The Straits Budget, 18 November 1948

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    6 1 THE STRAITS BUDGET ovvn I*, 19(1
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  • STRAITS TIMES POST-BAG
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      Balancing The Budget: The Municipal Way
      399 1 WITH reference to your headline on the front page last Saturday: “SINGAPORE NEEDS MORE MONEY” —I need more money—and my future plans are threatened by deficit. I find a $45,000 deficit in my draft personal and family budget for 1949, and must seek increased
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      Squatter Theorem: Who Pays?
      176 1 SELF-EVIDENT truth: In a free country a person is entitled to hold any political opinions he wishes, provided he does not advocate violent overthrow of the Government. Therefore a landlord is not concerned with the politics of his tenant. But suppose a landlord owns shop-houses in
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      Democracy In The Council: Mr. Laycock’s View
      358 1 I HAVE seen your letter I 1 from “Aphorism” in which he says or suggests (among other things) that Council members have failed to carry out their election promises. This statement is untrue, and I at once brand it as such. My election
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      DYAKS AND MR. BROOKE
      303 1 MR A. H. Dutton has evidently misread my letter, published in your columns on Nov. 3. It is reasonable to infer that he has mistranslated it to the Dyaks under his command, who, I am not surprised to learn, were “extremely angry” as a result. No
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      ASSESSMENT FOR 1949
      190 1 YOUR leader of Nov. 8 headed "The Municipal Deficit” states that a deficit of $2,371,000 is due to two main reasons, the lapse of the 25 per cent, surcharge and the increased salaries for Municipal staff. It has not been disclosed, however, that house assessment is to
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      Bulb-Horns Again
      169 1 WHAT is needed in this matter, is not a ban on horn-sounding, but abolition of the raucous electric type horn and swift punishment to drivers who keep a Anger on the horn, irrespective of whether there is anyone in their way or not. There is also the menace
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      AT CROSSINGS
      49 1 ISN’T it possible for the Traffic Police to see that lights are not changed from red to green or vice versa until all pedestrirfns have crossed the road. Our policemen have forgotten the fact that they are there to Look after pedesirians as well. A WALKER. Singapore.
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      Luxuries First In The New Taxes
      184 1 Luxuries Fi rst In The New Taxes UOW exasperating it was to L' s u J 11 Municipal Budget speech by w 1 Blythe and to hear that more taxe--; iouhrj of taxes have come to stay, in ad<'i ito rt Colony's i t Y I Until the 4XI bers
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      TAXING THE PLANTER
      167 1 I WOULD like to ad 1 with your correspJ dent “XXX” of P| Dickson in a recent let! in which he protesl about the duty which ll been added to whisky the Federation. I feel most strongly d this is gratuitous and I called-for at such a
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      TANKER AND CAR IN COLLISION
      66 1 SINGAPORE A Malay lorry j ed unhurt when a lorry carrying s* dred gallons of o:' the Bukir Tima; overturned into terday afternoo: in collision with Although the on the road, it damaeed and t j W.E. Zamara. 4. was admitted suffering from bruises. SINGAPORE
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      THE MALAY FORCES
      953 2 —Straits Times Nov. 11 y press conference on encv in Kuala Lumju 1 week Major-General r was asked if he could .itement on the pro- had been made with •moment of the Malay ,i. promised last July. Boucher replied that for the third batt (1 none very
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      THE SOCIAL SAMPLE
      1005 2 •Straits Times. Nov. 12 “Social phenomena are complicated things, even examined in regard to their bare essentials.” So says the Social Survey of Singapore, a Government publication issued yesterday. Tlie Social Welfaie Department (which made this survey), the Improvement Trust, the Education Department, the Colony Government and
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      THE SULTAN'S TROOPS
      1006 2 -Straits Times. Nov. 13 It lias been surmised m t|, Malay newspapers that one < the matters which Dato has been discussin with Colonial Office in Londut revival of the Johore Militat Forces. It would not he .surprising if that were correct, tor there is known to
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      THE HANGING OF TOJO
      1018 3 Straits Times Nov. 15. The people of Singapore remember that day in 1942 when General Tojo came hero and drove through heavily guarded streets to be received as a conquering hero at a ceremony on the steps of the Municipal Building. They remember General Doihara, the
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      THIS CHINESE STRONGHOLD
      780 3 —Straits Times, Nov. 1< For more years than either we or our readers can remember, the Straits Times has been speaking of the Straitsborn Chinese and the Chinaborn Chinese in its editorial columns. This distinction has been taken for granted, as an obvious fact of social and
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      THE BABY
      247 3 -Straits Times. Nov. 16. To His, Royal HighmPrince of Edinburgh cradle in Buckingham i heir in his generation ancient throne of Eng'm to the Crown of the Empire, loyal felicitating Singapore, one of places in Asia which v 1 itself without reserv; without hesitation Crown Colony. TinEmpire is
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      DATO IN THE DOVECOTS
      1011 4 —Straits Times, Nov. 17. hatever the results of Dato Ora’s representations may be he heart of the Empire, he ady has the satisfaction of wing that in Malaya itself visit to London has done e to make the Malay point view known to the nonM. y
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    Prank Ends In Dock
    162 4 SINGAFORE, Nov. 17. piVE sailors of the cruiser London, who indulged in a midnight prank, left the dock of the Singapore Assize Court yesterday free men after six weeks’ detention They were William Kennedy. Charles Brewis, Henry Poster, Stanley Fox and Walter Tuck. On the night
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    WOMAN DIES ON LINE
    81 4 SINGAPORE, Nov. 17. The Singapore Coroner (Mr. Choor Singh) has returned a finding of misadventure at the inquiry into the death of a 55-year-old Chinese woman, Kcr Chua, whose body was found beside the railway track near Bukit Timah sub-station on Nov. 2. Ker Chua was
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    A.A.M. SECRETARY
    36 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Nov. IB.—Mr D. P. Evans has born appointed hon. secretary for the Kdanhin branch of the Automobile 1 Association of Malaya. His addioss is Food and Prim Control OfTl&lt; Kota Bharu, Kolantan.
