The Straits Budget, 11 August 1955

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    27 1 The Straits Budget THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES MALAYA’S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER ries No. 468. Thursday, Aug. 11, 1955. Price 40 cents (Malayan) Or 1 Shilling.
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  • From THE STRAITS TIMES POSTBAG
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      ‘A LOT OF SENSE IN THIS ADVICE’
      252 2  -  BE SENSIBLE. Singapore. HPHE Colonial Secretary i L porters that history problem that could not be There is a lot of sense in this statement and I feel that not only I, but every man with a logical mind will agree. If so,
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      Nurses recognise need to discuss nursing topics
      349 2  -  ONG POH TEEN Vice-President, Malayan Trained Nurses Association. Johore Bahru. T'HE members of the L Malayan Trained Nurses Association would like to congratulate the Malayan Nurses Union on having been elected to the Whitley Council (Staff Side) and to say that its members
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      The farmers could not have helped
      260 2  -  DISTRICT OFFICIAL. Batu Pahat. ACCORDING to your paper of July 29, D; sir Onn stated that his defeat in the Federal VQ tion was due to the 3,000 farmers who stayed way from the polls. There were 15,042 voters in his constituency, out of
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      COUNCIL SEAT WANTED
      118 2  -  CHE BEE NOOR Chairman, Kaum Ibu. Bukit Mertajam. IT is clear that menu *rs of Kaum Ibu thro. ;hout the Federation played a very important part in the Federal Elections. Why have they been forgotten? We appeal to i\ ngku Abdul Rahman, Yang di Pertua, for a
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      Promotion on the railway
      63 2  -  EMPLOYEF. Kuala Lumpur. I AGREE it is really high time the Malayan Railway give their employees a chance for higher appointments. The Railway is slow in promoting their men lu higher grades compared with other Government departments. The lower subordinates, especial!' checkers, and van men. have
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      KEEP THE CASH HERE
      100 2  -  JOSEPH FERNAND l Pulau Tekong Besar. I QUITE agree with the Health Minister, Mr. A. J. Braga, who wants welfare sweeps in Singapore. Those who think that this is a gamble can refrain from purchasing tickets in the sweep, but they may one day benefit from
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      The shooting of birds
      128 2  -  TRUBSHAI' Singapore. IT was reported in a recent issue of your paper that a Chinese Boy Scout who found a python, was “bird-shooting/ 1 It would be interesting to know what birds he was trying to shoot, as all birds on Singapore Island are protected under
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  • The Straits Budget
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      Lock icon The Medical Services
      676 3 —Straits Times. Aug. 4. WhiK die Singapore Government and Assembly await lht return of Mr. Lennox-Boyd from Borneo, they might disract themselves by thinking t u responsibilities that have been submerged by four months 0 f u nn.st and crisis. A reminder comes from the Alumni Association
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      Lock icon The Other Two Thirds
      688 3 —Straits Times, Aug. 5. It is perhaps natural that some of the elected Ministers in the Federation should want to give special emphasis to the problems of the rural community. For one thing the new Government was elected largely through the votes of a rural population
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      Lock icon Malacca And After
      541 3 —Straits Times, Aug 5. The walkover for Alliance in the Malacca Settlement elections, while it is unprecedented, need occasion no real surprise. In the national polls eight days ago, both its candidates in the Malacca constituencies were returned with such crushing majorities that resistance by other parties
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      Lock icon How Many Citizens?
      629 3 —Straits Times. Aug. 6. When the Colonial Secretary returns to Singapore on August 18, a Chinese Chamber of Commerce delegation will make representations to him on citizenship for Chinaborn (and also multilingualism in the Legislative Assembly). Before they call on Mr. Lennox-Boyd, the Chamber leaders might well
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      Lock icon Short Shrift for Adviser
      372 4 —Straits Times, Aug. 8. Quite a number of odd things have happened in Kuala Lumpur since it became a municipality, but the request to the Federal and State Governments for permission to go ahead with its $17,000,000 development plan without waiting for the arrival of the
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      Lock icon Off the Top
      315 4 —Straits Times, Aug. 8. Pity the poor film producer and exhibitor. Success depends entirely on forecasting public taste and when the forecast goes wrong, down goes the income the cinemas draw in. Ever since 1946 cinema takings in Singapore have steadily increased until last year, when they
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      Lock icon Boom And Budget
      609 4 —Straits Times, Aug. 9. The drop of 13 cents in the rubber price since Friday has given a nasty jolt to those who have allowed their fancies to soar to $2 heights. Whether the break will continue and if so to what extent is unpredictable. Whilst this
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      Lock icon Booze Menaced
      190 4 —Straits Times, Aug. 9. The tenacity with which the Malayan Trade Union Council and the Malayan Indian Congress have maintained their assault against what is known as the “toddy evil” is admirable. Worthy of note too is the wayward connoisseur of toddy who refuses to be abolished despite
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      Lock icon Doomsday Is Not Yet
      807 4 —Straits Times, Aug Every silver cloud is not without its dark lining. That about sums up the speech Mr. Malcolm MacDonald, the Com-missioner-General, made at a farewell party given to him by the three Singapore Chambers of Commerce on Monday night. “Political changes and events” in
