The Straits Budget, 3 May 1961

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    27 1 The Straits Budget THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES MALAYA'S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER \fW 7b7. Koala Lumpur, May 3, 1931. Price 40 cents (Malaya) or I Shilling.
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  • From THE STRAITS TIMES POSTBAG
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      CRITICISM? I THINK IT WAS MUCH TOO RESTRAINED...
      615 2  -  (Miss* J. MILLEST Singapore. Lt *>• rpHE greatest mistake your L music Critic V.F.D. made was to attend the musical miscellany at all, but perhaps he had no alternative. The programme appeared such a heterogeneous collection as to be almost ludicrous, and
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      Malaya’s big population problem
      116 2  -  G. H. BHATT Penang. VOU have brought to the 1 notice of the public the grave problem of population and consequently that of unemployment. You were right when you mentioned that the employment figures ought to frighten the life out of the development planners. The economic
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      A MOBILE BLOOD BANK WILL NET THOSE DONORS
      177 2  -  HONOR Kuala Lumpur. AGREE that my. proposition of payment tor transport expenses for blood donors looks petty. But a donor living far from the blood bank has to incur travel expenses, besides a mor* nihg or afternoon awa# from work. To exchange
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      POLY: FINDING SUBSTITUTE LECTURERS
      155 2  -  c.i.c jX principal ‘f„jf Singapore. realise that In ti sudden Illness <a w o! a specialist, i' ,J hinl Impossible to re- b j e Immediately wit! and acceptable t the In such a t*- fore class has arrn v j s ed employers can the
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
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      Lock icon Madmen In Algeria
      579 3 —Straits Times. April 24 i- i rich tear them- s in Algeria, or ry referendum t > tiie authentic voice Tiie referendum 1 de Gaulle the i massive” triumph S| i, a 73 per cent vote self-determination a anil a provisional 01>t; ji which temporarily :o uid
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      Lock icon Clean Flats
      203 3 —Straits Times. April 24 The Singapore Housing and Development Board is undertaking a very considerable task when it sets out to teach public-spiritedness and civic consciousness to its tenants. Roughly a tenth of the population live in the Boards houses and flats. Leaving out a large number who
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      Lock icon Moscow And Laos
      675 3 —Straits Times. April 25 Four months of protest, crisis and war brought Laos last night within sight of a ceasefire. Barring a last minute hitch it was expected that Britain and Russia, as cochairmen of the 1954 Geneva Conference, would make their long delayed joint appeal to
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      Lock icon The Alliance Critics
      684 3 —Straits Times, April 26 The debate on the Royal Address has not increased the Opposition s stature. Too many of the Government’s critics spoke to a brief which they did not clearly understand, and on too many matters of substance the facts were against them. Mr. David’s
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      Lock icon Student Welfare
      366 3 —Straits Times. April 26 The Federation Government shows a commendable sense of urgency when it promises immediate action to correct deficiencies in the operation of the Malayan Students Department in Britain. This has been chaotic. The Ismail Commission found that the records system had virtually broken down, placing
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      Lock icon Revolt That Failed
      628 4 —Straits Times. April 27 Franco’s hours of agony arc ended, the knife removed from the republic’s throat. The collapse of the revolt in Algeria came with almost startling swiftness, for although the danger of a paratroop invasion of Franee probably passed with the rising of the sun
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      Lock icon War Still In Laos
      715 4 -Straits Times. April 28 Laos now has a cease-fire as well as a war. It is difficult to know what to make of the continued attacks which Pathet Lao guerrillas are making, for although it could not be expected that all fighting would stop immediately the
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      Lock icon New Congo Crisis
      627 4 —Straits Times. April 29 While Congolese troops are once again the villains of the piece, the significance of the drama at Coquilhatville has yet to emerge. That something had gone badly wrong with the second summit meeting of the Congo's leaders was apparent from Mr. Tshombe's sudden
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      BIRTHS
      101 4 DICKINSON: To John ar.d AK (Nee Herring) a daughter 25:: April. COWLING: To Resa and Geo:.' A son, Andrew James, a: Gleneagles Hospital on 25.4 61. GALE: To Sheena and Da 1 boy John Leslie at BMH Kiara» 25 April. Both well REBECCA MARTINA at Off* Maternity Clinic 27th
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      ENGAGEMENT
      60 4 BAXTER—BRAES: Donald.-;-of Mr. and Mrs. H h 1 Haladale, Dornoch, Scotland Margaret, Younger dau.v.nrt. late Mr. and Mrs. Brae-'• Clementa Wells. Musse bu: land. N MR. W. T. SLOAN E. Allen. The engagernC’ nounced of William 1 son of Mr. and Mrs of 56 Trefoil Avenue. < and Margaret
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    28 4 DEATH GOW GLAYS EDI 1 h wein passed awa> 24.4.61. Funeral 25 4 61 croft Ampang Four P Cheras Road for 1’ 62 years beloved wile Charles Gow.
