The Straits Budget, 9 November 1950

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    31 1 The Straits Budget THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES [EBTARLISHRD DTEK A CENTUBY] y Series No. 223. Singapore Thursday, November 9, 1950 Price 40 cents (S.S Currency) Or I al.
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      “GRIEVANCES AGAINST THE WHITE MAN”
      414 2 yERirAS”. in nis letter published on Oct. 3 under f the heading “An Asian On Guts’* praises Europeans for their public spirit. He then goes on to say, “I hold no Drief for Europeans; like most other Asians, I als„ have my grievances against the
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      A MALAY PARANG WAS MISSING
      53 2 reading the account of the recent trolley bus burning in Middle Road! Singapore. one cannot help 1 bne what a pity there was nor a Malay woodcutter tra- v,, Hing in the bus. If there m nad b*en I’ll hazard a guess w y would
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      COURAGE AND PROTECTION
      170 2 WHAT Veritas wrote tn last Friday’s Straits rimes on the subject of public-spi-ritedness. in the letter headed An Asian On Guts,” was not true. We have many public-spirit ed people in our midst f would like to remind Veri t«fs that Malaya is a cosmopolitan country and
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      “ Very Much To The Point”
      95 2 Very Much To The Point” ON reading Mr. Sandison s letter on anti-bandit tactics in the Straits Times of Oct. 25, although we do not know the writer and live in quite another district. we thought the letter very much to the point and his plan of counter-am-bushing excellent. In
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      BEHIND WITH THE NEWS
      74 2 PERHAPS you will b»* interested to note the following referring to Sunday Oct. 29; 4.30 p.m. The Voice of America announced the death of the King of Sweden. 6.30 p.m. The B.B.C. announced that the King of Sweden had died two hours before. 7 p.m. Radio
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      THE TENTH BABY
      57 2 ISEE from the Straits Times of Oct. 31 that a Chinese voman, who is the mother )f nine children, has adop?d a baby she found behind i church in Balestie'r Road. Singapore. I suppose the advocates of tamily planning think the woman must be a bit off
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      An Asian On Guts
      444 2 V READ with interest the Federation Director of Education’s recent address on citizenship to Penang Free School pupils. Mr. Holgate touched rightly on our duties and responsibilities towards our fellow-men and claimed that Malayan schools were teaching these important factors to the present generation. i have
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      McNephew Takes A Crack At Mr. McNeice
      313 2 fiUR acting Municipal President's swe.' v demnation of the “older people" to that "they are so sunken in their sloth t used to having things done for them and II s0 ing their part in public affairs that the little we can hope
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      Is It Worth While?
      341 2 pURTHER to your correspondents “Veritas” and 1 “Another Unwanted European,” on tr.<> subject of guts and the Asian attitude towards the white man, perhaps my opinions will be useful to the oublic and authorities. After nearly five years’ service with the Malayan Governments. I. as an
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      THE HAPLESS SLAVES OF OLD BORNEO
      235 2 THE pa'* .‘x>ut Sarawak Javaks sacrificing gins me f building of a n long* house, in vour “Singaporeana” co’.utnr m Oct 21. Is correct in vnuciple, although the people usually concerned were not Land Dayaks Over a laree slaves were sacr. cial occasions i
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      The Old And The Sick
      828 3 Straits Times Nov I'o those who are conscious i the desperate distress existing beneath the surface of this prosperous city of Singapore, ibo most encouraging item in o t- trovemor’s address to the legislative Council on Budget L).iy was his revelation of a n w
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      A Breaker Of Idols
      772 3 Straits Times. Nov. 3. In mu* of his lowliest draw- iocs Max Beerbohm depicted George Bernard Shaw solemn ly, and with admirable balance standing on his head. It is said to be the only piece n f criticism which upset G.B S But it was Shaw
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      The Attempt On Mr. Truman
      392 3 Straits Nov. 3. One in every ten of America's Presidents has fallen victim to a gunman. Presideni Roosevelt escaped this fate b> a foot, and it is to the vigilance and courage of Secret Service nun at Blair Ilou.se that Pres ident Truman now owes
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      China Takes A Hand
      653 3 —Straits Times. Nov. 4. Seven weeks after the Inchon landings. rxTil attain threaten* file world in Korea. The mili tnrv situation in North Korea is not as vet dangerous. Pu* it has become uncomfortable There have been withdrawals by United Nations forces of up to fifty
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      At Joo Chiat
      294 4 —Straits Times. Nov. 4. Congratulations are due to the Singapore Municipal Commissioners and their executives on opening a sub-office for the payment of water, electricity and gas bills in Joo Chiat Road for four days at the end of October. This sub-office is in a depot of
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      Rubber Duty Dangers
      1161 4 —Straits Times. Nov. 6. The tone of the statement v' 'cl, accompanied announcement of the new export duty on rubber seems to imply that the Federal Government expects the industry to fight against the new rates. But protest is disposed of in advance. The new rates have
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      A Ship From China
      1054 4 iits Times. Nov. 7. A few days ago the steamer Van Heutz arrived from China ports with nine hundred Chin “se passengers, who disem barked at Singapore and Penang. In newspaper those passengers were described as “immigrants”, and many people were surpriseo to see such a
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      The Federal Estimates
      1001 5 —Straits Times, Nov. 8. I Federal Government’s a tor 1951, with the .V.cial explanations which s them, make vexed v ,i' ed reading. Vevs oi once again they ,u the extraordinui ’>le position the iry would enjoy or emergency ex- he normal Fed.i es, excluding de- the
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    J. S. FERGUSON
    417 5 Obituary WITH the death of James Scott Ferguson at Batu Gajah on Tuesday. Malaya has lost one of its leading planting personalities. During his 44 years in this country. he had taken an active Dart in public life and his wise counsel, both inside and outside the
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    BANDIT CHIEF SURRENDERS: “I WAS TOOL”
    619 5 From Our Staff Correspondent Kl ALA LUMPUR, Nov. 7. JyVM Swee, political commissar lor the bandits in Johore, with a price of $10,000 on his head, walked into the police station at Benton}?, Pahang, and gave himself up, the Federation Government announced today. He
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    APPOINTED
    24 5 SINGAPORE. Nov. 8 Dr M. M II Olbson-Hill and Dr J R A**ri;i have boon appointi*cl Medical Ollicors to examine Singapore sehool children
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      BIRTHS
      196 5 JONES: On 1st of November, ut the B.M.H., to Maureen and Brian Trover ton Jones, a daughter SCOTT: On 2nd Nov., at the K K. Hospital, to Pamela Helen, wife ot John Robert Scott, a son. HARTNELL: On Oct. 30th, at B.M H.. Singapore, to Eileen, wife of Major
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      ENGAGEMENTS
      89 5 WEE-ONO: Mr. Wee Soon Bee. 2nd son of Dr. A: Mrs. 11. T. Wee, is engaged to Miss Ong Swee Kim. 2nd daughter of I>r. A’ Mrs. B. H. Ong of Milacci ELWIN-OIMSON: The engagement ls officially announced of Commander J. A. Elwin, D.S.C., R.N., son of Mr. and
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      MARRIAGE
      125 5 LAMB McLEAN: At St. Andrew’s Cathedral, Singapore, on 4tti November, by the Kev. Kinross Nicholson, Lieutenant Lawrance Lamb, D.S.M., R.N., to Jean Vera McLean, daughter of Mr A; Mrs. J. P. Mcljcm, HAP Station, Tengah. MR. ONG ENG CHEONG, 3rd son of Mr. and Mrs. Ong Cho Tek of
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    71 5 DEATH JIADOW On 5 h November, Alistair Patrick Hudow, Chanman of M.P Evans v Co Ltd I ondon, formerly of Malaya. SOH MR. SOI! YIEW JIN U»G» passed away peacefully at the General Hospital, S’porp at 9.20 a m.. 1st Nov., leaving behind Ills loving wife, two sons, Cliee Xiong.
