The Straits Budget, 20 August 1953
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The Straits Budget
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Title Section30 1953-08-20 1 The Straits Budget THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES MALAYA'B nation al newspaper p^ v *icries No. 3(58. Thursday, August 20, 1953 Price 40 cents (Malayan) Or 1 ahillinc.30 words
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Article160 1953-08-20 2 PADI A. KRISHNAN - ASSISTANTS REPLY PADI A. KRISHNAN. (Gen. Sec.) Selangor Shop Assistant Union. Kuala Lumpur. I THANK Mr. Kanfasundarum openly on behalf of shop assistants for his candid letter. However, his reasoning might have been good in those days when traders and their assistants came to Malaya160 words
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Article184 1953-08-20 2 JON WILLY - JON WILLY. Singapore. WHEN I was a kid, we had to wear red tape on our left arms after vaccination to inform the world and his wife that we had our arm injected and must not therefore be touched. I do not remember any other form184 words
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Article88 1953-08-20 2 Dr.) B. D. AHMAD - (Dr.) B. D. AHMAD. Jraelton. IT IS high time that Malay p Muslim men safeguarded and protected the due rights of their womenfolk. There can be no better code for the protection of the rights of womanhood in respect of marriage and divorce than the Islamic code. Yet88 words
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Article107 1953-08-20 2 SOLDIER - SOLDIER. Johore Bahru THE Federation Customs levy Federation duty on all goods purchased at a Singapore NAAFI. It is invid'ious, in this instance, to differentiate between Singapore Island and the Federation. In any case, those stationed in the Colony are not operational, as opposed to those107 words
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Article253 1953-08-20 2 R.C. SMITH - R.C. SMITH. Singapore. A s a person of British stock, who has lived in this Colony for five years. I am continually amazed and shocked at the complacent attitude taken by the majoriy of people here to the Issue of civil liberty. oarticularlv as it concerns the253 words
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Article137 1953-08-20 2 C. O. JENNINGS - C. O. JENNINGS, Kuala Lumpur. ALTHOUGH I fail to understand Mr. V. S. van Langenberg’s simile that Government is treating architects like blacksmiths” I do comprehend his inference that the successors of Tubal Casn are considered to be men of baser metal than the members of the137 words
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Article144 1953-08-20 2 HAPPY FOX - HAPPY FOX. Singapore. FOOD hawkers ij ness centre 01 n J are a necessity it w kers are to have pr v P ed midday meals. products of food )arat ought not to be ously scattered ovei n ?.J5 ways. Pubb Yesterday 1 wa the alley way that144 words
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Article263 1953-08-20 2 D. W. FOSTER - D. W. FOSTER Ipoh. I AM saddened to hear my own countrymen bemoaning their trials and tribulations out here. And it is amazing that not one of them—like the Scotsmen who gather together in London every St. Andrew’s to extole the beauties and virtues of their263 words
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Article133 1953-08-20 2 SINGAPOREAN - SINGAPOREAN VtAYBE some police offices a** in Singapore still do a* know that there is an "Open* tion Service” in the Federation which could be followed to great advantage here As I was going up a gangway in the Harbour Board premises one Sunday with133 words
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Article163 1953-08-20 2 Ju i K - Ju i K' Singapore. READING the newspapers one gets the impression that the authorities want people to live away from the town Recently Sir George Pepler said this was the only way of relieving traffic congestion. Yet when one tries to do this one finds it discouraging. I163 words
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Miscellaneous21 1953-08-20 2 9 mm P^HZi n o m t j V ft. 4, V s d at >:♦ ‘Mr. DIOR’s DREAM’—or ‘Miss MALAYA’S NICHTMARE’21 words
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The Straits Budget
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Article575 1953-08-20 3 —Straits Times, Aug. 13. I tie more light, and only t vas shed on the ti 'on financial problems statement issued yester,he Financial Secretary. s j t would be unreason- xpect much more to il before the Federal 1 nvets in the first week ember, for it—Straits Times, Aug. 13. - 575 words
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Article664 1953-08-20 3 Straits Times, Aug. 14 One of the more obstinate difficulties which the Federation Government continually faces is the deep ignorance of the average Malayan, especially in the rural areas, of the processes of Government. It is hardly surprising that there should be distrust where there isStraits Times, Aug. 14 - 664 words
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Article253 1953-08-20 3 Straits Times, Aug. 14. It is good news that the terrorists have lost more committee men and other leaders, and that a record number of misguided rank and file are surrendering. But still better news comes from Ipoh, where the Chinese head of the Kampar HomeStraits Times, Aug. 14. - 253 words
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Article258 1953-08-20 3 Straits Times, Aug. 15. A story of lost acres, as told in the agricultural supplement to the monthly Bulletin of Statistics issued by the Federation, would seem worthy of someone’s attention. The total acreage under crops has increased slightly in comparison with 1940, the supplement’s basic year,Straits Times, Aug. 15. - 258 words
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Article786 1953-08-20 3 —Straits Times Aug. 17 Response to the invigorating news that Singapore is to have its first public library has been slow and disappointing. So far nobody has come forward to stand alongside the Lee Foundation in setting an example to a laggard Government in providing the Colony—Straits Times Aug. 17 - 786 words
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Article246 1953-08-20 4 —Straits Times, Aug. 17 Refusal by the Badminton Association of Malaya to allow Mi ss Helen Kwong of Hong Kong to compete in this year's Malayan badminton championships has caused much heated argument, not only among badminton fans but among others who perhaps hardly recognise a—Straits Times, Aug. 17 - 246 words
