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The Straits Budget
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Title Section32 1948-01-22 1 The Straits Budget THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES (ESTABLISHED OVER A CENTURY 1 ew Series No. 77. Singapore Thursday, January 22nd, 1948 Price 40 cents (S.S. Currency) Or 1 sh.32 words
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Advertisement63 1948-01-22 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 year and its smart presentation of news has made an immediate appeal to the reading public. For63 words
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The Straits Budget
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Article1205 1948-01-22 2 Straits Times. Jan 15. The Singapore Government has definitely embarked upon its anti-tuberculos s programme; that programme js to be centred in the Tan Tock Seng Hospital as far as possible; and a tuberculosis clinic is to be built there this year. All that wasStraits Times. Jan 15. - 1,205 words
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Article1008 1948-01-22 2 -Straits Times. Jan. if One factor in the demand for Malayan tin and rublrer which Malaya knows very little about is stockpiling for strategic purposes in the United States. What we do know, however, is that recently there has been much more emphasis on the need-Straits Times. Jan. if - 1,008 words
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Article1054 1948-01-22 2 —Straits Times, Jan. 17. A further step in the extraerti inary and unprecedented policy which is being followed in Ceylon in relation to th. rubber industry was report, d th’s week by the Colombo correspondent of the Financ 1 Times. This correspondent revealed that the Ceylon Rubhe r—Straits Times, Jan. 17. - 1,054 words
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Article971 1948-01-22 3 —Straits Times, Jan. 19. A new phase begins in Indonesia with the signature by the Dutch authorities and the Republican Government of a military truce and an agreement on political principles. The possibility of a military truce emerged from the proceedings of the Good Offices Committee of—Straits Times, Jan. 19. - 971 words
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Article1003 1948-01-22 3 S‘ruits Times. Jan. 20. The decision, reached in London, to restrict the functions and operations of the British Far Eastern Broadcasting Service offers an opportunity for enquiry into the future of Malaya’s own broadcasting organisation which ought not to be overlooked. The two stations haveS‘ruits Times. Jan. 20. - 1,003 words
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Article903 1948-01-22 4 —Straits Times. Jan. 21. The decision of the Assoi iat« 1 Chinese Chambers of Commerce, taken last Sunday, to boycott the Legislative Council o! the Federation of Malaya and the State and Settlement Councils to he set up under the new constitution comes a-, a great disappointment.—Straits Times. Jan. 21. - 903 words
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Article255 1948-01-22 4 —Straits Times, Jan. 21. During the last day or so. Singaporeans have been surprised to find their letters chopped in purple ink w’ith the legend: “DO NOT SPIT. Spitting Spreads Disease.” This is not a good ide The* particular letter received in a Straits Times household—Straits Times, Jan. 21. - 255 words
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Article413 1948-01-22 4 SINGAPORE, Jan. 21. MOMINATION day for the Singapore Legislative Council elections will be Feb. 16. Candidates on that day will file their nomination documents and lay $5OO deposit at one of four places of nomination in Singapore. If only one candidate is nominated for413 words
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Article63 1948-01-22 4 MALACCA, Jan. 18.— State--1 ing that a country owed much to her faithful senators with qualities of steadiness and experience. Sir Edward Gent presented aged Dato Demang Haji Abdul Rahim bin Baba of Padang Temu. Malacca central district, with the M.B.E. at a function in the Residency grounds.63 words
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Article135 1948-01-22 4 SINGAPORE, Jan. 21. MR. Fred Barretto, Singapore ship-owner, bought the 600-ton ship Coombar for $75,000 yesterday in Cheong Koon Seng's saleroom. The Coombar is a 36-year-old former Australian trader. Bidding started at $25,000. CXnL two interested parties, u Chinese and Mr. Barreto, were left135 words
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Article99 1948-01-22 4 From Our SUIT Correspondent Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 20. THE General Clerical Service Association has asked the Government to authorise an interim payment of increased salaries and C.O.L. allowances, pending a decision on the Trusted Commission report. The request has bten mado iii a letter which has99 words
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Article61 1948-01-22 4 ORMISTON. To Helen, wife >f P. W. Ormiston. on Jan. 15th at Batu Gaiah. a daughter ALLEN To Irene (Paddy wife of H. C. Allen at Kandang Kerbar Hospital on 19th January, the ehof a son.—Peter Barclay. LEWIS. At Muar Hospital or. 15th January 1948 to Sheila, wife of61 words
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Article33 1948-01-22 4 TAN-KHO. On 18th Januai 1948. Mr. Jimmy Tan KeiYan. elder son of Mr. an Mrs. Tan Choo Tians Miss Polly Kho Kok Ne<> elder daughter of Mr. 1 Mrs. Kho Lean Cheng33 words
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468 1948-01-22 5 HEAD with keen interest "Foil- P'ay s vu f on the Trusted Re- shabby dual to ohafTnacists published in fact'll t issue of the Straits Times. This is an to his “voice in the vuicienuW’ supplement- ,»r some of his pointy, > cause 1468 words
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Article157 1948-01-22 5 IT i.s astonishing that Mr. Payne has received no trade complaint regarding the quality of Australian eggs. Or is it because the trade simply have not had the time? The fact remains that Australian eggs are more than suspect- at one time ray ratio of bad157 words
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Article89 1948-01-22 5 r[E boy who signed himself “A Student” in the Straits Times Saturday’s Forum on Jan. 10 must either be a slow thinker or lazy. I myself have Just passed my Standard VIII. Each period in my school is only 35 minutes long and nobody finds it89 words
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Article258 1948-01-22 5 IT is indeed interesting to read the Singapore ExService Volunteers letter headed ‘‘CONFUSION IN BATTLE AND IN CITATIONS’’ in a recent issue of the Straits Times. As a European member oi the Volunteer Force I had th> experience of lighting from the north right down to258 words
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Article309 1948-01-22 5 T HAVE heard a lot about 1 the efforts being made 1 to bring schools back to i their normal standard, but my classmates and I still find that some of the things done for us are not in the least progressive. We bigger309 words
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327 1948-01-22 5 FURTHER to your account in the Straits Times of the passing of the Control of Building Bill, and the Attorney General’s remarks on “frittering away of building resources,’ no one would take exception to «ts concept if it was j founded on true327 words
