The Straits Budget, 31 March 1949
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The Straits Budget
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Title Section30 1949-03-31 1 The Straits Budget THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES fESTABLISfIEI> OVER A CENTURY] L S." N<>- Singapore Thursday, March, 31st 1949 Price 40 cents (S.S. Currency) Or 1 sn.30 words
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Advertisement37 1949-03-31 1 K m Lx ONE OF THE TRAFFORD PARK WORKS lCKer ELECTRICAL EXPORT CO., LTD. TRAFFORD PARK. MANCHESTER 17 McAlister Co., ltd. (ESTABLISHED 1857) HEAD OFFICE: BATTERY RD., SINGAPORE. Ranches: PENANG, IPOH, KUALA LUMPUR LONDON CABLE ADDRESS: MACALPORE.37 words
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598 1949-03-31 2 1AM sick to death of the almost daily headlines in the press “PRAISE FOR THE PLANTERS We are not children, and do not require soft soap, under all circumstances planters will continue to do their duty. Every Tom, Dick and Harry of M.598 words
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Article161 1949-03-31 2 AS one of those who bad to call recently at the British Consulate in Sincgora (Sou tb Siam) in connection witb my passport I feel 1 must comment on tbe discour- tesies displayed by one of the members of the Consul’s Aslan staff. A few days161 words
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574 1949-03-31 2 A RECENT United Nations’ economic survey covering nearly all countries except Russia, showed that Asia’s production of rice is almost at pre-war level, yet, according to the Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organisation, world production is still three million tons short of574 words
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525 1949-03-31 2 Emulating th e example of Great Britain, Singapore has during the past few years, drawn up and put into effect several plans for the social welfare of its inhabitants. More ambitious plans are evisaged in the near future, in the hope of eventually bringing525 words
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Article315 1949-03-31 2 IN the Straits Times of Mar. 16 there appears <* report of a speech made by Mr. E. M. F. Fergusson in the Legislative Council. Mr. Fergusson accuses Major Wyatt. M.P., of “butterfly opinions;” however true this may be in relation to Major wyatt’s opportunities for a study315 words
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Article36 1949-03-31 2 The Seremban Town Board is to spend $46,000 to clean ud the town. Why should this sum be spent on town cleansing when ton priority—waterha s not been considered vet’ —Wot, No Water? Seremban.36 words
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Article1019 1949-03-31 3 —Straits Times, Mar. 24. *.,sr.ewhat optimistic A »,ich market reports on the food situf t altogether supt»u. Food and Agri--1 Organisation of the s, whose Direc- Mr. Norris E. Singapore on a Mt Mr. Dodd agrees %’ii.s a wonderful n v war. hut it was a ortunate—Straits Times, Mar. 24. - 1,019 words
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Article1128 1949-03-31 3 Straits Times, Mar. 25. Events since the despatch of the four flying couriers from London to the ends of the Commonwealth have confirmed the assumption we made then, that the coming conference of Commonwealth Prime Ministers will have as its primary business the question of the futureStraits Times, Mar. 25. - 1,128 words
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Article655 1949-03-31 3 —Straits Times, Mar. 26 One of the few questions which Mr. Eden found difficulty in answering, or parrying, when he was here, was the familiar one —why do the British press and public pay so little attention to what is going on in Malaya It used to—Straits Times, Mar. 26 - 655 words
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Article505 1949-03-31 4 —Straits Times. Mar. 2G. Mr. Follick, who moved in the House of Commons the other day a private member’s bill to reform spelling, defied any member of the House to say when to end a word with “ise” or “ize”. But at the end of the reading—Straits Times. Mar. 2G. - 505 words
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Article1156 1949-03-31 4 —Straits Times. Mar. 28 It is paradoxical that in reviewing the trade of a year that was replete with records, the chairman of the Singapore Chamber of Commerce should find himself becoming the prophet of woe, but the merest glimpse around the corner justifies all the—Straits Times. Mar. 28 - 1,156 words
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Article1110 1949-03-31 4 —Straits Times. Mar. 29. Yesterday the Rubber Study I Group began its meetings ml London, a conference which would have been held in Kuala Lumpur had it not been for I preoccupation with the emer-1 gency, and the difficulty oil accommodating two hundred I delegates. The—Straits Times. Mar. 29. - 1,110 words
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Article681 1949-03-31 5 —Straits Times. Mar. .30 Yesterday the Singapore Legislative Council approved, after no more than formal debate, a bill to establish a University of Malaya. The Federal Legislative Council, whose Select Committee examined the measuic jointly with the Select Committee of the Singapore Council, is to consider the bill—Straits Times. Mar. .30 - 681 words
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Article390 1949-03-31 5 —Straits Times, Mar 30. Russia has become Malaya’s 1 third best customer for rubber. Last year the Russian Government bought $100 million worth, and in return sold to Malaya less than $50,000 of Russian products. If it were not for the cold war this Russian buying would attract—Straits Times, Mar 30. - 390 words
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Article107 1949-03-31 5 SINGAPORE, Mar. 29. A 50-year-old woman, Tang Kwang, was sentenced to three months’ rigorous imprisonment by the Singapore Second Police Court Magistrate, Mr. E. V. A. Peers, yesterday Tor stealing a roll of cloth valued at $45. She too.k the cloth from a shop in Orchard107 words
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Article247 1949-03-31 5 r Io Pamela, wife of H. Haigh, Shell Co., of the Federation of Malaya Ltd., Penang a KS?”?" bolh w ur.'NiNMi, To Rosamond wife 28th r 'iv/r Vm ent Bennett Muar, on 28th March, 1949. at Kandang rbau Hospital, a HEAPHY: At Kandang Kerbau Hospital, on Tuesday 29th, March.247 words
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Article177 1949-03-31 5 THE ENGAGEMENT is announced between George Dudley Stewart, eldest son of the late M/ Philip A. G. Boole and Mrs. Boole of Pcterston-Super-Ely. Glamorgan, and Bunty. younger daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. a. Bertram Ball of Coltishall. Norfolk, j YEO-WEE. The engagement is announced to-day between Mr.177 words
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Article89 1949-03-31 5 A MARRIAGE has been arranged between James Dalton Murray His Majesty’s Foreign Service, only son of the late James Murray, M.B., C.M., and Mrs. Murray of Edinburgh and Dora Maud (Denny) Carter, Queen Elizabeth’s Colonial Nursing Service, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Carter of London. THE MARRIAGE89 words
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Obituary164 1949-03-31 5 DEATHS MR. M. E. ELIAS, a wellknown and very old resident of Singapore passed away yesterday morning at 2 a.m. after a long Illness. He leaves behind a widow, 8 children and 33 grandchildren. He has recently celebrated 62 years of married life NGOl SHANG TON passed away peacefully on164 words
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Article, Illustration1753 1949-03-31 6 TUAN DJEK - By TUAN DJEK SUNDAY, March 20.— There has been no rain in our vicinity since the 27th. of last month. This morning the Cook’s wife has gone to town to have the New Baby vaccinated. Incidentally she has taken down some bottles to be tilled with waterPhot oijraph by C. A Gih'Pi-H?W - 1,753 words
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Article76 1949-03-31 6 From Our StalT Correspond* >•' KUALA LUMPUR. Mar 2 1. The important part Malayan Technical elation could play in the; vernment’s policy of a.) higher posts with now being trained v> is s r ed by the Chief SecretarySir Alec Newboult. last f at the76 words
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1815 1949-03-31 7 I Singapore Chamber Of Commerce Address SINGAPORE, Mar. 26. rV his address to the annual m?eting of the Singapore Chambei I Commerce yesterday the chairman, Mr. E. M. F. Fergusson, bribed the value of Malaya’s trade in 1948 as enormous. At fh line time he1,815 words
