The Straits Budget, 19 June 1952

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    29 1 The Straits Budget Scries No. 307. (ESTABLISHED OVER A CENTURY’) Thursday, June 19, 1952 THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES Price 40 cents (S.S. Currency) Or 1 tth.
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      74 1 if I I u i 3 More than a great Engineering Organisation ...A NATIONAL INFLUENCE mmmm m i i 4 i* I Covering every side o' the Electrical Industry electrical equipment for industries Manufacturers oi plant and apparatus covering the generation transmission, distribution and application of electrical energy crrrmrM CO
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  • From THE STRAITS TIMES POST-BAG
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      GOVERNMENT & ‘THE REST’
      135 2  - GOVERNMENT ‘THE REST’ KAPAL BULAN. Port Swettenham. 1 WRITE on this day of Commonwealth rejoicing: the first official birthday of our young Queen. I pick up the newspaper to find the same monotonous list of awards to the good-conduct boys of Government. Most of them fulfil their obligations and none
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      Welfare Lottery ticket business
      289 2  -  A. R. LAZAROUS. Singapore. rpHE Federal Government has often bewailed the fact that its Social Welfare Lottery tickets have not enjoyed a sale comparable with that of the M.C.A. lottery tickets. I think that in this matter the Federal Government has only itself to blame The
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      THE S.T.C. STRIKE INVESTIGATION
      74 2  -  DAILY BUS TRAVELLER Singapore. THE Governor said the other day that the police were making investigations into the three-day strike staged by members of' the Singapore Traction Company Employees’ Union. It is to be hoped that the results of these investigations will he made known as
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      PENSIONABLE OFFICES
      67 2  -  AFFECTED ONE. Johore. VOW that a new, revised list of pensionable offices in Singapore Government service has at last been published, it would bp interto know when the federation Government protases to publish its revised list—which has been under consideration since 1946. Perhans a strike in the Federation
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      DATO ONN MUST MAKE CHOICE
      326 2  -  KLYNE STREET Kuala Lumpur. DATO Onn bin Ja’afar is Member f n Affairs. As such, he is a Minister of St Ine a member of the Government for the tiin and It is reported that he is trying “to form a group which would seek
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      Claim for damage
      304 2  -  BRITISH JUSTICE. Singapore. I I in e^ lre J a^ eement with the letters .of aiman l an< l Taxpayer.’’ it is worse than warA S a downrißht disgrace the way the J?™ mission is run in Singapore and the Federation. The only concern of those supposed
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      ‘THE NAKED ISLAND’
      120 2  -  STEVEN 11 Melbourne. AUST. AFTER reading the first a instalment of a story of war-time Malaya called “The Naked Islland.” written by, Russell Braddon, and published by the New Australian Post (which I enclose), I am greatly shocked to find that the author, who seems to know
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      QUEEN’S BIRTHDAY THOUGHTS.
      340 2  -  TRUE MAI Malacca. 1HAVE attended K in?« vears and admi* week’s parade h < .ganor* on the Queen’s E. a disappointment as I would prefe: the old form of parade -h, with the fly-past of ap.. innately 50 aircraft, the l: 4 0 f the feu-de-Joie, the
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
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      New Villages’ Problems
      1108 3 —Straits Times, June 12. v 1, .s than $100 a head, it i been a relatively inexpenJJ, t)t -k transforming 423,00(1 q u a 11 o r s into potential y citizens. The White j, M) n resettlement and the nt of new villages' .1, F< deration,
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      More Help In The Air
      368 3 —Straits Times. June 11. The latest call from Malaya to the Government in England is to speed up the development and delivery of troop-carrying helicopters so that they may be used for surprise attacks on the terrorists deep in the jungle. General Templer has said
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      The Chinese Schools
      737 3 —Straits Times, June 13 The Chinese community in Singapore will welcome the decision of the Government to appoint an advisory committee to work in collaboration with the Education Department to- 1 wards the reorganisation of j the Chinese primary schools, so that they may become approved schools
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      Dictators at Westminster
      750 3 —Straits Times. June 14. Rapid progress towards S‘!fgovernmont, says the British Labour Party in a poliev statement, will help t r d y all the Malayan behind the effort to stump out terrorism. It would als presumably, help to coin'd the view of some Labour politicians that
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      The Remedy is Here
      351 4 Straits Times, June 14 There is a link between these happenings in London 1 and what is, or ought to be, I happening in Singapore today. One reason why a few Labour politicians have such i a poor opinion of the legisla- I tive ability of
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      One In Three Now
      556 4 Straits Times. June 17. Tliero is cause for satisfaction, qualified though it must He, in Ihe fact that there 1 are now over 23,000 more j names on the registers of voters for the Legislative and City Councils than there weir two months ago Satisfaction is
