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The Straits Budget
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Title Section31 1947-02-20 1 The Straits Budget THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES [ESTABLISHED OVER A CENTURY] New Series No. 29 Singapore, Thursday, February 20th, 1947, Price 40 cents (S.S. Currency) Or 1 ah.31 words
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Advertisement72 1947-02-20 1 ARCHIVES Hgf/ltt Museum 4r UHlIft »»n The nr*r 4! SINGAPORE FREE PRESS Aas the largest nett sale of any afternoon newspaper published in Malaya The Singapore Free Press is the old est established newspaper in Singapore. It recommenced publication in May last and its smart presentation of news has made72 words
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The Straits Budget
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Article1088 1947-02-20 2 —Straits Times, Feb. 13. It was argued in this column yesterday that for a variety of reasons Government may find itself unable to act on the Singapore Association’s suggestion to recruit a special European police unit on the G-man model to “devote itself solely to the stamping out—Straits Times, Feb. 13. - 1,088 words
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Article1151 1947-02-20 2 —Straits Times, Feb. 14 The .statement issued by the Malayan Democratic Union on its efforts to mediate in the Municipal strike increases the uneasiness felt by many people as to the attitude which the Municipal Commissioners and their President are adopting. The filthy condition of—Straits Times, Feb. 14 - 1,151 words
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Article835 1947-02-20 2 Straits Times, Feb. 15. It was pointed out in this column last November that Malaya is one of the countries of the world in which under-nour-ishment is widespread, particularly among the Tamil labouring class, so it behoved us to take an interest in the pla n_ Straits Times, Feb. 15. - 835 words
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Article1087 1947-02-20 3 —Straits Times, Feb. 17. Idas any government in any P :-cr been placed in a I 11 y in.astic situation than r 6 Xch the British ad- at ..‘ration of Malaya now finds n .f ra tl respect to its Asiatic l,n ovcci> "The air is—Straits Times, Feb. 17. - 1,087 words
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Article1038 1947-02-20 3 —Straits Times, Feb. 18. It was an admiral of the Royal Navy who, in a letter to the Daily Telegraph some days ago, made the ominous suggestion that “in the process of withdrawing her legions from overseas. Great Britain should retain three trading depots—Bombay. Singapore—Straits Times, Feb. 18. - 1,038 words
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Article1071 1947-02-20 3 Straits Times. Feb. 19. The second anniversary of the Pan-Malayan Federation of Trade Unions was celebrated in Singapore during the week-end at the headquarters of our local federation of trade unions and of the Malayan Democratic Union. In the light of that event, it mayStraits Times. Feb. 19. - 1,071 words
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Article113 1947-02-20 4 SINGAPORE, Fib. 19. ON account of the phenomenally bad weather in the United Kingdom, Malayan Airways, Ltd., may have to delay the start of their internal air service in Malaya. The target date for the dart of the s tvIco was April 1 “Yh first113 words
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Article28 1947-02-20 4 Mr. Edward Francis Twining, CMG., MBE., took the oath of office and assumed duty as Governor and Commander-in-Chief oi the Colony of North Borneo on Saturday.28 words
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Article36 1947-02-20 4 VAN ZUIDEN.—On February 13th, 1947, ut 198, Varvlksingel, Enschede, Netherlands, to JENNY, wife of B. van Zuiden, a son. ROLF PETER. On 15th February, 1947. in London to Sybil wife of Ralph Hone a son.36 words
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Article139 1947-02-20 4 Ihe «ngagcmcnt is announced of Thomas Home Alan Potts, son of Mr. Ac Mrs. CI A Potts, 10 Dalvey Estate, Singapore and County End, Chlnnor. Oxon and Anne Margaret Rochfort Worley younger daughter (if Mr. Justice N. A Worley. Colonial Service and Mrs Worley. Emminffton, Chlnnor, Oxon. formerly of139 words
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Article28 1947-02-20 4 The Marriage arranged between Stanley Charles Woolmer and Norah Kay Athersmlth will take place at St. Andrew s Cathedral on Monday February 17th. at 4 30 p.m28 words
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520 1947-02-20 4 SINGAPORE, Feb. 17. FF 27-day strike of 7,000 Singapore Municipal labourers has ended. The men began clearing the accumulated filth and rubbish, which had become a menace to the health of the city, today. The President of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce, Mr. Lee Kong Chian,520 words
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143 1947-02-20 4 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG. Feb. 15. pENANG is reading more at 1 present than she ever did before the war, figures from the Penang Library indicate. But where fiction used to be in the greatest demand, there is now a growing tendency towards143 words
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Article137 1947-02-20 4 From Our Own Corresn„„.. ft PENANG, Feb 1 WITH the arrival 0] coujL 1 J fT consignments of Mm cent, free rice” fr: m sZ-XM week, Penang’s black ma'&ftB toodstuffa showed an annULM drop in the past few cl ivs Where the price of i137 words
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Article, Illustration272 1947-02-20 4 SINGAPORE, Feb. 16. A DECISION on the unified medical service in Malaya m be taken soon after Dr. W. H. Kauntze, Chief Medical Adviser to the Colonial Office, returns to London in March. Speaking to officials of the Alumni Association of the College of Medicine, with272 words
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Article407 1947-02-20 4 SINGAPORE, Feb. 17. jyjANY prominent professional and public men who nave made their name in Singapore ypd other parts of Malaya wore educated in Victoria Institution, according to a long list of names appearing in the school’s magazine “The Victorian”, which has published a Golden Jubilee407 words
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Article107 1947-02-20 4 From Our Own Correspondent I PENANG, Feb. 17. I THE “total boycott" by water-1 front labourers of all cargoes! belonging to the Penang Lighters! Association, scheduled to begin! today, has been averted with the! proposed formation of an arbit-| ration board to which both work-!107 words
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Article242 1947-02-20 4 Tlie Secretary cf State ior the Colonies has approved the ing appointments: Mr. A.F.W. Andren to bo an assistant administrative officer and n J. Burn to be operations oCari. partment of Civil Aviation on tli<“ lavan Establishment: Mr. I) and Mr. B.W.B. Chapman to Cadets. M.C.S.: Mr.242 words
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Obituary52 1947-02-20 4 ■k DEATHS Chrnx Liam, f eldest son mS\ p Mr, <fc Mrs. Chow Joo 7*“V ratP Sed nwnv at 73. into for> d n l7lh F, b ntl at 7 These 1 KOK a«ed 81 passed by a 8' Ht 107 HhIr Road sat las ar V. 1947 at 4.3052 words
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541 1947-02-20 5 750,000 Internment Camp Bill: After Back Pay Bonus is rather surprising that II t he provision of three quarI. f a million dollars from B public funds of this coun- for repayment of the loans L| for the purpose of buyB extra food for European ■ernees hits not received any541 words