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    A SINGAPORE DIARY
    1765 6  -  Cecil Street. From the Straits Times of Nov. 2—Nov. 9. IKgoiu* ILN.B, FOLLOWING the report in r the Straits Tunes yesterday of the inauguration oi the Legislative Council of North Borneo by Sir Ralph llorc at Jesselton, I should like to quote from a letter which 1
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    NONIS, FREE, GOES TO CHURCH FROM DOCK
    398 7 SINGAPORE, Nov. 4. nlGHT minutes alter being acquitted on a charge of murdering 10-year-old u Annie Winnie Spencer, a Katong schoolgirl, Michael Joseph Nonis 25, a Eurasian wireless operator walked with nis family from Singapore s Assize Court to the Cathedral of the
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    GOVERNOR TO KEEP POWERS
    72 7 SINGAPORE. Nov. 4. r.ablo the Governor and Governor in Council to rcise any powers corner by ordinance, notwih'binding delegation of such 1 ns. two Bills are to ho ’n jred at the next meet- r of the Singapore LegislaCouncil i nder the existing law. once -vRelegation
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    INJURIES FATAL
    43 7 SINGAPORE. Nov. 4. iw Peng Choon. 42. of Bahru Road, who was a>d in an accident with a q." Gir at the junction of ,l Road and Arab Street t, *t. 31, went to General -o on Thursday and here yesterday.
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    NO ‘L’ PLATE
    34 7 1 Our Own Correspondent ORE BAHRU, Nov. 2. f) t displaying the letter en riding a motor cycle '°nrner’s licence, Roshdi T 'shim was fined $7 in iore Bahru Police Court
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    SPENCER INQUIRY CLOSED—POLICE
    38 7 SINGAPORE. Nov. 4. THE investigations into the murder of Winnie Annie Spencer, the 10-year-old Katong schoolgirl, have been closed. This was stated yesterday by Mr. N. G Morris, acting Deputy Commissioner of Police, C.IJX. Singapore.
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    BEATEN UP
    29 7 SINGAPORE Nov. 4, Tameen a 30-year-old Indian, was sent from Geylang Police Station to General Hospital last night after reporting that he was beaten up by thugs.
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    2 Patients Leave For U.K. By Air
    115 7 SINGAPORE. Nov. 4. r pHE wife of a Royal Air Force officer, and a man from the Naval Base left Singapore on stretchers by Qantas/8.0.A.C. Constellation yesterday for London for treatment of ‘‘suspected tropical diseases.” The woman. Dr. Joan Mary Dorkins. wife of
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    Drive To Recruit Federal Citizens
    234 7 From Our Staff Correspondent KVALA LUMPCR, Nov. 3. THE Malayan Chinese Association and the Malayan Indian Congress are making eleventhhour efforts to get more Chinese and Indians to applv for Federal citizenship. The SecretaryGeneral of the M.1.C., Mr. K. L. Devaser, said today that the
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    ALL SOULS DAY
    20 7 TAIPTNG Frl Taiping Catholics ccloßratf'd All Souls Oav yesterday whin crowds visited the cemetery at Kiian Pau
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    IN FORCE
    16 7 SINGAPORE. Nov. 4 The Malayan Auxll ar> A' Fo ce Ord'nance eamc force yesterday.
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    FATAL FALL
    39 7 SINGAPORE Nov. 4. Ho Poh Low, a 31-year-old Singapore musician, travelling in a lorry with 19 others to attend a funeral procession at Changi. fell off the lorry yesterday morning and died on the way to hospital
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    19 Armed Reds Hold Up Five School Buses
    340 7 SINGAPORE, Nov. 4. LMVE Chinese school buses —carrying I9 4 J children and teachers —were held up by 19 armed Chinese and a young Chinese woman in different parts of Singapore early yesterday morning. The Communists distributed pamphlets to the children and
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    Boxer Hit Beauty Queen In Taxi, To Pay
    366 7 SINGAPORE Nov. 4. THE triple boxing champion of the Orient. R. “Boy*’ Brooks, was yesterday ordered to pay $5O compensation to “Miss Singapore 1949” Yvonne Peterson when he pleaded guilty in the Singapore Fourth Police Court to a charge of assaulting her
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    EXTEND VISAS, SAY BOARD
    130 7 SINGAPORE. Nov. 4 rE Singapore Chinese Advisory Board has decided to recommend to the Governor, Sir Franklin Qlmson, to extend the period of visas required by Malayan Chinese to travel to China from three to six months. The system of visas was introduced by the Singapore
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    Call For Govt Subsidy
    152 7 SINGAPORE Nov. 4 A RESOLUTION asking the Singapore Government to subsidise housing Tor the lower income group in the Colony will be moved by Mr. I). Robertson ♦ProgressiveSouth Ward! at the next monthly meeting of Municipal Commissioners on Nov 30 At the Commissioners' meeting earlier this
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    U.S. VICE CONSUL
    36 7 SINGAPORE. Nov 3. Mr. Richard B. Peters, US. Vice Consul, has joined the staff of the economic section of the American Consulate in Singapore. He arrived in Singapore on Wednesday with his w’lfe
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    EXCESS LOAD
    25 7 I rnm Our Own Corrt-snondrnl TKLIJK ANSON Nov. 2. For carrying an excess load in hu lorry, Sam Kuan was lined $25 here
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    15,000 Pray At Roman Catholic Rally
    648 8 SINGAPORE, Nov. 6. plFTEEN thousand Roman Catholics from all parts of Singapore stood or knelt in the hot afternoon sun at St. Joseph’s Institution field yesterday in a Catholic rally in honour of the statue of Our Lady of Fatima which arrived by air
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    Statue Has Cured Sick In India
    182 8 SINGAPORE. Nov. 6. rhe four-loot high cedarwood statue ot Our Lady of Fatima, which is now in Singapore and will tour the Federation, has cured many sick in India where it was shown earlier this year. Guardian of the statue. Rev. Fr F Demon
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    $200,000 gift by Sultan
    86 8 IOHORE BAHRU. Nov. 4. THE Sultan of |ohorc has given more than $200,000 fot the erection of a Rumah Wakaf (Rest House) at Mecca for the use of his subjects who make the pilgrimage to the place. This sum is equivalent to 650.000 rial in Arabian
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    ‘One day I’ll find my child’s killer’
    229 8 SINGAPORE, Nov. 5. kiR. fames Arthur Spencer, father of 10-year-old Winnie Annie Spencer who was found murdered at Telok Blangah beach on |une 30. told the Sunday Times yesterday afternoon: “One day I shall find my daughter's killer.” Mr Spencer, who was resting
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    61,000 CIGARETTES SEIZED IN S’PORE
    40 8 SINGAPORE. Nov. 5. Revenue officers seized 417 lbs of Siamese tobacco and 61.000 cigarettes in a house in North Bridge Road early yesterday morning. The duty on the seizure totals $3,100. No arrests were made.