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    RAHMAN’S MINISTERS OUTLINE THEIR PLANS
    615 5 Labour chief promises a 'fair deal for the workers' K \LA LUMPUR, Aug. 7. fr newly appointed /.listers in the ion Government a y outlined their for the future. LABOUR: No trouble expected l Minister for Laluuii Mr. V. T. Sanibantlun naid he did not
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    THE TENGKU SAYS IT AGAIN
    211 5 SINGAPORE. Aug. 7. TE\CKU Abdul Rahman, Chief Minister-designate for the F cdc ation of Malaya, again referred to the controversial subject of union of the Federation and Singapore when he opened a women's section of the Singapore branch of UMNO at Kebun Übi yesterday. Ke
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    ‘I have no secrets’ – MARSHALL
    237 5 ‘I have no secrets’ MARSHALL THOSE DISCUSSIONS SINGAPORE, Aug. 7. COMMENTING on the v headline “Out: A •Marshall Secret” in the Straits I iines yesterday morning, the Chief Minister stated in a Pulilii Relations handout last night: 1 have no secrets Rom the people of SinsUpuro. During my continuous and
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    Students ‘console’ jailed teacher
    172 5 Students ‘console jailed teacher CHANGES HIS MIND NOW ABOUT TRIP SINGAPORE. Aug. 9. A DELEGATION of students from the Singapore Chinese High School and the Nanyang Girls’ High School yesterday visited a detained teacher, Chen Yang Cheng, in prison to “console” him. Later at a press conference the students said
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    Kuantan plans day of pomp and fun to mark ‘capital day’
    164 5 KUANTAN, Aug. 8 Th .jf growing seaside town will celebrate its official recognition as capital of Pahang with a day of pomp, pageantry and merriment on Aug. 27. The day will open with a massed ceremonial parade of Navy.
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    Gold cup ship
    33 5 SINGAPORE, Aug. 5. A record crowd ol 102 Malayans boarded the Carthage in Singapore yesterday for Penang. where they will be in time to see the Gold Cup race tomorrow'.
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    ALLIANCE TO PICK MEN
    65 5 ALOR STAR. Aug. 4 Kedah Alliance Liaison Committee will meet on Aug. Bto select candidates for the first Kedah State Council elections on Sept. 15. The council, which will meet within 30 days of the elections, is to have 27 members. including 12 elected for a
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    Sir Charles . for London
    50 5 Sir Charles for London SINGAPORE, Aug. 9. Lt.-Gen. Sir Charles Loewen. C-in-C Far East Land Forces, will fly to London on Aug. 12 to attend the annual conference of the Chief of the Imperial General Staff. Ho expects to return to Singapore next month after a short holiday in Canada.
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    Minister says ‘No’ to schools
    258 5 SINGAPORE, Aug. 9. SINGAPORE Chinese schools yesterday failed to persuade the Minister for Education, Mr. Chew Swee Kee, to give them bigger grants-in-aid. They asked for a provisional rise which would not prejudice a final decision. The schools asked for $50 a year for every
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  • PERSONAL
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      BIRTHS
      161 5 GRIER: To Patricia (Nee Spens) and Anthony Grier The Residency Jesselton a son on 29th July. BANFIELD: To Joan, nee Patrick, wife of A. G. Banfield. a son, at Kandang Kerbau Hospital. BRITTON: To Anna (nee Richardson), wife of Capt, R. Britton, R.A., a daughter, Caroline Jane, in Hong
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      ENGAGEMENT
      52 5 RODICK-BURT: The engagement is announced between William Alan Rr>dick, of Ipoh, younger son of the late Captain J. N. Rodick, and Mrs. Rodick of Sal com be, S. Devon, and Ann Troon Burt, of the Cameron Highlands, elder daughter of the bite Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Booker, of
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      MARRIAGE
      19 5 MACKELLAR-SARNEY: On 6th. August, 1955 at St. George's Garrison Church, Tanglln, Douglas Alexander (Sandy) MacKell&r to Audrey Sarney.
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    Lock icon Saturday study
    9 6 MALACCA RIVER —Photograph by Kok Ah Chong.
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    As I was Saying
    1118 6  -  CYNICUS SINGAPORE. Aug. 6. I TNDELIVERED speeches lying around in the pockets of Singapore’s Legislative Assemblymen must be reaching formidable proportions. And not only on subjects connected with the urgent legislation that has been pushed into the K.I.V. basket by the even more urgent constitutional crisis
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    EURASIANS TOLD: HOLD YOUR VERDICT ON THE NEW GOVERNMENT
    218 6 PENANG, Aug. 8. rpHE PRESIDENT of the Eurasian Union of Malaya, Mr. G. Shelley, yesterday urged all Eurasians to “hold your judgment” on the new political changes in the Federation. “We are assured the rights of minorities will be safeguarded,” he
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    GARDENS MONKEYS STEAL HIS CINECAMERA
    71 6 SINGAPORE, Aug. 9. 'V'EXT TIME you visit the Botanic Gardens, Singapore, look out for the monkeys. There is just this possibility bhat one of them will be taking snapshots of you, from up the trees. An American visitor lost a cinecamera at the gardens at
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    A surprise for Mr. Leong
    181 6 IPOH, Aug. 8. TPHE Federation’s new Minister for Health and Social Welfare, Mr. Leong Yew Koh, had a surprise meeting with a nun during one of his trips between Ipoii and Kuala Lumpur week. The nun was his niece. w*iom he had not seen for
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    Rest houses and roads
    915 7  -  y y 3€aiay&ian nofebooHi STANLEY STREET MOT long ago a foreign 11 visitor arrived in Malaya and implored me to “show her Malaya,” much as someone in London might ask to be shown Nelson’s column. It was a hard thing to do. The trouble, and also
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    Back from Kirkby—then a kiss of welcome from sister
    39 7 PRETTY LAILATON ALBAKR1 of Balu Gajah, one of the students who returned from Kirkby College, Liverpool. >e>t<*rday, being greeted by her sister at Kuala Lumpur airport. Report in Page 7.
