The Straits Budget, 29 August 1946

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    32 1 The Straits Budget THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES [ESTABLISHED OVER A CENTURY J New Series No. 4 Singapore, Thursday, August 29th, 1946. Price 40 cents (S.S. Currency) Or 1 «b.
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      62 1 The SINGAPORE FREE PRESS has the largest nett sale of any afternoon newspaper published in Malaya The Singapore Free Press is the oldest established newspaper in Singapore. It recommenced publication in May last and its smart presentation of news has made an immediate appeal to the reading public. For advertising
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      Sanctuary In Singapore
      986 2 —Straits Times, Aug. 22. Some recollections ol Singapore as It was before the motor age were published in this page recently. They were written by Mi. W Bartley, and they gave not only pleasure but relief to many people, by contrast v/ith most of the news and
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      Calcutta: A Portent?
      961 2 —Straits Times, Aug. 23. Accustomed as we are becoming to battle, murder and sudden death as a means of settling political difTeren :-3. the orgy of bloodshed that n.ts taken place in Calcutta during the past week has revolted ’.or. civilised world The “incident to use the
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      Afghanistan And So On...
      863 2 —Straits Times, Aug. 24. The United Nations Organisation has never had an easy passage. The story ot its young lile to date is a sorry catalogue ol intrigues and wranglings, frequently on the most trivial issues. The name of the organisation has indeed taken on a
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      On The Top Of The Cathay
      943 3 —Straits Times, Aug. 23. letter criticising Lord learn is printed in this e today. It is a grossly air and uninformed letter, it Is a perfectly natural burst from the Singapore n-in-the-street whose office 1 social orbits do not inde the top floors of
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      Rice At Pistol Point ?
      972 3 Rice At Pistol Point —Straits Times, Aue-. 27 There is one public reaction to the rice crisis m Malaya I which needs to be examined 'openly and frankly, and that I is the tendency to diaw a comparison between the Japanese and the British. It is inevitable that people should
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      Surplus Rubber Already
      902 3 Straits Times. Aug. 28. If anyone had said, during the war, that within twelve months of the end of it Malaya would be wondering how and where to sell her rubber, he would have been thought to be crazy. The assumption then was that after the war
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    DR. EVATT IN SINGAPORE
    138 4 SINGAPORE, Aug. 23 HR. Herbert Evatt, Australian Minister for External Affairs arrived in Singapore yesterday afternoon on his way back to Australia from the Paris Peace Conference The Governor-General. Mr Malcolm MacDonald. lle\v specially Irom Penang last evening to 'T-<t Dr. Evatt and to talk on
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    Syonan Harbour: Sept. 26, 1943 the log-book...
    1371 4 “THIS is the true awl 1 faithful account of the vovajjc of the jfood ship ‘Audacious’ aliases, M. V. Krait, The (’rate, The Singapore T(*rror left Exmouth West Australia, Sept. 2.” They wore written as Page One of the log-book for the trn
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    Japanese Published British Book
    421 4 WHEN the British reoccupied Singapore in September year they found 230 copies of Mr. C. F. Symingto Foi esters Manual of Dipterocarps” j n the Raffles Muses On Jap times, it was the Syonan Habukutukan). This book was issued under the imprint of Raffles Museum at
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      The women who went away come back...
      809 5 SYBIL SORENSEN n ue decided to leave Singapore on Feb. 12, was with heavy •ts that we boarded the (r 0 n, which was bound Fremantle, West Ausia. After a perilous lav trip it was a relief ;ee Australia on the izon and
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      Budget Pictures
      62 5 COMPLIMENTS are due to the Straits Times Press for the quick restoration of the Straits Budget. But one thing Is lacking. The Budget should be supplemented with a picture page, as it used to be in pre-war days. SELVAM. Singapore. (Shortage of paper of the quLsite quality and
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      Food Before Politics In Malacca
      158 5 MALACCA has been a Crown Colony for centuries, and we owe allegiance to the King of England, not to the Sultans. The question of the Malayan Union should be left out of our programme of rehabilitation. Why dabble in politics when our very livelihood is
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      Up-Country Troubles
      145 5 IN small villages up-country one finds it very hard to get things at controlled prices, especially cigarettes. The dealers who get the supplv for d stribution give out cigarettes lor a few minutes—a packet or so each—and ejaculate “Finish.” Yet cigarettes are available, night and day. throughout the
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      Bread Queues
      93 5 PRICES of everything have gone up terribly. It is bad enough that our rice ration Is cut Why not make bread easier to get? People are standing in queues early in the morning outside the bakeries waiting to get bread, and when they do get it they have
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      Stinking Food
      330 5 YOU may be interested to learn that during the last four and half months our ship has been exclusively employed in carrying cargoes to your fair city. During this period (133 days, to be exact) we have brought exactly two cargoes! They t(x>k 31 days to load in
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      KILLEARN STAFF IN CIVILIAN HOUSES
      485 5 OF late there has been a considerable volume of correspondence and articles in tne Press regarding residential premises which are requisitioned by the military authorities. understand that Oct. 1 next been set as th date f< handing ba» "a'.must all” such properties to their owners.