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Article804 1953-08-20 4 —Straits Times Atig. 18 There has been no complacency about Singapore’s education programme since the fiist inspiriting days of liberatarn, but the occasional figure or report on the progress made still has power to shock. Much has been done so very much remains still a challenge to the—Straits Times Atig. 18 - 804 words
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Article446 1953-08-20 4 —Straits Times Aug. 18 Important amendments to the Income Tax Ordinance are contained in a bill which w’ill be introduced in the Singapore Legislative Council this morning. One or two of these amendments will be welcomed. For instance provision is pro- posed for an allowance on capital—Straits Times Aug. 18 - 446 words
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Article867 1953-08-20 4 ns own —Straits Tin: The belief that Malaya’s new immigration laws are antiIndian was at the bottom of an odd yet perhaps useful debate in the Singapore Legislative Council yesterday. The new I ordinance has been in force for not quite three weeks, too short a periodns own • —Straits Tin: - 867 words
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Article, Illustration1233 1953-08-20 5 WARWICK; WALTER - H t/ WARWICK WALTER n/)K4 OF MALAYA Voionv I. (Orchid*) By Pro\i!Zr R. E. Holttum. (Govfmniefit Printing Office. Sings p<> re $2O). IrpHE final impression 1 which Professor Holttum's monumental book on Malayan orchids will leave on most readers must surely be a newn/)K4 OF MALAYA Voionv I. (Orchid*) By Pro\i!Zr R. E. Holttum. (Govfmniefit Printing Office. Sings p<>re» $2O). - 1,233 words
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Article112 1953-08-20 5 KOREN: On 14th Augus*. 1953, at Kandang Kerbau Hospital, to Bunty, wife of Rolf Keren, a daughter. SPEARS: At Kandunc Kerbau Hospital, on 12th August, to Hazel, wife of R. A. P Spears, a daughter. Jaeqeline Jane. DALGLIESH: To Audrey (nee Vizard), wife of James Hunter Dnlgliesh, at P«nam»,112 words
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Article86 1953-08-20 5 ROWLEY THEXEIRA. The engagement is announced and the marriage will take place shortly between Albert Edward Rowley. Malayan prisons service. Kuala Lumpur and Clementine Ka f herine, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Thexeira ot Penang. A MARRIAGE has been at ranged between Thomas Hugh, son of Dr86 words
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Article40 1953-08-20 5 THE MARRIAGE took place at Bradford. Yorkshire, on llih Aug., 1953. between Maurice. onlv son of Mr. Ac Mrs. J. H. E A\ison of Cleckheaton. Yorks: and Marv Christine, onlv daughter of Mr. Ac Mrs. T. HermV'v of Singapore.40 words
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Article17 1953-08-20 5 MRS. R. C. DAVIS on leaving for England wishes to thank all for their many kindnesses.17 words
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Article, Illustration401 1953-08-20 5 C’APT. D H. DE T. READE - BV C’APT. D H. DE T. READE SINCE replacing the Ist King’s African Rifles four months ago in the Bentong District of Pahang, the 2/7th Gurkha Rifles have killed 39 Communist terrorists. and since January 1 this year their achievements comprise 56 kills401 words
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Obituary84 1953-08-20 5 DEATHS DAVIS: R. C., Act. Chief Architect. P.W.D., dearly loved husband of Marjorie, suddenly at 27. Nassim Road. Service Bidrvdari 5.15 n.m. Saturday. No >tters or flowers please. MRS. JANE BODESTYNE. 'aged R 7), passed awav peacefully at her residence 231. Tembeling Hoad on 17.8.53. Funeral today, cortet"'Laving the house84 words
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Article, Illustration5 1953-08-20 6 —Straits Times vhoto.—Straits Times vhoto. - 5 words
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Article667 1953-08-20 6 CYNICUS - CYNICUS. SINGAPORE. Aug. 15. IN the Ipoh Sessions Court in June, twenty Chinese women between th 1 ages of twenty and fifty stood giggling and chattering outside the dock. They couldn’t all be squeezed in. 8* me time betore this five younger women. girL> ot uni667 words
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Article769 1953-08-20 6 STANLEY STRUT - STANLEY STRUT. The sunken ship 1HAVE received from an authoritative source, some more details of the ships that are to be sought in the banks ot Johore River though there is no precise Information to hand about their age, purpose or nationality. At the same769 words
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Article79 1953-08-20 6 LONDON. Aug 17 Mr. Frederick Edwir. de Paula, a prewar manager qj the Straia Trading Company in the Federated Malaya States, stationed at Ipoli and the; chairman of Petaling Tin. inhere on Thursday. Eary on Wednesday, the guard of a passing train sa* him lying on79 words
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Article107 1953-08-20 6 IPOH Aug. 1" Brigadier a de Burs Morris, retiring Onur.au* der of the 48th Gurkha fantrv Brigade, will be P re5e ed with the Perak Service Medal by the Sw on Wednesday at a meetm, the State Council. Th P Brigadier ha, J ee r107 words
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Article24 1953-08-20 6 JOHORE BAHRL- A;*J ‘•j. Sheikh Ibrahim, of K pur is due here soon fll?r Second Magistrate Dato Sheikh AbubaK*also a magistrate he.24 words
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Article647 1953-08-20 7 TUAN DJEK - TUAN DJEK. H AST Saturday morning H 1 the Tuan was walking Ho town at the time I when only timber lorries Had sanitary carts were Hn the road, and so he Houlci at* thumb a lift. Bust us he reached K uvs-cr/z Makam a small Heaved private647 words
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Article125 1953-08-20 7 the Straits Times of n, 1903. A months ago. a party of hr Prisoners of war, who a] u s <-*d to take an oath of to the King, passed V' 1 Singapore on their A’ lVa to f °nnd a colony. nile news about the atthe Straits Times of n, 1903. - 125 words
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Article, Illustration33 1953-08-20 7 ,Mr. and Mrs. J. Jamieson, after their wedding on Aug 15 at St. Andrew’s Cathedral, Singapore. The bride was formerly Miss Diana Faustina Isaac. Mr. Jamieson is with the Borneo Company.33 words
