The Straits Budget, 20 May 1948
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Article381 1948-05-20 1 YOUR leading article in your issue of May 8 refers once more to the unfortunate letter written by Mr. C.R. Harrison, rei garding the high rate of wastage among young planters. A point which seems to have been completely missed in that letter and381 words
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Article263 1948-05-20 1 PERMIT me to write something on the recent action taken by the Australian Government to drive 600 Chinese residents out of Australia, little thinking of what they had contributed to the country in the past years. The majority of the Chinese have been in Australia263 words
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Article86 1948-05-20 1 IN view of the decision to 1 screen cultural and educational films at the Victoria Theatre, I would suggest the inclusion in the scheme of war-time newsreels and documentaries produced by the Ministry of Information and the U.B. Office of War Information. That would make up86 words
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Article55 1948-05-20 1 WILL the authorities concerned please enlighten me in regard to the official controlled price of cigarettes. There are cigarettes in abundance stocked by the tobacconists, but some of them are overcharging 20 to 30 cents a tin. I would like to enquire whether these increased prices have official55 words
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344 1948-05-20 1 IT is always sad to see governments lending themselves to the demoralisation of those they are constituted to serve, and now in this fair land there are those who are urging the establishment of Gov-ernment-sponsored lotteries. It is the testimony of psychologists and experts in344 words
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226 1948-05-20 1 Regarding the recent announcement of 25 Federation of Malaya Raffles Scholarships for award in 1948, may I make the suggestion that five of these scholarships be reserved annually for award to serving Government officers. The educational qualifications required may be as those laid down by226 words
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464 1948-05-20 1 High Prices At Th e Root Of Troubles THE recent remarks of one of Singapore’s leading property auctioneers on the value of property as related to tea money and illegal rents (Mr. Chong Hock Chye— Free Press, May 10) are in themselves a damning indictment of the Singapore Government’s inefficiency,464 words
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Article214 1948-05-20 1 YOUR correspondent H. B. Lim, whose letter appears in your issue of May 15 under the heading “A Malayan Warning to Canberra/* evidently has no appreciation of the policy of the Australian Government in keeping Australia free of immigrant Asiatics and other coloured peoples. Australia is214 words
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Article64 1948-05-20 1 JL DO not wish in'erW' w 1 any way with th riet in Council on public I would, t 10 \v[ ir id War l you that during World the Government spo such lotteries t" r poses. nvinv case* There were sc man* of misappropriation n64 words
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Article80 1948-05-20 1 of MunidTHE present t-‘.e 1 ls 29 f pal Assessment plus 5% for lns>r an' tor’s salary. repaid Is 34\ elation etc., the V f D The proposed inforne e*' individual wh*™■ n is 30 r >- ceeds $50,000 i f or para The grand t^->^. o80 words
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The Straits Budget
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Article1079 1948-05-20 2 —Straits Times May 13. ‘•RUSSIA AND U.S. TO 'ALK PEACE —SO ran the [uun heading on our front yesterday, and many a Straits Times reader must ia J e f t .|t that that was the first ,j ieor ful heading on internaional news that he—Straits Times May 13. - 1,079 words
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Article909 1948-05-20 2 —Straits Times, May 14. Reparations from Japan take on a slightly less unreal air in the agreement that has been reached between the British Government and the Malayan Governments on compensation for war damage. Before that, reparations meant no more to the Malayan public than a vague possibility—Straits Times, May 14. - 909 words
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Article253 1948-05-20 2 —Straits Times, May 14. Many of our readers must have noticed a quaint little tableau which is enacted in the streets of Singapore, and no doubt in other Malayan towns. There is a bird-cage, prettily decorated so as to look like a little house. Inside—Straits Times, May 14. - 253 words
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Article1130 1948-05-20 2 —Straits Times. May 15. At midnight last night Great Britain ended the mandate which she has held in Palestine since the first world war. At the same time a sovereign Jewish State was proclaimed in Palestine, and a declaration of war on that state by all or—Straits Times. May 15. - 1,130 words
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Article1085 1948-05-20 3 —Straits Times, May 17. When the Federation Government sent Malay labour under police protection into Port Swettenham yesterday, in consequence of a strike by Indian and Chinese stevedores, that was the first time that any such action had been taken in this country since the Singapore Government used—Straits Times, May 17. - 1,085 words
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Article907 1948-05-20 3 Times. May 18. To what extent will the University of Malaya widen the field of employment for the Malaya-born What new professions will it open up To what extent will it lead to gradual elimination of overseas recruiting and expatriation pay, and to a consequent enlargement andTimes. May 18. - 907 words
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Article126 1948-05-20 4 —Straits Times, May 18. thr* n lading article on 1 Swottenham strike hav f 1 M !l, (1 yesterday we t£°,r C,Vcd th full text of the er,m report issued by Lum,r:. (,i i,K,uir y in Kuala Thi M riday evening. iH fin.? t, Slhat thGCOUrt in—Straits Times, May 18. - 126 words
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Article1098 1948-05-20 4 —Straits Times May 19. If many members of the public thought that the Malayan Governments were in too much of a hurry to introduce the Income Tax Ordinance iasl year, they certainly cannot complain about the close and i careful examination to which that legislation has been—Straits Times May 19. - 1,098 words
