The Straits Budget, 30 December 1954
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The Straits Budget
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Title Section43 1954-12-30 1 The Straits Budget ITHE sWEEKLY :ISSUEi OF ;THE STRAITS &JfIMES: o MALAYA’S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER New Series No. 436. Thursday, December 30, 1950 Price 40 cents (Malayan) r! Or IShUUnf.^«: M ♦■V"? v •-.—j»t ,V *TO<jLr/»y^ v a :!viifti .dL'.eTf'it'dliii..*, 'ativ s£i«*.‘ v J.'*raL43 words
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499 1954-12-30 2 K. S. CHOONG - K. S. CHOONG, t*****- y'r ■>* M. ■4 4 VOUR article a regard- Ing the of Inche Wa n Abdul Harkmtd’s >-scholarghip is r y especially*;? 1 when the to diseourage ‘‘visits to. jg ironjjwtaia countriea’V But did the authorities know that499 words
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Article154 1954-12-30 2 MACKEfe - MACKEfe. Singapore. A SCIENTIST theories, experiments and confirms, but It Is too risky lor human beings to be guinea pigs lh the matrimonial laboratories. Marriage is a serious affair between people of the same race, much more so U the contracting parties belong to different races.154 words
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Article93 1954-12-30 2 JACK OKI - JACK OKI. Singapore. 5 1 regard to AnU-‘l eritlcUm dir- ected against the O B.C.S..! rac tic alfjfr i all Ju h e 1 boats of the club are of a type which is not suitable j tor the large seal* rescu# during th^re^nt^unforpeciaHy93 words
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Article122 1954-12-30 2 t. G WINN ELL - t. G WINN ELL. Singapore, AST September you were s»rA* good enough to publish a letter advising old members of the Singapore Volunteer Corps that a fund was beinffv raised a 1 toophy to mark the cente- narv of the Singapore VolunA te«r Corps. V The response has122 words
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Article145 1954-12-30 2 ■ef: m - ■ef m >jjohor«^ fN a country like Malaya .where so many races complicate her political relations 'the only solution to the problem, I think, lies ta w inter-racial marriages. If this is encouraged a true r Malayan nation will certainly develop. Z&$$l+C''v American history shows us145 words
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Article50 1954-12-30 2 REGISTERED VOTBg - REGISTERED VOTBg ti Kuala Pilah rfmkjwu '.la*,, very rrankiy what 1 v > ,i gmduate teacher hi s n felt but has never nl tStu«• ta utter des; ;.,n only resort is to ask his Maker whether it is an unpardonable sin to be a local50 words
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308 1954-12-30 2 MILON NAjM>t - MILON NAjM> t Johordt InßrsHH nese Penang, have come the sta^e^When .every- < body Is convinced that politics should be taught :in schools/* I endorse j Infills View, ip ,v.v /been said Jthat i are the backbone of a nation.r It308 words
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Article232 1954-12-30 2 n ■» t - n t' m Sr;'■>-' •*;'.'«r ;4f.'-.Cp^r. VOUR leading article anaI lysing Mr. Whitfield's general statement that our education should be controlled by a public body, says that the purpose of education is to create civic-minded citizens and a government cannot hand out large sums of232 words
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Article116 1954-12-30 2 SyMPAin - SyMPAin' Perak. appears schools have been instructed to be very strict in promoting children to higher standards and even to detain and dismiss students without mercy. mark a: Oral English 73 per cent. English language 53 per cent. English composition 58 ,1 per cent* English litwrature 60116 words
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The Straits Budget
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Article824 1954-12-30 3 —Straits Times, Dec. 23. The Colonial Office has taken an unusual step in announcing, so far ahead of the changeover, the appointment of a new Governor of Singapore. Sir John Nicoll goes on leave in June, prior to retirement. He will be succeeded by Mr. Robert Brown—Straits Times, Dec. 23. - 824 words
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Article610 1954-12-30 3 --Straits Times, Dec. 24. It will be a poor Christmas for tens of thousands of Malayans, in Singapore and the Federation, who are the victims of monsoon floods. The rivers have now carried most of the water to the sea, but many who lost nearly everything--Straits Times, Dec. 24. - 610 words
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Article471 1954-12-30 3 —Straits Times, Dec. 24. Since the qualifications set for applicants for S.I.T. accommodation are arbitrary, they are bound to be open to objection. But if they must be altered at least it should be for the better. The changes which the Trust has just announced—Straits Times, Dec. 24. - 471 words
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Article150 1954-12-30 3 —Straits Times, Dec. 24. Malacca's Financial Officer had some unpalatable news for taxpayers at the Settle- ment Council’s budget meeting. In 1955 pay and allowances will go up by $300,000, reflecting a continuing trend in administrative costs to which Mr. A. H. Robson had drawn attention last year.—Straits Times, Dec. 24. - 150 words
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Article596 1954-12-30 3 —Straits Times, Dec. 25. The Christian gospels tell us that when Jesus of Nazareth was bom in Bethlehem, there appeared to certain shepherds tending their flocks a vision of angels singing “Peace on Earth, and Goodwill towards Men.” It is a sad comment upon mankind that—Straits Times, Dec. 25. - 596 words
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Article970 1954-12-30 4 —Straits Times, Dec. 28. It is a long time since Singa- 1 pore was so firmly reminded of its key position in South Asia as it was yesterday, when four Asian Prime Ministers were brief visitors, journeying to Indonesia and the Bogor conference. The meeting at—Straits Times, Dec. 28. - 970 words
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Article656 1954-12-30 4 —Straits Times Dec. 29. Forecasts of the amount of American aid likely to be available for Asia next year suggest that the Asian Prime Ministers at Bogor will not need to devote much time to discussion of their attitude towards the little Marshall Plan. The New*—Straits Times Dec. 29. - 656 words
