The Straits Budget, 7 May 1953

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    30 1 The Straits Budget THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES MALAYA'S NATION AL NEWSPAPER B< w Series No. 353. Thursday, May 7, 1953 Price 40 cents (Malayan) Or 1 shilling.
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  • From THE STRAITS TIMES POSTBAG
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      Thanks for everything
      97 2  -  JOSEPHINE FOSS. S. S. Chusan. MAY I beg a short space in your paper to express my sincere gratitude to members of all communities, who have shown me so many kindnesses during my 30 years of service In Malaya. I would like particularly to stress my appreciation
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      ‘Safety first at races’
      105 2  -  SPORTSMAN. Y r OUR editorial ‘They’re Off’ is sensible. All right-think-ing racing enthusiasts will agree. After all horse racing is a sport. If people want the jockeys to commit suicide just because they want to make money or to satisfy a certain section of the racing
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      WHY NO WARNING?
      70 2  -  OWNER DRIVER. Kuala Lumpur. PARKED my car about 100 1 feet from a “No Park” sign, and although some traffic police were nearby they never warned me I was committing an offence. Instead I found a m .ice on the car when I returned, asking for the
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      WHEN CHINESE SEEK TO BE MALAYANS...
      349 2  -  KLYNE STREET. Kuala Lumpur. T*HE recent letter of “L.C.H.” is just what would be expected from a Chinese A gentleman who is not prepared to become wholeheartedly a Malayan. It represents the attitude of, I am sorry to say. the bulk of Chinese in
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      A question for Sir Cheng-lock
      150 2  -  CHAN TUCK HEE. Singapore. Fthe last few days the M.C.A. has begun to lose confidence of the public and 1 support the views of Tan Ah Bah and L. K. Lee as to the sincerity of its aims in carrying out the welfare work in
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      Rice call for action
      186 2  -  “AGRICOLA” THE Mentris Besar have asked kampong people to produce more rice. If my memory holds good, this sort ot preaching has been going on for the last three or four decades. What we would like to see is action on the part of the Government.
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      Points from letters
      289 2  -  (MALAYAN HIN.DU, Ipoh.) IBACK ’’Annoyed’*” opinion in 4i) Saturday’* Forum about “third degree” by tho Kuching Passport Examination s Officer. There’s no peace 5 for bona fide travellers in Sa.awa:*. (K I AN, Sibu) s o THE choice of Mayor for Singapore should be re- s stricted
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      Housing: Story told in London
      283 2  -  WIFE. Singapore. QURELY out' of answers to the artJ Governmerr. n Uts costs** (S.T. Auril 28) j do not send h >;tra nen into the Colony m there is suffi .wnt ucco modation for them People do not ask to placed in expensive hotels an
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      Origin of ‘Malayan’
      87 2  -  i from VIVA V' > Singapore. /CORRESPONDENTS asked who or what is Malayan? I believe the wi)''d Ms® must have original eu ,;I state of Negri layan history can: do«n the mountains ot continued after t 1 Y ment of the u 'j, nn Empat in Negri
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      ‘HARDER FOR ASIANS’
      93 2  -  wtf* Ipoh. “Wife” (S.T., Apr. 30) is grousing that she has spent seven months in hotels and rest houses. She must be thank ful that the benevolent government has found for her some sort of accommodation, be It in a married men’s mess, hotel, or rest house.
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • Miscellaneous
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      35 2 7£V\L ms mm m m v// r-T V f ii2i •v 7 /> m >\ x>:< 1 f tm?- m M* r «>v X* K,. Axr/0jV/u ion S* SCHEME *»fi «3S teiM THE ONE RACE THAT COUNTS
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  • The Straits Budget
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      The Drive For Economy
      636 3 —Straits Times, Apr. 28 l(> first real signs are apUk of a drive for economy j K Federation and SingaIn the Federation some -ament departments are re-examine their special ndture with a view to tiaitial pruning, while in ai ire yesterday the acting ncial Secretary told
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      The Search For Oil
      382 3 —Straits Times, Apr. 28. Drilling for oil is not all profit. The risks that an oil company must take, and the huge expenditure that exploration and drilling involves, are illustrated by the two deep test wells which the Sarawak Oilfields company, a Shell subsidiary, has now
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      Independence Programme
      739 3 —Straits Times, Apr. 29. The national conference in Kuala Lumpur, it would seem, did not recapture all the atmosphere that accompanied the formation of the Independence of Malaya Party. Partly this was because of the absence of representatives of the United Malays National Organisation and toe Malayan Chinese
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      Putting Up The Rent
      317 3 —Straits Times, Apr. 29. Admiration was expressed at a recent meeting of the Singapore Legislative Council for Hong Kong’s cheap houses. And now from Hong Kong comes news of a thoughtful policy on rents which would raise them immediately by 50 per cent, and by another
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      Heavy Blow To Peace
      687 3 —Straits Times, Apr. 30. Hopes of world peace, raised high by the Malenkov gestures, have been sadly bruised by more recent events. The most ominous news of all is Communist China’s charge ol Siamese “interference” in th« war in Indo-China. The Government of Siam, Peking said
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      Malaya’s National Schools
      327 4 —Straits Times. Apr. 30. The future of this country wifi largely he decided in the classrooms or our schools, said General Templer, addressing yesterday the inaugural meeting of the Central Advisory Council on education. At least four cultures and four races have to resolve their differences. and
