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The Straits Budget
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Title Section32 1950-09-07 1 The Straits Budget THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES [ESTABLISHED OVER A CENTURY] I \Yv Scries No. 214. Singapore Thursday, September 7, 1950 Price 40 cents (S.S. Currency) Or 1 ah.32 words
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Advertisement103 1950-09-07 1 The STRAITS BUDGET Published in SINGAPORE on THURSDAY Delivered in LONDON on MONDAY SIX MONTHS SUBSCRIPTION $24.00 Arrangements have been made to send the “Straits Budget” by air to the United Kingdom weekly on Thursdays i.e. on publication day in Singapore. Under conditions we should he in a position to103 words
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Article357 1950-09-07 2 WITH reference to Mr. Pat Johnson’s criticism of the Press at last Thursday’s meeting of the Singapore Municipal Commission, may I say that I find the Straits Times reports of such meetings more illuminating than the official minutes? For instance, your issue of Dec.357 words
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Article129 1950-09-07 2 I HAVE been brought up 1 in the cultural background of the East and enlightened by the educative agencies of the West. I am certainly very glad to know that Mr, John Laycock will introduce a Bill on marriage at the next meeting rf the Singapore Legislative129 words
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Article154 1950-09-07 2 A HAND-GRENADE was thrown into a coffee shop at Sungei Siput on Aug. 29 at 8.45 p.m One man was killed and nine others injured. The violent explosion rocked the neighbourhood. The police, who were s ationed about 350 yards from the spot, did not154 words
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Article167 1950-09-07 2 AS A BACHELOR. 1 fully support the Marriage ft.11 sponsored by Mr. Laycock. but I wish to suggest that the date of effect for that Bill if it becomes an Ordinance should start from the date the Bill is approved by the Legislative Council in order not167 words
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Article68 1950-09-07 2 MR. J. C. Behague. in his Sept, l review of the French film. “Une Nuit A Tabarin,” warns those who have any streak of the prude within them to give it a wide berth I am not a prude, but what I would like68 words
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Article530 1950-09-07 2 Obituary Anker Rentse was bom in Denmark In 1896 and f went to Mount Austin Estate in Johore in 1924 In 1927 ne went to Kelantan as manager of Kuala Hau Estate and continued working there until the estate closed down in 1931. j Hp then became an530 words
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Article449 1950-09-07 2 FOR many years the stated policy tv 1 been that Malaya is to be self-gov l; L a has odd years ago, the Malay College at K t0rlJ was opened to train Malay boys for tiv ;,"'Ssar Beio:c ,V,; >er yice. Befo-c rno >ervi <*.449 words
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Article92 1950-09-07 2 (COMRADES, in the words of George Robey, desist! In the name of common sense, cease harrying the rubber output of Malaya. Better still, wade in and lend a hand to speed the passage of supplies to Russia while the going is good. Your tied masters92 words
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Article238 1950-09-07 2 pERMIT me to say a few words on the Parthian shot from the bow r of Mr. J. A. Thivy' concerning the recently formed Federation of j Indian Organisations. I have no intention of attacking Mr Thiv v in nLs absence He had his heart238 words
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Article105 1950-09-07 2 IHAVE read your editorial of Friday, headed “The North Ward.” on the Singapore Labour Party’s idea in calling on Mr. Pat Johnson to resign his seat on the Municipal Commission, as this was gained on a Labour ticket. It’s shocking to hear of such impudence in105 words
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Article30 1950-09-07 2 rcn t fXHJLD you find pen friend ab< years of age (a b°> to' get ilia iciea,- V( M* 9 Kalgoo'lie K«’i 1 Largs Bay. South Australia30 words
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Article797 1950-09-07 3 Straits Times. Aug. 31. the 33rd milestone on 0 n 's north trunk road ,]s Free Town. It is hard!ovvn yet, however, and d may never be one. But it is. Free Town is akably one of Malaya’s important villages. Here L,. on gathered a squatterStraits Times. Aug. 31. - 797 words
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Article319 1950-09-07 3 Straits Times. Aug. 31 Both in the Federation and in Singapore the authorities appear to he singularly help less against the sugar racketeer. Is control of a single commodity really so difficult If it is, perhaps the blame lies with past leniency There was a sugar racket inStraits Times. Aug. 31 - 319 words
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Article697 1950-09-07 3 Straits Times. Sept. We have been hearing a great deal lately about the amount ot time which the Singapore Municipal Commissioners have to give to committee meetings, and that has been advanced as the main reason why an allowance to the Commissioners is necessary. 1 There is noStraits Times. Sept. - 697 words
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Article396 1950-09-07 3 Straits Times, Sept. Mr. Pat Johnson’s resignation from the Singapore Labour Party as a result of disagreement over questions of policy, and the reported decision of the party’s executive committee to call on Mr. .Johnson to resign his seat as a Labour number of the Municipal Council,Straits Times, Sept. - 396 words
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Article877 1950-09-07 3 -Straits Times. Sept. 2 The selection of an educationist of high standing from outside Malaya to preside over the committee which is to inquire into Malay education is one of the wisest things that Sir Henry Gurney has done The committee which inquired into the troubles at-Straits Times. Sept. 2 - 877 words
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Article1060 1950-09-07 4 Straltst Times. Sept. 4. Public servants are not supposed to reply to criticism except through the prescribed official channels a procedure which usually means that by the time the reply is published the public has forgotten the allegations to which it refers. If ever thereStraltst Times. Sept. 4. - 1,060 words
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Article637 1950-09-07 4 oi snoi lam —Straits Tim** s ,pt For a country that is as dependent on imported foodstuffs as Malaya is. there is danger in the war scare market which has embraced so many commodities in the last few weeks. It is immaterial for the moment thatoi snoi lam —Straits Tim** s',pt ' - 637 words
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Article1003 1950-09-07 4 Straits Times. Sept. 6. Both in the Federal:-'" the Colony the first > been taken to secun t;.lation necessary for attack on the housing It is singular tha’ attention has been <» these two bills awl ir markable that tlu? e> ary difTerence bet we Il rns toStraits Times. Sept. 6. - 1,003 words
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Article47 1950-09-07 5 SINGAPORE. Sept. 6. Hearing was postponed yesterday in the Singapore Second Police Court till Oct. q }n a case in which Lim cnin Sene 23, a shop assistant, was charged with attempting suicide bv drinking caustic soda at China Street on Aug. fi-47 words
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Article321 1950-09-07 5 JOHORE BAHRU Sept. 5. AN inquiry was opened before Kathi Haji Ahmad, in the Kathi’s Court. Batu Pahat. yesterday, into the marriage of a Javanese girl at Malacca on July 9. The girl’s mother, it was stated bv the Inspector "f Religious Affairs, Batu Pahat, Inehe321 words
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397 1950-09-07 5 SINGAPORE, Sept. 6. CIX British Parliamentarians arrive in Sin- gapore at the end of next week to survey the situation here and in the Federation. Their programme is still being drawn up, but between them they will see as many things and meet397 words
