The Straits Budget, 23 September 1948

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    • 482 1 /\N examination of that fusion of States and Settlements known as the Federation of Malaya, we find a territory inhabited by the good natured, unsophisticated, bucolic Malays; exploited by the industrious, ambitious Chinese, and governed and capitalised by scrupulous, just, tolerant Britons, who
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    • 209 1 WITH reference to the news item on Page Five of last Saturday’s edition of your paper concerning the export of budwood to West Africa, iwe should like to point out that the information i that this is the first piece of budwood to be exported since
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    • 285 1 WAS interested *in the plan of Singapore’s proposed new waterfront and your editorial description published in the Straits Times on Monday. It would be interesting to know why the proposed new waterfront road links up with Mountbatten Road instead of with Tanjong Rhu, via a causeway. The
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    • 357 1 IN your leader of Wed--1 nesday, Sept. 15, headed “Registration For the subject of National Registration and mentioned inter alia that “the registration card is in certain measure prima facie evidence that the holder is entitled to live in Malaya and is a peaceful
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    • 157 1 IT Has recently been 1 observed that the one and only decent stretch of beach within a reasonable distance of Singapore is in the evenings now entirely taken up by numerous hawkers with stalls selling food. These hawkers get Into position soon after dusk with unsightly
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    • 386 1 I HaVE just completed a brief visit to Malaya which has, however, been long enough to note the absurd extent to which events here nave oeen misrepresented in the British and Australian Press, where Communism has been portrayed as being inspired by or having
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    • 86 1 WHEN I learnt thal day it was proJ to restore the ral round the Cathedral! thus discourage the! children of the city I playing football in! grounds, I became I sad. The least we could jl the crowded, unhappy *1 pore children would (fl turn over the
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    • 119 1 1 LEARN from u issue of your fl that it is have Singapore'.civic centre where !v®p s j Institution now I I beg leave as a c l HKl] ean born and bred my opposition to tie As the function Wgjjjj Supreme Court ha.- Wfc. been transferred
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    • 998 2 Straits Times. Sept. 16. Legislative j, led like a vat -.uicer ot rich i,,\. when the ('■T. i’ 1 I >.,mage C otnr;,Val. was put hi ir was hoard. ither noises :‘unu but ap- in• Carson was Jl. shadow oi his benign w atched this gingerly ap-
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    • 1102 2 —Straits Times. Sept. 17 Of tiie five unofficial speeches on the War Damage Compensation Scheme that were made in the Singapore Legislative Council on Tuesday, four were hostile, on the whole, and the fifth was critical of the scheme in so far as it involves the
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    • 792 2 Straits Times. Sept ifl i In these days when hatred and violence are running amok in the Federation, and may cross the Straits of Johore at any time, it will be a relief to pass on to our readers some impressions of that happy political party which took place
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    • 141 3 —Straits Times. S‘pt. 18 Social history has been made in Singapore this week, with the announcement that the new American Club on the roof-garden of the Cathay Building will be open not only I to Asian guests but also to Asian members. This club issue in Malayan social
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    • 238 3 Straits Times. Sept. 18. Not once in a blue moon does a completely new word appear in the columns of the Straits Times, so the editor blinked when his eyes fell upon the following paragraph in this chaste journal las* Wednesday A shipment of 150.000 jerricans, bought
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    • 999 3 —Straits Times. Sept. 20. One of the more unusual aspects of the current emergency is the continued reluctance of the Federation Government to ship out of the country all those illegal immigrants it has rounded up in the last few months—most of them on suspicion of being
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    • 821 3 Times Sept. 20. In August last year the Singapore Association' made some very pertinent observations regarding the proposals for the development of Changi as a First-class international airport to be used jointly by the Royal Air Force and civil aircraft. This report wanted to know who
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    • 1153 4 Straits Times. 22. I ts have at I iiioncsitK We I "at last” adI .:>i i.' ing against I incl the Dutch I begin about 1 ease. The rclof documents I Party files in a ag that a Com--1 Java was to I iree months of 1
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  • 684 4 w n SINGAPORE, Sept. 22. I HL War Damage Compensation Scheme was strongly criticised at a public meeting called by the Singapore Association last night. By a large majority the meeting voted its dissatisfaction with the scheme. Only five people voted In favour of
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  • PERSONAL
    • 164 4 FAMES HUGHES.—On Sept. 14. 1948. to Ada and Tom Eames Ha^lvs —a son. WISEMAN. -At K.K Hospital, on Sept. 19th. 1948, to Bobby, wife of Ci G. E. Wiseman—a son. George Robert. WEE.—At D Cotta’s Clinic, on Sept 18th. to Rosie, wife of Wee Kim Poh —a son. YOUNG.