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    Lock icon Given free air trip to Malaya to wed
    84 5 THEY met in an army 1 camp in Wiltshire, England two years ago. She was an army secretary and he a recruit. On April 22 they were married at the Roman Catholic (larrison Church in Kuala Lumpur after the British Army had
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    Minister’s call
    54 5 KUALA LUMPUR. April 23. >' Minister of Transport. S.trdon bin Haji Jubir. 1 lV called on the people to l c up" and display Mai’.'.dustrial and cultural in other countries. *viid this when he and Minister of Agriculture operatives, Inche Ab- bin Ishak. visited I:.d;u. Trade Exhibition r
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    Police changes
    33 5 KV \r.A SELANGOR. April -peetor Chua Mun Foo, h’ Po; 4. has assumed duty u:a Selangor police star V. 1! U, 1>iace of Inspector Miong Seng, who has transferred to Kepong.
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    16 want to know what makes us tick
    137 5 Kuala lumpur. April 23. Sixteen men are studying the Federation to see what makes it tick. They are members of the Canadian National Defence College. They arrived here from Calcutta yesterday on a familiarisation tour of the world. Commodore M. G. Stirling,
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    ‘ASIA MUST GROW MORE’
    267 5 ASIA MUST GROW MORE’ Populations are rising fast: Fertilisers will increase output, says UN man Kuala lumpur, April 23. —A United Nations expert said here today that all Asian countries should consider increasing their food production quickly to feed the ever-in-creasing population. “It is, therefore, necessary that these countries should
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    Faked jail break
    35 5 JOHORE BAHRU. April 23. Police and prison officials here recaptured an “escaped convict” one hour after he scaled the walls of the Jalan Yahya Alwal Jail in a combined jail break exercise.
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    ‘Invest here’ drive in Borneo
    223 5 JESSELTON, April 23. JJRITISH North Borneo has begun an intensive campaign to attract foreign capital for the development of the colony. The latest move is a booklet aimed to provide ‘‘in handy form basic information which a visitor contemplat- ing investment is likely to need.’'
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    Three teachers join school
    56 5 KUALA SELANGOR. April 23. Three teachers have joined the stall of the Government English Secondary School at Kampong Kuantan here. They are Mr. C. P. Wijasuria, from St. John’s Institution, Kuala Lumpur. Mr. A. J. L Ariokiasamy from La Salle School. Klang. and Mr Thanarajan from
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    FOREST LAND FOR THE LANDLESS
    115 5 KULIM, April 23—Part of the Bongsu forest reserve is to be opened up for the landless under the five-year rural development plan, the Kulim district officer, Syed Alwi Shahabuddin, said today. Syed Alwi. who was addressing 40 ketua kampong attending a civics course, said there
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    Cancer relief
    36 5 KLUANG, April. 23 —A sum of $350 has been raised by the St. Luke Church of England and St. Joseph Roman Catholic Church here. The money will be donated to the Cancer Relief Fund.
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    Suara Singapura starts June 3
    41 5 SINGAPORE. April 23.—.The new medium wave broadcasting service, Suara Singapura. will start on June 3. This Ls stated in a paper seeking supplementary votes of expenditure, which will come before the Legislative Assembly on April 26.
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    Plan to beat ‘want and misery’
    147 5 1 SUNGEI PATANI, April 22 r rilE National Union of 1 Plantation Workers will soon launch a big benefit scheme aimed at protecting members and their families from “want and misery.” This was disclosed by the pre ident, Senator S.P.S. Nathan, w’hen he laid
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    CHIN IS TIPPED TO BE HEAD
    389 6 Meeting with eight other Independents —then a statement SEREMBAN, April 23. INDEPENDENT M.P, Mr. Chin See Yin is tipped to be the new president of the Seremban Town Council, following the landslide victory of independents headed by him in the town council elections last
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    WINNER OF MISS TASMANIA TITLE ON TOUR
    90 6 TASMANIA, 19-year-old bank typist, Susan Knight, arrived in Kuala Lumpur by air on April 22 on a “goodwill tour” of Malaya. Miss Knight beat 18 other girls to become Miss Tasmania 1960, but lost the Miss Australia contest in which she competed later.
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    Girl injured
    33 6 KUALA LUMPUR, April 23. —A girl. Ng Ah Nooi, eight, of Klang Road, was admitted to hospital with head injuries after a:i accident involving a car in Klang Road this afternoon.
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    Talk by envoy
    34 6 KUALA LUMPUR, April 23Dr. Robert Hans Van Gullk. the Dutch ambassador, will give a lecture on “Religion and Chinese culture” at the British Council Hall on May 4 at 6 p.m.
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    2 killed, 11 hurt in three accidents
    308 6 U A L A LUMPUR. April 23. —Two people were killed and 11 injured in three separate motor accidents yesterday in the Federation and Singapore. In KUALA LUMPUR, a motor-cyclist was killed and four others seriously injured when a car and a motorcycle
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    Call for a change in tax structure
    137 6 IPOH, April 23. The 1 secratarv-general of the Labour Party of Malaya and member of Parliament. Mr. Tan Phock Kin. today called for a change in the nation’s tax structure. Speaking at a delegate conference of the Perak branch of the party here.