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      The MCA And Its Accounts
      614 4 Straits Times, May 1. To judge by the correspondence we have received, a number of members of the Singapore branch of the Malayan Chinese Association are genuinely anxious that the scandal of the branch’s accounts should be investigated. They have theii remedy. If a complaint
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      Colonial Council
      276 4 Straits Times, May 2. Lord Ogmore, writing in the Eastern World, offers a suggestion of interest to Malaya particularly now that much thought is being given to the political and constitutional future. While all dependent territories are moving towards self-government, no distinction has ever been made between them
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      The Comet Disaster
      850 4 M iV —Straits Tinir-. w The meagre information as yet available concerning the disaster to the 8.0.A.C. Comet which crashed thirty miles from Calcutta leaves the cause of the crash a mystery. It is probable, however, that the 'ircraft was the victim, in some manner, of a
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    Front-line Kelantan: Warning to Malaya
    1207 5  -  By Geldard Geoffrey Ill*; people of Kelantan know what Sir raid Tempter means t .ii lie says “don’t be nplacent. The Com,lists can still hit us hard.” In the past nth they have had irking proof of the tl, of Sir Gerald’s hey thought they
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  • PERSONAL
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      BIRTHS
      119 5 OSBORNE: On 28th April, 1953, at K.K. Hospital, to Barbara (nee Bond), wife of B. W. Osborne, a daughter. Caroline Hilary. CHIN: To Patrick and Lillian, a daughter, on 22nd April, at Kandang Kerbau Hospital. Both well. CHADWICK: At Kandang Kerbau Hospital, on 30th April, 1953, to Joan, wife
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      ENGAGEMENTS
      104 5 WONG TAN: The engagement Is announced between Francis Wong, son of Mr. Mrs. Y. C. Wong of Singapore, and Nellie Tan, daughter of Mr. Mrs. Tan Teng Ban. REID PETERS: The engagement is announced between Raymond Warwick Harry Reid. Malayan Civil Service, and Melodie Brooke Peters. British Red Cross
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      MARRIAGE
      36 5 LOH-HANG: On May 2nd. at the Methodist Church, Quex Road. London. Robert Choo Kiat. second son of Dr. Mrs. Loh Poon Lip. to Mary Ing Hua, eldest daughter of Rev. Mrs. tPaul S. H. Hang.
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  • Obituary
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    114 5 DEATH RODRIGUES. Lennie Henry, late of the Shell Company, passed away at the General Hospital on 29th April. a BECKETT TERRELL. Thomas, age 12, dearly oeloved younger son of Mr. and Mrs. A. K. a Beckett Terrell, and brother of Sally, Ann and Billy, on 28 April 1953 at 44,
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    “GARDEN PEACE” (Kuala Lumpur)
    9 6 Picture by Yong Pena Seona
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    As I was Saying
    725 6  -  CYNICUS SINGAPORE, Ma v 2. HPHE mission from Detroit, American businessmen who visited Singapore in the course of a flying tour of Asia, left the Colony vastly impressed by all they had seen, from tap water to docks. The tap water impressed them both in bulk—they
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    Notes from a... Malayan Diary
    1010 6  -  Stanley Street. Capitans A ten cent note issued by the late Capitan China Chung Thye Pin of Ipoh, sent by Mr. Mak Kim Lean of Sungei Kechil New Village, is a reminder ot the lawless years of tin mining in Malaya, when the Capitan Chinas
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    Newsman for Coronation
    73 6 KUCHING, May 4 Dennis Law. editor or Sarawak Tribune, left Kuc h today for Singapor e on where he will flv L n run ei to represent Sarawak the and North Borneo aj Qn Coronation and rCceremonies n r tv of Mr. Law is one of a
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    Jockeys hint at boycott
    581 8 gENIOR JOCKEYS suspended on the first day k of the Selangor meeting may refuse to ride again at future races in Kuala Lumpur. The legal adviser to the Malayan Jockeys* Association, Mr. Murray Brash, in a statement said: “The position might well result, no matter what
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    4 radio cars hunt down a python
    103 8 SINGAPORE. Apr. 30. piOUR Singapore police radio JT cars and four police lieutenants rushed to River Valley Road yesterday to hunt down a 16-foot python. One of them later kilted it with a Steal gun. The alarm was given by a Malay resident
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    46 years as M.O. Pahang
    76 8 Dr. W. S. Leicester, who has been Medical Officer in the Pekan and Kuantan districts of Pahang for 46 years, is retiring from active service shortly. Dr. Leicester joined the Pahang Government service in 1907 and in rcognition of his long service to the State,
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    New school hostel
    24 8 BRUNEI. Apr. 30.—The Governor of North Borneo will open the new hostel of St. Michael’s Girls’ School, Sandakan, on May 31.
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    NEW COINS FOR MALAYA
    88 8 Nh\\ (’OINS, embossed with the crowned head of the Queen, will he in circulation in Malaya later in the year. The Board of Commissioners of Currency has already receiv- ed an approved design made by Mr. Cecil Thomas. The new coins will he of onecent, five-cent,
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    JUNGLE FIGHTERS ON REFRESHER EXERCISE
    173 8 They re-live Italian battle SINGAPORE. Apr. 30. rpHE BATTLE of the River Liri, a deciding factor in the Italian campaign during the last war. was re-fought yesterday—in Singapore. The River Liri battle, waged in 1944 before the march on Rome, was chosen as the objeci
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    Death of Klang resident
    47 8 KLANG, Apr. 29.—Mr. Ding Ein Ang, 56, well-known resident of Klang and the proprietor of the Sun Dispensary, died early yesterday morning at his home. Mr. Ding lived in Klang for over 40 years. He leaves his wife, two sons and two daughters.
