The Straits Budget, 2 December 1948
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564 1948-12-02 1 ltfANY Malayans—espedaily the non-Malay domiciled communities will have received with gratitude Dato Onn’s statement that in his discussions in London he spoke not for Malays but for Malayans. This frank assurance, coming as it does from a man of Dato Onn’s political standing,564 words
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Article346 1948-12-02 1 I SEEM to have caused some stir amongst the Chinese population with my last letter. Most of them have taken it in the wrong way. What I meant to say, and what all reasonable people realise, is that without money, food and shelter, and with346 words
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Article178 1948-12-02 1 IT was a great surprise 1 to most people that Mr. Yap Pheng Gek, a Municipal Commissioner, should have taken up the attitude towards the demolition of the Erna Market that he has. All the facts of the case point to the one inescapable conclusion that178 words
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Article465 1948-12-02 1 Axe And Tax I n Malaya MR. J. P. Souter recently made a speech at a committee meeting of the Settlement of Penang Association criticising the Government for imposing income-tax and for organising several post-war departments. As an underdog who has Mved through the occupation 1 i Malaya, I wish465 words
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696 1948-12-02 1 VLJE were recently in- formed by the Com-missioner-General that the “clearing up” of bandits will take a matter of months, but how many months he did not know. This, to people living in d&ngerous areas, is not a very helpful or encouraging696 words
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Article949 1948-12-02 2 —Straits Times, Nov. 25 n'l. re should ho more r „j location for Chinese i the Colony o! if not in Malaya is a view that has forward in these viral times recent- vasion for doing so idgct address of Sir < i mson, which point'd it—Straits Times, Nov. 25 - 949 words
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Article781 1948-12-02 2 —Straits Times, Nov 26 Ai their special meeting today, Singapore’s Municipal Commissioners are to be asked by five of their number tc recommend to Government the deletion from the Municipal Elections Bill of the property qualification clause for both candidates and electors. In the proceedings of the—Straits Times, Nov 26 - 781 words
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Article298 1948-12-02 2 Straits Times, Nov. 26. Just one sentence uttered in Singapore last Wednesday has had a magical effect upon the political atmosphere of Malaya. That was Dato Onn’s statement to reporters on he arrival at Kallang airport that in his discussions in London he had spoken for Malayans, and– Straits Times, Nov. 26. - 298 words
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Article558 1948-12-02 2 --Straits Times, Nov. 27 Now that Budget Day is over and gone in both Singapore and tiie Federation, it may be as well to call attention to one little-known aspect of post-war Malayan finance, and that is the Colony as a creditor. In his speech on the--Straits Times, Nov. 27 - 558 words
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Article244 1948-12-02 3 -Straits Times, Nov. 27. Last Saturday there appeared in the Straits Times the report of a case in which a High Court judge in Singa- I pore held that as the law stood at present it was obligatory for the executive to forfeit any motor or other-Straits Times, Nov. 27. - 244 words
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Article300 1948-12-02 3 —Straits Times. Nov. 27 Some months ago it was predicted in those columns that one of the consequences <»f building the projected Asm Insurance Company’s sky- scraper at the corner of F inlayson Green and Rallies Quay would be that the Given would have to be sacrificed—Straits Times. Nov. 27 - 300 words
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Article981 1948-12-02 3 —Straits Times. Nov. 29. At Lapstone, in Australia’s Blue Mountains, the Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East begins today a fourth conference which finds the organisation at a crossroads. Twenty months is not too short a time for any international body to get its bearings.—Straits Times. Nov. 29. - 981 words
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Article988 1948-12-02 3 Times. Nov. 30. Any publicity is welcome which will strengthen the hand of the Government and the Legislative Council in planning a solution for the desperate congestion which has overtaken Singapore. The Housing and Town Planning Exhibition opened yesterday by Sir Patrick Abercrombie cannot, however, doTimes. Nov. 30. - 988 words
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Article1018 1948-12-02 4 —Straits Times. Dec. 1. a' -ho Food and Agricult'ganisation meetings in ton a new attack is tig against Malaya’s >rts. Malaya will not nly victim if this atu coeds, but we are ho the principal losers other recipients of t the South East Asia making claims—Straits Times. Dec. 1. - 1,018 words
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Article124 1948-12-02 4 From Our Staff Correspondent TAIPING. Nov. 30—Following police raid on a hut in Matang resulting hi the seizure of one Sten gun one i Luger automatic pistol ami a Quantity of ammunition, five Chinese Teh Ah Huat, Che Wall Seng. Lim Cheng Teik, 1 Che Wah Kow124 words
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246 1948-12-02 4 1 1 oni Our Stall Correspondent rp KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. |ML pre-war practice ot compounding minor traffic offences will Ik? re-introduced throughout the Federation under an UmcritencN Regulation. Alter tomorrow traffic offenders so notified inav pirv a small fine without gointf to246 words
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Article132 1948-12-02 4 CLEARED OF MURDER THEFT From Our Staff Correspondent KjLJALA LUMPUR, Nov. 30 ARIGINALLY acquitted of murder, Wong \on Mun, 23-year-old boiler-maker, was today acquitted and discharged in the Selangor Assizes on a charge of armed robbery. Wong, with another Chinese, was alleged to have stolen $7O from a photographer (Lee132 words
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Article129 1948-12-02 4 SINGAPORE, Dec. 1. An old boy of the AngloChincse School in Singapore, Mr. Chen Chang Lok, returned to the Colony yesterday as manager of the Kwangtung Provincial Bank. lie arrived in the Carthage from Hong Kong Mr. Chen Chang Lok, who was born in Singapore, has129 words
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Article216 1948-12-02 4 ATK.K. HOSPITAL. Nov 18th. to Susan, wife of Jack Wu. a son. Robert, grandson of Ng Sen Chov THOMPSON At Bungsar Hospital. on 22nd Nov., to Betty, wife of R. k. (Tommy) Thompson Sepang. a daughter VICKERS: On Nov. 23. at Kandang Kerbau Hospital, to Elizabeth (nee Jackson). wife216 words
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Article97 1948-12-02 4 I Tin* entrapment will take place on 28th Nov., 1948. between Mr Low Ee Sentr. nlneth .son of Mr Ac Mrs. Ixjw Chcontr Gee. aJid Miss Cheah Poll Guat (Baby Choah). vountrest daughter ol Mr Ac Mrs. Cheah Chentr Kim. HARDY-RANDELL: The entrapment Ls announced between John Hcnrv eldest97 words
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Article113 1948-12-02 4 MILLER-RIIODES: In Sinjcapore, on 28Ui Oct. V. Ncssle. widow of Vernon Rhodes, to Francis Miller, of Malim Nawar. Perak. Maluva. On Thursday, the 2. r )th. Nov 1948, at the Singapore Marriatre Registry. Seah Penir Chow, son of Mr. Ac Mrs. Seah Entr Thye. to Mary God Chuan Entr.113 words
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Obituary94 1948-12-02 4 DEATHS HEINS Arthur H'*nrv f>>u. u' Heins. nr General Hospitil, on 26th Nov 1948 Funeral at Muiadari. tins evening SWANSON On 26th Nov., nt I.ahis, Johore, George Alexander Assistant Manager .Johore Uibis Estate. belonging to the Socfln Oroun. killed bv terrorists Siirdar Solum Singh Vinning, passed awnv peaeefullv at hL>94 words