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      The Case Of Mr. Williams
      985 4 Straits Times, June I s The ca.se for and against the detention of Mr. P. M. Wdliams, member of the Genera! Council of the Singapore Labour Party, depends upon ihc seriousness one attaches t 0 the action which led the Government to give orders for
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    The Federation’s Biggest Engineering Project
    615 5 liy A Special Correspondent I >ON N AU G HI Bridie Powt r si at it >n. two miles from Kiting and lr0111 Kuala Lumpur is the bioirest engineering work ever to be tackled m the Federation. •Vith its ultimate 80 000 K\\ this will
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  • PERSONAL
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      BIRTHS
      193 5 ALLAN: To Muriel, wife of I K. Allan, twins. John Huner and Vivien Jane. ON 10th June, at Batu Gajah Hospital Perak, to Joan, wife of Kenneth Cardy. a daughter YNTEMA. To Ina. on 15th June at Kandang Kerbiu Hospital, a son, Sjoerd. Both well. COMBE To June, wife
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      MARRIAGE
      50 5 AT Nakuru. Kenya, on Bth May V W. Ryvcs of Ranston Estate Subukla. to Ruth A RussellLeonard, late of Malaya W\l KER-PEATON: The marriage took place between Mr George Lockhart Wa’k'-r and Miss Muriel Briton on Saturday the 14 h June. 1952. at the St Andrews Chutch. Kuala Lumpur
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    189 5 DEATHS MR M. TUOMASK1N of S clin Co.. Lid., on J<.h< re Libia E t.ite. I al» .1 »hore oil Monday, 9th Jur. 19'<2 ns > tsu l of ,i tno «,rc r ccid iv. Ma PONAI I) Killed ju action near Taioin r. on 3rd June. Major A'.gu- James
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    BARRED BY SHADOW
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    As I was Saying
    760 6  -  CYNICUS SINGAPORE. June 14 IN THESE DAYS 1 of individualism s losing light against regimentation it is refreshing to come across such a striking success for the individual as that scored by Singapore schoolgirls who have refused to operate a road crossing scheme. Pity is that
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    Notes from a... Malayan Diary
    1017 6  -  Stanley Street. Tmo words AST Tuesday’s comments about the 44 bee zee and the words 44 complacentand complaisant set one or two language students writing to us. One of them, in Penang, sent a couple of cuttings from the Spectator. The Spectator had remarked, anetit
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    THE VILLAGE WAR MUST BE WON Resettlement vital in fight
    620 8 KUALA LUMPUR, June 11. IyjORE than anything else resettlement will help 1 to destroy Communism in Malaya, says a Federation Government White Paper published tonight. The “strategic initiative” won by Government with resettlement must not be lost. The Communists are
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    Tempter says: ‘Well done’
    50 8 Tempter says: Well done’ IVIE High Commissioner, General Sir Gerald T jnpler, sent the following gram to the offieers and oyer ranks of the VO Gurkha Rifles in Kuantan: "Please convey my heartiest congratulations to all racks m their fine achieve Vi uts in killing 200 Communist terrorists Well done."
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    MISTAKES ‘DUE TO SPEED’
    121 8 KUALA LUMPUR. June 11 THE speed with which the resettlement programme had to be carried out resulted in mistakes, especially in the siting of the new villages, the Federation Government admits in its White Paper on resettlement and the development of new villages. Had there been
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    $41,000,000 for new way of life
    1058 8 KUALA LUMPUR, June n A BOUT S41.000.000 has been spent so far settlement and regrouping to giv e a ne« rr re 500,000 people in the Federation, said a Govern! to White Paper today. 0 ernm «H With the physical removal of half a
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    25,804 cars in Singapore
    32 8 The total number ol >T licensed in Singapore month was 25,804 There were 1,636 taxis. buses, 5,996 motor cycles, trlshas and 154,546 bicy licensed in the same P;__.
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    $926 RAISED
    19 8 A baby show, jumble and ratlle held at Station Changi. in aid Andrews Mission H" raised $926.
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    The biggest victory yet—six top bandits are killed
    529 9 POLICE HOLD 21 IN RAIDS, AND THEN: MlM K, June 11. s of the biggest ,y\ of the Emer* aim* from Perak (iurkhas have i\ top-ranking i i > t bandit' iiuied another, -e: Politic;!! .1 si (hail, a commander's n Sou.
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    Plan to improve Chinese schools
    293 9 SINGAPORE, June 12. THE SINGAPORE Government is to form an advisory committee to improve educational methods in C hinese schools, it was announced last night. The Government said that it had adopted the recommendation made by Dr. W. P. Fenn and Dr. IWu Teh Yao
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    ‘MUCH HOPE FOR ECONOMIC FUTURE OF COUNTRY’
    666 9 MUCH HOPE FOR ECONOMIC FUTURE OF COUNTRY’ Ktl -LA LUMPUR, Jun e 11. nhsl-TTLEMENT oi 500.000 utters has had a wide md v*>re effect on the t the Federation. and organisation, villages present 'or the economic country.” says <» vern merit, White Resettlement and •Vpment of New Villi a bushed
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    H.Q. PLAN APPROVED
    33 9 ANS have been passed for new headquarters ior th an Auxiliary Air Force Cluiilemard Road, not fat* -m the new Singapore ninton Association’s hall. The foundation stone will ldid soon.
