The Straits Budget, 11 March 1948
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Title Section32 1948-03-11 1 The Straits Budget THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES [ESTABLISHED OVER A CENTURY I K;,-i i(,s No. 84. Singapore Thursday, March 11th, 1948 Price 40 cents (S.8. Currency) Or 1 sh.32 words
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Advertisement64 1948-03-11 1 The SINGAPORE FREE PRESS > has the largest nett sale of any afternoon newspaper published in Malaya I >k 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 reading64 words
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The Straits Budget
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Article810 1948-03-11 2 Straits Times, Mar. 4. While the British Press talked of war with Russia last Tuesday, the House of Commons was engaged in a discussion which pointed to a directly contrary conclusion. The occasion was the last day of the debate on the Defence White Paper ofStraits Times, Mar. 4. - 810 words
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Article380 1948-03-11 2 —Straits Times. Mar. 4. People going on leave from Malaya will be interested in some remarks made at the i opening of the Hotel, Restaurant and Catering Exhibition at Olympia last month by Mr. Harold Wilson. President of the Board of Trade. At the opening luncheon—Straits Times. Mar. 4. - 380 words
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Article1055 1948-03-11 2 —Straits Times Mar 5 Many of our readers, and particularly those from the United Kingdom, will remember that some days ago they were startled to read, in a news-agency message published in the Straits Times, that The Economist had opened its main leading article that week—Straits Times Mar 5 - 1,055 words
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Article1056 1948-03-11 2 —Straits Times Mar. 6. As from the beginning the year the Australian workman had v his weekly hour> oi work reduced from 44 to 40 This was brought about as result of a decision of the Commonwealth Court of Conciliation and Arbitration atte. a hearing lasting—Straits Times Mar. 6. - 1,056 words
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Article994 1948-03-11 3 —Straits Tlmss Mar. 8. With only eleven days to go before polling day in Singapore, an ironical visitor has been heard to remark that the political temperature of the city can hardly be said to be at fever-heat. If that degree is desirable, which is—Straits Tlmss Mar. 8. - 994 words
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Article833 1948-03-11 3 Straits Times. Mar. 9. It is not often that the public in Malaya turns its eyes to the British territories in Borneo, and Brunei in particular is little more than a name over here. Before the war Brunei was lumped with Labuan, Christmas Island and– Straits Times. Mar. 9. - 833 words
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Article335 1948-03-11 4 —Straits Times, Mar. 9. Our readers will no doubt have noticed that the Straits Times is often asked to state that a particular Chinese is not the person of the same name mentioned in our report of a police-court case. We always do publish a—Straits Times, Mar. 9. - 335 words
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Article1102 1948-03-11 4 —Straits Times, Mar. 10. It is a matter of great regret that certain passages in General Percival’s dispatch on the Malayan campaign should have caused resentment among the Chinese community in Singapore, where the civil population was associated with the actual fighting much more closely—Straits Times, Mar. 10. - 1,102 words
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Article109 1948-03-11 4 SINGAPORE, Mar. 10. THE Agricultural Advisei to the Secretary ol State for Colonies, Mr. G. F. Clay, will arrive in Singapore on March 21 tc make a general review ol agricultural conditions ir Malaya and British Bor neo. He will spend just over top months in this area,109 words
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Article162 1948-03-11 4 RAUB, Mar. 9. MR. Tan Tiong, J.P., one of the last of the “towkay pioneers,” died yesterday after a short illness. He was 78. He arrived In this country In 1887 and first settled at Kuala Kubu Lama since 1891 he lived at Raub. He served162 words
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165 1948-03-11 4 From Our Own Corres*,,,^ KUCHING. Mar 8 T H arr j al hel e today o, the Minister of sL for Colonial Affairs Earl of Listowel) J marked by the biire« anti-cessionist dem® stratum ever held a Sarawak. eg* srSoSa sri ed in Sarawak.” \y165 words
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Article75 1948-03-11 4 SEREMBAN. Mar. 8 —Tone Lang Yew. aged 18. a r# ber tapper on an estate in Mantin has been killed by 1 tiger. When the girl failed to return home from the tanning field, the police were informed and an extensive search resulted in the bodv oeing75 words
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Article95 1948-03-11 4 RYVES—On March 4tb. Batu Gajah to Eileen. «nee w* bett), wife of H. T. B. Malayan Police, a son. Peter BLOW—to Diana <n e man), wife of Rex Biov.. a- Civil Hospital. Jesselton er. JJV cember 21. 1947. a Nicholas.' LIM—to Rosie (nee Seo«> of Dr. Lim Kok Ann95 words
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Article24 1948-03-11 4 MAKKIU-" Marctl FAIRHEAD-CAVE 8, 1948. at St. A, d e ir heiA Lumpur, John Derek 1 to Federation of Malaya Lois Sarah Cave.24 words
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Advertisement31 1948-03-11 4 STRAITS BUDGET. SUBSCRIPTION RATES (PAYABLE IN ADVANCE) Singapore Malaya Town Area {Including Postag' No Postage Quarterly 5.20 5.60 Half-Yearly 10.40 11.20 Yearly 20.80 22.40 (ALL THE ABOVE ARE IN STRAITS CURRE*^31 words
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Obituary23 1948-03-11 4 DEATH TakU John Gordon M<^ in V, $1 apa Valley Tin t and late of New f calan l9 4«. Takuapa 2nd Ma23 words
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554 1948-03-11 5 H is a matter for regret that, in your issue of Holiday, you did not reKond more cordially to He most significant H',n;;c of emphasis in Mr, Jiiui Eber's letter. Bt.ii- Eber's contention now Bl‘ir« to be that the tt-iity and goodwill of Brill554 words
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Article405 1948-03-11 5 THE Percival report once again confirms the fact that the fall of Malaya and Singapore was a classic exposure of the British Colonial system no longer in the complacent pages of Government blue books, or platitudinous and self-con-gratulatory reports tc Parliament, but in the stern ordeal of405 words
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Article274 1948-03-11 5 I SUPPOSE that the 1 Malayan Federation will need a flag in place of the F.M.S. “springing tiger.” Here's my idea: Taking a flag six feejt long by three feet deep, we have, next the staff, a vertical bar of black 18 inches wide. The rest274 words