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Article357 1954-12-30 4 —Straits Times Dec 29 The Singapore Fire Brigade has drawn attention afresh to fire hazards in the heart of the city. By a coincidence, the results of its survey of the kampongs have been reported to the City Council when the public are still much occupied with disaster—Straits Times Dec 29 - 357 words
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Article270 1954-12-30 4 —Straits Times Dec. 2 1 Siam is to end its government rice monopoly a rd put the export trade back i:i private hands. The price of Siamese rice, says the Director General of Foreign Trade, also will be revised so that Siamese exporters can match their competitors. It—Straits Times Dec. 2 1 - 270 words
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Article, Illustration704 1954-12-30 5 GEORGE FAR WELL - An engineer is ‘born thanks to that plan By GEORGE FAR WELL FOR trie first time in two years Mr. Anthony Chin, of Brunei, has returned to his own country from Sydney, Australia, where he is taking a course in civil engineering. He left the New South Wales capital in704 words
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Article, Illustration275 1954-12-30 5 SINGAPORE, Dec. 19. rpWENTY-THREE members of the Singapore Harbour Board Reserve took up bagpipes and tried to squeeze out a Highland air. But it was one false note after another. “It’s no good,” they decided, “you just can’t play Scottish tunes with trousers on.” Last275 words
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Article19 1954-12-30 5 Crash helmets have been issued to Singapore’s 54-man mobile traffic squad to replace the former berets19 words
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Article188 1954-12-30 5 MORRISON: To Marian (nee Lloyd) and Lieut. Cdr. (S) L. H. Morrison, a son. Johore Bahru General Hospital. LEPINGWELL—To Mildred Adela and John, a daughter, on Dec 22 at Youngberg Memorial Hospital. Singapore. HOLLAND: To Lorna. (nee Do’ini and Ken. a daughter, Lynn Rene Patricia, at Barony Hospital, Nai.twich,188 words
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Article129 1954-12-30 5 SIMPSON PETTIGREW. The engagement is announced between George, only son of the late Mr. Thomas Simpson and Mrs. Elizabeth Leaeete Simpson of 27. Downie lt i i ace. Edinburgh 12. and Agnes (Penny), younger daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. McDonald Pettigrew of Killlngworth, Northumberland. WITTER-TOPSOM: On the 25th129 words
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Article35 1954-12-30 5 GODWIN SMITH: On Monday December 27th 1954 at Singapore. Antony Purdon. son of Mr. and Mrs. George Stanley Godwin of London, to Queenie Pearce, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Henry Smith of Singapore.35 words
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Article82 1954-12-30 5 SINGAPORE. Dec. 29. A Singapore lawyer, Mr. A. P. Godwin, of Donaldson and Burkinshaw. and Miss Queenie Smith, eldest daughter of the firm’s senior partner. Mr. C. 11. Smith, were married at St. Andrew s Cathedral on Dec. 27. The bridesmaids were Cynthia and Joan82 words
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Article64 1954-12-30 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Dec. 28. The executive council of the Federation’s Indian Education Committee, an independent public body, has ruled that it was not possible to introduce national type classes in the present non-Governnient Indian schools in the country. However, the council decided that the Government’s offer64 words
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Article, Illustration16 1954-12-30 6 —Picture by Chew Boon Chin—Picture by Chew Boon Chin - 16 words
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Article589 1954-12-30 6 CYNICUS - CYNICUS SINGAPORE, Dec. 25. A COLLEAGUE who confesses that kindly Christmas thoughts were never further from his mind has, I think, some justification for his jaundice. He has been in conflict with the police. It is a small matter, an alleged neglect to defer to a589 words
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Article1058 1954-12-30 6 STANLEY STREEI - STANLEY STREE I Who forbids bands? TIME was when the hands of the regiments stationed in Singapore would give moonlight concerts in the Botanic Gardens. These concerts were one event to which all looked forward. Today, save for a stray concert at Katong. Singapore hears1,058 words
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Article, Illustration63 1954-12-30 7 LT.-CDR. YV. L. CLARKE, the Governor s ADC, and Miss Cecilia Mary Glover, of the Women’s Voluntary Services, after their wedding at the Singapore Registry Office on Dec. 24. The Government House reception party afterwards, given by the Governor, Sir John Nicoll, was attended by the Commissioner-General,—Straits Times picture. - 63 words
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Article620 1954-12-30 7 TUAN DJEK - TUAN DJEK KOTA TINGOI, Dec. 25. rpHE floods are over, we hope, but some people Are talking of a further one at the end of the year. No comment from the Tuan who however, recollects a year when two did occur in one month; the first small. the620 words
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Article151 1954-12-30 7 Following closely on the wedding of Miss Yong Siew Lee and Mr. Ng Kam Kew, two other w r ell-known Penang and Kuala Lumpur families will be united when Miss Nancy Chua and Mr. Henry Cheah are mar. lied in London on Jan. 8. The151 words
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Article123 1954-12-30 7 From the Straits Times of Dec. 28, 1904, JUDGING from all accounts to hand, rubber prospects are very rosy indeed. A leading expert in England lately stated that he could not see where a decline in prices was to come from for many years to come. OnFrom the Straits Times of Dec. 28, 1904, - 123 words
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Article1004 1954-12-30 7 STANLEY STREET - 31ai4tfjftian mptvbook STANLEY STREET. AS CHRISTMAS follows Christmas in Malaya, the season of the year when days are shortest, thoughts must spring up in every mind: “When shall we see peace, if not upon earth at least upon this little corner of the earth?” There are1,004 words
