The Straits Budget, 24 February 1949

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    31 1 The Straits Budget THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES [ESTABLISHED Om A CENTURY] |,v Scries No. 134. Singapore Thursday* February, 24th 1949 Price 40 cents (S.S. Currency) Or 1 sh.
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  • STRAITS TIMES POST-BAG
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      FORCED MARRIAGE OF PENANG
      320 2 THE secession motion in the Penang Settlement Council has been defeated, but the secessionists will carry the fight to the Colonial Office. In that case is it wise and politic to coerce Penang to remain in the Federation? Is a forced marriage conducive to happiness? I
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      A SULTAN’S MEMORY
      98 2 ACCORDING to the Straits Times of Feb. 7, the Sultan of West Borneo has said that he will deport all Australians from West Borneo in retaliation for the deportation of Mrs. O’Keefe. It would appear that His Highness has a particularly short memory as in 1945 it
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      Squatters Hold The Remedy
      311 2 ■SQUATTER", in your last Saturday Forum, has drawn a very beautiful picture of the plight of ninety-nine per cent, of the innocent squatters, but 1 think lie has only presented one view. He has shown that ninety -nine per cent, of the squatters are being intimidated
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      INDIANS FROM INDIA
      168 2 \«R. R. Jumabhoy made a very questionable statement in the Ltvisla tive Council when h« said that Indian mercantile assistants from India are essential for the purpose of keeping accounts in the Ir.cUan languages and that the authorities should not refuse them entry permits into the Colony.
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      The Commissioner-General And Mr. Brooke
      391 2 the Commis-sioner-General can j say will in any way deter I me from pressing my claim to visit Sarawak to ascertain the position for myself and to ensure that j consultations take place with the people so that their views may be known without Government
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      KEDAH AND SECESSION
      156 2 “IT ED AH Malay”, writing on the secession issue has put his case logically, but has he ever contemplated the amount Kedah may logically be required to compensate or reimburse the British Government for the handing over of Penang to Kedah? The unconditional surrender of the Japs
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      Verdict On General Percival
      387 2 I HOLD, no brief for 1 Malaya Command and its Commander at the time the Malayan war broke out on Dec 8, 1941, but in any criticism levelled at Lieut. General A. E. Percival, th e follow- ing points must be considered:— (1) Here was a
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      “THE PRIMARY INDUSTRIES”
      193 2 IN the leading article entitled “Compensation from Britain” in your issue of Feb. 17, the following statement appears. “Suspicion always attaches to anything that is said on behalf of the primary industries.” Will you please inform me. firstly, what suspicion it is that attaches to anything said
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  • The Straits Budget
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      COMPENSATION FROM BRITAIN
      1048 3 —Straits Times. Feb. 17. i* t't Committees of ii* ration and Colony appointed to cxa- ;s..r damage compen.posals which won* i,r» th* Councils last he r have produced, not „rt»*dlv. a scheme total- j, vnt in principle and different in detail. ti c to it are reservations
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      THE ATLANTIC SHOCK
      590 3 —Straits Times, Feb. 18. There seems to have been a wholly unnecessary fright in Europe as a result of American’ warnings that the Atlantic Pact may not be quite the kind of pact that Europe has thought it would be. It has arisen from policy statements by
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      Handling The Money
      490 3 —Straits Times, Feb 18 Simplicity and no delay in the assessment and payment of claims are the attributes most to be aimed at in a war damage compensation scheme, remark the Select Committees of the two legislatures in the proposals they have made for a par-Malayan scheme.
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      THE MONEY AND THE MEN
      531 3 —Btraits Times, Feb. 19. The* Federation Government’s request for a substantial contribution towards the cost of suppressing Communist teiTor must not fall on deaf ears in Whitehall. The biH is now running at the rate of over $100 million a year, adding thirty per cent,
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      Frontier Sweep
      290 4 —Straits Times. Feb 19. The sweep carried out by security forces along the Kedah-Siam border, with the co-operation of Siamese police and troops, was less successful than had been hoped. There was no major contact with the bandits, speculation in the Siamese press concerning preparations for the operation
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      Often And Plenty
      259 4 —Straits Times, Feb. 19. Eat little and often has been the advice usually given tp residents in the tropics, though it was advice which the Radio Doctor, who had something to say the other day about meals and mealtimes, did not see fit to repeat? Perhaps little
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      THE OUTLOOK IN CHINA
      1023 4 —Straits Times. Feb 21 Peace negotiations in China do not appear to be a day nearer than they were when the Communists responded to the Nationalist appeal. Only an unofficial peace mission has visited Peiping. The official Nationalist delegation has yet to fly north, and there
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      MALAYA AT TIN TALKS
      702 4 -Straits Times, Feb. 22. There is going to be seme hard bargaining on tin before any international agreement stabilising the industry, which producing countries and consumers are almost equal], anxious to have, is finalh reached. The Federal Legislative Council, in approving unanimously the calling of ar
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      The Reds In India
      317 5 —Straits Times, Feb. 22. Pandit Nehru has always insisted that Communism in India, while it would bear watching, was not a serious threat to government, and there is still no reason to suppose that ho is wrong. The larg*' number of arrests which have now been
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      TRADE WITH RED CHINA
      669 5 Straits Times, Feb. 23. Although the long term future of trade with Communist China is a matter for speculation more morbid than hopeful, doubts as to the immediate future are being pleasantly resolved. The bold and the fortunate have begun, with an enterprise traditionally associated with
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      The Cameron Highlands
      246 5 —Straits Times, Feb. 23. Dalat, in French IndoChiria, is preparing for a holiday makers’ invasion. The resort expects its first post-war influx of tourists from Malaya, states a news agency message, which goes on to explain that Communist guerrillas have made Malaya’s own holiday resort in the
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    Murder Charge After Ambush
    51 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 22. A CHINESE arrested at Kulim yesterday has been charged with the murder of Mr. F. E. W. Harrison. assistant manager of Somme Estate, Kulim on Feb. 14. Mr. Harrison was ambushed by bandits while driving alone from Serdang to Terap in South
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    CARLTON HIRE: SEVEN YEARS
    237 5 —A.P.. U.P.. Reuter. BATAVIA Feb. 22. £JARLTON A. Hire, 39-year-old Singapore shipbroker, was today sentenced to seven years imprisonment by a Dutch court of justice at Tanjong Pinang. Hire was accused of gun-running into Indo nesia, in co-operation with three American air men who brought 40
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    SUIT WAS WRONGLY ADMITTED
    163 5 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 22. THE Chief Justice, Sir Harold Willan, gave judgment today on a claim for $ll,332.52 brQught by Mitchell Cotts and Co., Ltd., against Mr. E. A. Bryanne, former joint manager of their Kuala Lumpur office. His Lordship held that
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  • Personal
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      BIRTHS
      211 5 GREENSTREET: On Feb. 6th 1949. at Lewisham Hospital. London, to Kathleen, wife of C. W. J. Greeastreet, Malayan 1 Police Sendee, a daughter. YANUS: To Tamara, wife of George Yanus, on 9th Feb., 1949. .at Kandang Kerbau Hospital, a daughter—Margaret. Hongkong. Shanghai oaners please copy TO MARY, wife of
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      ENGAGEMENTS
      59 5 THE ENGAGEMENT is announced between Johan H. M Berkhout, and Blanche F. van de Graaff, on Sat. 19th Instant THE ENGAGEMENT is announced between Nelly Tan. only daughter of Mr. <fe Mrs. Tan Wan Hoei, 36 Oxley Road, and Ocy Jam Seng, eldest son of Mr. Hr Mrs. Oey
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      MARRIAGES
      70 5 GREEN—HENRY. At St. And rew’s Presbyterian Church, Kuala Lumpur. 19th February. 1949. Joseph Green, Chief Controller of Posts. Malaya, to Henrietta Emma Olivia Henry. Malayan Nursing Service, Bungsar Hospital, Kuala Lumpur. JACKSON GROSE HUTCHISON. The marriage of Barbara Ma\ Hutchison, to Cyril Jackson Grose, took place at the Presbyterian
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      SILVER WEDDING
      43 5 BEARBLOCK-FI6HER. On 18th February, 1924, at All Saints' Church, Wickham Terrace, Brisbane, Arthur, son of Rear-Ad-miral Charles Bearblock, C.B.R.N and Mrs. Bearblock of St. Stephens by Saltash, Cornwall, to Kathleen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David Hindhaugh Fisher of Yeppoon, Queensland.
