The Straits Budget, 5 March 1953

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    28 1 The Straits Budget THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES MALAYA’S NATION AL NEWSPAPER Scries No. 344. Thursday, March 5, 1953 Price 40 cents (Malayan) Or I shilling.
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  • From THE STRAITS TIMES POSTBAG
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      The wherewithal for social advance
      513 2  -  E. D SHEARS London, E.C.2. AMONG other post-war advances in Malaya we find an increase of expenditure on education from $17 million to $75 million with a still far greater expansion to come; an additional 230.000 children have already been put to school. Through the
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      ‘MONOPOLY GIFT’
      229 2  -  C. W. A. SENNETT. Singapore. RECENTLY the Federal and Colonial uildi Society announced that its funds were t lu n? and that no further loans on houses could be ranu? i j Last week, however, it was stated that th was prepared to make loans up to 95
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      Every time it rains
      104 2  -  M. D. GRAYSON. Singapore. A LOT of publii.iv has been given t the floods in the area f orchard Road. As flic o s are much in evident at the moment 1 woul point out that to those of us who live in the vicinity of
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      GESTURES OF GOODWILL
      69 2  -  MALAYAN. Penang. CHINESE leaders have agreed wholeheartedly to establish a Chinese university. They have also promised that their university will be opened to all races in Malaya. As a further step towards gaining the confidence and goodwill of the other races in Malaya, the Chln>ie leaders should
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      THE LATE MR. E.N.T. CUMMINS
      150 2  -  —BJ.PJ. WITH the passing of the late Mr. E.N.T. Cummins. Malaya has lost one of her truly grand old men. For he wms one of the few survivors of those Britishers who could their residence in Malaya back to the last century. In temperament he
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      Revolution, exodus—and no university
      374 2  - Revolution exodus—and no university OLD SINGAPOREAN. Singapore. I WAS not astonished when the decision to establish a Chinese university was announced by leaders of the Singapore Chinese community. I was surprised, a little later, to learn that Federation Chinese Ceaders, who champion Malayan citizenship regardless of race, colour or creed,
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      A National Congress
      160 2  -  WAT ANIAH Butterworth. A LL who love this country and want to see her achieve a rapid and peaceful transition to nationhood should be happy to see the two Malay leaders. Tengku Abdul Rahman (president of UMNO) and Inche Mohamed Soaiee (chairman of the PanMalayan Labour Party'
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      THE SOCIALIST CLUB
      100 2  -  S WO(» L?L1, Singapore. rPHE Straits Times o* |1 ary 23 reported in at w University Socialist i i formed because “Sod nl tive i in the air”. In the the Committee’s release s Press no such statei 1 made. It is therefore e Sb f or
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  • The Straits Budget
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      Some Colony Problems
      628 3 —Straits Times. Feb 25 i problems that j raised by the i pity in its Newsbrought to the Singapore Leg*t.f' oil yesterday in j r\ address. While 1 > >li disavowed any ..rticipato the re- J committee which noil ticiuirin'.’. into the iiu-reading the v cd C<
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      Singapore Housing
      310 3 —Straits Times, Fob. 25. Singapore’s Legislative Council is being asked today to approve a ‘anther loan of $2l million to the improvement Trust for the financing of more housing schemes. It will be devoted to the lowest cost housing which the Trust can produce. The Council’s approval is
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      Three More Months
      261 3 Straits Times, Feb. 26 There was no opposition in ihe Singa f o r c Legislative Council vesterday to the extension of the State of Emergency foi a further period of three months. Nor was opposition expected. Singapore remains fortunate that Communist terrorism in the Colony is
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      A Snoopers’ Bill
      594 3 A Snoopers Bill Straits Times. Feb. 27 A bill which is shortly to be introduced in the Federal Legislative Council appears at first sight to be a ical snoopers’ bill. It seeks to empower any labour office r to enter a place of work and there question any or all
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      School For Scandal
      284 3 —Straits Times. Feb. 27 Tt would be very wrong to deride attempts hv the Singa- pore* Government to educate voting Communist detainees to n different and better way of life. But it is impossible to remain silent concerning the extraordinary rehabilitation centre recently opened ofT Chua Chu
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      Subsidies For Houses
      634 3 Straits Times, Feb 28 A $2 million annual subsidy to the Singapore Improvement Trust to enable low income families to live in some of its flats is the latest proposal ior a part solution of the housing problem. Mi Thin Chan |see, tin Progressive member for Balestier.