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    Pand O man sees agents
    62 8 SINGAPORE. Apr. 30. Mr. A. B. Hope, assistant passenger manager of P and O Company Ltd., London, arrived in Singapore yesterday in the liner Chusan. He will make two weeks’ visit to all the P and O agencies in Singapore and the Federation. Mr. Hope
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    Honour for the bestlit street
    88 8 KUALA LUMPl'R, Apr. 29 ONLY 33 days are eft before Coronation lUy, and the Coronation (Vie. brations Committee 1 diy announce j that much more money was needed to defray the cost of public decorations and other items. Since i was forned. the decorations sub-eon-mlttee
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    NO PLACE LIKE HIS ADOPTED HOME
    145 8 SINGAPORE. Apr. 30. “SPHERE'S no place like your adopted home—not even your real home,” said Inche Pagi bin Seman, aged 81. Then he gripped his little leather bag and stepped from Singapore’s Kail ang airport glad that his holiday in his homeland of Indonesia
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    Dispensary treats 14,000 free
    87 8 Nearly m.ooo Muslim patients, mostly Malays, were given free treatment a the AlsagofT Outdoor Dispensary last year. d The Muslimin Trust fin Association Singapore wan runs the dispensary, states u in its annual report for 1 The association, whrn founded in 1902 by Syr hammed bin
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    Transferred
    22 8 Raub, Apr. 29.—Mi s Re d Welfare Officer, ol be Cross team ir Ha h er leaving on Sunday to Cyprus.
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    MOVE TO SPEED UP COURT HEARINGS
    229 9 SINGAPORE. May 2. lift urgent Supreme court appeal was fcent to the Colonial ■Secretary yesterday, askwiis him to appoint three Bnore magistrates to help Weal with the congestion ■n Singapore’s law Bourts. ■The appeal came from Mr. Bin Thoon Lip, Registrar of Be Supreme
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    MR. BROOME IS THE MAN WHO CAN PROBE THE COLONY M.C.A.
    303 9 SINGAPORE, Apr. 30. ■fNGAPORE’S REGISTRAR of I Societies, Mr. R. N. Broome, I said yesterday that he has 1 pow <*rs to call for the I accounts of the Colony I f lnch of the Malayan 1 oinese Association.
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    JILL TAKES THE $1,000- GETS THE TRIP TOO
    118 9 JILL TAKES THE $1,000GETS THE TRIP TOO PENANG, Apr. 30—An 18-year-old beauty culturist. Jill Wilkinson, last night was adjudged Penang’s “Miss Factor” at the E and O Hotel. Miss Wilkinson, an English girl, won the title and a $l,OOO cheque from 11 finalists. Runner-up was Mrs. Margaret Reutens. Eurasian mother
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    Offices move
    16 9 Singapore’s Social Welfare Department began shifting to new offices at the Chinese Secretariat building.
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    Borneo Govt plans more industries
    142 9 BRUNEI, Apr. 30. T'HE GOVERNMENT of North Borneo plans to spread the economy of the country so that it would not be entirely dependent on the rubber industry, said the Governor, Sir Ralph Hone, at a recent meeting of the Legislative Council in Brunei. Sir
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    For Malaya
    39 9 SINGAPORE, May 4. Mr. A. M. Thomson from U.N.O. marketing section will conduct an agricultural marketing survey in the Federation shortly. He will be in Malaya for about six months at the request of the Federation Government.
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    Headmen meet angry general
    330 9 ALOR STAR, Apr. 29. north Kedah villages were quizzed in a four-hour operation yesterday. The answers, sealed in four boxes, were flown to Kuala Lumpur. Four village headmen accompanied the boxes. A strict house curfew was imposed from dawn at the villages. All exits from both
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    ‘ECONOMY RUN MAD’ SURPRISES MR. YAP
    111 9 ‘Why not cut allowance?* SINGAPORE, May 1. jl/TR. Yap Pheng Geek (Nominated) said in the City Council yesterday that he was surprised to see “economy running mad.” He was opposing a move by Mr. S. S. Manyam (Indepen-dent-North) to cancel the proposed opening ceremony
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    Accountant is cleared
    73 9 IPOH, Apr. 30.—Mr. Justice Thomson today, allowed the appeal and quashed the sentence of 18 months’ simple imprisonment passed on an accountant, Arifln bin Cassim Jayne, in the Sessions Court in October last. Arifln had been convicted by Mr. M. Garton for criminal breach of trust of
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    Fire damages Raffles’ English Home
    137 9 From HALL ROMNEY LONDON, Apr. 29. HIGHWOOD HOUSE, the Middlesex home of Sir Stamford Raffles, was severely damaged by fire during last night. For two hours 30 firemen fought the fierce blaze, and then spent five hours damping it down. They managed to prevent the
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    East Pahang’s first polls
    52 9 KUANTAN, May I.—The first election in East Pahang took place at Gambang this week when 677 out of 832 registered voters turned out at the polls. They elected eight members, two from each of the four wards, to the new local council which replaced the old
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    For U.K.
    40 9 Twenty-one-year-old Eva Won*, a graduate of the Singapore Teachers Training College, who is the youngest daughter of the well known Colony motorist. Wong Loon Chcong left by the Chusan for London wheve she will study maternity and nursing.