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    295 BANDITS KILLED AND 217 CAPTURED
    267 4 From Our Staff Correspondent iv &lt;i c K UALA n«v. i«&gt;. (he f ,y e months of the terrorist campaign terrorists were killed and 217 captured, including 43 who were wounded. These figures were irom June lfi to yesterday morning. u killed. 288 were
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    STUDENTS IN BRITAIN
    130 4 SINGAPORE, Nov. 17. On his return to London after a welfare tour of Universities in the North of England and in Scotland the Liaison Officer of the Colonial Office, Mr. Dussek reported that Malayan and Hong Kong students there were doing very well. He said that quite
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  • PERSONAL
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      BIRTHS
      152 4 PEEI’ANA' To Joyce, wife of E C. Pestana. at K.K. Hospital o«; Nov. 9th, a soil. Mother ami son doing well. GRIFFITH-JONES: On Bth November, at Bungsar Hospital Kuala Lumpur, to Pat and Eric Griffith-Jones. a daughter. LEEMBRUGGEN On 9.11 48 Jessie and Terence, the gift of a daughter.
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      ENGAGEMENTS
      113 4 LEONG PAN. The engage nent announced to-day. Nov 13. ’4B. between Mr. William Leom? eldest son of Mr. Ac Mrs. Leong Ah Fav Johore Bahru, and Miss Rosie Pan. youngest daughter ot Mr Ac Mrs Pan Ki Hcng, of 3tr.ir.pore The engagement is announced between Ben, eldest son of
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      MARRIAGES
      86 4 Rcnwick Maclean at the Methodist Church Alor Star on 12th November by th 0 Venerable Archdeacon Collier. Charles Campbell of Kuitail Rossshlre and Alor Star to Mary Lsobel Graham, daughter of the Reverend Mr and Mrs. Maclean of Edinburgh DEXTER LISTON At the Registrar’s Oflice, S'jxjre, Miss Jov Dexter
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    ISLANDER’S HAND SHOOK AS HE REGISTERED
    120 4 ISLANDER S HAND SHOOK AS HE REGISTERED SINGAPORE. Nov 17. WHEN a team of 12 officials and clerks in a 75-foot motor launch visited four islands near Singapore yesterday to register the inhabitants. the first man to sign his registration form was so nervous he could hardly write. Most of
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    88 4 DEATHS JOSEPH EDWIN LAWRENCE, aIed 14, beloved son of Mr Mr.'. S. J. Joseph, of No 914 Geylang lid. Spore, passed awn. peacefully. at 5 4. r &gt; this m or nine TAN CHWEE PANG aged /(&gt; passed away peacefully at hLs residence, 43-44, Sungci Ed Singa-t-'ore, last night. lie
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    RE-ROOFING IN THE DUSUN
    2142 5  -  A Malayan Countryman’s Diary TIAN OUNDAY, November 7. This is being typed to the sound of hammering in connection with installation of a new sanitary system. Let them go to it! Far be it from me to tell them to ceasr from their labours. Yesterday afternoon
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    ‘Intolerable’ Housing Found In Singapore Social Survey
    2128 6 Intolerable Housing Found In Singapore Social Survey JIIUKE-quarters of Singapore's city of its households are overcrowded, says the Social Survey of the Soc al Well are Department which is published today. A ltei investigating 4,955 households in the Municinal area the live in overcrowded conditions. &gt; peaking of people living
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    $4,200 TO PRINT —$3,600 REVENUE
    62 6 THE report cost $4,200 to print. Against this, there is an expected revenue of S3,600 resulting from the sale of about 1.500 copies at S3 per copy, after allowing for the nominal 20 per cent, discount to booksellers. The supplementary expenditure to meet the printing
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    SINGAPORE RENTS
    99 6 AVERAGE rents in Singapore shown by the Social Survey are: Fart of a room $3 40 One room $lO.OO Iwo rooms $21.30 Fart of a cubicle 2.95 One cubicle fl.tio I wo cubicles $l7 95 s ace 311 In calculating these averages, persons paying no rent were included,
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    84 Per Cent Said “No”
    218 6 AN extraordinary state of affairs was revealed by one question asked in the Social Survey undertaken last year by the Singapore Social Welfare Department. Tlie question was: “Would you be prepared to move into an Improvement Trust House at Balestier Estate if offered to you
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    Malay brigade up to London
    367 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. VI future expansion of the Malay Regiment to a complete brigade must be a matter for discussion and decision with the War Office as it involves important financial questions. The Federation Government, it is understood, is making itself liable for the establishment
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    Unwelcome “Guests”
    82 7 From Our Own Correspondent KUANTAN, Nov. 15. A YOUNG Chinese couple married on Friday morning spent Friday night in the local police station. The wedding guests were merry making, feasting and teasing the bride in the traditional Chinese manner when gunfire was heard. Soon afterwards a military patrol
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    BARBER, 16, RUNS AMOK
    132 7 From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG Nov. 13. IS-YEAR-OLD barber ran amok yesterday afternoon, stabbed his three-year-old sister with a pair of* scissors. then tried to cut his own throat with a razor. He was overpowered and sent to the General Hospital where he is now lying
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    Charge withdrawn
    40 7 SINGAPORE. Nov. 14. Parit Buntar, Sat.—Chong Kim Chan who was charged with having voluntarily caused hurt to Tan Ah Ngan w*as acquitted and discharged by the District Judge Mr. A. M. Webb when the prosecution withdrew the charge.
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    691 BIRTHS IN SINGAPORE
    69 7 SINGAPORE. Nov. 14. DEATHS from all causes in Singapore for the week ended last Saturday were 185 compared with 187 the week before. Chief causes of death w’ere respiratory types 0 f tuberculosis &lt;32&gt; and pneumonia (21 &gt;. Seventy-six cases of tuberculosis were reported and four
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    FREIGHTER STRANDED ON CORAL
    79 7 SINGAPORE, Nov. 13. A SINGAPORE tug, tne Argonaut, left yesterday for the South Natuna Islands in the China Sea to help to Jettison 8,000 tons of bauxite in the Amelia Earhart which is stranded on a coral reef. The tug is carrying 50 Chinese stevedores. The
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    ‘Pay small man first’
    110 7 Pay small man first IPOH. Nov. 13. r l 1 HE Perak Chinese Chamber A of Commerce recommends that all approved war damage claims up to $B,OOO should be paid in full and that all approved claims above that should share pro rata the balance of the funds, available for
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    No Compensation—Govt.