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    • 40 4 WEE-TIIIO. The engagement was announced on 17th Sept. 48 between Mr Wee Chin Bee, the only son of Mr Wee Ba Ba and Singapore and Miss Flora Thr>, vounge. t daughter of Mr Mr Tliio Keng Tiang of Singapore
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    • 112 4 WILLIS DIBDEN. On Saturday 11th S< ptember 1948 at the church of St. John Hie Divine, Ipoh. Mr. P. C. Willis to Jane only daughter of ?dr. and Mrs. P. W Dibdcn. The Marriage took place at the RegLstry on 16.9.48. Between Henry Lee, eldest son of the lato
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  • 32 4 HEATH IIUTTFNUV'H »n 1 her. 1918 ut I v V,[ V Surrey. C!ar.» Tr-vUvan in her 8? 1 y< u U Il!*ft«-nb ifli n-l d.i u-liUT of 1 late Ilcv Vlciiola. MU.
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  • 1800 5  -  A Malayan Countrymans Diary I'l l^K O UNDAY, Sept. 12.— We, the cook and myself, are no longer living in the dusun. This happens owing to my taking up an acting billet lor a few months on a rubber estate nearby. It can be said here
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  • 490 6 Spiritual Home Of The Reds pom Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Sept. 19. u jpoRIST hideout, containing a dump of ,1 ainnumition and uniforms, has been found n whit is presumed to be a crater of volcanic Lin in Ratu Caves. The Ratu Caves area has for some time m
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  • 142 6 SINGAPORE Sept. 19. /CERTIFICATES of profiVv eieney ip English were yesterday presented to three members of the LLP (Local Enlisted Personnel) who are on the staff of the Alexandra Military Hospital Before 53 of their colleagues who are also on the staff or under training at
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  • 96 6 CASHING IN’ BY CAMERA From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG. Sun. WITH just ten days left before registration closes. Penang photographers are working at high pressure to “cash in” on the "boomlct." One camera man estimates that, with an initial outlay of only $5O. he has already made over $l,OOO this
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  • 116 6 SINGAPORE Sept. 20. Singapore’s first troop of M islim orphan boy-scouts was invested yesterday at the Muslim Orphanage. Lorong 29. Geylang. before the Distnet Commissioner of Malay Scouts in Singapore (Mr. A. M. Alsagoff). The troop will be known as the 14th. (Malay) Troop, and 12 orphans between
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  • 290 6 SINGAPORE, Sent. 19. tN old river wall, possibly more than a hundred A years old, has been uncovered during the excavations for the foundations of the new Chartered Bank building in Battery Road, Singapore. The present river wall, along the Singapore River at Boat Quay,
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  • 356 6 SINGAPORE, Sept. 19. MATIONAL registration will begin in Singapore and the Federation—except in Penang, where it has already started—on Oct. 15 and is expected to be completed before the end of the year. Ketpsentatives from all States and Settlements in 1 lie Federation and
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  • 130 6 “I KILLED” INSANE SINGAPORE. Sept. 21. \MAN charged with murder told the Singapore Assize Judge <Mr. Ju.stico Taylon yesterday: “I did kill the man. but I was unconscious at. the time and did not know what I was doing.” The jury found him insane and the judge ordered him to
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  • 79 6 SINGAPORE Sept. 19. r pHE Singapore Government A last week started building 137 temporary houses at the junction of Cantonment and Neil roads for married police constables. The houses, on a site knowm as Duxton Plain, will cost $353,850. Each will have two roc-ms. kitchen, an
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  • 70 6 KUALA LUMPUR. Sept 18 Mr. liew weng chee, prominent banker, property owner and philanthropist. died at his home here this morning aged 65 years. A Justice of the Peace, his name is perpetuated by scolarships at the King Edward VII College of Medicine In Singapore and the Victoria
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  • 64 6 THE FISHERMEN S STORY PENANG’S District Judge, Mr. Fletcher Rogers, heard a new version of the fisherman’s story on Sept. 20. Be fore him were two fishermen, Noordin and Ibrahim, charged with having 29 katties of ganja in two sacks in their sampan. “We got it from the sea” they
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  • 167 6 SINGAPORE, Sept. 20. ON his way to the United Kingdom on a fouryear Ceylonese Government Scholarship is Mr. Gerald Cooray, who is still remembered in Kuala Lumpur as a young and talented musician. Mr Cooray. who left Malaya for hgher studies In Ceyj, n a few years
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  • 400 7 From Our Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Sept. 17. THE Throne Room of the Istana Besar was once this afternoon the scene of a colourful ceremony when 11.11. Sir Ibrahim, Sultan of Johore, whose 75th birthday it was, held a i/cvcc at which congratulatory addresses were
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  • 92 7 From Our StafT Correspondent Kl ALA I CMPCR, Sept. 17. nOYAL \m- I orce Beauli lighters and Spitfires today carried out a concentrated attack —the heaviest yet made—on a bandit encampment in an area of thick jungle in North Selangor. An R A F.
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  • 108 7 SINGAPORE, Sept. 18. 4 MAN who gave three loaded revolvers to three gunmen was found guilty of unlawful possession of the weapons and sentenced to three years’ rigorous imprisonment in the Singapore Assize Court yesterday by Justice Taylor. He was a young hawker named Ong See.