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Article95 1948-01-22 5 THE Straits Times reports that the Progressive Party is the only party which has put up candidates for elections, and adds that voters have to make the choice of voting for one party or not voting at all. It is obvious that without opposition all the six95 words
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Article455 1948-01-22 5 AT the Malayan Union Advisory Council meeting recently, Dr. Ong Chong Keng suggested that qualified teachers who are Raffles College gradu ates should be automatically promoted to b< Education Officers immediately they had completed 17 years service. The Chief Secretary. Mi A. T. Newboult, evaded the issue and.455 words
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Article, Illustration1745 1948-01-22 6 TIAN DJFK - A Malayan Countrymans Diary TIAN DJFK HEADERS ol this Saturday pago must luivr wondrrrd IIOW Tuan Dji'k" was taring (luring the recent Kota I'limfi Hoods, tin* worst. «v< i‘ recorded in that district, when 2,000 people were evacuated lioni tlie town, and the kampongs north ol Kota1,745 words
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Article85 1948-01-22 6 News has been received in Sinp:apcre of the death Ln England of Mr. F. Horsfall retired Deputy Electrical E" gineer of the Singapore Miwu cipality. Mr. Horsfall joined tin Municipality in May 1920. and was in the Electrical Depart meat for 26 years. On the fall85 words
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Article76 1948-01-22 6 SINGAPORE Jan. 21 Sentence of 20 month rigorous imprisonment, to be followed by one year’s police supervision was imposed upon Low Cheng Ngian by the Singapore Fourth Distrii t Judge, Mr. H. A Forrer, yes terday, for theft of clothin" at Amber Mansions on Nov. 29 last.76 words
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Article372 1948-01-22 7 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 14. -r \o European women 1'rom Klang sailed t rom Port Swettenham yesterday on the nr.iUi harque Passat as members of the crew as a stewardess and the other as a midwife. V; ie woman who signed on372 words
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Article29 1948-01-22 7 SINGAPORE, Jan. 15. HR death occurred in Klang st Friday of Mr. Leong Huen. H I.eong was a prominent 1 t the Chinese comand a well-known :Proprietor.29 words
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Article81 1948-01-22 7 SINGAPORE, Jan. 15. :riVer who knocked down at ally injured a 40’’to Chinese woman was yesterday by the SingaCoroner iMr] W.G. Por- i.at the police were at -Y charge him with i n al negligence. ■n* woman was crossing Road in the even.!'n iP 00 2881 words
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Article185 1948-01-22 7 SINGAPORE. Jan. 15. THE Rev. R. K. S. Adams principal speaker at the Singapore Rotary Club’s weekly luncheon at the Adelphi Hotel yesterday, criticised the banning of political education in schools by the Singapore Department of Education. He was speaking on the subject. ’Outlook for Education.”185 words
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Article97 1948-01-22 7 SINGAPORE, Jan. 15. BRITISH Service men in Singapore will have to more for their beer and cigarettes after Feb. 1. The Army has been approached by the Customs and Excise Department to give figures for the present ration in order to provide the basis for cuts97 words
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Article164 1948-01-22 7 SINGAPORE, Jan. 15. THE chaplain of two wellknown American prisons, San Quentin and Folsom in California, has arrived in Singapore to j study prison conditions in this part of the world. He is Dr. Rudolph Coffee, 1 who has been Jewish chaplain of the two164 words
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Article65 1948-01-22 7 SINGAPORE. Jan. 15. The Deputy Leader of the Indian Goodwill Mission to Malaya, Mr. M. S. M. M. Meyappa Chettiar, donated $5OO to the Rotary T.B. Clinic Fund at the Rotary Luncheon yesterday. The announcement was made by Mr. S. Visvanathan. another member of the65 words
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Article141 1948-01-22 7 SINGAPORE, Jan. 15. T'HE Kluang-Mersing road has been blocked by a land-slip and will not be passable for four or five days, says an official press release issued yesterday. All other main roads »n Johore are now open. The situation at Mawai <tnd the Sedeli River141 words
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Article237 1948-01-22 7 No Education So They Drink SINGAPORE, Jan. 15. INDIAN estate labourers in Malaya often drink alcohol because they lack amenities and a background of good education. A Madras business leader and educationalist, Mr. Saw Ganesan, said this in an interview with the Straits Times in Singapore yesterday. Mr. Saw Ganesan,237 words
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Article117 1948-01-22 7 PENANG, Jan. 14. THE University of Malaya should be built in Penang, not in Johore, said Dato Roland Braddell today. Dato Braddell. who Is legal adviser to the Malay' Sul- tans on the new Federation, said Penang had immense possibilities as the cultural centre of this117 words
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Article303 1948-01-22 7 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 14. RESPITE strikes, shortages of equipment and v other difticuities the Malayan Railways earned more during the nir/» “Civil 'io\eminent” months of 1946 than during the whole of 1940. In railway accidents during lt)4(>, l\(\ people were killed303 words
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Article106 1948-01-22 7 SINGAPORE, Jan. 15. The final dividend of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation will be £3 per share free of Hong Kong Corporation profits tax. This information was received by telegram in Singapore yesterday. The telegram added that the payment of the dividend was still subject106 words
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Article62 1948-01-22 7 FtraiU Times Copyright LONDON. Jan. 14.—Lt.Gen. Percival’s war despatches will appear in the London Gazette towards the end of February. It had been hoped to publish them in January. The delay has been caused by the decision to issue simultaneously the Royal Navy and Royal Air ForceFtraiU Times Copyright - 62 words
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Article290 1948-01-22 8 SINGAPORE, Jan. 17. ALL the retiring Singapore .Municipal o»n- have been re-appointed except the hine.se hainher of Commerce nominee Mr Lien Ying how. This is revealed m lb< j Governor's gazetted list of appointments. The Chinese Chamber had re-nominated Mr. I.ien, who was their retiring representative, despite290 words
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Article183 1948-01-22 8 Baby Blinks At A rmed Gangsters SINGAPORE, Jan. 17. A SEVEN months old baby, Timothy Johnston, merely blinked at four masked Chinese robbers armed with daggers and pistols when they searched his cot for jewels on Thursday night. The robbers had entered the home of Captain G.A.G. Johnston. R.A.F.. Changl183 words
