The Straits Budget, 9 April 1953

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  • 28 1 The Straits Budget THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES MALAYA’S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER y.w Series Xo. 349. Thursday, April 9, 1953 Price 40 cents (Malayan) Or I shilling.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 160 1 ;A;.v WI400 WALKING DRAGUNE THE WORLD'S LARGEST WALKING DRAGLINE Designed and constructed at the works of Messrs. Ransomes and Rapier Ltd., and erected in Northamptonshire to the order of Stewarts and Lloyds Ltd., It is used for stripping on Ore. > .v f > mm :•>:*> y >!• *1 B
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    • 222 2  -  F. PROSPER UPTON. IF recent newspaper reports are true, the Municipal Councillors of Georgetown. Penang, have generously donated C5OO to a very worthy cause. But these .£5OO are-to be paid out of the Municipal Insurance Fund. Surely this is a highly immoral procelure. A Fund of this
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    • 283 2  - Bonuses: ‘Engineer makes correction ENGINEER Singapore (WRITE to withdraw the inaccurate statement in my letter appearing in the Straits Times of March 24 regarding a bonus to Mr. R. J. Farrer on his retirement from the Municipal Service and to tender him my sincere apologies for any annoyance and pain
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    • 123 2  -  A. E. WOOTTON. Taiping. I THINK it only fair to emphasize the good work being done by the Commissioner of Prisons, Malaya, and his staff at the Prisons Training Depot at Taiping where prison warders are receiving highly specialised training. There have been three passing-out” parades
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    • 307 2  -  THE SEIH.J i vrs G. P. WILLIS. I Perak. WONDER just ho.' uchof I I Eric Mitchell' rec I article on British h i grants I was based on persoi. ledge. I Being something j rep I lance journalist m>v i .< eeni I ed to recognise
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    • 51 2  - Swift handsome UNION ONION. Singapore. WITH strikes looming in practically every Government 3nd Municipal Department, it is obvious that the Trade Union Advisers have done the job they were sent out to perform magnificently. Should they not now be given a handsome bonus and a swift return to the United
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    • 114 2  -  KLYNE STREET. From time to time we are told that the cost of living in Singapore is higher than in the Federation, although import duties are charged on goods into the Federation which are not charged in Singapore. In your leader on Electricity Charges you point out
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    • 314 2  -  R J. FARRER. Singapore. gEFORE exposing “Engineer’s” inaccuracies (bonuses to municipal employees) I must con tradict his assertion that I received a bonus of $30,000 for my services to Singapore municipalitv. I crave leave to refer to f another invention in connection with myself which savours
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    • 209 2  -  ivork. v i v A TRIE Singapore. LTHOUGH the escape from the Penang prison il the recent murder trial has now become stall news, I think the incident and Gen. Templer’s angry visit and angrier pep-talk deserve serious reflection. Whatever the causes and circumstances that may have
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 41 2 PAV\6 M A K i 4 <■ a a: <% fl»X V sitMi *r a <s A 2 Bfc /a A MAN-IN-THE-STREET: “Looks like we re getting the wrong solution to the right problem—or is it the right solution to the wrong ’un?"
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    • 334 3 f, *aits Times, Apr. l. If despondence we have re,v, 1 concerning a judgment (lit* Singapore High Court r w attention to the little niier.stood laws of the Colony carriage. In this case the iiT sought legal recognion as the widow of a man it;, whom
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    • 218 3 —Straits Times, Apr. 1 IL r ;i l against the Fed- Registration and LieL. f ‘V’J businesses Ordinance f 1 rnove, and the L, 1 >i;| nibers of Commerce [i 'vhen they seek to I non- members from 1 but it is exceed- "I whether a petiL,
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    • 239 3 —Straits Times. Apr. 2. Cm American Congressional Committees which are “dig--:i)g deeper into Communist aui s trade with non-Com-nuinist Mitntries may find themselves running behind -chedule it the Korean ann!>'K'o tahjs make the progress •ba; is now expected. But d'-cre must he support and sympathy for any
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    • 422 3 —Straits Times. Apr. 5. In the “Postman’s Budget” Jerrold wrote of letters "gushing from the heart....a beautiful unstudied vindication of the worth and untiring sweetness of human nature —a record of the invulnerability of man. armed with high purposes, sanctified by truth.” Letters to the editor are not
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    • 240 3 —Straits Times. Apr. 5. Acceptance by the Singapore Government of a member of the Federatior panel of arbitrators to act in the postal employees' dispute removes the threat of Monday's strike. Mr. Yong Pung How, a young and well-known Kuala Lumpur lawyer, has a task no-one will envy.
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    • 480 3 Straits Times. Apr. G. 1 A cyciostylcd letter to editors over the cyciostylcd signature of the acting general manager of the Central Electricity Board (not perhaps among the better examples of public relations) replies to criticism of the change in the Board’s charges t for light
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    • 252 3 Malaya’ s Thanks -Straits Times. Apr. fi Two battalions which have played a magnificent part in the war against the Communists are leaving Malaya. On Saturday, the 1st Battalion of the King’s African Rifles left Kuala Lumpur by train on their way home, while in Segamat grateful Malayans were saying
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    • 988 3 —Straits Times. Apr. 7. it is difficult to launch a fiery crusade for independence when the metropolitan power has already announced its policy of self-government as soon as the condition of nationhood are achieved. The problem is Malayan unity. We have made more progress towards unity
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    • 222 4 Straits Times. Apr. 7. Are there too many small companies in the rubber-grow-ing industry 0 Amalgamations which have taken place during the past year seem to indicate a realisation that there are, and that there is a trend towards increasing efficiency by consolidating smaller units into larger companies.