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Article835 1953-08-20 7 STANLEY STKF. ET - STANLEY STKF.ET. I HAVE been poring over an address that Professor Northcote Parkinson gave lately about the siting and planning of the Federal capital. Most capitals and most large cities grew up where they did for certain reasons. London stands where Britain’s greatest river is navigable to835 words
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Article, Illustration455 1953-08-20 8 J. P. CHRYSOSTOM - From J. P. CHRYSOSTOM KAMPAR, Aug. 12. rpHE Home Guard chief today shot and captured 1 a Communist terrorist in the heart of this mining town, 24 miles south of Ipoh. The terrorist died on the way to hospital. The455 words
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74 1953-08-20 8 SINGAPORE, Aug. 13. ('OST of the modernisation of the Singapore Victoria Theatre and Memorial Hall Is now estimated at about $1,250,000. A City Council committee considering the scheme has decided not to provide a grass layout with seats and flowers in lront of the74 words
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Article320 1953-08-20 8 Total for August is now 20 KUALA LUMPUR. Aug. 12 T*HIS month’s Communist surrenders are likely to be a record. More than 20 have so far given up—the majority in Johore and Pahang. Six men and two women surrendered in a group in the Pagoh area320 words
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Article230 1953-08-20 8 KUALA LUMPUR. Aug. 12 Communist terrorists in North Johore have been dealt one of their hardest blows of the Emergency. About 150 square miles in the Segamat and Kluang districts have been sealed off in a bid to starve the terrorists in the area. About 19230 words
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Article352 1953-08-20 8 SINGAPORE, Aue n T'HE Social Welfare Department is consider^A 1 for a destitute Chinese family in Singi\p or say that they have lost their home and busing v cause of a ghost. s Three weeks ago Goh Meng Kee, his wife child were living in352 words
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Article126 1953-08-20 8 SINGAPORE. Aug ’.3 A STREAK of lighten A caused a palm tree inti Botanic Gardens to fioi* says the Botanic Gardens De partment’s 1952 report The palm tree, a cory;i gebanga. normally takes years to grow and then flat ers before it dies. After being struck126 words
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39 1953-08-20 8 A PEDESTRIAN operates the first push-button traffic signal in Singapore— at the junction of St. Andrew’s Road and Coleman Street—as he prepares to cross the road The signals operated for the first time on Aug, 12. —Straits Times picture.—Straits; Times picture. - 39 words
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Article69 1953-08-20 8 Dr. W. A. Nichole acj^ head of the Malaya ll sity’s Department ot o Medicine and Public has gone to Sydney li a thre-week seminar pntg i Development and Health”. 0 12 Dr. Nicholas is on* delegates from As. i in tiy first seminar conducted by69 words
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Article, Illustration435 1953-08-20 9 MALACCA, Aug. 14. DK. Ong Bak Hin, aged 63, a Justice of the Peace, was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment in the High Court here today for performing an abortion on Tee Bee Geok which caused her death. A special jury of one European foreman, two435 words
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111 1953-08-20 9 The Governor of Singapore, Sir John Nicoll, has appointed 30 people to form the Income Tax Board of Review. They are Messrs. J. C. Cobbott (chairman). C H. Smith. T. Aiken. D. T. Assomull. Chew Hock Leons, R. H. Green, J. M. Jumabhov, J.111 words
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Article90 1953-08-20 9 SINGAPORE, Aur. 17. Police will send 12 local officers to Britain for training next year. Some will undergo special detective courses at Scotland Yard. Mr. A. H. Frew, Assistant Commissioner, told the Straits Tunes yesterday that the officers will be chosen next month. Assistant Superintendents90 words
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232 1953-08-20 9 SINGAPORE, Aug. 14. Korean truce is a fine victory for the cause of right, said the Commissioner-General, Mr. Malcolm MacDonald, yesterday to 240 Malayan teachers who are in Singapore on a vacation course. Two and a half years ago, he said, Peking radio232 words
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Article37 1953-08-20 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Aug. 13. Selangor now has eight welfare clinics to care for police wives and families. Two Sisters, Miss Jean Scott and Miss Jean Walsh, helped by wives of police officers, run the clinics.37 words
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Article42 1953-08-20 9 Lt. Col. T.L. Fox, president of the Singapore Trainers’ Association, left by air for Britain on Aug. 15 to undergo treatment at the Middlesex Hospital for a throat condition. He is expected back in a few weeks.42 words
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Article156 1953-08-20 9 650 enter exam all fail SINGAPORE, Aug. 17 NOT one of 650 Singapore students who sat for the L.C.C. typewriting certificate stage examination in April passed it. Nearly 3,500 Singapore students sat for the L.C.C. examinations thus year, but only 425 students passed in individual subjects. About 500 students sat156 words
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64 1953-08-20 9 SOME OF THE 240 TEACHERS from Singapore and the Federation who attended the opening of the fourth Malayan Teachers’ Vacation Course in Oei Tiong Ham Hall, University of Malaya, Singapore, on Aug. 13. In centre is the Commissioner- General, Mr. Malcolm MacDonald, and on his right, Mr. K. V. Thaver,Straits Times picture. - 64 words
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40 1953-08-20 9 MR. M. H. BROADBENT and Miss Esme Godsall leave St. Andrew’s Cathedral, Singapore, after their wedding on Aug. 14. The bride is the daughter of the former Financial Sec retary in the Federation, Mr. W. D. Godsall. —Straits Times picture.—Straits Times; picture. - 40 words
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Article85 1953-08-20 9 SINC E TIIE FIRST PLANTER was killed by a terrorist on Oct. (>, 1047 78 planters have met their deaths in the Emergency. Mr. A. E. Nicholson, of Johore. was the only planter killed in 1047. Fifteen were killed in 1018, four in 1010, 1«* in 105085 words
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Article1136 1953-08-20 10 Himsworth statement KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 12. THK Federation will probably have a deficit ot 1 $208 million instead of the 897 million estimated at the beginning ot ths yt*ar. Thus an estimated $108 million from surplus balances of $882 million will have to be used to1,136 words
