The Straits Budget, 29 May 1947

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    29 1 The Straits Budget THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES [ESTABLISHED OVER A CENTURY] No- 43 Singapore, Thursday, May 29th, 1947 Price 40 cents (SS. Currency) Or 1 «h.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
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      66 1 The raffles MUSEUM and LIBR^ 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
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  • The Straits Budget
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      T.B: Ideals And Facts.
      886 2 —Straits Times. May 22. In recent months, more and more has been heard on the subject of tuberculosis in Malaya. From this it appears that the country is at last waking up to the scourge that has been undermining the health of the community to an
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      Malaya And The Olympics
      811 2 Strait Timss. May 23. On Tuesday, in the Singapore Council Chamber, the Singapore Olympic and Sports Council was born. Like any new-born infant, it had a noisy beginning. Ten minutes after the meeting had opened a delegate was on his feet protesting against the proposed name
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      A Peninsula Pointer
      1021 2 —Straits Times yj At its congress in Kelantan a few days ago the United Malays Nationalist Organisation decided to send a delegation to'visit the Indonesian Republic, in response to an invitation from President Soekarno. and it is probable that this delegation will be headed by Dato Onn
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      Facing Rubber Realities
      921 2 I—! 1 mu's. May 26. The most serious setback H Malaya has suffered since ■11 liberation has been the Singapore rubber nSB this month. At the end olBI the rubber price was aroun®S§ cents per pound: last SatBi it was under 30 cents. Thuj®| value of Malaya's
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      Tin Prospects
      902 3 —Straits Times, May 27. Blade tl u ustr y have I last ;p last few ■‘WlniV 11 H S. Lee B ts in r;f ll 'e Chinese K ns oV*",;* 1 at the R w c ganger, i• Sembilan dj v Si. u' n; on the ■N his
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      Save Your Money
      977 3 —Straits Times, May 28 This month’s fall In the price of rubber has caused many to settle back to try to take a wider and more general view of world trends In an attempt to discover, if. as many vociferously proclaim, rubber’s fall was due to a
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    “STOP LUXURY BUILDING” URGED
    150 3 From Our Own Correspondent MALACCA, May 24. »pHE Malacca Municipality will have to wait for the Union Government to take the initiative in controlling Luxury building, stated the Municipal President, Mr. E. V. G. Day. at a meeting of the Commissioners this week. Mr. Day was
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    REWARD FOR WAR SERVICE
    287 3 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, May 27. rO Malayans have been honoured by His Majesty the King for the part they played in the war in Malaya. Mr. J. K. Creer, of the Malayan Civil Service, has been awarded the O.B.E. (Civil Division) and Mr.
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  • PERSONAL
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      BIRTHS
      87 3 DANARAJ. To Winifred, wife ol T. J. Danaraj a son on 23rd Mav. 1947. at Kandang Kerbau Hospital. HOPE-FALKNER. To Diana (ret* Hazlerigg), wife of Mr. R. E. HopeFalkner of the Malayan Police, at Kuala Lumpur on 24th instant, a son. John Alexander. Both well. (Hong Kong papers please
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      ENGAGEMENTS
      79 3 The engagement Is announced between Lieutenant de Valsseau Durival only son of M. Mme. Durival of Kermalvezin, Carnap, France and Mary Monica Klnloch, youngest daughter of Mr. A Mrs. Victor Klnloch, Bagan Pasir Estate, Telok Anson. Perak. LIM —OEI The engagement took place on 18.5.47 between Mr. Lim Ewe
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      MARRIAGES
      101 3 FORREST—EVANS. At St. Andrews Cathedral. Singapore, on 1 fith May 1947, Major Angus Forrest. Royal Marines*, to Elizabeth Margaret Evans. SETH—O’DONNELL On Tuesday. 20th May 1947, at the Assumption Church. GOWRAN (EIRE). Kenneth Alfred Soth, younger sot; of the late Emile Louis S«*th and Mrs. Seth of 75. Grange
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    WE HAD A GOOD RAT CAT...
    1112 4 A Malayan Countryman s Diary HEFORE the war rats were a nuisance in our house. We had a good rat cat, but he was, it is believed, made a meal of by a Chinese squatter living nearby. Other cats pro* cured wouldn’t look at
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    M.D.U. LEARNS HOW TO VOTE
    108 4 SINGAPORE, May 25. Til L Malayan Democratic I'nion had a lesson in how to vote yesterday. The Union has already announced that it will contest all possible s-ats when Singapore’s first elections come along, and a good crowd turned up to see a demonstration by
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    MILITARY DRIVER BLAMED
    180 4 SINGAPORE, May 28. THE Singapore Coroner, Mr. W. G. Porter, yesterday recommended that a military lorry driver, Sepoy Nek Alam, be charged for negligent driving. Mr Porter was inquiring into the death of a Japanese P.0.W., Iwai Yoshitake, who sustained fatal injuries as the result of a
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    ACQUITTED OF TYRE THEFT
    94 4 From Our Own Correspondent SINGAPORE. May 28. After four prosecution witnesses had given evidence at the Assizes yesterday against three Chinese charged with tyre theft, the Judge, Mr. Justice Bostock Hill, acquitted and discharged the accused. The men were Tan Yee Wah, Kim Hock and Lee
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    AIRMAN FACES SIX CHARGES AT ASSIZES
    278 4 From Our Own Correspondent 1 ILiFrpn A t LU h MPUR May 24> to have caused the death of six persons in a motor accident at Batu Road on Boxing Day, last year. Aircraftman Frank Joseph Sayers, pleaded guilty at the Selangor Assizes yesterday
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    Judge Refuses To Accept Allegations Against Inspector
    506 4 Malacca Traders Find y From Our Own Correspondent MALACCA \i .^1 TWO Malacca businessmen were cross-examined ay by (he Deputy Public Prosecutor, Mr. D B^Vr* 1 an allegation made in their evidence that the (ViH Inspector, Malacca, had invited them to his hon*
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    BANISHMENT PREFERRED TO GAOL
    161 4 SINGAPORE. MayH A REQUEST that banished instead mg a term of was made by Low to Mr. Justice Assize Court yesterday. H Low and another Chinese. Bl Wee Cheng, were eight years' rigorous ment and 12 strokes of the i®| for having committed exto®| Low told
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    FAREWELL TO DOCTOR
    115 4 SINGAPORE. May Dr. W. A. Balhetcbet, post-war President of tr,e apore Recreation c uo. popular member of the community, sails tor Eo? long leave at the end month He will be accomp* by his wife and iamny- H An officer of the Go’/en* Medical Service in Sn
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    O.A.G’s STAFF
    62 4 The Officer Gov:rnment ol b f ap pfl p A. B. McKerron ha.^ M'. W. H. to c ipt J rtrivatp secretarv < tofl M. Speirs. Royal Signals. M Aide-de-camp- b^fi Thp following noint°d Honora cjpH to the O.A (i. B a tenden' of Pol < p Goodrich.
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  • STRAITS TIMES POST-BAG
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      Doctor Dashes T.B. Patients’ Hopes?