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    S’PORE HEROINE SEEKS ELECTION
    183 8 SINGAPORE, Nov. 6. A SINGAPORE war-time heroine, Mrs Elizabeth Choy. who was imprisoned and tortured by the Japanese, has announced ner intention ol standing for the Municipal elections as an Independent candidate Mrs Choy is the daughter of Mr. Yong Thau Yin. the Malayan racehorse trainer,
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    THE STATUE of Our Lady of Fatima being carried by the Rev. Father Demoutiez, director of the Far East pilgrimage, on arrival at Kallang
    25 8 THE STATUE of Our Lady of Fatima being carried by the Rev. Father Demoutiez, d irector of the Far East pilgrimage, on arrival at Kallang
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    Red fire raiser caught
    209 8 SINGAPORE. Nov. 5 A COMMUNIST arson;*; wa> fired at. c hast'd an: caught by a Chinese de* -;;iv in Singapore iast nigh; Tne detective was stanairu at Beach Road, near Bussora! Street, about 7.20 p.m wher. he noticed passengers hurry ing out of a Traction Coer
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    Police must look ten years ahead
    252 8 SINGAPORE, Nov. 5. SINGAPORE Police Force’s requirements must bi planned for at least ten years ahead, the retiring Singapore Commissioner of Police, Mr. R. E. Foulger, w o leaves for Borneo today, told the Sunday Times. Mr Foulger in a farewell message to the
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    Govt. Must Speed Armour Plating
    307 9 SINGAPORE, Nov. 3. and Federation firms doubt whether supplies of armour plate for vehicles in bandit country will be available within six months ot order—even with Federation Government sponsorship. They were commenting on the circular from »ne Federate Economic Branch to importers stating that the
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    DESERTION ALLEGED
    48 9 oHORE BAHRU. Nov. 2. l h n Md Amin a Special > >ib!e was charged in the Bahru Police Court tounlawfully absentn.msclf from duty in cir- ances which showed that r a d no intention of reto duty. claimed trial and was V °1 hail of $200
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    APPEAL AGAINST AIRPORT PLAN
    95 9 SINGAPORE. Nov 3. DH SI DENTS of Tai Seng district, Paya Lebar, have n w a pJ d.d to the Chin se »mbf*r of Commerce, the ''/essive and l abour s and the Singapore fl h of th»» Malavan Association to ask Government to reoonr its
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    Fast For Week Without Water
    101 9 SINGAPORE Nov 3. BECAUSE a Hindu God appeared to him in a dream and commanded him to fast, b4-year-oid Ramasamy, a priest in a temple at Bukit Timaa Road. Singapore, started a oneweek fast yesterday. Ramasamy broke a fast-to-death last month when friends persuaded him
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    TEACHERS PRESS CLAIMS
    131 9 SINGAPORE. Nov. 2. A DELEGATION of teachers from Singapore and the federation strongly pressed heir claims for a unified education service to Sir Christopher Cox. Educatlcn Adviser o the Secretary of State for :he Colonies yesterday. In a two-and-a-half hour nterview at the Department if Education, the
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    PLEAD GUILTY
    37 9 SINOAPORE. Nov 3. Tan Theng Nghee and Ng Oeok Soo pleaded guilty in the Sincapo e Third Police Court yesterday to fading to ■>bse’*ve the Weekly Holidays C r d’nance and were nnt( VO each
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    SEVEN ON S’PORE TAX CHARGES
    286 9 SINGAPORE. Nov. 3. A NEWSPAPER pubiish- er. a prison vtaccier. a company director and a War Department clerk were among seven men accused in Singapore tieliet Court yesterday of tailing to make Income .ax returns. This is the first time such action has Deen taken
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    WOMAN HAD SAMSU
    50 9 SINGAPORE. Nov. 3. A 31-year-old Chinese wo man. Soh Wha. pleaded guilt' in the Singapore Third Police Court yesterday possess’on if four quarts of dutiable samsu. She was also charged with possession of a still. Th > case was postponed until Nov. 10 Bai was fixed at
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    ‘SCHOOL’ BANDITS KILL HEADMASTER
    122 9 Kt om <>ur Stifl Correspondent IPOH Nov. 2. iT noon today Mr Yo!l Kwan Vee rw-admas i Pei Cheng School, n.ar 'hemor P'*ra'K va A 1 1 11 ;!/i\ 1( >y two Chinese oantli s in i i it* h 1 f) h Wl«“ nool o
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    POLICE STAGE LAST PARADE FOR FOULGER
    273 9 SINGAPORE, Nov. X. piVE hundred ollicers. men and wonim of the Singapore Police parade at the Police training School square yesterday in farewell to their retiring Commissioner, Mr R E. Foulger, who leave* for England soon to be Deputy Inspector-UeneraL Colonial Police Nineteen sauad.s.
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    TRESPASS CHARGE
    42 9 SINGAPORE. Nov. 3. Abdul Rahim bin Ibrah’m aged 21, was yesterda\ '•uarvod before Mr P Clague. the Singapore Fourth Police Magistrate* with trespassing ,»> a building belonging to Ibra him bin Syed Ali on Oct. 10 Bail of $200 was allowed
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    Muslim Reformer Urged To Desist
    224 9 SINGAPORE. Ncv. 2. THE staunch opponent of child marriages. Che Zaharah bint* Noor Mohammed, president of the Malay Women’s Welfare Association, has received an anonymous letter advising her to devote her attention to reforming Malay prostitutes, instead of involving herself in the difficult problem of
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    $l00,000 CO-OP RICE MILL
    134 9 From Oui S'nfi C?orrr«nondeni KUALA LUltfPUR. Nov. 2. Chinese, and Indians In the Tanjong Karang area of Kuala 8elangor have contributed $100,000 towards the erection of a cooperative rice mill and have appealed to the Rural and Industrial Development Au‘horlty for the rest of the money
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    New Trade School
    89 9 SINGAPORE. Nov 3. THE Singapore Junior Technical f Trade* School wifi open as a Junior Technical School in January next year, said a Press statement Issued by the Deputy Director of Education last night The new school will accept students who have passed Standard V and who
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    DUAL OFFENCE CLAIMS TRIAL
    60 9 •SINGAPORE. Nhv 3. Alleged to have stolen three gallons of pe'rol from a lorry belonging to the Municlpa’lty on Wednesday, Oovindasamy Kalla Perumal. aged 30. claimed t.ria. In the Slngapo e Fourth Police Court yesterday. He also claim<*d trial on a charge of offering a bribe
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    SPITTERS FINED
    22 9 SINGAPORE. Nov. 3. For spitting in public, twenty-three Chinese mre finer! $l5 each In the Singapore Third Police Court yesterday.
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    CARD DEFACED
    36 9 ■SINGAPORE. Ni'V. 3. Plea(1*m' euMtv to possessing a defaced identity card at Clementl Road on Nov 1. Ooh Ho Boon, of ttiu Pandan Road, was tined $5 In the Singapore First District Court yesterday.