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    Council workers threaten strike
    210 10 'SINGAPORE, June 12. 17IGHT THOI SAND daily-rated workers of the Singapore City Council have threatened to go on a one-day token strike if their demands for wage increases are not settled soon bv the Council. This was decided on Sunday by the executive council of the
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    $17 MIL. IN 4 MONTHS
    101 10 Rail revenue KUALA LUMPUR. Juno 11. THE total revenue of the Malayan Railway from January to April this year was $17,269,466. it was announced today This showed an increase of S 2 499.438 over the revenue for the same period last year Passenger trains brought
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    GIFTS FOR EX-HEAD
    112 10 SINGAPORE. June 12. I\R. Herbert H. Peterson, 17 retired principal of the Anglo-Chinese School, Singapore. and rs. Peterson yesterday visited the school’s primary department at Coleman Street before they sail on the Slamat tomorrow for New York on a year's leave More than 450 boys and teachers
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    Infected port
    25 10 St. Jacques, Indof'iuh.i 11;is hern declared ,m iMl' i l pur: because ol an owl break of plat’uc says the Sin ’apore Gazette.
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    Courtesy Badge
    49 10 THIS badge, which is luminous at night, will he carried on the bumper by taxis whose drivers have signed a 10-clause "courtesy” agreement draw n up by the Singapore Hire Car Association. The badge guarantees safe driving, courtesy and fair rates—and redress when these are not provided.
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    Millions will see film on Singapore
    169 10 SINGAPORE, June 12 “A CITIZEN OF SINGAPORE”— the only official film about Singapore, produced by the Government two years ago for $lO,OOO and depicting the problems of education in the Colony—will soon bo shown to millions of television viewers in England and the United
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    UNIVERSITY FUND
    51 10 T HE University of Malaya A Endowment Fund now j stands at $4,821,878.01. During the week ending June 7. donation.? totalling $3,550.99 were received. Among :he donations was a sum <>l 52.000 from Messrs. Dutr Development Co. Ltd.. towards the Kelantan Hall, making their total contributions to date
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    Workers get pay increase
    103 10 SINGAPORE. Ju;H SINGAPORE Gov, has ollcred a hay wage ir,. daily-rated work![>B the total •moiaaueu i its lowest i>u $3.34 a day 1 b0urtr i tn Th e h° frel Whi, h wa- :r to the representative." Government labour mi yesterday and aervot.-i them is subject
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    Army officer asks for one more chance
    357 10 SINGAPORE. June VI A “WELL-EDITATED and learned” captain of the Army Depot Police, attached to the First Si»° ipore Regiment of the Royal Artillery, vesterdav asked a Singapore general court martial at Blakan Mati for another chance. The Court sentenced him to be
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    ‘WE MUST BE READY’ -FOGARTY
    148 10 ‘WE MUST BE READY -FOGARTY SINGAPORE. June 12 AIR Marshal Sir Fran,. Fogarty. outgoing C-:r.->. of Far East Air Force v.. leaves Singapore this mcr. ing by tlie Corfu, has farewell message to all ra stations, squadi ins ai under his command. “On taking leave cl t: Command, l wish
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    Council prayer
    41 10 IPOH, June 11. The (M Council of State today cepted a 111-word P rv prepared by the Mintis Kelantan and Johore clo following that used in Federal Legislative Cor to be recited at the begn of each Council meeting
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    ‘New power plant ready by year end’
    125 10 New power plant ready by year end’ SINGAPORE. June 12. TWO reasons why auxiliary power plants to relieve* blackouts were not ordeTed li*om America we*r(* given bv the Singapore City Council to Hie Singapore* Ratepayers Association The first was that such plants would not arrive and be put into operation
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    UNIVERSITY POST IS REFUSED
    172 12 SINGAPORE. June 1 I. rw:. Ill IISIII, ;i former Chancellor of the National Peking I'liiversity and former Chinese Amlia* >.ulor to the I’nited States, has rejected the 1 ni\r«sity <>f Malaya’s oiler of the < hair of Chinese languages and l iterature. I’.*a artinu ice-Chancellor ot
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    $30,000 sought for new films
    221 12 SINGAPORE. June 13. SINGAPORE'S Public Relations Secretariat has applied to the Gov- < rnment for a $30,000erant to make two publicity films about Singapore next year. Tlic Colony’s Public Rela- i Secretary, Mr. G. G. Thom* n. told tiie Straits Tiiccs tin yesterday, answerin' a
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    Pension for widow
    172 12 KUALA LUMPUR. June 12. A PENSION of $195 a month I is to be paid to the widow I aid two children of Leading i Aircraftman Allan Leong of the Malayan Auxiliary Air Force, who was killed in a' plane crash off Penang on May 18 this
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    Cmdr. Bayly receives O.B.E.
