The Straits Budget, 3 April 1947
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The Straits Budget
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Title Section31 1947-04-03 1 The Straits Budget THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES [ESTABLISHED OVER A CENTURY] jsjew Series No. 35 Singapore, Thursday April 3rd, 1947 Price 40 cents (SS. Currency) Or 1 sh.31 words
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Advertisement62 1947-04-03 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 advertising62 words
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The Straits Budget
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Article998 1947-04-03 2 —Singapore, Mar. 27. What a strange amalgam ')1 East and West the Straits-born Chinese communities of the Straits Settlements are! This thought comes to mind on reading the petition against the Malayan constitutional proposals whicn has been addressed to the Secretary of State for the Colonies—Singapore, Mar. 27. - 998 words
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Article1058 1947-04-03 2 —Straits Times. Mar. 28. [•css than twenty years ago it was impossible tor a Singapore boy to continue his education beyond the level required for n clerk or an artisan, unless he wanted to be a doctor. Then Raffles College was founded, and speedily found itself an—Straits Times. Mar. 28. - 1,058 words
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Article904 1947-04-03 2 —Straits Tim 1 3 A voice from Radio Malaya last Saturday night had the unfortunate effect of making a number of Singapore folk even more discontented with life in this tropical Aldershot than they had been before. The voice was that of the Chief Game Warden, Malaya, Mr.—Straits Tim1'3' - 904 words
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Article950 1947-04-03 3 Straits Times. Mar. 31. ,nd downs in the iM' “’’vu, 01 Singapore. om;C \-u\cvs oi merchants > g criticisms oi Governrecorded in the sene* delivered by succev oi the Singapore ci O commerce at ‘no of the Chamber, 'L W t tchihS back to toe rStraits Times. Mar. 31. - 950 words
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Article982 1947-04-03 3 —Straits Times. Apr. 1 The soundings which the Cheeseman Committee has oeen taking in the deeps and shallows of Malayan public opinion ha e culminated in the report summarised in this issue today. This report is the fulfilment >f the pledge given last December when the plan—Straits Times. Apr. 1 - 982 words
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Article1078 1947-04-03 3 e’s 2 —Straits Times, It is possibly not known to all our Asiatic readers that April the first has a special significance m England, it being the custom for irerry youtih on that date to spring some utterly improbable yarn on an unwary victim, and then, if hee’s 2 —Straits Times, - 1,078 words
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Article, Illustration2060 1947-04-03 4 CATO ROLAND BRADDELL - by CATO ROLAND BRADDELL •THOUGH I was quite un aware of it at the time, I arrived back in Singapore at the beginning of a new era in the Far East and a new era in Malaya. I stepped into the past but very soon found2,060 words
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Advertisement19 1947-04-03 4 MAPRO’S CHICKEN CURRY Now available at: Sole Agents: K. LEE SAN CO., LTD. Market Street, Penang. Telephone No. 1080.19 words
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548 1947-04-03 5 r r ice cut was followed by petitions for higher t e s and discontent amongst all classes of ia)',s clerks, etc. This was then followed by strikes more strikes, the last of which we have net yet There is no end to the argument of548 words
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178 1947-04-03 5 PHE chairman of the Singapore Rural Board, Mr. C. W. A. Sennett, at the last meeting gave us some very interesting facts about the housing shortage. His figure of one quarter of a million people out of three quarteis oi a million needing houses in Singapore178 words
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365 1947-04-03 5 F[IS night-soil racket in Singapore has reached such serious proportions that the authorities must do something to stop it. At first it started on a small scale, but now it is so well organised that the public dare not make a report for fear365 words
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577 1947-04-03 5 THE difficulty in replying to the Singapore landlords’ petition and your recent leading article on the subject is that there are landlords. and landlords! Also, that there are several classes of property, and what applies to certain owners and certain types of property does not577 words
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Article243 1947-04-03 5 MY husband was killed in Sandakan, British North Borneo, in 1945 by the Japs. He was a Government servant and a lieutenant in the volunteer force. I lost my husband, my home, and everything I had, and I was left with four young children. I had expected some243 words
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Article79 1947-04-03 5 A SINGLE European in Malaya can live on an average of $2OO to $250 a month, and a married couple on $4OO a month,” This information, so w t > are told, has been supplied to the Koval Empire Society by the Director of Public Relations, Malayan Union. It79 words
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Advertisement30 1947-04-03 5 THIS YEAR'S V/A v \\W S i 4 T&Spcciar Jwtuh Africa* 1 fc»dwly *i '^v ¥“d5f»mma cv ’mRIv'. Jo Sf p„^ AVE ON^ V. 4 ’*»d '/.■> V 4 K O30 words
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Article, Illustration970 1947-04-03 6 SINGAPORE, Apr. L CRITICISING; the manner in which the Lal)«ur Advisory Hoards were formed, the Pan-Malayan Federation of Trade Unions, in a letter to the Governor of the Malayan Union, Sir Edward Gent, suggests that the members on the boards representing labour should Ik* elected and not970 words
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Article102 1947-04-03 6 DESKt'R. at Kandang Kerbau Hospital on 29 th. March, to Ethel, wile of A H. Deskcr, a son. SOUL—On March 28th at Batu Gajah to Joan (Nee Rigby) wife of Stanley Soul, a son Michael John. EDGAR: At Bungsar Hospital, Kuala Lumpur, on 2(ith March 1947 to Jeannette mec102 words
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Article94 1947-04-03 6 GRAHAM-SHAW. The engagement is announced between David Douglas Graham, Surveyor-General of Ships’ Department, Singapore, youngest son of the late Mr. and Mrs. J. Graham of Drumoyne, Glasgow, and Joy Perry, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. P. H. Shaw ol Bessacarr, Doncaster. Yorks. THE ENGAGEMENT is announced between Stallord94 words
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Article59 1947-04-03 6 SHIELDS-STEWART at Singapore on 29th March, 1947. George Hunter Shields, youngest son of the late Mr. James Shields, Edinburgh, and of Mrs. Helen Shields, “Viewficld,” East Calder, Scotland, to Flora Dora (Dot) Stewart! youngest daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. William Stewart. Blackball Edinburgh ROBERTSON-MIDDLEBROOK. On March 21st..59 words
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Article329 1947-04-03 6 SINGAPORE, Apr. 2. Coast, author of the widely-read book on how P.o.W.s lived and died in Siam—“ Railroad of Death’’— bi ck in Singapore from U.K. on his way to Bangkok to take up a Foreign Office appointment. He intends, apart from his Foreign Office work329 words
