres or cinemas from the Kuala Lumpur100 words
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Article94 1949-01-27 10 SINGAPORE. JAN. 20. THE Municipal Architect and Building Surveyor, Mr. Hugh Hawson. said yesterday that the house in Upper Chin Chew Street, which collapsed on Dec 20, killing two people, was no concern of the Municipality. Mr. Hawson said that he visited the scene soon after the94 words
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Article82 1949-01-27 10 SINGAPORE. JAN. 20. A CHINESE, Tang Peng Yew, pleaded not guilty yesterday In the First District Court to a charge of having corruptly given to Major Samuel James Gregory, R.A.0.C., an Inducement for showing favour in relation to his principal affairs by selling him a car valued at82 words
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154 1949-01-27 10 From Our Staff Correspondent IPOH, Jan. 20. ITHE Commissioner of Police, Federation of Malaya (Mr. W. N. Gray) today told 700 Police recruits of the Tanjong Rambutan depot, at their passingout parade: “It is to you that the people of Malaya are looking forward154 words
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Article137 1949-01-27 10 SINGAPORE. JAN. 20. AFTER four months of operations against bandits in Johore, No. 91 Squa- j dron. R.A.F. Regiment (Malaya) has returned to Changi. for aerodrome defence duties, j The squadron operated in the Segamat. Kota Tinggl and Mersing areas, travelling some 1,500 miles over137 words
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Article73 1949-01-27 10 SINGAPORE, JAN. 21. Closer liaison between Singapore merchants, the Secretariat for Economic Affairs and the Netherlands Consulate-General, is to be established In the near future. In order to facilitate and Increase Slngapore-Sumatra trade a meeting between representatives of the Singapore Overseas Chinese Importers and Exporters73 words
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Article147 1949-01-27 10 SINGAPORE, Jan. 20. SINGAPORE has dominated the world rubber market for the last two months, according to Mr. Lee Kong Chian, leading Chinese rubber merchant and industrialist. Trading in the Colony, he says, has recently been more active even than in New York. Proof of147 words
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Article148 1949-01-27 10 SINGAPORE. JAN. 20. 'I'HE Sultans of Selangor A and Perak and the Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negri Sembilan were present at a luncheon party in honour of Mr. L. D. Gammans, M.P., held at the residence of the Sultan of Johore, in Tyersail, Singapore, yesterday. The Sultan148 words
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Article284 1949-01-27 10 From Our Staff Correspondent IPOH. Jan. 20. PLANS to transfer the Malayan Film Unit studios from Kuala Lumpur to Ipoh were disclosed at the meeting of the Kinta Town Board today. They were contained in a letter from the Director of the Malayan Film284 words
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Article64 1949-01-27 10 SINGAPORE, JAN. 20. Bail of $lO,OOO was granted to a Chinese, Low Sik Heng. aged 36, of Narciss Street, in the Second District Court yesterday. when he pleaded not guilty to a charge of havin'-’ been in possession of 20$ lb of opium and five opium pipes in64 words
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Article77 1949-01-27 11 SINGAPORE. Jan. 19. THE new regulation restricting the movement of all persons entering the Federation. by requiring them to hold entry permits, will apply equally in the Colony as from Feb. 1, it was announced yesterday. These regulations do not, however, affect people already resident in77 words
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Article215 1949-01-27 11 SINGAPORE, Jan. 22. THE Assistant Under--1 Secretary of State for the Eastern Division of the Colonial Office, Mr. J. J. Paskin, arrived in Singapore yesterday for a conference with the Com-missioner-General (Mr. Malcolm MacDonald) and other chiefs of* British South-East Asia territories. Mr. Paskin was Principal215 words
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Article577 1949-01-27 11 SINGAPORE, Jan. 23. THE Children and Young Person’s Ordinance, l upon which Singapore Social Welfare and law officers have been at work for more than two \ears, was gazetted yesterday. This children’s “bill of rights” consolidates the provisions of five existing ordinances, gives wider powers to577 words
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Article, Illustration30 1949-01-27 11 Mr. A. R. Anderson, A.S.P., who has been appointed head of the Singapore Traffic Police Branch for the third timf in his Police career.— Straits Times picture.Straits Times picture. - 30 words
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Article248 1949-01-27 11 SINGAPORE, JAN. 20. THE Singapore Malay news- paper, Utusan Melavu, commenting on the recent broadcast by the Commissioner General (Mr. Malcolm MacDonald*, described it as “a promissory note on which the date for repayment of the loan has been omitted.” Utusan Melayu stated that it might be248 words
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Article127 1949-01-27 11 <>Ur (>Wn Correspondent A RWORTH Ja 21. A k officer faho atGVade duty on fined $933 84 IC f a f l u Prai WaS w °rth Sessioni n n the Butter Cantrell> said that the officer, V. Letchuman, off duty at the time, crossed over127 words