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    BROTHERS OF PAHANG RULER SENT TO GAOL
    463 10 From Our Special Correspondent KUANTAN, Nov. 1. TWO brothers of the Sultan of Pahang, Tungku Abdul Aziz, Tungku Temengong, and Tungku Hussein, were today sent to gaol for cheating a Kuantan bank of $18,000. Mr Justice Briggs at the Pahang Assizes at Kuantan
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    MALAY CLERK OF COUNCILS
    54 10 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed.—A Malay has b en appointed clerk of the Federal Legislative and Executive Councils He is Raja Ayoub bin Raja Haji Bot, first K eper of the Ruler’s Seal and present Chairman of the Kuala Lumpur U.M N O. division. R 'in Ayoub replaces
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    PERAK BUDGET
    48 10 KUAIJV LUMPUR, Nov. 1. Perak Government has gazetted a $32.800 40? fi-n-Vv Bill for public services during 1051 Education vets the biggest share $8,004,142 Medical and health services are bud K«*ted for $4.042 613. public annu ally recurrent > <non r 50 and pub,,c work* inon-recurrent) $1,952,420.
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    MAN SENT TO GAOL AGAIN
    77 10 from Out Stall Corrc^pondeni PENANG. Wed.—A fcrmei Penang Harbour Board lab ourer. Majid bin A!i. who ad-'uti-d to the Se?«ions Court '’resident. Mr M R F Rogers, that he had spent most of the mist two years in prison was today sentenced to another year’s
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    UNION TO PRESS FOR PRE-WAR HOURS
    122 10 SINGAPORE. Nov. 2. A REDUCTION of the working noars ot all Rai way offices to the pre-war six arvi a halt horns level ot other government. ottices was sought hy the Malayan Rai wav Junior Officers Union at theii annual general meeting held at
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    MR. D. J HARGREAVES, O.S.P.C Johore, who is on his way to Britain with his wife and child for six months home leave being farwelled on the Corfu last night by two members of his staff, Mr Y. K. Feng, Police translator and Inspector Krishnan of the C.I.D. Johore.
    53 10 M R. D. J HARGREAVES, O.S.P.C Johore, who is on his way to Britain with his wife and child for six months home leave being farwelled on the Corfu last night by two members of his staff, Mr Y. K. Feng, Police translator and Inspector Krishnan of the C.I.D. Johore.
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    Governor Back From Britain
    168 10 SINGAPORE, Nov. 2. r FHE composition of the Executive Council and plans for proposed new Legislative Council for Singapore were matters on which the Governor, Sir Franklin Gimson, had the “longest discussions” with the Secretary of State for Colonies while in Britain. Sir Frank in said
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    IN A HURRY, SHE DRANK POISON
    63 10 SINGAPORE. Nov. 2. A FTER taking an aspirin aY Teo Ah Tin", an 18-year-old girl, was in such a hurry to drink water that she «ook a sip out of a mug containing a solution of caustic soda She died later the c in«rapore
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    BOMB FLUNG INTO CAVE AFTER BANDIT
    184 10 From Our Staff KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 1. SECURITY forces in Perak who saw bandit enter a cave yesterday blasted the cave with a grenade. A shotgun was found at the mouth of the cave, but cht bandit has not yet been found in Negri
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    W.B. Paterson Dies, Aged 54
    138 10 From Our Stall Correspondent PENANO, Nov. 1. r\NE of Malaya’s oldest journalists. Mr. W B. Pater con. a former managing editor of the Penang branch o f *he Malaya Tribune, died in the General Hc»soita! last nmht after long iPness Mr Paters'in. a f)4-vpar-oir °cot.sman.
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    APPEAL HEARING POSTPONED
    61 10 JOHORE BAHRU. Nov. 1 Owing to the illness of Mr AJ. Braga, counsel for the appellant, the hearing of the appeal of K Seenaoathy a Johore Medical Depart nent storekeeper, against his conviction on a charge of theft of 14 cases of DDT from the Medical Department.
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    WRONG LOAD
    33 10 JOHORE BAHRU. Nov. 1. Chai Lai Meng. of Singapore was fined $2O in the Johore Bahru Police Court today for allowing his lorry to care firewood Instead of Digs and baskets
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    ESTATE TALKS ON WAGES
    177 10 KUALA LUMPUR. Nov. l. 'J'HE Malayan Planting i dustries Employers elation has toid the Fee ton of All Malayan T Staflfs’ Unions that it willing to resume ne-m’i.i t*ons on sala*’es and core tions and to enter into ing agreements. It is understood that tn 1
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    'Law Not As In England’
    87 10 SINGAPORE. Nov. (\F. POPE, a European motor dealer, ye* !>> “i.» was warned 'oy the Singapore Registrar of Vehirlc> Court Magistrate Mr. A M Watt, that he should n k ass me the law in the Colony to he the same as that in England.
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    DRIVER NOT TO BLAME
    42 10 SINGAPORE. Nov. 2. A misadventure verdict vf‘. returned bv the Sinjap: rh.’or dstant Coroner. Mr Singh, yesterday on a n-yj ,Id woman. Chime Lin Tho. vho was knocked down bv ?ar in Telok Blangah R°a f Oct. 20
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    TRAINING WELFARE OFFICERS
    98 10 From Out Start (’orreFfiondenl KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 1. A SIX-WEEK refresher course for welfare cfficers and inspectors from rural •ireas is being conducted at Kuala Lumpur by Miss Josephine Foss The course u.chines practical instru'Jion and 'ecr.ures on eufor ing the Chi.dren and Yoio.i: Persons O r
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    Devons Kill 70 Bandits, Wound 40, Capture Five In 2-Year Campaign
    287 11 Devons Kill 70 Bandits, Wound 40, Capture Five In 2- Year Campaign FOUGHT IN JOHORE AND PAHANG SINGAPORE, Nov. 2. <jEVENTY terrorists killed, 40 wounded, five w captured i- the record of the 1st. Battalion Devonshire Regiment which arrives in Singa pore today aftei more than two years’ campaign against
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    EVADED DUTY ON WATCHES
    210 11 I »»:n Our Start Correspondent KV \LA LUMPUR, Nov. 1. r r\\ o Sinhalese. R P. Fonse1 ka and J. G R rie Silva d red with offences tender th Customs Ordinance, were today fined a total of S3 32o Mr A. P Jack. First M
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    Police Say Farewell
    116 11 SINGAPORE. Nov. 2. r pVO hundred and fifty offl- ers of the Singapore o Force last ninht lustily “For he’s a jolly pood •’How” at the Inspectors’ “'ell party to their Com >i mer, Mr R E Foulpet a; ei Mrs at the In N 1 tors’
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    CAUSED HURT IN MESS CHARGE
    49 11 SINGAPORE. Nov. 2. Ailegta 10 nave can*** 1 hurt to Foo Kok Boon with i knife at the Tyersall Oln ■ers’ Mess on Tuesday, Tan Hene Kang, claimed trial in the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday. Bali of $500 was allowed unhi Dec ll
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    Domestic Science Girls Run Cafe
    202 11 SINGAPORE, Nov. 2. THE first shop and cafe run by domestic science pupils in M.i aya was opened in Johore Bahru yesterday by Che Sharifah Hawa, wife of the acting Johore Mentri Besar. The pupils are from hi jeho-e Domestic Science S-hool whose principal Che
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    THREE KILLED IN BANDIT AMBUSH
    58 11 SINGAPORE. Nov. 2. BRITISH police lieutenant. Mr. L. F. Turner, a Malay special constable sergeant, and a Malay driver were killed in Johore yesterday when they were ambushed by bandits iron) well prepared positions. They were in a jeep travelling <n an estate road. Mr.