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    STRACHEY LECTURE DATES
    63 6 SINGAPORE. April 23-M* John Strachey, former Bn* tish Minister of Food ana Secretary of State for war. will give a public lecture o “Trade Unionism in communist Societies.” at Adult Education Centre, tuning Rise, tomorrow at p.m. He will give on “Will New Empire Arise?” in the
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    LIKELY LINE UP FOR PENANG ELECTIONS
    372 6 PENANG, April *>3 'THE George Town Alliance divisional commits A met behind closed doors today to finalise it choice of candidates for the City Council election* on May 27. j One surprise name in the Alliance line-up is Mr. H. E. Tyeb Khan, a
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      87 6 Hoag Kng t Far East BUILDER EotafcllNied 1936 A Bi-Monthly periodical of Building of Real Estate Activities im Hong Kong and the Far East. CONTAINS hM oca***, 01 mm, perspectives and graphs of now ond protect* 0 constructions in Hong wd ond other parts. An m<* s pensable source of
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    New US envoy reaches Malaya
    156 7 II V\c WORE. April 23.— Charles Franklin H .nYY- the new |Y., r states AmbasI -o Malaya, flew nl0 Singapore this YYin;' to take up his I Yost in Kuala Lumpur. I v r Baldwin, who is relv;.V; m the foreign service K£,7- t;ri:ig live
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    MOTHER OF 3 FOUND HANGING FROM BEAM
    78 7 (jjINGAPORE. April 23. k A housewife. Satria binte Rawi, 20, was found hanged today in the kitc hen of her house at Rifle Range Road in Bukit Tiniah. Thr body was discovered at Lj r a :2 when neighbours sfn three-year old ;r
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    $170,000 owed to Govt.
    45 7 p£,;• A Prll 23. ProL *f* In the Ulu ff ir not owe the Govi: < .-early $170,000 in Th r ate.s. 1 Langat District has decided to r of attachment y' ir > do not settle .\m rs within a specl- >c:
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    Bursaries for 60
    32 7 'INC; > nri 1 E. April 23 Six- 1 students in the > classes here 1 warded governs ’o finish their :r to the Higher ''cate examlna- j mber next year
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    Land for 5,860 families in twelve schemes
    255 7 15,600 ACRES OF TARGET ALREADY CLEARED KUALA LUMPUR, April 23. IMTORE THAN 5,860 families will move into iTA 12 land development schemes, started this year, in five states of the Federation under the Federal Land Development Authority over the next five years. About
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    Alliance win all four
    67 7 KUALA LUMPUR. April 23. —Three Alliance candidates wtfre returned unopposed in the Simpang Ijok New Village local by-election in Kuala Selangor District yesterday. They were Mr. Mah Kong (Ward I) and Inche Sanip bin Pamin and Inche Ahmad bin All (Ward III). In Ward II Alliance
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    Japanese expert to help in TV course
    140 7 SINGAPORE, April 23. —A Japanese television expert is due to arrive here in June to assist in a new television course at the Polytechnic. He will be sent by the Japanese Government under the Colombo Plan at the invitation of the Singapore Government.
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    New buildings for film unit
    35 7 KUALA LUMPUR. April 23. —The new buildings for the Malayan Film Unit will go up in Petaling Jaya this year. The Federation Government has set aside $1 million for them.
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    Go Red and you will go broke, Malayan team finds
    255 7 KUALA LUMPUR, April 23. MALAYAN delegation of 16 people returned from India today convinced that Communism would cause a flight of capital and lower the standard of living. Mr. P. Ramasamy, who led the team to Madras, Mysore and the
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    Cycle warning
    20 7 MUAR, April 23.—The Town Council has warned owners of bicycles here to renew their licences by June 30.
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    ‘Tremendous challenge’
    175 7 ‘Tremendous challenge PENANG, April 23 jyjALAYA’S development programme is faced with a “tremendous challenge” because of the country’s lack of technicians. IVIr Magnus Pearce, leader of the visiting British trade mission, said on arrival here today. “We have visited Kuala Lumpur and are proud to see so many British names
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    Library: A call for take-over by council
    201 7 IPOH, April 23. The Perak Library today requested the Ipoh Town Council to take over its affairs, so that it could survive. A meeting of the library unanimously adopted a resolution to hand over the assets and liabilities of the library as a
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    New C.P.O.
    26 7 JOHORE BAHRU. April 23 Senior Assistant Commissioner. Mr. T. B. Voice, assumed duty today as Chief Police Officer Johore. He was formerly C.P.O. Perak.
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    Health centre
    19 7 MUAR. April 23.—A $32,000 health centre will be opened soon at Parlt Jawa. eight miles irom here.