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      Mercy For Lee Meng
      986 4 —Straits Times Mar. 2 The extraordinary turn given to the case of Lee Meng by the Hunt* irian Government’s nlTer of an exchange of prisoners should not he allowed to obscure the issues involved, or still less to piejudiee the appeal lor mercy made on behalf
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      Help For The “Special”
      804 4 -Strait* Tia s The Federation’s plans for the resettlement of the Special Constables ir. civil life are not ungenerous. These men have earned Malaya’s gratitude, and practical recognition of the part they have played in the Communist war was essential. More than 15,000 of them will
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      Rates, Rents And Tea Money
      507 4 -Straits Tini' Protection for the i.. nan uncontrolled prop.* ril>s f j chief recommendation uf I committee appointed n. en q ui into rent increases i M e P orc> made a resound I line. It is a recomtn.*. 1( i ati l however, which
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    MALAYA’S UNIVERSITY OF TODAY
    1750 5  -  By C. Northcote Parkinson lE D e ,r#f thf ee arf,c,es **°t***or Parkinson, of the Raffles Chair of History, traces the beginnings of the University of Malaya and describes the difficulties aced in its work. In his next article he wiH outline what mav be honed
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  • PERSONAL
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      BIRTHS
      74 5 CARSON: To Beeds nee D<* Water and George, a son John D’Artagnan March Ist at Greenhill Nursing Home. Both well. JENNINGS: To Alison, wife of Eric Jennings, at Kandang Kerbau Hospital on March 3. a son. CORNISH: On Feb. 23. 1953, at Kingston, Jamaica, to Valerie (nee de Cordova),
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      ENGAGEMENTS
      99 5 BETWEEN Mr. E. S. John Murray of St. Andrew’s Bchool, Singapore and Miss Grace Glory Abraham of The Convent, Talping on 28-2-1953 THE ENGAGEMENT Is announced and the marriage will take place on Thursday, sth March 1953. of Constantine Lionel Waruaevitane, Investigating Officer of Registration of Indian and Pakistani
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      MARRIAGE
      39 5 HOWARD-BRYANT: At St. George’s Church Penang on Feb. 28th John, son of Mr. and Mrs. Langley Howard of Hove. Sussex, and Daphne, daughter of the late George Vernon-Bryant and Mrs, B. H. Love of Manor Fields, Putney, London.
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    AUSTRALIA BOUND
    21 5 TAIPING, Mar 3.—Mr. Ng Kum Tuck leaves for Perth, Australia, next week to study at the technical college there.
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    Mrs. Oon is off to get her O.B.E
    40 5 B ()ON legislative Councillor, from lyianu is here seen outside Iliickiimham Palate last wetk when she went there to he invested with the insignia tin O.R.h. hy the (lueen. I niversal piefure
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    63 5 DEATHS HARVISON, Olga Gweneth—Fuoruary 21st, 1953 (suddenly) at the residence of her sister Mrs. E. Marks, Jamberoo. beloved wife of C. A. (Jack) Harvlson of Malaya and dear mother of Dianne and baby Donald Joseph, aged 39 years. CUMMINS: At Bungsar Hospital. Kuala Lumpur, on Feb. 25, E. N. T.
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    FISHERMEN AT KATONG, SINGAPORE
    9 6 Photograph by Han Hai Fong.
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    As I was Saying
    607 6  -  CYNICUS. SINGAPORE. Mar. 1. 17-Y E A R-OLD youth who was brought before a Singapore magistrate on a charge of escaping from Outram Road Gaol claimed that one reason for escaping was because he had been beaten up by his fellow prisoners who demanded he sive
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    Notes from a Malayan Diary
    1065 6  -  Stanley Street Mamlml AFTER these last several days, and the discussion there has been on “Terang Bulan”, we have arrived at the state wherein this tune haunts us in our waking moments and in our dreams. We comfort ourselves with the knowledge that we might
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    SPECIAL POWERS MUST STAY FOR PRESENT
    369 8 SINGAPORE, Feb. 26. EMERGENCY regulations in Singapore cannot J be relaxed at the present time, said the Colonial Secretary, Mr. W. L. Blythe, in the Legislative Council yesterday. Despite emergency powers and precautions, the Malayan Communist Party still commits acts of violence and murder
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    New Colony Legislation
    115 8 SINGAPORE, Feb. 26. Seven Bills were adopted by the Singapore Legislative Council yesterday. They were: The Adjacent Territories Prisoners Bill, the Registration of Criminals I Amendmt nt) Bill, the Advocates and Solicitors (Amendment) Bill, the Betting and Sweepstake Duties (Amendment Bill, the Electricity (Rural Areai (Amendment) Bill,
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    January’s rubber
    45 8 KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 25. The Federation rubber output last month was 55.084 tons—slightly less than the December production of 56,527 tons, but more than that for January last year (50,814 tons January production comprised 31,354 tons from estates and 23,730 tons from smallholdings.
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    OFF TO BRITAIN
    31 8 IPOH, Feb. 27.—Mr. Choy Kok Yew, Perak rugger player who represented the Perak Asians and the State, leaves this week-end for Britain where he is to study law.