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Article97 1948-05-20 4 SINGAPORE May 19. Methodists in Malaya, Borneo, Sumatra and Burma have been given permission t 0 elect their own bishop, following the resignation and retirement of Bishop Edwin F. Lee. The general conference of the Methodist Church which adjourned at Boston U.S.A., last week has given97 words
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Article71 1948-05-20 4 Mr. S. Dural Raja Singam writes: “In your leading article of: May 7 you raised a point about the nomenclature of Tank Road. Singapore. Tank Road gets its name after a -former reservoir fed by a spring at the back of Fort Canning. Tradition has71 words
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Article63 1948-05-20 4 Office-bearers of the Singapore Rotary Club for the ensuing year are: President (Mr. L. Cresson), vice presidents (Messrs. Yap Pheng Geek and K. M. Englemann). Directors: Messrs. E. V. Davies. Jee Ah Chian. Kok Chong Fook, N. R. Mistri, S. H. Peek. G. G. Thomson and S. S.63 words
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Article20 1948-05-20 4 Mr. M. Krlstek has been appointed to be an Assistant Controller of Supplies and Assistant Food Controller, Singapore.20 words
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Article123 1948-05-20 4 SINGAPORE, May 19. PINGAPORE’S water sup*3 ply, which has been impaired since Monday afternoon by a leaking main 15 miles into Johore, was restored to normal last n'ght. Mr. S. B. W. Williams, the Deputy Water Engineer, told the Straits Times yesterday that the engineers had been123 words
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Article149 1948-05-20 4 FARMER.—To Marjorie, wife )f O. St. O. Farmer, at Singapore, on the 12th of May, a son—Peter Geoffrey. BURNETT—TO MOLLY, wife of Captain P. W. Burnett R.N. on 13th May 1948 a daughter. WALLACE.—On May 3. 1948, at Jesselton, North Borneo, to Margaret wife of Theodore Wallace—a daughter. ON149 words
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Article46 1948-05-20 4 The engagement is announced and the wedding will take place shortly in Singapore between Lorna Betty Allsop. eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. S. Allsop of Ripley. Derbyshire, and Patrick Lawrence O’Neill, elder son of Colonel and Mrs. P. L. O’Neill of Tring. Hertfordshire.46 words
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Article138 1948-05-20 4 The wedding took place yesterday (16-5 48) at 39. Chapel Road of Mr. Chia Teck Loke. sixth son of Mrs. Chia Eng Say (nee Madam Tan Ah Nee) and the late Mr. Chia Eng Say and Miss Ong Siew Choo, the fourth daughter of Mr. Mrs. Ong Cheng Pew138 words
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Advertisement41 1948-05-20 4 STRAITS BUDGET. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Quarterly Half-Yearly Yearly (ALL THE (PAYABLE N ADVANCE* Br. Empire A! Singapore Malaya Foreign Town Area (Including Postage) (Including No Postage 5.20 5.60 10.40 11.20 20.80 22.40 postage) 6.00 12 0CW 24.00 ABOVE ARE IN STRAITS CURRENCY.)41 words
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Obituary34 1948-05-20 4 DEATHS Soli Yiew Geok. need 51. passed nwav peacefully at 45 Onan Rd. on Friday 7th inst.. PANG: Mr. Pane Hoo Liane, aped 65 years passed awav peacefully on 10-5-48 at 4 25 p.m34 words
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Article, Illustration2211 1948-05-20 5 THAN DJEK - A Malayan Countryman s Diary THAN DJEK. WE have been back here nearly eighteen months, but it was not till a few days ago that we had a chance to shoot a monitor lizard. It was observed having a sort of conference with a bunco of2,211 words
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Article257 1948-05-20 6 KUALA LUMPUR, May 15. T,,|; poileralion Government is to reduce the price it ikivs for padi from local producers because it n n longer afford the heavy subsidy. 1,1 official announcement today also stales that ]1 J u n details of the I.E.F.C. allocations of rice257 words
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Article132 1948-05-20 6 prom Our Staff Correspondent MALACCA. May 16. 4 BOUT 300 police from j,»hore Bahru are standing by at Sagil Estate in Tangkak (North Johore) where the management has “locked ouf about 1,000 Indian labourers. The “lock-out followed a >-dav strike by the Estate two*day strike by132 words
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Article120 1948-05-20 6 Kuala Lumpur. May 16. THE general management of two North Perak oil palm estates is closing down the estates rather than give in to the demands of 1,200 labourers who have been on strike for more than two weeks. The two estates are the Klip.i Bali120 words
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Article183 1948-05-20 6 SINGAPORE, May 17. 'FHE black market price of cigarettes, which was 30 per cent higher than the control nrice during the recent Singapore Harbour Board strike, has started to decrease. Cigarettes became scarce and, therefore dearer during the striKe because quantities destined for Singapore could not be183 words
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Article281 1948-05-20 6 .®!?APORE, May 17. A* GLICAN and Roman Catholic churches in gitpore had average 4 suntide congregations y Hordny despite the curWarn n g about mass «'yciiti' s ngs win t0 polio Tk son toiH f M Kinross Nicholthat dt f ho Straits Times Andrews r e f281 words
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Article, Illustration335 1948-05-20 6 84 Were Married 2 Were Late SINGAPORE, May 17. pORTY-ONE Chinese couples sat in the stalls at 1 the Majestic Theatre, Singapore, at 11 o'clock yesterday morning. Forty-two couples had arranged to be married then. Two seats were vacant. Then ten minutes late, the last pair hurried in. It wascertificates.—Straits Times picture. - 335 words
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Article57 1948-05-20 6 SINGAPORE. May 17. Air-Marshal Sir Hugh Lloyd. Commander-in-Chief, Air Command Far East, accompanied by Air Vice-Marshal J. Whitworth-Jonrs. A.O.C. Malaya. Air Vice-Marshal A. C. Sanderson. Air Ofllcer-in-charge of Administration. A.C.S.E., and Air Commodore N. Webster. A.O.C., Hong Kong, returned to Singapore yesterday from the Chief of Air57 words