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  • Obituary
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    34 5 DEATH Dr. Sarban Singh, at right p.rn on February 20 at the Civil General Hospital, leaving behind his wife and a son. Deeply regretted. Cortege leaves 245 Serangoon Rd. (City Dispensary > of 10.30 am
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    COUNCIL HINT TO AUSTRALIA
    271 6 SINGAPORE, Feb. 17. HINT that Australia’s policy toward immigrants might be taken into consideration by inofficial* of the Singapore Legislative Council when they came to study the Colony’s new Immigration Ordinance, now being drafted, was given by Mr. Lim Yew Hock (Nominated Unofficial) iin Council yesterday.
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    BANDITS MAY COME TO COLONY
    167 6 SINGAPORE. Feb. 17. THE Colonial Secretary. Mr. P. A. B. McKerron, yesterday warned of the danger of infiltration into the Colony of terrorists and others responsible for disorders In the Federation, as the anti-ter-rorist campaign neared its climax. He spoke when members of the Singapore
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    4 CEYLONESE ACQUITTED
    71 6 SINGAPORE, Feb. 23. Four Ceylonese soldiers of the Royal Pioneer Corns who were charged in the Singapore Assizes on Monday with gang robbery at. the 14th mile. Woodlands Road were found not guilty and discharged. The men were A. Arachige K. D. M. Premachandra T. M. L.
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    Workless Total Up
    109 6 SINGAPORE, Feb. 17. UNEMPLOYMENT In the Colony is now on the increase. Government stated in a written reply in the Legislative Council yesterday. Every effort was made through the Employment Exchange to find alternative work for the unemployed but the success of those efforts depended upon the
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    ALLOWANCES FOR 13
    85 6 SINGAPORE, Feb. 17. THE Legislative Council meeting yesterday approved special allowances for the 13 Unofficial members of the Council. The Finance Committee's recommendation for $58,500 for payment from April 1, 1948, was approved by the Council. The Committee’s message to the Council said that it e f
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    “Drop The Devil”
    86 6 from Our Staff <orre**p©iideni IPOlf. Feb. 16. THE Chinese consul in Ipoh, Ilaji Ibrahim W. T. Ma, told a Press conference in Ipoh recently that he had urged Chinese leaders and members of the Chinese community in Malaya to drop using the word “Kwai” in describing other
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    MALAYA ASKS FOR ANOTHER $220 MILLION
    313 6 SINGAPORE, Feb. 17. DRITAIN is asked for a further free sift of $220,000,000 for war damage compensation, says the joint report of the Singapore and Federation Select Committees issued yesterday, and laid on the table at the Singapore Legislative Council meeting yesterday. Britain has
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    ESCAPED AS CONSTABLE SLEPT
    90 6 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Feb. 16. I EE Peng, who escaped from the charge room of the C.I.D after the constable, who guarded him fell asleep, was today sentenced to one year’s rigorous imprisonment by the First Magistrate, Jnche Mohamad bin v ßaba. for
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    BAN ON INDIANS: PROTEST
    120 6 SINGAPORE, Feb. 17. THE refusal by the Immlgra- tion Department to grant entry permits to Indian mercantile assistants wishing to come to Singapore to work was commented upon by Mr R. Jumabhoy (Indian Chamber of Commerce) at yesterday’s Legislative Council meeting. He said: "There can be
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    15 Released
    91 6 SINGAPORE, Feb. 17. rE Singapore Government had issued 15 suspension orders whereby persons detained under the Emergency Regulations were released subject to certain conditions, the Colonial Secretary, Mr. P. A. B. McKerron told the Legislative Council yesterday. He said tnat other cases for release were being considered. Mr.
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    Children’s Charter Gets First Reading
    292 6 SINGAPORE, Feb. 17. THE Children and Young Person’s Ordinance. 1 upon which the Social Welfare Department has been at work for more than two years, came up for first reading in the Council yesterdav Consolidating the provision of *five existing ordinances, the Bill gives wider
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    $1,000,000 More For The Police
    259 6 SINGAPORE. Feb. 17 THE report of the Finance Committee, tabled before the Singapore Legislative Council yesterday, calls for an additional expenditure of more than $1,000,000 on th a Police Force. Of this. $59,919 is to pay for fuel and oil used by 170 police motor
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    Appeal For Aid To Volunteers’ Dependants
    353 7 Bliil ON COLONY’S HONOUR” SINGAPORE, Feb. 17. K to pay cost-of-living allowances in Singarl\rr f'uual to those being paid in the Federation P p ind dependants of volunteers and civil iVV, i personnel was yesterday described by Mr. de r..,: as “a blot on
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    HE GOT INTO HOT WATER
    80 7 SINGAPORE, Feb. 17. \ioLNG woman, Ong ri, w pe Mai, who was charged with causing voluntary hint by pouring hot water over a man, was discharged in the Singapore tiehtli Police Court yesterda, be. use H-e maKistrate said the complainant deserved all he got. Teh
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    Policeman Stopped His Wife
    193 7 SINGAPORE. Feb. 17. MRS F B Oehlers was prevented yesterday by a policeman from entering into the Third Police Court where her husband is the magistrate. Hearing some noise Mr. Oehlers and the court looked round and saw the policeman pushing Mrs. Oehlers out as ihe
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    EVICTION PLEA
    97 7 ItN mn' f w PORE Feb 1 1': J 1 or time was made tive V s n sapore Legislamcho T y terda y b y of the -r I 1 11, on behalf ln Palen n L s of 14 houses receive n R°ad who have L
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    Frontier Sweep Ends: No Bandits
    148 7 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 16 rpHE week-long combined operations on the Kedah--1 Siam border ended today with the withdrawal of Malayan and Siamese forces. Army authorities said that although no bandits were contacted, the operations had been most useful by extending the
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    ACQUITTAL FOR K.L. CASHIER
    51 7 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Feb. 16. Betty Foo, cashier of the Singapore Cold Storage, Kuala Lumpur, who appeared before Mr. M. Garton in the Sessions Court on a charge of criminal breach of trust of $33.97 was today acquitted ed without her defence being
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    HE DISOBEYED
    34 7 SINGAPORE, Feb. 22. A policeman told Tan Han Seng, aged 22, not to cycle along a Singapore Harbour Board wharf. He disobeyed and yesterday in the Third Police Court was fined $lO.
