The Straits Budget, 15 May 1947
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The Straits Budget
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Title Section30 1947-05-15 1 The Straits Budget THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES (SBTABLXSBKD OVER A CENTURY) Hpiies No. 41 Singapore, Thursday, May 15th, 1947 Price 40 cents (S-S. Currency) Or 1 ah.30 words
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Advertisement62 1947-05-15 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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Article999 1947-05-15 2 —Straits Times. May 8. If agency reports from Washington are correct, the International Emergency Food Council’s discussion of rice allocations for the second half of the year is going to be lively. The Council’s Rice Committee has recommended that India, China and the Philippines should not be—Straits Times. May 8. - 999 words
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Article842 1947-05-15 2 —Straits Times, May 9. Singapore Traction Company employees who had been on strike for almost 15 weeks returned to work yesterday after having decided to accept the recommendations contained in the report of Mr. Justice Jobling, who conducted an inquiry into the dispute between the men—Straits Times, May 9. - 842 words
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Article948 1947-05-15 2 Tim** This week’s setback In the Singapore rubber market when the price dropped two cents a pound was received with an undue amount of concern. Certainly this price movement was startling in view of the long period of steady improvement with only the slightest downward movements, butTim** - 948 words
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Article953 1947-05-15 2 —Straits Times, May 12. Today marks tne sM gapore’s greatest war to introduce coD 0 of safety i nt0 the stf streets. And ne c plv needed diive more de s )era hp l' m ec^ this hectic aye, hen progress has so the means of—Straits Times, May 12. - 953 words
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Article953 1947-05-15 3 —Straits Times, May 13. The two communiques which the Dutch authorities have issued on the situation in Indonesia make very depressing reading Blame for the failure to implement the Linggadjati Pact is placed, of course, on the Indonesian Republic, which is charged with not being willing—Straits Times, May 13. - 953 words
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Article853 1947-05-15 3 —Straits Times, May 14. Agitation against the Societies Ordinance took a new and rather interesting turn this week when 12 political and quasi-political bodies come into the open at the eleventh hour to demand, in line with the Malayan Communist Party, the repeal of the Ordinance. These—Straits Times, May 14. - 853 words
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Article144 1947-05-15 3 HINDMARSH. To Joy, wife of J. H. Hindmarsh, Malayan Police, a daughter, Linda, on the Bth of May, 1947, at the Johore Baharu Hospital. DESKIN—At San Francisco Calif or. nia to Verna Esme’; eldest daughter of Mr. Mrs. I.E. Andersen Temiang Renchong Estate Muar; Johore on April 20th a144 words
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Article47 1947-05-15 3 GRAHAM—CURTIS. On Friday 9th May 1947 at Penang, Robert Stewart Graham, youngest son of the late James Anderson Graham and Mrs. Graham of Dumfriesshire. Scotland to Philippa Curtis, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Hargraves of Melbourne. Australia and formerly of Kuala I iimpur47 words
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Obituary48 1947-05-15 3 DEATHS Cannell Albert, ape 50, passed away after an operation in London on f)th May, 1047. Late or Municipal Architect and Ihilldirp Surveyor’s Department. Singapore. ANGELL. Irene Grace beloved wife of Francis Leslie Angell died in Westminster Hospital London, on May 11, 1947. Mourned by all her friends.48 words
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Article, Illustration1778 1947-05-15 4 DATO; ROLAND BRADDELL - By DATO ROLAND BRADDELL else they gained by westernisation I have always felt that the Chinese suffered a great cultural loss when they Europeanised their furniture and neglected their own arts and crafts. Since the old Chinese family-house was of a typo* wh ch has imw1,778 words
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Article259 1947-05-15 4 SINGAPORE, May 14. A MESSAGE of thanks and good luck has been given to the outgoing Assistant Trade Union Adviser, Singapore, Mr. S. P. Garrett, by the Malayan Amalgamates Chinese Engineering Union. Mr. Garrett, who recently resigned from his post, is shortly returning to Great Britain.259 words
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155 1947-05-15 5 3»riCE that the term M ing 'c Chinese” is still Hned in veiir correspon■column, but in v.ew of gmitish Foreign Office ae- concerning Ch.nese H subjects under the K Dual Nationality, j quote below, we noW kiiow exactly how sub'cctA com abroad, K pa'rerjs. or155 words
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Article104 1947-05-15 5 ■E ghosts, admittedly, Hre r.ebu!"U' ti nd shadowy Htions from a dead past, Bing the present for evil Hoses, we may safely igHtk muttering* of “CharHhans Ghost.” ■the first place. GO per cent. He present tenants of SingaHjouses are actually trespassHi the property they occupy, ■can104 words
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Article101 1947-05-15 5 |N view of the fact that we are to have a university here, to be followed by self-govern-ment, I suggest that all of us, whether we are Europeans, Chinese, Malays, etc., who were born in Malaya or who intend to make Malaya our home, declare ourselves Malayans, and101 words
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Article85 1947-05-15 5 RE your article on ‘‘Samsams the actual Malay meaning of the word is “mixture of blood.” Nobody is directly referred to as “Samsam” in speaking or writing, for it is an unpopular berm. The so-called “Samsams” are proud of their Malay nationality and, without exception, profess the Islamic85 words
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Article156 1947-05-15 5 OIAM has now been admitted 3 into the U.N.O. and the re-establishment of her Consulate in Singapore has also been announced in the press. This shows that, probably after fulfilling her obligations as an ex-enemy of Britain, Siam’s diplomatic relations with the Empire have been brought back156 words
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Article135 1947-05-15 5 YOU could be much worse off, under the Japanese or German power, couldn’t you Charlie Chan’s Ghost? It is only common decency, (law or no law) to return to the rightful owner a house belonging to one who has helped to free you. Be fair please. Wouldn’t you135 words
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Article67 1947-05-15 5 rE Committee of the Singapore Ratepayers Association in opposing Income Tax state: “It would be a crushing burden o n the salaried community, the majority of whom were now spending over their Income and dipping into their savings.” It would be interesting to know how the Committee oan reconcile67 words
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Article223 1947-05-15 5 IAM sure many young men of 24 to 27 years of age with English education, who cannot find employment in commercial or Government offices, would like to join the Police Force. As, however, the age limit has been fixed at 24 years, many have been debarred223 words
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Article115 1947-05-15 5 ONE of the biggest causes of bribery in the police is the gambling racket called Chap Jee Kee. It has been going on since the liberation. It has ruined many people’s lives, and it will continue to do so if it is unchecked. One reason why the115 words