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    STOLE COCONUTS
    33 11 For theft of nine coconuts Mohd Noor bin Kassim was nned $25 in the Sinpapon Fourth Police Court ves'er 1av and bound over in $5P f o v m' < r» H«;
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    LAU MAH IS STILL AT LARGE
    120 11 r °m Our Stall Correspondent kuala lumpur, Nov. i. i 1E Federation Government announced today that the vnr iit named Lau Mah re- rt,i d killed by security last December in a r he near Sunpei Siput Perak was not the Lau Mah. me
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    MR. G. C. MIDDLETON of Bristol Estate, Kluang, and his bride, Miss N. Lear, who were married at St. Mary’s Church Kuala Lumpur last weekend.
    31 11 MR. G. C. MIDDLETON of Bristol Estate, Kluang, and his bride, Miss N. Lear, who were married at St. Mary’ s Church Kuala Lumpur last weekend. C F. Larm plel nrr
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    Third Party For City Elections
    210 11 SINGAPORE. Nov. 2. SINGAPORE’S third political party will make its d*>htit in the Colonv before the Municipal eU>ci tions on Dec. 2. Tnree new Independent candidates—one of them a woman—are expected to come forward for nomination on Monday, and will Inter before election day, declare
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    Mr Ferguson Buried At Batu Gajah
    176 11 From Our Staff C’orre*pondrnt IPOH. NOV. 1. THF! Officer Administering the Government of the federation was represented v/ the British Adviser, Perak, Mr J G Black at the funeral i Mr J S Fercu v oo at BvBU 'tainh cemetery this evening. Tiie funeral,
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    Gaol for breach of trust
    158 11 SINGAPORE. Nov. 2. A MALAY woman, who bor rowed some gold ornament.s Iror.i a friend to attend a wedding party and later pawned them, was sentenced to four months’ .simple imprisonment in the Singanore Third Police Court yesterday. She was Supinah blnh’ Abu. aged 43.
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    Frenchman Killed By Johore Bandits
    166 11 From Our Start' Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 1. r pHE first Frenchman to be murdered by bandits in the Federation, since the Emergency was declared 26-year-old M Charles Petit, employed bv Messrs Socfin and Co. -was buried today at Cheras Road Cemetery. Kuala Lumpur. M
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    200 Families Homeless: Boy Flung Into Canal
    321 12 SINGAPORE, Nov. 3. A WHIRLWIND hit Singapore yesterday afternoon and in a few minutes ripped the roofs off more than 100 houses making nearly 200 families homeless. \t least seven people were injured bv wooden rafters, zinc sheets and tiles from roofs. Areas
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    RATIONED WATER IN APRIL?
    193 12 SINGAPORE, Nov. 2. SINGAPORE may ration water Irom April next year, says the Municipal Water Engineer. Mr. F. G. Hill, as the additional supolv from the waterworks extension In Johore wdi not be availab e by August 1951, as was previously Hoped. But there Is hope
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    Award For Dr. Means
    85 12 SINGAPORE. Nov 3. D R Paul B. Means, Professor of Religion at the University of Oregon has been pran’ed an award under the Fulb ight Act to conduct research in Ma'aya under the direction of the University of Ma’aya. Dr Means, who spent 10 years as
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    REPLACEMENT
    39 12 l rn»r. n., T Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU Nov. 2. Mr L A Serle. of the Hong Kong Poliee, has succeeded Mr H J Woonough «'ho has «n leave as Othcer in (tt.irr'e. Soeeial Branch, C.I.D Headquarters. Johore.
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    HURT IN DASH TO SAVE CHILD
    316 12 SINGAPORE, Nov. 3. SECONDS before the roof crashed down in the wnirlwind Sapuan bin Matan dashea inco a neighbour’* room in the Serangoon Road area and rescued a one vear-old boy As he escaped, he was in hired bv the falling roof, bu 1
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    4 POLIO CASES AT BLAKANG MATI
    72 12 SINGAPORE. Nov. 3. FOLK cases ol polio nave occurred among arms personnel on Rlakang Mali, and the island is being isolated from Singapore for 21 days. An Army spokesman said last night that all gunner.* courses on the island have been suspended temporaril* and
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    FAILED TO REPORT
    54 12 SINGAPORE. Nov. 3. Twenty-year-old Chua Sa? Boey, alias Chua Ah Lck. wa? sentenced to one month** imprisonment when he plead ed guilty in the Singapore Second Police Court yester day to failing to report, while being under police supervi s on. to the Beach Road Po lice
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    S.C.B.A. TO TAKE UP WELFARE
    176 12 1 1'HE Straits Chinese British Association will take jp welfare and relief work in the Colony according to a decision reached at the Association's general committee meeting held at the Garden Club premises. Singapore, last night The meeting approved the suggestion of the President, Mr.
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    ‘Pirate Taxi H.Q. In Singapore’
    215 12 SINGAPORE, Nov. 2. OURVIS Street and Beach Road area of Singapore is the headquarters of an organised service of pirate taxis, said Chief Inspector G. Westerhout in the Registrar of Vehicles Court yesterday. Ch’ef Inspector Westerhoui pressing for a heavy sentence said that the oiTence
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    4 MONTHS’ GAOL
    36 12 SINGAPORE. Nov. 2. A 23-yea’-old shop assistant and bill eollec'or L m Cheng Huat, was sentenced in the Singapore Second Po lice Court yesterday to months’ Imprisonment t° criminal bieach of trust $344.
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    MR. D.S. STONER
    26 12 SINGAPORE. Nov. 3. Mr. D S Stoner, a nromlnent Cevlonese resident oi T U aH Pilah. died at Bungsar Tosnltal Kuala Lumpur, recently.
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    Clouds Hid Estate Victims From Bombers In S’gor Disaster
    337 13 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 5. f pHE scene of yesterday's bombing disaster on 1 a Selangor estate—where an R.A.F bomber dropped at least two bombs near a latex collecting but, killing 12 persons and injuring more than 20
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    4 HURT IN JOHORE TRAIN
    180 13 I-tom Out Stall Coriespondeni KUALA LUMPUR. Nov. 5. BANDITS fired on a passenger train in Johore on Saturday and wounded a Chinese child, two adult Chi nese. and a Malay who were passengers. Train Services betweei Kuala Lumpur and Singapore were interrupted again today but
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    RUBBER EXPERT FOR INDIES
    181 13 KUALA LUMPUR. Nov. 5. rpHE Director ot the British Rubber Development 1 Board in Malaya, Mr. J. E. Bush, will visL Indonesia shortly lo study rubberised road methods. He told the Straits Times today that he might go with a party of rubber experts. Mj Bush,
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    ONN CRITICISES MALAYA HALL
    212 13 From Our Own Correspondent JOHOKE BAHRU, Noy. 5. THE practice of appointing a retired senior (*o\- ernment official to be in charge of Malaya Hall in London was criticised by Dato Onn bin Ja afar when he spoke of his recent visit to London at an
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    $5 MILLION IN WAR DAMAGE
    236 13 KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 5. 4 LMOST $5,000,000 has been paid out in war iA damage compensation in the Federation and Singapore 1 since March, and another £34.000 has been paid to claimants outside Malaya. These pavments, represent inu initial payments up to a maximum of
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    FOUND DRUNK, $5
    27 13 MUAR, Sat.—Pound drunk ano incapable at Jalan Mcriam. Sup piah Subradi was lined J5. or three days hard labour, In the Muar Magistrate's Court.