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    • 596 4 —Straits Times. Apr. 8. It is becoming increasingly difficult to strike the happy mean between relief at the remarkable improvement in the terrorist situation and an optimism which may encourage complacency. Every official statement points the difficulty. This is just as well, for the true test
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    • 448 4 —Straits Times. Apr 3 Malaya has had some good 1 policemen, and it was one of the first Emergency tragedies that some of the best were lost when their services were most S needed. The weaknesses which their departure left had not i been overcome when
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  • 150 4 ASST. DIRECTOR PENANCi. Apr. 7 FOR the first time siiue tr.e establishment of the Federation medical head an Asian officer has been appointed an assistant Director of Medical Services this month. Dr. R. K. Ponniah. Senior Health Officer. Mala ca hai arrived in Penang
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  • 165 4 SINGAPORE. Apr. 7 UNLESS lottery tickets sox by the Colony branch of the M.C.A. specifically mention that they are meant for Singapore members only, their sale will not be permitted here, according to conditions imposed by the Colony Government. The conditions, it is under* stood, require
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  • 49 4 SINGAPORE A:* ff Dr. R. J. Grove-W';' T c u Medical Officer of j e f; Seng Hospital, Sin* by air yesterday to the Colony at the .f P r* Pacific Tubercuiosi; llt u ence of the Won tn Organisation. which Manila on Monday
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  • 1062 5  -  /H A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT rpHE U.M.N.O. M.C.A. joint plan for the elding of Federal elections next year was hied before the half:l»ly annual Assembly U.M.N.O. which met :n Malacca over the week-end. Tt was acpted in principle by he General Assembly. Tht* plan provides for
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  • 467 5  -  By GEOFFREY MH.WO A BEAUTIFUL new Malayan orchid, which has taken four years to produce two stems of flowers and is selling commercially at over $400 a plan 4, in Singapore, could hold its own with any orchid in the world if developed
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  • PERSONAL
    • 126 5 AT Bungsar Hospital on 29th March to Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Barr a son (both well). GALVIN: To Rommy, wife of Christopher Galvin, at K.K. Hospital. 2.4.53, a son. Keith Albert. BOARD: To Dorienne, wif# of Lindsay Board, a son, Anthony Robert at K.K, Hospital on 2nd April.
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    • 84 5 CANTY-DENNETT. The engagement is announced between John Malcolm Canty of Paya Lang Estate. Johore and Joan Dennett of the P.M.R.A.F.N.S. Changi, Singapore. GRAND—WARNER: The engagement is announced between Ada, elder daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. Grand of Penang, and Lawrence Lewen Warner of Anglo-Oriental (M.) Ltd., Kuala Lumpur.
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    • 116 5 STAFFORD JR—MERGLER: On April 4th, 1953 at Bryn Mawr Chapel, Penn: between Frankland Fish Stafford Jr. of New York and Lorna Treslove Mergler second daughter of the late Mr. M.H. and Mrs. K. I. Mergler of Singapore. WYLDE BEECHER BRYANT. On April 4th at Chislehurst by Professor E. S.
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  • 58 5 BRUNEI Apr. 7. —The Rt. Reverend Nigel Cornwall. Bishop of Borneo, yesterday appealed for funds to complete the new cathedral for North Borneo The building will mark the centenary ol the original Cathedral, erected in During her Malaysian tour In October last year, the Duchess of
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  • 38 5 JOHORE BAHRU. Apr. 7. Miss Tessic D’Costa. Staff Nurse, General Hospital, has resigned from the service She will be leaving next month for England, to take a special course in orthopaedic training.
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 31 5 HOUSES LAND FOR SALE FOR SALE. Charming detached stone built house at Oullane Scotland overlooking Firth of Forth, near several Golf Courses. For further particulars write Box No. 114, Ipoh. Malaya.
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  • 87 5 DEATH A. Perianayagasamy Pillai. alias Peter James, aged 95, retired Light Housekeeper. Malaya, died 2nd April, ’53, at Melannavasal. Karlkal. He leaves four sons P. Joseph, P. Tnomas. Rev. K. P. Anthonlsamy, K. P. Joaklm and a daughter, Mrs. R. P Rajoo to mourn their loss. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS DRS. A. L.
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  • 7 6 Picture Foong Poh Kan.
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  • 696 6  -  CYNICUS. SINGAPORE Apr. 4 pENANG’S Munici--1 pal Councillors appear to have absolved themselves from the censure of General Templer’s formidable remarks uttered —decidedly the mot juste on his visit to the Settlement last week. I like best the complaint of the Councillor who remarked. “The High
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  • 988 6  -  Stanley Street. Disciples rpHE story of St. Francks A Xavier’s mission to Japan, as told in connection with the recent Malacca celebrations, omits all reference to Malacca’s first Japanese visitor, a Satsuma man who heard of Xaviei from Portuguese merchants in Japan. When Yajiro arrived
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  • 67 6 J LONDON. Apr. 6.-TV tans have accepted i Tr to a Coronation ball by the Malayan Student ui** and the Malav Society 1 T Britain, in London in f They are the St; M t r Johore. the Sultan of s ie and the Tengku
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  • 21 6 t 4 i s viiH Mr. F. P. Chatcl; Consul, and Mrs. left Singapore for >" j on Apr. 7.
