The Straits Budget, 20 March 1952
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Title Section31 1952-03-20 1 The Straits Budget THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES [ESTABLISHED OVER A CENTURY] y N scries No. 294. Thursday, March 20, 1952 Price 40 cents (S.S. Currency) Or 1 lh.31 words
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Article311 1952-03-20 2 FULLSTOP - FULLSTOP. Kuala Lumpur. THE conditions Paula Fitzgerald complains of are representative of Rest House accommodation throughout Malaya with few exceptions. The fault appears to lie firstly with the Colonial Ulfice in making promises that cannot be fulfilled, but me root of the trouble is311 words
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Article432 1952-03-20 2 PERMANENT GUEST - PERMANENT GUEST. Singapore. APPARENTLY the world’s most important news of the day last Sunday was the question whether monkey brains are eaten as a delicacy in Singapore, together with demands for an apology from the unfortunate victims of a gullible and a.: i432 words
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Article147 1952-03-20 2 HELPFUL - HELPFUL. Penang. WHILE sympathising with the feelings of Government servants over the housing shortage, one cannot help but think that the problem could be overcome if there were fewer Government servants for whom quarters had to be found. Owing to the Emergency, it has been147 words
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Article108 1952-03-20 2 PRO BONO PUBLIC HOUSO - PRO BONO PUBLIC HOUSO. Johore Bahru. WHY must present-day Governments insist on interfering with the simple pleasures of ones life? I read with dismay your report of the Singapore Government’s announcement of the increase of duty on beer and whisky, particularly as T have just returned108 words
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Article49 1952-03-20 2 TEETOTALLER - TEETOTALLER. Singapore. DEER and spirits, it i s an- nounced, are to go up in price in Singapore. The reason of the rise is an increase in duty. This, no doubt, is necessitated by the remarkably small number of people in the Colony assessable for income tax?49 words
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445 1952-03-20 2 E.F.L. R - E.F.L.R. Kuala Lumpur. MR. Arthur Helliwell is to be congratulated on nis article in bringing to the notice of the Western world the disgusting culinary habits of the Chinese whose dinners we enjoy so very much. Tn all fairness to the Chinese it is445 words
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Article877 1952-03-20 2 A. P. K v, ’*■ - A Councillor on City’s progres s, A. P. K v, Singapore. 1FEEL that in your leader on the City President’s Administration Report for 1951 you showed less than your usual fairness, suggesting: complacency by Mr. McNeice and only a “reasonable year’’ of work by the City Council. You quote the877 words
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Article550 1952-03-20 3 -Straits Times. Mar. 3. ,»i ,ty is Malaya for supplies of rmoured cars? in the staff ol X 1 n or ol Operations -kt (1 to reply to iioism of the conthe delivery of l<> Planters was imistic. But at to have been h.„ alone is a-Straits Times. Mar. 3. - 550 words
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Article760 1952-03-20 3 —Straits Times, Mar. 14 The House of Commons is not the best of all places for consideration of the problems of the Malayan smallholder, hut it is remarkable how often the Secretary of State is called on to explain Federation policy. By comparison with the Federal Council. Westminster—Straits Times, Mar. 14 - 760 words
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Article391 1952-03-20 3 Straits Times, Mar. 14. London registered Malayan tin and rubber companies await with some anxiety the full details of the excess pro- fits tax which Mr. Butler an- i nounced in his budget speech. The finance bill may elucidate provisions which will recognise the special positionStraits Times, Mar. 14. - 391 words
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Article725 1952-03-20 3 Straits Times. Mar. 15 Both legislative councils will have before them next week the national service hills. They will be taking, however, somewhat different action. In the Federation the bill goes before the Federal Legislative Council on a certificate of urgency. Tn Singapore, the hill is being presentedStraits Times. Mar. 15 - 725 words
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Article386 1952-03-20 4 Straits Times, Mar. 15. Tlit* freedom of the city of Singapore is an honour which the City Council intends to bestow with great discrimination, the President of the City Council said yesterday at the ceremony in the Victoria Hall which saw the Governor, Sir Franklin Gimson, becomeStraits Times, Mar. 15. - 386 words
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Article718 1952-03-20 4 —Straits Times, Mar. 17. i Commenting on tho recent ECAFE conference in Rangoon, the bulletin of the International Confederation of Trade Unions makes a strong case for more emphasis on workers’ problems in ECAFE’s future planning. At Rangoon, the ICFTU delegate discussed the practical aspects of—Straits Times, Mar. 17. i - 718 words
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Article627 1952-03-20 4 Straits Times, Mar Another ten cents a pint on beer, and smaller increases in the duty on whisky, brandy and still wines are not going to meet any opposition from the Unofficial at today's meeting of the Singapore Legislative Council. But they are increases which really shouldStraits Times, Mar - 627 words
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Article487 1952-03-20 4 —Straits Times, Mar. 18. Retjorls f rom “Kanip,,,,,. Kirkby, and from tho ers under training there. courage confidence in the sue T f S uch criticised scheme. The first discovert which so many of the students made on arrival i„ Kirkbs would seem indeed lo speak for—Straits Times, Mar. 18. - 487 words
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Article617 1952-03-20 5 —Straits Times, Mar. 19. Singapore is fortunate in having a straight-speaking, hard-hitting Director of Medical Services in Dr. W. J. Vickers. Latterly the meetings of the Legislative Council have been livened by his blunt, factual statements on the shortcomings of the Colony’s medical services, the achievements—Straits Times, Mar. 19. - 617 words
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Article263 1952-03-20 5 —Straits Times, Mar. 19 No better memorial to Sir Henry Gurney can be envisaged than that every town and kampong in the Federation of Malaya where there is not already a playing field where the young folk can engage in healthful sport should have a “Gurney” playing—Straits Times, Mar. 19 - 263 words