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Article114 1948-01-22 8 From Our Stall Correspondent MALACCA Jan. 16. In his iir.st official visit here. Sir Edward Gent. Governor of (he Malayan Union, spent a busy day. Accompanied by Lady Gent. Sir Edward first visited the Malacca Boys’ Jubilee Club at Banda Hilir. He then toured tin* Malacca General114 words
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Article141 1948-01-22 8 SINGAPORE, Jan. IX. Because i»e could not g**t his five dollars buck on the spot Tong Fong threw pepper at his friend and followed this by aiming an aerated water bottle at him. “I did it because he abused me,” Tong said in a Singapore court yesterday. Eian141 words
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Article147 1948-01-22 8 SINGAPORE, Jan. 17. SENTENCE of eight years’ rigorous imprisonment and 12 strokes of the rotan was imposed upon a 20-year-old Indian, R. Rajagopal, at the Singapore Assizes yesterday, for committing armed robbery. The Deputy Public Prosecutor < Mr. L. Rayner) said that) Rajagopal. and147 words
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Article149 1948-01-22 8 I DOT™* KUALA I.CMPUR. Jan. 17. I 0,1 a north-bound goods train last night bioko open a wagon and emptied 41 bags of tin moViti th Sld<> ol ,l track between Sungei Tempayan and Ulu am about 35 miles from Kuala Lumpur but weie unable to149 words
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Article222 1948-01-22 8 SINGAPORE, lan. IS. JI M Ah Chang. 53-year-old ex-ricksha puller who L has Ihhmi living in a home-made hut behind th. Singapore Police Courts in South Bridge Road changed his mind a feu days ago. Lim has now aecided to swap his little hovel built uf222 words
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Article144 1948-01-22 8 From Our Staff Correspondent i KUALA LUMPUR. Jan. 16. IT is officially announced that the Sultan of Kedah has provisionally appointed Tuan Haji Mohamed SharitT bin Osman. C.8.E.. as Mentri Besar. Tungku Ismail bin Tungku Yahya. K.C.S.. has been appointed Secretary of State. Kedah Tuan Haji144 words
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Article58 1948-01-22 8 SINGAPORE. Jan. 17. The Indian Goodwill Mission to Malaya donated $5OO to the Ramakrishna Mission Orphanage at a concert staged in aid of the Orphanage at the Victoria Memorial Hall last night. More than 20 Singapore amateur artistes, mainly girls, took part in 16 items, including58 words
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Article191 1948-01-22 8 SINGAPORE. Jan. IG. fPHE office of the Special Commissioner In SouthEast Asia officially announced yesterday that Malaya "Is to get 26,1100 tons of rice from Brazil." The same statement includes the paragraph: "The warning against undue optimism is of course still applicable." This warning191 words
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Article175 1948-01-22 8 SINGAPORE, Jan. IT ONLY about four pet cent of the 500-odd I “displaced Javanese” still in Singapore can be regarded as squatters or vag- rants, according to the Indonesian representative in Singapore. i The 500 are the remnants o: the Javanese forced labou: gangs brought to Singapor■*175 words
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Article79 1948-01-22 8 SINGAPORE. Jan. 17 An official estimate saythat over 16.000 people in Singapore have viewed the Mulberry Harbour exhibition at the Victoria Memorial Hall. Among the visitors to the exhibition have been several world tourists from S 3 President Monroe and S S Tegelberg Yesterday contingents from nine79 words
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Article91 1948-01-22 8 SINGAPORE. Jan. 17 A finding of death by misadventure was returned yesterday b,y the Siingapor Coroner (Mr. K. K. Ocn) a* the inquest on Goh Chee Kok, a 15-year-old Chines who died as a result of a road accident on Dec. 30. The coroner found th.»* there91 words
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Article, Illustration466 1948-01-22 9 SINGAPORE, Jan. 15. 1 IlK Government of Singapore will auction 1 >50 000 square feet of Crown Land in the k ver Reclamation Area. A development Ian linked with the auction will provide nearly I* 000,000 square feet of office space. The cost of building466 words
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Article123 1948-01-22 9 SINGAPORE. Jan. 15. k SINGAPORE GovernA mi nt servant is not allowed tu hold office in a ;)(I !iiVal association, but jl five to become an ordinary member and may ott i’i elections. r > .> the ruling by the v Government, o n'r»! Secretary lias123 words
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Article107 1948-01-22 9 SINGAPORE. Jan. 15. h Mr the Government < lav bungalows at Port r l >Kv,n will be raised from 1 1 because of increased fiance ftists, the N.S. r !5t Commissioner’s office ••••.lMUiuvd yesterday ll a r he new increased 1 ‘Venue w’ill not quite107 words
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Article100 1948-01-22 9 SINGAPORE, Jan. 15. AN open verdict was re- turned in the Singapore Coroner’s Court yesterday. on Tan Tiong Huat, who fell from the second floor of Bonham Building on Dec. 31. M*\ Tan was the manager oi Hong Huat and Company. Singapore. A car driver told100 words
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445 1948-01-22 9 SINGAPORE, Jan. 15. THE father-in-law ol the war time commander of the "Flying Tigers” (viajor-General C. L. iiennault) arrived »n Singapore yesterday by the President Monroe Iron* San Francisco. Hi* is Mr. Chan Ymg Wing, newly appointed Chinese Consul General for Kuching, Sarawak. Mr.445 words
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153 1948-01-22 9 Squatters Arrested In Surprise Raid SINGAPORE, Jan. 15. SEVEN Javanese who made deserted Municipal quarters at Upper Perak Road their home were iound guilty <>f vagrancy in the Third Police Court yesterday. They were arrested by a police party in a surprise raid on the quarters at 3 a.m. on153 words
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Article193 1948-01-22 9 Jan 15 SCUFFED man in K iii a Singapore 1 yesterday to face a i at tempted sui,i IMI Pvrt from the dock lr ';w himself out of inclow. r\[ than 30 feet ,1( urst-storey court to tt.i 1 ground and crashed bis feet. A man193 words
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Article395 1948-01-22 10 SINGAPORE, Jan. lb. AXE person out of every 500 in Singapore is in gaol as compared with one in every 2,600 in the United Kingdom. The officer in charge the Singapore (’.i.D., Mr. J*. I>. Wiltshire, said this yesterday in his review of395 words
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Article86 1948-01-22 10 I rom Our Staff orrespomlt-nt PENANG, Jan. 15 The Penang Police are taking action against offenders who Mv kites In tiie streets or let oil fire-crackers without permit Five boys were fined yesterday for these offences* An Indian youth, Hllvanajhan was fined $2 lor flying86 words
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Article94 1948-01-22 10 From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG. Jan. 15. A POSTMAN who said he had thrown some letters away because he had had too many letters to deliver was sentenced to six months’ rigorous imprisonment today. Chcah Kuan Hock was charged w’ith throwing away 16 letters94 words