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  • 101 7 SINGAPORE Sept 18 Barney ong Ban te. 29, who was arrested in Penang. was yesterday charged jn the Second Police Court Singapore, with theft of 19 S 0l stockinps valued at U*‘ was also charged with $12(3 in i l 01 tru *t of Ong was alleged
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  • 92 7 From Our Staff Correspondent PF.NASG. Sept. 17. rllK local Dutch Consul (Mr. Minder bond) has asked his Consul-General at Singapore to clarify the new Dutch instruction not to recognise passports issued by Indonesian authorities. As a result of this ruling, several Chinese merchants with Indonesian passports
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  • 297 7 From Our Staff Cot respondent Kl ALA LFMFFK, Sept. 17. ITEC’AFSE there was i»u tvukiue that the body examined was that of tise Sikh lie was ih.t.gocl with murdering. l\i il Din will serve only one year > rigotous imprisonment instead of being hanged. The police
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  • 342 7 No Indian Loan Say Businessmen SINGAPORE, Sept. 18. THE management committee of the Singapore Indian Chamber of Commerce has rejected the plan for a 850,000.000 loan from the Indian Government. i A statement issued by the chamber yesterday says that it does not share the views of the Malayan Indian
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  • 103 7 SINGAPORE Sept 18. WELCOMING more than 800 officers and men of the 4th Queen’s Own Hussars in Singaporo yesterday morning, the Commander inChief. FARELF (Gen. Sir Neil Ritchie) told them: “I feel certain that your presence here in Malaya will add greater fame to your famous regiment.” The
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  • 172 7 SINOArOIlL s I’'' MIL Nsec Atm K I ces r\\l assi d*>cuss ci drat: v] S5.000.000. live-bi ie| oi five-storey ill i.l u p:v.fi>. H Construction p .111 b>‘ on the lrir.se > *e.l disused conivurv :i c. Id| n ad. n T1 e Nge» nsl the
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  • 53 7 SINGAPORE. Sr]'’ The Singapore Coll*--Medicine has t to spend S150.000 on equipment and rehab’: ik OI this sum. 527.bon 9 and six microscopes is appor between the Federatioi Singapore Teaching and equipment for the _c partment cos tine S i I W* als> be met out
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  • 64 7 SINGAPORE SSydney Evans. 1 soldier stationed JJj Barracks, was acn discharged bv Wr Taylor in the Sir. sizes vesterdav on V robberv It was alleeoil r|J tot ether with soldiers, held u M 'on taxi driver June *1 in Or. Evans denied the robberv. The iurv
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  • 881 9 SINGAPORE, Sept. 18. TUKKK-and-a-half tons of arms and ammunition were seized and seven persons, representing an international tjun-runninjr organisation were captured by the Singapore Police in Airabu Island in the Anambas group of Islands (N.E.I. territory), about 200 miles north-east of Singapore. This seizure is believed
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  • 43 9 Mrs. J. Falconer, husband (the Resident Com niissioner), Mr. Cheng Ilua (first Chinese Consul a t Malacca) and Mrs. Chfl enter the new Chinese Cons ulate after its official openH on Tuesday.—Str aits Times picture. 1 —Str aits Times picture.
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  • 92 9 SINGAPORE. Sept. 18 Sentence of three months'* 1 imprisonment was passed o.il a 48-ycar-old Chinese. Siew 1 Kam Sam, of Tan Quee Lan Street, when he was found -unity in the Second District Court yesterday of possessing) 605 tubes of opium valued at SI 000
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  • 65 9 JOHORE BAHRU, Sept. 19. —A car driver (Heng Kok Yew) aged 27. was charged in the District Court before Mr. Sutherland with negligent driving causing death. Bail was fixed at $750. The case resulted from an accident in which Ahmad b Abu Talib, a peon
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  • 222 9 SINGAPORE, Sept. 18. jpiRE, believed to have 1 been caused by the burning of joss-sticks to household gods, completely gutted three Temple Street groundfloor shops during the Moon celebrations last night. Two lire appliances from the Central Fire Station were quickly on the scene 3-JJd
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  • 363 9 SINGAPORE. Sent. IS I MEMBERS of the Progressive Party and I Singapore Legislative Council attended jl reception yesterday to celebrate the silver wedtfl anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. John Lavcock and I wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Denis Murphy. Mr. John Lay cock, I Singapore
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  • 134 9 SINGAPORE. Sept. 18.1 A 52-year-ulcl I'nipey woman, Sec It ski® who was said to been made a cut a smuggler, was yew* dav sentenced to months’ simple impn#o*l ment by the Second trict Judge (Mr. McFall) when she ed guilty to posse wffl two pounds ot opium®
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  • 75 9 SINGAPORE S' PPB f ALSO married y esters®* St Andrew’s were Miss Annie Chin Cr 1 Ong Lok Mui, a Heal spector attached to t >'■ Board. Johore Bahru The bride, daughter and Mrs. Peter Chin. pore, wore a gown m at embossed satin and tended by Miss
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  • 314 10 prom Our Staff Correspondent IPOH, Sept. 15. jjfE and troops yesterday wounded and captured a terrorist leader whose party of foiitfht a gun-battle with security forces (he jungle around Rukit Palong Tinggi, h u0>l of Taiping. g e is Chan rsng Chuan. well-known Taiping uin is:
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  • 42 10 !r 3 S A W>RE. s pt. 16. Rant hou, who was v ir n Hie staff ot the ;f H.irbour Board, died enct in Waterloo ()f hi *> retireWas Asslstant (i Ut s 1 x *h’ and three
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  • 37 10 I.IHK mils ?> N Sept. 15.—Negli'%nf n f,!. n v truck driver r v> ‘‘him Farther iJODii !f ra the death of Dick- rdjet yester5int,, Abdul Afciz bin old t ((>a th of a nine
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  • 114 10 From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, Sept. 15.—Penang police have offered a reward of $3,000 for the arrest of a Chinese wanted in connection with the shooting of a detective in a coffee shop at Balik Pulau on the night of Sept. 1. The detective. Wong Lian
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  • 130 10 SINGAPORE. Sept. 1(5. 4 EUROPEAN. who 4 claimed to be a Canadian stowaway from Shanghai and. under the name of John Forbes, pleaded guilty in the First District Court on Monday to entering the Colony illegally, was yesterday identified as William Beeching, a Royal Naval deserter.
