The Straits Budget, 17 January 1952

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    33 1 The Straits Times THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES [ESTABLISHED OVER A' CENTURY] AV S *i ics No. 285. Singapore Thursday, January 17, 1952 Price 40 cents (S.S. Currency) Or 1 ah.
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      105 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 Thursday i.e. on publication day in Singapore. Under normal conditions we should be in a position
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  • STRAITS TIMES POST-BAG
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      REAPING THE BENEFIT AT KIRKBY
      584 2  -  CRUSADER. Singapore. “SIMPLE Simon s” letter of Jan. 9 calls for a reply. How did he get the idea that I, or anybody else who criticises the Kirkby scheme, hate the fortunate 150? My previous letter plainly shows that I have no quarrel with the
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      SUGAR BY THE BAGFUL
      155 2  -  SWEETIE. Singapore. IREAD with interest “Sugar Daddy’s”’ letter in your issue of Saturday since, if the rationine of sugar is a farce in Perak, it Ls even more of a farce in Singapore. I have been buying as much sugar at I want for the past
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      ‘This nonsensical sugar rationing’
      205 2  -  SUGAR DADDY. Perak. IUHEN is this nonsensical sugar rationing going to cease? The only ones who are gaining anything from it are the large army of clerks who could be gainfully employed elsewhere. Some time ago I read in the Straits Times of a storekeeper who
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      MOVEMENT IN BUSINESS
      118 2  -  EL CHOCLO. Singapore. Mr. ho thean fook disagrees with Mrs. M. M Mandy, and asks why some employees are reluctant to put three days’ work into one. I would advise him to consult the Trade Union Ordinance and some efficiency expert As an ordinary clerk with a
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      THE EDUCATED MAN’S DUTY TO THE PEOPLE
      302 2  -  PENGAWAL. Kota Bahru IN the Saturday Forum of Jan. 5. W.Y.W. tried to cast aspersions on the recent Kelantan Malays’ memorandum to the British Government by insinuating that its authors acted from selfish motives. He was not merely being deliberately vicious; he was
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      STAFFING IN THE SCHOOLS
      157 2  -  CURIOUS. Singapore. rE usual stock of excuses is given for the existence of the wide gap in general education between the School Certificate classes and the universities. Nobody has commented on the staffing arrangements in the different schools. One would be surprised to learn of the
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      ALL THE STREET LAMPS WERE ON
      58 2  -  CANDLE RAY. Singapore. WHEN travelling through Scotts Road, Singapore, at 5.30 p.m. one recent afternoon it was galling to note, during these ever-increasing periods of darkness, that all th 0 street lighting was on. Could action please be taken by the Council authorities to
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      CLOSING DAY REJECTION
      98 2  -  CHAN KOK HENG. Singapore. 'pHE Chinese New Year is fast approaching, it is customary for most shops to remain open on the last few days to anticipate a last minute rush. I went to the Labour Office to get a temporary change in my day of closing,
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      Prize pups & pounded pups
      444 2  - Prize pups pounded pups DISGUSTED DOG LOVER. Penang. DOG LOVER. Tafping AN Sunday, Jan. 6. a cat and dog show was held in Penang, in aid of the R.S.P.C.A. As one who has seen many doR shows in the U.K. and the Continent I would like to state that I
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      A NEW RACE CLUB?
      62 2  -  TAN AH WEE. Singapore. IT is quite clear that another Race Club should b formed in Singapore. The present Turf Club cannot cater for all the people who want to see racing and for all the people who want t*' own horses. Now is the time
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  • The Straits Budget
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      Britain’s New Crisis
      801 3 —Straits Times. Jan. 10. o measure of the scale of m’s economic crisis is U) bl ,und in the contrast of prediction, and new Vi a i fact. It was expected Chancellor would rea further heavy loss of to be added to the reported in his depress.tement
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      Intelligence and Commonsense
      284 3 -Straits Times. Jan. 10 The Government’s reluctance to explain the resignation of Sir William Jenkin, the Federation’s Director of Intelligence, leaves the uncomfortable impression that Malaya is losing a good man perhaps unnecessarily. Of the value of Sir William’s work there can be no doubt. He brought
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      Smallholders’ Rubber
      795 3 -Straits Times. Jan. 11 The Rubber Producers Council and the Federal Government having approved the new rubber cess for replanting, it only remains now for someone to tell the smallholders about it. They are the people who will be principally affected. Of course they are represented on the
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      The Malay Regiment
      256 3 -Straits Times, Jan. 11 There was more than one Commander-in-Chief who found the War Office obstinately opposed to additional pay and better conditions of service for British Army officers serving with the Malay Regiment. But the long campaign at last has been won. Yesterday the Federation Government
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      The Malayan Nation
      571 3 St rails Times, Jan. 12 Other than the Communists, few Malayans (and none who matter) will disagree with the substance of Mr. Malcolm MacDonald’s broadcast. The Commissioner General said what has wanted saying, and what must continue to be said over and over again. The strongest defence
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      The Man And The Muddle
      477 4 Straits Times, Jan. 12. The attention which the I*i i ll li Press is again devoting In Malaya and the vacant po i of High Commissioner is welcome, blit it is distressing dial the argument should appear to have been resumed on party line*. There
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      The Man on Trust
      798 4 Straits Times. Jan. 14 General Sir Gerald Templer. named but not yet appointed the new High Commissioner, obviously has to bo taken on trust. He is not known in Malaya. He may be a man of considerable stature, hut largely he has avoided the headlines (or
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      Transparent as Vodka
      304 4 —Straits Times, Jan. 14 One abiding purpose shine through all Russia's turnings and twisting on the international stage. It is to lure the free world into relaxing its vigilance. Way back in June’ last year Malik did a ballet like twist by suggesting true: talks in Korea:
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      Midsummer Madness
      716 4 Times. Jan. 15 Malaya has known few more extraordinary resignations than that of the Federation Commissioner of Police. Mr. W. N Gray, announced yesterday morning after he had left the country by air Mr. Gray left Kuala Lumpur by RAF. aircraft, and in Singapore joined an air linei
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      Soft Answers Save Hard Words
      302 5 —Straits Times, Jan. 15. the people inter- in the Singapore Welfare Department’s discover how press--1 o is the Colony’s need for Hical benefit scheme 1 hoen brusque in their •1 *o answer the 20 quesThcy have not merely 11 to reply; they have 1 i
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      Malaya And Sterling
      760 5 —Straits Times. Jan. 16. Two developments on the eve of the opening of the conference of Commonwealth Finance Ministers have given these talks a new importance for Malaya. The talks are important in any case, for no doubt an attempt will be made to persuade Malaya to
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      Police Tribunal
      361 5 —Straits Times. Jan.^16. Some weeks ago the report of the tribunal which enquired into the accusations made against senior officers of the Singapore police by the Riots Enquiry Commission disappeared into the Colonial Office machinery. It is time this report was found again and made public. Its contents
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    IGNORED JOHORE TRAFFIC SIGN
    35 5 SINGAPORE, Jan. 10. Tan Ah Chye. a Singapore motor-cyclist, was fined $l5 in the Johore Bahru Police Court todav for failing to draw up at a “Stop Look, Go” traffic sign
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  • PERSONAL
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      BIRTHS
      95 5 SALT: On January 15th, 1952. at Kandang Kerbau Hospital, to DOREEN (nee Hynes), wife of “Nimak” Salt, a son. SHERWOOD. To Eileen Monica, wife of Paul Walter Sherwood on 6-1-1952, at Kandang Kerbau Hospital, a boy, Christopher Paul. GECKS: To IRENE, wife of J. V. H. Geeks, a son,
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      ENGAGEMENT
      109 5 SKEENS-KLYNE: The engagement was announced on the 25.12.51 between Gordon Edivard Skeens, eldest son of Mrs V. R. Skeens of N.-End, Portsmouth, Hants. England, to TUlie Klyne, youngest daughter of Mrs. A. Klyne, Katong, Singapore THE engagement is announced today between MLss Esther Wong Swee Lan (eldest daughter of
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      MARRIAGE
      123 5 LGK-FANG: The marriage will take place at the Singapore Marriage Registry today, Saturday, 12th January, 1952, between Mr. Lok Bok Sim and Miss Linda Fang, both of Sinennore. THE MARRIAGE of Mr. Kevin Patrick Murphy of Rengam Estate. Johore and Miss Esme Brown ot Snape, Yorkshire took place at
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      ACKNOWLEDGMENT
      84 5 THANKING all applicants for the posts of Receptionist and Salesman, which have now been filled. Favrc-Leuba Watch Co., 18-F, Battery Road, Singapore. > THE Salvation Army wishes to thank all kind friends who contributed either cash or goods tp provide a Happy Christmas to children in our Homes and
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      75 5 STRAITS BUDGET SUBSCRIPTION RATES (PAYABLE IN ADVANCE) Br. Empire A Singapore Town Area Malaya No Postage I nr I a ding Postage Quarterly S 5.20 5 75 Half-yearly 10.00 11.50 Yearly 20.80 23.00 Tho weekly Issues of the Straits Budget ean bint delivery service to the United Kingdom only at
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  • Obituary
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    133 5 DEATH SUBHA DAMU, daughter of Mr. K. N. Damu, died at 2 p.m on 10.1.1952, at the General Hospital, Johore Bahru. MILLY, wife of M. G. AnthonLsz. Cortege leaves 91, St. Francis Road at 9.45 a.m. for Bldadari. MR. FRANCIS RAMDHAS wishes to thank all relatives and friends for telegrams,
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    A SINGAPORE DIARY
    2693 6  -  Stanley Street. From The Straits Times of Jan. 10—Jan. 16. Blasted anyone account for the way in which, when lightning strikes a person, th<* clothes are stripped oil him? The latest of several instances which hav<» come to our notice has been reported from West Kilbrid**, in
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    MORE HEAVY RAIN—AND WATER IS CUT
    1601 8 JOIIORK BAHRU, Jan. 9. \S heavy rain still fell yesterday, rivers in iX southern Malaya rose higher and thousands of acres were Hooded. Fiflv yards oT Ihe noi 111 south inland trunk road, at a place called “Windy t.orncr ti\c miles north ol Lahis.