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    99 terrorists wiped out
    252 10 TWO RED BOSSES DIE KUALA LUMPUR, May 1. ANOTHER two terrorist leaders have been A killed by security forces, making a total of 99 bandits eliminated in April. Of the total, 65 were killed, five were captured and 29 surrendered. Civilian casualties were heavier in April
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    Inspectors’ course for 4 sergeants
    66 10 SINGAPORE. May 2. The first four sergeants of the Singapore Harbour Board Police, who oegan as P.C’s when the new force was started two years ago, will begin a three month inspectors’ course at the Police Training School at Thomson Road today. The four sergeants,
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    Council pays a tribute
    39 10 MALACCA. Apr. 29.—Mr. G. E. C. Wisdom, Resident Commissioner, at the Settlement Council meeting today, paid tribute to the late Mr. V. E. Dias, a councillor, who died last February. A minute’s silence was observed.
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    Badminton courts you can carry
    90 10 SINGAPORE. Apr. 30. PORTABLE plastic badminton courts will make their first appearence in Singapore soon. The courts were recently used in the All-England championships in London. An advertisement in a sports book said. “They are easy to carry. Work Jike a carpet. No chalking of
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    Big grant for adult classes
    53 10 KOTA BHARU. May I.—Kelantan will get $BO,OOO from the Federal Government this year for adult education—the biggest allocation for any State or Settlement. This was announced yesterday by Tengku Seri Maharaja, State Secretary, who presided over the Kelantan Adult Education Association’s annual general meeting held
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    $15,000 lottery
    16 10 RAUB. May I.—The Raub Coronation Committee is organising a $15,000 lottery to raise funds.
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    Queen honours bandit fighters in Malaya
    427 10 QUEEN has approved the following awards for operational services in Malaya:— C .B.F..: —Brig. C. W. Greenway, GHQ FARELF; Brig. D. M. Shean. HQ l MIB; Col. W D. Hughes GHQ FARELF; Brig. K.C.O. Bastyan, OBE. Director of Ops. Staff D.S.O.:—Maj. Purne Ral, OBE.
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    M.C.A. plans trade school for Malays
    142 10 IPOH, Apr. 30. 'pHE MALAYAN Chinese Association has sent the High Commissioner, General Sir Gerald Templer, a proposal to set up a commercial and trade training school exclusively for the Malays. It is to be financed from the $500,000 fund "set aside by the
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    Higher tax
    23 10 The Singapore Rural Board yesterday decided to increase the surcharge on rubber from two-fifths of a cent to half-a-cent a pound.
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    Chris gets a hero’s medal from Sultan
    58 10 Chris gets a hero’ s medal from Sultan THE SULTAN OF PERAK, who is in London, pins the Perak Meritorious Service Medal on 10-year-old Christopher Toulson, whose father, Mr. G. D Toulson, former Deputy Chief Police Officer, Perak, was killed when the helicopter in which he was flying crashed near
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    Examiners coming
    67 10 SINGAPORE. Ma v 2. QEVEN overseas external ex-a-miner> will visit the University of Malaya for the final term examinations, which begin in three weeks time. Seven others will have examination papers flown to them to correct, as external examiners are obliged to visit the University only once during
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    On the air
    32 10 LONDON, Apr. 30.—Colonel A. E. Young, former Malayan Police Commissioner, will broadcast on the BBC. “London Calling Asia” programme on May 19, and the Home service on May 14.
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    THE HEAD THAT WAS WORTH $200,000
    315 10 KUALA LUMPUR. May 1 —“Shorty” Kuk. 5ft 2 in. tall member of the central committee of the Malayan Communist Party, has been killed. He is the second of the M.C.P.’s top men to !> killed since f he Emergency began. He had a $200,000
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    Toddy revenues rise in Johore
    35 10 JOHORE BAHRV There was an .froS increase in the y ir toddv in Johore <a The original;’; ft t $200,000. but at (r# year, it was foune this source was
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    HE BLEEDS FOR THE TRUTH
    302 11 l)r. D. interrupts his I speech to have it/s own blood taken 1 SINGAPORE May 1. hIE Singapore Government’s Chief Health Officer, M Dr. M. Doraisingham, yesterday denied rumours «hat his department was taking blood from women Hnd children in rural areas to fill the
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    ‘Can feel like real Citizens’
    145 11 Can feel like real Citizens’ a SINGAPORE. Mav 2. Bo City President; Mr. Kr p. F. McNeice. visited ■a squatter re-settlement ■area in Upper Aljunied ■Road yesteraay and ■said: “These people ■can now feel they are ■citi/ens of this Colony.” r'‘-settled squatters were wiovrd irum Singapore lm■>rovcment Trust land in
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    ARMY BLASTS THOSE OLD JAP SHELLS
    107 11 n SINGAPORE, Apr. 30. MY BOMB disposal exf yesterday blew up a !)p r of old Japanese shells, •■'•overed in the foundation a newly-constructed shed i,, ya Lebar Singapore, and even damage the shed. shells were discovered week in the foundation ‘f shed and
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    HE GAVE UP LEAVE TO HUNT BANDITS —and so do many RAAF men
    179 11 SINGAPORE, Apr. 30. BANDIT hunting is becoming so popular with No. 1 (B) Squadron, R.A.A.F., that a navigator spent last week’s leave in the jungle. Flying Officer Trevor Owen joined 18 other R.A.A.F. officers and men who
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    Queen thanks Rural Board
    50 11 SINGAPORE, May 1. The Chairman of the Singapore Rural Board, Mr. E.V.G. Day, told board members yesterday that their message of loyalty to the Queen had been handed to Her Majesty. Mr. Day read a message of thanks from the Secretary of State for the Colonies.