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Article470 1952-03-20 5 808 KROON - f]y 808 KROON gangs of 1 the Darul Islam and similar organisations continue to spread misery in West and Central Javanese villages. Recent reports from Central Java say the hard-hit DI groups have gone halfberserk under the relentless pursuing-actions of the Indonesian army. The exhausted insurgents470 words
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Article76 1952-03-20 5 ALLEN—To Thyra and Prank Allen, a son, at the Youngberg Memorial Hospital on the 10th March. TO MARGARET, wife of O. P. Darke, at Kandang Kerbau Hospital. Singapore, on 12th March—t Son. BLACKBURN—to Audrey, wife of Jack at Kandang Kerbau Hospital on 12th March—a daughter, both well. SIMPSON, to76 words
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Article42 1952-03-20 5 THE engagement is announced Pamela, eldest daughter cf Dr. St Mrs I. O. Hardlnge of Taiplng. Malaya, and Stephen Harvey, only son of the late Lt. Colonel J. P. James, 1.M.8. and Mrs. C. James of George. Cape Province, S. Africa42 words
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Article141 1952-03-20 5 On Wednesday 12 th March, 1952, by Rev. Robert M. Greer. M.A. B.D. at the Presbyterian Church. Frederick L. Morris to Jean McDonald. WOOLS CHEAH On 15-3-52 qu’etly in Kuala Lumpur. Jackson Vincent Wools to Irene Cheah Geok Lan. ON SATURDAY, 15th March. 1952, in Singapore, Richard Gerald Baron141 words
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Advertisement40 1952-03-20 5 STRAITS BUDGET SUBSCRIPTION RATES The weekly issues of the Strait*. Budget can he sent by express at delivery service to the United Kingdom only at an inclusive rate of $34.00 for six months. 'ALL THE AROVY ARE /.V STRAITS CURRENCY)40 words
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Miscellaneous28 1952-03-20 5 m u v >'x 886 Pi; S' m Si *4 f A m s~ 'V-A- f9* u i i K rm* 1 THINK YOU'LL FIND IT VERY COMFORTABLE'28 words
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Obituary27 1952-03-20 5 DEATH LOR1MER —suddenly at the Hollies. Auchtnblae, Kincardineshire. Scotland, on 6th March, 1952, John Gibb Lorlmer, late of Port Dickson, Malaya, dearly beloved husband of Alice Reid27 words
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Article, Illustration8 1952-03-20 6 Photograph by Hedda MorrisonPhotograph by Hedda Morrison - 8 words
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Article664 1952-03-20 6 CYNICUS - CYNICUS. SINGAPORE, Mar. 15. THERE were broken I 1 hearts in the vivid story told by a Straits Times special correspondent yesterday of the seven day jungle trek of the 217 villagers of Belum. Was their journey really necessary? A child of five and a woman664 words
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Article, Illustration1057 1952-03-20 6 Stanley Street - Stanley Street Study in finance Discussion about the vaiut of the pound sterling, which is one ol the poinis r.hat Mr. Butlers Budget raises again, is the sort ol discussion in which we do not shine. There was a time, many years ago, when wt cent1,057 words
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Article823 1952-03-20 7 Stanley Street - Stanley Street. Chinese Affairs STREET sits back i and listens this Saturday, in a situation which he linds extremely pleasant. The column is written instead bv Mr. Lai Kai Joo who, in the manner of a kindly judge 1 summing up, applies his wide knowledge and memory of 1823 words
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76 1952-03-20 7 Three Singapore schoolboys, who were publicly commended by the acting Commissioner of Police, Mr. N. G. Morris, on Mar. 15, at the Police Training School for “their public spirit, courage and initiative,” line up tor the cameraman after receiving their commendation certificate. They are from left: Tham Khai Wong, Leong—Straits Times; picture. - 76 words
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Article495 1952-03-20 7 TUAN DJEK - TUAN DJEK. THE Sword of Damocles is poised over the heads of the occupants of the Dusun. At the time of writing it is not yet known whether or not they will be allowed to live there any longer A LOVELY smell pervaded A the Dusun for some495 words
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Article183 1952-03-20 7 Frovi the Straits Times of Mar. 22. 1902. HIS Highness the Rajah of Patani, a friendly and a eighbouring potentate, who '.'•as but recently in Singapore. was kidnapped by a Siamese official on the night of Feb. 20. He was taken away i r a Siamese gunboatFrovi the Straits Times of Mar. 22. 1902. - 183 words
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57 1952-03-20 8 A PHASE OF THE “NIKAH” ceremony, one of the Muslim marriage cites, at the wedding of Tengku Khaladiah binti Almarham Sultan Sulaiman Shah, sister of the Sultan of Selangor, to Raja Redzuan bin Raja Yacob, held at the Selangor Istana, Kuala Lumpur, on Mar. 11. Raja Redzuan, dressed in white,,—Straits Times; picture. - 57 words
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Article129 1952-03-20 8 KUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 12. EVERY effort was being made by the Federation Government to increase padi production. the Director of Agriculture, Mr. O. S. Voelcker, told Kuala Lumpur Rotarians today. Experiments with high yielding padi were now being carried out and this could not be129 words
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Article90 1952-03-20 8 IPOH. Mar. 12. CAUGHT by a detective scaling the back gate of the eastern hotel at 2 a m. on Feb 29, Marine Commando C. Hardman, of 45 Commando. Royal Marines, was today sentenced to a day’s imprisonment and a fine of sloo, or one month’s rigorous90 words
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Article70 1952-03-20 8 SINGAPORE, Mar. 13. lIRB. Jean Harding Calf aged 31 wife of a Royai Navy lieutenant-command-er in Singapore, wns found dead in a motor-car in the garage of her house in the Kranji Wireless Station late on Tuesday. Royal Nava] police are Investigating. but no foul olav70 words
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Article446 1952-03-20 8 KUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 12. RESPITE denials by Indian leaders that men preparing to leave Malaya were trying to avoid conscription, there were indications in the Federation today that the exodus panic was beginning to spread. Managers of two rubber estates in Selangor today reported that labourers446 words
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Article45 1952-03-20 8 KUALA LUMPUR. Mar. 12. Dato Syed Abdul Kadir bin Muhammad, the Mentri Besar, of Johore, and Inche Ibrahim Abdul Rahman, the State Secretary, were welcomed as members of the South Johore Rotary Club at a tea party in Johore Bahru yesterday.45 words