    37 12 I’h Oovernor of Singapore, pnv.i’i ceremony invest 'ommancler (i. E. w W lii'/ly. Commissioner oi priUi with th 4 O.hK. emruinder Bayly received iW. :iw: *ni in the New Year’s MH »nour List
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    Organ will be repaired soon
    45 12 Repairs to the St Clair organ in Victoria Memorial Hall. Singapore, are to begin soon. Tlie City Council has approved $lO,OOO for the first stage of repairs. The work will be done by Mr. J. A Riddell, of Kuala Lumpur.
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    Co-op training study gift
    43 12 KUALA LUMPUR. June 12. The Federation has been invited to put up a candidate for a scholarship to the Loughborough Co-operative Training College in Britain. It will provide a year’s training in co-operation with an emphasis on consumer cooperation.
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    Charges not true, says police chief
    281 12 SINGAPORE, June 14. /COMPLAINTS that the Singapore Special Branch Police and the C.I.D. ask “unnecessary and irrelevant questions” of Chinese who apply for naturalisation, and thereby discourage further applicants, were yesterday described as “unfounded” by the Director of the Singapore Special Branch, Mr. A.
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    15,000 forms returned
    46 12 SINGAPORE. June 13. OVER 15.000 election registration forms have been received bv the Singapore Elections Department during the past few weeks. A spokesman of the department said that an average of 250 completed forms had reached the office during t\e last 15 days.
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    Planes fly over liner in farewell
    252 12 SINGAPORE. Juno 1 41 r HEN the Corlu got outside Singapore h yesterday. Vampire jets. Brigand light buaevrs. transport planes and Sunderland flying boa’ over the liner and dipped wings. They were saluting their former Comnunder-in-chief, Far East Air Forces Air Marshal Sir Francis
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    SHIP BRINGS CEMENT
    35 12 PENANG. June 12.—Twenty thousand bags of cement arrived by the Soudan last night from Britain. The ship also brought six motor cars for Penang and another 200 vehicles for other Malayan ports.
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    Mr. MacGillivray visits Pengerang peninsula
    117 12 KUALA LUMPUR. June 12. D. C. MacGillivray. Deputy Ilieh Commissioner, accompanied by Mr. E. 13. David. Secretary for Defence, visited the Penyerany peninmi a yesterday. The peninsula is on the south-east extremity oi Johore. Eater, with the Chief PoMi*e Ollieer, Johore, the Administrative Oliicer and
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    Died in his first week of holiday
    129 12 PENANG. June 12 ONE WEEK after !u .undid in Britain i six months* holiday with h..> \v;;e. Dr. .S Row. assistant >u.v >n of the Taiping General Hospital, died from a heart attack in a London hospital on Monday. His body will be
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    City Council is authority, hawkers told
    117 12 SINGAPORE- June 13 THE Governor of Singap o*. Mr. J. F. Nicoll. has 0... hawkers at the EspCai..|de. who petitioned hiih rec about the alllocation oi that he could not interver- i the decision of the Cite t cil He added that the of
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    Terrorist shot dead in jungle
    35 12 A wounded terrorist op lire on a poilicr P atl found him dying in the .1 in the Kuala Kubu an Selangor on June io. The police shot him <1
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    They sang for troops, but mess ‘banned’ them
    305 13 m our Own Correspondent LONDON, June. 13. MK Kalpn Reader, the Gang Show leader, flew nark to Kn&land yesterday mth a grievance after en»f*rtaining British troops in Vi IV a M' S Cecil Wilson ,n today s Daily Mail. There were four
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    Bandit held in S’pore
    73 13 A $2.500 Chinese bandit from Johore has been arrested in Singapore, the Special Branch disclosed yesterday. Following this a second Chinese, believed to be a food supplier to terrorists in Johore. was arrested. The arrests took place on Tuesday. These arrests do not mean that Federation
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    Kinloss Mess tells the War Office
    313 13 Singapore- June 15. r. ral Headquarters of u Eastern Land Forces m .v.i ha> not waited for, e Aar Ot!ice to ask for a, o\ the Kinloss Mess i oi Ralph Reader and! is < show from dining j ss ni ,ht because they
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    IT WAS a proud day on June 13 for 19-year-old L Bdr. Ramlee bin Abu, of the 1st Singapore Regiment, Royal Artillery, hero of a bandit ambush six weeks ago.