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226 1949-01-27 11 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 22. IN view of the abortive talks with the Commis-sioner-General early this month, that Penang Session Committee has drawn up a “definite plan of action” to work for Penang’s secession from the Federation. The226 words
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Article184 1949-01-27 11 SINGAPORE, Jan. 22. TO stimulate Interest in trade, closer liaison will be established in the near future between Singapore merchants, the Secretariat for Economic Affairs and the Netherlands Consulate-Gene-ral. It is thought that in view of the reluctance of Singapore to barter since the184 words
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Article56 1949-01-27 11 SINGAPORE, Jan. 22. A FULLY-GROWN tiger and a panther will be weighed at the Singapore Registrar of Vehicles Office this morning before being sent by air to Cairo. They leave Singapore tomorrow by the Lancastrian for the Cairo Zoological Gardens. The animals are being sent by56 words
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Article208 1949-01-27 11 SINGAPORE, Jan. 22. 'ITIE Straits Chinese British Association (Singapore) at a committee meeting yesterday, pledged full support to the movement in Penang and Malacca for the secession of Penang. Province Wellesley and Malacca from the Federation and the restoration of the former Straits Settlements. It was208 words
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Article149 1949-01-27 11 SINGAPORE, Jan. 22. r HREE hundred Chinese A- children studying in a ramshakle attap shed at Lorong 27, Geylang, are to have a modern school building next year. An appeal for help to build the new school capable of accommodating 600 pupils, will be149 words
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Article, Illustration1133 1949-01-27 12 SINGAPORE, Jan. 20. VIORE than 500 Chinese squatters in the Hylam IYI Kang area of South Johore were yesterday evicted from their homes by the Federation and Singapore Police acting in close co-operation with the military. The squatters were mainly old men, women and children. This1,133 words
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Article25 1949-01-27 12 Elepha nt Damage From Our Staff Correspondent SEREMBAN, J:in. 20.—Five acres of pad! in Ulu Pondoi in Tampin district were destroyed by elephants last month25 words
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Article121 1949-01-27 12 SINGAPORE. JAN. 20. Emulation of "so-called western society” is condemned by a contributor to the Malayan Orchid, a Singapore Medical College publication. "By all means we should adopt and adapt ourselves to all that is good which others can offer, but free ourselves from corrupt and degraded121 words
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Article105 1949-01-27 12 SINGAPORE. JAN. 21. •'■'HE motion "that marriages between the different races of Malaya are essential in order to produce true Malayans’ wa« defeated by 94 votes to 77 in a debate between the East-West Society and Raffles College in the British Council Hall last night. Mr105 words
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202 1949-01-27 12 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 19 THE Municipal Commissioners are considering proposals to extend the Municipal limits. This follows difficulties in collecting bills for antimalarial work done by the Municipality in “outer areas” in which landowners are not liable to pay for the202 words
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111 1949-01-27 12 SINGAPORE, Jan. 21. INDONESIAN trade with Singapore, both import and export, set a new record last year. Of the Colony’s trade with more than 75 countries, Indonesia accounted for more than one-quarter. Imports from Indonesia last year were valued at about $370,000,000, compared111 words
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Article33 1949-01-27 12 SINGAPORE. JAN. 21. Members of the Rural Board yesterday congratulated Mr. H. A. De Silva, the Board’s Secretary who was made an M.B.E. in the New Year Honours List.33 words
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Article98 1949-01-27 12 SINGAPORE, JAN. 20. FEWER people were placed in jobs through the Singapore Labour Exchange last year tnan in 1947. According to official statistics, 20,585 persons—l7,2l6 males and 3 369 females—sought employment through the Exchange last year, but only 7,505, or about 36 per cent of the98 words
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Article249 1949-01-27 12 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 19. ‘*T>Y THEIR escapades, the O four accused have put the name of the Scots Guards in the mud.” said the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court Prosecuting Officer, Mr. R. J. P Rycroft, when he asked for a deterrent249 words
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Article38 1949-01-27 12 SINGAPORE. JAN. 20. A Cantonese pall bearer one of four officiating at a Chinese funeral in Singapore yesterday afternoon, collapsed and died u«der the colli’ 1 he was carrying into Hollar 11 Road Cemetery.38 words