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    Caned boy drank poison
    326 13 .SINGAPORE. Nov 5 SHORTLY after being can* ri c outside the house by hi> not her for disobedience and nside the house by his irothei, 12 year-old Yeo Wah Feck was seen by h:s sister entering the bathroom and drinking a solution of caustic -oda. This
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    Malay motto for British Penang?
    168 13 PENANC. Nov. 4. THE question whether Penang’s official motto should be in Malay is expected to be keenly debated at Monday s meeting of the Settlement Council. The three-man Select Committee appointed at the Council’s last meeting to recommend a suitable motto has selected, from
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    AIR C-in-C BACK
    46 13 SINGAPORE. Nov. <l. Air Marshal Sir Francis Fogarty, Commander- in-Chiet Far East Air Force, returned by air to Changi last night from Japan. He has been conferring with the U.° commanders in Tokyo and visiting the Far East Flyinr Boat Wing at Iwakuni.
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    Mentri Besar for N.Z.
    78 13 KOTA BAHRU, Nov. 4. \1K Ahmad Kami! bin Haji Mahmood Mentri Besar of Kt-lantan left yesterday for Singapore en route to New Zealand to attend the conferences of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association as a delegate from the Federation of Malaya. On his return journey Nik Ahmad
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    Legal Advisers To Crown
    58 13 SINGAPORE. Nov. 5. The Singapore Association has suggested that the legal advisers of the Singapore Development Board should only be the legal advisers of the Crown or permanent.full-tlrm* °mnloveeH This suggestion is contained •n a letter to the chairman of ‘he Select Committee appointed by Government
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    Tributes To Poppy Day Committee
    167 14 SINGAPORE. Nov. 4. 'THE Ex-Service Association of Singapore yesterday entertained members of the women’s committee which is organising the Colony's Poppy Day Appeal. At a luncheon at the Capitol Blue Room. Mr. J K Gwinneil, the president of the association, thanked Mrs. M.F. Cutler and
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    Appeal To Griffiths
    92 14 SINGAPORE. Nov. 4. f |'HE Muslim Welfare AssoA elation Singapore has appealed to the Secretary of State for the Colonies. Mr James Griffiths, to help them to prolong the period of the house-to-house collection for the **Nadra-Adabi” Fund. The letter stated that the Colony Government had “cut
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    SHOT IN CHEST DURING FIGHT
    64 14 From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Nov. 3. verdict of murder against persons unknown was recorded by the Johore Bahru Coroner yesterday after an inquiry into the death of Sakardjoh Limbu a Gurkha soldier. Sakardjoh was hit in the chest by a burst of Sten
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    HOME GUARDS DRAW FIRST BLOOD: TWO BANDITS DIE
    265 14 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 2. newly-formed Home Guard Units have drawn first blood in defence of their homes and property. In three separate battles last week they killed two bandits and wounded three others, and on each occasion have
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    POSED AS POLICEMAN
    54 14 SINGAPORE. Nov. 4. A 29-year-old Chinese who tried to cheat a conductor of a five-cent ticket, was sentenced to two months* Ini prisonment. in the Singapore Third Police Court yesterday He was Chew Wy Meng who pleaded guilty to cheating by fa seiv claiming to a member
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    PET SHOPS “ARE LIVING HELL”
    187 14 SINGAPORE, Nov. 4. 4 DEMAND that the Singapore Municipality should do something about the bird shops in Rochore Road was made yesterday by Mrs. R. S. Clemons, president of the Singapore Animal Lovers’ League. She toia a reporter how she had found a large Siamese
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    War Damaged Ports Now Fully Restored
    220 14 SINGAPORE. Nov. 3. LIOW berths and dry-docks choked with silt and 11 blocked with sunken craft and other damaged oort installations in Singapore and Penang were restored by 1947 was described yesterday by Mr. Henry Bast.en, retiring chairman of the Singapore and Penang Harbour
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    Rubber Workers Start New Union
    184 14 SINGAPORE Nov ABOUT 150* rubber workers, most of them employed in th e Lam Choon Rubber Factory ln Bukit Timah Road have resigned from the Singapore Rubber Industry Workers’ Union and formed a separate union -yet unnamed. Ai a special meeting 0 n Oct. 28
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    DISMISSED
    16 14 SINGAPORE. Nov. 4. Inche Mohamed bin Sidin Chief Inspector, Singapore Police Force, has been dismissed.
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    Awards For Firemen
    105 14 From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG. Nov. 3. THE first Colonial Fire Brigade Long Service Medals to be presented in Penang since the re-occupation will be awarded to three members of the Penang Fire Brigade at the Central Fire Station on Nov. 15. Pecinients are The Brigade’.* Officer-in-Chargc.
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    Tarpaulins Cover Unroofed Houses
    158 14 SINGAPORE. Nov. 4. T'ARPAULINS now cover most of the 94 Singapore 1 Improvement Trust artisans’ quarters which were unroofed bv the whirlwind on Thursday Public Works Department and trust labourers are repair- ing the damage One family, less fortunate, spent Thursday night under beds and the
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    FOUR S.Cs KILLED IN NEGRI
    189 14 trom Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Nov. 3. IN two attacks in NEGRI S K M R I L N yesterdav bandits killed four Special Constables and a Malay drivei and wounded four British The Special Constables were killed when a lorry was ambushed The
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    Budgeting For $72 Million Deficit In 1951
    624 15 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 7. j SIK (Government of the Federation of Malaya will end thi> year with a surplus of more than 832 million, although four months ago it laced a deficit of $10 million. This radical change in
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    ‘SEND ME TO CHINA’ PLEA
    87 15 SINGAPORE. Nov. 7. A 45-year-old woman. Low Ah Lan, who pleaded guilty in the Singapore Second Police Court yesterday to "wandering abroad and lodging in the open” asked that the Court order her to be sent back to China, so that she could rejoin relatives.
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    Big increase in rubber duty in January
    531 15 11M KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 4. RUBBER will pay a duty of 201 cents a pound in the first quarter of next yegr. This rafe is fixed under a new formula, announced this evening, whereby the duty is increased sharply on all prices above
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    Foreman Shot, Man Escapes On Bicycle
    276 15 SINGAPORE. Nov. 8 A CHINESE foreman ol Tire and Rubber Company, Mr. Tan Fook Seng, aged 39. was shot in the stomach at close range and wounded yesterday afternoon while inspecting two of his partly-constructed fourstoreved shophouses at Syed Alwi Road, Singapore. Although 20
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    ELEVEN FINED
    24 15 JOHORE BAHRU. Nov. 7 Eleven Chinese were each fined $lO In the Police Court today for hawking foodstuffs in a prohibited area.