      301 5 ■peecti o! nr. MacEr .*> P n r f'S KL, .iieeunrr of the ■LL Advisory Board K v yav id- ions dashed Kr'of tens of thouV&;im< of tuberculoH their sympathisers in •ha, :lie Government Baeklt ’-he problem by special hospitals Hiatoriunis at main cenV population.
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      The Chinese Flag
      172 5 pHE war has brought in its train the political awake ning of the masses, which, for good or ill, is undoubtedly a sign of the times. Unfortunately, labour troubles are usually accompanied by political agitation, and, as the majority of the labourers are Chinese they use the
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      Unofficial Majority In Council
      297 5 TINOFFICIAL Majority in U Legislative Council” reads! well as a news headline until it is realised that it in no way means an elected majority but is the old story, so familiar to India until recently, of the Government taking back with one hand what it
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      More Books Wanted
      104 5 r[E present Raffles Museum Library is quite inadequate to the needs of the culturally and politically awakened Singapore of to-day. We need a library at least three times the present size. At the moment there is only a handfull of books on sociology, politi- cal, science, economics
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      ‘Subs’ To Japs
      138 5 IT is said that claims for money taken by the Japanese Military Administration cannot be entertained by the Malayan War Claims Committee. This is strange. Will, therefore, all the committee members and leaders of the Overseas Chinese Association, during the Jap. regime, in all towns of Malaya,
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      Wooden Spoon
      99 5 IN your issue of May 10, in reporting the re opening of the S.V.C. Mess, you refer to the Wooden Spoon as being awarded in pre-war days to the “awkward squad” of the Singapore Volunteer Force (sc). The “Wooden Spoon” belonged to “B” Company (of which I was
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      Chinese Girls Should Go To College
      368 5 SINCE the appearance of the articles in the Straits Times, by “M.L.S.” and “A Cautious Father,” there has been much unrest among us girls who are College-minded and will be leaving for higher studies overseas, soon. Such trash from poisonous, selfish minds will not
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      Human Rights And The M. D. U.
      250 5 IN the Straits Times, May 15, “A Responsible Chinese” stated that practically every Chinese shop-keeper in the town was now forced to pay protection money to rival gangs. This surely is an exag* geration. Mr. Lee Kong Chian, President of the Singapore Chinese
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      An Appeal
      154 5 I AM one of the wage-earners who is a victim of T.B. I have had six months' medical treatment under my Company’s doctor. I have improved, gaining 5 Tbs. in six months. Clinically, I appear to be quite sound but the X-ray still shows active lesion at, the
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    Sarawak Plans For Future Development
    720 6 From Our Own Correspondent KUCHING, May 26. THE Governor of Sarawak, Sir Charles Arden Clarke, outlined two Government schemes, a ten-year and a short-term plan, for the future development of Britain's newest colony when he spoke to the Council Negri at Kuching on May 22.
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    Yams are high yielding and give quick returns
    886 6  -  Grow Your Own Vegetables •by J. N. MILSUM and J. R. P. SOPER of the Department of Agriculture. Malaya THERE are a large number of plants producing starchy tubers commonly known as yams, but the true yams are a distinct group of
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    Police “Pick Up” 14 Gunmen
    493 6 SINGAPORE \i. I SINGAPORE police, making surprise chect! picious pedestrians have arrested l 8 0I the Beach Road area and a number of side the Thomson Road police station, the o» Charge of the C.I.D., Mr. R. C. B. Wiltshire il Straits Times yesterday. A
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    MEETS NIECE IN SINGAPORE
    81 6 SINGAPORE^'* THE former Anl^‘ CJ Kf nn« 1 Singapore. Mi• B M Patron, flew down >' M to meet his mece, p r Brookes, on board ve5t S Monroe, in Stngapo’ Mr. Patton, who Consul In Singapore i 1942, has viser to the Siame for the
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    Priorities For Tin Plant Sought
    377 7 Vrom Our Staff Correspondent I IPOH, May 24. I Malayan mining industry has asked for immeKte representations to be made to the British ■Lent for a higher degree of priority for the E of vital mining machinery and equipment ■j u p rehabilitation, said Mr.
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    HEADMEN FOR KAMPONGS
    70 7 I sys ttm of B h Mav 23 ir nsl ''’adm!n h L ,ng Kam K arr p 0ng Who as Ke f I Wl11 be the fcm! n ?0^'rnm^t Penghul us, Km" in thf-ir P( licy t0 K d ttlr "ughL' v Sl ls t0 be
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    Found With Rope Round His Neck
    136 7 SINGAPORE, May 22. rUND by his relatives up a tree with a rope round his neck, ready to Jump, a 10-year-old Chinese, Loy Ah Soon, was charged in the Second Singapore Police Court yesterday with attempted suicide on Tuesday The accused who pleaded guilty
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    MALAYA BELL FOR SCHOOL
    89 7 From Our Own Correspondent. KUALA LUMPUR, May 21. —The bell of H.M.S. Malaya, destined for Victoria Institution, in Kuala Lumpur, will hang prominently within the school. While cables from London this week expressed doubt as to the eventual destiny of H.M.S. Malaya’s bell, Mr. Daniels knew
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    RADIO BAN ON BROOKE
    352 7 SINGAPORE, May 23. THE ex-Rajah Muda of Sarawak, Mr. Anthony Brcoke, has been refused permission to give a broadcast talk on Sarawak by the Director of Broadcasting, the Malayan Union and Singapore, Mr. J. S. Dumeresque. Permission was re*used oeiore Mr. Brooke had submitted any script
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    POLICE FIND ARMS CACHE
    43 7 PENANG, Wednesday.—ln what is believed to be former guerilla camp the Kedah Police have seized one of the biggest arms hauls in recent months. The cache included two sten guns. 22 hand grenades and nearly 300 pounds ol ammunition.
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    Gunmen Snatch $30,000 Payroll
    294 7 SINGAPORE, May 25. GUN naS-bc;! a >30,000 payroll ri Singapore vesierday v'llrn p fx nn Ks.' **-c rhcouo hc.np.cashed and after their daylight hold-up in one of the u siis l P Singapore thev made off in a taxi. Up to a late hour last night
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    Flood Damage In Selangor
    73 7 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, May 25. UEAVY rain which fell last n night and during this morning has caused the Klang river to rise five feet. Low-lying areas in Kuala Lumpur are flooded and some damage has been caused to Kampong Bahru, Kuala Lumpur’s
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    CHILDREN CELEBRATE
    162 7 SINGAPORE, May 23. PE Officer Administering the Government, Mr. P. A. B. McKerron, carried an Empire Day message to the boys of Raffles Institution, Singapore, yesterday. “The boys of Rallies Institution are the living bearers of the great traditions of their founder.” he said. He called to remember
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    K.L. PRISONERS BID TO ESCAPE
    79 7 From Our Staff Corespondent KUALA LUMPUR, May 23. TWO Chinese prisoners slipped their handcuffs and escaped from the Kuala Lumpur District Court lockup this afternoon while being taken away to Pudu Gaol. One man was chased and recaptured a short distance away from the court
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    COLLECTIONS BAN COMES INTO FORCE
    24 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Fay 22 —The Ordinance banning house-to-house and street collections without permit came into force on May 19.
