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The Straits Budget
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Title Section33 1948-02-12 1 The Straits Budget >. dr THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES [ESTABLISHED OVER A CENTURY 1 K Series No. 80. Singapore Thursday, February 12th. 1948 Price 40 cents (S.S. Currency) Or 1 *h.33 words
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Advertisement62 1948-02-12 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 1946 and its smart presentation of news has made an immediate appeal to the reading public. For advertising62 words
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The Straits Budget
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Article1008 1948-02-12 2 Straits Times, Feb. 5. The political spotlight has been turned this week on the position of the Raffles College graduate in the educational service, with the issue by the Progressive Party of a statement in which they make a critical analysis of the Trusted Commission’s report. From– Straits Times, Feb. 5. - 1,008 words
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Article1083 1948-02-12 2 —Straits Times. Feb. 6 In this page tcday we reproduce an article written by a special correspondent oi the Sunday Express in Singapore which that London newspaper presented lor the edification of the British public some days ago. As the Express has the largest circulation of any—Straits Times. Feb. 6 - 1,083 words
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Article976 1948-02-12 2 —Straits Times. Feb. 7. Cne of the things that strikes newcomers to Malaya is the lack of books about the flora of the country’. If they want to learn something about the trees, the wild-flowers and other plants which they see around them, they Find that—Straits Times. Feb. 7. - 976 words
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Article237 1948-02-12 3 —Straits Times. Feb. 7 This week has seen the opening of the largest private house built in Singapore since the reoccupation Mr. Aw Boon Haw’s new house at the junction of Orchard Road and Nassim Road, on which he is said to have spent $250,000 and which he—Straits Times. Feb. 7 - 237 words
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Article965 1948-02-12 3 —Straits Times, Feb. 9. The arrival of an official British trade-union delegation in Malaya during the weekend will certainly not be welcomed by the Malayan Communist Party, and probably not by the Pan-Malayan Federation of Trade Unions W’hich is dominated by the Communist Party, but it wull— —Straits Times, Feb. 9. - 965 words
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Article1162 1948-02-12 3 Straits Times, F b. 10. Mr. Attlee’s broadcast and Sir Stafford Cripps’ two speeches in Edinburgh carried a common and ominous warning. The battle of the gap has not gone well for Britain. Defeat is possible, a failure which would mean, to use the Prime Minister’sStraits Times, F b. 10. - 1,162 words
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Article1126 1948-02-12 4 Straits Times. Fob li. Whatever faults may he found in the terms of the vast and complicated settlement of debts that is proposed in the Bill to lift the moratorium 'hat was published in Singa- pore yesterday, and m thi parallel Bill in the Federation. the— Straits Times. Fob li. - 1,126 words
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Article139 1948-02-12 4 SINGAPORE. Feb. 11. A FAMOUS English soprano said in Singapore last night that she hoped to be able to give concerts in Malaya in the 1 near future. She was attractive Isobel Baillie who was soloist with i the Halle Orchestra before leaving England for a139 words
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Article40 1948-02-12 4 From 0»r Own Correspondent LONDON Feb. 10. Mrs. Valerie Cabarro youngest daughter of the former Rajah of Sarawak (Sir Charles Vyner Brooke) was granted a decree nisi in a defended divorce suit today. Straits Times copyright40 words
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Article195 1948-02-12 4 From Our Staft t orresponden, Kuala Lumpur, Feb m THE Federation "V 1 Malaya’s legislate designed to lilt the tonum is in all respect stm lar tp that by the Singapore Govenment. The mam features of •>» bill, a comprehensive rtnr on which appeared i„ Straits195 words
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Article120 1948-02-12 4 RINTOI'L—On the sth Feb o Nancy, wife of Dr. W Rintou: Penang, daughters. Susan Marret. ROBERTSON—To Catharne wife of Major K M. Robertson RF. on 6 Feb. 48. a daughterWendv Susan. RAMAIAH —At Man* Lott Lyles Memorial Hospital. Madanapalle. South India, to Mr? K Ramaiah. of FYaser Estate KuUl.120 words
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Article159 1948-02-12 4 HE W I TT- FARQU H A R SON— -A t St. Andrew's Presbyterian Chuv -v Kuala Lumpur. quietly. g r Wednesday. 4th. February 194" by the Revd. S S. T. EVANJOHN P HEWITT, elder son ol Mr. and Mrs. J. P. HEW in PARKWAY. TRENTHAM STAF; FORDSHIRE. and159 words
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Advertisement47 1948-02-12 4 STRAITS BUDGET. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Quarterly Hall-Yearly Yearly (PAYABLE IN ADVANCE > Singapore Malaya rm%n 4rea (In,Judin* Postage) N« Postage P.t 5.20 10 40 20 80 5 00 11.20 22.40 (ALL THE ABOVE ARE N STRAITS CURRENCY. Empire A Foreign i Including postage 6 00 12 00 24 0047 words
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Obituary32 1948-02-12 4 DEATHS By Cable—ANTONY, brother-in-law of Mr. J v nandez of Ichamnram. K expirrd at Pallithuray. Hj- expirrd at Pallithuray. E. C. MCGLASHAN «»1 Tin Ltd., died sudden a Puchong, on February 9.32 words
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359 1948-02-12 5 i UNDERSTAND, through tiie medium of the -ws papers, that there is shortage of trained arses in this country and a trained, but nonpractising, nurse, I would like to state my point ot vit w. l-'.rstly. to make my posi- u quite359 words
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Article121 1948-02-12 5 SEE no reason why “A Singapore Chinese uhi be against the reappomiment of Mr. Lien ft Chow to the Singa* Municipal Commis >:on, L; moral of Mr. John Lay'*7 Uon manifesto, that <>p u d son ma V someyS ettcr than a natur- should be applicable h!121 words
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Article178 1948-02-12 5 YOUR editorial on “RICE RACKETS” deserves the support and appreciation of the public. It has been and is still being rumoured that ration cards were issued to rubber estates, mines etc., which were not in operation or where there were not as many labourers178 words