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    THE RULERS WILL INVITE THE QUEEN AND DUKE
    250 11 KUALA LUMPUR, May 1. IN their Loyal Address on the occasion of the Queen’s Coronation, the Rulers of the nine Malay States will invite her and the Duke of Edinburgh to visit Malaya “at a season most convenient” to her. They hope
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    LADDER UPSET THE MARCH of CHIME
    103 11 SINGAPORE, Apr. 30. A WORKMAN, a ladder and a gust of wind caused the mis-striking of the Victoria Memorial Hall clock yesterday morning. The quarter, half and three-quarter chimes were mixed up and the hourly chimes were one hour slow. The superintendent of the
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    ‘Think again’ call to Government
    156 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Apr. 30. THE Federation Government is to be asked to reconsider its Interpretation of the new Customs Ordinance which comes into force tomorrow. Under the ordinance, as at present interpreted, duty will be based on the value of the goods on the open
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    Consul Guibaut now Ambassador
    59 11 SINGAPORE. May 1 M. Andre Guibaut. formerly Consul-General for France in Singapore, has been appointed French Ambassador to Jordan. M. Guibaut. who left here last month, to attend the Coronation of King Hussein of Jordan as a Special Emissary, will assume fuCi duties in Amman, capital
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    THE CAMERONIANS EMBARK
    52 12 MEN OF THE 1st Battalion the Cameronians embark on the troopship Empire Halladay on May 1. The Cameronians, who killed or raptured 124 bandits —second only to the Suffolk Regiment—were played away from Singapore by the pipes and drums of the Gordon Highlanders. Straits Times picture Straits
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    YOU gave the Customs part of this $27 million
    221 12 SINGAPOE. May 1. THE CIGARETTES you smoked. the liquor you drank, the petrol you burned in your car and your seats in the cinema circle have helped to swell Customs revenue by more than S27 million in the first four months
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    Power in S’pore cheaper than in Federation
    148 12 SINGAPORE, May 1 (X)MPARATIVE figures V on the cost of electricity in Singapore and the Federation were given in the City Council meeting yesterday. -Thev were quoted by Mr. Chan Kum Chee (Prog. East) in reply to newspaper statements suggesting the setting up
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    ONLY 20 AT 2 RALLIES
    99 12 KUALA LUMPUR. Ma» May Day celebrations in Kuala Lumpur were so “luke warm” that they drew angry criticisms at the end of a mask rally this evening. Fewer than 20 people attended two rallies held by the Malayan Trade Union Council and the Selangor Labour
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    Sister’s funeral
    37 12 TELOK ANSON, Sun —The funeral of Miss M. E. Coleman. Head Nursing Sister of the Infant Welfare Centre, took place at the Christian cemetery here this afternoon after a short service at St. Luke’s Church.
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    1,800 T.U.C. MEN PLEDGE TO KEEP LAW AND ORDER
    216 12 SINGAPORE, May 2. AT a May Day meeting yesterday, more than 1,800 members of the Singapore Trade Union Congress pledged their support to the Government to help end the Emergency and to keep peace and ordei in the Colony. They also
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    OFFICE MANAGER IS FINED
    117 12 SINGAPORE. Apr. 30. A R. TOWNSEND, an office manager, was fined slso in the Singapore First Traffic Police yesterday for driving a car negligently at the 12$ mile Woodlands Road, in the early hours of Nov. 19. The magistrate, Mr. R. C. Hoffman, held that the
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    AFTER 17 YEARS SHE QUITS
    169 12 —and says: ‘Jfy lips are sealed’ AFTER SINGAPORE Ap,. j. AFTER 17 years in City rf* cil service. i) r Officer (maternity t« n r‘e s r*n fare) has d Yesterday she told the Times: “My lip, Don’t ask me n|,v i eoing. I have
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    CORONATION SERVICE
    49 12 Rn?r^ FIR wl CORONAT,ON SERVICE P ,ane 0f a crest on is fuselage. arr f u iu Singapore from Australia on May 1 on its wav to H r jre j In the picture above, Hostess Mrs John Haynes adn, the decoration.—Straits Times picture. —Straits Times picture.
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    Colony’s Coronation Decoratians
    114 13 ABOVE: This is what the C.P.O. will look like in a ♦ew weeks’ time. Royal crowns, 28 ft x 22 ft. wid top the building at both the front and back and on the sides there will be three crowns 20 ft. x 15 ft. Five giant
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    OVE FOR JOBS FOR LOCALMEN
    103 13 !JALA LUMPUR. May 1. RONG support is exacted ior a move to made in the Federal islative Council next k to replace expate officers in Governit service with local 1 wherever possible. M. P. Rajagopal will a resolution calling on lovernment to appoint a ission
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    DIED A DAY AFTER HE RETIRED
    60 13 Ii t Thurai, who had been Officer of the City ini staff for more than 25 cllc ,J at his home in Still Wednesday one day from service. S. l [y President, Mr. T McNoice, told Councillors Or. Thurai had noJ loner and faithful
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    Dedication
    44 13 kSl NGAPORE, May 4. id 1 P ";Merian Methodist lAndnm Board Church oi 1 'he Royal Air rj v huntenance Base. Seleorniivr h,? c i^ ated yesterday K, the Rev. W. A. lapiain ti SS p ant Principal ha r East Air Force.
