The Straits Budget, 1 May 1947
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The Straits Budget
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Title Section31 1947-05-01 1 The Straits Budget THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES [ESTABLISHED OVER A CENTURY! |tovv Series No. 39 Singapore, Thursday, May Ist, 1947 Price 40 cents (SS. Currency) Or 1 sb.31 words
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Advertisement62 1947-05-01 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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Article1070 1947-05-01 2 —Straits Times, Apr. 24. One fact of which every citizer of Singapore should take cognizance Is that a civic ini heritance of untold value is now falling due. That is the land in the central parts of the city which was given out on 99-year i Crown—Straits Times, Apr. 24. - 1,070 words
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Article1140 1947-05-01 2 —Straits Times. Apr. 25. We propose to use this column today to discuss the circulation figures of the Straits Time?. It is the privilege of an oidestabllshed newspaper to become a part of the personal and family lives of its readers and to enjoy a relationship—Straits Times. Apr. 25. - 1,140 words
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Article781 1947-05-01 2 have been m —Straits Tim- The Far Eastern Control Commission has expressed no opinion yet on General Douglas MacArthur’s recent statement that the time has come to withdraw from Japan the bulk of the army of occupation. But the Commission clearly is in agreement with General MacArthur,]* have been , m —Straits Tim- – - 781 words
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Article225 1947-05-01 3 Straits Times. Apr. 26> H hundred Singapore ■ffb o "“)‘>- ving a camP '['li’au Sudong, one fcT. it SHiKaporc. Per wui-a other original for ldr ,s we have to S )C'd Welfare DepartK irh L« organised the ■Sng transport, equipfc'm...;,ng. and meeting tone hundred boys from f§B? at– Straits Times. Apr. 26> - 225 words
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Article975 1947-05-01 3 —Straits Times, Apr. 28. |Bply cor.*.. i. v d comments S K Ch.Mtur. representaB tin Gov. rr.mer.t of India, ho.rd :r. planting circles the Indnr. community r>f IHei. follow:m: the Press conB give:: by Mr. Chettur last hi.' r< turn, to Singapore (Ha tour of routes in—Straits Times, Apr. 28. - 975 words
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Article740 1947-05-01 3 —Straits Times. Apr. 29. If reports of agreement in India on the principle of Pakistan are as well founded as they seem to. be, the problems of independence 1 assume an entirely new complex-! ion. But until there is the support of an official announcement, and—Straits Times. Apr. 29. - 740 words
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Article360 1947-05-01 3 —Straits Times, Apr. 29. We have been ruminating on the memorandum submitted to the Commission on Higher Education by the Singapore Teachers Union, and the prospect there opened up is enough to make the Malayan taxpayer’s hair stand on end. The capital cost of the proposed University—Straits Times, Apr. 29. - 360 words
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Article1045 1947-05-01 3 the islands A —Strait-' 1 In the bustling mid-week mood of commercial Singapore it may strike the reader as irrelevant or frivolous when he opens his Straits Times and finds a leading article devoted to holidays and holiday resorts. But in truth It is about time we beganthe islands •' A,: —Strait-' 1 " - 1,045 words
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Article, Illustration1820 1947-05-01 4 DATO; ROLAND BRADDELL - By DATO ROLAND BRADDELL J ONCE wrote that 1 Singapore is “above all, behind all, beyond all commercial”; and, despite the present militarization, I stand by that. Commerce was ou” raison d’etre and upon commerce we exist. It was natural, therefore, that tho old Singapore did1,820 words
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Article127 1947-05-01 4 REA. At Penang Maternity Hospital, on 17th April, 1947, to Catharine, wife of J. T, Rea. Malayan Civil Service, a son. GREIG. At Batu Gajah on April 21, 1947 to NONA, wife of A.L M. Oreig, a daughter. Both well. HODGSON. To Doris, wife of T. E. Hodgson. a127 words
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Article30 1947-05-01 4 THE ENGAGEMENT is announced between Stephen Holley, son of Mrs. E. Holley, Castletown. Isie of Man. and Dinah, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H F. Harper. Shipston-on-Stour, Warwickshire30 words
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Obituary90 1947-05-01 4 DEATHS MacLauehlin J. E. Senior Customs Officer. Malayan Customs Service, at Muar on 20th April. 1947. "His soul will rest in peace.” Inserted by his sorrowing brother Rill and sister-in-law Doreen. Mrs. Tan Cheng Watt (nee Oon Kim Poh i age 64 dearly beloved wife of Mr. Ian Cheng Watt90 words
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314 1947-05-01 5 leader of April 22 you Sv,rkcd unfavourably no object” in■in many "AccommodaIlntKr advertisements invite your attention ■ollowing points. ■L. ,,i living m average comfort i in a European SS-h use in Singapore tn■aboui SiiOO per month, food ano tip-* Wft- 3 which may314 words
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Article117 1947-05-01 5 IN your short leader entitled ‘'lsland Holiday” (published last Saturday) you state that ‘‘the Boy Scouts have had their permanent camp at Tanah Merah for many years.” Unfortunately this camp no longer exists. All the amenities were destroyed during the Japanese occupation, and it was117 words
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Article216 1947-05-01 5 “It Is Better To Be A Labourer Municipal men get NEW SCALE” was a head-line in your paper of last Wednesday and even with this new scale the Municipal employees are not satisfied. There is no fixed scale for employees of commercial firms, and I hope that the Singapore Chamber216 words
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Article156 1947-05-01 5 WINDER the illustration shewU ing the tiger recently killec on this estate, you make the following statement: “Tigers are <p using much trouble in estates in Negri Sembiian, and cattle-killers and man-eaters are being tracked by game wardens.” If, as is probable, this exaggerated156 words