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Article251 1947-04-03 6 By Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Apr. 1. Twenty-eight- YEAR-oid capt. Dennis Hooper.-Colsey, of the 28th Kumaon Regiment, Indian Army, who has been with the Malay Regiment for the last six months, starts cycling to India via Siam and Burma on Apr. 7. Just251 words
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Article61 1947-04-03 6 I rom Our Own Correspondent TAIPING, Mar. 31.—The death took place in Taiping on Saturday, Mar. 22, of Towkay Ng Seng, age 81, one of the pioneers of the charcoal industry in this district. The deceased came to this country from China over 40 years ago61 words
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Article283 1947-04-03 6 SINGAPCHE a™. THE following <t t( i pi 2 1 been Anthony Brooke on l of the Governor-General' turn from Sarawak: Alter the long officio, with regard to the Sarawak, it will not't ♦v tr thought untimely or h spec.fic questions to be mer"* equally specific283 words
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Article75 1947-04-03 6 SINGAPORE. Apr MAJOR J. S F A F BUS was produced in i* District Court before Mr. Storr yesterday on a CI 5 committing a rash aL amounting to culpable by causing the death a jabi, Baghail Singh 5 0l Chua Chu Kang Roado.i 3,75 words
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Article78 1947-04-03 6 i/1 11'** J, From Our Own (<l,,c v P t he PENANG, the nual general m< held I Xaverians’ Assoo Tel u Saturday, Mr. L<. ‘7 (0 j elected President year. Mr. Lee Gaau *ere el Mr. Cheah Seng L; li n %vni ie ed vice-presiden ]e78 words
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Obituary146 1947-04-03 6 DEATHS Mr. Victor Quintal, Supervisor of Works II.M. Naval Base passed away peacefully at (i.30 pm. on 30/3/47 at the British Military Hospital, Singapore BILLIEWICZ. At Singapore, on 28th Match, 1947. Antoni Bernard Billicwicz husband fo Mrs. W Billicwicz of the Anglo.Chinesc Continuation School, Singa|)ore. GOODSEA at Singapore on 30th.146 words
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Article287 1947-04-03 7 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, Mar. 27. the Supreme Court yesterday Mr. Justice Carey reserve d judgment in the first appeal lodged ejectment order made by the War Abti i n* j appeal was brought by Chop Tong Bien present tenants of a shop premises in287 words
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Article74 1947-04-03 7 D m Our Own Correspondent. 11*011, Thursday. I Ss Vin long, wealthy Kampar miner and member the Kint.i 'lown Board, who h hLs motor ear driver was napped by an armed gang Chinee while returning from mine a fortnight ago, relied safely to his home this rninu74 words
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Article165 1947-04-03 7 SINGAPORE. Mar. 27. N young Indian labourers charged with wrongfully fining the manager of oh Estate. Johore, and his istant in their office were convicted ir. the Kluang trict Court yesterday. he caurt was crowded with re Indians, but there was no lonstration. he mag s'rate165 words
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Article64 1947-04-03 7 ARHINTjtov T March 27.—1 t I th a t but unoffltin negotlaR’> ti tha r r l a tin agrre--1*47 o V jn f bn,t u d States for pjori o'.n ’-vhieh it is un«,l cort V lp r a basic price *hr, la 1 r bound.64 words
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Article76 1947-04-03 7 SINGAPORE, Mar. 28. AMONG the bills passed at yesterday’s meeting of the Singapore Advisory Council were the Trade Marks (Transitional Provisions) Bill and the Singapore Improvement Trust (Transitional Amendment) (Repeal) Bill. The second of the two Ordinances provides for the repeal of last year’s temporary Ordinance on76 words
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Article98 1947-04-03 7 From Our Own Correspondent KUCHING. March 26. —ln his tour of Sarawak, the Governor General, Mr Malcolm McD nald, was welcomed at Kapit, a Dayak district in the Third Division, by assembled Dayak chiefs and leading Chines?. A guard of honour was inspected and the party par’ici«pated98 words
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Article159 1947-04-03 7 1 SINGAPORE, Mar. 28. ALL small craft plying in the Singapore harbour area will be required to carry fire-fighting equipment by the terms of an Ordinance passed at yesterday’s meeting of the Singapore Advivisory Council. The Ordinance comes into effect on June 1. From that159 words
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Article, Illustration147 1947-04-03 7 SINGAPORE. Mar. 27. THERE will be no marked changes in the King Edward VII College of Medicine, Dr. D. W.G. Faris, new principal of the College, who has arrived from the Malayan Union to the post, told th ft Straits Times yesterday. H P147 words
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Article24 1947-04-03 7 From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, March 21.—The Association of British Malaya is bearing the cost of restoration of Lady Raffles’ grave.24 words
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Article276 1947-04-03 7 SINGAPORE. Mar. 28. £ONSULAR officials and representatives of Singapore commercial and mercantile firms were present at a reception in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the East Asiatic Company yesterday held at the company’s offices in Raffles Quay. Singapore. More than 200 guests attended the276 words
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180 1947-04-03 7 SINGAPORE, Mar. 27. FIFTEEN tugs and 60 barges —part of a much larger fleet bought for over $1,000,000 by Government from the British Admiralty in London—have arrived in Singapore. The purchase was made on behalf of the Singapore Government by the Secretariat for Economic Affairs.180 words
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Article104 1947-04-03 7 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, March 26. Re- turn to the free sale of cigarettes is urged in representations forwarded to the Malayan Union Government by the Penang Coffee Shop Owners Association and th e Chinese Commercial Union. Stating that the profit on the sale104 words
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Article118 1947-04-03 7 From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU. March 27. After an inquiry before Tuan Sheik Abu Bakar, Magistrate which was held yesterday, Budin bin Awang, Majid bin Muzarki, Abdullah bin Mohamed, Abubakar bin Maroff and Ibrahim bin Esa, whose ages range from 15 to 26, were118 words
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Article81 1947-04-03 7 QUERY ON S PORE BANISHMENT I/ONDON. Thursday:- Mr. Arthur Creech-Jones, Colonial Secretary m a Parliamentary reply yesterday said that the banishment (Amendment) Ordinance, 1941. was operative in the Colony ot Singapore. Mr. •Charles Smith. Labour, had asked how many persons had been, 'arrested under this ordinance since 1947 and how81 words
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849 1947-04-03 8 SINGAPORE, Mar. 29. PROBLEMS arising out of the fact that “Malaya has now become a vast military centre” were dealt with by Mr. E. M. F. Fergusson, chairman of the Singapore Chamber of Commerce, at the annual meeting of the Chamber yesterday. Rising849 words
