The Straits Budget, 28 October 1954

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    53 1 The Straits Budget THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES MALAYA’S' NATIONAL NBWSPAPBB New Series No. 427 Thursday, October 28, 1954 ■■‘•'■u ;> 7. V, ’f• >• */~0. i v V ai. f* *0 .»,'P a V» .JV i Price 40 cents (Malayan) -m-'; *i Or 1 ShUlin*. M iA
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  • From THE STRAITS TIMES POSTBAG
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      NEW VILLAGES ARE REDS’ LARDER
      375 2  - NEW VILLAGES ARE REDS LARDER G. B. RYVES. r v '>*• *v- A 7 Seremban. <4*+ wr*i y- Jy v! 1 r£ Negri Sembllan State War Executive Committee Invite suggestions from members of the public to improve checks at road 4 have criticisms, wnich no doubt will not be welcome,
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      Sim-Sim hospital
      95 2  -  JAMBS BROWNE. T SHALL be obliged if you will publish this refuted of certain statements attributed to me in your columns quoting the Borneo News,* in respect of Bull 8im-Sim Mental Hospital. this report in the Borneo paper was erroneous and inaccurate. and does not in any represent
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      Malayans hold half top education jobs
      140 2  -  G. WOODS of ducAt ten, Federation of Malaya! pj your leading article of 4 Oct. 20 you state that there are only 32 Malayans to 159 expatriates in Division One of the education service. This is incorrect. When the report was written there were
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      Time to end free port status of Penang
      508 2  -  C. PROSPER LISTON Penang. rn imposition of new import duties Federal Government passed by an completely unthinking: unofficial majority y Federal Legislative Council, on the thous one articles manufactured In Penang (an.V a pore,) will In a short time kill local manufa"
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      LET’S STOP IMPORTING RED GOODS
      106 2  -  AliTi-RKD Singapore. I WAS surprised to read 1 that some British firms i whose assets were frozen in U.S. have complained about it. Personally, I congratulate the US. and hope that they will continue to act against firms which trade with Communist countries. Why does
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      More democratic
      49 2  -  PAX POPULO. Port Dickson. DATO TAN’S Stress on the Malays and the Chinese < getting together does Apt Appeal to one as wise aha democratic. i Would it not sound wiser if he were to say “the Malays, Chinese and other nationalities'* or “the various Abmtnunities of Malaya'*'?
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      CATERING FOR THE MOB TASTE
      113 2  -  G. ALAN HILL-RE Singapore. Listening in to h Malaya’s “Letterlast Tuesday I sensed ti.ai those advocating better sic got the worst of Radio Mucrying need is for a 1 Programme tor those like Opera, classical n> intellectual talks, sc news, statemanlike utt* ces, religious promulp
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
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  • The Straits Budget
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      Malaya’s Own War
      841 3 Malaya ’s Own War —Straits Times, Oct. 21. Any move which associates Malayan leaders more closely with the Communist war is to be welcomed. After all, it is Malaya’s war. One of the worst day’s work the old \dvisory Council did was when it so gladly gave into the hands
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      The Dato Resigns
      417 3 —Straits Times, Oct. 21. There will be wide regret at the resignation of Dato Thuraisingham, the Federation’s first Member for Education, a regret which the Dato’s political opponents will share. It is on medical advice that Dato Thuraisingham leaves the Government, a decision which involves his resignation
      —Straits Times, Oct. 21.  -  417 words
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      City And Island
      782 3 —Straits Times. Oct. 22. It is disturbing to learn that there exists in the Singapore City Council a belief that it will absorb the Rural Board when the City and Island Council is established. The rural areas have made no secret of their misgivings. But of course
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      Misleading Report
      536 3 —Straits Times, Oct. 22. The report of the committee on the Malayanisation of the public services in the Federation is not a particularly easy document to follow. Corrections which Federal officials have offered of figures we quoted in a recent comment make it still less so. It is
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      Problem Of The Schools
      671 4 —Straits Times, Oct. 23. Only the Chinese themselves can destroy Chinese culture. Not all middle school students will appreciate Dr. Lin Yutang’s aphorism; it goes too directly to the heart of things. But it was time that someone spoke up for Chinese culture. Dr. Lin was
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      So-called Floods
      370 4 —Straits Times, Oct. 26. A pilot scheme for Singapore flood prevention has been ctn*-Wl ’>ml is exnoctod to bo completed in about three months. Since the island has been suffering from floods for decades, this progress will be welcome but only if the authorities have at last made
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      Note of Criticism