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  • 113 10 From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG. Sept. 15. lIFTING of export controls j on oils and oil seeds will bring Penang nearer her pre-war status as a free portaccording to leading traders and oil millers. Penang’s Chamber of Commerce representative on the Federal Council (Mr. Jules
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  • 398 10 From Our Start Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Sept 15 jV|R. T. R. Hepworth, 1 appointed under the Commissions of Enquiry Enactment, to enquire into the conflict on Kang Swee Estate, Johore, on June 1 has submitted his report to Major General Sir Ibrahim, Sultan of Johore. Mr
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  • 54 10 SINGAPORE, S‘‘pt. it;. IMIE Singapore Colonial Secretary (Mr. P. A. B. McKerron) announced last night that he would shortly retire from public life. He was speaking at the Straits Chinese British Association dinner. Mr. McKerron said he hoped to live to see a localhorn man occupying the
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  • 144 10 SUNGEI PATANI. Sept. 15. AFTER Sept. 23. final registration date for Kedah Chinese, the Auxiliary Frontier Force will set up control points at certain border areas, it was officially stated today To facilitate entry for traders and Government servants. the immigration department in Alor Star will
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  • 88 10 SINGAPORE. pt. 16. Two Ceylonese who robbed a Chinese taxi driver of $2O in cash and a wrist watch ran into the arms of a police patrol in Clement! Road just after midnight on Tuesday. The taxi driver was the fifth to have been robbed by small
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  • 128 10 SINGAPORE. S f pt. 1G. ZAHARA binte Noor Mohamed. president of Malay Women’s Welfare Association, was charged in the Second Police Court yesterday with j having made a false state- ment on oath to the Singa- i pore Civil District Judge on Feb. 17
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  • 548 10 From Our Start Correspondent TKRRORKTv; t i KI ALA LCMPUR, Sent 15 1 iKKUKISTS today ambushed and killed 33-year-old Mr. William Walter Archer Austra han mining engineer employed by Rawang Tin fields Ltd., about six miles north of Rawang. The ambush point was in the lonely
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  • 181 11 From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG. Sept. 15. fF the 1,200 houses recommended by the Penang Housing Committee could be built within three years, the tuberculosis rate in the town could be reduced to nearer the 1933 rate, the lowest on record. The Municipal Health Officer (Dr.
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  • 70 11 SINGAPORE. Sept. 16. THE transfer of British Paci- fic Fleet Headquarters from Hone Kong to Singapore was completed yesterday with the arrival of the Com-mander-in-Chief. Far East Station (Admiral Sir Denis Boyd) in H.M.S. Alert at the Singapore Naval Base. The Admiral was met on his arrival
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  • 422 11 SINGAPORE, Sept. 16. lIP to the end of August, there were 13,700 firms in Singapore 13,583 ordinary businesses and 119 limited companies, according to official statistics. However, there may be quite a number of registered firms which have gone out of business but have not notified
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  • 192 11 SINGAPORE. Sept. M. P1RST three appointments of locally-born men to the Colonial Administrative rvice were announced to the Singapore Legislative Council ve.-terday. Two are Chinese and one a Eurasian. Announcing the appointment of Messrs. L. C. Goh, K. M. Byrne and Hon Sui Sen.
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  • 48 11 SINGAPORE. Stpt. 16. The Far East representative of the Samuel Goldwyn and Walt Disney film productions, Mr. D Greenberg, arrived back in Singapore yesterday on the President Polk after an absence cf nearly six months. He and his wife spent two months in the U.S.A.