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152 1953-08-20 10 SINGAPORE, Aug. 13. SEVEN senior officers In the Singapore Colonial Secre- tariat took over new duties yesterday. Under the new* set-up, the organization secretary is in complete control of secretariat administration. Pensions will be dealt with by the establishments branch instead of the152 words
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Article68 1953-08-20 10 Honorary degrees of the University of Malaya will be presented on Oct. 10. Dr. F. C. Benham. Economic Adviser to •the CommissionerGeneral. will be made an honorary Doctor of Letters. Dato E. E. C. Thuraisingham. Member for Education, will receive an honorary Doctorate of Law. Sir68 words
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Article, Illustration78 1953-08-20 10 iNCfIE HUSSAIN bin Mohanied (left) and Indie Ibrahim bin Varshay, who have been promoted Assistant Controllers of Posts in the Singapore Postal Department. Both went to Britain in 1949 for two years* training, working at the north-west region of Postal Headquarters at Manchester. Inche.—Straits Times pictures. - 78 words
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Article170 1953-08-20 10 SINGAPORE. Aug. 14. 4 LTHOUGH Singapore’s surplus revenue for 1952 has not been finally worked out. it is known to exceed $4O million. And the Colony’s total surplus revenue, which was over $2OO million at the end of 1951. has already been invested either locally170 words
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Article72 1953-08-20 10 'Two professors from the iaculty of Medicine. Universal of Malava, will represent tne University at congresses m Europe and Canada. Professor J. H. Hale, prolessor of Bacteriology- wi.l 1 tend the Sixth international Congress of Microbiology Rome next month, and S’ixth International on Leprosy in Madrid72 words
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Article41 1953-08-20 10 The War Depart Singapore has tola Civil Service Union nor pay hospital ex families of Army w The Department a cd a Union reauest letter of guarantee t to enable employeemitted fer treatnn paying a dep&vit.41 words
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113 1953-08-20 11 THE DUCHESS of Kent attended the Coronation ball of the Malayan Students' Union in London after opening an extension to Malaya Hall, the hostel for Malayan students in London, earlier in the day. Others who attended the ball at the Dorchester Hotel were the Sultans of Johore, Selangor and Perak,113 words
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110 1953-08-20 11 SINGAPORE, Aug. 13. IpRiVATI Hammond Gillian I „1 Army Veter I !»> •»■< yesterday acI cw» ering Doreen ia club dance h# Jp >ed into the m a pore Fifth v G dr ar the charge tts»L.:r.»'d tc r.:m B< Mood attention and •Jr110 words
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Article63 1953-08-20 11 SINGAPORE, Aug. 15. Singapore Turf Club $4,192,679 in duty on ■umsator bets and sweepR|s'' s liiS t year, states the jjjr rr P° r t cf the Stamp a sator bets yielded while $3,123,423 W l: •nm sweepstakes, w, Office also colsi 163 words
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Article35 1953-08-20 11 I*. )o re Botanic Gardens pl V; made $18,862 on W; $14,500 of which th* 1 sale of surplus I ot n ts and seedlings. 2j. 22.900 plants sold, r orcbids.35 words
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167 1953-08-20 11 SINGAPORE, All*. 14. THE Singapore Chamber of Commerce, Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Indian Chamber of Commerce will set up a nine-man liaison committee to tackle mutual trade and Commerce problems. The Committee may be the forerunner of a combined Chamber of Commerce. The presidents,167 words
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215 1953-08-20 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Aug. 13. Increases in freight rates for certain types of goods were announced today by the Malayan Railways. Freight rates for fertilisers, ballast, stone, fuel oil, coal, palm oil. ilmenite ore, and iron ore will be affected. A statement issued today215 words
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Article22 1953-08-20 11 RAUB. Aug. 16— Mr. Pretap Singh, principal prison officer Kuala Lipis. has been transferred as principal prisons officer. Johore Bahru.22 words
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Article222 1953-08-20 11 SINGAPORE. Aug 14 SINOAPORE’6 Secretary for Defence Mr C. R Forryth, said yesterday the futur* of the Singapore Volunteer Corps was closely linked with the formation of a regular S ngapore regiment. He added: “It is too early to say, however, whether the 99-year-old Volunteer222 words
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254 1953-08-20 11 KAMPONC jOHORE LAMA, AU£. 15. CTONE blocks believed to be the ramparts of a 17th century Portuguese fort have been unearthed by the Federation Museum's archaeological expedition to this Kampong on the Johore River. They have also found pieces of 17th-18th century Chinese pottery among254 words
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84 1953-08-20 11 Ten Japanese businessmen are expected to arrive in Singapore about mid-September on a 45-day tour of SouthBlast Asian countries. Sponsored by the Osaka Municipality, Osaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Osaka Exporters’ Association, the group will also visit Bangkok, Rangoon, Calcutta, Delhi.84 words
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Article, Illustration379 1953-08-20 12 SINGAPORE, Aug 15. SINGAPORE Police and Fire Brigade officials spent yesterday probing the ruins of the Airview Cabaret in Peck Seah Street to find what caused the fire which destroyed it early yesterday. Tables, chairs, curtains and the once-smooth dan:*e floor were a heapstroyed the Airview Cabaret.—Straits Times Picture. - 379 words
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64 1953-08-20 12 SINGAPORE, Aug. 13. SINGAPORE City Council has abolished the ruling giving preference to local tenders; for contracts below $5,000. The rule was introduced before the war when conditions were different, the Council said. Under the old system, tenders from outside suppliers were accepted only if64 words