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Article116 1947-04-03 8 SINGAPORE. Mar. 29. The chairman of the Singapore Chamber of Commerce, Mr. E. M F. Fergusson, reverted to the pre-war practice of giving a full review oi Singapore trade at the annual meeting held yesterday, the second annual meeting since the liberation Dealing with rough goods, he116 words
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Article122 1947-04-03 8 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, Mar. 28. PIRATES, striking again from the notorious water of Pulau Teratan, north of the Langkawi group of islands, attacked a Chinese junk and made away with a $ll,BOO haul which included rubber, jewellery and salt fish. According to a122 words
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Article146 1947-04-03 8 JOHORE BAHRU. March 27. The Price Control Department summoned five boys and girls, whose ages varied from 9 to 14 years, for violating the new rule regarding the sale of cigarettes. The mother of a girl of 10 told the Court that slhe was a widow with146 words
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399 1947-04-03 8 SINGAPORE, M ar 29 “THE development of Malaya requires a Pr central Government in which the views of part of Malaya may be heard and decisions taken t the advantage of the whole territory,” said Mr.fi J F. Fergusson, chairman of the Singapore Chamho399 words
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Article267 1947-04-03 8 SINGAPORE, Mar. 27. AN R.A.S.C. driver and his sern geant who reported to their Commanding Officer a proposal that they should transport cloth from the docks to the servants’ quarters of Naval House residence of the Flag Officer, Malaya —wore responsible for the conviction of267 words
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Article142 1947-04-03 8 SINGAPORE, Mar. 29. MEMBERS of Dalforce areti day presenting to CoU D. Dailey, their wartime !eai er, five demands drafted at general meeting in Singapa yesterday. This action tollcws dissatisue tion at the contents of aiw received from Col. Dailey, adtj ing the men to accept142 words
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Article127 1947-04-03 8 From Our Own Correspond** PENANG. Mar. a PENANG witnessed it* s impressive post-war cs monial parade yesterday eve ing when, before the Commas er-in-Chief SEALF Lt.-Gen< Neil Ritchie and with the w ernor, Sir Edward Gent, tajj the salute, the 2nd Batta West Yorkshire Reeiment its Trooping127 words
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Article61 1947-04-03 8 SINGAPORE. Mjfa The Singapore a J missioners have a vitation to meet 0 .Apr. for Higher Educe par-i and give their v <L lar on the capao 2r jd> cipality to abscio c; jtv c ;llfj of the future uni'—to They will also j $u&J an61 words
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267 1947-04-03 9 SINGAPORE, Mar. 27. i ilua lion in South-East Asia is still precaria n( not only should a more conservative r U: Hitherto be taken of the amount of rice, 'till )t available during the first half of 1947, u. imi>< prepare for a possible lean267 words
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Article79 1947-04-03 9 SIXGAFORE. Mar. 27. A;: Mi:.., iv communique hat the follo'.vP ,IM s *u v ‘heir lives in h on March A A.F. York air- Singapore was N “gumbo Aero11*.:— it 1 v Annin?, v »;»> lor, WO. 1 5 t. Grant, hi (A A. Cheyii«», t Mr.79 words
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Article66 1947-04-03 9 forming an I Mr ci, t s latl °n in Ma--1 W t Masse y. Australarina ‘A'. 1 1 0r Mala ya, is s in the of all Austrar Ma.s.vf"* d ya community. 1 that Austrai m touch with r Au.s i--, ’**ouid Association, he ay a66 words
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Article95 1947-04-03 9 From Our Staff Correspondent IPOH, Mar. 26. THREE Chinese recently ar■l rested in Singapore in connection with a bomb outrage in Sitiawan and brought back and held in Sitiawan police lock-up made a sensational escape last night. Five other held on serious charges in the same lockup95 words
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Article113 1947-04-03 9 SINGAPORE. Mar. 27. Five Japanese found guilty of war crimes were executed at Changi Gaol yesterday morning. Two major-generals convicted in the Burma-Siam Railway Trial who were to die with them, will not he hanged until they have appeared as witnesses for the defence in113 words
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Article27 1947-04-03 9 The Governor has appointed the Principal of the College of Medicine to be Principal of Raffles College, according to a Singapore Government Gazette notification27 words
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Article221 1947-04-03 9 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 26. THE Pan-Malayan Council of Joint Action and an organisation called the United Peoples Front—which is stated to be formed of 74 Malay associations, including the Malay Nationalist Party—are sending a joint letter to the Secretary of State for the221 words
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Article165 1947-04-03 9 AIR FREIGHTER TO CALL AT S’ PORE SINGAPORE, Mar. 27. A NEW British aircraft—the Bristol “170” Freighter—has left England on a demonstration flight to New Zealand, and is expected to be on view in Singapore at the end of this month or early in April, according to information received bv165 words
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Article80 1947-04-03 9 From Our Own Correspondent. PENANG. March 26. The Municipal Commissioners at their meeting yesterday, decided tj pay the Botanical Gardens Department a sum of $1,500 “in exchange for materials, shrubs and advice given by the Department as regards roadside trees.” Speaking on this subject, the80 words
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Article309 1947-04-03 9 NEGRI SEMBIL AN PLANS FOOD DRIVE From Our Own Correspondent. SEREMBAN. Mar. 2G. SHOULD the food situation towards the end of the year I become difficult due to supplies of rice being less than expected and should our rice ration be cut we can supplement our diet with groundnuts or309 words
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Article386 1947-04-03 9 SINGAPORE, Mar. 27. FURTHER heavy expenses must be met in order to further equip the Singapore Swimming Club and provide amenities which existed before the war, according to the committee’s report for the year ended, Jan. 31, this year. It is stated that the arrangement agreed386 words
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Article66 1947-04-03 9 SINGAPORE, Mar. >7. A CONFLUENCE on the organization ol social welfare in South-East Asia will be held in Singapore later this year. This proposal was approved at yesterday’s meeting of liaison oflicers from territories in South-East Asia held at the office of Lord Killcarn, Special Commissioner. Territories66 words
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Article60 1947-04-03 9 From Our Own Correspondent. MALACCA. March 26.—Tamil teachers in Malacca have begun a two-year period of training for their future profession as teachers in Indian schools. The Assistant Inspector of Indian School, Malacca. Mr. S. D. Augustine says that 17 teachers in all are now attending the60 words
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Article101 1947-04-03 9 From Our Own Correspondent IPOH, Mar. 26. y. A. Thamby Dural, a police inspector under the Japanese, who was sentenced to death at Kuala Lumpur for the murder of Victor Perera at Ipoh during the war, had his conviction quashed by the Union Criminal Court of Appeal today101 words