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      From The Roads To Us Ashore
      194 5 WE are lying at anchor in the Roads with 5,000 tons of Australian foodstuffs, and it appears that we must wait for two or three weeks to get a wharf at which to unload. In addition to refrigerated car^o —mostly apples and ej?Ks —we
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    MEETING IN DARK IN CANTEEN
    1030 6 Kluung Court Marrial KLUANG, Auk. 26. DEFERENCES to a meeting at a Paratroop canteen at which the lights were switched off and a voice spoke in the darkness, “We are going out tomorrow, are you with me?” were made in a statement tendered today as
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    First 1,000 Tons Of Rice Arrives
    134 6 SINGAPORE, Aug. 27. TIIE llalvden arrived in Singapore yesterday front Bangkok with 1.000 tons of rice aboard. I he Straits limes understands that the Army has guaranteed unloading of this consignment if any ditticulty is encountered by the civil authorities. Here Is a quick
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    Hold-Up Man Caught After Long Chase
    100 6 SINGAPORE. Auk. 27. CHINESE. Wong Ah Pong. who robbed a fishmonger m Kampo'ih Batak. was sentenced to seven years’ rigorous imprisonment by Mr. Justice Thorogood in the second Singapore Assizes yesterday. Prosecuting. Mr. M. Buttrose. D.P.P., stated that Wong was one of three Chinese
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    B-29 Bombing Of Naval Base Recalled
    304 6 Singapore, Aug. 27. THE, oombing of the Singapore naval base in January, 1945, by a lone B.29, which on its return from the mission was pounced on by Jap fighters and brought down was recalled yesI teuday at the War Crimes trial of 44
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    GAOL FOR YOUTHFUL BREAD PROFITEER
    35 6 For selling a 2-lb. loal of bread at 30 cents over the controlled Price. 16-year-old Khoo Chuan Hee was sent to prison for one month, n the Second District Court.
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    Mr. R.H. Scott Tells Of Early Days At Prison
    522 6 Outram Road Gaol Trial Singapore, Aug. 27. MIt. It. II. Scott, C.B.E. former Director of the Far Eastern Bureau of the British Ministry of Information, and at present Counsellor to the Special Commissioner. South East Asia, gave evidence at the War
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    ALSAGOFF GETS 3 YEARS’ GAOL
    416 6 Singapore, Aug. 27 HUSSEIN Ali AlsagofT, former head ol a section 0 f Special Branch of the Japanese Police dealing political offenders, and a prominent member of the I community, was sentenced to three years’ jw imprisonment by l\Ir. Justice Worley yesterday on a cha
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    Prison And Fine For Rice-Runner
    73 6 SINGAPORE, Alio* WHEN Revenue officer i: cepttd a sampan on Au in the waters off Juron'4 found on board, undu a 01 firewood, four bags 01 es2 white r^e. Yesterday in the Second trict Court, L m Buck H<x‘ claimed that he was a na
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    The lights are going up in Singapore again. The Municipal eletrical Department is busily repairing lights in the more important of Singapore streets. The picture above shows of the department fixing lamps in front of the Municipal building
    39 7 The lights are going up in Sin gapore again. The Municipal eletrical Department is busily repairing lights in the more important of Singapore streets. The picture above shows of the department fixing lamps in front of the Municipal building
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    Five ‘Death Railway’ Guards To Hang
    311 7 SINGAPORE. Aug'. 23. O Japs and three Koreans who were well known to hundreds of Malayan PoWs who worked on the Burman Railway were sentenced to death by hanging at the h War Crimes Court yesterday for atrocities they corned on PoWs at Tamuang,
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    WOMEN’S TRAINING SCHOOL
    204 7 Singapore, Aug. 26. A WOMEN’S training school where Singapore women and girls will learn household work, general domestic science, health of children, hygiene, home management and cooking will come into being i n Singapore shortly. The school is at present being planned by the Social Wellare Department
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    ROBBERS SHOOT WOMAN
    98 7 Singapore, Aug. 26. A CHIN ML woman livin; in Selat Road in the Kampong Bahru area was shot by gunmen who entered her house in the early hours of Sunday morning She was taken to hospital in a serious condition. Shortly after 2 am., *hree Chinese armed
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    Only Utility Timbers For Export
    393 7 THE only export of timber which is at present allowed out of Malaya is of the low quality general utility sawn timbers and this only in limited quantities. Exports arc restricted at present to producers and pre-war exporters so that old trade through former channels
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    Army Rice For Civilians
    77 7 ABOUT 3.074 tons of rice will be passed on to Lord Killearn by the Army in Malaya for distribution to the civilian population, when it arrives The allocation of rice to the Army on behalf of the whole of South East Asia for the third quarter
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    Truck Which Killed Six Not Traced
    213 7 SINGAPORE, Aug 24. A ten-ion military truck which was carrying Bailey Bridge panels, that got loose and fell on the road killing five men and a woman on July 12 at Kampong Bahru Road, has not been traced by the police yet This was