    141 7 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 15. OUILDINGS occupied by IJ terrorists, or persons harbouring them, may be seized or destroyed without Government being liable for compensation. New Emergency regulations authorising these measures were published today. They allow any .Police, Army or Navy officer to carry out
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    Conference is 7 years late
    219 7 SINGAPORE. Nov. 14. U'IGHTY members of ali races from Malaya, Singapore. Siam and Indonesia will meet* in Singapore next January to discuss a draft constitution for the Anglican diocese of Singapore. The conference was originally planned to meet seven years ago, but the Japanese invasion
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    Thieves cut off bath water
    53 7 SINGAPORE. Nov. 15. NO one in the Royal Singapore Golf Club in Sime Road has been able to get a bath since thieves four days ago dug up and stole 400 feet of galvanised pipes between Watten Estate and the Clubhouse. The club is now
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    MUAR BOYS’ FAREWELL
    89 7 MUAR. Nov. 13. MR. C. D. WESTWOOD. m Education Officer, who is going on leave to Australia ana New Zealand soon before his transfer to Kluang next year, was entertained to a dinner last night by the head boy and prefects of the Government English School. Muar.
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    S’pore Y’s men get charter
    165 7 bINGAPOKf S B *f presented the Ull P' j re the Y’s Men’s pore to the pr&lt; CheeJuay. Club ?t Raffles Hole; pore, last night n?a “I am glad,” he sa i fn associated with anv t,?' are operating.” lon &gt; He regarded as on,
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    Gift Led To $100 Fines
    94 7 JOHORE BAHRU Nov. 15. WHEN the Penghulu oi Masai received a gift of venison from Rahman and Raioo he informed the police who found that *he doer was trapped on Hock Urn E-tate and killed by the Indio 11s They were convict* i by Inche
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    NONYAS CAUGHT AT CARD GAME
    89 7 SINGAPORE. Nov. 14 SIX nonyas and a unm were each fined when they pleaded cum.* yesterday in the Singapore Third Police Court to gambling in a house in A lestier Road on Friday Found playing (Chinese cards) when police raided the l'- 011- they told
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    DEATH OF MR. TAN CHIN KIM
    63 7 PENANG, N A Government pension* was awarded the Imp l Service Medal in today in his 71st V'* was Mr. Tan &lt;■h ,&lt;. father of the Sinking District Judge. Ah Tah. and of the sportsmen. Mr. 7 1,1 and Mr. Tan Ah &gt;; late
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    Death Of Mr. E.R. Koek
    451 8 SINGAPORE, Nov. 12. \|K Rowland Koek, died at his home in Kochalie Drive, Singapore, last night after an jll, M ‘ss of about two months. Koek was one of c.Talaya s best known lawyers and was until recently a member of the i Singapore Legislative
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    Radio Talk On Survey
    151 8 SINGAPORE. Nov. 12. *il Secretary ior Social I V ..are. Mr. T. P. F. Mcjh; in a broadcast last a described the social '•i'vty report as “a call for actu n." Mr McNeice said the remdicated that Singapore t guilty of the sin of cvy.placency. -I::
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    BIG POST FOR MRS.HAWKINS
    74 8 SINGAPORE. Nov. 12. A s. M. Hawkins nas .ppoint-ed Supervisor of L: »ns for th Municipal n. which will take place lex: year. is The first time that v. U vernment. of Singapore appointed a woman r to a post of such im:::*.ance. M Hawkins, is
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    $700 COLONY BURGLARY
    68 8 SINGAPORE. Nov. 12. ..irs who broke into ’y 1 don-road house of Woodbury-Sowter. re manager of Franmd Co. Ltd., early lay evening stole cutither articles valued 4* S7'll) n Mr. Woodbury-Sowter (i. shortly after mid- found the back door Ur. r cigarette case bear,y nscription “C. WR.
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    Re-opening Of Rengat Delayed
    88 8 SINGAPORE. Nov 12. DE-OPENING of Rengat. East Sumalra barter pert lor Singapore, is likely to be delayed as a resul; of another shooting incident when ;wo prahus* were sunk the Dutch Consulate announced yesterday. Rengat was closed last month by the Dutch Navy iollowing constant firing
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    CHINA CITIES CUT OFF
    47 8 SINGAPORE, Nov. 11. The Chinese Government Radio Administration has advised Singapore that communication with the following Chinese offices is suspended until further notice. The offices are those at Chefoo, Chenghsienho (Chengchowho). Kaifeng. Lovang Mukden, Shihkiachwang, Tsinan and in the north-eastern provinces of China.