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Article295 1948-05-20 6 SINGAPORE, May 13. THE Singapore C.I.D. is offering a reward of $5,000 for information leading to the arrest of those responsible for burning the Bin Seng rubber factory early on Tuesday morning. Police officers believe that the $1,750,000 fire was arson. Two Jagaa are reported to have295 words
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Article321 1948-05-20 7 .lOHOHE BAHRU, May 15. OEXTENCE of death was. passed in the Assize Court today on four Chinese youths who were captured by police aided by an ai m> platoon after a jjun duel at Niyor last September. The youths, Lam Kim I'au, lan Kim, X K321 words
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Article283 1948-05-20 7 SINGAPORE. May 13. THE first pan of ihe 1948 .Journal of the Malayan branch of the Royal Asiatic Society r.as been published this v.« ek If contains nine papers oy dillcrent authors, covering a wide range of subjects These include an analysis ot the kampong283 words
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Article83 1948-05-20 7 SINGAPORE, May 15. Tengah had a busy time yesterday for four four--en Kined passenger planes stopp-1 ed overnight. From Australia came a Qantas Constellation and a privately owned Lancastrian, l he Silver City, which belongs to the Zinc Corporation. Another B.O.A.C. Lancastrian came in from Britain.83 words
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Article48 1948-05-20 7 LONDON. May 13. Mr. G C. S. Rabjohn. of Dittnr. Lodge. Datchet. Buckinghamshire. formerly of Messrs Sime. Darby and Co.. Malacca and subsequently London representative of the Straits Times Press Co. Ltd., who died in August last y*>ar. left an estate worth £36.87748 words
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Article161 1948-05-20 7 SINGAPORE, May 16. piRST venture of its kind in the Singapore* Diocese, a holiday camp for Anglican Sunday School teachers and Youth Fellowship members is to be held at Malacca in August. its chief aim as envisaged by the organiser, the Diocesan Worker for Religious Education161 words
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Article55 1948-05-20 7 CANBERRA. May 13. Australia sold £12.000.000 of goods to Malaya in the past year, double the pre-war volume. the Australian Commissioner in Malaya said today. Mr. C. Massey, who is here to report, said that trade possibilities with Malaya would be almost unbounded as soon as Australia55 words
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Article215 1948-05-20 7 SINGAPORE, May 13. A BILL to set up a Singapore Education Committee will be placed before the Legislative Council shortly. The Director of Education (Mr. J. B Neilson) said last night that the Committee was essential for the development of the Colony’s ten-year plan for Education.215 words
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Article169 1948-05-20 7 SINGAPORE vi, r-ar I schools because 0 f h tten<1 fantll,. paralysis outb It Singapore. rhe.se hr 1 will continue as Tont dcasu English schools a* closed. r ma; ned This action was aim™,., a yesterday after a meS'l principals of English ‘.SI? and representatives169 words
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Article, Illustration266 1948-05-20 7 Changi to move fortress gun SINGAPORE. May 16. ONE of Oie three 15-inch guns that guarded the Straits of Johore, and were destroyed by British engineers in 1942. is in the way of the new Changi airstrip, and must be moved. Army authorities believe that the flooded magazines adjacent to266 words
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Article77 1948-05-20 7 SUNGEI PATANI A 200-YEAR-OLD A worn this n -weekGeorge Denaro. ima ndin8 old baby of the Cc 1 1 Re giOfflcer of the {j ona ro. ment. Lt.-Col. G. i- and Mrs. Denaro. yen* The Rev. Father D- cere dargon officiated a 1 t jje77 words
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Article24 1948-05-20 7 SINGAPORE- feng lisl» Fifty yards of M stP lcn tweed worth )nC *v,,;ih C an l from a shop 111 Road yesterday.24 words
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644 1948-05-20 8 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, May 12. ((se ph Smadel, leader of the American rn iy Research Team, said in Kuala Lumtmlay: “Just as aspirin will cure a headache ,II L m Vniites, so Chloromycetin will cure scrub !nhns in 24644 words
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Article62 1948-05-20 8 SINGAPORE, May 13. AT an extraordinary general meeting yesterday shareholders of Wearne Brothers Ltd. approved proposals of the directors for the reorganisation of the company’s capital. The proposals were: to increase the nominal capital from $”,000,000 to $9,000,000; capitalisation and distribution as bonus shares of $2,347,000 from62 words
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Article150 1948-05-20 8 SINGAPORE. May 13. A WHITE Paper on the payment of private chattel claims is at present being drawn up by the War Damage Commissioner. It Is the intention of the Malayan Governments to allocate a proportion of funds available for the payment of these claims. White150 words
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Article54 1948-05-20 8 At a meeting of the Malayalee community in Singapore held under the chairmanship of Mr. V. P. Abdulla at the Ramakrishna Mission Hall, it was decided to give a farewell party to Mr. K. P. K. Menon, who is retiring from the local Bar and returning to India54 words
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Article126 1948-05-20 8 SINGAPORE, May 13v Members of the old Rafflesians’ Association are being asked by their committee to join in a membership drive. The association’s annual report shows that during the past 10 years membership has increased by only 133 making a total of 338. ‘‘Although membership increased during126 words
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Article265 1948-05-20 8 SINGAPORE, MAY 13. THE Kuomintang-sponsored Chinese language newspaper in Singapore (Chung Shing Jit Poh) made an appeal yesterday to all Chinese to boycott Japanese textiles, and to encourage whenever practicable investment in China’s textile industry. In a leading article the newspaper called upon the individual to265 words
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151 1948-05-20 8 From Our Staff Correspondent MALACCA, May 12. MR. TAX CHENG LOCK, chairman of the All Malaya Council of Joint Action, told the Straits Times today that his proposal to form a Malayan National l T nity League was not a result of any fundamental151 words