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    More time for injury claims
    89 8 SINGAPORE, Feb. 26. A BILL to enable an injured person to sue for compensation up to six years after the date of injury had its first reading the Singapore Legislative Council yesterday. The Bill is called the Limitation (Amendment) Ordinance. Under the present ordinance, such
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    3 headlines annoy Mr. Laycock
    217 8 SINGAPORE, Feb. 26. MR. John Laycock (Pro- i gressive-Katong) yesterday denied that there was any “shady business’ when the Colony's Executive Council recently met representatives of the Federal Legislative Council on the question of family allowances. I Mr. Laycock, speaking during the adjournment of the
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    COPIES OF JAP PAPER FOR UNIVERSITY
    100 8 KUALA LUMPUR Feb. 25. THE University of Malaya has asked the United States Library of Congress for microform copies of Syonan Shimbun. the newspaper published in Singapore during the Japanese occupation Mr. Cecil Hobbs, librarian of the South East Asia section of the library,
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    3 to leave Executive Council
    116 8 KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 25. THREE Fededal Executive Councillors—Gen. Sir Rob Lockhart. Deputy Director of Operations, Raja Uda bin Raja Muhammad, Selangor’s Mentri Besar. and Mr. Leong Yew Koh—are retiring at the end of the month, it was announced today. Gen. Lockhart’s appointment is not being
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    222 TRADE UNIONS
    36 8 KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 25. Three trade unions were registered last month. At the end of January there w r ere 222 trade unions, with a total membership of 128.411, registered in the Federation.
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    NEW DEAL FOR PENSIONERS
    410 8 SINGAPORE, Feb. 26. A NEW deal for Singapore Government pensioners which will cost the colony §2,700,000 annually to implement, was adopted in the Legislative Council yesterday. Confidential minutes of several meetings of the colony’s finance committee were read by Mr. W. C. Taylor, Financial Secretary He
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    Govt lends SIT $21 million
    606 8 SINGAPORE, Feb. 26. THE Colony Legislative Council yesterday approved a $21 million loan to the Singapore Improvement Trust for the next phase of its low. cost housing programme. Seven elected members abstained from voting when a division was called The motion seeking the loan—moved by
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    Voice for subjects
    63 10 rIE SULTAN OF PERAK signing the document which gave his non-Malay subjects a voice in the selection of future rulers. Perak is the first Federation State to take thi s action. The document, part two of the State constitution, establishes a council known as the I>ewan Negara
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    The Sultan signs an historic document
    271 10 KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 25. 'pHE Sultan of Perak this morning signed a document giving his non-Ma!ay subjects the unprecedented right to participate through their representative with the Malays in the appointment of future sultans, rajas and chiefs and to deal in matters of Malay
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    DATO MAHMUD IS FEDERAL COUNCIL’S FIRST SPEAKER
    483 10 MAN IN THE NEWS always a friend of the people KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. DATO Mahmud bin Mat, 58, the Member for Lands, Mines and Communications, will be the first Speaker of the Federal Legislative Council. He will preside over the council for the
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    Give up or die, Sultan tells last of Kajang gang
    256 10 KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 25. HPHE Sultan of Selangor today appealed to the remnants of the Kajang gang to give themselves up. “We do not want to kill you. We know you have been misguided by Communist propaganda,” he said in
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    Their stay isn’t long enough, he says
    114 10 KUALA LUMPUR. Feb. 25. VIK. S. K. Hutchings, Superintendent of Prisons, Selangor, said today that 75 per cent, of the inmates of Pudu Prison. Kuala Lumpur, were first offenders. “This is most unusual. It us«*(| to he the reverse before the Emergency,” he
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    MENTRI BESAR SPEAKS
    30 10 the MENTRI BESAR of TRENGGANU, Dato Kamarudd^ 1 bin Haji Idris, speaking at the opening of the JJC" ,,,n1 nity centre at Bukit Payong Trengganu. last week
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    NO PROOF RUBBER MAKES BETTER ROADS IN TROPICS
    151 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Feb. 26. ■vpFKIMENTS so far have not shown that it is ...trieeous to use rubber in bitumen on road I tropical climates. V rI s wuS stated at today’s meeting of the Selangor tp i'omcil in a written reply to
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    FASTER POLICE BOATS
    170 11 SINGAPORE. Feb. 27. Police defences along the johore Straits have been lengthened by the addition 15 smaller but faster patrol Hunches. ■rhe Straits are now being ■rolled bv 46 boats. 15 of Kich belong to Johore police ■The new boats are 18-footers lih h p outboard motors
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    Transport system to blame
    177 11 t SINGAPORE, Feb. 26. T NTIL the transport system Bp of -Singapore is comply reorganised, there is T little prospect of reducI mil deaths and accidents due passengers in frnes. Mr. W. L. Blythe. Col■raa: Secretary, said in the o‘ s Vf Council yesterday. inu to
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    THEY PLAN $1 MILLION GIFT
    154 11 BTHE P; in .Mni ENANG Fe b. 26. v atayan Associa■ffiidcr'' 7 <le and Motor ■no ntt w insider next ■nbut,. si '‘n? osa| t0 <’°ni,E towards the V Mtr* Droposi d K‘n .n\> u L b moved by the ■"W'T-' AfS.' and Mo tor
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    All that rain has even the weather man baffled
    110 11 SINGAPORE, Feb. 27. r PllE Government meteorologist, Dr. C. A. Lea, looked out of his office window yesterday and said, “Prediet how long the present wet spell will last? Impossible in Singapore. You just never can tell.” “Normally. February should be
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    BRITISH COMEDIAN FLIES IN
    82 11 SINGAPORE. Feb. 27. ORITISH comedian Bunny Doyle flew into Singapore yesterday by 8.0.A.C. Argonaut from Colombo, where he was delayed last week because ot a chill. “It’s a great deal better now.” he said. He will entertain troops fighting against terrorists in the jungle. He will
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    FIJIANS KILL RED BRANCH MEMBER —Two other bandits slain
    165 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 26. more terrorists, including a branch committee member, have been killed by security forces in the Federation. One member of the security forces has been wounded. The branch committee member killed was Chu Kee of the Parit Sulong
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    Ring nets help Malayan fishing
    204 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 26. JJING NET fishing trials off the Perak coast by a Scottish herring vessel had resulted in a big improvement in Malayan fishing methods, the Fisheries Department said today. The Scottish vessel Trustful VI and a department boat Gelama had been catching
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    NEW RESERVOIR
    22 11 Singapore’s City Councillors agreed in principle yesterday to the construction of a new service reservoir in the Katong -Chang! area.