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    Security forces kill 2 bandits, wound 5
    144 8 SINGAPORE, Jan. 10. forces killed two oandits, wounded two and are believed to have wounded three others in battles against terrorists yesterday. On one estate in the Johore Bahru area, a police patrol found 20 bandits slashing rubber trees and opened tire wounding
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    5 pleaded guilty
    121 8 SINGAPORE, Jan. 10. FIVE of ll men charged with the theft of 2,324 lb s of rubber, valued at $3,500 from a lighter at the Singapore Harbour Board on Dec. 31, pleaded guilty and were each sentenced in the Singapore Third Police Court yesterday to six months’
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    8 FINED $200
    22 8 KLUANG, Wed Eight people found with foodstuffs In a restricted area, were each fined $25 or five days’ imprisonment
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    6,086 MORE CARS IN S’PORE
    118 8 SINGAPORE. Jan. 10. A TOTAL of 22.678 cars were licensed in Singapore at the end of last year. This is an increase of 6.086 over the previous year’s figvre. Now motor-cycles numbered 894. bringing the total at the end of the year to 5.666 Taxis
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    Detainee escapes
    74 8 BUTTERWORTH Jan. 9. A Chinese detainee last night escaped from Butterworth police station where he had been held earlier in the day for questioning The man. It is reported, was in the charge room with a police constable when he rushed out through the front door Road blocks
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    FOUR HURT IN ROOF FALL
    65 8 SINGAPORE, Jan. 10. Four Chinese women labourers dismantling a wooden shed in the Supply Reserve Depot, Alexandra Road, Singapore. were injured yesterday when part of the roof collapsed. One. Sim Kah Hwa. was hurt badly on the head and chest. The others. w r ho
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    Girl injured: Man held
    52 8 SINGAPORE, Jan. 10. An attractive 19-year-old Chii}ese girl, Ong Siew’ Hong, was attacked with a changkol by a man at 7 3 4 mile Tampenis Road. Singapore, prdav She had serious injuries to her forehead and is now in the Singapore Genera' Hospital > r, p
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    South Malaya floods drop
    1133 9 !o‘k>Kfc BAHKU Jan. 10. THE floods were reced- inn in many parts of South Malaya last night. Malayan nailway head-quart-rs announced a “slight improvement" in the position in North Johore. and said a large labour force and eight ballast trains were being used t establish through
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    Revellers rush to rubber blaze
    321 9 t SINGAPORE, Jan. 11. SENIOR members of the Lam Choon Rubber Factory and their employees attending a wedding dinner held at the Southern Hotel last night downed chopsticks and left succulent dishes to rush out to a huge fire which destroyed six sections of their
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    ‘DAVID’ FILM IS WITHDRAWN
    136 9 SINGAPORE, Jan. 10. |*HE Singapore Film Censor. Mr. Jack Evans, gave instructions late last night that the film “David and Bathsheba” be withdrawn from the New Alhambra Theatre where it had run for 17 days. Members of the Loke Win Tho (Cathay Organisation) confirmed this. Mr.
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    FOUR STEPS TO UNITY IN MALAYA
    1901 9 SINGAPORE, Jan. 11. O ONE should have the slightest fear that Britain will desert Malaya, the Commissioner-! ieneral, Mr. Malcolm MacDonald, said in a broadcast last night. Mr. MacDonald said that it would take long lo complete the task of forming a united, selfreliant
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    $5,200 gold in seaman’s coat
    142 10 SINGAPORE, Jan. 11. TEH Kaw Sia, an engineer of the motor-ship Tong 1 Ann, was fined 84,000 in the Singapore Third District Court yesterday for exporting three bars of gold, 20 I .S. gold 10-dollar coins, and a gold bangle. without a permit. Teh Ek
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    BANDITS CUT OFF WATER
    117 10 KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 9. gANDITS have cut off the water supply to Tanjong Malim town in North Selangor ancl the peojne have to usp river and well water. On Tuesday night a gang smashed 15 eight-foot lengths of pipeline, carrying the water supply from the reservoir.