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Article202 1948-03-11 5 S an appendix to Dr Linehan’s remarks on the Japanese and their flag at Fort Canning, I send you the following quotation from a book entitled “When Singapore Was Syonan” which was published by Mr. Chew Hock Leong, soon after the liberation. Mr. Chew writes The202 words
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Article56 1948-03-11 5 |N your issue of Feb. 27, you publish wh'at is no doubt a big story by somebody •named Percival, but this appears to have prevented the inclusion of the usual bridge notes by Culbertson. As one who is fond of ca r ds I consider this to56 words
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Article286 1948-03-11 5 Open letter to U.S. buyers of crude rubber IT has been increasingly evident to producers of natural rubber in the East that America, although the richest country in the world, and possessing the highest standard of living in the world, i s determined to get her rubber at286 words
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387 1948-03-11 5 THE absence of any representation frpm industry in the composition of the Federal Council, announced recently, came as a surprise. This just shows what interest the Government has in local industries and is surely not a good start towards what is generally hoped will be387 words
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Article83 1948-03-11 5 COCONUT oil was selling some three months ago at 30 cents a bottle. It is now 80 cents a bottle. In the past, the Straits Times has stated that the mills would close unless the ban on export was lifted. Yet they did not close. Government assisted them83 words
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Article, Illustration1967 1948-03-11 6 Tl’AN DJE - A Malayan Countryman’s Diary Tl’AN DJE* SOME days ago the Director of the Botanic Gardens, Mr. R. E. Holttum, paid us a short visit in the dusun Usually visitors from Singapore arrive at 10.30 a.m. at the earliest, but the botanist turned up at 8 a.m.!TH.V£*b - 1,967 words
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Article195 1948-03-11 6 A SINGAPORE, Mar. 9. LL banks in Singapore and the Federation have been warned by the police of the appearance of a forged $5 S.S currency note. The Registrar of Criminals, Malaya and Singapore, Mr. H. F. Ridley, A.S.P., said yesterday the forged note was of the195 words
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Article1675 1948-03-11 7 The little State of Brunei was in the news last week, by reason of the change whereby the Governor of Sarawak took on the additional function of High Commissioner for Brunei. Brunei was a famous place in bygone times, and known to the earliest European1,675 words
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Article73 1948-03-11 7 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, 8. —Lady Gent is leaving for England on March 15 for six weeks’ leave. She will go by air from Singapore on March 16. The trip Is planned to coincide with her children’s Easter vacation. Provisional arrangements73 words
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Article640 1948-03-11 7 'THERE are still quite a 1 few old pig traps left around here as I believe a few people have found to their inconvenience and pig-hunting with dogs and spears is still very popular. Sometime we have a rather noisy night when some640 words
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Article133 1948-03-11 8 SINGAPORE, Mar. 4. Faced with the prospect of paying their own fares to Britain to pass a comnetitive selection board, six local men have withdrawn their applications for admission to the K.A.F. They were the only six from Singapore and Malaya 10 respond to an133 words
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180 1948-03-11 8 SINGAPORE, Mar. 4. ROYAL Air Force units in Singapore have now released nearly all the civilian property they have been occupying, since the liberation. This includes Katong Park and Crescent Flats. Nearly all RAF personnel on the island are now concentrated att he four RAF180 words
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Article49 1948-03-11 8 SINGAPORE, Mar. 4. Twelve Chinese, ranging between 18 and 40. wer? charged before the Eighth PoMce Court Magistrate, (Mr. R. W. P. Rule) yesterday, with being members of G 1 Hap Lan an unlawful society. S'ioo l d trlal and toall of Mwch 10 WaS aI,OWCd 111149 words
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Article155 1948-03-11 8 SHOWDOWN IN SOUTH SIAM’ From Our SlafT Correspondent A LOR STAR, Mar. 3. A PROMINENT Alor Star religious leader today envisaged a large-scale guerrilla warfare in the four Malay States of south Siam. The leader was the vice-president of the Majlis Uzama Islam, Tuan Haji Embong. Ik* Cold the Straits155 words
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Article113 1948-03-11 8 SINGAPORE. Mar. 4. Th.e Representative of the Government of India in Malaya (Mr. J. A. Thivy) and his staff are seeking new premises. The offices at present occu- pied by the Government of India staff in Robinson Road have become too small for the efficient conduct113 words
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Article95 1948-03-11 8 SINGAPORE, Mar. 4. Chua Aw Tong, a young Chinese who attempted to escape from the Kandang Kerbau lock-up while in custody was yesterday sentenced to three months’ rigorous imprij sonment by the Third Police Court Magistrate, <Mr. F. B. Oehlers). Chua pleaded guilty to the charge. Chua95 words
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151 1948-03-11 8 —Reuter. T LONDON, Wednesday. HE Governor of the Colony of Sarawak is to act as British High Commissioner for the little state of Brunei, Borneo, it was stated in the House of Commons last night. This administrative change in Britain’s relations with Brunei was.—Reuter. - 151 words
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247 1948-03-11 8 From Our Own Correspondent MELBOURNE, Mar. 3. THE most publicised engagement in months in Australia is that of Sally Gilmour, 36-year-old prima ballerina, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. C. C. B. Gilmour, formerly of Singapore. She announced her engagement yesterday to a Melbourne medical practitioner. Dr.247 words
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Article187 1948-03-11 8 From Our Staff Correspondent there N k NG Mar 3 I here is a growing ten^en cy among Ame near, buyers- to find fault Trom M b bcr shi Pmente from Malaya, the viceB Penang Rubber Traders’ Associa (V f- Heal, Joo Seang) said today.187 words
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Article, Illustration165 1948-03-11 8 SINGAPORE. Mar. 4. rfO hundred British motor-cars, the largest shipment to arrive in a single ship, have been unloaded in Singapore. They arrived by the 7.800 ton E*n Line vessel Benalbanach ircm the United Kingdom. When the Benalbanach let: lor Hong Ko. g yesterday, she took onStraits Times picture. - 165 words