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    Lock icon So glad to meet an old friend... U.S. envoy Baldwin is back...with a pledge to strengthen friendship
    424 8 KUALA LUMPUR, April 24 THE NEW United States Ambassador to Malaya. Mr. Charles F. Baldwin, arrived here today with a pledge to do everything within his power to “nourish*’ the firm friendship between
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    Agreement on big tyre plant
    360 8 39 PC. OF PUBLIC CAPITAL, PLUS 10 P.C. FOR MALAYS Pioneer status for industry that will save much foreign exchange 1TUALA LUMPUR. April Agreement has been :vacht-c between the Federation cioverr.. ment and the Dunlop Kubbt r (7 (Malaya) Ltd., to set up a :vr*
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    ‘Initiation’ suspects held
    388 8 KUANTAN, April 24 rpWENTY-FOUR peopie were arrested last, night following a raid on an alleged secret society initiation ceremony. Among those arrested and charged in court today—were an 18-year-old girl, Lee Mooi, alias Lee Mook Koon. and a 60-year-old man, Ho Han Nam. More than 1,000 people
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    $333,555 claim for tax
    48 8 SINGAPORE. April 24 —The Comptroller of Income Tax ha s filed a claim In the High Court Registry against Cheong Eak Chong, of Oxley Rise, claiming $333,555. being income tax due from him for the years ending Dec. 31. 1950. to Dec 31. 1953
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    Celebration
    24 8 vCIvUrt in SINGAPORE At'! than 70 daily- 1 plovees of the 1 Molava last nigh; the success of claims in the Arbitration Court
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    Students overseas: Govt. concern
    443 9 The Ismail inquiry tells of signs that academic standards may he falling KrALA LUMPUR, April 24 i jil Government said in a policy statement 1 today it was apprehensive regarding the I.nil inquiry commission's observation that ii,: it were signs the general academic stana -1 oi
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    HE IS OFF TO BRITAIN ON PROVOST COURSE
    85 9 MAJOR Sulong Ahmad bin Dato Hamzah. of the Ministry of Defence, who left Kuala Lumpur for Britain by air on April 27 to be trained as the chief of the Federation Military Police. He will succeed Major T. M. Dillon-White, who is
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    United oil workers plan pay claims
    157 9 SINGAPORE. April 24. THE United Workers of Petroleum Industry plan to submit demands to the managements of Shell. Standard-Vacuum and Caltex Cil companies in Singapore on behalf of its members. This was disclosed by the union’s general-secretary, Mr. Seah Mui Kok. in a circular
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    Traffic offence
    47 9 FAUB. April 27. Garry Royd Burgoyne, a shift engineer at the Raub Australian Gold Mine in Bukit Koman. was fined $25 by the Magistrate’s Court here when he pleaded guilty to driving a car with an expired road licence in Bibby Road on Feb. 13.
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    MOVE TO EVICT SQUATTERS IS POSTPONED
    143 9 KUALA LUMPUR. April 24. CTAGE ONE of a plan to move 1.000 squatters in the Imbi Road area, originally scheduled for today, has been put off till tomorrow. The squatters have been rdered to as the site Is needed lor a primary school Forty-two
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    Suleiman off today to take up new post in Canberra
    173 9 ALA LUMPUR. April 24. —Dato Suleiman bin Dato Abdul Rahman, former Minister of the Interior, will leave for Canberra tomorrow to assume duty as Malayan High Commissioner in Australia. He will be accompanied by hi.s wife, their six-year-old daughter. Barkis,
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    PAP will definitely contest the Anson by-election
    247 9 SINGAPORE. April 24. —The People s Action Party will definitely contest the new by-election in Anson caused by the death of PAP assemblyman Inche Baharuddin bin Ariff. The party will make a statement after April 27. The only other political party which has
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    Theft haul totals $1,495
    68 9 SINGAPORE. April 24 Thieves last night broke Into the house In Oel Tlong Hum Park of Major John William Ball, 55, of the R.E ME, training crntre In Ayer Rajah Road, and stole $1,405 In rash and property. Property missing Includes a camera, a watch, a
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    ALLIANCE CARRIES 31 OF 86 SEATS UNOPPOSED
    1153 10 JOHORE BAHRU, April 24 OF 145 candidates nominated today for 80 seats in eight town councils in Jcr here, 84 were return- d unopposed, all but ihree of them from the Alliance. Polling day is May 84. The Alliance fielded a n.didate lor
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    Italian art exhibition in capital
    89 10 KUALA LUMPUR. April 27.— A five-day exhibition of modern Italian prints will open at the British Council here on May 6. A total of 150 prints, presented by the Italian Institute lor the Middle and Far Ea>t, will be on show*. There will be a
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    FOUR FACE CHARGE OF SEDITION
    129 10 I\.U C H IN G, A y;' 1 f rHE editor and three printers of a sibu c- 1 daily newspaper have been charsn'» sedition. The editor, Tan Kheng Aik, alias Ting King Ik, c: the Min Chong Pau, and the three printers. Lee Tiew
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    Farewell dinner for Brigadier
    49 10 KUALA LUMPUR April The Sultan of Pahai as C> ilonel of the Royal Malay 1 giment, attended a lartw dinner party for the rctiri 1 GOC, Federation Armv. Br". gadier Raia Lope Nor Ra-h;d I In Port Dickson. Thirt 1 senior officers were pit -e;.:
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    WIFE’S ADULTERY WITH HUSBAND’S NEPHEW
    109 10 KUALA LUMPUR, April 24 David Daniel Sithu Selvara.i, was granted a decree nisi today in the High Court here on the grounds of his wife's adultery with his nephew. His wife. Lily Paripobrannm Daniel, 40. and his nephew, John llenrv Thiagaraj, 31, are both teachers.