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    LIGHTERMAN ACCUSED
    63 10 SINGAPORE, Jan. 11. A. S. Aboo Tahir ibrahim. aged 29 claimed trial in Singapore yesterday on a charge of criminal breach of trust of eight bales of rubber worth $2,500 belonging to the General Lighterage Co: Ho was alleged to have taken them when he was transhipping 786
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    BOY AGED 12 IS CHARGED
    269 10 SINGAPORE, Jan. 10. V IAW Joon Kwee, proprietor of a liquor shop lj in Geylang Road, his wife, son and servant, were charged in Singapore yesterday with applying false trade marks of Guinness and Malayan Breweries stout. They were also charged with possession of 44
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    Ice-dealer ‘not properly dressed’
    58 10 SINGAPORE, Jan. 10. ‘You are not pioncrii dressed,” Mr K L Jamieson Singapore City Police Magistrate told Aw Yong Koon. a Middle Road ice-dealer, who appeared in court yesterday charged wi’h obstructing the footway Aw who was barefooted and clad in shirt and shorts was ordered
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    NO FOOD PERMIT
    26 10 m.UK ANSON Wert Found carrying restricted foudstutTs without i permit Ony Son Ting was fined $5O or one month’s imprisonment it Tolnk Anson
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    TWO ARE FINED
    22 10 TAIPING. Wed. SheiK Dawood and Thambvraie were Fined $l5 each a’ Tiin;nnr f ar or »rr»in r in Dtihlic
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    Nine police killed in ambush
    237 10 I POH. Jan. 10. NINE policemen were killed today in a bandit air. bush at the 3U-mile, Degong Road. South Perak. The ambush was at an open and level area between the resettlement villages of Ayer Kuning and Sungei Kroh --a spot where the bandits
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    Driver caught rice thief
    47 10 SINGAPORE, Jan. 10 Wong Kung was !n Singapore yesterday gaoled for one month for stealing rice worth ST.SO from a lorry in Robinson Road on New Year’s Day. Inspector M. Chong said Wong was caught by the driver stealing 30 katties of rice
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    MALAYA FLOODS GO DOWN
    366 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 11. i ('.11 Malacca town is expected to stay 1 led tonight, conditions elsewhere in in ,h Malaya are improving. J s oc ial Welfare Department is giving, relief to 500 families at Sungei Rambai j i mnl u ‘"r is i n
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    RUBBER MARKET ACTIVE
    278 11 Singapore, Jan. 12. lvitv has developed tins eek and the mar•s to he shaking ■“of the lethargic r had been in tor v.eoks, says Lewis and sly report issued do cr> considerable A’.n ncaa account. »e low grades, trectly for the < 1. prices are well »vel,
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    OPIUM IN THE SEA
    64 11 SINGAPORE. Jan. 12. Thp crrw of a Chinese inpan were detained by the S.ugapore Marine Police last lit following an opium fi'd. Customs patrol launch s :>ed the sampan and posaw bundles thrown cv iboard. '■lunteers from the u. h dived into the sea and rv,
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    GAOL FINE
    31 11 BENTONG. Fri. Mohammed bin Mohd All was sentenced to a day’s imprisonment and $l5O Ane for stealing a wrist watch valued at $62.00 from Mohd Yassin bin Mohd. Piah
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    DRIVER SAYS: I WAS TOO DRUNK TO GO HOME
    140 11 SINGAPORE, Jan. 12. LOW Kim Yong, a lorry driver, told the Singapore Third District Court yesterday that he failed to obey a restriction order from the Colonial Secretary because he was drunk. The orde r restricted his movements and said he
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    He flies 8,000 miles
    131 11 He flies 8, 000 miles SINGAPORE, Jan. 12. 4 YOUNG British Army offlcer took time off from lighting bandits yesterday W meet his father who had travelled 8.000 miles to #?e nls son Mr. A Orr Deas. retired senior director of MacKinnon, MacKenzie and Company, a shipping firm in the
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    ‘DAVID’ FILM CAN STILL BE SHOWN
    138 11 SINGAPORE. Jan. 12. riiHt tun onjra oi the 1 Singapore Film Appea. Committee vesterdav evening passed the film ‘David and Bathsheba” for public *'xnibition in Singapore 1 The Board which nn> t (1 members met to review r he withdrawal of the film The
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    SUICIDE BID ALLEGED
    53 11 SINGAPORE, Jan. 12. Aminah binte Omar, aged 20, of Telok Kurau. was charged in Singapore First Police Court yesterday with trying to commit suicide by throwing herself into Rochore Canal on Thursday. She claimed trial and the case was postponed to Jan 31 for hearing. Bail of
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    FINED $10
    31 11 SINGAPORE, Jan. 12. Yap Tong Yeo, a stallholder of Telok Ayer Market, was lined $lO in the Singapore City Police Court yesterday for lighting a fire in the market.
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    West Kent patrol kills bandit
    111 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 11. PATROLS oi the Royal West Kents had .successes in three operations in North SKLANCSOK vest onlay. l n the Ku.t u K-jr i !ia:iru 1 district th* v K» >n Y«*»* who niid r>» »n oandh tor tw* v• iT' am
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    Youth on stretcher gets 10 yrs
    128 11 IPOH, Fri CARRIED into the Assize court on a stretcher and sitting propped up throughout hs trial on a charge under the Emergency Regulations of consorting with armed persons. 19-year-old Chong Kicw was today sentenced to ten years’ penal servitude by Mr. Justice Thompson.
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    The brave and gallant 13 on parade
    226 11 SINGAPORE. Jan. 12. Ai ALS anc j King’s Commendations were pre- to 13 members of SinPolice Force by the •ior of Singapore. Sir p *hn Glmson. at the Trainng School, on Road, yesterday. v us a ‘colourful cereWomen in kebayas. cheongsams and European
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    Archbishop tours the ‘bad areas’
    229 11 SINGAPORE, Jan. 12. UNDER heavy military escort, the Archbishop of York, Dr. Cyril Garbett, yesterday toured dangerous outlying areas in Selangor. The 75-year-old Archbishop arrived by air from Singapore ‘o begin his short tour of the Federation. He was accompanied by the Bishop of Singapore,
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    Air freight increased
    102 11 SINGAPORE. Jan. 12. IALAYAN Airways are ope- rating to their fullest capacity trying to cope with the increased trallic caused by the dislocation of road and rail transport bv the floods. An airways spokesman yesterday said they had no planes or crews for extra services. The increase
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    PARKED CAR HAD NO LIGHTS
    66 11 JOHORE BAHRU. Fri Lim Bee Kim, a Singapore teacher, was lined $5 in ’h* Police Court for parking his car on the road at night. He told the court that in Singapore when a car was parked at night under a bright street lamp, their*
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    NOTICE OF APPEAL
    36 11 JOHORE BAHRU, Fri. Dahalan bin Kassim was sentenced to one year’s imprisonment for being in nolawful possession of l l gallons of rubber latex at Ulu Plentong Estate. Notice of appeal was given.
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    ‘L’ DRIVER IS FINED $20
    39 11 MUAR Fri. Tin* holder ot a provisional driving licer.e Toh Pi Tong, was fined r Muar for failing to di-olrv "T ola’es and for not b*ii r*c mnnnied by a notr.o r n‘ driver.
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    Dunlop is ‘delighted to be back’
    206 12 SINGAPORE, Jan. 13. 'J’HE hero ol the Singapore riots, Major General Dermott Dunlop, formerly G.O.C. Singapore District, returned t(j the Colony yesterday by BOAC Argonaut lrom Hong Kong as a civilian. Gen. Dunlop, who is now security adviser to the Colonial Otlice, i s
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    RAF DROPS FOOD TO VILLAGE
    270 12 SINGAPORE, Jan. 13. ROYAL AIR FORCE Dakota transport plane yesterday parachuted more than a ton of food to flood-bound villagers at Mawai, Johore, and its adjacent resettlement camp. Rice, fish and tinned goods were dropped in eight lowlevel runs across a small hillock near the
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    MEASURES TO BEAT THE AMBUSH
    210 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. .10. ]y|EASURES to eliminate possible ambush spots on four public roads In Selangor have been taken by the* Mentri B/sar. Uda bin Raja Muhammad, under the Emergency Regulations F,3^'?„ Wor, pubUsh d *n the federation Government Gazette today. Owners and occupiers of
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    killed by coconut
    35 12 IELUK ANSON. Sat. Wh«»n plucking coconuts at Sungei Bcrnam Estate in L't.in Melintang. a 50-year->lri labourer. Mumandy, tell in to a drain He was killed when a nut feh on his head.
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    HE WAS SHOT ON DUTY
    80 12 JOHORE BAHRU. Jan. 12. r pHE Auxiliary Police Force which was raised last year in Johore Bahru had its first casualty today with the death at the General Hospital this morning from gunshot wounds of Pte. Lai Teck Tor. Lai was on night duty on
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    S.C. ALLOWED $250 BAIL
    81 12 SINGAPORE. Jan. 13. A SPECIAL constab.e, Mohammed Dawi bin Dulmat, aged 19, of Kampcng Marican. was chaiged ycste rday before the Singapore First Police Magistrate, Mr. R. C. 3. Bell, with sleeping on l rmed duty. He was arrested <>n Wednesday at the Registrar of Vehicles’
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    $2.50 FRAUD ALLEGED
    83 12 SINGAPORE, Jan. 13. T. L. F. Willis, aged 42. of Grange Road, was tentatively charged in the Singapore First Police Court yesterday with cheating Teiak Singh of °2 50 at Klang Road. Kuala Lumpur, on Oct. 31 lost, vonr He was allowed $250 bail The ease was
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    C-G.’s TRIBUTE TO de LATTRE
    321 12 SINGAPORE, Jan. 13. de Laffrc dc Tassigny’s personal exploits over many years had made a saga of almost legendary heroism. They had made talcs which would often be told to keep ablaze in French armies the fires of martial virtue, said the Commissioner-General, Mr. Malcolm
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    COMMUNITY CENTRE FOR THE DAILY PAID
    203 12 SINGAPORE. Jan. 13 A COMMUNITY centi. which will cater exclusively for daily-paid workc > of the Singapore City Council in the Rochore area, was opened yesterday by the City President. Mr. T. p y McNeice. Several Progressive and Labour Party Citv Councillors watched Mr.