    83 13 lie was introduced to the G.O Singapore Base District. Maj. Gen A. G. O'Carrol Scott, who congratulated him. Ramlee. introduced
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    58 strikes last year
    55 13 Fifty-eight strikes were recorded last year, says a report to be presented to the delegates’ conference ol the Malayan Trade Union Council this month. The number of working days lost as a result ol these strikes was 41.000 None of the strikes were considered “serious Only
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    Sir Gerald lauds union men, planters
    348 13 KUALA LUMFUR, June 13. TRIBUTE to employers in the planting industries A and to responsible trade union leaders was paid today by the High Commissioner, General Sir Gerald Templer. In the past few years there had been considerable progress in the peaceful settlement of
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    ‘Rubber fall is grave’—Templer
    512 13 KUALA LUMPUR, June 13. 'JHE High Commissioner, Sir Gerald Templer, today warned that the fall in the price of rubber was grave for Malaya. But he said: “No effort will be spared to hold the economic front.” He told the Malayan Planting Industries Employers’ Association: “Each
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    ‘WE WILL DESTROY BANDIT GANGS’
    252 13 KUALA LUMPUR, June 13. T’lIE High Commissioner, Gen. Sir Gerald Templer, said in Kuala Lumpur today: “I am convinced that we shall defeat and destroy the Communist terrorist gangs.” Speaking at a meeting of the Malayan Planting Industries Employers’ Association. Sir Gerald said that the
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    MISS MAUDRENE YAP, who took the part of a bride in the Pageant of Fashion, in aid of the St. Andrew’s School Building Fund, at Raffles Hotel, poses for the Straits Times photographer, with her “bridesmaids.” Miss Shirley Lim and Miss Mary Soh. The show included a display of ballet dances by pupils of the Maudrene Yap School of Dancing.
    63 14 MISS MAUDRENE YAP, who took the part of a bride in the Pageant of Fashion, in aid of the St. Andrew’s School Building Fund, at Raffles Hotel, poses for the Straits Times photographer, with her “bridesmaids.” Miss Shirley Lim and Miss Mary Soh. The show included a display of ballet
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    Ex-ASP dies, 8 hurt in road crash
    122 14 MALACCA, June 13. INCHE ZAINAL ABIDIN BIN OTHMAN, a former 1 Assistant Superintendent of Police in Kuala Lumpur, was killed today in a crash at 3£ mile Klebang Road. Malacca. The crash involved a car being driven by Inche Zainal towards the town
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    School raid: Detention for twelve
    91 14 SINGAPORE. June 14. THE Colonial Secretary, Mr. \V. L. Blythe, has signed orders for the detention of six teachers and five students of the Yock Eng School, Singapore, and a Chinese youth indirectly connected with the school. This was stated by a police special branch
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    FIJIANS KILL 3
    70 14 KUALA LUMPUR, June 13. Fijians scored their A first victory against the terrorists this morning. They killed three out of a gang of four spotted on an estate in the Bahau area of Negri Sembilan. One of the dead bandits was an Indian. The other two were
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    —Africans get No. 7
    36 14 KUALA LUMPUR, June 13. r FHE Ist Battalion King’s African Rifles got their seventh terrorist yesterday—a Sakai. He was killed after he and two Chinese terrorists had opened lire .«,n the patrol.
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    FOR BRITAIN
    50 14 Miss Urn Pee Paw, daughter "f Mr. and Mrs. N K. Lim of Singapore left for Britain yesterday in the Corfu 1 study at the Royal Academy of Music in London. Miss Lim, a student of Mr. Lavid A pel gained her L R 8 M. last year.
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    Union to meet Govt on claims
    96 14 SINGAPORE. June 13. REPRESENTATIVES of the! Government and City Council Labour Union, will meet Singapore Government officials next Thursday to negotiate on the union s claim for paid holidays on Sunday and 14 days annual I leave with pay. The union had two previous
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    RENT BOARD WILL PROTECT TENANTS’
    136 14 SINGAPORE, June 14. ji|R. EU CHEOW CHYE, President of the Singapore Rent Conciliation Board, stressed again yesterday the importance of tenants, who had signed consent papers agreeing to rent increases, being present when those applications were dealt with. Mr. Eu said many ignorant tenants, when
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    Labour Party man detained
    591 14 e. SINGAPORE, June 15 •THE Labour Party of Singapore last night demt.a 1 the immediate release of Mr. Peter W M' d former general secretary of the party, who was ar ‘t?’’ earlier in the day. c The demand was made by the General Council the
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    Ex-Dayang Muda dies in Colombo
    99 14 SINGAPORE \T R s. BERTH »•> ifA BROOKE. former Dayang Muda of Sarawak and mother ol Anthony Brooke, 1 in a nursing home Colombo yesterday. ,e was The former Day Muda. a colourful P r sonality who lived »n Newton Road, Sln pore, with her
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    Brunei gift to Queen
    40 14 I dinu> •?i ii. l ?fc KI: N r,<, ive<l lh< Sudan of Brunei in aui. at Bin kinghurn Palace on June 9, the Sult m 1 TS: u*Lh. future above shows some of the gifts.
