The Straits Budget, 17 March 1949

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    30 1 The Straits Budget THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES [ESTABLISHED OVER A CENTURY] N \o. 137. Singapore Thursday, March, 17th 1949 Price 40 centa (S.S. Currency) Or 1 su.
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  • STRAITS TIMES POST-BAG
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      Surrendering bandits
      142 2 Leaflets calling on terrorists to surrender have been dropped on terrorist areas. Does this mean that the Government has reversed its repeatedly declared intention not to offer an amnesty? II it does not, then all that is being offered is a choice between being shot today or hanged
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      SPITTING
      41 2 Spitting in public must be stopped. If we are to prevent tuberculosis from spreading in Singapore. In Hong Kong heavy fines have been imposed for spitting. In Malaya these fines could be diverted to the anti-TJB fund.—T.B. Conscious, Johore Bahru.
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      Face Value At Road Blocks
      287 2 T HAVE recently been stopped on several occa--1 sions at road blocks instituted by the Singapore Police. Those in authority at Police HQ are to he coni' gratulated on the excellent system of road checks they have built up—a sign that they are not allowing
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      Income Tax: A Plea For The Rubber Industry
      794 2 HINTS and rumours seem to be afoot which suggest the possibility of increased scales of income tax and it is to be hoped that such a measure will be avoided. With rubber at its present level and cost of production likely to
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      A Change Of Heart Is Needed
      490 2 THE constitution of a single Malayan nations lity as advocated by Mr. Tan Cheng Lock in his address at the recent inaugural meeting 0 f the Malayan Chinese Association, would appear to be an important pre-requisite to the eventual attainment of self-government for Malaya
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      Amnesty For The Bandits?
      399 2 11TE suggest that the fT Government of the Federation of Malaya shoud offer an amnesty to the terrorists. The terrorists’ campaign in Malaya has now lasted fo* mor» than eight months. Tfc chaos, misery and damage which have resulted from tlis disturbance have not ber experienced
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      COURIERS OF EMPIRE
      642 3 -Straits Times, Mar 10. I the official statement courier visits to British of four British v u a w.-alth Ministers and v only that they matters arising JL tl meeting of Com- iM Pr:me Ministers h, iu last October, it may be that the Communist k South
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      UN And The Dutch
      413 3 —Straits Times, Mar. 10 The Dutch Government, on the eve of the Security Council’s discussion of the Indonesian dispute, finds itself in a difficult position of its own making. Ignoring the main provisions of the Security Council’s last resolution, the Dutch planned a roundtable conference at
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      THE POLITICAL FUTURE
      711 3 —Straits Times, Mar 11. In a thoughtful article on the future of Malaya and the rubber industry, wffiich Mr. F. D. Ascoli contributed yesterday to the Straits Times, a conclusion w’as stated wffiich is of prime interest to everyone in this country. Unless there is confidence in
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      The Country’s Rice
      350 3 —Straits Times, Mar. 11 Malaya’s rice ration is in no danger in the immediate future. In Parliament yesterday, Mr. John Strachey told a questioner that exports from Burma in the first two months of the year were maintained at a satisfactory level. The prospects for March are
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      Bricks Without Straw
      642 3 —Straits Times, Mar. 12. The Singapore Legislative Council will have before it at its meeting on Tuesday a resolution on the Report of the Singapore Housing Committee which was set up in 1947 to prepare a preliminary plan to relieve the housing shortage, and to make a
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      On Wings Of Song
      464 4 —Straits Times, Mar. 12. ‘‘Abide with Me”, sang Karen troops in their battle lines outside Rangoon when night descended on their bloody business. It was the hymn of the desperately wounded, of the beaten who died in the strife. No music or verse is less martial
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      BEATING THE BANDITRY
      743 4 —Straits Times, Mar. 14. The ambushing of a patrol of Grenadier Guards near Kuala Lumpur and of a police posse in Pahang offer their own warning against any temptation to assume that the situation in the Federation shows a substantial change for the better. The actual number
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      Indo-China Hopes
      287 4 —Straits Times, Mar. 14. M. Queuille’s presentation in the National Assembly of his Government’s policy in Indo-China has increased hopes of success for the agreement with Vietnam which were already high. France is willing to negotiate with almost all elements in IndoChina except the Commuryst Vietminh. The agreement
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      U.M.N.O. & THE SQUATTERS
      662 4 U.M.N.O. THE SQUATTERS ,n straits Times. Mar. 15. The report of the Committee appointed to investigate the squatter problem, whose recommendations were generally welcomed when published last month, does not appear to have been received any too warmly by the State Governments who now have it under consideration. I it
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      Chaos in Burma
      470 5 -Straits Times, Mar. 15. n, -nite live weeks of bomb--adin.'nl from land, the river m the air. the Karens are s)l holding out at Insem, twelve miles from Burma’s capital. They arc not a threat to Rangoon’s safety, but the Burmese Government’s inabil--1(V t 0 dispose of
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      THE PUBLIC SERVICES
      1032 5 —Straits Times, Mar. 16. The Singapore Legislative Council’s Select Committee on the Public Services Commission has presented what by any standard is the most explosive report any Select Committee of the Council has yet tabled. The Committee recommends the creation of a Public Services Commission to control
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    “Loss Of Status”
    91 5 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 15. AMENDING rules to the Federal Citizenship Regulations were published today. The principal result will be to enable tnc Registrar to certify loss of citizenship status by any person. A person with a cancelled certificate of citizenship can now apply
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    SOCIAL SECURITY MOVE IN COLONY
    524 5 SINGAPORE, Mar. 16. THE Singapore Legislative Council agreed yester1 day that the Colony should have a system o£ social security and that a committee should be appointed to make recommendations on medical care, sickness and unemployment benefits, and old age pensions. This decision followed u
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  • PERSONAL
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      BIRTHS
      59 5 SUTTON:—To Mary, wife of Kirby. W. Sutton, at Kandang Kerbau on March 11: a daughter. ON MARCH 5TH: in Malacca General Hospital to Margaret, wife of John Clegg of Kemuninp Estate, Tebong, Malacca, a daughter, COWAN: To Sheelagh, wife of John, at the K.K. Hospital, on 13th March, a
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      ENGAGEMENTS
      62 5 TAN-LOH. The engagement is announced today between Mr. Tan Ah Kce and Miss Loh Poh Chan of Singapore. THE ENGAGEMENT Is announced between Captain Fleetwood Kempson (Sam) Pyne, The Devonshire Regiment, elder son of Mr. Mrs. G. F. Pyne, East Downe Manor, Barnstaple, Devon, Aldena Elizabeth, elder daughter of
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      MARRIAGE
      45 5 NEO-GOH: On 14-3.49, at the Marriage Registry, K.L., between Mr. Neo Poh Cheng, third son ot Mr. Neo Pee Wan and the ate Mrs. Neo Pee Wan. to Miss Nonnle Goh Kim Hch, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Goh Cheng Chye of K.L.