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Article217 1947-02-20 5 I AV i N r «ad in the Straits l f a P r °P° se <3 new vJ for the Police e rank anri m lncr eases for say V should I'kr y that if will be appreci- ated if the authorities wii217 words
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311 1947-02-20 5 WHEN I was at school I learned that the ideal state as understood by the British people is the state where there will be few policemen and little repressive machinery. Our bureaucracy in Singapore recently pushed through a budget of $5 millions for the police311 words
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251 1947-02-20 5 They Have Spies In All Departments” IWISH to bring to youi notice the seriousness of th sfrate of affairs prevailing a' the present moment in Singi. pore and Malaya. The strikes of S.T.C., Municipal and other workers are conducted from the Headquarters at 56 Short Street. These Communists are mostly251 words
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335 1947-02-20 5 IWAS in Colombo for 15 months, and while I admit some of the girls went out with the higher ranks, the majority went out with the lower ranks. As for enjoying life in Colombo because of the Navy, that is untrue; there were thousands of335 words
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Article78 1947-02-20 5 rAT is inflation? It is a term used by European employers to justify their paying as cheaply as possible to their Asiatic employees. I will give you a comparison.— An Asiatic buys a bottle of brandy and takes a tablespoon.ul at breakfast and at dinner, as is proper and78 words
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292 1947-02-20 5 I AM the wife of an Asiatic government servant, and, naturally enough, I have followed the question of back pay with no little interest and concern. It is a fact not denied by the Secretary of State for the Colonies that all European292 words
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157 1947-02-20 5 ARTICLES published in your newspaper recently regarding the huge losses due to pilfering and robbery have been followed with keen interest by my colleague and myself. We are both civil policemen in England, now serving with the Army, and are desirous of obtaining positions157 words
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Article142 1947-02-20 5 UOUR correspondent “Humble Citizen,’’ whose letter appeared under the heading **niey Have Spies In All Departments/• seems very ill-informed. I belong to a trade union in Kuala Lumpur, and I wish to say that its activities are not at all conducted from headquarters at 56,142 words
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Article163 1947-02-20 5 f*HE tens of millions of dollars being “demanded” by Government servants as Back Pay can only come from the pockets of those who are not government servants. The latter would have to pay in the form of increased taxation in nearly every direction. Such taxation would have to163 words
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1384 1947-02-20 6 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 17. THE case for the Malayan Collieries Ltd., was tfiven today when the Arbitration Hoard, sitting to enquire into the dispute between the Company and its employees was resumed here today. Mr. Hoh Cheng, Chairman of the1,384 words
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Article79 1947-02-20 6 —A.P. PERTH, Feb. 17. THE returned Servicemen’s League protested yesterday against the son of the Sultan of Johcre being given the occupancy of an eight-room house in Perth “when hundreds of exservicemen are forced to live army huts.'* Tungku Ahmad, third son oi the Sultan of—A.P. - 79 words
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249 1947-02-20 6 From Our Own Correspondent BANGKOK, Feb. 17. A MONTHLY target of 75,000 tons has been set by the Siamese Government for rice deliveries during the coming months in an endeavour to complete delivery of the balance of 600,000 tons in accordance with the terms249 words
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668 1947-02-20 6 SINGAPORE, Pel). b A LARGE part of the rice smuggling carried out ove ,l i the Siam border was attributed to (he cleavaJl between controlled and black-market prices of r oM by Sir Harold Sanderson, Director of Rice, the M. n jj try of668 words
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Article229 1947-02-20 6 SINGAPORE, Feb. 18. TpHE wedding of Mr. Stanley Charles Woolmer and Miss Norah Kay Athersmith, took place at the St. Andrew’s Cathedral yesterday. Ttie groom, who is the son of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Woolmer, of London, is an architect and town planner attached to the229 words
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Article70 1947-02-20 6 SINGAPORE, Feb. 18. Lim Joo Huan, 15-year-old schoolboy, told the First District Judge, Mr. Paul Storr, in Singapore yesterday that Chua Soon Giam, a Chinese who robbed nim of dollars in Middle Road on Feb. 2, returned two dollars when he pleaded that he needed70 words
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Article569 1947-02-20 7 SINGAPORE, Feb. 14. j. s j n Singapore Harbour are stealing rice in .I'hmrc uuantities that it is estimated that the monthly average value of rice lost is $1,000,000 c f' cd at retail prices). T rice looted from lighters plying between rice- „i pioo Pool569 words
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Article133 1947-02-20 7 r m ()u r Staff Correspondent. r IPOH, Feb. 13. cosmopolitan gathering which braved torrential rain evening to attend a memorial ,lc <; for the late Col. Cecil L fh. u borc a m Ple testimony b:^ h esteem i n which held here. which was133 words
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Article56 1947-02-20 7 niia^0re Trishaw Owners’ trade unim regist 'red as ire Trari T 1 undCr th e SingaA* il e J nlon Ordinance a l? g h:ld recently the nrVs of tu° re electe d office Sent Mr m association: Prefesident wi A° n Si °ng; Vicef'r tury’ Y56 words
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Article280 1947-02-20 7 From Our Staff Correspondent Kuala Lumpur, Feb. 12. A BOUT two hundred men, women and children representing more than a thousand squatters from Cheras Hoad who are doomed to eviction on Friday, marched two and a half miles in procession from their shacks to the Union280 words
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Article876 1947-02-20 7 SINGAPORE, Feb. 14. AN appeal to Chambers of Commerce in Singapore to encourage associations of employers to deal with labour as well as trade questions was made by the Singapore Trade Union Adviser, Mr. S. T. Garrett, in an address to the East-West Society in Singapore876 words
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Article616 1947-02-20 7 Blinkers” Policy Warning From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, Feb. 13. SPEAKING as an “independent critic and observer” before the Cheeseman Consultative Committee, which opened its Penang session at the Supreme Court this morning Mr. Lim Cheng Kung, J.P., expressed the view that Njalaya “is not yet-ripe for the institution of616 words
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Article75 1947-02-20 7 CUGGESTIONS from the publie on matters of traffic control in Singapore, road safety, methods of winning the co-operation of the motorist, cyclist and pedestrian, are invited by the Singapore Traffic Advisory Committee. An official announcement states that the traffic problem of Singapore can only be solved75 words
