The Straits Budget, 13 April 1960

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    28 1 The Straits Budget THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES MALAYA’S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER New Series 712. Kuala Lumpur, April 13, 1960. Price 4> egnt» (MaUya) or 1 shilling.
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      200 1 X, '.-A A v> v r *t u IMES iJwwilZ r IV A uZfpti U■MFA I jj h Mb rm ••MM i HP* jXt McAlisters receives a shipment of goods from Britain. fc AT i* •*■<»•; >'VY ,V 4 t), WOI ff( MiC 11 m It was a “red letter**
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  • From THE STRAITS TIMES POSTBAG
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      The automatic expedient PROMOTION SYSTEM IS OF NO HELP
      435 2  -  JONG Penang 'TIHE question of automatic promotion has A been long and warmly debated, and, as far as 1 know, if this system did find any support it certainly did not come from teachers and parents who have more concern for
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      INDIA’S MANY TONGUES...
      139 2  - INDIA’ S MANY TONGUES... J. UNITS Singapore. [N nis speech on language and politics at Nanyang University. Mr Lee Kuan Yew made a reference to India which I don't think Is supported by the facts He said that India despite all her great history and civilisation, had no single dominant
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      PENSIONS
      99 2  -  PENSIONER Singapore. IT is sad to see pensioners who have faithfully and loyally given of their best during their working life treated as forgotten souls when It comes to pay day The office in the rreasury building where the pensions are paid out Is so tiny that many hundreds
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      TO A GREAT KING
      138 2  -  (Mrs.) JOYCE MUGLISTON lpoh. Tears flower the uu,. on a Sovereign laid to T c ot| Aromatic remembranre will mingle buy With thoughts and me mories for which there is no song, r trouts high, enough to be expressed. The nation mourns with one heart, but
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      Students knew
      132 2  -  R.M Kuala Lumpur IT is not true to say that 1 the poor results In the Cambridge examination stemmed from the sudden switching of the Mala; language syllabus from B to X Nor is the charge that the change was made barely a month before the examination. 1
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      INCENTIVE
      30 2  -  FLI3HT Penang. \f ALAYAN AIRWAYS hjlf Introduced a non flight to Hong Kong witn uper-Constellation- popularise the service suggest the company tn about a “fly firs* pay late' scheme.
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      Deplorable
      35 2  -  GHAZ'Ll Kuala Lumpur. THE condilion of the Lake Gar-k 1 s Kuala Lumpur is deplorable. and shade trees are not looked after, are not clipped and rare specimens n'' lV the attention they deserve.
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      Lock icon The Farm Tally
      559 3 —Straits Times. April 4 T u r H it should have taken ago Malaya’s first VXuitural census is nonei welcome now. It staits and fuf the rest of this mon th 800 enumerators, unveen by people in the towns, "ill be carrying out one of the vjortest
      —Straits Times. April 4  -  559 words
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      Lock icon Outlook Fairer
      247 3 —Straits Times. April 4 Between the lines of a circumspect statement on a satisfactory trading year, made by the chairman of the Singapore Chamber of Commerce, is the obvious wish for closer liaison with the Government in the hope that remaining difficulties may be removed. In fact Mr.
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      Lock icon Bridging The Gap
      624 3 --Straits Times. April 5 It is not nil that long since the burden of local administration in Malaya lay squarely on the District Officers. A tradition of vigorous local government by elected councils has yet to appear. The essence of Clause 12 in the Federation’s Constitution Amendment)
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      Lock icon Shambles At Geneva
      655 3 —Straits Times, April 6 The Geneva disarmament conference wears a familiar look. It is something of a shambles. The West has rejected the Russian plan because it does not meet the objective of general and complete disarmament under effective international control. Russia has rejected the Western plan
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      Lock icon New Register
      282 3 Straits Times. April 6 It appeared possible toward the end of last year that the Minister for Labour and Law in Singapore might try to compel employers to use the employment exchange when they wanted to engage new men. And it cannot be taken for granted that he
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      Lock icon Beating The Bookie
      628 4 —Straits Times. April 7 A new and determined attempt to beat the bookmaker is to have legislative backing in Singapore. It is intended to legalise ofT-the-course betting, to admit the general public to the Bukit Timah racecourse, and to have facilities for betting on Federation races. The
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      Lock icon With This Ring
      812 4 —Straits Times, April 8 The merits of the Singapore Government’s bill for monogamous marriage are far too obvious to expose the Women’s Charter to serious attack of any kind. There are minor blemishes which can be smoothed away in Select Committee, and there are some unusual references
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      Lock icon Placing A Bet
      747 4 —Straits Times. April 9 The Federation turf clubs can hardly not welcome the move in Singapore to beat the bookie and boost the tote. But they are a little disapproving of the swiftness of decision and the failure to consult the S.R.A. and themselves. Probably this complaint,
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      Lock icon Veteran Visitor
      162 4 to**- a,-.- 9 Straits Times. AP- Mr. Walter Nash, the New Zealand Prime Minister, ma} be assured that regret o\c the postponement of his visit to the Federation is exceeded only by the nation s sense o*. loss over the bereavement that caused it. His country, but a
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    Will they save Dr. Verwoerd from himself?