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    Bandits Shoot-Up Border Village
    394 7 From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, May 24. ATTACKED without warning with Sten guns and n hand-grenades, 15 police constables at Parang Parum, a Siamese police station near Betong, fought off a gang of 50 bandits after an hour’s pitched battle. When the attackers withdrew, the police
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    $300,000 FIRE DAMAGE
    40 7 From Our Dwn Correspondent IPOH, May 22.—Fires in the lour months, January to April, this year, caused damage assessed at $300,000 to property in Perak. There are three fire engines at Ipoh and new replacements are expected
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    COURT INSPECTOR LOSES APPEAL
    94 7 SINGAPORE, May 26. Mr. Justice Bostock Hill today delivered judgment in the appeaj of Abdul Manas bin Slman, former Court Inspector against a conviction on two charges of criminal breach of trust. Although there appeared to be a very unsatisfactory system of dealing with cash exhibits,
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    “Most Difficult Year Country Has Faced”
    1922 8 Review Of Tin Mining In Malaya From Our Own Correspondent IPOH, May 25. IT is no overstatement to say that lh is has been one of the most difficult years which the tin industry has ever had to face.” This statement was made by
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    Gen. CO LEAVING FOR U.K.
    77 8 MN’GAPOPp x, the go c Sir Mi VT Sln 3iporerv Maj-G°nerai L u present in hasp: lal ron Highland;, w he Generals' Convey land in June as the from Soutn Asa announcement tml.' S E.A.I.F 0 The General; lows the Infantry Conference to jj* C
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    She Is Malaya's First Woman Vet
    227 8 SINGAPORE. May 2 rE first woman in Malaya to practise as a ftilly-qm veterinary surgeon is Mrs. Witherington, wife of Singapore Municipal veterinary surgeon. Major D. H.Wii ington. She is assisting her husband in an unofficiali city at the animal infirmary. Major and Mrs.
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    DELAY IN GETTING TIN MINING PLANT
    224 8 From Our Own Correspondent T™ A1 IPOH May 25. epoit of the Council of the F.M.S. Chamber of Mines wst i>r^ at !U e an,,ual g neral meeting of the Chamber ye.steiday states that production of tin i n Malaya for 1946 was yery
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    SULTAN GIVES FLAG TO K.L. ROTARY CLUB
    150 8 From Our Own KUALA LUMPUR M i THE Governor ol I union. Sir Edward* 3 the Sultan or Se^ 0 c present 'tonight la i dinner of t he Kiiia f < Rotary Club held a. Hotel. Drese nl rhe governor Rotary wheel
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    Eight Killed In Railway Smash
    478 9 I From Our Own Correspondent r0 PENANG, May 21. I were killed and 12 ininjured when Pi 'u ,n"il train from Kuala Lumpur to Penang fhc rails near Bukit Tengah station this F feared that another body is under the wreck■r annot be recovered until
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    BLIND WOMAN FINED $500
    117 9 From Our Own Correspondent. IPOH, May 21. The District Judge, Mr. J. G. Adams, yesterday fined a blind Chinese woman a total of $5OO on three charges of illicitly distilling samsu. Mr. Adams said he had a “hard and barren heart” where such crimes were concerned.
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    BODY FOUND ON RIVER BANK
    62 9 SEREMBAN, Wednesday.—The Seremban police today discovered the body of an Indian lying on the bank of the Rahang River, close to Seremban town. The man had his throat slashed and one of his legs was tied to a post on the river bank Police, who
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    Invitation To Student Conference
    128 9 SINGAPORE, May 23. IN invitation to Malayans to attend the International Student Service Regional Conference to be held in Madras, from June 7 to 14 has been issued by the conference secretaries. The theme of the conference is “Freedom Movements as Peace Movement” and Dr. Zakir
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    SIR SHENTON ON PESSIMISTS
    131 9 —Reuter. LONDON, May 21. A newspaper cutting headed, “Why Jitter?” was or.e of the few possessions that Sir Shenton Thomas, Chairman of the Overseas League and former Governor of Malaya, took with him into captivity after the Japanese entered Singapore. Speaking at the League’s annual general
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    MORE LABOUR APPEAL TO GOVT.
    159 9 SINGAPORE, May 22. rHE Singapore Ratepayers’ Association has written to the Colonial Secretary, Singapore, expressing concern over the present shortage of labour and urging that the Government should take steps to remedy the situation. When the labour position in Singapore was discussed at a recent
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    PENANG MAN DIES IN PLANE
    67 9 PENANG, May 21. —A prominent Penang merchant, Ng Hoe Jen. died yesterday in a specially chartered aircraft while on his way to Penang from Kuala Lumpur. Mr. Ng returned to Singapore two days ago from Australia, where he had gone for medical treatment. An hour
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    RAILWAY DEATH TOLL NOW 11
    369 9 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, May 23. DEATHS in the Malayan Railway disaster at Bukit Tengah yesterday morning are now officially stated to have risen from eight to eleven. Casualty figures issued this afternoon say that of the eleven dead only six have so far
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    $4,200 Fine In Atomic Club Case
    247 9 SINGAPORE, May 23. Describing the case as “a scandalous fraud on the public revenue/ the Third Court Magistrate, Mr. K. M. Byrne, yesterday fined the licensee of the Atomic Chib, Yee Cheok Wah, $4,200, in default, nine months’ imprisonment, for storing dutiable liquor at
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    WEIGHTY REPORT
    69 9 Weighing three and a hall pounds, the full report of *he S T.C. inquiry, conducted by Mr Justice Jobling, became available this week The inquiry lasted a month, and the report covers 621 closely typed pages A farewell dance to Col. N G. A. Ireland-Smith and Lt. Col.
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    ARMY WANTS 4,000 MEN FROM MALAYA
    510 10 SINGAPORE, May 22. ACCORDING to an official statement released by Army Public Relations, it is now possible for locally born British subjects to enlist in the British Army. Enlistment will be on a regular short service engagement for three years with the Colours and
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    Gunman Shot By Police
    165 10 From Our Staff Correspondent Kuala Lumpur, May 21. A CHINESE gunman was shot dead by detectives in a gun battle at an isolated tin mine in Selayang, a few miles from Kuala Lumpur, last night. Another armed Chinese, whom the police believe was injured in the
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    COCKTAIL PARTY IN CARRIER
    94 10 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, May 24. ADM. G E. CREASY and Cap- tain R.K. Dickson were •hosts to prominent Penang residents at a cocktail party held last evening on board the air-craft-carrier Theseus. The Theseus is at present on a visit to Penang in company
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    MASKED GANGSTERS HOLD UP LORRY
    46 10 SINGAPORE, May 25. PUR masked men, all armed with knives, yesterday afternoon at the eighteenth milestone on the Segamat—Labis road held up a lorry travelling from Kuala Lumpur to Singapore. They robbed the lorry driver of his watch and other valuables.