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    Girl going to Australia for a new throat
    121 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 25. The Selangor State Welfare Committee today approved a grant of up to $2,000 to help pay the expenses of a Chinese girj going to Australia for an operation. The girl is Miss Koh Geok Ying, of Kuala Lumpur.
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    VERY IMPRESSIVE, SAYS SECRETARY
    236 11 SINGAPORE, Feb. 27. rPHE GROWTH of active par--i- ticipation by adult education students in their community life has been most impressive during last year, states Mr. J. Le Prevost. secretary of the Singapore Council for Adult Education, in his 1952 report which w r as tabled
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    Oil portrait of Queen sought
    68 11 SINGAPORE, Feb. 28. SINGAPORE City Council yesterday decided to authorise its coronation celebration committee to raise donations to make a $7,000 oil portrait of the Queen. The painting, to be made by a famed London artist, wil i bo hung i n the City Council
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    POSTAL AGENCIES IN SIGLAP, BEDOK
    61 11 SINGAPORE, Feb. 27 Two new Singapore postal agencies for the sale of stamps and postal orders and to deal with registered articles and parcels will be ojxmed at Slglap and Bedok on March 2. The Siglap agency will be at the Siglap Children’s Social Centre
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    Moonlight dinner, then to old China
    274 12 SINGAPORE, Mar. 1. SINGAPORE Young Women’s Christian Association headquarters was transformed into the interior of an old home in China on Friday, when Chinese members and their friends enjoyed New Year festivities. Following dinner served outside in bright moonlightomen of good fortune according to
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    ADMITTED TO S’PORE BAR
    52 12 ADMITTED TO S’ PORE BAR SINGAPORE, Feb. 28. Mr. Rajendra Kumar Rov barrister-at-law. who had been practising as an advocate in Rangoon for the past 25 years wu admitted to the Singapore Pa, yesterday by the Chief Justice, Sir Charles MurravA.vn ley. Mr. R, L. Ebor appeared in support of
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    Crowning committee for J.B.
    104 12 JOIIORE BAHRU, Mar. 1.—A committee has been appointed to deal with the Coronation celebrations in Johore Bahru Members arc: Inche Abdullah bin Mohamed (chairman* the State Secretary, Johor; Dato H E. MacKcnzie. Date Wong Shee Fun, Maj. H. Ashworth. Mr. II G Grieve, the O.S.P.C Johore
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    Bet union funds on the horses
    243 12 SINGAPORE, Mar i MOHAMMED SHARIFF bin Chedin, sectary* the Malay Seamen’s Union of Singapore, W r» a 14-page letter to the Commissioner of Police M* Nigel Morris, saying that he had lost $3,1 SO oftL union’s money by gambling it away on horse raei*
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    Malayans exhibit in UK
    70 12 SINGAPORE, Feb. 27. OIX entries by Malayan Chinese photographers are among the 417 chosen from 2.150 pictures sent in for the 57th. annual exhibition of the Birmingham Photographic Society this week. Two photographs. “Fisheries” and “Scavenger”, were submitted by Mr. Wu Pong Seng, and two more
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    HOLLANDSCHE CLUB, S’PORE
    56 12 HOLLANDSCHE CLUB, S’ PORE Officials of the Hollandsche Club. Singapore, for 1953 arc as follows: President Mr. M. Visser; vice-president: Mr. C. H. Van der Zanden; secretary: Mr. H. L. Guildemond; assistant seretary: Mr. M. Van de Meeberg: treasurer: M. H. J. Van Kerckhoff committee members: Messrs. E. F. Clerks,
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    MALAYANS NOW NEED PERMITS TO RETURN
    133 12 SINGAPORE. Mar. 1. the proposed new Immigration Ordinance shortly to be introduced in Singapore to control the movement of aliens into the country, a considerable number of bona-fide inhabitants of Malaya will require re-entry permits when they travel abroad. To make things easier for
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    Spore-born Arab is made K.B.E.