      268 4 —Straits Times, Oct. 26. Criticism by Sir John Hay of “endless and abortive discussion” of minor operations and plans to deal with the terrorists calls for Government consideration. Sir John is not given to thoughtless complaint. The time and energies of men busy enough with their own
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      Weighing The Benefits
      858 4 —Straits Times, Oct 1 Extraordinary and unfortunate suspicion appears still to be attached to the Singapore Government’s offer to the private Chinese schools. It is to be hoped that the further talks which were held yesterday have done something to remove them. But the real difficulty is
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
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      120 3 THE MALAYSIAN SCENE IN PICTURE STORY THE Straits Times An- naul for 1955 will be on sale early next month. If you have not already done so, you should place an order NOW. Once again the Annual brings you the Malaysian scene in picture and story, with pages of brilliant
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    Our students in Britain: How they live and what they think
    853 5  -  By Francis Chin (Who is studying in London) |F Malaya Hall in London is any criterion then our students lead princely lives in England. The hostel is situated centrally, the furnishings are lavish and there is ample provision for
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    RITUAL KILLING IS STILL PRACTISED IN MALAYA
    436 5 —A.K. OITUAL practices and tradition in peasant agricul- ture in Malaya and the weather mystery of Malaya's “Sumatras” are features of the third volume of the Malayan Journal of Tropical Geography, a publication of the Department of Geography, the University of Malaya. Six
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    THEY’LL BE JAZZING IT UP IN GAOL
    197 5 poh their own entertainment, prisoners in the Penang Gaol plan to form a band soon. A wellwisher has donated an accordion but players will need more instruments before they can hold regular practices. “Such hobbles as music bring; out not only the hidden
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  • PERSONAL
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      BIRTHS
      144 5 EL WELL: To Ann Catherine, wife of C. J. L. Elwell on Oct. 20th, at the K.K. Hospital, a son. Henry. BTOOPMAN: to Willy and Robert at the Singapore Nursing Home on the 20th October a Son. Michael, Robert, Peter. BAMBRIDOB-: To Veronica and Barney at Bungsar Hospital on
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      ENGAGEMENT
      39 5 THE ENGAGEMENT took place on 24/10/54 between Freddie Seow Poh Seng, eldest son of Mr. <fc Mrs. Seow Soon Kee and Tan Kim Neo, eldest daughter of Mrs. Tan Oeok Lim and the late Mr. Tan Geok Llxn.
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      MARRIAGE
      30 5 MARKS-MURRELL: The Marriage took place on Monday, 25th October, between Major James MacDonald Marks. 10th Princess Mary’s Own Gurkha Rifles, and Jean Lawrie Murrell. at St, Andrew’s Cathedral. Singapore.
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    SURE OF RUBBER’S FUTURE
    148 5 SINGAPORE, Oct. 25. Confidence in the future of natural rubber was expressed by Mr. Ivor Salmond, chairman of the Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association, hi a talk over Radio Malaya on Saturday night. “Those of us who Are in the know," Mr. Salmond said, “are
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  • Obituary
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    204 5 DEATHS KINO: At Bal later, Scotland, on 3rd October. 1964, Jeaele Forrester, wife of the late William King, Singapore Harbour Board. OREOORY—‘The death occurred on 15th October, 1964, after a short at Olengyle, Pertshire, of Lieutenant-Colonel Hamlnh Bain Keith Gregory. M.C., late of 11th Huaeara (Prince Albert’s Own). Federation papers
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    SATURDAY SCENE
    6 6 High spirits in Singapore
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    As I was Saying
    821 6  -  CYNICUS SINGAPORE, Oct. 23. THE trials of the man who seeks work after leaving prison get space in the papers from time to time. There is vague sympathy, out little enough help. A rather odd light was shed on this problem in a Singapore court the
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    Notes from a... Malayan Diary
    991 6  -  STANLEY STREET Rat substitute 1HAVE read the correspondence between Ivan Polunin and Tom Harrisson, those two stimulating scholar-adven-turers in South-East Asia, anent the delights of rats’ meat with a lively interest. I have not myself partaken of the dish, at least not wittingly. True it
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    Cultivate our garden
    989 7  -  MALA VSiA A A on: HOOK STANLEY STREET. JPHIS has been a wet week in Singapore and, watered by the rains, the blossom trees around the city, particularly those in the Botanic Gardens, are bursting out in an unusual blaze of glory. For one of those short
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    MEDAL FOR MR. SINGH
    89 7 Acting Superintendent Mr. Sardar Singh, the highest ranking Sikh oiYicer in the Singapore Police Force, was one of 15 policemen awarded the Colonial Police Medal by the Governor at a presentation on Oct. 22. Mr. Sfngh gained his medal for “meri- torious service” as “an officer