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Article157 1950-09-07 5 SINGAPORE, Sept. 6. REMARKING that although the jury had taken a merciful view, it still remained a serious offence, Mr. Justice Evans yesterday sentenced Tan Kian Kee to four years* imprisonment on a charge of robbery of $1,000 from a contractor, Loh Chin. "There ran157 words
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Article176 1950-09-07 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Sept. 5. IN rough flying weather, in an R A F. Dakota. Church of England and Roman Catholic services were held above the scene of the Kelantan air crash today. Both padres stood holding life lines before containers with wreaths were dropped by parachute.176 words
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Article69 1950-09-07 5 From Our 0«n Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU. Sept. 5. Masinah binte Salim. 18-year-old wife of a driver employed by the Police, who was removed to the General Hospital from the Police barracks on Sunday night with a gunshot wound, died this morning at 1140. According to a69 words
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Article255 1950-09-07 5 ROXBURGH: On 31st August, 1950, to Stella, wife of E. Roxburgh. of the Central Fire Station. Singapore, a son. Malcolm Brian MAN: On August 30, 1950. at Penang, to Allwynne (ncc Reis), wife of Fran* Man. a son. STRATFORD: On Aug. 30. at Penang Maternity Hospital, to Maree, wife255 words
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Article25 1950-09-07 5 THE ENGAGEMENT is announced between Bruce Hall of New Romney, Kent, and Mirgucrito Oehlers, youngest daughter of Mr and Mrs. G. R Oehlers. Singapore.25 words
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Obituary141 1950-09-07 5 IN MEMORIAM HITCH AM—In loving memory ol Edward <Nrd> Hitcham the dearly beloved husband of Hannah Hltchtm who dad, Sept. 3rd.. '39. Some day we will understand IN MEMORY of F, Neelankavll Principal Royal English School) passed away 3rd September 1947. tUp country papers please copy DEATHS DENNE: On the141 words
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Article, Illustration1948 1950-09-07 6 Cecil S*'T - Cecil S*' T Silver Island THE island which you sec m the adjacent photograph lies at the northern end ol the Malacca Straits, about 75 miles north*-west ot Penang. It is an important mark for shipping, out 1 Mippose few men have ever set toot on it.Photograph by C A. Gibson-Hill - 1,948 words
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369 1950-09-07 7 SINGAPORE, Sept. 2. VI K. John Lay cock’s bill to ban marriages of children in the Colony under the age of lb wa> published in the Government Gazette last night. The bill consists of only three clauses and is one of the shortest ever369 words
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Article197 1950-09-07 7 SINGAPORE. St‘Dt. 2. SINGAPORE Hindus are drafting a new Hindu marriage bill for submission to the Colony Government for consideration. This bill, if it becomes law. will ban child marriage among Hindus and limit the minimum marriageable ase for girls at 16. The Hindu Advisory Board197 words
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Article71 1950-09-07 7 SINGAPORE. Sept. 2. ()NG YEW HUAT, provision an d wine dealer, attribut- his bankruptcy to pay- of heavy interests on wans at his public examinac!"n before the Chief Justice, lr Charles Murray-Anysley, yesterday. f n g, whose total indebtwas $17,000, denied that bankruptcy was caused by '■nnp71 words
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Article38 1950-09-07 7 SINGAPORE. Sept. 2. an Chin Tuan, of Geylang, acquitted in the SingaSecond Police Court yes- ‘V on a charge of atCng to extort $2 from Ho by putting him :ir of Injury at Lorong 14. ang.38 words
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Article325 1950-09-07 7 SINGAPORE. Sept. 2. pOUND guilty of firing a round from his pistol in a crowded barrack room, and. after he was arrested, using insubordinate and abusive language to his superior officer and damaging Government property, a 24-year-old British soldier. James Meadon, of the Queen’s Own325 words
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Article153 1950-09-07 7 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Sept. I. TAHE High Commissioner, Sir Henry Gurney will 1 leave by air for Singapore tomorrow and for London on Sunday. He is going to London for official talks concerning South-East Asia but he will also have a153 words
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Article41 1950-09-07 7 SINGAPORE. Sept. 2. The natural Increase of population in Singapore during the first seven months of the year was 19,586. births totalling 26.691 and deaths 7.105. Gn the week ending Aug. 26. Singapore had 633 births and 204 deaths).41 words
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Article23 1950-09-07 7 SINGAPORE. Sept. 2. Mr. John Grant Watson. Cadet A S P has been appointed a Justice ol the Peace for Singapore.23 words
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144 1950-09-07 7 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Sept. 2. this afternoon bandits surrounded a Chinese school in a village in Perak. Two bandits then entered the compound and shot dead the Chinese schoolmaster who was taking a physical training class. The bandits then opened fire on144 words
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Article92 1950-09-07 7 SINGAPORE Sept. 2. A F. Pope, owner of a garage in Anson Road, was gcouilted in the Singapore Third Police Court yesterday ol depositing nuts, bolts, screws and other unserviceable parts in his back Jane. Cross-examined by Pope, the overseer of the Town Cleansing Department, who served92 words
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Article111 1950-09-07 7 SINGAPORE. Sept. 2. FOUR members of the Singapore Rediffusion Employees’ Union, now on strike?, were interrogated yesterday by the Singapore C.I.D. It is understood that they were questioned in connection with the sabotage of Rediffusion equipment since the strike. One of them, an official111 words
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Article52 1950-09-07 7 From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU Sept, 1. Ooh Chok Kim. who is awaiting trial tin a charge of being found in possession of opium had his bail enhanced i*d by the Sessions Court from $500 to $1,000 because he attempted to run away during the course of52 words
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Article165 1950-09-07 7 lm. for Coast Watch SINGAPORE Sept. 2. THIRT Y-FOUR fast armoured launches and motor sampans, costing more than $1,000,000, are to be ordered for the Singapore Marine Police to strengthen security precautions along the Colony’s coastline. In addition, the Marine Police are recruiting 160 more men, raising their strength to165 words
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Article67 1950-09-07 7 SINGAPORE. Sept. 2. T'EO LIP LO, labour contractor, was fined $lOO, in default one month’s imprisonment, in the Singapore Second District Court yesterday, on a charge* of possessing opium apparatus at Duxton Hill. On a charge of having a tahil of opium. Teo was sentenced to two months’67 words
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Article43 1950-09-07 7 .SINGAPORE, Sept. 2 Chia Tong Kang, keeper of the Soon Lock Hotel, Townshend Road. Singapore was accused in the Singapore Second Police Court yesterday of failing to enter particulars of lodgers. The case will be heard on Sept. 26.43 words
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Article82 1950-09-07 8 SINGAPORE, Sept. 1. RA.F. authorities will keep an eye on traders, hoarding house keepers and others who try to make quick profits out of the services pay increases just announced. A spokesman at F.E.A.F. said last night: “We have machinery for dealing with any complaints82 words
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Article24 1950-09-07 8 SINGAPORE. Sept. 1. For selling ice-cream without a licence, four Chinese were each fined $2 in the Singapore Third Police Court yesterday.24 words
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Article203 1950-09-07 8 SINGAPORE. Sept. 1. r rwo pots of towgay (bean sprouts)— ojie grown in well-water and the other in tap water—were brought into the Singapore Municipal Council Chamber yesterday to support a committee decision disapproving a request by Rochorc District growers for retention of wells on the203 words