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Article846 1947-02-20 8 SINGAPORE, Feb. 13. THE “attitude of the President of the Municipal Commissioners" has been responsible for foiling repeated attempts by representatives of the Malayan Democratic Union to bring the disputants together in the Singapore Municipal strike, a statement issued yesterday by the Malayan Democratic Union on846 words
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159 1947-02-20 8 SINGAPORE, Feb. 14. lIELT.-COL. J. A. B. Alien was exonerated by the war crimes court yesterday of charges made by Kutror that a confession was forced cut of him under duress. Kutron a Hungarian who with two Japanese N.C.O.’s, Tokumaru and Taki, is charged with159 words
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Article56 1947-02-20 8 From Our Own Corrcspandent. MALACCA, Feb. 13.—A new canteen for the employees’of Wearnc Brothers was opened on Monday by the Manager of the firm Meals can be purchased at 35 cents inclusive of coffee or tea. Tea with bread and Jam at ten cents is served56 words
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Article225 1947-02-20 8 SINGAPORE, Feb. 13. A PROPOSAL to launch an .immediate town-cleansing campaign which will be financed by three Chinese organisations, irrespective of whatever decision is reached between strikers and their employers, has been submitted to the strike committee of the Municipal employees. The proposal was formulated225 words
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Article211 1947-02-20 8 From Our Own Correspondent I PENANG, Feb. 1.}, I THE Director of Education, Mr. H. R. CbctseinaiJ 1 speaking at a dinner held in his honour last nightl promised Penang teachers, he would do what he could! for them with regard to the “two sore questions”211 words
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Article153 1947-02-20 8 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 12. THE West Yorkshire Regiment stationed in Penang, have received 2U Danes among reinforcements sent cut to replace depletions due to demobilisation and repatriation. These men are serving in the British Army under a scheme whereby recruits to153 words
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253 1947-02-20 8 From Our Staff Correspondent. IPOH, Feb. 12. ALL talks of a strong central government, ultimate selfgovernment and common citizenship were futile unless employment in all branches of the Government was thrown open to all Federal citizens without distinction, states the sub-committee appointed by the Perak Chinese253 words
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Article311 1947-02-20 8 SINGAPORE, Feb. 13. GENERiVL Sir Montagu suMf i* ford, K.C.B., K.B.E., D.S® M.C., left Singapore by pla® for the United Kingdom erday where he will assiu®g the appointment of G.OX® Northern Command. Lt. Gen. Sir Neil Ritclufl K.B.E., C.B., D.S.O.. y.c® takes over the command <9311 words
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Article55 1947-02-20 8 The certificates of candidates in the 1940 an School Certificate Exam 1 have now been received a 0 tributed through the schools Any successful candidat ff cularly a private ha s not received his cei 1 nnnlic*H asked to make personal a i tion direct to the55 words
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2156 1947-02-20 9 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 13. rwiLDERMENT and lack of comprehension of the procedure involved in an J arbitration court was exhibited by representatives of the Colliery Workers ,lc Union of Batu Arang when the Arbitration Board opened here today to2,156 words
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Article97 1947-02-20 9 EIGHTEEN children under 16 years of age died last month in circumstances necessitating inquiries by the Singapore Coroner. A 13-months Chinese baby was struck on the head with the rim of a lorry tyre, when the tyre burst. Another baby of the same age was burnt97 words
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Article147 1947-02-20 9 SINGAPORE, Feb. 14. SINGAPORE’S Food Control Department has received several complaints recently concerning the quality of rice retailed to members of the public. An official statement from Food Control points out that, by a new system of checking started only this week and reported in yesterday's147 words
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Article104 1947-02-20 9 From Our Own Correspondent. PENANG, Feb. 13.—The question of back pay for clerical workers In mercantile firms will be taken up at the next PanMalayan Clerical Union conference to be held In Kuala Lumpur on March 16, Mr. N. Ponnudural, President of the Penang Clerical and104 words
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379 1947-02-20 9 SINGAPORE, Feb. 13. SINGAPORE Food Control have closed down on one of the Colony’s recent “rice rackets” the substitution by retailers of inferior rice for Government-issued rice, and the sale of the Government-issued rice at black market prices, labelled as Siamese “three per cent”379 words
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Article70 1947-02-20 9 From Our Own Correspondent. KUALA LUMPUR. Feb. 13.--The Kuala Lumpur Town Board s proposed scheme for erection of prefabricated houses in Sungel Besi Road is awaiting the decision of the Malayan Union Housing Committee, which meets tomorrow. If approved the Town Board will call for tenders70 words
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Article401 1947-02-20 10 SINGAPORE, Feb. 13. THE memorandum on the proposals for a Federation of Malaya, which the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce has nearly completed for submission to the Government, will seek to reassure the Malays that the local Chinese community has no intention of jeopardising their legitimate401 words
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Article147 1947-02-20 10 SINGAPORE, Feb. 13. MISSING for over a week, Madie, a five-month-old Scottish terrier was returned to her owner, Mrs. R. L. Scott, wife of Flight-Lieut. R. L. Scott, by a Chinese youth on Tuesday night who read about the loss in the Straits Times. The dog147 words
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Article133 1947-02-20 10 SINGAPORE, Feb. 13. FOLLOWING successful salvage operations carried out by Singapore Harbour Board salvage experts, the 1,463-ton Straits Steamship vessel Matang which ran aground off Kuching on Jan. 23, has been refloated and will be towed back to Singapore within the next few days. The Matang was133 words
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Article97 1947-02-20 10 From Our Own Correspondent Penang, Feb. 12: The Municipal and Rural authorities are planning to take a census of Penang In September this year. A preliminary survey will be made In August and It is hoped to have definite returns by the following month. Mr. s.97 words
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Article49 1947-02-20 10 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 12 —A communique from Malaya Command gives warning that any claim for assessment of back-pay made after Feb. 28 by those serving in the British Army before the fall of Singapore will not be accepted.49 words
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Article226 1947-02-20 10 SINGAPORE, Feb. 13. rE answer given recently by Mr. Arthur Creech (Jones, Secretary of State for I the Colonies, in the House of (Commons on the Municipal (labourers strike “was not due Ito misrepresentations of the position by the Government of Singapore.” This statement is made226 words