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Article253 1948-05-20 8 SINGAPORE, May 13. THE U. N. Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East plans to increase the supply of skilled workers in these regions This was said in Singapore yesterday by Dr. P. S. Loka- athan. executive secretary of ECAFE. who is on his way to253 words
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Article292 1948-05-20 8 SINGAPORE, May 13. A DAY and night morselamp signal system between ship and shore will be introduced for-the first time by the Singapore Government on June 1. The new system will be operated on more modern lines than the present method of “flag signalling” between ship292 words
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Article104 1948-05-20 8 Ten scholarships valued at $1,200 a year and tenable for three years at Raffles College. Singapore, will be awarded this year to suitably qualified applicants. Candidates must have boon born and educated in Malaya and have qualified for admission to Raffles College. Applications should be sent before104 words
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Article, Illustration396 1948-05-20 9 SINUAPOKE, May 13. Mr. C. TAN, President of the Progressive Party, has spoken in strong terms on the draft Hill to provide for a new Municipal onstitution for Singapore. “There are”, he says, “offensive clauses which are, in my view, provided for the purpose of396 words
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Article241 1948-05-20 9 Success Of Municipal 3¼ Loan SINGAPORE, May lli. Describing the Singapore Municipal 3*4 per cent. Loan 1948 as a “complete success” the Deputy Municipal President (Mr. W.L. Blythe) has announced the immediate closing of the list of cash applications for the Loan. The list of applications for conversion of the241 words
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Article103 1948-05-20 9 SINGAPORE. May 13. A cache of throe revolvers, a pistol and 101 rounds of .32 and .38 ammunition was lound by the C.I.D. in a Chinese school compound in Charlton Road, off Upper Serangoon Road, on Tuesday. Mr. E. V. Fowler. Singapore’s C.I.D. chief, said103 words
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Article122 1948-05-20 9 A .PROPOSAL by the Friends of Singapore Society's Counc*l for the provision of a pubh’c park on the summit ol Bukit Batok, has received sympathetic consideration from a Government representative and the general manager of Hume Industries (Far East) Limited. Disclosing this at the Council’s last meeting,122 words
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273 1948-05-20 9 A, T SINGAPORE, May 15. GUNMAN shot dead in an Orchard Road ambush on Dec. 12 had boasted he held out against 20 police in a gunfight in Perak. A witness who helped the police arrange the ambush told the Seventh Police Court273 words
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Article191 1948-05-20 9 .—Reuter. BATAVIA, May 12, WEST Borneo rubber production now roughly equals the pre-war yield “Great quantities” <,f it have been smuggled to Singapore, says the Indonesian Provisional Federal Government Economic Press Service. West Borneo, says the Press Service, has just completed its first year as a.—Reuter. - 191 words
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Article442 1948-05-20 9 SINGAPORE, May AN informer (rapped an 18-year-old Chi n by handing him a pistol, so that he wJ'n? found with it by the police. b Mr. Justice T. A. Brown said this in Singapore Assize Court yesterday. H 0 calk'd if police methods in the442 words
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Article217 1948-05-20 9 SINGAPORE. May 13 4 NEW move for State lotteries in Singapore will be made soon. Mr. N. A. Mallal wants to raise the matter in the Legislative Council. He is a representative of Municipal SouthWest constituency. As a Vice-President of the Progressive Party, Mr. Mallal will seek217 words
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Article45 1948-05-20 9 lOHORE BAH u R V Hv iVr'<Mr. J —The British A( u ht larg? A. Sleep) was among tr ftt number of resident. q{ lht tended the private conexhibition oi pict 1 (ists at temporary British j on the Bukit Zahrah Tuesday.45 words
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210 1948-05-20 10 From Our Staff Correspondent SEREMBAN, May 14. STRONG force of police is now guarding A .moke houses and packing sheds of the Sua Fctonu Estate, Port Dickson area, where 18,000 ,j )S of rubber worth $7,000 were destroyed on Wednesday night. The cause of210 words
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Article157 1948-05-20 10 SINGAPORE. May 15. PL A RES which mystified 1 Singapore on Thursday night were explained yesterday by a B.O.A.C.Qantas official, who told ihe Straits Times that They were part of a newlyplanned scheme for landing flying-boats at night at Kallang. We recently got new equipment from England,157 words
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Article157 1948-05-20 10 SINGAPORE, May 13. j\R- G. E. N. Oehlers was for a second as President of the d Rafflesians Association, dle annual meeting in Raffles Institution last night. H f railed for a hundredfold r, a.se in membership in •n-r to put the Association n an the157 words
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Article136 1948-05-20 10 SINGAPORE, May 15. THE British Council have awarded scholarships ♦o the United Kingdom for the 1948-49 term to the following: SINGAPORE Ur. Too Tung Yin «Lady Health Officer for Schools. Singapore.) Course Child Health, at the Hospital for Sick Children. Great Ormond Street. London. Mr. Abu Bakar136 words
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Article280 1948-05-20 10 SINGAPORE, May 15. DR. H. B. Amstutz, one of the senior missionaries of the Methodist Church and for 20 years Pastor of the Wesley Methodist Church at Fort Canning, Singapore, yesterday repudiated the Colour Bar. He referred to the resolution adopted by the general280 words
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Article, Illustration44 1948-05-20 10 Girl members of St. Joseph’s Church, Singapore, ca’ ri d b aimers and candles when thry followed the mile-long procession around the church n honour of the feast of Our Lady of Fatima on May 13. Over 7 0 00 people attended.44 words