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    Kinta Board Opposes Raising Of Tax
    258 7 (From Our Own Correspondent) I POH, Aug. 24. THE Kinta Town Hoard's new chairman, Lt. Col. R. II. Drake-Brock man, presided at Thursday’s meeting of Ihe hoard w hich by a majority strongly opposed I he Government's recommendation to increase the State revenue by
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    Harbour Rates At Penang Up
    209 7 THE Governor in Council has approved the increase by 100 per cent of its scale of rates by the Penang Harbour Board with elTcct from Apr. 1, 1946. A notification to this ellect will appear shortly In the Malayan Union Government Gazette. At a meeting
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    Malacca Municipality
    80 7 l're, our Own (\>rn pondent MALACCA Aug. Uk AT the monthly meeting of the \T ilacca Municipal Commission h< Id vest'-rdav the members •i i f,jTii*d Mr E V Day. th M ii n, ,v president Mr Tan welcoming Mr Day r.n behalf of the Commissioners. aid that
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    LORD KILLEARN ANSWERS PRESS CRITICISM OF WORK OF HIS OFFICE
    2053 8 The Rice Crisis A 2,000-word statement which answers certain criticisms against Lord Killearn, Special Commissioner tor South-Last Asia, in his handling ot the rice crisis, was issued by the Office of the Special ommissioner. The document takes the criticisms point
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    What Killearn Has Done In S.E. Asia
    208 8 11 is perhaps not known to the rasual reader or member of the public, what the current activities of the Office of the Special Commls•»ionrr have been during these months. They illustrate the machinery which is necessary to him In his work of
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    NEW JUVENILE COURT PLAN
    308 8 THE trial of juvenile offenders in Singapore will shortly be carried out in a separate court in the old Supreme Court building and is to be presided over by an officer specially appointed. In addition, the Government is considering the introduction of new legislation for the
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    Merchants Appeal To Governor
    102 8 riHNESE importers and t*xpt ers in Singapore a by the recent seizure ov Dutch Navy of vessels bring cargo from Sumatra and Java Singapore, arc submitting am peal to the* Governor of Sini pore, asking for intervention the return of the ships. The appeal follows repreJ
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    Gaol For Aer Engine Theft
    122 8 SINGAPORE. Aug 2 rE Chinese were arra* in the Second Police t; /esterdav on charg r s of aero engines from a military w it Ford Rood. They n r> entences ranging from *o five months. It was alleged that on it nhotit 2.30 n.m..
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    KILLEARN TALKS IN INDONESIA
    495 9 SINGAPORE, Aug. 22. latest development in Java is that Lord Killearn, pedal Commissioner for British territories in h-Kast Asia, is expected to have talks with both s in the Dutch-Indonesian deadlock within the next days. While news-agency messages received from Bail yesterday showed that Lord Killearn
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    Banka After Malino
    83 9 The Straits Times learns from the Netherlands Indies authorities in Singapore that the consultations to follow the Malino Conference will be held at Pangkal Pinang, Banka. These discussions will be between thi Netherlands Indies Government and the Dutch. Chinese and Arab groups of the population. The time
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    VOLUNTEER C.S.M. WEDS
    123 9 SINGAPORE. Aug. 22. THE wedding took place yesterday of Mr. F. B. de Souza, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. J. F. do Souza, and Miss Olga Von Bani nisseht. daughter of the late Mr. J C. R. Von Bannisseht and Mrs. Von Bannissent. Mr. de
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    New Post For Lord Louis
    77 9 Reuter. LONDON, Aug. 21.— Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten, Supreme Allied Commander, South East, Asia, may soon assume a new naval appointment, an official spokesman said here yesterday. Admiral Mountba'tten will visit Sweden and Norway early next month tor a hoi day but. according to the
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    Javanese Shot By Indian Sentry
    257 9 SINGAPORE, Aug. 22. A 22-YK VR-OLl) Javanese was shot —and later died irom his wounds—and another Javanese was arrested early yesterday morning after reportedly failing to obey four challenges of an Indian sentry on duty outside 93 Base Supply Depot at the junction of Alexandra
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    R.A.S.C. Man Gaoled
    119 9 PILFERING from the docks must be stopped!” remarked Mr Paul Storr in the First Court when he convicted and sentenced J. H. Herbert R.A.S.C. to two years’ rigorous imprisonment on charges of having dishonestly transacted 90 bales of tentage, pilfered from the docks. On Apr 30 tnis
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    Mountbatten Rd. Undergoes Repair
    75 9 ROAD Kanes from the Public Works Department are busily engaged in repairing Mountbatten Road (former Grove Road) in order to have it in good condition when the road is re.opened to the public of Si eapore. It is understood that an agreement has been reached between
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    7 Killed: Beware Of Explosives