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    Countryman’s Journal
    622 7  -  TUAN DJEK. LAST Saturday night the first durian fell, and in a few days time the Cook could 'Pare some for sale in town. Owing to his age the Tuan dare not eat much of the fruit it ls difficult to get a snot at the squirrel or
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    O.C.P.D. leaves
    25 7 JOHORE BAHRU, Aug. 7. Mr. W J. Robertson, 0.C.P.D., Johore Bahru, has gone on leave to Britain. Mr. P. W. Giles takes over.
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    Lock icon FIFTY YEARS AGO
    102 7 From the Straits Times of Aug. 8, 1905 THE Times of Malaya has been given to understand that the deep lode which was reported to nav been discovered at Raub is not all that fancy P alnt^ d it. It hears, however, that in vicinity of Raub
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    S. T. C. MEN SET UP A FUND
    273 7 SINGAPORE. Aug. 7. shouts of “merdeka,” 800 members of the Singapore Traction Company Employees’ Union decided last night, by a show of hands, to set up a strike fund—with each member contributing $1 a week, starting tomorrow. They also decided at a
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    DPP REBUKED: ‘YOU TALK RUBBISH’
    461 8 Just shoes and socks —but they caused big court argument KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 3. rpHE JUDGE and the Deputy Public Prosecutor argued 1 over the admission of certain articles as exhibits in the High Court here today during the Wearne Brothers’ chief cashier murder trial.
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    Babel in council—murmurs
    290 8 RULERS GET A CHINESE PETITION: REMOVE THE LANGUAGE BARRIER IPOH, Aug. 3. QNE HUNDRED and forty-four Chinese organisations in Perak have petitioned the Rulers’ Conference to allow the use of English, Malay, Chinese and Tamil in the Federal Legislative Council. The petition is the result of a
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    Drama of yacht in distress
    176 8 5 RESCUED AFTER NIGHT ORDEAL PORT SWETTENHAM, Aug. 3. rpHREE Singapore army A officers and two women were brought into port here today by a police patrol launch after being rescued from a yacht. They were sailing in a 45foot cutter, the Eveline, to Kuala
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    ‘l’m keen to see Australia’
    128 8 Marshall will discuss aid SINGAPORE, Aug. 4. THE Chief Minister of Singapore, Mr. David Marshall, said last night that he is “very anxious” to visit Australia. He will discuss the possibility of a visit with the Australian Commissioner, Sir Alan Watt, and the Australian External
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    Union officials
    35 8 Officials of the Singapore Laboratory Technicians’ Union for the current year are: President, Mr. Seah Peng Koon; vice-president, Mr. Chua Chor Kai; secretary, Mr. Teo Hock Kim; and treasurer, Mr. Yeo Kim Leng.
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    NOW THEY TURN TO STATE ELECTIONS
    112 8 KUALA LUMPUR. Aug. 3. THE Alliance, Party Negara, the Pan-Malayan Islamic Party and the Labour Party of Malaya will hold separate meetings this weekend and early next week to prepare for the Selangor state elections on Sept. 27. Nomination Day is Aug. 11. The
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    They discuss State polls
    62 8 A LOR STAR, Aug. 3.—The State Elections Officer, Mr. Lee Ewe Boon, will meet representatives of political parties next week to discuss the Kedah state elections to be held on Sept. 15. The meeting will be held in the Alor Star Town Council office at 2.30
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    Song and dance ban shock in S’pore
    144 8 NO TO SCHOOL CONCERT ITEMS SINGAPORE, Aug. 4. OIX folk dances and a song which the Singapore Chinese High Schools Graduates of 1953 Arts Association has been rehearsing for months for its concert on Aug. 20 have been banned by the police. All
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    THE ONE-WAY ROADS STAY
    61 8 KUALA LUMPUR. Aug. 3. Kuala Lumpur Municipal Council has decided that the experimental one-way traffic system should be permanent. The system, enforced in the centre of the business area, has been tested for several months. The Traffic Advisory Committee recommended successfully that pedestrian centres be marked
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    ‘WHY NOT BAJU AND SARONG IN COUNCIL?’