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    Countryman’s Journal
    626 7  -  TUAN lUEK rERE was held yesterday one of those always-wel-come Managers’ Meetings, now called W.E.C. Managers’ Conferences. which deal with emergency events since the last one. A new visitor, the Jchore Harbour Master, told us all about the Watch on the Straits and adjacent areas. Another w’orthy man
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    FIFTY YEARS AGO
    123 7 From the Straits Times of Oct. 19. 1904. THE other day we noted that the government of French Indo-China had forbidden the circulation there of Chinese and Japanese publications, especially illustrated ones, dealing with the war between Russia and Japan. Such reading i. s looked upon as
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    ‘THEY HELP THE PROGRESSIVES’
    164 7 SINGAPORE. Oct. 22. 'PHE Singapore Government was yesterdav accused of favouring the Progressive Party This bias was read into the policy of allowing aided-schoo] teachers to take part in politicswhile revstrietinu Government teachers. It was claimed that many of the most ardent supporters of the Progressive
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    MIC officials at Bukit Panjang
    56 7 SINGAPORE, ()ct. 25. Officials of the Bukit Panning branch of the Malayan Indian Congress in Singapore are; Chairman. Mr. M. S. Miranda vice-chairman. Mr. S. Rarnanathan: hon-secretary. Mr. K Mariappan; treasurer. Mr. B- t*. Raju; committee: Messrs. S. K N. Pillai. C. K. Sundaram. K
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    Their job — to help direct the fight SIR DONALD ANNOUNCES NEW PLAN
    782 8 Their job to help direct the fight SIR DONALD ANNOUNCES NEW PLAN KUALA LUMPUR. Od. 20. FIVK civilian loaders whu between them represent every political r party and major community in the Federation are to help the Director of Operations. General Sir Geoffrey Bourne, direct the war against Communist terrorists.
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    THE BLIND MEET SIR DONALD Anne is an expert typist now
    230 8 KUALA LUMPUR, Oct °0 rHE High# Commissioner, Sir Donald MaeGili w lv today saw for himself how blind boys and were being: trained to be shorthand typists t<-i» operators, rug-makers, bicycle repairers and important of all. how to be
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    Rotary bids farewell to Holttum
    113 8 SINGAPORE. Oct SINGAPORE notarial “paid tribute to one y‘ oldest members. Pro >7 o ‘r R. E. Holttum, who pr. n d 1 United Nations toast their luncheon and til::. show meeting yesterday Prof. Holttum, retir.r.g Professor of Botany in th- V:\:versitv of Malaya and
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    Pilgrims return
    32 8 SINGAPORE. O.- 21. The Anshun. with 265 MV.v yan ‘’Hajis.” is due to arrive in Singapore on Saturday. She will be the fourth pilgrim ship to return to the Colony.
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    He kept his age secret
    74 8 SINGAPORE, Oct. 21. Mr. H. E. Irenerry. manager of Goodwood Park Hotel from 1923 to 1931, died suddenly in the General Hospital. Singapore. yesterday. Mr. Trenerry. who never told his friends his age, was one of the oldest members of the Singapore Turf Club and
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    TIN BILL PLANS CONTROLS
    84 8 KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 20. A BILL FOR the enforcement of the International Tin Agreement in Malaya was published today. It provides for the control of tin production, export and the size of tin stocks which may be held by the producers. Regulations will be made under
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    ‘REEFER’ RACKET IS BOOMING
    176 8 jHARIJUANA pedlars are doing a brisx business in the backlanes of Singapore’s Chinatown mostly with labourers and trisha riders. This drug. cheaper than opium, is flooding the market at 50 cents an ounce. It is also more convenient to smoke. There are no dens and the
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    BOARD STEPS INTO AISAH’S WEDDING ROW
    791 9 Worried fiather Abdul ('she left home against my wishes') says: Please eome back to school' SINGAPORE, Oct. 21. DECAUSE of a father’s complaint that his schoolgirl w daughter has left home against his wishes, the Singapore Muslim Advisory Board has begun an investigation involving
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    IGNORANT KEEP OFF F.P.A. CLINICS
    194 9 SINGAPORE, Oct. 21. of people in Singapore do not seek family planning advice, not because they are opposed to it, but because they are ignorant of it. the Family Planning Association vice chairman. Mrs. Joanna Moore said yesterday. F.P.A.\workers know this because the cry from
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    A MALAYAN GIRL TAKES HONOURS
    132 9 In faculty of beauty SINGAPORE, Oct. 21. Vivacious jasmine i*e of Kuala Lumpur, 18-year old daughter of Federal Legislative Councillor, Col. H. S. Lee, has been crowned Miss Sydney University of 1954. Jasmine, a first year Arts student, was nominated by the Chinese Society of
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    Former S’pore man gets N. Z. job
    44 9 A former deputy Municipal engineer in Singapore, Mr. C. C. Collom, has been appointed chief engineer of the Auckland (New Zealand) Metropolitan Drainage Board. Mr. Collom was interned during the Japanese occupation and left Singapore in 1951.