    221 9 IN accident recently occurred in which seven Singapore civilians were killed as a re suit of tampering with ammunition in a former Japanese gun site which had not been reported to the military authorities. The following is a list of all the sites known to
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    BRAZIL SENDING RICE
    454 9 SINGAPORE, Auk. 22. IJRGENT shipments ot rice are beinK rushed from Brazil to Malaya, and in addition the Army has ukreed to release to Malaya all stocks that may come forward for the Army for the next few weeks These were the two bright spots in the
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    Textile Control
    60 9 Under the Price Control Proi clamation, tin* export of any length of textile in excess of ten yards is nrohibted except with the written permission of an As1 sistant Price Controll-r Tn the past only certain kinds of cloth were cont roll'd. All cloth is now controlled under
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    C.S.M. ’s Evidence Of Pte.’s Conduct
    657 10 KLUANG COURT MARTIAL By Our Special Correspondent KLUANG. Aug. 21. GIVING evidence at the Kluang court martial to-day of 262 Paratroopers, C.S.M. F. W. Tuffs of “B“ company, 13th Para Battalion, said that a private whom he had warned to behave on parade told
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    N.C.O.’s Asked To Be Reduced To Ranks
    441 10 By Our Special Correspondent KLIIANG, 22. IN less than one month—between April 16 and May 14— four K.C.OVt of his company had voluntarily asked to be. and were, reduced to the ranks, said Major A. J. Masterton. officer commanding H.Q. Coy, 13th Parachute
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    Paratroops On Bounds Charge
    131 10 f rom Our Own Correspondent KLUANG, Aug. 22. SEVEN paratroopers of the 13t h Pa rach ute Ba t talion, who were missing from their camp on Wednesda\ night, were charged tonight before Brigadier Darling, Brigade Commander, with breaking out of barracks. They were remanded for
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    Jap Lawyers To Defend Suspects
    69 10 ’rom Our Ow -jrrespi PENANG, Aug. 22. r. C) 'apanese lawyers. Tokiwa Koriuchi and Kawamura Juzo, haeve arrived to defend J ;ese war-crim. suspects »r. trials opening in Penang or August 28. They have been app< *d '»v the Headquarters, ALFSEA, on the expressed desire
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    Malay Sultans’ Hari Raya Gift
    59 10 Malay Sultans Hari Raya Gift From Our Own Correspondent. KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 22. THE Sultans of the nine Malay States have dftTT&fFd as a Ilari Raya gift the sum of $2,250 to the Malay Regiment. Ilari Raya will he celebrated throughout Malaya on Aug. 20 and 30. ltoth these days
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    Grand Victory Celebrations
    113 10 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG. Auk. 23 DENANG is preparing to em hark on the biggest spending spree since the Coronation celebrations in 1937. Drawing up plans for the Malayan victory celebrations which Penang will hold for ten days from Sept. 3 to Sept 12 leaders of
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    Naafi Clerk On Charge Of Theft
    228 10 SINGAPORE, Aug. 23. TEO KIM CHWEE described as J a lerk working at the Bulk Issue Store, Anson Road, a Naafi establishment, appeared in the Fourth Police Court yesterday, on a charge of stealing three cases cigarettes, and 18 bottles of gin and whisky
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    Methodist Conference In Session
    283 10 F SINGAPORE, Aue i E Malaya Annual Coni* and the Chinese Mission i lerence began their jo nt i>n Tuesday, with Bishop F. Lee presiding. Delegate all parts of Malaya and Sari md Pastors and worker* charge of schools and chut were present. B shop EdtS
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    Paratroop NCO Dislike RSM’s Tactic
    179 10 By Our Special Correspond* KLUANG, Aug PRIVATE Davis of H.Q C 1 pany. giv.ng evident at trial of the 262 men of the Parachute Battalion today the Court why he reverted a corporal to a private He thafr he did not like the R-! tactics.
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    ALSAGOFF MAKES HIS DEFENCE
    701 11 SINGAPORE, Aug. 22. 11,JUTTING he instructed his subordinates to beat I up a detainee in order to extract a confession, and j hat he was acting on the orders of his Japanese supeior, Hussein Ali Alsagoff apologised to the court yeserday for his actions. He was
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    Six Months’ Gaol For Intimidation
    166 11 SINGAPORE. Aug. 23 A man who was alleged to have 1 gone into the premises of the Singapore Harbour Board for the purpose of “stirring up trouble among the labourers” was sentenced to six months’ rigorous imprisonment by Mr. Paul Storr. the District Judge, yesterday
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    K.L. CO-OP. SOCIETY
    134 11 rIE ninth annual general meeting of the Senior Officers' Co-Operative Credit and Investment Society, Ltd., ol Kuala Lumpur, will be held in the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank building at Kuala Lumpur on Friday, Sept. 6. Excess of income over expenditure for the five-year period ending May
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    SPECIAL VERDICT ASKED FOR
    475 11 SINGAPORE, Aur. 23. SUGGESTION that the judge should invite the jury to give a special verdict was made by Mr. I). K. Walters at the trial of Hussein Ali Alsagoff, Carvalho, and Suppiah at the second Singapore Assizes yesterday. Mr. Walters, counsel for AisagofY, addressing Mr.