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213 1954-12-30 7 SINGAPORE, Dec. 25. A YOUNG couple who.se romance resulted In a storm of protests were quietly married in Singapore yester-day-with official blessings. The wedding would have been no different from any other Muslim marriage but for the fact that the bride213 words
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Article, Illustration508 1954-12-30 8 Hong Kong Colonial Secretary is to be Governor next June SINGAPORE, Dec. 23. ]t|R. ROBERT BROWN BLACK, Colonial Secretary, Hong Kong, is to be Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Singapore in succession to Sir John Nicoll, it was announced in Singapore yesterday. Sir John expects508 words
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Article86 1954-12-30 8 KUALA LUMPUR. Dec. 22. Another mining company will be opening up soon in the search for columbite in the Bakrx area of Muar, Johore. There are now three mines operating in the area and another company is preparing its mine, says the Federation’s Labour Department report.86 words
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158 1954-12-30 8 Mr. Wagner— 40 years at the bar and Malaya’s oldest lawyer—dies KUALA LUMPUR. Dec. 22. MR. E. A. S. WAGNER, Kuala Lumpur’s oldest practising barrister, died at the Bungsar Hospital this morning. He was admitted in the evening of Dec. 20 following a stroke. His condition then gradually grew worse.158 words
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Article143 1954-12-30 8 Dato Nik gives an assurance SINGAPORE, Dec. 23. THE United Nations Economic, Scientific and Culx tural Organisation is prepared to give technical assistance on educational, cultural or scientific matters to Singapore, the Federation. British North Borneo. Sarawak and Brunei. Dato Nik Kamil, the Federation143 words
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Article162 1954-12-30 8 SINGAPORE. Dec. 23. TTHE Singapore Acting Controller of CusI toms, Mr. R. S. Tufnell. has been reading horror comics—as part of his job He was asked by the Government to investigate horror comics on sale in Singapore after public agitation for an import ban on them.162 words
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Article70 1954-12-30 8 The Trust, Mr. McNeice said, was now able to plan as well as house. Previously the need was to build as many houses as possible to tight the tea money racket. The Trust could now think also of slum clearance. About half the70 words
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Article197 1954-12-30 8 KUALA LUMP UR, Dec. 22. IAATO Sir Cheng-lock Tan, president of the Malayan Chinese Association, will clarify his proposal for the formation of a SouthEast Asia union in his presidential speech at the association’s annual general meeting here on Jan. 15. He will197 words
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Article62 1954-12-30 8 IPOH, Dec. 22.—A fund-rais-ing campaign has been launched by the Perak library for their $20,000 extension project, when an upper floor will be added to their building in Club Road. One of the events planned to raise money is a gala dance to be held at62 words
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Article300 1954-12-30 8 SINGAPORE, Dec. 23 no matter how high his salary, can apply for a Singapore Improvement Trust house but only in the Queenstown area and f or houses at $60 a month or above, inclusive of charges. In other areas, no-one earning more than $600 a month300 words
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79 1954-12-30 8 KUALA LUMPUR. Dec. 22—A Corporal. Wan Mahmud bin Wan Hassan. was killed bv bandits yesterday when a patrol of the 4th battalion Malay Regiment, clashed with about 15 terrorists in the Kroh Forest Reserve in the Batang Padang area of Perak. Cpl. Wan Hahamud79 words
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Article73 1954-12-30 8 SINGAPORE, Dec. 23. Dr. Seah Cheng Slew, an obstretrician at the Singapoj;’ Kandang Kerbau Maternity Hospital, has been awarded a Queen’s Fellowship for 1955. He will leave early in 195'* to join the Institute of Obstretric3 and Gynaecology, London University. This is the second fellowship awarded73 words
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Article435 1954-12-30 9 SINGAPORE, Dec. 24. A SINGAPORE MERCHANT, Teo Siew Jin, was A fined a total of $148,597.90 yesterday after pleading guilty to three charges under the Singapore Exchange Control Ordinance. On the first charge which involved $38,835, Teo was fined $77,670. On the other two charges, which435 words
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195 1954-12-30 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Dec. 23. PEOPLE here stopped in the streets to listen and children rushed to their bedroom windows last night as the sound of carols drifted down from the skies. Two thousand feet above the town the crew of a Dakota195 words
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Article122 1954-12-30 9 SINGAPORE. Dec. 24. JF multi-lingualism was practicable in the Singapore courts, why not in the councils? The Legislative Councillor, Mr. C. R. Dasaratha Raj asked yesterday. He will table a motion in the next Legislative Council meeting to contradict the Rendel Constitutional Commission, which had said122 words
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80 1954-12-30 9 SINGAPORE. Dec. 24. ONE of the most difficult traffic problems in Singapore—the use of parking lights on vehicles—is being examined by the Commissioner of Police, the Straits Times was told yesterday. By law all vehicles left on pub- lie thoroughfares must have parking lights. It makes80 words
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Article, Illustration59 1954-12-30 9 SENIOR Inspector Tom Wylie of the Singapore Harbour Board Police left Singapore o n Dec. 23 in the P and O liner Corfu for nine mourns' leave In Britain. He is shown with his wife and Abdul Hamid, hi s adoptedl, hi s adopted son.—Straits Times pictme. - 59 words
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322 1954-12-30 9 SINGAPORE, Dec. 24. JOHORE student who has been deprived of his scholarship because of visits to Russia and China is not the only Malayan who has recently been touring behind the “Iron Curtain.” The second one is Abdul Majid, an arts graduate of the University322 words
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163 1954-12-30 9 The city’s roads: ‘Colossal damage SINGAPORE, Dec. 24. nAMAGE to the roads U in the Singapore city area resulting from this month’s heavy rain has been colossal. Mr. G. Edmond, the City Engineer, told the Straits Times yesterday. Ho could not estimate the cost of repair but said: We have163 words