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    REGISTRAR ASKS FOR A REPORT
    391 9 SINGAPORE, Oct. 22. INQUIRIES concerning the Malay Womens Welfare Association were begun yesterday by Singapore’s Registrar of Societies, Mr R N Broome. He did so following publication by the Straits Times ot the story of a 16-year-old schoolgirl whose father complained that she had left
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    RAJ ENTERS FIGHT WITH SIM, SEAH
    79 9 SINGAPORE, Oct. 21. Singapore Legislative Councillor Mr. C. R. Dasaratha Raj la.->t night announced that he would contest the Kampong Kapor seat In the Legislative Assembly elections next year. Kampong Kapor Is part of the present Rochore Ward, from which Mr Raj was returned
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    Girl dies after fall from steps
    36 9 SINGAPORE. Oct 22. A four-year-old girl. Koh Kim I Ilia, fell from the steps of her house in Beach Road, Singapore, yesterday afternoon. She died at home several hours later.
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    NEW ANTI-BANDIT TEAM GET DOWN TO IT ON NOV. 1
    719 10 KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 21. rIE FIRST meeting of the expanded Director of Operations committee with political and community leaders may be on Nov. 1. The Director of Operations. Lieut.-Gen. Sir Geoffrey Bourne, today said: “I welcome the five members of
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    Governor to stay on
    60 10 SINGAPORE. Oct. 22. The appointment of Sir Anthony Foster Abell as Governor and Commander-in-chief, Sarawak, has been extended until April 1957. Sir Anthony has been Governor and Commander-in-Chief since 1950 when he succeeded the late Mr. Duncan George Stewart who was assasinated in December 1949. He
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    School plans a photo show
    72 10 SINGAPORE. Oct. 21. The Gan Eng Seng School's Camera Club will hold its first Pan-Malayan inter-school exhibition of photographs in the school hall. Anson Road. Singapore from Dec. 15 to 20 Entries are now invited from students and they should be sent to the exhibition
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    Two committees will review the constitution
    295 10 KUALA LUMPUR. Oct. 2! T'HE conference of Malay Rulers has agreed t 1 review parts of the Federation Agreement Th'° follows talks with the High Commissioner s; Donald MacGillivray, and his advisers. r Two committees will be set up. One com prising representatives of
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    MR. TAN RETURNS AS A U.N. EXPERT
    151 10 SINGAPORE, Oct. 22. AN old boy of Raffles Institution. Singapore, Mr. M. S. Tan, who left the Colony in 1946 to study radio and television in New York, returned yesterday in the liner Asia as field service operator with the United Nations in
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    NEW LAW PROTECTS ANIMALS
    207 10 The penalties are doubled KUALA LUMPUR. Oct. 20. rpHE Federating Government today published details of a new bill which will give greater protection to the country’s wild animals. Based on the present wild animal and bird laws, the bill covers a wider field and substantially increases
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    Scholarships for three
    49 10 Three Federation have been awarded scho-; ships by the Indian Si h ship Fund Committee Studies at the University Malaya. They are Mr. K. Rajag lan of Kuala Pilah. Mr Raman of Kuala Lumpur Mr N. Adiseshan of Kuu All of them will take medical course.