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Article67 1948-01-22 10 LONDON. Wednesday George Alexander Rasiah. a Kuala Lumpur reporter, is one of thre? newspapermen awarded scholarships bv the British Council in conjunction with the Colonial Office. They will spend four months in each of three successive British provincial newspaper offices for practical training in British iourlistie67 words
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Article164 1948-01-22 10 SINGAPORE. Jan. 15 DUTCH shipping companies are now expanding and strengthening their trading activities in the Pacific and Malaysia. Within two years the Koninklijke Pak?tvaart Maatschappij expects to have nearly’ 200 vessels, including small craft, operating on the interisland routes between Singapore. Java. Sumatra. Borneo and164 words
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Article69 1948-01-22 10 SINGAPORE Jan 16. Because John Deman. a 19-year-old Indian had no money to pay his trishaw »iii he resorted to steal. This was stated in the Second Pol ce Court yesterday. John Deman and Ng Ah Hco. a 15-year-old Chinese both pleaded guilty to stealing coconuts from Martla69 words
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Article119 1948-01-22 10 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 15. A TOTAL of 111 houses were swept away and 262 badly wrecked, 9SI acres of padi totally destroyed and 13,700 people were rendered destitute by the recent floods in Perak. An official statement giving these details119 words
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Article137 1948-01-22 10 From Our Staff Correspondent Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 15. AFTER investigating allegations of leakages of questions in important clerical service examinations last month, the Malayan Union Secretariat has decided to reset some of the papers. A Secretariat official said today. “Very careful investigations tended to support, the137 words
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Article150 1948-01-22 10 SINGAPORE, Jan. 16. MR. Lee Kong Chian, Managing Director of the Lee Rubber Works, S ngapore, and president of the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce, will be leaving Singapore shortly on a round-the-world business trip. Mr Lep said yesterday that the main purpose of150 words
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Article223 1948-01-22 10 From Our Staff Ojvrespondent JOHORE BAHRU, Jan. 15. A POLICE party patrolling the notorious Scudai-Pontian bandit area late last right arrested six Chinese ami two Indonesians. Tin? eight men were travelling together in tv.o jeeps and a ear. The men were carrying Indonesian Republic currency223 words
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Article124 1948-01-22 10 From Our Own Corre^pondne London (By Air Mail* Two trainees of St. Mary > Hospital. Manchester, an likely to find themselves on the same ship bound for Ma la.va. They have just accept ed appointments as nursing sisters in the Malayan Union One is Miss Mary Casey,124 words
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Article47 1948-01-22 10 LONDON, Jan. 15 Th Governor-General of Malaya (Mr. Malcolm MacDonald* will be the guest of the R<> yal Institute of International A.ffairs at a dinner at Chat ham House on Jan. 28. Major-Gen. Sir Neill Mai colm. formerly General Old cer Commanding Malfiya. will preside.47 words
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Article247 1948-01-22 10 From Our Staff Correspondent Kuala Lumpur. Jan. 15. CIR Edward Gent will be ceremonially installed as first High Commissioner of the new Federation of Malaya at the Federal Legislative Council Chamber, on Sunday. Feb. 1. ft all goes well, the Federa- tion247 words
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348 1948-01-22 11 SINGAPORE, Jan. 16. N Indonesian-owned Dakota aircraft left •V Lallans airport at dawn yesterday for Mimatra carrying the body ot an Indonesian i;e')ublican Army soldier named Achmad. Netherlands authorities nave identified the [ci.oia as RI-002, a Republican military transwhich ran quinine from Jogjakarta348 words
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257 1948-01-22 11 SINGAPORE, Jan. 15« MR. Tan Chin Tuan has accepted a second on from the Cover Singapore, Sir Fra! klin Gimson, to re’ui*'. tin* Advisory Counr Governor gave Mr Tan irance that he would future be called on to situation similar to .r which257 words
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147 1948-01-22 11 SINGAPORE, Jan. IG. ON tour in Singapore and the Malayan Union, making arrangements for the repatriation of remnant Chinese refugees, is Mr. Thomas D. Sherrard, of the United Nations* International Refugee Organisation, Hong Kong. Mr. Sherrard arrived in Singapore on Wednesday from Penang where he147 words
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274 1948-01-22 11 SINGAPORE, Jan. 15. MR. Cecil Hobbs, who has just arrived in Singapore, is a man with an unusual assignment— he is collecting old papers which many would regard as so much waste. Mr. Hobbs is Reference Librarian for the SouthEast Asia countries in the Orientalia274 words
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193 1948-01-22 11 SINGAPORE, Jan. 15. TWO armed men were beaten up by 20 angry villagers in Heap Guan San Kampong, in the Keppel dis- trict on Tuesday night. The villagers, who were armed with sticks, later handed the men over to the police.193 words
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174 1948-01-22 11 SINGAPORE, Jan. 15. A 10-man deputation from the Chinese Chamber of Commerce yesterday asked the Governor of Singapore, Sir Franklin Gimson, lor more than one Chamber representative on the new Legislative. The deputation also requested that non-British subjects. who form the majority ot the174 words
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Article56 1948-01-22 11 SINGAPORE Jan. 16. The Sinchew Jit Poll chain of newspapers im Malaya and Hong Kong, yesterday celebrated it.s 19th anniversary. In Singapore the anniversary was celebrated at the Tiger Swimming Pool in Pasir Panjang. Miore than 50u guests attended the reception, including Mr Aw Boon Haw, owner oi56 words
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Article59 1948-01-22 11 SINGAPORE. Jail. IG. The Rev. R. K. S. Adams, headmaster of St. Andrew’s School. Singapore, referring yesterday to his speech at the Rotary Club luncheon on Wednesday, emphasised that he supported the Singapore Government’s policy against the teaching of party politics In schools. Mr. Adams said59 words
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Article233 1948-01-22 11 Jan. 16. ECIAL classical con- <: ert at Raffles Hotel on uJ ay night will mark disbanding of the Joe f 1( Im u ap Ba nd, the oldest band in Singapore. :,r,,epters will begin modv 000 f no t Y atlon s costing 0 to233 words
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Article107 1948-01-22 11 SINGAPORE. Jan. 16. IV/|K. C. H. Da Silva. Mr. Chew Hock Leone and Mr. A. F. Taylor have been nominated by the Governor of Singapore to sit on tht Malayan Board of Income Tax. Mr. A. Arbuthnott, Haji EusofT bin Mohd. Yu.solV and Mr. Liew107 words