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Article, Illustration949 1948-12-02 5 PUNAI - PUNAI. IV4Y sewing Amah, a fat old lady who has gone by the name of “Fatty Amah” in our household for years—she used to sew for me before the occupation—but who's true name is, 1 believe, Ah Moy, had not turned up for her—Photograph bp C. .4 Gibbon - 949 words
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Article738 1948-12-02 5 T'HE house is full of A painters at the moment and the discomfort is nothing compared with the fact that the place will soon, look spick and span. As the men paint I gaze with wonder and think that the person who invented the trite saying738 words
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Article646 1948-12-02 6 SINGAPORE, Nov. 27. rtWNGLY criticising the use of force in de- molishing unauthorised premises at a «t the Singapore Municipal (Ommisionu> yesterday, Mr. Yap Pheng Geek quoted ,i< wife, who had witnessed one of these •.madiing raids.” His wife, he said, was “ashamed that in646 words
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Article154 1948-12-02 6 SINGAPORE. Nov. 28. MIINESE scout troops m Singapore increased to ven with the investiture op 28 boys oi the Chung Hwa Institute >n yesterday. The lirst Chinese scout troops was sworn in at the Chinese High School in December last year. Today there are seven Chinese scout154 words
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Article109 1948-12-02 6 SINGAPORE. Nov. 28. Members of six model aeroplane clubs will be taking part in a flight competition at Seletar Airfield, by permission of the Royal Air Force, on the morning of Dec. 12. The clubs are the R.A.F. Model Flying Clubs at Seletar. Changi, Tengah and Sembawang.109 words
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Article20 1948-12-02 6 SINGAPORE, Nov. 30. The Attorney-General. Singapore. Mr. E. J. Davies, has been appointed a K.C. for the Colony.20 words
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114 1948-12-02 6 E. C. Martin, Penang ’s New Municipal Commissioner From Our Stall Correspondent PENANG, Nov. 25 MK. E. C. Martin will succeed Mr. Jules Martin, who has resigned, on the Municipal Commission. A former Malacca Mui*eipal Commisioner and a Justice of the Peace. Mr E. C. Martin. the manag.ng director of114 words
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Article27 1948-12-02 6 SINGAPORE. Nov. 27. Mr. G. H Kiathas boon appointed a member of the Rent Conciliation Bo.t.d i Place ot Mr R M. Meyer, who has resigned27 words
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Article103 1948-12-02 6 From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, Nov. 29: The District Judge (Mr. Fletcher Rogers) today adjourned for legal argument to Nov. 30 a case in which a shopkeeper, Woo Kang Swee, was charged with possession of 103 lb. of Siamese tobacco on which duty had not been paid.103 words
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Article184 1948-12-02 6 7 million worth of Jap goods SINGAPORE, Nov. 2<i. JyJORE than ST,OOO,MOO-worth of A.P.s (import permits) on .Japan have been grunted by the Singapore Import and Export Otlice since a tree market was declared on Nov. 10. An official of t In* Import and Export I)cpart m«*nt told the Straits184 words
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Article113 1948-12-02 6 SINGAPORE, Nov. 27. THE annual report of the Malayan Planting Industries Employers’ Association deprecates the tendency to introduce in Malaya social machinery existing in European countries. “Social machinery which has been developed In the West as a result of stress and strain over a prolonged period is not113 words
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Article93 1948-12-02 6 Two notice boards are being supplied to the residents of Pasir Panjang by Government as a result of efiorts by the Pasir Panjang Rural Distort Committee. The chairman (Mr. 11. J. C. Kulasingha) said yesterday that it intended to use tnesc boards as “information centres’’93 words
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Article160 1948-12-02 6 SINGAPORE, Nov. 30 I'IIE running plant of the Singapore Municipal Gas Department is back to the efllciency of 11)41, reports Mr. M. M. Paterson (Gas Engineer) in hi.s annual review for 1947. The cost Of manufacture of gas for that year was reduced by 94160 words
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Article89 1948-12-02 6 From Our Own Correspondent TAIPINO, Nov. 29 Pleading guilty to making a false declaration on oath before the Taiping magistrate, a young Malay, Hassan bin Yeop, was sentenced to one year’s rigorous imprisonment today. Ilassan in Jun*' enrolled himself as an extra pollco constable and swore he89 words
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Article61 1948-12-02 6 From Our Stull Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Nov. 2U An exhibition ot the work *1 tiie pupils oi the Domestic Science School, Johore B.ihru, will held in the school’s premises on Wednesday. The ••xmhif.i will include example; o! tie* needlework dote* by the pupils as well a bread and61 words
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98 1948-12-02 6 SINGAPORE. Nov 30 Municipal commissioners on Friday passed a resolution prohibitin', bullock carts from using the more crowded streets of Singapore. There are about. 80 licensed bullock carts and the new move will relieve traffic congestion. The prohibited c.r* a pro- I posed is:98 words
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Article, Illustration39 1948-12-02 7 Picture* by II. R. Banuah. J.B.Picture* by II. R. Banuah. J.B. - 39 words
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340 1948-12-02 7 Kl ALA LUMPUR, Nov. 27. /CHINESE squatters from troubled areas in the Federation arc packing up and returning to their homeland by hundreds every month. Their “emigration is entirely voluntary. They are paying their own expenses. Every one, however, has applied to the340 words
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Article94 1948-12-02 7 .IOIIOKE BAIIKI. Sat. lI’IIFN his wife brought him his evening meal Kamasamy. an estate labourer of Plentong. told her lie was going to commit suicide and proceeded to hang himself with the cloth he ua.s wearing. The wife gave the alarm and he was held back.94 words
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Article133 1948-12-02 7 Sergeant Shook The War Office SINGAPORE, Nov. 28. VINE months ago, Sergeant Welch of Gillman Barracks, Singapore, applied to the War Office for permission to have his wife and family out with him. The War Office agreed. But they d.d not realise at the time that Sgt. Welch had eight133 words
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Article118 1948-12-02 7 From Our Staff Correspondent Kl AI.A Ll MPt K, No\ 27 LMNAL agreement is expected soon for erection of a cement works for Malaya planned by Malayan Collieries and the Associated Portland Cement Manufacturers. This is disclosed by Mr. j Drysdale. chairman of Malayan Collieries, in118 words
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Article66 1948-12-02 7 From Our Staff Correspondent MALACCA, Sun. 4 T a committee meeting of the Straits Chinese British Association, held yesterday, a discussion was made on the proposal submitted by Mr. T. W. Ong of Singapore favouring restoration of the Straits Settlements. The majority of members present agreed to66 words
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Article32 1948-12-02 7 NIBONG TEBAL, Nov. 28. Tan Peng Chap was fined $250 or three months bv the magistrate, Mr. Tay Hooi Soo for possession of a still for manufacture of samsu.32 words
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145 1948-12-02 7 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 24. THE Municipal Health f Officer. (Dr. W. PulestonJones) told a recent meeting of the General Purposes Committee of the Kuala Lumpur Municipal Commissioners that typhoid fever was on the increase and warned that it was likely to145 words
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Article187 1948-12-02 7 ‘PEASANTS WANT THE BROOKES A PARTY of 60 Sarawak Malays expressed their anti-cession feelings to Mr. Anthony Brooke, ex-Raja Muda of Sarawak at his home “Sarawak Lodge” yesterday afternoon. Inche Sulong bin Sulaiman, leader of the group told the Straits Times afterwards: “The peasants of Sarawak want the Brooke family187 words