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Article70 1947-02-20 10 TAIPING, Wed.—The shortage of houses in Taiping is acute and the position needs urgent attention, according to Mr. K. J. L. Jamieson, Chairman of the Town Board. The present estimated population of 50,000 are all jammed into the available 5,000 houses. Very little building of new70 words
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Article58 1947-02-20 10 SINGAPORE, Feb. 12. ANOTHER goldsmith’s shop In Singapore—the second this week—has been raided by armed robbers. Three Chinese, two of whom armed with pistols, got away with about $750 worth of gold artides from a shop in New Bridge Road on Tuesday after.noon. Surprised by the58 words
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Article175 1947-02-20 10 SINGAPORE, Feb. 13. IN Singapore, today is Mr. Henry Longhurst, former member of the House of Commons, wellknown Journalist and golf writer. Mr. Longhurst Is visiting the Far East on behalf of Skyways Ltd., to investigate the possibilities of establishing charter airline services here. Mr.175 words
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Article84 1947-02-20 10 From Our Own Correspondent. BATTJ PAHAT, Peb. 12.—As the result of a fatal accident by drowning in the catchment area of Batu Pahat reservoir, water supply to the whole town has been rationed from yesterday. The accident took place in the impounding reservoir, the largest84 words
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Article288 1947-02-20 10 From Our Staff Correspondent d IPOH, Feb. 12. A PoruK planter who volunteered D H H«vi a e B i* ld T a small unit of h ?r! H 1 and Indian troops who SMm n p^ Ut oi l by the Japanese River in288 words
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Article364 1947-02-20 10 SINGAPORE, Feb l > IN the hope of establishing sufficient Japanese to enable the payment of reparations by i efforts are now being made through Supreme i mand Allied Powers, in Japan, to foster Ninn exports. p#nei Progress is being mad e in the364 words
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Article91 1947-02-20 10 SINGAPORE, Feb. 13. A PARTY of Singapore, Cl men. who *ept watch at« comer of Geylaag and 0 Roads yesterday morning, arreed three Chinese after an ex ing chase in which the boarded a bus and a trishaw an attempt to elude the P°“ f The91 words
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Article73 1947-02-20 10 SINGAPORE, Feb- FO British soldiers. C. aged 23. and A. J. aged 20 were charged >“ r Singapore Second P oll c e yesterday with the tp 1 1 it fountain pen from a Gnin jj man, Irene Khoo, at Ghaut on Feb. 11 at 1073 words
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669 1947-02-20 11 I SINGAPORE, Feb. 15. 0\-INTERNED Government servants in Malaya r are to receive dollar for dollar the deduction im- l )V t j, e Japanese military administration cn the alaries of Government servants during the period of lie occupation. This decision on669 words
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Article102 1947-02-20 11 By Our Chinese Correspondent I *HE Singapore office of the Liverpool Chinese Seamen’s Union has been set up at 30, Owen Road. The office is to look after the welfare of the seamen who are being repatriated home. The union was established at Liverpool, in 1941102 words
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Article60 1947-02-20 11 SINGAPORE, Feb. 15. Two Chinese, Wong Seng and Wong Kek Seng, were remanded a week’s police custody, when they appeared before Mr. K. M. Byrne, In the Singapore Third Police Court yesterday, on a charge of attempting to commit extortion at a coffee-shop in McPherson Road, Singapore, on60 words
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Article288 1947-02-20 11 From Our Staff Correspondent Kuala Lumpur, Feb. 14. PE latest offer made by the Governor on behalf of the Government of the Malayan Union in reply to back pay demands of the Junior Civil Services Association were rejected this evening by a meeting of over 100288 words
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Article39 1947-02-20 11 SINGAPORE, Feb 15. A large Jungle fire which broke out near the 8-Mile on the West Coast Road yesterday afternoon was put after a fight that lasted an hour-and-a-half, the Singapore Municipal Fire Brigade reported last night.39 words
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Article221 1947-02-20 11 SINGAPORE, Feb. 15. AN appeal “on the grounds of health” has been issued by the Governor of Singapore, Sir Franklin Gimson, asking for the co-operation of the public in helping to clean the city. Sir Franklin says the health of the city is causing him221 words
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Article894 1947-02-20 11 SINGAPORE, Feb. 14. CTRIKE leaders in Singapore yesterday in one decisive move turned what seemed the imminent settlement of the Municipal strike into one of the most serious deadlocks in recent strike history in Singapore. At* 2.15 p.m. yesterday the strike was virtually settled. The men894 words
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Article93 1947-02-20 11 From Our Staff Correspondent PARIT BUNTAR. Feb. 15. rrENTY houses were destroyed by fire at the fishing village of* Kuala Kurau yesterday afternoon and total damage is estimated at $30,000. The fire broke out in a kitchen between two attap houses and was rapidly swept by93 words
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Article55 1947-02-20 11 SINGAPORE, Feb. 16. A VEHICLE travelling along Keppel Road, Singapore, was turned over on its side yesterday when involved in collision with a 16 h.p. van which was leaving No. 7 gate and turning into Keppel Road. The driver of the overturned vehicle was taken to hospital55 words
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Article505 1947-02-20 12 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, Feb. 13. A REPLY to the recent resolution passed by the Pan-Malayan Council of Joint Action calling upon members of the Consultative Committee to resign was made today by Mr. H. R. Cheeseman, Chairman of the Committee. “That resolution,’* Mr. Cheeseman505 words
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Article35 1947-02-20 12 Keith Hoppitt, of 23 Bt. Peters rnreet. at. Peters, New South Wales, who Is an invalid, writes sa J he would Nke a penfriend in Malaya with whom he can exchange stamps.35 words
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Article271 1947-02-20 12 SINGAPORE, Feb. 14. WHEN Singapore Govern»»jnent junior civil employees meet at the J.C.S.A. tomorrow to discuss the question of back pay, a suggestion will be made by the President of the Association, Mr. S. A. Karim, that a subscription be started for a fund271 words
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Article263 1947-02-20 12 SINGAPORE, Feb. 14. rO strikes were settled in Singapore yesterday by a towkay arbitrator. They were the nearly monthold strike of about 180 carpenters, masons and builders’ labourers employed on a building project for the Special Commissioner’s staff by the Nanyang Structural Company, and the strike of263 words
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247 1947-02-20 12 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 14 THE “heartless delay” of the Government which it 1 stated, has caused privations to planters for m months, is criticised in a letter to the Malayan iv Government by the Legal Adviser of the Incornorat!!247 words