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Article262 1948-02-12 5 THERE is a general feeling among Asians in Government service that the term “efficiency” is nothing but a convenient expression to put down local aspirants to higher posts. A Malay, whatever his educational qualifications, can never aspire to be a District Officer unless he has served262 words
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568 1948-02-12 5 Classes and masses in Britain A protest MIGHT I ask who wrote that dreadful example of distorted viewpoints, in your last Tuesday’s edi tion, under the title “Oui London Letter?” One thing I am certain of it that he is not a Briton, for 2 Briton, however he might dislike568 words
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Article121 1948-02-12 5 IT has recently been mentioned in your newspaper that the nurses and the hospital assistants are “the brain and the eyes of the health services.” Here in Kota Bharu. the c .re of a State harbouring nearly 500,000 souls, there is a hospital running on121 words
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Article43 1948-02-12 5 MAY I suggest that the illumination over the late posting box at the General Post Office, Singapore, be restored for the benefit of everyone, and especially for those who are not familiar with the posting box referred to. 1195. Singapore.43 words
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Article228 1948-02-12 5 FURTHER to the article wiitten over the signature of Mr. G. L. Bay* liss, Johore Bahru, I am afraid that I cannot concur with his ‘‘historial record” of the sinking at Penang Harbour Board ferries. There were three ferries in •all, named respectively, Bagan, Kulim and Tanjang.228 words
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Article36 1948-02-12 5 MALACCA has always been and is still a Settlement, so it is perplexing that the Public Relations Officer of the Settlement should be do signated the State Pubi c Relations Officer. Cl'RIOrs. Malacca.36 words
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301 1948-02-12 5 IT should be admitted that the London Sunday Express correspondent gives a not unfair view of Singapore today both with regard to things obtainable, and the cross section of European com mercial life. After all. the “average European discussing his Australian boiled egg301 words
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Article, Illustration2018 1948-02-12 6 Tl’AN D*1 - A Malayan Countrymans Diary l— Tl’AN D* 1 THE iii-t milestone on t ho Ma’.vai Hoad marks th** limit of tot Kamj;oi }4 Makam, tincl a i ivj chains from this .•tone, o;i the roadside, t' a lairly substant 1 house built before t ,< war and2,018 words
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639 1948-02-12 7 SINGAPORE, Feb. 5. ptHK Governor of Singapore, Sir Franklin h <;inison, drawing on his experiences over L an> years as a Government official in Ceylon, llavt night outlined Ceylon’s progress to Domijnion status. Wv proposed the toast of the Dominion of |C\*\ Ion at639 words
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96 1948-02-12 7 SINGAPORE. Feb. 5. THE Commander-in-Chief. Far East Land Forces (Gen. Sir Neil Ritchie) was aboard a Sunderland flying boat which landed two miles off Kallang in bad weather on Tuesday afternoon. The plane, which was returning from Hong Kong with Sir Neil and his96 words
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Article, Illustration323 1948-02-12 7 SINGAPORE, Feb. 5. MR. Aw Boon Haw, multi millionaire patent-medicine manufacturer and philanthropist of the Far East, yesterday celebrated hi s sixty-fifth birthday in Singapore by giving away $30,000 worth of cash and goods to 1.000 Singapore poor people of his own age and over. The—Straits Times picture. - 323 words
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Article258 1948-02-12 7 SINGAPORE, Feb. 5. BEFORE the meeting of Singapore Rotary Club yesterday members stood in silence for a minute in memory of the late Mahatma Gandhi. The president (Mr. S. S. Franklin) described Gandhi as a man who lived according to the teachings of the founder of258 words
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Article317 1948-02-12 7 SINGAPORE, Feb. 5. WITH the Government of the Federation of Malaya now based in Kuala Lumpur, the Chinese Government may consider raising the present status of the Chinese Consulate there to that ol a Consulate-General, according to Mr. Li-chin, a Chinese Foreign Office official. > Mr. Li-chin,317 words
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Article59 1948-02-12 7 SINGAPORE, Feb. 5. Major John Anthony Stafford Fearfleld. M.8.E.. and Miss Rosalind Esme Palmer were married at St. Andrew’s Cathedral. Singapore. Ma.|. Fearfleld Is the son of Col C. J. Fearfleld. 0.8. E., R.E., and is serving in the Royal Corps of Signals. The bride is the daughter59 words
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1562 1948-02-12 8 “FEM IN A ” - IN THE FEDERAL CAPITAL /iv “FEM IN A “THERE are more marriages breaking up in K.L. since this business of sharing houses started than you could think!” One young pessimistic wifi*, who had shared a house in K.L. with another married couple made1,562 words
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Article191 1948-02-12 8 M KUALA LUMPUR. Feb. 7. ALAYAN cooperative societies may enter the housing business if full support for (he project is lorthcoming at an all-!Vtalavan conference which is to be held next month. A committee representing various co-operative societies in Selangor. Perak and Negri Sembilan is at191 words
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Article, Illustration151 1948-02-12 8 SINGAPORE. FYb 3 MR. F. L. SHAW. Prmc.pai of Raffles Institution Singapore. Is retiring from Government service within the* next few days, but betor? leaving Malaya for good he will take up a temporary post at the King George V School. Seremban. Mr.151 words
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Article185 1948-02-12 8 From Our Staff Correspondent SEREMBAN, Feb. 8. ONE of two Chinese who .shared a room in 8 Seremban hotel on Friday stole $2OO from his friends bag while he slept, then woke him, borrowed hu watch and escaped with the booty, it was revealed185 words
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Article344 1948-02-12 9 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 5. TflK Economic Adviser, Federation of Malaya, Mr. C. J. Pyke, will be the Malayan dclei ite to the International Tin and Rubber Study rm ,p. The group will meet in Washington jn April. The rubber and tin industries344 words
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Article138 1948-02-12 9 -Unjon. (By Air Mail). < nouse doctors for the General Hospital t n ‘*w appointments by the Colonial are Dr. C. M. Colmain, Dr. J. j an. and Dr. C. H. f i m l j P(»intments are: D h OfTicer: Mr. J. I ntm orth138 words