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    HOSPITAL TO GET 2 MORE SURGICAL THEATRES
    203 13 SINGAPORE. May 2. TWO SURGICAL theatres and a 200-bed children’s unit, costing nearly $1 million, will bo built at the General Hospital this year. Dr. R. Calderwood, Chief Medical Officer, told the Straits Times that these projects would be undertaken under the ten-year
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    150 teachers will go to Kirkby
    48 13 IPOH, About 250 applications have been submitted from Perak alone for the third training course for teachers at Kirkby College in England. The Federation will select 150 men and women for this course which begins in September and last until July 1955.
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    ‘Story of Malaya not of one race only’
    310 13 KUALA LUMPUR, Apr. 30. »PHE STORY of Malaya A was not the story of one race alone. It was the story of all its peoples and all the circumstances which had shaped its course. This was said by the High Commissioner, General
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    Writs served in Holland
    126 13 SINGAPORE, May 3. SINGAPORE High Court writs have been served on two former Dutch residents cf the city now in Amsterdam, for the return of money they allegedly obtained by fraud It has been alleged that the two Dutchmen. Franz J. Vahrmeyer and Rudolph Johannes Swaab,
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    24 passengers from Singapore die in Comet crash
    1161 14 SINGAPORE, May 4. fORTY-THREE people were killed 1 when the Singapore-London Comet which left Changi on Saturday morning crashed 22 miles from Calcutta in a near hurricane. Four members of the Malayan delegation to the Rubber Study Croup conference at Copenhagen were
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    Beethoven extremes at recital
    173 14 SINGAPORE. May 4 JN the first of his four B* thoven recitals at St. drew’s War Memorial Hi last night, Louis Kentner g» thoughtful and controlled performances j four of the 32 Sonatas. It is impossible to give sev* ral recitals of Beethovc: piano Sonatas without
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    Old Boys’ Assn in a bad way
    75 14 SINGAPORE. May i The St. Andrew's Old Association, of Singapore* soon be insolvent un es V financial position improved 1953. states the associate report for 1952. The collection rf SU^ S J tions was a matter of ccn> anxiety and the call *cr
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    KON TIKI GIVES THEM AN IDEA
    219 15 J SINGAPORE, May 3. WE Kon Tiki raft, which crossed the Pacific Ocean, was the inspiration behind a raft now being used on research Singapore’s harbour extensions. Singapore engineer and sur1 veyor. Mr. R. V. (“Dynamite”) Morris, figured that if a raft could across
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    CLAIMS ON LAST OF TREASURE INVITED
    129 15 I FORE BAHRU. Apr. 29. Laima NTS are now [sought for the refeinder of the treasure [covered from the Scuii River. Johore, three |onths ago —a few artips ol silverware and lalavs who by chance found uabie jewellery in the mud the river got
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    Party for the Iraq King
    69 15 SINGAPORE, May 3. tNDREDS of guests attendee! a reception given in ftneery Lane, Singapore, last nt by the Iraq Consul, Syed ahm bin Omar Alsagoff, to Ptuaip the accession to the nf °f Iraq’s boy sovereign, ft Feisal II was also the new King’s hteenth
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    Turtle Trust head
    30 15 Tu r tle Trust head yl: EI May 3.—Mr. WS. to>oint Sarawa k. has been Worn ed chairman of the K *l, anaßement of the ■vernment maintained b y the
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    MR. HOWARD EDMUND CASHIN, Colony lawyer and sportsman, who was married to Miss Camilla Violet Sturt at St. Teresa’s Church, Kampong Bahru, on May 2.
    26 15 MR. HOWARD EDMUND CASHIN, Colony lawyer and sportsman, who was married to Mis s Camilla Violet Sturt at St. Teresa’s Church, Kampong Bahru, on May 2.
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    THEY ASKED: ‘HOW DOES THE TIME GO?’
    91 15 SINGAPORE. May 2. THE University of Malaya’s new Social Studies Department has just completed a survey of how Singapore Improvement Trust tenants spend their leisure hours. The information is being sorted before delivery to the diagnostic survey team which wanted to find out
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    Eight Reds killed in their trap
    283 15 A WARDS FOR TWO OFFICERS SINGAPORE. Apr. 3d. I lEUT. J. M. C. Thornton, who planned the wiping out of a bandit camp in Negri Sembilan in February, has been awarded the Military Cross. And Lance-Cpl. Rabilal Rai who located the camp, spied on
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    CHINESE P.T. FOR NEW VILLAGES
    190 15 IPOH, May 2. £HINESE physical culture based on the ancient arts of self-defence as practised in China more than 4,000 years ago, is to be introduced among youths in the new vil- lages of the Federation. Representatives of the Chin Woo Athletic Associations from throughout
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    ‘Queen Elizabeth Walk’
    42 15 The Singapore City Council has decided to name the paved walk at the esplanade "Queen Elizabeth Walk” in honour of the Queen. And the esplanade has been named "The Esplanade,” because it has always been known by that name.
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    A ‘BRIGHT OUTLOOK’ FOR SOME TRADERS
    211 15 By Our Market Correspondent SINGAPORE. May 2. UONG KONG mer11 chants regarded the present situation on the Singapore market as gloomy but thought that the long-term prospect was very bright This was stated by Mr Haking Wong, managing director of W. Haking and Co..