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    45 5 DEATH 1 CAPTAIN A. I EASTCOTT. late Devonshire Regiment, died in Kano Hospital, Nigeria, 21st February 194!), in his 23rd year. His death was the result of a most tragic climbing accident and all who knew and loved him in Malaya will mourn his passing.
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    SECESSION DEPUTATION SEES EDEN
    191 6 He Found Morale High In Johore From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, Mar. 14. POUR members of the Penang secession committee spent 45 minutes with hR. Anthony Eden today and found him a very patient listener. “We gave him a first-ha id report on our movement/* the
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    Grenade Thrower Wounded
    166 6 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Mar 14. A BANDIT threw a hand grenade yesterday at a police jungle squad who were raiding a hut on Simpang Estate, Province Wellesley. But he was shot and wounded. The grenade did not go off and the bandit was captured.
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    Farewell Luncheon
    93 6 SINGAPORE, Mar. 15. A LUNCHEON in honour of Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Mundell was given at the Cathay Restaurant by the committee of the Singapore Association yesterday. Mr Mundell, a senior member of the Singapore Bar, leaves Singapore today with Mrs. Mundell for South Africa. The Vice-President
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    COLONY JET
    26 6 SINGAPORE, Mar. 15. The Singapore-based R A F Vampire, piloted bv F/\, O Francis left yesterday from Butterworth for Calcutta on route to Khartoum
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    Less Rubber Imported
    134 6 SINGAPORE. Mar 14. Rubber imports mv* Malaya in February dropped to 16,275 tons, being •3,395 tons less than in Janu ary. February’s total was made up of .smoked sheet 7.849 tons, unsmokcd sheet 4 473 tons, estate crepe 20 tons rcmill and blanket crepe 858 ,tons. wet
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    ‘DELIBERATE CHEATING’
    104 6 SINGAPORE, Mar. 15. Found guilty of having cheated a Chinese of $2OO *n October last, Ahmad AM Khan Surattee (24) wa s told by the Second Police Court Magistrate. Mr. E. V. A. Peers: “I find yours i s a deliberate and a flagrant case o: cheating. 1
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    FANS MISSING
    31 6 SINGAPORE, Mar. 15. The army authorities have reported to Singapore Police ’hit 33 table fans worth *1,320 were missed from a store in the Alexandra Road area on Sunday.
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    The Story Of A Lizard
    557 6  -  By PLANTER’S WIFE QUR servants get very worried if we are not in by dusk. This is fairly unusual anyway, but I did not realise until the other night that they settled down to real jitters if we were a little overdue returning home. Cookie’s
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    EVACUEES REACH PENANG
    109 6 PENANG, Mai 14 rpHE first batch of Br'tioI evacuees from Burn!? leached Penang toduv f-roup. numbering 3lVrs o ta comprises the wiv.s nrt children of the Bm.su Mu tary Mission personm 1 r Burma. The Burma Government had advised them to evacuate because of the present fight
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    Siamese Air Chief’s Visit
    131 6 SINGAPORE, Mar. 16. THE Deputy Commander-In-Chief of the Royal Siamese Air Force. Air Marsha.' Fuen R. Rhidhagani. and Madame Rhidhagani, arrived r. Singapore yesterday evening on a four-day visit to Malaya as guests of the Commander-in-chief. Air Command. Far East. Air Marshal Sir Huzfc Lloyd. The
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    36 GAMBLERS FINED $720
    68 6 SINGAPORE, Mar. 15 rpUIRTY-SIX people found A gambling in two houses in Upper Serangoon Road and Shaik Madarshah Lane over the week-end were lined S20 each by the Second Police Court Magistrate. Mr. E V A Peers, yesterday. They were found playing oakow’ (cards). A total
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    5th GUARDSMAN DIES OF WOUNDS
    43 6 KUALA LUMPUR. Mar. 15 Malayan District Headquarters announced tonight that fifth Guardsman of the TnirBattalion Grenadier Guara has died as a result ot wounds after the bayon charge against a bandit an* bush party ne*ir Kajang <>• Saturday morning.
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    Sir John Hay Attacks Govts’ “Dilatoriness ”
    567 7 Sir John Hay Attacks Govts’ “Dilatoriness From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Mar. 13. p|K John Hay, in his annual statement as J chairman of Linggi Plantations, describes the Malayan Governments’ “dilatoriness in the treatment of the War Damage question as neither creditable nor defensible.” The company, he says, has still
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    Perak’s scouts feted
    174 7 Sunday Time* Correspondent IPOH. Mar. 12. i)ERAK Scout*, who recent 1 iy returned from the Par-P.ioiiic Jamboree at Melo me were feted at a lun>n given by Mr. Lam v m chairman of the B>y Scouts* Assoclat; r in the Celestial Restaurart today. The function also celet:ated
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    Dry spell in K. Lumpur
    86 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Mar. 12. THF, prolonged ary weather 1 is causing a shortage of Ua r i n Kuala Lumpur and P ;n l!it Pin* Brigade its ca ~*cst time ever. Tiu St 'ate Engineer, Selan- r VLS war ned water conv‘: u rs l
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    CHAP-JI-KI ACQUITTAL
    40 7 SINGAPORE. Mar. 14. ,}{oh of Khtam •l in the Se*ith llrt on Saturday m»nt ’r ln *he manage-j’P-ji-ki lottery s a on Oct 23 r and his wife iilips belongI'iips. which represented with a 1 n convicted ittory.