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  • 398 8  -  UMNO ELECTION CALL By SALLEH BIN DAUI) MALACCA, Apr. 5. THK general assembly of the United Malays 1 National Organisation today decided to urge the Federation Government and the Colonial Office to introduce Federal elections by 1954. This unanimous decision was taken
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  • 362 8 MALACCA, Apr. 2. INCHE Sardon bin Zubir, UMNO Youth League leader, today called on the people to give “their all” in the struggle for national independence. "Malaya”, he said, "must have Federal elections by 1954 as the first step towards independence. “Unless the people are
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  • 75 8 PENANG. Apr 3.—Tilt* “Kingsstranri" tvpt* of house, which ma> help to solve Ihe housing and resettlement problem in Malaya, lias been put on view at Weld Quay* Penang. The house is built by a simple combination of deeply troughed aluminium allov sheets and angles. All
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  • 572 8 MALACCA, Apr. 4. THE PRESIDENT of the United Malays National Organisation, Tengku Abdul Rahman, said today that as the war against the Communist terrorists had almost ended. Government’s attention would be directed against our nationalist movement. He was speaking at the half yearly assembly of
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  • 91 8 MALACCA. Apr. 3. The UMNO Youth conference today decided that members should shout “Merdeka" (Independence* “with clenched lists” as party greetings. The conference also decided that U M.N.O. should urge the Federat.on Government and the Colonial Office to prepare election laws for the
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  • 327 8  -  From SALLEH BIN DALI) MALACCA, Apr •> THE Central Executive Committee of the Tnited Malavs National Organisation at a meeting j n Malacca last night decided to expel Dato Fangli ma Bukit Gantang. Perak CMNO chairman from the nartv because of his recent action
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  • 84 8 Hamid is here seen telling his choice of the 15 candidates to Penghulu Abdul Rahman I) who then mark'' t ,1, for him. Over 90 P* 1 4 1 t *if the registered village,
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  • 97 9 Mr. Seah Peng Chuan, gave ,r, T party at thr Chh.es. Capitol Kestaurant on Mar"'ip honour of the i.tttr.il manager. Mr A. A. Ewing, who leit this week for Britain and the U.S on ave. I.eit to right: Mr. (i. Barbour, traffic
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  • 140 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Erl I BILL to consolidate the existing law relating to co .men gaming houses will be Introduced shortly in the ft :o:vw Legislative Council •There are at present seven larate enactments whose vis: n&gt; are all substantially ran gaming. ‘he Dili provides
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  • 94 9 SINGAPORE. Apr. 2, f| ANDRE GUIBAUT, the F Consul-General, V a y* s ilLS Sin gapore post m,uV l 12 will attend the JI the new King E' lr °t tordan. in Mav. to vl11 represent France at K&lt;r r mon V hi Amman. M:;.
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  • 77 9 *n-i:i S r' 'n'r’ r p Legislative L Paglar. B: Vrir 1 P n siden t of the B 10. V, Association Bkh* r tv drr I “d Ul w aro: Vico I Professor T. H. I Mr. K. H. Chan Is, '«*cretary. Mr. B I: r
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  • 392 9 SINGAPORE, Apr. 3. LOCKED safe in the locked office in Bonham Building, Singapore, of Mr. C. G. Menon, lawyer who fled to India last July, has become a thorny question for a number of people. Several Singapore lawyers have clients who want to recover
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  • 239 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Apr. 2. yAIE High Commissioner, Sir Gerald Templer, yesterday opened the new police college at Kuala Kubu Bajhru and declared “it is expected to become the finest police college in Asia.” “No expense had been spared to achieve this and you can see here
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  • 156 9 V.I.P.s ARE ‘UNEASY IN COLONY HE SAYS There’s no ‘etiquette’ expert SINGAPORE, Apr. 3. DATO C. J. Paglar (Prog. Changi) feels that V.I.P.s visiting Singapore are “politically uneasy” when they And no qualified protocol officer in the Colony. A protocol officer advises on the etiquette to be observed at official
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  • 71 9 SINGAPORE. Apr. 2. Terrorist section leader Chong Paak and one of his men surrenderd to police in the Batu Kurau area of Taiping, Perak, yesterday. A patrol of the Ist Worcesters yesterday found the body of Khow Seong who was abducted by terrorists while working in
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  • 30 9 BRLNEI. Apr. 5.—A New Zealand UNESCO fellowship has been awarded to Mr. Kho Liang Song, ol the Lands and Surveys Department, Sarawak, for a two-year course in surveying.
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  • 155 9 SINGAPORE. Apr. 2. THE rush is on for admission to primary one rlasses in Singapore Government and aided English schools in January. Although applications were only supposed to have started coming in from yesterday, many poured in as early as a month ago. Normally,
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  • 102 9 Court claim succeeds SINGAPORE, Apr. 3. AIR. JUSTICE WHiTTON, in f'l the Singapore High Court, on Thursday gave judgment for Mr. Wang Coo-kien in a claim lor $100,000 against Mr. Fu Tze Hsi. Mr. Wang claimed the money from the defendant as the drawer ot a cheque
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  • 142 9 SINGAPORE, Apr. 5. MR. Yong Pung How nus agreed to sit as arbitrator in the dispute between the Post and Telecommunications and General Clerical Service Unions and the Singapore Government He will open hearings or. Thursday at the Civil District Court. Mr. Yong
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  • 43 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Apr. 3. Inchc Mohamed Ali bin Mohamed, assistant inspector ol Malay schools, Selangor, will represent the Ex-Services biennial conference of the British Empire Service League in London. The conference will be held from June 8 to 12.