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Article323 1947-05-01 5 IF it is still necessary, two years after the end of the war, for certain land and property to be requisitioned by the Services, it is at least time that each remaining case of requisitioning should be looked into by Government. The prolonged retention of323 words
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Article276 1947-05-01 5 I HAVE just read with great interest Dato Braddell’s article of Apr. 19 in the series ‘‘Memories Of Old Singapore”. In this article he recalls a Frenchman who brought the first aeroplane to Singapore, for show purposes, and he says: “It was practically a large kite with a276 words
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195 1947-05-01 5 T HAVE just filled in my claim 1 for losses sustained by me through war damage. I notice that the big importing firms have made large profns during the past year and expect to recoup large sums under the War Risk Insurance Scheme.195 words
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Article123 1947-05-01 5 Religious knowledge is taught in all missionary schools. In the School Certificate examination students can only take eight subjects. They are free to take religious knowledge or not. i lam a student of a missionary school in Singapore. I have to sit for my School Certificate examination at123 words
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Article119 1947-05-01 5 MAY I be permitted to point out that “Fair Play”, writing about something being pigeon-holed in Empress Place, makes a wrong statement in the 3rd paragraph of his letter. He says there “as all European Volunteers and L.D.C. personnel who were interned have been paid in119 words
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Advertisement20 1947-05-01 5 MAPRO’S CHICKEN CURRY Now available at: Solo Agents: K LEE SAN CO., LTD. 2 Market Street, Penang. Telephone No. 1080.20 words
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Article1045 1947-05-01 6 A Malayan Countryman’s Diary TUAN DJEK. READING about plans to revive the canned pineapple industry reminds me of the old days tn the Kota Tinggi district when pineapples were planted as a catch crop among the rubber trees. In theory, the pineapple profits paid the ITUAN DJEK. - 1,045 words
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Article69 1947-05-01 6 f rom Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. April 29. Th 1947 estimates of th" Malayan Union ar,» to be reviser] bv a committee of four under the chairmanship ol the Financial Secretary, Mr. w. n. Godsa.l. The plan is to investigate moans of increasing revenue, and the69 words
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Article375 1947-05-01 6 SINGAPORE, Apr. 29. THE Nederland Line notorship Oranje from Amsterdam and Southampton berthed at Main Wharf (godowns 31 and 32) in Singapore at 8 a.m. today. Nearly 300 peaple disembarked for Malaya, Borneo and Sarawak. The Oranje carries 800 passengers for Batavia. She will embark375 words
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Article48 1947-05-01 6 SINGAPORE. Apr. 30. A Japanese surrendered personnel, Umetzu Iwao, was again remanded in the Fourth Police Cour t on Monday on a charge of murdering a fellow Japanese Murimoto Zatiro, with an axe at AorifV A F Station Tengah, on The remand was until May 9.48 words
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Article228 1947-05-01 6 Planters Labour Commissioner From Our Ow„ Correspondent I KUALA LUMpitd I THE Union Government’s Commissioner of i ,h Apr *5 I 1 a civil servant with intimate knowlediro r this country, said Mr. J. S. Ferguson, «uc-n,;.. ht of the United Planters Association of Malax' ng at a 51 Mr.228 words
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Article145 1947-05-01 6 LADY CLEMENTI THANKS S’ PORE THE Governor of Singapore. Sir Franklin Gimson, has received from Lady Clementi a reply to his letter of condolence on the death of her husband, the late Sir Cecil Clementi. former Singapore Governor and High Commissioner of the Federated Malay States. The letter states: “Thank145 words
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Article240 1947-05-01 6 MEW British radio-telegraphic tmS E 'l arrived in Singapore will Jl i Whlch have transmitters now being 'used it I ho v T r c,>lace Japanese Transmitting Station It Jurong Telecommunications Singapore and Kuala Lumpin' p t° r traffic between Jesselton and Christmas Island’ g Ban240 words
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Article, Illustration2405 1947-05-01 7 Planters President Attacks “So-called Labour Leaders H mm K demands have been made and are still being made, on employers tf in Malaya, not so much by their labourers as by their so-called l ,if appointed in many instances, said the president of the United Plants’ Vion of Malaya, Mr.2,405 words
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Article484 1947-05-01 7 DEORGANISATION of the Labour Department of the Malayan Union Government is called for in the annual report of the United Planting Association of Malaya. “Contented labour forces obvious solution to the majoi must apply their energies to 1 “It can and must be done and the484 words
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248 1947-05-01 8 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Apr. 25. Hussein p oldier, m was staled to 1 l'.c deserted in Singapore because of a love affair with a Malay woman which ultimately got him into trouble, heard Mr. Justice Spenser Wilkinson sent 1 nee him at248 words
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Article64 1947-05-01 8 SINGAPORE, Apr. 2G. THE report of the Municipal Constitution Committee, making recommendations lor the future constitution of the Municipal Commission, will be discussed at the Commissioners’ meeting next month. The Municipal president, Mr. L. Ray man, said at the Commissioners’ meeting yesterday, that he had decided to64 words
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Article489 1947-05-01 8 SINGAPORE, Apr. 26. rOVERNMENT-sponsored holiday camps for Sing- aporc youths may In; a permanent Social Welfare Department scheme, said the Colonial Secretary, Mr. P. A. B. McKerron, when he visited boy campers on Pulau Sudong yesterday. For a week these boys have been camping out thoroughly489 words
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Article66 1947-05-01 8 SINGAPORE. Apr. 2ft. MAKING reference to the resignation of Mr. D. K. Walters from the Singapore Municipal Commission, the President. Mr. L. Rayman. said that Mr. Walters’ association with the Commission though short was forceful. ‘His advice was painstaking critical and helpful,” Mr. Rayman added. Mr. Walters66 words