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Article191 1952-03-20 8 KULIM Mar. 12. MR. W. H. Frames. OCPD Kulim was killed yester--1 day while leading an attack !on a bandit camp in the 1 Sungei Ala area, eight miles from Kulim. Three band.ts are believed ;to have been hit in the en- suing engagement.191 words
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Article28 1952-03-20 8 Mr. T. S. Pow’ell, chief of the public relations depart- mpr>t of the Shell Company in London, arrived in Singapore by air on Mar. 12.28 words
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231 1952-03-20 8 SINGAPORE, Mar. 13. VIAL AY AN aquarium fish —250 of them —will live on pure oxygen for three days in the Qantas-8.0.A.C. Airlines plane which set off with them as “passengers” from Singapore last evening. Tlie fish are being sent to London in231 words
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Article234 1952-03-20 8 KUALA LUMPUR. Mar }•> T HE young and hand*m,, I servam thought it wa the thing to do. For it wa s iwilight and tli re alone on the lawn Taylor House. a n Armofficer Sa he Wifl ot an So. the First Magistrate told here234 words
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Article, Illustration93 1952-03-20 8 DR. Mary Mostyn. whose aim is to cure tubercular children, has arrived in Singapore to be physician at the S.A.T.A. centre in Tanjong Pagar Road. She worked at the Queen Mary’s Hospital. Hong Kong, before. From 1949 till 1951. Dr Mostyn worked at the West China93 words
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Article15 1952-03-20 8 Bandits murdered a rubber tapper near Port Dickson. Negri Sembilan on Mar. 12.15 words
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Article717 1952-03-20 9 SINGAPORE, Mar. 14. pALPH NAYLOR, 29-year-old Singapore City v Council engineer, appeared at two separate inquests in Singapore yesterday on a European, Mr. G. Holton, and Heng Boon Kuang, both of whom died after accidents in which he was involved. The Coroner, Mr. Choor717 words
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Article142 1952-03-20 9 SINGAPORE, Mar. 13. VDUR bottle of beer 1 will cost 20 cents more, the Singapore Government announced last night. But the new price, caused by increased duty, should not take effect for several days until old stocks are exhausted, a big firm of liquor142 words
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Article32 1952-03-20 9 Mr D. Wilkinson, a director of the John Haig Whisky Company, arrived in Singapore on Mar. 13 by plane from Hong Kong. He will spend a week in Singapore.32 words
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Article152 1952-03-20 9 May I be a blonde Sir? asks Cpl SINGAPORE. Mar. 14. THE adjutant was shattered Were his ears letting him down “Say that again.” he demanded of the R.A.S.C. corporal before him ‘‘Please, have 1 your permission to become a blonde sir repeated the corporal. “My goodness, it's true. The152 words
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Article39 1952-03-20 9 A former Government of India Agent in Malaya, Mr. S. Dutt, has been appointed Indian Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany. Mr. Dutt was previously Secretary for Commonwealth Relations, Ministry ci External Affairs. India.39 words
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Article45 1952-03-20 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Mar. 13. THE home guards of Kampong Sungkai, today received a telegram from the High Commissioner. General Sir Gerald Templer. congratulating them on their spirit and brave action in routing the seven armed bandits who raided their kampong.45 words
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203 1952-03-20 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 12. IyORKMEN re-launching the Madras Bailey bridge at Klang are in danger of attack by crocodiles, Mr. I). W. Grehan, Senior Executive Engineer for Klang, said yesterday. The work, just started, was the biggest and most complicated undertaken by Selangor Public Works203 words
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114 1952-03-20 9 Singapore Mar. 13. OINGAPORES Traftic Police Chief, Mr. W. It. M. Ilaxworth, yesterday told Rotarians that he would like to he a “dictator” for a year no that he could sort out all the traffic problems in the Colony and “sort you114 words
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146 1952-03-20 9 SINGAPORE, Mar 13. WHEN the Singapore AntiTuberculosis Association’s new $BOO,OOO air conditioned clinic at Prince Edward Road —the finest anti-T.B. centre in the Far East—is ready in July, 5,000 patients will be treated daily instead of 000, as now. said the director.146 words
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68 1952-03-20 9 LADY GIMSON receives a bouquet at a farewell tea party given by the Red Cross, Singapore branch, at the home of Lady Russell. The presentation was made by Chang Woon Eng, a polio victim, still in splints. Lady Gimson took an active interest in crippled children when she was the—Straits Times picture. - 68 words
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Article266 1952-03-20 9 SINGAPORE, Mar. 13. \IR. W. R. M. Haxworth, Singapore’s Traffic 1 Police chief, told Singapore Rotarians yesterday that he had suggested the formation of an independent specially-trained Traffic Corps next year to deal with the Colony’s increasing and complicated traffic problems. He said: “I would like266 words
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Article40 1952-03-20 9 KUAI.A I.t'MPUR. Mar. 12. Tenders for Federation Treasury Bills worn accepted, by the Accountant General to the extent of $9,000,000. Tenders at three-quarter per cent per annum were allotted In full The bills will be issued on Saturday.40 words
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Article, Illustration1059 1952-03-20 10 BY A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT JELI, Vlln Kelantan. Mar. 13. II'ITH weary si#iiies. 21"< t Malays, men. women and children put down their loads at Jeli in l lu Kelantan today more than 50 miles from Kota Bahru after ato K.cnpong .fell.—Straits Times picture; —Straits Times picture - 1,059 words
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156 1952-03-20 10 SINGAPORE, Mar IV T IIE Singapore Rubber T r; t u A Association yest e r il i cabled the Rubber r Association and KuoWt Manufacturers’ Association both of New York, i. V S Government' u allow free import and sumption by m156 words
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Article263 1952-03-20 11 PENANG, Mar. 13. THE Penang Rubber Trade Association has through the Member for Economic Affairs, Mr. 0. A. Spencer, a protest against the “series of measures introduced by the American Government to strangulate the natural rubber industry”. The association urges the British Government to make263 words