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    Bandits Burn Johore Factory
    198 7 From Oar Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Mar 13 rpHE factory, smokehouse, and office on Yong Peng River Estate in Johore were burnt by three bandits last night. In the Taiping area bandits made an abortive attempt to sabotage the railway linenear Pondok Tanjong. They fixed two
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    Johore Labour Situation Easier Since Emergency
    180 7 From Our Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU. Mar. 13. npHE labour situation in Johore Is likely to be easier this year than during the first half of 1948, says an official report. There is a slight shortage of estate workers. During the first half of
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    FINED FOR THEFT OF WATER PIPES
    59 7 From Our Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU. Mar. 13. Khoo Ah Min, charged today with the theft of 24 water pipes valued at $480 from a Government bungalow compound, pleaded guilty. He said he thought the pipes had been apandoned by the Japanese. He was
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    Viscount To Visit Sir Henry
    169 7 SINGAPORE. Mar. 14. A GUEST of the High Commissioner for the Federation. Sir Henry Gurney, today will be Viscount Knollys who arrived in Singapore yesterday from Darwin. He is managing director of the Employers’ Liability Assurance Corporation and comes to Malaya afer completing a business
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    Jungle School Impressed Eden
    132 7 SINGAPORE. Mar. 14. “WHAT interested me most was the Army’s school of jungle warfare/’ commented Mr. Anthony Eden before he flew yesterday afternoon to Penang. He had spent a busy morning in Johore where he met members of the police and of the 1/2 Gurkhas. Asked
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    GUARDS TAKE PRECAUTIONS
    83 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 12. THE Guards Brigade has ordered all military transport under its command to travel together with at least one other vehicle on roads between Kuala Lumpur and Seremban. This includes the main trunk road. It is considered that the roads are unsafe for military
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    TAN KAH KEE ACCUSES REDS IN MALAYA
    567 8 SINGAPORE, Mar. 11. MR. Tan Kah Kee, who recently congratulated Genera] Mao Tse-tung on the success of the Communist dVive in China and who, in turn, has been invited to visit Red-held areas, denies that there is any connection between Communists in China
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    “Preparing To Return To China”
    113 8 SINGAPORE Mar. 11. 1/IR. Tan Kah Kee. Slnga--1?1 pore Chlne.se Hokfclen Community Guild chairman, has told the committee that he Is relinquishing the chair in preparation for his return to China as soon as conditions improve. The new chairman will be Mr Tan Lark Sye.
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    FOOD PRICES REDUCED
    92 8 SINGAPORE. Mar 11. “The price cutting campaign initiated by the Food Control Office has been notably successful and f ood prices, particularly canned products, have dropped 15 per cent” said a spokesman of the Singapore Food Control Department. According to the cost of living index compiled by
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    MILLERS AGREE
    79 8 SINGAPORE, Mar. 11. After a week of negotiation more than 200 rubber millers of the Joo Seng Rubber Works factory in Buklt Timah Road have accepted a wage reduction from double to single Sunday pay. Al! are now working, except three millers, who preferred to resign and have
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    BARTER TRADE CREDITS
    237 8 SINGAPORE, Mar. 11. rE method to be followed for the settlement of outstanding barter trade credit and debit balances which have accrued through the stoppage of this system of trade on March 1 with certain area* in Indonesia, was discussed at the third meeting yesterday of the
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    $900,000 Power Scheme For SHB
    385 8 SINGAPORE. Mar. 11. AS THE final item in the rehabilitation and reconstruction programme for the Singapore Harbour Board, work on a $900,000 power supply scheme for the port will begin this year. The chairman of the Harbour Board. Mr. Henry Basten, said yesterday that the
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    MRS. LIM LEAVES FOR LONDON
    138 8 SINGAPORE, Mar. 11. /"•ARRYING an official letter from the Colonial Secretary, Mr. P. A B. McKerron, for every possible aid “which will l>e appreciated by the Singapore? Govf-mment,” Mrs. T.lm Chuan Oeok, wife of the Malayan Thomas Cup captain and manager, lying sick in a
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    Treatment Centre For SATA Soon: Firms Offer Aid
    259 8 SINGAPORE, Mar. 11. fTHE Singapore Anti-Tuberculosis Association clink 1 at Tanjong Pagar Road, which at present oni v diagnoses cases, is to have a treatment centre soon Dr. G. H. Garlick, the administrator anc radiologist of the clinic, told the Straits Timer
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    Singapore Trembles
    51 8 SINGAPORE, Mar. 11 AN EARTH tremor, which lasted for a few seconds was felt in parts of Singapore just after noon yesterday. The tremor, which was not severe, was experienced in the Straits Times office. Nearby offices were quick)y on the telephone to ascertain the nature of the
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    RICE PRICE ‘TOO HIGH’
    101 8 SINGAPORE, Mar. 11 RESPITE Government as- surances that a reasonable price is being charged for rationed rice, complaints that the present 30 cents chargee for a kati of rice is high continue in Singapore and the Federaton. Singapore sundry goods retailers. most of them handling government
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    ROBBER HAD A KNIFE
    79 8 SINGAPORE, Mar. 11 For robbing Llm Chve Neo a pretty young Straits Chinese married woman in G oodman Road. Tan Boor. Hee was sentenced to rive years’ rigorous imprison men’ by Mr. Justice Gordon-Smith in the Singapore Assizes yesterday. Lim Chve Neo said Tar. held her
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    STOLE PUP: 2 MONTHS
    61 8 SINGAPORE, Mar 11 Goh Ong Lye. who st puppy outside a house p Tiong Bahru on March was yesterday sentence! by the TTiird Police Court Ma* gist rate, Mr. R. J. C. W two months’ rigorous imnr.•onment. Goh was seen by the or. Detective Ngo Kern’
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    OPERATION ON SULTAN
    47 8 From Our StafT Corr< M >P' .TOHORE BAHRU Ma The Sultan of Jnhore another minor op this morning at the J n£ Pa.si’* Plangie. Dr. J M A Lowson. r cipal Medical Officer and Dr. L E Vine. Pur General Hospital, at! the patient.
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    25 MALAYAN EXHIBITORS FOR BRITISH TRADE FAIR
    285 10 SINGAPORE, Mar. 10. ABOUT 25 trading concerns throughout the Federation of Malaya and Singapore have so far applied for floor-space at the British Industries Fair at Earl's Court. London, from May 2 to May 13. “Malaya’s exhibits at the fair will be of
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    RUBBER PACKING BILL PLAN
    115 10 SINGAPORE Mar. 10. THE draft of a proposed bill to fix uniform rubber packing and grading standards in Singapore and the Federation may soo.\ be submitted to the two Governments. Representatives of the rubber trade at Kuala Lumpur this week decided on this to protect the
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    500 Guests At Wedding
    162 10 SINGAPORE Mar. 10. JIM ORE than 500 guests were present at the wedding reception of Mr. and Mrs. Tan Ah Chua at Robinson’s Cafe yesterday. The bride was the former Lly Ong. daughter of Mr. and Mrs Ong Hong Keat. of Singapore. The groom, a dental
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    CYCLIST DIES AFTER CRASH
    79 10 SINGAPORE Mar. 10. A Chinese cyclist who was injured in a collision with a bus at the Mount batten Road Kallang Road junction yesterday. died last night in the General Hospital. The Trafllc police are anxious to Interview anyone who might, have y.rrn tie 1 accident.
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    FIRM FINED
    33 10 SINGAPORE Mar. 10. For obstruction of a street by storing timber at King George’s Avenue, Hock Moh Lira and Co was yesterday fined $3OO and costs in the Sixth Police Court.