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Article103 1947-04-03 9 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG. March 26 Th< Governor, Sir Edward Gent, who is attending tomorrow evening’s trooping the colour cer mony by the Second West Yorks at the Penang Free School ground, arrived this morning tor a fourday stay i n Penang. in addition to attending103 words
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119 1947-04-03 10 SINGAPORE, Mar. 28. A.NE hundred and thirty-two Japanese surrendered personnel the first batch to l>e repatriated to Japan this month under the South East Asia “move out” scheme —left Singapore by the Dilwara yesterday afternoon for Kure. The men were accompanied by a few’ Japanese119 words
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542 1947-04-03 10 SINGAPORE, Mar. 28. THE Commission on Higher Education will rccom- mend that a university college of Malaya should be established as soon as possible, Sir Alexander Carr* Saunders, chairman of the Commission, said pore yesterday. There is a possibility, that the university college will he542 words
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Article163 1947-04-03 10 From Oui Staff Correspondent. KUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 27. A WAR MEMORIAL committee n has teen set up by the Governor of the Malayan Union, Sir Edward Gent, under the chairmanship of Mr. D. Farquharson, of Negri Sembilan, to consider proposals for providing a suitable memorial or memorials163 words
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Article66 1947-04-03 10 WEE 800 Soh, a Chinese detective attached to the C.I.D, was »enter.ced to lour months* Il l Ki r<)Us imprisonment and fined $»00, or in default six months’ imprisonment, in the Corruption Court Wee was found guilty of extort irg $5O from a Chinese businessman66 words
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Article220 1947-04-03 10 SINGAPORE. Mar. 28. jy[ORE than 400 members cf Dalflorce, w r ho had “squatted’’ outside the premises of the Chinese Seoretariat. in Havelock Road, from Monday night in protest against the non-payment of back pay by the War Office, packed up their acetylene lamps and went220 words
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Article292 1947-04-03 10 From Our Own Correspondent TELUK ANSON, Mar. 27. WITH the tentative title “Paradise in Perak,” a film depicting the life of settlers in the colonisation area of the Sungei Manik irrigation scheme is now being made by the Malayan Film Unit from Kuala Lumpur under292 words
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Article61 1947-04-03 10 From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, March 27. Jaffar bin Salim and Kamaruddin bin Rashid, both aged 18, who were arrested on March 24 were produced before Tuan Sheik Abu Bakar, the Magistrate, and charged with being in possession of 24 car lamps, bulbs, etc., belonging to the61 words
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Article253 1947-04-03 10 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, Mar. 27. THE constitutional proposals 1 not only “whittle down the prescriptive rights of British subjects, but also impair the status of the British Settlements,” Dr. Lee Tiang Keng President of the Straits Chinese British Association, declared at the Association’s annual general253 words
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Article122 1947-04-03 10 IMPORT liquors in Sino a 5 Malayan Union creased a further The now duty brLf''" of a bottle of the same price as U S,N 26 shillings S n.3S, 1,1 Er i no change in a ale, beer, stout, perur sherry. v mr eider; In legard to122 words
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Article155 1947-04-03 10 From Our Own Correspond* SEREMBAN. Ma:! A BIG programme 01 permaa bridge construction will 1 to be undertaken to replace temporary timber bridges 1 strected during the Japan regime to replace the bra blown uo by our forces dun:.? retreat in 1942. fays an c155 words
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Article137 1947-04-03 10 f< There is at P rcsent large quantity of J P free rice from Siam r ‘j Singapore owing to the F trol Department not na ceived the usual notifKau the Rice Commission m that these shipments ca lowed to land as they co:the 3 per137 words
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Article1083 1947-04-03 11 MASSACRE TRIAL SINGAPORE, Mar. 27. L v iff! of this war is for the liberation of Asia and P 1 obstructing the Japanese Army is going against a n V t of the liberation,” were words of advice Capt. .mi* oave members of the police1,083 words
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Article, Illustration283 1947-04-03 11 SINGAPORE, Mar. 27. THE Commission on Higher Education, headed by Sir Alexander Carr-Saunders, which is to make recommendations to the Colonial Office on university education in Malaya, arrived at Changi airfield yesterday. It will stay in Singapore for about a week and go to the Malayan283 words
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Article53 1947-04-03 11 SINGAPORE, Mar. 2G. FROM tomorrow, coffee shops in Singapore will not be allowed to use condensed sweetened milk. The prohibition of the use of condensed milk in coffee shops, which was lifted on Jan. 31 this year, is being reimposed due to the scarcity of53 words
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Article42 1947-04-03 11 SINGAPORE. Mar. 27. Mr. Lim Yew Hock, secretary of the Singapore Administrative Clerical Workers’ Union, and Abang Othman, of the Sarawak Police, who have been selected as British Council visitors to Britain. left Singapore yesterday by R.A.F. plane for U.K.42 words
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Article355 1947-04-03 11 SINGAPORE, Mar. 27. FE Australian Government plans to arrange a conference this year with South-East Asian countries to discuss problems of common interest, said Mr. Claude Massey, Australian Commissioner for Malaya, in a broadcast from Radio Malaya. The Australian Minister for External Affairs had suggested355 words
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Article169 1947-04-03 11 SINGAPORE, Mar. 27. A SUCCESSFUL conference of Singapore Naval Base authorities and representatives of the Naval Base Labour Union, attended by Commissioner for Labour, Mr. R. P. Bingham, and Assistant Trade Union Adviser, Mr. S. P. Garrett, was held at Seletar yesterday. Commodore W. H.169 words
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Article58 1947-04-03 11 JOIIORE BAHRU. Wednesday. —Military P >lic. P Headquarters have moved from th 0 Fort, Bukit Timbalan, to Bukit Meldrum, Johore Bahru. The premises vacated have been handed over to the civil authorities and are being renovated, after which they will house Government offices. The first to58 words
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Article121 1947-04-03 11 SINGAPORE, Mar. 27. CIX young Chinese who were arrested by the Singapore Police last year around two wooden huts—built on the roottop of a four-storied building in Anson Road—where several secret society symbols, two revolvers, and 21 rounds of ammunition were found, were bound over by121 words
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Article1454 1947-04-03 12 SINGAPORE, Mar. 29. TRADE controls and trading were attacked by M. 1 E. M. F. Fcrgusson, chairman of the Singapore Chamber of Commerce, at the annual meeting of the t'handier yesterday. difficulties arose Referring to labour, Mr. Fergusson said that some mmcuu e. ‘because some are1,454 words