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Article198 1948-05-20 10 SINGAPORE. May 14. 30-YEAR-OLD woman played for an hour with her only child just before she committed suicide. This was stated In the Cdroner’s Court yesterday at the inquest on Tong Lin Hi, the second wife of Wong Tong Chan, manager of the Air View Hotel198 words
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Article111 1948-05-20 10 SINGAPORE, May 14. An English primrose plant was the most treasured possession yesterday of Miss E. D. Knight, of Kent, England. who arrived in Singapore by flying-boat en route to Australia. She told the Straits Times: ‘My sister, who has been in Australia for 23 years,111 words
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Article163 1948-05-20 10 SINGAPORE, May 14. OEVEN thousand Catholic devotees holding lighted candles took part in a procession unique m local history of the Church in Singapore yesterday. The procession followed the crowning of the statue of Our Lady of Fatima by the VicarGeneral of the Portuguese Mission <the Very163 words
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Article168 1948-05-20 10 SINGAPORE. May 13. Applications are invited Dy the Education Department, Singapore, for students to join the Government Commercial School which is to start shortly. It is intended to open a commercial class at Raffles Institution as a "preliminary” which will form the nucleus of the168 words
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Article80 1948-05-20 10 1 From Our Staff Correspondent SEREMBAN May 13. The Dato Mentri Besar. Abdul Malek bin Yusof. after his first official visit to Port Dieki son since his assumption of office here, said he was partlj cularly impressed by: The interest in pig-rearing taken by the many80 words
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Article178 1948-05-20 11 SINGAPORE, May 15. THE Director of Medical Services (Dr. \V. 1 J. Vickers) said last night that he would not reply to a strike ultimatum received from the Singapore Medical Labour Union. The union 'says its 964 members at four hospitals and one clinic will stop178 words
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Article292 1948-05-20 11 SINGAPORE May 15. A MESSENGER of the “Flying Eagle Gang” of extortioners was, in the Singapore Assize Court yesterday, given the maximum sentence of seven years’ rigorous imprisonment and 12 strokes of the rotan. “This is a crime against which the public must receive292 words
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177 1948-05-20 11 SINGAPORE. May 15. WHEN the Gorgon left Singapore for Australia yesterday morning, it carried ion board two young and disI appointed Australians who were refused permission by the Immigration authorities to land here. They were Robert Francis Kavanagh (2D and Francis Joseph Kairns (22). who177 words
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Article106 1948-05-20 11 Kuala Lumpur, May 14. Malaya’s delegate at the forthcoming meeting of the Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East at Ootacamund, India on June 1, will be Tuan Haji Mohamed Eusoff bin Yusof, M.C.S. He will also represent Sarawak. Brunei and British North Borneo. Accompanying Tuan106 words
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Article80 1948-05-20 11 JOHORE BAHRi;. May 15. WHEN a bus turned turtl ff rear the Johore Civil Service Club at Lalang Sung* i Chat on Thursday, Boy Scouts helped to extricate passengers, who included children trapped inside. The driver of th- bus. Chua Iheng Kow was charged i.80 words
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Article, Illustration44 1948-05-20 11 Temonggong Koh. holding an unfurl- ed Union Jack, with the Governor of Sarawak (Sir Charles Arden Clarke). The occasion was the presentation of medals, ribbons and flags to elders of the kamoong and pengulus.* —Photo by Chang Ta Kang. Cathay Theatre. Sibu.—Photo by Chang Ta Kang. Cathay Theatre. Sibu. - 44 words
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Article48 1948-05-20 11 TELOK ANSON. May 14 —A padi-planter from Chikus, Sindek bin Lebai, pleaded guilty in the District Court to having put 8 katis of clay into his bag of padi with intent to cheat the rice mill. The Judge sentenced Sindek to six months’ rigorous imprisonment.48 words
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Article246 1948-05-20 11 SINGAPORE, May 14. A LARGE live King Cobra, 12 feet eight inches long arrived in Singapore yesterday from Perak in a box. It will leave shortly by sea for Regent’s Park Zoo, London. According to Warrant Officer J. Waters, of the Army Physical Training246 words
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Article88 1948-05-20 11 SINGAPORE. May 15. THE Singapore Municipal 1 health statement for last week shows a drop in deaths and cases of disease. The birth rate exceeded the death rate by nearly four times. Births totalled 626, and deaths 165. Fo rt y-t w people died from notifiable diseases, against88 words
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Article227 1948-05-20 11 SINGAPORE M a v i. IN all corners'of lin* P° le men of gl character were craS under the economic strain of this time and turning to evil, said Canon R.K°S Adams last night. He was speaking at the nineteenth annual re-unior dinner of the227 words
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Article158 1948-05-20 11 SINGAPORE May 15. Eighty-eight Chinese charged with attending the initiation ceremony of a triad society were convicted by First District Judge (Mr. Shanks) yesterday. Most of them were doc* labourers, boat-builders, pan men and petty busn.es men. Mr. N. N. Leicester appe^ ed for 18 of158 words
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Article147 1948-05-20 11 SINGAPORE, May 15. A ROUND ABOUT is to be laid down shortly at Empress Place to ensure an automatic and continuous flow of traffic from Anderson Bridge into High Street and Connaught Drive. Singapore’s Traffic Police Chief (Mr. C. J. R. Bembroke) said yesterday that as Empress147 words
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Article372 1948-05-20 12 SINGAPORE, May 16. THE Hong Kong portrait of Sir Cecil dementi by Mr. Anatole Shister, from which Mr. Shister was to have made a copy to hang in Singapore’s Victoria Hall, has arrived in such bad condition that work on the new portrait will be delayed372 words
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Article420 1948-05-20 12 SINGAPORE, May 16. n0 yT drown its voice by barracking,” apU pealed Professor T. H. Silcock of Raffles oileue yesterday when he called for acceptance j of the Carr-Saunders Report on univer‘ih education in Malaya. j j ie curse of Malaya,” he said, “is piecemeal w, r420 words