    152 8 PENANG, Aug. 3. ALL UMNO ministers and councillors should wear the Malay national costume when attending Federal Council meetings in future, Tuan Syed Hassan Al-Attas. UMNO Kampong Makam youth leader, urged here today. “I am sure all Malayans, especially Malays, were pleased that
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    Talk on India
    41 8 SINGAPORE. Aug. 4. A talk on India’s five-year plan was given by Professor Mariadoss Ruthnaswamy, yesterday after a reception held in his honour by the Catholic Young Men’s Association of the Church of our Lady of Lourdes, Singapore.
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    2 a.m. shock for woman
    49 8 SINGAPORE, Aug 4 A Chinese woman, living u> Bencoolen Street, Singap* woke up at 2 a.m. yesterday find a man in her room. The intruder fled when n raised an alarm. The woman Jater f° un $245 and jewellery missing lr‘ 1 an almeirah.
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    Lock icon The Tengku turns tailor
    312 9 A BUSH JACKET OUTFIT FOR THE ‘HALF-NAKED’ MATA-MATA HE DESIGNS NEW POLICE jtfi FORM—A ND fill MODEL IT HIMSELF KUALA LUMPUK, Aug. i. I’ENGKl' ABDUL RAHMAN, does not like the 1 present police uniform. “I will design a new uniform and wear it myself for a
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    BANDIT LULL BROKEN
    88 9 Somersets kill two KUALA LUMPUR. Aug. 3. TWO terrorists were killed by a patrol of the Somerset Light Infantry in Pahang yesterday. They were the first terrorists killed in the Federation for nearly a week. The “no casualties” lull ended early yesterday when the two terror* ists—
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    SIR PATRICK VISITING SINGAPORE
    74 9 Si IN GAPORE, Aug. 5. f-r r-, a ri °k McKerron, form6anr n al Secretary in SinColonv’ 18 living i n the a rom Britain today on He .u pr j vate visit. Hou.s( t i«ta y at Government i i, week-end as Sir J ,tri
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    I ACCUSE: BY A CHAMBER CHIEF
    231 9 SINGAPORE, Aug. 4. M R KO TECK KIN, president of the Singapore Chinese handier of Commerce, v os te r d a y accused Miina-born settlers in Singapore of political apathy. Ho made the charge to l) ther Chamber colagues. who will accomth?r. tl
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    Abdul Rahman drops in on Marshall for ‘informal talks’
    271 9 SINGAPORE Aug. 4, THE Federation Chief Minister-designate, Tengku Abdul Rahman, yesterday paid a surprise call on the Singapore Chief Minister, Mr. David Marshall. The Tengku drove from Johore Bahru with his Education Minister-designate, Dato Abdul Razak bin Hussain. They had an
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    SHIP MAY BE DELAYED TWO MONTHS
    80 9 SINGAPORE, Aug. 4 Telegrams were received from Hong Kong in Singapore yesterday that the German liner the 8.900-ton Schwabenstein, belonging to North German Lloyd, may be delayed by two months in Hong Kong because of major engine trouble. The Schwabenstein a ship built last
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    McNEICE IN NEW JOB ON AUG. 18
    87 9 SINGAPORE. Aug. 4. The Singapore City President Mr. T. P F. McNeice. will take up his new appointment as chairman of the ten-man committee which will inquire into the future of local government on Aug. 18. This is the day after he has
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    The big walkover in Malacca
    154 9 MALACCA. Aug 4. THE Alliance has won the Malacca Settlement Council elections without having to fight for the seats. All its eight candidates were returned today unopposed after nomination had closed. The Settlement Election Officer, Mr. S. A. Rees, announced that there would be no
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    45 honoured at King’s House
    41 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Aug. 4.Community leaders, soldiers and firemen were among the 45 people who received honours and awards from the High Commissioner. Sir Donald MacGillivray, this morning. A large crowd attended the ceremony at King’s House.