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546 1950-09-07 8 TWO M.C.s CRITICISE PRESS SINGAPORE, Sept. 1. rpHE manner in which certain newspapers in Singa- pore (no names mentioned) have reported meetings of the Municipal Commissioners, and have based opinion on "‘distorted facts” was strongly criticises by two members at the Commissioners" meeting yesterday. Mr546 words
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338 1950-09-07 8 FIRM’S ‘MERCY PLEA FOR EX-EMPLOYEE SINGAPORE, Aug. 31. A SINGAPORE firm, complainants in a case, yesterday pleaded to the Second District Judge to show mercy on their former employee after his conviction on a charge of misappropriating an air conditioning unit. The plea was made through the defence counsel, Mr.338 words
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Article96 1950-09-07 8 KUALA LUMPUR. Sept. 2. To greet their president, Mrs. S. W P. Foster Sutton, and Mrs. D. M. McDiarmid, and to bid farewell to Miss Mabel Marsh and Miss Beatrice Lynch, members of the Kuala Lumpur YWCA, will meet at supper on Monday at seven o’clock in96 words
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Article77 1950-09-07 8 SINGAPORE. Sept. 3. The following appointments \ure announced in Singapore yesterday: Mr. J. C. Barry, Assistant Commissioner of Police, to act as Secretary for Defence; Mr. W. Fox M.C.S.. to act as Secret- ry i. lor J nternal Affairs. Mr. M°rgan, M.C.S., to act as Assistant Secretary, Secr77 words
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491 1950-09-07 8 SINGAPORE, Sopl. i gINGAPORE has brought the present chaotic sugar situation on its own head hv buying, said the Singapore Secret in P f' C Economic Affairs, Mr. Andrew Gilmour 0r Press conference yesterday. a a Mr. Gilmour added: "While the y m au0491 words
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196 1950-09-07 8 ‘Creating A Precedent Says M. C. SINGAPORE. Sept. l gINGAPORE Municipal Commissioners yesterday referred back to the relevant committee an earlier decision allowing the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals to erect temporary kennels within the grounds of the Municipal Animal Infirmary at Kampong Java Road. Reterence back196 words
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Article62 1950-09-07 8 SINGAPORE. Sept. 1 A Teochew. Tang WJ Kwai. aged 35 P‘ euilty in the in ®“v» r Second* Police Court y day to theft of two P*", coats, three pairs K ine and two bottles of from Bianca t hire at North Briton Aug. 30. j62 words
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Article116 1950-09-07 8 SINGAPORE, Sept. THE assistant general manager ol R° hiri eX t Co., Mr. A. L. Harrison, leaves, on retirei week alter 36 years in the East. He i s returning to his home town of Aldershot. Mr Harrison has been with Robinson and Co.116 words
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386 1950-09-07 9 ‘LURID JOKES BY WOMEN DOCTORS IN CLINICS Commissioner Aceuses City Health Officers SINGAPORE. Sept. 1. 4 liliMiATIONS that lurid jokes” were “slung A at pregnant mothers” who visited the Singapore Municipal Infant Welfare Clinics were made by Mr. Pat Johnson (North Ward) at the Municipal Commissioners’ meeting yesterday. The jokes,386 words
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Article, Illustration26 1950-09-07 9 —P.R. picture.—P.R. picture. - 26 words
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Article258 1950-09-07 9 SMC Promotions SINGAPORE. Sept. 1. THE retention of key officers :n the Singapore Munici’jality beyond the retirement ace will not. in future, prejudice the chances of promotion of others in the mrvkv. it was decided by Municipal Commissioners at nthly ordinary meetyesterday. The Commissioners decid- this258 words
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Article69 1950-09-07 9 SINGAPORE. Sept. 1. ;k Quak. 37. was charged ‘-if* Singapore Second V' Court yesterday with iog the commission of a by offering $1.50 to a corporal at the police o Arab Street on Aug. 30. n, bribe was alleged to been offered to prevent action69 words
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Article25 1950-09-07 9 T r AHRU. Thurs.—Mr. haddocks. State Treasurer. ;int an, goes on leave this '-end. He will be succeedby Mr. G. H. D. Blount.25 words
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Article79 1950-09-07 9 SINGAPORE. Sept. 1. ANY attempt to give the Commissioners absolute discretion to exempt any property from being assessed was described as undesirable by Mr. A P. Rajah. (Prog. South Ward) in the Singapore Municipal Commissioners’ meet.ng yesterday. Mr Raiah successfully sought to defer a committee decision to79 words
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Article42 1950-09-07 9 SINGAPORE. Sept. 1. For entering the Singapore Harbour Board without a permit Tan Chong Kim, 24 ofChoon Guan Street and Wang Seng Mui. 66. of Lorong Tai Seng, were each fined $l5 in the Singapore Third Police Court yesterday.42 words
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Article297 1950-09-07 9 PREFERENCE FOR LOCAL BORN SINGAPORE. Sept. 1. DECAUSE Singapore Municipal Commissioners have run into ditYiculties in implementing their policy of giving preference for jobs in the Municipality to Singapore-born candidates, the matter is to be re-examined by the Establishments Board. At the Commissioners’ meeting; yesterday, criticism297 words
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Article74 1950-09-07 9 SINGAPORE. Sept. 1. The following persons have been appointed for three years to a Singapore Parole Board under the Children and Young Persons Ordinance: Mr. Justice T. A. Brown (Chairman). Mr. Rowland Lyne, Mr. Dong Chui Seng, Mr. O. V. San thou. Brig. F. W Harvey, Commissioner of74 words
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Article56 1950-09-07 9 From Our Own Correspondent SEGAMAT Thurs Brought up on a double charge before the Segamat Magistrate, lorry driver Lim Foot, of Labis, was fined $30. He was alleged to have carried nine passengers in his *»rry and, in addition, to have failed to affix the tax licence56 words
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Article258 1950-09-07 9 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR Aug. 31. r rHE Drainage and Irrigation Department. Johore. is now engaged in one of the biggest undertakings of its kind to be carried out in the country. It is known as the West Johore Drainage scheme and will258 words
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Article38 1950-09-07 9 SINGAPORE. Sept. 1 A 36-yoar-old trisha rider, i Seek Moh Choon, was lined j $1,500. or three months’ im- prisonment, in the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday I for assisting in a chap jl ki lottery.38 words
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Article311 1950-09-07 9 SINGAPORE, Sept. I. 4 N allegation that the Municipality, with elected Commissioners, was now taking three times as long to reach decisions on certain matters as when there were no elected members, was made in the full board meeting of the Singapore Municipal Commissioners yesterday by311 words
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350 1950-09-07 10 SINGAPORE, Aug. 31. pRACTICALLY all bakeries in Singapore, European and Chinese, will increase the price of a Mb loaf of bread from 20 to 25 cents from tomorrow. This follows the Government announcement that the flour trade will return to commercial channels —as350 words
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Article74 1950-09-07 10 SINGAPORE. Aug. 31. A 48-year-old woman, Wong Kit Lui, was acquitted in the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday on a charge of procuring a 14-year-old girl in Banda Street in July, 1949, for the purpose of prostitution. The magistrate. Mr P Clague, stopped the case after the74 words
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Article73 1950-09-07 10 From Our Staff Correspondent 1POH. Wed. The High Commissioner for the Feder- or s ir Henry Gurney, met gazetted police officers from Herak, Province Wellesley, ConreU Kodah at the C Chamber, Perak sta e Secretariat, Ipoh today. Mr Henry, who arrived bv i otTe! a r P73 words
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Article105 1950-09-07 10 SINGAPORE. Aug. 31. A SINGAPORE businessman, 36-year-old Mr. Leong Thian Chor, has been reported missing since Monday from his house in Bukit Panjang. Singapore Mr. Leong. of the Lam Seng Construction Co., in Beach Road, was last seen by his I clerk leaving his office. The105 words