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Article141 1948-05-20 12 SINGAPORE. May 17. AFTER a break of more ft than six years, the Singapore Street Accident Service, controlled by the S npapore Fire Brigade, 'tatted functioning again a a.m. today. Fr >rn today any one may Jrr: n a Street Accident r ambulance by dialling141 words
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Article142 1948-05-20 12 ALOR STAR, May 15. INGHh Abdullah bin Han Puteh, a Muslim member of the Siamese -abinet, is in Kelantan for talks with Inche Mahmood Mahyildeen on the Muslim unrest in Siam’s four southern provinces D /X -I- I A Reports reaching here from Kota Bharu say142 words
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Article324 1948-05-20 12 From Our Staff Correspondent Kuala Lumpur, May 13. THE Sultan of Selangor’s 50th birthday was celebrated at Klang today with ancient and elaborate ceremonial. Among the colourful spectacles of the day were the installation of four territorial chiefs by the Sultan in his Istana Throne-room324 words
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Article237 1948-05-20 12 Fr Pl Our Staff i orrespoHdent ANT E^A NG, May 16. (J lun dred and eighty and \r rj ßudd hist nuns Were tV( uddhist monks bri Hiant dai v e r today at a trionv 10ll k ri( ius ccrefam,ms K at Penang’s pi, K{237 words
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Article272 1948-05-20 13 SINGAPORE, May 17. CO many members of the public have pleaded sJ by letter and telephone calls with the Singapore Medical Labour Union that it has decided to call olT the threatened strike which was due to start tomorrow. The decision not to strike was272 words
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Article165 1948-05-20 13 From Our Staff Correspondent Johore Baltru, May 14. WHEN two girls acquitted and discharged on a charge of carrying arms stepped out of the dock today the police took them into custody again. The judge held that there was no evidence to warrant a conviction against the165 words
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Article105 1948-05-20 13 SINGAPORE, May 17. NAI Pridi Phanomyong, the former Prime Minister of Siam, is leaving Singapore shortly for England. Nai Pridi left Siam after the Phlbun coup and at first took refuge on St. John’s island. Later he moved to Singapore where he lives quietly with friends.105 words
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Article47 1948-05-20 13 DENANG, May 16.—An Australian seaman. Rex Cootes. member of the crew of the San Diego, was yesterday sentenced to two months’ rigorous imprisonment. Cootes pleaded guilty to assaulting two Sikh constables at the City Lights cabaret on Friday night during n fight in the cabaret.47 words
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Article116 1948-05-20 13 SINGAPORE. May 17. Miss Teo Kim Hong, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Chang Chin Hong of Singapore, was yesterday married to Mr. Tan Seng Kah, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Tan Koh Choo, at the Tong Ann Association. in Cecil Street. The bride, who116 words
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Article54 1948-05-20 13 Variety artistes from Raffles Hotel entertained 200 seamen at the Marine Hostel in Singapore last night. Coral Gunning and Robertti Roberts sang popular songs and Johnny Mack tap danced to Patrick Forbes’ Band. A film followed the stage show. Guests included the Master Attendant (Commander L. P.54 words
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Article92 1948-05-20 13 From Our Staff Correspondent “II7P SEREM »AN, May 16. WF. believe that these men are operating an to SelTnTnr at p°l Which i i l SpreadinK its ten taeles lan K P hans lohore a*'tl Negri Sembi- This statement was made by Inspector M. Krishnan in92 words
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Article, Illustration214 1948-05-20 13 Gift from Queen of the Cocos SINGAPORE, May 16. A WOODEN replica of the three-masted schooner Ayesha in which the first “King of the Cocos,” John Clunies-Ross, sailed to the islands in 1825, was brought back to Singapore by the Governor, Sir Franklin Gimson, after his recent visit to Cocos,214 words
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Article144 1948-05-20 13 Singapore^ IN ONE of le big 1 CI lobberies Singapore in recent •L? six Chinese woarin nia T broke into a hum Palm Road mi Eat C 'oa« Rotid at 7.30 p Sunday, and robbed ,0 occupants of $3,458 inoao and jewellery. The robbers were144 words
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Article103 1948-05-20 13 The Singapore Government will invite tenders for an issue of $4.76 millions by Treasury Bills on May 25. subject to the general conditions governing the issue and repayment of Colony of Singapore Treasurv Bills. Copies of the conditions with forms of tender may be had from the Financial103 words
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Article381 1948-05-20 13 I ALWAYS envy people who can go into almost any shoe-shop and buy themselves shoes to fit from stock. Shopping for shoes is always, to me, something to be put off for as long as possible. If they are long enough they are too broad and381 words
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Article665 1948-05-20 14 Revolutionary’ S.H.B. Pay Plan SINGAPORE, May 18. TliK Singapore Harbour Board is to introduce 1 a weekly wages scheme for its stevedores and wharf workers. Describing the scheme as “revolutionary in ava M the Board’s personnel and welfare VinaJer, Mr. T. Heppell, said selected workers would be placed on the665 words
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Article67 1948-05-20 14 SINGAPORE, May 18. MORE Ceylonese troops axe expected to arrive in Singapore at the end of next month fox service in the Royal Pioneer Corps. An Army spokesman said yisterday that the men would have completed a l(i —week disciplinary course before leaving Ceylon. He added67 words
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Article101 1948-05-20 14 THE Colonial Office announces the appointment of Mr. G.A. Bridgeman as Assistant Commissioner of Income Tax, Malaya. Other appointments announced are: Administrative Officer: Mr. D. W. Hall Nursing Service: Miss D. M. Carter, Nursing Sister. Legal Service: Mr. W. G. Alcock, Land Officer and Re gistrar101 words