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Article63 1949-03-31 7 MR E. M. F. Fergusson ends a review of 1948 commerce with th* following table of comparative Malayan trade figures: Imports Exports Total. iQ'jfi S512 900,000 $638,800,000 $1,151,700,000 1937 $698 *****0 $705,100,000 $1,603,600,000 1938 $*****0000 $581,500,000 $1,140,900,000 1939 $628 *****0 $750,200,000 $1,378,300,000 1947 $1 367,500,009 $1,294,900,000 $2,662,400,00063 words
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Article127 1949-03-31 7 THE chairman dealt finally with the Singapore Harbour Board. A year ago, although matters from tho point of view of the merchant had not been entirely satisfactory, it had become evident that there was a great Improvement in the method of handling goods in the Harbour Board127 words
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Article167 1949-03-31 7 rE Singapore Chamber of Commerce, with Its associated body the Rubber Association, may be pressed to leave its present premises and the site with which it has been associated for over 100 years. The chairman, Mr. E. M. F. Fergusson. mentioned this at the annual meeting of167 words
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Article121 1949-03-31 7 SINGAPORE. Mar. 26. THE Singapore Municipal Commissioners yesterday decided to reject a petition from certain owners of properties seeking postponement of enforcement notices for the installation of sanitary fittings. Mr. T. W. Ong said the Setitioners were some of the iggest land owners in Singapore. This was121 words
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Advertisement40 1949-03-31 7 STRAITS BUDGET SUBSCRIPTION RATES (PAYABLE IN ADVANCE.) Br. Quarterly Half-yearly Yearly Singapore Town Area No Postage 5.20 10.40 20.80 Malaya (Including Postage) 5.75 11.50 23.00 (ALL THE ABOVE ARE IN STRAITS CURRENCY.) Empire A Foreign (Including postage 6.40 12.80 25.6040 words
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218 1949-03-31 8 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 27. CEAFORTH Highlanders and Police on Saturday afternoon dislodged a big bandit gang from its camp on a jungle-covered hill near Segamat in Johore, after a gun battle oi over a*i hour. Two bandits were killed. The218 words
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Article187 1949-03-31 8 SINGAPORE. Mar. 27. A JUSTICE of the Peace and a lawyer came forward ;is sureties when the question of bail arose in the Singapoir Second Police Court yesterday against Frederick Bernard Oehlers. Oehlers (45) is alleged to have caused A 1 Rivers, former welter-weight boxing187 words
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Article82 1949-03-31 8 JOHORE BAHRU,Mar 27. Mr. Justice Lavillc at the Assizes today sentenced a 58-year-old labourer Kaliappan, to three and a *ia'.f years imprisonment for grievously hurting his stepson, Pachiamuttu, with a tapping knife. Pachiamuttu, aged 18, died later. The charge was reduced from one of murder. Pachiamuttu intervened82 words
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Article26 1949-03-31 8 JOHORE BAHRU, Mar 27. The Sultan of Pahang accompanied bv his consort attended the monthly dance at Ihe Royal Johore International Club last night26 words
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Article, Illustration221 1949-03-31 8 SINGAPORE, Mar. 27. R. Tan Chong Chew’s Alsatian Templefields Raffles of Roymax, won the Pencot challenge cup for the best exhibit at the Singapore Dog Show held at the Happy World stadium yesterday. A huge crowd saw Mr. E. V. Smith’s ***** win the best221 words
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Article39 1949-03-31 8 SINGAPORE, Mar. 29. Twenty-year-old Ong Kui Soi was sentenced yesterday by the Third Police Court Magistrate Mr. R. J. C. Wait to* four months’ rigorous imprisonment for stealing a lifebuoy. A year’s police supervision is to follow.39 words
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Article260 1949-03-31 8 SINGAPORE, Mar CEARS that the c 0 W 1 re-export trade !n 1 tiles would bo lost Government continue to T lay the announcement m the Japanese textiles im J! quota were expressed bv leading American textii., import firm in SmgapS yesterday. m The continued ban on260 words
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Article39 1949-03-31 8 SINGAPORE, Mar. 28 A six-year-old Chinese boy Ho Ah Kow. died on his wav to hospital at about 1 p.-n yesterday, after being knocked down by a lorry at the lunction of Albert Street and Queen Street.39 words
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Article247 1949-03-31 8 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 24. A KILL to turn the Federation Government Electricity Department into a public corporation is being prepared and is expected to be ready to be laid before the Federal Legislative Council in May The corporation, it is proposed, will247 words
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Article262 1949-03-31 8 SINGAPORE, Mar. 25. THE fishing junk is likely to remain in Malayan and Siamese waters for some time, but its sails and gear must be improved, the Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organisation, Mr. Norris E. Dodd, told the inaugural session of the262 words
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Article173 1949-03-31 8 SINGAPORE, Mar. 28. MISS Chua Swee Liew, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Chua Cheng Liat of Singapore was married to Dr. George Reginald Wadsworth, son of Mr. and Mrs. B. Wadsworth of Liverpool at St. Andrew’s Cathedral on Saturday. The bridegroom is a Singapore medical173 words
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239 1949-03-31 9 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Mar. 2<$. rpHE honorary rank of inspectors in the Auxiliary Police Force were granted to over 200 planters and miners last week and many more will receive letters of appointment during the next few weeks. In the case239 words
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Article77 1949-03-31 9 rorrespoiuicu*. 1 r. I \< C A. Mar. 24. ir-olti George N who obtameu '•mMlt'nu’iitary utin with credit sv rrs jsk ra| ,„i ij.si year. P n, start«*tl preparing for J examination last Mav i r tin* hospital chap“"d .hJ Kt". I K. Hibon la n77 words
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Article156 1949-03-31 9 SINGAPORE, Mar. 25. SINGAPORE coconut oil millers are appealing to Government “to do everythin? possible to save the industry from extinction. This was decided at a meeting yesterday o; representatives of the seven mills still operating. The meeting decided to submit to Government details ox the156 words
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Article79 1949-03-31 9 from Our Staff Corresp >ndn> t .ff 1 Mar. 24.-1Raj a Zalnal ldln. the Ipoh magistrate. fwl acqultted Sergeant wK Franc Dunne of the local Police Force on a charge bv h nnm e committed extortion W ng A> T father m iear of injury. u£ U79 words
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Article25 1949-03-31 9 SINGAPORE, Mar 24. ‘DDointAH Dean been Rent a member of the Place of M°n Board, in 4P -tt p w Holt who25 words
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Article82 1949-03-31 9 I rom Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Mar 24. SECURITY forces on operations will soon be crossing rivers and swamps in weasels, the new tracked amphibious vehicles which have just been supplied to the army in Malaya. These vehicles, were used extensively by the American forces when82 words
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Article46 1949-03-31 9 SINGAPORE, Mar. 25. The following Singapore candidates were successful in the Association of Certified and Corporate Accountants, London, examinations:— Intermediate* A. S. d’Souza. L. P. Heng. C. Ho. B. C. Lee, L. C. Loong, L. F. Lee. Final (Section II): W. P. Hill46 words
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Article349 1949-03-31 9 SINGAPORE, Mar. 24. OINGAPORE Chinese rubber packers have decided *3 to enlist the support of all associations of Chinese rubber traders and packers throughout Malaya in their fight to oppose legislation to license packers. The support of the Singapore Chinese Importers’ and Exporters’ Association, which discussed the349 words
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Article, Illustration22 1949-03-31 9 Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Braga after their marriage on Mar. 23. Mrs. Braga wav formerly Miss A my Wong.22 words