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    BOOM MILLIONS ROLL IN
    557 10 It's best year since 1951 SINGAPORE, Aug. 5. MALAYA’S RUBBER BOOM is back with a bang. Rocketing rubber prices are pouring more money into the Federation Government Treasury than at any time since the boom year of 1951. Treasury and Customs officials were busy today working
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    Merdeka at Raffles
    275 10 CHIEF MINISTERS GET TOGETHER SINGAPORE, Aug. 5. T*HE Singapore Chief Minister. Mr. David Marshall, said yesterday he believed that if ever the Colony and the Federation quarrelled over any differences. they would “quarrel as brothers who have the same blood in their veins and the same traditions
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    Fewer at the cinemas
    40 10 SINGAPORE, Aug. 5. Singapore Customs collected $77,263,046 last year—a drop of $1,107,906 on the previous year’s all-time record, its annual report revealed yesterday. Entertainment duty dropped by $216,000 last year—indicating a big drop in cinema attendances
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    Alliance can call on at least 71 votes in House
    637 10 KUALA LUMPUK, Aue 1 THE Federal Legislative Council to be inaueur iti .i 1 Aug. 31 will consist of 50 Malays. 25 Chinese sevi! Indians, two Ceylonese, live European Officials’ seven European Unofficial, and a mystery man from m-.i whose
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    TWO SURPRISES FOR KIRKBY GRADUATES
    260 10 First a $lOO cheque for each then they get a month's holiday KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— Students who returned from the Malayan teachers’ training college at Klrkby in England received surprise cheques for $lOO on their arrival at Kuala Lumpur airport today. "An advance in case
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    Posted to Kulim
    30 10 KUALA LIPIS, Fri. P° Inspector Mahmud bin Omar, attached to the office the Offlcer-in-Charge of Cri; nai Investigation, Pahang, been transferred to Ku Kedah, as Assistant OCPH
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    Lock icon Marshall says ‘No’ to 250 students
    475 11 teacher will still be held in custody SINGAPORE, Aug. 5. the Chief Minister. Mr. 1 David Marshall, yesterday rejected a demand by 250 Singapore Chinese men and women students for the immediate release of a former Chinese High School teacher who is under Emergency
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    OFFER TO NANYANG
    467 11 Dr. Ching will work unpaid while university is reorganised—then- the aim will be to build up an institution of world standard ‘Make this man Chancellor and we will raise $6,000,000/ says a letter from Hong Kong SINGAPORE, Aug. 5. 'fWO men in America have made an offer
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    ‘WOMAN LOCKED UP ON POLLING DAY’
    322 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 4. A WOMAN was today charged in Telok Datoh, A south Selangor, with unauthorised possession of a ballot paper on July 27, the day of the first Federal elections. This is believed to be the first case of its kind in
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    AID FOR ALL FROM ONE FUND
    35 11 wllf*- Aub 5.—The Perak tocluC Association agreed to lts annual .meeting tun'd u welfare It was decided also that all welfare organisations should contribute annually to a single fund.
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    Move to subsidise Chinese schools
    145 11 GOVT. TO BE ASKED FOR GRANTS SINGAPORE, Aug. 5. rpHE Singapore Chinese Schools CommitteeTeacher Association decided at a meeting yesterday to ask the Government to subsidise all Colony Chinese schools. The decision was made after complaints from the Singapore Chinese School Conference that Chinese schools
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    JAILED TWO WEEKS FOR A JOY RIDE to K.L.
    326 12 Young soldier transferred to Ipoh missed his old pals, so he stole a car Crazy thing to do, says the magistrate IPOH, Aug. 3. A YOUNG SOLDIER, Private Howard Wakefield, who stole an expensive American car for ?t joy ride to
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    SAGA OF THE YACHT EVELIHE
    306 12 SINGAPORE,/ug. 5. T'HE Singapore yacht A Eveline, which was sailing to Kuala Selangor, ran into two sumatras in five days but gallantly braved the storms until it was “saved” by a police launch off Port Swettenham and towed up the Klang River. Despite the gales
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    200 tin factory men may strike
    203 12 SINGAPORE, Aug. 6. TWO HUNDRED workers employed in seven Singapore Chinese firms manufacturing tin cans will go on strike if their demands for more pay are not met by their employers today. They are members of the Singapore Factory and Shop Workers’ Union led
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    Caine is made Marshall adviser
    281 12 SINGAPORE, Aug. 5. OIR SYDNEY CAINE, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Malaya and an international economist and fiscal expert, has been appointed economic adviser to the Chief Minister of Singapore, Mr. David Marshall. Sir Sydney, who is regarded as one of Britain’s discoveries of the
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    On leave
    29 12 RAUB, Aug. s.—Dr, H. K. Ray, Medical Officer at Raub District Hospital, has gone on four week’s leave. Dr. Leong Chye Mun, from Bentong. has taken over.
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    Villagers help to build bridge
    44 12 KOTA BAHRU. Aug 5.-A $3,000 bridge linking Kampong Lati and Kampong Chicna Tinggi in the Pasir Mas district of Kelantan ha s been opened. The Government bore hail the cost while villagers raised the balance and gave free labour.
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    Planters told to watch out for ‘wreckers’
    249 12 ‘REMEMBER SINGAPORE RIOTS’: COUNCIL CHIEF KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 4. rpHE president of the Joint Consultative Council for the Planting Industries, Mr. T. M. Walker, today warned employees to be on the watch for “wreckers” and to bear in mind the trade union upheaval
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    OUT: A MARSHALL SECRET
    465 13 COLONY TO STAY ‘A BASTION’ Rahman drops ideas of union SINGAPORE, Aug. 6. rpHK FEDERATION’S 1 Chief Minister designate, Tengku Abdul Rahman, yesterday revealed one of the secrets of his two meetings with the Chief Minister of Singapore, Mr. David Marshall. ••It is clear in Mr.