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Article258 1947-05-15 5 THERE are two simple alter- 1 natives to Income Tax which do not seem to have been at all considered publicly. I should like you to draw your readers’ attention to them. As for myself I can see no valid reason why they should not replace the258 words
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216 1947-05-15 5 IHAD occasion to visit the Chinese Swimming Club at Katong a few days ago. The scene there was reminiscent of those cheerful and happy prewar days. The gathering of Chinese men, women and children indulging in swimming, dancing, eating or gossiping, amid a delightful216 words
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Article187 1947-05-15 5 OPERATION Bloodsucker appears to be proceeding according to plan. My short wave radio tells me that: (a). Britain has contributed relatively more to UNRRA than any other country. Over seven hundred millions in fact. (b>. Britain is to reimburse Officers of the Indian Army and Civil Servants losing their187 words
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Article79 1947-05-15 5 THE Soviet Union will not forget the Chinese because they contributed their share when the U.S.S.R. were fighting five years ago to overpower Fascism,” said Miss OJga Tchetcherkina in Singapore on May Day. May I ask her, whether that is the U.S.SR.’s way of expressing gratitude, when it79 words
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Advertisement42 1947-05-15 5 AT /.EAST, AS GOOD AS THE GEST 'ONT!MENTAL QUALITY/ r 1 WITH WHISK r IN SHORT SUPPLY, THIS SPECIALLY MATURED brandy offers A HEALTHFUL and INVICORATINC SUBSTITUTE GUARANTEED 5 YEARS OLD 5 S7»ff PH aversion;;,/ mUM JPT.n rn H¥Ca*Aa*A rfo 11 ■—M42 words
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Article888 1947-05-15 6 A Malayan Countryman’s Diary rlERE is some news about birds to report from the du.su n. I feel sure that it was a Shama which I heard sing-1 ing in the heavy scrub opposite my house. This is one of the thrushes. It is a888 words
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Article73 1947-05-15 6 SINGAPORE. May 13. The Assistant Trade Union Adviser, Singapore, Mr. S. P. Garrett, who recently resigned his post, said yesterday that he expected to return to England within the next few weeks. The Governor, Sir Franklin Gimson, said on Saturday that, although in Mr. Garrett’s case a73 words
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Article258 1947-05-15 6 SINGAPORE, May 13. SINGAPORE may be linked with the outside world by a multi-channel radio hook-up i n the not too distant future, said Gen. Leslie Nicholls who arrived by air in Singapore yesterday. Gen. Nicholls, former Chief Signals Officer to General ‘lke’’ Eisenhower is now258 words
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Article117 1947-05-15 6 SINGAPORE. May 13. On Sunday, on the eve of the Sa‘ety First campaign, Singapore’s accident figures were abnormally low There were seven accidents in which three adults and one child were injured, none of them fatally. A accident in which a twelve year old Chinese boy117 words
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204 1947-05-15 6 DECLARTNP th- 1 *u j- SINGAPORE, May 13. ELLARING that the ordinance as it stands is a serious infringement of the right of free association twelve political quasi-political and other bodies required to apply oi registration or exemption under the Societies Ordinance by rhursday sent204 words
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Article238 1947-05-15 6 SINGAPORE, May 13. THE Governor, Sir Franklin Gimson, has appointed to the Singapore Advisory Council for the first time since the resumption of civil adminis t rat ion a representative from the salary-earning class, Mr. Thio Chan Bee. Mr. Thio Is a senior master at the Anglo-Chinese238 words
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Article103 1947-05-15 6 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, May 11. In a statement issued yesterday, the Price Controller remarks that it has not been sufficiently stressed that the recent increase in the price of petrol and oil on the west side of the peninsula has been accompanied by a103 words
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Article452 1947-05-15 6 SINGAPORE Mav to A MESSAGE of loyalty and congrituhV 1 King and Queen on the tenth anniversa nt coronation was broadcast by the Governo r 11 Malaya, Mr. Malcolm MacDonald, last niJu ra| The King and Queen, and the Princeli ed home to London from their452 words
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Advertisement19 1947-05-15 6 "uoa 1 .I MAPRO’S CHICKEN Now »vall« b,e Sole Ag^ ts K. LEE SAN 2 Market Street. #i Telephone19 words
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Article81 1947-05-15 7 I «i\(i \l*OHK. May 10■llv by Qantas Coire Airways at the rfflviiK beat base has R.ijved ihe distinction I he first local-born t( hold an Australian ■[round 'engineer's licence. 35-> ear-old Abdul If who trained at the Innient Trade School and L ipro-engine experience fh« R81 words
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Article168 1947-05-15 7 I SINGAPORE. May 9. ■DAPORE Chinese textile Merchants are considering lures to avoid a flooding le Malayan market with goods from China which IcaU'e competition detrilal to their interests. I Chinese Textiles Sun■Importers Union, to which Htading Chinese piecegoods Biants in Si?.gapor e belong, to introduce168 words
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Article101 1947-05-15 7 B i'ifh N APORE Mav 10. rlss E'nn,'v‘ l a::00|K r Arthur nonthV Aas sentenced to t ov ’n r Jf or °U 8 imprison--1 C Goh d f i Ma st rate i 61 brp'G?! vSU rcJ ay for CHI' ru «t in respect fiery.101 words
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Article314 1947-05-15 7 I SINGAPORE, May 10. I Federation of Trade Unions has sent a petil SlI 7 dip Governor of Singapore, Sir Franklin Gimson, pronounce the “Federation” a legal body. W 11 IIV t U has been an illegal body since May 1 along P hl t 50314 words
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Article192 1947-05-15 7 A.P. HONG KONG, May 9.—Affidavits presented today at the war crimes trial of Col. Nakano Junichi, Japanese prison camp commandant in Formosa, said that Lt. Gen. A. E. Percival and other high ranking British and American officers had been made to work as goatherds and wereA.P. - 192 words
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252 1947-05-15 7 Labour Exchanges Find Work For 27,000 In S’ pore SINGAPORE, May 10. A TOTAL of 27,726 persons out of 74,828 who registered at Singapore labour exchanges up to the end of April have found work through these organisations. An average of 130 is still being registered daily. Labour in Singapore252 words
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Article70 1947-05-15 7 SINGAPORE, May 10. A Base Ordnance Depot near Alexandra Road. Singapore, has reported the loss of five Bren guns. Thirteen Sten gung previously reported stolen have not yet been recovered. The Singapore C.I.D. are conducting further investigations in connection with the recent seizure of 1,095 hand70 words
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Article, Illustration216 1947-05-15 7 SINGAPORE, May 10. THE large wooden spoon awarded in pre-war days to the “awkward squad” of the Singapore Volunteer Corps and which survived the Japanese occupation was in its accustomed place at the Beach Road Headquarters last night when the Mess re-opened after a216 words
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Article49 1947-05-15 7 During the week ending May 3, -her e were 175 deaths in Singapore. compared with the p.evious wc-.k’s total of 177. The chief causes of death were tuberculosis 24, pneumonia 25 enteritis 13. Tho infantile rate was 79.10 per thousand as compared with 109.24 of last week.49 words