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    Wharf Watch For Witness
    67 8 SINGAPORE. Nov. 12. Singapor police are wutening all ships leaving pon. in their search tor F Sgt. John Rickard, witness in the R A F generator case, who has been missing since Oct. 21. R.A.F. Police have received a report that a man answering to Rickard’s
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    BOY CYCLIST INJURED
    48 8 SINGAPORE. Nov. 12. A Eurasian boy was knocked down by a car while he was cycling along Dhoby Ghaut last evening. He was taken to hospital by ambulance. Four Chinese were Injured when the car in wflich they were travelling collided with a military truck
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    TIN AND RUBBER REVENUE UP
    519 8 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Nov. 11. DESPITE a shortlall m expected returns trom the Currency Surplus Fund and income tax. the Federation’s revenue of S272.079.796 at the end of this year is S710.277 higher than the original estimate of $271,369,519 Expenditure for the
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    LAST 1948 RUBBER TO USSR
    148 8 PENANG. Nov. 11. p* S last shipment of r to Russia for this xpeoted to be loaded neral Cherniakhov--1 it touches port next lubber exporters c!o f Russia to take any wan shipments un--alitv of the rubber this ship has been nested and approved n
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    MALAYA SEEKS $100,000,000 LOAN
    453 8 I rom Our Stall Correspondent KUALA U’MPVK. Nov. 11. T HF federation Government is to float a loin ~f 5.100, (100.000 curly in 1949 with the sanction of the Secretary of State for the Colonies (Mr. A. &lt;&gt;,...... Jones). The loan is for essential rehabilitation and
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    FEDERATION 1948 DEFICIT: $113,000,000
    1159 9 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 11. /GOVERNMENT estimates foretell a deficit of SI 1:1,102,221 at the end of this year's working in the Federation of Malaya. The working deficit for 1010 is estimated at 858,717,117. A general financial surplus at the end of 1949
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    ROVER SCOUTS GET WAR RIBBONS:
    44 9 These five Johore Bahru Rover Scouts —R.S.L. Mohammed bin Ja afar, A.R.S.L. Ahmad bin Haji Abdul Rashid. R. M. Raja Samsuddin bin Empeh, Mohammed Noor bin Ibrahim, Suleiman bin Rahiman and Ahmad bin Mohamed—have been awarde d War Ribbons.
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    Troops break up bandit gangs
    299 9 From Our Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Nov. 11. THREE bandits were killed and 36 suspects 1 arrested in the Pegar Area on the 23rd mile of the Muar-Lenga Road yesterday, after the most effective pincer movement so far by troops in Johore. BandHs in the
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    Guest Of Honour
    37 9 SINGAPORE, Nov. 11. The Alumni Association of the King Edward VII College of Medicine, Singapore, held itfi usual monthly dinner at Adelphi Hotel last night, with Dr. Lim Boon Keng as guest of honour.
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    AIR CORPS WILL GET BACKING
    186 9 SINGAPOIu Al’ I Eli! a t n i taint&gt;. indication that Air Cadet Cur.K organisations m official recount Government ba* nkcly in tiie V erv The question V. nent. headquar v\ lang Airport an,.', tion of a commit ing officials and being earnestly o Government,
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    Court Says Farewell
    140 9 SINGAPORE. Nov 12. staff of the police courts —from peons, clerks, interpreters to the First District Judge Mr E. P. Shanks, were entertained to a teagiven by Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Goh at the Second Police Court, yesterday. Yesterday was Mr Geh's last day as a
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    R.A.S.C. SHIP IN PORT
    102 9 SINGAPORE. Nov. v: ONE of two larger ships n the R.A.S.C. fleet in the Far East, the 4.900-ton &gt;' seldriven tank landin Maxw'ell Brander has rived in Singapore from H Kong. She is the sister ship o. Charles McLeod which v Singapore last w r eek.
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    Straits-born: Few Educated In English
    686 10 SINGAPORE, Nov 11 IA FEVER justification there was in the tuiM tor helie\ing that Straits-horn Chinese not take to manual occupations and were ominanth clerks no longer held true, it was :ed in the Social Survey report of the SingaSocial Welfare Department, published morning. ho
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    Great Future For Malays
    146 10 From Our Staff Correspondent IPOH. Nov. 10. 1'HE retiring British Adviser Perak (Mr. Innes Miller) sa.d today that the new Federation of Malava constitution had opened a great future for the Malays, not only in administrative career*? out ir. all other spheres of life ol the
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    FACTS ABOUT THE SURVEY
    208 10 WHY IT WAS UNDERTAKEN: Because the Department of Social Welfare wanted more facts about the problems with which it had to deal in order to plan its work comprehensively and economically. WHO UNDERTOOK IT: The field work of the Survey and also some of the work
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    Poppy Sales
    48 10 SINGAPORE, Nov. 12. CINGAPOREANS bought v .f. 24,500 worth of poppies on Nov. 5. announced the Chairman of the Poppy Day Committee 'Mrs. A. E Elder) yesterday. This sum is included in the $31,421 which the committee has collected to date from various dances and show’s.
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    Report Is First Of Its Kind
    168 10 r ;■IN’GAPORE, Nov. 11. I,• s t of its kind in the wV monwealth Colonial k“ ‘‘'-‘s, on such a scale, ‘‘'tiV .the Secretary for u Welfare (Mr. T. P. F. •&gt; o 1 Ascribed Singa-?-r' c a l Survey report at T .conference
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    IN SINGAPORE:
    20 10 Ihe Sultan of Treiigyami and the TenKku Ampuan who are in Singapore on holiday.— nm^apuif Straits Times picture.