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  • 44 9 IPOH. Apr 3 Miss Kitty Muy. of the Methodist Mission end a leading youth worker in I poll, has left Malaya on h&lt; r way home to Alton. Pennsylvania, USA Miss Hav did missionary work in Malaya for 3'j years.
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  • 459 10 SINGAPORE, Apr. 2. jT is of the utmost importance to Singapore 1 trade as a whole, that the three Chambers of Commerce—the Chinese Chamber ot Commerce, the Indian C hamber of Commerce, and the Singapore Chamber of Commerce—should work in close unison and liaison, and this
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  • 59 10 MRS. WEE SIP TIONG is in charge of the Singapore City Council's Information Bureau in the City Hall. Mrs. Wee, who is stationed on the first floor of the building, will help anyone who finds it difficult to find his way round the place. Within two hours on Apr. 1,
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  • 131 10 KUALA LUMPUR. Apr. I.—The biggest ever campaign to persuade terrorists to surrender will he launched tomorrow throughout Selangor. The Government believes that many of the terrorists in Selangor, harried constantly by security forces, short of food and without leaders, are ready to surrender. So tomorrow's
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  • 77 10 LONDON, Apr. 3. Four Scout leaders in Malaya, uong Kong and Ceylon have been awarded the Silver Wolf, the highest award for Scouts. The award lor “services oi the most exceptional character to the Scout movement” goes to Mr. C. Dymoke Gre-o and Mr. F. W.
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  • 58 10 SINGAPORE. Apr. 2. Mr. Lim Slew Poh. of Lyall and Evatt, stock and share brokers, Singapore, left by Pan American Airways yesterday for Manila to attend the fifth national congress of the Philippine Chamber of Commerce on Apr. 6-11. He was one of the delegates
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  • 332 10 SINGAPORE, Apr. 2. timber is losing markets in Britain because the uneven sawing of the wood makes it an uncompetitive proposition for British furniture manufacturers. This was the opinion expressed, in Singapore, by Mr. Alex Sim. managing director of Churchill and Sim Ltd Citv
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  • 38 10 JOHORE BAHRU. Apr. 3. The First Battalion of the Fijian Regiment will parade at Batu Pahat on April 16 for the dedication ceremony of the drums presented to the regiment by the public of Batu Pahat.
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  • 125 10 SINCJAPORE, Apr. 2. MALAYA’S eight naval representatives to the Coronation will march with the Queen’s procession from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Abbey on June 2. The Malayan contingent will br the largest from the colonies. Hast Africa is sending three, while Hong Konu, Sierra Leone
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  • 264 10 KUALA LUMPUR Aur T'HE Federations p 0 fi Ce A Force is second to none and it faces the future with confidence and re solve, says Col Young, retiring Commit sloner of Police. j n h is rarewell message sent to all ranks today “It
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  • 108 10 SINGAPORE Apr THE world's fastest senger plane. Comet jetliner, will softy faster yet. British Overseas p- "k Corporation announced terday. that from the of this month, Comet* n. between London anc fel1 pore would clip two five minutes off the P rcM schedule. This
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  • 17 10 The application &lt;&gt;: president of the Mr. J. T. Re;'. f&lt; has been acceu &lt; Singapore Rolan &lt;
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  • 242 11 Bv Our Market Correspondent SINGAPORE, Apr. llVCAPORK share brokers last night estimated I th;it $30,000,000 had been slashed from the Lotcd values of Malayan securities this week. IProspects ot peace in Korea caused the recession. I The Easier holidays came as a welcome
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  • 86 11 Ho will spend three days in Malaya advising veterinary officers on vaccines for poultry and rabid dogs. He will visit the new SI,000.000 laboratory
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  • 138 11 WBREW’S Cat he Idral. Singapore, is I "facing a financial crisis.** I according to the ArchI deacon, the Rev. Robin I Woods. I He is looking for 100 I people who will give a regular monthly gift to help meet the cathedral’s ri&gt;ing costs. In
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  • 52 11 #1 KUALA LUMPUR. Apr. 3 ■There art* now 1.569 Co§»&gt;;'(’/ati\e societies in Malaya ■\hh a total working capital $-1 million, the All Malayan ■['-operative Conference was ■tolci today. Fht-se societies had more than ■uii.uiii) members, said Mr. K. ib: amaniam. President of the ■Midlands Urban Co-operative
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  • 60 11 SLREMBAN. Apr. 3.—Mr. A. Kulasingam, a prominent member of the Ceylonese k n -munity in Seremban. was l’ rv along Paul Street n, n he suddenly collapsed I 'J the steering wheel, d' was rushed to hospital died on the ay 1 i' Mineral of Mr. Kulasing- :n
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  • 44 11 KI ala LUMPUR. Apr. I. u !st Battalion &lt; Nayasaland) African Rifles will sail 1 nie soon. It will be rebv the 2nd Battalion whose advance party &gt;’cady arrived in Malaya. 1 Battalion arrived in a l ih January last year
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  • 160 11 SINGAPORE. Apr. 2. 'PHE new qualification for the private pilot’s licence A is “much more severe”, but that should not deter anybody learning to fly if he really wishes to make use of his experience, instead of merely obtaining a largely useless paper qualification,
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  • 39 11 JOHORE BAHRU. Apr. 5. Datin H. E. MacKenzie. Commissioner of Girl Guides for Johore. has been appointed Chief Girl Guides Commissioner for the Federation in succession to Mrs. A W, Pinnick. who has resigned.