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    Marshall ‘picked right man in Caine’
    244 13 SINGAPORE. Aug. 6. SINGAPORE commerical interests yesterday applauded Sir Sydney Caine’s appointment as economic adviser to the Chief Minister, Mr. Marshall. MB. YAP PHENG GECK, chairman of the Trade Advisory Council, said: ‘‘Sir Sydney is an eminent economist and financial expert. He has lived
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    UNION WANTS LOTTERIES TO HELP OUT
    86 13 KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 5. The secretary of the National Union of Factory and General 1 Workers, Mr. V. David, today suggested that the Lotteries Board should set aside part of its income to help the unemployed. The Board should provide such aid until unemployment
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    United front v. the Alliance
    274 13 JOINT OPPOSITION PLAN IN PERAK t rv,J P0H Au e- 5. A 1 MTLD FRONT” is th/"»n- f0rmed t0 fl ht ll| ;>Mce for the s «ats in the the eh.. ,V ,te C Uncil in L e ii ‘tons on Nov. 12. have two
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    660 13 Let s get down to job of governing VERNON BARTLETT i i comments... Straits Times. Aug. 4. I1AD Alice been able 11 to pursue her adventures in Wonderland, she might well have come across Mr. Lennox-Boyd and Mr. David Marshall, each captaining a tug-of-war team, peculiar in that, while they
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    ‘I’LL KILL THE LAND MARKET
    371 14 The speculators can yell if they want to, he says SINGAPORE, Aug. 7. "|"HE SINGAPORE Government will introduce measures, apart from the Land Acquisition Bill, to “freeze" land values in the whole island and "prevent land from being made a counter of speculation," the Chief
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    Diethelm workers charged
    116 14 SINGAPORE, Aug. 7. ONE HUNDRED and thirty seven workers of Diethelm and Co. were charged in the Singapore Seventh Magistrate’s Court yesterday with besetting the company's premises in Alexandra Road on the evening of Aug. 5 in a manner calculated to obstruct the approach to the factory.
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    Last wish is kept
    184 14 ISRAEL BURIAL FOR COLONY MAN SINGAPORE, Aug. 8. THE body of the late Mr. S. E. Sherida, a wellknown Singapore racehorse owner and businessman who died nine days ago. is to be exhumed and flown to Israel for re-burial. The exhumation has been ordered by the
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    Ex-planter dies in England
    51 14 SINGAPORE, Aug. 8. The death occurred at Surbiton, England, on July 31 of Mr. G. W. F. Brown, for many years a leading planter in Selangor. His last appointment was as manager of Dusun Durian Estate, of Golden Hope Rubber Estate Ltd., at Banting. He was
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    A stronger union—then teachers may strike
    215 14 IPOH. Aug. 6. AN annual general meeting of Perak teachers was warned today that it was useless talking about a Fede-ration-wide strike of teachers unless their unions were at full strength. The warning was given by Mr. Chelliah Navaradnam. president of the Perak branch
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    IN HONOURS OF THE SULTAN
    165 14 JOHORE, BAHRU, Aug. (5. A NEW town hall which blends Malay and Chinese architecture will be built here in honour of the Sultan’s Diamond Jubilee next month The hall will be built on an acre of land at Jalan Ayer Molik padang. The Sultan will
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    A RED STUDENT’S LIFE IS SO ROSY— MALAYAN
    564 14 A RED STUDENT ’S LIFE IS SO ROSY— MALAYAN Ex-detainee attacks ban on visits to Communist countries SINGAPORE, Aug. 8 A MALAY student leader just back from Moscow and Peking yesterday attacked restrictions preventing some Malayan students from visiting Communist countries. Inche Abdullah Majid, 28. former secretary -general of the
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    Airman hurt
    49 14 SINGAPORE. Aug. 8. LAC Knight of the Royal New Zealand Air Force, Tenpah, was admitted to the British Military Hospital last night in a serious condition after his car had been involved in a collision with a lorrv at the 12 V 2 milestone, Woodlands Road, Singapore.
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    Bosses boost boozing, says the MTUC
    164 14 Bosses boost boozing says the MTUC KUALA LUMPUR. Aug. 7. The Malayan Trade Union Council said today that toddy drinking was a “racket” encouraged by employers and supported by the Government. It should be abolished. In a report circulated to MTUC members, the council said it deplored the attitude of
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    TEMPERS FLARE AT MEETING
    353 15 Disputes grow in timber and tin can industries as owners stick fast claim must come first —carriers SINGAPORE, Aug. 9. (jEVl-.N representatives of the Singapore Sawmill Workers’ Union yesterday walked out angrily In (|u middle of a meeting with their employers a tl r ,i deadlock
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    GIRL IS HOME AGAIN
    127 15 She wasn’t fleeing to Red China SINGAPORE, Aug. 9. THE VIGIL at the whar- ves and the search in Singapore for 16-year-old Teng Yat Kiaw has ended —she has returned home to Batu Pahat. Her father, Lian Fong, a labourer, returned to Batu Pahat yesterday morning.