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Article159 1952-03-20 11 SINGAPORE, Mar. 15. THE first post-war consignment of Malayan bauxite for the Central Trust of China. Formosa, will begin loading tomorrow from the former Japanese-owned mines in Johore The 2.300-ton freighter. Pins Tung, belonging to the Taiwan Navigation Company, is loading 3,200 tons from the159 words
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Article33 1952-03-20 11 JOHORE BAHRU. Mar. i 3. Mr. P. H. D. Jackson, Superintendent of Police, who is Chief Police Officer. Johore. has been promoted Assistant Commissioner of Police, Federation of Malaya Police.33 words
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Article93 1952-03-20 11 SINGAPORE, Mar. 14. A/fORE tuberculosis patients in Singapore have received financial help from the Government during February than ever before. In its February monthly report, the Social Welfare Department disclosed that 146 new cases were approved by the Advisory Committee for the T.B. Treatment93 words
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Article64 1952-03-20 11 PENANG, Mar. 13— Many Penang lawyers attended 'l\? funeral today of Mr. Khoo Soon Chee. Followed bv a long procession of cars, the hearse was taken along a 10-mile route from Mr. Khoo’s home :n Tanjor.g Eungah to Kek Lok Si temple. Ayer Itam. for the cremation.64 words
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Article67 1952-03-20 11 Committee members of th° Filot Association Office. East Wharf Sir.eapore. for 1352 are as folJovs: Capt. R. J. J Sr.eddon, Capr. L. Newine. Capt. W. Gibson. Capt. O Wrieht. Capt W. A. Balch. Capt. J. D. Whyte, Capt. F. M Squ re. Cap*. E J. P.. Nor*.67 words
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Article323 1952-03-20 11 PENANG. Mar. 13. 4 FTER an extensive investigation tour of the Federation, Mr. Ramakrishna Rao, the Government of- India's Agent in Malaya, is “convinced” that Indians now leaving the country are not doing so to avoid conscription. Mr. Rao told the Straits Times in Penang today323 words
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Article71 1952-03-20 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 13. No one has yet been chosen to take the place of Mr R. P. Bingham as Resident Commissioner, Penang, when he goes on leave next month. It is understood selection of a successor Is difficult because of the shortage of senior officers.71 words
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Article27 1952-03-20 11 Maj.-Gen. L. E. Beavis. the new Australian High Commissioner In Pakistan, passed through Singapore bv QantasBOAC on Mar. 12 on his way to Karachi.27 words
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Article252 1952-03-20 11 Farewell to the gallant ‘45s BATU GAJAH, Mar. 12. MEN of 45 Commando Royal Marines said farewell to Perak today. They are leaving for Malta, after two years of bandit fighting in which they have killed 86 bandits and have had 70 others surrender to them Speaking to the men252 words
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Article247 1952-03-20 11 SINGAPORE, Mar. 14. VIK. Alex Josey, Radio Malaya’s chief news editor, yesterday said that it was completely untrue that he h id Communist sympathies. Mr. Josey was replying to a statement made in the House of Commons by Lord Malcolm DouglasHamilton that the Trades Union247 words
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Article105 1952-03-20 11 MR. P. P. Narayanan, president of the Malayan Tracies Union Council, cabled to the Trades Union Congress in Britain on Mar. 14 that the council has complete confidence in 'Mr. Alex Josey. Radio Malaya’s Chief News Editor. The cable asked for a refutation of the allega:ion made105 words
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Article38 1952-03-20 11 A police jungle squad ana a fire engine were rushed to a mine :n the Tapah area of Perak on Mar. 13 to put out a fire in an en ine shed sterttd by terrorists.38 words
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Article542 1952-03-20 12 SINGAPORE. Mar. 15. OIR Franklin Gimson, the Governor, yesterday became the first honorary Freeman of the City of Singapore and said: “Singapore has been well served in the past by her sons and daughters, both by bifth and adoption, and I am happy that I542 words
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Article, Illustration739 1952-03-20 12 SINGAPORE. Mar. 15. SIR Franklin Gimson. Governor of Singapore, was chaired out of the Victoria Memorial Hall last night h\ a group of City Councillors after the reception which followed the conferment of the freedom of Singapore City on him. Councillors representative of739 words
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Article286 1952-03-20 13 KUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 14. RELAXATION of the language qualification, the reduction of the residential qualification from 15 to 10 years and the easing of citizenship rules for National Servicemen are three of the principal recommendations made b> the select committee on the Bill to amend286 words
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Article189 1952-03-20 13 KUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 14. THE Federation Govern* ment today denied that there was any Malayan armoured ears scandal, as had been alleged in a London newspaper. 4 spokesman of the Director of Operations staff said that although deliveries of armoured ears ordered for the police189 words
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Article75 1952-03-20 13 SINGAPORE. Mar. 15. r pHE Cathay Cinema in Singapore this week Ls screening the latest issue of he Malayan Gazette, which includes the movie shots t.ikcn by the Malayan Film -nit cameraman who went the epic patrol of the < ameronians in North Selaneor recently. lined75 words
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Article62 1952-03-20 13 The 48-year old troopship. Empress of Australia, left Singapore on Mar. 13 for Hong Kong. On board was the 7 Royal Tank Regt., which has come from Britain. A military spokesman ;aid that it isprobably the last voyage the Empress of Australia will make as a62 words
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188 1952-03-20 13 In the dark —and it’s intolerable’ SINGAPORE, Mar. 15. THE frequent blackouts are becoming intolerable, the Singapore Ratepayers* Association says in a letter to the City Council President, Mr. McNeice. The letter says: “The loss of output and earnings time, comfort and convenience is not easily calculated But it is188 words
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Article61 1952-03-20 13 SINGAPORE, Mar. 14. BRANCH committees are to be formed on the west coast of Singapore Island to train civil defence workers, the chairman of the Pasir Panjang Rural District Committee. Mr. H. J. C. Kulasingha. said last night. Mr. Kulasingha. appealing for volunteers, says. “Everyone61 words