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Article157 1947-05-15 7 SINGAPORE, May 10. MASS meetings on a PanMalayan scale will be held by non-European employees of the Governments of Singapore air; the Malayan Union on May simultaneously at their respective centres, to approve a proposed memorandum to the Secretary of State for the Colonies on157 words
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217 1947-05-15 7 SINGAPORE, May 9. ALTHOUGH five Singapore Municipal Labour Unions will be registered this week, the application of the Federation of Municipal Labour Unions has been rejected, the Singapore Registrar of Trade Unions, Mr. A. Adams, told the Straits Times yesterday. The Federation of Municipal Labour Unions217 words
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Article388 1947-05-15 8 MILLION DOLLAR FILM ON S’ PORE riNEMA-goers all over the world will see Singapore V at their local theatres in asl million film now being made at Universal-International studios in California entitled “Singapore.” The film will include authentic aerial “shots” taken over Singapore and scenes which the film company has388 words
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51 1947-05-15 8 Miss F. Pestana, Senior Staff Nurse, General Hospital, receiving her card of commendation from Singapore's Governor, Sir Franklin Gimson, at Saturday’s ceremony at Government House. One hundred and forty-seven people received cards of commendation for work done for the British cause during the war, in the occupation and after the51 words
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Article178 1947-05-15 8 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, May 11. Government may nx minimum prices lor “Irec” butter, which is now selling in the Union at prices which arc nearly twice as high as those of fresh butter issued on special ration curds. Traders who attended178 words
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Article131 1947-05-15 8 SINGAPORE, May 12. A DECISION by 12 associations to send a joint petition to the Colonial Secretary asking for the complete repeal of the Societies Ordinance, was made at a meeting held at the Malayan Democratic Union, yesterday. The meeting was sponsored by the Putera (Malay131 words
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Article58 1947-05-15 8 SINGAPORE, May 11. A CASHIER formerly employed n by the Yang Yek Hokal Union at Prinsep Street, Singapore, 30 -year-old Tain Khang, appeared in the Second Police Court yesterday on a charge of criminal breach of trust in respect of $1,885, sometime between May 1 a rd May58 words
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Article341 1947-05-15 8 SINGAPORE, May 12. THE Burma Government representative to the South-East Asia Liaison Officers Rice Conference, Mr. A. M. Thomson, said yesterday that there had been no deliberate attempt to export inferior rice from Burma to Malaya. Mr. Thomson, who is leaving by air for Rangoon341 words
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193 1947-05-15 8 OINGAPORE will not have an elected legislative council -for ■u h p? e lnre Sa d ,he Governor Sir Franklin Gimson at a Press-conference at Government House yesterday. n r!l ft or d nce P rov 'ding for elections'had been sent to the193 words
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Article415 1947-05-15 8 l :ut ;‘t a mon htB v.seU sa ury scheme 'mU bfing suomiitwi b v ,kS na Clerical SmiL\® 111,11 to the Salaries <y® sion. “"M Tlie proposed scheme akl vides tor allowances holding qualifications m graphy and typewritin. commercial l.c c s>9i book-keeping and account*415 words
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Article38 1947-05-15 8 From Our Own <>" p KUALA UTMPW- REVOLVER and ammunition at ffl detectives in a 1 Kuala L t in the outskirts ot .v, a .surf pur last night f° llo^. 01 raid Four Chinese38 words
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119 1947-05-15 9 sinuAPOHE. M.ty 9. U- ■Singapore'* elation Inns received T the Governor, Sir H]:!i Gi:n.sen. that "the ques- r European B-ai-.Vcliir.tKrs received the tin* Sub Com the Advisory B.P and the Council later a mint ndations B Association wrote to the ir* April urging that,119 words
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Article78 1947-05-15 9 SINGAPORE. May 9. IN'GAPORE rubber broker, William Herbert Day, was a decree nisi against e Aer.es Elizabeth o:: the grounds of alleged l 0: in October. 1941, in the ?cre Div °rce Court, yesterwhich was undethe parties Presbyterian a P ore in August, daughter n.airiage. a’S78 words
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Article52 1947-05-15 9 a o 1X1 ;,,T: s Pondent 1 o Th( wellt- Mr. Ng Sui inated by the the Chinese u:iutc c and the British AsI representative r *■< t-tif ment Advice place of Dr. v ho resigned ntly for p nominee on is Dr. Lee a mem,an52 words
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Article233 1947-05-15 9 I mill Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, May S. pF\('„MLNT has begun in two Government „knts in the Malayan Union where staff m ule redundant” as a result of action taken fo" administrative economics, the Straits Times affected are the Price and Fond where economies have233 words
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Article99 1947-05-15 9 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, May 7. In March. 100.000 lien eggs and 80.000 duck eggs were expoitcd to Singapore from Johoie for i hatching at 16 and 14 cents each i respectively. This lact is disclosed in the March report ol the Livestock99 words
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Article60 1947-05-15 9 SINGAPORE. M y 9. Because of material discrepancies in the prosecution story, the Singapore Distrct Judge. Mr. Paul Storr, yesterday acquitted a Singapore detective, John Song, without calling on his defence on three charges of attempted extortion and three charges of assaulting a Chinese timber merchant in August60 words
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Article127 1947-05-15 9 SINGAPORE, May 8. Tv\IL\E hundred Singapoie 1 ractiun Company employees will return to work today alter a strike ol nearly 15 weeks. Yesterday, following the ctipt of a letter from Mr. A. Ewing, General Manager of the Company, giving details of h iw he intend 'd implementing127 words
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Article140 1947-05-15 9 SINGAPORE. May 9. ABOUT 250,000 fo:d parcels have left Australia for Britain in the last few weeks. This mammoth despatch is expected to overcome a situation which has provoked thousands of complaints about the non-delivery of food parcels ordered from Australia. Many such complaints have been made140 words
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Article271 1947-05-15 9 SINGAPORE. May 9. PIE Singapore Coroner, Mr. W. G. Porter, yesterday commended a Chinese youth and a policeman for disarming an amok who had killed a cyclist and wounded a trishaw rider with a Japanese Sumarai sword at Upper Chin Chew Street on Feb. 25.271 words
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Article201 1947-05-15 9 SAFETY ADVICE TO ROTARY SINGAPORE, May P. THE chairman of the Singapore Traffic Advisory Committee. Mr. T. H. Stone, addressed the Singapore Rotary Club at its luncheon meeting on Wednesday on road safety. Reminding the members that Rotary International had urged clubs to form Safety First committees, Mr. Stone said201 words
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Article238 1947-05-15 9 “Safety First” In S’pore SINGAPORE, May 8. GIV E thousand car stickers and 4,000 strip posters in four languages will stress the cause of road safety in Singapore when Safety First Week begins on May 12. Nineteen cinemas, including all the first run houses, are screening238 words