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    Registration Bill Passed In Colony
    213 7 SINGAPORE, Feb. 17. THE nursing situation in Singapore had eased since the introduction of the revised salary scheme and allowances last year, the Director of Medical Services, Dr. W. J. Vickers, said yesterday, when the Legislative Council passed the Nurses’ Registration Bill. He hoped that
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    Liquor Inquiry
    37 7 SINGAPORE, Feb. 17. The Government Is to appoint a committee to consider desirable improvements to the Liquor Revenue Ordinance and the Liquors Licencing Rules, it was stated at yesterday’s meeting of the Singapore Legislative Council.
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    Malayan For 30 Years —Protests
    257 7 SINGAPORE, Feb. 17. A PROTEST by Mr. John Lay cock against emergency regulations which would grant to Federal citizens privileges denied to British subjects not born In Malaya led to an amendment in the Singapore Legislative Council yesterday. The Council voted for f the exclusion
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    SECESSION: CASE FOR LONDON
    232 7 From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, Feb. 16 PENANG’S secessionists wiU by-pass th c Federal Council and take their case direct to Lopdon. They will not avail themselves of the High Commissioner’s offer to discuss Penang’s grievances. This second phase in their plan of action was decided
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    APPLICATION FOR CONTEMPT AGAINST FILM AGENCY
    1099 8 SINGAPORE, Feb. 17. “A SPECTACULAR and sensational course” was how Mr. Kenneth Seth, counsel for Shaw Rrothers, described a motion brought by Republic Pictures International Corporation, of New York, yesterday, in the Singapore High Court, for a writ of attachment against Shaw Brothers trading
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    To Contest East Ward
    109 8 SINGAPORE. Feb. 18. LATEST candidate for the Municipal elections is Mr. G. H. Kiat, who announced yesterday that he was standing as an Independent for Municipal East. ‘‘l issue no election manifesto, I make no promises,” Mr. Kiat told the Straits Times. ‘‘lf elected, I shall
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    STRUCK SPECIAL: FINED $20
    64 8 JOHORE BAHRU. Feb. 17. Eswaran. a labourer on Sungei Danger Estate, was convicted in the Magistrate’s Court of assaulting a special constable and fined $2O with the option of a month’s imprisonment. It was stated that on Nov. 14. when bandits opened fire on the estate,
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    Corporal Blamed For Rawang Shooting Death
    312 8 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 17. THE Kuala Lumpur Sessions Judge, Mr. M. Garton, said today that an 18-year-old Chinese, Ah Kiam, of Rawang, died on Dec. 11 last year as a result of injuries, haemorrhage and shock caused by multiple gun
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    “Booty” Rubber Plea
    157 8 SINGAPORE, Feb. 17. DROCEEDS of the sale of “booty” rubber by the Rub- ber Buying Unit immediately after the liberation should be set aside for the industry as a whole rather than placed in the pool for general distribution under the War Damage Compensation Scheme, says minority
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    COUNCIL NEWS IN BRIEF
    194 8 SINGAPORE, Feb 17. Other nenos from the Federal Legislative Council THE Federuj Government and the States Governj rnents are actively considering the method of determining the annual allocations to be made from Federal funds under the federation Agreement, Recommendations of u official committee set up to
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    Malaya’s Soap Trade
    72 8 Malaya ’s Soap Trade SINGAPORE, Feb. 18 SINGAPORE and the Federation imported more than 7,000,000 lb. of soap < washingtoilet and other types) 1& 5 year. More than 6,000.000 lb. cum from the United Kingdom. Malayan soap prod totalled 5,202.576 lb. 2.86J.840 lb. in Singapore. Soap exports last year if
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    GOVT. PAYS FOR BLAKE FUNERAL
    200 8 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 17. y H E Federal Legislative Council today approved a special expenditure of $440 for the funeral expenses of the Superintendent of Sorendnh Bovs' Home Mr. A. M Blake who was killed bv terrorists on Dec. 11 last
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    McKerron’s Reply To Plea For Vigorous Action
    304 9 J SINGAPORE, Feb. 17. “nKFINITE proposals aimed at solving the housing problem in the —“the biggest task facing the people”—may be placed before Singapore’s Councillors next month. This was stated by the Colonial Secretary, Mr. P. 4. B. McKerron, at yesterday’s meeting of
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    Anti-Graft Campaign
    67 9 SINGAPORE. Feb. 17. AliKilir.tt siait to *< corruption is hoped for soon in Singapore. Mr. Tan Thin Tuan was told in the Legislative Council yesterday A written reply said that re-inforcement of the AntiCorruption Branch had been delayed because all available police officers had been required for emergency
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    “UNFAIR” SAYS LAYCOCK
    180 9 SINGAPORE. Feb 17. 0 ESCRIBING as “unfair ind unjust’* the Singafore Government’s silence in regard to properties requisi- m*'d for the now abandonChang; airport scheme. Mr abn Laycock (Municipal North-East» asked in the Le--iiriat.ve Council yesterday for statement on what Government proposed to do with ’h*\se properties
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    GAOL FOR EX PRISON CHIEF
    61 9 (JfALACCA. Fob. 16.—E. J. Officer 1 1 m’ 1 u' mer European prisnr ch arge. Malacca lounrinf s this afternoon brp; U ’n 1 f y of two criminal sentfnVpH trust charges and labour o,-, i Wo years hard six n v r he hrst
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    APPOINTMENTS
    36 9 Mr N(iA PORE, Feb. 17. Mr S V an( j ■tnnoint* ri 1 u an havp been isf r ti r Tradp Union act a Officer* and to Tr:i(1 Unv ps 0t RoRlstrar s of
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    POLICE RATION
    56 9 SINGAPORE, Feb. 17. The Colonial Secretary Mr P. A B McKerron. said •hat no decision had been taken yet on the question of police rations. Inche Sardon Jub.r asked the Government in the Singa pore Legislative Council yesterday to retain the special police food ration as well as
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    Two Nurses Ready For Australia
    230 9 SINGAPORE, Feb. 17. NEITHER of the two Australian nursing scholarship winners, chosen from 50 Singapore and Federation candidates, has oeen outside Malaya yet. Miss Christina Ng Yew Peck of Singapore and Miss Chan Peng Chin of Kuala Lumpur will be the second party of Malayan
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    ‘Shocking Lack Of Open Spaces’
    222 9 SINGAPORE, Feb. 17. SINGAPORE, with a population of nearly a million has less than 100 acres set aside for playing fields and recreation purposes, said Mr. P. F. de Souza yesterday, making a strong plea in the Council for the provision of more open spaces.