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    Squad was informed
    38 12 IPOH. Sat.—One oandit was killed and another wounded and captured in the Gopeng area of Perak today by a police jungle squad which went into action on r“ceipt of information from •> ’VPTiber Of the Dtiblic
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    FOOD LAWS ARE HITTING REDS
    221 12 KIEW KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 12. N.£[ being used by the Security Forces in l peratlo Starvation” are meeting with success, a KuaiVTu™ pur l^y!'^ 0 -Rations staff said in “This fresh approach to the problem of food control.’’ he revealed, "has resulted in large quantities
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    OFFICER ON GUN CHARGE
    75 12 SINGAPORE, Jan. 13. gECOND Officer John De Courcy of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary vessel War Hindoo, was tentatively charged in the Singapore Second Police Court with causing grievous hurt to George Daw\ a seaman. at the Naval Base, early yesterday morning. De Courcy was alleged to
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    Labourer cleared
    42 12 SINGAPORE, Jan. 13. A 39-year-old labourer. Khor Kim Chye, was yesterday acquitted in the Singapore Fourth Police Court on a charge of causing hurt to another labourer. Lim Ah Yew at the 9th mile Bukit nmah Road on Christmas Day.
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    DRIVER FINED $15
    19 12 MUAR, Sat.—For nogl gent driv ng on the Tangkak-Sagil Road, a motorist. Balasamv was fined $l5
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    MRNVR ‘stars’ in recruiting film
    255 13 SINGAPORE, Jan. 14. 4 FILM of the M.R.N.V.R. at work was completed by the Malayan Film Unit yesterday. Designed to aid recruiting for all Mala van Naval units the M.R.N.V.R., Malavan Naval Force and Sea Cadets —it will be shown in cinemas j throughout Singapore,
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    S’pore wins MCA sweep first prize
    189 13 KUALA LUMPUR. Jan. 13. r iv KFT -*****5. (Singa1 k n the first prize >00 the sixth MCA million-dollar n in Kua’u Lumpur toKeeond prize ticket was *****82. $135,000; third *****50, $55,000; fourth *****13, $20.000; fifth prizes (two) were *****77 and *****08. $11,000 each.
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    SCHOOLGIRL, 17, CHARGED
    51 13 JORORE BAHRU, Jan. 13. Yoon. a 17-year--5 living at Bukit p Pleaded guilty In the 'ourt today to the dis--BTb;' f the body of her ,c ‘old the court the r ’vas stillborn. The r 9 Postponed the ♦ip' 9 f, r further investigabr: 'r.d allowed her
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    8 FINED $40
    22 13 Voiim 'N Sun. Eight SE, I'-, wn rp fined a total of b»>» ambling at “pakow” Hwa Chiao Chinese
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    Petition is sent to Governor
    128 13 SINGAPORE. Jan. 14. THE All-Malaya Muslim Missionary Society has petitioned the Governor of Singapore to take the necessary steps to deal with the public exhibition of the film “David and Bathsheba.” The full board of the Singaporr Film Appeal Committee passed the film for public
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    Bandits hit in jungle
    65 13 KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 11. SCREAMS were heard in the jungle near a resettlement area in the Gemas district oi Negri Sembilan yesterday when a company of the First Green Howards opened fire on bandits in hiding Eleven arrests were made in a screening operation in the
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    CAUTIONED
    43 13 TELUK ANSON Wed Sinatalam. aged 40, who failed to report to a registration officer within one month of his entry into the Federation, was cautioned and discharged in Teluk Anson He said he was ill and was unable to register in time.
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    Floods subside in Johore
    159 13 SINGAPORE, Jan. 14. 'THE floods in Johore are now subsiding and the coast road at Batu Pahat is open to traffic again. There was no change yesterday in Yong Peng and Medan. —<■ At the 9th milestone Batu Pahat-Ayer Hitam road, a new area was flooded
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    Witness is still in U.K.
    96 13 JCHORE BAHRU. Sun. FIVE Sakais. held in custody in connection with the preliminary inquiry *nto the alleged murder of Trooper O’Leary were brought to Court, today when the hearing was to nave been resumed. The Court ordered a fur:ner adjournment as a material witness. ASP
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    4 murder charges for assizes
    64 13 SINGAPORE. Jan. 14. The calendar for the first Singapore Assizes of the year, which open in the Supreme Court this morning, contains 12 cases. There are four case s of murder, tw'o of attempted murder, one of abetment of murder, two of robbery, one of
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    Police save food lorry from bandits
    93 13 KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday. pOLICE surprised a bandit gang ransacking a food lorry on the Kuala Kangsar-Lenggong road in the Grik area of Perak yesterday. They had stopped the lorrv and driven it to a rubber estate a mile away There, thev unloaded rice, flour,
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    Taxi driver fined
    29 13 SINGAPORE. Jan. 12. For sounding his horn in a prohibited area, Dara Singh, a taxi driver, was fined $5 in the Singapore First Traffic Court yesterday.
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    Woollen goods may cost more
    67 13 SINGAPORE, Jan. 14. Woollen goods will probably cost more soon, said Mr. R. G. Scriven, wool magnate, who arrived in Singapore yesterday from London on his way to Australia. “There is an upward trend in the price of wool.” said Mr. Scriven. Mr. Scriven is
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    INCOME TAX DEPT. MAY FACE CRISIS
    171 13 SINGAPORE, Jan. 14. fTHE Singapore Income Tax Department may soon face a major staff crisis if 30 General Clerical Service members employed by the department have their own way. These officers have applied for transfer to other departments for “certain reasons which are the
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    College for Katong area
    77 13 SINGAPORE, Jan. 14. CITY Commercial College, in Haig Road, Singapore, was declared open by Mr. Lim Yew Hock, Labour Legislative Councillor for South Ward, yesterday evening. Mr. Lim said that the college fulfilled a prime need for a commercial school in the Katong area. Mr. K.
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    TEA GOES DOWN IN PRICE
    73 13 SINGAPORE, Juli. 14. Latest fair price list in Singapore is: Tea (1 lb. packets), Lion and Crest reduced from $2.10 to $2; infants’ food (l l lb. tin), Glaxo and Ostermilk reduced from $2.20 to $2, (2 lb. tin), Glaxo reduced ffom $4.15 to $3.85:
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    ASSAULT CHARGE
    38 13 SINGAPORE, Jan. 11. Koh Tee claimed trial in Singapore yesterday on a charge of causing hurt to a girl, Ong Siew' Yong on Jam. 9. Bail of $lOO was allowed, pend ng trial on Feb. 12.
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    GRAY RESIGNS, FLIES HOME
    777 14 KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 14. W. N. Uray, the Federation Commissioner of Police, has resigned. He flew from Singapore for Britain in secret this morn- ing, almost as his resignation was announced. Mr (ir«*iv, who had been Commissioner since August, HHiS, rani'lil a BOAC aircrall after living
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    Passengers shot in bus hold-up
    142 14 KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 14. DANDITS held up two buses near Kuala Lumpur yesterday and wounded a Malay police constable and two civilian passengers. The latter were hit wounded when the bandits fired on one of the buses before it had stopped. The other bus was
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    POLICEMEN ON GUARD AS THE SALE RUSH STARTS
    134 14 SINGAPORE. Jan. 15. HI 7 N I) K E DS of people went to the first day qt a sale at Whiteaway’s. Singapore, yesterday. Two policemen stood guard at tile front door, which was opened only at intervals of every 30 minutes
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    AYER HITAM TIN PRODUCTION
    65 14 KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 14. Ayer Hitam Tin Dredging ,oT,? ar v P ro <3uced 568 tons <9,542 piculs) of tin ore in the last quarter of last year Production fcy Puket Tin Dredging Company tor the “"f, herlod was lilt tons G. 873 piculs) r T*]
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    ‘First class blunder’
    93 14 SINGAPORE, Jan. 15. THE Singapore Third District Court Judge, Mr. S. E. Teh, yesterday described as a ‘‘first class blunder” by the police their failure to take the finger-prints of the alleged culprit in a housebreaking case. In the dock were two peons. S. M. Othman. 16.