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    ‘Employers We Would Like’ —By A Clerk
    277 11 Employers We Would Like’ —By A Clerk SINGAPORE, Au«. 22. “JHE type ol employers we would likv are those who take a keen and personal interest ir. our welfare anc' who through kindness anp encouragement make us love and respect them and also make us feel that they are our
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    Govt. Cloth For Manufacturers
    66 11 The Government ha.-> tor dis posal certain mater.als unsuitable lor clothing, viz sail cloth dowlas, duck, brown du*K unbleached luc These are suitable tor the manufacture of shoes, hose sa ls bicycle tyres, tickings, etc., and applications, 'y manufacturer.-' only should be made to Controllei ot
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    Rice Hoarder Appeals: Gets 12 Months’Gaol
    134 11 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 22 DEMARKING that rice was an important commodity and as such any offence committed in its respect under the Food Control Proclamation must be viewed with gravity. Mr. Justice Willan, Chief Justice of the Malayan Union, today
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    Fight Against Black Market
    140 11 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 21. y\ N advisory committee has been appointed with the approval of the Government of the Malayan Union to assist the Price Controller in planning his campaign against the black market throughout the country. The committee, which met for
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    Labourers Tribute To Planter
    125 11 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Aug. 22. TRIBUTE to the services ne had rendered to the company and the employees of Seaport and Olenmarle estates, was paid to the Group Manager, Mr. W. L. Harvey, by the staff and labourers at a farewell party In
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    $300 FOR CUP OF COFFEE
    51 11 Ranmath. proprietor of a coffee shop, way fined $300 in default three months’ r.i by Mr T. I’ Russell in the Second District Court on Aug. LM tor selling two cups or coffee at 15 cents each. Hie e< ntrolled price is ten cents per
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    K.L. OPENS FIRST PUBLIC CANTEEN
    340 12 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA, LUMPUR, Aug. 22. THE first public canteen in Kuala Lumpur was open- ed this afternoon by Mr. I). I. Goodwin, Secretary to the Resident Commissioner, Malayan Union, in Brickfields, near the Y.M.C.A. About 000 people, representing employees of workshops and
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    GAOL FOR PILFERING
    209 12 SINGAPORE, Auk. 24. "THERE has been V>o much pil- lering of goods from lorries and this pilfering must be stopped," declared Mr. Paul Storr »n the First Police Court yesterday when he sentenced an odd-job labourer. Aug Boon Menu, to three months’ rigorous imprisonment for theft of
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    Good Response To Govt.’s New Food Schemes
    291 12 SINGAPORE. Auk 24. ONE hundred and sixty applications from restaurants and rating shops in Singapore for assistance in getting food supplies at control prices, in return for an undertaking to serve meals at a ceiling price of cents, have hern received by the
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    Man Admits Robbery
    130 12 SINGAPORE, Aug. 23 KOI! Tong, admitted yesterday at the second Singapore Assizes that he had committed an armed robbery with whicn he was charged with another Chinese. Law Choon Hoo. On Apr 18. a school teachei was sitting and chatting with two other persons outside his house
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    ‘Treasure Of Nakamura’ Case To Be Heard Soon
    269 12 Treasure Of Nakamura’ Case To Be Heard Soon BRITISH Army officers under detention in Singapore and Batavia today in connection with investigations into the “Treasure of Nakamura” case of Batavia, may be tried by court martial following the conclusion of the trial of Dutch suspects which is expected to begin
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    6 Months And $1,000 Fine
    82 12 SINGAPORE. Aug. 24. U7IIKN revenue ».nicers on Aug 23 boarded a sampan. lyrng at anchor at a kelong near Jurong. they found on board 18 bag? Siamese white rice. Yesterday in the Second Distr.ct Court. Tan Cheng You. who claimed to be the owner of
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    Registration Of Chinese Teachers
    125 12 than before the war.—Sin Chew. (Translation copyright by Straits Times) By Our Chinese Correspondent IINLFSS Chinese school teach ers are registered. in Singapore, as provided for by the pre-war ordinance, they will not be allowed to continue teaching, according to a statement from an official source
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    Court Flies To Hear Appeal
    353 12 From Our Own CorresnonH KUALA LUMPUR, Ai£ 2? TOR the first time in Mail I judicial proceedings th',. judges and appellate c,', Un were flown by an R. Dakota plane to Kota Bh,I where the first sit tine „r jj Malayan Union Court Appeal was
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    Car-Stripping Case For Higher Court
    227 12 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 21. THREE Javanese appeared before Mr. Justice Spenser Wilkinson in the Supreme Court, Kuala Lumpur, yesterday tor a review of the conviction and sentence passed on them in the lower court for car-stripping. Mr. A. J. Grattan Bellow,
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    Days of Jap Tapioca Are Not Over’
    542 13 SINGAPORE, Aux. 22. I aM to be very frank with you tonight,” deI iiared Lord Killearn, Special Commissioner for Luth East Asia, broadcasting from Singapore last Itht <»n the critical food situation facing Malaya, Insapore, Borneo and Sarawak. I Hu outlined the reasons
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    Japs To Pay For Siam Railway
    191 13 COMPENSATION for th* hundreds of miles of track taken bv the Japanese from the East Coast Railway 01 the Malay Peninsula, wi!’ be paid out of reparations. This is shown by a Reuter message from London, quoting a Foreign Office spokesman to the effect
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    How Prices Have Moved
    138 13 THESE were Singapore food 1 prices up to Aug. 24—a week since the cut in the rice ration—as checked by a reporter Black Market Price t ontrolled Before After Price Rice Rice per kali Cut Cut Rke .08 $1.20 $3.00 Sugar .12 1.70 2.00 Sugar (rock)
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    WHY FOOD CAMPAIGN HAS FAILED
    125 13 Front Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Aug. 24. IJRGING Kuala Lumpur residents U to come forward and apply for land for food growing, Kuala Lumpur authorities today gave four reasons why the Grow More Food campaign has not produced any great results here so tar.
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    HOUSE ‘BOYS’ASK SIX-DAY WEEK
    196 13 HOUSE BOYS’ ASK SIX-DAY WEEK FREE thousand amahs, cooks and house “boys” in Singapore have formed themselves into a labour union, one of the objects of which will be to negotiate for a six-day working week for domestic servants as well as their counterparts employed in clubs, canteens, and messes.