    161 12 SINGAPORE Mar. 1 SYED ABUBAKAR bin Shaikh AlkafT, an Arab who wis born in Singapore in 189 t, has been awarded the KBI The award was made in tbt liadramaut, Arabia. Sir Abubakar is one of the sons of Sved Shaikh Alkaff founder of Alkaff
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    TRADE UNION COURSE IN TAMIL
    46 12 KUALA LUMPUR. Feb. -6. The* first vernacular trainijf course for trade union a*afl« is to be held next montu. ine Trade Union Adviser Mr J Brazier, announced today The course will be in Tarc. and will be for Selangor uni leaders.
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    NOW JADE DEVELOPS A SPLIT PERSONALITY
    244 12 SINGAPORE, Feb. 28. rpVO famous Chinese career girls met in Singapore yesterday ami discussed how difficult it was for an Eastern girl brought up in Western surrounding to know how to think and act. They were Jade Snow Wong, the Chinese-American ceramics artist and
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    Police smash New Year crime wave
    192 13 SINGAPORE, Feb. 27. pJIK Chinese New Year crime wave in Singapore has been beaten. In the past week there were io armed robberies while cases of housebreaking Iropped considerably. The Commissioner of Police, Mr. Nigel Morris, told press conference yesterday that during the holiday
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    NEW MANAGER
    27 13 Bill- o'M TINGGI, Feb. 26. It i f. of Kota Tinggi for h; s on e to Pert DickIt. i q, general manager l Estate
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    Coronation plans for Borneo
    92 13 BRUNEI, Feb. 25. COMMITTEES have been formed in Brunei, Sarawak and British North Borneo to draw up tentative programmes for Coronation celebrations. Jesselton proposes to commence Coronation Week with a special race meet at the Turf Club on May 30 and end *ith a Ball at
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    RED CROSS HQ
    29 13 SITTAWAN. Feb. 25.—A new building has been put up for the Dindings branch of the British Red Cross Society, with Miss M. E Ward in charge.
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    DIFFERENT FOR COLONY POLICE
    267 13 4SKi n N AP0RE Feb. 27. |A ti H vb ther the Federa- H is Operation Service” im.rV th.> C nd d > Sin Folic,. °»nmissioner of vii,, X Nigel Morris, r it* ha? ii hat in the thei r no had br en part of
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    Six detainees occupy $100,000 school
    269 13 SINGAPORE, Feb. 27. $100,000 Singapore school which could accommodate 400 students is being used as a rehabilitation centre in Singapore for six detainees. To look after the detainees and make them into better citizens there is a staff of 29: They are: a director, two
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    A MYSTERY IN SKIES OF BORNEO
    192 13 -Reuter. ‘Flying saucers’ SERIA, (Brunei), Feb. 25. IJUNDREDS Of people in this oilfield town are puzzled by a flying saucer phenomenon seen this afternoon. In clear blue sky they saw a trail of white cloud pointing like a finger to a tiny but exceedingly
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    44 trains derailed In North Borneo
    85 13 SINGAPORE, Feb. 28. BRUNEI. Feb. 27. Since August 1952, there have been 44 derailments over the North Borneo Railway, and questions have been asked in the North Borneo Legislative Council' about it. The Chief Secretary replied that 16 of the derailment* occurred in the
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    36 held on St. John’s and 34 elsewhere
    152 13 IIR, Oliver Lyttelton, the Colonial Secretary, was asked in the Commons now many detainees were on St. John’s Island and what was being done to release those considered reliable and deport those who could not be reclaimed. Ho told Mr. S. Awbery
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    THE PEOPLE’S FAREWELL
    42 13 TANJONG MALIM, Feb. 25. Mr. J. W. Kerr, District Officer, Tanjong Malim, and Mrs. Kerr were given a farewell party by the people of Tanjong Malim at the Methodist English School hall. Mr. Kerr has been transferred to Kampar.
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    RECORD CATCH
    106 13 SINGAPORE, Feb 27 T*WO TRAWLERS of the A Malayan Fishing Industries, which have been operating in the South China Sea. about 150 miles from Singapore, returned early yesterday with 30,000 katis of fish for Colony markets. Mr. T. W. Burdon, Deputy Director of Fisheries, told the Straits Times
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    Nicoll urges SHB men to co-operate
    239 13 SINGAPORE. Feb. 27. THE Governor of Singapore, Sir John Nicoil, hopes A that the Harbour Board Staff Association will cooperate with the management to operate an effective system of cargo checking handled by the board. This is stated in a letter to the association
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    S’pore shuts door on alien job hunters
    270 14 SINGAPORE, Feb. 28. THE Singapore Government has decided to 1 safeguard Colony people’s jobs from cheap imported labour, the Controller of Immigration, Mr. J. L. J. Max worth, told a press conference yesterday. A new Immigration Ordinance, to come into force in the
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    Payne gets $25,000 ‘thank you’
    289 14 SINGAPORE. Feb. 28 EXDR putting Pasir Pan- jang power station in production seven months ahead of schedule, Singapore City Council yesterday decided to pay a special bonus of $25,000 to Mr. C. C. Payne, City Electrical Engineer. This is subject to approval by the Governor-in-Council.