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    Gray sends the force his thanks
    205 14 KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 14. IN a personal message to the Federation Police Force. Mr. Gray thanked his men for their hard work during the past three and a half years. “During this period you have faced many d ngers, difficulties and complexities which you
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    4 injured in crash
    101 14 SINGAPORE. Jan. 15. TWO Singapore girls. Tay Ah Boh. 4. and Ta v Ah Meng. 18. escaped injury when the car they were in collided head-on with a station wagon o n Changi Road shortly before midnight on Sunday. Four others in the car were slightly
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    FINE FOR THEFT
    28 14 JOHORE BAHRU, Mon. Khoo Bok. a BOD labourer was fined $2OO, or two months’ imprisonment, for the theft of a handbag from a motor car.
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    INDIAN CLOTH IMPORTS BAN
    103 14 SINGAPORE, Jan. 15. NO further import of Indian textiles into the Fodera♦ion and Singapore will be allowed at present, the Indian Trade Commissioner in Malaya. Sirdar Jogindra Singh said yesterday. He said that his Govern- 1 ment, may decide on another export quota of textiles for
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    Federal revenue up 90 per cent
    168 14 KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 14. L'LDFKAL Revenue for 1951 was $579,545,927-.. 1 almost a 90 per cent increase, or nearly $269.5 millions more than the 1950 revenue. Revenue exceeded the estimate by more than j $211.9 millions. Combined Federal ar. < State revenue for last
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    He blames his wife
    116 14 SINGAPORE, Jan. 15. WHEN charged in Singapore yesterday with causing hurt to his wife. Virna Pakirisamy Sinatolv Vithilingam said she had provoked him. "1 am not satisfied with nn wife's bchav.our. She Is impertinent at times.” he said. Mr. P. Clague, the Magistrate: "Have you made
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    Lottery man on $3,000 bail
    47 14 SINGAPORE. Jan. 15. Lim Ming Goe, aged 28, admitted in Singapore First Police Court yesterday that he helped to manage a chap-ji-ki lottery in Clemenceau Avenue last Saturday. The case was postponed until Jan. 21 for sentence. Lim was offered $3,000 bail.
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    STOLE CLOTH FROM VESSEL
    71 14 SINGAPORE, Jan. 15. Two labourers, Chin?, Cheong and Boon Ah Young, were each sentenced to two months’ imprisonment by the Singapore Fourth Police Magistrate, Mr. P Clague. yesterday for stealing 11 yards of cloth, valued at $22, and 323 piston rings, valued at $535. They were
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    INJURED IN AN ARGUMENT
    42 14 SINGAPORE, Jan. 15. While visiting friends at Klang Road last night. Kanasamy. an Indian living in Joo Chlat Road, was struck on the head with a parang during an argument with another Indian. His condition is not serious.
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    They plan to grow and sell produce
    129 15 TWO-ACRE farm, the A produce from which will h o P sold at cost price at a market stall, is the next project to be launched by Tancltn Consumers Association, Singapore A fancy dress ball is being A planned to raise capital f
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    Won claim for $361.80
    55 15 \!r D- xj Singh. who summoni p v Won* formerly 1 Messrs. John Little and C t ittend the Singapore First Civil District Court y< sterday through a n. tice r h'.i-hed in the Press. rded I jment in a claim r $361.80 bv the Distri
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    Tin men hail move to buy metal from Malaya again
    315 15 KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 14. JIN MINERS in Kuala Lumpur today hailed the report that the United States is to buy Malayan tin again after a boycott lasting a year. It meant the end of economic warfare, they said. Early today
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    To ‘observe’ elections
    82 15 JOIIORE BAHRU, Mon INCHr Isni bin Ismail and Inchp Mahmoud bin Hussein. Supervisors of Elections Johore. have gone to Kuala Lumpur as observers of the municipal campaign there. On their return to Jonon* thev are expected to conduct a propaganda campaign before the elections to be held
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    ‘SPECIAL’ ACCUSED
    27 15 JOHORE BAHRU. Mon.— Majid bin Sukimi. a special constable, was remanded in custody at Johore Bahru charged with attempting to murder Dawwan Kurup. by shooting.
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    Two charged with breaking money law
    309 15 SINGAPORE. Jan. 15. PHUA Cheng Kian, proprietor of Khoon Hen" Exchange. a remittance shop in Market Street, and Tan Chen Kail" manager of Khoon Heng Lian Kee mid Co., were charged in the Singapore First District Court yesterday with carrying on the business of
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    Two charged with robbery
    62 15 Abdul Moin bin Hassan and Darus bin Sirat. both of the N oo Soon military camp, claimed trial when charged with robbing Leo Kim Heng. a taxi-driver, at Sembawang Road on Dec. 16 last year. They were said to have robbed Lee of a fountain pen.
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    WOMEN FINED
    46 15 JOHORE BAHRU. Mon Satinan binte Haji Noor and Satamah binte Mat Said, two tappers of Leong Bee Estate, elang Patah, were fined $5 Gelang at Johore Bahru for moving half a kati of dried fish from Kedai Lima to Gelang Patah, without a permit.
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    Dec. rubber stocks
    52 15 SINGAPORE. Jan. 15. CINGAPORE had 49,978 tons of rubber stocks last month, sav official statistics released yesterday. Total dealers’ stocks were 39.254 tons. Port stocks totalled 10.671 tons. Estates had 53 tons Singapore’s estates and smallholders produced 118 tons of rubber last month, six tons less than
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    The first 1952 road death
    71 15 Singapore had its first fatal road accident of the vear yesterday when 16-year-old Teo Khoon Kim was killed in a lorry accident at Chin Swee Road. Teo was walking to his work at a factory when he met with the accident. Theft oi a piece
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    RUBBER IMPORTS A RECORD
    71 15 SINGAPORE, Jan. 15. MALAYA imported 547,106 tons of rubber last year, a post-war record Most of the rubber came from Indonesia. Brunei. Sarawak. Borneo. Burma and Indo-China. Singapore absorbed 462.986 tons of the imports and the Federation 84,120 tons. Malayan imports of rubber in December totalled
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    Two nurses to study in Australia
    144 15 SINGAPORE, Jan. 15. MISS Maisie Cheah, a staff nurse at Singapore General Hospital, and Mrs. Ang Ah Lay. a staff nurse at the General Hospital in Kuala Lipis, have been awarded this year’s two A.I.F. nursing scholarships. They will leave Singapore on Feb. 15
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    AIK HOE RUBBER FINED $1,000
    108 15 SINGAPORE, Jan. 15. AIK HOE and Company was fined $l,OOO in Singapore yesterday for storing rubber in unlicensed premises in Kim Chuan Road on July 25, 1950. Mr. L. A. J. Smith representing the company, gave notice of appeal. Mr. Smith said that Aik Hoe
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    2 admitted to the Bar
    104 15 SINGAPORE. Jan. 15. MESSRS. M. W. Maxwell and Geoffrey Abishegunadan were admitted to the Singapore Bar yesterday to practise as advocates and solicitors. Mr. R. L. Eber appeared in support of Mr. Maxwell’s application. Mr. Maxwell is a great grandson of the late Sir Peter
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    MAN, 102, DIES AFTER LALLANG BLAZE
    96 15 JOHORE BAHRU, Jan. 14. AN Indonesian aged 102, Peromo bin Terufio Wongso, has died from burns received when his clothes were set on fire. Peromo. who lived at Jaramal Parit Sakai Darat in the Muar district, set fire to lallang near his home to
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    Gaoled for theft of lorry tyre
    39 15 Chua Teck Seng, 18 was sentenced to six weeks’ imprisonment in the Singapore Police Court on Saturday for theft of a motor lorry tyre, valued at $220, the property of Ong i:ng Tiong.