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    Car-Stripping: 90 In 3 Months
    97 13 I rom Our Own C orrespondent KUALA LUMPUR, Auk. 24. IN le-s than three months over 1 00 cases of car-strippiiiK h »v«‘ been reported in Kuala Lumpur. In June. 29 such eases uere reported besides reports of thefts of five cars, one jeep, three
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    Partial Release Of Singapore School
    343 13 DKQUISITIONEI) by the Services on the re-occupa-tion of Singapore, Raffles Institution is now being used by the R.A.F. as a Transit Camp. Although they are proposing to vacate the premises they are only prepared to do so in stages, the iL st phase of which
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    Clapping In Johore War Crimes Court
    136 13 JOHORE BAHRU, Aug. 22. THERE was clapping In the War Crimes Court at Johore Bahru yesterday when Sgt. Yamaguchi, o! the Kempeitai. was sentenced to death by han/ing for his atroeities resulting in several deaths m Johore during the occupation. Yamaguchi was tried by
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    Siamese Giant Tours Malaya
    38 13 Siamese giant, seven feet six inches in height, has arrived in Penang from Kedah, and will tour Malaya on exhibition. lie Is 28.year.oJd Nies, and his shoes are said to be I; inches long
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    EXTRA YARD OF TEXTILES IN UNION
    168 13 from Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 24. Malayan Union Government in a communique tsued on the textile position states that as a result of careful review *t has been found possible to raise the scale of Issue from four yards to five yards
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    CONVENT TO REOPEN
    137 13 Used by the Japs as a barracks for their garrison troops (butan. the Convent, on the re-occupation ol Singapore was first taken over by the services and later by the B M A who used it as a hospital for tuberculosis patients. f’he School was opened over
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    AIR DASH FOR H.E.’s PAPERS
    400 14 ATLANTIC record-breaker, Wing-Commander .1. K. 11. Merifield has just established what must be a record for South-East Asia. He has llown from Singapore to Labuan and back, Singapore to Penang and back (2,500 miles) in seven hours 20 minutes in a Spitfire XIX. Wing-Commander M«*rifl«*ld\
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    Cheap Meals For Schools
    121 14 partment for attention—Bin Chew. By Our Chinese Correspondent JIIRF.K Chinese schools in Chinatown as well as the Singapore Chinese Kinder, garten School have applied to the Social Welfare Department, for meals under the public kitchen scheme to supply both teachers and students about .'1,000 in num.
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    AUSSIE SHIPS FOR S'PORE
    190 14 PIMPS langii.g from 2f>d tonJ t'i l.f>M> tons, wivch were u e I in Australia during the war, are ikcly to find then way to E-stein wat:rs; some foi u-< ip the* islands ad jae-< ni to Singapore, wh.le sonii will end in tile* China coist
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    Guards Sent To Gaol
    243 14 SINGAPORE. Aug. 22. lndian soldiers who were on guard duty at No. 5 Sub-Depot, Kranji. were convicted In the Fourth Police Court yesterday for the abetment of theft in respect of 29 bundles of military tentage. They were. Jai Ram Lall, the guard co nmander. who
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    “Improvident Fairy Of Singapore”
    866 14 The following editorial is reproduced from The Singapore Free Press of Aug. 22: LORD (“I'm no Fairy Godmother”) Killearn, the special (Food) Commissioner for S.E. Asia, who broadcast from Singapore last night on the rice crisis in Malaya, Singapore, Sarawak and Borneo, offers the people little
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    Civil General Hospital
    27 14 THE postal address j, proper designation the Singapore G en J Hospital, according l( 1 Government statement now: 1 "Singapore Civil Gents Hospital”. n
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    Big Increase In Penang Exports
    148 14 From Our Own Corresponds PENANG, Aug 22 THE Penang July trade sh’j* 1 a sharp increase over j I with imports valued at SllOToa and e.: parts $16,993,676. tatyti available today revealed T he previous month's nsu were .mports $8,928 505 and ports $8,236,119, The
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    35-CENT MEALS IN PENANG
    72 14 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG. Aug. 24 DIG crowds of workers b:av< the rain to buy 35-cent mei on Tuesday when Penang' fi: People’s Restaurant was open« by the Resident Commissions Mr. S. N. King Located on the Rcnong groui site, where the Japs had built
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    SINGAPORE MEAT SHORTAGE
    348 15 SINGAPORE, Au k 27. fcLAYA’S food authorities and the Governments have taken firm steps, the Straits Times undern(ls, in informing the Secretary of State for the Ionics of the country’s desperate live meat situation lowing the decision of the Meat Controller in stralia to give priority to
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    New Scheme For Supply Distribution
    190 15 THE Controller of Supplies has 1 recently been diverting stocks of supplies under his control to the Rice Retailers Association as another means of ensuring equitable distribution and combatting the black market. He Is now asking the importers to follow the same policy with a
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    Second Jap Escapes From Changi Prison
    217 15 I SINGAPORE, Aur. 27. BIK second escape from Changi Prison within a I period of one and a half months since Japanese ■soners were incarcerated there, was effected at ■ait noon yesterday >vhen a 28 year-old Korean ex* guard, Kaneyama Yoshio, was discoNcreo ■ssing.