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87 1953-08-20 12 SINGAPORE. Aug. 15. SIR Earle Page (above) Minister for Health of Australia, flew into Singapore yesterday by Qantas Constellation from Sydney to meet an old friend the Commissioner -General Malcolm MacDonald. Sir Earle. 73 and Father °f thp Australian Parliament, said at Kallang airport that he hop°d to call onStraits Times picture. - 87 words
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Article56 1953-08-20 12 i v- u iv LABUAN, Aug. 12. A S\Y an belonging to Mr. Andrew Then, a Customs official, tought a 10-foot python which was preying on fowls n ere. Awakened by a noise, Mr. Then, w'ent to his fowl pen •uni saw the swan fighting the56 words
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Article119 1953-08-20 12 SINGAPORE. Aug. 14 TWO Singapore scholarships for engineering studies have gone abegging because both the candidates recommended withdrew at the Lust moment The scholarships were for a four-year civil engineering course at the Technical College. Kuala Lumpur, where a new session opened early this month. One119 words
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Article179 1953-08-20 12 SINGAPORE, Alls. 14. T'HE Singapore Urban Co-operative Union to decided not to invest in Government or C:3 Council bonds any longer because of their low interest rate. The union, which h.u< a inscription capital oi S3 rrihot will try private eiuerpris which pay higher dividend*179 words
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Article34 1953-08-20 12 RAUB, Aug. 13 of Pahang conip. cial five-day vw during which A v: Cheroh and Sen. g.i;. lages. Cheroh 1 Malim. Ulu Gal; Besu. Sega and at Bukit Komar.34 words
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511 1953-08-20 13 By A Special Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Au g 15 VINE Malay political bodies in Malaya met at Pi johore Bahru yesterday to discuss Malaya’s independence and the future of Malays. It was an historic meeting because it was the first time so many Malay511 words
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Article115 1953-08-20 13 §1 SINGAPORE, Aug. 14. ■THERE should be no ■•blanket" H 1 ruling to prohibit farewell Eurties ana gifts to retiring E*cers. said Mr. E. B Carlos. E reta"y of the Singapore City ■c.-ara’d Senior Officers Associa■t.oa. yesterday. L.u’h case should be consiEiered on its merits, he115 words
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Article60 1953-08-20 13 IP OH A 13. New jobs for E' rkers are being made E :he result of the E of elected eounM villages. H s nuc 1 the councils are trained men E joint post of R tnd treasurer The iges are prepared to $500 per60 words
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Article, Illustration64 1953-08-20 13 A| 'V LK E Slow MONO. an •K'cr of the Colonial Adystrative Service and an r’, Secretary at the S mal Secretary’s Office in -ignore, has been awarded j Specialist grant by L, •'H'erican State Depart|s 15 visit the United u x lie leaves Singapore y m.Singapore.—Straits • imps picture. - 64 words
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Article, Illustration74 1953-08-20 13 SINGAPORE. Aug. 13. MR. JOHN DUCLOS, former head of the Malay section of Radio Malaya returned to Singapore yesterday in the Oranje after three years’ study at Merton College. Oxford. BELOW: Dr. B. H. Shears, Professor of Midwifery and Gynaecology at the University of<t month. — Straits Times picture. - 74 words
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Article275 1953-08-20 13 SINGAPORE, Aug. 16. THE Singapore Regional Indian Congress yesterday asked four Colony Legislative Councillors to try to amend the Immigration Ordinance which came into force on August 1. If the Councillors fail, the Congress wiilil sponsor a mass protest meeting of Colony Indians, the S R275 words
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Article560 1953-08-20 13 PENANG, Aug. 14. ANNIHILATION OF THE ISLAND’S COMMUNIST KILLER GANG (‘LAU TONG HUP) WAS ANNOUNCED BY THE POLICE HERE TODAY. Five members who have been responsible for six murders (including the shooting of Mr. David Chen, principal of the Chung Ling High School), four attempted murders560 words
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Article30 1953-08-20 13 SINGAPORE. Aug. 16 Mr Donald Mcßain, chief engineer of Straits Steamship Company Limited, died at the General Hospital, Singapore at 11 30 last night after a long’illness.30 words
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Article, Illustration350 1953-08-20 14 Mss Arroll is a detective, too SINGAPORE, Aug. 17. MISS ARROLL. six-year-old Hong Kong wonder dog, is ready to help Singapore charities. Her owner, Mr. Wong Che Lok, told the Straits Times he would gladly let her perform for good causes. In four years of— Straits Times pictures - 350 words
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Article68 1953-08-20 14 JOHORE BAHRU, Aug. 13. Dato Abdul Rahman bin Yassim. a retired member of the Johore Civil Service, has been appointed to act as Commissioner of Lands and Mines. Johore. .the post from which he retired in 1947. He is now a member of the68 words
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Article153 1953-08-20 14 SINGAPORE, Aug. IT SPUD bashing” fatigues are a thing of the past for airmen at R A F. Changi. Singapore. Gone, too. are the days of cold meals for the late-comer. And defaulters no longer cut their fingers while slicing bread because it’s all153 words
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237 1953-08-20 14 SINGAPORE, Aug. 17. CIX ships were “sunk” in Keppel Harbour, Singapore, the week-end by an attacking force of enemy vessels during “Operation Goalkeeper”. The defenders—Blue Force—and the enemy— Green Force —comprised units of the Royal Navy, Royal Malayan Navy. Royal Malayan Naval Volunteer Reserve237 words
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Article65 1953-08-20 14 KUALA LUMPUR. Aug. 13. Lady Templer, president of the Federation St John Ambulance Brigade presented a cup to the Selangor Methodist Girls’ School nursing cadet division at the Griffin Inn here. She also presented vouchers (second year first aid) and first aid certificates (first year) to65 words
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271 1953-08-20 14 KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 16 CEVEN model kampongs with running water, electricity and other modern conveniences will soon go up in Malacca to house more than 6,000 Malays. Known as the Nyalas scheme, this will be the first largescale kampong building experiment in the Federation.271 words