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Article83 1950-09-07 10 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Aug. 30. CINCE May 15, Muslim k food has been provided on the day mail trains between Kuala Lumpur and Penang. A similar service will be provided on the dav mail trains between Kuala Lumpur and Singapore, starting on Friday.83 words
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Article283 1950-09-07 10 SINGAPORE. Aug. 31. 'Sfilf* Singapore Government 1 expected to make a i statement today on the sugar 1 position and the reasons for the unofficial ••rationing” system that has been introduced to the surprise and consternation of consumers. Meanwhile. Singapore coflee shops have put up the283 words
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Article19 1950-09-07 10 From Our Staff Correspondent RAUB. Wed.—Mr. K. A. i u.gam. postmaster at Tras, has been transferred to Klang.19 words
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Article53 1950-09-07 10 SINGAPORE. Aug. 31. The Commissioner-General, Mr. Malcolm MacDonald, and his Economic Adviser. Dr. F C. Benham, leave Singapore for London early next month to attend talks on plans for the economic development of South and South-East Asia Mr MacDonald will be the representative of the British53 words
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Article29 1950-09-07 10 From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU. Aug. 30. Eight Chinese hawkers were rl n d each in the Batu Pariat Police Court for causing Inconvenience to traffic.29 words
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Article151 1950-09-07 10 Bill On Marriage “Against Islam SINGAPORE, Aug. 31. J’HE Singapore Chief Kathi, Tuan Haji Aii, yesterday described the Bill on marriage to be introduced by Mr. John Laycock at the next meeting of the Singapore Legislative Council as “against the Islamic religion'’ The Bill if adopted, will nullify marriage between151 words
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153 1950-09-07 10 COLONY ‘NOT BUILDING FAST ENOUGH SINGAPORE, Aug i, THE building of houses in Singapore 1 ahead fast enough-even although Vis S in mendous problem. That is the view Purcell. a former acting Secrelirv for i h- Ct r Affairs in Singapore, who is now toori.. J" nes Fast Asia. urin153 words
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Article66 1950-09-07 10 KUALA LUMPUR. Aug. 30. Soosay Doss, a clerk attached to Malayan Railways, claimed trial this morning before Mr. A P Jack in the First Magistrate’s Court. Kuala Lumpur, on tw o charges that he had accepted $22 from Zakaradin on about May 20 and on June66 words
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176 1950-09-07 10 SINGAPORE, Aug. 31. T*HE St. Clair organ in the Victoria Memorial Hall is to be examined by an expert this week-end, and he will report to the Singapore Municipality on the probable cost of its total repair. Mr. J A. Riddell, of Kuala Lumpur,176 words
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Article49 1950-09-07 10 From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU. Aug 30 Teng Ting Chov and Md. Said bin Yusof. of Singapore, were each fined $3O in the Johor.} Bahru Police Court today for conveying passengers in their taxis to Johore without holding a Federation licence or Public Vehicle Service permits49 words
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Article30 1950-09-07 10 SINGAPORE. Aug. 31. Found gambling under the stage of a Chinese wayang in Queen Street. Lim Toh Hock. 19. was fined $5 in the Second Polic? Court yesterday.30 words
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Article155 1950-09-07 10 CHINESE REMIT FEWER SINGAPORE. Aug. 31 MALAYA S remittance trade with Red China has •slumped by nearly 90 Decent during the laat few months. Mr. Lim Soo Bar president of the Singapore Chinese Remittance Shorn Association, told the Strait* Times yesterday. Many of the remittance shops in Singapore, which previously155 words
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Article159 1950-09-07 10 SINGAPORE. Aug. 31 CJTATING that full investigat ions by the police into the case were required. the Singapore Assistant Coroner Mr. Choor Singh, yesterday adjourned an inquest or. a young Chinese woman ti.i Sept. 5. The woman. Liaw Puay. was found dead in her159 words
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Article49 1950-09-07 10 From Our Own Corrr-|HW‘ JOHORE BAHRV. Lam Poon. Lai K<> Han, Lay Seek ami labourers at the (1 station in Plr-nlonr h* who were charter! with having in their o jf ion a smoking nil* 4 ai u a tin of chandu dross trial The hearing poned.49 words
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1244 1950-09-07 11 JOSEPH MICHAEL NONIS, a short, slightly-built Eurasian wireless operator, jesterda\ claimed trial and reserved his defence alter Mr. D. A. F>fe, the Singapore Relief Court Magistrate, had committed him to stand trial at the next assizes on a charge1,244 words
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Article39 1950-09-07 11 SINGAPORE. Sept. 1. A Somerset House official. Mr. H. M. Fletcher, arrived in Singapore yesterday by QEABOAC Constellation from London. He is to be attached to the Federation government for three years as Deputy Registration Officer.39 words
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Article71 1950-09-07 11 SINGAPORE, Aug. 31. r THREE Singapore businessmen—the first to face charges of ignoring the Holiday Ordinance Bill—will attend the Singapore Third Police Court soon to answer charges made against them by the Singapore l abour Department. The Deputy Labour Commissioner, Mr. C. W. Lyle, told the71 words
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Article44 1950-09-07 11 SINGAPORE. Aug. 31. Judgment was reserved in the case in which Perlman, 26. and Veerappan Chlnnatamby, 37. claimed trial in the Third Police Court to possessing 200 lb. of leaf tobacco dutiable at $880. Mr. J Pillai was for the defence44 words
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Article192 1950-09-07 11 SINGAPORE, Aug. 31. liHREE men were injured—two seriously—in an explosion on board H.M.S. Barwind yesterday morning two miles south of Singapore. The vessel, attached to the Boom Defence Depot, Loyang, Singapore, was clearing wreckage. Lt. Ronald Smith R.N., and Able Seaman A A. Bing, are192 words
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Article234 1950-09-07 11 SINGAPORE. Aug. 31. A FREE-FOR-ALL fight when lights went out following the last dance on the joget modern stage at the Happy World on June 3 night was described in the Singapore Second Police Court yesterday. In the dock stood two brothers. Robert Tan, 21, and234 words
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Article29 1950-09-07 11 SINGAPORE. Aug. 31. The following have been appointed Fishery Officers in Singapore: Messrs Sih Kim Soon Yap Boon Tat. Ong Sw<** Guan and Abdul Rahman bin Noordln.29 words
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Article177 1950-09-07 11 SINGAPORE. Aug. 31. TWO armed Malay police constables were held up and their guns stolen by a gang of unidentified men in Guillemard Road, Geylang, late last night. The constables, from Qeylang station were on patrol In Geylang when they asked a man for his identity177 words
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Article108 1950-09-07 11 SINGAPORE. Aug. 31. Chief Justice. Sir Charles Murray-Anysley. In the Singapore Supreme Court yesterday, reserved judgment in the suit brought by Kwek Soo Kiat and Kwek Soo Nglap. two sons of the late Kweg Eng Khiang. against Tan Ah Siang, second wire and administratrix of the $100,000108 words
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Article23 1950-09-07 11 1*IIE GOVERNOR of Singapore has granted the Rev. Father P. K. Abraham a licence to solemnise marriages in the Colony.23 words
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Article146 1950-09-07 11 SINGAPORE. Aug. 31. THROUGH Singapore on Monday flashed a cable which was going round the world back to London. Its journey lasted 53.6 secondsbeating the 1924 record by 26 4 seconds. The occasion was the opening of an exhibition commemorating the laying of the146 words