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Article93 1948-02-12 9 MALACCA, Feb. 4. ONLY six visitors were present to witness the inauguration of Malacca’s first Settlement Council on Monday although arrangements had been made to accommodate many more people. It was. however, a day which opened a new chapter in Malacca’s history for it was93 words
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Article88 1948-02-12 9 SINGAPORE Feb. 6. THE Trengganu Malay Fishermen's Association is arranging a big conference of all Malay fishermen living along the east coast of Malaya. The meeting, which will be held in Kuala Trengganu. probably at the end of the month, will discuss: (1) Means to combat exploitation88 words
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Article55 1948-02-12 9 SINGAPORE. Feb. 5. Tan Toh Tong, was fined $250. in default six weeks rigorous imprisonment, by the Second Police Court Magistrate. Mr. L. C. Goh. yesterday. for possessing an altered certificated identity and for attempting to enter into the Colony without authority. Tong who has just55 words
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Article126 1948-02-12 9 Transferred To India Kuala Lumpur, Feb. 4. 4 FORMER Labour Inspector, who was recently promoted to Assistant Commissioner for Labour, has now been appointed as Malayan Establishment Officer in India. He is Mr. T. P. Sundram. from Johore He now holds a post which, before the war, was filled by126 words
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Article172 1948-02-12 9 From Our Staff Correspondent Kuala Lumpur, Feb. 5. {CONTINUED progress in 7 the rehabilitation of Malaya’s tin industry during the last quarter of 1947 resulted in an output during December which trebled that of January. Officials expect the steady increase to be maintained during this year,172 words
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Article298 1948-02-12 9 SINGAPORE, Feb. 5. MALAYA and Singapore must not let London take the lead in proving the superiority of rubber roads, the Singapore rubber roads pioneer, Mr. H. W. Cowling, said yester day. !f rubber roads were generally adopted, added Mr. Cowling, it would give tremendous impetus298 words
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Article82 1948-02-12 9 SINGAPORE, Feb. 6. IN TWO or three days, the Singapore General Hospital will be using radium for the lirst time since the Japanese occupation. Dr. G. H. Garlick, acting head of the Radiology Department, said yesterday: “The radium, which is about one-eighth of a gram in82 words
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Article131 1948-02-12 9 SINGAPORE Feb 6. TUNGKU PETRA of' the South Siam Malay Representative Committee informed the Straits Times yesterday that the following telegram had been sent to the Premier Of Siam: ‘Tn your deputy's press conference. reported in Utusan Melayu published in Singapore on January 31. it was said131 words
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Article115 1948-02-12 9 SINGAPORE, Feb. 5. Ngoi Cheng Ling, a 62-ycar-old Chinese fish-hawker, hanged himself because rains aftected his business, said his widow at a Singapore inquest yesterday. Sin Ah Pee said her husband went out from home on the morn'ng of Jan. 31 saying he was going to town115 words
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Article131 1948-02-12 9 SINGAPORE. Feb. 5. A reversing S.M.C. lorry, which had been parked on the wrong side of a road, hit a two-year-old girl and fatally injured her. This was stated at the inquest on Ong Nyah Tian, held in the Singapore Coroner's Court yesterday. The girl’s mother131 words
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533 1948-02-12 10 SINGAPORE, Feb. 5. TJIK Singapore and Penang Chinese Chambers of Commerce have decided to nominate a representative each to their respective Legislative Councils. The Singapore t handier \a i nonnnale a IJiilish siihjec! lor liie Singapore Legislature, 'j'lii* Penang Ciiamber will nominate Mr. Ng Sui533 words
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Article, Illustration44 1948-02-12 10 This picture shows th e heart of modern Singapore. —Picture t>;/ Squadron-Leader J. E. Brown, R.A F.—Picture t>;/ Squadron-Leader J. E. Brown, R.A F. - 44 words
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Article241 1948-02-12 10 From <*ur Matt’ Correspondent Kuala Lumpur, Feb. 4. ’pi IK need lor progressive self training on trie part of the elect rate in tlie federation was stressed by the Deputy Re>id**nt Commissionei (Coast). (Mr. M. C. if. Sheppard) speaking at a tea party at Klnng on241 words
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Article117 1948-02-12 10 SINGAPORE, Feb. 6. TAN Ang Ling, a 61K year-old stall holder at Telok Aver Market, committed suicide because be found his business was •so bad, his children so you ti|? and life so hard with his small earnings.” This Was stated by His wife, Sin Ah117 words
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Article, Illustration293 1948-02-12 10 SINGAPORE, Feb. 6. A GRAMOPHONE record of “Terang Hulun,*’ popular Malay love song troni Perak, will soon be included in the U.S. Library of Congress under the same roof as the Declaration of Independence and other historic American documents. Tiie record is293 words
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Article132 1948-02-12 10 Johore Bahru. Feb. 6. COMPLAINING t. overseer in chaise hsd been unkind and hot-it i his dealing with t em. IS labourers of the Ar.t Malar ial Depart me gone on strike Iter They further alleg overseer instigated to beat up the pr k> their union. They132 words
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Article286 1948-02-12 10 From Our Start Correspcandent KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 5. i THE names of members of, the Johore Executive amd S*ate Councils were atinc-uinc-cd t iday as follows: President, the Sultan, vice- President. Tur.gku Mahkota. Ex-Officio: Da to Onn otn Jaafar. Mr. E. E. F. Pretty <British Adviser), Inche286 words
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Article474 1948-02-12 11 From Our Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Feb. 6. r" HREE armed bandits murdered three members 0 f a family in a lonely hut a few miles from bam Fahat on Wednesday. I\v<> of the family—the wife and a small l rl were slashed to death474 words
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Article152 1948-02-12 11 From Our Stuff Corre>pcndrni KUALA LUMPUR. Feb. 5. —The following letter has beet received by Sir Edward Cent from Princess Elizabeth: "Dear Sir Edward, I am indeed pleased with the wedding present which the people of Malaya have had the kindness to send me. "The Duke cf152 words