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Article133 1953-08-20 14 LUMPUR. Aug h r fHE population oi the Federation increased bevr. the middle o*. 1951 and middle of 1952 faster thar. any year since 1948 This is disclosed in the 1. 52 report of the RegistrarGenera] of Births and Deaths Mr. R. G H Wilshaw. issue133 words
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Article47 1953-08-20 14 TELUK ANSON, Aug. 13 f Col. J. E. Staley, manager Bernam Estate, Utan Me tang. Lower Perak, Malaya on retirement a*■ vears’ service as a puma He was in the Feu Malay States Volunteer For and was mentioned m patches in the Malaya paign.47 words
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78 1953-08-20 14 SEREMBAN. Aug 15. A HELICOPTER landed on the King George V School padang here to drop the Health Officer. Negri Sembilan, a hospital assistant, and medical supplies. They had been “lifted” earlier from Seremban station padang and flown to Fort Iskandar on the Negri-Pahang78 words
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154 1953-08-20 15 I SINGAPORE. Aug. 18. Hhe SINGAPORE Government I h a s itten to the Colonial I I Oth m London for a I i.brar consultant to advise I landing of a fret* II library. Director of Raffles I and Library. Mr. I I154 words
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Article112 1953-08-20 15 IPOH. Aug. 16 ■’HE Sultan cf Perak yester- day alternoon declared ipen the State headquarters •t the Girl Grides Association lamed the Nancy Rae and S. Ferguson Memorial Hut lear the Jalan Abdul Jalil Hayground. The hut was burnt down in Jeptember 1950 and rebuilt it'd112 words
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Article67 1953-08-20 15 \\r Vice-Marshal H L. Senior Air Staff Officer, ast Air Force, has been t 01 ted Air Officer Com- No. 11 Group Fighter ll *id at Uxbridge. Eng- Vice-Marshal Patch has > w ith the Far East Air ince January 1951. first ’Tieer in charge of67 words
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270 1953-08-20 15 SINGAPORE, Aug. 14. traders could not resist the temptation to \1 speculate on goods and properties during the )0 om years of 1950 and 1951, says the report of the jfficiai Assignee and Public Trustee Department for ast ear. As a result of the270 words
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Article87 1953-08-20 15 FIFTEEN people from Malaya. North Borneo. Sarawak. Brunei and the Philippines have ended a fourm.onth course in administration in Australia under the Colombo Plan. The Malayan contingent consisted of Messrs H. Rey-nold-Hugh Armstrong. P. R. Krishnan. C. F. Schelkis. G. A. Tessensohn. Toh Mcng Chia. Teng Koon87 words
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Article38 1953-08-20 15 Mr. chan kum chee < Progressive-East > will ask the City Council to floodlight the City Hall permanently. He said the experiment had so far cost the Council about $23 a month, including maintenance of equipment.38 words
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Article, Illustration100 1953-08-20 15 MRS. AUDREY OH. wife of Dr. Oh Kim Seng of Penang, is seen above with their six months old son. Adrian Curtis, at London Airport. They were on their wav to Malaya from New York, where Dr. Oh is taking a graduate course on tuberculosis atBrennard’s Air News Service picture. - 100 words
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Article369 1953-08-20 15 SINGAPORE, Aug. 16. £HURCH and welfare workers are alarmed at the increase in gambling on football grounds in Singapore. Soccer officials fear that, as the betting rings grow more powerful and the gambling fever increases, host »c crowd scenes may develop if the results are369 words
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Article250 1953-08-20 15 ALOR STAR, Aug. 13. TiHIRTY thousand leaflets will tell north Malaya bandits next week of the Illicit jungle romance of two top leaders, Ah Swee, of the North Malaya Central Politwoman member of the Penang—Kedah Joint State Committee. The leaflets, which will be airdropped over250 words
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Article94 1953-08-20 15 KUALA LUMPUR. Aug. 16 TOHE Selangor Chinese A Chamber of Commerce, meeting here yesterday quashed a suggestion that the Associated Chinese Chambers of Commerce should run lotteries for welfare work. This suggestion was made recently at a Chambers of Commerce meeting in Johore. It was suggested that94 words
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Article48 1953-08-20 15 Two armchairs were among the supplies dropped to a police jungle post In South Johore on Aug. 11 by the crew of a Far East Transport Wing Valetta and a team of No 55 Company Air Dispatchers. The chairs were reported to have landed undamaged.48 words
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Article603 1953-08-20 16 THE ELECTION PLAN KUALA LUMPUR, Aug:. 17. Federal Elections Committee appointed by the Legislative Council last July will probably decide, subject to the final word of the Legislative Council, the shape of a self-governing: Malaya’s constitution. There were signs today that a compromise on Federal603 words
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Article103 1953-08-20 16 SINGAPORE. Aug. 18. THE Singapore Progressive Party has appointed a subcommittee to revise the party’s platform. The Party’s committee agreed at a meeting that most of the objects of the 1951 platform have either been carried out or are well in hand. Among these are the103 words
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191 1953-08-20 16 SINGAPORE. Aug. 18. I AST year was an year of advancement in the education of Malay children in Singapore, says the Education Department’s annual report. From the beginning of last year they were taught only Romanised Malay instead of both the Roman and Arabic191 words
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96 1953-08-20 16 SINGAPORE. Aug. 18. V. W. FRAMPTON pleaded guilty in the Singapore City Police Court yesterday to failing to make his income tax returns for 1952 and was fined $75. Mr. S. H. D. Elias, defending. said that the delay in sending the returns96 words
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Article, Illustration334 1953-08-20 16 KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 17. TEN arrests were made in a pre-dawn swoop today on Sungei Pelek, the “bad” village that Gen. Sir Gerald Templer warned a month ago. The arrests followed an “Operation Question” in the village 52 miles south of Kuala Lumpur.334 words