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Article44 1950-09-07 11 SINGAPORE. Aug. 31. Ong Teng Foon 43. of Alexandra Road claimed trial in the Singapore Third Police Court yesterday to fraudulent possession of 22 Iron bars belonging to the Singapore Harbour Board. Bail of $100 was allowed until Sept. 644 words
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337 1950-09-07 12 Union leaders discuss grievances with C-C SINGAPORE, Aug. 31. THE Commissioner-General, Mr. Malcolm MacDonald, yesterday assured the Singapore Federation of Services Unions that he would make a personal approach to Mr. John Strachey, Secretary of State for the Colonies, for information regarding the union’s337 words
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Article, Illustration64 1950-09-07 12 of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia. Mr. E. B. Richardson, arrived in Singapore yesterday afternoon by QEA-iiOAC from Australia en route to the International Monetary Fund annual meeting in Paris. He is pictured (left) at Kalians airport with Mr. S. J. Wright and the Australian Trade Commissioner-Straits Times picture. - 64 words
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Article177 1950-09-07 12 SINGAPORE. Sept. 1. 'J’HE Federal Flag will be hoisted on the new community centre at the Johore State Leper Camp. Jalan Scudai, by Madam Ngan Hong, who has been a patient in the came for 27 years, on Sept. 16. which is the eve of the177 words
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Article103 1950-09-07 12 From Our Staff Correspondent SEREMBAN, Aug. 31. A verdict of suicide while of unbalanced mind was recorded at an inquest on a British soldier Craftman Derek Henry James, who shot himself through the mouth at the Rasak military Camp. Seremban. Craftsman John Le Grice stated that James103 words
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Article55 1950-09-07 12 r .°™/w Ur wn Correspondent x t; HAHRU Aug. 30. S. gainst whom the M ‘tri Besar, Johore. had an (jrc ter restricting his n.on and movement, was 111 Y °ng Peng in con- •>y*ntion of that order, was menced to 12 months’ simirn prison men t by55 words
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Article69 1950-09-07 12 SINGAPORE. Aug. 31. An 18-year-old Chinese who was stopped by a police corporal while cycling along Beach Road was found with a cloth bag containing dutiable tobacco, it was stated in the Singapore Third Police Court yesterday. He was Tan Seng Lo, of Jeddah Street, who69 words
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Article67 1950-09-07 12 SINGAPORE. Sept. 1. Found guilty of possessing 200 lbs. of leaf tobacco dutiable at $BBO. Poriman. aged 26, of Woodlands Road, was tim'd $5,000. or in default nine months’ rigorous imprisonment, in the Singapore Third Police Court yesterday. The court allowed bail of $5,000 in two67 words
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Article465 1950-09-07 12 SINGAPORE. Aug. 31. THE Singapore Teachers Union has proposed a A compulsory post-Normal course for teachers with less than 12 years’ service to raise their basic qualifications and to admit them to a unified education service. This proposal, with other suggestions for unification in the education465 words
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Article199 1950-09-07 12 SINGAPORE S«‘p* i THE first two offenders against the Weeklv Holidays Ordinance were fined $10 each in the Singapore Third Police Court yesterday Chua Kim Ton. of chuu Song Leo. Adam Four 1 pleadcd guilty to failin'* *o remain entirely closed on a day specified by199 words
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Article60 1950-09-07 12 I rom Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR A Ig The British soldier killed by bandits in Pahang on Monday morning was Private David Frew, of the 1st Battalion Seaforths. He was buried at Cheras Road Cemetery in Kuala Lumpur yesterday afternoon. The officer <.: the same regiment, who60 words
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Article126 1950-09-07 12 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 31 MR. G. A. A. Denne, manager of a rubber estate in Pahang, was murdered by terrorists on t estate this morning. He was on routine rounds a was accompanied by two Malay special constao one of whom was126 words
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Article78 1950-09-07 12 From Our Staff Correspondent MALACCA. Wed.—The Resident Commissioner, Mr. G. E. C. Wisdom, has accepted the post of President of the Settlement Youth Council. Others on the Youth Council Advisory body are: Mr D. K. Swan, Mrs. K. M. Canrisdell, secretary of the Settlement Welfare Council. Dr.78 words
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Article72 1950-09-07 12 From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG. F OR the first t.me r history, the Ie J 1 vi Maternity Hospital 3S have a woman its medical officer. nr. (Miss) Lim wi who, from tomoir take over as actm*. f cal officer from K Dr LoT’is retirins W72 words
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Article36 1950-09-07 12 1 SINGAPOK1 Ramasamy Arum' charged in the d.O Second Police Cou» with theft of a be Stanley Street on He was alternate ed with dishonest! stolen property 1 guflty. Ramasann lowed bail ol36 words
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362 1950-09-07 13 IPOH, Sept. 2. JHE YUK CHOY Primary School in Hugh Low Street in the heart of Ipoh town was hit by a rocket released accidentally from one of six R.A.F. fighter planes engaged the whole of fhis morning in straffing bandit lairs in Perak.362 words
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Article160 1950-09-07 13 SINGAPORE. Sept. 3. •THE Malayan Communist 1 Party has threatened to down the Rediffusion head offices, in Singapore, a Govt rnment statement issued vesterday revealed. Th»* Party has also sent threatening pamphlets to the private addresses o' those who have continued to work i with160 words
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Article136 1950-09-07 13 SIN GAp ORE. Sept. 3. ONTINUING their intensive drive against opium ’g igglers, Singapore Customs !:u*ers last month seized appr \imately $275,000 worth of ”11 >v opium. r < ;i z H res of opium in August out] ed 734 lbs. against 179Vilbs *n July. T is now136 words
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Article56 1950-09-07 13 ALA LUMPUR. Sept. 2. tmck driver attained M0 R A.F., Zainai bin il n. was yesterday fined ,r four months’ impri1 nt, bv Mr. A. P jack ‘c First Magistrate’s on a charge of dan: rf*r- driving. w.is also disqualified holding a driving for 18 months.56 words
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Article87 1950-09-07 13 SINGAPORE. Sept. 3. Lee phua. a 34-year-oid woman, living in Bco Lane, was sentenced to one month’s rigorous imprisonment in the Singapore First District Court yesterday for not possessing an identity card. For failing ‘to produce her identity card on demand by a police constable and for87 words
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Article41 1950-09-07 13 From Our Staff rorrespondent KUALA LUMPUR. Fri -The contract for the erection of a new transmitting station at Oiugor. Penang, f~r the Broadcasting Department has been awarded to Quah sin Kheng at a cost of $11,040.41 words
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Article, Illustration763 1950-09-07 13 SINGAPORE, Sept. 3. yiOLENT manoeuvrings of the Dakota he was seated in a sudden crash a blackout regaining consciousness in a heavy sea 100 miles from the Malayan coast with the bodies of two companions floating beside him for a while before disappearing—no sign of the—Sunday Times picture. - 763 words
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Article152 1950-09-07 13 SINGAPORE. Sept. 3. SIR Henry Gurney, High Commissioner of the Federation, who left Kallang airport yesterday morning for London, said: “I leave at a time of intense activity in the Federation.’’ Sir Henry in an exclusive .’Statement, told the Straits Times: “There will be plenty of developments152 words
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Article154 1950-09-07 13 SINGAPORE. Sent. 3. HO FOOK TIN. a Singapore rubber iactory worker. I had acid thrown on his face yesterday morning while he was waiting for a trishaw at Middle Road. His left eye. face and body were burned. He told the Police that the acid was154 words
