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Title Section28 1956-03-08 1 The Straits Budget e vv No. 498 \>. MALAYA’S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER Singapore, March 8, 1956. THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES Price 40 cents (Malayan) Or 1 Shilling.28 words
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1405 1956-03-08 2 TWEEDLEDUM - TWEEDLEDUM, Singapore. IT would be interesting A to know how many of those concerned have re- allsed the full implications of the new sub-sections of Section 40 of the Income Tax Ordinance. This Bill comes up for its second reading in the Singapore1,405 words
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Article438 1956-03-08 2 VEEMO - VEEMO. Seremban I READ with interest the essays by schoolchildren recorded in your columns. Some of them. Indeed, show such maturity that one wonders if they really are as autogenous as they should be. However, my main reaction is one of fear. The eesent world is438 words
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Article369 1956-03-08 2 M. A. MAJt - M. A. MAJt*' Singapore. BELIEVE the C < rn» ment of the Col-, y of Singapore is not an ir.t try for the benefit of the j v ii servants, both expa 4lt es and local born. I also believe that the peop;> 0 f Singapore369 words
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Article650 1956-03-08 3 —Straits Times, March 1. ,1-t interview at the nK flight is not the rU- f r p iiticai p u e „l comment. In other a,c; 0!1 v c Singapore’s inisht have 1 “V ~i himself somewhat jXmntiv than in fact he did Paya Lobar. He U—Straits Times, March 1. - 650 words
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Article677 1956-03-08 3 Straits Times Mar. 2. Questions in the House of Commons have brought a little comfort to the small men in the Borneo timber trade who have protested, so far without avail, against the Government’s action on behalf of the large operators. The Minister of State for ColonialStraits Times Mar. 2. - 677 words
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Article205 1956-03-08 3 Straits Times Mar. 2. “We hereby guarantee our school and teachers we shall produce better results this year, by giving more time to study and less to outside activities.” So runs a resolution of students of the Singapore Chinese High School whose activities in the past twoStraits Times Mar. 2. - 205 words
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Article604 1956-03-08 3 —Straits Times, Mar. 3. The demand by the National Union of Plantation Workers for a new wage agreement with the M.P.I.E.A. will turn attention to Federation labour problems which have been submerged by the prosperity of dollar-plus rubber and the success of the merdeka mission in London.—Straits Times, Mar. 3. - 604 words
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Article218 1956-03-08 3 —Straits Times, Mar. 3. The trial in Jakarta of two Dutchmen charged with subversive activity against the State of Indonesia is being watched outside that country with more than ordinary interest. They were arrested two years ago. There have been intermittent reports of ill-treatment in jail which—Straits Times, Mar. 3. - 218 words
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Article521 1956-03-08 4 -Straits Times, Mar. 5. Mr. David Marshall’s visit to Kuala Lumpur has made one thing plain. The Alliance Government will not discuss Singapore’s entry into the Federation until the Federation has achieved independence. Tengku Abdul Rahman was quite emphatic about it. For one thing, he said,-Straits Times, Mar. 5. - 521 words
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Article538 1956-03-08 4 -Straits Times, Mar. 6. Chinese education must be given full assistance, Chinese culture must be preserved. While the Singapore All-Party Committee dwelt earnestly and at length on this theme, its report has been notable also for its sympathetic ex- ploration of a subject which i so far-Straits Times, Mar. 6. - 538 words
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Article875 1956-03-08 4 —Straits Times, Mar 7 Controversy which has raged almost without interruption throughout the sittings of the Malayanisation Commission in Singapore is reflected in the interim report covering the central Government services. There is a majority report signed by eight members headed by the chairman, Dr. Sreenivasan. In—Straits Times, Mar 7 - 875 words
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Article266 1956-03-08 4 —Straits Times, Mar 7 Singapore’s trade union chiefs, like the political bosses, are exploring mergers, alliances and coalitions. A few days ago the Singapore Trades Union Congress and the Singapore Trade Unions Working Committee issued their first joint statement, that they would celebrate May Day together. Last year—Straits Times, Mar 7 - 266 words
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Article, Illustration789 1956-03-08 5 OXi.Y a flaming revdationary with mmbs in his pocket could fail to be att rat. ted. by Sarawak, j vorld where so many m pie are anxious to cut y the sheet anchor of tradition, progress is im>:velv steady. Guests t the Astana789 words