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Article137 1947-04-03 12 SINGAPORE. Mar. 29. Tho International Emergency F od Council Sub-Committee on Ric e for S E. Asia held its sixth meeting yesterday at the Office of the Special Commissioner in S. E. Asia, in Singapore, when sub-c mmit-tee confirmed the April shipping programme of rice in and137 words
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654 1947-04-03 12 Massacre Trial SINGAPORE M ar )(j EXTRACTS from a Chinese book “The Great War an J Overseas Chinese*’ detailing how the Chinen* VohiJ Army came to be formed in Singapore were read bv j 1 nese defence counsel at yesterday's resumed hearin J654 words
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Article89 1947-04-03 12 From Our Own CorrcsnondJ ALOK v 1 M ar >«| CINCE the oni ln ak of rabj in Kivlali, resulting in mJ latalities as a human infection. p,i| ue i(t jj against iinliccii'Pri dogs h 3 brought remarkable results Throughout Keilali and PtrlJ a total of89 words
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Article34 1947-04-03 12 SINGAPORE. The Oxford Society gave a Bo I at the Adeitjhi 1 Among those s Govern Jr of u Franklin Gim> Gimson. both 'and some o: th* Higher Educ;‘: I Malava34 words
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Article47 1947-04-03 12 From Our Own l TAIPINCt. Mar n er prtf R Iyer. Indian 1 DUO inti at. Taiping, has o 1 dis tri 'as first re gist nr .court jn .‘‘/joinedfr m Jan. 1. M» v r sed service in 19 0 P?r* Selangor before47 words
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202 1947-04-03 12 From Our Staff Correspondent Kuala Lumpur, Mar. 27. ’THREE British soldiers—1 Gunners A. Arnott and F. Taylor and L. Bdr. D. V. Irving of the 96th Field Regiment, stationed in Ipoh, have been commended by the G. Malaya, for courageous action on a burning202 words
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502 1947-04-03 13 Sunday Times Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 31. I R ATIONS for loans by estates and industrial I ndi-rtakings in the Malayan Union may be made r.j ,he passage of legislation by the Advisory L il making the Government guarantor for adf f502 words
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Article49 1947-04-03 13 0,11 (> wn Correspondent Saturday. Pn-s’d.M Was elected Srhri'i' f the Anglo-Chin-*ral at the annual ssr.s y, j r h ii d yesterday, k S. m Chuan, Cheah r fleet f j Chew Bo °n Huck 001 Kim Lean P l eSldents and -ary an < honorary49 words
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Article232 1947-04-03 13 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, Sunday. ONE of the mo6t interesting post-war trends in Penang today is the new enthusiasm shown by the Malays in manual and outdoor w’ork. Commenting, on this in an interview today, an official of the Penang Malay j Association said232 words
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Article15 1947-04-03 13 Sales of Victory Savings Cer tifleates up to March 26 amounted to $448,653.15 words
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Article157 1947-04-03 13 SINGAPORE, Mar. 29. k confidential memorandum bv the Singap.re Financial Secretary and a letter by the Government on the higher cost of living allowances suggested jointly by the Municipal Commissioners and Singap.re Improvement Trustees, were handed to the Commissioners at a meeting yesterday. The documents157 words
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Article60 1947-04-03 13 SINGAPORE, Mar. 29. i The Singapore Labour Advisory l Board met yesterday and discussed means of conciliation and wage fixing within industry, including the establishment of works councils. The topic was adjourned pending further inquiry. The couno l agreed on the urgency of the problem of60 words
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232 1947-04-03 13 From Our Staff Correspondent i KUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 29. r /CONTACT has been established for the second time between v the Kelantan police and bandits operating across the Siamese border, it is understood, and it is hoped that news of the offer of pardon232 words
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337 1947-04-03 13 Sunday Times Correspondent PENANG, Saturday. pENANG students are learning current affairs in a big way and liking it too. In a move aimed at extending this new subject beyond the classroom, a leading girls school earlier this week t ok its Standard Eight class337 words
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Article121 1947-04-03 13 From Our Own Correspondent Penang, Mar. 28.—The Penang Chinese Chamber of Commerce has appointed a sub-committee to conside drawing a memorandum for submission to the Commission on Higher Education which is due in Penang on April 12 and 13. The Straits Chinese British Association may also be appointing121 words
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Article266 1947-04-03 13 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 30. THAT the Rent Restriction Enactment must defini- tely be amended to a very large extent sooner or later, if not repealed, was the view expressed by Mr. E. A. S. Wagner, President of the Selangor Property Owners266 words
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Article75 1947-04-03 13 S’ PORE SAILOR HONOURED The King’s Commendation for Brave Conduct has been awarded to Captain Bidin bin Chee, of the Singapore Straits Steamship Company, “for services rendered in evacuating civilians from Singapore during the Japanese invasion.” Under the very heavy bombing of the days before the fall of Singapore, he75 words
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Article44 1947-04-03 13 SINGAPORE. Mar. 31. An omnibus o n the KatongBedok line caught fire suddenly ni>ar the Bedok Road corner yesterday afternoon about 4 o’clock. There were only four passengers on the bus at the time the fire broke out. They escaped unhurt.44 words
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Article128 1947-04-03 13 SINGAPORE, Mar. 29. The report Of the Municipal Constitution Committee, headed by Mr. John Laycock, is so important that it should not be left to a sub-committee to consider initially, Municipal Commissioners decided at a meeting yesterday. By a majority it was decided 1 h•? the128 words
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Article435 1947-04-03 14 SINGAPORE, Mar. 30. ANEW lighting scheme for Singapore, consisting cl approximately 250 mercury-vapour lamps, covering a distance of about six miles and costing $170,( has just been approved by the Singapore Municipal Commissioners. The area of streets to be lighted is split into two main435 words
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97 1947-04-03 14 THE “Nurses of Malaya” Fund. which is being run to provide sch larshipf for nurses and to provide medallions for those who served during the Japanese occupation of Malaya, so that the j heroism and unselfish work of nurses can be commemorated, has already97 words
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Article134 1947-04-03 14 From Our Own Correspondent IPOH. Mar. 29. ROUND-the-clock patrols by the Perak Police assisted o? armed troops are scouring the country around Sitiawan for eight desperate prisoners who escaped on Wednesday from the Sitiawan police lock-up. Perak’s Resident Commissioner. Mr. A V. Aston, said today134 words