    948 5  -  FOCUS ON THE COMMONWEALTH PREMIERS’ CONFERENCE by VERNON BARTLETT SINGAPORE, April 3 Another commentary on events in South Africa. How could it be otherwise? I am not sure that even t h e EisenhowerMacmillan talks on the suspension of alomic tests upon which
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    THE CHOP AND CHANGE OF THEMONSOONS
    388 5  -  COUNTRYMANS JOURNAL THAN DJKK. THE DUSUN, Friday, April 1. THE change-over of the monsoons is in progress—the season the Malays call “musim angin aleh-beraleh,” the chop and change of the wind. A very unpleasant time of the year. Fish is coming from the East
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    TIGER BEER IN CANS SOON
    52 5 SINGAPORE, April 7. Tiger Beer will soon be available for the first time in cans. A modern $150,000 canning plant at the Tiger brc- wery in Alexandra Koad will be set in motion by Mr. Tan Chin Tuan, chairman of Malayan Breweries, at a special
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      74 5 N° r 'g Kong Far East Ls ta *!ishcd 1^36 Period ical of uil,,l Keal s Activities n ""n K Kong 21*? ar East. Contains full accounts, plans, perspectives and photographs of new and projected constructions tn Hong Kong and other parts. An indispensable source of information for all concerned
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    KING GOES HOME
    1908 6 200,000 CROWD LINE THE FUNERAL ROUTE STRAITS TIMES REPORTERS KUALA LUMPUR, April 3 j NEARLY 200,000 people thronged the streets to witness the funeral procession of the late Yang di-Pertuan Agong before the body was taken by rail to the royal town of Sri Menanti. They stood
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    All churches and temples offer special prayers as the procession goes on
    118 8 CHURCHES and temples throughout the Federation on April 3 offered special prayers for the late Yang di-Per-tuan Agong while the state funeral procession was in progress. Prayers were also offered asking for Cod's guidance for the new King.
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    Govt asked to recognise U.S. varsity degrees
    115 8 KUALA LUMPUR, April 3.The vice-president of the American National Academy of Sciences. Dr. F. Daniels, today urged the Federation Government to recognise American university degrees. Dr. Daniels. who is also Professor Emeritus of Chemistry at the University of Wisconsin, said this here before
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    Transfers
    30 8 The 3ENTONG. Apr** .pall Bentong O.C.P.J/ re d t Singh has been tM ,;irtthe Pahang police ers at Kuala h* \Voh£ succeeded here b. t Sze Kim. of Kuala
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    A CAPITAL’S FAREWELL...
    56 9 premiers and princes and the common folk in their thousands COME TO SALUTE A GREAT KING ON HIS JOURNEY HOME The Rulers and their Consorts watch in silence as the coffin is borne into the special train and the journey to Seremban. Haja Permaisuri Agong CONSORT AND
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    Mercy dash to Penang
    60 9 PENANG. April 3—The British frigate H.M.S. Scarborough, bound for Singapore, made an unscheduled stop at Penang today on a mercy mission with a sick British soldier on board. The man. Private Michael David Kinsey. 18. of REME. was taken by ambulance to hospital here and operated
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    From Indonesia for funeral
    39 9 SINGAPORE. April 3—Professor Mohamed Yamin, Indonesian Minister for Special Affairs, arrived In Singapore by Air India from Jakarta today to represent the Indonesian Government at the funeral of the Yang di-Per-tuan Agong on April 5.