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Article866 1956-03-08 5 Captain tells court-martial: *O.O, asked me to cover up loss* SINGAPORE, Mar. 6. CAPT. J M. GAFF, of the RA O C., told a general court-martial in Singapore yesterday that his Officer Commanding asked him to cover up the loss of about 2.400 electric detonators from No.866 words
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Article73 1956-03-08 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Mar. 5. With the help of an air strike, troops of the South Wales Borderers and the Queen’s Regiment carried out an operation in a big cordoned-olf area in the Kluang district of Johore during the weekend. They opened fire on four terrorists who. however,73 words
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Article101 1956-03-08 5 SINGAPORE, Mar. 6. Methodist Bishop g. Bromley Oxnam, an expert on labour management problems and social reform now in Singapore cancelled a lecture on “Christianity, Communism and Social Justice” which he was to have given to University of Malaya students yesterday afternoon. The 04-year-old Bishop,101 words
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Article44 1956-03-08 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 5. A police field force patrol yesterday found a terrorist dump in the Penggerang area of Johore. In it were 50 sticks of explosives, of which 20 were serviceable, six igniter sets, and six tins of cigarettes.44 words
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128 1956-03-08 5 SINGAPORE, Mar. 3. A RADIO MALAYA team will leave for Siam next week t.o make recordings of Siamese music and to gather material for radio programmes. The trip is part of a plan to promote cultural relations between Siam and Malaya as128 words
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Article1153 1956-03-08 6 —CYNICLS - —CYNICLS IT might be unfair to suggest that Singapore’s Chief Minister thrives on crisis. Perhaps it is crisis that thrives on the Chief Minister. They are beginning. at any rate, to be good companions. It is a thought that makes an otherwise straightforward newspaper poster a1,153 words
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Article, Illustration8 1956-03-08 6 ITINERANT MENDER Photo by Terence Khoo.—Photo by Terence Khoo. - 8 words
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Article, Illustration212 1956-03-08 6 TERRY PILLAY - By TERRY PILLAY Fashion expert succumbs to fashions in Malaya SINGAPORE, Mar. 6. A FAMOUS woman fashion journalist yesterday urged Malayan women to wear their national costumes instead of Western-style dress. “It would be tragic,” said Miss Rosemary Cooper, editor of Vogue ‘Export’ and Vogue ‘Supplements’, “if212 words
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Article39 1956-03-08 6 SINGAPORE, Mar. 6. About $lOO,OOO worth of opium was seized by Singapore Customs officers on board the Bcntong. which arrived from Bangkok on Mar. 4. The opium, wetghing 2501b5. was hidden in the ship’s fuel tank.39 words
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Article115 1956-03-08 6 SINGAPORE, Mar. 5. Singapore Trade Unions Working Committee yesterday protested against the Traction Company s proposal to increase fares. Leaders of the committee said fare increases wouia mean a rise in the cost living and w r ould force ’*'o*' kers to submit claims IGi more115 words
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Article378 1956-03-08 7 GEOFFREY BOLANC - By GEOFFREY BOLANC SINGAPORE, Mar. 3. shareholders of United Engineers, one L° v !a\ a s largest industrial firms with an nii il of $7,832,880, are taking action to I u .Van investigation into the affairs of ,'.V)-jnv during recent years. the -nand das come after378 words
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Article565 1956-03-08 7 TUAN DJEK - TUAN DJEK V T ESTERDAY there was I a m mins party at a planter riverside house It was not clear as to was celeoratin? his Dirthday. or that of the wife of a high tv ;ic e officer on local leave h ped he would not565 words
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Article96 1956-03-08 7 aits Tunes l > v, 1006: T t; Projected en:n Singapore is h Of a new A:.ri 1 in P>ng Katong. successfully e scheme will flt to the nls popular for at the a,, y are plac- ed at considerable inconvenience by having to come into town.aits Tunes l> v, 1006: - 96 words
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Article856 1956-03-08 7 STANLEY STREET - At ALA YSIAA a on:HOOK STANLEY STREET. WHEN people list the more pleasing examples of Singapore architecture they generally. and perhaps deliberately, forget to mention Changi prison. Prisons seldom figure in illustrations of architectural design for obvious reasons. Yet the pattern of prisons in Malaya, at once functional856 words