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    Two Doors For Buses Suggested
    170 10 A SUGGESTION that new piiblio buses in Singapore should be required to provide an exft at the front, leaving the usual door at the back to be used solely as the entrance was made at a committee meeting of the Singapore Ratepayers Association recently. The
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    POLICE ARMS CHECK
    34 10 TAIPING, May 21.—A surprise check by Taiping police at the 3rd mile Simpang Road yesterday, resulted in or.e arrest and the discovery oi an automatic pistol with 40 rounds of ammunition.
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    Women Stenographers’ Unfair Advantage
    404 10 SINGAPORE, May 22. WOMEN stenographers have an unfair advantage, even in government offices, states a memorandum forwarded to the Salaries Commission by stenographers in government employ. The memorandum urges a new salary scale, and the chance of promotion to administrative posts. The Singapore Combined Services Civilian
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    50 NEW FLATS FOR SINGAPORE
    179 10 SINGAPORE, May 22. CONSTRUCTION of 50 new i u? at s in two blocks will projuoly begin i n Singapore early next month if plans are approved. The flats will be bounded by P r R 2 a(l l nd Spottiswoode Park Road and will
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    SINGAPORE WEDDING
    131 10 SINGAPORE. May 22 THE wedding took place yesterday at the Presbyterian Church, S.ngapore. between Mr. James Matheson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Aulay Matheson of Killin, Perthshire, and Miss Dorothy Clare Chewings, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Guy Chewings of Southland, New Zealand. The bride w r ore
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    4 Scholarships For S’pore Men
    219 10 SINGAPORF \i I COUR Singapore men, three Chinese an? 22 I 1 will be awarded Colonial Develimm* one *“1 Scheme Scholarships this year. n "<■ Recommendations have been niaHc 1 Administering the Government, Mr P n e (i l ron, to the Secretary of State,
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    APPEAL BY SHIP’S MASTER
    169 10 SINGAPORE. May I Judgment was reserved M Justice Brown in the Siipl Court yesterday, in an jfl against the findings of a Sfl pore Marine Court of Iofl which suspended for fl months the Master’s certi® of Capt W. S. Stoker, mulfl the 1,463-ton Straits Steufl
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    ARMY DRIVER WAS BLAMELESS
    80 10 SINGAPOPXfa The Singapore Coroa {ach G. Porter, illia jn* blame to Private T. driver of a null tan t t ie 'jun® ran over a cyclist v u ve of Jalan Besar ana Street on May 1( u*j’l‘°B Inquiring mto tt -ho fl cyclist. Sim Ah
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    POLICE WANT 144 MEN BANISHED
    205 11 SINGAPORE, May 23. I c r lM)rc police this year have made recomV b f or the banishment of 121 undesirable B end frnni Singapore, the Chief of the C.1.D., Mr. r Wiltshire, told the Straits Times yesterday Bkp e undesirables included gunmen, extorK thieves,
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    Shooting Of Looter Justified
    240 11 SINGAPORE, May 23. m,\CK filing which killed Kie man and wounded tw T o Hrs was justified, held the Bapore coroner, Mr. W. G. Ker. at the conclusion of an yesterday on a 20-year ■Indian named Gopal. ■pal was shot at night when boat off the
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    GARRETT’S PROMISE TO TEACHERS
    85 11 SINGAPORE. Miy 23. H nhv Union:i,m in Singapore S t an important part in ‘H tI0 Ji toward self-govern-K'Mr d c l IT Trade Union Adml[; s ,p Garrett, at a tea To U i his honour by the Kn nrf.m? ac ,ers Union at the
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    JAP SERGEANT TO HANG
    40 11 r Hom™ E Mjv 23 B*anese A rZ T akoa of the re Bahrow cha I« ed in the m W-treatinV tl Crlmes Court t fausit,., th 3 three Chinese ■T Hs foim't of one of
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    Ex-German Ship Takes Rubber
    115 11 SINGAPORE, May 22. A FORMER German cargo vessel which was seized by the Dutch in Java waters in May, 1940, is now carrying Malayan rubber from Singapore to New York. She is the Rotterdam Lloyd ship Kertosono. Formerly known as Wupperthal, she was renamed Noesaniwi by
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    Malaya Gets More Rice In Second Half-Year
    273 11 MALAYA’S rice allocation for the second half of the year is 101,000 tons. The International Emergency Food Council has grouped the two half-year allocations together, giving Malaya a total for the year of 326,000 tons. No explanation is given of the change In
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    P.A.B. McKerron Installed O.A.G.
    302 11 SINGAPORE, May 22. IN the Council Chamber of the Government Secretariat, the Colonial Secretary, Mr. P. A. B. McKerron, yesterday was formally installed as Officer Administering the Government of Singapore. As the gathering of men and women, representative of official and unofficial Singapore, stood to attention
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    UNION SECRETARY FINED $50
    77 11 From Our Own Correspondent KLANG, May 21. Thc Secretary of th-> Kapar Labour Union was fined $5O or two weeks’ imprisonment by the District Judge Mr. B G. Smith, yesterday for voluntarily causing hurt to a labourer named Maniccam. Maniccam said in his evidence that accused
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    Troops Call Bandits’ Bluff
    170 11 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, May 21. r! three-week “ransom ultimatum” delivered by bandits to the village of Klian Intan, nine miles from the Siam border, expired yesterday. There has been no sign of the bandits. They had threatened to bum the entire village unless the
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    CONSECRATION OF BISHOP
    179 11 SINGAPORE, May 2s. The Episcopal consecration of Monsignor Michael Olcomendy, Vicar General and concurrently Vicar Capitular of the Diocese of Malacca, as Bishop of the Diocese will take place on Sunday, June 1 at 8 a.m. The function will be attended with all the customary pomp and
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    8 YEARS FOR 2 EUROPEANS
    110 11 SINGAPORE. May 22 Alfred Whitmore, a merchant seaman and John Hallard a Bri- tlsh soldier were each sentenced to eight years’ rigorous imprisonI ment by Mr. Justice Jobling at I the Assize Court yesterday, on charges of armed robbery. Whitmore and Hallard were found guilty
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    “Pinprick” Society Men Gaoled
    217 12 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, May 23. IJOUND with pinprick marks on their fingers, 11 members of the recently outlawed Ang Bin Hoay, a society which Chief Detective Inspector Chee Kok Weng said was being revived, were sent to gaol by the Third Magistrate, Mr. J.
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    MALAYANS ON WAY FROM U.K.