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Article110 1949-01-27 13 I nun Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Ian. 19. 1'\VO Malays, Mohammed Nor bin Abdul Kadir and Da bin Abdul Kadir, ot Jerantut. Pahang, were charged at Kuala Llpis re-t-entiv with teaching false religious doctrines and with not holding a written authority from the Sultan of Pahang.110 words
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Article104 1949-01-27 13 SINGAPORE. Jan. 21. TIN-IN-ORE moved Irom the Federation mainland to Singapore and Penang In 1948 totalled 45.739 tons, compared with 26,927 tons the previous year. The last pre-war figure available for comparison was 84.751 tons in 1940. To last year’s total, Perak, with 29,695104 words
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Article70 1949-01-27 13 SINGAPORE, Jan. 22. (infantn Cases f poliomyelitis e paralysis) were reSl n sapore during n?L Week en ded Jan. 19. The nrit°L notlflat,le diseases reffi l Were: tuberculosis 71. S n pox l l diphtheria 6. 2 an d leprosy 2. agSS JP* 160 deaths70 words
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Article164 1949-01-27 13 SINGAPORE, Jan. 23. i/ALLANG Airport had a boom year in 1948. A total of 28.937 people landed at the airstrip last year and 28,977 took off. Over 7,000 stopped over in transit. These figures, said the manager of the airport, Croup Captain E. A Healey,164 words
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Article146 1949-01-27 13 From Our Staff Correspondent IPOH. Jan. 21: The Bishop of Singapore (the Rt. Rev. J u Wilson) ended his three-day farewell visit to Ipoh today. During his stay, he inducted the Rev. Mr. Paul Daniel, as priest in charge of Tamil work, and confirmed about 40146 words
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Article91 1949-01-27 13 From Our Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Jan. 21. Chang Boon Thiam, who was yesterday charged in the Sessions Court with possession of 57 packets of chandu, admitted ownership and said that the chandu was not for sale but for his own consumption. On this charge91 words
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Article103 1949-01-27 13 THE Mil™ KUALA LUMPUR. Jan. 22. October omcns hockey team, formed in Kuala Lumpur in cycles l1n ,j ra c d a storm of protest in Muslim religious Nimbly of n *A e su hjcct of a motion at the next Cencral The ore! a N0103 words
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Article74 1949-01-27 13 t rom Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 19. MUNICIPAL Oommlssio--ITI ners acting as national registration authenticators have protested against official action in returning whole batches of cards to authenticators when only a few cards in the batch were wrongly filled in. Mr. Cheah Ewe Kiat74 words
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220 1949-01-27 13 SINGAPORE. Jan. 23. THE China Society oi Singa- pore, which has 70 mem--1 bers of all nationalities, held its first general meeting at Katong yesterday. The Society will try to promote an interest and appreciation of all things Chinese and by various social functions will220 words
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349 1949-01-27 13 SINGAPORE, Jan. 23. QNt Chinese fisherman was killed and three badly wounded when they were attacked at night by Indonesian pirates in Sumatran waters. The survivors who arrived in Singapore in tow early yesterday suffering from multiple knife wounds, were taken off their motor vessel349 words
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Article275 1949-01-27 13 SINGAPORE, Jan. 23. DADIO MALAYA wants new local variety talent —and to find it proposes to start a fortnightly variety show by the public for the public in the British Council Hall in Stamford Road. First show will be on February 14. Admission to the shows275 words
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Article121 1949-01-27 13 From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, Jan. 19. IN the interests of public I safety, the ban on crackerfiring in Penang will not be lifted during the Chinese New Year, an official told the Straits Times today. “If any crackers are let off near them, armed police121 words
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Article123 1949-01-27 13 From Our Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Jan. 21. At the feast on the occasion of the anniversary of the funeral of Sultan Abu Bakar. a presentation of a sliver cigarette box was made to Dato Onn bln Ja’afar by the Malay Government officials In Johore123 words
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Article92 1949-01-27 13 SINGAPORE, Jan. 23. MR. K. Mannan, senior local recorder in the Expense Accounts Department of the Singapore Naval Base, who was awarded the British Empire Medal in the New Year Honours, was given a dinner last night by members of his department. Mr. K. M.92 words
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Article497 1949-01-27 14 From Our StafT Correspondent FORT DICKSON, Jan. 23. ITOE establishment of a second brigade of th e Malay Regiment was forecast by the General Officer Commanding, Malaya District (Maj.-Gen. C. H. Boucher) when he addressed 500 men of the Malay Regiment at a passing-out parade at497 words
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Article27 1949-01-27 14 SINGAPORE. Jan. 24. Five bilking fires which broke out within four hours in Singapore yesterday were believed to have been caused by the hot weather.27 words