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  • 54 11 TAIPING, Apr. I.—The G.O.C. Malaya. Major-Gen Sir Hugh Stockwell. presented the Connnander-in-Chiefs certificate for efficient and devoter service to a typist, Miss Martha Choong, of HQ at Taiping. Miss Choong is the first woman employee of the War Department in North Malaya to he so honoured.
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  • 57 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Apr. 3. Membership in employees’ trade unions in the Federation made a huge iump last year, it was disclosed in the 1952 report of the Registrar of Trade Unions published today. There were 127,94G paid-up members at the end of last vear, 20.775 more
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  • 244 11 ‘Folly to legalise, off-course bets SINGAPORE, Apr. 2. SINGAPORE lawyer and racing enthusiast. Mr. Victor J. Mendis, yesterday warned Legislative (Councillors in Malaya that it would be “utter folly, disastrous and demoralising” to legalise ofT-the-course betting. “Just think of the far-reaching effect on young lives and the inevitable trail of
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  • 152 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Apr. 1. IJALAYANS will strongly L 1 oppose any move to have Gen. Sir Gerald Templer, the High Commissioner. transferred to Kenya to deal with Mau Man terrorism. “He still has a big job to do here,” said a spokesman of the planting
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  • 173 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Apr. 3.—A. 1st Battalion i\ing s African Rifles are going home to Nyasaland—leaving behind many friends and an impressive record. The battalion sails from Singapore on Apr. 14 in the troopship Lancashire. Since Iasi March, the battalion’s headquarters has been at
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  • 128 11 THE PEOPLE ol Segamat and district will today say an official farewell to the Ist Battalion the Cameronians. A parade will be held on the Parian*; at 5 p.m.. and the District Officer will make a presentation to the battalion on behalf of the local
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  • 582 12 SINGAPORE, Apr. 2. 21-YKAR-OLI) Finn has lived to tell the story of ‘&gt;1 days on a raft in the Bay of Bengal. He saw his best friend di t beside him on the raft. H** saw sharks eat the body when he had
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  • 76 12 SINGAPORE Apr. 2. THE Singapore Council of Women aims to enrol 10.000 members when it starts a campaign next month. the secretary. Mrs. Shirin Fozdar. told the Straits Times yesterday. She said that officials and members would visit factories and firms which employed women and
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  • 45 12 TELUK ANSON. Apr. 3. Mr. D. W. B. Vanrenen, manager of Nova Scotia Estate, Teluk Anson, is leaving for England on retirement, after 32 years’ as a planter in Malaya. He will be succeeded by Mr. S. G. Smith, manager of Rubana Estate.
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  • 216 12 SINGAPORE. Apr. 2. TWO authorities on Singapore’s traffic problems defended the Colony’s two-months-old “east-west one-way traffic” scheme yesterday after it had been described by a City Councillor as “a terrific mess.” “Perhaps it Ls forgotten that the City Council agreed to the scheme.” commented Superintendent
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  • 159 12 IPOH, Apr. I.—One hundred and twelve boys and girls from the Slim School and the has been accepted by the Tanglin School left Cameron Highlands today for Tapah. protected bv an escort of the Ist Battalion the Manchester Regiment and the 12t.ii Royal Lancers,
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  • 189 12 PENANG, pr 1/IR. N. PonnuUura, J-Tl president ol the Pen’ ang divisional committee of the Malayan ra(le I’nion Council, tnda\ u pealed to all trade unions. religious institutions and other public In..lie. to campaign against gambling. Mr. Ponnuduraj iailed for a firm stand against
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  • 380 12 E'arlana trails far hrr—bul a a baity bn airs irltorr shv is SINGAPORE. Apr. 2. AN 81-year-old Dutch heiress Ls missing. Nobody knows whether she is alive or dead, but she was last heard of 29 years ago—in Singapore. She is Madame Heriette Antionette
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  • 256 13 I KUALA LUMPUR, Apr. 5. Lumpur’s biggest private housing Battlement has begun to grow on an old swamp B llatu Road. The project is estimated to cost Bore than So million. H The first row of 25 shophouses is nearing compleK n d work has already
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  • 338 13 SINGAPORE. Apr. 6. Singapore police last night iv imbed fthe element! Road Ian.I looking for an armed I g'lng ot three Chinese who I l Id up and seriously woundI i i a European mercantile I la»istant. t John Edmond Pitcher. a.ad 24. of Guthrie
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  • 60 13 JOHORE BAHRU. Apr. 3.— h. 1 &lt;lson Rae. Deputy Chic f U Officer to the Secret01 State for the Colonies, '‘fcompanied by Dr. E. D. B. Assistant Director of i Services, (Rural) j U:,) n of Malaya and &gt;1() hamed Salleh bin Haji Hamid. Principal Medi-
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  • 393 13 SINGAPORE. Apr. 5. I HAVE just met the most amazing man in Singapore—a 1 man who might have stepped straight out of a page from “Gulliver's Travels.” He iS Ah Vee. undoubtely the tallest man in the Colony, for he is even
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  • 108 13 SINGAPORE. Apr. 5. Mr. Nigel C’arruthers, a former Singapore shipping com pan.v official, recent 1* watched his Scottish ancestral home blown up by a Royal Engineers airborm* squadron. But Mr. (’arruthers tid not complain. For he had found the mansion too big for his needs and
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  • 231 13 KUALA LUMPUR, Apr. 4. JTHE Ist Battalion of the Kina's African Rifles, which put 51 bandits out of action, left Kuala Lumpur yesterday on its way home. The wiei. v*. ere bid farewell by the Commissioner Gen. Sir Gerald T°mpler. The battalion, which arrived in
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  • 165 13 PENANG, Apr. 4. Kuala lumpur Flying Club chalked up 11 points today to win this year’s Dane Cup from the defending champions, Penang. Singapore with five points were runners-up, with Penang »4 points i third. Perak Flying Club was last with 3 points. The
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  • 32 13 LONDON. Apr.s.—Mr. A. Dickson Wright, former Singapore surgeon, performed the appendicitis operation on Mr. Clemen i Attlee, leader of the Opposition, at St. Mary’s Hosnital. London, last week.