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    Y.W.C.A. SECRETARY IN PENANG:
    44 10 The secretary of the Penang Y.W.C.A. talks with Miss Elizabeth Palmer (centre), world Y.W.C.A. secretary for South-East Asia, and Miss Mabel Robertson, retiring Malayan secretary, both of whom arrived in Penang by air on Mar. 7.— Tan Kian Liat picture.
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    RETURN OR LOSE JOBS—WARNING
    184 10 SINGAPORE, Mar. 10. THE women packers of William Jacks and Co., and Guntzel and Schumacher, who went on strike on Tuesday, were warned yesterday that if they failed to return to work within the next few days, the firms would consider recruiting new labourers. The decision
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    $3,615 TO FLY ROUND THE WORLD
    198 10 SINGAPORE Mar. 10. IT is now possible to t*v round the world from Singapore for Straits $3,615. At present it can only be done through British Overseas Airways, but the K.L M airline* is “considering” the idea. Passengers have a choice of three routes,
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    INSPECTOR OF WRAF IN TOWN
    99 10 SINGAPORE, Mar. 12. ROUP Oflicer Lady Seton. Inspector of the Women's Poval Air Force, arrived in Singapore yesterday by the trooper Empire Halladale on a 12-day visit of W.R.A.F. units in Singapore and leave centres in the Federation. Lady Seton. who is the wife of
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    “I WON’T QUIT” -MAJID
    184 10 SINGAPORE Mar. lo 1 f R M. A. Majid, one of J.TI Singapore Asian Sr tfarmFrderation represent ativel who staged a protest walk-.r* at last week's meeting if Singapore Seafarers’ Admin's' tration Board, denn-d night that he intended withdraw from the i> iT favour oi a
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    New Kedah Sweep
    124 10 KUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 9 RAF. aircraft operat.ng from Kuala Lump.;: morning .supported the larg >ca)e now in progress in the North Ked.ih jungle. No details are available so far. but it is understood the aircraft made one attack c suspected bandit hide- its The present sweep a
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    Police Kill Three Fleeing Suspects
    218 10 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 0 'THREE Chinese, two of them women, each carrying packs on their backs with clothing and uniU rms inside, were shot dead today by a police p.itrol operating in the Sungei Besi area south of KuJ* 1 Lumpur.
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    Plans to extend Social Services
    209 11 SINGAPORE, Mar. 12. Si»c a P ore Social Welfare Department is I investigating ways and means of extending j>u blic assistance services now being deputy Secretary for Social Welfare, Mr. r.rnies Hughes, said yesterday that the present 1 f'n‘. social service in the Colony was
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    APPEAL FAILS
    36 11 SEREMBAN Mar. 9—Mr. Justice Pretheroe today dismissed M. Selvadurai’s appeal against his sentence of six months’ gaol on two charges of criminal breach of trust. Selvadurai was convicted in the Port Dickson Sessions Court.
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    Kajang Terror Hide-out Bombed
    204 11 Kajang Terror Hide-out Bom bed From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 11 THERE was considerable activity by both banbits and security forces in the Kajang area, 14 miles south of Kuala Lumpur, today. TV K A.F bombed a susp»vt<d camp, while bandits murdered an estate contractor tore up labourers
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    Appeal Is Allowed
    91 11 I\F.< Mar. 12. U that the District him i T,. lfi misdirected ring that a m the an act of Vr V r V’„ Chief Justice, in ‘VT’ vll,rra >’ Aynsley, Mi- 10 High Court. K c Pi al of Wee 1>. j y>r army store- i
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    HOTTER THAN AVERAGE
    66 11 SINGAPORE. Mar. 12 U7ITH an increase of two degrees over the average temperature for March. Singapore is experiencing a mild heat wave. Average temperature for this time of the year is In the region of 80 degrees, but the dry weather has resulted in an average of
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    Gilmour For Tokyo Trade Talks
    180 11 SINGAPORE, Mar. 12. YIALAYA’S interests at the forthcoming talk s on A trade in Tokyo between the sterling areas of the British Commonwealth and Japan will be watched by the Singapore Secretary for Economic Affairs, Mr. Andrew Gilmour. Mr. Gilmour will fly to Tokyo next
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    11,400 Apply For S.I.T. Homes
    230 11 SINGAPORE, Mar. 12. ABOUT 11,400 applications have been already sent in for the 1,300 flats and artisans’ quarters that are being built for' the Singapore Improvement Trust. The Trust, Estates Officer Mr. H C. Tinsley told f he Straits Times yesterday that the flats and
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    GOLDSMITH ON TRUST CHARGE
    146 11 SINGAPORE, Mar. 12. A goldsmith, Heng Ow Tee, employed by a firm of jewellers in South Bridge Read, who had been entrusted with a quantity of gold to make solid ornaments was alleged by the prosccutit g officer, Mr. T. H. Ailmi, A.S.P.. in the First
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    Malays Ask For Labour Safeguards
    180 11 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Mar 11. A COMMITTEE of Malay Federal Councillors has sent a memorandum to the Government concerning the proposal to recruit from East Coast States labourers to be employed in West Coast areas. The committee has asked the Government for
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    3,456 SCREENED IN COLONY
    39 11 SINGAPORE, Mar. 12. Id one of the biggest series uf security checks carried out from dawn Thursday to dawn yesterday morning. Singagaporc police screened a total of 3,456 people, all of whom had identity cards.
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    AMY ACCEPTS A CHALLENGE
    301 11 “I Wish I Were 01der...” SINGAPORE, Mar. 12. AjISS Amy Lay cock, youngest candidate for the Singapore Municipal elections, made her first public speech last night before a 95 per cent, male audience at Geylang English School to accept the challenge of a Chinese voter among
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    ON IMPORT CHARGES
    103 11 SINGAPORE. Mar. 12. Nl. S. Majlt, of Phoola Singh and Company, pleaded not guilty In th»* Second District Court yesterday when charged with having made two false import declarations to the Registrar of Imports and Exports in December list. Majit wa s alleged to have declared one
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    “NO RIGHT TO USE INDIANS’ SAVINGS”
    125 11 “NO RIGHT TO USE INDIANS’ SAVINGS PENANG. Mar 11. A FORMER Singapore As-M-.lant, Commissioner for Labour, Major A. S. Roman, protested today against Government’s proposed use of a pre-war labour rfind for the recruitment of local labour and indicated he was prepared to take the issue to a court of
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    UNIVERSITY BILL FOR COUNCIL
    481 12 SINGAPORE, Mar. 10. THE Commissioner-General, Mr. Malcolm MacDonald, will be the first Chancellor of the new l'niversify of Malaya. This is laid down in a Hill published last to establish and incorporate the new University. The Hill will be introduced at the next Singapore Legislative Council
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    ‘HOLIDAYS LAW SOON’ —OFFICIAL
    124 12 SINGAPORE Mar. 10 riiHE Weekly Holidays Ordi--1 nance would come into force as early as possible, said Mr. G. W. Davies, acting Commissioner ol Labour, yesterday. He said that the rules for carrying out the purposes of the Ordinances would have to be made by the
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    Prison For Treasurer
    87 12 SINGAPORE Mar. 10. (HAVE been associating with bad company, and I regret it.” said Rengasamy Pichay (38) pleading guilty in the First District Court yesterday to misappropriating *6 {>84.82. the funds of the S.ngapore Traction Company Employee s Co-operative Thrift and Loan Society. He had been treasurer
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    FINE HALVED
    34 12 SEREMBAN, Mar. 9—Lee Moi Ngee appealed today at the Supreme Court against a tine of $2,000, or six months’ imprisonment for assisting in a public lottery. The line was reduced to $l,OOO.