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    Chinese teachers toldaccept new policy —BUT IT MUST BE ‘TRULY A BENEFIT’
    421 12 Chinese teachers told—accept new policy —BUT IT MUST BE ‘TRULY A BENEFIT’ SINGAPORE, Oct. 22. SINGAPORE Chinese school teachers were told yesterday by the president of the Chinese Middle School Teachers’ Union, Mr. Tan See How, to accept the Government’s new’ education policy provided it truly benefitted Chinese schools. The
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    BOH TEA TO RAISE PRODUCTION
    203 12 LEADING Malayan tea growers, Boh plantations, in the Cameron Highlands, are to step up production to full capacity of 1,000,000 lb. a year. This was prompted among other things by increased demand for tea in Britain said Mr. J. Drysdale chairman of Boh plantations. Mr.
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    Minister says a cryptic farewell
    555 12 KUALA LUMPUR. Oct. 20. DATO E. E. C. THURAISINGHAM said a cryptic farewell today as the Federation Government officially announced his resignation from the post of Member for Education. “I must go sometime and I have chosen this time to go,” he told the Straits
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    PICTURE GARDENS DUE TO HIS Spadework
    240 12 SINGAPORE. Oct. 22. THE importance to Malaya of a plant breeding programme was stressed yesterday by Professor R.E. Holttum, who is retiring to Britain on Monday after 32 years in this country. "I am sure that agriculture will be the mainstay oi Malaya, and
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    ‘WOLF’ HOWL WOO-WOO! IS BANNED
    149 12 SINGAPORE, Oct. 21. THE “Hollywood woo-woo* wolf horn’’—a recent 1 craze among Singapore motorists has been banned by trallic authorities The Traffic Chief. Mr. A. E. Minns, told the Straits Times yesterday the sound of the new horn is “startling and dangerous.” Motorists using the
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    SHED THE SHACKLES BUT BEWARE OF THE YOKE—ALLIANCE
    243 13 Malayans warned of Red threat to freedom SINGAPORE, Oct. 23. 4 N editorial in the latest issue of the Malayan Mirror, organ of the UMNO-MCA Alliance, warns Malayans not to overlook the dangers of Communism in their quest for political independence. “This
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    VARSITY A MUST NOW FOR THESE RECRUITS
    271 13 KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 20. UROM now cn recruits for the Federation’s Malay Administrative Service —a feeder scheme to the Malayan Civil Service—will be sent for a pass degree course at the University of Malaya. The M. A. S. recruitment age has accordingly been
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    MORE TROOPS FOR JUNGLE
    59 13 SINGAPORE, Oct. 21. The 10,331-ton troopship Lancashire arrived in Singapore yesterday from Britain with 350 troops for Malaya. An Army spokesman said that the new arrivals were replacements for regime-nts already serving in Malaya. The troopship also brought 1 64 Services families yesterday. lln transit to
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    The $1 mil. swindle: A man is detained NINE BANKS CLAIM FRAUD
    224 13 SINGAPORE, Oct. 21. JOINT investigation by the Singapore and Hong Kong police into a $1,000,000 alleged swindle involving nine Singapore banks has resulted in a man being detained in Hong Kong, the Straits Times was told yesterday. The
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    Rubber price rise gives a boost to business
    105 13 KI’ALA LUMPUR, Oct. 22.—The s !kht increase in the rubber price has boosted certain businesses throughout the federation, says the Labour department’s monthly report today. dlors report better turnover ull jle some small concerns, which were hard hit a few months ago,
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    ‘UNRIVALLED,’ HE WINS MEDAL Detective who couldn’t retire
    219 13 ‘UNRIVALLED, HE WINS MEDAL Detective who couldn’ t retire SINGAPORE, Oct. 23. A SINGAPORE detective-inspecior was among 15 police officers who were presented with the Colonial Police Medal by the Governor. Sir Tohn Nicoll. vester- day. The award to tall, lean and sharp-eyed Mr. Kok Ah Soo. Singapore’s oldest and
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    TERRORISTS LOSE 3 IN JOHORE BATTLES Another killed in N. Sembilan
    104 13 KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 22. pOUR terrorists were killed yesterday-three by the 1 Ist Fijians, in Johore, and the other hv the 1/7 Gurkhas, in Negri Sembilan. The Fijians' kills were a man and a woman In the Kluang area
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    Australian industry is at your service
    204 13 SINGAPORE, Oct. 21. AUSTRALIANS are launching their biggest ever drive to sell their products in Malaya. the Australian Trade Commissioner, Mr. George S Anderson, announced in Singapore yesterday “On Nov 2,” Me* said, “a party of 33 Australian businessmen will arrive In Singapore determined
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    The Kremlin MOSCOW BOSSES THE RED TERROR HERE menace in Malaya
    381 14 SINGAPORE, Oct. 23. THE Secretary of State for War, Mr. Antony Head, said in Singapore yesterday that Communist terrorists in Malaya were definitely being directed ey international Communism. There were "a great many’ terrorists in south Siam, which was
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    TREAT ALL TEACHERS ALIKE, HE URGES
    223 14 SINGAPORE. Oct. 23. rpHE call for uniformity of treatment for Government and aidedschool teachers was j supported yesterday by Mr. Thio Chan Bee. 1 Progressive Legislative Councillor and principal of the Angio-Chinese (aided) School But Mr. Thio’s idea of uniformity went further than that
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    Harbour chiefs are named
    49 14 The appointment of Messrs. Tan Siak Kew and A. S. Kinner as members of the Singapore Harbour Board has been extended for another three years. Mr. S. Johnson has been appointed acting local chairman jof the board, and Mr. A. G. Hobson a new member.