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Article196 1947-05-15 9 SINGAPORE. Mny 9. THERE are no grounds for sug- gesting to the Government 01 L dia that it should charter ships to carry to India any Indians in Malaya who wished to go home, raid the Representative of the Indian Government In Malaya, Mr S.196 words
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Article76 1947-05-15 9 THE Singapore Government 1 collected a total of $42,000 in fines imposed by the courts on those who violated price control regulations during April. A total of 77 piculs of rice, rice sweepings, and damaged and broken rice, valued at about $2,000, was confiscated. Also confiscated76 words
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Article124 1947-05-15 9 SINGAPORE, May 9. The Assistant General Secretary el tli* International Student ,S rvice and World Student Relief. whose headquarters are at ‘Genova, left Singapore for Siam yesterday. Mr. M. S Adiscshiah thanks I the teaching stall and .students the two colleges in Sin. up124 words
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Article255 1947-05-15 10 From Our Own Correspondent PI NANC, May 7. A ROYAL Air Force reconnaissance plane and a company of Lurkhas joined Penang and Perak police in a combined 21-hour search for (he kidnapped Province Wellesley towkay, Mr. Kee Hup Hor. The operation, which started at 8255 words
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Article146 1947-05-15 10 From Our Own Correspondent AI .OH STAR, May 7. ATHOUSAND-DOLLAR reward has been offered by the Kedah police for information which might lead to the arrest of four Japanese for the attempted murder of a police party. Th P police had gone to Payamcrgkupng Village, in146 words
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Article35 1947-05-15 10 From Our Own Correspondent ALOR STAR, May 7. A three-ton lorry carrying 400 gallons o! latex overturned at a road bend on Scarborough estate on Saturday afternoon, killing one man and injuring another.35 words
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Article133 1947-05-15 10 SINGAPORE. May 8. TWELVE Japanese are being held in Singapore in connection with the beheading of 19 Allied men by Japanese sailors in Singapore. The b heading took place between April 1945 and the Japanese capitulation. Japanese irom tin? Seietai Naval Bus? behead*d ;our AiiU'nan airman.133 words
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Article141 1947-05-15 10 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, May 7. THE Penang Municipal C om missioiKTs. at a special meeting held in committee ve t rdav, decided to make an ex-gratia payment in full to the Municipal stall. Payment will be based on the recent Malayan Union Government circular,141 words
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Article92 1947-05-15 10 SINGAPORE. May 8. A number of well-know a Malayans were among the 110 oassrVigers who left Singapore by ;he 20.000-ton Nederland Line luxury liner Oranje f r the United Kingdom yesterday. Among them were Mr- J. Calder, former Acting Governor of North Borneo, and Mrs. Calder.92 words
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227 1947-05-15 10 SINGAPORE, May 8. THE mother of a 21 year old Chinese named Goh Teck Chua. 1 who heard her son sentenced to eight years and 12 strokes of the rotan in the Assize Court yesterday, screamed from the public gallery: “My son is innocent! This227 words
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282 1947-05-15 10 SINGAPORE, May 8. REPRESENTATIVES of (he Singapore Municipality labou- rers will meet on Sunday to discuss what action to take against the delay in making known the result of the inquiry held into their demands during their recent strike. “Nearly one-and-a-half months have passed, and282 words
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Article176 1947-05-15 10 SINGAPORE, May 8. j IJIGHT Indian merchants who passed through Singapore yesterday on their way to Colombo will lodge a strong protest to the Netherlands Government when they ar.ive. The protest will be against the Batavia customs officials i who seized from them gold and jewellery valued176 words
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213 1947-05-15 10 Lower Prices In L and Market Predicted sINGAPOKk v I COKEIGN capital is being invested in ihc 6 I of land in Singapore, according t„ Hock Chye, an authority on and valuer „i i ,1 Mr. Cheong feels that when the 1 lifted the value of landed properties in Simv-213 words
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Article141 1947-05-15 10 SINGAPORE Mavji A EUROPEAN who had mail cl: ::1 a job as the master of a sbl was yesterday hr. d $10 by Fourth Si'* gap r 0 Police Man trate. Mr. H. \V. Nighti:J yesterday. 1 The European was Arthur wa d Mulo'. desoribtd as 1141 words
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Article108 1947-05-15 10 SINGAPORE. May 8 i The Singapore Coroner, Mr. G. Porter, yesterday returns verdict of murder acaius. masked Chinese gunmen without obvious motive, eme house at the seventh mi 4 Yio Chu Kang Road, and dead a vegetable gardens The gardener was M Hock, 21. The murder was108 words
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Article42 1947-05-15 10 rlivr 11 rjE^ rres pondeJ From Our Owt C° 1 i j SEGAMAT. Ma. f. selll'.'g a ganwng of p cents above the 1 Mohamed bin Lay( y dealer of Tenang pi ri fined $75 by the SMm Judge today.42 words
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Article273 1947-05-15 11 I SINGAPORE, May 9. In V-oiie cases containing 1,095 hand grenades, a ontaining 38 sticks of gelignite and about 1 1 ,1 of small arms ammunition ha\e been P, r oU1 j l Singapore C.I.D. in the last 48 hours. K °V C. !’>•273 words
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Article311 1947-05-15 11 SINGAPORE. May 8. t va»i Communist r it# that the t-iCj Government j I nquiry into j rest on Kedah S v,.:. iv. >ntli o: relative B K ia*h occurred vk cu Dublin Estate, c t>u :ud fir.. killing one i r g five. [>311 words
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Article100 1947-05-15 11 SINGAPORE. May a. THE new 9,000-ton Klanveness Line vessel Castleville has arrived in Singapore to resume the company’s Trans-Pacific Service. Under the command of Capt. P. Haraldsen, the Castleville, which was built in a Norwegian shipbuilding yard, is on her maiden voyage. She has brought100 words
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Article94 1947-05-15 11 SINGAPORE, May 8. SINGAPORE will be getting more pigs from the Malayan Union this month. The Government of the Malayan Union have informed the Singapore Government that the monthly export quota of pigs to Singapore has ben increased from 3,500 head to 5,000 head as from94 words
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Article126 1947-05-15 11 SINGAPORE, May 8. U7ILLIAM HUNT Co., a large American firm, operating in the Far East, hope to open a branch in Singapore in the near future. Mr. Martin Gold, the executive vice president of the company left Singapore yesterday by plane t.r Shanghai, after examining126 words
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Article291 1947-05-15 11 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, May 7. THE Malayan Union Labour Department is ready to establish employment exchanges in all the big towns throughout the Union. With the approval of the military authorities, it will also take over labour exchanges at present run by291 words
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204 1947-05-15 11 SINGAPORE. May 9. FORTY-TWO Chinese godown labourers in Singapore dissatisfied with an average wage of $16 a day signed an agreement yesterday which conceded them extra pay and other benefits. The labourers returned to work last Sunday after a 10-day strike. Thp agreement204 words