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Article167 1949-01-27 14 SINGAPORE, Jan. 24. r |'WO terrorists, Cheng 1 Ming Keong and Cheng Kol were hanged at Johore Bahru on Saturday. Cheng Ming Keong was seen by police coming out of the blukar early on Oct. 8 In the Seelong area near Senai. They chased him and caught167 words
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Article98 1949-01-27 14 SINGAPORE. Jan. 22. Mr. D Bruce Smith. Executive Engineer in charge of Singapore rural areas, has been appointed Senior Lecturer in Structural Engineering at Canterbury Univnsity College in New Zealand. Mr. Bruce Smi'h leaves for New' Zealand next Friday A New’ Zealander, Mr. Smith joined the98 words
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Article56 1949-01-27 14 From Our StafT Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Jan. 23. Abubakar bin Tahir was sentenced to 10 mcnths’ rigorous Imprisonment, to i\e followed by nine months’ police supervision, when he was found guilty cf intimidating a Chinese boy. He was sentenced to nine months’ hard labour on two other56 words
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Article50 1949-01-27 14 SINGAPORE, Jan. 23. Miss Lourdumary. daughter of the late Mr. M. Anthony. Town Board Office. Johore Bahru, and Madam S. Anthony, was married to Mr. Frederick Doray at the Church of Our Lady of Lourdes. yesterday. The bridegroom Is the son of Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Doray.50 words
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Article264 1949-01-27 14 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 23. A EUROPEAN estate manager had a narrow escape yesterday morning when his car was ambushed by bandits and broke down during the escape. Mr. E. D Harding, managi er of Lothian Estate, Nilai. in the Sepang district264 words
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Article283 1949-01-27 14 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 23 LAST year’s rubber production in the Federation—--696,978 tons —was the highest ever recorded This figure wa s possibly exceeded only in 1941, a year of all-out production for which, unfortunately, statistics are not available. In December, last283 words
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Article281 1949-01-27 14 Jan. 24. JI/lISS Tessie Cornelius, woman correspondent of the Straits Times, was married on Saturday at the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd to Fl-Lieut. Desmond M. Leahy, a R.A.F. doctor. Miss Cornelius is the eldest of the five daughters of Mr. and Mrs C. P. Cornelius,281 words
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Article138 1949-01-27 14 SINGAPORE, Jan. 24. MR. Claude Robert Michels, managing director of the Ford Motor Company in Malava. died suddenly from a heart, attack in his home at Draycot Drive Singapore, yesterday morning. Mr. Michels was born at Waukesha. Wisconsin U S A., in 1896 and joined138 words
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Article158 1949-01-27 14 SINGAPORE, Jan. 24 THE Singapore Association has started a campaign to recruit members with the object of creating as larpe and as representative a body of local civilian opinion as possible*. The organisation began its existence as the Straits Settlements (Singapore* Association 60 years ago.158 words
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Article85 1949-01-27 14 SINGAPORE. Jan. 24 The Representative of th< Government of India in Malaya, Mr. J. A. Thivy speaking in Singapore yesterday, urged Indian “crusaders’' not to waste their energies by airing community matters ir. public forums. “By persisting in such harmful controversies, we are only drawing pointed attention85 words
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Article129 1949-01-27 14 SINGAPORE, Jan. 23. FORMER Chief Engineer SEAC under Earl Mount batten, Brigadier M. Pearce now manager of the overseas branches of George Wimpcy and Company, arrived in Singapore by air yesterday Brigadier Pearce, who is on a visit to the Far East will remain in129 words
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Article329 1949-01-27 15 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 24 CHINESE leaders and the planting community told ,h Straits Times today that they welcomed the •<hout before you shoot” Emergency Regulaas they made th e position clear. G,noral reaction was that tht r Government, in publish the regulations,329 words
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Article96 1949-01-27 15 SINGAPORE, Jan. 25. CHANGES of designation in Marine Department J.; r announced by the Master Attendant. 0 Senior Certificated uig Officer will be n v the Senior Assisuin; Port Otficer and the v 1 two o! fleers as rp, s :uit p ort Officers, ti; office96 words
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Article194 1949-01-27 15 SINGAPORE, Jan. 25. THE Singapore Deputy Police Commissioner (Mr. G. R. Livett) yesterday explained the ban on sand crackers over the Chinese New Year. “These home-made crackers are like bombs and are very dangerous,” he said. “People who explode them under cigarette tins might have their194 words