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    He’s off to Sydney T.B. meeting
    107 15 SINGAPORE, Aug. 9. SINGAPORE’S problems in dealing with tuberculosis are different from those in other countries, according to Dr. N. C. Sen-Gupta, who leaves today to attend an Asian Pacific Tuberculosis Conference, in Sydney, which begins on Aug. 15. There is a high incidence
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    Police officer promoted
    30 15 ba hru. Aug. 8— Asp am bin Raji Nawi, Fi,-, nimanding Police prop No 4 has been dent uty SuperintenHisham holds th# 1 111 Cross for Bravery
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    STUDENTS AGREE TO STAY OUT OF POLITICS
    201 15 Govt, concedes a point, too SINGAPORE. Aug 9. T'HE proposed Singapore k Chinese Middle Schools Students’ Union has agreed to a Government stipulation against political activities. The acting Registrar of Societies, Mr. J. D. Haskins, insisted that the students include in the union’s
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    Overseas work party for youth camp
    190 15 lu Ncapore, Aug. 9. U j ,A from Siam, K on« and the Federil\ong a work party hoip !)i, ring a site for a f)l th camp at Lim Road, Singapore. h which started wdl last 19 days. It ]d work camp or- the
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    ‘Your fears are exaggerated’ C-G tells traders
    261 15 SINGAPORE, Aug. 9. THE Commissioner-General, Mr. Malcolm MacDonald, said in Singapore last night that fears expressed in business quarters about the future prospects of Singapore were “unnecessarily exaggerated.” Speaking at a farewell cocktail party given to Mm by the Singapore, the Chinese and
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    MINISTER’S SON OFF TO BRITAIN
    34 15 RONNIE LIM, only son of Singapore’s Minister for Labour and Welfare, Mr. Lim Yew Hock, who has left for Britain to study civil engineering at the Brighton Technical College.
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    Poppy appeal
    35 15 PENANG, Aug. 8. The Resident Commissioner, Mr. R.P. Bingham, will preside at the inaugural meeting of the 1955 Poppy Day appeal at the Penang Turf Club, Chartered Bank Chambers, at 5.15 p.m. tomorrow.
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    One man-one council plan by Alliance —‘FOR EFFICIENT GOVERNMENT’
    166 15 KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 8. THE Alliance will not nominate Federal Legislative Councillors as candidates in future State, Settlement and Local Council elections. At present about 15 per cent of the Alliance Federal Councillors hold seats in State and Settlement councils. Mr.
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    More power for Lumut
    58 15 SITIAWAN, Aug. 8. Work has begun on the laying of an underground cable from the Central Electricity Board’s Sitiawan station to Lumut. Tills cable will improve the electricity supply in Lumut which is now limited from 6 p.m. to 6 a m. The town now gets
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    COURT BATTLE IS ON FOR $6 MILLION
    1549 16 WAS ALL THAT OIL BOOTY TAKEN FROM ENEMY? SINGAPORE, Aug. 10. VUAS $6,000,000 worth of oil taken over by the British military authorities in Singapore in 1945 war booty, or did it belong to the oil companies whose properties the Japanese seized when
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    STRIKE NOTICE AT NAVAL BASE
    150 16 Trainee qualified, then sacked SINGAPORE, Au?. 10. 'THE 10,000-strong Sin--1 gapore Naval Base Labour Union will send a 14-day strike notice to the Admiralty today. The strike decision was taken last night at a meeting of the union after talks with the Admiralty over the
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    Govt. out to keep a promise
    165 16 CRISIS REGULATIONS REVIEW SINGAPORE, Aug. 10. SINGAPORE'S Labour Front Government intends to make sweeping changes in the Colony’s Emergency Regulations. The Chief Minister, Mr. David Marshall, told the Straits Times last night that bills “to completely review and recast the whole subject” would be
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    Back pay
    34 16 JOHORE BAHRU. Aug. 9.— The Johore State Council today approved of a sum of $650,850 for payment of arrears of salaries, wages and allowances consequent to revision of salaries approved in 1954
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    We need a new anthem, he says
    218 16 PENANG. Aug. 9. MALAYA should have its own national an. them in future, Syed Hassan Al-Attas. Kampong Makam t'MNO Youth leader, suggested today. “With the country moving closer to independence, thp Alliance Government should seriously consider the need to inspire patriotism among the
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    Death for cashier’s slayers
    1652 17 DPP: CLAIM THAT IT STARTED AS JOKE -IS UNBELIEVABLE KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 9. pilENG CHUNG LING, l 22, a salesman of Wearne Brothers Ltd., an d Kwong Kim On, 18, an unemployed youth, vert sentenced to death t his afternoon for murderin‘4 Yap Kon Shin. 53
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    ‘Need is quantity not quality
    407 17 K. LUMPUR, Aug. 9. r pHE Alliance Government will examine new systems of national education because the existing national schools “have not been found popular.” The Federation’s Chief Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman said this tonight in his first policy broadcast. Tengku Abdul Rahman outlined his
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    Students’ statement unauthorised
    173 17 SINGAPORE. Aug. 10. A m Iate MENT by the PanUo n A Students Federation. p! lng support to Singa-du-it, nf se School graSOn V’" ainst a police ban on corr ems of a proposed conts ,ls yesterday described stir■ 1,lu Jnorised and unconllullnnal.” Tl I'M signed by
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    The views of 400,000