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Article117 1949-03-31 9 HIS ARTIFICIAL LEGS WILL GROW Kl’AI a U t Corres P<>ndent T^Efim UMPUR Mar. 24. I case of fitting aPhothVe^!! 10 a P€rson vdth Sttc c^SiiJ nputat ed hag been lhp s P’)Lnnt CaiTle<J OUt b V Arl! flclirfe d D ot the Umb and Orthopae- die Appliance Centre, Kuala117 words
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Article131 1949-03-31 9 More Nurses SINGAPORE, Mar. 25 SINGAPORE’S General k Hospital nursing staff is now nearly up to full strength. This was stated by Dr. A Scrimgeour, the hospital’s C M.O. in an interview. He said that the hospital would soon be able to open 50 more beds. 40131 words
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159 1949-03-31 9 SINGAPORE, Mar. 24. THE Colonial Development Corporation, in con- junction with commercial enterprise, is undertaking the rehabilitation and development of former Japanese hemp plantations in North Borneo. A Singapore official of the corporation, Mr. G. E. Mott, who returned yesterday with Lord Milvertonone159 words
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Article129 1949-03-31 9 SINGAPORE, Mar. 25. TWO attap houses were razed to the ground by a fire which swept over a two-mile square area of lallang near the 101 milestone. Nee Soon yesterday afternoon. Valiant efforts by firemen from the Army and Naval Fire Brigades, helped by Malay and129 words
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Article123 1949-03-31 9 SINGAPORE, Mar. 25. TOHE Governor. Sir Franklin Gimson, yesterday afternoon called on Mr. Anatole Shister. the artist, at Raffles Hotel to >view a portrait of a former Governor of the Colony which Mr. Shister had Just completed. Mr. Shister copied the portrait of Sir Cecil Clementl from123 words
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Article51 1949-03-31 9 SINGAPORE, Mar. 25. Several thousand spectators at the Police Training Bchool, Thomson Road, last night saw the Commisioner-General. Mr. Malcolm MacDonald, take the salute at a repeat performance of the passing-out parade of 100 police recruits. The parade was held on the school’s floodlit drill51 words
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Article26 1949-03-31 9 SINGAPORE, Mar. 25. A Chinese Municipal garbage labourer died yesterday morning on his way to hospital, afbr a fall into the Rochore Canal.26 words
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Article230 1949-03-31 10 From Our StalT Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 23. ONK special constable was wounded when Mr. Wallace, manager of Kempas Estate, Johore, was twice ambushed yesterday afternoon. While motoring with an escort to pay labourers Mr Wallace was twice fired on. Before dawn today a handgrenade was230 words
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Article130 1949-03-31 10 SINGAPORE. Mar 24. THE application made by live shareholders ot the Kwong On, Co., Ltd., general merchants of South Bridge Road, for winding up the company, was dismissed by the Singapore Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Murray-Aynsley in the High Court yesterday. The Chief Justice said that the ground130 words
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Article70 1949-03-31 10 .SINGAPORE, Mar 24. Grants amounting to $57,o®o will be payable next month by the Government to 200 Chinese schools In Singapore which have submitted their lists of pupils entitled to a monthly grant of $2.50 each, a spokesman of the Education Department said. The grants are to70 words
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Article51 1949-03-31 10 SINGAPORE, Mar 24. Mushrooms are being grown successfully in Singapore, for the first time after two-and-a-haif years’ oS experiment by businessmen. They are of the normal English size and are being cultivated in ten beds in a specially constructed storeroom of a house in the Tang lin51 words
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Article56 1949-03-31 10 From Our Own Correspondent TELUK ANSON. Mar. 23. Lim Kok Hin claimed trial before the circuit magistrate to a charge of dishonest misappropriation of a cash cheque valued at $550 belonging to Mr. H. Walker. Bail of $5OO was allowed. Tan Ah Hong charged with the abetment claimed56 words
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Article38 1949-03-31 10 SINGAPORE, Mar 24. Mr. M. R. Henderson has been appointed to act as Director of the Botanical Gardens, Singapore. He Is, at the same time, the Acting Agricultural Officer, in place of Mr. J. W. Ewart.38 words
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Article70 1949-03-31 10 TELUK ANSON. Mar. 23. Wong Loong Cheong. pleaded guilty in the Sessions Court, to stealing 108 lb of frown butter while employed in the Singapore Cold Storage. Teluk Anson branch. He was bound over for three years to $l,OOO Wong said being a poorly paid man,70 words
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Article46 1949-03-31 10 from Our Staff Correspondent KL'ALA LLMPL’R. Mir. 23. A MALAY rubber tapper found 38 anti-aircraft shells near kampont; Belakar in the Jitra area of Kedah yesterday afternoon. In Sungei Patani a patrol discovered three Japanese rifles hidden near the hank of a river.46 words
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Article99 1949-03-31 10 From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU. Mar. 23. secretary of the Segamat Rubber Workers Union, was today sentenced to death by Mr. Justice Storr after he had been found guilty of carrying arms. Sambasivam pulled out. an automatic during a struggle in which he and two99 words
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Article130 1949-03-31 10 Mar. 24. THE Singapore Volunteer Corps is planning to erect a war memorial at the Drill Hall in memory of members of the Corps who fell during the Malayan campaign or died in captivity. The memorial will take the' form of a bronze plaque similar to130 words
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Article62 1949-03-31 10 SINGAPORE. Mar 2<L Ngon bin Yusup. 18, who was convicted in the Third Police Court yesterday on two charges of theft, was sentenced to three months’ imprisonment. Ngon stole a camera belonging to F/O Aubrey Scott at the R.A.F. Changi Officers’ quarters on Mar. 8. and a62 words
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Article97 1949-03-31 10 SINGAPORE, Mar 24. THE majority of Singapore’s motorists have not drawn their petrol coupons for the coming quarter. although they have been available for issue for over a week. With only a week to go before the start, of the new quarter, more than 16.000 coupon97 words
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Article185 1949-03-31 10 ‘A Propaganda Stunt’ —C.C.Tan Debate Challenge SINGAPORE, Mar. 24 TTIE Labour Party’s challenge to the Progress!- for a public debate on their respective noli'** was described yesterday by Mr. C. C. Tan, preside? of the Progressive Party, as “an attempt to the Labour Party which is greatly in need of185 words
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Article234 1949-03-31 10 WE DO NOT SEEK A FIGHT”LABOUR SINGAPORE, Mar. 24. VjLTHAT the Labour Party ot Singapore was advoca- eating in its Municipal election manifesto was being done by the local governments in England, said Mr. Francis Thomas, vice-president of the Party,, speaking at a campaign meeting at Farrer Park yesterday. Mr.234 words
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Article52 1949-03-31 10 SINGAPORE, Mar 24. An LEP attached to the R.A.M.C., Lian Jee Bah, was yesterday acquitted on a charge of possession of ammunition by the Assize Court. The &.P.P. offered no evidence. The judge, Mr. Justice Cox Evaas, remarked that the case should never have been committed 'to52 words
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Article41 1949-03-31 10 SINGAPORE, Mar 24. Lieut. David Stark. Malayan Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve has been promoted Lieut. Commander. The following commissions in the M.R.N.V.R. have also been approved:—M. J. Heywood. Sub-Lieutenant; A. F. Adams, Acting Sub-Lieutenant; D. Q Skinner. Acting Sub-Lieute nant.41 words
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187 1949-03-31 10 SINGAPORE Mar 24 THE Progressive Party, 1 «7 on th> v,: Traction Company and otfcr pubyc utilities was announce last night by the Presides <3 the Party. Mr. C. C. Tan Mr. Tan said, “The purtyj policy is that, in general. public utilities should187 words