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    ‘$1 MILLION FRAUD’ WARRANT
    58 14 SINGAPORE, Oct 23. A warrant for the arrest ol a man allegedly involved in a bank fraU(l was Issued by the High Court Ngeow Seng Ho is alleged to have cheated a number of Singapore banks on bills of L lading for the export of tex-
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    Mr. Duran is Panama’s first envoy
    64 14 MR JOSE YANI S Dl RAN the first Consul-General for the Republic of Panama in Singapore (above) flew in yesterday. He wa s formerly commercial attache to the Panamanian embassy in Columbia. Mr. Duran said his post was a newly-created one. Hitherto Panama has
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    GRAFT KILLS THE TRADE
    297 14 Our $5O million a year textile exports to Indonesia stop SINGAPORE, Oct. 23. DISCRIMINATION, grail and tea money rackets have brought Singapore’* once enormous textile trade with Indonesia alnioM to a standstill, merchants said yesterday. Singapore ex*ported only Sb.dUU uuo wonn ot textiles to Indonesia in
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    MUSLIMS URGE GOVT QUIZ ON ASSOCIATION
    321 14 SINGAPORE. Oct n A MEMBER of the Singapore Muslim \dyl„ A Board. Inche Wan Chik bin Ismail, said terday he would press for a Government in,,,'.:, into the Malay Women’s Welfare Association' Appointment of a committee led bv inri„ Chik. followed a complaint to
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    A Kelantan industry is dying
    92 14 KI’ALA LUMPUR. Oct. 22. KELANTANS famous batek sarong industry is almost extinct, the Federation labour Department reported today. Four years ago two big firms and about 60 smaller tactories were doing a ing trade, employing -.OJ* 0 workers and handling 400 000 yards of cloth
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    TOP JOBS PLAN FOR QANTAS LOCAL MEN
    185 14 SINGAPORE. Oct. 23 \fORE ASIAN STAFF of Wantas Empu. Airwa'*1,1 Singapore, will be selected for technical ti a nn-r. in Australia next year, Capt Hugh Birch the pany’s local manager told the Straits Times ycstc This would enable them to get the internationally
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    Gurkhas off on holiday
    59 14 SINGAPORE, Oct Li The 8,600-ton Eastern Qucv well known passenger ship the India-Malaya-Japan looked like a troopship as pulled away from the Sine pore wharves yesterday s 300 Gurkhas on board. Two hundred and eigh.y-' of them are bound for Ner on leave after fighting bandits
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    BUSINESS AT A STANDSTILL
    519 15 SINGAPORE, Oct. 24. A VIOLENT rainstorm which lasted three hours yesterday morning brought business almost to a standstill in Singapore and caused widespread floods —the worst for many years. Meteorological officials said that 4.22 inches of rain fell between 6.30 a.m. and 9.30 a.m., 3.41 inches
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    A syringey way to beat the Reds
    166 15 MALACCA. Oct. 22. VETERINARIANS can combat Communism with their syringes, said Mr. W.E Lancaster, the Director of Veterinary Services, Federation of Malaya, today. He was opening the eighth annual conference of the Malayan Veterinary Medical Association. Mr Lancaster said veterinarians, with their syringes,
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    No longer Councillors
    62 15 JOHORE BAHRU, Oct. 24. It is officially notified that the appointments of official, unofficial and ex-officio members of the Johore Council of State have terminated. The new Council which will include 16 elected members. six ex-officio, six official and six appointed memberswill be announced shortly The State
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    Georgeson is the name
    29 15 Georgeson Mathew, son of Mr and Mrs. George Mathew, was baptised bv the Rev. Tracev. K. Jones at the Wesley Church, Singapore, on Oct. 24.
