The Straits Budget, 2 July 1953

Microfilm: NL2228
Total Pages: 20
1 20 The Straits Budget
Page thumbnail Page 1
  • Title Section
    Masthead
    27 1 The Straits Budget THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES MALAYA’S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER Series No. 361. Thursday, July 2, 1953 Price 40 cents (Malayan) Or 1 shilling.
    27 words
  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 1 Advertisements Column 1
      205 1 McAlister’s Scottish Representations include BULLOCH LADE CO., LTD. GLASGOW "Old Rarity Whisky CARBON COMPANY, FALKIRK Ironfounders COCHRAN CO., (ANNAN) LTD. Vertical and Economic Boilers CHALMERS EDINA COMPANY, LEITH Pumps etc LAIDLAW DREW CO., LTD., EDINBURGH Oil Burners MIRRLEES WATSON CO. LTD., GLASGOW Oil Mill Machinery SCOTTISH TUBE CO. LTD., GLASGOW
      205 words
Page thumbnail Page 2
  • From THE STRAITS TIMES POSTBAG
    • Article
      Drab and sombre
      119 2  -  discoxsolati Singapore. During corona: n w ert when ali Sin,;.. t( aoiaze with l:g!v and gaiety. It wa„ r'.-aClfj? heartening to see t*> pfe-nut of the Singapore S 5 Board Stall drab and sombre ajS A week before tl Coro2 tion an approach to the management mmiX
      119 words
    • Article
      U.S.-British ‘film war’ denied
      265 2  - U.S.-British ‘film war denied PAUL YUI. (President), K. R. S. Singapore. WE would like to make a few comments on your front page items headed “More British films next year—or none at all in Singapore.” Even if the present British quota is abolished. British film will continue to be shown
      265 words
    • Article
      The reason why
      160 2  -  SEAH MUI KOK. Singapore. IPUT forward the following 1 as the reasons why the re- I sponse for the registration of 1 voters was so poor:— The Governor has the power to overrule the decision cf the Legislative and Executive Councils. The Government nominated three representatives from
      160 words
    • Article
      ABOUT THAT DIVIDEND
      99 2  -  W. A. II. Ipoh IT’S all very well for Mr. Souter to write to you I about a further substantial war damage dividend and other matters that, to Mr Souter call for the setting up of a commission of inquiry into the shortcomings of the War Damage
      99 words
    • Article
      Too fast
      45 2  -  PASSENGER. Changi. AS a regular passenger on the the Changi bus route I am surprised to see that some drivers continually break the speed limit. Even inside the R AF. area, buses sometimes speed at 30 to 40 miles an hour. I 1
      45 words
    • Article
      Surprised, pained
      242 2  -  M. K. CHIDAMBARAM. Tring Herts. ONE can hardly fail to be surprised and pained by a report in The Times from Malaya relating to the covering of the Coronation by a Malay journalist. Indeed it passes comprehension how that journalist so successfully allowed himself not to be swayed
      242 words
    • Article
      Templer was right, says reader
      327 2  -  SELLAR SABA RATNA* Taiping. GENERAL Templer's statement to Che Abdul Aziz is the statement any Englishman would have made when faced with the views of Che Abdul Aziz put into print by the Editor of M Utusan Melayu.” It was an Englishman’s issue—the Coronation and
      327 words
    • Article
      ‘SIMPLY DELICIOUS’
      205 2  -  NAM ANICH. Singapore. WHAT’S all the ado about the Aziz affair. Among all t&e accounts of the Coronation I failed to find one that can* close to Aziz’s, which gave such a sympathetic and trutw® picture of the impact of the glorious occasion on f he bum of
      205 words
    • Article
      Longing to dollars
      86 2  -  Vi CHONG Puchong. WHILST agreeing lony-bom Mr R chandra, that im tratl immigrants from dia b the increase, I c: not, v ever, understand n thej should complain hat immigrants speecii nna ployment in eit»■ G^ ci ment offices or omnie firms. Employers look J 1 1
      86 words
  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • Miscellaneous
      Page 2 Miscellaneous Column 1
      44 2 CIGARS OR CIGARETTES HELP Y0UR5ELF M MW s J o x u m B D °s«* s* C Sffe M* MOf BUTTON FOR PERMANENT H WAVe C*D youR CHOOSE AND perfume K£S«ffiSSp&:«$:s p|8gilsK?|i£j KWO 6 THE PULL Will our taxis EVER be like this?
      44 words
Page thumbnail Page 3
  • The Straits Budget
    • Article
      Challenge To Whitehall
      904 3 —Straits Times, June, 26. T j ie Labour Member for B l a > ii Mr. Stan Awbery, BC j e i o impression on the >cirK i»f State or on Parliapnt w n he asked Mr. Lytteln xvl 'thor the embargo on bbor < sports from
      —Straits Times, June, 26.  -  904 words
    • Article
      Lost In K.L.