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    REAL RESULTS -AFTER 4 YEARS
    417 15 KUALA LUMPUR, June 14. THt greatest week of the Emergency has just concluded. Appropriately it marked the cn( j of four long arduous years of emergency. In this one week 47 bandits were killed, 14 wouncied, nine captured, 13 arrested and four surrendered. Tne total
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    BORNEO CINEMAS PLAN
    130 15 SINGAPORE. June 16. p; open six new 1 in Borneo were an no i.cer: yesterday by the S'- w Brothers organisation. f e;r latest cinema in K r :i;g with a seating of 1.000 and the to-date to be built :r. ee will open for the showi
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    Busmen may be charged
    92 15 SINGAPORE, June 15. j fti.Nu.il'uK,. iiuxeru- men! m.n proseci'.*** 1 ruction f'ompaiiv huMneii "ho went on a three-d.i> strike last month becati'. tw i ut their colleague** had hecr. charged in court with riin .tal bre u h of trsi*.t Pa.!.*; nvi stiftationx into 1 he
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    Four years: Gen. Templer’s call
    276 15 This week marks the fourth anniversary of the Emergency in Malaya. The Sunday Times asked the High Commssioner, General Sir Gerald Tempter, for a message on this occasion and this is what he wrote My message is brief and simple. The strategic measures taken by
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    COLONY’S TASK
    271 15 HIGH COMMISSIONER THE GOVERNOR ot Singapore. Mr F. Nicoll, writes: Four years ago the Communists dropped their mask of constitutional action and took up arms against the governments of Malaya. While we in Singapore have, at least so fai. been spared the worst of the violent activities of
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    MOTORIST HELPS TO ARREST RED
    146 15 SINGAPORE. June 14 A EUROPEAN, driving a car along Forbore Road in S’ne. a no re on Wednesday, blocked the way of a Chinese being chased by 1 police it*i tenant jumped out of his ear and crabbed 'he wanted man This was revealed by
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    $950,000 gift for hospital
    307 15 SINGAPORE. June 14. A/\R. N. R. Mistn, aged 67, chairman and managing director of the Phoenix Aerated Water Company, has given $950,000 to the Singapore General Hospital through the Commissioner-Gene-ral, Mr. Malcolm MacDonald. His gift us to be used for the express purpose of building more
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    Union makes a protest
    90 15 SINGAPORE. June 16. 'IMIK Singapore Government and City Council Labour Union yesterday protested to *he 001 o n v Government against its exclusion from the proposed Whitley Council. The.* union also protested against the inclusion of *he Public Works Department Labour Union in the scheme. In
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    M.C.A. BUILD HOME FOR OLD
    182 15 JOHORE BAIIRTJ. June 14. 'THE Malayan Chinese As- sociation is establishing homes for the aged in the new villages which have been formed in Johore. In addition to providing accommodation, cash relief is also given. The homes so far o-tobM*^ ed are at Cha’ah. Batu
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    Templer flies to Britain
    370 16 SINGAPORE, June U>. FEDERATION Commissioner, Sir (Jerald r Templer, left Kalian*,' airport, Singapore, yesterday for London for urgent and vital talks with the Colonial Secretary, Mr. Lyttelton. He will also see Mr. Churchill. Main topic of Ihc discussions is c\ju“cl' <i to hr the grave fall
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    THOMAS PRAISES MALAYA
    172 16 SINGAPORE June 14 f|MIE adult education movement in Malaya wa.> praised by tne American Soci.ili.st leader. Mr. Norman Thomas, in a radio talk in Singapore last night. Mr. Thomas, .said that no nation ever developed a great culture in isolation. He hoped Malayan Governments would aid the
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    THE DE LA SALLE SCHOOL at Kampong Bahru Singapore, which will be opened by the REV. Brother Lawrence O’Tolle, Assistant Superior General of the Christian Brothers, during the nine-day celebration beggining on July 1 to mark the centenary of Singapore’s St. Joseph Institution and the arrival of the Christian Brothers in Malaya.