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Article196 1956-03-08 7 SINGAPORE, Mar. 1 rpHREE British conA stitutional experts have been appointed by the Singapore Government to help the Collony’s merdeka mission to London next month. Sir Ivor Jennings, who helped to frame the constitutions of Ceylon and Pakistan, will lead the team. In 1947, when Sir196 words
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Article71 1956-03-08 7 IPOH, Mar. 2.—The body of another terrorist has been found by a police jungle squad in the Ijok Forest Reserve of the Selama area near Taiping. This is the third kill In this area during the last 10 days. There are only seven or eight71 words
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Article31 1956-03-08 7 SINGAPORE, Mar. 3. Members of the Indo-Malay Pakistani Seamen’s Union in Singapore last night voted at a meeting to change its name to the Malayan National Seamen’s Union.31 words
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Article539 1956-03-08 8 FELIX ABISHEGANADEN - Crisis next month —Marshall By FELIX ABISHEGANADEN SINGAPORE, Mar. 1 SINGAPORE will face its gravest constitutional crisis in April, the Chief Minister, Mr. David Marshall, warned when he returned to the Colony yesterday from Switzerland. Mr. Marshall, who had broken doctors’ lay-off-work orders and contacted British officials from Switzerland, was539 words
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Article, Illustration698 1956-03-08 8 WILLIAM FISH - CUBAN CUTIE JUST CASUAL CALLER: ROYAL ROMANCE REPORT ‘A RIDICULOUS RUMOUR By WILLIAM FISH SINGAPORE, Mar. 1 TOENGKU ABDUL RAH- MAN, 22 year old grandson of the Sultan of Johore, yesterday denied he is in love with Senorita Chelo Alonso, the “Cuban H-bomb” dancerStraits Times picture. - 698 words
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191 1956-03-08 8 SINGAPORE, Mar. 1 SINGAPORE trishamen attended a spirited City Council debate about themselves yesterday and went home greatly relieved at the Council’s decision. The Council rejected, by 24 votes to one, a proposal to replace 1,200 trishas with 80 taxis, despite references to191 words
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Advertisement41 1956-03-08 8 STRAITS BUDGET SUBSCRIPTION RATES (PAYABLE IN ADVANCE) The weekly issues of the Straits Budget can be sent express air delivery service to the United Kingdom only an inclusive rate of $24.00 for six months. (ALL THE ABOVE ARE IN MALAYAN CURRENCY)41 words
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Article1111 1956-03-08 9 SOLEMN PLEDGE: I’LL NOT SPARE MYSELF ru ALA LUMPUR. Feb. IV *>y -The Federatj0n of Malaya takes another big step toward independence tomorrow with the hand,)Vfr of control of internal defence and security to the elected Alliance Government. From tomorrow the Chief and Minister for1,111 words
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Article206 1956-03-08 9 Will others come? 7 don’t know KUALA KUBU BAHRU, Feb. 29 SANG, leader of the 11 terrorists who surrendered north of here on Feb. 27, said today that the promise of independence for Malaya had brought his gang out of the Jungle. At a press206 words
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Article129 1956-03-08 9 JOHORE BAHRU, Feb. 29. MOHAMED NOR BIN ABUBAKAR. 26, who struck a Customs officer on the head with an iron rod, was today jailed for two years by the Johore Bahru Sessions Court for causing hurt. The court was told that the officer, Jaffar bin129 words
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269 1956-03-08 9 SINGAPORE, Mar. 1 MORE THAN 100 business executives in Singapore yesterday paid out special “service bonuses” in free entertainment and gifts for hundreds of sick and handicapped children, poor people and students. The executives were Rotarians renewing their pledge of “Service Before Self’’ on269 words
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Article144 1956-03-08 9 PLANS FOR FINLAY SON GREEN AND KALLANG SINGAPORE, Mar. 1 SINGAPORE may shortly follow Kuala Lumpur’s lead and install pedestrian subways under traffic-congested streets. Various committees engaged in solving the city’s mounting traffic chaos have already requested preliminary estimates and plans for two subways, it is understood. One,144 words
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Article38 1956-03-08 9 SINGAPORE, March, 1. A 60-year-old trisha rider, Chan Ah Peng, was admitted to Singapore General Hospital yesterday a'ter a collision between his vrisha and a ca r in Cecil Stree; Chan received head injures.38 words
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Article386 1956-03-08 10 BILL CAMPBELL - By BILL CAMPBELL SINGAPORE, Mar. 1 VEW ZEALAND and Australian airmen stationed at R.A.F. Tengah, Singapore, resumed eating in their mess yesterday but they remained dissatisfied with the food. Nearly 40 airmen stalked out of the mess during the mid-day meal on Feb 28 in386 words
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578 1956-03-08 10 PATRICIA MORGAN - NO EFFORT TO AID STRICKEN MOTHER By PATRICIA MORGAN SIXGAPOKK, Mur. 1 gllOCKKI) c o in infinity lenders Inst night condemned the cnllous indilVerenee of n crowd wli i e li yesterday morning watched a woman giving birth to a578 words