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Article70 1947-02-20 12 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 14. MR- R- B. Headman, Malaya’s In Income Tax Investigator, Is now in the Federal Secretariat where he has begun his work. Mr. Heasman saw Sir Edward Gent, Governor ot the Malayan Union, today for the irst ’me.70 words
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Article37 1947-02-20 12 From Our Staff Correspondent Kuala Lumpur, Feb. 14.—The Central Welfare Council has voted the sum of $2OO as assistance for labourers in the decrepit home at Kuantan for the purchase of four artificial legs.37 words
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Article81 1947-02-20 12 SINGAPORE, Feb. 14. CUSPICIOUS oi a young Chinese who came to claim an advance of back pay because he could not give an account of the fighting against the Japanese, Mr Mah Khong Chairman of the Dalforce unit, had the mar., Tun Ah Sentr arrested. Yesterday Tan,81 words
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Article316 1947-02-20 12 SINGAPORE, Fob. 15. FE Government will enforce soon the law which was passed in the Singapore Advisory Council recently requiring registration of businesses old and new. An estimated 9,000 businesses in the Colony will be affected by the ordinance. When it comes into operation, new316 words
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Article260 1947-02-20 12 From A Correspondent IPOH, Feb 12 lorURY was made in the mining industry in Perak on Friday when, at the offices of Evatt and Co., the European employees of Malayan Tin Dredging Co., launched an association to protect the interests of European miners of that260 words
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Article87 1947-02-20 12 SINGAPORE, Feb. I 5 DOUR armed men took tnnr r minutes to rob a pawn»J in South Bridge Road .yj ste v r l of cash and Jewellery to tne of $2,000. The men were Chinese. firS i It is believed to be the pawnshop robbery in87 words
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Article1223 1947-02-20 13 0(l l Sbikral!!W Ho< From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 14. t K R. Kurup, Chairman of the Indian Section K (K Malayan Collieries Workers’ Trade Union, lw his evidence before the Batu Arang dispute “h tr.ii. n Board today, after more than nine hours1,223 words
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Article99 1947-02-20 13 SINGAPORE, Feb. 15. Acting on advice from the Government of India and the Commonwealth Relations Department, Mr. S. K. Chettur, Representative of the Indian Government in Malaya, has postponed his departure to India. Earlier, at a press conference, Mr. Chettur had stated he would leave by99 words
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Article165 1947-02-20 13 SINGAPORE, Feb. 15. AANTAS Airways in Singapore, x faced with a demand for air passage to Australia beyond the normal power to supply, chartered a special Skymaster from Trans-Australian Airways and took off from Changi with 41 passengers aboard yesterday morning The Skymaster arrived in Singapore165 words
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Article112 1947-02-20 13 From Our Staff Correspondent Kuala Lumpur, Feb. 14. SIR Harold Sanderson, Rice Controller for the Ministry of Food in London, who was in Kuala Lumpur today gave a long talk to senior Gov ernment Officers on the results of his visits to Siam during the112 words
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Article89 1947-02-20 13 By Our Malay Correspondent J HE Malay villagers of Kampong Rengit. Batu Pahat, have got together to form classes to study the English language. This move was sponsored by the Malay school-teachers ir.* both boys’ and girls’ schools. The urge to learn the language came spontaneously89 words
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Article260 1947-02-20 13 From Our Own Correspondent SEREMBAN, Feb. 14. A SPECIALIST surgeon will soon be posted to the Seremban General Hospital. This appointment, will be in addition to that of a competent surgeon, though not with specialist qualifications. Medical Officer of the Seremban General Hospital, Dr. D. R.260 words
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Article423 1947-02-20 13 SINGAPORE, Feb. 15. SINGAPORE and the Malayan Union together are receiving a third again as many cigarettes as they used to receive before the war. Exeept in certain brands of cigarettes, a black market no longer exists. The comparative figures are—Singapore, 95 million cigarettes a423 words
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Article134 1947-02-20 13 SINGAPORE, Feb. 15. HEARING of the arms charge against two millionaire’s sons. Tan Eng Poh, 22, and Tan Eng Kheng, 22, was postponed a we :k in the Singapore Third Police Court yesterday. Their ball of $50,000 each was extended. The accused are sons of Mr. Tan134 words
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Article490 1947-02-20 14 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 15. THU Malayan Union Housing C ommittee, in its interim report to the Government, has recommended that funds should he provided immediately lor the construction of 200 houses in the first instance in Sungei Besi area, Kuala Lumpur,490 words
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70 1947-02-20 14 Two Chinese nurses who have been selected for training in Australia were entertained by the selection committee for the A.I.F. nursing scholarship fund. They are Miss Alice Cheah, (seated left), and Miss Ooi Soh Im (seated right). Men who made the selection are also in the picture above. They are70 words
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Article54 1947-02-20 14 From Our Own Correspondent KLUANG, Feb. 16. Electric supply in Kluang is back again to its pre-war level. The Electric Department is to be congratulated on its achievement in spite of labour shortage and other difficulties. Street lighting is helping the police in checking burglary,54 words
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203 1947-02-20 14 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, Feb. 15. PENANG inside the F deration “will receive much greater legislative powers” than she had enjoyed when she was part o’ the Straits Settlements, the Under-Secretary for the Colonies, Mr. Ivor Thomas, declared in a press interview at203 words
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Article61 1947-02-20 14 KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 16.Smallpox is still taking a high toll in Trengganu and Kedah. The total Union cases for the week ended Feb. 8 was 256, with 38 deaths. Of these, 181 cases with 16 deaths were from Trengganu and 14 cases with ten deaths61 words
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Article152 1947-02-20 14 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 15. IN the densely-populated, rice--1 growing district of Alai, Malacca, a team of nutrition investigators is conducting most exhaustive inquiries into the life, habits, and customs ol the Malay peasantry to find out why malnutrition exists among them. This152 words
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213 1947-02-20 14 SINGAPORE, Feb. 16. I ANE thousand two hundred tons of tin ingots, valued! at more than 84,000,000, were yesterday stacked ctl the Singapore Police Training School for safekeeping! pending determination of its ownership. I Part of the pile of 4,500 ingots, which will oel213 words
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45 1947-02-20 14 AN Assstant General Manager n for Singapore Harbour Board has now been appointed and is due to arrive in Singapore by air trom the United Kingdom la* pi th s month. He is Mr. P. A T Chrimes. M. A.45 words