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Article51 1949-01-27 15 Valley T, n Dredging announces that In the firs half of January the No. 1 dredge worked 311 hours, covered 75 030 cubic yards and won 117 piculs of ore. The No. 2 dredge worked 295 hours, covered 65 000 crbic yards and won 176 piculs of51 words
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Article85 1949-01-27 15 SINGAPORE, Jan. 25. SIX of Singapore's biggest firms are to have their employees X-rayed at the Singapore Anti-Tuberculo-sis Clinic. One of the firms has over 1.000 employees, and the number employed by each of the others varies between 100 and 500. Dr G. 11. Garlick,85 words
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Article144 1949-01-27 15 SINGAPORE, Jan. 23. A CHINESE seaman who walked with a peculiar gait on Clifford Pier was stopped and searched by a Customs officer. In fiis waistcoat, the officer found 24 lb. of gold. Yesterday, the seaman. Foo Sing Tung, a greaser on board the144 words
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Article59 1949-01-27 15 JOHORE BAHRU. Jan. 2i. verdict of murder against persons unknown was returned after an inquiry yesterday into the death of Yew Tan, owner of a small estate near Jeram Choh. It was stated that on the night of Aug. 17 last, four men dragged Yew Tan59 words
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Article124 1949-01-27 15 VUVF I pon<?° RE Jan 25. A b;,: n v^ s C0I JPlaints have' Eaporp M l «;ter V the Sinnvistr”'; Attendant from Wo rf L Ssels berthed at in Hns b0U ii? e speed of r4ps which often, 1 arrive! away! ng lines <»b5124 words
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Article209 1949-01-27 15 SINGAPORE, Jan. 25. THE Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce A yesterday approved the set-up of the trade liaison committee to promote better understanding between Chinese traders, the Secretariat for Economic Affairs and the Netherlands Consulate-General. The Chamber has named Its three delegates to sit on209 words
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Article, Illustration283 1949-01-27 15 SINGAPORE. Jan. 24. THE detence of British territories in South-East Asia was the topic at yesterday's discussions by administrative chiefs at Bukit, Serene. Meeting there were the Commissioner General (Mr. Malcolm MacDonald). the High Commissioner. Federation of Malaya (Sir Henry Gurney), the Governor of Hong Kong283 words
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Article57 1949-01-27 15 SINGAPORE, Jan. 23. TAN Ser Meng, a salesman employed by Chop Tan Guan Lee of Boat Quay, Singapore was yesterday charged in the First District Court, with having committed between March and December, criminal breach of trust of $21,304 worth of goods belonging to the57 words
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123 1949-01-27 15 Women Cried Out Scared Masked Raiders SINGAPORE, Jan. 25. A .45 REVOLVER loaded with six rounds of ammunition was thrown away by three masked Chinese who unsuccessfully tried to rob a house in Everton Road yesterday The escaping robbers were said to have thing the revolver over a lorry, which123 words
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Article70 1949-01-27 15 SINGAPORE. JAN. 20. A large lallang fire in the Sime Road area kept the Singapore Fire Brigade in action for nearly three hours yesterday. It was one of five grass fires notified in the Colony between 11 a.m. and three p.m., and put out by70 words
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444 1949-01-27 16 SINGAPORE, Jan. 25. TWO women were among the 15 candidates chosen by the Progressive Party last night to contest the first popular election for Singapore Municipal Commissioners on April 2. The two women are Miss Amy Laycock, daughter of Mr John Laycock, vice-president444 words
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Article, Illustration57 1949-01-27 16 The G.O.C. Malaya District (Maj.-Gen. C. II. Boucher) taking the satute at the march-past of the 540 Malay Regiment recruits at their passing-out parade at Port Dickson on Suncruits at their passing-out parade at Port Dickson on Jan. 23. Four Malay Rulers attended the parade. In•Straits Times picture. - 57 words
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Article130 1949-01-27 16 SINGAPORE, Jan, 25 r'HE United Nations World Health Organisation plans to Inoculate 50,000,000 people throughout the world with BCG, the anti-tuberculosis serum, within two years. Tnls. sard the Director of W.H.O.’s South-East Asia Bureau (Dr. P. N. Haul). w'as the first step in a130 words
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Article49 1949-01-27 16 SINGAPORE, Jan. 25. Twenty-year-old Chong Kam Fook was yesterday sentenced to six months’ hard labour 10 strokes of the rattan and a year police supervision by the Singapore Third Police Court Magistrate (Mr. F. B. Oehlers). Chong pleaded guilty to stealing an alarm clock.49 words
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Article45 1949-01-27 16 SINGAPORE, Jan. 25. The Superintendent of Education, Johore. states that the school in Kluang referred to in a report headed Bought School Certificate, Postal Clerk Fined $100” in the Straits Times of Jan. 22 was not a Government or Govern-ment-aided school.45 words