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Article105 1948-12-02 7 SINGAPORE. Nov. 27. Sunday Times Staff Reporter A 18-YEAR-OLD Singapore swimmer. Ng Cheng Swee, was drowned while diving in the Tiger Swimming Pool. Pasir Panjang Road, yesterday morning. Ng was brought up unconscious from the water bv a lifeguard when he failed to come up from a105 words
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Article67 1948-12-02 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Nov. 27. MEW Emergency Regulations will give Chief Police Officers powers to declare special areas wherever it appears to them to be necessary or expedient, that more than ordinary precautions should be taken to prevent malicious injury to persons or property. This follows67 words
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Article174 1948-12-02 7 SlXGAPi H OIXGAPO.\t < H Cl (Mr i v terday that member I from the H wards found withmi* said, was -S Emergency Reg made registrati for all ptrs H over the age i r. H Mr Fowler those who had -S by Nov. 30 were174 words
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Article80 1948-12-02 7 SINGAPORE N Mr. t. it. robi n m been appointed a troller of income T. Federation and Si has gone to Sincm J in the absence I Tudor who l- Mr. G. A Brie ing Comptroller i ration. A The appointive m Assistant Comptr two territories They80 words
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Advertisement40 1948-12-02 7 Quarterly Half-Yearly Yearly (ALL THE STRAITS BUDGET. SUBSCRIPTION RATES (PAYABLE IN ADVANCE* Singapore M aLara Town Are* (Including: No Pont&ce 5.20 5 60 10.40 11.20 20.80 22.40 ABOVE ARE IN STRAITS CUR Hr Empl A f»r*M S 4- '■> 00 Y.)40 words
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Article113 1948-12-02 8 I f.,-oin Our Own Correspondent I si N < i I PAT AM. Nov. :M A 1 II negotiations lasting marly a week, Kedah I m ii!, ,s have accepted GovI t*rn ut contracts for next I season. I \i x meeting held in the I113 words
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Article72 1948-12-02 8 I from Our Staff Correspondent ■PENANG. Nov. 24. -Nineteen- -old Sim Chye Clioo ;v.:. not explain in court how he came to have ...mophone records and ntenced to eight Stroks'- the rotan. I CT. i ged with fraudulent >ion of the records, mid a friend72 words
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416 1948-12-02 8 I'i oni Our Own Corr<‘s|><Mi(l(‘iit mnni ~.„K u JOIIORE BAHRU.. N'®V. 24 JjAHRI UDIN bin MU. Jawi. of Tapah, went i 1" >' ear w»'eii lie was lu. This year he hev r<t u bel,, fiT done fur young blind people ,u Ih e416 words
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Article121 1948-12-02 8 I rom Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, Nov. 24. OINGAPORE interest lr. O Penang’s secession move :s reflected in a letter which the local Straits Chinese British Association har received from its sister association in the Colony. The letter seeks the views ot the Penang S.C.B.A. on the121 words
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Article, Illustration53 1948-12-02 8 Cheong Huong Yin (left) and Anna Yung, both undard VI pupils of the Methodist Girls’ School in Mt. T>phia Road, Singapore, display tinembroidered hedsprea *1 they helped to sew for tin* annual school exhibition whir, h was held on Nov. 21.— Straits •hie. h was held on Nov.•hie. h was held on Nov. 21.—Straits Tuiv"* picture. - 53 words
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Article97 1948-12-02 8 SINGAPORE, Nov. 25. THE American freighter, Amelia Earhart, was towed 1 into the Singapore Outer Roads yesterday by the Malayan Stevedore Co.’s tug Argonaut from the Natuna Islands. 300 miles from Singapore. The ship, which was recent- branded for 10 days on a reef in97 words
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Article107 1948-12-02 8 SINGAPORE. Nov 25. SIX masked and armed Chinese raided a lonely kelong (fishing stake) at Pulau Panjang, in Dutch territorial waters. The piracy, committed on Monday, was reported to the Singapore Police. Three Chinese fishermen at the kelong were marooned lor some time after the pirates took107 words
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Article89 1948-12-02 8 I SINGAPORE. Nov. 25. I following message nas I 'eived by the Oover- Singapore l'rom the ry of State for the I V r telegram has been before the King who I me to request vou to I to the consular repveI s of foreign states89 words
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Article32 1948-12-02 8 From Our Own Correspondent KUANTAN. Nov. 24. The fifth meeting of the Pahang Council of State will be held at the Court House. Kuala Lipis. on Doc. 1.32 words
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Article38 1948-12-02 8 SINGAPORE, Nov. 25. An Arabian seaman, with stab wounds in his throat and nose, was rushed to Singapore General Hospital just before midnight last night from the Marine Hostel, Anson Road. Police are investigating the incident.38 words
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Article170 1948-12-02 8 I 1POH, Nov. 24. l’-Tj young Chinese were need to death at the izes today by Mr. Paul Storr after they found guilty of 1 possession of arms munition, hand greW\[" ud explosives. I men were Lee Yoon l.. y \\v.nar Wee Kuen and i170 words
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Article167 1948-12-02 8 SINGAPORE, Nov. 25. submission that aidebets between members of club which does not have gambling for Its primary function, do not constitute bookmaking was made by Mr. F. M. Tempoe-Phillips in the Second Police Court, yesterday. Mr Tempoe-Phillips appeared tor a 32-year-old Chinf.se. Ho Im Heng. charged with167 words
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Article85 1948-12-02 8 SINGAPORE. Nov. 25. The 3,580-ton Dutch freighter Karsik now in Singapore, is a German wai prize captured in Sumatra in May. following the invasion of Holland. The vessel was recently converted from a coal to an oil burning vessel in Hong Kong dockyards. During the war85 words
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Article190 1948-12-02 8 SINGAPORE, Nov. 25. IT was the duty of all newcomers to the Colony who had not received income tax forms to make their presence known to the Income Tax authorities, the Singapore Comptroller of Income Tax told the Straits Times yesterday morning. “We shall become190 words
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Article97 1948-12-02 8 SINGAPORE. Nov. 2;> A 68-year-old Chinese, Toll Pee, was fined $750 in the Second Police Court yestrr day lor assisting m the running of a ehap-ji-ki lottery on N«'V. 16. Toh Pee was arrested in a house in Duku Road while was writing betting slips. IP*97 words
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Article47 1948-12-02 8 BUTTER WORTH. Nov 2-1 Government has agreements for hmhlm t new >hoph<>u e i In Bukit ta jam, the District other (\Ir. C. M. Danbv -ii<i V it( r day, These house v.ill be par’ of the Province VYelle.s4r> town improvement .schetn*47 words
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Article, Illustration527 1948-12-02 9 SINGAPORE, Nov. 25. THE Mentri Besar of Johore, Dato Onn bin Ja’afar, on his arrival back in Singapore yesterday, said he had been to London to present the case of Malayans, and not only Malays. More than 500 Malays were at Kallang airport to—Straits Times pictures. - 527 words
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Article117 1948-12-02 9 SINGAPORE, Nov. 25. ALMOST 22 hours after leaving Kuala Lumpur, the Tuesday night mail train for Singapore arrived in the Colony last night. The delay was caused by terrorists dynamiting a railway bridge between Labis and Bekok, near Segamat. The bridge, two and a half miles117 words
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Article42 1948-12-02 9 SINGAPORE. Nov. 25. The Bishop of Singapore (the Right Rev. J. L. Wilson) was the speaker at the Singapore Rotary Club luncheon yesterday. Bishop Wilson spoke on the Lambeth Conference, held in London this year, which he attended.42 words
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Article115 1948-12-02 9 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Nov. 24 REPEATED compass bearings flashed from the air to a combined RAF and Scots Guards party made possible the reaching of the wrecked RAF Dakota which crashed in the jungle in the Serendah area on Nov. 12. It115 words