    126 16 THE DE LA SALLE SCHOOL at Kampong Bahru Singapore, which will be opened by the REV. Brother Lawrence O’Tolle, Assistant Superior General of the Christian Brothers, during the nine-day celebration beggining on July 1 to mark the centenary of Singapore’s St. Joseph Institution and the arrival of the Christian Brothers
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    MORE TIN LICENCES
    61 16 IPOH. June 16 MORE till ore dealers’ licenses to meet the legitimate n.’ods of Chinese miners in Perak are to be issued shortly it is understood. Early thi> year 48 such licences were cancelled ar.c; **nc hen, reprt n ati< n h ive been madt to th
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    REV. YIP WANTS TO HELP THE AGED
    275 16 SINGAPORE. June 15 I 70- YEAR-OLD Cantonese Christian priest, the Rev. Yip Cho Sang, who recently came to Sir.gaoore from Hong Kong, hopes to open an almshouse in the Colony soon, as “most poor, aged Chinese xis; by renting sleeping space under the
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    Jap cement import cut
    109 16 SINGAPORE June 14 IyjALAYA'S import Qiiotit 1 of Japanese cement has been reduced to half the amount she imported last year Cement formed one ol tli. biggest single item of trade from Japan last year. The 175.242 tons Sin- sent to MaCaya were worth 512.005.378. Malaya’s
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    Fogarty gets new job
    76 16 SINGAPORE, June 15. I tiE Air Ministry today announced a new assignment tor Air Marshal Sir rrancis Fogarty, who four days ago relinquished his appointment as C-in-C. Far Fa.‘ t Air Force. He is to become Air CounMember for Personnel at tbo Air Ministry from Nov
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    He defends his meters
    96 16 SINGAPORE. Junt 16. RECENT criticisms in the pres* on the method of measuring water r.nd the accuracy of water meters arc unfounded, a spokesman of the City Council Water Dopaitment, said yesterd y He said that there are about 47.000 water meters in the City. They
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    Malaya’s rubber roads giving good service
    161 16 KUALA LUMPUR. June 14. jVJALAYA S rubberised roads continue to give good service particularly the section on Coilyer Quay, Singapore says the British Rubbf Development Board’s report for last year. The board’s road consultant supervised the laying of a quarter-mile stretch o f rubbered
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    JAP AIRLINERS MAY CALL HERE
    142 16 unTm N M GAPORE J,me "5 yyimiN six months Singapore may become a “onrl „r rn 11” for Japanese M'-l nors. If talks now bPin pdit "1 nrltain's Mlnistrv of man, Avlatlon rp ach agreenpstmai‘r'ii'nn s > ,onsor '“d Janan< s* inline operators have '_’bmjtted
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    They will plan new T.B. home
    80 16 SINGAPORF. Jur.e H THREE sub-commith been formed by I J1 Chronic Tubereulo>i> Committee for the bn f 4 a home for incurables ;n Chinese community One sub-committt e by Mr. Yap Peng Geek. councillor. will ci* Ll w ance Another, under Seng Choy. will
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    Mr. R.W.I. Band going on leave
    45 16 SINGAPORE. June Singapore’s Secret ato Social Welfare. Mr. 1* Band, will be going m 1 ~v land with his family a r end of this month mi months’ medical leave. Mr. T. E. Smith, secretary, will act as tary.
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    Council told why Williams held
    1714 17 SINGAPORE, June 18. \1U. I’- M. WILLIAMS, former secretary1 general of the Singapore Labour Party, was arrotcd because he had proposed starting a movement which would have delivered the people ot this country to the bondage of Com munUt dictatorship, the Colonial Secretary, Mr. \Y.
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    THE INDIAN frigate Jumna (TOP) at anchor in the Singapore roads on June 17. BELOW: Admiral Sir Guy Russell, C-in-C.. Far East Station, steps aboard the Jumna to be greeted by the squadron’s commander, bearded Capt. M.K. Heble.
    42 17 THE INDIAN frigate Jumna (TOP) at anchor in the Singapore roads on June 17. BELOW: Admiral Sir Guy Russell, C-in-C.. Far East Station, steps aboard the Jumna to be greeted by the squadron ’s commander, bearded Capt. M.K. Heble. —Straits Times pictures.
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    Discrimination, say local men
    269 17 SINGAPORE, June 18. SEVERAL Singapore Government workers yesterday condemned the new pay scheme (see below) accepted by the Legislative Council at its meeting earlier in the day to increase basic salaries and cut cost of living allowances. Mr. C. Karthigesu, president of the Singapore Medical Services
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    $8,450 fines for price offences
    45 17 SINGAPORE. June 18 Fines totalling $8,450 were imposed bv Singapore courts in 128 convictions for food and price control offences last month. The majority of prosecutions were for failing to display price tags and selling cigarettes above the marked price.
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    New citizens: Delay in Whitehall
    168 17 SINGAPORE, June 18 NOT one of the 135 applications for naturalisation from non-English speaking Singaporeans since October last year has yet been granted. Mr. C C. Tan, (Prog., Tangling was told this yesterday at the Singapore Legislative Council meeting, when he asked for the monthly
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    MCA gift to Malay detainees
    52 17 KUALA LUMPUR, Juno 17. \J AKA VAN Chinese Association today gave $2,000 for llari Raya presents for Malay detainees at the Morih rehabilitation camp in Sel angor. The gift was made in response to an appeal bv Tungku Abdul Rahman, president of the United Malaya
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    GOVERNMENT PAY CHANGES
    345 17 SINGAPORE. June 18. INCREASES in t.he basic wages of all daily and monthly paid Colonv Government servants were approved by the Singapore Legislative Council yesterday wh»*n it passed a report by b,s Finance Committee. Total earnings will remain the same however, as the Committee has made equivalent
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    Provident fund bill read again
    332 18 SINGAPORE, June IS. THE SINGAPORE Colonial Secretary, Mr. A W. L. Blythe, welcomed the second reading of the Progressive Party’s Central Provident Fund Bill at the Legislative Council yesterday, hut warned of the administrative difficulties. The Bill, moved by the Progressive Party president, Mr. C.