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    Chinese schools want that extra $8½-million – without ‘strings’
    209 15 Chinese schools want that extra $8½ -million without ‘strings’ SINGAPORE. Oct. 24. Management committees principals of Singapore Chinese schools spent three hours yesterday debating whether or not to accept Governmenut’s offer of an increased grant-in-aid. They finally decided to accept—provided no conditions "detrimental to the interests of Chinese education" were
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    $7,100 FOR THE POPPY DAY FUND
    66 15 Contributions totalling $7,102 have been received by the Singapore Poppy Day fund appeal 1954. The biggest donations came from the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank ($500), Borneo Motors ($400) and the Shell Co. of Singapore ($300). Mrs. R. Ho, chairman of the appeal committee, said
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    STEP CLOSER TO NEW ISLAND COUNCIL
    254 15 SINGAPORE, Oct. 23. ANEW Municipal ordinance to sei up Jity and Island Council m Singapore will he *-ady next month Mr J u Hicham ictlne Colonial Secretary, told the Straits limes vesterclav He saia preparatory work still progressing and it was too early to
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      71 15 STRAITS BUDGET SUBSCRIPTION RATES (PAYABLE IN ADVANCE) Singapore Town Area No Postage 5.20 10.45 ny 20.85 The weekly issues of the Straits Budget can be sent y xpkess air delivery service to the United Kingdom only at m inclusive rate of $24.80 for six months. 'ALL THE ABOVE ARE fN
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    RAIN FAILS TO KEEP BISHOP PROM THE BIG OPENING
    158 16 SINGAPORE, Oct. 25. AFTER AN 80-mile drive in rain from the Cameron Highlands, the Bishop of Singapore arrived at Kampong Tawas new village, five miles north of Ipoh. only seven minutes late jester* day afternoon to open a 510,000 extension to
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    ‘NO MONEY NO ROOM’ MUSEUM TO STAY
    113 16 PENANG. Oct. 24. pENANG’S five-month-old museum won a reprieve last night. A public meeting called to decide its fate resolved that the museum should be kept. Mr. Heah Joo Se&ng, presiding, said the museum faced two main problems—lack of money and lack of
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    $250,000 FLOOD HAVOC
    276 16 SINGAPORE, Oct. 25. JTLOOD damage a t Bedok resettlement! village, Singapore, was estimated yesterday at $250,000. The floods, caused by Saturday morning’s exceptionally heavy rainstorm, affected 400 homes housing some 3,000 people. Big stocks of food, several thousand poultry and some pigs were last. One shopkeeper lost
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    NEW BID TO BOOST EXPORTS
    184 16 H Pineapple men test I European markets I JUHOK t BA UK U Oct. 22. PLANS to ..tandardise the quality of MaI layan pineapples for export are being studied by a five man delegation from Singapore and the Federation now In Britain for important technical
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    Death of Mr. H.E. Trenerry
    157 16 MR H. E TRENERRY, aged about 70, a well-known old Singaporean died at the General Hospital on Oct. 20. He was buried at Bidadari Cemetery on Oct. 23. Mr. Trenerry was well-known as one of the oldest members of the Singapore Turf Club and the
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    The things that amaze—Sir John
    263 16 The things that amaze —Sir John LONDON, Oct. 25 MANY people, anxious to co-operate and nla.' effective part in the functioning of the count,?." economy, are perplexed by apparent conflict*. contradictions in the Federation Governments Sir John Hay said yesterday. nl s poll A statement by Sir John accompanying the
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    HE’LL PUT VITAMIN IN RICE
    168 16 A SINGAPORE, Oct. 27. SWISS food scientist has been flown to oialaya to advise the Federation Government on the production of synthefor Malayan polished rice. “r George H. Clement, of the Swiss Company for Synthetic Vitamins, told 2* S ralt s Times last n *fJ
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    RIDING a tricycle like any other boy is a boy with a difference — for Donald Perera has only one leg.