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480 1956-03-08 10 Only two back Dato Tan’s merger view LUMPUR, Feb. 29—Federation leaders today disagreed with Dato Sir Cheng-lock Tan’s surprise statement that Singapore and the Federation should unite as equal partners. They said it was “just one man’s view.” Malayan Chinese Association sources said480 words
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Article192 1956-03-08 10 SINGAPORE, Mar l MORE THAN 150 people were made homeless yesterday i n t lunch-time fire ‘which destroyed 18 houses in a Chinese settlement in Florence Road, oil Upper Serangoon Road. The blaze, which broke out at 1 p.m., Is believed to have192 words
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110 1956-03-08 10 SINGAPORE, March, 1 In a protest against the food in University of Malaya hostels 400 students have signed a petition asking for the resignation of the assistant lady supervisor The petition has been sent to the vice-Chan-cellor, Sir Sydney Caine, and to110 words
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Article48 1956-03-08 10 SINGAPORE, March, 1. Several soldiers atach* <• the 443 Base Ammuma >n Depot in Kranji, Sintra’* were questioned yesterday 1 connection with the thc.i 1 3,000 detonators from depot last week-end. Investigations on the are being conducted joir by the civilian police a:,u the army authorities.48 words
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Article314 1956-03-08 11 SINGAPORE, Mar. 2 Hi \%S to merge all Singapore political parties r j l(i i a National Anti-Communist Front to u li'ir Colony on the road to merdeka were h nn!iunn'd by the Chief Minister, Mr. David Marshall* last night. He s ;ii(l: "The danger of314 words
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Article180 1956-03-08 11 17 UAL A LUMPUR, Mar. 1 -In the week starting today, the Federation Government is not collecting anything from its rubber antiinflationary cess introduced last June. The price of rubber for the "March 1 to 7” week was gazetted at 98 5/8 cer.t' a lb180 words
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Article, Illustration231 1956-03-08 11 Singapore steals schoolboy’s love family saits for China but he stays SINGAPORE, Mar. 2. A CHINA-BORN schoolboy made an important decision yesterday he chose to remain in Singapore rather than follow his family to Red China. The plight of 17-year-old Sio Koon Lin came to light when he asked Mr.231 words
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272 1956-03-08 11 SINGAPORE, Mar. 2 A BRITISH soldier tried to sell a rifle and 50 rounds of ammunition because he had run short of money, a Singapore court-mar-tial was told yesterday. L/Cpl. William Warnock, 20. of the Royal Scots Fusiliers, pleaded guilty to attempting t272 words
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105 1956-03-08 11 SINGAPORE, Mar. 2. POLICE are investigating two eases of mischief at the Malayan Textile Mills Ltd. factory in Bukit Timah Road. Singapore On Feb. 4. a brush was thrown into the works of a machine, and on Feb 16. 28105 words
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Article65 1956-03-08 11 KUALA LIJMPUR, Mar. 1 Security forces in Selangor have found 10 terrorist food dumps. Nine were found in the Kuala Kuhu district. The largest had about .300 katis of rice. The other was discovered by a patrol of special constables and home guards in the Kuala65 words
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Article43 1956-03-08 11 SINGAPORE. March, 1. A 38-year-olu carpenter. Cheong Sah Man, was fatally injured while working on the wooden framework around a lift shaft in John Little’s Building, Singapore, yester day. Cheong was hit on the head by a descending counterweight43 words
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Article180 1956-03-08 11 T. MPUR, Mar. 1 <hy ;i:i nood here tonnllionaire rice ;wsed of de! rr. 1 deral GovernTh '*is of rice i are the K r of the A- l( I. 1 neong Rice ,M Soon Seng. 39 °f criminal t. of the rice. OO Cheng.180 words
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Article38 1956-03-08 11 JOHORE BAHRU, Mar. 1 In the Sessions Court today. Koh Tin Moi. 45. was fined $1,200. in default six months’ jail for possession of 22 opium pills and smoking utensils in a hut off Kampong Bahru.38 words
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Article66 1956-03-08 11 LUMPUR, Mar. 1 -An important responsibility affecting Communists and their supporters was transferred today to Tengku Abdul Rahman as Minister for Internal Defence and Security. From today he can make, cancel or suspend an order detaining an individual under the Emergency Regulations. This power was66 words
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242 1956-03-08 12 Labour Dept, answers Commons charge Kuala lumpur, Mar. 1 —a spokesman of the Federation Labour Department today denied that some Malayan rubber planting companies had offset increases in wages granted their workers last October by increasing prices in estate "shops. He said it was242 words