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Article68 1954-12-30 9 SINGAPORE. Dec. 24. A SHORT cut home after visiting the New World Park. Singapore, on Dec. 22 night cost Kam Kim Seng $lB4. He left the park bv a side exit to Walk across Petain Road to Serangoon Road. Two masked man pounced on him68 words
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Article59 1954-12-30 9 PENANG. Dec. 23. Mr. Robert Thomson, superintendent of Prai Power Station, died suddenly while at work today. He will be cremated at the Batu Gantong United Hokkien Cemetrles’ Crematorium tomorrow at 5 p.m. Mr. Thomson had been with the Penang Municipality since 1929. He leaves59 words
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Article71 1954-12-30 9 ‘END DUTY ON HERBS CALL SINGAPORE. Dec. 24. Chinese Physicians and Medicine Dealers Associations of Singapore and the Federation have appealed to the Federation Government to rescind its Import duty on Chinese medicine. Import duty on Chinese herbs is 25 per cent, enforced on Sept. 21. The associations said that71 words
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245 1954-12-30 10 SINGAPORE, Dec. 25. A FOOL-PROOF system to end corruption and favouritism in allocating Singapore Improvement Trust houses in Queenstown has been worked out. the Trust’s Estate Manager, Mr. J. C. Lee, said yesterday. Mr. Lee told the Straits Times that new application forms, the counterfoil245 words
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127 1954-12-30 10 K. LUMPUR. Dec. 24. The Federation’s Commissioner of Police, Mr. W. L. R. Carbonell, said today in a Christmas and New year message to all ranks of the force: “1955 is to b e a year of consolidation.” He thanked them for their work127 words
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263 1954-12-30 10 With love to wife—a $22,000 diamond SINGAPORE, Dec. 25. 4 522.000 DIAMOND solitaire ring is only one of the costly gifts which some lucky Singapore people will receive today. A High Street jeweller from whom a businessman bought the ring yesterday for his wife, has also sold two sets of263 words
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Article, Illustration207 1954-12-30 10 KUALA LUMPUR I)e t >5 WHILE thousands o f Malayans relax in a gay whirl of festive parties tomorrow. 7(1 men of "B" Squadron. Special Air Service Regiment, will spend their second successive Christmas in the jungle northwest of Kuala Lipis in Pahang—and like207 words
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Article, Illustration186 1954-12-30 10 SINGAPORE, Dec. 25. vyHILE happy re-unions between parents and children were taking place on board the Gorgon yesterday, the man they had to thank sat in his cabin quietly smoking his pipe. He was Capt. B L Bri d master of the186 words
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450 1954-12-30 11 PENANG, Dec. 23. A FIRE at Kuala Muda early today wiped out a quarter of the village* left 500 people homeless and caused damage estimated at $200,000. Sixty families whose houses were burned down lost all their possessions but only one very minor casualty450 words
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Article85 1954-12-30 11 JOHORE BAHRU Dec. 25. THE State Treasurer. Johore, is calling tenders for two cases of White Label whisky, six bottles of Grant’s whisky and two bottles of White Label whisky. Normally the Treasury does not deal in liquor. The bottles of whisky had been sent as85 words
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Article, Illustration125 1954-12-30 11 Puppet plays guitar for sick children SINGAPORE, Dec. 25. IF Joe Neufield had not fallen ill, 50 Singapore children in the General Hospital wouldn’t have seen a Christmas Eve puppet show as they did yesterday. Handling the puppet strings was Joe125 words
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214 1954-12-30 11 SINGAPORE, Dec. 25. UNLESS the Singapore City Council takes quick steps to build approach roads and provide more hydrants in about 40 city kampongs, the 20,000 people living in them may be wiped out in a fire. This is the picture214 words
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Article, Illustration199 1954-12-30 11 A FORMER Malayan civil engineer became one of the most discussed men in England when the BBC created a sensation by televising George Orwell’s nightmarish play 1984.” For several, days televiewers! were asking! “Who is the Big* Brother?” the? man whose grim j face chill e199 words
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Article282 1954-12-30 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Dec. 24. THE SELANGOR Parents Association is collect--1 ing facts to find out how much more it costs now to send a child to school because of the new duties on school items. Members have been asked for particulars of their income, number of282 words
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232 1954-12-30 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Dec. 25. CHINESE Affairs officers are regarded in certain official quarters as “glorified” assistant resettlement officers and in some cases treated as errandboys, the annual general meeting of the Federation Chinese Affairs Officers Association was told today. Mr. Tan Tuan Boon, president232 words
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Article51 1954-12-30 11 K. LUMPUR. Dec. 24. Informal talks between the management of the General Transport Company and a deputation from its 300 drivers and conductors opened today in a bid to settle the strike which started at dawn yesterday. The talks, which lasted three hours, are to be resumed51 words
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Article36 1954-12-30 11 KLANG, Dec. 24.—Tin* first mass wedding in Jenjarom new village. 14 miles from here, will be held on Dec. 26 at the village school at 10 a.m. Three couples will be married.36 words
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Article48 1954-12-30 11 JOHORE BAHRU. Dec. 24Mr. R. J. Augustine, manager of Eaglehurst Estate, Pondok TanJong, Perak, died in London, on Dec. 18. He was 65 Mr Augustine left Malaya on Nov 18 for England on medical leave. He is survived by his wife and two daughters48 words