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    New Post For Brigadier
    121 9 SINGAPORE, Feb. 17. THE Commander of the Central Malaya. Sub-District, Brigadier C. I. V. Jones, sails from Singapore in the Orduna on Friday to take ud an appointment as Brigadier. Royal Artillery G.H.Q.. Middle East. Jones will be succeeded by Brig. R. E. H. Hudson, also
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    Govt. To Probe Newspaper Leak
    431 9 SINGAPORE, Feb. 17. T'HE Colonial Secretary, Mr. P. A. B. McKerron, said 1 in the Singapore Legislative Council yesterday that he had given instructions for an immediate inquiry into the leakage to a Singapore newspaper (not of the Straits Times group) of confidential information relating
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    ‘We Are All Colleagues’ —McKerron
    114 9 SINGAPORE. Feb. 17 ANY distinction between Official or Unofficial members of the Singapore Legislative Council was to be deprecated. the Colonial Secretary. Mr. P. A. B. McKerron. said yesterday. “We are all colleagues,' said Mr. McKerron. “and we share the responsibility for the well-being of
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    NURSING SCHOLARSHIPS ARE PERMANENT
    493 11 SINGAPORE, Feb. 18. a.I.F. scheme to send two Malayan nurses each year for training in Australia will be permanent, and in time it is hoped have a corps of local girls who have received higher training in |„.,t of hospitals. I'l' _A._4.~v4J Uff f Va A
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    ‘That Man’— Mr. Massey
    130 11 ‘That Man Mr. Massey SINGAPORE. Feb. 18. rnllK Governor, Sir Franklin tiinuon said at yesterday’s farewell party t 0 the two Malayan nurses: On Wednesday, in the Legislative Council. 1 listened to a speech in which the sDeaker started off by sayi,,s it s That Man Again’." (Mr. Calwell). 1
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    FELL 13 FEET AT No. 13
    113 11 SINGAPORE, Feb. 18. A r No. 13 Fort Canning Road Singapore, yesterday. four members of a P.W.D. inspection party were injured—the European Assistant Engineer seriously w hen the ceiling of the house collapsed. The men who were inspecing roof timber, fell with the ceiling
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    MALAYS STRANDED IN INDIES
    155 11 SINGAPORE, Feb. 18. MORE than 200 Malays are at present stranded in Indonesia, according to Inche Salleh bin Mohd. Zain. who recently returned to Segamat 'Johore> after being In Indonesia since the outbreak of the Pacific war. Inche Salleh said that the pl'-sht of these people—who
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    ROAD DEATHS
    58 11 N SINGAPORE, Feb. 18. 201 ini.^H 0 8 Were kllled and dents 1 "h n 608 r °ad acclOf ,in hapore last month. child •.,„J" Jured 22 were I cycii s t s ria ns, and 56 were I strene l"' 1 p llce has been cope v.
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    APPOINTMENTS
    49 11 SINGAPORE, Feb. 18. The Deputy Master Attendant Singapore. Mr. W. H. Walmsley. will act. as Master Attendant Singapore, during the absence of Commander L. P. Lane, who is now on leave. The Senior Assistant Port Officer. Singapore. Mr. C. J. Hindley will act as Deputy Master Attendant. Singapore.
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    BANDIT MESSENGER SHOT
    153 11 IPOH, Feb. 20. DOLICE returning to their station near Salak North yesterday shot and wounded but failed to catch a Chinese whom they believe to have been carrying food supplies into the jungle for the bandits. The man was first seen going towards the jungle with a
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    $5,000 REWARD OFFER
    63 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Feb. 17. Negri Sembilan Police are offering a reward of $5,000 for information leading to the arrest of the bandits responsible for the murder of Lt. Col. Gutsell, his Malay driver and two special constables. Information should be given to the Chief Police Officer. Negri
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    WOMEN TO LEARN ABOUT GUNS
    119 11 TWEnity Por E, ’Feb. 18. 1 wi; n ?apore women n learn how :.o Thov" °f nolio, V,. the firs batch ‘°n to be emC onv oolice force v rr 0 'T, 13 Chinese one Indian and three of other races the ?0 recruits will
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    Govt. Answers Ration Rice Complaints
    373 11 SINGAPORE, Feb. 18. T'HE Singapore Government has denied that the rice issued to the public is “unfit for human consumption”. All local rice, says an official statement, consists of grades classified by the International Emergency Food Committee, and as such is suitable for issue. “The
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    FINED $210
    28 11 From Our Own Correspondent MUAR, Feb. 17.—Han Cheng, aged 57. was fined $lO for having fermented mash and $2OO for having parts of a distilling apparatus.
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    ‘Hurry Up’ -He Tells Committee
    97 11 SINGAPORE, Feb. 18. THE Rural Board Staffing Sub-Committee was told by the Board Chairman, Mr. C. W. A. Sennett, yesterday to hurry up with its report. The sub-committee was set up at last month’s meeting of the Board, as it was felt that lack of
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    7 Years For Gun, Ammo
    72 11 SINGAPORE, Feb. 18. TWO young Indonesians were sentenced to seven years’ rigorous imprisonment by Mr. Justice Taylor in the Singapore Assize Court on Wednesday for possession of a Sten gun and 100 rounds of ammunition. They were Retonga bin Muara and Bedar bin Jainal who
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    S’PORE FINANCE COMMITTEE
    48 11 SINGAPORE, Feb. 18. The Singapore Finance Committee has been reconstituted for 1949 and will comorise the following: the Financial Secretary. Mr. J D. M. Smith chairman: Messrs. E M. F. Fergusson Tan Chin Tuan. John Laycock. Lim Yew Hock anH Inche Sardon bin Hati Jubir.
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    CALL FOR WORLD TIN AGREEMENT
    775 12 ‘Malayan Must Lead Delegation From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 17. DY a unanimous vote, the Federal Legislative Council today approved a resolution by the Economic Secretary, Mr. A. Hey wood-Wadding-ton, calling for an international commodity conference the object of which would be to
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    THEY VISITED 10,166
    66 12 SINGAPORE, Feb 17. The three travelling dispensaries, maintained by the Rural Health Department, and the maternity and child welfare staff were kept busy in January. The travelling dispensaries treated 764 new cases and 1,151 old ones Nurses visited 10,166 women and children in 3,482 homes. Midwives went
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    Police: New Schemes Considered
    280 12 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Feb. 17. REVISED schemes for all services in the Police Department were being prepared but would take several months to complete, it was stated in the Federal Legislative Council today in a written reply to a question by Mrs. B.