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Article, Illustration284 1956-03-08 12 SINGAPORE, Mar. 2 SINGAPORE Police and Immigration authorities yesterday denied an allegation that Achinese were using the Colony as a base for activities against Indonesia. The Times of Indonesia, an English language newspaper, had alleged that “it was inconceivable that the Achinese284 words
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Article37 1956-03-08 12 SINGAPORE, Mar. 2. The Singapore Government has lifted Its ban on the re-export of flour from the Colony. The ban was imposed during the Australian dock strike early last month to conserve stocks.37 words
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Article227 1956-03-08 12 •MAY DAMAGE HOPES OF SUCCESSFUL SINGAPORE-FEDERATION MERGER’ SINGAPORE, Mar. 2 JJINGAPORh political parties think there is too much premature talk about possible union between the Colony and the Ked eration. And they feel that unless it is chocked the chances of finding a satisfactory basis for227 words
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Article98 1956-03-08 12 MALACCA, Mar. I.—Dato Sir Cheng-lock Tan said here today he had been "misunderstood and misquoted" in his statement that Singapore should Join the Federation as an equal partner. "What I really meant," he said "was that Singapore should come into the Federation as a unit but98 words
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Article68 1956-03-08 12 Johore ambush SINGAPORE, March I mHE light mg 1 on a tip. yesterday kill? ed three of five terrorist* contacted in an 2322? n the “quiet” Purit s u long area. 20 miles from Batu Pahat. m Both the Reds who cot away were wounded The dead68 words
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Article33 1956-03-08 12 SINGAPORE, March, l Goh Cheng Yong, 84. was killed in an accident at the Collyer Quay-Telegraph Street junction, Singapore, yesterday. Goh was knocked down by a car while walking.33 words
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Article, Illustration279 1956-03-08 12 WILLIAM FISH - By WILLIAM FISH SINGAPORE, Mar. 2 FAST-TALKING, c bow-tied English man, who operated with Force 136 under the code name “Dumbo,” has returned to Malaya—to entertain the troops. C o m e d i—Straits Times Picture. - 279 words
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Article36 1956-03-08 12 CHANGLOON. Feb *9 Th Oxford-Cambridge rar Eastern touring team drn .n» from London to Singap crossed the Malayan -Siam border at Bukit Kayu this afternoon. A later message said team had reached Penan,.36 words
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Article343 1956-03-08 13 KUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 1 LniK nil FT MINISTER, Tengku Abdul Rahman, ITtodiV rejected the claim by 65,000 daily-paid L vprnineut workers for a $4-a-day minimum wage. f OO Bllt ~fter a two-hour meeting with the workers’ ik Committee he agreed to consider, in consulta-t-nn with343 words
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Article, Illustration54 1956-03-08 13 SINGAPORE, March, 1. MR. WIJONO SURYOKUSUMO, secretary of the Asian Socialist Conference, (above) arrived in Singapore from Jakarta yesterday to discuss the Labour Front’s application for membership. He told the Straits Times that support of the freedom movement was one of the aims of the54 words
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Article275 1956-03-08 13 ‘WE MAY GO TO SEE THE QUEEN’ PENANG, Mar. 1 THE President of the Penang Straits Chinese BriA tish Association, Mr. Heah Joo Seang, today accused the Colonial Office of having shown “a defeatist spirit under the guise of democracy.” Mr. Heah, presiding at today's inaugural275 words
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Article61 1956-03-08 13 SINGAPORE, Mar. 2. The Dutch oil companies’ $6,000,000 appeal against the decision of the War Claims Compensation Board reached its closing stages in the Singapore Court of Appeal yesterday when Mr. Geoffrey Cross. Q.C., representing the Crown, concluded his address. Sir Hartley Shawcross. Q.C., appearing for61 words
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84 1956-03-08 13 ITT ALA LUMPUR. Feb. 29.-The Selangor Chief Education 1\ Ollicer. Mr. K. D. Luke, said today that a standard Malayan English dialect was possible. But he told Rotarians at their weekly meeting here: “It is very wrong to lay down hard-and-fast rules84 words
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Article267 1956-03-08 13 KUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 1 THE NEW WAGE agreement which the National Union of Plantation Workers is seeking is expected to be based on the cost of living rather than on the fluctuating price of rubber. The union is keeping details of the new wage267 words