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Article226 1947-05-15 11 SINGAPORE, May 8. THE Government is now con- sidering the amendment of the Societies Ordinance, which will give a different status to political parties, said the Singapore Registrar of Societies, Mr. E. C, S. Adkins yesterday. Mr. Adkins was confirming the report which appeared in the226 words
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Article195 1947-05-15 11 SINGAPORE, May 9. WHILE making his defence at the Assize Court yesterday, a District Court interpreter, Sivanathan, who was charged with being in unlawful possession of a .38 revolver, fainted in the witness box. He was soon revived by members of the court staff and continued195 words
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Article98 1947-05-15 11 SINGAPORE, May 8. About 200 neople watched three sharks, estimated to be 12 feet in length, cruising within 30 yards of the sea wall at Katong and near the Singapore Swimming Club yesterday morning This is the second time in the past three days that sharks98 words
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Article86 1947-05-15 11 SINGAPORE. May 9. A former member of the R.A.F, and prisoner of war in Japan, Chua Teng Hwa was yesterday fined $2,280 by the Third Police Magistrate, Mr. K. M. Byrne, for storing 1,390 quart bottles of N.A.A.F.I. beer in his shop at Serangoon Road without a86 words
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Article297 1947-05-15 12 Prom Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMI’UR, May riK secret societies were declared unlawful today by the Governor, Sir Kdward (jent, "ho look action under the recently enforced Societies Ordinance. The societies concerned are know n to use a I na< ritual, or Triad emblems. I hey297 words
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Article154 1947-05-15 12 SINGAPORE. May 10. SEVEN dozen tubes of morphine, aeh cont aining 24 ahlet i, were lecovered by the Pr» ventive Branch ol the Singapore Customs Ir in two houses in Singapore in the past week. They are part of stocks believed to have been stolen and154 words
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Article67 1947-05-15 12 .SINGAPORE. May 1(1. A rice loan to North Borneo and Sarawak, was approved by the I.E.F.C, .sub-Committeo on rice at iUs meeting in Singapore yesterday. It will give these territories their minimum requirements, and is to come out of the June allocation to the Philippines. The67 words
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Article209 1947-05-15 12 SINGAPORE. May 10. j FOLLOWING the departure ol the Governor, Sir Franklin Gms n. on home leave on May 17, the Colonial Secretary, Mr. P. A B. McKerron, will be officially installed as Officer Administering the Government of Singapore. The ceremony will take209 words
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Article92 1947-05-15 12 SINGAPORE. May 10. Charged with being m unlawful possession ol 1,095 hand grenades, three Tamils and two Chinese appeared before Mr. H w. Nightingale- in the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday. They were remanded m police custody until Monday The offence was alleged to have taken place92 words
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Article146 1947-05-15 12 SINGAPORE. May 10. EIGHT thousand Japanese sen rendered personnel in j Malaya will bo repatriated by two Japanese-manned ships expected in Singapore within the next fortnight. The shins are the Daiier Marti, expected on May 15 and the C’horan Marti, due on May 22.146 words
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Article63 1947-05-15 12 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG. May With the reopening of the school term yesterday, two schools moved back to their old premises. They are the Hutching-s School and the Government Commercial Day School both of which have returned to the Hutchings School building in Farsuhar Street. Thus, the63 words
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Article97 1947-05-15 12 SINGAFORE. May 10. THE Singapore Joint Wages Commission win hold its third meeting in Singapore today, aurt er.pects to be reaav to near cral evidence in the near future. The Commission has received a ma*& oi evidence from Government departments and private firms. About 40 firms97 words
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360 1947-05-15 12 SINGAPORE, May 10. TEN thousand local civilian employees of the Army, Navy and Air Force Services in Singapore are to send a memorandum to the respective London Ministries to ask for better conditions of service. At a meeting last night, they elected the Combined Services360 words
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157 1947-05-15 12 .SINGAPORE, May 10. ON behalf of the 4,000 locally recruited members in the Singapore Government service, the Junior Civil Service Association is considering asking Government for a high cost of living allowance on the same basis as that recently sanctioned hr Municipal employees. Government157 words
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Article290 1947-05-15 12 From Our Staff Correspondent 1 KUALA LUMPUR m I MALAYA is to have a representative on ih c p'j lfl team of experts which goes to Japan at th J of the month to assess factory plant, machin *.j industrial equipment for reparations. tr?l290 words
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Article96 1947-05-15 12 SINGAPORE. May l! Raffles institution ow b Association will hold theifi annual dinner ana da*iv the liberation at t.ic Ai>n.on Friday. June 6. For the first time u toiv of the Association, ik will be able to their guests. i \\e.l-"‘> 1 cfl j association will !i96 words
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Article72 1947-05-15 12 SINGAPORE u ,.J Sir Han H r J President of th' I the annual I the Club yes|< 1 The .c I bearers elected-. i. I Messrs. Chua t I Choon Lecn 1 Robert Tan o p .1 vary: Mr. J T I Treasurer: *,1- vs; I Committee72 words
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Article398 1947-05-15 13 SINGAPORE, May 12. 1S.M of the Singapore Government’s policy in I vi various commodities to be exported to countries but not to India, was made by it Jumubhoy, chairman of the Singapore Indian f,... 0 f■‘commerce, at the annual general meeting I chamber held in Singapore on398 words
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79 1947-05-15 13 11 ks °f nre inn Wlth three °ut- to th? 2 f ln one case reported ent of hi Hotel wL r V as to ou tside the P cXL* motor cycle was second aSe Was caus^d. r a of! Watering 2?" to of79 words
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124 1947-05-15 13 SINGAPORE, May li. MR. T. H. Stone is leaving Singapo.e by air on Wednesday and travelling via Sydney he will go to America as Governor nominee of Rotary District 80, which includes Indo-Chiua, Siam, British North Borneo and British Malaya, at the Rotary International Club124 words
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Article94 1947-05-15 13 From Our Own Correspondent. Klang. May 11.—Following the official visit of the Governor of the Malayan Union, Sir Edward Gent, to Kuala Langat district recently, the proposal to close the District Office at Cepang is under the active consideration of the Government on economic grounds.94 words
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Article170 1947-05-15 13 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, May ITHE training school for 1 nurses set up in Penang recently has proved so suecessful that “graduates” are being sent to Kelantan and other Malayan centres where there is a shortage of nurses. The new system provides tor a170 words
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67 1947-05-15 13 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, May 10. THE Malayan Union Government 1 has gazetted an order to the effect that no condensed milk will be allowed to be moved out of the Union. This follows the discovery, made a few weeks ago, that67 words