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    HORNETS KILLED TWO BOYS
    169 15 THE Singapore Coroner. Mr Choor Singh, returned a finding of misadventure on Low P* ng Hav. aged 11. and Tan Chong Chuan. aged 13. who died in the General Hospital after being attacked i v hornets on Dec. 11. Tan and Low were pupils at tile
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    DIED BEFORE OPERATION
    81 15 Chellapan Pillai. a 41-year-old labourer, died at the Naval Base Hospital on Dec. 4 before he was operated on. This was stated in the Singapore Coroner’s Court yesterday when an inquest on Pillai was held before Mr Choor Singh. Dr. Peters the surgeon, said that Pillai had
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    S’PORE LAWYERS WELCOME JUDGE
    97 15 Later at the Appellate Court, Mr. R. L. Eber, on behalf of the Singapore Bar. welcomed Mr Justice JCnlght to the Colony us a Supreme Court judge. Mr. C. H. Butterfield, Solicitor General, spoke on behalf of the law officers of the Crown. Mr. Justice Knlpht
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    Templer for Federation, Nicoll for S’pore
    414 16 SINGAPORE, Jan. 16. THE appointments of General Sir (Jerald Walter Robert Templer, 1 K.C.8., G.M.G., D. 5.0., as High Commissioner for the Federation of Malaya, and of Mr. John Fearns Nicoll, C.M.G., as Governor of Singapore, were unnounced by the Secretary of Stutc for
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    Career talks in City suburbs
    151 16 SINGAPORE, Jun. 16. pAREER talks, jointly plan-in-el by the Singapore Rotary Club and Young Men’s Christian Association, will be given in the suburbs of the city. The subjects will include civil and electrical engineering, and law. The first of the series will he at 8
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    30-MINUTE FLOOD
    50 16 SINGAPORE, Jan. 16. Half an hour’s rain at Kaliang yesterday afternoon flooded the runway and the forecourt in front of the airport buildings. Several cars were stranded Then' were no aircraft due at the 1 ime of the storm, as visibility was almost nil for nearly If, minutes.
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    WOMAN FINED
    34 16 JOHOR,E RAHRTI Tups Lim Ah Mui a woman, who failed to keep account books showing tho purrhnso.s and sak- of b»‘Pr between Oct anh Nov 22 in her shop was fined Slr>o
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    P.O. SAVINGS LIMIT RAISED
    64 16 SINGAPORE, Jan. 16. Tlie maximum initial deposit in the Post Ollice Savings Bank accounts has been raised from $4,000 to $5,000 as from Jan. 1 This was announced by the Director of Posts, Singapore yesterday. The annual limit is now $5,000 and the maximum $20,000 The
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    He holds Gimson’s old job
    300 16 SINGAPORE, Jan. 16. M R Nicoll holds the same appointment Colonial Secretary of Hong Kong which Sir Franklin held when he was apoointed Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Singapore In 1946. Sir Franklin, who agreed to serve for a further six months after his term of
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    COURT TOLD OF FUND FOR TERRORISTS
    237 16 KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 15. I THE existence of a “Malayan People’s Revolution Anniversary Fund” to further terrorism was brought to the notice of Mr. Justice Wilson in the Supreme Court here today. The information was contained in a document put forward as an exhibit
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    Slight rise in tin price
    112 16 SINGAPORE, Jan. 16. AVERY Slight increase in the open market price of tin has been recorded in Singapore since the announcement of Britain’s tin deal with the United States. Tin circles said that the past week’s uneasiness had been somewhat removed, although it was still
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    Indian official on SEA tour
    67 16 SINGAPORE, Jan. 16. The Deputy Secretary of India's Ministry of External Affairs, Mr. Devi Dayal Bhatia. arrived in Singapore yesterday by BOAC Argonaut on an inspection tour of SouthEast Asia. He will be in the Colony for a week before flying to Jakarta. Mr Bhatia
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    In the dark—and they didn’t know
    155 16 In the dark—and they didn’ t know rilllL fans stopped. The ice in the refrigerators beifan to thaw. Another blackout, thought the people livitii; in the Swettcnham Road area of Singapore. That was Monday, 1 p.m. And at seven pin. there were still no fans, no ice. no lights. So
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    Six get C-in-C’s testimonials
    201 16 SINGAPORE. Jan. 16. r J I HE award of tne first six of the new Commander-In-Chief’s Testimonials to locally-engaged civilian workers of the R.A.F. was announced yesterday in Singapore. The recipients are: Mr. A. Vasu Nambiar. grade l stenographer in Command Accounts, F.EA.F.; Mr. James G.
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    10 ct fraud —$100 fine
    91 16 SINGAPORE. Jan. 16. WOO VVai Hoi, aged 21, <»f Temple Street, was fined $lOO in Singapore yesterday for attempting to cheat a ticket inspector of a 10-cent fare when he was a passenger in a bus in Upper Cross Street on Jan. 14. Woo gave
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    Army medical chief due
    58 16 SINGAPORE, Jan. 16. The Director-General. Armv Med.cal Se ’ices Lt.-Gen Sir Neil Cantlie, is due in Singapore tomorrow by air from London. He is on a visit to Malaya. Hong Kong and Korea. The son of Sir James Cant, lie, an eminent surgeon, the Director-General is
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    H.W.NIGHTINGALE
    31 16 Mr. H W. Nightingale will act as Under-Secretary. SingaDore. from Jan. 15 in addition to his duties as acting Principal Assistant Secretary. Secretariat in place of Mr. D K Daniels
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    TRADERS APPEAL TO ENVOY
    73 17 SINGAPORE, Jan. 16. Singapore Overseas rose Impoit and Ex 'A> oeiation yesterday -.0 the Indonesian miMioner to Btoto urge bii Goyernt•; mlt import of pour from the Jolony. v 'donation said a large flour, bought from by members on '*,*l '-listomers in Indoawaiting transhlpthe Chinese ex;(V..ors
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    ‘Burns’ Night’ at Ipoh Club
    44 17 IPOH We< For the first i St. Andrew's ef which the British M i w. Bleuoch, re organising Nigh at the Ipoh c: on Friday. J.m 25 l\ function is to celeday of Scot- nil’s pivt Robert Burns Burns.
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    S’pore Motor Club to hold rally
    134 17 S ’pore Motor Club to hold rally SINGAPORE. Jan. 16. OBSERVANCE of Singapore’s traffic rules, correct hand *•';"&!> and courtesy towards v ‘*tr road users will win a Singapore Motor Club canlwnge cup for some carefd driver on Sunday mornwhen the club holds a s:: f,p ial members’ rally thron
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    15 gave false weight—fined
    45 17 SINGAPORE, Jan. 16. f th en Chinese shopkeepI ;'bd stallholders were .Vh amounts varying from h o $75 in Singapore yes- for giving uniust and for tampering V:, APir dachings 0 lin Ks which could not aired were ordered to forfeited.
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    AIR ‘ATTACK’ ON NAVAL BASE
    89 17 SINGAPORE. Jan. 16. American aircraft, iiciidivers and Hellcats, from the French aircraft carrier Arrotnanthes. due to arrive in Singapore today “attacked” Singapore Naval Base yesterday. The attack was part of a combined exercise between the carrier—formerly 11.M.5. Colossus— and the R.A.F.. Singapore. On Monday Sunderland
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    Coroner says: I am embarrassed, too
    191 17 SINGAPORE. Jan. 16. jHE Singapore Coroner, Mr. Choor Singh, said 1 vest relay that Ralph Naylor, aged 29, an engineer em !o; ed by the City Council, should not hiv been eluuv.ed before the end of the inquest on Mr tk Bolton, a superintendent
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    Indian ban cuts Malaya’s textiles by 75 per cent
    303 17 SINGAPORE, Jan. 16. lndian ban on textile exports to Malaya means that more than three-quarters of this area’s textile supplies are cut off. Indian textile merchants in Singapore yester- day said that there was now a shortage of textiles, particularly striped
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    Clerk found fatally hurt
    100 17 SINGAPORE. Jan. 16. M R Peter Tav, Assize clerk in the Supreme Court Registry, Singapore. died yesterday in the General Hospital. where he was admitted on Sunday evening with severe head injuries. Mr. Tay was found Ivina injured in Serangoon Road and removed to hospital bv
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    Singapore prepares to honour Governor
    137 17 PREPARATIONS 1 o r the ceremony at which the freedom of the Citv ot Singapore will be conferred on the Governor. Sir Franklin Gimson. will be discussed bv the Finance and General Purposes Committee of the Citv Council on Monday. Members of the committee It,
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    HAWKERS SHARE IN $300,000 PRIZE
    68 17 SINGAPORE, Jan. 16. TWENTY Singapore Chinese hawkers and small retailers won the 5300.000 first prize in the Malayan Chinese Association sweep drawn in Kuala Cunipur on Sunday. The winning ticket. No. £*****5, was one of ‘£o bought by a middle-aged Singapore Cantonese, who calls himself
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    Charge of robbery withdrawn
    88 17 SINGAPORE, Jan. 16. CHARGE oi robbery against two Chinese detectives and another Chinese was withdrawn at Singapore Assizes yesterday. They were acquitted and discharged. The case began on Monday The three men were Tan Kong Soon, Tai Pin Chuan and Lee Thiam Hock. They were accused
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    WAS NOT FIT TO STAND TRIAL
    52 17 JOHORE BAHRU. Tues.-As Leong Ah Meng was in hospital and not fit to stand trial at the Assizes on a charge of unlawful possession of a rifle, the case was held over to the next Assizes. Leong was wounded before he was captured by
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    More office space sought
    264 17 SINGAPORE Government is looking for suitable private premises to some of its “overcrowded” departments, a Government spokesman said yesterday. This is only a short-term measure The spokesman was commenting on a reader’s letter to the Straits Times which criticised the overcrowded and unsatisfactory conditions n many
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    Chinese will have to forego crackers
    200 17 SINGAPORE, Jan. 16. SINGAPORE Chinese will not be able to herald their New Year on Jan. 27 with the traditional “biff banff.’’ The law does not permit it. The Commissioner cf Police. Mr. J. P. Pennefathor-Evans said yesterday: “It is permitted to let off
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    $10,000 WEEK
    24 17 JOHORE BAHRU, Wed. Welfare Week in Mersing raised $lO,OOO Most of the money will go to widows of policemen killed by bandits.