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Article313 1948-05-20 14 SINGAPORE, May 15. "THREE thousand and five hundred Chinese steve- dores and wharfworkers yesterday presented a demand for a 60 per cent, increase in wages to the Singapore Harbour Board. This was in addition to 14 other demands they had presented on April 13.313 words
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Article53 1948-05-20 14 P. O. COMMANDS Captain H. C. C. Forsyth, R.D., R.N.R., has assumed command of the P. O. liner Strathmore, relieving Captain D. M. Stuart (on leave). Captain D. G. H. O. Balllie has relinquished command of the Chitral and is acting P. O. Agent at Aden while Mr. J. Harley53 words
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Article161 1948-05-20 14 From Our Staff Correspondent Seremban, May 17. IAROUGHT, floods and “armies of worms” last month caused damage to padi nurseries in the Jelebu District, states the District Agriculture Officer in his April report. Early ln Aorll dry nurseries suffered badly from lack of water and161 words
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Article228 1948-05-20 15 SINGAPORE, May 19. A Public Services Commission to deal with all matters affecting the Public Services in Singapore and the Federation of Malaya mdudintf appointments and promotions will be set up soon. 0 This was approved unanimously by the Mnerapore Legislative Council yesterday. The motion, which was228 words
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Article179 1948-05-20 15 From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, May 18. nnWELVE-year-old Heah Hock Lee, son of the rubber merchant, Mr. Heah Joo Seang, was not killed by a gang, the Penang Police stated today. The Chief of the C.I.D. (Mr. J. G. H. Brett) told the Straits Times that179 words
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182 1948-05-20 15 From Our Staff Correspondent Kuala Lumpur. May 18. nORT Swettenham steveI dores who ended a 21day strike to-day refused the Government’s offer of an Arbitration Board to decide on their wage differences with their employer. In a telegram to the High Commissioner yesterday, telling him182 words
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Article162 1948-05-20 15 From Our StalY Correspondent IPOH, May 17. I\lR. ONG TOH, the manager of Ghee Seng and Co.’s rubber factory near Ipoh was shot dead tonight by an unknown assailant. Mr. Ong was being driven in his car from Ipoh toward Temoh. On the Journey the driver pulled162 words
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124 1948-05-20 15 From Our Staff Correspondent a uiv SEREMBAN, May 18. A amok with *V kris last night killed a Malay woman and injured three >ther women at Kampong Tengah in Kuala Pilah district The amok escaped, but, the C.I.D. chief for Negri Sembilan (Mr.124 words
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Article171 1948-05-20 15 SINGAPORE, May 19. SIX-MAN committee, under the championship of the Director of Education (Mr. J. B. Neilson), was appointed by the Singapore Legislative Council yesterday to study the CarrSaunders Commission's recommendations for the establishment of a University of Malaya. This committee was the first step in the171 words
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Article134 1948-05-20 15 SEREMBAN, May 18. FOLLOWING a threemonth Malaya-wide man hunt, a 32-year-old Malabaree, V. Panchan, was charged the Seremban Magistrate’s Court yesterday with having murdered two Tamil sisters. The two sisters, Kandamany •’RCd 2.) and Thavamany afted 15. were found dead with deep wounds across their abdomens134 words
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Article532 1948-05-20 15 SINGAPORE. M av i 0 THE Singapore Governor (Sir FranBA1 son) said yesterday that the was determined to take steps to versive activities from spreading in ii!" sulv union movement. lhc ‘fade- At the same time, the Government i, give every encouragement to the sn532 words
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Article67 1948-05-20 15 BATU PAHAT. May 1'--Abdul Kadir bin Talib. son District Officer. Batu Pah8t£ expecting to go to tiv-J; October on a Sultan scholarship. Abdul K.« at present teaching i- j Government Enc .,h ScUJi where he was formal*. de He is the second the school U> >h e u scholarship.67 words
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Article65 1948-05-20 15 SINGAPORE. Mj.v l^pt EIGHT Indian? uho. iv J f on the office Maxwell Road 1 charge were acquitted s t on d of vagrancy m Police Court r d is trate The men told et Goh that they „.j„6 some air. their room' “too hot.”65 words
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Article1359 1948-05-20 16 SINGAPORE, May 19. TJlK recommendation that taxpayers should be able to choose either 1 i:U7 or 1948 as the basis year for the first year of assessment of income tax is made in the Report of the Income Tax Joint Committe** which was published yesterday.1,359 words
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Article436 1948-05-20 16 SINGAPORE, May 19. THE Singapore $50,000,000 ten-year medical plan for the expansion and modernisation of the hospital and health services, has been modified to extend over ten to 15 years, on the recommendation of a committee appointed to review the plan. A ten-year programme436 words
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Article325 1948-05-20 16 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, May 18, rE removal from Selangor of the elder brother of the present Sultan and his temporary exile to the Cocos Islands by the British following the liberation was the subject of question and an adjournment speech at today’s325 words
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Article286 1948-05-20 16 From Our Staff Correspondent IPOH, May 18. T*HAT the dead man did 1 not follow the labour union rules and that he was being killed “as a lesson to bad employers” were statements contained in a letter said to have neen thrown into the car in286 words
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Article30 1948-05-20 16 KLANG. May 18.—Two hundred labourers at the Tan Kim Puay Sawmills, at Subang, 16 miles from Klang, have been locked out by the management since Saturday.30 words
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97 1948-05-20 16 From Our Staff Correspondent SEREMBAN, May 18. SAYING that a mother’s birthday was no excuse for breaking the law, the District Judge yesterday lined Chong Keh $250. in default three months’ rigorous imprisonment, for allowing his premises to be used as a97 words