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Article64 1948-02-12 11 KUALA LUMPUR Feb. 5.—A sum 0; $1,250 was raised for "Time and Talent” Food For Britain Funds as the result of a bazaar held recently at the Klang Ciub The bazaar had been organised by Mrs. Ansley Young. °t Klang. Mrs. Gardiner and Mrs. Youtmar. of Port Swett64 words
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Article178 1948-02-12 11 SINGAPORE, Feb. 6. SINGAPORE Police have offered a reward oi $5,000 for information leading to the arrest ol four Chinese gunmen who wounded tw r o detectives in a gun fight in the Geylang area yesterday. Th-* two detectives were making investigations about a secret society between178 words
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Article85 1948-02-12 11 IPOH. Feb. 6.—The P.mak Flying Club is sponsoring a move to s'art glider flying ir. Ipoh. A meeting is to be held in th-* Ipon Town Hall on Feb. 12 at 5 33 p.m. to discuss possibilities of the sport, which is entirely new to Malaya. The85 words
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Article119 1948-02-12 11 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 6. DLANS are nearing completion for the erection of a $7,500,000 cement factory in Selangor which will have a capacity of 100,000 tons a year, or one-third of Malaya’s pre-war requirements. Raw materials in the Ranching Hills, 10119 words
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Article137 1948-02-12 11 From Our Staff Correspondent Johore Bahru, Feb. 6. FUNGKIJ Ampuan of Pahang, sister of the Sultan of Johore. was yesterday presented with the Girl Guides Badge of Thanks in appreciation of her service to the Guide movement in Johore. Mrs. H. E. MacKenzie, the G.G. District Commissioner137 words
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Article405 1948-02-12 11 SINGAPORE, Feb. 7. THE formation of a Youth Council for Singapore, to foster the moral and spiritual well-being of youth, was announced by Rev. Canon R. K. S. Adams at a press conference held yesterday. The main object of the Youth Council will be to represent405 words
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Article280 1948-02-12 11 From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, Feb. 5. THE Chief Police Officer, Penang. Mr. G. R. Livett, in his annual crime review today said continuous police action against the secret society menace, with the banishment of criminal leaders, had had a deterrent effect in 1947.280 words
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Article108 1948-02-12 11 SINGAPORE. Feb. 5. Poh Tan, a 36 year-old taxi driver, was charged in the Fourth Police Court yesterday with behaving in a threatening manner to a police constable on traffic duty. It was alleged that Poh Tan disobeyed the traffic lights at the junction of Kallang Road108 words
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Article63 1948-02-12 11 SINGAPORE Feb. 6. THE District Judge (Mr. E P. Shanks) yesterday thanked Mr. M. Boyle for the hard work he had put in during his term of office as Chief C< urt Prosecuting Officer. Mr. Boyle is going to England on leave. Mr. Shanks said that Mr. Boyle63 words
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Article31 1948-02-12 11 —AP. MONTREAL. Canada. Feb. 5. The Governor Genera] of Malaya (Mr. Malcolm MacDonald). arrived yesterday by plane from London to begin a two months’ vacation in Canada.—A.P—AP. - 31 words
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324 1948-02-12 12 From Our SLifT Correspondent KI'ALA LI MI’I H, Feb. 6. TIIF Centr:il Welfare Council has decided to 1 hold a Pan-Malayan Welfare Week during the first week of June as a concerted effort to raise additional funds to enable the Council to324 words
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Article267 1948-02-12 12 SINGAPORE, Feb. 6. FIE execution of Irwin Olive r Jones, which wns to have been carried out at dawn yesterday at Out-ram Road gaol, has been stayed by the Governor of Singapore, (Sir Franklin Gimson), until Monday. The Governor’s decision to postpone the execution came267 words
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Article95 1948-02-12 12 SINGAPORE Feb fi. Three Chinese occupiers of a hut in Dixon Road Singapore pleaded not guilty in the Eighth Police Court yesterday a charge ot using their hut en Feb 4 tor administering morphine injections to human beings. They were Teo Ah Chwee Tm, Kim Swee95 words
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Article31 1948-02-12 12 SINGAPORE. Fob. 7. A young Malay, Masyadi bin Ma’on, was sentenced to four years’ rigorous imprisonment by Mr. Justice Brown at the Singapore Assizes yesterday for stealing a motor-cycle.31 words
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Article188 1948-02-12 12 SINGAPORE. Feb. 7. Major and Mrs. Bardwell, who are known in Malaya, are reported tc be among the passengers on the “Star Tiger/' British South American Airways Tudor plane which has been missing for a week between the Azores and Bermuda. They were married on January188 words
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Article63 1948-02-12 12 SINGAPORE. Feb. 7. N. Balakrishna Pillai. a 26 year-old Malabari, appeared in the Third Police Court yesterday on a charge ol housebreaking in order to commit theft. The alleged offence was said to have been committed o.i Feb. 2 at 150-27, 13'* mile Sembawang Road at a house63 words
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Article465 1948-02-12 12 SINGAPORE, Feb. t>. OVER twenty women, representing a every communal, racial, and religious g, in Singapore, addressed a meeting in memory 0 Mahatma Gandhi, held at the Victoria Memorial Hall yesterday. The meeting was organised by the Woman Section of the Regional Congress and was a;,465 words
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162 1948-02-12 12 T SINGAPORE, Feb. 7. HREE thousand former Sen ice vehicles will be sold shortly in the first mass sale arranged bv the Singapore British Stores Disposal Board. The sale will be held at Batu Pahat. The vehicles are all load carriers and consist162 words
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Article263 1948-02-12 12 S’ PORE SAFETY PLAN SINGAPORE, Feb. 7. 'THE Traffic Advisory Committee has several plans for reducing road accidents in Singapore. They are endeavouring at present to have ‘crawling’ taxis and trishas stopped.” Mr. T H. Stone, cnalrman of the committee said yesterday. I his would have to be done without263 words
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Article72 1948-02-12 12 SINGAPORE Feb 6. sre5 re which broke out on the deck of a small fishing motor boat moored in Boat Qbay near Ellenborough yesterday afternoon, was put out by three of its ?!ve W d b o r, e hP a s fl cVe nglne arfmnslightly72 words