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Article134 1948-12-02 9 SINGAPORE. Nov. 25. TO encourage rural residents 1 living in insanitary or unauthorised premises to build for themselves suitable houses, the Singapore Rural Board is offering for only $1 each a selection of building plans. These plans are designed to help the poorer class--it saves134 words
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Article132 1948-12-02 9 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Nov. 24. KUALA LUMPUR Municipal Commissioners, at a meeting today, approved a suggestion to submit the Municipal seal to the College of Arms, London, for their comments and criticisms. This decision was taken after the President, (Mr. H. T.132 words
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Article50 1948-12-02 9 SINGAPORE. Nov. 25. Singapore firms providing facilities for the delivery of “Christmas cheer” in Britain report a brisk demand. Many Asians are sending spirits and wines to European friends who have left for Malaya. The duty on Singapore tobacco sent to Britain ls £3.3.8 a pound.50 words
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Article289 1948-12-02 9 From Our Staff rorresno ,h. KUAI.A LUMPUR Not"! JINCE operation again® the bandits and squat® ters began in the Sun® Siput area on Oct. 15 "M bandits have been killer® many others wounded 2® arrested and 13 camp® destroyed. Large quantities of and289 words
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Article108 1948-12-02 9 From Our Own Correspond'* M SEREMBANNov. -4. Twenty- year-old Tua Bak (alias Yap Cn® Choon) was yesterday tenced to death at Supreme Court. Yap was charged with session of a Browning p on Oct. 30 at Tampin. h M The prosecution said Yap was arrested at108 words
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Article26 1948-12-02 9 R R A 1 v/ H MUAR. Nov. 24 Judge fined Lim W< lg month’s hard la® 01 136 sheets of rubt* licence.26 words
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457 1948-12-02 10 K ,,illT vcars a w a >•«»"» trench naval offkSn^f'escaped u troni a Saigon prison, stole a plane and iw in K.vi./ i i 1 Ho Ca Pj ain f th .e 20.000-ton French aLraft JarrkJVrrominJhcs n o" ruling at anchor457 words
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Article, Illustration55 1948-12-02 10 Am/ rite .Moon* (seated) and lett to right) Betty Aiken, Yolande Massey and Ton if* Witte in the Edwardian costumes designed for them by Renee Parrish. They are taking part in Osear Wilde’s “The Importance of Being Earnest” which the Stage Club is producing at the Victoria Theatre—Straits Times picture. - 55 words
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89 1948-12-02 10 I From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 25. TWO cases have occurred where Army deserters l obtained employment with private firms, said the G.O.C. Malaya District (Major General C. H. Boucher) at a Press conference today. I They became members of lr.e Auxiliary Police89 words
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Article204 1948-12-02 10 SINGAPORE, Nov. 27. T*HE new United States ConA sul-General in Singapore Mr. William R. Langdon. a lormer political adviser f o the United States Occupation Forces in Korea arrived at Kallang last night from Bangkok. Mr. Langcion succeeds Mr 1 Paul Josselyn who left Singapore204 words
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Article154 1948-12-02 10 I SINGAPORE. Nov. 27. It NEW society, to foster and B{i increase appreciation of BChinese culture, is being for-Bf-d in Singapore with a open to all races I A preliminary meeting to 1 *V-the formation of what I'- b* called The China So I f v will154 words
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Article63 1948-12-02 10 SINGAPORE, Nov. 27. MR. T. W. Ong, speaking at the Singapore Municipal Commissioners meeting yesterday paid a tribute to the Police Force in Singapore. He said they should be given every encouragement of promotion and likewise every recognition. Mr. Ong said at the present time, both63 words
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Article52 1948-12-02 10 MALACCA. Nov. 25. -Back a 1 Malacca i fi Mr. G. S. Rawlings Collector of Land Revenue. Before the war he was a magistrate for Malacca Settlement attached to Jas-in District Office. A Civil Affairs Oificer of North Perak during British Military Administration, he later became Deputy52 words
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Article74 1948-12-02 10 SINGAPORE, Nov. z6. THE port of Rengat in Repuolican Sumatra, is to be reopened for regular barter I trade with Singapore from Wednesday. This decision by the Government of Indonesia was announced in Singapore last night by a spokesman of the Netherlands Consulate-Gene-ral. Trade it was74 words
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Article54 1948-12-02 10 SINGAPORE. Nov. 27 Malaya’s Scout contingent for the Pan-Pacific Jamboree in Australia is expected to leave Singapore on Decemoer 8. On December 6' the hoys will be entertained by the Australia and New Zealand Association in Singapore at a tea party during which they will see54 words
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188 1948-12-02 10 From Our StalT Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 25. ANLY one of four bandits escaped when they fought a police party at Buloh Kasap near Segamat yesterday. The police killed one man, wounded and captured a second and captured the third unhurt. The man who188 words
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Article22 1948-12-02 10 SINGAPORE. Nov 25. Mr. T. V. A Brodie. Crown Counsel, has been appointed a Deputy Public Prosecutor for Singapore.22 words
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Article130 1948-12-02 10 SINGAPORE. Nov. 27. EMPLOYEES are to be allowed to pay this year's income tax in six equal monthly instalments deducted by employers until June 30 On receipt of assessment, the taxpayer must notify the Income Tax Department immediately if he wishes to take advantage of130 words
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Article173 1948-12-02 10 SINGAPORE. Nov. 27. THE total plantation labour force In June this year was about 321,000 workers, of whom 161,000 were Indians, 87,000 Chinese. 56,000 Malays and 17.000 Javanese. This is stated in the annual report of the Malayan Planting Industries Employers’ Association. The report says that there173 words
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Article37 1948-12-02 10 SUNGEI PATANI. Nov. 25 A friendly tussle for a rifle resulted in the death of a 17-year-old Indian labourer. Anoed, who was killed instanteneouslv when the rifle went off A special constable nas been arrested37 words
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267 1948-12-02 11 From Our Stair Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Nov. 25. qmVO bandits who ran out of a hut in the jungle at Kampong Kalong, in the Kuala Kubu district, were shot dead by Police yesterday when they ignored an order to stop. A search of267 words
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Article, Illustration19 1948-12-02 11 Mr. J. G. Black, the new British Adviser in Perak, in his ofiiee.- —Straits Times picture.—Straits Times picture. - 19 words
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271 1948-12-02 11 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 25. FIE foundations for the Federation’s new $40,000,000 electric power station will be laid at Connaught Bridge, two miles outside Klang, in seven weeks’ time. The new station will be twice the size of the Federation’s271 words
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Article45 1948-12-02 11 SINGAPORE. Nov. 25. MINE detectors are now being used by police at the causeway in the latest move to prevent bandits smuggling arms into Singapore. The instruments can detect metal objects such as guns and grenades, tucked away in sacks of rice and Hour.45 words