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Article85 1948-03-11 8 ROAD BLOCKS’ SUCCESS SINGAPORE. A Singapore Crjmw Investigation De t ™dis spokesman said > u 0 f that the police system emergency road blocks> responsible for an MP outlook” with regard to ar ed robberies and nou* breaking last menth. t 0 Dividing February 6 three periods of 10 da>.85 words
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Article59 1948-03-11 8 SINGAPORE. r G a' 0 l ON Tuesday, at Chang fu Naval Lt. mio a Japanese waicr for was sentenced to f complicity in th< go on Allied P.O.W.s at were Rifle Range when tn y captured when a in Malaya. tcd t*° The trial only befo59 words
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269 1948-03-11 9 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 4. )ICK ration cards cancelled by the Food Control Department in its present campaign „ain‘st bogus card holders have risen to 20,000. The latest increase in the figures followed ompletion of the first stage of the detailed inniries269 words
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Article196 1948-03-11 9 I SINGAPORE. Mar. 4. Swee Khoon, a W u.'imr employed at lli, social Welfare De Bart mcnt of the Co ony ■m'ii Aug. 11 last year, Ka* yesterday committed Ki stand trial at the next Bssizes cn three charges K f rgery, a charge of palsitying196 words
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Article100 1948-03-11 9 CtAPORE. Mar. 5. L 1 led last night. meeting of the mch of the Ox«x ;l,,)rld 8 e Society, to membership to .»Hy-born members 1% membership of tl! i U t0 u e P p', > Many of the m. n bers are servicep Stone was100 words
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Article144 1948-03-11 9 SINGAPORE. Mar. 5. THE Singapore Harbour Board $2,000,000 Auxibary Police Force to combat looting and crime within the harbour area is to continue for. a further six months urtil the end of this year. P was originally intended thai the 180-strong Police Fo?ce, raised in May144 words
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Article47 1948-03-11 9 MALACCA, March, 4.—The recommendations of the two-man trade union delegation to Malaya might not please either worker or employer Messrs. S.S. Awberry and F. W. Dailey told that to Malacca Rotarlans today. They said that they might complete their report before thej leave for England.47 words
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Article72 1948-03-11 9 SINGAPORE, Mar. 4. DONATIONS to the Singapore Anti Tuberculosis Association Fund have passed the $lOO,OOO mark. During February donations doubled the January figure. At the end of January, the fund stood at $53,423.47, February cash donation-? brought the figure to $92,660.97. In addition, there was72 words
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Article303 1948-03-11 9 SINGAPORE, Mar. 4. THE Singapore Coroner (Mr. W. G. Porter) began an inquest yesterday on Lee Kim YVali, a 31-year old Chinese wayang actor whose body was found in a disused air raid shelter at the BVi milestone, Bukit Timah Road, on Feb. 20. Koh Lian, the303 words
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Article, Illustration237 1948-03-11 9 SINGAPORE, Mar. 5. THE proudest little girl in all Singapore yesterday was 12-year-old Patricia Dineen, of Balmoral Road. Dressed in her best daytime frock, she sat between her father and mother in Government House and watched the Governor, Sir Franklin Gimson, pin the British Empire Medal—Straits Times picture. - 237 words
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Article104 1948-03-11 9 SINGAPORE. Mar. 5. The Singapore Christia.n Funeral Society, which held its 38th annual general meeting recently, reported a membership of 452. The report of the committee members for the year ending Dec. 31. 1947. showed that the had cash amounting to $1,703 in bamks, while investments i;n104 words
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Article32 1948-03-11 9 BOMBAY. Wednesday. Eleven hundred Gurkha troops, with 33 British and 10 Gurkha officers, sailed from here in the liner Strathnaver today for service in Singapore ana Hong Kong.32 words
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Article453 1948-03-11 10 SINGAPORE, Mar. 5. THE chief organiser of the wartime Singapore 1 Chinese Anti-Japanese Mobilisation Council, Mr. Tan Kah Kec, said yesterday that he protested strongly to the British War Secretary (Mr. Shinwell) against the unfavourable accounts of the Chinese in the Percival despatches. In a memorandum453 words
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Article41 1948-03-11 10 From Our Own Correspondent MUAR, March 4. The Muar District Judge today lined a Chinese woman, Gan raan, $25 for possession of 575 for possession of distilling apparatus. In another case a Chinese was fined $200 for of samsu.41 words
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Article139 1948-03-11 10 SINGAPORE. Mar. 5. A CHAIN of holiday bunpa lows for the Municipal subordinate staff in Singapore will be built at Telok Mata Ikan on the site of the former bunga low wh'ch was demolished as a defence measure be- fore the Japanese occu pation. Authority to proceed with139 words
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Article265 1948-03-11 10 SINGAPORE. Mar. 4. A MOTOR car and 6,341 l\ kilograms of ivory are among looted goods from Malaya which have beer recovered in Japan. The *;raae with Japan Office in the Fullerton Building in Singapore is looking lor the rightful own. rs of these goods.265 words
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Article171 1948-03-11 10 SINGAPORE, Mar. 4. TWO Chinese gunmen seized school fees and other money amounting to $1,300 from the principal of Hie (hm Kong Chinese school in Balestier Road Singapore, on Tuesday night. I he police said the two gunmen, masked and armed with pistols, hid171 words
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90 1948-03-11 10 Che Hasmah binte Mohd. Ali, the only Malay woman medical student at the College of Medicine. Singapore, is in her first year at the College, and wants to be a children’s dactor. Her father is Inche Mohamed Ali bin Taib Assistant Official Assignee in Kuala Lumpur. Che Hasmah spoke on90 words
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Article387 1948-03-11 10 SINGAPORE, Mar. 5. THE Chief Justice (Mr. Justice Murray- Ayuslev) yesterday granted a stay of execution of a possession order made in respect of a house in Meyer Road occupied by the C.-in-C.. Air Command (Air Marshal Sir Hugh Lloyd). Stay ol execution was granted387 words