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Article68 1952-03-20 13 THE Government Health Department distributed 23.184 pounds of free milk among poor children and mothers in the rural areas of Singapore during 1951. An average or 1.600 children benefited every month. An average of 10,600 children a month attended -the rural welfare clinics for68 words
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Article146 1952-03-20 13 K,?a LA LUMPUR, Mar. 14. T 1IE fertile Belum valley in North Perak, which once boured and fed bandits. n °w a forbidden ghost i: >se, with all its inhabi- "•'s evacuated, its homes ben down, and its crops .royed. 1 one is allowed146 words
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188 1952-03-20 13 FREE MALAYA ‘STILL NEEDS BRITISH PENANG, Mar. 14. F*VEN when Malaya gains independence, it will still need the British, said Mr. Heah Joo Seang tonight when he presided at a meeting called to discuss the formation of a Penang branch of the Independence of Malaya Party. “We want the British188 words
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80 1952-03-20 13 SINGAPORE Mar. 15. ¥OHORE police after an all-night search yesterday. found the wreckage of the missing Army Auster in Kulai, South Johore. The pilot of the aircraft, an Army man, was dead, and the passenger, a non-com-missioned officer of the R A F., was80 words
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Article38 1952-03-20 13 The Singapore TrafTic Police’s experiment to determine whether or not white scotchlite strips on the rear mud-guards of bicycles make them easier to see by night will be carried out for a month In five Divisions.38 words
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305 1952-03-20 13 US rubber policy hits smallholder KUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 12. RUBBER smallholders in Malaya are being lx very hard hit by a reduction in the purchase of certain lower grades of rubber by America, the Malayan Trade Union Council, has told the U.S. Government. In a note to the U.S. Government,305 words
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Article28 1952-03-20 13 A donation of $1,500 from Standard-Vacuum Oil Company for the new clinic tops the ii.st of the latest contributions to the Singapore AntiTuberculosis Association28 words
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135 1952-03-20 14 KUALA LUMPUR. Mar. 16 Allowances fo r Malayan students in Britain on Government scholarships may soon be increased to meet the cost of living there The special committee appointed to consider the question will tomorrow start interviewing students recently returned In asking tin*135 words
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Article50 1952-03-20 14 SINGAPORE. Mar. 17. A prowcsMonai march o> 150 nitormed youth groups tUhhghtcd the first annual •ombined service organised bv the Singapore Christian Youth Council at St. Andrews Cathedral yesterday. The presentation of colours was made bv Canon R. K 3 Adairs who later delivered in addrpss50 words
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Article28 1952-03-20 14 JOHORE BAHRU. Mar. 16— Mr Woon Chow Kai. a Johore •in miner, leaves Singapore on Thursday on a round-the-world trip accompanied bv bis wife and family.28 words
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Article192 1952-03-20 14 CHANGI GOES BACK ‘ON THE AI R’ SINGAPORE, Mar. 15. RADIO system that started life as a couple of battered Jap army wireless sets will be back on the air at Changi tonight after eight months of silence for re-equipment. It is the Changi Broadcasting System, which will radi- 1192 words
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Article41 1952-03-20 14 SINGAPORE. Mar. 16. Six hundred and fortyseven babies were born in Singapore during the first, week of this month. Total number of deaths during the period was 206. Of these 119 were males and 97 f(>males.41 words
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182 1952-03-20 14 SINGAPORE, Mar. 15. THE European Civil Servants’ Association °i 1 Malaya (Singapore branch) is asking the Colony Government to encourage Asian officers to buy their own houses. This, they say, would be a long-term solution to the accommodation problem facing European officers because it182 words
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Article76 1952-03-20 14 SINGAPORE, Mar. 17. The annual general meeting of the East-West Society was held at the British Council Hall last week. The following office-bearers were elected President and chairman: Mr, P. S. Raman: Vice-presi-dent: Mr, P. K. Hernon; Joint secretaries: for minutes: Miss M. Keel, for programme: Miss76 words
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Article137 1952-03-20 14 KUALA LUMPUR, Mar. H Bill permanent bandit base has been found near Betong, in South Siam, by a combined Malayan and Siamese police patrol, the Federation Government announced this evening. The patrol found the camp yesterday not far from the border iii the Betong137 words
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Article121 1952-03-20 14 SINGAPORE. Mar. 17. A TOTAL of 1.089 deaths was reported to the Singapore Coroner during 1951 There were inquests on 722 without jurors. Of 28 inquests held with Jurors, four were on condemned prisoners, and 19 on prisoners dying in lock-ups and police stations and hospitals121 words
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Article71 1952-03-20 14 SINGAPORE. Mar. 17. The marriage of Mr J V Wooll. a SelangoY planter to Miss Cheah Geok Lan a formei receptionist at a Singapore dental surgery took place at Kuala Lumpur yesterday It was performed bv Mr J G Adams the Registrar ot Marriages, Selangor71 words
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Article53 1952-03-20 14 TAIPING. Mar. 16. The Taiping Indian community yesterday entertained their leader, Mr. Jal Manecksa. to a tea party at the Hokkien Hoay Kuan in honour of his recent appointment as a Justice of the Peace bv the Sultan of Perak. The large gathering included the Sultan53 words
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Article151 1952-03-20 14 SINGAPORE. Mar. 15. MORE than 1,000 new wooden sleepers worth 512.000 were destroyed and i railway waggon was damped yesterday when a lal- ms fire broke out in the marshalling yards of Singavire railway station A Malayan Railways offl•>al told Straits Times hat the fire orobablv151 words
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Article242 1952-03-20 14 SINGAPORE. Mar. 16 gPECTATORS at a presentation parade at the Singapore Police Training School in Thomson Road yesterday watched three unassuming schoolboys being publicly commended by the acting Commissioner of Police. Mr N. G Morris, for their “public spirit, courage and initiative.” Tham Klui242 words