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Article183 1947-05-15 13 From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, May 11.—A meeting of representatives from the Junior Civil Service Associations in Muar, Kluang and Johore Bahru met at Batu Pahat, yesterday, with the object of forming a State association. The meeting adopted a resolution to form a Johore Civil183 words
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Article264 1947-05-15 13 SINGAPORE. May 9. A former chairman of the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce, Mr. Lim Keng Lian, has been appointed Vice Minister of Overseas Affairs, by the Coalition Government of China. The Minister of Overseas Affairs is Mr. Liu Wei Chih. The appointment was confirmed264 words
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Article217 1947-05-15 13 From Our Own Correspondent MELBOURNE, MAY, 10. WHY,” asks the Melbourne Herald, “has "Federal Cabinet decided on war memorials in Canberra, Darwin, Port Moresby and London but not in Singapore, principal city of the area in which Australian servicemen made their greatest sacrifice in the Second217 words
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295 1947-05-15 13 SINGAPORE, May 11. QPPORTUNITIES for young men in Singapore to be v given air experience by flying in R.A.F. aircraft are afforded by the Malayan Air Cadet Corps which has just been formed at Kallang airport. Once preliminary organising work is completed the295 words
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Article103 1947-05-15 13 Mr. M.H. Wood and Mr. D.A. Fyfe have been appointed to be cadets, Malayan Civil Service. Mr. C.H. Wood and Mr. J.B. Fraser Smith have been appointed to be cadets, Malayan Customs Service Mr. J. Duncan has been appointed to be an engineer and ship’s surveyor, Marine103 words
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Article127 1947-05-15 13 A meeting which will launch the Malayan Association the Union counterpart of the Singapore Association—is to be held in Kuala Lumpur Town Hall on Thursday. May 22, at 5.30 p.m. The purpose of the meeting is t> receive the rep rt o: the organising committee,127 words
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1595 1947-05-15 14 T rwirlrkM tells of worsening food....of syndicalist strikes....of births rehearsed....of those who would rather smoke than eat .of Letter. bare “midriffs”....of toffee apple fortunes yes— From Our Own Correspondent LONDON (By airmail). THERE is nothing quite so pleasing about postwar lii in Britain as1,595 words
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Article250 1947-05-15 14 SINGAPORE, May 13. PIE President of the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Lee Kong Chian, yesterday urged that disused burial grounds should be made available for building. Mr. Lee pointed out that such land would provide space for the erection of thousands of houses.250 words
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Article73 1947-05-15 14 rom Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Monday.— The Malayan. Union Government is consideiing *hc formation of a central organization to consafety fi rs t campaign on a Malayan wide basis Selangor’s safety lirst campaign, originally scheduled for tins week, has been postponed as tne question73 words
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Article489 1947-05-15 14 Burnett J udgment May 21 “I u justified in .1, ys 5 S I took i n the circS* 1 declared Majo> D.S.O., M.C. at v," B lion of his trial in < ’.u 0Et t° pore Fourth District* yesterday, in w ;,j c n dieted on a char"? 15489 words
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Article67 1947-05-15 14 SINGAPORE. May jj JHE <* 1 pore and TIU Union do not intend the decision already regard to back official statement night. is adv “The Govcrnna'i. that the claims J r 53 y S cannot be p v Colonial Secret.a: •...lenientMcKerron. in —c Letters have Junior Civil67 words
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Article449 1947-05-15 15 f SINGAPORE, May 11. ■COME lax may be introduced in Singapore I from Jam nex J’ car sa *d the Governor, L Franklin Gimson, at a Press conference at lernniciit House yesterday. Thi< tar get date was necessarily provisional, he ft, 1 "We cannot449 words
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81 1947-05-15 15 our Own orrespondent ■i LLMITR. May 10. than 2.000.000 ciga|Bette>. valued at over ■oil. are reported to have stolen at pistol point out- Kuala Lumpur yesterday, ■e cigarettes, from supK in Kuala Lumpin', were IHjiied fur agent< in Malacca. |Href lorries loaded with ci■ttes left81 words
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Article85 1947-05-15 15 ■cording tlie* driven, *h?y ordered by the gunmen to their vehicles onto a rub- d:iver> were forced of! the lorwith their attendants, were bti'ia > me numbers of tire gang stood th*. drivers report, other drove the 1 cries away. canister.' kept guard for an hour85 words
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Article82 1947-05-15 15 ■’J T P. u T r ,n Correspondent I n K LALA LUMPUR, May 10. K? tRS lor M a i a y an Union Government treasury bills of Pe m°nths tenure have been [iu:: by the Financial SecreItvJS! 1 Union t0 the exat the ra82 words
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74 1947-05-15 15 D Li\f S l- N r? AP0RE May 11. n K A NG UAN the Sinwil° has been fit to 1 V, h°,r ht nese Governf Aiiaf r V Mmistei 01 Over|^vB!S 5d »y air to had not yet do- post. 1 r n0u to74 words
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Article95 1947-05-15 15 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, May 10. A 1,000-pound shark, measurn in* about 15 feet in length, was caught by Chinese fishermen off Telok Kumbar yesterday morning. The fishermen found it trapped in their net and after a two-hour struggle succeeded in hauling the shark95 words
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Article178 1947-05-15 15 SINGAPORE, May 11. CRIME statistics compiled by the Singapore Police show that during April there was an allround increase in arms seizures, ranging from automatic pistols to Sten guns and from hand grenades to a bomb and a shell. Forty persons are ssow under arrest178 words
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Article133 1947-05-15 15 From Our Own Correspondent IPOH, May 10. WARNING that Malaya could not be sure it would escape another slump, the causes of which this small country certainly could not control, was sounded by the Resident Commissioner, Ferak, Mr. A. V. Aston, when he spoke to Perak133 words
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215 1947-05-15 15 SINGAPORE, May 11. SINGAPORE'S trade union advisers of the future will be locally recruited men who have been sent to Britain for a special course of training, said the Governor, Sir Franklin Gimson, yesterday. The Government had written to the Colonial Office asking for215 words
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255 1947-05-15 15 From Our Own Correspondent MALACCA. May 10. AN ambitious plan to cultivate nearly 600 acres of land on the socialist collective rarming principles adopted in the U.S.S.R. has been adopted by the Permuda Melayu Malaka which has a membership of 1,000. The plan was255 words
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Article320 1947-05-15 15 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, May 10. STRONG denunciation of the attitude of the Malayan Union Government towards civil liability was expressed by several speakers at today’s annual meeting of the War Prisoners (Malayan Union) Association. Mr. T. E. Conaghan, of Penang, referring to a320 words
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162 1947-05-15 15 SINGAPORE, May 11. NO scheme for the “nationalization” of public transport in Singapore was being considered by Government, said the Governor, Sir Franklin Gimson. at his Press conference yesterday. Tne question of whether any private transport company should be allowed a monopoly of certain162 words