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Article222 1948-03-11 10 Straits Times Copyright LONDON, Mar. 3. UNLESS there is some “drastic speed-up in the disappointingly slow” progress of assessing wai damage claims in Malaya It may be years before claimants receive their dues, says the Sondayan Rubber Co. chairman (Mr Charles Mann), In a statementStraits Times Copyright - 222 words
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Article63 1948-03-11 10 From Our Own Correspojj^j. MUAR, March. year-old member oi 11 lay Regiment. Abdul bln Salleh. was chargea fore the Muar Ma terday with kidnappm* la,y girl of 15. Marun Saruman, from ,n fher »t guardiamship of her rm Port Dickson on Feb. Abdul Hamid claimed the63 words
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Article326 1948-03-11 11 SINGAPORE, Mar. 6. MNGAPORE Malay fishermen at sea yesterday picked up four more French Foreign Legionaires. Three were Italians, one German. like the two Legionnaires who were u p in similar circumstances on Thursday. |u ton r men had jumped overboard from the french vessel326 words
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Article248 1948-03-11 11 SINGAPORE. Mar. 6. ELECTION of Malayan L. Chinese delegates to Hi:* Chinese National Assembly and Legislative Yuan has been deferred, a Sugapoio Chinese consular official told the Rtiaits Times yesterday. This was because of "techdlfflculties” In connection with balloting in Malaya, lie said Assembly and the Legislative248 words
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Article89 1948-03-11 11 SINGAPORE, Mar. 5. IVHEN a Chinese, Lee Kim Swee appeared in th* Second Police Court yesterday the magistrate (Mr. L. C. Goh) refused to sentence saying that Lee had called at trs hous n that morning. “Whatever you have to tell me should be said in open89 words
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Article107 1948-03-11 11 SINGAPORE. Mar. 6. The Singapore Chinese business community y ester- day expressed the hope that Hong Kong manufacturers would send a trade mission here. Although it was learned last month that a trade misj sion organised by leading Chinese merchants was planning to tour Malaya and107 words
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Article, Illustration285 1948-03-11 11 SINGAPORE. Mar. 6. ONLY four pieces of the ten gold ornament? which, with the “Singapore Stone,” are the oldest remains known tc have been found in Singapore, have survived the Japanese occupation. Before the war the collection consisted of ten pure gold ornaments, which were found285 words
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Article529 1948-03-11 11 SINGAPORE, Mar, 6. pOLLING Day in Singapore on March 20—a Saturday I —will not be made a public holiday, it was officially stated yesterday. Employers are asked to make their own arrangements to enable their voting employees to go to the polls. J Police guards529 words
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Article115 1948-03-11 11 SINGAPORE, Mar. 6. THE Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs (Dr. Bernabt Africa) said in Singapore yesterday that he had rec e i v e d representations from the local Filipino community for the establishment of a Philippine consulate here. Dr. Africa said that Filipino interests in115 words
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Article667 1948-03-11 12 SINGAPORE, Mar. H. I lEUT.-GEN. A. E. Percival “cast a slur” on the Chinese in Singapore by saying in his published report that there was a lack of unity among the Chinese during the war in Malaya, said Sir Han Hoe Lim to the Straits Times667 words
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Article120 1948-03-11 12 SINGAPORE, Mar. 6. MORE than 900 Chinese displaced persons from Foochow, Hong Kong and Hoihow have arrived in Singapore by the No;* wegian ship Hai Lee. The Chinese have been quarantined at St. John’s Island. They wire accompanied by M r J F. Rantiolf ol the120 words
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Article71 1948-03-11 12 MAHATMA’ S ASHES SINGAPORE. Mar. 6 The urn containing Mahatma Gandhi's ashes will leave New Delhi by air for Singapore next Friday. Mr. K P. K. Menon. one of the organisers of the ceremonies for the honouring of the Mahatma’s remains, gave this information to the Straits Times yesterday. It71 words
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Article46 1948-03-11 12 SINGAPORE. Mar. 6. The Eighth Police Court Magistrate < Mr. R. W p Rule) yesterday found Soh Ban Tza guilty of assisting in the management of a Chap Ji Kee lottery and fined him $6OO in default six months’ rigorous imprisonment.46 words
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Article, Illustration210 1948-03-11 12 SINGAPORE, Mar. 4. SINGAPORE dogs have been discovered suffering from T.B. Speaking at the Siugupsre Rotary Club luncheon, the Municipal Veterinary Surgeon <Mr. D H. Witherlngton) said that although he had r.cvor seen a local cow with the disease he had found T.B in some210 words
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124 1948-03-11 12 From Our Staff Correspondent dlSTniue SEREMBAN. Mar. 5. C mouth ,r ih Ven lVe cers patro,lin K "ear the Fori Dickson, yesterday Mala cca and which they found w’non a tongkang on brandy. s<«>.ooo worth of contraband Thiee Chinese havg been detained and the124 words
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Article, Illustration265 1948-03-11 12 SINGAPORE, Mar. 6. THE Director of Civil 1 Aviation, Palestine (Ai Vice-Marshal J. E. Storrar) has been appointed Pan Malayan Director of Civil Aviation to succeed Mr Herbert Walter Chatta way, who retires thi c month. Air Vice-Marshal Storrar Ht h th ht A?rMl t{ ir265 words
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Article292 1948-03-11 12 SINGAPORE, Mar 7 THERE will be no contest in either the Sin pore Chamber of Commerce or the Sintanf! Chinese Chamber of Commerce for the electi of a representative to the Singapore Lcgislatj? Council. Both Clambers named their yesterday. Two nominations for election as the Chamber292 words
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Article157 1948-03-11 12 SINGAPORE. Mar. 5. MR. Sardon bin Haji Zubir, president the Malay Union ot Singapore, told the Straits Times yesterday; “It k apparent that Mr. Cahveli has still not taken hoecloi the warning shown by Asian count/ies in tlw* l reaction against the White Australia policy.” He was157 words
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Article181 1948-03-11 13 SINGAPORE, Mar. 6. QIXGAPORE’S last Japa*s ncse war crimes sus poet comes up for trial ir he Supieme Court at nmf o’clock on Monday morn mg. H,* is Major Keichi Mazuno. ;tnd he is charged with complicity in the Chinese massa■r« in 1942. in181 words
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Article104 1948-03-11 13 SINGAPORE, Mar. 7. WYERSALL Estate, the home )t the Governor-General. J| the property of the Sult;,n of Johore. is undergoing un extensive “clearing-up.*’ Tiie (.state was badly negt»’d during the Japanese occupation, and shortage of staff ru.vo prevented any work on s ncp the liberation. 'o104 words