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Article64 1952-03-20 14 SINGAPORE. Mar. 1" THE Singapore Art exhibition °f and drawings bv seven t lish and American y om artists, which finished v* terday afternoon, resulted the sale of 46 pictures lor a total of $2,450. This was the ninth exhP tlon of painting* organise d ?fthe Society64 words
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Article58 1952-03-20 14 ALOR STAR, Mar Eleven new' kongsis, r <> sen ting over 100 shops, ed yesterday in five K villages in the “restri area of Baling. Formed under the Ei gency Regulations for coi of shops and the move" of essential commodfthese kongsis will now t58 words
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Article710 1952-03-20 15 From A Special Correspondent KOTA BAHRU, Mar. 16. rrHE 11 small kampongs of Belum Valley, now 1 evacuated to Kelantan, were dominated by Communists for the last year or so, Mr. J. E. Aitken, former District Officer of Upper Perak, told the Straits Times.710 words
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Article166 1952-03-20 15 KUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 16. THE High Commissioner. General Sir Gerald Templer, has congratulated all who took part In the airborne operation of Belum in North Perak. The operation finished yesterday. To the Malayan Scouts Special Air Service Regimpnt whose men were dropped into the Belum166 words
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Article45 1952-03-20 15 KUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 16. KALUMPANG village, in North Selangor, was at tacked by bandits at dawn this morning. A police constable was killed and two Home Guards were wounded The police and Home Guards drove them off after the Initial surprise.45 words
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Article151 1952-03-20 15 SINGAPORE, Mar. 17. SINGAPORE Government and City Council Labour u Union, at a special delegates' conference on Saturday, decided to ask the Colony Government to exempt its members from call-up under the proposed National Service Bill. The conference decided that since members of the union were151 words
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Article, Illustration33 1952-03-20 15 —Straits Times picture.—Straits Times picture. - 33 words
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Article, Illustration281 1952-03-20 15 KUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 16. FI week-end battles, Security Forces killed three terrorists and wounded six more. Yesterday, in Pahang, a Mentakab police jungle squad, led by Corporal Ismail, acting on a ‘‘whisper’* from the public, attacked a terrorist camp and killed two bandits and woundedStraits Times picture. - 281 words
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Article28 1952-03-20 15 THE practical examination. 4 of the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music, London, will be held In Singapore between August and September this year.28 words
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Article65 1952-03-20 15 SINGAPORE. Mar. 18. ON the eve of the Singapore Governor’s departure for Britain on retirement, the Bukit Timah Boys’ Home in Clementi Road has been renamed “The Gimson School for Boys.” There are more than 100 boys at the school. Instruction is given in basketry, carpentry,65 words
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Article114 1952-03-20 15 PENANO. Mar. 16. A BANDIT platoon operating In Province Wellealey has executed six of Its men for “wavering”. This was disclosed by a surrendered bandit. Chong Ah Cheng, who gave himself up at a police post in Province Wellesley. He nad with him a114 words
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Article68 1952-03-20 15 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon The High Commissioner has appointed Mr. Lee Thean Chu a temporary unofficial member of the Federal Legislative Council for the period during which Mr. Lim Khve Seng is absent from the Federation. Terrorists burned a lorry on an estate In the Kluang district of Johore,68 words
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Article108 1952-03-20 15 KUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 17. FkAY mail train services were cancelled between Gemas and Kluang todav because bandits derailed a train in Johore. It Is hoped that normal running will be resumed tomorrow with the day mail trains. The Malayan Railway todav said that the down local108 words
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Article523 1952-03-20 16 SIR CHENG-LOCK lAN’S APPEAL KUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 16. SIR Cheng-lock Tan, speaking on the new National Service Rill in a broadcast from Radio Malaya tonight, suggested the formation of a Malayan Chinese regiment. He said that the Chinese community should demand to be allowed to provide523 words
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Article128 1952-03-20 16 SINGAPORE, Mar. 18. SINGAPORE and Federation businessmen are claiming millions of dollars in respect of outstanding pre-war trade with Indonesia. To ascertain what is owing the Custodians of Property in Singapore and the Federation are calling for details of debts outstanding on the liberation between residents128 words
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Article199 1952-03-20 16 SINGAPORE, Mar. 17. AFIVL-year programme ol new development projects lor Singapore is being planned by the City Council Heads of the City depart ments have been asked to submit details of schemes which they want included. This programme is in line with a proposal made by199 words
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Article53 1952-03-20 16 SINGAPORE, Mar. 18. Singanore Citv Ccu-cillo r s at a closed meeting yesterr’nv chose Mr J T. Pae of Yz M!,l ;r n E.stnb"shment offmo TCmla Lumnur as t'cir Dcnuty President, in nl ;f Mr 11. G. Hammett v.iu. I-- go'ng to Malac a nottlv53 words
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Article33 1952-03-20 16 The bodies of two Chinese kepalas were found by a patrol of 1,7 Gurkhas on Mar. 18 in the Senemban district of Negri Sembilan. Thev had been murdered bv terrorists33 words
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Article163 1952-03-20 16 KUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 17. OIX students recently re- turned from Britain declared today that they considered the increased cost-of-living allowances for Malayan Government students there to be totally inadequate. The six were giving their opinions here to a committee appointed to consider the cost-of-living allowances for students163 words