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Article279 1948-02-12 12 SINGAPORE. Fob. 7. president of the Peoplts Education Ass elation. Singapore (Prof. T H S:lcock>, in a statement to the Stiaits Times yesterday. that the Association is planning to start two adult classes in Singapore. The Association. exists to promote and foster adult education in Singapore,279 words
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Article289 1948-02-12 13 Straits Times Staff Correspondent PENANG, Feb. 7. r[K leader of the Klian Intan gang which held up a mail bus in June last year, shot dead a Miilay and fought a gun battle with the police, iiaVbeen sentenced to death at the Alor Star Vssizes. The289 words
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Article37 1948-02-12 13 LUMPUR. Feb. W,a, f;op Ln "V D. A. L. drived b f t S alay a District, ur i r k thls morning by h > ri.H° n Kon where ,((J a military exer-37 words
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Article327 1948-02-12 13 From Our Staff Correspondent Kuala Lumpur. Feb. 4. THE managers of 30 rubber estates in the Selangor district have been informed by letter that a secret strike ballot <.f their workers is to be taken. Tie president oi the Selangor L>tute Workers Trade Union, i327 words
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Article113 1948-02-12 13 SINGAPORE Feb 6. A letter addressed to a detective was found on the body of T. Munusamy. who was discovered hanging from a tree at Farrer Park on Feb. 2. This was stated at the inquest held on Munusamy in the Singapore Coroner’s Court yesterday It mentioned a113 words
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Article176 1948-02-12 13 SINGAPORE, Feb. 8. OLANS to open a new hospital in Singapore are being made by the Seventh Day Adventist Mission, Dr. G. Innocent, formerly of Korea and Bangkok, has arrived in Singapore with more than $10,000 worth of modern medical equipment, including the latest X-ray apparatus.176 words
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Article95 1948-02-12 13 SINGAPORE. Feb. 8 SIXTY to seventy damaged drums of carbide valued at $4,000 were taken out by tongkang and dumped into the sea two miles off Singapore yesterday. The carbide had been removed from a Chinese-own-ed godown at the junction of Keng Cheow Street and Cummings95 words
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Article164 1948-02-12 13 SINGAPORE, Feb. 7. ANG Sin, a 26-year-old Chinese, was fined $7O, in default three weeks’ rigorous imprisonment, by the Second Police Court Magistrate, Mr. L. C. Goh yesterday, for committing wrongful restraint and using criminal force. It was stated that at 10.20 p.m., on Aug.164 words
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Article228 1948-02-12 13 S’ PORE SPEEDS FLOOD EXIT SINGAPORE, Feb. 8. C*LOOD alleviation measures recently carried out in 1 Singapore—concreting of the sides of monsoon drains and the widening of bottlenecks —have resulted in a more speedy run-off of flood waters. In pre-war days there were frequent occasions when flood waters lay in228 words
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Article46 1948-02-12 13 SINGAPORE, Feb. 7. Police bail was extended to Yeo Yew Ban, who was charged in the second Police Court yesterday with voluntarily causing hurt to Yeo Ah Chew with an iron bar. Ban pleaded not guilty and the case was adjourned to April 21.46 words
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Article179 1948-02-12 13 IPOH, Feb. 7. RESTORATION of Malayan bridges which were wrecked to deny their use by the Japanese will cost $6,000,000, said the Deputy Director of Public Works. Federation of Malaya, Mr. G. Edwards, today. Mr. Edwards was speaking at the re-opening ceremony, by the Sultan179 words
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Article143 1948-02-12 13 PENANG, Feb. 7. AN Anti-T. B. Fund with a target of $500,000 has been started in Penang. Plans, which are in the hands of a committee of doctors and other leadingcitizens, include the building of a tuberculosis clinic. Government has promised assistance and local practitioners143 words
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Article217 1948-02-12 13 SINGAPORE, Feb. 6. THE maximum sentence of seven years’ rigorous imprisonment for voluntarily causing grievous hurt, was imposed upon a young Japanese, at the Singapore Assizes yesterday. The Japanese, Sato Masajlro, pleaded guilty to three charges of causing grievous hurt to two Chinese women and a217 words
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Article32 1948-02-12 13 LONDON. Feb. Mr. E. M. F. G. Whitehead, who was formerly a planter on Selana Estate, Kedah, died at West Grinstead on February 4. He was 6532 words
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Article719 1948-02-12 14 From Our Staff C orrespondent KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 9. THF Government of the Federation of Malaya today announced the names of 70 members of the new 75-man Ix*gislative ouncil. Two new Councillors are women—Mrs. b. H Oon of Penang:, the Federation’s only prucising woman lawyer, and Inche719 words
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Article39 1948-02-12 14 ALOR STAR, February B. n Smallpox was still prevalent In Kedah, the State Surgeon said today. He added that vaccination was advisable every two years Vaccination facilities are available at any hospital health office or travelling dispensary.39 words
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Article158 1948-02-12 14 From Our Own Correspondent AI/OR STAR, Feb. 8. CORPORAL Mustaffa, a warder in Alor Star Prison, was stabbed to death while on duty in the prison yesterday. A Samsani (Siamese Malay) lias been taken into custody. Corporal MustaiTa was in charge of about 15 prisoners at the158 words
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Article46 1948-02-12 14 MUAR Feb. 3.-A 17-lt. python weighing about 50 katties was captured by a Malay, Rahman bin Mohd Akip. in a drain in front ol the Muar police station. Rahman, assisted by another Malay, Lazim, used a rotan noose and a stick to the reptile.46 words
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Article211 1948-02-12 14 SINGAPORE, Feb. 8. VEARLY forty per cent of the 60,000 letters posted Al every day in Singapore are wrongly stamped bv Iheir senders. Not understamped, but stamped in the wrong place. Stamps should go in the top right hand coi ner, but Singaporeans have other211 words
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Article178 1948-02-12 14 From Our Staff Correspondent IPOH, Feb. 9. A TRIBUTE to the engi* f} Meers who restored the Iskander Bridge—the hugest steel bridge in thi* Malayan road system —was paid at the reopen* ceremony on Saturday by Mr. G Edwards. Mr Edwards, the Deputy Director of Public Works178 words