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    DEMOBBED SPECIALS: BIGGER BENEFITS
    266 14 KUALA LUMPUR Feb. 27. MORE than 15,000 special constables being demobilised this year will receive benefits far above what they were originally entitled to. the Federal Government announced today. j Each man will get at least $700 made up of additional leave pay and a gratuity
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    Coronation here will be one splash of colour
    209 14 SINGAPORE. Feb. 28. PLANS TO FORM a continuous splash of coloui in public buildings and private houses along the Coronation procession route in Singapore—from Finlayson Green to Government House gate in Orchard Road on June 2 werp disclosed last night by the
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    ‘Operation Pistol’ fixes two gangs
    283 14 SINGAPORE, Feb. 2$. THE campaign against crime—“Operatio Pistol” —has been the biggest police sucre# i recent years. A police spokesman said yesterday that tS success of ‘’Operation Pistol’’ has been far great* than just breaking up the crime wave. This campaign has enabled us to
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    INFORMATION OFFICER FOR MALAYA IN UK
    113 14 KUALA LUMPUR, rib.* Temporary appointment of Mr. F. J. A. Sullivan as Information O'' the Commissioner for ’-I.ilaya in the United Kingd* in. announced tonight Governments of the T er3, tion and Singapore. Mr. Sullivan will open a® information office in Malay* House. An
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    NEW INQUIRY ON GOVT. PAY LIKELY
    230 14 SINGAPORE, Feb. 28. A COMMISSION may be set up to inquiry into the whole question of pay and conditions of service of expatriate and locally-domiciled Government workers in the Federation and Singapore. A recommendation that such a commission should be appointed will probably be
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    Committee urges curb on evictions
    443 15 SINGAPORE, Mar. 2. vf of the Control of Rent Ordinance to EVI> Singapore tenants of new properties from )rot<t dispossession is recommended by the imaI nnointed by the Governor to enquire into ml *<hat landlords are increasing rents out fmnorlion to the increase in City
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    Weightlifter is awarded scholarship
    87 15 ;iALA LUMPUR. Alar. 2. a SFL ANGOR weightA lifting champion. Mr. an Kim Bee. has been warded a four-year cholarship to study minng engineering: in New iealand. He was selected from hout HO applicants. The cholarship is awarded by he Federation Governnent. Tan represented Malaya it
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    POST OFFICE WORKER GETS STUDY AWARD
    105 15 I SINGAPORE. Feb. 28. tE ftry UNESCO workers’ fell'wy. ip io be awarded to acie union i.; in British non•gav»Tn:!oj :trritories has i won ev Mr. G Kandaiy 32 a rk at the Singa- G»ner..; Post Ottice. r. Kanciasamy. who flies a-ndin on March
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    Govt. work for ex-detainees
    35 15 ■OHrr p AHRU( Fcb 26 A ft 0- ament directive ft' r Bahru states ft nt servants, ft j detained under ft I' Regulations ina oeen released, pr ‘Ployed by Gov-
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    Colds for two in ‘great palace’
    218 15 MP V R Mar. 2. Two ftnd J*' 1 Vl 1 h tearful eves ■he mu th,n to shake lump are »> Kuala ■list i 11, 11 r,le v have Ban 1 trom the SulBar u in Kuala Kangfcr ,he V spent two B-.r
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    S’PORE MOTOR CLUB OFFICIALS
    74 15 S’ PORE MOTOR CLUB OFFICIALS SINGAPORE, Feb. 28. The foCjowinn were elected officials of the Singapore Motor Club President: Mr. E. A. Crabbe; vice-president: Mr. J. N. K. Moncrieff: secretary; Mr. J. M. Bruce; treasurer: Mr. P. W. Corner: committee members; Messrs. E. L. G. Bailey, R. E. Duller. D.
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    WELSH HONOUR THEIR DEAD
    56 15 THE PRESIDENT of the Singapore St. David’s Society, Mr. R. D. T. James (above) lays a wreath on the Cenotaph, Connaught Drive, in memory of the Welsh dead of N two world wars on Mar. 1. It was St. Davids Day and the Colony’s s mall
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    THE YEAR STARTS WITH $5m MORE
    135 15 KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 26. THERE was an increase in Federal customs and excise revenue in January. It was the highest monthly total since the price of rubber dropped early last year. $35,297,000 being collected, compared with a monthly average of $3O million since May
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    100 AT RE-UNION
    18 15 TAIPING, Mar. 2. About 100 members attended the re-union dinner of the Chinese Recreation Club.