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Article176 1952-03-20 16 SINGAPORE, Mar. 18. LTIGHWOOD House, in Mill Hill, London, the home of Sir Stamford Raffles, founder of Singapore, is up for sale. Mr. G. G. Thomson, Singapore’s Public Relations Secretary yesterday said he thought Hlghwood House should be preserved as a symbol of the176 words
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Article157 1952-03-20 16 SINGAPORE, Mar. 18. MR Nigel Morris, Acting ITI Police Commissioner, Singapore, has agreed to postpone his leave for three months. He was due to leave tor Britain on six months’ leave on Mar 27. Last night hr said; "I have agreed to sta> on for157 words
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112 1952-03-20 16 KUALA LUMPUR* Mar. 17. piVE delegates from the Federation Government Pensioners’ Association will discuss their case with the Deputy High Commissioner, Mr. D. C MacGillivray, at a meetings to be held within the next fortnight. Mr. V. Kanapathipilluy. president of the association which represents112 words
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236 1952-03-20 17 KUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 18. \|EN of the First and Third Battalions of the A? 1 King’s African Rifles today prepared for their first operations against the bandits. They have arrived in south-west Pahang—one of the worst bandit areas—and taken over from Gurkha and Malay236 words
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Article69 1952-03-20 17 SINGAPORE. Mar. 19. -Col. F. W. Harvey. v commanding the Sal- 1 n Army in Malaya. with Mrs. Harvey on f’orfu tomorrow, for U K. n fight-month vacation. will be their first home since the Colonel came to Singapore in 1946 1 a neriod of recuperation69 words
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Article54 1952-03-20 17 PENANG. Tues —The Indonesian Consul, Mr Haas Hamzah. will leav e Penang tomorrow to take up an appointment in the Indonesian Embassy at Canberra. He will be succeeded in Penang bv Mr. Kiswanto expected from Jakarta in a few days. Mr Hamzah has been stationed in54 words
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Article43 1952-03-20 17 IPOH, Mar. 18.—A new appointment, that of a full-time Building Inspector for Hie Taiping Town Board has been created. The post, it is understood, has been given to a Malav officer, who will take over duties next month.43 words
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Article115 1952-03-20 17 SINGAPORE, Mar. 19. THE University of Malaya may soon have a health service of its own run by medical graduates and senior undergraduates. The associate secretary of the World University Service, Mr. D. J. Aitken. arrived in Singapore by Qantas-BOAC yesterday to suggest the formation of115 words
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Article48 1952-03-20 17 SINGAPORE. Mar. 19. j Singapore’s Food Office!. Mr. R. A. Wright, is leaving for Scotland on five months’ leave next month in the Canton. Mr Wright was appointed Food Officer nearly a year ago. He is also the Chief Veterinary Officer of the Colony48 words
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440 1952-03-20 17 KUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 17. IZAMPONG* Temenggor, in Upper Perak, which nearly a year ago echoed to the cry of “Lawan Sampai Mati!" (We fight unto death) today received its periodic reward for courage—a 4,4001b. airdrop of food. It is the village’s fourth air reward440 words
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Article24 1952-03-20 17 Forty boys from Singapore Victoria Afternoon School, visited the Police Courts on Mar. 16 to watch them in session.24 words
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Article109 1952-03-20 17 SINGAPORE, Mar. 18. THE Governor-designate of Singapore. Mr. John Nicoll, will arrive in the Colony by air in the middle of next month. He will be sworn In by the Chief Justice. Sir Charles Murray-Aynsley on the dav of his arrival 1! Mr Nicoll109 words
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Article104 1952-03-20 17 SINGAPORE, Mar. 18. NO turther details are available regarding an Englishman. Mr D. A Campbell, who disappeared from the Nieuw Holland, on Feb. 17 when the liner was passing through the Barrier Reef on her way trom Australia to Singapore. It is understood, that Mr Campbell104 words
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Article54 1952-03-20 17 SINGAPORE. Mar. 19 Mr. J.B. Jayaretnam. an old buy of St. Andrew’s School. Singapore, has been appointed a police magistrate for the Colony. Mr. Jayaretnam who i s is a barrister and holds an honours degree of London University. He was called in the Bar in Britain54 words
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69 1952-03-20 17 THERE HUNDRED AND SIXTY members and guests of St. Patrick’s Society attended St. Patrick’s Day dinner at Sea View Hotel, Singapore on Mar. 17. The president of the society, Mr. T. P. F. McNeice, was presented with an Irish ‘shillelagh’. Picture shows (from the left) Mr. P. H. Steed, Mrs.— Straits Times picture - 69 words
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Article, Illustration866 1952-03-20 18 One abstains —as liquor price rises SINGAPORE, Mar. 19. CINGAPORK Legislative Council yesterday k approved by 11 votes to nine, with one abstention, the increased tax on liquor, the estimated annual yield of $2,500,000 from which will be used for the expanding civil defence services. Councillors representing the three Chambers866 words
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Article99 1952-03-20 18 SINGAPORE. Mar. 19 REGULATIONS for imposing deterrent penalties for the mishandling of arms and explosives by anybody in the Colony weup approved by the Singapore Legislative Council yesterday. Introducing the regulations fit a motion, the Colonial Secretary. Mr W. L. Blythe, s aid that recently there99 words
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339 1952-03-20 18 SINGAPORE. Mar. 19. OIR Franklin Gimson, the Governor, told the Singapore Legislative Council yesterday that the way Singapore was conducting its affairs provided the best answer to the menace of Communism. 1 Sir Franklin, making ins last speech to the Council. said that the339 words
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Article193 1952-03-20 18 SINGAPORE Mar. 19 THE retiring ag<* of Singapore civil servants should be extended by live «>r 10 years, said Mrs. Elizabeth hov (nominated* at yesterday's meeting 01 the Singapore Legislative Council. Speaking during fh t adjournment. Mrs. Choy said that because of the present policy193 words
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Article46 1952-03-20 18 A Bill to amend the Municipal Ordinance to exempt Singapore schools from paying assessment on their playing fields is now under consideration, Mr. C. C. Tan was told in the Singapore Legislative Council The amendments will bo introduced in Council as soon as possible46 words