    130 12 LONDON, Friday.—The fourman party from Malaya who have been studying educational. TYade Union and social conditions here as guests of the British Council, are leaving home on the Empress of Scotland today. They are Mr. T. R. Abraham, Mr. Lim Yew Hock, Che Abdul Aziz
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    STRATHNAVER LEAVES FOR UK
    180 12 SINGAPORE, May 24. Major General B. H Chappel, former commander of the Twenty-Third Indian Division, was among the 1,000 British Service personnel to leav e Singapore yesterday fo r the United Kingdom by the hired transport Strathnaver. Major G:i.eral Chappel was acting General Officer Commanding, Malaya
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    Mother Weeps As Son Is Condemned
    216 12 SINGAPORE, May 24. l MOTHER burst into tears yesterday at the Assize Court when her 19-year-old son, Goh Wah Soon, was sentenced to death. Goh had been found guilty of carrying a .38 revolver on the night of Oct. 30, last year, at the
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    139 Police Trainees Pass Out
    261 12 SINGAPORE, May 24. AT a passing-out parade of 139 Singapore Police trainees held against a colourful flood-lit background Last night, the Officer Administering the Government, Mr. P-A.B. McKerron decorated 11 officers and men of the Singapore Police st>rce. This night ceremony, the first of its
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    SECRETARYSHIP APPOINTMENT
    46 12 From Our Own Correspondent. KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. Mr. J. Innes Miller, Deputy Chief Secretary, will act as Chief Secretary, Malayan Union, during the absence on leave of Mr. A. T. Newboult. Mr. H. G. Hammett has been appointed to act as Deputy Chief Secretary.
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    Court Hears Secret Society Allegations
    307 12 SINGAPORE, May 24. THE activities of a Chinese secret society, known as the Gi Hong: Hap, which it was alleged, was very active in Singapore at the mon»ent, involved in society fights and extortion, were described in the Third Police Court, yesterday. The case was
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    Doctors Blame Govt. Policy
    403 12 SINGAPORE \t TIIE Government has adopted the wrong uolin ay 23 H meat of locally recruited doctors and denJi n its trt H the service, declares the Alumni Association L s S| ward VII College of Medicine, in a Salaries Commission. QUm to As a result
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    EIGHT YEARS AND A WHIPPING
    124 12 SINGAPORE, May 24. A young Chinese, Wong Chee, was sentenced to eight years’ rigorous imprisonment and 1? strokes of the rotan u v Mr. Justice Jobling at the .iss'te Court yesterday, when found guilty of armed robbery. Accused was one of lour men who entered
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    DISTRICT JUDGE
    25 12 SINGAPORE, May' 24. Mr. J. P. Merson has oeen appointed a District Judge, Singapore, says a notification in the Government Gazette issued yesterday.
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    Postal Men Inaugurate Federation
    154 12 SINGAPORE Mavl A FederatK)n of postal SM lecommunication Um iM Staff’s Trade Union* of 9 was approved at a conierZl Postal Workers held at Se- M on May 19 and 20 the >9 secretary K Mr. O N Marimi the new federation informedV Straits Times yesterday
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    Govt. Clerk Form Union
    128 12 SINGAPORE. May 2® The General Clerical S vices Association yestei® decided to dissolve it® its members lorming ins* the Singapore Governn® Clerical Services Union. V new union will apply gistration as a trade um® The rules and constitution* the new union were read ana® firmed at
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    TRADE UNIONS IN MALAYA
    82 12 __Reuter. r 200 LONDON. Ma.v 23. Mala* ganisations in rec istered Union have been gfcre trade uniorp. saj d ,l Mr Art for the -Colonie- |j aI nenti Creech Jones, in a r reply today. e fpwa r! L b Mr. Henderson St J' the se
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    MALAYAN ASSN. INAUGURATED
    698 13 I F rom Our Staff Correspondent I KUALA LUMPUR, May 22. I \ialavan Union must be governed from within t not be a mere department of the ColoKfite declared Mr. E. D. Shearn, speaking at the Kraf meeting of the Malayan Association at the I Hall here
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    S’PORE HOUSING INQUIRY
    153 13 SINGAPORE. May 23. The Singapore Housing Committee, under the chairmanship of the Commissioner of Lands, Mr. C. W. Sennett, will hold a preliminary meeting touay. The committee has invited the submission of written evidence from the public. The function of the committee is to draw up a
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    MUNICIPAL MEN TO GET 3 MONTHS LEAVE
    72 13 From Our Own Correspondent MALACCA, May 24. ALL pre-war employees of the Malacca Municipality will have the opportunity of taking up to three months’ leave by the end of this year. This was announced by Mr. E. V G. Day. Resident Commissioner and
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    ALL QUIET ON GHOST FRONT
    113 13 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, May 24LUMPUR’S poltergeist has stopped its antic’s There have been no manifestations in the house in Treacher Road for nearly a fortnight. Investigations have not been possible, for, as soon as there was any suggestion that it should be
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    EUROPEANS FINED ON TRAFFIC CHARGES
    127 13 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, May 24. r. G. WATTS and Mrs. M. K Weastell, two Europeans of th-» Selangor area Welfare Department. Kuala Lumpur, pleaded guilty by letter to offences under the traffic regulations and were fined $2O and $5 respectively by Raja
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    Report Of Mining Employers
    115 13 From Our Own Correspondent IPOH, May 25. JHE Council report of the Malayan Mining Employers' Association mentions that since its inauguration the association has played an active part in connection with matters pertaining to wages and conditions of employment in the tin minThg industry in Malaya.
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    Dutch Premier In S’pore On Way Back
    237 13 SINGAPORE, May 24. THE Netherlands Prime Minister Dr. J. M. Reel declined to give an interview to the Press when he arrived in Singapore by air from Batavia yesterday evening. Dr. Reel was accompanied by the Minister of Overseas Territories, Dr. J. A.
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    FINES AWAIT FIRMS SLOW TO REGISTER
    262 13 SINGAPORE, May 25. MORE than $30,000 a day in fines may be paid by Singapore business houses after the end of August if business registration goes on at the present rate, since it is estimated that fully onethird of the island’s business will have
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    ‘Fair Day’s Work Is Essential’
    585 13 From Our Own Correspondent IPOH, May 24. IF the Malayan mining industry is to thrive, a fair day’s work is essential, said Mr. W. M. Warren, presiding at the first annual general meeting of the Malayan Mining Employers’ Association in Ipoh today. “The industry has
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    KAJANG HIGH SCHOOL
    28 13 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday.— The Senior Inspector of Schools, Selangor, gave away the prizes at the annual prize-giving at Kajang High School.