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Article45 1954-12-30 11 JOHORE BAHRU. Dec. 24. The cremation took place yesterday in Johore Bahru of Mr. S Ponnampalam, assistant offi-cer-ln-charge of Tebrau Estate. Mr. Ponnampalam had been with the estate for the past 40 years. He leaves a widow, a son and two daughters.45 words
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Article, Illustration224 1954-12-30 12 SINGAPORE, Dec. 24. A 27-YEAR-OLD Malayan student who graduated with honours in civil engineering from the University of Detroit returned to Singapore last night after he had been refused permission to re- main in America. Mr. Michael Koh Cheng Gck.224 words
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Article70 1954-12-30 12 KUALA LUMPUR. Dec. 22.—A bill to permit government officers contesting elections to retire on pension on certain conditions and retired officers to engage in business is to be introduced in the Federal Legislative Council. The Bill will permit senior and junior officers to retire on pension70 words
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Article71 1954-12-30 12 SINGAPORE. Dec. 24. Five big Singapore organisations will co-operate in presenting to the Fourth Commonwealth Health and Tuberculosis Conference in London next June an exhibit illustrating the Colony's fight against T B The five are: The Government Medical Department, SATA, the University of Malaya, Social71 words
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Article19 1954-12-30 12 Th e following have passed the preliminary examination for the Diploma in Public ci.Sjbiido" D)lk and Mrs19 words
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Article172 1954-12-30 12 KUALA LUMPUR. Dec. 23. f THE retiring Commis- sioner for Co-opera-tive Development, Mr. T. F. Carey, said today he was disappointed because there was not enough money the develop the co-operative movement more rapidly in this country. He added: “For immediate purpose we172 words
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196 1954-12-30 12 City deal is muffed —the cost 13,000 SINGAPORE. Dec. 24. CITY COUNCIL red tape delayed a tender by seven weeks and muffed a deal which might have saved the ratepayer thousands of dollars. A London firm sent in the lowest offer on asbestos cement pipes for the Water Department. It196 words
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Article323 1954-12-30 12 SIMPANG RENGAM, Dec. 22. TERRORISTS this morning murdered Mr. R. D. Williamson, 27-year-old manager of the South Malaya Pineapple Growers’ Estate, Johore. Mr. Williamson was shot dead less than half a mile from gangs of Chinese workers clearing blukar and less than a mile from his office.323 words
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Article, Illustration233 1954-12-30 12 SINGAPORE. Dec. 24. A WELL-KNOW N Singapore businessman, Mr. T. V. Mitchell, has formed a new company and given a 31 per cent interest to three employees, who have been with him for over 20 years. The new company called T. V. Mitchell233 words
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Article169 1954-12-30 12 ...then runs for his life RAWANG. Dec. 22. pOWHERD Lall Singh outstared a full-grown tiger at Templer Park yesterday. They met at the 17th mile between the main road and the railway lines where a tiger killed three cows last month. “The tiger was about 25169 words
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119 1954-12-30 12 HE WAS AN AMBUSH ‘SPECIALIST’ IPOH, Dec. 23. pHONG AH WEI, 29, once one of the most feared terrorists operating in North Perak, has been hanged in the Taiping jail. He was wounded and cap-' t.ured bv security forces in a skirmish in the119 words
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Article28 1954-12-30 12 SINGAPORE. Dec. 24. Mr. N. N. Leicester has been elected president of the Singapore Family Benefit Society in place of the late Dato C. J Paglar.28 words
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Article38 1954-12-30 12 KUALA TRENGGANU Dec. 23.—The Sultan of Trengganu officially opened the budget meeting of the Trengganu Council of State this morning. He was received by a police guard of honour. The Sultan addressed the council.38 words
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Article81 1954-12-30 12 SINGAPORE, Dec. 23. The Singapore Turf Club has sent a gift of $lO,OOO to the Singapore Anti-Tuberculosis Association for its work next year. Other gifts were from the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank- ine Corporation Ltd. $5OO, Maclaine Watson and Co. Ltd. $lOO, Montor Ltd. $lOO and81 words
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Article195 1954-12-30 13 SINGAPORE, Dec. 28. A SINGAPORE DOCTOR yesterday took off in a chartered Malayan Airways Dakota from Kallang Airport, Singapore, on a mercy flight to Kuantan and returned two and a half hours later with a seriously ill “blue baby” aged four months. The baby195 words
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240 1954-12-30 13 SINGAPORE, Dec. 28. gEVEN boys and a man were injured, one of them seriously, when a home-made cracker exploded on a playing field in Lembu Road, Singapore, on Dec. 26. The crackei, which had an old cigarette tin for its casing, went off240 words
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118 1954-12-30 13 MALACCA Dec. 27. FIVE hundred people gave the 50-piece orchestra of the Chung Ling High School, Penang, a big hand when it played at the City Park here last night. The two-and-a-half-hour performance was in aid of the Nanyang University Fund. For most of118 words
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Article71 1954-12-30 13 K. LUMPUR, Dec. 27.— I Two doctors were marrieo today at the Church of the Holy Rosary in Brickfields Road, Kuala Lumpur. The bridegroom was Dr. Vincent Fu San Liew, eldest son of Madam Liew Ah Yin of Batu Pahat. His bride was Dr. (Miss) Gene Ng71 words
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Article99 1954-12-30 13 SINGAPORE, Dec. 28. The Singapore City Council Water Department Labour Union decided at a meeting on Dec. 26 to give two weeks’ time to the Council to re-con-sider time to the Council to reconsider its plan to dismiss 300 labourers from the Tebrau waterworks camp. A union99 words