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  • 157 13 KUALA LUMPUR. Apr. 5,—A traffic jam on the road leading to thr Kuala Lumpur airport caused intending passengers to miss their planes today. The jam was caused bv thousands of Chinese who eonverged on the tornp’e and cemetery in Flying Club Road to ofT«‘r Rifts
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  • 35 14 Yes, 31) has arrived in Singapore. This picture shows members of the audience at the Tithav on Anr. 4. From now on, such scenes will be commonplace in the Colony.
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  • 45 14 MISS FAE STRALEY. headmistress of the Methodist (.iris' School. Klang, will leave .Malaya for America via India and Europe on Apr. £7. She came to Malaya in Jan. 1949, and in May succeeded Mrs. I). E. (iuliand as headmistress at Klang.
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  • 35 14 Mr. Justice Rogers, judge Sarawak, will be leaving Singapore lor Britain on the Antiloehus, on Apr 8. Mr. Justice Rogers was for-nH-tiy a judge of the Singapore High Court
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  • 37 14 BRUNEI, Apr The DevelM? m n" t SCC u' t! L rv 1,1 Sar “*ak. B. A. Hepburn, has left or the United Kingdom on lone leave. Mr R. F. Mole lias succeeded him.
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  • 345 14 KUALA LUMPUR. Apr. 5. UIRKHAS today killed seven terrorists including two women, near Kulai, South Johore. One of them was Johore Communist State Committee member, Foo Ah Kwong, and another was the branch committee secretary for the Singkang area, Cho Sing. The patrol
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  • 57 14 KUALA LUMPUR—Fri pneumonia claimed 24 deaths in the Federation in the week ended March 31. there were 91 cases. Forty-live cases of dysentery, with three deaths, were reported in the same period. Other health reports were—polio two cases; enteric fever 14 cases, one death; scrub
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  • 91 14 Kl ALA LCMPl’R. Apr. 3. During a recent tour of the Temerloh district by the Sultan of Pahang. 238 Malays approached the Kuler and asked to be be pardoned for helping Communist terrorists. The police took statements from them and allowed them to go
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  • 217 14 SINGAPORE, Apr IN a relentless r,„ 1 week-end manhunt a man who is alleged have tried to strangled® European woman j n JB Changi district c I D. men called mTeJ an R.A.P. police dog e J| UmU W hUman In the early hour.
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  • 59 14 The Governor oi Singapore Sir John Nicoll. has rece.v*: the following telegram ire the Secretary oi State for the Colonies. "I am commanded by the Queen to convey to you and the people of Singapore. Her Majesty's grateful thanks I r your kind message ot sympathy
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  • 28 14 LONDON. Apr. 5. -The death took place at Rothburv Northumberland, on March 22 of Mr. Joseph Errineton Rutter, formelv of the Strait* Steamship Co., Sinaapore.
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  • 74 14 Act oin panyiii” the Sultan are Mr. I. Blelloch. British \dvis&lt;*r. Perak, the Sultan's two a.D.CYs Dato
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  • 557 15  - Paralysed a year ago he now swims 5,000 metres By NAN HALL fWlS WEEK I watched la man, who was aln|st totally paralysed ty# poliomyelitis a year lib. complete a 5,000fljfcfre swim. ■Then he walked out of the pck with scarcely a limp. Bt man s a 36-year-old sh officer
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  • 74 15 SINGAPORE. Apr. 7. Professor Nilakantha Sastri. the University cf Malaya’s adviser on Indian studies, told 300 people in a talk in Singapore last night that Indian culture was a part of Malayan culture. That was sufficient reason, he said, for the formation bv the university of
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  • 191 15 SINGAPORE, Apr. 5. A FAMOUS man of music who likes the Navy, and a senior officer in the Navy who likes music, became fast friends at first sight in Singapore yesterday. They got on so well that Admiral Sir Charles Lambe, C ,n-C. Far
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  • 225 15 Govt workers ‘frustrated SINGAPORE, Apr. 6. Singapore Government has been warned of “dissatisfaction and frustration” in the Colony’s public services by the Federation of Government Employees’ Unions, representing 15,000 Government workers. To remedy this, the Federation of Unions suggested, the Government should review the present policy and procedure of promotions
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  • 67 15 SINGAPORE. Apr. 7. Two Singapore police officers leave lor England by air this morning lor specialised training- one to undergo a detective course and the other to study prosecution procedure in police courts. The officers, who will be away for six months, are Mr. Koh Lian Wall.