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Article112 1949-03-31 10 SINGAPORE Mar 24. “WANTED with a view to vf marriage,- a young decent. equally lontly Eurasian girl It does not matter whether she is as poor as church mouse Thus runs a letter Irom a lonely Dutch-Eurasian sailor —a ship’s officer—to w* Singapore Social Weliart Department.112 words
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Article93 1949-03-31 10 SINGAPORE. Mar 24. The only Iron mine no* operating in Malaya, th» mcr Nippon Mining COB pany’s mine at Dunsu Trengganu, has been recoiti. bought by the Eastern 1 3 ing and Metal Company. British concern, fro**} rtV Custodian of Enemy Prop”;. The mine’s product on pacity93 words
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Article, Illustration331 1949-03-31 11 SINGAPORE. Mar. 24. nI( K production is expected to go up rather K than down, but there will be a rice shortage f several years—-and every day there are -r lino more mouths in the world to feed. These joint' were made by two international foodStraits Times picture. - 331 words
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Article270 1949-03-31 11 .SINGAPORE. Mar 24. THOUSANDS of tons of 1 Siamese rice may flow m to Singapore and the Federation as a result of the permission which has been given Siam to export an estimated 60.000 tons which has been accumulated through the International Emergency Food Committee not accepting270 words
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Article107 1949-03-31 11 SINGAPORE, Mar 24. MR. Armand J. Braga, a Singapore lawyer, was married to Miss Amy Wong, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. Y. Wong, of Singapore. yesterday morning. The bride’s parents celebrated the event with a Chinese dinner at Wen Choon Yuen Restaurant, Great World, to which107 words
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Article45 1949-03-31 11 From Our Own Correspondent TAPAH, Mar. 23.—The Malay Boys and Girls School at Tapah Road held Parents’ Day and Sports’ Day on Sunday. Handwork of the pupils was exhibited. There was a teaparty. followed by a display of physical training exercises and sports.45 words
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Article224 1949-03-31 11 THE^ v "i'’ A^ ORE Mai 24. I y poor standard” ot rubber f SOme Chlncs e »as eLn' kP s in Singapore ber cieah v ,c s er(^a y by a rubSCAP 5L e ri r a thp reason why Pore S??irl? Jected t 0 Singafubber224 words
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Article158 1949-03-31 11 14 ON BOARD Singapore, Mar 24 A WANG bln Chee, master of the Chye Hai Teck, a Chlnese-ow’ned vessel with a registered tonnage of 29 tons, plying between Tanjong Batoe and Singapore, was fined $1,500 In the First District Court yesterday for overloading. Awang was158 words
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324 1949-03-31 11 “One Of The Best" SINGAPORE, Mar. 24. “/ANE of the best drills I have, seen In th e British Empire”—this was one of the many tributes paid to a Singapore police parade at the passingout ceremony of 100 police recruits at the Police Training324 words
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Article21 1949-03-31 11 JOHORE BAHRU. Mar. 23. Eleven people were fined $lO each today for not having their identity cards with them21 words
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Article96 1949-03-31 11 SINGAPORE, Mar. 24. THE International Rice I Committee has recommended a fund of UJ3. $200,000 for nutrition research on rice, said the chairman, Mr. Leonard B. Ellis yesterday. He is marketing specialist on rice in the grain branch of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. “W’e want to find96 words
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159 1949-03-31 11 SINGAPORE, Mar. 24. TI'NGKU Imran, year-old son of Tungku Jaafar 1 (Tungku Muda Serting) and Tungku Najihah and grandson of the Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negri Sembilan, “touched earth” on Monday. His traditional Malav ceremony of “Jejak Tanah” was carried out at a tea-party159 words
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Article22 1949-03-31 11 Singapore, Mar 24. Dr. C. Subrahmanyam, of the MalayrV Medical Service, has been appointed to act as Senior Pathologist, SLngaoore.22 words
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Article181 1949-03-31 11 HEADS TO STUDY LESSONS’ From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Mar. 23. Education authorities in the States and Settlements are to collate results of the Cambridge Examinations to discover any possible “lessons.” Mr. M. R. Holgate, acting Director of Education for the Federation, said today that it would not be181 words
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Article59 1949-03-31 11 SINGAPORE. Mar 24. Ang Sink Khiam. 38. of Geylang Road, was in the Second Police Court yesterday charged with having cheated Lee Siak Khoon of $25 on Mar. 3. and Mok Peng Chin of $5O on Mar. 16. He pleaded not guilty. Bail of $5OO was59 words
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360 1949-03-31 12 SINGAPORE, Mar. 25. THE election campaign organiser of the Labour Party, Mr. Francis Thomas, said yesterday that if the Singapore Municipality lacked powers* to serve the people, then it must acquire them. “The Municipal Ordinance is not sacred; if can be amended,” he360 words
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Article75 1949-03-31 12 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR Mar. 24. rE fifty-second bandit to be executed since the Emergency began was hanged at Johore Bahru prison yesterday. He was Tang Mong Kuan who was arrested during a police raid near Seelong Kang village in the Johore Bahru area on75 words
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Article83 1949-03-31 12 From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG. Mar. 25. THE Bishop of Malacca. Mgr. Olcomendy. last evening called for “more young girls to work for education in Malaya, as nuns or teachers. Addressing clergy, schoolchildren and teachers at. a Golden Jubilee Pageant staged by the Penang Convent. Mgr.83 words
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Article52 1949-03-31 12 SINGAPORE, Mar. 26. New officers of the Singapore Interpreters and Translators Association are President, Mr. Lim Ghoon Ann; vice-president, Mr. Chew Bhia Hong; hon. secretary, Mr. Teo Kiak Beng; hon. treasure, Mr. Chan Kit Slang; hon. auditor, Mr. Ang Soon Khiam; committee, Messrs. Goh Koh Pui and Low52 words
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Article36 1949-03-31 12 SINGAPORE, Mar. 26. Within 16 minutes after an attap shed behind Alexandra Brickworks, in Pasir Panjang Road, caught Are yesterday morning, the Singapore Fire Brigade had completely extinguished the flames.36 words
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Article89 1949-03-31 12 SINGAPORE, Mar. 25. The solicitors for the Eastern Mining and Metal Co., Ltd., state that the purchase of the Dungun (Trengganu) Iron mine from the Custodian of Enemy Property has not yet been completed and is still the subject of negotiation. The company, which is incorporated in the89 words
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Article81 1949-03-31 12 A MftTupn SINGAPORE, Mar. 25. MOTHER of seven children, 22-year-old Lau Yuet Ylng. left the First District Coart yesterday to begin a tnree months term of simple imprisonment for theft of four pawn tickets valued at $515. Th *i cket floored to a dance hostess,81 words
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Article134 1949-03-31 12 SINGAPORE, Mar. Vt. rnilE C’ommissioner-Gen-1. eral. Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald in his address at th«* inaugural session »»i the Indo-Pacific f isherics Council, in Singapore, yesterday said: “If I were a fish. I should regard this assembly of piscatorial pandits with a truly cold134 words
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Article86 1949-03-31 12 SINGAPORE. Mar. 26 A COMMITTEE investigating the precautions taken by the Singapore Vehicles Department to prevent the registration of stolen vehicles and Inquiring into the organisation and administration of the Department, has now compiled a comprehensive report. This was stated at yesterday’s meeting of the Municipal Commissioners,86 words
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Article282 1949-03-31 12 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 24. SECURITY forces this morning discover what was, according to a military spoU*. man, “the suspected headquarters of the thief Communist of Selangor." were arrested. Three strong companies of th e Third Battalion, Grenadier Guards, 90 policemen and282 words