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    $3,600 Paid For Diamond
    82 12 SINGAPORE Mar. 10 VT EARLY $50,000 worth of ii jewellery was auctioned by Nassim and Co. in Singapore yesterday. Seventy items, as part cl the estate of the late Dr. H. B. Ouentzer came under the auctioneers hammer during the sale, which lasted from 10 a.m.
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    ONE DOCTOR TO 72,000 PEOPLE
    194 12 From Our Staff Correspondent ALOR STAR. Mar. 9. THE Perils Government would consider the appointment of a committee to recommend improvements to Kangar hospital, the State Secretary. Inche Osman bin Aalib. said in the State Council yesterday. He was replying to an Unofficial member, Inche
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    Deportation Exemptions
    60 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 9 ALL British subjects will not be liable to deportation under the terms of an amendment gazetted yesterday to Emergency Regulation 171) which deals with the clearance of “bad" squatter areas. The original rule lays down deportation for any person except a Federal Citizen or
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    PETROL RATION: NO CHANGE
    149 12 SINGAPORE Mar. 10 SINGAPORE'S petrol ratijn will remain the same f<»r the second quarter of th* year, according to an authoritative source Meanwhile, it was ari nounced that owners of commercial vehicles and buses can collect their petrol coupons for the next quarter immediately from the
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    VETERAN AUTHOR IN SINGAPORE
    265 12 SINGAPORE, Mar. 10. JUST arrived in Singapore on a world-wide J assignment for the American magazine “Holiday” is the veteran U.S. journalist, Vincent Sheean, author of a dozen books on contemporary political history. Author Sheean (49' has come to Malaya after spending some time in India
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    $5,000,000 FOR K.L. FACTORY
    413 12 SINGAPORE, Mar. 10 THE building of a $5,000,000 Unilever factory in Kuala Lumpur, to manufacture soaps and edible fats, is designed and should be operating by 1951, Mr. Paul Rykens, a high-ranking l T n i. lever executive told the Straits Times in Sing, apore yesterday.
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    TAXI MURDER INQUEST
    86 12 SINGAPORE Mar. 10 A finding of murder was yesterday recorded by u Singapore Coroner, M r G. Porter, at the conciu sion of an inquest on a driver, Low Ah Tai, why found dead in a dit< Changi near 12V2 mil**" 0 on Feb. 26. Low, it
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    Causeway Tragedy
    85 13 n r^ n e Topp/d his vehicle Sf/amped on to the road Under his lorry he saw tne hodv of his brother. The tragedy occurred at the today, shortly itter the lorry had stopped l the checking station. The d» ad man was an attendant of the lorry.
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    Girl sold but ‘in good hands’
    156 13 SINGAPORE. Mar. 12. •j FEEL that the child is in good hands." said the Singapore Second Police Court Magistrate. Mr. E. V. A. Petrs, when he bound over. Ng Sooi Keng of Geylang Road for selling her three-year-oid grandniece for $270. Ng was bound
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    CERTIFICATE FOR JOHORE DOCTOR
    73 13 Q S G MAT Mar 12.—Mr. A. H. Kempt 'Administrative placer) has presented Dr. T. hi< °f Johore Labis wit J? a certificate G (r.'!rI 0 lhe Commissioner l)ahnn inB r! he Ja P OCCUPation. Dr. Joshi was at fe P ahan 8. as asjuam Medical
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    “Perlis—Small But Well Known”
    220 13 From Our Special Correspondent ARAU, Mar. 13. •I>ERLIS may be a small 1 State, but its achievements are already well known,” declared the Raja of Perlis today replying to loyal addresses presented by representatives of communities in Perlis and by the Malay Women’s Associations and the
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    PERLIS INSTALS ITS RAJA
    448 13 ARAU, Mar. 12. pIFTEEN elephants with vividly covered how> dahs and ridden by Malay mahouts were in a procession here this morning, which preceded the young Raja of Perlis to the “Balai Rong*’ where he was ceremoniously installed as ruler of Malaya's northernmost and smallest state.
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    HAD NO LICENCE
    25 13 From Our Own Correspondent MUAR. Mar. 13.—Low Eng Guan was fined $2O bv the Muar magistrate for selling Pork without a licence.
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    ARMY WANTS 10,000 MALAYANS
    180 13 THE V- M,UK Mar ’3. mor.. 10.000 or tok<* the W, yan recruits to J r oop s it v ,(l V s of British t<>fj t y Earned here !^n f°r locally ,n j f Prodm., j ,nnel is now be-t-raino(i u Malayans being i.'