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    S’pore yacht arrives in Mauritius
    76 15 SINGAPORE, May 5. LIEUT.-COMMANDER A. G. Hamilton, who left Singapore in mid-March for England in his four-ton yacht Speedwell, arrived in Mauritius yesterday, according to a report received here. It took him 35 days to travel in his motorless yacht from Singapore to Rodrigues and
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    School to be dedicated
    46 15 Singapore’s Deputy Director of Education. Mr. R. E. Ince, will open the new building of the Paya Lebar Methodist Girls’ School on May 11. The building wi’l tv dedicated by Bishop Raymond L. Archer, head of the Methodist Mission In South-East Asia.
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    CORONATION SHOW STAR
    237 17 SINGAPORE, May 5. 41 PAGES of foolscap Ht to memorise, 11-year- >1‘lia Addison, star of Coronation show, “Alice 9 Wonderland,” is now ■i- perfect— and not beH on tier school liome- either. fjHinw, being produced by gfllion.ilri Davies, aims to raise $lO,OOO for the blind. Melia, -daughter
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    STRAITS TIMES TO ISSUE BONUS SHARES
    176 17 J SINGAPORE, May 4. Times Press Ltd., H, 0 make a bonus issue J res or stock in the proI, one new manageM ’bare or $1 stock for Fjß management shares £1; k held when the JJ c *«se on June 1. jvm increase
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    Council to be told: No call-up
    118 17 KUALA LUMPUR, May 4. THE Federation Government is recommending to the Legislative Council that tor the time being, there should be no annual calC-UD of men under the National Service Ordinance. The council will receive a report on National Service which will give the
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    He will act as Mentri Besar
    56 17 JOHORE BAHRU. May 4. Dato Wan Idris, Deputy Mentri Besar of Johcre, who was about to retire, has been recalled by the Sultan to at as Mentri Besar during Dato Syed Abdul Kadir bin Muhamad’s absence at the Coronation in London. Dato Syed Abdul
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    GOVT ‘HOTELS’ MEN TO GET 15 NEW HOMES
    154 17 Surplus in two years SINGAPORE, May 5. FIFTEEN new homes for senior Government officers now living in hotels will be ready within two or three months, a Government spokesman said yes- terday. The Government was also hoping to buy another group of
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    Long service
    33 17 JOHORE BAHRU May 4. Haji Abu Bakar bin Haji Idris has retired after 37 years of service with the Johore Government. He was senior checking clerk of the Federal Audit Department.
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    Another man may fly to rubber talks
    400 17 By Our Market Correspondent SINGAPORE, May 5. 'pHE Singapore Government was considering last night whether to send to the International Rubber Study Group conference, which opens in Copenhagen on Monday, another delegate in place of Mr. F. J. Kemlo, who was killed in
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    Turf’s G.O.M, off to 4th Coronation
    84 17 Turf’ s G.O.M, off to 4th Coronation PENANG, May 4.—Capt. Lindsay Vears. “grand old man’’ of the Malayan turf, Ls leaving by Comet for London in two weeks. A former A.D.C. to two Sultans of Perak, Capt. Vears, a past president of the Malayan Race Horse Owners’ Association, has not
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    Court admits new barrister
    45 17 SINGAPORE, May 5. Mr. D. E. S. Chelliah bar-rister-at-law, was admitted to the Singapore Bar by the Chief Justice, Sir Charles Murray-Aynsley, in the Singapore High Court yesterday. Mr. Chelliah is the eldest son of the Rev. Canon D. D. Chel-
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      76 17 Quarterly Half-yearly Yearly STRAITS BUDGET SUBSCRIPTION RATES (PAYABLE IN ADVANCE) Singapore Town Area Malaya No Postage including Postage S 5.20 5.75 10 40 H.50 20.80 23.00 The weekly Issues of the Straits Budget can Kingdom only at Y 7. o vxitii express ar delivery service to the United an inclusive
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    The troops are grand, says Bishop
    214 18 SIINGAPORE. Mav 6. THE BISHOP of Croydon, the Rt. Rev. G. K. N. Bardsley, told the Straits Times yesterday that in six years of travelling among troops, he had never found soldiers with higher morale than the Security Forces in Malaya. The Bishop, famous
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    ‘Quit the jungle’ bandits told
    354 18 NEW ‘SURRENDER’ DRIVE KUALA LUMPUR, May 5. THE High Commissioner, Gen. Sir Gerald Templer, has started a new drive to get terrorists to surrender. This time, the campaign is aimed at non-Com-munist bandits. Millions of “safe conduct” passes, each bearing the signature of Sir Gerald,
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    RED ACTION IN S.E. ASIA REAL THREAT
    303 18 A BRITISH ADMIRAL WARNS SIAM SINGAPORE, May 6. t/ICE-ADMIRAL Sir Charles Edward Lambe, ComV mander-in-Chief of the Far East Naval Station, turned in Singapore yesterday that the Siamese Gov•rnment did not seem to be fullv aware of the dangers •f Communist action in
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    There’ll be no hitches, says Mr. R.
    97 18 SIINGAPORE, May 6. THERE will be no hitches in the transfer of the telephone service in Singapore to the Government in January 1955 states Mr. F. Rooney, the London director of the Oriental Telephone and Electric Company. Mr. Rooney has been in Singapore
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    14 more police
    22 18 JOHORE BAHRU May 5. During April the Malayan Chinese Associat'on. Johore recruited 14 Chinese for the regular police force.