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Article119 1948-02-12 14 SINGAPORE. Feb. 9 Bishop Edwin F. Lee of the Methodist Episcopal Mission. ai:d Mrs. Lee sailed for Ame- r.ca. any yesterday morning by the Pr sid nt Polk. Bishop Lee will retire in j A rr erica. He lirst came to Malaya in 1911 and was created119 words
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Article, Illustration163 1948-02-12 14 SINGAPORE, Feb. 9. 'T'HE two member*' of the special delegation sent trom England to .investigate trade union and labour progress in Malaya since the war, arrived in Singapore yesterday. The delegation went into an immediate conference with the Governor (Sir Franklin Gimson i163 words
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Article140 1948-02-12 14 MALACCA Fib. 9. Malacca is to have a $50,000 memorial bail to perpetuate the memory of Mahatma Gandhi. At a meeting on Saturday oi representatives from all Indian and Muslim organisations it was decided that funds for this purpose .should be collected at once. The necessary permission to140 words
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Article45 1948-02-12 14 SINGAPORE. Fob ljA Kuala Lumpur journaii. Mr. Harry Miller, petition' the Singapore High Coir terday for a divorce grounds of desertion fr 1 wife, Mrs. Dorothy Rosr rian Miller. The Chief Justice <Mi c tice Murray Aynsley) res* judgment. The case was undefem.45 words
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264 1948-02-12 15 KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 7. Ir K uila Lumpur acting coroner, Inche Rani, tort turned an open verdict at the conclusion any into the death of Inc he Maarof bin Haji h. prominent Malay bank director and lawyer, 1 ‘J r U nd hanging from264 words
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Article148 1948-02-12 15 v-\GAFORE. Feb. 10. I* hich destroyed |f\ f rubber smokePava Lebar had R ,quv 1 in the Fist Dls* K ft yesterday. Wee was charged I rubber at 353C. r Road, without a KC adid guilty and was Y'r.\xn. of the land l .d that148 words
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Article68 1948-02-12 15 SINGAPORE, Feb. 9. HOVSE in Pekin street robbed at 9.10 p.m. y, while hunpenple were busy >’?eot. shopping or 1 the numerous -of.ci-stalls. rs. a gang of seven (asked Chinese, an open door a flight of stairs wo floors above a shop. n °rs housed seven68 words
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Article46 1948-02-12 15 A PORE, Feb. 10. ,nf ral Irwin Oliver vas executed at ad gaol, Singapore, ir.;. m °rnl'ng f„ r the Maui-ice Fox. In fi.fj. 6 to ok Place at I'metery at 4.30 < relay. V Xii a large gatherer-,, r ,rii as and relatives46 words
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Article65 1948-02-12 15 IPOH. Feb. 10.—Mr. E. C. McGlashan, of Ipoh Tin Ltddied suddenly at Puchong yesterday evening. He was a very popular figure in Kinta before the war. and was one of the men who volunteered to go behind the Japanese lines just before the fall of Singapore. He was65 words
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Article, Illustration526 1948-02-12 15 by SIMPANG LIMA EXPLANATIONS of the origin oi Malayan place names are many and varied, most of them far from the mark. Seremban, capital of Negri Sembilan, is no exception to the rest of the guesses, poetic or practical. A Malay will tell you that Serembaniribed in the article below.- Sketch by Mr. Charlts Kuo - 526 words
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Article376 1948-02-12 15 Although i have had trees in this country pointed out to me as camphor trees, I do not know if any of the local wood is used here, tc make camphor wood boxes. I was once told that nearly all the boxes were imported lrom China376 words
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Article215 1948-02-12 15 From Our Staff Correspondent Kuala Lumpur, Feb. 9. 'PHE Malayan Bar Council has made strong representations to the Government regarding a ruling which allows investigating officers, other than of the Police Department, to take statements from persons subsequently accused of offences. The council states that the effect215 words
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Article86 1948-02-12 15 In spite of mass vaccination, the incidence of smallpox in the Federation of Malaya more than doubled in the last week of January. There were 42 more deaths from the disease in the week ending Jan. 31 than in the previous week, when there were only86 words
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862 1948-02-12 16 Singapore, Feb. 10 The Government of Singapore yesterday published a bill designed to lift the post-war moratorium on “debts incurred prior to md during the period of the enemy occupation of the Colony.” The enactment of the proposed legislation will be one of the862 words
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Article89 1948-02-12 16 PENANG, Feb. 8. OiR John Hay, noted 3 rubber expert, said today that Malayan rubber “was not afraid” of synthetic. V.'e only want a chance to compete on fair terms.” he said. Sir John, who has just completed a tour of Malayan estates, predicted that production89 words
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Article51 1948-02-12 16 SINGAPORE. Feb. 10 The Ceylon Tamil Hindus celebrated Ceylon’s independence at the Sri Senpaga wnayagar Temple. Ceylon Road, on Sunday evening. The temple was decorated with greenery and illuminated. There v. as a two-hour musical programme and a pooja” followed by the distribution of “prasatham” 'sweet rice and51 words
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Article178 1948-02-12 16 MAIN features of the hill to litt the moratorium are: It lays down rules for the revaluation ot certain types o‘ debts by a .sliding scale Showing the degrees of depreciation of Japanese currency at different times during the occupation. It provides for a debter178 words
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Article207 1948-02-12 16 Sliding Scale Of Jap The schedule published be- low is the official “sliding scale of the value of the Japanese dollar from 1942 to 1945.” The schedule is contained in a Singapore bill, published yesterday, which is designed to provide the legislative machinery to lift the post-war I moratorium. It207 words
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Article297 1948-02-12 16 SINGAPORE. Feb lo. SINGAPORE Chinese yesterday worshipped their ancestors as a preliminary to the celebration of the Chinese New Year today. The Chinese let off fire-crackers from foie:. >, Jn late in the night to invite thihr ancestors t 0 th, N Year Eve’s297 words