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Article114 1948-03-11 13 w si NGAPORE, Mar. 8. •■xn. hA? ol traders last week fr?m S Ce a small boom lav r yices personnel who back pay Ved several months’ Pa?d r m, c t e Paymasters have *o Iar Ke sums of money m en uS f rvin114 words
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Article468 1948-03-11 13 KUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 6. rr p e deration of Malaya’s request for a loan of 8200,000,000 is being considered by Whitehall against the background of Britain’s ‘•present financial and economic ordeal.” This information is given today by Lord stow'd. Minister for State for the Colonies, in468 words
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Article, Illustration55 1948-03-11 13 The Minister of State for Colonial Affairs (Ihe Earl of Listowel) and the Governor of Singapore (Sir Franklin Gimson) watching the preparation of soya bean cake in Upper Chin Chew Street on Mar. 5 during a tour of the poorer quarters of the cl:y.—Straits Times p.—Straits Times p;cture. - 55 words
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Article274 1948-03-11 13 SINGAPORE, Mar. 7. SINGAPORE’S public parks. swimming pools and playgrounds will soon be available to the public again. In the past few months, great strides have been made by the Municipality in their rehabilitation. Work ‘of rehabilitating Farrer Park was begun two months ago. The ground274 words
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Article48 1948-03-11 13 SINGAPORE, Mar. 7. FOUR Sarawak organisations have cabled to Lord Listowel in Singapore asking that •‘our Raja Muda Anthony Brooke” be allowed “accompany your Lordship on your intended visit to Kuching. to enable your Lordship to assess accurately the feelings of the people.”48 words
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Article166 1948-03-11 13 SINGAPORE, Mar. (i. A MUNICIPALITY baaed on the lines of the Singapore Municipality w 11 be set up in Kuching capital of Sarawak, il the recommendations oi Mr. J. R. Hill, Singapore Municipal Treasurer, are adopted by the Sarawak Government. Mr. Hill went to Sarawak last166 words
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Article76 1948-03-11 13 KUALA LUMPUR, March 7. —lt is intended to carry out complete economic survey of Malaya as soon as possible, says the Minister for Colonial Affairs (Lord ListowelX Describing this as “a very large undertaking,” he said that pressure of work had so tar prevented it being done.76 words
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Article192 1948-03-11 13 SINGAPORE. Mar. 7. THE report of the Singapore Regional Indian Congress for the year 1947, issued yesterday, shows that it was pressure brought to bear on it by the headquarters of the Malayan Indian Congress that made the S.R.I.C. abstain from taking part in the Singapore192 words
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Article237 1948-03-11 13 From Our Staff Correspondent SEREMBAN, Mar. 7. TRADE Union representatives and employers of labour have been very helpful and frank in their discussions. Both parties seem anxious, by meins collective bargaining, to improve and put the trade union movement in this country on a sound basis.’237 words
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Article826 1948-03-11 14 SINGAPORE, Mar. 8. CKU-'-GOVERNMENT is not a gift from out side which can be given or withheld: it is a new way of living which a people works out for itself.” This .statement was made last night by the Minisi,.r state bn the Colonies (Lord Listowel)826 words
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Article198 1948-03-11 14 SINGAPORE. Mar. 7. SINGAPORE S unlicensed street hawkers who had to close their stalls by Dec. 31 are now creating an unemployment problem. Four hundred and two wno registered with the Labour Department in January have refused offers of jobs us labourers. The Singapore HuwKers’ Union198 words
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Article171 1948-03-11 14 Delegates tmi-.vv kuala lumpur, Mar. 7. Conference loudl/accutmert All 1 l f la Van Urban Co-operative Societies wile Society should he formed d 1>r0,,,,5al lhat a Malayan Co operative Whole- The proposal was first made by Mr. D. G. Mack of the Selangor Railway Society. quoted the171 words
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Article, Illustration339 1948-03-11 14 SINGAPORE, Mar. 8. U’Cl SINd the Siamese Government of "false assimilation” oi Malays and ‘‘repressive measures" in the southern provinces of Yala. Pattani, Setul and Xaradhavas. Singapore Malays and Muslims yesterday decided to send a formal protest to j the United Nations. The decision was taken– Straits Times picture. - 339 words
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Article215 1948-03-11 14 SINGAPORE. Mar. 3. Leaving Singapore Uui week on retirement after 14 years’ service with the Straits Steamship Company is the Superin tendent Engineer of the Blue Funnel Line and Glen Lines. Ltd. (Mr. Leslie Froggatt). Before the war. Mr. Fro*gatt was vice-chairman of thSingapore branch of the215 words
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Article64 1948-03-11 14 SINGAPORE. Min-. r > PROSECUTIONS y’d‘ brought after the x y fortnight against carry extra persons on bieycles within the MunichA This has been found sary in view of the hifih d centage of bicycles nn in traffic accidents Ins which were carryav- than one person. v* The64 words
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Article285 1948-03-11 15 PENANG, Mar. 6. a\, important stage in the development of A mechanised fishing in Malaya will be reached shortly with the building of a fisheries school in Penang. Together with the school will be a special research department whose aim will be to increase Malaya’s fish285 words
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Article293 1948-03-11 15 From Our Staff Correspondent Kuala Lumpur, Mar. 7. |F profitable or self-sup-porting proposals for the economic benefit ot Malawi are put forward from* this country the Colonial Development Corporation would no doubt bv ready to consider them. This was declared by the Minister of State for293 words
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Article104 1948-03-11 15 K start h Mp y R Mar 7 A es ,ST. bas been made in Kuala 200 in the This n pu r Lake Gardens, wife of t o vs ni r T g Lady Gent, sioner° r ,l he High CommisGardens eased in the and104 words
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Article135 1948-03-11 15 SINGAPORE. Mar. 9. In a statement, Mr. Anthony Brooke says that the refusal of the Governor (Sir Charles Arden Clarke) to allow him to enter Sarawak with the Minister for Colonial Affairs (Lord Listowel) “merits a full public inquiry.” Mr. Brooke, in a telegram to the Governor135 words