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Article169 1948-12-02 11 SINGAPORE. Nov. 26. THE demolition of Erna market, in China Street, was carried out by the Municipal Commissioners by virtue and under the authority of a mandatory order issued by court. This was told to the Straits Times last night by the Deputy President (Mr.169 words
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Article60 1948-12-02 11 SINGAPORE. Nov. 25. Thirty-four members of the Royal Artillery Band, Plymouth, arrived at Singapore yesterday by the trooper Lancashire from Hong Kong to play for troops in Singapore and the Federation. The band is on a six months’ tour of artillery stations in the Far60 words
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Article62 1948-12-02 11 SINGAPORE. Nov. 27. Singapore Anti-Tuberculo-sis Association has received $1,918 as a result of a performance by the Kwok Sing Musical Association. A further sum of $595 will be paid to S.A.T.A. as soon as the accounts are completed. Other recent donations: Sahboo Singh $10; Mrs. M Scott.62 words
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Article57 1948-12-02 11 JOHORE BAHRU. Nov. 24. lan Siew Kee, who took a lorry load of arecanuts from Batu Pahat to Singapore, made an inaccurate declaration to the Customs in regard to the weight of the consignment. He was fined $lOO ana the whole consignment was ordered to57 words
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Article43 1948-12-02 11 SINGAPORE, Nov. 26. The Singapore C.I.D. Chief Mr. E. V. Fowler yesterday appealed to people not to be careless with their identity cards.” He said that 141 had up to 1 yesterday reported the loss of their cards.43 words
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Article125 1948-12-02 11 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 24. 'plE Sultan of Kelantan has appointed the following as a committee to draw up the second part of the State constitution:— Nik Yahya Daud, Inche Mahmood Mahyiddewi, Haji Inche Ahmal Ismail—all un- official members of the Council of State;125 words
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Article75 1948-12-02 11 SINGAPORE. Nov. 26. CUPPLIES of the new cupro- nickel coins will be available today f or issue on demand at the banks and offices of the Currency Commissioners in Singapore and the Treasuries in Kauala Lumpur and Penang. The coins <re in denominations of75 words
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Article55 1948-12-02 11 From Our Own Correspondent TELUK ANSON. Nov. 24. When Customs officers raided a room of the Trade Union Comrade Association. Bagan Datoh. they caught Lim Thian with 5 hoons 12 chis of chandu. Lim. who pleaded that ne was an opium addict before the war, was sentenced55 words
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Article290 1948-12-02 11 From Our Stall KUALA LUMP UK* II COMMENTING on\h '4. serious disc the evidence 01 witnesses Mr j Brpsin the Sr:,:.;;, today acquitted /.f 1 vd Chiang Ku n V year-old rubber eharfte of |>„s,,. a rms and ammu.. H Chiang. an cx-MPv*B member, was an,,-290 words
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186 1948-12-02 11 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 2d. T’HE Army in Malaya wants 7,000 Malayans to jon A up as craftsmen within the next two years. special campaign to obtain 300 men a month \yil begin in December, says the Chief Recruitini Ofiicer, Malaya and186 words
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Article32 1948-12-02 11 KUALA LUMPUR. X*» v H THE number of bani*n-| ments approved April 1946. was 550. salll t B Chief Secretary I Newbout) at a Press ront»i-| ence today.32 words
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Article69 1948-12-02 11 SINGAPORE. Nov M In the Straits Times ing article yesterday stated that Mr. M. 1 1 gopal, one of the tra J members of the legislative Council. If a m in the Central Worksthe Malayan Railv. v Mr. Rajagcpal was m a fitter, but he is workshop inspector69 words
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Article307 1948-12-02 12 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR Nov. 25 nKCl LATIONS were issued at Kuala Lumpur ;<,day giving the Chief Secretary powers to ri! n-iatc aliens detained under the Emcrgcnev i; t illations for assisting the Communists in their campaign ol murder and lawlessness iwers are also307 words
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Article140 1948-12-02 12 1 i Our Staff Correspondent IORE BAHRU Nov. 24. Inspector Hisham c .n Haii Nawawi. of JoBahru, has been awacdar to the Colonial Police for gallantry which warded to him a short ago. Inspector Hisham has done 1‘ious service in operaagaint armed gangs. A: two months140 words
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Article122 1948-12-02 12 I From Our Staff Correspondent I SEREMBAN. Nov. 25. I District Judge (.Mr. B. II V Rhodes) yesterday I-.-: Ong Kian Heng $5,000 I: .11 default, six months’ I Or.z was found in possesI.: li cases. containing I r 1 gallons of uncustomed I I:' duty122 words
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Article29 1948-12-02 12 1 52C- .MAT. Nov. 25.— charged I >usebreaking and theft. 1 watchman. Vellayan, was l;--*' d and discharged by the n District Judge. Lnche i )i:i Dato Mustapiia.29 words
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Article142 1948-12-02 12 SINGAPORE. Nov. 26. Sawmills in Singapore report an acute shortage of timber, as a result of which most mills have been compelled to curtail operations by 50 to TO per cent. Some mills are at present operated on alternate days, while others are working on a142 words
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Article210 1948-12-02 12 From Our Staff Correspondent I KUALA LUMPUR. Nov 24 VJALACCA will soon have an express bus service linking the town with Kuala Lumpur twice daily. Rail transport from Kuala Lumpur to Malacca was cut by the Japanese tearing up the Tampin branch line. Permission to a210 words
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Article66 1948-12-02 12 From Our Staff Correspondent IPOH. Nov. 24.—The Governor of District 80 of Rotary International (Mr. R. E Holttum) of Singapore, arrived here yesterday on an official visit to the Ipoh Rotary Club. Mr. Holttum is also visiting the Penang and Bangkok Rotary Clubs during his tour66 words
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Article123 1948-12-02 12 Fr °m Our Own Correspondent L PENANG. Nov. 25. y^T; eight Chinese squati men, women, and L-ddr' i from the Sungei -tea left Penang for na °V the “Heinrich Jes4i;>st week on voluntary ’■Patriatlon. I Th I “‘'-r passages were paid from the Aliens’123 words
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Article121 1948-12-02 12 From Our Stall Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Nov. 23. \IfORKING non-slop from last night, railway breakdown gangs this afternoon repair d the bridge between Labis and Bekok in Johore.l which terrorists dynamited yesterday. The Singapore night mail made the journey without incident over the repaired bridge, arriving in121 words
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Article, Illustration10 1948-12-02 12 Mr. Peter Bell, Solieitor(Jeneral of the Federation.10 words
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Article123 1948-12-02 12 SINGAPORE, Nov. 26. A record Christmas mail was handled by the General Post Office staff this year, Singaporeans who have cooperated by posting early can sit back and rest happy in the thought that their Christmas parcels, letters and cards are due to reach U.K. this123 words
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Article62 1948-12-02 12 General Sir Neil Ritchie, C.-m-C. FARELF, will mak<* a routine visit to Hong Kong early next month. He will visit Saigon on the way, and will* probably call at Bangkok on the return trip. Reuter reports that British stall olllcers and an attache ci the62 words
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Article75 1948-12-02 12 SEREMBAN, Nov. 29—Paramasivam. a 16-year-old Tamil charged with possessing 21 rounds of ammunition at nnle 914, on the Seremban-Tampin road on Sept. 23, was discharged yesterday. Mr. Justice Callow discharged in the Supreme Court after the prosecution had applied for a withdrawal. A retrial was ordered on75 words