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    GENEVA MOVE ON RUBBER URGED
    518 14 SINGAPORE, May 27. THE Governments of Singapore and the Malayan I Union have been asked to refer to Geneva and Washington the problem created by the “heavy decline in rubber prices.” oThe request has been made jointly by the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce and
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    ‘NO MILK AND WATER UNIONS’
    163 14 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, May 24. A WARNING on the labour situation in view of the tiling price of rubber was sounded by Mr. P. C. Caddick, Trade Union Adviser, Penang, when he spoke at the annual general meeting of the Penang Clerical and
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    TROOPS HELP SURVIVORS
    82 14 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, May 26. THE recent train crash near Bukit Tengah might have proved much more disastrous but for the presence of about 20 Bri tish Other Ranks who were proceeding on leave to North Malaya from Singapore, says a Malaya Command statement
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    B.E.M. FOR BRAVERY IN 1941
    529 14 SINGAPORE, May 26 rHE stories behind the awards of the British Empire Medal (Civil Division) to six Singapore Passive Deience and Auxiliary Services workers, announced last week in a Reuter cable from London, were told in an official announcement in Singapore yesterday. The citation which
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    KIDNAPPERS’ HUT
    210 14 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, May 26. SEARCHING an area of jungle at Batu Arang this morning, a detective party from Kuala Lumpur, led by Mr. W. F. Stafford, of the C.I.D. discovered a hut which is believed to be? the headquarters of a secret society and
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    Speed-Up In Malayan Railways
    315 14 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, May 25. EXTRA trains on busy seci tions and a general speed up of mail services are to be instituted by Malayan Railways tomorrow. The most important speed-up will be a reduction of one hour and 20 minutes in the
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    Civil Servants Ask New Terms
    664 14 SINGAPORE, May 27 MEMBERS of the Straits Settlements Civii and the Straits Settlements Legal Se occupy important positions in the Governing of Singapore have submitted a memoranH„L 8 r Salaries Commission in which they su absorption in the Malayan Civil Service and pIlmB Legal Service.
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    COAL TAR BLAZE
    47 14 C0 SINGAPORE M0| Yesterday afternoeir 0 apore Ho» answered a can e j s of Road where two O; garJg! tar caught flic 1C a European hou.-e ()ie c: The fire started w t tar boiled over th< P, is os# damage was caus'dstood.
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    Sequel To Dublin Estate Shooting
    472 15 I L' ro in Our Own Correspondent PENANG, May 25. L riflemen, in danger of being overwhelmed, r j |i, e on a crowd of 300 labourers but they lifi without any order to shoot being given. t! stated by Mr. P. A. Gouldsbury, Officer
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    Malayan Adviser For UNO Talks
    80 15 THE Economic Adviser to the Governor-General, Mr. Fre. deric Benham, leaves Singa"“•re next week to attend the United Nations Economic Commission conference in Shanghai. The conference opens on June 16. The United Kingdom delegate whom Mr. Benham will assist is Sir Andrew Clow. Mr. Benham’s
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    TROOPERS IN SINGAPORE
    129 15 SINGAPORE, May 28. The hired transport Empire Helford which arrived in Singapore yesterday from Madras and Rangoon, disembarked 412 Service personnel and 11 civilians. She will embark 350 Indian other ranks and 65 civilians when she leaves for Rangoon and Madras tomorrow afternoon. The Nevassa which arrives
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    SIX CHINESE CHARGED
    124 15 SINGAPORE, May 28. to have communicated with the Van Heutsz. a ship carrying aliens, without the Immigration Officer’s permission, in Singapore Harbour, on May 26, six Chinese appeared in the Fourth Police Court, yesterday. They were further charged with' abetting an alien to disembark from the Van
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    CHINESE ACQUITTED
    54 15 SINGAPORE. May 28. Claiming that he had no knowledge of the contents of a canvas bag he was carrying, a Chinese boat builder, Tan Ah Sai, was acquitted by the District Judge, Mr. E. P. Shanks, yesterday, of possession of 19 pounds of opium alleged to have been
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    CINEMA EXHIBITORS TO MEET MONTHLY
    55 15 K a Ph U Ext»°t 1 the c1nemato■jHRaporo b w°r!'Ku Association i 0n ha. the Malayan (f'-h meeting l h ld non*hKJ Ur ant, 3in.T' at hf? Pavilion K lbl t°is ip ;r P° 1 which all tiip L c iema l;,;Ui e C0Ur trv
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    K.L. MEN JOIN BRITISH ARMY
    325 15 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. May 25. £IRST on the list of 20 youths who “signed up” at the Army recruiting centres in Kuala Lumpur on Friday and Saturday were two employees of temporary government departments who said they looked forward to better prospects
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    First World Tourists Call At Singapore
    376 15 SINGAPORE, May 27. rHE first post war round-the-world tourists to call at Singapore arrived yesterday in the American liner President Vlonroe. All the tourists are American. One of the tourists, Mr. Charles H. Demurest, who is accompanied by his wife, is a member of
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    YOUTHS TRIED TO EXTORT
    102 15 ALOR STAR, May 25- For demanding $lO,OOO from Lian Chen Seng, a rubber dealer of Serdang, South Kulim, two Chinese youths, Ng Thean Soo and Teh Soon Show, were sent to prison for three years by Mr. Justice W. G. W Hastings, in the Kedah Supreme
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    2 LABOUR TALKS IN SELANGOR
    230 16 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, May 27. TWO round-table conferences are to be held during the next few days at which problems concerning estate and mine employers and employees will be discussed. Tomorrow, estate employers and representatives of estate workers trade unions meet at
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    LOST MONEY: SUICIDE
    156 16 SINGAPORE, May 24. WORRIED over losses in business estimated at more than $lOO,OOO, the proprietor of an engineering workshop i n Kallang Road, 32-year-■ild Fong Fook Kye, committed suicide by drinking poison at an hotel in Burma Road. At the Singapore Coroner’s inquiry yesterday into Fong’s death,
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    Sultan As Peacemaker
    147 16 From Our Own Correspondent. KLANG, May 25. THE Sultan of Selangor has taken a hand in trying to avert a Sino-Malay communal clash. The trouble arose over a 900acre food settlement scheme at Sawah Sempadan, Tanjong Karou, which came into being during the Japanese occupationThe settlement was
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    SOLDIERS REMANDED ON RAPE CHARGE
    78 16 SINGAPORE, May 25. TWO young British soldiers, Pte G. McCulloch, 20 and Pte C. Howoll, 22, were remanded In custody for a week in the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday charged with the alleged rape of a 15-year-old Chinese girl at 9 p.m., on May
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    SEAMEN GAOLED FOR BIG THEFT
    149 16 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, May 24. TELLING two British seamen that they had betrayed their trust and in so doing had put goods on the black market, the Penang Third Magistrate, Mr. J. P Biackledge, today sentenced them to six months’ rigorous imprisonment and