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Article223 1949-03-31 12 SINGAPORE, Mar. 25. A MYSTERIOUS burglary at the palatial Grange Road home of Mr. K. C. Eu, son of the late Hong Kong and Singapore multi-millionaire, Mr. Eu Tong Sen. is being investigated by Singapore police. Cash, gems and watches worth $7,000, were stolen, between223 words
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Article67 1949-03-31 12 SINGAPORE, Mar. 25. Local education problems were discussed at the annual meeting of Singapore headteachers at Raffles Institution last Wednesday. Thirty-two head-teachers were present. At the meeting, the Chief Government Health Officer emphasised the need of cooperation between schools, parents, and the Health Department in the matter of67 words
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Article53 1949-03-31 12 From Our Own Correspondent TAIPING, Mar. 24.—A police check disclosed a man with his identity card, driving licence, and ration card bearing different names As a result Osman bin Salleh, alias Omar bin Salleh, alias Mat bln Samsudin was fined $25 for failing to register full details53 words
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Article339 1949-03-31 12 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Mar 24 A POLICE corporal. Jac Mohamad, after a preliminary inquiry into a charge of murder following the shooting of Ah Khiam Rawang on Dec 11 last year was discharged today by the Kuala Lumpur First Magistrate. Inche Mohamad did Baba.339 words
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Article60 1949-03-31 12 SINGAPORE Mar 24 The third general of the Catholic Young MenAssociation (Church of Sacred Heart, Tank R° a elected the following office 8niritual director, the Rev. Chin; president, Mr. Ctoee Tet; vice-president. Mr AntW» Choong; secretary. MTseng; asst, secretary, Mr Fatt Ynt: treasurer, Mr rence Lee:60 words
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Article373 1949-03-31 13 KUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 26. YVVO British police sergeants, both Yorkshire- men. were killed in a combined police and •Military operation yesterday scarcely three miles north of Ipoh. They were Sgt. W. Wells, who *as killed on the spot by a hand-grenade thrown by a bandit perched373 words
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Article129 1949-03-31 13 SEREM6AN. Mar. 26. WITH wounds in his chest a Kuala Lumpur businessman yesterday staggered 'Hto Rembau Police Station. 16 miles from Seremban He was in a state o* collapse He is now n Seremban hospital in a critical condition A Malav with a kris surrendered129 words
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Article97 1949-03-31 13 KUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 26. VOL' refused to pay one dollai foi your photo?rapns and to get yourself mastered. Now you pay $10.” Inone Mohamad bin Ba- thc Kuala Lumpur First an s ‘r;.;e when he convictar.a tin >d Arumugam, an -f 'r, r y n i97 words
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Article61 1949-03-31 13 S HE APPLIED TOO LATE Mar. 27. J w,f^ r iarrt Morison 27, the r s r ’”rity officer of Sinranr,;; 0r dnance Depot, Wrlnv f /V norl S50 vesCourt for V. S( r ond District an idrnti* """"to take out fovs of hr./ nrri within 14 < val in61 words
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Article, Illustration296 1949-03-31 13 SINGAPORE, Mar. 27. Chief of Staff, Far East Land Forces. Major-Cen. M. Kirkman, yesterday received two awards from the Governor of Singapore, Sir Franklin Cimson, for exceptionally meritorious services during the war and in Palestine. He was one of 12 members of the Services,296 words
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Article136 1949-03-31 13 SINGAPORE, Mar. 28. |>LANS for the $1,000,000 fire station at Alexandra Roaa arc t>elng prepared by the Municipal Architect’s Department. The new fire station when complete will compare with some of the most up-to-date stations in Europe and America, a Municipal official told the Straits Times.136 words
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Article99 1949-03-31 13 SINGAPORE, Mar. 25. Rfc.viAKh.iNti that he was one of those people who in the U S.A. would Ik* known as a “tough guy.” Mr. Justice Gordon-Smith, in the Singapore Assize Court yesterday senteneeu Ong Rim Chuan. a young Chinese, to 18 months' rigorous imprisonment and ten99 words
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Article42 1949-03-31 13 SINGAPORE, Mar. 29. Mr John Mortimer Moloney was admitted to practice as a member of the Singapore Bar by the Chief Justice (Mr. Justice Murray-Aynsley) yesterday in the High Court. Mr. Moloney is attached to the firm of Sisson and Delay.42 words
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Article70 1949-03-31 13 SEGAMAT, Mar. 26.—1 went to Batu Anam town on my bicycle and while returning I had a puncture and could not get back to the lines in time.*’ That is how 30-year-old Mariappan explained hi# being nut of doors during curfew hours on Paya Lang Estate70 words
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Article119 1949-03-31 13 PENANG. Mar. 26. A 14-year-old girl, Li Mci Ho, today told the Coroner, Mr. J. P. Blackledge that she shouted for help when she saw blood flowing from the bathroom behind her house in Church Street. Li was testifying at an inquest on her mother, l>eong119 words
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Article44 1949-03-31 13 SEGAMAT, Mar. 26. Charged with falling to carry an attendant in his vehicle, a 33lorry driver. Boh Kim Min, told the Magistrate that the attendant was present but. was crouching down because of the weather lie was titled $1544 words
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Article181 1949-03-31 13 SINGAPORE, Mar. 27. M ADAM Tan Ah Ooh, widow of a hero of the Japanese occupation, was presented yesterday morning with a special award from the Services, in recognition of her husband’s aid to Allied prisoners during the occupation, at a ceremony at Fort Canning. The181 words
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Article105 1949-03-31 13 PENANG, Mar. 26. SCARCELY half an hour after putting out a blaze on a tree in front of the Mac Alister Road Telegraph Office, firemen rushed to another fire in front of the General Hospital yesterday. In their wake came two truckloads of police and a radio patrol105 words
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Article345 1949-03-31 14 NeuLaw Will Hit 900 Vehicles SINGAPORE, Mar. 26. CINGAPORE Municipal Commissioners, at a full board meeting yesterday, confirmed a decision to stop licensing as taxis from the end of this year, any motor vehicle which was manufactured before Jan. 1, 1945. They defeated by a majority, a345 words
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Article56 1949-03-31 14 SINGAPORE, Mar. 26. A Malayan group of members of the Institution of Electrical Engineers is being tGrmed. The municipal electrical engineer. Singapore, Mr. C. C. Payne, said yesterday that he had been asked by the Institution in London to form the group and that all corporate members were56 words
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Article92 1949-03-31 14 SINGAPORE, Mar. 26. AFTER Mi Ng Sen Choy had commented at yesterday’s meeting of the Singapore Municipal Commissioners on the danger of hanging out washing on poles, the Deputy President Mr. W. L Blythe, said if they were removed it would probably reduce tourists’ interest. “The Commissioners92 words
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Article186 1949-03-31 14 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 25. IyHEN the High Commissioner, Sir Henry Gurney, addresses the Federal Council next Thursday, he may give the British Government's reply to his application for a substantial contribution towards the cost of the emergency. It was stated186 words
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Article63 1949-03-31 14 From Our Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Mar. 25. Dato Onn bin Jaafar, Mentri Besar of Johore, praised the important part played by technical assistants when speaking at a dinner given by the technical assistants in Johore Bahru in honour of Mr. A. S. Sodhy, president of the Pan-Malayan63 words