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290 1948-12-02 12 SINGAPORE, Nov. 25. A SINGAPORE police oilicer who assisted Netlierlands police to arrest Carlton Hire as a suspected gun-runner did not act illegally. This Mr Justice Jobling m tin.* Singapore Supreme Court yesterday when an attempt tailed by Mr. S II D. Elms, eoiiiiv290 words
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Article140 1948-12-02 12 SINGAPORE, Nov. 26. The Singapore Cabaret Girls Association annual general meeting elected the following officers: President, Miss Nanry Ho; vicepresident. Miss Anna Ho, MLss I.ily Goh; assit. vice-presideirt, MLss Alice Wong; Secretary, Mls.s Jessie Nap; assit. secretary. Miss Dim Lye Sye; treasurer. Miss Hu Chin Hong; assit.140 words
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Article60 1948-12-02 12 IPOH, Nov. 2f>.—Chan Dii Hong and Cheung Lim Sam were di. charged in the Ij>oh District Coup. yesterday after tin* prosecution had withdrawn a charge of bookmakurg against them. It was alleged that the two nut* received indirectly $1,261 In respect of bets relating to a60 words
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Article44 1948-12-02 12 SINGAPORE. Nov 26 Singapore police on Wednesday night arrested a Chinese seaman who was allege 1 to have knifed another seaman in a brawl near (Milford Pier. The injured man is now in hospital, but hi.s wounds are not serious44 words
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Article644 1948-12-02 13 Chiefs On Three Weeks Fighting From Our St aft’ Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 2<>. MORE than 70 bandits —including some of the murderers of Mr. S. Harper Ball and Mr. Simpson—were killed in the Federation in the last three weeks, said the G.O.C. Malaya (Maj.General C. II.644 words
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Article87 1948-12-02 13 SINGAPORE. Nov. 30. While Saint Nicholas and his faithful assistant Black Pete will arrive in Batavia by K.L.M. plane to bring Christmas cheer to Dutch children there, he will -arrive at the Dutch children’s school in Singapore by car. The date of expected arrival is87 words
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Article161 1948-12-02 13 SINGAPORE. Nov. 27. PERTAIN Singapore landlords were making a paying racket out of constructing new buildings and holding out for tea-money, declared Mr. Yap Pheng Geek, at the meeting of Municipal Commissioners yesterday. If this racket continued and the Municipality at the same time insisted on ejecting161 words
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Article207 1948-12-02 13 From Our Own Corresnondent SECAMAT, Nov. 27. JAKUN tribesmen who abandoned their settlement on the upper reaches of the Sungei Segamat on the borders of Pahang because they were attacked by bandits and who travelled to Segamat, are now learning the benefits of community feeding and207 words
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Article77 1948-12-02 13 From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, Nov. 29.—In a libel claim against the Modern Daily News, a local Chinese Newspaper. Mr. Chan Phut Khun, a Chinese physician was awarded $250 general damages and costs in the lowest scale by Mr. Justice Bostock Hill in the Supreme Court77 words
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104 1948-12-02 13 Tiny Planes Big Role In Anti-Bandit Campaign From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 29 AjIDGET Auster planes—once earmarked as surplus service stores for sale to the public in Malaya but retained owing to the Emergency—have proved of incalculable value to the Army’s anti-bandit security forces. Pilots—all officers were specially104 words
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Article136 1948-12-02 13 I rom Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Nov. 29. than 650 people packed the Selangor Club on Saturday night to celebrate St. Andrew’s Day. Pipes of the Seaforth Highlanders were heard throughout the night from the time they piped in the High Corn- missioner (Sir Henry136 words
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Article105 1948-12-02 13 SINGAPORE. Nov. 27. CINGAPORE cabaret host- esses are likely to be affected by Select Committee recommendations on the Colony’s Weekly Holidays Bill. The committee was appointed by the Legislative Council to examine and report on the Bill. It has supported the principle of the Bill—to105 words
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Article473 1948-12-02 13 Team f or typhus Study «->on, ur stan KUALA A NEW Aniericv I title team *ud m Kuala 1 I continue rose-I the preventive I pf chloromyeetin 3 es I tion to scrub tv! 'l its use in the't of typhoid ,rutmp ntl thl!’ America,',' scaa.-" 1-*J chosen KuaH i,7.473 words
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Article32 1948-12-02 13 SINGAPORE. N M The Governor of h (Sir Franklin Gii- S companied by Lari'- u and Miss Judv O leave Singapor >r age which sails thi a short local leav*32 words
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445 1948-12-02 14 SIR PATRICK SAYS: “TOO MAN Y SHOPS IN COLONY” SINGAPORE, Nov. ;)0. CIK Patrick Abercrombie, Britain’s leading 0 expert on town planning said yesterday that Singapore appeared to have too many shops for its population. This, he told a Press conference, was the *aior» ssion he had gained during his445 words
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179 1948-12-02 14 SINGAPORE, Nov. >7. TWO Singapore rubber mills have been forced to suspend work and one will operate only part-time f rom Dec. 1. Altogether 8G2 workers are atYected. Shortage of raw’ materials and the recent sharp drop in the rubber price are the two179 words
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Article360 1948-12-02 14 SINGAPORE, Nov. 30. 'HK need for small playgrounds in Singapore, spaced at regular and frequent intervals and aied according to the number of children in the Jeiffhbourhood was stressed by Sir Patrick Abercrombie last night. He was speaking at the lousing and Town Planning Exhibition,360 words
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Article93 1948-12-02 14 BENTONG. Nov. 27 armed Chinese who was shot dead by security forces in the Bentong-Man-chis road area yesterday is believed to have been going shopping for his comrades. An officer with the forces said: “He was strolling down the road carrying a rotan basket in his hand, lie93 words
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Article251 1948-12-02 14 From Oar Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 30. THE engine of the northbound night mail train A from Kuala Lumpur was derailed yesterday when it crashed into the rear of the wrecked pilot train. There were no injuries except bruises to the driver of the251 words
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Article31 1948-12-02 14 SINGAPORE. Dec. 1. Inchi* Mohamed Ali bin Mohamed. Assistant Inspector of Malay Schools. Selangor, will attend the Scout Jamboree in Australia. He is Assistant District Commissioner of Scouts. Selangor.31 words
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Article36 1948-12-02 14 ~or shops have been completed Xgtf&.'A SSPS-WSS saura-sg SiA5*«. r fl Num r h(tn 76 Some of these have been complctc'd a and are Included in «hc figures of buildings completed.36 words
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Article145 1948-12-02 14 SEGAMAT, Nov. 29. SENTENCE of six months’ hard labour was passed on Wahab bin Salleh, 40-year-old Kedah Malay, convicted before the Segamat District Judge (Inche Hamid bin Dato Mustapha) today, of cheating an old Chinese woman. A small note book, two eggs and $1.20 in cash were145 words
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Article55 1948-12-02 14 SINGAPORE. Nov. 30. About 700 people including the Governor. Sir Franklin Gimson, attended the Musicians’ Union of Singapore Inauguration Ball at the Victoria Memorial Hall last night. Part of the proceeds will go to the United Nations Appeal for children. Six of Singapore’s leading dance55 words
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Article44 1948-12-02 14 SINGAPORE, Nov. 30 T’ELUK ANSON. Nov. 29 Charged 1 before the Teluk Aason Magistrate tlnche Abdul Aziz) with .Stealing 50 katis of copra vuluod at $l4 at Sungei Dulang Estate tßungkup Bagan Dhtoh). Murugappan was allowed bail of $lOO til) Dec. 3.44 words