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Article, Illustration255 1956-03-08 13 It needed a vote to stop him talking SINGAPORE, Mar. 2. almost all of its two-awi-a-half-hour meetlr.i yesterday, the Singapo.c City Council listentP t0 l, no member Mr. Sim Be no; Seng. vns in the Opposi- throughout, receiving upport from fellowUunrillors. the Liberal So>n255 words
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Article86 1956-03-08 13 MALACCA. Mar. 1 The president of the Malayan Chinese Association. Dato Sir Cheng-lock Tan. said today that he was “strongly against’’ Tengku Abdul Rahman’s plan to lift the ban on opium in the Federation. He said: “You lift the ban and there will be86 words
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Article154 1956-03-08 13 SINGAPORE, Mar. 2 THE Singapore ChiA nese Chamber of Commerce will urge the Government to persuade the Federation Chief Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, against legalising the sale of opium. The vice-president of the chamber. Mr. Yap Pheng Geek, told the Straits Times yesterday that, the154 words
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Article50 1956-03-08 13 SINGAPORE, Mar. 5. A team of technical experts is conducting experiments in Singapore to determine the rate of corrosion of metal under tropical conditions. The team, members of the Physical Sciences Committee, is headed by Professor R. A. Robinson of the Department of Chemistry, University of Malaya.50 words
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Article, Illustration297 1956-03-08 14 ‘Either Sight or lose birthright of Queers subjects' Whitehall is criticised for ‘ominous silence 9 PENANG, Mar. 2. BRITISH subjects in North Malaya, at a rally last night, protested against the move by the British and Federal Governments to demote them to “second-class citizens.” Leaders297 words
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Article262 1956-03-08 14 JOINT ACTION ON MAY DAY SINGAPORE, Mar. 3. Almost overnight, the gulf between the Singapore Trades Union Congress and the Singapore Trade Unions Working Committee seems to have been bridged. For the first time in their history, the two organisations yesterday issued a joint262 words
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Article38 1956-03-08 14 KUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 2. The President of Party Ra'avat, Inche Ahmad Boestamnm, today demanded that the Chief Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, should release all detainees to “prove his strength” as Minister for Defence and Internal Security.38 words
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131 1956-03-08 14 Kuala lumpur. Mar. 2 The Federation Government is making plans for the training of diplomats who will be needed once the country achieves full independence. Twelve young Malayan Civil Service officers have already been before a selection board to see if they are131 words
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Article152 1956-03-08 14 IPOH, Mar. 2. “A VERY serious error” by a magistrate who sentenced a 43-year-old carpenter, Wong Ling, to one year’s jail for housebreaking enabled Wong to leave the Ipoh High Court a free man today. Wong was found guilty by the Sitiawan Circuit Magistrate, Inche Mohamed152 words
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Article30 1956-03-08 14 KUALA LUMPUR. Mar. 4 A Kelantan Home Guard operational unit yesterday wounded one of three terrorists contacted in a camp in the Kemasek district of Kelantan.30 words
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138 1956-03-08 14 SINGAPORE, M 9 THE Queen-in-CounrU A has agreed to multilingualism in the Singapore Legislative s sembly and the appointment of an additional Minister. Amendments to the Colonv O-uer-in-Council allowin'® the Chief Minister instead of the Chief Secretary to preside at meetings oj the Council138 words
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345 1956-03-08 14 SINGAPORE, Mar. 2 LONG-STANDING dispute between the United Motor Sampans Association and the Singapore Fruit and Vegetable Dealers’ Association has now come to a head. And the outcome of the row may mean that local housewives will have a smaller range of green groceries345 words
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96 1956-03-08 14 SINGAPORE, Mar. 3. SHELL Company will spend $16 million this year re-model and expand its on installations and depots nj Singapore, the Federation a:u. North Borneo. The company’s operatimanager, Mr. L. V. Taym:. yesterday said this amo did not include capital ,A penditure on the96 words
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Article243 1956-03-08 15 SINGAPORE, Mar, 5, rrllF explosion of a mortar bomb which killed I i m.'in yesterday revealed one of the biggest rnl < <]>inips ever found in Singapore. li K (|nmp —in the compound ol a wooden lin ,r-,|,,\v —'was hidden under a tarpaulin heI I liinck hushes243 words
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181 1956-03-08 15 rr U A L A LUMPUR, IV Mar. 4. Chinese schools associations and guilds in Selangor will help the Malayan Chinese Association in its drive to get as many Chinese as possible to register as voters for Federal and State elections. Tills181 words