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    New posting
    22 9 BATU GAJAH. April 3—Mr. G. Dain, a graduate of Sydney University. has been posted here as Assistant Forest Officer, Kinta.
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    Death has closed chapter in the history of Malaya
    1031 10 KUALA LUMPUR. April 4 THE Chief Justice, Dato Sir James Thomson, today said the death of the Yang di Pertuan Agong had closed a chapter in Malayan history. He said the country “had lost a Ruler of distinction and wisdom” and
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    WOMEN WEEP AS LATE KING IS DRIVEN TO HIS OLD HOME
    355 10 SRI MENANTI, April 3 rpHE people of Negri Sembilan today paid solemn tribute to their King as his body was brought back to his home State for burial. Crowds in Seremban watched silently as the yellow hearse bearing the
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    SINGAPORE ASSEMBLY TO EXPRESS ITS SORROW
    147 10 SINGAPORE. April 4 -A rrsolution expressing tbf deep sorrow of the Singapore Legislative Assembly at the death of the Yang di-Pcrtuan Agong will be moved by the h e puty Prime Minister. Vt. Toh Chin Chye. when W Assembly meets on 'P r 6.
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    Extra member
    27 10 Bi-J KUANTAN, API., n bt r o. to increase th< nrfembers of r n'» State Legislative tr o' from 24 to 25 is to duced.
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    CITY HALL TO BE RENOVATED FOR FIRST TIME IN 70 YEARS
    91 11 pKXANG. April 4. 1 Penang’s City Hall at the Esplanade will be renovated this year for the first time since it was built 70 years ago. The building, erected in 1800, will have more space for secretariat, treasury and
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    New headmaster
    36 11 STAR. April 4.—Mr. Lo.'u lanu Hua lias open a;);, jiiitcd acting headmaster l -ic Sultan Abdul Hamid LUU Alor Star, in place of K :m Boo who is now as Chief Education Officer. Kedah.
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    Tougher time for payroll bandits
    283 11 MORE BUSINESSES SEEK ESCORTS AND THERE’S A KLAXON BAG WITH THE OPTIONAL EXTRA SINGAPORE, April 4. TIIK future is bleaker these days for wouldbe payroll grabbers. m the first place many more Singapore businesses have applied for police escorts to accom•janv money taken to and
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    10 p.c. LEVY CATCHES UP WITH PMIP MEN
    199 11 KUALA TRENGGANU. April 4. y i I'an-Malayan Islamic Party state assemblyt Iil( n in rrengganu will have to pay 10 per cent 1( ir S200 monthly allowance to party funds irori1 this month r A er asking the State mn' r il
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    Pine board chief resigns
    78 11 JOHORE BAHRU, April 4 Mr J A Buchler, who lias resigned from his post as chairman of the Malayan Pineaaple Industry Board, is now having a holiday 1 Cameron Highlands. He is evpected to return here on April 16 It is understood that his resignation took
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    Govt, plan for more doctors: Dato Ong
    215 11 KUALA LUMPUR, April 4.—The Federeration Government will make every effort to increase the number of doctors in the Federation, the Minister of Health and Social Wellare, Dato Ong Yoke Lin, said todaiy. He added that at present there was one doctor to every
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    Pioneers are flying again
    106 11 I/UALA LUMPUR. April 4. No laults have been found in the four Royal Malayan Air Force, twin Pioneer aircraft grounded two weeks ago following a mishap to an RAF Pioneer in tHe Middle East. All four are flying again. One took part in the flypast during
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    TOP SINGAPORE GANG-BUSTER WILL TRAIN FOR PRIESTHOOD
    354 11 SINGAPORE, April 4. 4 FTER 21 years in the army and the police force, top gang-buster and former C.I.D. chief, Assistant Commissioner Brian Goodrich, 48, will soon enter a college—to learn to be a priest. He is retiring from the Singapore Police Force
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    Transferred to Kuala Lumpur
    42 11 KUALA KANGSAR, April 4. The OSPC. Kuala Kangsar, Deputy Superintendent Yunus bin Talib, has been transferred to Kuala Lumpur as Contingent Administrative OfTleer. Selangor police. He is succeeded by Mr. K. Sockalingam. former OCPD of Sungei Siput North.