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    VISITING U.S. SAILORS TO AID K.L. BLOOD BANK
    93 10 KUALA LUMPUR, April 27. —Crew members of the U S. Navy ship Saint Paul will donate blood to the General Hospital Blood Bank here during the five-day courtesy visit to the Federation next month. It will be the first official visit by
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    MALAYA AWAITS MANILA PLAN FOR COPRA PRICE BATTLE
    207 10 KUALA LUMPUR, April 24 r J'HE Federation Government is waiting for details of the Philippine Government’s proposal to form an international board of copra-producing countries to fight price manipulation by Western buyers. This was stated today by the Secretary for Commerce and
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    Seminar on border war
    55 10 Kl ALA LI MPLR. April 27.—A joint Thai-Malayan seminar to study the techniques and control of joint operation* a«ains|t the border terrorists will be held in Ipoh from April 30 to May 2. seminar is being organised by the headquarter* of ~nd Federal Infantry Brigade for
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    House thanks King for his speech Tengku hits back at the critics
    1465 11 OPPOSITION HAD ‘LITTLE CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM’ SOEKARNO WAS INVITED LAST YEAR, BUT HE DIDN’T REPLY KUALA LUMPUR, April ?5 I 4 RKR a four-day A aeba t e, the I Houm' of Hepresenta- :ive> last night adopl- H i
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    Tengku for talks in Bangkok
    158 11 I/'UALA LUMPUR, April 25. Tengku Abdul Rahman, will attend a preparatory conference of the proposed Association of South-East A s i a n States (ASAS) in Bangkok in June. The Foreign Ministers of Thailand and the Philippines, Mr. Thanat Khoman, and Mr. Felixberto Serrano, will
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    For U.K. course
    40 11 KUALA LUMPUR. April 25. —Major Sulong Ahmad bin Hamzah. of the Federation Army Provost Company, will leave for Britain on April 27 to attend a course at the depot of the Royal Military Police at Woking, Surrey.
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    5.30 a.m. service to commemorate Anzac Day
    193 12 QNE hundred servicemen and mcmb<*rs of the Australian and New Zealand communities in Kuala I.umpur sang hymns and offered prayers at the Cenotaph at 5.30 a.m. on April 25 in a service to commemorate Anzac Day. The ceremony was conducted by the Rev
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    OPPOSITION CALL TO DROP BIG DOLLAR SCHEMES
    506 12 KUALA LUMPUR, April 25. /APPOSITION members suggested in the House of Representatives tonight that the Government should shelve its multi-million dollar plans to build the international airport and Parliament House. In place of these schemes, they said, Ihe Government should try to solve
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    REVENUE FROM AIR SHOW $60,000
    112 13 pIN-AI’ORE. April v About StiO.OOO ill is expected derived from t;. r.i!U-day internal air show h, rt earlier this i: a at the Paya •port. T-'.i b. Hd on present was disclosed n I tgisiative Assemble Deputy Prime Dr Toh Chin answer to a irum
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    Union rejects offer
    79 13 April 23. Hu* Amalgamated oi Public Em- > has rejected the v ‘-iTiinent’s latest f 'jh ir partial restoravariable allow- or civil servants, City Council ktr loyees. !i ’>u the offer, the it had decided “to the struggle, and ‘T action will be the outcome of negotiations”.
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    Queen honours ambulance men
    32 13 April 26.—Queen named four ofPenang St. John Mr, relation to the Order of the John of Jeru•r Kir: < are Dr. Khoo Ir Lo Keong Doral and Mr. boon.
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    Big medical boost —details are announced
    218 13 KUALA LUMPUR. April 26. tK SISTER for Health and Social Welfare, 1 0:i" Yoke Lin. announced details of a $26■i' du al development plan in the House of tn tl i a. Representatives tonight. The scheme will provide the country with: ITS first-ever cancer
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    H.K. alumni officials
    38 13 PENANG. April 26. Mr. Chan Yik King has been elected president of the Hong Kong University Alumni Association, with Mr. Ng Jit Thve as pre-sident-elect. Dr. Tow Siang Yew was elected hon secretary and treasurer.
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    $1,200 stamps missing
    41 13 BUTTERWORTH. April 26. —An album containing Federation stamps valued at $1,200 has been reported missing from an army barracks at Kubong Boyar here. The report was made by Sgt. E. J. Manson of the 11 Independent Infantry Brigade.
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    British trade mission men gather
    86 13 SINGAPORE, April 26.—The four British trade missions to South-East Asia are now gathering in Singapore to compare notes on their visits to Indonesia. Burma. Thailand. North Borneo, the Philippines. Malaya and Singapore. Under the chairmanship of Sir Edward Thompson, chairman of John Thompson Ltd., they
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    New St. John clinic opened
    50 13 KUALA LUMPUR. April 26. The Nursing Advisory Committee of the St. John Ambulance Brigade will open a clinic at the brigade headquarters in Shelley Road here on April 29. The clinic will be open to the public every Saturday from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.