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Article104 1949-01-27 16 From Our Own Correspondent A 99 vi-*p ltl SEGAMAT, Jan. 24. 42-YEAR-OLD Hokkien woman, Khoo Kim Hong, who said she found life not worth living, was charged here today with attempted suicide. “My husband is being held by the police in Singapore,” she told the court.104 words
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Article129 1949-01-27 16 from Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Jan. 24. I PRODUCTION of tin ore concentrates in the Federation during December totalled 5.698 long tons, an increase. compar«*d with the previous month’s output, of 5.543 long tons. The i ncreased production (was registered in Perak. Pahang Trengganu, Kedah.129 words
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Article490 1949-01-27 16 gVERYONE it seems has a passion in life. Sometimes this is well hidden but Cookie’s is easy to see. He loves all animals but his passion is the kitchen cat. He is never without at least one and usually there is a specially favoured animal which490 words
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Article317 1949-01-27 16 From Our Staff Correspondent SEQAMAT, Jan. 24. SEOAMAT Police shot dead three bandits yesterdaytwo near Jementah village and the third a mile out of Segamat town. On a cross-country exercise, a batch of special constables under training came across a Chinese in a rubber plantation.317 words
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Article64 1949-01-27 16 SINGAPORE, Jan. 25. Four lallang fires broke onf In the snare of three U nur? in Singapore vesterdav The first was in Kiat Hon'-', at midday This was follow i by others at Tengah. the ill mile. Bukit Timah and Sen:* bawang Road Two other small64 words
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Article, Illustration612 1949-01-27 17 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 25. ••IF the Army is required for military duties in 1 Malaya, the officers of the units stationed i„>re must be accommodated somewhere,” said a senior officer at Malaya District Headquarters t oduy He was-Straits Times picture. - 612 words
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Article33 1949-01-27 17 SINGAPORE, Jan. 25 Singapore police yesterday recovered 33 rounds of old .303 ammunition, which were found in the garden of a house in Bukit Cherwin, in the Keppel Harbour area.33 words
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64 1949-01-27 17 TWO EX-MALAYANS in Singapore after piloting a British air armament team from Ceylon. They are Wing-Comdr. C. T. Weir. D.F.C., who served in Malaya as a pilot from 1934 to 1937, and Flt-Lt. E. C. McCleland Hope, formerly at St. Andrew’s School, Singapore. Wing-Comdr. Weir, with Flt.-Lt. Hope as his"•—Straits Times picture. - 64 words
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Article327 1949-01-27 17 SINGAPORE, Jan. 26, THE new premises of St. Andrew’s Mission Hospital, in Tanjong Pagar Road, were dedicated yesterday afternoon by the Bishop of Singapore (the Rt. Rev. J. L. Wilson) at a simple service in the hospital entrance hall. After the service, Dr. Patricia Elliott, on327 words
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Article31 1949-01-27 17 SINGAPORE, Jan. 26. The Governor (Sir Franklin Gimson) has appointed Capt. G. W. Merrick to be a member of the Seafarer’s Administration Board in place of Mr. J. F. Field.31 words
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Article99 1949-01-27 17 From Our Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Jan. 25. Chin Min, who was charged with voluntarily causing grieveous hurt to Kong Ah Chong at Heng Seng Kong village, was ordered by Mr. W. B. Sutherland, President of the Sessions Court, to be sent for a further medical examination.99 words
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Article37 1949-01-27 17 From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Jan. 25. The Johore Malay Teachers’ Association will hold a general meeting in Muar on Jan. 28 and 29. The Higher Educational Fund for Teachers’ Children will be discussed.37 words
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87 1949-01-27 17 SINGAPORE, Jan. 26. rE Handicapped Children's Society has begun negotiations to acquire land for the construction of premises to house disabled children. The funds of the Society now stand at $32,616.21. A donation was received from Mr. Soh Koon Boon recently on the occasion of his87 words
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Article106 1949-01-27 17 SINGAPORE, Jan. 26. CONCERNED by the delays which have occurred in the hearing of objections against detentions, the Government has taken steps to expedite the sittings of the advisory committees, it was officially stated yesterday. Arrangements have now been made for advisory committees to sit full106 words
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68 1949-01-27 18 THIS PICTURE was taken at the farewell tea-party given to the magistrate, Mr. R. W. P. Rule, by the Second Police Court Staff, on the eve of Mr. Rule’s departure to Sarawak. From left to right: Mr. Chan Hit Siang, Inspector Noordin bin Talib, and Messrs. Othman H. Ali, R.—Straits Times picture. - 68 words
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Article285 1949-01-27 18 SINGAPORE, Jan. 25. A PLEA that Raffles College graduates be awarded degrees instead of diplomas when they graduate next June, thus enabling them to become the first B.As and B.Sc. s of the University of Malaya, is made in the latest issue of Bulletin, official organ285 words