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Article306 1956-03-08 15 K. LUMPUR, Mar. 4. seven men who A were killed when a Royal Air Force Valetta crashed in deep jungle north of the Blue Valley Tea Estate in the Cameron Highlands area on Mar. 2 were buried today near the scene of the crash. The names306 words
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Article74 1956-03-08 15 BENTONG. Mar. 4. The Labour Department has issued warnings to employers in Pahang and Trengganu who have failed to pay adequate maternity allowances. The Deputy Commissioner for Labour. Mr. G. R. K. Ord. said yesterday that most of the offenders were small employers who were ignorant of74 words
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Article226 1956-03-08 15 RATNASAMY SETS OUT ON THE FIRST STAGE KUALA LUMPUR. Mar. 4. It may sound imto go round Qin*° rld with onl y MU m your pocket. miruni J o i naBamy a det€r Singawork 1 1 tch h ik and meala as he P-Pil of226 words
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Article20 1956-03-08 15 The m 1 MPUR, Mar. 4.— f Trade Union today to disFederation Dour, Mr. v. the question unemployed20 words
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Article, Illustration198 1956-03-08 15 SINGAPORE, Mar. 4. rE Governor of Singapore, Sir Robert Black, and Lady Black, the Com-missioner-General, Sir Robert Scott, and Lady Scott, were among those who attended a special thanksgiving service at St. Andrew’s Cathedral yesterday morning to mark the centenary of its foundation. On March198 words
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Article128 1956-03-08 15 On mercy mission from fort IPOH, Mar. 4. THREE servicemen were slightly injured when an S.51 helicopter of the R.A.F. crashed soon after taking off in the Fort Brooke area on the PerakPahang border yesterday evening. The helicopter had flown from Ipoh to pick up128 words
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Article58 1956-03-08 15 SINGAPORE, Mar. 5. Singapore will be represented at the World Assembly of Youth meeting in Berlin in August. Four Youth Council delegates are expected to be selected shortly. The council president, Mrs. N. G Norris, said WAY would probably subsidise two delegates and the council58 words
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Article1859 1956-03-08 16 FELIX ABISHEGANADEN - By FELIX ABISHEGANADEN SINGAPORE, Mar. 7. TWO-YEAR plan to Malay anise completely the Singapore Government’s administrative service and help the Colony to “build a nation’’ has been recommended by the Malayanisation Commission. The report, which will be presented at today’s meeting of the Legislative Assembly, seeks1,859 words
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725 1956-03-08 17 ‘Only for expatriate officers on the permanent establishment' h F Malayanisation X remission consider- t abolition terms paid v i-uiia Pakistan, Cey1 th* Gold Coast and r.jiian before making nations for ex[utr a, officers in Singapicommission stresses abolition terms should hV’.'Mven only to725 words
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583 1956-03-08 17 LESLIE HOFFMAN - Mr. M NAMES THE DATE April 1957 —Independence within the Commonwealth By LESLIE HOFFMAN SINGAPORE, Mar. 7. jjJIMi A PORE’S Chief Minister, Mr. David Marshall, is going to London next month to *oek independence for the island within the I onunonwe* ilth by April, 1957. Yesterday, for the first time,583 words
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Article, Illustration52 1956-03-08 17 SINGAPORE. Mar. 4. Yesterday’s beautiful bride —Miss Lim Leong Teen, daughter of Mr. Lim Huan Lye, the Taiping ‘‘Charcoal King.” She married Mr. Victor Chew Chin Aik, the architect son of the wellknown Singapore banker, Mr. Chew Hock Leong, at the Straits Chinese Methodist Church.—Sunday Times h.—Sundayh.—Sunday Times picture. - 52 words
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82 1956-03-08 17 KUALA LUMPUR,Mar. 4. AN 11-year-old European boy, Lance Reath, has passed the Government Standard I Malay examination with high marks. His average mark for five written papers, including Jawi, was 75 per cent. He is the youngest candidate to take the Federation82 words
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1686 1956-03-08 18 y PATRICIA MORGAN - By y PATRICIA MORGAN SINGAPORE, Mar. 7. WARNING against the consequences of “pitchforking” inexperienced local officers into top administrative posts is given in a minority Malayan isation report. This report, signed by Sir Percy McNeice, and Mr. Robert Ho,1,686 words
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Article99 1956-03-08 18 SINGAPORE, Mar. 7. MORTAR bombs found in Jervois Road on Mar. 4 are to be dumped several miles out to sea. An Army spokesman said yesterday it would be impossible to salvage them without specialised equipment. The Jervois Road bombs may have been scooped99 words