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    Sultan’s brother to act as Governor
    129 13 KOTA BHARU. April 26. T4LNGKU Indra Putra, 45, elder brother of the 1 Sultan of Kelantan will act as the Governor of Penang during the absence of Raja Tun Uda. who leaves tomorrow on a pilgrimage to Mecca. His appointment by the Yang di-Pertuan
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    WHY MALAYAN REDS WERE DEFEATED
    140 13 Kuala lumpuh, April 26. —A 16-mem-ber team from the Canadian Defence College left for Bangkok today after a five-day tour of the Federation. The leader. Commodore M.G. Stirling of the Royal Canadian Navy, said it was possible for Malaya to defeat militant Communism because the
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    Goh pledges: No fiddling with civil service jobs
    371 13 SINGAPORE. April 26 TH E Minister for Finance, Dr. Goh Keng Swee. today assured the Assembly that it was not the intention of the PAP Government to fiddle with appointments into the civil service He was replying to a query by Inche
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    BAHARUDDIN—ASSEMBLY SHOWS RESPECT
    321 13 SINGAPORE, April 26 THE Legislative Assembly was today suspended for 10 minutes as a mark of respect for its late member. Inche Baharuddin bin Ariff (PAP-Anson) who died on April 20. When the Assembly sat at 2.30 p m the Speaker. Sir George Oehlers. said that It
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    TWO PROBLEMS OF ‘IMMEDIATE FUTURE’—BY LEE
    2045 14 SINGAPORE, April 27. THE Prime Minister, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, today reaffirmed his Government’s determination to govern effectively until the review of the Constitution in 1963. Mr. Lee was speaking at the People's Action Party's final lunch-lime rally at Fullerton Square in connection with
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    S’PORE STUDENT TO STUDY SEGREGATION IN THE U.S.
    208 15 SINGAPORE, April 27. i, vrth year Singapore medical student, Mr. |l V p..ramsothy, will leave by air tomorrow to t segregation in the United States. Mr. Paramsothy, a council member of the University of Malaya Students’ Union (Singapore), will lead a threeman
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    Pay cut: Now another union says ‘no’ to Govt. offer
    154 15 SINGAPORE, April 27. L The Singapore Government Adminlstrative and Clerical Services Union has rejected the Government's latest offer ior partial restoration variable allowances. ‘7 i s the second union so mr to turn down the offer. Jte hr t to
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    Two motor firms, union sign pact
    120 15 QEREMBAN, April 27.—The National Union of Commercial Workers has signed an agreement for better working conditions with two leading motor firms here. The conditions include a 39-hour week for office workers. Mr. T. A. Dobson, manager of Borneo Motors (M) Ltd., and Mr. S.
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    Found dead
    19 15 JOHORE BAHRU, April 27. A middle-aged man, T. Arahman, was found dead in Jalan Ibrahim last night.
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    ROAD TO BANGKOK
    67 15 K^ ALa UJMPUR, April 27. ~-uiscu si .i ons between Maana Thai officials tor trifn* faol Utatlng mot'cle a i‘o r aCr h ss the Thal;'u«essf,?ff, border ended flay u ln Bangkok toannounced. The conference discussed the question of insurance for vehicles entering MaJaya and vice versa,
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    INDRA PUTRA IN THE CAPITAL
    184 15 K. LUMPUR, April 27 T’ENGKU INDRA PUTRA. 45. (above) the elder brother of the Sultan of Kelantan, arrived in Kuala Lumpur today on his way to Penang to be sworn in at 8 p.m. tomorrow at the Residency as the acting Governor during the absence
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    Welfare: $736,593 spent
    35 15 a SINGAPORE. April 27.—The Government spent $736,593 in public assistance and T.B. treatment allowances last month, according to the Department of Social Welfare today. Of this sum $586,255 went on public assistance.
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    Two hours on pilgrim ship for the King and Queen
    174 15 pORT SWETTENHAM. April 27. —The Yang di-Pertuan A g o n g and the Raja Permaisuri Agong today spent two happy hours on board the pilgrim ship Kuala Lumpur to say farewell to 722 Meccabound pilgrims. Their Majesties mingled with
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    CORRUPTION WARNING
    593 16 C.J. DISMISSES CUSTOMS MENS APPEAL, SAYS SENTENCE INADEQUATE, JAILS THEM 9 MONTHS KUALA LUMPUR, April 28 TIIE Chief Justice, Da to Sir James Thomson, today warned public servants about corruption. “It has got to stop,” he said. He dismissed an appeal against the conviction of two Customs re
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    Sharifah starts a second siege
    223 16 KUALA LUMPUR. April 28. For the second time in two months, a middle-age months, a middleaged woman and her followers— Bo men. women and children —here laid siege to the Selangor state secretariat. “This time we are going to stay until the Government agrees to
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    Squatters fund launched
    44 16 KUALA LUMPUR. April 28. Kuala Lumpur branch nf I he People’s Progressive Party derided la.'.t night to start a fund to support the demand of Kampong Brunei squatters lor an alternative site. It is appealing to the pub* lie lor donations.