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  • 280 11 From Our Staff KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 15 pHE first attempt to blow up a train between Singapore and Kuala Lumpur occurred early today between Uayang Layang and 1 Sedenak in Johore. It was unsuccessful. The explosion on the track dislodged the rear wheels of the
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  • 726 11 SINGAPORE, Seut ikB A DEMAND that the Straits Chinese of's.B pore In? left alone and allowed to renfl British, undiluted with any “MalavanizatiB was made last night by the Vice-PresidentB the Straits Chinese British Association of S gapore (Mr. T. W. Ong). 1
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  • 473 12 SINGAPORE, Sept. 18. L 0 Ia„d and Lady Braddell were.the quests f f honour at a dinner held by the Singapore Lfiation at Rattles Hotel last night. 1:111missioner-General (Mr. Malcolm ln ona l l! attended, together with all the chieia. f .sir Roland is one
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  • 65 12 THE BRITISH ADVISER, Perak (Mr. J. Innes Miller) recently inspected work in progress at the Coronation Swimming Pool, Taiping. Left to right: Mr. Innes Miller Mr J. C. Read (Chief Surveyor, Perak), Mrs. Innes Miller, Capt. V. H. G. Knight (Honorary Engineer), Mr. J. Hannyngton, (District Officer, Larut, Matang and
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  • 106 12 SINGAPORE, Sept. 16. THE State Prison DirecA tor of California, Mr. Julian H. Alco, who arrived in Singapore yesterday by the President Polk, said he was looking 1 forward to visiting Changi Prison. 1 An Expert He will probably hold a conference with Singapore prison ollicials
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  • 34 12 SINGAPORE. Sept. 21. A British military lespatch •rider was vestordav taken to the British Military Hospital unconscious after his motor cycle had hit a civilian motor lorrv in Tan din Rot
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  • 219 12 SINGAPORE. Sept. 16. lIANDGRENADES re- covered in a rubber estate oil Bukit Tirnah Road on March 30 were so dangerous to handle that the police who made the haul were stated by ail arms expert in the Seventh Police Court yesterday as “very lucky” to have escaped
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  • 132 12 t.'.V v dent Sept. 1G 38-year- weedicod to 1 es toi old i‘( nade. He was the second man .n •Johore ‘to be sentenced r o death under l,l Regulations. Wonc said that the grenade was‘.‘planted” >n lint pi I of the two special
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  • 203 12 From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, Sent. 15. JMIF question of providing Penang with a town hall would “not be lost sight of,” the Municipal President (Mr. W. C. Tavl assured the Coi.imissioners yesterday. He was replying to the (Mr A. C Demons). who had
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  • 87 12 SINGAPORE. Sept. 17. Hyder bin Akbar. aged 29. a clerk employed in the Registrar of Vehicles Oflice, was sentenced yesterday to six months’ rigorous imprisonment by the Second Police Court Magistrate ‘Mr I L. McFall). Hyder was found guilty oi having accepted two bribes of 50
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  • 41 12 SINGAPO! E Fo. TuhercuU a:i t amn nia were the chief death in Sir M upon* iurio he we< k ended 1 1 11. Of the !«’l (1* ith i-0 ware from Tab mm!* md L’O Jrom pn-um'-ma
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  • 139 12 SINGAPORE, Sept. 17. COUP ivuulut ui'»iinuy D. trade voyages between Singapore and East Sumatra have now been approved l»y the Dutch. They allinn that all trade \vr h West and North Sumatra ild be put th< pj d ba. 'ter basis from yesterday. After a
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  • 105 12 BUTTERWORTH, feept. 16. Embi bin Ismail. 27-year-old “head boy" of the late Mr John Ramsden, was today sentenced to three months” imprisonment on a charge of illegal possession of ammunition. Embi. however, was Immediately released. His sentence dated from the day of his arrest, June ft. He
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  • 64 12 PENANG, Sept. 1G.— The body ol a Chine.se professor who died in Penang last week on lii.s way to take up a United Kingdom fellowship is to be sen! back to Shanghai by the British Council. The Professor was Mr. Hate h Pen, 43-year-old member
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  • 53 12 .SINGAPORE. Sept 111 Sin uioiv's M u n i e i p a IVahh OHieer 'I)r. N A. m f■ i■ i eaV" a warnin''. tomt nifantil" paralyse ye t< 1 i “There e noth,u t.h 1 t!i;j i iire:'t i < said. “Thl 1 e I reec;Vll!
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  • 538 14 SINGAPORE, Sept. 21. .fU’OKK police yesterday morning ar- r estffl an Englishman suspected of com- j„ -un-running following Singapore and r in d. East Indies police seizures last j,,.. n i r ms in a Catalina off Airabu island, fjimhas group. flie arrost yesterday was made at
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  • 123 14 SINGAPORE. Sept. 21. A Harbour Board Indian labourer Narayanasamy. who* pleaded guilty to possession ol 40 tahils oi ganja. was yesterday sentenced to one month’s rigorous imprisonment by the First District Judge »Mr. E. P Shanks* Narayanasamy was also ordered to pay a line o; SI
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  • 52 14 1 lift I 1.1.1.\(. .MOMENT in a d'splay by the Pay Chee Scho o| Scout Troup, Tampin. the eighth to be formed in Malacca’s Chinese schools, at their investiture on Sept. 14. Picture show’s a group assisting a victim trapped in a burning house to jump
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  • 37 14 From Our StaiT Correspondent KIWI.A LCMITK, Sept. 20. nOYAL naval telegraphists have been seconded to Federation police force to assist in maintaining the police radio network and in training newly enlisted wireless operators.