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182 1956-03-08 18 If ‘expats’ want to quit Federation KUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 6—A Bill to be introduced in the Federal Legislative Council on a certificate of urgency on March 14 to enable expatriate officers to retire, if they wish, without the normal requirements of age and qualifying service, was published today. The proposed182 words
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Article658 1956-03-08 19 i»SOM JEEP i;»h ‘20 - F AVOURITES HAVE THE FIELD Fu i»SOM JEEP i;»h ‘20 ’nG, Feto.29 Garnet BouJ°i, iched the 20murk when he rf.iuble on two o,Uh“ "iners Tre k Avenger at terday, second Penang Turf Meeting. 1 ($9) stepped ‘o,' ..rst day’s form thrilling head jn Xhaslm in the jin the next race658 words
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Article666 1956-03-08 19 EPSOM JEEP - By EPSOM JEEP PENANG, Mar. 4. MAORI CHIEF, with Hudson up, celebrated his 11 double promotion by scoring a runaway threelength win in the Kedah Cup over 8Jf. for Class 2, Div. 1, horses yesterday, concluding day of the Penang Turf Club Spring Meeting. Out666 words
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Article931 1956-03-08 19 RAHIM OMAR, an outstanding forward in postw.^r Malayan football; is once again attracting H?JL a l on League club, this time First Division Portsmouth. The Portsmouth manager, F,ddle Lever, has written to Rob Pldgeon, president, of Singapore senior league club Argonauts —for whom 22-vear-old Rahim931 words
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Miscellaneous21 1956-03-08 19 BIG SWEEP TOTAL POOL: $236,150 1ST: No. *****1 ($70,845) 2ND: No. *****6 ($31,880) 3RD; No. *****1 ($17,711) Starters ($2,024 each) Nos.21 words
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Miscellaneous46 1956-03-08 19 BIG SWEEP TOTAL POOL: $205,370 1ST: No. *****5 ($61,611) 2ND: No. *****5 ($27,724) 3RD: No. *****8 ($15,402) STARTERS ($2,464 each): Nos. *****8, *****4, *****9 *****1, *****9. CONSOLATION ($616 each): Nos: *****5, *****1, *****4, *****8. *****1, *****8, *****7, *****9, *****3. *****8. TREBLE TOTE: 19 tickets ($55 each).46 words
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Article530 1956-03-08 20 MALAYAN SHAKE MARKET REVIEW By Our Market Correspondent SINGAPORE, Mar. 5. IT was an undistinguished week on the Singapore Share Market Iasi week and trading was on the quiet side. The market was affected by too many uncertainties for operators to show much enthusiasm. Most Investors530 words
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Article65 1956-03-08 20 The Mercantile Bank of India are to pay a second interim dividend of 7 per cent, less tax. makinr 14 per cent for 1955. No further dividend for 1955 will be announced. For the previous year an Interim dividend of 7 per cent was followed by free issue65 words
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Article35 1956-03-08 20 The following January rubber crops are announced:— Ayer Panas 82.000 lb.; Glenealy 85.000 lb.: Kluang 84.500 lb.; Pajam 108,000 lb.; Talisman 26,000 lb.; Teluk Anson 41.043 lb.: and Clu Benut Consolidated 44.000 lb.35 words
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Article266 1956-03-08 20 rpHE following business done in the Singapore Share Market last week was reported by one firm of brokers for the period February 25 to March 1:— INDUSTRIALS: British Borneo Petroleum 43s. lVfcd. to 43s., Fraser Sc Neave Ords $1.72 V4 to $1.70, Gammons $2.10 to $2.20, Georgetown Dispensaries266 words
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Article28 1956-03-08 20 SINGAPORE. March 7. RUBBER: 98} .cents per lb. (down 21 cents). TIN: $389 per picul (up $2.50 per picul). COPRA: $27.87* per picul (up 12* cents).28 words
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Article875 1956-03-08 20 Singapore, Wed. Mar. 7, 1956. INDUSTRIALS Buyer* Sellers Ale* unci wort* Pref 1.80 i»5 Ord* IBS 2.oft tJus ice 13 00 ibuyern B. B. Petrol 43/- 43/9 M trustee* 4 Ml aft* Con Tin Smelt Pref 19/- 20/- cd Ords 27/9 28/9 Eastern United 38 50 37.50875 words
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Article477 1956-03-08 20 AFTER the continuous downward movement in rubber of many weeks, the halt in the downward trend during the period under review was a welcome relief, state Holiday Cutler, Bath Co. Ltd., in their current review. There was better trade enquiry but factory in- terest was stt':477 words
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Article197 1956-03-08 20 {COMPANIES operating v in Malaya announced the following dividends last week: SOUTHERN KINTA CONSOLIDATED LTD.: an interim dividend of 9.6 d. per share less income tax at Bs. 6d. in the for year ending March 31, payable in Penang on March 28. Books close from March 13 to197 words
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65 1956-03-08 20 KUALA LUMPUR. 29. The Federati •> 320,000 plantation w ers gave notice to < employers tonight they wish to ca their wage agreemen The notice was S' to the Malayan P**' ing Industries Emp ers Association by National Union Plantation Workers. The union65 words