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Article169 1948-03-11 15 SINGAPORE, Mar. 9. BELIEVED to have fallen from an upper storey of the Capitol Flats, Mrs H. Stratton Bryce, aged 29, was found suffering from severe injuries in Stamford Road at 6 a.m. on Sunday. She was taken care of by a police radio patrol car, and169 words
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Article60 1948-03-11 15 The following have been aopointed members of the Films Appeal Committee, for Singapore, under the provisions of the Cinematograph Films Ordinance: The Municipal President (chairman), the Commissioner of Police (vice-chair-man). the Secretary for Chinese Affairs, the Principal of the Raffles Girls’ School, Inche Daud bin Md.60 words
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Article68 1948-03-11 15 SINGAPORE, March 9. THE influx of hundreds of American sailors with shore leave brought in a flood of American dollars to Singapore yesterday. Last night moneychangers by the dockside were offering Straits $2.10 for U.S*s1 —two cents below the official exchange rate. “This is the first68 words
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Article126 1948-03-11 15 SINGAPORE, Mar. 9. Chua Thye Moy. a 42-year-old Chinese woman, who yesterday pleaded guilty to a charge of having in possession dutiable tobacco, was fined $750, in default four months’ rigorous imprisonment, by the Eighth Police Court Magistrate (Mr. R. W. P. Rule). Mak Chong, a126 words
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Article235 1948-03-11 15 SINGAPORE, Mar. 7. SINGAPOREANS who are going home on retirement, or to jobs in other countries are finding many snags wihen they try to take their cars with them. “The Automobile Association of Malaya is trying its best to make things easy for members who235 words
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Article211 1948-03-11 15 SINGAPORE, Mar. 0. Representatives of nearly every Christian denomination attended a Holy Communion service at St. Andrew’s Cathedral yesterday to commemorate the 250th Anniversary of the founding of the Society for promoting Christian Knowledge. The full Anglican choral service was conducted by the Bishop of Singapore (the211 words
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Article317 1948-03-11 15 SINGAPORE, Mar. 9. TWO Admirals, one British and one American, brought their fleets into Singapore yesterday. They were Admiral Sir Denis Boyd, Commander-in-Chief of the British Pacific Fleet, and RearAdmiral Martin, of the United States Task Force 38. The two fleets are now riding at317 words
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Article118 1948-03-11 15 SINGAPORE, Mar. 9. rE temporary suspension of the private import of sugar into Singapore, which began on March 4. has been brought into force pending a clarification of the extent to which such imports are l kely to prejudice procurement on Government account this year. This Information118 words
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Article383 1948-03-11 16 SINGAPORE, Mar. 7. CINGAPORE householders are faced with the prospect of their gas supplies being cut in addition to the electricity “black outs. The Gas Department warns them that unless they “go slow” it may be necessary to ration gas. The gas-making plant at the383 words
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Article205 1948-03-11 16 SINGAPORE, Mar. 4. A SINGAPORE Students' Advisory Committee has been appointed tc assist students from the Colony t 0 obtain admission to Universities in he Commonwealth. At its first meeting, held recently, Mr. R. M. Young, Deputy Director of Education, Singapore, who presided, said that, im205 words
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Article79 1948-03-11 16 SINGAPORE. Mar. 6 Singapore’s C.I.D. chief. Mr J C. Barry, yesterday anbicycle thefts' 1 Pttlg l rPduce rf a d most blc >’ clp thefts vvere due to owners leaving their machines unlocked. refore as a warning, poheemen in the course of their ordinary duties have been79 words
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Article57 1948-03-11 16 From Our staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 5 Armed detectives under the charge of European officers yesterday arrested a young Chinese who is stated to be a member of a newly-formed k>ing known as the ’’Flvint? Tigers.” B The arrest was made In a coffer-shop57 words
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Article54 1948-03-11 16 I roni Our Staff Correspondent tTnr SEREMBAN. Mar. 8. THREE Chinese dressed in black and with fao?s blackened robbed Wang Sing, a kepala on Bahau Estate, of $2,000 at 1.30 this morning The money was said to be the wages of the estate labourers and was due to54 words
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Article91 1948-03-11 16 SINGAPORE. Mar. 7. Singaporeans have been puzzled during the past week as to why a number of Indian firms have donated sums of $lOl and Sl.OOl to the Singapore Anti-Tuberculosis Association Fund. It was the extra dollar they were puzzled about. After interviewing several Indian firms, a91 words
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Article151 1948-03-11 16 SINGAPORE, Mar. 9. AN average of 20 to 30 x dead bodies are picked up by the Singapore Police each month* a Police spokesman told the Straits Times yesterday. In February, he said. *29 were picked up in various parts of the island. Most of those151 words
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315 1948-03-11 16 MALAYS SA Y WE HAD TO SCRUB DECKS’ SINGAPORE, Mar 7 WE were supposed to have been treated as passem.,* but we were made to scrub the decks and i the ship clean,” said Abdul Samat bin Amjah the 15 Malay repatriates and deportees from Austral* 1 who arrived in315 words
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Article186 1948-03-11 16 SINGAPORE, Mar. 7. THE Singapore Railway Station is being completely A renovated, and it is expected that in two months the work of giving the whole building a new appearance will be finished. The firm of Swan and McLaren, who built the station. are undertaking186 words
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Article233 1948-03-11 16 SINGAPORE, Mar. 8. •THE proudest person in Singapore last week was Mrs. J. Nfitfklen Jones when she received news that one of her former dancing pupils, Miss Sally Gilmour, had been an immediate success as a prirtia ballerina in Australia. Twenty years ago, Mrs. N klon233 words
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Article346 1948-03-11 16 SINGAPORE. Mar. 8. IF the Australian Goveminent wanted us to leave after the war why did it allow us tc marry Australian girls and settle down for sc long?” asked one of the 16 Malay seamen who were recently repatriated from Australia, yesterday. He was Yacoob346 words