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    5 Women To Help Fight Disease
    283 12 SINGAPORE, Feb. 18 FIVE women supervisors will help in a campaign being re-launched by the Social Hygiene Clinic in Middle Road to fight venereal disease in Sing a pore. The main duty of the supervisors will be to_ make door-to-door calls, spreading anti-V.D. propaganda.
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    University By Oct. 1, Say Students
    210 12 SINGAPORE, Feb. 18. DAFFLES College Union, Singapore, has written to the High Commissioner, Federation of Malaya, and the Governor of Singapore asking that the Foundation Day of the University of Malaya be not delayed beyond Oct. 1 this year. The Governor of Singapore (Sir
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    Govt. Has No Shares
    340 12 SINGAPORE, Feb. 17 T'HE Government wel1 comes but does not hold any share in Rediffusion (Singapore) Ltd., stated a written reply to a question by Mr C. C Tan at the meeting of the Singapore Legislative Council yesterday. The company was a subsidiary- of Broadcast Relay
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    He Helped Police
    99 12 SINGAPORE. Feb. 17. TIE Singapore C.I.D. cUier Mr. E. V. Fowler, yesteiday commended a "public-spirued person.” who helped the P (V lice on Tuesday to arrest an alleged taxi robber. The arrested man is bel °ved to have held up a Chinese taxi driver in Upper Thomson
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    SWISS VITAMINS FOR COLONY RICE TEST
    147 12 SINGAPORE, Feb. 18. CHILDREN at several Singapore child feeding centres have been eating every day since last April rice reinforced with vitamins. They have been medically examined every two months and the results will be known next week. Mr. C. Dant, of the Social
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    Cat Burglar Made A Call
    75 12 SINGAPORE, Feb 17. |U|R. S. D. Kalelkar, the ITI Indian Information Officer. and Mr. S. Than, the First Secretary, who live in two six-room flats on the first floor of the India House at Grange Road, were the victims of a cat burglar yesterday morning.
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    420 Bandits “Bagged” In 6 Months
    377 13 420 Bandits Bagged” In 6 Months From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 18. average of five bandits a week has been A billed in Johore over the last six months, it wl s stated in Kuala Lumpur by the G-O.C. Singap(,re District (Maj.-Gen. D. Dunlop). Speaking at a Press
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    Rewards For Arms
    72 13 From Our Staff Correspondent Kr.UA LUMPUR. Feb. 18. TUI Federation Commissioner of Police, Mr. \V. V dray, speaking at a Press conference here todav, drew attention to the fact that handsome rewards were payable for recovered firearms. •We pay up to $300 each lor serviceable weapons, such
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    Border Move Welcomed In Malaya
    151 13 KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 18. \NY measures taken by the Siamese Government to stiffen control of the Malay-an-Siamese border is welcomed by the Malaysm Government. said the Chief Secretary. Sir Alec Newboult, at a Press conference in Kuala Lumpur today. We and the Siamese have now
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    SINGAPORE POSTS
    91 13 S INGA PORE POSTS M SINGAPORE, Feb. 19. Officer f C i' Veterinary vice h l !iyan Veterinary SerVeterinan cm appolnt d Chief Place f r <^ 1I l ter Singapore, in M- D P White appointed L tn M a orrle has Secret act as Assistant Office °lonial Secretary’s
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    NO LICENCE —FINED $25
    92 13 SINGAPORE, Feb. 19. The Chinese woman who on Thursday cried to the gods outside the Singapore Third Police Court, was fined $25 yesterday. Lee Mei Eng pleaded guilty to erecting a coffee stall In Beach Road without a licence. The Magistrate, Mr. F. B. Oehlers, ordered
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    2,000 more Gurkhas on the way
    325 13 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 18. TWO thousand new Gurkha recruits will be 1 arriving in the Federation soon to join the Brigade of Gurkhas, said the G.0.C., Singapore District, Major-General D. Dunlop at a Press conference here today. These recruits, together
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    CHAPMAN LESSONS LEARNT
    130 13 Police Chief Says— From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Fn. THE war-time experiences of Chinese guerilla tactics and mentality, such as are described in Lieut.-Col. F. Spencer Chapman’s book “The Jungle is Neutral” are fully taken into consideration during the training of the Malayan Security Forces. Stating
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    WOMAN LOSES CLAIM
    166 13 MARRIAGE NOT PROVED SINGAPORE, Feb. 19 A CLAIM for maintenance made before the Third Police Magistrate. Mr. F. B. Oehlers yesterday, by an Indian woman Govindamal. from a Singapore practitioner. Dr. A. J. Thamboo was dismissed. Dr. Thamboo was not caned upon to state his case after
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    GAOL FOR 2 SEAMEN
    139 13 SINGAPORE, Feb. i9. “IT is a matter for regret that 1 the instigator of this offence should not be in the dock with you.” said the First District Judge Mr. E. P. Shanks, to two European members of the crew of Empire Farrar who were sentenced
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    STORY OF A RIFLE
    86 13 SINGAPORE, Feb. 19. A 19-YEAR old Malay, Pawanteh bin Chawan, appeared in the Fourth Police Court yesterday on a charge of causing the death of a compatriot, Mohammed Radzi bin Haji ArofT, through a negligent act. It was alleged that Pawanteh was tampering with a loaded
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    Guard Shoots A Tiger
    75 13 From Our Own rnrresnondont MERSING, Feb. 18. »OI JNG tiger four and a half feet long and two feet high was shot dead last night at Tenglu Island, three miles from Mersing, while attacking goats kept by a Malay. The owner shouted for h elp and
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    Employees have warm welcome for holiday bill
    420 14 SINGAPORE, Feb. 20. “WILL IT WORK, Mister?” asked an Indian shop-assistant yesterday when I inquired what he thought of the Weekly Holiday Bill which has been passed. When I asked, he was at first suspicious of my motives, but once I had gained
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    DINNER PARTY
    50 14 SINGAPORE, Feb. 21. Members of the Singapore Gun Club, fire-arm*. dealers and officers of the Police Force were present at a dinner party held at the Great Worjja given by Messrs. Ho Cheow Hock and Ho Sdm Guan of the Arms Department of Ho Hock Ann and Company.
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    Memorials To Gordons, Argylls Unveiled
    407 14 SINGAPORE, Feb. 21. THE Commander-in-Chief, Far East an( j Forces, General Sir Nefl Ritchie, unveiled two memorial plaques in the Presb\terian Church, Singapore yesterday afternoon. They were in commemoration of “the 80$ officers and men of the Gordon Highlanders ard the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders,
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    Loyalty To Malaya
    64 14 PENANG. Feb. 20. "fTHE younger generation X should grow up as Malayans and not as Malays or Chinese,” declared the Malay Federal Councillor, Dr. K. Mohamad Ariff, last night speaking at the annual reunion dinner of the North Malaya Alumni Association of Hong Kong University. Dr. Ariff
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    TRIBUTE TO COL. W.A. GUTSELL
    75 14 SINGAPORE. Feb. 20. Mr. Charles Stewart and other directors of the Mambau IF.MS i Rubber Co. in a tribute to the late Col. W. A. Outsell, in a letter to the secretaries in Singapore, express their appreciation of the services rendered by Col. Outsell over
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    PLAN TO PREVENT CRIME
    192 14 SINGAPORE, Feb. 21. TO help turn potential criminals away from crime and to make a success of the probation system, the Singapore Social Welfare Department is seeking the co-operation of employers in finding jobs for juveniles committed to its care. Unfortunately, a Department spokesman said yesterday,
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    NEW POWERS
    44 14 KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 17. A Bill to give legal validity to the control which the Custodian of Property is exercising over certain property and to give him power to sell any property,* was passed at today’s meeting of the Federal Legislative Council.