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    Analysis Of Colony Family Life
    816 10 c SINGAPORE, Nov. 11. I tll!i Social Survey conducted by the* Singapore Welfare Department lound that the average size of households, ol all races in Singapore, was 3.90 persons. If, said the survey report, I difficulty was experienced in visualising .9 of a person, the
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    Federal Police Will Cost $37,900,000
    280 11 Federal Police W ill Cost $37,900,000 From Our Stall Correspondent KUALA LIMPFR, Nov. 12. 1 EXPANSION of the Federation Police Force is J expected to result in a total expenditure of $37,902,823 in 1949, approximately twice the figure estimated for this year. Personal emoluments will account lor $17,685,449 compared with
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    DEEP SWEEP INTO JUNGLE
    106 11 From Our Special Correspondent JOIIORE. Nov. 12. SEAFORTHS and Ferrets. striking deep into the heart of the jungle near the 12th mile. Muar-Lenga Road, this evening destroyed a deserted hut containing Communist leaflets, aft ti-British slogans, warnings to traitors and accounts for extortion money. A calendar
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    They Helped In Survey
    125 11 SINGAPORE. Nov. 13. SPEAKING of the part played by students of St. Andrew's School in the investigation for Singapore’s Social Survey, the acting Director of Education. Mr. A. W. Frisbv. said last night “it was a most magnificent effort.” Mr. Frisby was proposing the toast. “The
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    2 Aircraft Crash In The Jungle
    287 11 From Our Special StafT Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 12. TWO R.A.F. aircraft, a Spitfire and a Dakota, crashed in the jungles outside Serendah, 24 miles north of Kuala Lumpur, during anti-terrorist operations today. Search parties have been organised to find the wreck-' ages in
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    Flown Back From UK To Answer Charges
    476 11 SINGAPORE. Nov INSTRUCTIONS for the questioning of officers going back to land regarding (heir "outstanding debts” in the Colony were re ferred to at the Singapore court martial yesterday of Major o h n Stephen Walker of the York and Lancaster Regiment. Major
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    TELOK ANSON FUNERAL
    114 11 From Our StafT Correspondent TELOK ANSON. Nov 12 Many people, including the present and past pupils of the Convent and St. Anthony’s Schools, from the Lower Perak district attended the funeral here of Rev. Mother St. Odo Dempsev of *he Convent. The service was conducted both at
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    Six New Asian A.S.P.s
    66 11 From Our Staff Com*s|&gt;ondent KIWI.A LUMPUR. Nov. 12. Six Asian Chief Inspectors have been promoted to the rank of Assistant Superintendent. They are Chief Inspectors Osm.an bin Mohamed Yassin, Mohamed Noor bin Hamid. Yunus bin Talib. Wan bin Sheikh Abdul Rahman, Fher Singh and Gani bin
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    Security Alarms Army Union
    152 11 KUALA LUMPUR Nov. 12. WIDESPREAD alarm at Field Security Service activities is referred to in an editorial in the Army Civil Service Union's magazine. “When a trade union, with what is considered to be one of Singapore’s largest groups of properly organised workers, demands the justice
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    Appointments
    68 11 SINGAPORE. Nov. 13. Mr. A. C. Drooks. Chief Chemist. Federatijn of Malaya, has been appointed to act as Director of Chemistry, Malaya. Dr. A Jackson. Acting Chief Chemist. Singapore. has been appointed to act as Chief Chemist Federation ofMalaya. SINGAPORE. Nov. 13 Mr. Ernest Bray. Domestic Engineering Instructor has
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    Funeral Of Mr. E.R. Koek
    465 11 SINGAPORE, Nov. IJ. LMGHT members of the Singapore Legislative Council acted as pall bearers at the funeral at Bidadari Cemetery yesterday afternoon of Mr Edward Howland Koek, one of Malaya’s best -known lawyers and a former Legislative Councillor. Government, the legal profession and the Bench
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    Kuala Lipis has flood plans
    169 12 SINGAPORE, Nov. 11. k FM&gt;OD emergency scheme for Kuala Lipis 1 has been drawn up by the Pahang Governlent to meet the possible menace of flooding lurin'.' this month, December and January. ails of this plan have already been issued 0 tli population. Tin* people
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    They Missed The Boat
    89 12 SINGAPORE, Nov. 11. 'HEN the American frelgn- ter Steel Navigator arriv- ;n Singapore yesterday :r. Bangkok, she was withi ’ur members of the The men had missed the after shore leave. Members of the crew told Fraits Times yesterday v. tire men made a despe- exempt
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    THEFT BY A GUARDSMAN
    88 12 r SINGAPORE, Nov. 11. wara.sman Thomag Her- kson, of the Grena- Guards. was convicted S'-rc.ay in the Fourth Pol Court of theft of $BO 4n a e Beach Road on Oct. (Mr. M. H. '-/al) sentenced him s mple imprisonment until V Co lr rose yesterday.
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    One towkay in 20 can't sign name
    194 12 SINGAPORE, Nov. 11 FIVE per cent of Singa- I pore's professional and big business men are illiterate, and of the medium business owners 16 per cent are illiterate. Some of the five per cent are women who have inherited landed property reports the
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    MISSION GIFTS TO ISLANDERS
    101 12 SINGAPORE. Nov. 11. Over 200 inhabitants of Pulau Brani have received git\s of clothing, and shoes from the Seventh Day Advends. Mission. A total of 400 items have so far been issued. Distribution. which started last Sunday at Pulau Brani. is continuing. It is in the
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    RAF CASE: ALL LIVE FOR ASSIZE
    203 12 SINGAPORE, Nov. 11. A. G. Forest, Cpl. R. Hurst, David Wolf Ginsberg, G. E. R. Morris, and L.A.C. M. E. Perez—the five accused in the R.A.F. generators ease—were committed for trial at the Assizes at the conclusion yesterday of the preliminary inquiry in the
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    PILGRIMS BACK
    50 12 SINGAPORE, Nov. 11. The first group of 186 pilgrims to return to Singapore after their pilgrimage in Mecca, have arrived in Singapore by the Blue Funnel ship Adrastus. They comprised 109 men, 57 women, and 20 children. A larger number of pilgrims disembarked at Port Swettenham and Penang.
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    Priority For Housing Urged
    199 12 [Kg 'ORE, Nov. 11. u vEK AMENT should I gH’C' ncreasing priorI’ t0 mousing develop15 i: the rural areas, I Balwant Singh |5 U vU *st) speaking on -inurnment at 155' s meeting of the Council. B}d r ‘V 1 :1 s maiden speech R,v, P
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    Kidnap Tale Of Terrorist
    150 12 JOHORE BAHRU, Wed. “DREPOSTEROUS balder-, dash” was how the Federal Counsel described a kidnapping story with which Llm Ah Tong attempted to explain why he fired a shot at a coffee- shop proprietor in i Saiding. For having an unlicensed firearm, Lim was sentenced to death
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    Singapore Helps To Stop Dollar Leak
    249 12 SINGAPORE, Nov. 11. IMIE shipment of goods from sterling areas to the I'nited States and other “hard currency” areas cannot now be made through Hong Kong unless the dollar proceeds are delivered to the Hong Kong Foreign Exchange Controller. This represents tne major step
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    K.L. Municipal Budget Surplus
    385 12 From Our Stair Correspondent KOALA LI MITK, Nov. 10. JZt ALA LI MPtR’S Municipal Commissioners today approved for passing at tlieir next full meeting, a Municipal Budget showing a surplus of 598,£69 and balanced by increases in general assessment, licence fees and service charges, and containing
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    TOWN HALL LET
    27 12 PENANG. No/. 10 -The P-nang Municipal Commissioners have agreed to let the first floor of the Town Hall to Government at s.'»so a month.