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Article305 1948-12-02 14 From Our Stall Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Nov. 30. j? A F. fighters today made another attack in terrorist hideouts in the Brona area about 23 miles from Kuala Lumpur. The aircraft were supporting a company of the Grenadier Guards in antibandit operations. The hideouts were centred305 words
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Article49 1948-12-02 14 SINGAPORE, Nov. 30 Three Chinese. Ong Chee Boon. Tang Ah Mod. and Ng Ah Chong were yesterday committed for trial by the Singapore Seventh Police Court Magistrate. Mr. U J. Wait, charged with murdering a boatman, See Kong Hal, near Pulau Bukom on April 6.49 words
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Article82 1948-12-02 14 SEGAMAT. Nov «o—" The curfew has Ix-en impos'd for your safety arrd you must be tin* first jxTMip.s U) observe It," said H«vamat District Judg.- when four Indians of Fortrose Estate. Genu to having beer? out of doors at 11 p.m. •‘We had the manager's permission to bo82 words
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Article, Illustration75 1948-12-02 15 Sir Patrick Abercrombie, the world famous town planner shows great interest in a scale model of Singapore Island showing the density of dodu lation in various areas. Pointing to the plan is Mr. J. M. Frazer, manager of the Sinn pore Improvement Trust and next to him the-Straits Times picture. - 75 words
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539 1948-12-02 15 SINGAPORE, Nov. 30. THE wife of the Governor of Singapore, Lady Gimson, yesterday opened the Singapore Anti-Tuberculosis Associ at ion’s new clinic in the presence of the Bishop of Singapore, the Right Rev. ,J. L. Wilson, and many others. The clinic, the lirst of539 words
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Article62 1948-12-02 15 KUALA LUMPUR. Nov. 27. AfALARIA seems to be at a Irl lower ebb in Malaya now than at any time in living memory, says the Malaria Advisory BoaTd, but adds a warning against a sense of false security. Malaria admissions to Selangor Government hospitals in 194762 words
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Article61 1948-12-02 15 ONE TELEGRAPH POST—$ 60 From Our Staff Correspondent BUTTER WORTH, Nov. 29: A Malay driver, Mat bin Sahat, who drove his car into a telegraph post, was today fined $4O by the magistrate (Mr. S. T. Stewart) for negligent driving. In addition, he was ordered to pay $6O compensation to61 words
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Article34 1948-12-02 15 SINGAPORE, Nov. 26. Mr. Harry Lee Wee, M.A., Ll.B. (Cantab), was admitted to the Bar in Singapore by Mr. Justice Jobbling, on Friday. Mr. Claude da Silva supported Mr. Wee’s application.34 words
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Article450 1948-12-02 15 From Our Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Nov 29 TAPA bin Dyolo and Mohd. Reduan, whose A attempt to persuade the Malay villagers of Farit Selangor. Pontian, to throw’ in their lot with the Communists ended in the villagers arresting them and handing them over to the450 words
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Article132 1948-12-02 15 SINGAPORE. Nov. 29. SINGAPORE Seamen’s Registration Bureau, which recruits seamen for employment on board ships in the Colony is to have an administrative board in the near future. This board will consist of an Independent chairman, and three representatives rach of colony ship owners and seamen’s unions,132 words
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Article80 1948-12-02 15 Kl'ALA LUMPER. Nov. 26. NINETEEN YEAR OLI Leslie Joseph White house. li AM' private, uh was seriouslv wounded in bandit ambush in Camero Highlands, uill have to re turn to England to underg more operations. He will probably travi back with iiis mother. Mr Nellie Whitehouse.80 words
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81 1948-12-02 15 Wires cut so ‘wires go by wireless IPOH, Nov. 27. 1 Terrorist sabotage oa telephone lines has dS rupted communications jfl tween the north and south of Malaya, and tej communications olheuus naH appealed to the restrict trunk calls untu service has been restated. Lines have been vat several places81 words
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109 1948-12-02 15 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 26. OALARIES paid to British sergeants in the Police Force were fixed in relation to salaries offered in other forces in need of men, said the Commissioner of Police (Mr. W. N Gray) at a press109 words
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Article33 1948-12-02 15 M.C.S. OFFI CER ENGAGED SINGAPORE y The engagement y ijlo mail bin Moham-n i>r Che Maimunah. r Abdul La tiff of Kua "M be-n announced will take place m w Inche Ismail i33 words
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54 1948-12-02 16 A PATROL leader being sworn in at the investiture of the Seventh Chinese Scouts Troop at Chung Wah Institution, Singapore. Facing him are (left to right, standing): Seventh Troop Scoutmaster (Mr. Goh Kim Swee), Scout Commisioner (the Rev. R K. S. Adams) and the Chinese Chief Scoutmaster (Mr. Yu MengStraits Times; picture. - 54 words
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Article659 1948-12-02 16 SINGAPORE, Dee. 1. THE Governments of the Federation and Sin1 gapore yesterday suspended the issue of import licences for goods from Japan. The Singapore Government further decided that all those who have applied for A.P.’s (import licences) must submit to the Registrar of Imports and Exports,659 words
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Article71 1948-12-02 16 Ftom Our Staff Corre'O'ondent KUALA LUMPUR Nov. 30. Documentary films on .n--dustry. arts, agriculture, travel, trade union developments. United Nations ind newsreels are available on free loan to associations, schools and other groups. About 400 of these films m the Federal Film Library up being71 words
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Article43 1948-12-02 16 SINGAPORE. Dec. 1. Mr. A. C. T. Kwong, former Chinese-Consul in Kuala Lumpur, returned to Singapore yesterday in the Carthage after a holiday in Nanking. He will soon take up his new appointment as Chinese Consul in Timor.43 words
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Article400 1948-12-02 16 SINGAPORE, Dec. 1. A CHINA Society designed to be the greatest contribution towards inter-racial harmony in the Colony, was formed at a meeting at Katong yesterday. Presided over by Mr. Yap Pheng Geek, the society pledged “a sincere and sober endeavour to promote among400 words
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Article175 1948-12-02 16 SINGAPORE. Dec. 1. A DECREASE in the numbers of the deaths on the Singapore roads has made possible tenders for the removal of dead bodies to be called for once a year and not once in every three months as in previous years. A Police175 words
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123 1948-12-02 16 From Our Staff Correspondent MALACCA, Nov 30 "1/lALACCA before the war enjoyed a better It* economic position than it does now when it is treated as a third-rate Settlement,” commented a prominent Malacca resident. He urged that Malacca should Join Penang and Singapore to restore123 words
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Article73 1948-12-02 16 SINGAPORE, Doc 1 A Chinese boy was smously injured in a mystery explosion at a room of a house in Dickson Road yesterday morning. The boy, 11-year-old Yeoh Tens Chin, received burns *o his face and chest, and was admitted to hospital. His mother said she73 words
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Article92 1948-12-02 16 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Nov. 30. ANEW tradition will be set bv the Sultan of Selangor next Wednesday when ne reviews the affairs of hi.. State at the opening of the 1 budget meeting of the Coun- cii of State. After making his92 words
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Article41 1948-12-02 16 From Our Staff Fom-** uuid'uit KUAI.A LUMPUR. Nov 30 1 As a result "t the hood r. of the R“sut riv r, th'* J e r I 1 Trengganu K<»' i ii.mr i road is out of action.41 words