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    Married 16 days—left
    69 17 SINGAPORE, Jan. 16. MADAM j. Loke Yuen Ylng. wife Of Mr R Waters, was granted a decree nisi on the ground of non-consum-mation. by Mr Justice Flet-cher-Rogcrs in the Singapore High Court yesterday. She told the court that she married Mr. Waters at the Straits Chinese Presbyterian
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    His trick was trumped
    62 17 JOHORE BAHRU. Tues. Madin bin Masadon, a driver employed by a Singapore doctor, was fined $2,000 at Johore Bahru for trying to smuggle 60 dozen packets of playing cards, valued at $576. on which the duty was $2BB. The prosecution said that Madin undertook to smuggle
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    THEIR AIM FOR 1952 IS ‘LOW INCOME’ HOUSING
    192 18 THEIR AIM FOR 1952 IS ‘LOW INCOME HOUSING SINGAPORE, Jan. 16. rrm: Singapore Improvement Trust will embark upon new policy Ibis year of concentrating the major part of its resources on housing the lower income groups, the chairman, Mr. T. I*. F. McNeice, said yesterday. Mr McNoieo saicl Ihut the
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    BOY WAS ROBBER, SAY POLICE
    64 18 SINGAPORE. Jan. 10 v\RL Murray, aged 14. of Truro Road, was chart;i‘d in On* Singapore l irvt Police f'ourt yesterday with robbing a trishawrider. Tan C'hwee Yap. «f his trishaw and S:MJO. lie was said to have robbed Tan while armed with a knife near
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    Birthday honours for 21
    218 18 IPOII, Tue.s. f |MIE Sultan ol Pcia 1 who celebrates his G'in 1 birthdav today, has conferred mom on 21 residents, six .1 whom become Justices ol the Peace. The* rest have been awarded Perak State Medals three lor distinguished conduct and twelve for meritorious service,
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    Moneylender loses claim
    131 18 a r<T^? APOHE Jan. 10. ci 'AIM bused on a pro ™i» S(, J-y »«>»<• dated Nov. vvor n lor recovery of t, was dismissed by Mr !L :> n F< rr, rin lip, Second '■< n His' ric*t Court. singa-.V'-ierday because the J. I nof comply
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    Europeans had to pay more
    168 18 KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 9. EUROPEANS in the Federation had to pay more for their food during November, according to cost of living statistics issued today. The overall cost of living index, based on an index of 100 in 1939, was, bv the end of November.
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    2ND OFFENCE
    29 18 JOHORE BAHRU. Tues. K. Knrupiah’ was fined $BO at Johore Bahru today for selling milk without a licence. He had been convicted before for a similar offence.
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    21 18 SINGAPORE. Jan. 16. I’hc Emergency in Singapore has been extended by a further three months bou inning from Jan 22
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    WIFE SAW HIM TAKEN BY CROC
    91 18 JOHORL BAHRU. Tues. CJAHAT bin Haripudin. a 62O year-old Banjarese of Jalan Muar, Segamat, was dragged by a crocodile while washing himself on iho bank of a river Sahat's screams attracted his wife, who was also washing nerself. and when she raised tlie alarm,
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    POSSESSION OF TOBACCO CHARGE
    51 18 SINGAPORE, Jan. 10. Kuan Mah Kiew. aged 27. claimed trial in the Singapore Third Police Court yesterday with being in possession of 107 lbs. of dutiable tobacco in a motor-sampan on Jan. 5. He was allowed bail of $3,000 in two sureties pending trial on Feb.
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    Rice production in Malaya higher
    134 18 SINGAPORE, Jan. 16. DICE production in Malaya today is 25 per cent. IV higher than pre-war, said Mr. C. G. Eastwood, Assistant Under-Secretary of State at the Colonial Office, in a talk to the Royal Society of Arts in London. Rice wi 3 t.ne one
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    TRISHA RIDER FINED $15
    49 18 JOHORE BAHRU, Wed. Goh Hock Tee, a trisha rider, who was found pedalling a load of 15 chairs, was charged in the Police Court today with allowing the chairs to protrude more than a foot over the side ot the trisha. He was fined $l5.
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    Board to study relief system
    251 18 SINGAPORE, Jan. 16. THE Singapore Public Assistance Board, formed b\ A the Governor last year to organise relief, is to conduct a study of the Social Welfare Department s present system of distributing funds. The chairman of the Board, Mr, R. W. I. Band, Singapore
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    New trawlers arrive—with fish
    81 18 SINGAPORE. Jan. 10. J»WO Chinese-owned 80-ft long trawlers arrived in Singapore yesterday from Hong Kong. They will fish in Malayan waters and are to be reregistered in Singapore. Their crew hope to introduce a new fishing method to Singapore. The trawlers operate side by side with
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    HAD NO LICENCE
    35 18 SINGAPORE. Jan. 10. De Wu Pee Mei, a Chinese, was fined $6O in Singapore City Police Court yesterday for being an unlicensed trisha rider and wearing a rider’s badge without a licence.
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    SHE FOLLOWS IN HER SISTER’S FOOTSTEPS
    125 18 SINGAPORE, Jan. 16. UIAFF Nurse Maisie Cheah, of Singapore General Hospital, winner of one of this year’s two A. I. F nursing scholarships, is the sister of Miss Alice Cheah. the first Singapore nurse to win the scholarship in 1947 Maisie. who is 28
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    Labourers go for trial
    52 18 SINGAPORE, Jan. 16. Two labourers. Chak Ah Ming, aged 18, and Wong Ching Meng, aged 24, claimed trial in Singapore First Police Court yesterday when charged with stealing three water pumps worth $9OO at Kheam Hock Road on Jan. They were each allowed $5OO bail until
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    Nair seeks immediate party meet
    171 18 MR. M. P. D. Nair, City Councillor and former acting President of the Singapore Labour Party, is asking the Party President, Mr. Urn Yew Hock, to convene the party’s annual conference immediately. The last annual conference was held In July 1950 In a letter to
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    ‘Exciting & exotic’
    107 18 ‘Exciting exotic’ SINGAPORE. Jan. 10 MR. Fred Coleman-Browne. a senior member of the Sydney Morning Herald and former resident of the Australian Journalists’ Association, who flew in last night Iron: Sydney on his wav to Switzerland, thinks Singapore is “exciting. fascinating and 'jxotic”. Mr. Coleman-Browne who will meet his wife.