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Article42 1953-08-20 16 PENANG, Aug. 17—Penang's new employment exchange will free service to “job hunters when it opens on Wednesday. It will register all worker* •seeking jobs. Mr. Chia Siew Yin. a labour officer, will be the manager of the exchange.42 words
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Article, Illustration58 1953-08-20 16 A MEDICAL student fw® the University of poses during Javanese dancstaged at the home of Indonesian Consul-Gene Dr. Mohammed Razif. as P*!' of the Indonesian Republic Day celebrations in pore. More than 800 peop including the Governor, John Nicoll, saw the dan and attended a <ocktaiicnuru “ . ... .—Straits Times picture. - 58 words
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Article49 1953-08-20 16 SINGAPORE The Finance Con the Singapore < considered a sugge.-' should give the Fre City to Sir Ed war Mount Everest fan’, due here again nox The committee th as the city was stil should be in no hur a freeman of ever world distinction.49 words
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Article, Illustration1099 1953-08-20 17 I* IV. \FORE, Aug. 19. \i»ORE Legislative nril yesterday del|l by 19 votes to four, Hi U ne abstention, a |V to (iisapprove immi,tioj) regulations, allegto discriminate against lians. and give discrena?y powers to a single •cuiive otTicer. pin- Colonial Secretary, \V C.1,099 words
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Article108 1953-08-20 17 SINGAPORE, Aug 19 IN 1951, the Singapore Government’s income exceeded the estimates by more than $50,000,000, states the* report of the Director General of Colonial Audit, tabled at yesterday’s Legislative Council meeting. Income tax. which brought in $19,458,526 more than was expected, tobacco, which paid108 words
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Article140 1953-08-20 17 KUALA LUMPUR. Aug. 18. Tw 0 sisters who helped put 26 St. John Ambulance Brigade loam.> on the map” of Malaya will soon be leaving foEngland. They are Miss Marjorie Miller, a St John relief team supervisor, and her sister Nancy, the Brigade’s headquarters welfare140 words
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Article63 1953-08-20 17 KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 18.— Tne Malayan Chinese Association criticises the High Commissioner, General Sir Gerald Templer in the latest “Malayan Mirror” for refusing to “iron out differences of opinion” with the MCA. “Sensible people can argue heatedly and yet remain friends but refusal to meet63 words
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Article29 1953-08-20 17 IPOH, Auk. 18.—The Kinta Town Board today decided to demolish the former social welfare canteen built near the Hugh Low Street bridge next to the People’s Park.29 words
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388 1953-08-20 17 SINg APORE. Aug. 19. methods of immigra- i control in Singapore practical and sensible. 1 the Colonial Secretary, A. C Geode, in the 1 ive Council yesterday. 1 re we consider changtpm we should wait un‘i ir 'ilties arise,” ho add--1,, f t388 words
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Article551 1953-08-20 18 RUD LOSS US SOAR KUALA LUMPUR, Aur. 18. SECURITY forces yesterday scored another great victory over Communist terrorists in the Federation. They killed eight and brought the total of bandits eliminated in 17 days of fighting this month to 70. Six of the terrorists551 words
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58 1953-08-20 18 SINGAPORE. Aug. 14. Singapore’s first post-war traffic survey, planned by the Diagnostic Survey Team, started yesterday About 700 enumerators went into action in seven districts on the eastern section of the island. The survey, to be carried out in two weeks, will be a58 words
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Article55 1953-08-20 18 PENANG. Aug. 18. Mails from Britain will arrive on August 25 by the Aeneas and on August 26 by the Glengoyle. The closing time for mails for Britain and Colombo will be Friday at 4 p m., while mails tor Madras and Calcutta will close on55 words
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Article55 1953-08-20 18 PENANG, Aug. 18. Donations to the Federation School for the Deaf Fund total $230,026.76. Latest contributions include $623.80 from the stall of the Penang and Province Wellesley Telecoms Dept. $593.84 from the District Office Tumpat. Kelantan. $2OO from the HongKong and Shanghai Bank Penang, and55 words
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Article, Illustration69 1953-08-20 18 LOVELY Diana Cheng just can’t get away from microphones. All year long she has to use them —to call out the names of passengers. It’s part of her job as an air hostess with Cathay Pacific Airways. Now she’s on three weeks’ leave. But that69 words
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Article, Illustration46 1953-08-20 18 For Diana, in her spare time, is an actress with a very sweet voice. And she intends to spend her leave doing a singing tour of Malaya. She sets off in two days —for Penang. Ipoh and Kuala Lumpur. Straits Times picture.Straits; Times picture. - 46 words
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Article76 1953-08-20 18 SINGAPORE. Aug. 19. THE Singapore City Council’s finance committee has agreed to grant $lO,OOO to St. Andrew’s Mission Hospital. The hospital applied for a $lO,OOO contribution because a similar donation had been made by the Government. The committee said that the Council would in future not be76 words
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469 1953-08-20 18 SINGAPORE* Aug. 19. THE Colonial Secretary, Mr. W. A. C. Goode, yesterday told the Singapore Legislative Councii that proceedings under Colonial Regulations art pending against an officer in the Civil Service. He added tfeat it would not be in the public interest to make a469 words
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Article87 1953-08-20 18 SINGAPORE, Aug. 19. THE Singapore Legislative Council yesterday approved another $150,000 for the Customs Department to pay for “'information received.” Other extra expenses approved were: $40,000 for a new Rolls Royce for the Governor. $60,000 to cover half the cost of a pilot flood scheme. $17,22087 words
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Article, Illustration84 1953-08-20 18 JOHORE BAHRU, Aug. 18 Syed Othman bin All, Magistrate. here, nas been awarded Judicial Department Scho:. ship to study law in England He will leave early next month to enter Lincoln’s Inn. I Sycd Othman j who was eriu- j cated at the English84 words