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Article221 1952-03-20 18 SINGAPORE, Mar. 19. THERE are 35,000 more 1 seats in Government English primary schools in Singapore today than there were two years ago, said the Director of Education, Mr. A W. Frisby. at Singapore Legislative Council meeting yesterday. He was replying to criticisms by Dato221 words
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Article337 1952-03-20 18 SINGAPORE* Mar. 19. THE Senior Unofficial member of Singapore Legislative Council, Mr. Tan Chin Tuan, \<k. terday paid tribute to Sir Franklin GimsonVthe retiring Governor. The Unofficials, he said, were losing a just and reasonable Governor. Sir Franklin had been a capable administrate) and337 words
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Article138 1952-03-20 18 SINGAPORE. Mar 19 MR. C U Tan Prog. Tang Uni asked Govern mem in the Singapore Legislative Council yesterday review the benefits paid te dependants ol Government servants who died whilst tr. service, and so remove "grave hardships.' Speaking during rht ad lournment. Mr Tan referred to138 words
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Article72 1952-03-20 18 SINGAPORE. Mar. 19. A Lady Assistant Secretary for Economic Affairs w;appointed last November relieve the temporary stafii shortage, Government to a Dato C. J. Paglar at the Legislative Council meeting yesterday. She was engaged on month to month basis an her qualifications were University training72 words
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Article, Illustration1097 1952-03-20 19 SINGAPORE, Mar. 16. JOCKEY Roy Percival, back inthe saddle after a month, made a great come-back when he brought home four winners for the van Breukelens on Congo, Gold Rise, Curlew and sing Glory at Bukit Thnah yesterday, opening day of the Singapore Turf1,097 words
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Article1142 1952-03-20 19 THE WEEK IN SPORT VOT optimistic about the outcome of Malaya’s defence of the Thomas Cup? Ridiculous. That was what Mr. Lim Chuan Geok, Thomas Cud team manager and non-playing captain, said when asked about a newspaper report attributing that view to him. “Not, optimistic? I’m1,142 words
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Miscellaneous53 1952-03-20 19 Big Sweep Total pool: $463,785. 1st No. *****3 ($20*702) 2nd No. *****7 ($104,351) 3rd No. *****6 57,973) Starters ($6,441 each) Nos. *****9, *****6, *****1, *****4, *****0. *****8, *****8, *****4, *****1. Consolation prizes ($3,478 each) Nos: *****5. *****6, *****9, *****4. *****8. *****1, *****9, *****5, *****7, *****1. DOUBLE TOTE DOUBLE TOTE: 30353 words
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470 1952-03-20 20 From A Market Correspondent SINGAPORE, Mar. 17. THERE was a distinct lull while Malayan markets waited for Mr. Butler’s Budget and a reduced volume of business was recorded over the week. Malayan commercial opinion welcomed the Budget proposals as resolute steps to save sterling470 words
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Article125 1952-03-20 20 Hammer Co. seek new water rate SUPPLYING shipping with water at rates fixed in 1933. Hammer A: Co.. Ltd., was able to meet an unprecedented demand and show a profit fer 1951 after tax of $420,379 <40.2 per cent), which would b° equivalent to at least 58 per cent before125 words
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Article86 1952-03-20 20 SHAREHOLDERS of the Tangga Batu Rubber Company are notified that the estate has been sold at $230 per acre, or a total purchase price of £16,019. The company’s other assets In Malacca are being realised and its liabilities settled, and the directors consider that the company86 words
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Article212 1952-03-20 20 SINGAPORE. Mar. 17. BUSINESS done in the Malayan Share Market last week included: Industrials: Fraser Neave $3.674 c.d. to $3.724 x.d., Jackson Co. Ltd. $2.50. Malayan Breweries $5.00 x.d., Malayan Collieries $1.70 to $1.65 to $1,724. McAlister $41.00 to $40.50. Singapore Cold Storage $4.65, Straits Trading $21.75 to212 words
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Article229 1952-03-20 20 r THE Directors of Ayer Hitam Tin Dredging Ltd., have declared a Third Interim Dividend of 1 3d per share, less Income Tax at 9 6d In the in respect of the vear to June 30. 1952, payable on April 16 to all shareholders on the register on229 words
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284 1952-03-20 20 A LACK of balance in the future econoim Malaya was predicted by Sir Charles I* 1( s Chairman of the Mercantile Bank of Judi;/ when he presented his farewell statement ut e annual general meeting of shareholde r London. Sir Charles, who is retiring284 words
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Article40 1952-03-20 20 \f H Ashworth Hope nas resigned as chairman and director of Malayan Tm. Southern Malayan Tin and Kramat Pulai Mr HoDe also left the Doaro of Tronoh. Southern Tronoh. Sungei Besi. Ayer Hitam and Kepong oredging companies.40 words
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Article22 1952-03-20 20 Sale of Sardycroft Rubber Company’s estate has been completed and in due course directors will be making recommendations to shareholders22 words
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Article27 1952-03-20 20 DUKIT Katil Rubber Estate Ltd., rubber crop for February was 33.504 lbs. Ayer Molek Rubber Co., Ltd., crop for the same perlo* was 25.061 lbs.27 words
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Article933 1952-03-20 20 SINGAPORE, Mar. 19. INDUSTRIALS Ale. «r.ct. Buyer At rd, l 2 9b 3 0a H k p*?? 12 50 ‘3 M H B Petrol 42/- 43/BM Trustees «00 7 00 Con Tin Smelt 2l- 22/- ca rd 21/6 23/6 Eastern United 38 00 39 bO Fed Dispensary933 words
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Article361 1952-03-20 20 T SINGAPORE Mar 15 HE week has again bee. active, with fluctuation, in price (airly wide. There have been moderate sized orders here, both for Amenca and Continental account says Lewis and Peats weekly report. The market has been extremely sensitive and quick to react in361 words
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Article56 1952-03-20 20 rPALAM MiVcS Limited work* A three opencast mines wi' hydro-electric plant to m;u--$487,023 (81 per cent) in 1951 at final dividend of 15 per cent a bonus 20 per cent will makt total of 70 per cent distrm for the year. Nett liquid assets at $471/56 words
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Article21 1952-03-20 20 EASTERN Bank maintain 1951 dividend at 6 per c< with unchanged final u> end of 3% per cent.21 words