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    Woman lawyer for USIS staff
    51 18 SINGAPORE, Jan. 11. Miss Harriet Smith, an American lawyer, arrives in Kuala Lumpur today to join the staff of the American Consulate as Cultural Officer in the United States Information Service. She has served in the American Foreign Service Calcutta, and Medan, since 1945 in'Greece,
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    BOY OF 18 IS CHARGED
    53 18 SINGAPORE, Jan. 11. Soh Boon Chia, alias Soh Boon Cheok. an 18-year-old boy, claimed trial before the Singapore Second Police Magistrate, Mr. R. B. I. Pates to a charge of criminal intimidation at Telok Ayer Street on Tuesday. Bail of $3OO was offered pending trial
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    Charles rides great finish
    1135 19  -  By EPSOM JEEP it HR BRUCE, cleverly ridden by Herb irles, staged a grand finish to beat Cape Ho mi the last few strides in the Cl. 2, Div. 1 jt handicap race at Bukit Timah yesterday, opi day he Singapore Turf Club’s y Meeting. Mlitful
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    RSGC v KEPPEL CLUB GOLF
    166 19 The women’s match between R.S.G.C. and Keppel Club will be played at Keppel Club on Wednesday. The teams are (RSGC members mentioned first): 2.20 Mrs. Hatherley (22) v Mrs. Kean (25): 2.35 Mrs. Goss (12) v Mrs. Irving Jones (21); 2.40 Mrs. Hen ton (32)
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    HIS CAR COLLIDED WITH A LORRY
    33 19 Douglas Hepburn of Wilkie Road was fined $4O and his driving licence endorsed In Singapore First Traffic Court yesterday for negligent driving and colliding with a lorry
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    Backing-up key to Perak success
    475 19  -  By W. E. TREVOR DERAK’S 23-point winning margin on Saturday's 1 H.M.S. Malaya rugby final was as shattering and unexpected as it was convincing. I am sure that nobody in the large crowd that packed the Kuala Lumpur padang thought that Perak could turn on
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    S. JOHORE HOLD SIGNALS TO DRAW
    124 19 Jofiore R.F.C. and Royal Signals drew in a rugger final match played at Johore Bahru yesterday. Each side scored 11 points Signals opened scoring through Clayton, who scored under the bar but Clarkson failed to convert. Next Clarkson kicked a penalty goal for Signals
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    S.C.C. WIN 20-6
    23 19 Singapore Cricket Club beat GHQ (FARELF) by 20 points to six in their rugby encounter on the Singapore Padang yesterday.
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    GOVERNMENT TAX TOOK $230,000 ON SATURDAY
    81 19 SINGAPORE Turf Club, on the first racing day of 1952 at Bukit Tlmah on Saturday, handled a total sum of $1,422,762 on the totalisator, double tote and sweepstakes. Government share of the day’s takings was $230,070. The Big Sweep total pool amounted to $791,042
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    Neo expected to clock 58 sec. for 100 m
    191 19 TWENTY-YEAR-OLD Neo Chwee Kok, winner of fcur gold medals at the First Aslan Games and holder of four Malayan swimming records, will this morning receive a letter from Mr. Tan Sin Whatt, hon. secretary of the Singapore Amateur Swimming Association, informing
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    She sends another £5
    57 19 JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs. MISS Hilda Dowding, sister of Air Chief Marshal Dowding. has sent £5 to Miss Enid Fernandes, the State Welfare Officer, to huy amenities for the children in the State Welfare Home. Miss Dowding has kept in touch with the Home through Miss Fernandes.
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    Suicide by wife who gambled
    53 19 SINGAPORE, Jan. 11. A verdict of suicide by caustic soda poisoning was returned at the inquest in Singapore on a 45-year-old woman Kwa Lai who died on Dec. 1. Kwa’s husband, Ng Peng said he had learned that his wife had been gambling and was
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      52 19 Big Sweep TOTAL POOL: $474,325. Ut No. *****8 $213,446 2nd No. *****7 3rd No. *****5 STARTERS ($5,390 Nos. *****4 *****5; $*****; *****2; $*****; *****7; *****8; *****0. CONSOLATION each): Nos. *****2 *****4; *****6; *****0; *****9; *****4; *****9. $106,723 59,290 each): *****2; *****4; *****9; ($3,557 *****4; *****1; *****3; DOUBLE TOTE 130 tickets
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    LOCAL MARKET HAS A HEAVY WEEK
    671 20 MALAYAN markets had an extraordinarily good week in which the volume of business exceeded anything we can remember. Tins were predominant but Industrials and Rubbers furnished a turnover which at any time would have been regarded as highly satisfactory. Despite many reports from Press
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    20% FINAL DIV. FOR SENDAYAN
    53 20 g&NUAYAN (F.M.S) Rubber Company directors recommend a final dividend in respect of the last financial year of 20 per cent less tax. payable on Mar. 8. Nett profit before tax £219,198. tax 137.619; general reserve £37.503; carry-forward subject to and usual adjustments £17.913 (Meting in
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    Business Done
    357 20 BUSINESS reported done on the local share market last week included: Industrials. Fraser Neavc Ord. $4.15 to $4.20. Gammon $3.00 Goodwood Park Hotel $1.70, Hongkong Banjc Colonial $BBO to $BB5, Malayan Breweries $5.35. Malayan Cement 50 cents paid up, $l.OO to $1.05, Malayan Collieries $2,024, McAlister $41.50 to
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    S. BAGAN’S SALE FORWARD TO U.S.
    63 20 gUNGEI Bagan Rubber Company made a forward sale on the “Named Estate” basis on Dec. 4. 1951. of 60 tons of No. 1 R.S.S foi delivery, five tons monthly throughout 195? at 44 Mj U.S. cents per lb. c.l:f. New Yor'c, any variation in
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    THE PRODUCE MARKET
    144 20 DETTER buying inquiries caused 0 a steadier tone in the copra section of the Singapore produce market yesterday. Sellers quoted $39 Vfc a picul for February shipment against bids of $38%. Coconut oil was quoted by sellers at $63 Ms a picul. Buyers still held off. Pepper
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    TIN COMPANY OUTPUTS
    117 20 KUALA Lumpur Tin last month treated 108,470 cubic yards in 577 hours to produce 236 piculs of tin-ore. 'J’ONGKAH Compound No. 2 w’orked 569 hours, treated 109.955 cubic yards and produced 429 piculs of tin-ore. gUNGEI Kinta Tin Dredging In December produced 654 piculs of tin-ore. HITAM
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    Selayang Dredging
    22 20 gELAYANG Tin Dredging in the quarter to Dec. 31. 1951, ran 1.944 hours and produced 1.815.41 piculs of tin concentrates.
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    Siamese tappers aid bandits
    182 20 KIIALA LUMPUR, Friday COUTH Siam rubber workers are helping i n Malayan bandits, but there is no bandit base over the border, a Federation Government snokesm .i said today. The Siamese Governm* have told the Federation no lice that their police h. clashed with Chinese band
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    Long service awards for 226
    126 20 piVE women and 221 men —employees of Shell and Anglo-Saxon petroleum companies—received long service awards yesterday at Raffles Hotel. Mr. H. D. Palmer, general manager, who made the presentations on behalf of the two companies, himself received an award for 25 years' service. Mr. Palmer
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    More areas restricted
    92 20 THE following places in Johore have been declared to be food restricted areas: The areas within the wire perimeters enclosing the labourers' lines of estates of Nem Heng. Tal Tak, Sungei Telor, Harimau, Kota Tinggi, Johore River, Sungei Kong Kong, Tong Hing, South Malay, Sungei Tiram, Batu
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    Goldsmith on trust charge
    49 20 JOHORE BAHRU. Fri. Lee Taw Choon. a Penang goldsmith, was produced in Johore Bahru Police Court charged with criminal breach of trust of gold valued at $931 at Simoang Anam Penang. He was remanded in custody pending the arrival of a r.olice escort from Penang
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    MOTOR LICENCE
    29 20 SINGAPORE, Jan. 10. Noor tnn Wahap charged with not displaying the current licence on his motor van. was fined $lO In the Singapore City Police Court Tj|t_TlH
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    MALAYAN SHARE QUOTATIONS
    890 20 SINGAPORE, Jan. 15. INOISTRIALS Bw*r« Seller* Alex Brick* 2 \n 4 2S I ds 1 295 3.05 «n 8 12 50 ‘3 50 f Ptro B '6 47/6 B M 11 ilKtees 650 750 Con Tin Hmelt J* rpr *i/e ta/e r rd 295 305 utd A,
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