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    Eleven killed by bomb
    122 15 KUALA LUMPUR. Nov. 4. ELEVEN estate workers were killed this afternoon at Utan Sinpan estate, near Kuang, 20 miles north of Kuala Lumpur, and 24 others wounded when an R A F bomber missed its target The dead men, including a senior conductor, were working in
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    526 bandits held: 129 hanged
    152 15 KUALA LUMPUR Nov. 4. FROM the beginning of the emergency to Oct. 31. 129 bandits were sentenced to death out of a total of 526 captured according to figures published by the Federation Government today Of the total number captured 93 were not liable to
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    BAIL OF $500
    34 15 SINGAPORE. Nov. 8. Charged with fraudulent possession of 19 bags of rice on Nov 6. Lau Char was granted ball of $5OO until Nov 14 in the Second Police Court yesterday
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    Govt. warned on spending
    246 15 Kuala lumpur. Nov. 4. 1 Federation Government ''•as warned last night 0 embark on ambitious lopment plans which the r .v might not be able to ’•"d in later /ears. warning was given by 1-resident of the F.M.S aber of Commerce, Mr. l aori'ton, speaking at
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    THE OUTLOOK IN MALAYA
    1191 16  -  Some Thoughts On Saying Goodbye By A. W. WALLICH Former member of the Federal Legislative Council, and a director of Boustead and Co., who leaves Singapore next Sunday for England on retirement after over thirty years in Malaya. Malaya at this moment of material prosperity lacks
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    PENANG ADOPTS MALAY MOTTO
    254 16 PENANG ADOPTS MALA Y MOTTO From Our staff Correspondent PENANG Nov. *i R v a majority vote the Settlement Council today adopted 1 Ma’u. motto: “Bersatu d^ii b>etia as t. it? oftici;.i motto for Penang amendment oroposeci Mrs. Cheah inn Ku a (Women’s Representative) that.tne motto's English version. ‘United and
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    BACK TO SEA DEFENCE
    50 16 SINGAPORE. Ni'V. 1 Pleading not guilty to failing to obtain an identity card. Sing Chew told the Singapore First District Court yesterday that he was a seaman and would soon be at sea again. The hearing was postponed to tomorrow and bail fixed at SI 00.
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    Cookie will always find time for it
    451 16 From An Estate Bungalow ROOKIE is one who always finds time to do at least some of the things he likes to do. The reason being that he is a great believer in the saying “Necessity is the mother of invention.” He is
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    Rubber duty is strongly opposed
    1210 17 From Our Special Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 6. THE rubber industry a s a whole i> strongly opposed to the imposition of the increased export duty on rubber, which was announced yesterday to take effect on Jan. 1. today, producers, dealers and brokers spent most
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    PHILATELISTS SWAP $10,000 IN STAMPS
    76 17 SINGAPORE. Nov. 7. 'pHE 105 members of the Stamp Club in the Colony, the Federation and Sarawak "swapped” $9,350 worth of stamps this year About another $1,500 were auctioned. Mr. J. B. Neubronner. in charge of the club’s Stamp Exchange Section, said thal six boxes
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    'New Rates Will Be Chaotic'
    203 17 SINGAPORE. Nov. 7. r pHE Singapore Chamber ol JL Commerce Rubber Asso elation met yesterday to discuss the new rubber duty announced by the Federal Government The meeting’s views are to be communicated to the Economic Secretariat of the aineaoore Government While agreeing that the
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    U.S. Firm Gives $15,000 To SATA Building Fund
    408 17 SINGAPORE, Nov. 7. IAONATIONS totalling more than $5j.moo to the building fund of the Singapore Anti-Tuberculo-sis Association were announced yesterday by the chairman of the council, Mr. C. L. Edwards. The largest gift was $15,000. from the Standard Vacuum Oil Company. Mr
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    $4,589 THEFT
    26 17 SINGAPORE. Nov. 7. Early yesterduy morning a Chinese store house in Telok 'v'T street was broken Into and goods worth $4,589 w re stolen
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    One Candidate Rejected In Nominations To M. C. Elections
    362 17 SINGAPORE. Nov. 7. SIXTEEN candidates were yesterday nominated to contest the six seats in lh«‘ Municipal Commission which will fall vacant next month. One candidate, Mr. Hasan All Jivabhai, who handed in his nomination papers three minutes after time, was rejected.
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    7 Years For Having Gun
    95 17 SINGAPORE, Nov. 7. POUND guilty by of carrying a loaded .38 revolver at the Junction of Bout Quay and Angus Street on Sept. 13 last, Tan Ah Su, was yesterday sentenced to seven years' imprisonment by Mr Justice Evans In the Supreme Court Tan admitted
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    RED FLAGS AGAIN OUT IN PENANG
    41 17 PENANG, Nov. tt. a lull of several months. Oommunist flags appeared In Penang t'ulay. Police pulled down two hoisted in the rural districts. One flag was discovered in Bilik Pulau. the other In Ayer Itam.
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    THOUSANDS QUEUE TO PAY RESPECTS TO ‘OUR LADY’
    467 18 Stricken Seek Miracle Cure In S’pore Church SINGAPORE, Nov. 7. 'pHOUSANDS of devotees—including many non-Catholics —who came from every parish in Singapore ano Johore, stood patiently in a long queue ai St. Joseph’s Church, Singapore, yesterday, waiting to kiss the feet of
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    IN HOSPITAL
    21 18 BENTONO, Mon.—Mr. C Coomarasamy. Postmaster Bentong, is in Kuala Lumpu: hospital and Mr. Santhar Singh i* acting for him
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    ‘Good Scope For Women Lawyers’
    153 18 Good Scope For Women Lawyers SINGAPORF. Nov. 7. 'J'HERE is good scope for women in Singapore as conveyancing lawyers, said Mr. TW. Ong last night in he Y.MC.A. Hall, talking on “Law as a Career.** Mr. Ong said women paid more attention to details, so essential In conveyancing. To succeed
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    HURT WITH AXE ALLEGATION
    43 18 SINGAPORE. Nov. 7. Ang :*eng Kim, a.jed 29. tentatively charged in the Singapore Second Police Court yesterday with causing grievous hurt to Seow En« rleng with an axe at Park Road was granted ball of $5OO until Nov. 13
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    FRANCES ELIZABETH, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T.V.A. Brodie, was christened at St. Andrew’s Cathedral yesterday by the Bishop of Singapore, Rt. Rev H. W. Baines. This group shows Mr Brodie, Miss Cora Chubb holding the baby and Mrs. Brodie.
    45 18 FRANCES ELIZABETH, da ug hter of Mr. and Mrs. T.V.A. Brodie, was christened at St. Andrew’s Cathedral yesterday by the Bishop of Singapore, Rt. Rev H. W. Baines. This group shows Mr Brodie, Miss Cora Chubb holding the baby and Mrs. Brodie. —Straits Times picture.