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Article79 1950-09-07 13 KUALA LUMPUR. SeDt. 2. Because of the Emergency, Miss Patsie May Andersen, daughter of Mr. I. E. Ar'dcrsen, ol St. Andrew Estate, Batang Beruntai, had to have her 21st birthday party in Kuala Lumpur today. It would have been too dangerous to have invited79 words
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Article48 1950-09-07 13 SINGAPORE. Sept. 4 Lai Hnk Siam, Of North Bridge Road, Singapore, claimed trial in the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday to a charge of distributing hand-bills advertising a treatment for venereal disease, contrary to the Indecent Advertisements Ordinance The case will be heard on Sept. 27.48 words
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812 1950-09-07 14 SINGAPORE, Sept. 2. TWO Municipal lady doctors vigorously 1 protested yesterday at allegations made in the Municipal Commission by Mr. Pat Johnson (Independent Labour —North Ward) that “lurid jokes” were “slung at pregnant mothers” who visited the Municipal Infant Welfare Clinics. The doctors are the812 words
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Article56 1950-09-07 14 SINGAPORE. Sept. 2 The leprosy settlement in Yeo Chu Kang Singapore, will be known as Trafalgar Home it was announced in a Government gazette last night Dr. A. L Greenway, will be the officer in charge and Dr L. E. Davies and Dr. Poh Chee Juay have56 words
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70 1950-09-07 14 THE ACTING MUNICIPAL President, Mr. T. P. F. Mcneice, with Mr. C. F. J. Ess, the Progressive Party Commissioner for West Ward, were yesterday taken for a ride in one of the new motor trishaws which a Singapore motor firm is seeking to put oil the road. The vehicle was– Slraits Times picture. - 70 words
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Article229 1950-09-07 14 Bv A Special Air Correspondent SINGAPORE, Sept. 2. AS dusk fell over the South China Sea tonight aircraft and surface vessels turned homewards from the two-day search they have been making for an R.A.F. Dakota which crashed early yesterday about 100 miles from the229 words
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Article278 1950-09-07 14 SINGAPORE. Sept. 1. THE object of the Thrift and Loan Society is to enable members to dispose of their financial resources to the best advantage and. in this way, to increase their standard of living, said the Governor. Sir Franklin Gimson, last night. He was278 words
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Article137 1950-09-07 14 PLANE FLEW CH SINGAPORE. Sept RAD weather over Kuala Lumpur airfielcl carried an anxious Malavan Airways passenger away from the wedding of her daughter—which she had come from Perth 2,230 miles away, to attend The woman was Mr,- m M Barker, of Perth, and over to137 words
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Article281 1950-09-07 14 SINGAPORE, Sept. 2. a 50-YEAR-OLD Sarawak Chinese woman, who ha* conceived 24 times during her married life, and two of her daughters are now in Singapore to learn birth control methods from the Family Planning Association. The mother and on< daughter hope to form a similar281 words
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Article129 1950-09-07 14 SINGAPORE. Sept. 2. MR. R. C. B. Wiltshire, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Singapore Criminal Investigation Department, will act as Commissioner of Police in the Colony when Mr. R E Foulger leaves to take up a new appointment in London at the end of next129 words
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Article62 1950-09-07 14 SINGAPORE. Sept. 1. Ang Kim Kow. 32. and Ong Kin Sin. 18. were found guilty in the Singapore Third Police Court yesterday of theft of copper wire valued at $26.30 from a military camp in Buona Vista Road. They were each sentenced to one month’s imprisonment. Neo62 words
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Article215 1950-09-07 15 SINGAPORE, Sept. 5. fill ;'uct that Johore Bahru might become Singa1 |io: e's Gretna Green if his proposed marriage gill s passed, was admitted yesterday by Mr John i 3 u i k. Legislative Councillor for Municipality Sortr. -East Division. y r ..-iverock said he215 words
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Article68 1950-09-07 15 APORE. Sept. 5. At British rating, J ck Prior, was •ho Singapore v'e Court yesterday u’Avmpted housebreaking into ♦ho Metphl Hotel on 1 Av e. 28. over for one surety of D J. Meta, prothe court that liman saw Prior to enter the buildJ'dli a window68 words
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Article45 1950-09-07 15 SINGAPORE. Sept. 5. -'ah. Lee Cheong. was in the Singapore District Court yesterv J,' trespassing at Tang- -‘racks on Dec. 5 last > 0 r Inspector C. W. Such. 'tng, said that Lee '*n warned previously f P clear of the bar-45 words
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Article40 1950-09-07 15 SINGAPORE. Sept. 5. 'tan, Leoiig Yee Mui, p d S5 in the Singapore ♦'strict Court yesterlailing to replace her 'ntity card. M, ng woman. Goh Ah who failed to notify npe of address in her as fined $1040 words
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Article185 1950-09-07 15 SINGAPORE Sept. 5. RUSSIAN spies are believed i to be operating in Sinj gapore—not Russians carryi ing concealed cameras but agents of all races. Yesterday, a spokesman of the Singapore Police declined to make any concrete statement on a Taipei report that in his confession, a185 words
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Article104 1950-09-07 15 SINGAPORE. Sept. 5. piVE Chinese were charged 1 in the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday with being present in a hut in Sved Aiwi Roaa for deleterious drugs to be idministered to them. Mah Kim Hock, the occupier i o[ tiie hut. was charged with104 words
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Article45 1950-09-07 15 From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAIIRU, Mon. Five Kulai Chinese were charged in the Johorei Bahru police court today with being m unlawful possession of two piculs of rubber on Kelan Estate. They claimed trial and were allowed bail m *3OO each.45 words
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Article, Illustration342 1950-09-07 15 SINGAPORE. Sept. 5. A NEW $500,000 tuberculosis centre most modernly equipped in Asia and handling 1,200-1,500 patients daily, is to be opened 100 yards behind Anson Road, Singapore, about August to next year, Mr. C. L. Edwards, chairman of the Singapore AntiTuberculosis Association, said yesterday.342 words
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Article27 1950-09-07 15 SINGAPORE. Sept. 5. A 15-year-old Chinese boy who pleaded guilty in the Third Police Court yesterday to playing dire for cigarettes, was cautioned and discharged.27 words
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Article26 1950-09-07 15 SINGAPORE. Sent. Chun Yuen Sung, aged 37, was acouitted in the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday of assisting in :t public lottery In Temple Btreet.26 words
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Article103 1950-09-07 15 SINGAPORE. Sept. 5. SENTENCE of one year s imprisonment was passed yesterday by Mr Justice Evans in the Singapore Assizes on Ong Thiam Lock, who pleaded guilty to unlawful possession of 500 taels of gold on May 23 last. Ong was found in a103 words
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Article53 1950-09-07 15 SINGAPORE. Sept. 6. Goh Eng Lok, 27, of Pasir Panjang Road, was acquitted n the Singapore Third Police Court yesterday of theft of two gallons of petrol from a military truck in dementi Road on May 24 Ali bin Ahmad, 22, of Gillman Barracks, was acquitted of53 words
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Article151 1950-09-07 15 Govt asked for welfare officer SINGAPORE. Sept. 5. THE Singapore Civil Service Association is asking Government for a full-time welfare otTlcer to attend the welfare and interests of government servants, states the Association’s annual report released yesterday. The report points out that welfare officers have been appointed in the Police151 words