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260 1947-05-01 8 SINGAPORE. Apr. 2G. SINGAPORE Municipal Commissioners decided at a me ting yesterday to take c ion against snul-ho’ are occunv open spaces, streets, backlanes and all kinds of open air accommodation which the Municipal Commissioners have provided lor the town “at very great expense.” The260 words
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183 1947-05-01 8 LONDON, Apr. 25. AN allegation that the morale of the medical service in Malaya is “so bad that already two-thirds of the local graduates have resigned beeeip’e they have no faith in the present administration” is made by Dr. R. Oknne, writing from Singapore183 words
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Article, Illustration492 1947-05-01 8 SINGAPORE An, o c I THE Singapore Municipality will be sunn/■ million for the construction of more drains in the Gunong Pulai Waterworks in i!B Bahru, the Municipal Water Engineer, M r Murnane told the Straits Times yesterday In spite of the doubled costs of492 words
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Article128 1947-05-01 8 Singapore, .w: m THE former Municipal Engineer, Mr. E H Fulcher, di* d a: hs MWm England, a lew dws Singapore Muni *ipal Mr. L. Rayman. the Munie pal c -V yesterday. codl “was an excell* 't f“ v ll J years service b- 1128 words
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Article65 1947-05-01 8 INDO NESIAN RICE DEARER KIVU i/w BATAVIA. Api. 4 corresjjH view with the A. vopu 5 ent at Jogjak-- stated J Minister Soedarsono during the stay 0 delegation RJ N‘\ o$JB agreed that the 1 n being supplied to increased. Indoi. p been the cheapest most difficult P l0 ;,.;‘a.ie65 words
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Article91 1947-05-01 9 IL r Own Correspondent PENANG, Apr. 27. I announced yesterday i the Government has to rebuild St. George* Penang, destroyed by |e bombs. A public fund r been launched for mlecoration and furnishspecial St. George’s Day held yesterday amid the Irchdeacon Collier apfor money. He said91 words
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Article74 1947-05-01 9 I SINGAPORE. Apr. 24. IK. Walters has asked ■eminent to accept his ■ion as a Municipal iponer, Singapore, fee Chong Jin. of Walters has been appointed to llic Services Salaries ComL and will have to devote ■derable amount of time [meetings of the eommisEFf the next74 words
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Article181 1947-05-01 9 SINGAPORE. Apr. 24. nm v.as granted to Mr. Eu iciov Chincse businessman MHT. by the Chief Justice. m the A foi n ye erd y vhen he tu an Emlif UUon of his i z Ci woman, Mrs. ;n P El 1;, on pounds of her ,n.181 words
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364 1947-05-01 9 SINGAPORE, Apr. 25. Singapore Advisory Council yesterday passed s Q r( |inance to regulate house-to-house and ■collections. It is aimed to protect the public Kf Attorney-General, Mr. E. J. Davies, intro■Us not claimed that this Bill will eradicate the I which it is aimed, he364 words
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Article43 1947-05-01 9 From Our Own Correspondent TAIFING. April 24. Pour armed robbers listened to the pleas of their victim here. They returned $lO of their $4O loot. The robbers were masked Chinese. The victim was Ooi Cheng Siai;, sundry shopkeeper of Krian Hoad.43 words
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166 1947-05-01 9 From Our Own Correspondent. TIPOH, Apr. 23. HE second wife of an Ipoh tin mine labourer was sentenced to death at the Assizes yesterday for murdering her husband’s young third wife with a parang. Mr. Justice Cox added a recommendation for166 words
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269 1947-05-01 9 SINGAPORE, Apr. 24. THE Singapore Ratepayers’ Association has unanimously resolved that the imposition of income tax “before the economic conditions in this country are more normal would be unfair and unwise.” Following repeated reports that income tax may be introduced in the near future,269 words
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Article96 1947-05-01 9 SINGAPORE. Apr. 25. Arrangements are bang made to establish for the first time a Chinese Consulate at Kuching, capital of Sarawak, as early as possible, Dr. Wu Paakshing, Chinese Consul-General. Singapore, announced yesterday. The Consul for Kuching *as not yet been named by the Chinese Government, Dr.96 words
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Article87 1947-05-01 9 From Our Staff Correspondent. IPOH, Apr. 23. JHE Perak Assize Court today held that the Governor of the Malayan Union had r.o power to order a retrial of three Malays sentenced to death by a B.M.A. court for murder. As a result, Hambrin bin87 words
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Article101 1947-05-01 9 From Our Own Correspondent MALACCA, Apr. 24. nURING the past three weeks u over 100 persons have been summoned to the Malacca Police Courts for offences against traffic regulations. This is the result of a police drive against motorists, cyclists and other vehicles in an effort to101 words
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Article287 1947-05-01 9 SINGAPORE, Apr. 25. ABOUT 40 people wore bathing at “Brigihton”—that part of the sea front between Telok Ayer basin and Trafalgar Street—when a Straits Times representative visited the area yesterday afternoon. Our reporter was following up a letter in the Straits Times which complained that the287 words
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363 1947-05-01 9 SINGAPORE, Apr. 24. THE vast field for research in Malaya was referred to in a speech by the Chairman of the Commission on Higher Education, Sir Alexander Carr-Saunders, before a large gathering of Singapore Rotarians yesterday. Sir Alexander said one of the great duties363 words
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Article412 1947-05-01 10 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Apr. 24. UUITH the conclusion of the Plenary Conference at King’s House today, the final recommendations of the Governor, Sir Edward Gent, and the Malay Rulers on the constitutional proposals lor a Federal Malaya are being despatched to the Secretary412 words
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Article96 1947-05-01 10 SINGAPORE. Apr. 25. The Workmen’s Compensation (Amendment) Ordinance, 1947, passed at yesterday’s meeting of the Singapore Advisory Council provides for increasing the alternative limits on th( amount ol compensation to be payable in respect of death or injury. “The determining factor in assessing the compensation is in96 words