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    Police see his friends
    65 18 SINGAPORE. June 18. rpHREE people intimately connected” with Mr. Williams have been interrogated by the Special Branch about a message he was purported to have given to the Singapore Press after his arrest. A Special Branch spokesman yesterday said: “We made inquiries and we came to
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    TO STUDY RUBBER ROADS IN AMERICA
    99 18 \,|K. RAYMOND YONG NEN YIU. a former Singapore student, who has been awarded an Assistantship to specialise on rubberised roads in a highways research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the United States of America. An old boy of the AngloChinese School. Mr.
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    The badminton visitors leave
    1005 18  -  THE WEEK IN SPORT By CONRAD NG Badminton "fever” here has subsided. The last of the challengers to Malaya’s supremacy has come and gone and the Thomas Cup remains here. So Malaya looks ahead to 1955. Who will bp the next challenger? One thing i s
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    Pakistan army gets adviser
    39 18 SINGAPORE. June 18. The Queen has approved the appointment of Brigadier P St. Clair-Ford. Bricadier General Staff, General Headouarters. Far East Land Forres, to be training adviser (Major-General) to the Pakistan Army from August. 1952.
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    CEASE-FIRE SCORES FINE VICTORY
    913 19  -  EPSOM JEEP ,r, LUMPUR, June 11. ihr FIRE (Charles) put I, i splendid sprinting Z r{ ince when he slamJ* r seful field of Class 2 by 3J lengths here t0 ovt m front In a few fr H V vase-Fire was alslI!, fortably dear of
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    BILLY BAGBY RIDES 3 WINNERS
    1152 19  -  By EPSOM JEEP X’ ALA LUMPUR. June 14. RLY Handled by ap- prentice Billy Bagby, rail Anita beat her stable companion Roman Galley by a neck in the Class 2, Dlv. 1, l* 4-mile handicap to pay a thumping dividend of $132 W for a
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    Rubber rise brings improvement
    513 20 SHARE MARKET From A Market Correspondent SINGAPORE, June 16. YIAINLY because of rising prices foi rubber, Malayan markets showed progressive improvement as the week went by, closing on Friday with the greatest activity and best prices for the period. Fart of the buying of commodity shares
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    MALAYAN SHARE QUOTATIONS
    934 20 SINGAPORE, June 18. INDUSTRIALS Ilnvers Seller* Alex. Bricks S r i .K i 25 rds 3 50 3.55 cd n n 'ti 1 12 50 >3 50 R Vl rr, r 33/6 34/0 xcl k m trustees 6 00 7 on Con Tin Smelt Pr r e
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    BUSINESS DONE
    213 20 SINGAPORE, June 16. BUSINESS done in the Leal share market during .ast week incluuded: Industrials: Gammon $2.50 Hammer $2.00 to $2.10. Hongkong Bank. (London register) £76 7 8 to £79’,. Malayan Breweries $4.65 o $4.75. Malayan Cement 71 cents. Pobin c on Ord. $3.20 to $3.30, singapere Cold
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    ‘Palmy days are over’
    203 20 PENANG. June 14. VI ALAYA S PALMY DAYS have gone and the time iT1 has now come for Government to end ifs squandermania, Mr. C. P Liston, a Penang rubber broker, said today He was commenting on the speech which the High Commissioner. General Sir; Gerald
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    PEPPER PRICE UP $10
    86 20 SINGAPORE, June 18. A BOUT 180 piculs of Lampong i black > pepper were sold in the Singapore Produce Market yesterday. This caused sellers to raise the p-iee by $lO to $465 a picul. Muntok and Sarawak white pepper remained unchanged at $525 and SS2Q. respectively.
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    Rubber roads in Canada and U.S.
    288 20 KUALA LUMPUR, j„ IT IS in the great area of the northern 1 States and Canada that the Malay m u,t *l producing industry can expect rubber V i adopted for roads, the chairman of ti, vi(le, y Rubber Producing Board, Sir Sydney p
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    BROGA RUBBER PAYS 5%
    105 20 Brora Rubber Estates Ltd made a profit fo'- the year ended Mar. 31."0f $142,070 (13.8%) and 5 per cent was paid during the year Since the end of the financial term a capital return of 25 cents per share has been made and after reconstruction on
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    STEADY RISE IN PRICES
    268 20 STEA DY RISE IN PRICES L^ 111 r SINGAPORE i ;1 u E improvement n JJ tl mem. which w in the market last v tv k continued, and alth has been no sp. etacnii rise, steady values has taken p lCe D America is taking r ubh» from here
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    AMPAT TIN 30% TOTAL
    130 20 Ampat Tin Dredging i ed two dredges thiou. ,g- s gj and showed a profit 154 1 before taxation, or vP t after British profi of shareholders will reter. ldfn d only £39.375. if the tina. of 15 per cent, is approx 30 per cent, for
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    KUALA REMAN
    8 20 Reman Rubber produced 147.100 lb. mo.Vh.
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    SUNGEI KINTA
    19 20 SUNGEI KIN TA 11 lit Mm.Ipoh Tin Dredglpg dfedge) produced 26 ton. 1 6 nv'<nth. Sungei Kinta p)> 4ons.
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