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Article67 1950-09-07 15 SINGAPORE. Sept. 5. S Ramasamy. 20. ot Btishoy Park, was charged in the Singapore Third Police Court yesterday with housebreaking into a room occupied by a woman. Asbah blnte Ismail. on Sunday morning. Bail of $f>00 in two sureties was allowed until Sept 11. SINGAPORE, Sept. 5. One67 words
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100 1950-09-07 15 SINGAPORE. Sept. 5. SINGAPORE Government pensioners will he allowed to use the subordinate staff holiday bungalows in Tanjong Rhu subject to certain conditions. r rh’.s privilege was sought by pension e:s from government, through Mr John Laycock. Legislative Councillor for Municipal North-East, who forwarded their100 words
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Article61 1950-09-07 15 SINGAPORE, Sept. rt. Sentence of six month*’ imprisonment was imposed bv fir* Singajxire First District Judge Mr H K. Kingdom on Tan Shwee Kim, '•onvirted of ofTerlm* a bribe f $30 to a con dable et the Sub-Depot 223 BOD Kranjl on Ail" B61 words
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Advertisement71 1950-09-07 15 I) fi STRAITS BUDGET SUBSCRIPTION RATES (PAYABLE IN ADVANCE! ■Mv r!v S;nt,n|>»re rov.o Area a f> 10 10.40 ilO.rfO hr S*iii(s (Inclu'i'Jift Pitstai.**' < 5.73 11. BO 13.00 Budget ran be sent b> orelgn I in III'* ng postage! o.T:» 2 (o. express air *lv issues servire to the lulled71 words
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Article275 1950-09-07 16 SINGAPORE, Sept 6. THE Christian Marriage Bill, which was gazetted in the Federation of Malaya a fortnight ago, and caused general consternation among Methodists because it cast 9ome doubt on the legality of Methodist marriages, is now being re-drafted. Tne Methodist Bishop for South-East Asia. Dr. Raymond275 words
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195 1950-09-07 16 SINGAPORE. Sept. 6. f A GUIDE, counsel, and friend of the elected I Councillors”—that was how j Mr John Laycock <Munici-i pality North-East), during' the adjournment at yester- day’s special meeting of th** i Singapore Legislative Council. j described Mr. L. W. Donougn Clerk of195 words
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Article25 1950-09-07 16 SINGAPORE. Sept. 6. Mr. R Green has been appointed a Visitor to the Mental Hospital. Singapore. ;n Diace of Mr Lim Bock Kee25 words
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Article182 1950-09-07 16 SINGAPORE. Sept. 6. 'TUBERCULOSIS in Sin- gapore is receiving serious attention by the members of the Medical Department. The acting Colonial Secretary. Mr. W. L. Blythe, stated this at the special meeting of the Legislative Council yesterday. Mr Blythe was replying to Mr John Laycock182 words
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Article75 1950-09-07 16 SINGAPORE. Sept. 6. “OING.APPORE is the best O spot in the Far East.” Rear Admiral W. D. Wright. Executive Director of the U.S. State Department’s Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs. said on leaving the Colr.ny yesterday by KLM aircraft for Jakarta after a two-day visit.75 words
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Article175 1950-09-07 16 rom Our Start Correspondent IPOH, Sept. 5. “TIN price bonus” is to be given to mine workers but the maximum any employee will pet in a month will be $15. The Malayan Mining Employers Association, in a circular issued to members today. recommends a bonus175 words
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Article476 1950-09-07 16 A touching tale “From an Estate bungalow" by Planter’s Wife I WAS buying panties Mor Cookie’s baby as the two pups have already devoured two pairs and eaten the elastic, which seems to aDDeal to them. Perhaps this taste for elastic is due to the476 words
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258 1950-09-07 16 Colony’s ‘Best Beach To Be Developed PLAN F H A MARGATE’ IN S P o ft E SINGAPORE, Soot r THE Singapore Rural Board intends to dev 0 |<m a one-mile stretch of beach skirting thf hangi runway into “a miniature .Margate Described by the chairman of the Board' M,258 words
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Article130 1950-09-07 16 SINGAPORE. Sept a PO improve the electricity x supply in part ot China- o\vn and other areas south of the Singapore River. Municipal Commissioners have voted nearly $270,000 fer laying of about 6.000 yards oi A. C. mains. These new mains are exuected to relieve the overloading130 words
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Article347 1950-09-07 16 Man On Trial ‘In Same Unit From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Septt 5. A SURRENDERED bandit commander gave evidence in the Kuala Lumpur Supreme Court today at the conclusion of the case in which a 27-year-old Chinese, Toong Yin. was charged with consorting with bandits, loons Yin was convicted347 words
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272 1950-09-07 17 SINGAPORE Sept 3 M 0R f. th ,f n 100 P eo P|« lo st thc homes yesterday afternoon when a f ,re broke out suddenly on the first floor of an old brick dwelling;,0aso in Albert Street. The first floor was completely gutted while272 words
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Article68 1950-09-07 17 Kt \I.A LUMPUR. Sept. 3. \|K > P. Foster Sutton, u ho has been appointed Administering the (lover ament of the Federa.:ming the absence in I nglaml of the High Conilul..inner. Sir Henry Gurpo took the Oath of VUVtiiance and the Oath of this morning before68 words
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Article125 1950-09-07 17 INOAPORE. Sept. 4. I that government l :’j seriously consider .,v .1 i of the tuna fish .us expressed by the v .t: the North BorC:i.ur.Der of Commerce. V: j K S Malcolm, at the j• *.;nn of the Chamber Mr M.i'. n added that the125 words
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Article106 1950-09-07 17 SINGAPORE. Sept. 4. (jRKAr hopes for the cadet’s section of the Singapore John’s Ambulance H:r :i de. Chinese Corps, were 'p ressed by the Brigade Commissioner. Dr. DAB. at the annual in-;P*-rtion of the corps held yesterday at the Outram School padang. Aouut 200 people, including v106 words
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Article59 1950-09-07 17 TR ANSFERRED r m Staff Correspondent s M?EMBAN. Sun.—Mr. G. P. v l "d. until recently heads'-‘ 'f of King George V Seremban, has been >Uf *ci to act as head'r of the High School ,f, a. Mr. A. L. M.tCorkm- ntil recently Inspe t or bools, Perak Nor f59 words
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Article82 1950-09-07 17 SINGAPORE. Sept. 4. Harper the Australian jockey who drove through a bandit ambush in Jonore about three months' ago, will be buck in the saddle again at Bukit Timah on Saturday. Smiling cheerily and pleased to be back again, Mr. Harper accompanied by his wife and82 words
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Article36 1950-09-07 17 SINGAPORE Sept. 3. For entering the Singapore Harbour Board without permits, Mohamed Mohideen. of Cecil Street, and Chua Lai, of Church Street, were each fined S15 in the Singapop Third Police Court yesterday36 words
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Article507 1950-09-07 17 SINGAPORE. Sept. 4. VO survivors were found when the combined Army 41 and Police rescue team reached the crashed K.A.F. Dakota in the Kelantan jungle as light was failing tonight. Evidence was that the 11 people aboard the ‘plane died instantaneously when it crashed on the507 words
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Article284 1950-09-07 17 SINGAPORE, Sept. 1. gINGAPORE is to have a nautical school to k; train locally navigating officers and engineers for the merchant marine, whose tickets will be recognised all over the world. The school, it is understood, will he maintained initially from the proceeds of the Mercantile284 words
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Article105 1950-09-07 17 1 SINGAPORE. Sept. -4. THE Singapore Labour Party has decided to invite the members of the Municipal Commission, to attend the General Council meetings of I the party. The party general council arrived at this decision aftei la prolonged discussion on the issue. The General Council is105 words
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185 1950-09-07 17 SINGAPORE, Sept. 4. 1'HE giant airfield in the Cocos-Keeling Islands in the Indian Ocean, which was built by the K.A.F. during the war, will soon be in use again as an alternative to Kallang airport on the Commonwealth route from Australia to Britain.185 words