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    RAWANG SHOOTING TRIAL OPENS
    233 14 KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 19. lAN Mohamad, a 36-year-old Indian corporal at Rawang police station, appeared before the First Magistrate, Inche Mohamad bln. Baba, today on a tentative charge of murder, following an Inquiry into the shooting of a Chinese. Lol Hoi Oon, at Rawang on Dec
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    BANDITS KIDNAP P.C’s WIFE, COUSIN
    54 14 BENTONG. Feb. 19—The wife ana cousin of a Chinese special constable were abducted by five armed Chinese from their home in Mentakab on Wednesday night. The five men concerned in the abduction are known bandits. say the police. It is feared that the two kidnapped
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    Internee teacher for Kelantan
    182 14 SINGAPORE, Feb. 20. A Malayan school-teacher who ran a class for interned children at Bahau after the liberation has just returned to Singapore from a five-months holiday in New Zealand. She is Miss Muriel Leicester, formerly a teacher at the Convent of the Holy Infant jesus,
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    His motto: ‘action, not words’
    126 14 SINGAPORE, Feb. 20 MR. CHEAH KIM BEE announced yesterday that he would stand as an independent candidate for Municipal South, which has an electoral roll of 712, in the forthcoming elections. “Less words, more action is my motto,” Mr. Cheah told the Sunday Times. “I
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    TUNGKUS STUDY IN ENGLAND
    60 14 SUNGEI PATANI. Feb 19. TWO sons of the Sultan >f Kedah. Tungku Abdul Halin and Tungku Abdul Malik, are leaving shortly for England to read law. Both are very keen amateur jockeys and have ridden with success at Kedah gymkhana meetings. They were entertained to a
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    HIGHER S.M.C. SALARIES PROPOSED
    500 15 SINGAPORE, Feb. 19. HIGHER initial and maximum salaries for all H divisions in the Singapore Municipal serviu, to have retrospective effect from Jan. 1 j ;l st \ear. are recommended by the Municipal Hilaries Revision Committee in its first interim report, published yesterday. he Committee’s recommendations
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    “NO FALSE POLICE REPORTS”
    196 15 from Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 18. IT IS normally not considered advisable for the po’lce to put out false reports 'r. the hope of receiving information. said the Commissioner of Police, Mr. W. N. Gray, at a Press conference today in answer to a
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    Wanted Man Shot Dead
    108 15 Staff Correspondent KIALA LUMPIjR. Feb. 18. armed Chinese, identified *ofn a A anted manas thpv b *y securi ty forces JJ tbe > fought their way out <*n ambush after finding nvS n jR at Taiko n« in Sem? kuaK T, miles south-west of Thf 1
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    NEW ANTI-PROTECTION MONEY MOVE
    186 15 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 18. TILE Malayan Estate A Owners’ Association Is arranging for all members to sign “no protection money” declarations, it wa s stated at today’s official press conference. Every bus company in the Federation has made a similar declaration. “Such
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    SMALLPOX IN JOHORE
    110 15 From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU Feb. 18. After a smallpox-free two months, another outbreak has occurred in the State—at Parit Lapis, about 17 miles south of Batu Pahat along the coastal road to Pontian The first case was reported on Feb. 17 and to date 17
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    He Spent $27,000 On Motor Cars
    366 15 SINGAPORE, Feb. 1®. A MAN who drew $46,000 in salary, allowances and bonus in one month admitted in the Bankruptcy Court yesterday that in seven months he spent $27,000 on motor cars. The man, Joseph Anthony Pang, said that fn all he bought six
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    ONN’S DAUGHTER IS STATE COUNCILLOR
    236 15 From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Feb. 18 T\ATO Onn bin Ja’afar’s daughter, Che Saleeha Seth, has been nominated to the Johore Council of State as an Unofficial member. She will be the only woman in the new Council, oi which her father is president,
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    C.O. FOR MALAYAN NAVY
    204 15 rou& Pf »E. Feb. 19. C Vh„n NDE R H E H. Ml. ■X’ZcJP' Officer^? ‘he A an Naval Force by hf Cold u. l uZ f State for v al of t V with the approThf. Admiralty. ■r, N'tViiV°r hir) of the Matah p,[ 1l
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    “BRUTAL” KILLER SOUGHT
    101 15 BRUTAL KILLER SOUGHT SINGAPORE, Feb. 19. OINGAPORES C.I.D. Chief, Mr E. V. Fowler, yesterday offered a reward of $l,OOO for information leading to the arrest ot the unknown killer of a 19-year-old married Chinese woman, Ang Swee Moi, who was found dead in a small attap hut in the fishing
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    14 Squatters Released
    127 15 From Our Staff Cormpondrat KUALA LUMPUR. Feb. 18. FOURTEEN people detained during the clearing of Kajang squatters have been released and other cases are under consideration, the Chief Secretary, Sir Alec Newboult, said today. It was not proposed to esta- bllsh any right of appeal for squatters
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    Unauthorised Houses
    77 15 SINGAPORE, Feb. 19. MORE than 2,000 court actions have so far been taken against occupants of unauthorised houses in the rural areas. “Even so, they are being steadily put on the assessment register,” an official of the Rural Board said yesterday. About nine types of standard plans were
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    “JAPS TOOK MY LICENCE”, PLEA
    51 15 From Our Staff Correspondent SEGAMAT. Feb. 18.—”1 had a licence but the Japs tore It up when they occupied the country,” pleaded a Chinese Lee Heng, charged In the Segamat court with driving his car without a licence. He was fined $2O or 10 days’
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    M.P. On Hope For Self-Government
    285 16 SINGAPORE, Feb. 22. DEFORE Malaya could achieve self-government, the economic power of the Chinese and the political power of the Malays would have to be successfully welded together, said Major Woodrow Wyatt, Labour M.P. for Aston, Birmingham, who arrived in Singapore from Kuala Lumpur yesterday.