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  • 241 15 in the future, can look forward to a continuance in trading in all spheres with Indonesia said the former Indonesian trade commissioner. Mi. Taher Ibrahim who left for Europe on Wednesday, last week. Mr. Ibrahim added, however, that obviously there would be a tendency lor Indonesia to
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  • 31 15 BRUNEI. Apr. 0 Mr. W. J Bruce, ol the United Nations Technical Assistance Administration, has arrived in North Borneo where he is expected to remain for two years.
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  • 79 16 "THREE CHEEKS for Sir Geraid.” veil these five proud Scouts. A few minutes earlier on Sunday, General Sir Gerald Templer. Chief Seoul for .‘Malaya, had presented eaeh of them and 27 others with a Ouc-en’s Scout Royal Cirtificate. They had come to Castle t amp.
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  • 191 16 SINGAPORE, Apr. S. QN(J CIIOR, charged in the .Johore ilitfb Court with the manslaughter of Daniel Evans, resettlement officer, was today acquitted without being called for his defence. Mr Justice Paul Storr said that v om the evidence Evans had met his death
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  • 126 16 IPOH, Apr. 7.—Labour groups in the Federation will fight against any move to send General Sir herald Templer to Kenya to tackle the Mm Mau terrorism. Ihis was stated today bv Mr 1. Emmanuel, a Labour Councillor. and general-secretary of the Perak Estate
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  • 70 16 NT A! A LEMPER Apr. 7. Prisoners at Pengkalan Chep:i. who earn only S3 each a month, have contributed 810S to the High Commissioner’s fund for relief of British flood victims. The prison staff also made d nations, making a total of S171. When
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  • 62 16 THE CELEBRATED FRENCH PIANIST Louis Kentner, practising on the grand piano in the Victoria Memorial Hall. He will appear in the three Singapore Musical Society concerts on Apr. 12, 14 and 16. The first concert will be a pianoforte recital. In the other two concerts,
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  • 148 16 SINGAPORE. Apr. 7. REVISED methods for the registration of voters, including a modified form of automatic registration, may be introduced in Singapore for the 1954 elections to the Legislative and City Councils. A committee of all unofficial members ot the Legislative Council, which
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  • 227 16 FA THER OF 2 ATTENDS UNIVERSITY Mr. Lim, 42, shows it’s never too late to learn UR. llM I SINGAPORE, Apr g I -T'S NEVER too late to learn, so Mr. Timothy ij went to see the Registrar of the Eniversitrl Malaya. I On the application form opposite ‘age'. u
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  • 168 16 KUALA LUMPUR. Apr. 7. A SPECIAL Emergency communique tonight reported the surrender today of four frightened bandits —one an important Communist —in the Jasin area of Malacca. An artillery barrage by ya Field Battery of the Royal ArtUlery early this morning caught the four bandits white they
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  • 243 16 KUALA LUMPUR. Apr. Another "round-taiH talk” campaign independence is in ti 1 offing. This time, it is being spora I ed by the Peninsular 5J lays Union and ca ls for I round-table conference I Malay political bodies M to negotiate iiuiepvr.de J with
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  • 31 16 BRUNEI, Apr. 7. Thf Civil Services Union of Borneo will ask the Go c ment to give family a fl patriation allowances to er ers engaged from l countries.
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    • 72 16 STRAITS BUDGET SUBSCRIPTION RATES (PAYABLE IN ADVANCE) Pr Quarterly Half-yearly Yearly Singapore Town Area No Postage S 5.20 Malaya Including Postage S 5.75 11.50 23.00 10.40 •&gt;o gQ The weekly issues of the Straits Budget can l&gt;* express air delivery service to the United Kingdom an inclusive rate of $24.00
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  • 1282 18  -  From EPSOM JEFP Apr. 4. IN one of the most spectacu- lar big race upsets on the Malayan Turf, Hioniti, a rank outsider, romped home a fourlength winner to pay $103 in the $30,000 Perak Derby over Olle and a half miles at Ipoh yesterday, last
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  • 1132 18  -  From EPSOM JHEP IPOH, Apr. 1. Mystic melody &lt; late ai Hamil a stylish four- j year-old by Stardust, demon- 1 srated his sprinting powers when he led from start to I finish In the Class 1. Div. 1 j six-furlong sprint at Ipohj yesterday,
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  • Page 18 Miscellaneous
    • 41 18 llig Sweep TOTAL POOL: $37 2,435. FIRST:—*****9 $101,729 SECOND:—*****4 50,864 THIRD:—*****5 25,432 STARTERS: ($2,543 each) Nos: *****1; *****9; *****5; *****6; *****8; *****8; *****3; *****0; *****1; *****0. CONSOLATION PRIZES: ($2,000 each): Nos. *****8; *****3; *****2; *****7; *****4; *****6; *****0; *****1; *****2; *****4.
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    • 39 18 Sweep TOTAL POOL: §330,897. First: *****9 $89,268 Second: *****5 $44,634 Third: *****7 $22,317 Starters ($2,789 each): Nos. *****9, *****6, *****1, *****9. *****4, *****0, *****0, *****4. Consolations ($2,000 each): Nos: *****8, *****1, *****3, *****3, *****9, *****7, *****7. *****2, *****7. *****8.