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    Planter helps union class in K.L.
    205 15 KUALA LIIMPVR, Feb. 28 COR the first time in the history of trade unionism in this country, a planter yesterday joined with a trade union and a Government department to help create intelligent leadership among estate workers. The occasion was a leadership training course
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    286 are now naturalised
    40 15 The Singapore Governm* n: has presented certificates of naturalization to 2H6 residents, including Ml non-English speaking, since December 1931. And 215 applications 155 English and 'ill non-English speaking are it present n* ing considi r d
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    LEE MENG: BARTER REJECTED
    256 17 ■or *i;s nas rejected K irian request l »q, release °f Lee Mj nciemned Perak ci iiuminist, in exK‘‘!! Mr. Edgar ■nders British businessK n imprisoned in Buda■f ojnee 1950. Reuter ■Jortec: an Mar 3. W Min us ter. Mr. ■K v ,»ld the House ot
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    MR. D. G. A. O’MAHONY helps his bride to cut the cake at the reception at their wedding in Kuala Lumpur recently.
    31 17 1 i'r 1 ineir wedding in 11 hotographers picture.
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    GRAVES TO BECOME A GARDEN SOON
    250 17 —But historic ones will stay SINGAPORE. Mar. 4. SINGAPORE’S oldest cemetery in Fort Canning, where 264 people were buried more than 100 years ago. will soon be converted into a garden. Headstones will be built into a surrounding wall. Mr. M W. F. Tweedie,
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    Forces wipe out three Red bosses
    319 17 KUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 3. gECURITY forces have killed three more Communist district committee members including the two remaining members of the Malacca Central Committee. Three other terrorists have been killed and two wounded. The 21st Federal Police Jungle Company finished off the Malacca Central
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    THREE DAYSTHEN THEIR FIRST BANDIT
    121 17 KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 28. The 6th Battalion the Malay Regiment, only three davon operations, killed its first terrorist a Malay vesterday. It was raised in October, finished training last week and is now in the Kuala lapis area of Pa.tang. Another Pahang terrorist: was killed
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    ‘WINGS’ FOR 3 MAAF PILOTS
    64 17 SINGAPORE, Mar. 4. Three Singapore pilots of the Malayan Auxiliary Air Force will receive “wings” from the Commander-in-Chief of the Far East Air Force, Air Marshal A. C. Sanderson, in a parade at the M.A.A.F. town headquarters, Beach Road, at 6 p.m. on Friday. They
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    THE JUKE-BOX COMES TO SINGAPORE
    102 17 SINGAPORE, Mar. 4. THE juke-box. which give* •'.slot machine music,” has come to Singapore. One was installed in tiio Kallang Airport Hotel yesterday. The juke-box holds 40 records unct has v 0 press buttons with a title beside each. It is operated by inserting 20
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    LEADERS OF BUSINESS IN MALAYA
    230 17 MR. Hardial Singh, managing director of Hardial Singh and Sons, Ltd., is 49 years of age and was born in India at the village of Khangahdogran, 50 miies from Lahore. In December 1911 at the age of six he came to Malaya with his parents,
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    NEW COASTAL SHIP FOR RED FUNNEL
    101 17 SINGAPORE. Mar. 3. 440-ton coastal passenger freighter, deigned by tinlate Mr. F. G. Ritchie, ot Singapore. who died m August last year, will < ;iJ! imre on it maiden voyage next year. Tiie ship it > now under eon slruction in tin* Dutch sb
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    CINECOLOR WINS BY 10 LENGTHS
    1352 18  -  By I FSO.M JKKP SINGAPORE. F< l) lift MAKING his lir.st apiXTaiuu* on a Malayan raeecour.se. Shaw Stablt \s Cinocolor Mate Chevron*. a foui-year-old bay by Prince Chevalier, scored one of tin easiest wins ever at H'lki Timah when h<* whipped a Class 2. Div.