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  • 122 14 SINGAPORE. Sept. 21. COR conducting a theatrical performance without i a permit. Teng Tat Sum )t Air View Hotel was yesterday tin d $50 in default two weeks’ simple imprisonment, in the Second Police Court. Singapore. He pleaded guilty The Assistant Superintendent cf Police.
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  • 81 14 SINGAPORE. Sept. 21. A 45-year-old Hoitkieh, Lee Chong, appeared before the Singapore Seventh Police Court Magistrate (Mr. R. J. C Wait) yesterday on a charge of having returned to Singapore after having been banished for life. He was remanded in police custody for 48 hours. The prosecution alleged
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  • 207 14 Villagers Got Their Men And Rewards SINGAPORE, Sent. 21. TllV villagers of Kampong Bau Siu San tired of the numerous robberies in the village held a meeting and decided to keep a watch on strangers. One evening shortly after. Goh Eng Kong, one of the villagers saw three strangers going
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  • 127 14 Sept. 20 'v illagc school*nsst( Yong Pong. ,k callow’s this 5;. the Comfhe Interna•di »y W \<v bred to death on Aug. 27 for carrying arms. At the trial he was described as the best* known Communist leader in .Tohorc. Two other men were
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  • 210 14 From Our Staff Correspondent IPOH, Sept. 20. DAII) instructors will train tuberculosis patients m all Perak hospitals in a large number of subjects. Occupational therapy will include shorthand, typing, languages, painting, gardening, and embroidery. The State Medical and Health Ollicer (I)r. T .C. Wakefield), said
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  • 52 14 SINGAPORE. Sept 21. young Chinese have r been awarded Bron/e Medallions by the Royal Life Saving Society. They are Wong Yip Chong. Yoon Kim Chuah. Koh Nelson and Goh Ewe Beng Tong The medallists were examined bv the R L.S.S.’s examiner. Mr. O. Creighton, at the Chinese
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  • 62 14 From Our Stall Correspondent 1 KUALA LUMPUR. S pt 20 Bv a reciprocal arrangement people detained may be set.either to Singapore or lrom Singapore to the Federation for lurther detention 111 either case, the co *1 transfer and the m on**nau' of the detainee must be
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  • 215 15 SINGAPORE, Sept. 21. A EG the ballot papers which were used in Singapore's elections six months ago were burned yesterday afternoon at the home of the Supervisor of Elections (Mr. Gerald Hawkins). The Elections Ordinance provide that the papers shall be destroyed six months after the
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  • 309 15 KUALA LUMPUR Sept. 21. KUALA LUMPUR Tues. Rubber production of 2.135.000 lb. on Port Dickson -Lukut «F MS i Rubber Estat< s Ltd for vie- year ended March 31 was record tor the company. Tnis is announced in the directors' report to be submitted to the annual
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  • 210 15 SINGAPORE. Sept. 21. TWO Chinese, charged yes- terday in the Second Poi Hco Court with bookmaking at Bukit Timah were allowed 1 bail ol S3.000 each. One -IIo Im Heng—pleaded 1 guilty, but after the facts were read out by the prosecution, i he claimed trial,
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  • 52 15 TAIPING. Sept. 20.—After four Indian labourers, including a women, of Panaok Tan* jong Estate were admitted to hospital to be treated arsenic poisoning, police arrested Varathan who was today charged with causing voluntary hurt. Varathan claimed trial and the police opposed bail, saying that four important witnesses were
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  • 195 15 KI AI.A LUMPUR. Seyt. 18. I\R. Ong Chong Keng, the Federal Executive and Legislative Councillor, was assassinated as tlie result of a conspiracy between the Malayan Communist Party and the powerful Ang Bin Hoay secret society in Penang. Disclosing this today, a senior police officer at
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  • 155 15 SINGAPORE, Sept. 21. A NEW restaurant with a cocktail bar and dance iloor will onen in November at ran.long Balai Island (west coast of Singapore). The 16-acre island once belonged 4 o Mr. J. B David, millionaire stock and share broker, A Singapore firm, Ita.ia
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  • 282 15 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Sept. 20. 1IJORE than half of the 61 trade unions whose certificates of registration have been cancelled because of contravention of a rule were affiliated to the outlawed Pan-Malayan Federation of Trade Unions. The contravention was a failure to
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  • 35 15 SINGAPORE Sept. 19. New appointments in the Government service in Malaya include the following: Mr. R. M. C. Codner and Mr. R, P. Whitby. Administrative Officers; Mr. D. L. Hobbs, assistant Immigration Officer.