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Article114 1947-04-03 14 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Mar. 29. A SCHEME for recruiting wo- men between the ages of 16 and 27 for the new role of counter clerks and clerical staffs in the postal service is now in force, it is understood. Although it114 words
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Article194 1947-04-03 14 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Mar. 31. THE prevalence of intimidation cl oik* kind or another was perhaps the greatest single obstacle to the proper maintenance of law and order in the country today, said Mr. K. K O Connor, the Attorney General, introducing194 words
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Article55 1947-04-03 14 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Mar. 31. A JOINT committee is being formed in Singapore to consider the award made by Mr. Justice Worley to members of the Passive Defence Services in respect of the occupation period said Mr. W. D Godsall. the Financial Secretary,55 words
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Article498 1947-04-03 14 SINGAPORE, Mar. >3l I THE disposal of enormous quantities 0 f SUr J tinned meats and vegetables by the Sen" l “knock-down” prices in Singapore while hein* J benefit to the consumer, have caused serious If?] rassment and loss to established provision d J who had498 words
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291 1947-04-03 14 SINGAPORE, Mar. 29. THOUGH there are 10,000 less civil vehicles on Singapore roads than in 1941 the larger number of Service vehicles operating brings the total to more than pre-war and is responsible for much of the congestion on Singapore roads today. In addition, since291 words
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Article121 1947-04-03 14 From Onr Own (orrf>P ,n KUALA LUMPUR. A war memorial tor yeci A the Malayan M Services who ueu are missing as a rcsi i or occupation is D f rec tor As a first step, the > w Medical Services 1 stall Medical and l‘; 1121 words
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Article44 1947-04-03 14 SINOAPOI I Three Chines- V; ‘undiscovered on boi* 1 n nai' v China Navigation t r;V od sel Szechuen whic- 1 Hong Kong on su The stowaways a P over to the Innm jjor. ities and return' cl by a later ship44 words
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247 1947-04-03 14 SINGAPORE’S Municipal Commissioners have decided to take a firm line with Chinatown stall-holders who have been repeatedly petitioning them in an attempt to stay put in congested parts of the city. They have* decided that the licences ol stall-holders of temporary markets in247 words
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Article545 1947-04-03 15 I'rom Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 29. IvsTKM <’• youth movements, boys’ camps, juvenile 1 it' approved schools to deal with young l C j. rs remand homes and a Borstal Institution V eil ongly recommended to the Union Gov- nt bv a committee545 words
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152 1947-04-03 15 f SINGAPORE. Max. 30. ■HIRD nubile dispensary to (serve the rural areas of fcapore is likely to be added to E now operating before the m is out. Singapore’s Chief ■lth Officer, Dr. R. S. Johnm, told me yesterday*. ■.e two dispensaries now’ workI deal152 words
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Article136 1947-04-03 15 I SINGAPORE. Mar. 30. HarlhM Brooke former a MuUa of Sarawak, said ordin-. n yeste rday that V y n *< he had p„. c -'>wak there was u dur. :nst cession in r r-o* r l r,il CJ th c Govuicl a;: Malcolm Mdc!r136 words
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247 1947-04-03 15 ASSESSOR ON PROPERTY MARKET S RISE INHERE was a general rise in the property market in 1946 and several properties were sold by auction and by private treaty at prices which appeared incommensurate with present rents, says the Singapore Municipal Assessor in his annual report covering the period Apr. 1247 words
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Article106 1947-04-03 15 rom Our Own Correspondent A KUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 29. MAN who rose from an inspeciunhip in the Singapore Police to be head of the Customs Department is retiring within two or three weeks. He is Mr. 11. W Phear, Comptroller of Customs in the Malayan106 words
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Article127 1947-04-03 15 MORE than $67,000 is to be spent 1 by the Singapore Municipal Commissioners in the rehabilitation qf quarters for the subordinate staff. General repairs, colour washing and painting of quarters at Kampong Kapor are to be carried out, and a tender for $51,000 for. this job127 words
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Article79 1947-04-03 15 Government is to appoint a special committee to draw up a tentative scheme on the best distribution of ambulances for the benefit of the Singapore public. Reference to this is mode by the Municipal Commissioners in their committee minutes reporting the nomination of a Commissioner, Mr.79 words
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Article58 1947-04-03 15 AN old boy of St. Andrew’s School, Singapore, Sgt. Charles Frederick Sanderson, Australian Imperial Force, has been awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal lor the work he did in Borneo when he was dropped behind the lines during the Japanese occupation. Sgt. Sanderson is a brother58 words
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Article480 1947-04-03 15 SINGAPORE, Mar. 30. TO assist in relieving the Malayan coal shortage and in order to help restart idle industries, large quantities of fuel oil are going to be imported and, as soon as coal-burning plants can be converted to oil, tin mine plants, power stations and480 words
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Article121 1947-04-03 15 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 29. POLICEMEN or members of the armed forces of His Majesty or the Malayan Union Government are prohibited from becoming members of a trade union. All other Government employees may now Join trade unions whose membership is121 words
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Article140 1947-04-03 15 From Our Own Correspondent. KUALA lUMPUR, Mar. 29 MRS. A. C. KATHIGASU, wife of Dr. Kathigasu, of Ipoh, who suffered greatly at the hands of the Japanese during the occupation and who was flown to England In December, 1945, recently underwent another major operation. Her140 words
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Article55 1947-04-03 15 From Our Own Correspondent. SEREMBAN, Saturday. THE first film produced by the Malayan Film Unit of the Department of Publio Relations, entitled “Help Yourselves” which concerns food production was shown at the Residency last night before th Yang di Portuan Besar, the Resident Commissioner, Mr. W. A. Gordon55 words
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1954 1947-04-03 16 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 37. A LARGER Legislative Council and changes in the citizenship regulations are recommended hy the Consultative Committee in its report which was laid on the table of the Malayan Union Advisory Council meeting todayThe chairman of1,954 words
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427 1947-04-03 16 SINGAPORE, Mar I THE second year of civil government j n J since the liberation will be a year of r<M j of law and order, said the Colonial Secro4! j P. A. B. McKerron, yesterday. 1 In a review of the events427 words