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    “Go Slow” Advice To Malaya
    848 13 SINGAPORE, Mar. 14. “VIALAYA should proceed along the road to selfgovernment by slow and steady stages. I think we are trying to progress too rapidly, if such a thing is possible/' said Mr. H. D. Mundell, a senior member of the Singapore Bar, who has
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    LEAFLETS ON BANDITS
    308 14 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 10. I EAFLETS calling on terrorists to surrender were dropped yesterday in the North Kedah bandit area, which is being swept by Gurkhas, Police and Hussars. “You are surrounded” said the leaflets, which were dropped from an Auster plane after
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    “GOSSIP” CRITICISM REFUTED
    216 14 SINGAPORE. Mar. 11. Refuting criticism that the Malayan Womens Society of Christian Service was “a gossip centre” and “an excuse for tea-parties” the secretary Mrs. Goh Kok Kee. said yesterday that last year the members raised on an average $lOO each to assist the work of the
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    SPORTSMAN KILLED
    60 14 KUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 10. The Army officer killed on Tuesday morning in an ambush on the main trunk road one mile south of Kaiang Selangor, was Captain J. A. L. Smith. Captain Smith, who was a popular Seremban sportsman, was attached to 52 Company. R.A.S.C.. in Seremban. He
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    His Request To Judge
    84 14 SINGAPORE. Mar. 11. A YOUNG Chinese. Chye Soon llai, when asked in the Singapore Assizes yesterday whether he wished to challenge any of the jurors who were to try him. told Mr. Justice Cox Evans, “I challenge all jurors other than of Chinese nationality.” Chye picked
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    Police Screen 18,597
    52 14 S-..,, SINGAPORE, Mar. 15. INGAPORE Police screened 18,597 people in 26 security checks and patrols last week. Only eight people were unable to produce their ident!ty cards. They were detained and are being dealt with in the courts. Detentions under the Emergency Regulations in the Colony now
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    DIVIDENDS BOOST TIN SHARES
    140 14 SINGAPORE. Mar. 11. AFTER 10 days of heavy marking down by London a number of t»in shares on the Singapore market yesterday appreciated by five pf r cent. London was trying to buy hack tin shares at the* prices at which It had sold them the
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    Two Freed, One Held
    59 14 KUALA LUMPUR. Mar. 10. Bandits in the Batu Gajah area have released a syce and a mine clerk whom they abducted from a car on Monday near Tanjong Tuallang. But a mining towfcay, who Mas also abducted, has been kept prisoner. The two freed men reported
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    “Let Vote Decide” Says Brooke
    188 14 SINGAPORE, Mar. 11. THE ex-Rajah Muda of Sarawak. Mr. Anthony Brooke said in Singapore yesterday that he would be prepared to renounce all active interest in Sarawak politics if a plebiscite showed' that the people as a whole did not want the Brooke family back
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    “Stepping Stone” Classes After School Certificate
    229 14 SINGAPORE, Mar. 11. SINGAPORE’S Director of Education, Mr. W. Frisby, said yesterday that plans being: drawn up for opening classes which would act as a stepping-stone for School Certified students wishing to go on to a university. Methods by which these classes would be
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    $4,000 REWARD
    45 14 KUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 10. Penang Police have offered a reward of $2,000 each for the arrest of two men who are alleged to have signed themselves as the "commander’’ and "deputy commander” of the Fourth Regiment of the Penang-Kedah Malayan People’s Anti-Bri-tish Army.
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    CLASSROOM ACID ATTACK ALLEGED
    102 14 Woman Accused SINGAPORE, Mar. 11. AN alleged acid attack on a woman teacher in her classroom in the Rangoon Road English School on Wednesday had a sequel in the Third Police Court yesterday. The teacher was Tan Slang Ouan, who is now In hospital. Charged with
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    7-Room Flats For Colony
    112 14 SINGAPORE, Mar. 11. THYE Ann investment Company plans to build a block of self-contained flats at the junction of New Bridge Road and Sago Street, Singapore. The flats, each with six rooms, a hall, a kitchen and modern conveniences, are designed to occupy four storeys of
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    TEACHER TURNED ROBBER
    102 14 SINGAPORE, Mar H A FORMER teacher in a charitable institution was convicted of armed robbery and sentenced to five years rigorous imprisonment in ti* Singapore Assize Court terday. He was a young Haitian Tee Chong Quee, who, wim three others, held up ana robbed a laundry in
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    98 BARS OF GOLD FOUND
    124 14 SINGAPORE, Mar 15 MINETY-eight bars of gold. valued at about $98,000, which were found hidden to a paint drum on board the si. Choy Sang on Nov. 22. were ordered to be confiscat'd by the Singapore Second District Judge. Mr J L. McFall. yesterday For
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    APPEALS FAIL —SIX TO HANG
    103 14 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Mar 10. Six appeals against sentence of death were today missed by the Federation Court of Appeal. Four were by Chinese convicted of unlawful possession of firearms under the Emergency Regui*' tions. They were Pooh Heong. Chin Kaw alias
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    4 Guards Die In Charge
    583 15 KUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 12. UAN'DGRENADES and automatic fire killed n r 0 f a patrol of 20 Crenadier Guardsmen vverc attacked by bandits at a road block near Kajang> 15 miles south of Kuala Lumpur fhis morning. i out of the vehicle in which they
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    “Landmark” In Colony Courts
    154 15 SINGAPORE. Mar. 14. Ov; 3i a “landmark” o 4 tne Singapore lower courts will retire. He is fif»v-fiu-year old interpreter, c ixgvi Sander Singh c'.x 1 t v Ke is retiring after ..tars’ Government service. Entering Government service of India in 1914. Mr was recruited In
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    Officer dies in accident
    68 15 KULA LUMPUR, Mar. 12. K BR:tish Army offlcei. attached to Malaya Dis'rAfl h Q died last night an accident near an °“icers mess. f-lV' Wl A s rid inp: his motcr- le when he collided with lorry. <3* snortl y after his hn,r,il ud b<€n am
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    HEALTH OF THE FEDERATION
    58 15 TnrtJA *r l MPU R. Mar. 12. smalini>J' tr 'l ons died from traol ,1 n 0llt of six who condurinp thf ase in Johore i O we,k ending Mar. ralyYu wT 01 infantile I»hr'ar, hi roported in Ke- but was not fatal. three i?*?* 0
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    CHINESE ASSN.
    11 15 *r 12. -a PenWellesley dayan chinas formed at yesterday.
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    Listowel, Eden arrive
    470 15 SINGAPORE, Mar. 13. JWO British statesmen arrived in Singapore by air yesterday—Lord Listowel (Minister of State for Colonial Affairs) on his way to Australia, and Mr. Anthony Eden (Deputy Leader of the Opposition) on his way from Australia and New Zealand back to London. Lord Listowel, interviewed,
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    EDEN VISITS ESTATE
    144 15 SINGAPORE. Mar. 12. MR. Anthony Eden, told a press conference at Bukit Serene last night that in Australia and New Zealand he had found a clear understanding of the Communist threat In Asia. Their minds were sympathetic to the idea of a Pacific defence pact. “They thought
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    $15,000,000 In New Notes
    76 15 SINGAPORE, Mar. 10. THE shortage of $5 and $lO notes has been considerably eased in the past month by the issuance of about $15,000,000 wrfrth of these bills, the Chief Currency Officer, Mr. Charles Dickens, told the Straits Times. The biggest shortage was felt up-country where
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    Reburial of 9 lost airmen
    206 15 SINGAPORE, Mar. 12. CROM rude graves in north Indo-China, the remains of nme RAF airmen killed in a Liberator crash four years ago, were yesterday brought for burial with full military honours at Kranji cemetery. No trace of the Liberator, which was on a special
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    COST OF VANITY
    35 15 JOHORE BAHRU. Mar. 12. Unable to prove that customs duty had been paid on 12 dozen bottles of face cream, Cheng Sai Chua, was fined $520. in default two months' simple imprisonment.