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    PENANG HIT BY FREAK STORM, WINDS OF 60 MPH
    194 11 DENANG, April 4.— 1 A freak storm with winds estimated more than GO m.p.h. hit the city at 4.30 p m. today. The storm raged for 25 minutes, tearing branches from angsana trees by the roadside before it subsided. It was
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    Lock icon Negri’s new Ruler is proclaimed
    596 12 THE FOUR UNDANGS COME TO UNANIMOUS DECISION—LOUD CLAPPING GREETS POPULAR CHOICE OF ELDEST SON SRI MENANTI, April 5 TENGKU Laksamana Munawir was today proclaimed the ninth Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negri Sembilan to succeed his father, the late Tuanku Abdul Rahman, Malaya’s first Paramount Ruler.
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    New Ruler is ‘very accessible’
    285 12 New Ruler is very accessible’ CRI MENANTI. April s.—Negri Sembilan’s new Ruler, 38 year-old Tengku Laksamana Munawir. is a “people’s man’’. A non-believer in rigid protocol. Tengku Munawir, eldest son of the late Yang di-Pertuan Agong. is a friend of all classes and races. As one who has known him
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    Lock icon Malaya’s first King buried as Queen sobs silently
    2183 13  -  By FELIX ABiSHEGANADEN, DAHARI ALI, TAN TOOK SAIK and JOHN STUBBS SRi MENANTI (Negri Sembilan), April 5 MALAYA’S first Yang diPertuan Agong, who died in his sleep on the morning of April 1, was laid to rest today, in the royal mausoleum
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    One port authority for S’pore is urged
    1483 15 Inquiry commission makes recommendations for elimination OF THE ANOMALIES IN THE SYSTEM OF CONTRACT LABOUR PROPOSALS TO SPREAD OPPORTUNITIES FOR TOTAL EMPLOYMENT AMONG ALL SINGAPORE, April 6 THE Commission of Inquiry into the system of contract labour in Singapore has recommended, in its
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    Members of the Commission
    48 15 MEMBERS of Contract Inquiry Commission are; Dr. Charles Camba (chairman), Mr. Poh Soo Jin, Mr S. Woodhull, Mr. C. Ka.idasamy, Mr. Fong Swee Suan, Mr. John Mammen, Mr. Wong Chee Fong, Mr. J. Fraser-Bruce Mr. Tham Poh Leong and Mr. Koh Sam Pin (secretary).
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    New oil plant for Stanvac
    55 15 KOTA BAHRU, April 6.—The Tengku Mahkota of Keiantan will open a $.'100,000 bulk plant of the Standard-Va-cuum Oil Company here tomorrow. The plant, the company’s second in this region, will enable the east coast to oe independent of the rest of Malaya for its petroleum
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    BETS SHOPS for SINGAPORE
    983 16 Govt, aims to smash once and for all activities of hookies and racketeers SINGAPORE, April G. THE GOVERNMENT has decided to legalise oll'-course totalisator betting in Singapore to put an end to the activities of bookmakers and gambling racketeers. Only a racing club or associalion exemplcd
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    Acting Secretary
    46 16 KUALA LUMPUR, April 6 The Deputy Secretary (Local Government and Housing) in the Ministry ot Interior, Haji Ismail bin Panjang Aris, Is acting as Secretary to the Ministry in place ot Mr. I L L Phillips, who is on home leave until May 15.
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    Singapore will have big role to rebuild Indonesia
    257 16 PLANNING CHIEF SEES CLOSER TIES SINGAPORE, April d. AN Indonesian leader, Prof. Mohammed Yamin, said here today that Singapore would have an important role to play in re- constructing Indonesia. Prof. Yamin. president of the Indonesian National Planning Board, is the “brains”
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    Officer kills top terrorist during hunt
    258 16 MENTAKAB, April 6. fPHE No. 1 terrorist in Central Malaya, Ah Tian, has been killed by a British Army officer near Mentakab in Pahang. Ah Tian, a regional committee member of the terrorist organisation, was shot dead at Sungei Tekal estate, on April 3.