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    ISMAIL HAS PRAISE FOR COUNCIL
    314 16 KL ALA LUMPUR, April 28 Minister of Interior, Dato (Dr.) Ismail b> Dato Abdul Rahman, today praised tH Kuala Lumpur Municipal Council for i|$ p d achievements in administering the Federal capital. He was speaking at the first meeting of the Advisory Board of the
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    Kidnapped girl now expecting a baby, court is told
    338 16 IT UAL A LUMPUR. April. 28. The Chief Justice, Dato Sir James Thomson, today dismissed the appeal of a man found guilty of having kidnapped a young girl. He reserved his decision on the appeal by S. Muniandy, 22, a tapper,
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    AIRLINE MARKS AN ‘ORCHID BIRTHDAY’
    70 16 AIRLINE MARKS AN ORCHID BIRTHDAY’ SINGAPORE. April 28. Thai Airways International will mark the first anniversary of the inauguration of its Royal Orchid service, covering 11 key cities of the Orient, on May 1 with birthday parties aboard all its flights. An announri n also said that Us passenger will
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    C and W take-over by Govt. planned
    568 17 SAMBANTHAN: NEGOTIATIONS TAKING PLACE KUALA LUMPUR, pi \NS for the take-over of Cable and Wire- less installations at Penang by the Government were announced in the House of Representatives tonight by the Minister for Works, Posts and Telecommunications, Dato > T. Sambanthan. Hr
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    Ann named Miss Malacca
    52 17 Pretty 18-year-old typist Miss Ann Woodford, from Petaling Jaya. who won the “Miss Malacca” beauty contest at the Rex Cinima in Malacca. Her prize: a pair of shoes, a wristwatch. a fountain-pen and a clock. Runners-up were Miss Fadillah binte Mohamed Taib. 18, and Miss Margaret
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    250 RESCUED AS FLOOD SWIRLS INTO MINE TOWN
    242 17 BATU GAJAH, April 28. A BOUT 250 people were evacualed from a squatter area in Papan, a mining town three miles from here, when their houses were flooded yesterday by heavy rains. Flood waters from the Sungei Johan, which flows close to
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    Malayan freighter held in Sumatra
    75 17 This is the Straits Steamship freighter. Matang, which has been under detention in Palerabang, Sumatra, for more than seven weeks. A Straits Steamship spokesman in Singapore yesterday confirmed that the freighter was still being held in the Indonesia port, but he could not give any
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    FARMERS FREED OF $15mil. BURDEN TO MONEYLENDERS
    532 18 KUALA LUMPUR, April 28 ’J-IiE Federation Government's campaign against the “padi kuncha’’ menace has saved Malaya's padi farmers over $15 million in “usurious interest payable to moneylenders’ during the past five years. The Minister of Agriculture. 1 n c h e Abdul Aziz
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    $14 million to be spent on ports
    97 18 KUALA LUMPUR a,,. A S14-millio> improve facilities i* Swettenham and P< i *J‘* year was announced v *1* House of Representat'vr* night. t0 The Minister of Transport Inch e Sardon bin lla.ii ubir said the scheme ei vi D J the provision of
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    Acting deputy
    40 18 KUALA LUMPUR. Apr; 23 Inche Jelani bin K .pah Deputy Commissioner o; p *j Transport, has been app"in£ ed to act as deputy chairman of the Central Ucei -ini Board during the absent Mr. R.R. Jackson, tin chairman.
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    Alliance wins
    25 18 KUALA LUMPUR. Apr. 23. Alliance candidate' «c.\ all three seats at the ..-e;! council by-election ye.*tr:d:y at Jenjarom new vid. i\ south-west Selangor.
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    Battalion due in Singapore
    27 18 SINGAPORE. April 28. The Ist. Bn. of the Queen’s Own Highlanders, will arrive in Singapore on April 30 for its first overseas tour.
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    A DRIVING LICENCEWHAT’S THAT?