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Article87 1947-05-01 10 After the Plenary Conference at Ring’s House the following communique was issued: “The Plenary Conference discussed a report by the Constitutional Working Committee on amendments proposed by the Consultative C h eeseman) Committee and others to the proposal for the constitution of a Federation of Malaya* “The Governor,87 words
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Article142 1947-05-01 10 SINGAPORE, Apr. 25. MEMBERS of the Royal Singapore Flying Club yesterday observed a two-minute silence in honour of those who trained with the Club and took the “long flight” during the war. The President, Mr. F. G. Lundon, told the gathering that the Club142 words
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Article235 1947-05-01 10 SINGAPORE, Apr. 25. Suggestions for an interim legislative council in Singapore to replace the Singapore Advisory Council until a proper legislative council is elected were made by members of the Singapore Advisory Council yesterday. Mr. E. M. F. Fergusson. President of the Singapore Chamber of Commerce, who235 words
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Article46 1947-05-01 10 From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Thursday. Threatened with a p’stol by three Chinese Mrs. M. C. Christian, wife of a conductor on Sungei Burong F.state, was forced to hand over the Jewellery she was wearing, together with her watch and SISG in cash.46 words
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Article91 1947-05-01 10 SINGAPORE, Apr. 25. A TRISHAW rider, Lim Kim Cheng, who was found in possession of an unserviceable pistol and a round of ammunition at an eating stall in Ban San Street on the night of March 19, was sentenced to two years’ rigorous imprisonment by91 words
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Article52 1947-05-01 10 From Our Own Correspondent KLANG, Apr. 24.—Dr. Wu Paak-shing, Chinese Consul General, accompanied by the Chinese Consul of Kuala Lumpur, visited the Sumatran refugees at Pulau Ketam and Port Swettenham yesterday. Dr. Wu announced that the Chinese Government had agreed to give each refugee $l5 in52 words
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Article19 1947-05-01 10 Acting on information on the night of Apr. 23, the Police recovered three Jap rifles at Ponggol.19 words
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Article218 1947-05-01 10 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, April 24Sentence of four years’ imprisonment and fifteen strokes of the cat was passed by Mr. Justice Spenser Wilkinson at the Selangor Assizes this morning on a Chinese, Kan Koo Chai, who was convicted on a charge of holding up218 words
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385 1947-05-01 10 Public Funds To Pay For B.M.A.’s Def ault Council Questions SINGAPORE I THE question of whether the public fund* r M could be saddled with a liability arising ir or negligence of the officers of a B.M. iw tht *1 liability which he considered belonged toYhn menl was raised by385 words
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208 1947-05-01 10 SINO MALAY RELATIONS ARE BETTER From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Apr. 24. CINO-MALAY relations, disturbv ed just before and after the Japanese surrender, are harmonious again, says Mr. Hsu Meng Hsiang, the Chinese Consul, who is leaving soon to take up an appointment with the Chinese Embassy in India.208 words
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Article108 1947-05-01 10 Efforts are being made J Singapore District Fore the Tudor Players and U borators, to form a ne tion to bring together of the Services interest amateur stage. It is hoped to plays and musical ]y frequent intervals. economically lor a audience. Those interested n s are108 words
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Article, Illustration373 1947-05-01 11 B SINGAPORE, Apr. 24. K, million building with a special central which rises 18 storeys above street level. H vhk will include a dance hall, restaurant, ir( en and over 150 offices, will be built for the Co., Ltd., Singapore, at the junction Hinlayson Green and373 words
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Article124 1947-05-01 11 1 HpUnnt'fi British Prisoners »ar Association, of which ■fr.m l r l Untb itten is President. H, Permanent premises K a l:n S.VV.I. Bph SOc>i tion has recently Bwm“ a(VlV e Far East Section, Bho e tv, 0 make conta ct with BfV>’ p wero prisoners in124 words
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Article60 1947-05-01 11 ■he n 'l IKGAP °RE. Apr. 24. B? P.cv' h .s n r°t,^ ln8apore the officers inri U llson spoke to l 0n Mond\Vr ncf S E.AL.F. ■l’ spofco 0 f ening. n the f‘ s experiences l?as intrJduprrt®? occu Pation. t S.E.a lf60 words
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Article221 1947-05-01 11 SINGAPORE. Apr. 24. A 1,000-ton British floating crane is being towed from Singapore today to Hong Kong. The journey will be non-stop. This will be the last lap of a 10,000-mile Journey from London: It has lain in the harbour here for over a month.221 words
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218 1947-05-01 11 SINGAPORE, Apr. 24. SINGAPORE labour organisers expect 35,000 workers to participate in May Day celebrations next Thursday. A mass rally and procession has been arranged by a special “Preparatory Committee of All Singapore Workers,” the chairman of which is Mr. Sze Tong,218 words
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536 1947-05-01 11 SINGAPORE. Apr. 24. INSTRUCTIONS for anti-looting patrols were mentioned in the Fourth Singapore District Court, yesterday, when Major John Burnett, D. 5.0., M.C., Ist Battalion, the Seaforth Highlanders, again appeared before Mr. H. A. Forrer charged with “doing a rash act not amounting to culpable536 words
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Article351 1947-05-01 11 SINGAPORE, Apr. 24. THE 30 years service of the late Mr. M. LI. Wynne is recalled in the The Times, London, of Apr. 16. He served with the Malayan Police, and became an authority On secret societies. Mr. Wynne died from dysentery while351 words
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Article107 1947-05-01 11 SINGAPORE, Apr. 24. A DOUBLE ration of butter will be sold to Singaporeans this week. A butter consignment arrived in the Burnside on Tuesday.. This will be the first butter issue in four weeks. Shipment has been held up by Australian dock strikes. A further shipment of107 words