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Article38 1947-05-15 15 SINGAPORE, May 11. MORE than l.ooo rounds of small arms ammunition has disappeared from a military dump at Kranji. There were no traces at the depot to show how the ammunition was removed.38 words
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Article323 1947-05-15 16 SINGAPORE, May 12. President of the Malacca Chinese Chamber of Commerce writes to correct the report which appeared in the Straits Times of May 9 saying that officials of the Chinese and Indian Chambers of Commerce had received no complaints by Malacca merchants of “squeeze” attempts by323 words
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Article79 1947-05-15 16 From Our Own Correspondent PARIT BUNTAR, May 13.— Two Banjarees charged with the murder of a Chinese merchant whose body was found buried beneath coconut palms at the edge of a padi field were yesterday committed tor trial at the Assizes. The accused, Awang bin Kasire79 words
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439 1947-05-15 16 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, May 10. PVE Englishwomen, working in Government offices in Kuala Lumpur, and living together in an old Chinese house in the suburbs, have now had nine exhilarating days with a poltergeist, a ghost who throws things or causes439 words
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105 1947-05-15 16 By Our Chines* Correspondent Recovery of the $50 million “free rfift” which Geneml Tomoyuki Yamashita forced out of Singapore Chinese soon after the Japanese invasion has been suggested by several wellknown Chinese. The proposal put forward by them also advocates that this money be used105 words
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Article220 1947-05-15 16 SINGAPORE, May 14. rE Malayan Democratic Union will not apply for either registration or exemption from registration, the M.D.U. informed the Colonial Secretary, Mr. P.A.B. McKerron, in a letter yesterday. The M.D.U. told Mr. McKerron that it holds the view that registration or exemption220 words
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Article207 1947-05-15 16 0.. 4 SINGAPORE, May 11. N the eve of Singapore’s Safety First week, the Traffic Police Department yesterday announced an all-time high for the total number of road accidents during April at 568 of UrVllnlt 1 K 1 l l of which 15 proved fatal.207 words
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Article777 1947-05-15 16 SINGAPORE \i a I rE Singapore Registrar of Societies, y\ r E *1 I said yesterday that the response of societi'‘ Government’s order for the re-enforcement of V? to V ties Ordinance was “extremely satisfactory he Applications for registration or exemption 1 Ordinance, and notifications from pre-war777 words
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Article159 1947-05-15 16 SINGAPORE, May ll QUEEN’S Scholarships I 1946 have been awarl To Mr. E. W. Barker and! Ho Yuen, and a Queen’s lowship to Mrs. M. Knigbtl Mr. E. W. Barker will stfl Law at Cambridge University J He is an old boy of Raffles! stitution and. in159 words
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Article74 1947-05-15 16 «»irl liC® THE registration a” ing of trishaw ride begin on June for licences niu>t tr person at the Benco inspection yard. Following the is f uin L° till cation forms. > t given a time and (i test which will compn-e Control of the si74 words
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Article355 1947-05-15 17 Frirni Our Own Correspondent PENANG, May 13. I thousand labourers on Dublin Estate, Karan- s<0 pped work yesterday Kedah Federation of Trade Unions claims time-limit for five demands on the manage- j re ,l yesterday. However, the manager of ■ate. Mr. R.S.C. Herring, denies having355 words
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Article136 1947-05-15 17 °RE B^R i ,r TS Mmd nt•ai h c S U Ma y 11.— 8 a sent I 0 ls at Present i! was s 1m 01 flve t>f five yen's C t ed w° another »f sent°n,. a 0 begin tr om irUins T( ;r136 words
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Article186 1947-05-15 17 SINGAPORE, May 14. AMERICAN cigarettes have been available in fair quantities in Singapore in the past two days, while British cigarettes, aftei being in very short supply o.i Monday, improved slightly yesterday. Customs officials told the Straits Times that an issue of American cigarettes had186 words
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Article200 1947-05-15 17 SINGAPORE, May 13. POUR large anti-aircraft guns were found in Bukit Timah by a party of police from the Criminal Investigation Department yesterday afternoon. The guns, which were obviously placed there by the Japanese during the occupation, appear to be in good condition and200 words
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Article140 1947-05-15 17 SINGAPORE, May 14. Sentences of five years’ rigorous imprisonment, each were passed on flv P India n Muslims by Mr. Justice Jobling at the Singapore Assiz?s yesterday. The accused were, A. Abdul Razak, N. M. Habib, Ibrahim Shah Mohamcd Kassim and P. S. Alludin. Abdul Razak140 words
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236 1947-05-15 17 SINGAPORE, May 14. TWO Australian trade union officials, who arrived in Singa-f pore in transit to Batavia last Sunday, will discuss the ban on Dutch shipping in Australian ports when they arrive in Batavia. TT Mr. M. Healy, Secretary of the Queensland Trades Hall Council,236 words
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332 1947-05-15 17 SINGAPORE, May 14. SINCE the re-occupation Singapore seemed to have been afflicted with a fever of hurry and rush in every walk of life, said the Chairman of the Traffic Advisory Council, Mr. G. M. Coltart, in a Safety First broadcast, from Radio Malaya332 words
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433 1947-05-15 17 SINGAPORE, May 14. rO fatal accidents marred the first day of Singapore's Safety First Week on Monday evening. Altogether there were twenty accidents. The first of these accidents, described by the police as “callous,” took place near the tenth milestone, Bukit Timah Road,433 words
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Article80 1947-05-15 17 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, May 12 The dismembered body of a telephone repairer of the Posts and Telegraphs Department, an Indian named Palaniappan, was discovered by the Kuala Lumpur police this morning along the railway line near the Salak South police station. Parts80 words
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Article498 1947-05-15 18 SINGAPORE, May 13. THERE was no reason why Singapore should not have a first-class modern stadium catering for all branches of sport, said Singapore Amateur Athletic Association delegate Mr. F. C. Cooke last night. Mr. Cooke, Johore’s representative, was speaking at the general meeting oi the498 words
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Article239 1947-05-15 18 SINGAPORE, May 1" The Singapore Cricket Club easily beat the 223 Base Ordnance Depot in a cricket match on the Padang yesterday. Pearson was in fine form for the S. scoring 42 runs. His innings included four fours and two "sixers.' For the 8.0. D. Wijeweera.239 words
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Article237 1947-05-15 18 SINGAPORE, May 11. Rt! l.» Joii. a c* Union, meeir'o Singapore Cricket Club on the Padang yesterday, took the honours in a drawn game. 10 Batting first the College scored 125. Barker making 27. When stumps were drawn the s.u.t/. I had lost seven wickets for237 words
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Article204 1947-05-15 18 THE Johore Cricket Club beat the Muar Cricket Club by 109 runs at Johore Bahru on May 9. For the J.C.C., Moore (78 not out) and Roberts (71) put on a fourth wicket partnership of 122 and were responsible for the big score. Rodrigo,204 words