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Article53 1950-09-07 17 i HUKIT MERTAJAM Sept. 3 Charged with trespassing on the Prai Wharl on August 31 four women Hoe G: ah. Tan Soo. Teoh Say and Lai S r Neoh pleaded that they wen' there “merely to pPk oyst ers.” All four had a previous i conviction and53 words
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Article148 1950-09-07 17 SI NO A PORK. Sept. 2. I EONARD Fred Phipps, a European, was yesterday found guilty and sentenced to one month’s simple imprisonment by the Singapore First District Judge, Mr H. E Kingdom on each of three charges of “intending to insult the modesty of a148 words
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1022 1950-09-07 18 EPSOM JEEP - By EPSOM JEEP KUALA LUMPUR, Sept. 2. OTKANGEL1 neglected in the betting in spite of his fine win over 7f. on the first day, Ashok (Healey) scored a convincing two-length win in the 6f. sprint for Class 3, div. 1 horses to pay1,022 words
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Article290 1950-09-07 18 SINGAPORE, Sept. 2. AfUCH improved Europeans XI defeated the Eurasians by three goals to one in the Intercommunity League match at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday. Europeans controlled play in the first half. Their nippy forwards were constantly dangerous while the defence were almost impassable. Controlling play290 words
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Article92 1950-09-07 18 SINGAPORE. Sept. 4. Lynch’s XI trounced Sowray’s XI bv an innings and 94 runs in a Singapore Cricket Club home-and-home game on the padang yesterday. Scores in brief were: SOWRAY’S XI 52 (Sowray 22. McVicar 13 Lynch two for none. Truscott two for seven, Cague two for92 words
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Article224 1950-09-07 18 SINGAPORE. Sept. 4. I'NJAVAL Base bowmen held their Autumn tournament at Seletar yesterday—the biggest meet in Malaya’s archery history. Competitors were invited trom all parts of Malaya and entries were greater than ever known prei viously in archery in this country The Malayan film-unit recorded224 words
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165 1950-09-07 18 KUALA LUMPUR. Sept. 3. L>AHMAT Kanaivi rode more than one lap—over three and a third miles —on a flat tyre, lost a mile and a half in changing wheels, then went on to finish the 50 mile cycle race held in Kuala165 words
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801 1950-09-07 18 Municipal elections will be held in Penang in December, 1950. for the first time since they were dropped in 1913. The following cuttings from the Straits Echo of 1911, which have been preserved in the Penang Municipal Offices, give an interesting801 words
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522 1950-09-07 19 A.S. COUNCIL RESIGNATIONS From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Sept. 1. Dl iKEEMENT over the rejection by the Foot1 Association of Selangor of an application uiala Lumpur sports club to participate in the US. League was one of the reasons—if not pie iin reason522 words
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Article308 1950-09-07 19 SINGAPORE. Sept. 1. 'J'HE SINGAPORE Olympic and Sports Council has decided to ask the International Olympic Committee for clarification on the question of pan-Malayan affiliation. Mr. G. E. N. Oehlers. raising the subject at the Council’s monthly meeting held at the Y.M.C.A. on Thursday, suggested that308 words
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Article111 1950-09-07 19 SINGAPORE. Sept. 4. THE Colony’s up and coming cyclist. 20-year-old Goh Poll Soon won the 25-mile Time-Trial, staged along Lim Chit Kang RoaJ yesterday. Gob’s time was lhr. 11 min. 30 sec. Second in the race was 18-year-old JaiTar bin Zazuli of the Malay Union Cycling111 words
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Article39 1950-09-07 19 From Our Staff Correspondent IPOH Wed. Au-Yong Kok Choon. doing a practice round on the Pe-ak Turf Club golf course at the weekend, did the sixteen h hole, a distance of 142 yards, in one39 words
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1138 1950-09-07 19 EPSOM JEEP - By EPSOM JEEP KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 30. TWO three-year-olds, Black Velvet and The Blessing, scored their maiden wins on the Malayan Turf at Kuala Lumpur today, second da> of the Selangor Turf Club Augus t-September Meeting. Black Velvet, brilliantly handled by Doug McPherson, nosed1,138 words
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Article175 1950-09-07 19 From Our Staff C'orrespondent KUALA LUMPUR. Sept. 3. A PROPOSAL to send four Malayan cyclists to the Asian (James at New Delhi in March next year is under consideration, the Straits Times was told hv an oflicial of the Selangor Cyclists Association. He said the175 words
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281 1950-09-07 19 SINGAPORE. Sept. 1. IN a fast, thrilling game of soccer played at the Police Training Depot yesterday. Singapore Police Divisional XI beat Auxiliary Police Officers by five goals to one in the final of the Singapore Police triangular football competition for the Chief Police281 words
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Article546 1950-09-07 20 Shadow Of U.K, Control And Restraint On Malayan Industry r From A Market Correspondent m/I ALA Y AN markets last week saw only moderate business, with Industrials, and to a lesser extent Loans, providing the bulk of the volume. Whether the tin metal declined under the546 words
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Article167 1950-09-07 20 8.N.8. Company THE liquidators of British North Borneo Company regret that it has not been possible to make a further distribution since the flist liquidation payment of 7s 6d per £1 stock made last October. They explain that claims have been submitted which must oe di c po:ed167 words
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Article19 1950-09-07 20 MERCANTILE Bank of India directors have declared an interim dividend of six per cent., less tax.19 words
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Article414 1950-09-07 20 1N the Industrial section oi the Malayan market last week. Robinson Ordinary were active after the announcement of a combined final dividend and bonus of 25 pel cent, making 35 per cent for the year to June 30. 1950. This compares with 25 per cent in the previous414 words
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Article340 1950-09-07 20 SINGAPORE. Sept. 2. I AST year, tne Forest Department made a profit of $2,573,103, an all-time record. Except for the Emergency, the figure would have been much higher, stated Mr. J. P. Edwards, acting Director of the department, in a talk over Radio I Malaya last340 words
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Article34 1950-09-07 20 TELUK ANSON Rubber Esta’o has sold forward three ions monthly of 1 R.S.S for delivery, baled into godown Singapore, from January to March 1951 inclusive, at $1.06 per lb.34 words
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Article967 1950-09-07 20 SINGAPORE. Sept. 5. INDI STR1ALS Buyers Sellers A.rx Brick-. Pref 1 80 I 90 Ords i.90 1.971 Atlas Ice 11 90 12 25 BB. Petrol 29/6 20 6 B M Trustee 7 00 7 50 Con l to Smelt Pret 20/3 21/3 Ord 16 '9 17 '6967 words
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Article254 1950-09-07 20 HIGH PRICE DANG ER IN RUBBER Utd. Pita:;. From Our Own Cori LONDON M R F< Laugnia*. ur man of Unitin' (Malaya) Rubber e apprenhensive abom fects ot a high rubb In his annual stator shareholders, he report rov 1950 about 1.344.000 !b< forward out ot an eshm cro o254 words
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151 1950-09-07 20 SINGAPORE. Sept. L\ OTRIKES in Indones 0 which appear to be e fined mainly to Javp. held the rubber temporarily, says Le" Peat’s weekly repot yesterday. Rumours of fur;h< essential commodity however, caused a Thursday. At one in', was passing for Sep art.v" ment151 words
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Article29 1950-09-07 20 ULU Eenut Consoiidated Company has sold five tons monthly of St! from January to March. elusive loose into godown pore, at $1 07 per lb29 words
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