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    PENSIONERS WANT TO BE EXEMPTED FROM TAX
    97 16 KUALA LUMPUR April The Pan-Malayan i‘‘ n sioners Association an the Government exempt its member-' ,r paying income tax on ground that their P n j sions are barely *ulhi for their needs. ts This is one of the 1 ju m raised
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    Stately Homes go out in S’pore
    1116 18 VERNON BARTLETT Some of Singapore's most exclusive districts now seem to be inhabited only by ghosts of past European Tuan Besars L SINGAPORE, April 8. IN the process of seeking a new home in Singapore, I have discovered that Malayanisation has altered the city’s
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    Lock icon FIFTY YEARS AGO
    120 18 From the Straits Times of April 7, 1910 I* is rumoured that a Chinese merchants’ syndicate is in course of formation in Penang which has announced among other things the introduction of one-wheeled rickshaws. The new invention has one wheel only, the vehicle being much on the
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    THE LAST DANCE—AND A WINNER FOR THESE TWO
    78 18 TWO MALAYAN students in Western Australia climaxed their successful teaming as ballroom dancers by winning a gold medal for Latin American style at Perth’s Embassy ballroom early this week. They are Mr. Charles Wong of Penang and Miss Matf[ Mahmud of Taipinstured
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    Call to chess players
    56 18 SINGAPORE. April B—Professor8 —Professor Lim Kok Ann. an organising official of the Malayan chess championships, said today that so far entries had been received from only Singapore and Selangor. *as The Chess Fedcrr.itio.■ f awaiting entries da te states. Entries. fa. April 9. may be sj
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    BARAKAT IN COME-BACK WIN AND PAYS $78
    873 19  -  By EPSOM JEEP KUALA LUMPUR, APRIL 10 RACE ONE CL. 3, Div. 4—AM. 1 F«rt. Dr. C L Lo, Messrs. 8.A. and M.O Leong's ID KO( KET 9.00 (940—414) McGwwdk 1 181 Taiuh Ayer Ku 8.11 (492—293) Wllaon 2 1 5 1 >Vo-.Ai-Nee
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    CUP STAYS with KOREA Youn Ok goals signal ‘OK’ for conquest
    883 19  -  By NORMAN SIEBEL KUALA LUMPUR. April 7 KOREA 4; MALAYA O tTOREA, holders of the Rahman Cup, wrote their on it as. again when they beat Malaya 4-0 in the final of the Second Asian Youth soccer championship at
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  • Page 19 Miscellaneous
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      61 19 THE »IC BWEW: Total Pool $179,750 FIRST No. *****0 ($48,532) SECOND No. *****3 ($24,266) THIRD No. *****6 ($12,133) STARTMtS ($1,733 each) Nos. *****8. *****5. *****7. *****5. *****5, *****7. *****5. I';*'? CONSOLATION ($1,078 each) Nos *****8. 284-493 *****6. *****6, *****7, *****8. 2358, *****3. *****6. *****4. TREBLE TOTE: $406 (2 tickets) FORECAST
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  • MALAYAN SHARE MARKET REVIEW
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      Shift from industrials and rubbers
      1619 20 By Our Market Correspondent ANOTHER very good week was reported on n the Malayan Stock Exchange with tin shares coming into their own again as investors switched from industrials and rubbers. The bulk of the business was written in industrials in which section heavy investment
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      CLOSING PRICES
      26 20 tin rubber (per picul) (per lb.) April 4 $388.06 fl.lffc 6 closed 51.194 6 $388.06 $1,204 v 7 $387.75 51.184 8 $387.50 $1.2«4 $387.50
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      DIVIDENDS ANNOUNCED
      67 20 OTfffT, Off—l TNtlB of Mai Total Cor H payment payment for previous ■ru&tt year jfiur Ayer Hitam Tin 9d.T May 17 40% Malayan Tin 44%t 30% 8. Malayan Tin 44d.t 35% Tronoh Mines 74<1.t May 10 2s 2d Jeram Kuantan 20", April 26 30% 30% Gleneaty 23%t April
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      Market tempo improves
      207 20 AFTER a slow start. 1 towards the end the week the tempo of the Singapore Rubber Market improved stats H.CJB. Co. Ltd S their current rubber review. Singapore held the Initiative throughout the period, while both London and New Yorl adjusted their pricei daily to come into
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      MALAYAN SHARE LIST
      1252 20 THE following list of revised quotations was Issued by members of the Malayan Stock Exchange after their last meeting on Saturday (April 9) H and L stand for hlg>«e»t and lowest for business done this year. INDUSTRIALS Si k t Aid Bricks 2.40 2.20 Ords 2.30 2
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