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Article302 1947-05-15 18 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. May 10. FAST scoring by the Victoria Institution's opening batsmen enabled the School to beat the Selangor Club oy nine wickets today. The Club batted first and. after Gillespie had scored 30 and Phillips 16. declared at the interval with302 words
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Article122 1947-05-15 18 RAF. Seletar beat 1st. Batt. Sea-fm-th Highlanders bv five wickets at Seletar. scores being; SEAFORTIIS Maclagan C. McEwan b Shea 12 Bradshaw lbw b Buswell 4 Newby b Buswell 9 Gloag C Wellings b Shea 9 Davidson st. Mewitt b Shea 3 Smith st. Mewitt be Shea 3122 words
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Article86 1947-05-15 18 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. May 7. The Selangor Amateur Athletic Association is very much in favour of the proposal for a Pan Malayan Sports Federation. The annual meeting of the Association held here tonight unanimously passed a resolution calling on the president to write to86 words
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Article170 1947-05-15 18 Combined Cnangi cricket team has won its last eight matches. Of a total of 21 played, the sido has now won 14. Bates and Harding are leading the batting averages, with averages of 43 0 and 38.5 respec lively. Major Smith has taken 36 wickets170 words
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Article262 1947-05-15 18 JOHORE BAHRU, May 11. Thi Singapore Chinese Cricket Club beat the J|hore Cricket Club by six wickets here today J.C.C. J. G. Price run out 13, R. Van Schoonbeck run out 1. A.B. Barthelet b Thiam Siew 45. Capt. M.W. Roberts Ibw Dr. Swee Law 7.262 words
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Article322 1947-05-15 18 S’pore Selangor Eurasians Draw SINGAPORE ,\i a I THE two-day cricket match between the I 1 Recreation Club and the Selangor ended yesterday in a draw. Urj 'G The game, played on the Padang, Was th I between the two Eurasian teams to be played !l gapore since the reoccupation.322 words
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Article141 1947-05-15 18 nORTY-FlVE Australia' t horses arrive in this afternoon aboard tn ship Chupra from ports. They are thu- first importation Malayan turf. The Chupra3j tons of Ge J eral f fru jt. foodstuffs, 425 of u s five potatoes, 150 of 1 birds and three ciates o141 words
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Article561 1947-05-15 19 I SINGAPORE, May 9. loRTAGE of half a million tons in South-East I v rite shipments for the first six months of r is the estimate of the Liaison Officers’ coni' w j, ic concluded its meeting in Singapore ffiHtions by tlie I.E.F.C. totalled 1,300,000561 words
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Article94 1947-05-15 19 JHE Singapore Joint Wages Commission held its third meeting on Saturday, May 10. The Commission has arranged to invite the Trade Union Adviser, the Nutrition Officer, the Commissioner lor Labour, the President of the Municipal Commissioners and the Secretary for Social Welfare, to give94 words
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Article47 1947-05-15 19 LONDON, Monday. Exports from Britain during the first three months of 1947 exceeded by one per cent, the average exports in 1938, according to official statistics. For the final three months of 1946, exports were 11 per cent, greater than the average in 1938.47 words
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486 1947-05-15 19 From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, May 1 u WITH argument ranging far across the statistical arena in the currently universal attempt to assess mid-term rubber prospects, the City has just had a highly interesting and unconventional survey of immediate consumption prospects from Mr.486 words
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Article319 1947-05-15 19 Company Report SINGAPORE, May 14. The Bassett Rubber Co., Ltd. as the result of the Japanese occupation lost 63.74 acres of rubber, the chairman, Mr. W. Anderson, told the annual meeting of shareholders at Pefhang. No adjustment had been made In the property and development account319 words
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Article47 1947-05-15 19 IPOH, Monday.—A young Sitiawan Chinese, Oh Kay Peng, who possessed a copy of the Perak Assistant Food Controller’s rubber stamp, was convicted today on a charge of unlawful possession and intent to use it. Justice Cox Evans sentenced him to three years’ imprisonment.47 words
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Article272 1947-05-15 19 SINGAPORE, May 13. SOME improvement in certain aspects of crime in Singapore is revealed in statistics just issued by the Singapore Police, in respect of crimes during April. The police, however, believe that crime could be reduced still further if the flow of arms entering the272 words
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Article239 1947-05-15 19 4 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, May 12. £STATE workers’ trade unions all over the country are to form into a pan-Malayan body. The object is to unite labour in Malaya, and so form a counterpart to the Malayan Planting Employers Association, which is now239 words
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Article312 1947-05-15 19 SINGAPORE, May 12. TWO loans have been granted to 1 Selayang Tin Dredging Ltd. to meet the estimated cost of rehabilitating the company’s property and plant. This was reported in the directors’ report presented to the annual meeting of the company which was held in312 words
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Article741 1947-05-15 20 Weekly Market Review By A Market Correspondent SINGAPORE, May 10. INVESTMENT inquiry has continued unabated throughout the past week in the local share market and the volume of business transacted has been concentrated almost entirely on local Industrials. Tins were a long way behind in741 words
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Article197 1947-05-15 20 —Reuter. THE report of the directors of the Ampat (Sumatra) Rubber Estate Ltd., presented to the annual meeting of shareholders in th e U.K. showed that the decision of the Indonesian .authorities to devalue the guilder had I produced the sterling value of the company's guilder—Reuter. - 197 words
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Article387 1947-05-15 20 Rubber Market SINGAPORE. May 10. THE New York rubber market which opened on May 1, has proved rather a disappointment, and its effect on the worlds markets has been ou'. of all propoi Lion to the amount of business transacted there, in fact *-he turnover there387 words
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Article382 1947-05-15 20 SINGAPORE vi I DURMA hopes to bring a million more ac 3 I D under rice cultivation next year and Jin million acres in 1949, the Burma Governs rice executive, Mr. A. M. Thomson, told a Times yesterday. Mr. Thomson has been in Singapore382 words
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Article56 1947-05-15 20 LONDON, May 9.-The Pn dent of the B:ard of Trad*. Stafford Cripps, announced j terday the details of a three-* £35.000,000 provisional tr agreement with Poland. Pcland has agreed provisos to order from United Km?d trader? wool, rubber, tin i other raw materials wa £20.000,000 and56 words
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Article687 1947-05-15 20 SINGAPORE. May 13. SINGAPORE s hare quotations to day. as given by the Malayan Shareholders’ Association, were as follows: INDUSTRIALS Bayer Seller Alex. Brick (O) 2.25 2.35 Alex. Brick (P) 3.35 3.45 B M Trustee 8.25 9.00 Consolidated Tin Smelters (O) 21/6 23/do (P) 26/6 28/Eastern United687 words