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Article59 1947-05-01 11 A District Judge from the Malayan Union, Mr. E P. Shanks, has been appointed to take the place of Singapore’s Second District Judge, Mr. r T. Russell, who is going to England on leave. Mr. Shanks was appointed a District Judge in Trengganu In July last year.59 words
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Article212 1947-05-01 12 MALACCA, Apr. 25. A MALACCA BORN expolice officer, Mr. F. Dewitt, has been appointed F i s h e ries Inspector for Malacca. His appointment is part of a Malaya-wide campaign to develop the country’s fisning areas. The campaign accords with recommendations made recently at the Far212 words
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67 1947-05-01 12 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, Apr. 25.—Government workers c;in only Join their own trade unions, which cannot federate with an outside organisation, says an official statement issued today. Pointing out that certain bodies nave been creating the impression that government trade unions wllh outside Jhe statement67 words
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582 1947-05-01 12 SINGAPORE, Apr. 24. AN immediate redress for Indian labour in Malaya in the matter of wages will form the basis of a report to be sent by the Indian Representative of the Government of India in Malaya, Mr. S. K. Chettur, to582 words
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115 1947-05-01 12 SINGAPORE, Apr. 2G. A FORMER officer of the Malayan Forestry Department, who retired from Government service in 1939, was admitted to the Singapore Bar by the Chief Justice, Mr. Murray-Aynsley, at the Supreme Court yesterday. He is Mr. Pj. Johnson, who as 19115 words
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Article62 1947-05-01 12 SINGAPORE, Apr. 24. SINGAPORE Chinese merchants, at a meeting last night, decided to ask the Singapore Government to appoint representatives to go to Batavia in an attempt to break the deadlock in the detention of cargoes of six Chinese vessels by the Dutch. The step62 words
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98 1947-05-01 12 SINGAPORE, Apr. 26. TEN Singapore employees associations will ask Government to stabilise prices in memoranda, which they will In due course draw up for submission to the Salaries Commission. With a view to arriving at a uniform policy in their separate petitions, these Associations98 words
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Article68 1947-05-01 12 PENANG, Friday.—-Two and a half million yards of Japanese textiles have been allocated to Penang for distribution to the public through the various chambers of commerce. The textiles range from drill to shirtings, in thirty qualities, and will be retailed at an average of $1.24 a68 words
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Article121 1947-05-01 12 From Our Own Correspondent KLANG, Apr. 25/ A NEW reservoir is being built by the Public Works Department, Klang, at Buklt Badak, in the vicinity of Subang reservoir at Batu Tlga, which was built 20 years ago. Plans and specifications for the new reservoir were drawn121 words
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Article495 1947-05-01 12 D SINGAPORE, Apr. 26. ECLARING that by the law of Singapore, a strike is a legal weapon if used in a proper manner, Mr. A. P. Rajah successfully moved a resolution at the Municipal Commissioners meeting yesterday that the Commissioners should reconsider a decision which would495 words
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356 1947-05-01 12 SINGAPORE An in I SINGAPORE is spending on education thi r 6 I under $3 (or 7s.) per head of mated at 800,000) in comparison with the £4 \T 1 Britain is spending, Mr. John Eber points *1 memorandum to the Commission on356 words
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Article98 1947-05-01 12 SINGAPORE. Apr fl FISHAW-pcdallers should tested on their road regulations and s :‘> pfl be licensed if they ooiwc S such a test, Jumabhoy, in /he 1 Municipal Commiss o.a ing yesterday. <bo Ution With the total m rickshaws from A* nufl continued increase m ber98 words
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Article481 1947-05-01 13 SINGAPORE, Apr. 28. ■Li >rt wave transmitters will be set up in SingKuala Lumpur shortly, which will ,|,c Malayan radio network, make for BK- linn of Singapore programmes upcountry j u| an expansion of Chinese broadcasts Hhavc been gaining popularity as far afield as Hthcrlands481 words
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125 1947-05-01 13 II SINGAPORE. Apr. *.?8. f-AL survey being plan r Sij gapore will b ific and detailed L of rs in the Colop.piro. k, y r Carr-Saund(%’s, J: Higher Educat who Is also fp- Colonial Oiiice LV Xr lC c nim 'ttcc, made kiv“ 'c125 words
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48 1947-05-01 13 H Pl\’A\r rreSP °n de nt I Penan'/pn£’ Sa < Ur day. f ,llce yesterday H v; s of two babies B S )k lyin D in a H ir -“'onam v b0th i fema le. ■ainrcj al >ty coul fl not be48 words
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126 1947-05-01 13 From Our Own Correspondent MELBOURNE Apr. 27. Australian Customs otncers yesterday seized from the crews| quarters of the Burns Philp steamer Marella 300 motor tyres, a truckload of soap and lour boxes of butter which they allege were intended for Singapore. The Marella, which was126 words
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Article99 1947-05-01 13 SINGAPORE. Apr. 28. A SUGGESTION that a party of n Singapore schoolboys should visit Kuala Kangsar following the visit of a party of Kuala Kangsar schoolboys to Singapore was r.ade by the Colonial Secretary Mr. P. A. B. McKerron when he met the Kuala Kangsar boys on99 words
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Article41 1947-05-01 13 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Apr. 27. THE names of another 17 trade unions which have been registered in the Malayan Union re published in the Government Gazette. This brings the register'd total to 227.41 words
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Article95 1947-05-01 13 SINGAPORE. Apr. 28. THE President of the Malay National Union of Sarawak has sent the following telegram to the British Prime Minister: “We desire to question the accuracy of the conclusions set forth in the statement issued by the Governor-General after his recent visit to Sarawak95 words