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    GOATS FOR FOOD
    59 16 THE first shipment of 508 goats from Australia has arrived in Singapore by the Blup Funnel Ship Asphalion. Two kids were born during the voyage from Geraldton to Singapore. The goats have been imported by the Malayan Livestock Co., Ltd., ar.d J. Evans and Co., Singapore, a
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    HELPED ALLIED FORCES
    58 16 A picturesque ceremony took place at Jcsselton on May 13 on the occasion of the presentation by Hi.s Excellency the Governor of North Borneo of Certificates of Merit awarded by th-> Government of the Commonwealth of Australia to persons who had assisted Australian prisoners of war and
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    Govt. Petitioned On War Claims
    283 16 rHE three Chambers of Commerce in Singapore have asked the acting Colonial Secretary, Mr. H. P. Bryson, whether Government is prepared to meet immediately those claims on War Risks (Goods) Insurance the validity I of which is not in question. The Chambers, referring to the
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    CAMPBELL DENIES ‘RED’ CONNECTIONS
    331 16 CAMPBELL DENIES RED’ CONNECTIONS W SINGAPORE, May 27. I Indonesian Trade commissionei in Australia, Mr. C. H, 1 Campbell who describes himself as managing director of a group of New South Wales manufacturing industries, told the Straits Times that the report that he was associated with some nebulous and fictitious”
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    VISIT OF UNITED STATES WARSHIP
    468 16 THE 13,600-ton United States heavy C ruk*>, 1 will visit Singapore on Saturday. Elabn 8 tions for the reception of the Commanding ora prt 3 J. Detzer, officers and men have been made ko. r,c il The Toledo is expected to n in ?apJ The
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    U.K. Horse In Malaya
    140 16 IN spite of the luck of ship! space a large number of Eni and Irish horses has landed in Malaya during past couple of months. English and Irish horses nj the country, but not entered a meeting are: Double Ten (late Coupons) by Over Coat —Fahu
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    COMMISSIONERS TO MEET ON FRIDAY
    60 16 mrjrj i .1 co The Singapore lp or din missioned will meeting meeting and a special Friday. nte( j co^ Two a nd J sioners, Mr. L. C D. Robertson. u11 first meeting. which 1 The special mei t eetjn g' follow the ordinary^ g
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    S’PORE STADIUM PROPOSED
    357 17 SINGAPORE, May 28. H i s a ,|ium in Singapore should be able to nays’ itse |f within a few years, said Singapore SV J.' w0 ||,all Association President, Mr. I.. v last night. fn,' Hutchings was presiding at the foundation Kj ng of the Singapore Olympics
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    Siam Asks For British Sympathy
    236 17 From Our Own Correspondent BANGKOK, Tuesday. SIAM can only hope for sympathetic consideration from Britain in regard to her rice deliveries declared the Premier, Thamrong Nawasawat, commenting o n the British Food Ministers’ statement that the British Government was putting “very strong pressure” on the
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    GAOL & ROTAN FOR ARMED ROBBER
    113 17 GAOL ROTAN FOR ARMED ROBBER SINGAPORE, May 28. of eight years rigorous imprisonment and 12 strokes of the rotan was imposed on a young Chinese, Wong On, at the Assize Court yesterday. W:ng was found guilty of havcommitted armed robbery with three other Chinese of cash and jeweiiery valued at
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    UNDERVALUED
    47 17 From Our Own Correspondent. JOHORE BAHRU, May 27. Fam Teck Siang, of Kluang, told the District Judge yesterday that ru undervalued vDods he was importing because customs officials always overvalued them. Up was fined $2OO for declaring ‘he valu, of goods at $398 instead of $:»65.
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    5,000 DEAD TO BE RE-BURIED
    197 17 From Our Own Correspondent SEREMBAN, May 27. £HINESE in Negri Sembilan organised a committee ol 29 yesterday to deal with the work of exhuming and re-interring an estimated 5,000 men, women and children killed by the Japanese during the occupation. Most of these graves are
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    MYSTERY OF GIRL’S DEATH IN HOSPITAL
    425 17 SINGAPORE, May 25. THE Singapore Coroner, Mr. W. G. Porter, yesterday indiI cated that he was writing to the Chief Medical Officer to ask for an investigation into the circumstances of the death of 14-year-old Gwennie Isaacc on March 20 following the administration of
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    DROWNED IN POND
    93 17 BfiM,„ SI NGAPORE Ma 28 Bdfll „V|: i o' fiV< IIUU e Wa 9Mr w •Singapore Col-o-s'- inquiry iir P n or er Sulcim m 1 e death of a •ta S" 1 M»hd. Yu- ■%.!> "“‘d drowned in B s House l’, trollt of his V>!
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    Two Men Who Wanted To Die
    405 17 SINGAPORE, May 28. 1A conversation between a man submerged to the neck in a Singapore swamp and a detective on the bank was described in the Fourth Police Court yesterday when a 35-year-old Chinese, Lim Kee Kuang, was charged with attempting suicide on May
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    PARK WILL BE S’PORE WAR MEMORIAL
    244 17 SINGAPORE, May 25. GOVERNMENT has approved of a proposal, and would welcome views or counter suggestions, for a Singapore War Memorial to take the form of a public park with a monument on the site of the present Cenotaph, the Officer Administering the Government,
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    POLICE SEEK MEN WHO HIT EUROPEAN
    109 17 SINGAPORE, May 25. OINGAPORE police are on the look-out for three Indians who are believed to have been connected with the assault on a European water engineer, Mr. G. A. Cessford, at the Municipal Water Department sub-depot at “Halcsworth,” Bukit Timah, on Friday. It
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    FAREWELL DINNER
    37 17 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, May 27.—Mr. H. R Ellis, District Officer, Bukit Mertajam, who shortly leaves *>r. transfer to Kuala Lumpur, was entertained yesterday to a farewell dinner at the Bukit Mertajam Recreation Club.
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    EUROPEANS WIN CLARKE CUP
    486 18 SINGAPORE, May 27. PE Europeans won the 1947 Clarke Cup match, which ended on the Fadang a few minutes beloie 3 p.m. yesterday, by a margin of 86 runs. At lunch time yesterday it looked as if there would be a traditional close finish, but The
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    J.C.S.A. DEFEAT S.J.I. 2-0
    98 18 SINGAPORE, May 25. THE Junior Civil Service Asso- ciation beat the St. Joseph’s Institution by two goals to nil in a game of soccer played on the Institution’s ground yesterday. Scorers for the J.C.S.A. were Koon Hock and Madon. Mr. Loh Fon Sen refereed and the
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    Johore Side Scores Win
    123 18 From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, May 25. A JOHORE XI beat the Singapore Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank 7—3 in a thrilling game of soccer on the Astana ground today. The Singapore visiters opened scoring through Baines, who netted from far out and soon after
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    SPORTSMAN LEAVES
    72 18 SINGAPORE, May 25. THE well known Singapore hockey player, Valance Vanderput, left yesterday bv Gantas Airways flyingboat for a holiday in Sydney. Vanderput represented the Singapore Colts and the S.R.C. at hockey for several seasons. In a friendly game of soccer played at A.M.D.G.W. Civilian Sports Field. Changi.