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    EVER VICTORY SCORES A GRAND DOUBLE
    1215 18  -  By EPSOM JKEP SINGAPORE. March 1. Mastering Nun Bar alter a short, sharp tussle at the top of the .straight, Ever Victory <Ma\v. streaked away to a iluent three-length win in the February Gup over 9f. for Glass 2, Div. 1 stayers at Bukif
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      110 18 H iff Su’w/t TOTAL POOL: $408,540. First: No. *****8 $188,848 S< cowl: No. G6940S ***** Third: No. *****0 51.0G7 Starler> ($6,383 each): Nos. *****4, *****4, *****7, *****7, *****0, 17G210 *****3. *****8. l< (isolation Prizes ($8,061 each): Nos. *****5, G4S005. *****5, *****2. 350G58, *****4 *****3. *****4. *****5. 775Ml iinubiv !<>U> Tin*
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    Jockey dies after racing fall
    304 19 SINGAPORE, Mar. 1. By EPSOM JEEP n u ".idek, an 18-year-old apprentice jockey SeJ to the Spencer stable, died at 9.35 .fter a serious race accident at Bukit it n arl .rorday. from Short Hairs, a heavily-backed horse in u f jf ;he day—the 9f
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    300 attend funeral of jockey
    208 19 SOAPORE. Mar. 2. oha: .MED Padek, 18-year-nt apprentice jockey Haur:-;-‘the February Cup at U .Kit Timah on Saturv wus .juried at Bidadari neierv Singapore, yesterday, p -ek t-11 off Short Hairs the steel chain to the rse's bit si capped. H e was kicked on
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    Queen’s portrait
    54 19 Queen’ s portrait SINGAPORE. Mar. 2. W r e 01 England’s leading has been commissioned Paint portrait of the ■irc‘o 1 the Sin S»Pore City Kf* p )f Art hur Tan who Kr c ictur e Of Field liUts < now hanging Inton A i r Ca Hous e I"
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    Most of them didn’t pay
    58 19 SINGAPORE, Mar. 2. Three-quarters of the Singapore Admiralty Local Staff Union members did not pay their monthly 51 subscriptions for the whole of last year. The union’s report and statement of accounts for 1952 shows that arrears of subscription up to Dec. 31 totalled $2,785.30
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    UNITEERS RESULTS Capital to be increased
    395 19 By Our Market Correspondent UNITED Engineers Ltd., continues to progress at a satisfactory rate from the point of view of shareholders. Last year the company made a profit before taxation of $2,426,795, after charging $16,000 for directors fees and $209.696 for depreciation. Comparable figure
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    Floodlit soccer is on the way
    960 19  -  the week in sport By EDIN PETERS j S’pore, Mar. 4. rrHE Singapore Amateur] Football Association’s 61st season started this week. In Coronation Year, the soccer authorities hope to make it the best season the Colony has ever had. Th e long-awaited introduction of
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    Tins active and industrials steady
    684 20 SHARE MARKET By Our Financial Correspondent SINGAPORE. Mar. 2. THE Singapore share market enjoyed an active period last week in which a fair volume of business was done. The main interest was in tin shares where several rises in prices occurred. Industrials were steady with
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    TRADE UNIONS
    23 20 At the end of January, 222 trades unions were registered in the Federation of Malaya with a total membership of 128,411.
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    MALAYAN SHARE QUOTATIONS
    908 20 SINGAPORE, Mar. 4. IMM'STKIALS Muyerk »t4lrrt Aira Mr i<«» Prpf i i ill 9 rd <20 4 20 Allas lr» i J 2.*» 3 25 < tr <> 35 5 36/fl BM r r lister* 4 50 J 5u Con Tin Smell p re/ ai/. in/ Or«j*
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    BUSINESS DONE
    296 20 SINGAPORE, Mar. 2. THE following business was reported in the Singapore share market from February 21 to February 27, inclusive: Industrials. Fraser Neave $2.50 and $2.47»/ 2 Federal Disspensary $2.60 and $2.67 Vi. Gammon $3 00, Hammer $3.12»/ 2 and $3.10, William Jacks $3.80, Malayan Cement to $1.75,
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    New post for Mr. H. J. Page
    63 20 Mr. H. J. Page, a former director of the Rubber Research institute of Malaya, has secured an appointment with the Food and Agricultural Orgainisation of the United Nations. He has been succeeded as principal of the Imperial College of Tropical Agriculture by Dr.
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    U.E. show increased turnover last year.
    261 20 SINGAPORE. I > A NET PROFIT of $2,426,795 for the v r‘ Dec. 31, 1952, compared with $2,063 6 is shown in the annual accounts of Unites npin 5l Ltd. which were published this morning. neer In a statement on the accounts, the managing
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    MALAYAN TIN AND RUBBER
    116 20 THE following statistics were Issued during last week:— Tin-ore production in the Federation in January was 6.664 tons equivalent to 4,998 tons of tin metal, compared with 4.943 tons in December. Stocks of tin in Malaya ac the end of January were 6.28C tons, compared with
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    More life follows holiday lull
    273 20 SINGAPORE Feb 9# THE Singapore t Jer LI L ket came to 1 t for 1 first time since ti chi J New Year and th< e VasJ fair turnover in .,1] gra( j says Lew is and Pe wepid»l report. *‘1 The easiness mat
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    THE PRODUCE MARKET
    81 20 SINGAPORE. Mar. 4. Singapore Chinese Produce Eichange: Noon prices per picul were: Copra: quietly steady, undertflfl easier, $40 buyers, sellers $41 Coconut oil: $61 sellers. Pepper: steady, all varieties 1? $10. Muntok white $575 sellers 9»r*‘ wak $570, Lampong black $460 Lewis and Peat: Clasing pnc« v.-ere:—
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    DIVIDENDS DECLARED
    66 20 The following ilividends were announced bv M* yan companies 18 week:W. HAMMEK COj final 7 Vi cents nuikidf cents, and bonu 3 c for year endec 5 K l e PV, ks payable March "s boOK close March IK GOPENG CON 1° cent No JELAPANG i arc h
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