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Article87 1947-05-01 13 From Our Own Correspondent. JOHORE BAHRU, Apr. 27. A POLICE ambush of a heavily- armed robher gang on the Kota Tinggi Road on Saturday resulted in six arrests and the seizure of a Sten gun, two automatic pistols and two revolvers. So completely was the gang87 words
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Article576 1947-05-01 13 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Apr. 27. lEADING planters In Selangor declared today that the Indian Agent, Mr. S. K. Chettur, Lad only told half the story in his report on working conditions of Indian labourers in Malaya. They were referring to Government disclosures in576 words
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Article497 1947-05-01 13 SINGAPORE, Apr. 28. TO avoid delay in carrying out the university scheme, 1 the Government of Malaya should take the initiative by donating substantially towards the university fund. This view is put forward by Mr. Lee Kong Chian, chairman of the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce, in497 words
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2036 1947-05-01 14 tells of the working man’s angry surprise T.nndon at the new tax on cigarettes...of the dwindling anks of fhe “rich”...of how subsidies had LcttCT evented in f lation a,ld of tbe belief that From Our Own Correspondent LONDON (By airmail). D R I2,036 words
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Article310 1947-05-01 14 SINGAPORE, Apr. 26. “TODAY we salute again the courage and self-sacnto 1 the Australian and New Zealand soldiers of 1915« wish their descendants and countrymen peace, prospa and happiness.” n The Australian Commissioner for Malaya, Mr. u Massey, read this message from the Governor-General, Malcolm MacDonald,310 words
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Article157 1947-05-01 14 THE Malay National j Sarawak, in a Secretary of State for the v 1 protests against, a <*■ a? lowering the national i Irawak held at Kuching' Friday. In the protest, n which was sent rw of Sarawak. Sir the M.N.U. of San. ••We have the h157 words
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Article43 1947-05-01 14 FOR S V5 M Malayan seconded for duty boon wak Constabulary oViV x>pointed to act by the Governor o ir .tJ Mr. Maxwell. 0CcuPjduring the J»P; lJS t returned to MjdJ. ll C hiel was appointed Officer, Kedah.43 words
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Article298 1947-05-01 15 O f rom Our Staff Correspondent H KUALA LUMPUR, Apr. 29. 4( j j or m ore wharves at Port Swettenham Wrn* serious congestion and delay has occurred, V. V urff ed by Mr. W. G. C. Plunn. the PrcsiC the annual meeting of the298 words
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Article154 1947-05-01 15 Apr. 30. K Mi s$ J amilah M Mr. B. A. J.- M a.van Law B M’.s. Mallal, and adt r i S °n Of H. AbdJoicader i. i ceremony on F'/ tjI ldc "s home in large number B '■'•>') women. H to dinner tr,i n Monday,154 words
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Article205 1947-05-01 15 SINGAPORE, Apr. 28. rE Carr-Saunders Higher Education Commission considered it reasonable for past graduates of the local colleges to be represented on the council of the future university of Malaya. This was reported at the annual general meeting of the Stamford Club (association of Raffles College205 words
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Article72 1947-05-01 15 From Our Own Correspondent KLANG. April 30.—Three hundred Japanese surrendered personnel are still working as mechanics and fitters at the Connaught Bridge depot of the Malayan Railways. They live i n a camp at Bcverlac estate. Before the war, this central supply depot was at72 words
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Article128 1947-05-01 15 Parcels To Britain SINGAPORE, Apr. 30. NEARLY 23 tons of food parcels, costing approximately $60,000, have been sent to Britain from Singapore in the past six weeks. A special clerk is provided by the Imports and Exports Department, Singapore, to deal with the128 words
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Article48 1947-05-01 15 An official announcement published in Melbourne states that Major R. K. Hardwick, of North Borneo, has been mentioned in dispatches. Major Hardwick was lent by SR.D. (Services Reconnaisance Detachment) to the 9th Division. A.1.F., which recaptured Tarakan, Labuan, Sarawak and North Borneo in June, 1945.48 words
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Article157 1947-05-01 15 The annual general meeting of the Singapore Bar on Apr. ~6 passed this resolution: “That this meeting of the Bar of the Colony, being strongly of the opinion that the delay in enacting the promised legislation relating to payments made and obligations incurred in Japanese currency during157 words
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Article64 1947-05-01 15 From Our Own Correspondent. KUALA LUMPUR, Apr. 26. MALAYAN railway workers and Government employees of Selangor today entertained Mr. M. P. Rajagopal at a tea party in honour of his appointment as a member of the Malayan Union Advisory Council. Mr. Rajagopal, who is 28 years of age,64 words
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Article369 1947-05-01 15 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Apr. 29. THE Government of the Malayan Union has decided to wind up the Tin Buffer Stock Scheme 1938-1939 by distributing the sum of $215,803 together with interest at two per cent, per annum from Nov. 19, 1942369 words
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Article216 1947-05-01 15 SINGAPORE, Apr. 30. CLAIMING that the Govern- nvnt has failed to observe the terms of a contract by which it agreed to pay RafYles College graduates employed as teaches a graduate allowance of $5O a month, the Singapore Teachers Union has petitioned the Governor, Sir Franklin216 words
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Article283 1947-05-01 15 From Our Staff Correspondent Kuala Lumpur, Apr. 29. “WE must look to the Govern- ment to use the strongest measures to protect the victims of political agitators who, serving no interests but their v.wn, are posing as leaders and intimidating labour into the worst forms of283 words
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Article153 1947-05-01 15 SINGAPOKE. Apr. 28. An event of some considerable interest in the continuity ol Malayan mercantile history took place on Saturday with the reformation of the board of Guthrie Co., Ltd., in Malaya, following the re-registration of the company here. Guthrie and Co., was established in Singapore in153 words