    82 16 RIDING a tricycle like any other boy is a boy with a difference for Donald Perera has only one leg. The tricycle was the dearest wish of Donald, who lost a leg in a train accident in Singapore two years ago. His parents bought it for hirn for his tenth
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    GILAN $171, FAIR WEATHER $132
    870 19  -  By EPtfft*! IfXr I PENANOf 6etl 20. ?t(W M *v hts fprm, Mickey Donnelly larjflec) two three figure divideria winners—Gilan ,/($171) and Fair Weather ($132) for the Hobbs Stable at Penang yesterday, second day of the Autumn Meeting. Both Gilaft and Fair Weather jt* their
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    FOREST DUKE LEADS ALL WAY IN
    1118 19  -  By EPSOM JEEP PENANG, Oct. S3. npAKlNG command as the x field strung out, Forest Cun fJmkS*!*?, 1 horses at Penang yesterday, concluding day of the Autumn Meeting. Only Straits Code looked like giving Forest Duke a fight In the straight but he never
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    NANYANG: ALL RACES CAN JOIN—DR. LIN
    177 19 < y -m. i SINGAPORE, Oct. 26. f|R. LIN YUTANG, the Chancellor, yesterday said U that it was his policy to make it possible for students of all races to Join Nanyang University. R# 1. waa commenting on doubts expressed by nonChinese after Dr.
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  • Page 19 Miscellaneous
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      112 19 r: liKtoOL: 1st. No. *****1 2nd. No. *****2 3rd. No. *****5 -4*; U70) ,821) 6,567) STARTERS, ($1,472 each) Nos: *****9; 1 *****0; *****9*; *****6; *****4; *****7. 7-” *****1f *****3; *****1; CONSOLATION, ($662 each) Nos: *****4; *****5; *****1; *****5; *****4; *****7; *****8; *****3; *****5V A*****. C TREBLE: TOTE: There was no
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    Little business in a dull week
    562 20 SHAKE MARKET T f x f -l ■> 4 q s> i By OUR MARKET CORRESPONDENT V .f-SINGAPORE, Oct. JHE almost complete absence last week of the speculative element from the Singapore Share Market produced dull and featureless conditions and towards the end of
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    122 20 SINGAPORE, Oct 27. ..Singapore Chinese Produce Exchange noon prices per picul yesterday were:— Copra: down after holiday; November *31% buyers, *324 •alien; December *32 buyers, $32% sellers Coconut oil: quiet; down $1; *52!' sellers. Pepper: quiet, unchanged; all rorleties down *24; Muntok white $2174* Sarawak $216, Lampong black
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    BUSINESS DONE
    186 20 4 > -I rE following business done In the Singapore Share Market was reported by one firm of brokers for the period October 16 to October 22:— Industrials: British Borneo Petroleum 33s. 4%d„ Prater and Neave Ords $2 03 cd cb. Hammers $3.07, Hongkong Bank Col. $965, Hongkong
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    $319,000 grant for sanatorium
    26 20 JOHORE BAHRU. Tues.—A grant of $319,000 has been made bo the Johore AntiTuberculosis Association for erecting a sanatorium in Johor p Bahru*
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    ‘Close badly-run estates’ plea
    295 20 KUALA LUMPUR, Tu«*d ;i THE closure of badly-run rubber estates by the Plantation Workers’ Union of M T* the Federation’s biggest rubber workers’ a lion. 0 “The argument that continuation of the nr. wage level will result in widespread closure employment must now be faced,” says
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    DIVIDENDS ANNOUNCED
    175 20 HTHE following dividends 1 were announced by companies operating in Malaya last week:— SELAYANG TIN DREDGING LTD: An interim dividend of 19%, less tax.**' for year ended September 30. payable November 12 to shareholders on register October 22.' THE RAJAH HITEM COCONUT ESTATE LTD: An interim dividend of
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    MALAYAN SHARE QUOTATIONS
    730 20 SINGAPORE, Oct. 27. INDUSTRIAL* w Bty«n Seller* ,Aler Bricks Pn6. i., i.w 3.10 65 7 Atlas Ic« 12.25 13.35 B 31/5 34/5 ‘ruweea N> 7.00 Xd Oon Tin Smelt Prof ik/- 15/- xd rd 30/3 39/0 Eastern United 37.00 35.00 FM Dispensary 8.07 8.13 Fraser and Neave
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    WORLD STOCKS
    430 20 Hub r Market SINGAPORE, Oct A GAIN there nas been a active market at times irregular and subject to wide and u. expected fluctuations, my the weekly rubber review of Holiday. Cottar. Bath dr Co., Ltd. Mr W. 8. Richardson. President of the BJ*. Goodrich Company, drawn attention
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