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268 1947-02-20 14 THE days when Singapore r trisha men can continue to extor,t unreasonable fares from the public are numbered, since soon all of them are to be licensed in the same way as taxi drivers and the public will then be better able to report268 words
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Article231 1947-02-20 14 SINGAPORE, Feb. 17. THE Singapore Chinese decided to send ail Uiti-H matum to local Dutch autt-M critics asking for the releasfM of their ships and goods. H A week’s grace, beginning® from today, for a satisfactoijH answer will be given, iainn?® which a boycott will follow.231 words
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Article450 1947-02-20 15 SINGAPORE, Feb. 19. I b s t from her siren as she approached the Keppel I ~'bour Docks heralded the return of the 1,463-ton L-i Steamship vessel Malang to Singapore yesterday I 'm absence of almost two months, i Vii Matang which had run aground on450 words
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Article112 1947-02-20 15 I tPOH l>U p,+! alT 1 f^ orrespondent minr in i 7 —Entering a Bn broad ,i “l m Pang Tambun ■an 8 0 f,i„! ayllght yesterday, a B' tltfh man’ h ',,?i en locked U P the r^ hs of piping removed 24 lf112 words
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Article144 1947-02-20 15 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 17 “THE Planter,” the official 1 publication of the Incorporated Society of Planters, has reappeared after an absence of five years. It is not the pre-war “Planter,” with a grey cover and smooth paper. This first post-war issue is an144 words
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Article132 1947-02-20 15 SINGAPORE, Feb. 19. Kang Tal Kim, a coffee shop assistant, was sentenced to eight months’ rigorous imprisonment by the Singapore Second District Judge, Mr. T. T. Russell, yesterday when he was convicted on charges of abduction and causing hurt to Li Ah Ng. Li, an odd-job132 words
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Article56 1947-02-20 15 SINGAPORE, Feb. 17. Three Chinese, two armed with pistols, entered a house in Changi Road on Saturday night and robbed the inmates of $3OO in cash and jewellery. Eight tyres and rims were stolen from a rubber estate in Singapore by a man armed with a56 words
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Article235 1947-02-20 15 ‘Racial Tolerance A Good Augury SINGAPORE, Feb. 18. MR. Ivor Thomas, Under-Secretary of State for the lfl Colonies, left Singapore for England yesterday morning by the Lancastrian service, and in a farewell message said he took with him an ineffaceable impression of a country with immense potentialities. Mr. Thomas said235 words
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Article173 1947-02-20 15 In reply to questions submitted by Utusan Melayu, Mr. Thomas said it was the policy of the British Government to give the widest possible soope to the peoples of Malaya within the administrative service. Today’s increase in the number of Government servants was shared by all173 words
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Article39 1947-02-20 15 From Our Own Correspondent BANGKOK, Feb. 17.—Mr. R. F. Wintemute, Director of the Singapore office of the U S. War Shipping Administration. has been engaged as Adviser to the Bangkok Port Authority operating the New Harbour docks39 words
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Article202 1947-02-20 15 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, Feb. 17. An assurance to doctors that their profession would receive “all the support and encouragement” of Government was given by the Governor-General, Mr. Malcolm MacDonald, at the annual dinner on Saturday night of the Penang Medical Practitioners’ Association. Recalling his experience202 words
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177 1947-02-20 15 SINGAPORE, Feb. 16. MISS Jean Greer, a former Australian P.O.W. nursing sister, was married in Singapore at St. Andrew’s Cathedral yesterday, to Mr. Duncan Hubert McLeod Pemberton. Miss Greer, who worked with her unit at the Malacca General Hospital in 1942, was thr >wn into177 words
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Article, Illustration152 1947-02-20 15 CQ./LDR. John Morlson wu married J to Mies Mary Carter at St. Andrew’s Cathedral yesterday. The bridegroom Is the son of the late Mr. J.A. Morlson and Mrs. Morlson of Sunderland and his bride Is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Carter. of Beckenham. She was dressed152 words
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Article121 1947-02-20 15 From Our Staff Correspondent Kuala Lumpur, Feb. 17.—When the Kuala Lumpur Town Board meets on Wednesday Mr. J. R. Vethavanam will ask for immediate construction of 200 houses to alleviate the housing problem among the poorer sections. Mr. Vethavanam's resolution urges that tenders be called for at121 words
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Article83 1947-02-20 15 SINGAPORE, Feb. 16. TUBERCULOSIS again caused the largest number of deaths in Singapore Municipal area last week, there being 72 cases, compared with 50 of the previous week. A health statement issued yesterday said the chief causes of mortality, after tuberculosis, were: beri-beri 6: malaria 6; convulsions83 words
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368 1947-02-20 16 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 16. TENERAL clinical surveys to assess the nutritional state of the people of the Malayan Union, begun six months ago by the newly-crea(ed Division of Nutrition of the Institute for Medical Research, are now well under way. Hundreds368 words
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Article99 1947-02-20 16 From Our Own Correspondent Taiplng, Feb. 16.—A 23-year-old English-speaking Chinese youth, Lee Ah Wah was produced in the Taiplng Magistrate’s Court before Tuan Sheikh Abdullah, and a charge of abducting Lim Tee Hooi with intent to secretly and wrongfully confining him was explained to him. In99 words
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161 1947-02-20 16 SINGAPORE, Feb. 16. TO celebrate the 25th anniversary of his admission to the priesthood, the parishioners of the Church of St. Theresa, Singapore, today entertained their vicar, the Rev. Father S. Lee, and they also welcomed the Bishop-elect, Mgr. Olcomendy. The Rev. Father Lee,161 words
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Article86 1947-02-20 16 From Our Own Correspondent Penang, Feb. 16.—TVenty-one bags of Brazilian rice “pirated” from the food ship La Pampa while she was in Penang harbour in November last year have been ordered to be distributed to local orphanages and welfare centres. In connection with this rice two86 words
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Article229 1947-02-20 16 SINGAPORE, Feb. 17. Dissatisfaction over the appointment of eight former British Military Administration officers to the Singapore Police Force has prompted 23 European Acting Assistant Superintendents of Police to petition the Secretary of State for the Colonies. Fundamental cause of the dissatisfaction is that the younger ex-B.M.A.229 words
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Article77 1947-02-20 16 From Our Own Correspondent Penang, Feb. 16.—The Dutch Consul Mr Stikkel, gave the bride away yesterday when Miss Albertine Bethge, captain of the Penang Ladies Hockey team and daughter of the late Mr. H.O.W. Bethge and Mrs. Bethge. was married at the Church of the77 words