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Article45 1947-05-01 15 SINGAPORE. Apr 27. 1. BUNTIN, Assistant Traffic Supervisor of Ships. Slngap rt Harbour Board, was acquitted without being caller upon to make his defence at the Singapore Fourth District Court yesterday. Dr. C. H. Withers-Payne appeared for the defence.45 words
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728 1947-05-01 16 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Apr. 29. AN attack on the Government for “trying to run our business for us and making a costly mess of it was made by Mr. VV. G. C. Rlunn, the president, speaking at the annual meeting728 words
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Article212 1947-05-01 16 SINGAPORE, Apr. 30. As2o-million scheme for a university of Malaya has been suggested by leading educationists in Singapore to the Commission on Highei Education instead of building and equipping a new university, which would cost about $lOO million. The $2O-million plan would result in a saving212 words
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Article51 1947-05-01 16 From Our Own Correspondent MUAR, Sunday.—An 18-year-old Chinese attendant in the Muar public restaurant, Lim Ah Kim, was sentenced by the District Judge, Che Hamid bin Mustapha, to two months rigorous imprisonment for theft of a coat, a pocket watch and $3.50 in cash from a fellow51 words
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351 1947-05-01 16 SINGAPORE, Apr. 23. CONGRATULATIONS to the Straits Times and Sunday Times on their achievement of a circulation of more than a million a month were extended at the week-end by representative citizens in Singapore and the Malayan Union. Several people declared that they had never351 words
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Article294 1947-05-01 16 SINGAPORE, Apr. 30. Amazement and hurt” at the silence of the Secretary of State for the Colonies on a letter concerning claims for ex-servicemen and exinternees, sent to London lasi. August, was expressed by the War Prisoners’ (Singapore) Association, yesterday. At a special committee meeting294 words
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Article108 1947-05-01 16 From Our Stall Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, April 29. Malayan Airways state that th e ir daily internal air services will not start on May 1, as originally intended. The services have been postponed owing to a delay in the arrival of additional aircraft liom Britain through circumstances108 words
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Article379 1947-05-01 16 From Our Own Correspondent I KUALA LUMPUR Dr I CONSTRUCTION of Malaya Command K:I ters in Kuala Lumpur and three other hiul projects, now in progress, wiH cost $1,700,000 1 The Headquarters, which are expected, J $340,000, are being carved out of a hillside of? 1379 words
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Article104 1947-05-01 16 SINGAPORE^ IRISHMAN in Sin eS l ji last night at the K‘ gocie and reconstituted tne St. Patrick, which i functioned in 19™. t iun di It was decided tl cumulated f ron J. jiould al d K, available toi cnu.i g rJj All Irish people104 words
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1325 1947-05-01 17 SINGAPORE, Apr. 29. |l( \L developments might lead to an increase I the present United States strategic reserve of ton s of rubber, which to observers, seemed Liall indeed, declared Mr. F. J. Kemlo, chairman ■Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Asso- at yesterday’s annual general1,325 words
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Article179 1947-05-01 17 SINGAPORE. A or. 29. 1 THIRTY-FIVE Maharattas 1 who have been trained at the Singapore Police training school at Changi have been drafted into the Singapore Harbour Board Police. From today they will strengthen the force in its fight against looting and other crimes in the179 words
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252 1947-05-01 17 From Our Own Correspondent IPOH, Apr. 27. ANEW offer has been made by the management of the Perak Hydro-Electric Power Company to its employees who have been on strike for more than a fortnight. The offer states that if the employees return to work, the252 words
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Article384 1947-05-01 17 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Apr. 27. THE news from Ipoh that workers on 252 estates in 1 Perak have presented demands to their employers has not surprised Kuala Lumpur. The United Planting As sociation of Malaya is keeping in close touch with the situation384 words
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Article259 1947-05-01 17 consumption. Straits Tim«*s copyright. From Our Own Correspondent LONDON. Apr. 27. rHE TIN Study Group meeting at Brussels, says the Economist, did little more than estimate production and consumption for the coming years, and establish a secretariat. This was as expected. The establishment of aconsumption. Straits Tim«*s copyright. - 259 words
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Article109 1947-05-01 17 WASHINGTON. April 27—The supply of tin available to the U S A. during 1947 will piobably not exceed 69,000 tons. This figure is given in a report 1 v the U S. Government agency. Civilian Production Administration Sim a is expected to release for109 words
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Article607 1947-05-01 18 SINGAPORE, Apr. 28. DAFFLES College scored an eight wickets win in the 13th annual cricket match against the Medical College which ended on the Raffles Padang yesterday. After dismissing the M.C.U. side in the second innings, Raffles College was set an easy task —that of making607 words
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Article180 1947-05-01 18 SINGAPORE. Apr 28 (P.R.C. beat R E. by 12 runs on the padang yesterday. Scores were: Scores are:— SRC. iO. Clarke b Johnson 3 F Chopard st Blake b Kite 7 |D. Ross b Johnson 19 J. de Sou/a lbw Johnson l P D’Almeida lbw180 words
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Article117 1947-05-01 18 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Apr. 26. ANCE again H O. Bennett was topV scorer for the Selangor Club in a match against the Army today, which ended in a draw. Bennett’s breezy innings ended after he had scored 43 runs. G.F. Cooke and117 words