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Article204 1947-04-03 16 SINGAPORE. Apr. 1. WE regret to record the deals: Singapore on Sunday Adrian J. A. Goocisut. Account t Fraser and Neave. Ltd Mr. Goodsea. who was bora: Oct. 25, 1912 was a son ot Mr. A. Goetzce, at one time maiui for Malaya oi Whiteaway,204 words
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Article38 1947-04-03 16 A A rV]** PENANG. Marc* thousand Chine.' various associat y at the Sam Min Corps Club in co::. -:s China Youth Day. tions included a r. g test, won by Fuke and an open air n38 words
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Article297 1947-04-03 17 SINGAPORE, Apr. 2. Y thousand tons of polished Persian rice, des- as “outside of Food Board quota,” were H'ld for sale in Singapore yesterday. J fhi n a few hours of the appearance of the ad- inquiries were received from estate and employers of labour297 words
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Article132 1947-04-03 17 L Singapore, Mar. 30. r eadl -g t ok place at St. F {u s Cathedral yesterday Flat a m n y Franks son L a e Ir Ct J Franks and Iw of Har ™w and Miss I? u u ln daughter cf Dr. f 1 A132 words
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Article65 1947-04-03 17 l^a!ly‘ N^ p ORE Apr. 2 fca:n t .V u oble claims th t Army arising I ccupatlon W*? f U t rV> Ma a >' a but n* 'i ll sitloning bv I/- >rity .civil, V thi i) as so: n as 1 'Pr< r65 words
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223 1947-04-03 17 SINGAPORE, Mar. 31. DEFERENCE to the shortage of coal in Malaya was made by Mr. E. M. F. Fergusson, Ohairman of the Singapore Chamber of Commerce, in his review of Malayan trade at the annual meeting of the Chamber last Friday. Mr. Fergusson said223 words
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Article84 1947-04-03 17 U.M.S, Belfast, flagship of the Commander-in-Chief, British Pacific Fleet. Vice Admiral Sir Denis Boyd, is due to arrive at Singapore about the middle of next month, for refit. H. M. S. Sussex the cruiser which arrived in command of the first British Navy force to reach Singapore84 words
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251 1947-04-03 17 SINGAPORE, Apr. 2. THE Singapore Botanic Gardens and Raffles Museum 1 may in future play an important part in the university scheme of Malaya. Proposals have been made that the study of botany and zoology as part of the biology course would be more properly251 words
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Article269 1947-04-03 17 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG. Apr. 1. DEFORE Mr. Justice Carey to- day. Mr. G. Martin, a European ex-internee, claimed on behalf of his wife a Weisberg grand piano, or alternatively its value in the sum of $1,200, from Messrs. The World Piano Company. The piano, plant269 words
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119 1947-04-03 17 From Our Own Correspondent KUCHING, Apr. 1. THREE hundred and thirty- eight Malay government servants who today left the service following their resignations three months ago gathered at the late Datu Patinggi’s house where they arranged themselves in a group forming the letters “No119 words
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Article89 1947-04-03 17 From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, March 26. —The car seat in which ten cartons of cigarettes had been concealed was confiscated witn the cigarettes at the end of a case yesterday when a Singapore driver, Teo Thio Kang, was fined $2OO. The c’garet'es were discoverrd at89 words
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Article438 1947-04-03 17 Plain Falsehood Says Secretary ACCOMMODATION FOR EX.PoWs j SINGAPORE, Apr. 2. A STATEMENT made by the Colonial Secretary, Mr. P.A.B. McKerron, to the War Prisoners (Singapore) Association was described as “plain falsehood” by Mr. D. S. Marshall, secretary of the Association, speaking at the first annual general meeting. The statement438 words
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Article121 1947-04-03 17 SINGAPORE. Mar. 31. PLEVERLY-WORKED art silk banners, presented by Chinese merchants In Singapore to the East Asiatic Company. wh s ch last week celebrated its 50th anniversary, will shortly travel by an East Asiatic Line ship to the Company’s headquarters in Copenhagen. At least one of121 words
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Article140 1947-04-03 17 SHOULD anybody call at your house to affix a number on your door between now and the night of Sept. 23—when the census of Singapore will be taken—make quite sure that he is really connected with ihe census organisation and not just someone after your wireless, warned140 words
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Article830 1947-04-03 18 By Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 29. WIN the Peace, a recent importation owned by “Lucky Kongsi,” won the last race of the day from a big field of 12 runners—the biggest since the Liberation —and returned the biggest dividend, $142, in the opening830 words
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Article290 1947-04-03 18 SINGAPORE. Apr. 1. Bidtinn first against the R A F. Tengah on Sunday the Indians seored 109 for seven wickets and declared. Selakan Singh was the highest scorer with 35 runs which included 6 fours R. Sitharam played a captain’s innings when four wickets were down290 words
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Article126 1947-04-03 18 Sunday ’l imes Correspondent MUAR. Mad 29. THE Muar Police scored a very credi- table four-nil victory over the Tangkak football team on the Muar Club padartg yesterday when they met iti a first division match of the Muar District soccer league competition. The police with126 words
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Article256 1947-04-03 18 SINGAPORE. Mar. 31. A SUB-COMMITTEE oi the Island Club, Singapore, has been formed t.o consider propo{sals for a first class clubhouse. I with a swimming pool and a dance floor, in addition to goii and tennis j Miking this announcement at 1 the annual general256 words
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Article73 1947-04-03 18 IPOH, Mar. 29.—1 n one of two main events last night at the Jubilee Parb, Jagir Singh knocked out Penang's Castillo in the third of a scheduled ten round bout. In the other main fight between the flyweight champions of Perak and Selangor. the Perak champion won73 words
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Article119 1947-04-03 18 From Oui Staff Correspondent. IPOH, Mar. 30. THE following players have been chosen for the State cricket side to meet Penang in the threeday match on April 5. 6 and 7: S V. Suppiah (captain), An: Earn Hock (wicket-keeper*. S. Nalliah, M. Appuni, A. Amaladass, E Yong,119 words
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Article110 1947-04-03 18 KLUANG, Mar. 28. I Playing at Kluang in a soccer match. the Dorsets were defeated ,2 goals to 1 by the Malays. Beth teams took to the attack from the start and in spite of determined efforts by the Dorsets, the Malays took i the lead110 words
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Article264 1947-04-03 18 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 30. THE Selangor cricket team to play Singapore at Singapore during the Easter week end was selected this evening as follows: H.A.F. Brooke (capt.), Chua Eng Cheng. H.M. Fuller, K. Gillespie, Khoo Bin Kheng. I. Ingleton, Lall Singh.264 words