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Article75 1954-12-30 13 SINGAPORE, Dec. 28. The International Confederation of Free Trade Unions will extend the work of the Special Plantations Representative operating from Singapore. This was disclosed in a statement made by the Confederation’s General Secretary, Mr. J. H. Oldenbroek on the fifth anniversary on Dec. 775 words
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Article258 1954-12-30 13 KUALA LUMPUR, Dec. 27. JJAMPERS full of cold turkey, pudding, nuts, whiskey, brandy and other Christinas delicacies came floating down from the sky for hundreds of British troops on jungle duty over the holiday. On Christmas Eve Royal Air Force Valettas and RASC air despatches258 words
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Article47 1954-12-30 13 SINGAPORE, Dec. 28. The Executive Engineer, Temerloh, reported yesterday that the Triang Road, in Pahang, is now open to traffic. The Yong Peng-Parit Sulong road, in Johore, is still flooded in parts to a depth of 16 inches. The water is falling.47 words
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Article, Illustration261 1954-12-30 13 HALL ROMNEY - From HALL ROMNEY LONDON Dec. 27. Hard-headed English businessmen who frequent London’s Waldorf Hotel had something of a shock when they saw members of the Malay Society and their guests dancing the ronggeng in the hotel’s ballroom. It was a rare spectacle, but none of261 words
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Article159 1954-12-30 13 KUALA LUMPUR, Dec. 27. rpHE FEDERATION TRANSPORT Workers’ Union, decided at a meeting here during the Christmas holidays, to ask the Government to intervene in the strike of 300 bus and taxi drivers and conductors of the General Transport Company, which began on Dec. 23.159 words
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Article38 1954-12-30 13 JOHORE BAHRU, Dec. 27.—Negara fun-fair at Johore Mohamed Yacob. 25. was dec- Bl e ru d °3 could be trocuted while handling a given. The police are conductmicrophone at the Party ing an inquiry.38 words
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Article, Illustration556 1954-12-30 14 Asian leaders on way to Colombo Powers conference in Jakarta SINGAPORE, Dec. 28. CH)UR Asian Prime Ministers flew into Singapore yesterday—Mr. Nehru of India, Mr. Mohammed Ali of Pakistan, I T Nu. of Burma and Sir John Kotelawala of Ceylon. But only Sir John stayed556 words
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Article122 1954-12-30 14 SINGAPORE, Dec. 28. MORE than 1,000 people yesterday attended a rally of the Labour Front at the; Victoria Memorial Hall. Singapore. Mr. Francis Thomas, one of two Front executives who spoke, said it was up to the people of the Colony to see that when self-government122 words
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Article39 1954-12-30 14 SINGAPORE. Dec. 28. Mrs. Thio Chan Bee. wife of the Singapore Progressive Party Legislative Councillor, officially opened the Balestier Community Centre on Sunday. More than 500 members of the centre and their friends were present.39 words
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Article207 1954-12-30 14 KUALA LUMPUR, Dec >7 A NXIOUS OFFICIALS ARE wondering how to revive interest again in the fund for the Ladv Templer Tuberculosis Hospital. With only six months to go for the opening of tho first hospital block, less than half the $5 million 1207 words
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183 1954-12-30 14 From HALL ROMNEY LONDON. Dec. 27 lUHAT A LONDON FILM critic has described as the most honest portrayal yet seen of the war against the terrorists in Malaya, will be seen by British television viewers on Wednesday. It is part of a 45-minute183 words
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Article69 1954-12-30 14 JOHORE BAHRU. Dec. 27 The Regent of Jonore, Tungku Mahkota. presided at the last meeting of the Johore Executive Council for this year at the Council Chamber at Johore Bahru yesterday. Among the items discussed was the 1955 budget which will be presented at the State Council meeting69 words
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118 1954-12-30 14 KUALA LUMPUR, Dec. 25. THE general purposes committee of the Kuala Lumpur Municipal Council will be asked to consider whether Malay can be used in Council meetings, fne question was raised at r_ last nights Council meeting by Raja Mohamed bin Raja Allang118 words
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Article55 1954-12-30 14 KUALA LUMPUR. Dec. 27. Thieves broke into a Malay teachers’ boarding house at Kampong Bahru here early yesterday and took SI 00 cash and articles valued at $l2B belonging to three teachers. From a house at Jalan Kolam Ayer. Sentul. cash and jewellery amounting to $32455 words
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Article126 1954-12-30 14 r LONDON, Dec. 27 THE allowances of Malayan students in Britain were mentioned at the annual dinner of the Malaya Societv The president. Inche Abdullah bin Dato Abdul Rahman, deprecated recent Malayan references to the students as “student princes.” He said the allowances question must be settled126 words
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Article38 1954-12-30 14 SINGAPORE. Dec. 28. Members ot tne Telok Ayer Methodist Youth Fellowship. Singapore, yesterday brought Christmas gifts for the children of the St. Andrew’s Orthopaedic Hospital at Siglap and the Salvation Army Children's Home at Pasir Panjang.38 words
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Article88 1954-12-30 14 PENANG. Dec. 27.—The President of UMNO, 'iengku Abdul Rahman, said in Penang today he was satisfied that the Muslim Nationalist leader, Haji Sulong. was .still alive. Tengku Abdul Rahman, who returned last night after a four day visit to Singgora. one of. the former Malay provinces88 words
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Article62 1954-12-30 14 SINGAPORE. Dec. 28 A 12-year-old boy, Tan Toh Seng, pleaded guiltv in Sincaoore yesterday to escaping from the Gimson School for Boys on Boxing Day, and told the court: “I ran away because some boys at the school oca me up The magistrate. Mr. T.62 words
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170 1954-12-30 14 The Government of Sarawak has started a competition for the design of ten new postage stamps. Any number of designs for one stamp or for the whole 10 can be submitted, and they can be in the form of photographs, drawings or paintings, in170 words