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Article62 1948-01-22 11 IPOH. Jan. 14: The smallpox situation In Perak has improved. Only 20 cases were reported for last week, as against 42 m the previous week Rungkup, in Lower Perak, again led with eleven cases, which is 21 less than the preceding week’s record. The other cases were six62 words
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Article275 1948-01-22 12 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 16. THK Department of Social Welfare is spending 1 $102,000 on flood relief for Perak, Johore, Pahang; and Kelantan. Perak receives $50,000, Kelantan $28,000, Pahang; $14,000 and Johore $10,000. Considerably more will have lo be spent to help Johore275 words
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Article128 1948-01-22 12 SINGAPORE. Jan. 17 'I he Singapore Urban Co operative Union is eon.-idor-ing a housing s< me, but this is still in its initial stages. This statement was made yesterday by the hon. secretary of the Union <Mr. A. \V. Percia > who received many inquiries following128 words
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Article71 1948-01-22 12 from Our Stall' Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. if, I he Governor Sir Edward G- nt. and the Sultan of Seangor were present at the Lith anniversary celebrations yesterday Sin Chew Jit oh and Sin Poh press group H.'lll lhP Chln,w Assembly Speeches were made hv Mr AW71 words
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Article206 1948-01-22 12 Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 16. A SUGGESTION that tax reliefs should be allowed to Muslims who are required by their religion to maintain certain charities, has been made, to the Income Tax Relief Committee. The suggestion has been submitted in the form of a memorandum by206 words
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323 1948-01-22 12 KI’ALA LUMPUR, Jan. 17. THK Secretary of State for the Colonies (Mr. A. Creech Jones) sees no reason to intervene in the mailer of the succession to the Trengganu Sultanate, petitions about which have been sent to him and to the Governor of the Malayan323 words
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Article122 1948-01-22 12 SINGAPORE, Jan. 17. POUR Chinese gunmen 1 escaped with goods worth $2,664 after a robbeiy from a house in Chin Juan Street yesterday morning. A young Chinese woman who resisted being tied up was slapped. p Two men climbed Into the 4 30 nm the122 words
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Article57 1948-01-22 12 SEREMBAN. January 14. ifif Federation and state agreements will be signed here on Jan. 21. gnta Tll e lr st meeting of the S Sembilan Council of on Fci r XPeCted t 0 be held mceiiiv^^ui? 6 a cere monial n where duty57 words
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Article227 1948-01-22 12 SINGAPORE, Jan. 17. Representatives of Sara wak «>rganisat ion> will meet at Kuching next month to discuss the possib lity ol taking legal action against tin* fornni Rajah. (Sir Charhs Vyner Brooke). Inche Mohamed Kipli bit. Haji Osman, the Genera! Organising Secretary of tin UnPf d227 words
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181 1948-01-22 12 SINGAPORE, Jaii 17 CINGAPORe W in shortly m.lli, 8 n T ndin R half a h’ d lm s n road improvement. Several bifr and fifty small ar 1 i ,cl,,d, d i>> thV ,ir $250,000 ]la i C S anor > jFiatcd. TlK ail181 words
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Article275 1948-01-22 13 POLICE WARN 999’ HOAXERS SINGAPORE, Jan. 18. HOAXING “999” callers will in future be dealt H NV ith by law, the Officer-in-Charge of the Singapore Radio Patrol Squad, Mr. J. R. C. D.nnv, told the Sunday Times yesterday. Drunkards and children are among those who iioaxed the police. Sometimes, said275 words
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Article, Illustration20 1948-01-22 13 The man on whom a large part of Singapore’s population depends for its daily food a food hawker selling satay.20 words
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Article444 1948-01-22 13 SINGAPORE, Jan. 18. DECONSTRUCTION of Malaya’s pineapple industry, which before the war ranked third to rubber and tin and exported 2% million cases of four dozen cans annually, has been started following Government approval to many recommendations made by the Committee set up in Johore444 words
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Article221 1948-01-22 13 10H0RE BAHRU Jan 19. 10HOHE Police believe J that some Johore -ulsters. who lack pistol inmuinition, are adapting ,ub-machinegun cartridges to fit their revolvers. johore Police discovered i: > er three recent hold-ups cases of 9 millimetre ,ten gun cartridges adapted m nt the military type221 words
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Article129 1948-01-22 13 PENANG. Jan. 1». was observed by Penang Buddhists as liberation Day. C€ j ebr -ations took a lib?if* IThey 1 They set at rH A hundreds of captive v poises and their J v Matures as symbolic iU lr own liberation from Japanese yoke by the129 words
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Article95 1948-01-22 13 From Our Staff Correspondent SEREMBAN. Jan. 18. MORE food crops and vegetables are being exported from Negri Sembilan to Singapore and Kuala Lumpur. This is shown in the increase in the figures for last month compared with November. This is due mainly to the increase in95 words
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Article254 1948-01-22 13 SINGAPORE, Jan. 18. A VERDICT of justifiable homicide was returned yesterday by the Singapore Coroner, Mr. \V. G Porter, at the conclusion of the inquiry into the death of Chia Ah Kwang following a gun battle between police and gunmen at the Oxley Road-Orchard Road254 words
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Article147 1948-01-22 13 SINGAPORE. Jan. 19. Headquarters, ai r Command, Far East, yesterday announced that it has taken over the for mer Royal Naval Air Station at Sembawang, Singapore Island, for two years The R A F. now controls on Singapore Island four airfields: Changi, Tengah, Seletar and Sembawang.147 words
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Article68 1948-01-22 13 PENANG. Jan 17. AFTER a lull of several months, extortioners have resumed the practice of sending anonymous threats by post The Penang C.I.D. is investigating a threat note demanding $5,000 from a local merchant, Mr. Ong Soo Beng. The letter was sent by post and68 words
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Article32 1948-01-22 13 KUANTAN. Jan. 17.—Mis.* D Bess, assistant Rural Welfare Offictr has been transferred to Kuala Lipis. She will be in charge of the West Pahang districts and will organise relief centres.32 words
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Article219 1948-01-22 13 SINGAPORE. Jan. 17. A MAN and a woman convicted of the blackmarket sale of rice and sugar were fined a total of $7,500 in the Second Police Court, Singapore, on Thursday. They were convicted of having sold 5,480 katies of rice and 932 katies of sugar219 words
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Article512 1948-01-22 14 SINGAPORE, Jan. 19. t||K Associated Chinese* Chambers of om--1 nierce, at their annual general meeting in Singapore yesterday, discussed a proposal to .end Mr. Tan Cheng Lock to London to present to the Colonial Office the Malayan Chinese case for opposing the Constitutional512 words