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    MORE MALAYS ON ESTATES
    322 13 From Our Staff Correspondent IPOH, Nov. 12. CIR Eric Macfadyen of Harrisons Crosfield today predicted a big: increase in the number of Malay estate workers in the Peninsula. “At the beginning of this century,” he said, “my •staff of tappers was wholly Malay. Very good tappers
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    MONEY FOR CHINA PLEA
    163 13 SINGAPORE. Nov. 12. k PAN-MALAYAN conference of licensed Chinese remittance shops has decided 1 to ask the Malayan Governi ments to reduce by half, the sums required by existing legislation as security deposits. These sums are at present $lO,OOO for a licence to operate directly with
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    NOT TOO OLD FOR PRISON
    98 13 SINGAPORE, Nov. 13. Sentence of nine months’ rigorous imprisonment passed on Chea Choon Eng, 56-year-old widow, was confirmed by Mr. Justice Jobling in the Singapore Supreme Court yesterday. She had been sentenced by the First District Judge (Mr. E. P. Shanks) for possession of chandu.
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    Bauxite Sought In Malaya
    240 13 I ARPF eni p i SINGAPORE, Nov. 13. L?„ SCALE 4 sc he, "es of beauxite development in many countries have resulted from a ranidlv rising demand for aluminium, says the Mining f.!-™. 1 Ma aya ls amon ff the countries earmarked ior prospecting. In the
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    Pawnshop Bears The Loss
    165 13 W SINGAPORE. Nov. 13. HEN a pawn-shop keeper in good faith advances v° n a P led E ed article uhich happens to be stolen property does he run the risk of loss? It. was neld in an appeal case yesterday by Mr. Justice Jobling that
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    TREASURY BILLS
    58 13 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR Nov. 12. Tenders for Federation of Malaya Government Treasury bills of three months’ tenor were accepted by the Financial Secretary. Federation of Malaya, to the extent of $1,000,000 at a rate of discount equivalent to 3 4 per cent per annum. The
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    MR. MacDONALD BACK IN SINGAPORE
    227 13 SINGAPORE, Nov. 13. lI’HILE Mr. Malcolm MacDonald, Commissioner- General in South-East Asia was flying back to Singapore, a fellow passenger in the Qantas flying boat, 60-year-old Mrs. W. McKie was taken ill and died 15 minutes within the aircraft reaching Calcutta. Mr. MacDonald attended the
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    SENTENCES TO STAND
    109 13 SINGAPORE. Nov. 13. Mr. Justice Jobling yesterday in the Singapore Supreme Court refused to interfere with sentences passed by the Third Police Court Magistrate (Mr. F. B. Oehlers) on two hotel licencees who had permitted guests to stay at their hotels without entering their names in the
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    STRIKERS REJECT OFFER
    248 13 J: intervention b v‘ n u Singapore i :.&lt;nir' p nussioner m. r B c °n Bingham), u b,: u ,1.1 dian lighter-n ■&gt; i u Ir boats ot Tin ltl Lighterage■ tn!" 1 Company !!t r,...,V. n Y* Basin and t truin k iy e yesterday
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    New Abattoin For Colony
    121 13 SINGAPORE. Nov. 13 WORK will probably be{ in Singapore next year the first stage of a niul million-dollar scheme to &lt; tablish what will b&lt; the m&lt; modern abattoir in the r East. To be located on a 38-ac estate in Henderson Road, t scheme has
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    Board Members
    31 13 SINGAPORE A Mr. P. M. Evan U A. Baker have if to be members &lt; \Var Management ce Risks (Goods Fund in place v OH Warren and M 1 respectively.
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    PLANTERS APPEAL FOR SECURITY
    434 14 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 11. ii\\itMN(i of serious consequences unless 'speedy action is taken is given by Hatang Padantf district planters on estates in the Slim pice*’ and Irolak Areas ol South Perak. Tho&gt; Have appealed for troop and police poinfurcements. i'hcir district
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    2 PREFAB-COURTS TO BE CLOSED
    286 14 SINGAPORE. NOV. 15. TWO more of Singa--1 &gt;re’B emergency are to close down because the arrears oi court work are being ily reduced. Tr.&gt; was envisaged a few ago when it was annced that only 136 cases ir.-t outstanding in the distf courts in September.
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    Dead bandit had murder revolver
    145 14 KUALA LUMPUR. Nov. 13. THE pistol issued by the iolice to Mr. “Jimmy” Searson. the assistant manager the Rasa Estate, who was shot dead by bandits early this week, was found in the dying hands of a Chines' bandit fatally wounded by security forces in
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    FEDERATION BILL OF $300,000,000
    163 14 From Our Staff Correspondent .KUAI A LUMPUR. Nov. 15. [HE Federation’s $300,"90.543 Supply Bill for ?übl: services will be produced this week in Federal Legislative Coim mi. single item Is 23 for ihe police. 1 sc'llaneous Federal 702.773 will be rewhile other large •H be; Malayan
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    ‘QUEUES FOR FALSE TEETH’-WARNING
    330 14 PENANG. Nov. IS. RY a i ma J or t V f 23 votes to 11. the Northern Division ot the British Medical Association, Malaya, agreed last night that a cradle to grave national health service would be “good State economy." In a keenly-contested debate, advocates
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    Hand Grenade Charge
    34 14 SEGAMAT. Nov. 13.—A 36-year-old Chinese, Lee Hiong, was produced in the Segamat Police Court today cnarged with possession of a hand grenade on Labis Bahru Estate. He was remanded in custody.
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    Wandered 3 days in jungle
    181 14 SEREMBAN. Nov. 13. UNKEMPT, haggard and hungry, a young Chinese arrived in Seremban yesterday evening. He is Mr. Kat Kin Hin, a photographer who was abducted by bandits 24 days ago, while taking National Registration photographs in Broga about 18 miles from Seremban. Mr. Kat.