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Article349 1948-12-02 17 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 30. QUDDEN strikes or lock-outs in public utility services will be made illegal in a new bill controlling trade disputes in tlie Federation. If the hill is passed by the Federal Legislative Council, at least 14 days’ notice must349 words
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Article, Illustration162 1948-12-02 17 SINGAPORE, Dec. 1. "THE 146-ton Dutch freighter Moebai, which was A adrift for more than 12 hours in the Indian Ocean last week, was saved from entering hostile w’aters off Sumatra by the Singapore-bound Dutch vessel Molenkerk. The story of this sea drama was told162 words
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Article52 1948-12-02 17 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Nov. 30. THE Select Committees appointed by the Legislatures in the Federation and Singapore are meeting in Kuala Lumpur to consider the Debtor anil Creditor Hill on Dee. 8. If necessary the committees will continue their deliberations on the52 words
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Article183 1948-12-02 17 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 30. There will be 23 public holidays in Johore next year They are: New Year’s Day (Sat. Jan. 1), the Prophet’s Birthday (Wed. Jan. 12). Anniversary cf the Late Sultan Abu Bakar’s Funeral (Sun. Jan. 16), Chinese183 words
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Article110 1948-12-02 17 SINGAPORE. Dec. 1. Ho Kim Tong, a Shanghainese, was sentenced to three years’ rigorous imprisonment yesterdav in the Singapore Assize Court by Mr. Justice Taylor on a charge of voluntarily causing grievous hurt. Previously, he had been charged with attempted murder and the jury not having110 words
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Article60 1948-12-02 17 From Our Own Corrrspondent BUTTERWORTH. Nov. 30— A Malay trishaman who admitted before the magistrate that he did not know the traffic rules w’as fined S 3 when accused of disobeying traffic signals. He was Abdul Jaffir bin Ismail who was told by the magistrate (Mr. G.60 words
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Article55 1948-12-02 17 SINGAPORE. Dec. 1. A Chinese. Yap Keng Chiok was committed for trial by the Singapore Seventh Police Court Magistrate (Mr. R. J C. Wait), yesterday on a charge of theft of two head lamps and four hub caps. Assistant Superintendent of Police Mr. L. R.55 words
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Article111 1948-12-02 17 From Our Staff Correspondent SUNGEI PATANI, Nov 30 TWO Gurkhas were killed and 12 others injured A when the truck in which they were travelling last night left the road, overturned and ended up in a 15- foot ditch. The accident took place111 words
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Article62 1948-12-02 17 SINGAPORE, Dec. 1. Scouts who are going to the Pan-Pacific Jamboree in Australia are reminded that their ship, the Maetsyker, will leave Singapore on Tuesday, Dec. 7 and not Dec. 8. Some 92 scouts will sail in the ship. Most of those from the Federation will reach62 words
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Article165 1948-12-02 17 From Our Staff Correspondent SLREMBAN. Nov. 30. THE forming of a co-ordinat-ing organ known as the ’‘Government Services’ Joint Council, Federation of Malaya”, for all trade unions and staff associations organised either on Federation or State basis will be discussed at a meeting in Kuala165 words
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Article82 1948-12-02 17 From Our Own Correspondent BUTTER WORTH, Nov. 30. When a Talping Chinese. Chua Chong Chuan. jumped from a launch on to the pier at Butterworth yesterday, he was eventually charged under the Minor Offences Section. But this morning the Butterworth Magistrate (Mr. G. E. C. Wisdom) before82 words
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Article463 1948-12-02 17 SINGAPORE. Dr,- pORMERLY on. of Sin I gapore s most ponu police athletes. 1 I, r Mobarak Ahmad oV .w aembilan was amom- g h lour members 0 f if Federation Police who 1 cently received the Coin" I mal Police Medal I oravery against u„463 words
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Article42 1948-12-02 17 From Our Staff Correspond' PARIT BUNTAH v "-f Pleading guilty be Tj Parlt Buntar Mag; che Badaruddin* Awang bin Lebai remanded for beins r( possession of 18 r ith0 pied nutmeg pigeon a licence. Ball wu $50.42 words
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Article672 1948-12-02 18 SINGAPORE, Nov. 28 iN almost impregnable defence and the exA cellent opportunism of Coutts, at insideleft who scored two goals, gave Singapore an easy passage against Selangor whom they beat by fi’fee goals to nil in an inter-State hockey match played on the Singapore Cricket Club padmg672 words
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Article116 1948-12-02 18 IPOH, Nov. 28. DERAK and Penang drew in A their hockey encounter at Ipoh yesterday, there being no scoring by either side. Perak started promisingly and harassed the Penang defence for the first 15 minutes. However, they gradually lost the initiative and yielded to strong pressure116 words
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Article128 1948-12-02 18 PENANG, Nov. 27. PENANG won their first match In the All Blues rugby competition against Perak by 12 points (three tries and a penalty goal) to three points (a try) on the Victoria Green, Penang, yesterday. Penang were undoubtedly the better side, but did not128 words
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Article378 1948-12-02 18 tr SS M T T n Correspondent Nov 30 I’HL Kuala Lumpur GarriA son Rugby Club played one of their best games of the last few weeks when they met the Selangor Club on the Fadang this evening and lost by three podnts (penalty)378 words
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Article31 1948-12-02 18 R.N. Police “A” beat R.A.F. (Sembawang) seven-nil in a game of hockey played at the Naval Base yesterday. Scorers Mahmud Nor (3) and Bhajan Singh (4) 3—l. x31 words
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Article405 1948-12-02 18 WXT D 1 SINGAPORE, Nov. 25. IN their Singapore Rugby Onion pentangular tournament match at Jalan Besar yesterday, the Army defeated the Navy by 11 points (a goal and two penalty goals) to eight (a goal and a penalty goal. K J The Army have405 words
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Article119 1948-12-02 18 SINGAPORE, Dec. 1. rE 12th annual report and accounts of the Girls’ Sports Club for the year Sept. 1947. to Aug. 31, 1948. shows a profit oi $878.23 on the year’s working. The Rehabilitation Fund opened during the year shows a credit of W A net119 words
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Article320 1948-12-02 18 SINGAPORE, Nov. 28. Kot3 Rfljs 8 S.C.F.A. t THE best team the Singapore Chinese Football AssociaA tion could field failed against Kota Raja, who maintained their irresistible form to win by three goals to one at the )alan Besar Stadium yesterday. With the game favoured320 words
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Article176 1948-12-02 18 SINGAPORE, Dec. 1. A STOUT defence, better team work and excellent stick-work gave the Ceylon Sports Club a four-nil victory over the Singapore Cricket Club in a hockey match on the Padang yesterday. Considering that there were five State players in the Ceylon Sports176 words
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Article170 1948-12-02 18 From Oar Staff Correspondent HEREMBAN, Nov. 30 rE Negri Scmbllan Aslans have choser the following 19 players to prepare for their intcr-State match against the Singapore Asians in the first game in the southern section of the All Blues competition on Saturday Dec. 11, at170 words
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Article62 1948-12-02 18 Singapore. Nov. 29. THE Chinese Y.M.C.A. bea the Queen Street Boy’s Club three-two at table tennis. Remits (Chinese Y.M.C.A. plavrs mentioned first): L*ong lost to Chan Kwok Fa I Buong Hoo loot to Mok 0—3: I#ee fir-o Cheo beat Show? jChai Cheong 3-0: Ive Soo62 words