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356 1954-12-30 15 SINGAPORE, Dec. 29. THE combined Singapore and Federation Flood Relief Funds yesterday reached a total of $445,916.22. Singapore’s share of this total was $269,344.72 and the Federation’s $176,571.50. The Singapore Flood Relief Committee yesterday again called on people in the Colony who were desirous of356 words
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Article228 1954-12-30 15 SEGAMAT, Dec. 28. THE people of segamat said a farewell “Thank you” today to the 2nd Battalion of the 6th Gurkha Rifles, who are being transferred to Negri Sembilan, after fighting bandits in this district for the past 20 months. They said it with a present228 words
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Article146 1954-12-30 15 SINGAPORE, Dec. 29. Six nurses ot the St Andrew Mission Hospital, Singapore. have been awarded certificates and badges after completing a three-vear training course In nursing sick children. The presentation was made by the Bishop of Singapore the Rt. Rev H. W Baines The nurses will146 words
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Article64 1954-12-30 15 JOHORE BAHRU, Dec. 28. The Johore Social Welfare Department today announced it has distributed $84,493 to flood victims in the state. A total of $105,000 was avail- able for relief, but goods worth $9,000 were bought from this money, leaving a balance of only $11,507. This64 words
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Article, Illustration401 1954-12-30 15 But they’ll get no compensation for latest flood damage SINGAPORE, Dec. 24. rj'ARMERS in the Bedok resettlement area, whose vegetable crops and poultry were destroyed by the recent floods, will not get any compensation from the Government. But they were assured that the Government would assist—Straits Times picture. - 401 words
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109 1954-12-30 15 MALACCA, Dec. 28. MR, E V. RAMASAMY Perlyar, 76-year-old South Indian leader, told 1,000 Indians here yesterday at the Kubu Stadium: “Don’t drink toddy It is a waste of money and will ruin you.” Mr Periyar, who Ls on a Malayan tour, also told109 words
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Article56 1954-12-30 15 The Administrative Officer Muar, has sent a letter of thanks to the Royal Malayan Navy for the fine work rendered by officers and men and motor launch No. 3502 during the recent floods in the Federation. Commander of the R.fd.N. launch was Lt. L.56 words
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Article152 1954-12-30 15 Mystery sender signs letter: Penitent SINGAPORE, Dec. 29. A LETTER which arrived during the holidays has mystified the City Council. In an envelop** postmarked Singapore were three new $lOO bills and a note addressed to the Secretary of the Council. The note, typewritten, said: “Please152 words
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Article, Illustration142 1954-12-30 16 THIS AERIAL PIC TURE shows the most dangerous part of the beaching operation of the burning Danish freighter Lexa VI aersk The tug Pitho i.»>ut to start pulling tiie Lexa Maersk around for the final run to the beach. As the ship was listing in—Straits Times pictures. - 142 words
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460 1954-12-30 17 red-hot anchor chains had to be cut first SINGAPORE, Dec. 29. rpHE Danish freighter Lexa Maersk, still ablaze from a Christmas Day fire, was successfully beached yesterday in a hazardous 140minute operation. Singapore Harbour Board tugs cut her redhot anchor chains and towed460 words
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Article, Illustration551 1954-12-30 17 SINGAPORE, Dec. 28. fire broke out at 4.15 p.m. on Christmas Day in the Danish freighter Lexa Maersk, three hours before the vessel was due to sail for Port Swettenham and Penang. In two hours It hac spread to three holds, containing about551 words
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Article63 1954-12-30 17 SINGAPORE, Dec. 29. INVESTIGATIONS into the cause of the fire which broke out in the Lexa Maersk on Christmas Day and destroyed 3,000 tons of cargo will begin today. Mr. Victor Jensen, superintendent from Messrs. A. P. Moller, Copenhagen, the ship’s owners, and Mr.63 words
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Article, Illustration371 1954-12-30 17 SINGAPORE, Dec. 29. A DRAMATIC eyewitness account of the fire was given by Miss Beaty, who worked at the American Air Force headquarters in Tokyo. “After coming aboard from Singapore,” she said, “we had a nap in our cabins. “Then Mrs. Fog, a Danish passenger, burst371 words
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242 1954-12-30 17 Tan told: ‘Support Chamber or quit SINGAPORE, Dec. 29. MR. TAN CHIN TUAN. Chinese Chamber of Commerce representative in the Singapore Legislative Council, was yesterday urged to resign if he showed indifference to the Chamber’s case for multilingualism. The suggestion was made by Mr. Chuang Hui Tsuan, a committee member.242 words
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Article99 1954-12-30 17 SINGAPORE, Dec. 29. APPARENTLY no one In Malaya after eating his Christmas dinner noticed the eclipse of the sun on Christmas Day between 4 p.m. and 6.30 p.m. The Professor of Applied Mathematics at the University of Malaya, Prof. J. C. Cooke, watched for it in99 words
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Article44 1954-12-30 17 SINGAPORE, Dec. 29. K. F. Falck was acquitted in the Singapore Fifth Police Court yesterday on a charge of resisting arrest and escaping from Holland Road Police Station at 2.30 a.m. on Nov. 6 while being detained for alleged drunken driving.44 words
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403 1954-12-30 18 SINGAPORE, Dec. 29. JJICE prices tumbled from 15 to 20 per cent on the Bangkok market yesterday morning on the news that the Siamese Government will return the rice trade to private hands on Jan. 1. In Singapore it was forecast that the403 words
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Article192 1954-12-30 18 AND MORE GOOD ""•NEWS for 1955 KUALA LUMPUR, Dec. 28. A PANEL of experts In the United States have summed up the rubber outlook for 1955 as being better than this year but falling short of the boom year of 1953, says Natural Rubber News192 words