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Article897 1948-05-20 17 Share Trading Reduced From A Market Correspondent TRADING last week was on a reduced scale. In a listless market, values drifted down in all sections. Tins provided the bulk of the transactions. In the dollar section Petaling continued to attract takers among- a widening public. Sungei Way897 words
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Article103 1948-05-20 17 Fraser Neave Dividends 'J'HE d rectors of Fraser Neave Limited have declared a second interim div dend of three cents per Ordinary stock unit, less 20 per cent, income tax. and a final dividend of 3} per cent., less 20 per cent, income tax. on the 7.] per cent. Cumulative103 words
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Article93 1948-05-20 17 The directors of Sungei Kinta Tin Dredging Limited have declared a dividend of Is per stock unit of £1 for the year to Dec 31. 1947. This dividend is payable on June 24 to stockholders registered in the company’s books on May 6. The annual general93 words
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Article275 1948-05-20 17 SINGAPORE. May 15. THERE is little change in the condition of the market this week, states Lewis and Peat's Weekly Report. Dealings are still being restricted by the strike at Port Swcttcnham. and owing to the amount of rubber more or less immobilised in that district. the275 words
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Article126 1948-05-20 17 THE total of R a|| dealers’ rubbed “> Singapore o„L 8 was 54,635 dry L?" 1 .4 crease of 2,000 tjL" March. uns ovei This is stated in tho ly r3turn ot rubUr onth ar.d port stocks at r n dealer s’ Ports of shipment in at126 words
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Article82 1948-05-20 17 Anglo-oriental (Maiayi. Limited announce the fellow* ing April outputs of tin concentrates. m piculs; Ampat Dredging 838 Batu Selangor Dredging 153 Ber.iuntai Dredging 460 Jelapeng Dredgii z 419 Kamunting Dredging 2 041 Klang River Dredging 511 Kramat Dredging 1.262 Kuala Kampar Tir. Fields 695 Kuchai 320 La82 words
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Article851 1948-05-20 17 SINGAPORE. May 18. Prices quoted by the Malayan Sharebrokers’ Association were: INDUSTRIALS Buyer Seller Atlas Ice 13 0© 14 (K Alex. Brick Ord. 1.60 1.70 Pref 3.00 3.15 B B. Petrol 44/- 44/9 cd B M Trustee 8.75 9.25 Consolidated Tin Smelters (O) 21/6 23/dt <P) 26/-851 words
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Article423 1948-05-20 18 SINGAPORE, May 18. mjj.’ Europeans had little difficulty in beating The Rest by 87 runs in the annual Clarke U p cricket match, which was completed on Jpadang yesterday. Feature of the play yesterday was the plendkl bowling of Syrett, who took seven Rest rickets423 words
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Article200 1948-05-20 18 EUROPEANS— let. Inns. M T HE REST —l»t- Inns. 78 EUROPEANS 2nd. Inns. j B Lfckie lbw Colling r Harding b Colling M I RotH-rtson c Clarke b Kailuapathy 3J Lloyd b Coning 7 j W J Steele b Colling 18 syrett b Colling R H. Leslie*Jones hit wkt200 words
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Article278 1948-05-20 18 SINGAPORE, May 17. 'HE Singapore Recreation Club “A’ team were skittled out lor 26 runs by the Ceylon Sports Club u 'hen they met at cricket on the S.R.C. padang yesterday. Nagiah captured seven ickets lor 10 runs and Setevtratne two for 11. uJhL C278 words
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Article87 1948-05-20 18 RAUB, Mav 17. RAUB, as expected, defeated Bentong by six wickets in the west region semi-final of the Samuel Shield cricket competition at Bentong yesterday. Bentong hatted first and were all out for 49 runs (O. A. A. Denne 11, E. C. Foenander 16). The five bowlers87 words
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Article190 1948-05-20 18 pERMIBBION has been obtaineo I from the Officer-ln-Charga, Traffic Police Department, Singapore, to hold a massed-start 150mlle bicycle road race on July 4. The race Is being organised by the Cosmopolitan Cycling Club of Singapore. The course will be the eight-mile stretch of Chua Chu Kang190 words
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Article401 1948-05-20 18 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, May 16. /)NE of the most exciting finishes in inter-State cricket was seen today by about 3,000 spectators on the Kuala Lumpur Padang, when Penang defeated Selangor by the small margin of 29 runs Excitement prevailed when Selangor opened401 words
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Article110 1948-05-20 18 PENANG, May 16. KEDAH followed up their recent Malaya Cup success wi<th a 4—o win over a weakened Penang side yesterdy evening. The match was played on the International Club ground in aid of the AntiT.B. Fund. Kedah sportingly substituted for Perak when the latter were unable110 words
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Article376 1948-05-20 18 SINGAPORE May 19. R.A.F. 4; Army-Navy 4 AFTER demonstrating all-round superiority, the R.A.F. Combined were taken by surprise by a brlliant Army and Navy Combined rally in the second half of their Malaya Cup encounter at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday. Indeed, the Airmen would have lost376 words
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Article303 1948-05-20 18 INOAPORE May 18. nEADLY bowling by Pearcey and Rapsey, who took five wickets each for 15 and 12 run* respectively, enabled a Singapore Cricket Club side captained by Baker to defeat the Singapore Chinese Recreation Club by 100 runs in a cricket match played at Hong303 words
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Article57 1948-05-20 18 SINGAPORE, May 18. THE Ceylon Sports Club easily beat the 8.0. D. Civilian Association at cricket on the St. George's Road ground yesterday. The 8.0. D. were all out for 77 runs, to which the C.S.C. replied with 126 for nine wickets. Gupta for the 8.0.57 words
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Article94 1948-05-20 18 RAUB. May 17.—Fong Fui Shoon. the State back, returned to his usual position at centre-forward and scored all. the three goals for the Raub Chinese in the first half of the match against the Kuala Llpis Blntang Seblas yesterday. The Lipis Malays lost 2-3. They94 words