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Article122 1947-04-03 18 SINGAPORE, Apr. 1. IN a friendly game of soccer 1 played under water-logged conditions on the Padang yesterday, the SCC beat the Nither- lands India Commercial Bank by three goa's to one 1 The game, wlvch was evenly contested ior tlie first hall, was mere hi laveui122 words
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Article26 1947-04-03 18 Showing better teamwork and control cf the ball, the Seaamat Police swamped the local G.E.S. at soccer over the weekend to win flve-nil26 words
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Article316 1947-04-03 18 Chinese Approv e Pool Plan SINGAPORE, Mar I THE Singapore Chinese Swimming Club l approximately $250,000 on a new swi mm B, j to be built opposite their present premises i„1 Road, it was announced at the 32nd annual j meeting of the Club held yesterday. esi l For this316 words
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Article133 1947-04-03 18 Tennis From Our Own Correspond® IPOH. March 31. Inteni tennis between Perak and gor which is to take Kuala Lumpur over the w holidays will be decided as fore the war on the resui six singles and nine.®"" The latter event is ma e i133 words
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Article58 1947-04-03 18 dal fX The Island Club r e?u It#i petition played on 1 w ith a win for B. W I > ;'J arC <e0> score of 70. The t the best cards retw 4 24 B.W. Taylor KS. Murray 0 fi-2 4 i D. A. Ferrier-Smith E.58 words
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461 1947-04-03 19 Inflation Spiral Just Be Checked I SINGAPORE, Mar. 31. l, u ,iv<; (he continued high cost of living in Ir non* Mr. P. A. B. McKerron, Colonial SeKingap terday that he proposed to give a |Tn helping to check “this inflationary spiial” of far too much expensive entertainment I on461 words
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Article114 1947-04-03 19 From Our Stall Correspondent. KUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 26. EXPORTS ot rubber from the Malayan Unicn to foreign countries jumped trom 25,196 long tons in January to more than 41.037 tons in February Oi this. 9.636 tons went to the United States, 9,368 to the United Kingdom.114 words
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Article102 1947-04-03 19 SINGAPORE shippers have decided that the $33 a ton. or 50 cubic feet, charged for carrying rubber from Singapore to Japan is “not an economic proposition” and that the figure represents only a few cents more than that charged for shipping rubber from Hong Kong102 words
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Article100 1947-04-03 19 SINGAPORE, Apr. 1. j MR. C. J. PYKE, Economic Ad--111 viser to the Malayan Union, is expected to leave London almost immediately in order to represent all British Colonial dependencies in the East at the second session of the Preparatory Committee on trade and employment at100 words
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Article130 1947-04-03 19 U7ITH the exception of scu- tered areas amounting to about 40 acres, all the trees on the estate of Kedah Rubber Co. Ltd., were cut out during the Japanese occupation period for rice cultivation. This v/as revealed in the directors’ report submitted to the general130 words
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Article83 1947-04-03 19 SINGAPORE, Mar. 29. IT has b?en pointed out by merchants, says an official announcement, that the existence of a controlled wholesale price of coconut oil in Singapore places them at a disadvantage when exporting in view of the fluctuations in world prices. To remove this disadvantage83 words
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285 1947-04-03 19 SINGAPORE. Mar. 31. IN addition to Manchester, large quantities of piecegoods have recently reached Malaya from China. India, Hong Kong, Itaiy and the U S A. There is every indication that supplies trom these countries will continue to arrive. Mr. E. M. F. Fergusson,285 words
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Article364 1947-04-03 19 SINGAPORE, Mar. 31. 'THE effect of the British export drive on Malayan imports 1 of hardware lines has had an important bearing on Malayan industrial recovery and Malaya can now look forward to a gradual easing of the supply position, subject only to a sufficiency364 words
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Article195 1947-04-03 19 IT was announced at the annual! meeting of Rahman Hydraulic Tin Ltd., held at Penang, that satisfactory arrangements had been made to enable the com-1 panv to get going in replacing immediate requirements ol plant and machinery lost or destroyed., At the same time an application195 words
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Article412 1947-04-03 19 Straits Times copyright. From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Apr. 1. OVER confident economic planners to be warned by the rubber industry, declares the News-Chronicle, which states that the experience of the rubber industry after the war has belied nearly all expert prognostications. Even a year ago,Straits Times copyright. - 412 words
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Article1028 1947-04-03 20 BRISK BUYING IN TINS RUBBER Weekly Market Report By A Market Correspondent SINGAPORE, Mar. 29. ’TRADING in Malayan share markets again reached large 1 proportions and rising prices were general during the past week. Dollar and Australian Tins gave most business followed closely by Rubbers with a fair contribution by1,028 words
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Article212 1947-04-03 20 From Our Staff Correspondent Kuala Lumpur, Mar. 31. TOTAL public debt in the Malayan Union to date, including 30 per cent, of the Public Debt of the Straits Settlements on account of I Penang and Malacca amounts to $161,952,168. Against this investments held on account212 words
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Article49 1947-04-03 20 From Our Own Correspondent MALACCA. March 28 The Tongkah Compjund Tin Dredge at Ampanp. which has been laid up for some time owing tj lack cf coal has switched over to firewood and is now working again. This dredge employes a large number ol Malays.49 words
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Article354 1947-04-03 20 SINGAPORE, M ar CONTINUED buying and the holding up of v Malaya in anticipation of decontrol and IT opening of the New York Rubber Market hay e| a further advance in values this week, says th* rubber market report issued yesterday Lewis and Peat. 9ll354 words
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Article133 1947-04-03 20 i Froni Our Own Correspond* KUALA LUMPUR. Mar 3 WORK cn the rehabilitation Tl Hong Fatt Sunset Btt.tj mine, the li rgrst open cast id in the country as progres according to anticipations, the see.nd detailed report issi by the Consult ng Engir.e.rs a: Tin Mine133 words
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Article37 1947-04-03 20 The Standard Oil Co of Callfl reports a net imcme of IS $6.0001 for 1946. equal to S 3 15 a share, pared with under 556.000.000 or R a share in 1945 —A P37 words
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Article757 1947-04-03 20 SINGAPORE. April 1. SHA,R*E quotations according to the Malayan Sharebrokers Association (Singapore) today were as followsINDUSTRIALS Buyer Seller Alexandra Brickworks ,ds 1.90 2.00 Alexandra Brickworks Prefs 3.10 3.25 Brit Malaya Trustee Executor Co. 8.25 9.00 Consolidated Tin Smelters Old 20 6 22/do Profs 20/6 28 Eastern United757 words