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Article47 1954-12-30 18 SINGAPORE, Dec. 29. Four Australian Red Cross nurses who have worked in Federation new villages for two years sailed for Perth in the Charon from Singapore yesterday. Thev were Miss D. M Nowland. Miss M. Frith. Miss P O'Brien, and Miss S Bagg47 words
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Article144 1954-12-30 18 Goodbye—and thanks —to Mr. Marsh A SINGAPORE, Dec. 29. nearly a lifetime of loyal service. Mr. Thomas v r iurstl cashier and chief said goodbye to Evatt 'tonrhi^ mpany sln «apore, at a ceremony at Robinson s Restaurant yesterday. vear r tl f es week after 38 years of service144 words
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Article22 1954-12-30 18 SINGAPORE, Dec. 29. A lorry driver, Cheng Shek Ltong, who carried 12 extra passengers, was fined $5O in Singapore yesterday.22 words
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Article500 1954-12-30 18 SINGAPORE, Dec. 28. Yorkshire-born Ken Davidson was that rare man of many parts and a master of all. He was a first-class County cricketer, a badminton player of international fame, and once a top-of-the-bill star at the London Palladium. “Ken,” as everyone called him, was500 words
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1018 1954-12-30 18 JOHN MARKS - j THE WEEK IN fflpoRTl —i—im—l——^J By JOHN MARKS SINGAPORE, Dec. 29. 'THE Indonesian national hockey team made an impressive tonr of Singapore last week —their first venture overseas. The Indonesians, who are in the midst of building the game in their country, came here1,018 words
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Article991 1954-12-30 19 EPSOM JEEP - EPSOM JEEP E PENANG. Dec. 25. RjkEY Athol Mulley made a ■pod comeback When he ■ed an early double for the Ky 8table on Cont Clare fee X) and Pinner (Race 3) Eenang today, opening day ■he four day Christmas-New Bkeleie. with apprentice Ah RtssvJS’ri.s991 words
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Article1025 1954-12-30 19 EPSOM JEEP - BY EPSOM JEEP ll* J ha^Id t5 l^vid^9ones F mol up in the last few strides Bo snatch a head-win from Broadside in a grand tussle porthe Christmas Cup over a foil© at Penang > yesterday, (second day of the Christmas 'New Year Meeting* Onlv1,025 words
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Article55 1954-12-30 19 KaDALONA, useful flveM year-old Irish gelding Sol Orietis. broke his back ■lile running in the P and Cup. He trailed a long p all the way. feadalona was destroyed af~ returning to the stables, k HBadalona. owned by Mr. trn Leong and trained by ■flnus van Bretikelen.55 words
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Advertisement76 1954-12-30 19 Y\\ STRAITS BUDGET SUBSCRIPTION RATES ty v v#\$. (PAYABLE IN ADVANCE) Singapore Town Area No Postage Quarterly 5.2$ Half-yearly 1$.45 Yearly 2$.35 The weekly issues of the Straits Budget can be sent by #gjjftjea air delivery service to the United Kingdom only at an mclusive rate of $24.1# far six76 words
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Miscellaneous97 1954-12-30 19 i’V'W'Vm TOTAL POOL: $204,500 FIRST: No. *****5 ($61,350) SECOND: No. *****7 ($27,007 THIRD: No. *****6 ($15,337) Starters ($1,752 each): Nos. *****8,' *****9, *****1, *****7, *****8, *****4, *****0. Consolation ($613 each): Nos. *****9, *****$, *****5, *****3* *****2, *****0, *****6, *****2, *****8, *****6; TREBLE TOTE The treble tote paid $1,722 on one97 words
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Article461 1954-12-30 20 GEOFFREY BOLAND - h By GEOFFREY BOLAND THE year is ending for Malaya with a better sentiment and a great deal more optimism, as .{far as the economic futare is Concerned, than was the case at the end of 1953. The visible proof of this, apart from the fact that461 words
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Article101 1954-12-30 20 >- SINGAPORK, Dec. 25. The announcement that November production of rubber in therFederatlon at 55.534 tons was the highest for any month for the present year to date only temporarily depressed the market. This total was 4.672 tana more than October and 1.633 tons more than the101 words
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Article91 1954-12-30 20 SINGAPORE. Dec. 25. K rE Singapore Public Works Department and Messrs. Paul Y Construction Company SSf&SZS 5S across the Kallang River. The company. in association with Messrs. Hume industries and Messrs. Sime Darby, has won a $4,485,000 contract The contract period is 18 months and work will91 words
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Article187 1954-12-30 20 TFHE following business done In the Singapore .Snare Marketlast ween was reported Dy one Urn of brokers for the period December 18 to December 24-31 r Tmtastrtaia: Fraser A Neave Ords. 81.85. Gammons $3.05 to 83.90. Hammers 83.15. Hongkong Colonial 81.010 to 81,050, Hongkong Bank London £113, Malayan187 words
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Article136 1954-12-30 20 KUALA BJlll-i N 'pHEFT of rubber is on the i n < prices have risen. 10 The fear is that the terrorists vii P 49 Wi 96 0rganise d to swell their funds. bt At the peak of the rubber boom fi uriTuy tno mo»136 words
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84 1954-12-30 20 A JAPANESE company wMfch began producing tubeless tyres from natural rubber in July, now has stocks for immediate export Malaya. Mr. K. Katono. export manager of the company. The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd, made this announcement whc: he visited Singapore last w*ek. About 70%84 words
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Article840 1954-12-30 20 SINGAPORE, Dec. 29. industrials > f. B.,. n M KUx Brick* Pn< 4-Uu Llf S Orda l.» t1» Atlas IC« 1225 13.25 B.S Patrol 32/9 *2/2 KU. Trustees 6.50 7.00 Oon. Tin Smelt. Pref. 20/- 22/- Ords. 27/9 29/3 United .*f.r>o 38 &o vV r: Ped DUpenaary840 words
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Article323 1954-12-30 20 __tjtc> be,. 25 a r P r| ce 2“8f- ftuctuath d i chan ul sentime oi t .7ity both and -n the home marki JJ- review of Ht day. Cutler, Bath Co Ltd Both the U.S.A and the 0 repbrtpei to hive bou conalt rable n’lantitie Uuriim323 words
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Article77 1954-12-30 20 janua K steady but no b uiicb^ oil: $49 I'2 Jeifj H.C.B. t(, o c f p^,. p <3l 4! 11 a.m. $3O B'4 buy g w Mb; tone dull: no® j et 4 ,31 1 8 «Uers. f $3l buy or*, s3i r W steady:/ 5 pm.77 words