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    Business Men Travel Deck
    126 15 SINGAPORE, Aug. 27. AWING to the infrequent U sailings of passenger ships from Singapore to China ports. 950 Chinese, a number of whom are businessmen who have been in Singapore for several weeks, have decided to travel as d&ck passengers on board the Dutch liner Van
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    Theosophists Meet In Klang
    101 15 From Our Own Correspondent KLANG, Aug. 26. UNDER the auspices of the Theosophical Society (Malayan Branch) a public meeting was held at the Jubilee School, Klang, on Thursday, to inaugurate a centre at Klang. Mr. S. Sinnadural oi Selangor Lodge, Kuala Lumpur, presided over the meeting.
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    Landlords Cannot Pay Higher Rates
    446 15 From Our Own Correspondent MALACCA, Aug. 26. OTRONG opposition to any increase of rates on houses and vacant lands in the Municipal area was voiced at the monthly meeting of the Malacca Municipal Commissioners by Mr. Tan Siew Sin. Mr. Tan said that one of
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    Rice Strike Stops City’s Transport
    523 15 SINGAPORE, Aur. 28. THOUSANDS of Singapore office workers had to walk or cycle home yesterday as a result of Singapore's first “rice’’ strike. Eight hundred Singapore Traction Company employees walked out yesterday morning after demanding, among other things, that the company should supply foodstuffs to
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    Sir Edward Visiting Ipoh
    98 15 From Our Own Correspondent! IPOH, Aug 27. WHEN Sir Edward and Lady Gent pay th* ir official visit to Ipoh on Saturday the Governor w 11. in •ddition to his official rounds, meet 1< ading members of the > ublic at the Resld- nt CommLs- >
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    SIME ROAD CAMP TRIAL OPENS
    1356 17 SINGAPORE, Aug. 28. IKC.VTIONS of the ill-treatment of civilians in IMC* Japanese internment camp in Singapore were (j L in (he Special War Crimes court in the Victoria no rial Hall yesterday. o n trial were five Japanese—Capt. Sakae Susuki, .-Jim* commandant of Changi Jail
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    82,000 Stolen By Armed Men
    130 17 Singapore, Aug. 27. ENTERING a house in Boat. Quay in broad daylight on Monday lour Chinese armed with pistols got away with $B6O in cash and jewellery worth $1,200. The victims were Chinese. This was one of three robberies in Singapore on Monday. In the
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    Children Had To Work
    574 17 Mr John Weekly, j.enerni maim er. Krar at Pulai Tin Mines. Perak who was one of the Block commandant' of the Sime Road camp said that when they shifted there it became more of a labour camp. It came to a point when even children of
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    HOW DIABETICS DIED IN CAMP
    354 17 Singapore, Aug. 27. HOW repeated pleas for insulin I<»r three chronic diabetics who were in danger of death fell on deaf Japanese ears in Changi Jail where Malayan civilians were interned during the Japanese occupation, was related in the spmal War Crimes Court in Singapore
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    Reconversion Of P.& O. Ships
    159 17 a. TO be released from Government service this month for reconversion from troopships to commercial use, are two IV and O. super liners which have seen a gooe d«*al of active service either as armed merchant cruisers or troopers The vessels art* the 23.000-ton Strathaird
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    Alleged Attempt To Bribe Inspector
    74 17 INSPECTOR Rajaretnam, Investigating officer at the Paya Lobar Police Station, was the principal witness at th** trial on Aug. 27 of a Chinese Ho Ah Fook. on a charge of offering a bribe to the Inspector The inspector told Mr K M. Hvrne the magistrate
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    CRICKET CLUB WIN BY THREE RUNS
    414 18 SINGAPORE, Aug. 21. THERE was a thrilling hn *.h to yesterday* game of iruK.'i on the Packing in which the* Singapore Cricket C’luh heat lleach|wartcrs. Singapore District, by three runs. Features ol the game were a good innings »<1 01 by Skinner 1 or
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    S.C.C. Has an Easy Win Against Police
    292 18 SINGAPORE, Aug. 2(5 SINGAPORE Cricket Club followed up their three run win against Singapore District on Saturday with an easy win against the Police yesterday, in the cricket match played on tile packing. The Club scored 141 ana the Police were all out
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    S’pore Racecourse Rehabilitation
    241 18 THE Straits 'limes understands that lehabilitalion ol the Singapore Turf Club will begin shortly. The army authorities, who at present have the course under requisition and are using ii a> a transit camp, are co-operating with the Turf C’luli and have now' cleared the actual track. 11
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    BATSMEN’S DAY AT THE S.R.C.
    274 18 SINGAPORE. Aug. 26. UIGH Matured the* S R.C. homo and homo match played al the SRC. padang j yesterday. D'Almeida s XI batting in.st| mad" a soon* oj 221 runs, lor < ight wickels 70 of which came from Aeria’s bat. Rcyssius’ loam in reply,
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    BOXING RESULTS
    73 18 SINGAPORE. Aug. 25. In the main event oi nignt’s bfixing Jimmy Bird knocked out Van Loon m the fifth round ot a scheduled ten round fight. Other events resulted; Cilia Mun Onn eat Dave Mein rov by a t.k.o. in the second round. Jeswant Singh knocked out Yep
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    Aussie Test Keeper May Play In Malaya
    156 18 RKPORTS In.,,, Australia state Ben Barnett. Australian end .d th/ v V;' i h U >< 1 ,0 Mala .Vn before the J .1 1 stri, understands that he would be employed here on behalf of an Australian firm I ikon nrivnnnr »\f
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    S.C.C. Rugger
    54 18 A meeting of members interested in ***** will be held at the Singapore Cricket Club on Sept. 3. It is hoped that rugger posts will be up on the padang in the next few days. A ball is available at the Club now for any who wish to
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    DOUBLE BY SABAPATHY FOR C.S.C.