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Article237 1947-05-01 18 SINGAPORE, Apr. 29. IN a keenly contested soccer match played on the Padang yesterday, the Star Soccerites beat the S.C.C. by the odd goal in three. The score was 1—1 at the interval. The Soccerites settled down soon after the start and opened accounts in the237 words
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Article20 1947-05-01 18 The Chinese Swimming Club drew with the Y.M.C.A. at billiards at th e club on Friday.20 words
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Article76 1947-05-01 18 Irom Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Apr. 26. AFTER enjoying territorial superiority n for most of the game, the Indian Army beat the Malay Regiment onenil in the Army Week soccer friendly plavrd at Taylor Road today. The result was a surprise, as the Malay76 words
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Article145 1947-05-01 18 MALAYA’S suggestion for the 111 formation of a Paolfie of Eastern zone in the Thomas Cup, of the Davis Cup of badminton,’ has now become an accomplished fact. The proposal was put forward by Malaya before the war, but naturally had to be poetponed. It was145 words
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Article267 1947-05-01 18 JOHORE BAHRU, Monday. The St. Andrew’s Old Boys* Association were beaten, in spite of their sporting declaration, by five wickets and 14 runs, in a game of cricket against the Johore Cricket Club, at Johore Bahru yesterday. Capt. Roberts gave a breezy display, which was mainly267 words
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Article223 1947-05-01 18 BANGKOK, Apr. 27. THE Chinese football team from Singapore which is visiting Bangkok has won two of the three games which it has played against local teams, the other resulting in a draw. The team, which arrived last Thursday week, opened on the Saturday following223 words
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Article164 1947-05-01 18 A GOOD bowling performance by Ranst v R ,fu Apr ill wickets for 18 runs, enabled the S r?™ A.M.D.G.W. by the small margin of three run to finish on the Padang yesterday. ns ln a n Batting first, the S.C.C.’ were ail Pearson164 words
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136 1947-05-01 18 From Our Own Correspcrtl KUALA LUMPUR, Apr! A DISPUTE over a perakJ to rough handling ot I feree by some ot the M Depot playens in their against the Telecommunicil in the second division cf 1 league on the Blail Read pJ this evening.136 words
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Article142 1947-05-01 18 From our SUIT <Pj£«j! PAR IT BUNATAR. AP Although the league in Krian has ed, Krian soccei ia.is treated to some g during the Iasi mont Krian Rovers played se side teams. r0T( The Rovers have imp he) great deal, and aie l t ing side142 words
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Article34 1947-05-01 18 SIX rtMV From Our Own ™J r 4pr 8EREMBAN. Bungel Vjon fine bowling took 6 wick* h r »jv runs, beat the iV j in a cricket m yesterday.34 words
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1596 1947-05-01 19 I c rom Our Own Correspondent I LONDON, Apr. 24. B h which many of his listeners describe as BTmaking”, Mr. F. D. Ascoli, chairman of the ■r rowers’ Association, told members at their ■-Ltimr today that administrative control of fcry “must pass1,596 words
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Article110 1947-05-01 19 SINGAPORE imports of manufactured goods ia3t month totalled nearly twice the amount for February for both this Colony and the Malayan Union. The Singapore figure for March stands at $92,327,146 compared with the Union and Colony February figures combined ot $49,366,214. The total imports for110 words
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Article156 1947-05-01 19 From Our Own Correspondent. LONDON, Apr. 27. /COMMENTING on the speech of the Chairman of the Rubber Growers Association, Mr. F. D. Ascoli, in London, last week, the News Chronicle City Editor congratulates Mr. Ascoli for discussing “awkward facts.” He characterises as an “awkward tact” the156 words
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Article424 1947-05-01 19 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Apr. 24. IN the board room of one of the biggest mining companies today a whole day meeting was held between representatives of mine owners, delegates from mine workers trade unions and the I \r Commissioner. The meeting was424 words
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Article67 1947-05-01 19 From Our Sta'T Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Apr. THE Malayan Union Government has approved the floating of the Malay National Hanking Corporation Ltd., with a eapital of $2,000.01)0. The head office of the bank will be temporarily at No. t»3 Kl.vnc Street, Kuala Lumpur, and Che Ma’arof67 words
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Article1141 1947-05-01 20 Weekly Market Review By A Market (Correspondent SINGAPORE, Saturday. QUOTATIONS were well maintained and the turnovei in the Malayan markets during the past week soowed improvement. Industrials provided the bulk of the business, and Dollar and Australian tins also shared in the activity, but rubber shares1,141 words
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Article33 1947-05-01 20 Outputs of tin ore for the quarter ended March 31 were: Malayan Tin Dredging Ltd. (one dredge working) 131*4 tons, and Southern Malavan Tin Dredging Ltd. (two dredges working) 317*4 tons.33 words
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Article464 1947-05-01 20 SINGAPORE, Apr. 26. THE end of last week saw an improvement in the rubber market on the somewhat doubtful news that synthetic production would be seriously hampered by the destruction of Monsanto Chemical Works, the most economical producer of styrene, an essential in the manufacture of464 words
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Article112 1947-05-01 20 15 P.C. Dividend B y Rajah Hitam Company’s ifyj T HE Ri».)an Hitam Cr, Ltd. are to p a f 5 per cei ‘t- makingV 1 for the year This [l r 4 at the annual mm r ***1 h Twu s hel at KuJiSI $10,000 to the b gree:1112 words
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Article668 1947-05-01 20 SINGAPORE. 29. SINGAPORE share quotations today. as given by the Malayan Shareholders’ Association, were as follows: INDUSTRIALS Buyer Seller Alex. Brick (O) 2.10 2.25 Alex. Brick (P) 3.20 3.35 B M. Trustee 8.25 9.00 Consolidated Tin Smelters (O) 20/6 22/do (P) 26/6 28/Eastern United Assurance 42.00 44.00668 words