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    A COUNTRYMAN’S DIARY
    1445 16  -  By TUAN DJEK SUNDAY. March 6.— We have not returned to the Dusun, being still in January. I have lately received a copy of “The Countryman Book” as a Christmas present. Such a book could not possibly be read in a mausoleum, and is being kept for
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    7 WOMEN ADVISE ON FOOD
    287 16 SINGAPORE Me U/ORKING quietly H,j° n the scenes from -h"! base at the Singapor. College is a team ot Q 5 J men diet experts wi. visit the homes ot workS class Malays, Indian- M Chinese to advise tier food problem*.. The team consists of
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    The Guards Who Died
    87 16 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Mar. 14 JIIE Guards Brigade has released the nanus of the four men of the Third Battalion Grenadier Guard? who were killed in a bayonet charge against a stron? bandit gang near Kaians Selangor on Satui dn> morning. They were
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    ISSUE ON SULTAN’S STATUS
    884 17 SINGAPORE, Mar. 16. >,>ITI(’ISM of the failure by the Secretary of l state for the Colonies to give a clear pronouncement to the status of Major General Sir Ibrahim, Sultan of Johore, was made in the Singapore Supreme Court yesterday. Mr E. D. Shearn of Kuala
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    AWARDS FOR 15 COLONY MEN
    151 17 V Mar 15. 1 Who helptonera of tpanese oc’:iPoro will bo :s ':itos by the District. Dunlop, at tycot House ipionts will 1 1, awards: ,1r Noel R. 1 Mistri. Mr. Ah Soong, Mr. Yap Cheng Hal. Mr. H. A. Ferdinands, Mr. M. N. Naidu,
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    CLEMENTI PORTRAIT COPIED
    229 17 SINGAPORE, Mar. 15 A PORTRAIT of Sir Cecil Clementi copied by Mr. Anatole Shister from the original, which he painted 18 years ago—is now finished and will shortly be placed in the Victoria Memorial Hall alongside those of other former Governors of the Colony. The original painting
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    WOMAN, BABY FOUND DEAD
    81 17 From Our Staff Correspondent SEREMBAN, Mar. 14: An intensive police investigation in villages near Nilai, 13 miles north of Seremban, has started following the discovery on Saturday of the stripped and mutilated body of an 18-year-old Malay woman. The body of her six-week-old baby was found
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    $8,000,000 Drop In Exports
    136 17 From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, Mar. 14. WITH a $7,000,000 drop in rubber shipments, Penang’s export trade fell by nearly $8,000,000 last month. Current trade figures issued today showed a total of $39,580,863 in February against $47,469,863 the previous month. Imports also dropped, from $22,537,459 to
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    Buddhist Robbed At Knife-Point
    235 17 SINGAPORE, Mar. 15. Chinese burst into a room at the Siang Lim See 1 Buddhist temple in Kim Kiat Road early last Wednesday morning, put a knife to the throat of a 6I-year-old nun who was sleeping there, and got away with $6,000 in cash and
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    Kuala Reman Rubber
    13 17 r/'UALA Reman Rubber in February produced 130,700 lbs. of rubber
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    TWO TENNIS PLAYERS FOR N.Z. GAMES
    188 19 SINGAPORE, Mar. 15. lM yre Lawn Tennis Association will make I rn laments to send two men to compete in the loirrnament of the Britisti Empire Games to Jf n r, \>w Zealand from Feb 13 next year. w n M s decided at
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    Lall Singh Scores 61 Not Out
    170 19 SINGAPORE. Mar. 14. Lali <••-1 praming the India:. -.ss »'i.it!on, scored 41 no* tl e Indians met R.A.F C angi In a game of or: Cn*ng. yesterday This '*;>■ l..i: Singh’** seoonG eor.*»rat:v. o:g score sine# th» *r ike a son opened L.i>- inih;-
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    St. ANTHONY’S WIN 2 GAMES
    42 19 SINGAPORE Mar. 15. u'; M s School beat St. *> mat <^ l v <- r.cK s, yesterday. Aathoi game, st. -'-Ml. the 1 lt Qt and J, ot. A r »t r teun :ne Alo.siu 1 scor d by
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    MACLEAN WINS GOLF TITLE
    46 19 1 ><lJR Mar. 14. W k /'< M AN won the c hau Golf Club -°4 im y and tw. r< Skene three duritp —hole final Score," Maclea: v out l'- lKerie 41, home Sunda, > :cne 43 •Skene 3g -Maclean 41, Maclean 38.
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    RECS DEFEAT CHANGI 2nd XI
    278 19 SINGAPORE, Mar. 13. A fifth-wicket stand between i. Choppard and J. Ross whicn realised 57 runs paved the way for the Singapore R-creation Club's victory over the R.A.F. Changi 2nd XI on the Padang yesterday. The Airmen totalled 121 The S.R.C. lost four wickets for
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    S’pore best in RAF shoot
    138 19 SINGAPORE, Mar. 13. SINGAPORE Royal Air Force personnel swept the board the Royal Air Force (Far Bast) Small Arms Association meeting, which was concluded on Friday at the Singapore Rifle Association range. Teams from Ceylon and Hong Kong took part. The Commander-in-CLifcf. RAF., Far East,
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    Cheerful Lads Win
    27 19 SINGAPORE. Mar. 10. The Cheerful L/'ds defeated Singapore District by two goals to one In a friendly soccer match played at Fort Canning yesterday.
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    C.S.C. Draw 2-all
    38 19 SINGAPORE, Mar. 10. IN a friendly match a; St. George’s yesterday the 80.D.C.A. were held to two-all draw by the Ceylon Snorts Club. Scorers for the 8.0 D were: I. M. Anguillia (2). David and
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    Perak T.C. Profit Of $21,000
    131 19 f'roni Our Suif IPOH, Mar. 14. THI. Perak *urt Club made 1 a net profit of $21,041.07 during 1948 according to the committee’s report to be presented at the annual general meeting on March Owners received $707,884.44 last year in stakes, trophies, added money and
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    CHESS RESULTS
    106 19 SINGAPORE, Mar. 13. J>ESULTS of yesterday’s ties in the third round of Singapore Chess Championship were: Lim Eng Hoe v. B. R. Vakil postponed; J. Mathews 0, Tay Cheong Ann 1; M. Yassin 0, Chow Wai Nam 1; E. Khaw 0. Lim Kok Ann 1; Kiong Chin Eng
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    Rough Play: SAFA Must Act Now
    316 19 SINGAPORE, Mar. 11. rtESPITE a few good games and some individual performances of merit, the Singapore league soccer season has started under a cloud of bad sportsmanship and ungentlemanly behaviour on the field. In just ten days of the season, we have had rough
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    Mrs. Townsley Wins Prize
    108 19 SINGAPORE Mar. 10. Mrs. G. Towrsley won the six hidden holes’ competition for the Lady Captain's Prize at the Island Club on Monday. The six hidden holes were Nos 1, 3 4. 6, 7. C and Mrs. Townsley's score was net 22. Next best scores were
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    WINNING GOAL IN LAST MIN.