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Article160 1949-03-31 14 PYGMIES STOP AT S’ PORE SINGAPORE, Mar. 26. FaOUR Central African pygmies, the tallest of them 3 ft. 10 in., flew from Penang to Singapore on Thursday afternoon on their way to join Mr. Dave Meakins circus at Sydney. Oldest of the foursome is 45-year-old Swenyoni Mlabangano who is 3160 words
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Article55 1949-03-31 14 SINGAPORE. Mar. 26. Speaking at yesterday’s meeting of the Singapore Municipal Commissioners. Mr. T. W Ong said that this year was a memorable one in the history of the Colony, firstly because of the Thomas Cup team’s success, and secondly, because of the high percentage who55 words
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Article157 1949-03-31 14 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG. Mar. 25. Government should not interfere unduly with the rubber industry in Malaya urged Mr. Heah Joo Seang, president of the Penang Rubber Exchange, today. Mr. Heah told the Straits Times that the proposed legislation to license rubber packers was “open157 words
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Article1079 1949-03-31 14 SINGAPORE, Mar. 26. jUR. Cheah Kim Bee, Independent candidate f or the South Ward in the Municipal elections, who faced a corruption charge under the Elec! tions Ordinance, was acquitted and discharged in the Singapore First District Court yesterday In his Judgment, Mr. E. P. Shanks said:1,079 words
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Article44 1949-03-31 14 SINGAPORE. Mu Births totalled 576 ‘;\j gapore for the week Mar. 19. against 1T2 r.wChief cases of deru*. Tuberculosis 20. corn 10, pneumonia 33 a ritis 19. rl .f The infantile dr.it;' was 71.18 per 1.000. 68.38 the previous we44 words
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224 1949-03-31 15 SINGAPORE, Mar. 26. 0K E Municipal revenue will be increased Is 1 u r sftOO.OOO this year, thus stepping up the LtimVtfil income for the year from S6,281,000 to P #8 £?!lnditure on the other hand, will b e increasko total of $2,500,000, to224 words
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Article178 1949-03-31 15 From Our Stall Correspondent H- :A i.l'MPUR. Mar. 25. ■rXrvc: t '!i<tables takno part in a jungle irse near Seyesterday found K ‘'audit camp Kr.d arm under fire from M,: bandi* sentries. .uvommod- y men. 7 < strived it I supply items H: upm-178 words
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Article82 1949-03-31 15 N EW MALAY FILM s SIN GAPORE. Mar. 26. StudJoj h»»* fifth fullman, ,1,1'. Mm Noor As of Lovei— at Ampas studio ind have n s pretor:' 9 R 11 m idnight 1 ric h''man' 1 "'rt- u thp rolp 1 m?. s d l u Khter makes 'nrn to82 words
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Article66 1949-03-31 15 SINGAPORE, Mar. 26. SINGAPORE factories are O now producing about 21 million bricks a month to meet the growing demand for construction of buildings in the Colony, a leading manufacturer told the Straits Times yesterday. Saying that this figure was higher than pre-war, he said that66 words
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Article136 1949-03-31 15 SINGAPORE, Mar. 26. JUDGING canine champions in six countries in -vix weeks is the task of Mr Leo C. Wilson. F.Z.S.. who has arrivta to judge the Singapore dog show today. Immediately after judging the Irish kennel show ;n Dublin last week.136 words
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Article272 1949-03-31 15 SINGAPORE, Mar. 26. rpifE by-passing of Singapore Municipal employees in awards of scholarships so far under the Colonial Welfare Development Fund was not in the spirit and letter of the terms of the scholarship, said Mr. A. P. Rajah in the Municipal Commission yesterday. i He272 words
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Article129 1949-03-31 15 SINGAPORE. Mar. 26. A popular member of the Singapore Police Force. Chief Inspector Charles W. Sucn. jlefv with his family in the ‘Charon yesterday for 10 I souths' leave in Australia. Mr. Such will leave his two >v)Di> Alan and Michael, and his daughters. Pamela129 words
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Article23 1949-03-31 15 SINGAPORE. Mar. 2G. A policeman yesterday found 205 rounds of serviceable rffle ammunition in drain at the 11mile, Jurong Road.23 words
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Article211 1949-03-31 15 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 25. pOUR hundred and r seventy-nine bandits have been killed in the Federation since the beginning of the Emergency and up to February 28. Sixty-seven were wounded while 148 were wounded but escaped. Of the bandits killed, 462211 words
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Article43 1949-03-31 15 SINGAPORE, Mar. 25. A police sentry, P.C. Kala Khan was fatally wounded by gunshot last night in the guard rest room at the Government Treasury in Dalhousie Square. lie died in the ambulance on the way to the General Hospital.43 words
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Article160 1949-03-31 15 SINGAPORE. Mur. 26. Questioning a Singapore Municipal Commission committee decision not to •uant ex-gratia payments to non-interned municipal employees who resigned after April 1, 1946. Mr. A. P. Rajah succeeded in delaying confirmation of this item at a meeting of Commissioners yesterday. i fir suggested that the160 words
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Article56 1949-03-31 15 SINGAPORE, Mar. 20. A BURIED caciie of >00 to 300 Japanese handgrcnades, uncovered by Singapore police in Buonavista Road, was described as “relics of the war” yesterday by the C.I.D. Chief, Mr. E. V. Fowler. The grenades are in a rusty condition. Digging in the trench where56 words
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Article50 1949-03-31 15 SINGAPORE. Mar. 26. A Chinese woman was admitted to hospital, after being assaulted with a piece of wood by an unknown Chinese, who then robbed her of a $15 basket of eggs and some small change at the 12 3 /4 mile, Seletar Road, on Thursday evening.50 words
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Article147 1949-03-31 15 SINGAPORE, Mar. 26. SAYING that $60 a month wa s a “grossly excessive” rent for the upstairs of a house in River Valley Road when the chief tenant was paying only $44 a month to the landlord, th e chairman of the Rent Conciliation Board, Mr. A.147 words
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Article64 1949-03-31 15 SINGAPORE, Mar. 26. Twelve RAF. personnel from the Seletar Maintenance Base—the largest group of servicemen to donate their blood at the Transfusion Centre, General Hospital, for many months—put a “pint” each into the blood bank yesterday. v l’w( nty-onc Service personnel have donated their blood since64 words
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Article, Illustration455 1949-03-31 16 SINGAPORE, Mar. 30. UNIVERSITY must maintain the traditions of commercial dominance which have made Singapore the commercial capital of South-East Asia, and education must be provided to achieve a cultural eminence equal to that of its commercial one, said Governor, Sir Franklin Gimson,—Straits Times picture. - 455 words
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Article119 1949-03-31 16 SINGAPORE, Mar. 29 ANG Yew Hock was acquit- ted in the Singapore High Court yesterday on a charge of possession of apparatus for counterfeiting Singapore 50-cent notes. It was said that when police approached a hut in Adam Road, on Oct. 10 last year, they saw Ong119 words
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Article164 1949-03-31 16 “Hospitals Must Play Their Part SINGAPORE. Mar. 30. THE Singapore hospitals must continue to play a vital part in the future >; the University of Malaya, wherever the University was placed, said the Director of Medical Services. Dr. W .T Vickers, in seconding *iu* University Bill in the Singapore Legislative164 words
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Article165 1949-03-31 16 KUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 25. ANEW chapter in the history of the Scout Movement in Malaya began today when Sir Henry Gurney, the High Commissioner, officially opened the first Federation Scout Council, which 46 representatives from all parts of the country, except Trengganu, attended. Sir Henry re-asserted165 words
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Article275 1949-03-31 16 SINGAPORE, Mar. 30. SINGAPORE’S petrol ration will be increased by 50 per cent for the next quarter which begins on Friday, it was officially announced last night. The increase is similar to that announced for the Federation last week but the Petrol Rationing Officer.275 words