    104 17 THE Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce has called upon local guilds and 68 associations for their views on its demand for a Singapore citizenship. Representatives of these organisations, which claim a membership of 400.000 will meet chamber officials tomorrow for discussions. Eleven chamber delegates are meeting
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    344 18 HE SEARCHES CHINA-BOUND SHIP FOR DAUGHTER SINGAPORE. Aug. 8. A 58-YEAR-OLD labourer, Lian Fong, searched the Tjiluwah yesterday for his 16-year-old daughter. Relatives helped him in the search, but they failed to find the girl before the ship sailed. The girl, Teng Yat
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    BRIGADE’S TRIBUTE
    125 18 SINGAPORE, Aug. 8. rE CHIEF Justice of Singapore, Sir Charles MurrayAynsley, said goodbye to 150 members of the St. John Ambulance Brigade and shook hands with each of them at a farewell tea-party in his honour at Robinson’s Cafe yesterday. Sir Charles and Lady MurrayAynsley, former officials of
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    DYAK MAIDENS AND I—BY MR. MACDONALD
    317 18 SINGAPORE. Aug. 7. THE DUTIES of a Commissioner-General ranged from midnight water ski-ing to playing blind man’s buff with Dyak maidens, Mr. Malcolm MacDonald said yesterday. Speaking at a Singapore Badminton Association farewell lunch to him, Mr. MacDonald. a patron of the Association. said
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    TO THE MEMORY OF GALLANT MEN
    183 18 SINGAPORE. Aug. 8. A MEMORIAL to Admiral Sir Tom Phillips and the officers and men of the Prince of Wales and Repulse was dedicated at St. Andrew’s Cathedral, Singapore yesterday. The C-in-C, Far East Station, Vice-Admiral Sir Alan Scott Moncrieff, handed over the memorial—two
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    MALAYA CUP TO SINGAPORE
    1390 18 j THE WEEK IN SPORT SINGAPORE beat Kelantan by three goals to one in the 29th H M S. Malaya Cup football final at Jalan Besar Stadium. Singapore, last week and thus for the 16th time became holders of Malayan soccer’s premier trophy which they last
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    ZABAGLIONE WINS GOLD CUP RACE
    1159 19  -  Isy EPSOM JEEP PENANG, Aug. 7. r w \GLIONE, carrying U 1C colours of Mr. T Menzies, triumphed in Penang Gold Cup miles (worth about r ,o to the winner) Zfu i keen tussle with j o <; II at Penang lay, concluding day August
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    MAHA RANEE WINS BIG RACE FOR CL. 2
    667 19  -  B' EPSOM JEEP Aug. 5. APPRENTICE Kitson I.vong kept up his splendid work for the van Rreukelens when he lanckd a double on two old aiders, eight-year-old River Patrol and seven -year-old Tryas, at Pen a yesterday, third day the August Bank
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    WORLD JOINS PENANG PHOTO SHOW
    80 19 PENANG, Aug. B.—More than 1,000 entries from all over the world have been received for the first Penang International Exhibition of Photography sponsored by the Penang Pictorialists. The exhibition will be he*d in the showrooms of Hin Com§any, Brick Kiln Road, from epf. 11 to
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    Rubber scrip scarce
    528 20 I SHARE MARKET 1 By Our Market Correspondent SINGAPORE, Aug. 8. WAS only to be expected main interest in the Singapore Share Market was concentrated last week in the rubber section in view of the sharp rise of 17| cents a pound in the commodity price. Although
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    BUSINESS DONE
    382 20 THE following business done in the Singapore Share Market last week was reported by one firm of brokers, for the period August 1 I to August 5: INDUSTRIALS: British Borneo Pets. 51s. incl. stamp. 495. 9d, Fraser Neave Ords $1,67 4 to $1.72'-, Gammons $2,574 to $2 82*2.
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    Buying spree on local rubber mart
    437 20 SINGAPORE. Aug. 6. rpHE Singapore rubber market opened again on Tuesday after the holidays to be confronted with every indication of support from London and New York, report Holiday, Cutler, Bath Co., Ltd. These encouraging signs which recurred on Tuesday and Wednesday started trade
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    DIVIDENDS ANNOUNCED
    66 20 THE following dividends were announced last week by companies operating in Malaya:— TEKKA LTD.: A third interim dividend of 6d. per share for year ended March 31, payable in England on August 19. THE BIKIT KATI RUBBER ESTATES LTD.: A final dividend of 10% less 30r; income tax,
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    Park opening
    35 20 ALOR STAR, Aug. 8. The Sultan of Kedah will open the Great World Amusement Park at Jalan Bahru at 5.30 p.m. on Aug. 14. There will be a cocktail party after the ceremony.
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    112 20 SINGAPORE. Aug. 10. Singapore Chinese Produce Exchange: noon prices per picul yesterday were:— Copra: steady: August $26% buyers. $26% sellers; September $27 buyers. $27 1 sellers. Coconut oil: quiet; bulk $39% sellers, drum $42*4 sellers. Pepper: steady for the white variety with some 15 tons business done while
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    MALAYAN SHARE QUOTATIONS
    898 20 SINGAPORE, Aug. 10. INDUSTRIALS Buyers Sellers Alex. Bricks Pref 1.85 1.9 5 Orels 2 10 2.25 Atlas Ice 13.00 (buyers) B B. Petrol 46/- 48/B M Trustees 6 50 1 00 Con. Tin Smell p ref »0'- 23/Ords 31/. 32 xd eastern United 37 50 38 60
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    TERROR TOWN SECURITY CHECK-UP
    218 20 KLUANG. Aug. 9. SECURITY is to be tightened in the Kluang suburb of Yap Tau Sah after a further break-in last night by a terrorist gang—the fifth in 18 months. The terrorists, who km two special constables wounded two others in their latest attack on the
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