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    TALLY CLERK FREED
    175 16 SINGAPORE, Feb. 23. Ah Kee, former tally clerk ol the Singapore Harbour Board, was yesterday. round not guilty and acquitted Jn the Singapore Assize Court on a charge* of possession of Mve revolvers and 147 rounds ammunition. The judge said to the jury, whose verdict was unanimous:
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    Corporal Killed By Bandit
    248 16 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 21 A CORPORAL in the Devonshire Regiment was killed today by a bandit sentry guarding a hut in a jungle at Bukit Kuin, Mentakab, in Pahang. The patrol, accompanied by police, came upon the camp suddenly. The bandit, from
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    $1,250 FOR LOTTERY
    50 16 SINGAPORE, Feb. 23. The Second Police Court Magistrate. Mr E. V A. Peers, yesterday fined Khong Fook Sheng $1,250 for assisting a chap-ji-ki lottery. Khong was found carrying betting slips amounting to $89 1 when searched bv three con stables in Pagoda Street on I Jan 3
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    DISOBEYED ORDERS, GAOLED
    137 16 SINGAPORE, Feb. 22. Leonard Mcßitchie, a 19j year-old seaman was yesterday sentenced in the Marine Court to three weeks’ rigorous imprisonment for disobeying the lawful command of the ship’s captain. The incident took place on board the Canadian freighter, the East Water, alongside the Harbour Board godowns,
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    Six Months’ Gaol For Teacher
    87 16 I rom Our Staff Correspondent IPOH, Feb. 22. COR being in possession of a k stolen gramophone pickup. the property of the Jubilee Cabaret, a 23-year-old dancing teacher. Kuan Yoon, was today sentenced to six months’ rigorous imprisonment in the Sessions Court here. Inspector Sydney
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    Candidate’s Promise
    166 16 SINGAPORE, Feb. 23. MR. S. A. Mohamed Ali, prospective Progressive Party candidate for one of the seats in the Rochore Ward at the Municipal elections, says in his appeal to voters that he will do his best for the improvement of Municipal affairs generally and for better Municipal
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    TERRORIST “MASTER MIND” SHOT DEAD
    453 16 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 22. r rHREE “wanted” bandits—one of whom was considered to be the “master mind” behind the terrorist organisation in Malacca—were shot dead in the Federation yesterday. women followers were arrested. The other two men killed were a well-known
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    Biggest Batch Of Deportees Sail
    300 16 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 22 THE biggest batch of deportees to be sent from x Malaya so far sailed from Port Swettenham for South China ports yesterday evening. They numbered 573 men and women detainees, banishees and squatters. Another 700 are expected
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    SCHOOL GIRL GETS $500
    60 16 SINGAPORE, Feb. 23 MISS Caroline Ong. a puffin Standard II at F Panjang School, has oeer. awarded the Tan 1 u Boon Scholarship. The value of the scholarship is $5OO, to be drawn s*>*•.. avnually for the next eig* l years. The scholarship has O'jJ made
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    Doctor Tells Of Problems Ahead In Malaya
    312 17 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 21. r Malayan Government would have to spend a considerable sum of money if it Lanted to combat tuberculosis, said a T.B. expert Dr. Andrew Morland, today. Dr Morland, who has Just arrived in Kuala L
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    Magistrate’s Advice To European
    261 17 Magistrate s Advice To European SINGAPORE, Feb. 22. A EUROPEAN, Maurice Montague Freeland, of Malcolm Road. Singapore, was advised by the Singapore Third Police Court Magistrate (Mr. F. B Oehlers) yesterday not to throw his weight about and to "try to understand the people of this country if he wished
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    DOCTOR TO CONTEST ELECTION
    124 17 SINGAPORE, Feb. 22. DR. P. T. Nathan, a Singapore practitioner, will stand as an Independent for Rochore Ward in the coming Municipal elections. He told the Straits Times yesterday that he had been observing, as a medical man, the conditions of the city for the last
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    The Marvel Of Peru
    468 17 Planter's Wife THE “Marvel of Peru,” the little plant I 1 mentioned recently, grows in Singapore in dark reddish-magenta and a pale yellow, according to a Singapore reader >vho has very kindly offered to send me some seeds when available. The offer was gladly accepted. Burkill
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    JUNGLE STRAFED BY R.A.F.
    159 17 R KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 21. AF Spitfires, supporting fle a r ?I Und f rCeS Jungle Ku aman. Pahang, y£}, ar *Jed out a 30y. r ra ng in an attempt S °P Da ndits on the run. ,,^5 et area wa s raked cur fir*
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    Civil Aviation Post
    24 17 Mr Fra? A^ 0RE Peb 22 Horlev of has been the Colonial st *nt controller .•’o- ,,rji unications (~i >i -Maiava.
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    BRIBE GIVEN TO POLICEMAN
    94 17 From Our Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU Feb. 21. Chew Seng Hin. proprietor of Hin Kee bar and restaurant, Jalan Meldrum was today fined $250 in the Sessions Court for attempting ‘o bribe Sgt. Penner of the Military Police It was staged that the oar was put
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    New Unofficials Required To Take Out Papers
    294 17 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 21. MEW Federal Legislative Councillors who not Federal citizens by right will have to take out citizenship certificates before being sworn in as Councillors. Mr. E. C. G. Barrett, whose appointment as Registrar of Federal Citizens
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    TRIPLETS FOR S’PORE MOTHER
    193 17 SINGAPORE, Feb. 22. Triplet boys bom to a Chinese .mother at the Kandang Kerbau Hospital on Saturday were the second set within five weeks Until then no triplets had been bom in Singapore for two years. The first set. all girls, have since died, but the
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    They Hid Opium
    123 17 SINGAPORE, Feb. 22. A 66-YEAR-OLD man and a woman who admitted concealing illegal opium were remanded in custody until March 1 in the first, District Court yesterday bv Mr. E. P. Shanks. The woman. Wong Ah Mai. eaid she hid one pound of opium in her clothing,
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    WAR DAMAGE: “MALAYA HAS CONTRIBUTED TO THE UTMOST LIMIT”
    1753 18 SINGAPORE, Feb. 17. 'THE joint report of the Select Committees appointed by the Legislative Councils of the Federation of Malaya and Colon} of Singapore to examine and report on the memorandum of proposals lor i Mala van War Damage Compensation Scheme
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    ‘ONLY FAIR’
    109 18 SINGAPORE. Feb. 17 AKIDEK signed by Mr. YV. A. Godsall and six other Federation Committee members says: "YVhile we entirely agree with the argument that very considerable advantage has accrued to the United Kingdom and indirectly to other territories from the sale since the liberation of Malayan products
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    HOLIDAYS BILL IS PASSED
    170 18 SINGAPORE. Feb. 17. the Weekly Holidays Bill providing for one dayholiday every week for employees in shops, restaurants, anc theatres was oassed in the Legislative Council meeting 'esterday. A schedule to the Bill exempts the following categories Premises used for carrying on retail sale of motor
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    RICE QUESTION
    67 18 SINGAPORE. Feb. 17. The Singapore Government does not admit that its health authorities permit the distribution of rice ‘of such low quality as to be almost unfit for human consumption.” This reply was given to M»* Tan Chin Tuan in the Legis lativ- Council yesterdav when he asked
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    “COULD PAY A SHARE”
    237 18 SINGAPORE y.. tJ |N an ‘observatioj ed with th>* on war da mum tion, the Singapo y ra cial Secretary. M r Smith, says that, long-term point oi gapore and the F- rj. r could ultimately some part of the cai m of rehabilitation <y term
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    Not ‘Special Area’ Now
    107 18 I-rom Our Staff Corre'poodrnf KUALA LUMPUR. Feb 22 SPECIAL Area’* Emerge’. 1 Regulations which enforced at Serer.cah. 2d miles north of Kuala Lurr.pu* on the main trunk roac. aft:: the murder of two European tin miners at the enc of month, have now beer, cancelled. As
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    Singapore Treasure Hunt Was Privately Financed
    106 18 SINGAPORE. Feb 1* MR. McKerron told Mr. C. C. Tan at the I l>ur V meeting that the Government had not paid a *<‘"1 the rerent "buried treasure” excavations in Stan tor Road. Mr. Tan had asked on whose behalf and expense the excavations
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    NORTH, SOUTH SHARE HONOURS
    559 19 KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 20. |No»ic of the most exciting matches of the scries, North and South drew one-all in yester* day s hockey “classic” played on the Kuala Lumpur padang. South took the lead in the 23rd minute, diminutive Hon Yam of Singapore springing on to
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    D. Roper Scores 4 Goals
    136 19 SINGAPORE, Feb. 19. DOROTHY Roper, regular S.C.C. Women’s right-winger, proved equally good at left-inside by scoring four goals including a "hat-trick” for her side in a nockey match against the A.T.S. at Tanglin yesterday. The S.C.C. Women won by six goals to one. The S.C.C.