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Article84 1948-02-12 16 SINGAPORE. Feb. 9. Tv. o taxi robberies were reported to the Geylang Pol ee Station within an hour on Saturday night. In both, the robbers were satd to be three Malays, one of whom was armed. The first robbery was at pm. when a Chinese omer was84 words
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Article187 1948-02-12 16 SINGAPORE. Feb 10. MEW Year’s Ev< IN tions in Chinatown orought an electricity olack-out over Tanglir. last night. Th»* acting Municipal El-:-trical Engineer (Mr R Waddle* said last nigh! tha the load on the p rh always Increased during Chinese New Year. Since Christmas the: been few187 words
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Article64 1948-02-12 16 JOHORE BAHRU. F 0 —The Government cepted the Johore Bar oil’s recommendation legally-trained person be appointed to a l the Rent Board but mination has yet beti rjM At the request of ernment the Bar v nominated Mr. p ‘"v to be a member oi propriations64 words
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Article966 1948-02-12 17 SINGAPORE, Feb. 10. pHK Singapore bill to provide legislation for the lifting of the post-war moratorium contains clauses to prevent absent or restrained principals from repudiating the acts of their agents who operated in Japanese-occupied Malaya —the peninsula and Singapore—during the war. Tin* Attorney-General ol Singapore966 words
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Article202 1948-02-12 17 SINGAPORE, Feb. 9. RADIO Malaya has extended its English language broadcasts from Singapore and Kuala Lumpur throughout Saturday and Sunday afternoons. The Director of Broadcasting. Mr. John Dumeresque. *8 id last night h hoped listeners would appreciate the extensions because engineers were working longer hours without202 words
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Article323 1948-02-12 17 SINGAPORE, Feb. 8. jy|R. E. E. F. PRETTY, who retires from the post of British Adviser, Johore, next week after completing 33 years service in Malaya, will be coming back in the summer, after a spell of leave in Britain, as a pensioner to officiate as323 words
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Article155 1948-02-12 17 SINGAPORE, Feb. 10. MR. A. R. Jumabhoy, son of the Singapore Indian Chamber of Commerce president, will donate blood to the Blood Transfusion Department in the name of Mahatma Gandhi. Accompanying Mr. Jumabhoy will be a number of Indian youths who have decided to give155 words
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Article53 1948-02-12 17 JOHORE BAHRU. Feb. 9. —.lnohe Ibrahim bin Mahmud. son of the Assistant Registrar of the Supneme Court, left yesterday lor Australia where he will enter c*ne of the Colleges to study for a professional career. He w’as educated at the English College. Johore Bahru. and Raffles Inst i53 words
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Article70 1948-02-12 17 JOHORE BAHRU Feb. 9. —Tilt first meeting of the Johore Executive Council since the inauguration of the Federation of Malaya was neld at the Dewan yesterday H.H. Sir Ibrahim. Sultan of Johore. presided and there was a lull attendance of members. After the members had been affirmed the70 words
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Article178 1948-02-12 17 SINGAPORE, Feb. 10. THE two-man trade union commission, which has just arrived in Singa pore from England, started work yesterday morning. Mi. S. S Awbery aind Mr. F W. Dailey b:gan their inquiries Into cost-of-livkiK figures. rates o: pay a»nd general labour conditions in Singapore.178 words
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99 1948-02-12 17 riur t KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 8. LlVt local members of the technical staff of the Public Works Department are at present in Britain r‘r Go ernmenl expense, a training which should qualify hem for senior posts in the*Department. the Senior Public Relations’ Officer of The99 words
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Article216 1948-02-12 17 SINGAPORE, Feb. 10. OINGAPORE, from the beginning of next month, will refuse the issue of licences for any more motor vehicles with “left hand drive,” or mechanism for the transmission of power to more than one axle. Main classes of vehicles affected will be certain types216 words
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Article263 1948-02-12 18 SINGAPORE. Feb. X. TIIE Japanese are living under better conditions than the majority of people in some of I he victorious countries, according to American scenario writer Robert Reel, who arrived in Singapore yesterday by the President Polk on a world-tour. Mr. Reel and tils263 words
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Article126 1948-02-12 18 I i o 111 Our Stall < orrrspotidrnl Kuala Lumpur, Feb. 10. r rHE reception given by the U.K -Government to Malayan and Hong Kong students at the Colonial Otlice on Monday, Jan. 12. was filmed and incorporated in the Colonial Film Unit’s “News Magazine.' This126 words
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Article137 1948-02-12 18 From Our Staff Correspondent MALACCA. Feb. 10. f rHE Malacca District 1 Judge, Mr. E. A. Burton. yesterday acquitted J. W. Suriya, former chief clerk of Borneo Motors Malacca, of a charge of criminal breach ot trust. The prosecution alleged Suriya had taken $2,831 in137 words
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666 1948-02-12 18 T" K Sinhalt>e Association in Singapore yesterday celebra?«| P cfy ;m -s bindepenliekels e distribution to the young people of hampers and theatre At a gathering in the Sinhalese Association headquarters in Queen Street, speeches commemorating the occasion were made by civilian666 words
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337 1948-02-12 18 From Our Staff Correspondent IPOH, Feb. 10. AN event without parallel in Malayan legislatures is the nomination of a husband and wife to the new Federal LegislativeCouncil They are Inche Zainal Abidin bin Haji Abas and his wife Che Puteh Mariab binti Ibrahim Rashid, both337 words
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Article257 1948-02-12 18 SINGAPORE, Feb n CELEBRATING the Chinese New Year on th biggest scale since the re-occupation, si n J pore Chinese yesterday welcomed a brief midi day shower as heralding a year of plenty The streets of Chinatown, last w vr thick with thousands of men, women257 words
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Article280 1948-02-12 18 SINGAPOHE, Feb 11. “OINGAPORE is not yet ready for Unemployment Insurance and it would be a mistake to introduce such legislation into the Colony whilst the great majority of the work people are uneducated and therefore not in a position to reason clearly,” writes Mr.280 words