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Article79 1949-01-27 18 SINGAPORE, Jan. 25. AWELL-urcssed European, with a big lighted cigar in his mouth, walked into the Singapore Third Police Court yesterday. He went up to the prosecuting officer and was about to make an inquiry when the Magistrate (Mr. F. R. Oehlers) noticed him. Mr. Oehlers:79 words
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Article135 1949-01-27 18 From Our Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU. Jan. 24. Mr. L. A. Smith, of Donaldson, Burklnshaw. made an application before Mr. Justice Lavllle for a receiver and manager to be appointed for the estate of Kuok Keng Kang, of Tong Seng Co. The application was opposed by Mr.135 words
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193 1949-01-27 18 From Our Staff Correspondent Penang, Jan. 24. THE University of Malaya will be established this year if and when the necessary legislation is passed by both the Singapore and Federal Legislative Councils. The public will then be invited to contribute to193 words
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Article65 1949-01-27 18 SINGAPORE. Jan. 20. The Singapore Government is not prepared to provide funds for the teaching of over-age children until 1950. At a meeting of the Rural Board yesterday it was stated that this reply had been received from the Director of Education to a proposal by65 words
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Article136 1949-01-27 18 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 24. THE Automobile Association of Malaya Is to make representations to the Singapore and Federal Governments requesting a change in the law regarding confiscation of motor vehicles in which contraband is discovered. Under the present law the136 words
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Article66 1949-01-27 18 SINGAPORE Jan. 25. For cheating F. Sena of the Rallies Hotel of a diamond ring, Peng Hian Wan. was sentenced yesterday by the Fourth Police Court Magistrate (Mr. M. H. MacDougal) to two months’ rigorous Imprisonment. Peng obtained the ring valued at $375 from Sena66 words
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153 1949-01-27 18 SINGAPORE, Jan. 25. A YOUNG Indian clerk who scaled a ten-foot wall A to take a peep at a woman bathing, was sentenced in Singapore yesterday to two months' rigorous imprisonment. The man, M. Raja Dorai, 24, formerly employed at the National Registration centre153 words
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Article273 1949-01-27 18 SINGAPORE, Jan. 26. A SENIOR British Treasury official and an officer of the Bank of England have been discussing the financial aspect of trade with Japan with the Secretariat for Economic Affairs in Singapore in the past few days. The Treasury official is Mr.273 words
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Article59 1949-01-27 18 From Our Staff Corresponds KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 25 A N RA /laircraft has been missing in a flight over Kedah sine? approximately ten o’clock this morning. Two crew an? believed to have abandoned the aircraft by parachute Any person having anv information is asked to con*, tact59 words
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Article186 1949-01-27 18 From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, Jan. 24 •THE Bishop of Singapore A (the Rt Rev. J. L. Wilson' on a farewell visit to Penang yesterday confirmed 48 candidates at a service at St George’s Curch. He was later entertained a* a joint tea-party at the parsonage186 words
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Article126 1949-01-27 18 SINGAPORE. Jan. 25. A FIRE brigade driver, Abdul n Hamid bin Ahmad, pleaded guilty yesterday in the First District Court to having attempted to extort $l2O from Yeoh Yew Koon, on Dec. 15. Mr. A. H. Frew, A.S.P., prosecuting, said Abdul Hamid handed Yeoh two letters purporting126 words
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Article73 1949-01-27 18 SINGAPORE, Jan. 25. Neither the police nor the five Singapore people who offered jobs to Tan Sing Choon, a dumb Penang exVolunteer, more than six weeks ago have been able to find him. Tan. who was reported to have spent the last, six years writing for73 words
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Article, Illustration610 1949-01-27 19 SINGAPORE, Jan. 23. T.bined Services 10; Combined Civilians PTER fluctuating fortunes in which the issue l was undecided until the very end, the Combined Services beat the Singapore Civilians at ruviei yesterday at Jalan Besar stadium by two goals to two penalty goals. The victory610 words
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Article123 1949-01-27 19 Basketball ‘Invasion *1N(> AFORE. Jan. 22. Mi: (ioh Chye Hin, president of the Singapapore Chinese Amateur Athletic Federation, said yesterday that there would be an “invasion’* of basketball teams to Singapore during the next few months. Early next month, a women’s basketball team from Medan will be viisitine Singapore. This123 words
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Article244 1949-01-27 19 fr m Our Staff Correspondent PIPOH. Jail. 23. RAK defeated Selangor by •i. e eoals to ore In an interst‘‘ ''key match played here tedpy. Por k had the better of -ex-ch-’n- ?j n the ha but ‘‘rrat'.c shooting by their forwards ara good gonlkeeping by244 words