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    SCC Women Third Time Unlucky
    161 19 SINGAPORE. Feb 17. THE Singapore Cricket Club a womeir’s hockey team—lo girls and a man—lost two-nil to the Naval C.-in-C’s Staff XI on the Padang yesterday. After losing to the women in two previous meetings, the Naval men yesterday were at full strength with extra
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    Record Turn-Out At RSYC
    218 19 SINGAPORE, Feb. 21. FAVOURED by good weather and a fair breeze, the biggest post-war turn-out ot sailing craft provided a thrilling day for hundreds ot yachting enthusiasts when the 24th annual regatta of the Royal Singapore Yacht Club was held yesterday. Eighty-three sailing cralt, ranging from
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    A.C.S. Teams Win At Woodsville
    146 19 SINGAPORE, Feb 17. TH E Singapore Anglo-Chinese School "A” and •’B’* teams beat St. Andrew’s “A" and “B” teams ,n two soccer matches played at Woodsvllle yesterday. The A.C 3. “A” team beat St. Andrew’s "A” team by two goals to one. and the A.C.S.
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    MCFA TEAM TO PLAY IN HONGKONG
    286 19 SINGAPORE, Feb. 20. THE Council of the Malayan Malayan Chinese Football Association at Its final meeting foi the past year in Kuala Lumpur yesterday decided to accept an invitation from the Hong Kong Chinese National Amateur Athletic Association to send an all Malayan Chinese
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    S.H.B. Police Win 2-1
    168 19 SINGAPORE, Feb. 19. HAVING the advantage of a stronger defence, the S.H.B. Auxiliary Police had that edge of superiority to defeat a Singapore Cricket Club eleven by the odd goal in three on the Padang yesterday. Hard-working Bell and opportunist Moolenburg in the club forward line
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    Malayan Hockey Council formed
    506 19 KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 20 QELECATES from all over Malaya unanimously decided on forming the Malayan Hockey Council and adopted rules bringing Malaya into line with other international governing bodies at a meeting held in Kuala Lumpur yesterday. A specific function of the newly-formed Council will be
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    ENGINEERING REGT. WIN ‘SEVENS’ FINAL
    275 19 SINGAPORE, Feb. 20. THE Singapore Cricket Club's seven-a-side Rugby tournament was concluded m great style yesterday on the Padang in a victory for the Singapore Engineering Regiment by three points—an extra time try—against the S.C.C. (Hammers). A big crowd braved real rugger weather with an
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    Women Defeat Rugby Players
    95 19 SINGAPORE, Feb. 22. PLAYING on a slippery ground, the S.C.C. Women’s hockey XI beat a team comprising members of the S.C.C. rugger team by two goals to nil on the S.C.C. padang yesterday. Both goals were scored in the second half by the women’s centre-forward, Miss
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    MALAYAN MARKETS HOLD UP WELL AFTER A WEAK START
    630 20 From A Market Correspondent /OPENING weakly, Malayan markets showed still further easiness until many quotations reached new post-war low points where buyers were attracted. At the end of the week there was a noticeable hardening tendency and in total a fair
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    Petaling Tin Progress
    157 20 p ETA LINO Tin mine managers report that considerable pro gress was made last year with Improvements in the lay-out of the dressing floors, with the object of doing away with the need for retreatment of discards and of reducing manual labour. Oold recovered from the concentrates
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    Pepper Prices Hit New Levels
    197 20 SINGAPORE, Feb. 23. VTEW levels in pepper quotations were reached i n Singapore yesterday following the Dutch move to end barter trading with three Sumatra ports including Telok Betong (pepper port) where stocks of pepper were reported to be entirely stripped in the last fortnight
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    Singapore, Jesselton HongKong Link Soon
    126 20 Singapore Jesselton HongKong Link Soon A NEW cable station at Jesselton in North Borneo A will shortly be opened by Cable and Wireless to provide a link between Borneo, Singapore and Hong Kong. The cable line between Hong Kong and Labuan has been diverted to Jesselton, a Cable and Wireless
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    GOPENG: 5%
    54 20 IPOH, Sun. GOPENO Consolidated has declared an interim dividend ot live per cent on account of the year ending September 30, 1949, payable on March 7. 1949. Tekka-Talping has declared an Interim dividend of one shilling per share on account of the year ending Oct. 1. 1949, payable
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    The Week In Rubber
    205 20 SINGAPORE, F b iq A SAGGING tendency i n n rubber market c.mtin.iS till Thursday, when bright? news from the Unit. C i staS caused a change of smtim.n! in Singapore. m Mainly on covering, prlc#t showed a marked recovery Lewis Peat’s weekh riurk2 report Malayan
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    PATERSON SIMONS
    90 20 Application for a quotation for the Ordinary capital of Paterson Simoni and Company will shortly be made on the London Stock Exchange The Ordinary capital amounts to £151,500 in 5s shares followtm £46.250 in Six per cent. £1 Cumulative Preference shares. Profit* for the year to last Mnr.
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    MALAYAN SHARE QUOTATIONS
    757 20 SINGAPORE, Feb. 22. INDUSTRIALS Buyer Seller Atlas Ice 14.00 15.00 Alex Bricks Pref. 2.87% 2.92% Ord. 1.97% 2.02% 8.8. Petrol 41/3 42/3 B.M. Trustees 7.50 8.50 Con. Tin Smelters Pref. 23/6 24/6 Ord. 16/6 18/E. Utd Assur. 40.75 41.75 Fst. Trust Ag 7.00 8.00 Fraser Neave Pref.
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