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Article101 1948-01-22 14 JOHORE BAHRU, Jan. 17. THE Naik Penghulu ot Grylang Patak, the village where police detained h gang of ‘eight with Lewis guns last Thursday, was arrested with three Chinese yesterday. Osman bin Awang. Lim Hoe Chew, Lim Hu Choon and Lee (ieok Heng were charged before the Magistrate101 words
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Article43 1948-01-22 14 Kuala lumpur. Jan. 16.A police patrol carrying out a check on traffic entering Klang found $27,000 worth of chandu hidden in the luggage grid of a car. Two Chinese men and one Chinese woman were arrested together with the Malay driver.43 words
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Article109 1948-01-22 14 JOHORE BAHRU. Jan. 17. WE had no money to go to the cinema, so we entered the place to get a few bottles to sell for the coins with which to buy tickets." was the plea put forward by Min Len Joon Hin. Tan109 words
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Article23 1948-01-22 14 KUANTAN. Jan 17.—An eight-foot crocodile was shot last week at the Kuantan Firry by Bah Seong. a Chinese hunt:r of Pekan23 words
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Article262 1948-01-22 14 SINGAPORE, Jan. 19. ITNEXPLODED bombs and crocodiles were the two greatest dangers in Sarawak during 1947. The Sarawak Government Gazette, reviewing events in 1947, says that unexploded bombs remaining from the war period caused several deaths. The Gazette adds: “If anybody jumped into the river262 words
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Article271 1948-01-22 14 From Our Staff Correspondent Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 18. THE following appointments to the various tranches of Government Service in Malaya have h«en made by the Colonial Office:— Mr .1 K Coulter, ol Ballyoahinch Co Down, has been appointed an Agricultural Chemist in the Department of Agriculture.271 words
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Article349 1948-01-22 14 KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 17. TIIK life and adventures of Hang Tuah, probably the I most famous warrior in Malay history, who. atcording to tradition, is still alive, may appear s<n. n in book form. The author is Mr. M. U. fif. Sheppard <4 the Malayan349 words
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Article78 1948-01-22 14 MALACCA, Jan. 18. T1 Governor of the Ma- layain Union. Sir Edward Gent, paid a tribute to the old boys of St, Francis Institution who sacrificed their lives in the Malayan campaign at the ceremony held on Friday, when the memorial in their honour was unveiled.78 words
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Article156 1948-01-22 14 SINGAPORE. Jan. 18 COMMENTING on Inche M<hamed Kipli’s statement that certain anti-cession:st bodies in Sarawak wen con* sidering legal action against the former Rajah. Mr Anthony Brooke yesterday told the Sunday Times: **Th< Colonial Office will be pleased t< And in Mr. Mohamed Kipli a staunch156 words
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Article100 1948-01-22 14 From Our Stafl Correspondent 1POH. Jan. 16.—Cablt in formation has been received here of the death in Durbar: of Mr. J. R. Booth, who warconstruction engineer with the Perak River Hydro Electric Power Co. here. Mr. Booth fought in the first world war and was100 words
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Article128 1948-01-22 14 SINGAPORE, Jan. IT JlfRS. Z. A. Patrickson. a Eu1T1 ropean woman, was sentenced at the First Distr.c' Court yesterday to months’ simple imprisonin' at tor disorderly behaviour Oxley Rise on Jam. 6. Assistant Superintended <■: Police Boyle, prosecuting. i-d Mrs. Patrickson had t-ir* previous convictions similar charges and128 words
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Article1783 1948-01-22 15 R.E. Holttum - PALMS FOLIAGE PLANTS-2 The Malayan Gardener By R.E. Holttum Director Of The Hot an ica l Gardens THOUGH less dainty 1 ami graceful than palms are very useful where larger mts are repaired, j;,.- pi* more robust IVni*. they will also v i*id more exposed con- m.'. and require less1,783 words
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Article396 1948-01-22 15 IT has always been the custom in our home to kill fowls which start by laying eggs and end up by crowing! Apart from the fact that une rooster Is enough in a small farmyard, unless you want to see the weaker male birds396 words
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Article102 1948-01-22 15 MUAR, Jan. 19. THIRTY wooden houses were burned to the ground yesterday when a fire broke out at Bukit Kankar, a village nine miles from Muar. No casualties were reported. The cause of the lire Is not known. The fire brigade rushed to the spot102 words
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Article62 1948-01-22 15 BATU PAHAT. Jan. 19In the District Court. Batu Pahat, yesterday, Tan Ah Bah (00) a trishaw rider, was lined $75. or in default live weeks’ rigorous imprisonment, for attempting to assault a policeman who was about to arrest him after a light. “I am taking your62 words
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Article79 1948-01-22 16 From Our Staff Correspondent I*I.NANG. Jan. 19. —An Indian labourer who disturbed a bees nest was stung to death near his quarters in Alor Star yesterday. The dead man. Pakiri, was plucking leaves from a tree when two bees attacked him. lie waved them away. Other79 words
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Article119 1948-01-22 16 SINGAPORE Jan 20. A 60-year-old Chinese woman and h<*r daughter were robbed of jewellery worth $1,200 by three armed Chinese yesterday. The robbery took place in their house in Seok Wee Road a tew minutes after they had returned from a wedding party. The men. armed with119 words
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Article47 1948-01-22 16 SINGAPORE Jan. 20. Lum Yueh, a pregnant woman, and her brother Yum Yong, staying at 33. Guan Chuan Street, Tiong Bahru, were yesterday each sentenced to one month’s rigorous imprisonment. They were convicted on a charge of voluntarily causing hurt to Lye Kok Yan.47 words
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Article870 1948-01-22 16 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 19. THE 74-year-old Sultan of Johore, will not be attending the signing of the new Federation and State Agreements at Kii g’s House on Wednesday. His Highness is suffering lr >r" gout and is unable to make the journey870 words
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Article73 1948-01-22 16 SINGAPORE Jan 20. A radar-equipped meteorological station has been set up at Kallang Airport. Singapore. It is described as the first of its kind in any Far Eastern meteorological office. As a result of intensive radar work In Singapore lor 1H months, technicians in the station can73 words
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Article169 1948-01-22 16 I' rom Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, Jan. 1». HL representative of the Government of India, Mr. J. A. Thivy, has asked the Malayan Government to lift port reflations requiring the compulsory quarantining of im- migrants from India. Mr. N. T. Assomull, president of the Penang Indian169 words