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Article248 1947-02-20 16 T A^ A G machiner y in Britain, worked by operators 1 f der the contro > °f the British Treasury will sift and sor the mass of data collected in the forth’com nf pan Ma ayan census and will produce vital answers relardh,? Malaya s248 words
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Article79 1947-02-20 16 SINGAPORE, Feb. 16THE Singapore Harbour Board 1 yesterday agreed, subject to the consent of the Governor, to spend $521,000 on the construction of new quarters for their labour force. These will be built In West Wharf area, Tanjong Pagar, to accommodate 1,500 people in both married79 words
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Article101 1947-02-20 16 From Our Own Correspondent. IPOH, Feb. 15. T>OWER and light will be available as usual even If the strike threat is carried out stated Mr. W. O. Scott, deputy General Manager of Perak River Hydro-Electric Power Company—which serves the Kinta Valley tin mines and101 words
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Article92 1947-02-20 16 From Our Own Correspondent. ELECTRICITY PE may NG ha F ve b to s be Penang' t j load at the Prai power statjon continues to be exceeded. ar i ii J 1 2 the Penang public against this possibility, the Municipal Electrical Department in a92 words
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Article100 1947-02-20 16 From Our Own Correspondent Penang, Feb. 16.—For the first time since the war, St. Patrick’s Penarwhf offlciall y observed in Penang this year. At a meeting of the Irish residents of Penang, Province Wellesley and Kedah, held at the E and O. Hotel, it was decided100 words
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Article545 1947-02-20 16 Chinese Chamber Suggests SINGAPORE, Feb. 17. A TARGET date for launching elections on a wide fra five to ten years hence should be set in a Federat Malaya, the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commer! 0 1 suggesting in a memorandum to the Governor-Genera! \t. Malcolm545 words
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Article39 1947-02-20 16 From Our Own Corre«rpondcn Taiping. Feb. 18: Mr. A• Blake, formerly of the Sin* 3 police, has assumed the O.C.P.D in Taiping in succ* sion to Capt. J.* R. La A who has gone on leave.39 words
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1553 1947-02-20 17 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 18. I ti MKNT that it would be impracticable for the Company to re-engage B number of labourers on the resumption of work after the present I l,ie s !,1 j ew of the fact1,553 words
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Article67 1947-02-20 17 From Our Own Correspondent IPOH, Feb. 15. pERAK’S Crown Counsel, Mr. T.V.A. Brodie, leaves the State tomorrow to assume the post of Puisne Judge for the East Coast of Malaya to which he has been promoted. This appointment of Mr. Brodie at the age of 4067 words
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Article552 1947-02-20 17 SINGAPORE, Feb. 19. MEMBERS of the Malayan Volunteer Forces and of ♦he Civil Defence Services will receive back pay if the proposals contained in the report of Mr. Justice Worley are given practical effect. The report is contained in a special number of the Government Gazette.552 words
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Article316 1947-02-20 17 THE following is a summary of Mr. Justice Worley’s recommendations: (1) All volunteers whether made PoW or not to be allowed to count the occupation period as paid service; (2) No change in the existing rtovisions relating to back pay and release benefits for volunteers who316 words
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Article198 1947-02-20 17 From Our Own Correspondent Johore Bahru, Feb. 18. rUKA Moto and Simata Hakoto, two Japanese surrendered personnel, tried on a charge of robbery at the Assizes here, have been sentenced to three years by Mr. Justice Laville. Chin Kui, the victim of the robbery, told the198 words
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Article669 1947-02-20 18 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 15. CLOSE finishes were the order of the day on the first day of the Selangor Races at Kuala Lumpur to-day, but Zargun, ridden by J. Donnelly, ran a beautiful race to win by ten lengths and669 words
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Article37 1947-02-20 18 Sunday Times Correspondent IPOH, Feb. 15. O.C. Cubinar known to tne boxirp world as Kid Pancho. who recently returned from a successful tour of Australia this morninp married Miss Apnes Joseph at St. Michael’s Church37 words
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166 1947-02-20 18 Sunday Times Correspondent. SEREMBAN. Feb. 15. r UHE formation of a State Cricket Association in N.S. was the main topic of discussion at a meeting of N.S. Cricketers held at the N.S. Club with Dr. Strahan n th:> chair. Speaking on behalf of the Sunni166 words
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Article234 1947-02-20 18 SINGAPORE, Feb. 13. rOUGH not playing first class soccer themselves, the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank Football Club won easily over the S.C.C. by 6—o at soccer, played on the Padang yesterday. The Club’s biggest d isadvantagt v.’us Lie lack oi Kicking power and teamwork in its forwards.234 words
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Article52 1947-02-20 18 From Our Own Correspondent) MALACCA. Feb. 17. The Singapore Jollilads who played soccer against the Malacca yesterday won by two goals to nil. The teams were evenly matched and that the locals did not score was principally due to faulty passing and poor finishing by the52 words
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Article486 1947-02-20 18 SINGAPORE, Feb. 14. MEDICAL College enthusiasts turned up in full strength yesterday at their College grounds to witness the annual soccer mateh played between the Anatomists and the Biologists, when both teams were held to a I—l draw. This match, a College tradition was first initiated in486 words
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Article83 1947-02-20 18 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 17. SINGH, well known Malayan cricketer, had the honour of scoring the first century cf the Selangor cricket season. He scored 117, including 14 fours and six sixes in a match between the Indian Association and Lt. Col. Howell’s83 words
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Article289 1947-02-20 18 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 16. Playing with the services of eight players selected for the North, Selangor avenged her previous one—nil defeat when she brought off a fine odd goal in three victory over Negri Rembilan in their return hockey encounter on the Padang289 words
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Article465 1947-02-20 18 From Our Own Correspondent IPOH, Feb. 15. CRICKET was ushered in last Sunday when a team captain by the Perak Cricket Association’s vice-president, u, M. Lewis, drawn from Ipoh players, overwhelmed an station side brought up by K. H. Cantrell from Taipi n As an indication465 words
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Article76 1947-02-20 18 SINGAPORE. Feb. -fl At the annual general meet* of the Government Printing Sports Club, held at the Govei* ment Printing Office premises* Wednesday, it was decided to open the club. fl The acting superintendent. V. C. G. Gatrell, the a* deputy superintendent. M r ,fl Vine,76 words