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    EMERGENCY TALKS IN S’PORE
    166 18 EMERGENCY TALKS IN S’ PORE SINGAPOl7\ Nov. 7. rMPORTANT conferences on the emergency in Malaya ard the situation in the Far East were held in Singapore between Service chiefs and the Federation and Singapore Governments. Mr S WP Foster Sutton, Officer Administering the Government in the Federation. and the Director
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    Kajang Gang Chief, 2 Men Killed By Scots Guards
    631 18 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. OCOTS Guards yesterday evening killed a notorious section leader of the Kajang gang, Wong Yin Fan, who had many murders on his account, and two of his men. A 17-year-old recruit was badly wounded
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    HURT IN ROW OVER WAR SERVICE
    242 18 SINGAPORE Nov N argument between two newiy-recruited Federation Ponce oltic as to the respective merits of their wax s r* ended when one of the men was knocked down, receiving a ln Jury which aggravated d wound ne got D-Dav Yesterday in the Sing
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    Reds Leave Flags In Schools
    112 18 SINGAPORE. Nov. 7. A LARGE number oi Communist posters were found in three Chinese schools m Singapore early yesterday morning At two ot them the Nanyang Girls' High and the Chung Hwa Clrls School two large Communist flags were discovered At the Chung Chens High
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    ‘PLAYFUL’ BANDITS’ FALSE MOUSTACHES
    110 18 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Nov. 1. PREVIOUSLY d'scredited re A ports that Europeans have been operating with the bandits may have the'r oiigin if’ a playful Pahang band it wearing a false moustache A few days ago a patrol o' the LlOth Gurkhas came
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    Reve de Gloire wins Cl. 1 event
    788 19 KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 5. HE well-backed Reve De Gloire (Jones) scored a convincing two-length victory in Class 1, Div. 1 seven-furlong handicap at .iala Lumpur yesterday, opening day of the elangor Turf Club November meeting. Following the pace, Reve De Gloire nu the
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    6 winners for this ‘system’
    70 19 6 winners for this system’ in the secopd race won by Mamuse (horse No. 4), all the winners at Kuala Lumpur yesterday carried saddle cloth numbers corresponding to the number of each race. Nevada, winner of race 1, was No. 1 horse on the programme, and so on. In the
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    SCC margin over Changi was only 3
    270 19 SINGAPORE. Nov. 5. ALTHOUGH S.C.C. won their rugger game narrowly by six points (two penalties) to three points (a penalty) over R AF. Changi on the padang yesterday, they were definitey the better team.. Tney held territorial advantage throughout and it was only
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    Mrs. E. Addison Wins
    41 19 SINGAPORE. Nov. 2. The Island Club’s October Monthly Medal (Stroke), played last Friday, was won by Mrs. E Addison with 107-36=71. Next best were Miss E. Lee with ***** =74 and Mrs. E. Levy with 93-17 76
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    EUROPEANS & ASIANS DRAW
    165 19 EUROPEANS ASIANS DRAW SINGAPORE. Nov. 5. ASIANS and Europeans played h scoreless draw In yesterday’s charity soccer match at Jalan Bosar stadium. The match one of the last this season, was held ui aid of Tan? Tuck Choon. a promising Chinese goalkeeper who wus shot during a bandit attack on
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    WOMEN’S POPPY DAY HOCKEY ENDS IN DRAW
    310 19 SINGAPORE. Nov. 3. DOWN two goats to one at the end of the first half. Singapore Civilian women battled gamely to draw twoall with the Combined Services women in a Poppy Day Fund hockey encounter on the S.C.C. side of the padang yesterday.
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    Omar Wins Cycle Race
    47 19 SINGAPORE. Nov. 5. A .R. OMAR, of the Olympic Twiddlers. Selangor and 1948 All-India 100-mile cycle champion yesterday lashed past the finishing line to win the 50-mile All-Malayan Cycling Championship held here. The time returned was 2 hrs. 29 mins 37 4/5 secs.
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    Teachers give Varsity a lesson
    251 19 SINGAPORE. Nov. 5. PLAYING more accurate rugger, Teachers Training College oeat University of Malaya in their encounter at Sepoy Lines yes ter--)av With th( lr handling, kicking and passing way ahead of the University Teachers Passed P> sistentlv ih tN second half to ifn bv
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    International-PTC ‘Difficulty’ Now Adjusted
    276 19 From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, Nov. 2. ALL difficulties and misunderstandings arising over the affairs of the International 1 lul> have now been “satisfactorily adjusted/* Mr. Ong Hack Lim President of the Penang Turf Club, stated at the annual general meeting today. The Penang tracks, Mr.
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    14 Chasers win easily
    141 19 Singapore. Nov. 5. IkLAYINO with 14 men. Chasers M defeated the "A" team of CI.H.Q. fn n friendly rugger match at Farrer Park yesterday by 11 points (goal, penalty goal and try> to three < try). Chasers dominated proce< dlnga In the first half which they
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    CHANGI & SCC DRAW
    86 19 CHANGI SCC DRAW SINGAPORE. Nov. 2. Yesterday’s rain ruined what f might have been a thrilling rugger game between Royal Air Force Chaigl 2nd. XV and a scratch team from the Singapore Cricket Club on the Padang. There was no score. The Airmen got off to a flying start, their
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    Boom In Tin On The Singapore Share Market
    447 20 From A Market Correspondent tyiTH first-grade rubber for November shipment changing hands on Wednesday at $2.10 per lb. and tin advancing day by day to a “ne plus ultra** of $510.50 per picul by Friday, there was a large volume of business
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    RUBBER COMPANY DIVIDENDS
    51 20 from Our Own Correspontieni LONDON Fri OUBBER company dlvidenas are announced as loilows: East Asiatic six pel Cent against four previous yean Telok Merbau. 10 oer com 10). Bukit ljok, interim nv** per cent, (nil) Selama, five per cent. mm. Semenyih. 10 per cent first distribution since
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    ALOR GAJAH EST. FORWARD SALE
    33 20 LOR GAJAH Estate nas sola forward two tons monthly ot No 1 R S.S. for delivery, April June 1951 inclusive, baled in* gedown Singapore at $1.19 per lb
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    KUALA REMAN
    50 20 KUALA Reman Rubber Estate have made the following tui forward sales in respect the financial years 1950-51 anc 1951-52 (August 1 to July 31» 1950-51. 156.800 lbs. at 33N»d pe ’b London landed terms: 195) 52. 112.000 lbs at 33 r \d. per lb f ondon landed terms
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    BUSINESS DONE
    398 20 gUSINESS done in the Ma layan share market lasi week included: INDUSTRIALS. Fraser Neave Ords. $3.27Vb to $3.20 to $3.30. Fraser Neave Prefs $6.10 and $6.20, Hammers $35.25. Hong Kong Banks (CoJ.I $760 to $756, Malayan Breweries $5.25 to $5.30 to $5.25, Malayan Collieries $1.62V 2 to $1.70,
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    Rubber: High-Level Week
    231 20 SINGAPORE. Nov. 4. rieignts nave beei established in the rubbe price during the past week with wide fluctuations, say Lewis and Peat’s market re port, issued yesteidav Short-covering has again been a b’g factor both in Singapore and l ondon. but the prem urn for the current
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    The Week's Dividends
    53 20 V)i\idends announced during lust week were:— Payable Books Close Radella Rubber interim less tax Nov. 11 4'11 Nov Tambalak Rubber 5% interim less ax Nov. 30 20 30 Nov Tapah Rubber 15% final less tax Dec. 9 19 D*c 'T’eVk Anson 5% interim D 3 c. 7
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    WINDFALL IN FEDERATION FROM DUTIES
    553 20 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 7. '['HE rubber and tin boom will earn mil!, more in 1950 for the Government of Federation of Malaya than was anticipat* year a£o. Rubber alone is expected to bring in million before the end of the year.
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    Suloh Rubber Crop
    16 20 SULOH Rubber Estates y September produced 12.9’ lbs of rubber of all grades
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    MALAYAN SHARE QUOTATIONS
    960 20 SINGAPORE. Nov. 7. INDUSTRIALS Buyer* Seller* Alex BncK» Pref 180 i yo Ordh 1 97) 2 05 AIa» Ice 11 90 12 25 B B Petroi 35'9 36/9 BM rro'te* i Of id' Cod Tin Smelt Pref 20/9 21/9 to Ord 19/6 20/6 K Htj Sanit *7
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