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Article183 1948-01-22 16 W SINGAPORE. Jan. 18. ITH the primary intention m „i, enabling Chinese to niaki clothes for their New norY month Slnga n(ro? r m,>nt ls releasing 11.1,094 yards of Indian cloth dealers nbut,on am °ng textile The Chinese Chamber of Commerce has been notified183 words
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Article190 1948-01-22 16 SINGAPORE, Jan. Is AN aiitfry mob of villagers, armed with sticks, chased away a gang ot’ secret society gunmen vvh,, attempted to extort from a shop in .McPherson Road' village, Singapore, on Friday night. After the gunmen had escaped in a jeep, the m,.b came upon190 words
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Article104 1948-01-22 16 LONDON. Jan. 19. The Countess of Limerick, deputy chairman of the British Reel Cross Society, left here by air today for an extensive tour of Red Cross units in the Middle East and the Far East. She is to visit Ceylon, the Malaya Union. Singapore and104 words
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Article244 1948-01-22 16 SINGAPORE, Jan. 20 I ISTING an improved L education service lor Malaya among the item* demanding top priority. Mr. Tan Teik Kooi, writing in the latest issue of tho The Malayan Educator, the official organ of the Malayan Teachers’ Union, says a new policy is necessary.244 words
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Article110 1948-01-22 16 SINGAPORE Jan. 20 Fines ranging from $25 $40. which totalled $875. wen imposed on 38 Chinese in t-h I Singapore Eighth Polu'i Court yesterday for gamblii offences. The offenders, three whom were women were arrested over the week-end Police carried out raids i Pagoda Street. Sago110 words
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437 1948-01-22 17 SINGAPORE, Jan. 20. TlIK Associated Chinese Chambers of Com- merce of Malaya have decided to boycott the Federal Legislative four til and the various State Councils under the new Constitution until revisions more in conformity with their viewpoint are introduced. The boycott resolution, on the eve437 words
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Article53 1948-01-22 17 SINGAPORE. Jan. 20.. Plans for a second Malaya-wide hartal to oppose the inauguration of the new Malayan Constitution have been temporarily waived, the Straits Times learned yesterday. The Chairman of AllMalaya Council of Joint Action and Putera, Mr. Tan Cheng Lock, suggested this hartal, to take place53 words
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Article198 1948-01-22 17 From Our Staff Correspondent Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 19. A CHINESE, alleged to have used a desk in his office as a common betting place, was acquitted here today. He was Boev Fook Choon, chief clerk of the P.W.D. State Engineer’s office, Kuala Lumpur. The charge under the198 words
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Article36 1948-01-22 17 SINGAPORE Jan. 20. Two British soldiers, Darnel Black and M. D. Lewis, were each sentenced to 18 months’ rigorous imprisonment in the Singapore First District Court yesterday tor nousebreaking to commit theft.36 words
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Article207 1948-01-22 17 From Our Staff Correspondent Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 19. SINGAPORE and” Malayan Union exhibits will be sent to the 1948 British Industries Fair. The Fair will be held in Lciidon and Birmingham between May 3 and May 14. Collection of exhibits which will cover the whole range207 words
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Article222 1948-01-22 17 SINGAPORE, Jan. 20. AN Indian woman, Mrs. K. S. Pillai, told the Straits Times yesterday that she “was considering” nominating as an independent candidate for the Singapore Legislative Council elections on March 20. She is the wife of Mr. K. S. Pillai, manager of the Kerala222 words
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Article238 1948-01-22 17 Fr <>m Our Staff correspondent P[ri?S ANG Jan. 19piHEMEN fought for 22 hours to extinguish a <» n board the 7,300-ton rll cargo vessel Bre'anchored off the i| l boUr here, this mom* controf mfm In brought under 01 unt u 10 a.m. today. Patrol238 words
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Article539 1948-01-22 17 SINGAPORE, Jan. 20. THE Straits Chinese British Association will shortly launch a campaign for increased membership among Chinese British subjects. Under the scheme, women will be welcomed las members as well as those who can speak only Chinese or Malay The Association president, Mr. Yap Pheng539 words
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Article117 1948-01-22 17 SINGAPORE. Jan. 17. An appeal against conviction and sentence of 21 months’ rigorous imprisonment for abetting criminal breach of trust in respect of 21 bales of cloth was allowed a Bengali. Syed JafTar, by Mr. Justice Brown at the Singapore High Court yesterday. Syed JafTar was convicted117 words
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Article80 1948-01-22 18 SINGAPORE, Jan. 21. f |MIK 8.0.A.C. Sunderland 1 flying-boat from Hong Kong was unable to land at Kallang base on Monday afternoon because of a rough sea. Instead, the aircraft landed at Seletar and passengers were brought into Singapore by bus. An official of 8.0.A.C. said80 words
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Article491 1948-01-22 18 From Our Staff orrespondent KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 20. TIIK historic signing of the Federal*u»i and State Agreements by the Malay rulers and the future High Commissioner of the new Federation, Sir Edward Cent, v ill begin at three o’clock tomorrow afternoon. One unfavourable aspect of the491 words
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Article288 1948-01-22 18 SINGAPORE, Jan. 21. It w..s “expressedly to avoid any misunderstancing' between races that proposals for a Malaya-wide haital on Feb. 1 were withdrawn, the chairman of the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce (Mr. Lee Kong Chian) told the Straits Times last night. The proposals, he288 words
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Article93 1948-01-22 18 SINGAPORE, Jan. 21. A CHINESE gunman escaped after being hit in the arm by a pistol shot fired by a detective in Banda Road on Monday. The gunman’s companion, an unarmed Chinese, was arrested. Two detectives, on patrol in Banda Road, saw two Chinese behaving in a suspicious93 words
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187 1948-01-22 18 From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, Jan. 20. TtIE captain of the Dutch vessel Bredero, which was ablaze for 22 hours before being extinguished yesterday, has paid tribute to the courage of his crew. Everybody helped msengers were on deck saving ngniing the fire with187 words
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Article207 1948-01-22 18 ’—Reuter. LONDON, Jan. 20. THE rice situation in 1 Malaya showed little vl ßn of immediate improvement, said the Chief Secretary of the Malayan Uiuon (Mr. A. T. Newb<»ult), in an address today. Th! n nro< a i? dr ss Prepared for y British Royal Society of’—Reuter. - 207 words