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    S.R.A. upholds K.L. Stewards
    538 18  -  THE WEEK IN St»an? By EDIN PETERS SINGAPORE, May 5. THE thirteen jockeys who appealed to the Straits Racing Association against the decision of the stewards of the Selangor Turf Club were unsuccessful. They had been suspended until May 5 for refusing to ride after the
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    Wonderful, say the Aussie boys
    593 18  -  PEOPLE in SPOUT by Sentinel SINGAPORE, May 4. T»HE AUSTRALIAN youth A boxing team which has been in Singapore for the past three weeks for a series of contests against local youngsters, leaves for home tomorrow. Their verdict on the trip: “We had a wonderful
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    TANKARD TAKES THE HONOURS
    944 19  -  Byl EPSOM JEEP K r *LA LUMPUR, Apr. 29. W/i aYAN Turf history was H m ade here today when boys—granted temporary ,i licences were matched K 4 pofessional jockeys and m ienced apprentices and in er y first race Mohd. Yusoff K k a blow
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    SWEET DREAM BEATS KRONCHONG
    1203 19  -  Bv EPSOM JEEP ■KUALA LUMPUR, May 2. ■TEET DREAM, trained by I Jimmy Martin and strong■’ldden by Billy Bagby, won main event here today—a B-and-a-half furlong sprint horses of Class 4, Division ■n a thrilling finish with consistent but unlucky ■nchong The judge had to for
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      111 19 Big Sweep TOTAL POOL: $249,800 1ST PRIZE: No. *****4 ($67,446) 2ND PRIZE: No. *****2 ($33,723) 3RD PRIZE: No. *****5 ($16,861) STARTERS ($3,372 each): Nos. *****4; *****7; *****1; *****1; *****2. CONSOLATION PRIZES ($1,498 each): Nos. *****0: *****1; *****3; *****7; *****9; *****8; *****3; *****1; *****3* *****9. DOUBLE TOTE 1ST DOUBLE: Five tickets—$171
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    Rubber rises and tin steadier
    687 20 SHARE "MARKET By Our Financial Correspondent SINGAPORE, May 4. THE Singapore share market had a comparative 1 quiet period last week. The volume of turnover was only moderate and price changes small and variable. Apparently we have seen the end of violent fluctuations in commodity
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    TIN SHIPMENTS
    42 20 Of 4,813 tons of tin shipped from Malaya last month, 842 tons went to the United Kingdom, 1,933 ton 6 to the United States. 918 tons to the Continent, 518 tons to British Possessions and 6C2 tons to other ccjntries.
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    MALAYAN SHARE QUOTATIONS
    823 20 SIINGAPORE. May 6. IMU NTKIALa Buyers seUers AlP* Brier* p rpf 9 i jo Ords 4 10 4 20 Atlas let 25 3 2.S 3B Petra! 34/6 35/6 M I rust.-»*« t .so i Con Tin StneJt. .Pref 21/- 22/- nd Ords 21/- 22/. 'tern United 3.101*
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    BUSINESS DONE
    202 20 THE following share deals in Singapore w’ere reported for the period April 25 to May 1, inclusive. INDUSTRIALS. Consolidated T:n Smelters Ord. 21/10Vi Fraser Si Neave $2.20, Federal Dispensary $2.60, Hongkong Bank (Colonial Register) $7BO to $BOO, william Jacks $3.60, Jackson Si Co. $1.85, Malayan Cement $1.55 and
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    DIVIDENDS DECLARED
    100 20 rE following dividends were announced last week:— BASSETT RUBBER: 10 per cent, for year ended December, payable May 27, books close May 18. BORELLI RUBBER: 20 per cent, final, making 30 per cent., for year ended December, payable May 29. books close May 22. KUALA SIDIM RUBBER: 30
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    Rubber exports made U.S. 1,600 mil.
    304 20 From Our Own Corresponded) I LONDON \i av I SIR Sydney Palmer today told the Ruhi> »V L: I Association that during the seven years a fu 1 war, natural rubber exports to Ameru npniJ the serling area UJ5. $1,350 million, win, other areas,
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    FALL IN TIN SHIPMENTS
    44 20 Shipments of tin from Malaya in March were 4,813 tons, compared with 6.866 tons in February, making total shipments for the first four months of this year 22.313 tons, compared with 21.334 tons in the corresponding period of last year.
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    WELCOME RISE
    243 20 Rubber Mark. SINGAPORE. Ma. f AVERY welcome iaprd ment in prices ha* b3 seen this week and at on* 3 business Was done as hath! 75 cents, say Lewis N (Singapore) Ltd in their port Buying for both Russia J South America has beend pected for some time
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    THE PRODUCE MARKET
    73 20 SIINGAPORE May I Singapore Chinese Produce change: Noon price* ner piciu f Copra: steady; buvf”s J sellers $40. Coconut oil: quir*. sellers. nfl Pepper: s f eadv. \v;‘ e n fro*n New York nr. n n varieties uo $10- Mu sellers. Sarawak block $475. o; I "wis
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    STRAITS TRADING RECORD DIVIDEND
    60 20 rE Straits Ltd., earned t of $1,859,173 aft. m 1952. which n share befof° n f $1 The final divu r makes $2 paid U V\- for i highest rate on companv. ln I Net liauid ol ,t balance sheet fllia i $8,436,412 whir 1 $9
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