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Article40 1953-08-20 18 The Netherlands ConsulGeneral. Mr. F. A. Van Woerren. left Singapore for The Hague this week lor routine consultations. He will return in about six weeks. The vice-consul, Mr. J A. Kernkamp. will be in charge40 words
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Article155 1953-08-20 18 Continued from Page 17 If they were for the protection of the local people, the minimum salary should be raised lo $2,500 a month, he suggested. Mr. M. P. D. Nair (Ind Seletar) the Colonial Secretary to explain how the $5OO minimum was arrived at With this155 words
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Advertisement68 1953-08-20 18 STRAITS BUDGET SUBSCRIPTION RATES (PAYABLE IN ADVANCE) Br. Empire Singapore Foreign Town Area Malaya (Including No Postage including Postage postage) Quarterly 5.20 5.75 6.75 Half-yearly 10.40 11.50 13.50 Yearly 20.80 23.00 27.00 The weekly issues of the Straits Budget can be sent by express air delivery service to the United68 words
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Article, Illustration487 1953-08-20 19 By A Special Correspondent MALACCA, Aug. 17. 4 N 4 forgotten chapter in Malaya’s romantic tional history was recalled today when *o Naning, 42-year-old Inche Mohamed Shah bn, M Earned Said, a former police officer in Singapore, formally installed in a colourful fourhour emony at487 words
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Article97 1953-08-20 19 SINGAPORE. Aug. 19. j|/|R. Herman Rappa, a Sin- gaport journalist, died in the General Hospital yesterday morning. He was 53. His parents were Dutch Eurasians. Hp worked in Colony newspapers the Malaya Tribune and Straits Times for 30 years. A keen boxer in his younq97 words
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Article219 1953-08-20 19 SINGAPORE, Aug. 19. T HE Brunei State Council has se-t aside $100,000,000 for a five-year plan to improv P public services The Council has also appointed a committee to supervise the various projects. Thp projects include the extension of social, medical and education services, improvement219 words
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Article53 1953-08-20 19 IPOH, Aug. 18.—Twenty-four Malay trade unionists from Perak will attend a week’s course on civics from Sept. 8. The course is the first organised in Perak for the Malays It is being sponsored by the Perak divisional committee of the Malayan Trade Union Council and53 words
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Article, Illustration972 1953-08-20 19 JOHN MARKS - THE WEEK IN SPORT By JOHN MARKS SINGAPORE, Aug. 19. new records were set up at the Malayan athletic championships held on the Kuala Lumpur padang on Friday and Saturday. The meet was the most successful since the war where performances were concerned. The— Straits Times picture. - 972 words
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711 1953-08-20 20 CU A Dl7 M A D PHAJtiJu IYI/VrixvJCi 1 J By Our Financial Correspondent SINGAPORE, Aug. 17. ■pHE Singapore share market recorded an appreciable improvement last week, in sentiment and prices, and 'there was a welcome increase in activity in both tins and industrials.711 words
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Article173 1953-08-20 20 The following lbt of business in the Singapore share market is reported by one firm of sharebrokers for the period August 8 to August 14 inclusive:— INDUSTRIALS: Consolidated Tin Smelter Ords 22/3 and 22 Fraser Neave $2.05 to $2.10 Gammons $2.70, William Jacks $3.60. Malayan Breweries $3.85, Malayan173 words
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Article81 1953-08-20 20 SINGAPORE. Aug. 29. Singapore Chinese jfrodnce Exchange: Noon prices per picul were:Copra: steady; August $324 buyers. $33 sellers; September $32% buyers. $33% sellers. Coconut oil: steady; $54 sellers. Pepper: quiet. Down $l5; small business passing on f.o.b. basis; Muntok white $335, Sarawak $330, Lampong black $285. Lewis81 words
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Article65 1953-08-20 20 Imports of tin-ore into Malaya in July totalled 775 tons, compared with 697 tons in June, making the seven months* total 4,864 tons, compared with 4.459 tons In the corresponding period of last year. The tin metal content of the July Imports was 566 tons, making the seven65 words
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Article867 1953-08-20 20 SINGAPORE. Aur. 19. INDUSTRIALS Bayers Sellers A.ex Bricks Pref* 2.10 2 20 Ords 3.85 3.95 Atlas Ice I 12.25 13 25 B B Petrol 34/3 35'3 B M Trustees 650 7.50 Con Tin SmeA Pref 17/6 18/6 Ords 21/6 22/6 ltd Eastern United 34.50 35.00 Fed Dispensurv867 words
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183 1953-08-20 20 SALES promotion and technical films are becoming i; creasingly popular with Malayan businessmen As many as three different screenings of these till have been presented in one night at the Shell Theatret' in Collyer Quay. The theatrette is made available free of charge the183 words
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196 1953-08-20 20 SINGAPORE, Aug. 19. T*HERE WAS no longer any beri-beri in Singapore 1 from the public health point of view, the Director of Medical Services, Dr. W. J. Vickers, said yesterday. He was commenting on a proposal that Malaya should follow the Philippines example in196 words
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Article170 1953-08-20 20 'Rubber Market! 1 SINGAPORE, Aug. 15 MARKET fluctuations nave been negligible and trading difficult this week. The undertone is good but buyers sill! show little disposition to increase their bids Sellers, on the other hand continue to be reserved ai.d there appears to be little or nothing to170 words
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Article55 1953-08-20 20 The following crop- 31 rubber are reported for J. b. Brunei United Chankat Serdang Chermang Development 1 Indragiri Rubber Nyalas Rubber Tapah Rubber Alor Oajah Ayer Panas Glenealy Plantatlons Kluang Rubber Pajam 1 Talisman Teluk Anson Ulu Benut Alor Pongsu I'jilS Bedong Rubber Temerloh Rubber 1 JL,55 words
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Article34 1953-08-20 20 Of 77,226 tons of rubber from Malaya In July, 17,54. went to the United K 15.363 tons to the United 4,009 tons to Canada, 5.02 to Japan and smaller quan other destinations.34 words