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    JURONG SCHOOL ANNIVERSARY
    36 14 SINGAPORE. Nov. 15. The Joo Koon Chinese School, Jurong Road celebrated its 14tli anniversary yesterday with ceremony in the morning, followed by an exhibition of pupils’ handicraft, and a cinema show at nigld
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    Singapore Weddings
    284 14 SINGAPORE, Nov 13 Lorraine Fuller wore mi exquisite tulle and lace wedding gown when she \va.s married at St. Andrew’s mi Saturday to Mr. ivo Clarke, son of Mrs. S. J Ooggm.i ol Sydney. I he bride, who arrived m Singapore about six months *1 lh( daughter of
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    Bandits kill head master
    132 14 KI.UANG. Sat. I'HREE Chinese bandits this morning chased Mr. Chong Ting Wang. 45-year-old headmaster of Kiow Ming Chinese School at 1$ mile village on the Kluang-Batu I’ahat Road, into his house and shot him The Chinese, armed with revolvers and rifles, came out of the Mengklbol
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    Singapore Sent Greetings To The Princess
    364 15 SINGAPORE, Nov. 15. \LL communities in Singapore and Malaya celebrated the birth ot the Koval baby. Many messages of congratulations were sent. The Commissioner-General. Mr. Malcolm MacDonald, sent the following message to the King:— “With humble duty I beg to offer to Your Majesty
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    Decision On War Claims
    108 15 SINGAPORE. Nov. 16. BRITISH North Borneo, Brunei and Sarawak will know within a few weeks what assistance the British Government will give to meet war damage compensation claims, the Commissioner for War Damage Claims for those territories »Mr. C. F. C. Macaskie) said yesterday. Mr. Maraskie,
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    MISSING FOR 25 DAYS
    57 15 SINGAPORE. Nov. 16. After 25 days there ;s still news of the missing R.A.F. Witness. Flight Sergeant John James Rickard who disappeared after giving evidence i;» the Ninth Police Court. Singapore. He entered into a bond t $5OO to give evidence in tne RAF generator case
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    ONN’S VISIT “A PRIVATE AFFAIR”
    91 15 SINGAPORE. Nov. 16. THE visit of Dato Onn bin Ja'afar. Mcntri Besar of Johore. was a private affair. Mr. Malcolm MacDonald. the CommissionerGeneral. told a Singapore Press conference yesterday. “There is no question of official negotations going on" added Mr. MacDonald. “Dato Onn went in
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    From an estate bungalow
    606 15 WE had quite a busy time the other evening when some undesirables passed near our place. It had been raining heavily for days and I suppose even orang jahat get tired of falling into pot-holes which are full of water. Someone switched on a torch and
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    SARAWAK SENDS BEST WISHES
    60 15 SINGAPORE, Nov. 16. The Malay National Union of Sarawak. The Sarawak Dvak Association. The Sarawak Youth Movement, The Malay Youth Movement. The Sarawak Nationalist Party, and other associations Including the Native Women’s organisations throughout Sarawak yeterday telegraphed their “most respectful, affectionate and heartfelt best wishes and
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    Refused ’Phone Call: Gaoled
    234 15 Refused Phone Call: Gaoled From Our Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Nov. 14. not allowing his telephone to De used to tell 1 the police that two armed men were at large in the village, Lee Tong Lai, of Kluang, was sentenced to 18 months’ simple imprisonment. He was convicted on
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    Carlton Hire Writ: Judgment Reserved
    289 15 SINGAPORE Nov i- Me, Joblin B reserved judsnu,, J Singapore Supreme Court yesterday on ti 1 nisi which he issued last week on the(V r of Police (Mr. H. E. Foulger) and Mr I &lt; M 1 A.S.P. M'-ni® The order nisi was issued so
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    TWO PERAK AWARDS
    82 15 From Our Own CorrespondrntM KUALA KANGSAR. N,,v l® The Iskandar Polo c:® Kuala Kangsar. entertain® Yang Amat Mulia Raja A® dul Rashid (Raja Bendaha® of Perak* and Yang as® Mulia Raja Kamarulam® (Raja Di Hilir of Perak* at® tea party on Saturday. The guests had’ be® awarded
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    C.-G. reviews terror situation
    521 16 SINGAPORE, Nov. 1«. h" C onim.ss.oneMJeoen, l in South-East \&gt;ia, Mr. Malcolm MacDonald, said vestcrDa) that he thought the present trouble In would be cleared up in a period I of months. lie added however. "I do not know how I many months. I Mi MacDonald,
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    Dog Owner Acquitted
    167 16 SINGAPORE. Nov. 16. i DOG fight on the A beach at Siglap on Aim. 31 had a sequel in the Second Police Court, yesterday. The case involved a Dutchman. Mr. W. J. Steintack. who had two dogs in die light; Miss Rutherford who had one; and Mrs.