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    SELANGOR CLUB FAIL TO BEAT THE CLOCK
    378 18 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR May 24. IN spite of being granted an extra over after time, the 1 Selangor Club were unable to defeat the Malay Regiment at cncket on the padang today. J b The game, which was in a
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    SCOREBOARD
    190 18 EUROPEANS —IST. INNINGS—It J REST —IST. INNINGS —74 EUROPEANS —2ND INNINGS J. Bates b Kailasapathy P C. Firkins b Schubert J. Ewart b Schubert W. Elderton c and b Kailasapathy 9 E. Hardin* c Sundram b J. Leckie c Sivagnanam b Sundram 0 R. Leggett b Kailasapathy s j
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    SCOTT GETS THREE GOALS
    78 18 SINGAPORE. May 26. Three goals by Scott were the main features of a friendly soccer match in which the G.H.Q. Signal Regiment overwhelmed the Jollllads Athletic Union s—o at the Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday. The Jollilads were playing without the services of two of their halves,
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    RECS WIN BY TWO RUNS
    194 18 IN a close finish, the isi Battalion Seaforth Highlanders lasi by two runs to the S.R.C. eleven In a cricket match played on the padang S.R.C. G. Clarke c Newby b Robertson 11 A. Jansen b Robertson J. Galls tan b Lockhart 3 E. Ebert
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    Selangor Wins Interstate Match
    138 18 From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, May 25. DENANG were defeated by an innings and 23 runs by Selangor in the interstate cricket match which concluded here today. Highlights in today’s play were a great innings of 67 by Lall Singh, and an inspired spell of bowling
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    PERMUDA WIN 4-1
    128 18 From Our Staff Corespondent JOHORE BAHRU, May 23. r DAY'S Johore Bahru district league soccer match between the Police Depot last season’s league champions, nc l,,? ermuc a Cup holders, provided thrilling scccer on the Astana ground. Soon after the kick-off, Hassan for Permuda missed an open
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    CHINESE DEFEAT PADANG CLUBS
    487 18 SINGAPORE a, S.C.F.A 4 Padang ClubT'*® A SPIRITED recovery In the second half saved Clubs from heavier defeat when thy met Chinese Football Association at Jalan Bo>ur St day and were beaten by the odd goal j n S Ven a J lu «i 9| crowd
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    OFFICERS’ CLUB RE-OPENS
    67 18 FI siNf’ v 0 o R 4,, c;;< •PHE Johorc Baling M?* a 1 opened at No fl B J Johore Bahru ;V. b dav. Normal bar meals, etc. C' r r Bv aqreement l rn ,vior>., the Royal Jol Service. member; )i; y r; have full
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    RUBBER PRICE RISES 3¾ CENTS
    326 19 SINGAPORE, May 28. BpR prices advanced sharply in the Singapore ■Tt yesterday and at the close business was Hh in lair quantity at 33J4 cents f.o.b. This was K? .j 5( c cnts on Saturday’s closing. Ken the market opened yesterday morning it Ktjrelv dominated
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    Downward Trend Is Continued
    265 19 Rubber Review SINGAPORE, May 24. WITH the exception of a small reaction the downward trend of the rubber market has continued. and the buying power in this market has been very small, says Lewis and Peat’s weekly market report issued yesterday. The market generally has been
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    Australian Fruit For Singapore
    156 19 SINGAPORE, May 28. ANE of the largest shipments of Australian fruit in several months has arrived in Singapore by the Blue Funnel ship Asphalion from Adelaide and Fremantle. The fruit will be on sale in Singapore this week. The shipment includes 23,013 cases of apples, 11,126
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    STILL A PROFIT AT 15 CTS U.S.
    83 19 NEW YORK, May 24.—Mr, Edwin J. Thomas, Presic\nt of the Goodyear Tyre and Rubber Company, said on Friday the recent slump in crude rubber prices in Singapore was due to general market conditions and added: “When rubber production spurted in Malaya, and purchasing
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    JAPS SEND OUT TRADE FEELERS
    415 19 SINGAPORE, May 27. OINGAPORE traders have reacted with mixed resentment and acceptance to letters sent to them by Japanese firms and trade organisations requesting an exchange of trade information in anticipation of resumed unrestricted commerce between Japanese and Singapore firms. While spokesmen of the Chinese
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    INCOME-TAX TALKS
    34 19 PENANG. May 27.—The in-come-tax adviser. Mr. R. B. Heasman. will visit Penang an Thursday. He will stay for three days and will hold informal discussions with representatives of various bodies and organisations
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    Wholesalers Would Check On Retailers
    106 19 Bl'.v a I n T 'despondent ReSALErq V h U Ma V 26. Ktroiitri dealing price 111 the MaI r«t a advised ■to ensurf .f? buyin S their 1 »%d.! ;irc licensed layan p !l str uctlons, G Pllcc Control■ttiis' states ■ary i, P^ a
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    Terms Of Tax Inquiry
    192 19 THE work of drafting Income Tax legislation is included in the terms of reference given to Malaya’s Income Tax “surveyor,” Mr. R. B. Heasman. His full report, when completed, will be made to the Governors of the Malayan Union and Singapore. His terms of reference were
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    April Rubber Output Lowest In 4 Months
    417 19 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, May 23. Union rubber production figures for April were the lowest for this year, despite the fact that the latest statistics issued b> the acting Registrar of Statistics show that the total area available lor tapping at
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    SULTAN TOURS RICE AREA
    118 19 From Our Own Correspondent SEREMBAN, May 24. Th Yang Di Pertuan Besar, of Negri Sembilan, made his second tour of inspection in the State when, accompanied by the Resident Commissioner, Mr. W A. G-ordon-Hall, th e Tunku Panglima Besar, and State Public Relations OfTlcer, visited Tampin
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    SHANGHAI RICE
    73 19 SHANGHAI. May 25. The price of rice was quoted today at 440,000 Chinese dollars per picul on the open market. It was predicted the price would be stabilised briefly there because a large shipment of the cereal from the interior was due to arrive in a few days.
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    RUBBER DECLINE CONTINUES
    1001 20 Weekly Market Report liy A Market Correspondent SINGAPORE, May 24. THE collapse in the price of rubber throughout the 1 week is a serious blow to Malaya. On Friday the price fell Mow 30 cts. per lb., representing a drop of 33 1/3 lb. per ceni. since
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    $222,000 CLAIM BY ESTATE
    196 20 SINGAPORE, May 27. T‘HE total claim submitted to the War Claims Commission for all losses by the Bukit Kepoiig Rubber Estates, Limited, amounts to $222,000, the Chairman, Mr. D. St. L. Parsons, told the annual meeting of shareholders held at the Company’s office, Kuala Lumpur, recently.
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    $16 MILLION TRADE WITH AUSTRALIA
    147 20 SINGAPORE, May 27. MALAYA imported A£15,998,322 worth of Australian foodstuffs and goods during the nine months ended March 1947. This is shown by figures issued by the Commonwealth Bureau of Census ar.d Statistics. By far the largest individual imports were foodstuffs and, during the period.
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    Rubber Outlook! ‘Not So Gloomy”
    288 20 Sunday Times Correspondent "V rE view that the outlook for rubber a yl(H and that the present recession in the Ami 801 was only temporary was expressed today in P Ca#l H leading members of the rubber industry enan ?bjH Dr. Wallace E. Cake, an
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    MALAYAN SHARE QUOTATIONS
    670 20 SINGAPORE, May 27. shar e quotations today a? given oy the Malayan Shareholder?’ Association, were as follows: INDUSTRIALS Buyer Seller Alex. Buck (O) 2.35 2.50 Alex. Brick (P) 3.40 3.60 fa M Trustee 3 25 9 00 Consolidated Tir Smelters (O) 22/- 23/do IP)' 26/6 28/fcastern United
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