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Article53 1949-01-27 19 QF: MFUH, Jan. 23. 0 H stained revenge for o f j.; u. reverse at nands jw s v only de}V settlement at in Inter State Cl v' r U h V* Inter aational *'W. c y ps ter<lay. fr r o r,( '\g iSL th nly e0Rl53 words
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Article330 1949-01-27 19 SEREMBAN. Jan. 22 IN spit* of resolute tackling and fine threequarter 1 movements, the Negri Sembilan State rugger fifteen were unlucky to lose to Selangor by eight points (a goal and a try) to six points (two tries) in a return inter-State fixture here today.330 words
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Article44 1949-01-27 19 SINGAPORE. Jan. 21. The Singapore Municipal Services Union defeated the Banka Billiton Sports Club by two goals to one ,'n a soccer mat h played at Farrer Park. Ah Soo scored both goals for the winners, while Thiam Fong scored for Banta.44 words
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284 1949-01-27 19 SINGAPORE, Jan. 24. '■TOE Singapore Chinese -A Swimming Club’s new $500,000 pool was yesterday described by Its president (Mr. Lee Kong Chian) as only part of a big scheme for the Club’s improvement. Mr. Lee, who was addressing an extraordinary general meeting, said: “Our284 words
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Article160 1949-01-27 19 SINGAPORE. JAN. 21. THE Girls’ Sports Club "A” team defeated the Naval Base Ladles’ Hockey Club by three goals to one on the S.R.C. padang yesterday. While the Naval Base were more forceful In the attack, the G.S.C. were inclined to take their time about their160 words
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329 1949-01-27 19 SINGAPORE, Jan. 21. AN only goal scored by Kirpal Singh in the second half enabled the 8.0. D. Civilians to annex Tobin Challenge Cup for hockey when they met the Military (30 Bn. XI) in the final round on the 8.0. D. ground, yesterday.329 words
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623 1949-01-27 20 TIN RUBBER SHARES DROP ON MALAYAN MARKETS From A Market Correspondent 'J'HE Thaipusam holiday limited the week’s business to five days in a month which the incidence of Chinese New Year will make shortest working month of the year. Nevertheless a reasonable amount of business was written. Industrial shares on623 words
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152 1949-01-27 20 From A Market Correspondent UNITED Kingdom import licences for pearl sago from Malaya have yet to be issued, although an earlier communication to the Singapore Secretariat for Economic Affairs indicated that imports would be re-licensed early this month. The Singapore agents for pearl sago importers152 words
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221 1949-01-27 20 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 24 REPLACEMENT of smallholders’ rubber trees, gx 90 per cent of which are over-age, is a matter of urgency, according to a report Just issued by the Rubber Research Institute. The report says that the three years’ enforced221 words
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Article92 1949-01-27 20 DIVIDEND PAYERS UNITED Temlang (P.M.S.) Rubber Esta es, after a lapse of six years, Is resuming dividend payments on tne £250,000 capital by he distribution of five per cent, for the year to last July 31. The previous payment was six per cent, in respect of92 words
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Article58 1949-01-27 20 APA L A Rubber Estates of Malaya directors recommend payment of the year's dividend to last Sept. 30 on the £147.472 7 per cent. Cumulative Preference shares, payable Feb. 22. Last August a payment of 45 per cent, less tax, was made, being six years' arrears for the58 words
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Article34 1949-01-27 20 pENGKALEN directors have declared a dividend of 10 per cent (6d. per share) on the Preferred Ordinary shares less tax on account of profit for the year to Sept. 30, 1049.34 words
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Article220 1949-01-27 20 SINGAPORE, Jan. PRICES in this rubber market have been well above the London and New y levels throughout the vu.\k, says Lewis and Peat’s maiket report. They have been maintained t>v buying to fulfil some Russian 'u 0 meats taking place In January and February. Any220 words
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Article24 1949-01-27 20 ]yjALAKA Pin da Rubber Estates in December harvested 121,410 lbs. ef rubber. 7 EW Scudai's December rubber crop amounted to 50.500 lbs.24 words
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Article36 1949-01-27 20 pENOKALEN directors have de I clared an Interim dividend of 6d. per share on the Preferred Ordinary share, payable today. RAMBUTAN has declared an interim dividend of 9d. per share, payable on Jan. 31.36 words
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Article824 1949-01-27 20 SINGAPORE. Jan. 25. INDUSTRIALS Buyer Seller Atlas Ice 14 00 15.00 xd Alex Bricks Href. 2.80 2 90 Ord. 1.97*4 2.02% 8.8. Petrol 44/- 44/9 B M Prusteea f 50 50 Con. Tin Smelters Pref 23/S 24/8 Orel. 17/9 18/6 E Utd Assur. 40.75 41.75 Est to824 words