    266 19 WINNING GOAL IN LAST MIN JOHORE BAHRU, Mon. EAGUE soccer was given a good start, yesterday when two of the strongest contenders for League honours met on the Istana padang for the opening match of the season which resulted in the well-deserved win for the Permuda Club who defeated the
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    R.S.G.C. Win 23-5
    32 19 SINGAPORE, Mar. 14. THE four-ball match between the Island Club and the Royal Singapore Golf Club played on the R.S.G.C. course, resulted In a 23-5 victory for the RSGC.
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    Recs beat Police by 109 runs
    409 19 SINGAPORE, Mar. 14. npHE Singapore Recreation Club bowler, Carl 1 Schubert, turned batsman for the day to score a chanceles s 91 for the Club against the Police in a first eleven fixture on the padang yesterday. The Rees were easy winners by 109
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    FOUR-WICKET WIN FOR CCMP
    70 19 SINGAPORE, Mar. 14. iN a game of (Ticket at St George’s Road ground, the C.C.M.P. dePated the BODCA by four wickets on Saturday. BODCA, batting first, were aii out lor 67 runs. Lowson contributing a useful 24. Bultjens took six for 22 and Relmers three for
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    METRICS BEAT J.B. ROVERS
    94 19 JOHORE BAHRU, Mar. 14 heavy shower of rain wnlch fell five mintej before the match was due to start turned the Istana padang into a quagmire when the Johore Rovers made their debut in League soccer yesterday. Their opponents were the Metric team who won two-nil.
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    SCHOOL SOCCER
    54 19 SINGAPORE, Mar. 16 to heavy rain, the first t»«m ‘oceer match between St. Joseph's Institution and St Andrew's School was nbnndemH at half time, when neither side had scored. St. Andrew’s S'hool won the second teem game with a goal rcored du r ing the first te n
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    TINS MOST ACTIVE ON THE MALAYAN SHARE MARKET
    642 20 From V Market Uorresponcient. TIN shares were most active on Malayan markets last week. Prices, still falling, attracted increased buving resistance and on Thursday it required only the simultaneous declaration of dividends by six Sterling Tin companies to impart a sharp upward
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    RUBBER CROPS
    28 20 1 YER Molek Kubbei lr. February harvested 30.803 lbs. o' rubber. IJUKIT Katll Rubber Estates last month produced a crop of 30 752 lb*, of rubber.
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    TIN OUTPUTS
    72 20 DAHMAN Hydraulic Tin un- nounces the following tin-ore outputs, in piculs: Julv Dec 48 4.215.36 Jail. 49 841.1! Feb. '49 864.23 <4# *4* IJAHANG Consolidated in bruary treated 8,300 ton.- and produced 133 tons of tin coneer.trates. says the Borneo Company. TPOH Tin Dreging’s No. 2 dredge (Puchong
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    LUNAS DIVIDEND
    28 20 T UNAS Rubber Estates directors recommend a final dividend ol 17% per cent, for 1948. not 17 per cent. a* stated in our advertising columns yesterday.
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    COCONUT OIL LACKS MARKET
    140 20 SINGAPORE. Mar. 15. Coconut oil min owners in Singapore are faced with a oicak future because of the increasing preference for copra rather than coconut oil by the United Kingdom and European buyers. There are now only lour coconut oil mills working on a part-time basis
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    Jelebu Tin Dredging
    17 20 IEI.EBU Tin prcdui'ea) 746 picuL- of Tin-or* i* th* quarter to Feb. 28. 1949.
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    Benta’s Cocoa Hopes
    217 20 DENT A Rubber Estates, in conjunction with certain other rubber companies, has joined a cocoa scheme to explore the possibilities of growing cocoa in Malaya The chuinnan told the annual meeting in Kuala Lumpur that on Benta they had an experimental plot of five acres and although
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    Linggi Plantations: Pref. And Ordinary Dividends
    154 20 LINGGI Plantations’ directors recommend a Prei* dividend of seven per cent, (equivalent to u !sd per £1 unit less tax at 95.) and Ordinary dividend id net (4.17 per cent.) per 2s. unit (equivalent to 7 >r cent, gross, with tax at 9s.>. The
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    ANGLO-ORIENTAL TIN OUTPUTS
    101 20 from Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 13. A NOLO ORIENTAL (Malaya reports the following February tin-ore outputs, in piculs: Am pat Dredging 1.050 Batu Selangor Dredging 224 Berjuntai Dredging 590 Jelapang Dredging 1.052 Knmunting Dredging (including Siam* 3.47a Kramat Dredging 651 Kuala Kampar Tin Fields 1.090
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    RUBBER CROPS
    42 20 r pCRQL'AND Youngs. McAulif! 1 antiourxe the following February rubber harvests, in lbs.: A lor Gajah Estate 18.300 Ayer Ponjs Estate 90 000 Glenealy riairtatlon*. 47 400 Kluang 6 l.OCO PHjam lSl.OoO Tambhiak Estates 23 170 TeltiK Ansrn Estate 62.753
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    The Week In Rubber
    202 20 SINGAPORE. M .2 Despite poor respond :r 01fl Home and Amert* the local market has be very buoyant, s ays Lewis ,v at* weekly rubber report Any slight setback in s immediately attracted s. buying powet. Wintering throughoi Malay* is reported to be p„: a ar
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    CHARTERED BANK DIVIDEND
    67 20 •pIE direc*ors of th* CiMrVred Bank of Ir.dia Australia and China recomnund a rtm l iiivide'ia Ol tlx c- r nt. subject make a tot *1 12 per cent :<>* lt)*d A sum of 100.000 vwill *.x to the pension fund ana tioOCt to the widows' and
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    MALAYAN SHARE QUOTATIONS
    853 20 SINGAPORE, Mar. IS. INDUSTRIALS A 4 Buyer SellfT AUas. Ice 15.00 16.00 Alex Bricks 2.77 K 2.86 Ora l 77 Wj 2 02«» B B Petrol 38/9 39/9 B M Trustees 7 50 8 50 Con rir. Smelter? Pref 23/6 24/6 Ora. 16/6 18/fc (Jtd Assui 40
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