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  • 200 15 kuai.a I- A numbei a n be. <■ 1 <jt (lie nava. C, r tl against and the sm., ,i v »terrorise This is ciix' cial note is a Lumpur todav Since the oc m r Pr H j emergency. I launches. 1 1 JB aided
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  • 77 15 SINGAPORE' S( p’ 21.1 The funeral ct Mrv Joafl phine de Sou/a last Saturday at 4 :.0 p.flfl at the B caaari Mrs. dc Souza w:i> 5:’ j Father Bonamy ‘'-.’..dlctol the service assisted bl Ml W. F. Mosbergen. Among those wit > fceni wreaths
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  • 324 16 from Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, Sept. 21. had always been proud of, and ’satisfied with, the courage and efficiency of p 0 |j a force said the Penang Chamber of jnera* Chairman (Mr. D. A Mackay) at top, halt early meeting of the Chamber. ‘y
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  • 126 16 [SGAPOKE. Sept. 22. 'OBODV has the /zu s’ right to stop £'•<]} subject, born in scolony from return-;-ere." said Mr. P. F. Souza, ui the Singa- Supreme Court r.erday ppralii g to Mr. r i o ng, to reduce 12 months* impassed o.i a young :r.» vi
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  • 90 16 from Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Sept. >1 Tin ore production in the Federation rose again last month, the increase being 141 tons over July’s total. The August production was 5,300 tons. Perak again headed the list by producing 3.445 tons (compared with 3.387 tons in
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  • 117 16 PENANG. Sept. 21. A NEW name has been men- tioned among well-inform-ed Chinese as possible successor to the late Dr. Ong Chong Keng on the Federal Legislative Council—that of Mr. Heah Joo Seang. He is a past president of the Penang Straits Chinese Briish Association
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  • 50 16 SINGAPORE Sept. 22. All sums due on unpaid or insufficiently paid letters or other postal articles are shown by means of postage due labels affixed to the articles or, in Singapore only, by the impression on the articles of a machine stamp indicating the amount due.
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  • 141 16 h rom Our Stuff orrespor.dent Till.' II e a H*OIl, Sept. 21. FHh leader of the ninth unit 01 the Malayan I copies Anti-British Army. Chong |*jew was the man shot dead on Sunday in a battle at .ungei Siput. This was revealed today Chonp:
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  • 63 16 From Our Stall Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Sept. 20. THE starting date for national registration throughout the Federation and in Singapore—October 15—is only provisional a Government spokesman told (he Siraits Times todav. From that date onwards, be added. Stale ami Settlements would make their own arrangements to nut Ihe scheme
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  • 107 16 SINGAPORE, Sept. 22. /'HIA Boon Ben}', rent v collector employed by Mr. Loke Wan Tho, of the Cathay Cinema, was yesterday in the First Dis--1 trict Court, sentenced to eight months’ rigorous imprisonment for criminal breach of trust of $9,974.05. On a charge relatinu to
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  • 749 16 f® several years now we have lived an esuUe very close ‘town, though when came to Malaya place was GO miles on<' of any size tall. e hked that early and in those 01 Plenty of leisure 3^ nl many an evenfooting, or just !5 n
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  • 277 16 From Our Staff Correspondent IPOH, Sept. 21. 4 FORMER chauffeur, Yong Tho, who harboured an escapee from Batu Gajah Gaol for four hours was sentenced to two years’ hard labour by the District Judge (Mr. Smith) today. The escapee was Lee Yong, who was
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  • 846 17 From A Market Correspondent IN IH LL markets, business was on a small scale during the week. Industrials predominated while liOans gave the largest turnover for a long time. Inten d was larking m Tins, and Rubbers were absolutely noulected. In the Industrial
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  • 94 17 BATU Caves Rubber report shows a protit for 1947 of £7.658: nlus fee' £l9. dividends and interest 1 540. excess provision foi pr -occupation liabilities £1 40 1. tax refunds £998 tax provision not renuired £3.750. brought in £5.652. depreciation £1.377. general reserve £5.039. dividend 2’ per
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  • 111 17 Till] Strait Rubber Company is paying a dividend of I'.- per lent, on the £877.500 capital for 1017. Thus is the iirst distribution by tin* company since the e.ght per lent, paid in respect of 1940. Prolit 1«.: the year, before tuv is
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  • 103 17 Foothills Estate FOOTHILLS iM.u.ijai Rubber Estate report chows pr»c.uJfrom sales fot 1947 815.768 '£‘>.731 the previous y an. pin- sundrj state receipts £30 < i.il» less estate expenditure £11.958 t£5 735>. building.' depreciation £419 »£363»;i leaving £3.413 (£367 fuss' Credit interest anu fees £46 (£86*. ir.vestm nt pre-fit