    105 18 \]ALACCA, April 28. A dance hostess, Tan Kim Eng, alias Wong Kim Eng. aid in the Magistrate's r ourt here today that she did not know she had to have a licence to drive a ar She was lined a total ol alter pleading guilty 'm
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    Amok hacks girl, man with an axe
    158 18 BUTTERWORTH, April 28. AN amok armed with an axe chasea a young girl in Kampong Simpah, off Jalan Raja Uda, yesterday evening, and slashed her on the head. Villagers hid in terror for five minutes before he was finally overpowered. The girl’s uncle,
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    Delegates for Jaycee meeting
    54 18 KUALA LUMPUR, April 28. —Two Malayans left here for Calcutta today to attend the four-day 11th Aslan conference of the Junior Chamber International which opens there tomorrow. They are Mr. K Appadurai of Seremban and Mr. Yap Kuan Keat of Kuala Lumpur. Nine other delegates will
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    A CLOSE LOOK AT MANUFACTURING
    290 18 KUALA LUMPUR, April 28. TJESULTS of the first survey into the size and character of Malaya's manufacturing industries were published in a Government census report today. The survey, lasting more than a year, was planned and supervised by a Canadian, Miss Barbara Mercer, under the
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    CUSTOMS MAN WAS ‘TAKEN FOR RIDE’
    142 18 BUTTERWORTH. April 28. —Police today detained a man and a car following a report by a revenue officer that he was taken for a two-mile ride by a motorist whom he had stopped for a search. The officer, Inche Abu Bakar bin Din, reported
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    FREE MIST AND JOCKEY WARD COMPLETE A DOUBLE
    762 19  -  •y EPSOM |EEP ta Kongsi’s Free Mist, with Arthur Ward up, I L eted a splendid double when he beat Precedice c 6t at Kuala Lump Jr on April 29. Ward got his oru ner when he landed Sea Luck an easy
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    Trophy race to Picture Fan
    788 19  -  By EPSOM JEEP Kuala lumpur. April 30 Jockey .Bob Frinklin, who has struck a happy partnership with Shaw Stable and trainer Jack Spencer, scored a clever win on Picture Fan II in the Class 2, 14-mile trophy at Kuala Lumpur today. Leading jockey Noel McGrowdie
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    Border war seminar
    53 19 IPOH, April 30.—Senior officers of the Malayan, Commonwealth and Thai armies and police will hold a two-day seminar here beginning tomorrow, organised by the No. 2 Federal Infantry Brigade. The aim is to study the techniques and control of Joint operations against the terrorist organisation in the
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    U.N. TECHNICAL AID MAN COMING TO MALAYAN AREA
    286 19 KUALA LUMPUR. April 27 \MR. HARRY L. SPENCE of the United States aTI has been appointed by the United Nations Technical Assistance Board as its regional representative for Malaya, Singapore, Brunei, North Borneo and Sarawak. He is due here on Sunday to
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      34 19 —BIS SWEEP— ToUl pool $164,490 1st No. *****6—$44,412 2nd No. *****5—122,206 3rd No. *****8—111,103 Starters: $2,220—Nos. *****5, *****5. *****0, *****9, *****5. Consolation: $986 Nos. *****5. *****5, *****6, *****2, *****8, *****2, *****2, *****9. *****5, *****0.
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      53 19 pic SWEEP: Total Pool $169,660 IST PRIZE! No. *****2 $49,508 2Nfr PRIZE: No. *****1 $22,904 SRD °RIZE: No. *****8 $11,452 STARTERS ($1,636 oach): Nos. 2979|1, *****1. *****7, *****8, *****6. *****6, *****6. CONSOLATION ($1,017 oach): Not. *****1. *****6. *****9, *****1. *****7. *****7. *****2. *****6, *****5. *****1. NOTE: Tickets Nos: *****1—50 (40
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  • MALAYAN SHARE MARKET REVIEW
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      A chronic tightness of scrip
      1184 20 From Our Market Correspondent (INK factor emerged most clearly on the Malayan Stock Exchange last week and that was the chronic shortage of scrip which is developing locally. This tendency has been observable for some time, but last week was thrown into even greater relief.
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      DIVIDENDS ANNOUNCED
      53 20 Current Date of Total Total for payment payment for previous year year Cold Stores 6 cts.t June ft 20% Pahang od.+ June 10 18% Pengkalen 4}d. May 20 U. Bd. do. 4sd.t May 20 la. Uai» nett 10% June 13 10% 80% K. Stdim 30% June 6 46%
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      Tin price continues to see-saw
      153 20 rpHE tin price in Singa- pore yesterday continued its see saw movement, a slight gain of 25 cents taking it to $426.75. The previous day there had been a drop of 75 cents. In London overnight a softer tone was evident, values closing around 50s.
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      Radio men put accent on the wrong syllABle
      113 20 KUAjLAUJMI! x tola, critics,, tion of some i\ w.y"* programme U nu wrong accentua w M( fault— and The exprrt \j r Thompson. ga\. an J ample of wroi,? (r "J* word “encourau ibs ls 0: «n tin cn —as has h*»
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      UNIT TRUSTS
      29 20 (Managtrt' Pncti) Flrat Malayan l e g Second Malayan i is ig First Hong Kong ...I 32 i UM Second Hong Kong i 01 tH Y currrncyl
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      CLOSING PRICES
      32 20 RUBBER TIN (per lb.) (perpkah April U 91*, cts. 5425.75 29 9214 cts. $421 37') tits cts. *.427.25 27 21H cts. 5426 M 2S Pits cts. $426 75 29 $425.75
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      MALAYAN SHARE LIST
      1068 20 PHE state of shares on the 1 Malayan Stock Exchange showing last business to April 22 <A| and last business since that date (B) with H and L standing for Highest and Lowest business last yuar and to date, was: IMtfSTRIALS l MSS BriCAt 1.00 .10 Ords
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