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Article44 1948-03-11 16 SINGAPORE. Mar. A PARTY of Slngapof' A tectiv?s yesterday ljn ing seized four cases i 'f 11 m s Ing 5,000 rounds of sma. u ammunition in Jalan Changi. v v ere A Chinese and aMa vj arrested in conned' the seizure.44 words
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Article343 1948-03-11 17 SINGAPORE, Mar. 10. THE Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce 1 i, as appointed a five-man sub-committee which is now collecting material to contradict Lieut. -General Percival’s criticisms of the Chinese war effort in Malaya. The committee will study especially .the <t uement in Gen. Percival's war343 words
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Article76 1948-03-11 17 rifiKi NANC f,' March 10.—'TerdLL lla gers of Kuala Siinu 1 )Ml,t 25 miles from for have asked v.ard( V l Mstance of a game to track down a tiger carried off its (,n Saturday last illagers say he ran T) a u 1() aring at night. r76 words
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Article255 1948-03-11 17 SINGAPORE, Mar. 10. A SHORTAGE of edible coconut oil in S'rigapore shops and markets foi the past month or so has inconvenienced some housewives who normally require it for cooking purposes. The price of coconut oil increased from 40 to 50 cents a bottle (slightly more255 words
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Article283 1948-03-11 17 SINGAPORE, Mar. 10. MR. BUDH SINGH (president of the Malayan Indian Congress) issued a circular yesterday requesting members of the Singapore Regional Indian Congress to inten sify their boycott campaign against the Singapore elections. Mr. Budh Singh, who has come to Singapore from K.L. specially in connection283 words
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Article101 1948-03-11 17 From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, Mar. 8. T'HE clove industry in Penang is to be rehabilitated with the help of Government loans. The Balik Pulau council was recently told that long-term loans would be given under a scheme already approved by the Government. Under this101 words
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Article307 1948-03-11 17 SINGAPORE, Mar. 9. THE Singapore Rural Board recently allocated two sections of Crown land at Bukit Timah and Pasir Panjang to the village committees, who will shortly build their own community halls. In addition, the Rural Board has also requested a vote of between $5,000307 words
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Article186 1948-03-11 17 SINGAPORE, Mar. 10. THE president of the Malay Union (Mr. Sardon bin Haji Zubir) said yesterday that his campaign to fight the injustice which the 15 deported Malay seamen suffered at the hands of the Australian Government was not over. 7— Four of the 15186 words
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177 1948-03-11 17 SINGAPORE, Mar. 9. THE All-Malayan Indian 1 Congress Committee has decided to take “the most stringent action in regard to the defection of two members in the Singapore Regional Congress who have announced their intention to contest cue Singapore elections,” it was announced yesterday by177 words
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Article188 1948-03-11 17 SINGAPORE, Mar. 40. A DRASTIC re-organisation of the Imports and Exports Department is planned in Singapore, the Straits Times understands. This is a result of complaints from traders that the present system causes unc ssury inconvenience and delays. An Imports ar.d Exports Advisory Panel, with three representatives from188 words
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249 1948-03-11 18 SINGAPORE, Mar. 10. A COMMITTEE is at present working out the details of the Malayan Royal Navy, a Government spokesman told the Straits Times yesterday. This follows the announcement in the House of Commons on Monday of Malaya’s decision to create her first permanent249 words
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Article288 1948-03-11 18 SINGAPORE, Mar. 10. The President of the Malay Union (Mr. Sardon bin Haji Zubin declared yesterday that the Singapore Rural Board was not looking after the interests of the residents of rural areas. He told the Straits Times that the Board had done nothing to288 words
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Article127 1948-03-11 18 KUALA KANGSAR. Mar. 8. A line of $2OO, or two months’ rigorous imprisonnn nt was passed by the Distrirt Judge, Kuala Kangsar loan Sheikh) on an Indian named Nadesan having been lound in possession of 22 pi; nts ol Indian hemp in his garden at Talang.127 words
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Article76 1948-03-11 18 SINGAPORE, March 10. 4 FILIPINO special constable accidentally shot his companion, an Indian special constable, at the Singapore branch of the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank during the tiffin hour yesterday. The accident occurred when the Filipino constable, a guard at the bank, was “breaking” his loaded .3876 words
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Article157 1948-03-11 18 SINGAPORE, Mar. 6. THE Singapore Traffic Advisory Committee has endorsed a proposal for the establishment of a i permanent Safety First Committee for the Colony The functions of the Safety First Committee would be to organise “safety first” weeks, to Issue posters and booklets on this subject,157 words
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Article155 1948-03-11 18 I VST IVlOvtii a SINGAPORE, Mar. 9. I AM MONTH, there were substantial reductions in wo of lhe prevalent forms of crime— armed robbery and housebreaking—i n Singapore. A police spokesman 1945 There were 96 similar said yesterday that the February figure—44—for aimed robberies was,155 words
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Article256 1948-03-11 18 SINGAPORE. Mar. 10. 1 EGISLATION purport- n g to lift the moratorium on occupation debts should be deferred until War Risk Insurance and War Damage claims have boon settled. I his is the opinion of two Singapore Chinese commerce. bodies, tile Chinese Chamber of Commerce and256 words
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Article598 1948-03-11 18 SINGAPORE m THE story of how he escaped after bein-' 1 other Chinese by Japanese guards n beach in February, 1942, was told by a Chin., ap at the trial of Major Keiji Mizuno Crimes Court in the Supreme Court vest..r,i. at He was a598 words
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Article170 1948-03-11 18 From Our Stall Correspondent Johore Bahru. Mar. 8. IN a widespread search for the kidnapped son of a wealthy Kulat contractor, police have made three raids and been forced to swim across a swollen river. They have arrested four men. who are aliened to be members170 words
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Article65 1948-03-11 18 KUALA LUMPUP Kuala Lumpur'.'' f r Transport Company who have been on the last 19 days 1 to submit their case ment by an arbitral They have given i a tins to the *>ov< the company in a i saii their d< Cl because they felt i gotiations65 words