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  • 144 19 I SINGAPORE, Apr. 8. i\UR JOB is like Mum’s job,” th e Dowager MarW* chioness of Reading, head of the Women’s VolunIry Services, told members of the Singapore ExIn ices Association yesterday when she was their lest-of-honour at a luncheon at Raffles
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  • 56 19 Ill S.N'CAPORE, Apr. 8. :r.i&gt;&gt;ioner-General. MacDonald, was ■■•cl- ct'a president of the ■■ar.d Club. Singapore, for ■&gt; the club's annual night. 1 ative Councillor, Mr. ■■*n Cb.in Tuan, was also red vice president. I v 'ca&gt; announced at the I* -ait the Duchess of If 1 ,UC
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  • 220 19 SINGAPORE, Apr. 8. pVERY night in his cabin, amateur wireless operator W2ZXM/MM spends an houi or so signing his name for fellow “ham” radio operators, who want it not because he is just another enthusiast, but because he signt himself “Captain Kurt Carlsen.” Capt. Carlsen,
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  • 1126 19 THE WEEK IK SPORT Conducted by EDIN PETERS SINGAPORE, Apr. 8. H B. LAURISTON of Selangor, on Easter Monday won his second Malayan amateur golf championship, when he beat Jock Stirling (Island), the Colony champion, five and four in the 18-hole final at the Royal Singapore
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  • 643 20 SHARE MARKET Mi.■■■ &gt;■"i A i *"■&gt;«.* By Our Financial Correspondent SINGAPORE, Apr. 6. POLITICAL developments, proposals for resumption of truce talks in Korea and suggestions of disarmament by the Soviet, brought a pronounced reaction in the commodity and share markets last week. Tin fell
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  • 46 20 Kesang Tin Ltd. received tribute of $3,555 on 89.77 piculs of tin-ore produced in March. In the Straits Times on Saturday it was inadvertently stated that the company’s mine had been completely dewatered. The chairman said that the workings had not been completely dewatered.
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  • 232 20 IiHE following share deals in Singapore were reported for the period March 28 to April 2, inclusive: Industrials. Consolidated Tin Smelter Ord. 22/9 to 21/6. Fraser Neave $2.30 to $2.20. Gammon $3.00, Hammer $2.50. William Jacks $3.70 and $3 72*2 Malayan Cement $1.62*' 2 to $1.25, Raffles Hotel
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  • 89 20 SINGAPORE, Apr. 8. Singapore Chinese Produce Exchange: Noon prices per picul were:— Copra: easier; buyers $41 Vi f.o.b. sellers $424. Coconut oil: sellers $65. Pepper: quietly steady, no business passing; Muntok white $610 sellers, Sarawak $605. Muntok black $535 (unchanged). Sago flour: Llngga $14&gt; 2 Sarawak f.o.b.
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  • 116 20 MORE TIN RUBBER SHIPPED IN MARCH SHIPMENTS of tin and rubber fro:., hlavQ I March increased considerably on &gt; m shipped in the preceding month. 1 I10u at| Rubber shipments totalled 73,313 tons, compared with 66/776 tons in February, making the first quarter’s total 210.805 tons, compared with 243.911 tons
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  • 142 20 SINGAPORE, Apr. 2. MR. L. N. Chullani, director of K. Chellaram and Sons iF.E.) Ltd., High Street. Singapore, has left on a round the world business tour which will take him to Indonesia. Philippines. Hong Kong. Japan. U.S.. Germany. Pakistan, India and Ceyton. During the absence on leave
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  • 49 20 Soap production in Malaya in January totalled 34,472 cwt. of which 16,276 cwt. was produced in Singapore and 18.196 cwt. in the Federation. Soap of Malayan manufacture sold in Maljiya during the month totalled 35.243 cwt. and stocks held at the end of February were 21.460 cwt.
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  • 905 20 SINGAPORE, Apr. 8. INDUSTRIALS Ituvrrn SHItrs Ale* Brick* Pref i is 2 30 Ords 4 10 4.20 Atlas let 12 25 13 25 B B PetroC 34/6 35/6 B M trustees 6 50 7 50 Con Tin Smelt Prof 21/- 22/- cd Ords 21 22/Eastern United 38
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  • 252 20 70-CE NT LEVEL BROKEN SINGAPChE Ai)r i rE sagging n-naency’iM continued into this iS and the price or the 9 cent level, says Lewis Peat’s weekly report. The« quidation of the last 9 weeks has slowed un derably and the :.u t &lt;Sm two has seen a b- 1 ter
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  • 69 20 IN February a total of 4465 tons of cargo were handle at Singapore Harbour Boa: wharves and in the roads for vessels of more than tons net register. Of this amount. 283.946 to: were discharged and 162J tons were loaded. This makes the tonnj handled for the
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  • 71 20 IN January this ye r 809 ton of refined coconut oil a 3.255 tons of crude r coil ut wore exported from The value of these orts w $3,840,028. Imports of cocon m ing the month tota; b 'J of which 24 tons w and 43 tons
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  • 31 20 inA v/i-i u 1 jjj Income tax col 1 5 va the Federation during the four w 1-igg, March 28 were 3 V' Tn states the Comptn come Tax.
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  • 23 20 Tin The dredge of Sim $30 Dredging Ltd. wrrk? var( js hours, treated 324,10 ...or* and produced 495 in March.
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