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Article101 1949-03-31 16 KUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 29. THE High Commissioner has appointed a Chinese Emergency Advisory Committee under the chairmanship of the Secretary for Chinese AfTairs to advise and assist on all matters in which Chinese community are concerned in the present Emergency. Twenty Chinese, repres enting the different101 words
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Article75 1949-03-31 16 SINGAPORE, Mar. 29. JAI ANESE cameras, said to he “just as good as” the German Ericas, are selling like hot cakes in Singapore at prices ranging from SI40 to $200 each. They were imported from Japan by Chinese and other merchants who managed to obtain AP75 words
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Article234 1949-03-31 16 wmgi OFFICER" SINGAPORE. Mur TRIBUTES to the rtl l 1 Commissioner of Singapore, Mr. c. W. a s-n nett, were paid by the Cover nor, the Colonial Secretary and several Unofficial mem bers at yesterday’s meeting c tlie Singapore l.egislatiS Council. The senior Unofficial mem' ber. Mr.234 words
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Article207 1949-03-31 16 SINGAPORE, Mar. 30. T'HE Bill to provide for the establishment and A incorporation of the University of Malaya was passed unanimously in the Singapore Legislative Council yesterday. The Governor. Sir Franfc- lin Gimson. said that, to {successful. the University must maintain the highest academic standards. The207 words
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248 1949-03-31 17 min Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 29. s ,itage of doctors in Government T hospitals in the Federation, coupled with ,,t .-.•siirnations of both European and Asian j e is resulting in overwork, Dr. R. B. \wfrrjor. Director of Medical Services, c iteration248 words
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Article109 1949-03-31 17 SINGAPORE. Mar. 30. MALAYAN exports rose by $3,279,937 to $156,071,502 in February, but imports also went up -Dv $7,942,562 to $137,129^349. So far yeai .via lay an $*U**i,803,Itf *****6. ua)i< tradr balance S42.54U.y31 1 States Malaya's r fO Klf v. $46 041.518. an increase January109 words
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Article56 1949-03-31 17 SINGAPORE. Mar. 30. Inspector Noord.n Din Talib D v! the Singapore Second :e Court yesterday that he ictions from the J' pufy Public Prosecutor to JJhdraw the case against n i:n H, n who was arrested a DM(, kmaking charge at w in P pori Turt Club56 words
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Article33 1949-03-31 17 SINGAPORE. Mar. 29. pore divorces olute In the Chief terday by the Mr. Justice Mar ja*t Mav< John V. G. John p r u PHHdent); and -ni (plaintiff) Cockburn <res-33 words
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Article24 1949-03-31 17 SINGAPORE. Mar. 30. Capt. P. A. Heslop, Royal Welsh Fusiliers, has been appo.nted an honorary aide-de-camp to the Governor of Singapore.24 words
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Article, Illustration75 1949-03-31 17 Mr. \V. L. Blythe, whose appoint- ment as President of the Municipal Commissioners has been confirmed, photographed at his desk. The old Commission will sit for the last time on April 5, and will be followed next day by a meeting of the new Commission consisting of the;.—Straits Times picture. - 75 words
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Article152 1949-03-31 17 ‘HELPS QUATTERS PLEA TO EDEN SINGAPORE, Mar. 29. rpHE Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce is sending a memorandum to Mr. Anthony Eden asking him to urge the British Government to give “more considerate” treatment to Chinese squatters during the present emergency in the Federation. At a committee meeting yesterday, it152 words
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Article38 1949-03-31 17 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Mar. 29. Twenty branches of the Malay Nationalist Party are be created in Perak. This was decided at a meeting of Perak branch delegates at Gapis village, Kuala Kangsar.38 words
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Article222 1949-03-31 17 Senior Asian Govt. Officers To Meet From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 28. SENIOR Asian Govern- ment officers In the Federation and Singapore will meet at Kuala Lumpur next Sunday to form a Pan-Malayan Association on a basis which will allow the setting up of Whitley222 words
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Article73 1949-03-31 17 SINGAPORE. Mar. 30. A 34-year-old woman, Low Sim Choo, was fined $l,OOO or four months’ simple imprisonment by the Singapore Fourth Police Court Magistrate, Mr. M. H. MacDougal. yesterday for possession ot two gallons of dutiable samsu. Low was arrested in a taxi in Bukit Panjang.73 words
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Article74 1949-03-31 17 Appoints Disappoints’ SINGAPORE. Mar. 30. MR. Thio Chan Bee (nominated Inofficial) told a story in the Singapore Legislative Council yesterday which drew laughter from the Governor and Councillors. This was the story. A class of students was asked to define the term “Governor.” A bright student, a son of a74 words
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Article161 1949-03-31 17 SINGAPORE, Mar. 30. T'HE first Malay woman matron of a Singapore A institution will be appointed within a few months to take charge of the Malay Welfare Home at the Jalan Eunos Malay Settlement. The Home will cost $50,000 and the Malay Welfare Council hopes161 words
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Article112 1949-03-31 17 S .C.B.A. TO AID 150 FATHERLESS T ORE Mar. 30. iunp se British 1 Proposes to 1 of Chinese lost (heir p 'A'n. y .-'V’ayan cam•■Jng to meet 1 'mbers and ,J bations. The Volunteer Memorial. Fund committee of the as-j soclation, which is making the appeal, says the proposals112 words
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Advertisement21 1949-03-31 17 L_ m ■Me > SCOTCH WHISKY Distilled, Blended and Bottled in Scotland JAMES BUCHANAN CO. LTD., GLASGOW. SCOTLAND y. Mr I)*'* X21 words
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Article343 1949-03-31 18 Govt. To Be Approached SINGAPORE, Mar. 29. THE Singapote Chinese Chamber of Commerce is to approach Government for a thorough investigation of the question of discontinuing rice rationing, it was decided last night at a committee meeting. The decision was reached following strong pressure by343 words
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Article211 1949-03-31 18 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Mar. 28. FOUR bandits have been shot dead during the last 48 hours by police and army patrols in the Federation. Police yesterday morning found a bandit camp behind the Aik Lee San Estate in the Johore Bahru district211 words
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Article, Illustration204 1949-03-31 18 SINGAPORE, Mar. 28. SINGAPORE Municipality will make history next month when it sends Mr. Tan Beng Lay, a local born senior official in the Municipal Treasurer’s Department to Nottingham, England, for a year’s training in the City Treasurer’s Department there. Mr. Tan. a technical assistant. who204 words
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Article505 1949-03-31 18 PLANTER’S WIFE - By. PLANTER’S WIFE flfE have been trying to build up some Rood poultry, for eggs are an awful price here. We managed to get two very good hens from a Chinese friend These two birds lay very large eggs. But there is one hen here505 words
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Article68 1949-03-31 18 From Our Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Mar. 27. A CLAIM for compensation under* the Workmen’s Compensation Act has been submitted by Tan Ah Poh, whose husband was killed by a tiger at Sungei Tekong, Kota Tinggi district A firewood cutter employed by a Chinese kongsi, the68 words
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Article184 1949-03-31 18 SINGAPORE. Mar 2 << WHEN the Sultan Q i\ hang, who is on a Singapore, went to see S Malaya’s stall at work c was invited to mako a recn* ing. This was included in [S’ Malay programme last SeS* The Sultan also heard recording184 words