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  • 40 17 £ELANGOR United Rubber Estao.. re|K*rt a profit to Mar 3’ i after depreciation and replanting I expenses of £1888 Tax provision to Mar. 31 is 2 600. carry-forward £11.9.0. (No dividend since 10 per vent of 1 1940-41>
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  • 208 17 IUikit Nilai Estate Nilai Rubber Estate re port shows a net loss foi ti;. year to Mar. 31 of ££3 against hi previous year’s loss of £31i> With ur.required tax £126 .ini' a dibit balance of £22 icreeli £127' was left to be carried f u w
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  • 69 17 T ,,E r mea Putf i> f ®fn> holder' r11 estate „f llm|( r r u the Coloiiv that ii atr< be assessed for h fv ar the Rubber V stutp tf U| ment Ordinance Ass Notices win i. forming the in,I;/ liability ;k from It
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  • 185 17 SINGAPORE s-'.; WITH minor t. the rubber u r >j ruled fairly q the week. say> Lew..' weekly market report A slightly case t ;.ci- r ctevelD|x'd but ord- n'-‘‘ to Russia hav< t e fleet. Th. most notal week has been the in mand for the
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  • 935 17 SINGAPORE. Sept. 21. Prices quoted by the Malayan Shareholders’ Association today were I MU SI RIALS Buyer Seller Attas ice 14 on la no Al*'\ Brick" Ovd. 1.70 ,V, Prof 3.25 3.35 B B Petrol 39 G 40 6 B M Trustee" 8.00 9.00 Consolidated Tin »C>*
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  • 560 18  -  By EPSOM JEEP JuLA'i AN racing circles as well as bloodstock agencies in England and Australia are deK oi16 to know when the Straits Racing Cjfiatioii will lift the ban on registration of go i‘ii i% it has not been possible to secure L officii statement
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  • 93 18 SEREMBAN. Sept. 18. NEGRI Sembllan entered the final of the Malayan Chinese Football competition for the Yeap Hock Hoe Cup by defeating Singapore two goals to one yesterday evning. The winning goal was scored by Negri’s veteran soccer star and skipper, Kwan Soon Teck with a fine
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  • 142 18 SINGAPORE. 16. The Tanglin Club beat the 8t. Joseph’s Institution 3-1 at tennis played on the Club courts yesterday. Results were: Y. C. F’ng and K. S. Teo lost to R. S. Droogleever and H. 13. Elias 6-2. 6-1; Tan Puay Kee and Albert Lim beat
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  • 264 18 SEREMBAN, Sun. THE Singapore Chinese A defeated the Malacca Chinese by twq goals to i one in the Malayan j Chinese Football Associa- tion competition for the Yeap Hock Hoe Cup here today. The Malacca Chinese put up a grand fight, their defence I taking most
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  • 286 18 SINGAPORE RUGBY PROSPECTS SINGAPORE, Sent 21 ALTHOUGH several of the State players who turned out last season will not be available Singapore is looking forward to very a successful rugger season. I There is excellent talent among the newcomers, and some idea of their ability will
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  • 50 18 IPOH. Sept. 19. r pHE Perak Chinese drew A with the Selangor Chinese in a goalless match played at the Ipoh Chinese Assembly hall ground In the Malayan Chinese Football Association’s Cud competition today. The teams were evenly matched with Perak having slightly more of the play.
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  • 279 18 SINGAPORE, Sept. 19. ITNITED Kingdom beat Australia by 38 runs in a game of cricket played at the Singapore Cricket Club padang yesterday. A feature of the game j was the brilliant wicketkeeping by Ben Barnett, the ex-Australian Test 1 cricketer, who stumped four batsmen.
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  • 301 18 SINGAPORE, Sept. 19. T'HE Singapore RecreaA tion Club defeated the Non Benders Cricket Club by two wickets in a game of cricket played on the Padang yesterday. The Non-Benders compiled 99. (Noon 30. Ross two for 0, Sanderson three for 12. C. Schubert two for 5). The
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  • 204 18 SINGAPORE, Sept. 16. THE Rovers Sports Club became the champions of the S.A.F.A. first division league yesterday when they defeated the Royal Navy by 3—l at Jalan Besar Stadium. A huge crowd turned out to see the game which was a thrilling and hard-fought-out
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  • 89 18 SINGAPORE, Sept. 21. A big loss to Malayan rugby his season is Major F. G. Rapsey, the Combined Services and South captain. Accompanied by Mrs. Rapsey. he is leaving Singapore on Friday for the United Kingdom. Major Rapsev did a lot for Services rugger last
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  • 67 18 SINGAPORE Sept. 19. GOOD weather favoured the Naval Base Sailing Club rare hold yesterday for the .silver rup presented by the Sultan ol' Johore to commemorate his 75th oirthday. There were 15 entries for the race. Winner was Cdr W. B. Axford. who
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  • 51 18 SINGAPORE Sept. If) JOIIORE BAHRU. Thursdav The final of ‘he golf competition organised by the Royal Johore International Club for file Sonjoh Cup resulted In a win for J. W Pirn CIO), who defeated L K. Chcah (18) in the final at the 19‘h
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