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    Good Supply Of Mutton
    183 16 SINGAPORE. Nov. 16. HUTTON is in improved ‘supply in Singapore it is expected to con--nue so up to the end of «*e year. This mutton is retailed at controlled price of .75 *nts a pound. Many retailers are now unto dispose of the stocks ;jch they
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    THE OTHER BABY:
    131 16 Norm,tlly, the birth of a baby at the Handing Kerbau Hospital, Singapore, does not make "fw* Nov. t5 morning was a special occasion, for the both of this bonny-looking infant coincided with that of the Prince of Edinburgh. However, the mother, Eau Mah Lee, who is a
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    3 Ambassadors At B. Serene Talks
    304 16 SINGAPORE, Nov. 15. A CONFERENCE of British diplomatic and administrative representatives in South-East Asia will assemble at Bukit Serene on Thursday. ‘‘But there is no special significance about it” said the Commissioner-General, Mr. Malcolm MacDonald yesterday. Mr. MacDonald told a Press conference that he
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    FOUR DIE IN PERAK AMBUSH
    211 16 From Our Stall' Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Nov. 15. I'WO British miners, u Chinese civilian and a Malay special constable were killed and six others injured in an ambush in the Sungei Galah area of Batu Gajah, Perak, this afternoon. The two miners were Mr. Matthew
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    TRADE WITH JAPAN AGAIN
    218 17 SINGAPORE, Nov. 17. DUSINESSMEN in the Federation and Singapore who have been waiting for the signal to resume free trade with Japan were given the word by Government yesterday. With tlu* exception of food under lEFC control, textiles, and certain other commodities, including oils and fats,
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    When The J.M.F. Were Disbanded
    285 17 SINGAPORE. Nov. 17. IN the Straits Times leading article of Nov. 13 on the Johore Military Forces, it was recalled that the J.M.F were disbanded shortly before the Japanese invasion of Johore. on the orders of H.H. the Sultan, Sir Ibrahim. We are tuns informed
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    PETROL TO COST MORE
    98 17 SINGAPORE, Nov. 17. FROM today, there will be an increase of five cents per gallon in the price of petrol in Singapore and the Federation. The increase is made necessary by an increase in world and local distribution casts. It is understood that in the Federation
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    180, Owing Rent, May Lose Land
    182 17 SINGAPORE. Nov. 17. ABOUT 180 Singapore! owners, who are occupying Crown land on leases ranging from 99 to 999 years, will lose their properties by Dec. 28 if they fail to pay quit rents which have been outstanding for one to two years. The
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    WATCHES IN HIS POCKET
    66 17 From Our Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Nov. 16. Five new w r rist watches valued at $157 were confiscated when Lee Kong Lim was convicted by the magistrate here on a charge of conveying uncustomed goods. He had the watches in a pocket when Customs officials
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    6 S'pore electoral wards
    258 17 SINGAPORE. Nov 17 'THE Singapore Mumci- pality has been divided into six electoral wards, each with three polling districts, for the purpose of electing 18 men to the Municipal Commission next April. Mrs. A. S. M. Hawkins (Supervisor of Municipal Elections' raid yesterday. Three Commissioners wiil
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    Innes Miller On Perak’s Action
    645 17 SINGAPORE x ov PERAK has shown the way Malava t m t 'Vi the widespread squatter problem dJ*', .Mr. Innes Miller, who is retiring i r M.C.S. after nearly 30 years, in a~ &lt;TJ U interview yesterday. 1),,,e Formerly British Adviser n: Innes Miller said
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    Deputy Commissioner: Proposal Questioned
    159 17 From Our Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Nov. 16. ITNGKU Abdullah bin Omar, who said lie had been regarded as Dato Onn bin Ja’afar’s bitterest political critic, today commented on the Dato’s talks in London. Dato Onn had proposed the appointment of a Malay Deputy High Commissioner,
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    TOAST TO THE NEW PRINCE
    68 17 SINGAPORE, Nov. 17. About 700 members and guests of the Royal Singapore Golf Club and the Tanglin Club last night drank a toast to the Prince of Edinburgh, proposed by the Governor of Singapore (Sir Franklin Gimson) at a ball in the Tanglin Club. The
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    RULERS START TWO-DAY TALKS
    99 17 KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 16. THE Malay Rulers began a two-day conference today at which important questions are to be discussed. One, it is understood, will be the question of appointing a legal adviser to the Con- ference of Rulers. All Rulers with the exception of the.
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    Singapore Turf Club's Records
    291 18 SINGAPORE, Nov. 12. -pi Singapore Turf Club handled an all-time 1 record turnover of $l5 million in its first y f a ot racing since the war. ingapore racegoers gambled $7,210 000 on r e hand-operated tote; $5,220,000 on the’unlim’*' sweeps, $1,850,000 on the cash sweeps
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    Negri held to draw by Johore
    222 18 SINGAPORE, Nov. 14. Jol‘. &gt;RE drew one-all with NVi Sembllan in their inter State hockey match playt il yesterday The* game was a hard fought -out encounter Alt’ &gt;ugh both teams fielded IH reserves, a fine display of h ckey was nevertheless wltnt sed
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    SCORES FOUR GOALS
    34 18 SINGAPORE, Nov. 14. rE W.A.A.F. hockey team defeated the Seletar women's hocki. eleven by seven goals to ol at Seletar yesterday. Scoots were: F/O Billows (4); Powdeswell (2) and F/Sgt. Hop*
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    Hole In One At R.S.G.C.
    51 18 SINGAPORE. Nov. 15. MR. Justice Gordon Smith did the second hole in one at the Royal Singapore Golf Club on Saturday. The hole was 211 yards. The Clifford Cup was won by Mr. J. Crichton, who beat Major Winterbourne in the final by three and
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    Solitary try decides
    140 18 SINGAPORE, Nov. 14. A solitary try in the second half gave the Singapore Cricket Club "A” team a threepoint victory over the 223 Base Ordnance Depot, Alexandra, in a rugby game played on the S.H.B. Police ground at Spottiswoode Park yesterday. The S.C.C. were superior allround and
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    R.C. Take Honours In Drawn Game
    457 18 'SINGAPORE, Nov. 11. jJl’TS'i ANDING nerformances by R tie Barth, the Singapore on Club’s right fullback, ‘he Raffles College centre,orv' and Brian Marks, the wilt right fullback, were the 1 ires of a first toain hockey between the two teams *L,th- s r c
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    $350,000 went on new tote
    416 18 SINGAPORE, Nov. 14. SINGAPORE TURF CLUB'S new barometer tote had teething troubles yesterday, the first day it was in use at Bukit Timah, but its performance exceeded the highest expectations of officials. More than $350,000 was taken in I investments. Mr. A. C. Smith, president
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    2-1 Decision In Women’s Hockey
    270 18 SINGAPORE, Nov. 12. |N one of the most thrilling 1 women’s hocxey encoun ters seen in Singapore, prewar or postwar, the Singapore Civilian women lust managed to beat the Combined Services Women’s XI by the ood goal in three on the oadang yesterday. Th? match
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    SCC Women Beaten For First Time
    314 18 SINGAPORE, Nov. 13. A last minute goal gave the Changi Ladies' Hockey Club a three-two victory over the Singapore Cricket Club's Women’s hockey XI in a game played an the podang yesterday. This was the B.C.C. women's first defeat of the reason. Changi owed
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