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Article51 1949-03-31 18 SINGAPORE. Mar. 25 The State Committee of the Selangor UMNO has appointed a sub-committee to investigate the leakage of the contents of a “top secret" memorandum handed to M: Anthony Eden recently. A summary of the contents was published by Majlis, the Kuaia Lumpur Many newspaper. last51 words
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Article43 1949-03-31 18 SEGAMYVT. Mar. 28 -Sentence of throe months hard labour, with the option oi $l5O fine, was passed on Mohamed bin Haji Abdul Rahman, a Malay special constable, charged ir. the Scgamat Magistrate's Court with absenting himself from duty on Lnbi‘ Estate43 words
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Article166 1949-03-31 18 KUALA LUMPUR, Mar 26. "J“HREE camps for guiders and guides are to be Held the Federation in August this year. They will be in Tatping for guiders and guides o* North Malaya; in Malacca for girls from Perak. Selartgor Negri Sembilan, Malacca. Pahang and Muar.166 words
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Article58 1949-03-31 18 PENANG, Mar. 26. A v»do* wept today when he Coroner, Mr. J P. Blackkw. extended to her the 101,11 sympathy on the her husband. The woman. Pham; Ah r» said that her husband from the first, floor oi house In Stewart I he was drying58 words
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Article28 1949-03-31 18 SEGAMAT, Mar. 215. with an excess of 2.1 his vehVle, 41-y< Klew Kong, lorry < rivet fined $f>6 with the <■' 33 days' gaol, by th' 1 Magistrate.28 words
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Article440 1949-03-31 19 r SINGAPORE, Mar. 26. ..■ore Badminton Association'! Cham* t his year may be open to all Far I pionsh.ps n omcla j o( the SBA told the raster" rir»«*s yesterday. India may be Invited to n< UL f<1 huUan" Thomaa Cup players.440 words
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Article295 1949-03-31 19 si VO-PORE, Mar. 27. MAGNii I TENT display of i goalkeepin? by F U< |§$K! ,f the Freneli Air Force (Sal on. u as mumly responsive r" t lie score down S their match against the toval Air Force -Malaya) at ;hangi yesterday, ry.idn the295 words
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Article161 1949-03-31 19 r SINGAPORE. Mar. 29. Club's March StableIhf tt°i d L !ition over )l»fi am <«» to "A" joints Thi u a score of 41 Division reS ‘Vr 11 bf 'Vcen N. S. Llm «turn< l-oong who TV n i9 Points each. ;h" kp.. ,vc re .>omc of161 words
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Article58 1949-03-31 19 SINGAPORE. Mar. 29. DESPITE adverse conditions caused by heavy rain earlier in the afternoon, interesting soccer was seen on the Padang yesterday when the S.C.C. beat Ceylon Sports Club 2—l in a friendly game. Twist and Mathot scored for the S.C.C. in the first session. Roberts replying58 words
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Article236 1949-03-31 19 SINGAPORE, Mar. 25. MORE than 1,000 Malay women witnessed the eighth annual Singapore Malay Girls’ Schools' sports held yesterday at the Oeyiang Malay School grounds. Attired in their gay national costumes, and seated comfortably in the shade provided by a row of tents specially erected for236 words
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Article123 1949-03-31 19 ‘Badminton Craze SINGAPORE. Mar. 24. SINGAPORE is experiencing a "badminton craze” which started a few days after Malaya iv.»n the Thomas Cup. Sports stores are doing a brisk trade with badminton equipment purchases are made practically every hour by some "wouldbe Dave Freeman.” This badminton consciousness is spreading fast. One123 words
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Article102 1949-03-31 19 SINGAPORE, Mar. 26. THE Singapore Baumin--1 ton Association has in view a project to build a badminton stadium costing over $lBO,OOO at a site which may be at Tanjong Rhu or at Geylang, an official of the association told the Straits Times yesterday. It is hoped102 words
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Article298 1949-03-31 19 SINGAPORE, Mar. 28 THE 25-miles massed-start roan A race, the first event in the Singapore Best All-Rounder Open Cycling Competition, was won by Suklm bln Hajl Naib of the Malay Cycling Union yesterday. Suklm beat the Malayan champion, Awihar Singh and Huynh Van Thuong of298 words
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Article316 1949-03-31 19 SINGAPORE, Mar. 25. A SUGGESTION made by senior clubs in the A S.A.F.A. league for a higher percentage of gate receipts this season was accepted at the council meeting of the association held at the Municipal Services Union yesterday. The meeting decided to allot ten percent316 words
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Article266 1949-03-31 19 SINGAPORE, Mar. 27. POSSESSING a faster, more persistent forward line, ably led by Wheeler, G.H.Q. FARELF emerged champions in the hockey final of the Singapore District Cup when they beat R.E.M.E. Base Workshops by three goals to one at Tanglin yesterday. 1 It was a266 words
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Article91 1949-03-31 19 SINGAPORE, Mar. 29. A past-President and pastCaptain of the Singapore Swimming club, Mr. C. Salter and Mr. C. G. Windle, were made honorary life members of the Club at annual general meeting on Sunday. The following officials were elected to office: President, Mr J. A. Oagan; vice-president. Mr.91 words
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Article36 1949-03-31 19 SINGAPORE, Mai. 25. IN a Junior League soccer fixture at Geylang Stadium yesterday, the Jollilads Athletic Union beat the Singapore Airport S.C. fournil. Scorers for the Jollilads were: Tobing (2), Hussein (11. Balahudin (1).36 words
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292 1949-03-31 20 44,638 Tons In February From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 24. RUBBER production in the Federation of Malaya last month totalled 44,638 tons —14,000 tons less than in January and the lowest monthly output since normal estate production restarted in the292 words
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Article166 1949-03-31 20 IPOH ESTATES IPOH Rubbtr Estates' profit for the year to last Sept. 30 was 16.256 <3.460 the previous year): adjustment of group expenditure and share of group profit nil <13.645' To taxation £1.741 (£500). liabilities paid nil (£227). rthabilitutio:. ana replanting £3.330 <£•4.775' dnidend lour per cent166 words
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Article273 1949-03-31 20 SINGAPORE, Mar. 26. Steadiness on moderate buying by the Continent and the United States, and anticipation of favourable Malayan statistics prevailed on the Singapore rubber market till publication of the statistics on Thursday, says Lewis Peats weekly report. Although the figures were as forecast, holders of273 words
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Article850 1949-03-31 20 SINGAPORE, Mar. 29. INDUSTRIALS r>u\n Sellfr Atias let* 15.SO 16.50 Alex. Bricks Prtl. *2 77 1 2.8o Ord I 17 Vi 9 u: B.B. Petrol 3940/B.M Trustees 7 50 8.50 Con Tin Smelters Prel. 23/b 24/b Ord. 16/6 18/L Utd Assur 40 75 41 75 E*t. Trust850 words
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Article445 1949-03-31 20 From A Market Correspondent. MALAYAN markets had a dull week last v ,.t, ttF little fluctuation and only a small tun, i Dollar Tins, Petaling changed locally at > g 0 i 5 $8.75 and only towards the end did Londa few by meeting445 words
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Article33 1949-03-31 20 RUBBER, rubber p: .els and waste rubber to the tune 01 about £2,537.500-worth are to t» imported into the Western /on* of Germany this yea: under the new Import programm*33 words
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Article149 1949-03-31 20 SINGAPORE, Mar. 30 4 MODERN million-dollar factory for the .nanp* factur e of vegetable oil, fats, soap, marganit and sauce is to be erected on a 20-acre plot in Jurong Road. At the head of the project i> thf Singapore millionaire industrialist. Mr. Ng apii<149 words
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Article39 1949-03-31 20 DURING Januarv ported the equivai i V:tl> metric tons of tin. c 4.480 tons in Dceeml) tons in January a y The decline in fl the result of a term' p,tin» ment in opt rations r group.39 words
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Article43 1949-03-31 20 |7 V ATT Com pa; Ei the following ber outputs, in lb 4 o 000 Brunei Utd Plan f 27.10® Changkat S r rdaiu Hay tor Estates soJOf Lunas Estates 4* 50® Nyalas Estates 0^ Riverview Estate '92 4®’ Tapah Estates43 words