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Article416 1948-03-11 19 S’ PORE SCOTS BEATEN SINGAPORE, Mar. 7. v f;mt and routing game of ***** at the Jalan liStadium yesterday, Ireland and The Rest t Scotland in the Singapore international series, il l' victors winning by seven points (a drop goal and |VIU t rv) to three (a try). rv v'r'Me416 words
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Article112 1948-03-11 19 s|\<i.M’OKK Mar. 10. ihIKI C leading Malayan badminton players will br invited to play exhibition tf.inies in < hina. I l,i s is a decision reached the meeting of the Malayan Chinese Organising Committee for the C hina Olympic ones held in Singapore \esterday. Badminton is112 words
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Article181 1948-03-11 19 SINGAPORE. Mar. 6. THE Victoria School 1st 1 XI did well to defeat the Raffles Institution's firv tram two-one at soccei •»n the R.I. ground yesterday. In the match between the second teams, however. Rallies Inpitution won convincingly by four goals to two. In the first181 words
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Article90 1948-03-11 19 THE U n-h MPUR Mar. t vvom,'n Seremban is: ;i K] luc key team were r "rr] wp, ,naint ain their l" <1*1/ /'i'J met th e EuEuala team of Eight n ,)ur today. l rv al m bef °re the inpv* Sertm K hung Sooi Chin90 words
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Article76 1948-03-11 19 The Royal Singapore Goli Club's March Medal competition played under the Stabloford handicapping system, was won by M. I. Atkinberry. The ball sweeps for the first, and second nines were won by Atkinberry with scores of 17 7 16 nr.d 21 7/16 respectively. The best scores were returned76 words
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Article166 1948-03-11 19 From Our Own Correspondent Batu Pahat, Mar. 9. THE Johore Amateur Football Association at a meeting held here decided to run an interdistrict competition fui the cup presented oy Mi P. Mobamed Abdullah oi Batu Pahat. Johore Bahru, Batu Pahat. Muar, Scgamat, Kluang. Mersing and166 words
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Article215 1948-03-11 19 SINGAPORE, Mar. 8. Excellent bowling by G. Krishnan, who took nine wickets for 17, largely helped the Indian Association “A” to beat thf Combined Changi “A” a 1 Changi yesterday. The Indians won by nine wickets. The Changi XI were all out for 46. The215 words
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Article26 1948-03-11 19 From Our Own Correspondent BANGKOK, March B. Phoek Singaphanlop defeated Jimmy Bird of Singapore on points a ten-round fight here last night.26 words
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232 1948-03-11 19 SINGAPORE, Mar. 10. THE question of raiding funds to finance ihe Malayan contingent to th< coining China Glymp c Games was the subject hi major discussion at the meeting of th e Malayan Chinese Organising Com mittee held at the Gob Loo Club yesterday even232 words
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Article72 1948-03-11 19 SINGAPORE. Mar. 9. THE qualifying and first rounds of the Island Club golf championship were played off during the week-end. The first round matches, .held on Sunday morning, resulted as follows: C. A. R. Bateman brat H Tooke 6 and 4; J. A. Chippindak* brat K. T.72 words
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Article242 1948-03-11 19 From Our Own Correspondent IPOH. March. 4. A LOSS of more than $35,000 was sustained by the Perak Turf Club last year, according to the committee’s report, which will be presented to the annual general meeting of the Club on Monday. March 15. The recent242 words
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Article138 1948-03-11 19 SINGAPORE, Mar. 7. pEVIVAL of the Royal Johore International Club is outstanding sports news this week, because of the further amenities it will offer to local sportsmen, particularly those who play golf. The Club’s nine-hole course is now in extremely good condition and more and more people138 words
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Article128 1948-03-11 19 l-rom Our Staff Correspondent Kuala Lumpur, Mar. 7. WJ. Gibb became holder of the Selangor Golf Club championship for the seventh time in its history when he beat Major A. A. M. Bucher by four and three in t.he 36-hole final, which was completed this morning.128 words
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Article99 1948-03-11 19 I' rom Our Own Correspondent SEREJIBAN, March 8. Gurdlal Singh, a State player made 96 runs in a match betwuM the N.S. Sikh Union and the N.S. Malays played here yesterday. Gurdial Singh was also in good form with the ball, taking three wickets for 12 runs99 words
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Article137 1948-03-11 19 SINGAPORE. Mar. 5 THE Selangor Golf Club beat 11 the Singapore Army Golf Society by 13*2 matches to 4'/ 2 at Kuala Lumpur last w ek-end. Results <S.G.C. players mentioned first): SINGLES: Gibb beat Maj. Lnckhend: Newbigging beat Lt.Col. Prichard; Jackson beat Maj. Robertson; Teale beat137 words
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Article956 1948-03-11 20 Fair Spread ()f Transactions From A Market Correspondent RESPITE the deterioration in European affairs, the critical Empire dollar situation and the shadow of the Hritish Budget, a fair volume of business was written in the somewhat erratic markets of the week. There was a fair spread of956 words
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338 1948-03-11 20 SINGAPORE. Mar. 5. UNITED Engineers Limited. in the accounts for the year to Dec. 31 1h47, show a net profit ot $1,143,357. The accounts were published yesterday The directors will recommend. at the annual meeting *>n Mar. 12 that a dividend of 12* per cent338 words
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Article215 1948-03-11 20 Rubber Fell At U.S. Ne ws SINGAPORE. THE rubber market' Week showed del'inite^ita report. Mv “»*i It wa.s thou i »ii* it deteriorating poau,,,/ 13 i *1- m Europe muu som? heavy buvi.v t d 10 of this s tiers we!e' £”2 i a o. prl< ¥^r rt s ■news215 words
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Article41 1948-03-11 20 Tak uapa Dredgin? The No l dr« dy*- <: T.'Kli V..U03 Tin Drrdy.’:. t worked 95.00 b cuba 1:1 4^ hours and prodlM ore at an estimated tl.u $38,000 and an $28,000. opei m >i> going on with the No 2 drr41 words
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Article850 1948-03-11 20 SINGAPORE. Mar 9 Quotations given bv the Malayan Sharebrokers' Association were 1 INDUSTRIALS Buyer Seller M, a* tCf 13 (W 14 or Alex. Brick Ords. i.B(> l .<M’ Pref 3.50 3.60 B B. P«<rol 43,9 44'9 B M Trustee 8.75 9.2? Consolidated Tin Smelters (O* 22'3 23'3850 words