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Article154 1948-01-22 18 SINGAPORE. Jan. 21. TWO British jet-propelled fighter-aircraft have arrived in Singapore from England for their first Far Eastern tests by the Royal Air Force. The fighters are De Havillands of the “Vampire lll’’ class. The only other jet-propell-ed aircraft to fly in Malaya were two154 words
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Article61 1948-01-22 18 SINGAPORE, Jan. 16. Tuberculosis accounted for 110 out of a total of 35# deaths in Singapore Municipality during the two weeks ending Jan. 10, states an official health report issued yesterday. Two hundred and thirteen new cases of persons suffering from T.B. were during the period.61 words
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362 1948-01-22 18 New Federation Illegal Flagrant Violation’ SINGAPORE, Jan. 21. TWELVE Malay organisations in Johore have 1 sent a cable to the British Prime Minister (Mr. Attlee) protesting against the inauguration of the new Federation of Malaya as “illegal” and as a “flagrant violation of Johore Constitution of 1895.” The cable also362 words
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Article236 1948-01-22 19 TWO cup races, each carrying $3,000 stakes, J vv j|| he provided for Class One and Class Two horsCS at the Singapore Turf Club’s Spring Meeting on Feb. 14, 18 and 21. The Valentine Cup race over six furlongs u ili he run on the236 words
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Article81 1948-01-22 19 From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, Jan. 15. A FIRST-HALF goal by the inner-left Lim K» ng Hock enabled Penang to beat Kedah in their inter-state hockey at Vic-i toria Green today. Penang pressed from the <art and 15 minutes later 5. <Tt awarded a short corner81 words
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204 1948-01-22 19 SINGAPORE, Jan. 16. rE Singapore Recreation Club beat the Johore Cricket Club by six goals to one in a fast game of hockey at the Padang yesterday. F'ive minutes after the start, R. Barker emerged from a melee to beat Ponniah from close range,204 words
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Article153 1948-01-22 19 From Our Staff C'orre>pojident PENANG, Jan. 19. A FORMER Penang soccer and rugger State player, Yeang Kar Cheng, died yesterday afternoon, at the age of 33. Kar Cheng is the elder brother of Kah Chong, a member of the Lien Hwa soccer team which recently153 words
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Article61 1948-01-22 19 IPOH Jan. 19.—Dr. A. T. H. Marsden won tile Tapp Up competition of the Perak Tun Club golf section yesterday with a score of 70 nett. The rumner-up was A. J. Wolfe, who returned a score of 73 nett. Wolfe won the ball sweeo loi the first61 words
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Article414 1948-01-22 19 SINGAPORE, Jan. 18. AS expected the S.C.C. Youngsters had little difficulty in beating the Oldsters at rugger yesterday in a home-and-home fixture played on the Padang, the Youngsters emerging winners by 15 points (four tries and a penalty goal) to 3 (a penalty goal.) All points414 words
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Article74 1948-01-22 19 f PFVANr SU T orr < 'P® nd <'“‘ v^v ANG> Jan 16.—The to^reviv° ymkh^la Club is A ]nr c amatl .ir racing in i-Tc decision mfLfi ache d at a general Si; 1 the d »,b held on da I L wa s a 8Wd74 words
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Article97 1948-01-22 19 ()Wino^ C,A ORE Jan 21. U y„ ar tbe Chinese New tournamcn. b lida ys the indoor snpore Lain by tho Sinhas been Tinnis Association for° r F^ t,t i°V«- originally K r,.. um '‘Lok ,s i but wm nm 'h- )Iappy h< w Ji!, 1 b play,97 words
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351 1948-01-22 19 SINGAPORE, Jan. 19. OINGAPORE’S cricket season opened yesterday, when the local Ceylonese Civilians just managed to beat the Ceylonese Forces XI by 12 runs in their friendly game at Thomson Road. Outstanding features of the match were an unfinished 66 by C. Thuraisingam, one of351 words
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Article225 1948-01-22 19 SINGAPORE. Jan. 20. qptle recent monsoon rains, which caused numerous fixtures to be cancelled, have prompted the Singapore Hockey Association to seek a change in the playing season for this game. In a letter to the Board of Control (Games) of the Singapore Olympic and225 words
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Article87 1948-01-22 19 SINGAPORE, Jan. 20. EVERY effort is to be made to send Singapore’s high jump champion, Lloyd Valberg, to the World Olympic Games this year. This decision was reached by the Board of Control (Games) of the Singapore Olympic and Sports Council at their meeting at the Y.M.C.A.87 words
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Article80 1948-01-22 19 SEREMBAN, Jan. 18. MALACCA defeated Negri Sembilan by a solitary goal scored in the first half in their return inter-state hockey match played at j Seremban last evening. Negri took the field without the services of three oi their regular players, the Sheikh brothers owing to80 words
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Article80 1948-01-22 19 KUALA LUMPUR. Jan. 17. SELANGOR crossed Negri's line eleven times in an ir.ter-state Rugby match this evening and won by 41 points to nil from seven tries and four goals. Negri were outplayed ir. every department and began to lose from the first minute. Once again80 words
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Article980 1948-01-22 20 Malayan Shares Full Of Interest From A Market Correspondent IN a week packed tighter with interest than an egg with meat, very large business was done on Malayan markets. Tins met w ith keen buying on a market where announcements of monthly and quarterly outputs received980 words
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Article179 1948-01-22 20 SINGAPORE. Jan. 17. Business during tin* past v k has been largely influen- -d by rumours, states Lewis *.’d Peat’s weekly rubber mark 1 report issued yesterday. Ihe increase in Malayan r on centres and Port stocks t 03. u tons caused some disnupointment and liquidation the179 words
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Article182 1948-01-22 20 RUBBER TIN OUTPUTS Outputs of tin concentrates for th following companies for ihc month of December, 1947 werePiculs Ampat Tin 921 Batu Selangor 2lt Berjuntai Tin 1 020 Jelapang Tin 361 Kamunting Tin 3.147 Klang River T.n 65t Kramat Tin bJ2 Kuala Kampar Tin 1.41; Kuchai Tin 3*3 La rut182 words
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Article238 1948-01-22 20 From Our SI aft Correspondent Kuala Lumpur, Jau. \u THE official “Britain can- not afford more'' statement to explain the fixing of the pric j or Malayan Tin at £5uo a ton is not considered bv mining authorities Kuala Lumpur t 0 bv tie last word238 words
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Article909 1948-01-22 20 SINGAPORE, Jan. 20. Quotation given bv the Malayan Shar* broker’s Association were as follows:— INDUSTRIALS Buyet 4elle« MIm- ir» 13 00 14 00 'a*;. t3neg Ords i 80 taK) an*'. RricK Pref 3.45 3.55 B B Petrol 45/- 46 6 o M prustee 8 75 8 50909 words