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Article87 1947-02-20 18 From Our Own Correspond”® TAIPING, Feb. 17.— In the cricket match played i:1 this season the Food Sports Union defeated 1 fl Division Signals ytstercaj five wickets. fl The Signals batted ft rSk -fl scored 11 (Maydass 43 ff fl Food Control team r c P lu I87 words
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Article239 1947-02-20 19 I SINGAPORE, Feb. 15. extremely dull week has ton seen bn the Rubber and transaction have K negligible. Sellers show He inclination to meet the Rket at prices below last week buvers are no, very enthuslHe. states Lewis and Peat s Hkly report. during January239 words
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Article92 1947-02-20 19 ch r ;rJ 0 f S cf *20.114.73 dollars K“ A? the P erl °d Sept 5 31> 1916 by the m \r -r ,bbcr Est *tes. Ltd. in u and l:ss account j‘ be Presented to the at the an lu al meetK h Ve92 words
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Article65 1947-02-20 19 w =J:cca r p*" orr «pondent c ri e? carri^\ th P 0&se ssion of Win? d cnmm P r odu ced be!tric Offlc-r t ma i nder p °wle. 1 nvicttnJ ''nrt°fi" CXlstent1 W n, p n 1 fining hin^ rr d Fowl T65 words
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Article292 1947-02-20 19 cia Welfare Department, which has organised 1 <inirmore's network of public restaurants, supplyI tL cheapest meals to be had on the Island today, V thc n ett profit of $40,594.15 for the six ■onths ending December 31,1946. neoartment started its public-feeding scheme with f ohout S21.000292 words
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Article40 1947-02-20 19 .—Reuter. BATAVIA, Tuesday.—Two thousand five hundred tons of coal have been shipped to Singapore from Palembang, Sumatra, and another 1,300 tons are on the way to relieve the shortage caused oy strikes, it was announced here today.—Reuter..—Reuter. - 40 words
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Article244 1947-02-20 19 SINGAPORE, Feb. 15 DEPRESENTATIONS by the Chinese Consulate-General Singapore to the Dutch authorities on behalf of the Singapoie Overseas Chinese Importers and Exporters Association in connection with the recent seizures of Singapore vessels and their cargoes by the Dutch in N.E.I. waters, has brought a reply from244 words
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Article114 1947-02-20 19 From Our Own Correspondent Penang, Feb. 16.—A Chinese Tan Ah Choon, who set up a gaming stall outside the Waterfall Temple during the Thaipusam festival, was told by the Third Magistrate, Mr. J. P. Blackledge, that his offence was a serious one in that he114 words
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260 1947-02-20 19 SINGAPORE, Feb. 16. OFFER of help to assist in creating a sound trade union movement in Singapore and the Malayan Union was made yesterday by the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies, Mr. Ivor Thomas, when he met at Government House in Singapore the260 words
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Article625 1947-02-20 19 From Our Staff Correspondent IPOH, Feb. 15. I EAD1NG European and Chinese miners of Malaya this afternoon voiced their approval of the new Malayan constitutional proposals, at an extraordinary general meeting of the F.M.S. Chamber of Mines, by unanimously passing a resolution urging an early decision625 words
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Article112 1947-02-20 19 Front Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Sat. IT is officially announced that the Governors of the Malayan Union and Singapore have decided, with the approval of the Secretary of State for the Colonies, to appoint a joint commission to review the present salary scales in Government112 words
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Article150 1947-02-20 19 SINGAPORE, Feb. 16. SINGAPORE trade unionists held a celebration at their headquarters in Short Street yesterday to mark the second anniversary of the Pan-Malayan Federation of Trade Unions. A 100-foot red banner strung across the front of the building proclaiming the anniversary in Tamil, Chinese, and Malay,150 words
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Article65 1947-02-20 19 During the past few days Singapore-based R A F. aircraft have been engaged in spraying the city with D.D.T. in order to combat flies and mosquitoes which have of late infested the town. The R AF. conducted these operations with the co-operation of the Municipal authorities,65 words
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Article35 1947-02-20 19 TAIPING, Sun —A Divisional gift In the form of much-needed equipment has been made to the All Saints’ Church, Taiping, by Major-Gen. B. H. Chappell, GO C of the 3rd Indian Division.35 words
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Article662 1947-02-20 20 Weekly Market Review By A Special Correspondent SINGAPORE, Feb. 15. RUBBERS came in for a most heartening revival of public interest during the past week and on keen demand the leaders in this section moved sharply upwards closing with gains in the region of 10 per662 words
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Article124 1947-02-20 20 SINGAPORE, Feb. riron out any obstacles on the China side in trade between China and Malaya, and further to promote this trade, a Commercial Adviser to the Chinese Consul-General, Singapore, has established a permanent office in Singapore. Ho is Mr C. F. Lee. who was124 words
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Article204 1947-02-20 20 SINGAPORE, Feb. 17. MALAYA’S best rubber customer in January was still the United Kingdom. Singapore and the Malayan Union exported 19,640 tong tons of all grades to Biitain. The U.S.A. took a total of 17,751 long tons. Singapore herself imported more rubber from Sumatia. however.204 words
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Article47 1947-02-20 20 A BILL amending the Companies Ordinance is to be introduced to the Advisory Council shortly. In the United Kingdom the legislation relating to companies does not by express provision apply to trade unions, and the registration of any trade union bhereunder is void.47 words
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176 1947-02-20 20 From Our Own Correspondent BATAVIA, Monday. THE Department of Economic Affairs at Batavia will permit the export of t:a to Singapore only when it is stale or mouldy and of such inferior quality that it is unmarketable in the Netherlands East Indies. A circular176 words
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Article305 1947-02-20 20 From Our Staff Correspondent I KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 12. I ON the eve of the sitting of the Arbitration iioard tj hear the Malayan Collieries dispute, I learn thl to date about 21 tin dredges and six electrically dri3 pumps are now idle owing to305 words
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Article44 1947-02-20 20 Rubber outputs for the month m January are: I The Changkat Serdang Estates La 36.012 lbs; Haytor Rubber Estates L* 12.500 lbs; Lunas Rubber Estates La 51.600, The Nyalas Rubber Estates Ui 43,000 lbs; The Tapah Rubber EstaM Ltd. 103.304 lbs. I44 words
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Article672 1947-02-20 20 SINGAPORE. Feb. 18. I quotations according to the j Malayan Sharebrokers Association I (Singapore) today w’ere as follows: INDUSTRIALS Buyer Seller Mt-xandra brickwork* Ords. 1.90 2.00 Mexandra Brickworks Prcfs. 2.90 3.00 Brit Malaya Prustee 8i Executor Oo 00 tf.Ot )«>nsnlldateo Tin Smelters Ord. 21/- 23/do Prefs. 26/6672 words