    295 18 .SINGAPORE, Aug. 26. A GOOD double by V R. Sapa- pathy who skippered the Ceylonese against R.E.M.E. yesterday on the St. George’s Road ground and the brilliant fielding of the R.E.M.E men were the features of the match which resulted in a win for the
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    Upset At Ipoh Race
    412 18 Upset At Ipoh R ace (From Our Own Corres; fjV thebe was a big u^ 1 races here in th“ p Club's one-day meeting anguished won the i as 5 .;.u from Harlequin to Pa^ BIG SWEEP The draw on the Bi S u**« pool $272,065, resulted* 1. ($107,024) 2.
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    HORSE OWNER FORM ASSN
    132 18 i From Our Own Correspond IPOH. Auk. AT a meeting, which ucc to form a Malayan Horse Owners Assoc*" here on Saturday, d stated that one matter will be taken up wdn Straits Racing Association what is regarded as the solute inadequacy of the travelling allowance
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    Rubber Assn. Chief Criticizes Govt.
    643 19 SINGAPORE, Auk. 23. of the f ailure °f the authorities in living up to Hroniises and netting food and clothing for labour was bv Mr. F. J. Kemlo, the chairman, when he spoke at Beneral meeting of the Singapore Chamber of Commerce H. r Association
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    Malayan Market For Australian Foods
    70 19 —Reuter. SYDNEY, Aug. 22.—Markets in Malaya worth millions of pounds annually to Australia were ripe and ready for the picking, the Australian Government Commissioner in Malaya, Mr. Claude Massey, said on arrival here. “In Malaya we have a market for almost everything we can produce
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    Beaufort Borneo Rubber Co.
    211 19 THE thirty.ninth annual general meeting of the Beaufort Borneo Rubber Co., Ltd., was held in London last week. It was stated in the Directors report that owing to density of jungle growth it had not been possible to investigate the general condition of the property in
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    GOPENG ESTATE
    46 19 In a report under the heading “Strikes On Rubber Estates,” from our Ipoh correspondent, published in the Straits Times on Aug. 19, Gopeng Estate was mentioned as one of the estates affected. We now learn that there has been no strike on Gopeng Estate.
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    RAUB GOLD SHOWS £811.12 PROFIT
    445 19 A surplus of €811.12 for the year ended March 31. 1948, representing the difference between interest received on investments in Australia and Malaya, and expenditure which it was deemed correct to debit was reported in the profit and loss account of the Raub Australian Gold
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    £400,000 NEW STOCK FOR S.T.C.
    195 19 THE purchase oi 220 new vehicles tor the Singapore Traction Company will be financed by an issue ot C400.000 4*/ 2 per cent conve.tiblo first mortgage debenture stock at par according to a circular issued by the London office. Of this amount L 145.745 is
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    Rubber Assn. Officers
    184 19 T IIE baluncc sheet of tne Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association shows the nceumuliited fund at Dec 31. 1945 at $lO5 075 12 as against $85,090.22 on Dec. 31 1940. The report of tie* working ronimittee states that the apparent increase Is accounted for In the
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    U.S. Rubber Consumption
    74 19 Reuter. UNITED States total rubber consumption will fall fiom 1.000 000 tons In 1946 to 900.000 tons In 1947 and to 800.000 in 1948. plus 100 oou tons in each year for stockpiling and build-up working stocks, according to Goodrich Cmpany estimate*. During the same periods the
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    Rubber and Tea Under Production in Java
    314 19 From Our Batavia Correspondent BATAVIA (By Air Mail) ACCORDING to republican press reports, a few rubber and tea estates in West Ja\a are under production, chiefly to meet local requirements. Six rubber estates, with a total of 2,600 acres and ten tea estates
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    Opposition To Immigration Of Indians
    152 19 ’—Reuter. ALLAHABAD, Aug. 20. STRONG opposition to the resumption of Indian labour emigration to Malaya was voiced by Mr. Sutyucharan, Secretary of the Overseas Department of the All-India Congress Committee, in a press statement. 8tat:ng that n< gotiations were going on between the Governments of
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    RUBBER OUTPUT RISING FAST
    935 20 SINGAPORE, A Ur. 2T MALAYAN rubber production and stocks have exceeded estimates made earlier this year, and the American allotment to Malaya of her requirements for the second half of the year of !k>,ooo tons has already been obtained. This was indicated by Mr. K. J.
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    Fair Volume Of Business In Share Market
    979 20 Hy A Market Correspondent BUSINESS written during the week maintained a lair volume with stable prices and was spread mainly over dollar and Australian tins and industrials—rubbers, sterling tins and loans all having a poor week. With the price payable for tin to
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    MALAYAN SHARE QUOTATIONS
    669 20 Share quotation*, as at Aug. 23 according to me Malayan i urebrokers Association (Singapore) were as follows iNDl'STRIAIs Buv-i >eller Alexandra Brickwork* Ords. $2 on $2.40 Alexandra Brickworks Prefs 2 80 3.00 Brit Malaya JYustec Ac Executor Co 00 9.00 Consolidated Tin Smelters 24/3 25/9 Eastern UnP.ec
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