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Article493 1948-02-12 19 SINGAPORE, Feb. 8. I ni\NOEUVERED at every turn, the S.C.C. lost I superior “Rest” XV in their rugger match on 3 n.uWmr yesterday by 11 points (a goal and two IV o »i (a trv and a penalty goal). Outstanding player on the field was493 words
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Article95 1948-02-12 19 C.Y .M.A. CRICKET K l, |h l ll 'rv fi u t i Rame of the ■*e Good A (Cathedral Br.s a t u r S^wPh^ d) scored *63 Kv of uSirti 11 c -V.M.A. (Out Brebv winn r fn es) u tOUI of onl V 18. feature f) th95 words
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Article323 1948-02-12 19 SINGAPORE, Feb. 9. C.A 3 P.B.C 2 IN a fast and exciting game in which fortunes of each side fluctuated as the ball exchanged ends rapidly, the Chinese Athletic 1st XI just managed to beat a strong Pulau Brani Combined team by the odd goal in five,323 words
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Article29 1948-02-12 19 The Unicorns’ Club, Singapore, opened their soccer season with a victory over the Pay Command Ist. XI by the odd goal in seven in a friendly game.29 words
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Article230 1948-02-12 19 SINGAPORE, Feb. 9. M. KAILASAPATHY. the South and Singapore bowler scored the first century o: the Singapore season to give Raffles College victory over the Colonials XI by 172 luns to 79 at Bukit Timah 1 yesterday. I —ilasapathy also tc-ok five wickets for 45 runs. The230 words
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Article55 1948-02-12 19 The Island Golf Club February mixed foursomes resulted; Mrs. and N. A. Mallal 47—6*4 =40*4; Mrs. and Mr. McMullan 49—8 40Mrs and Mr. Nassim 52—11 41; Mrs. and Mr K. S. Murray 52— 41 1 Mrs. Jones and C. A. R. Batf'man 52—9=43; Mrs. Eu and Mr. F.55 words
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Article199 1948-02-12 19 SINGAPORE, Feb. 8. fOHORE Amateur Football Association is going ahead with plans to make a football stadium of its own and is contemplating the conversion of the Tebrau Padang at a cost of $lO,OOO into a proper football centre. As a first step in the conversion199 words
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Article172 1948-02-12 19 From Our Own Correspondent ALOR STAR, Feb. 8. THE Kednh Gymkhana Club will be reviving Amateur racing early this year and several entries have already been received. The secretary of the Club, Mr. C. C. Ren wick told the Straits Times that a one day meeting would172 words
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Article110 1948-02-12 19 A TABLE tennis match in aid of the Singapore Olympic and Sports Council fund for Lloyd Valberg will be played on Saturday, March 6, at the Great World, Singapore. Last year’s champions, the Tige Sporting Association, will ieet The Rest. The admissiotn charge will be110 words
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370 1948-02-12 19 KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 7. IN one of the tHfist inter-State hockey matches seen on the padang this season Selangor beat Perak by one goal to nil this evening. Ideal weather and perfect ground conditions made the game very fast. Selangor owed their victory to370 words
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Article115 1948-02-12 19 SINGAPORE, Feb. 10. rpHREE thrilling matches were seen In the Singapore seven-a-side rugger tournament, which opened yesterday. In the first game, the Singapore Cricket Club “T” team beat the 223 8.0. D. II by six points (two tries) to nil. The tries were scored by O’Brien and Milton.115 words
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Article119 1948-02-12 19 THE Royal Singapore Golf Club’s February Medal, played at Bukit Timah on February 7 and 8, resulted fa a win for I. L. G. Wheeler with a score of four down. The Gold Medal for 1947. played in conjunction with the February Medal, was also wen b.y Wheeler.119 words
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Article87 1948-02-12 19 SINGAPORE. Feb 7. A T the Singapore Cricket Club’s soccer meeting held yesterday, the following were elected officebearers for the current year: Captain, Mr. G. E. Verrall; vice-captain, Mr. J. Aitken; convenor, Mr. C. Milton: hon. secretary, Mr. V. R. Burton; committee: Messrs. G. E. Verrall, A.87 words
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Article1035 1948-02-12 20 WEEK OF GO OD TRADING Chief Feature In Collieries From A Market Correspondent I AST week was one of very large business. Until Thursday, “devaluation hedgers" avidly absorbed the offerings of profit-takers. Thereafter, taking a cue from New York and London, buyers were more reserved and a distinct easing' in1,035 words
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Article145 1948-02-12 20 Austral Amalgamated Limited operated its Ulu Yam dredge from May 1947. Up to December 1947 the very satisfactory output of 400 tons of tin ore was won. The company’s Puchong dredge awaits the arrival of electrical plant from Great Britain before rehabilitation can be fully effected. It145 words
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Article190 1948-02-12 20 SINGAPORE, Feb. 7. MARKET conditions have again shown little change this week, New York orders are well below our market level and those from elsewhere are very moderate, says Lewis Peat’s weekly report. In spite of this, sellers continue to be reserved though there has190 words
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Article31 1948-02-12 20 The January rubber crop of the Bukit Katil Rubber Estates was 36.161 lbs. Sungei Kinta Tin Dredging Ltd., output for January this year was 516 piculs of tin ore.31 words
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Article109 1948-02-12 20 SINGAPORE, Feh i Shipments Of •o from Malaya u month exceeded the ni! vious month's by ato tons and were 19,0u0 Z greater than in Jan 1947 Last month’s total was w 860 tons, of which SinSA shipped 51,112 tons and Federation of Malaya tons. The109 words
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Article133 1948-02-12 20 KUALA LUMPUR F 3 13 A bill to raise the existiq duty on sweepstakes from U pec cent to 15 per cent is p:s. lished in the Federation today It will apply throughout tie Federation and it will also eitend the application of ti duty on133 words
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Article850 1948-02-12 20 SINGAPORE. Feb 6. Quotations given by the Malavan Sharebrokers’ Association were as follows: INDUSTRIALS Buyer Seller Atlas Ice 13 00 i 4 00 Alex Brtcli Orels i «o i t)n Pref. 3.50 3.60 B B. Petrol 45/G 46'6 B. M. Trustee 8.75 9.25 r 'onsolidated Hr Smelters850 words