      180 3 —Straits Times, June 25. Over four thousand of Kuala Lumpur’s municipal voters are missing. Last year the electora 1 roll contained more than 13,000 names. A check on the register has disclosed that over 4,000 of these voters have disappeared They are not known at the address
      —Straits Times, June 25.  -  180 words
    • Article
      The Colonial Judge
      749 3 Straits T>res. June 27. The judgment of the Lord Chief Justice, in the claim brought by Mr. Arthur A’Beckett Terrell, a former judge of the Supreme Court of the Straits Settlements, against the Secretary of State, has raised a question on which the Malayan j legislatures may
      — Straits T>res. June 27.  -  749 words
    • Article
      Public Meetings
      347 3 Straits Tl-nes. June 27. Mr. Dasaratha Raj’s call for the lifting of the ban on public meetings in Singapore is not without point, but it would be difficult to argue that it is a repressive ban which prevents 'reedom of the expression of opinion. Indeed Mr. Raj does
      Straits Tl-nes. June 27.  -  347 words
    • Article
      The Red Killers
      200 3 Straits Tnnes. June 27. Singapore’s Police have never been deceived by the comparative inactivity of the Communists in the Colony into believing that the situation no longer holds any real danger. Yesterday the Commissioner, Mr. N. G. Morris, made public a few facts which have helped keep
      — Straits Tnnes. June 27.  -  200 words
    • Article
      The Drive For Rice
      975 3 —Straits Times. June 29. The British Government’s $25million gift for investigations into rice growing in the British dependent territories has had a good press. But a bigger Malayan rice harvest is a long way off; the gift is for research, and Malaya has been researching for
      —Straits Times. June 29.  -  975 words
    • Article
      The British Film
      443 4 Straits Times. June 30. At almost regular intervals comes the tale of a conspiracy to drive British films out of the Malayan market. Invariably it is the wicked Americans who are at the bottom of the plot. It is not necessary to believe the protestation that there
      Straits Times. June 30.  -  443 words
    • Article
      The Last Word But One
      1030 4 Straits Times. July 1 The anonymous spokesman of the Colonial Office who has been quoted by The Times on the subject of the Malayan embargo on rubber to China may find he has precipitated a minor constitutional crisis. The Secretary of State for the Colonies,
      Straits Times. July 1  -  1,030 words
Page thumbnail Page 4
  • Article
    Visual arts prosper
    196 4 SINGAPORE. June. 26. ALL tne visual ui\a. p*rf I tuiariy pno*ogrup.iy r i prospering .n aaigafc.: j .viore and better work uu: J pre-war is be.ng produce 9 ~>r. C. G.bson-n.iii sa.d. Bj He was opening tap Sr.;* pore Camera Club's first ?i.fl Ma.ayan paotograpn.c *l.B bit.on
    196 words
  • Article
    Pay plans go on
    69 4 SINGAPORE. J^ 1 Mr. B. Young, of tiM Secretariat, has been api to succeed Singapore, blishment Officer, Mr Ward, who goes on Ij Saturday leatfl “Mr. Ward’s oln %°I ar atioM wih not affect the P e of the new salary fti«ciu Government officer rp00r basis
    69 words
Page thumbnail Page 5
  • Article
    Problems of planning a University
    1324 5  -  tty Sir Sydney Caine I the last of three articles drawn from a I address dealing with the problems and I achievements of the University of Malaya. Hu/HEN it was first suggested that I should come to ■W the University of Malaya, the chance of
    1,324 words
  • Article
    Asians at A.B.M. dinner
    550 5  -  By HALL ROMNEY A SIGNIFICANT, and healthy, feature of the 25th annual dinner of the Association of British Malaya was the presence cf a considerable number of Asian members and guests in the gathering of over four hundred. In addition to more than a dozen Chinese,
    550 words
  • PERSONAL
    • Article
      BIRTHS
      250 5 ON 22ND JUNE, at Johore Bahru, to Pat and Terry Eakln, a boy, Richard Terence. COMBES: On the 21st June, in Batu Gajah. To Janlne, wife of O. Combes, a daughter, Laurence. WILSON: To Tilla, wife of John, a son. Michael Gordon John, at 5 a.m. on 24th June.
      250 words
    • Article
      ENGAGEMENTS
      171 5 CAPT. V. B. BROWN. N.Z.A.. AND MISS E. H. BIRKS, SS.A.F.A.: The engagement is announced between Valentine, son of Mrs. and the late Mr. A. F. V. Brown, Marton, N.Z.. and Elizabeth, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. Birks. Chester. U.K. MRS. L. I. GRENIER, Mr. and Mrs. *H.
      171 words
    • Article
      ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
      52 5 MR. AND MRS. G. L. KIRBY thank all friends and relatives tor their valuable presents sent on the occasion of their wedding MR. Mrs. Douglas D. Fox thank all relatives and friends for their very useful presents, on the occasion of their wedding which took place on the 27th
      52 words
  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 5 Advertisements Column 1
      68 5 STRAITS BUDGET SUBSCRIPTION RATES (PAYABLE IN ADVANCE) Br. Empire Singapore Foreign Town Area Malaya (Including No Postage including Postage postage) Quarterly 5.20 5.75 (1.75 Half-yearly 10.40 11.50 13.50 Yearly 20.80 23.00 27.90 The weekly issues of the Straits Budget can he sent by express air delivery service to the United
      68 words
  • Obituary
    Untitled
    114 5 MRS. L. J. KOSTER and family 'hank all those who sent wreaths, messages of sympathies and who attended the funeral of her late husband, Mr. L. J. (Dicky) Koster, Director of Koster Co., Ltd. MRS. A. B. VELGE thanks those who sent floral tributes, condolences and attended the funeral of
    114 words
Page thumbnail Page 6
  • Article, Illustration
    ‘LAND HO’
    6 6 Photo by Freddy Oev
    Photo by Freddy Oev  -  6 words
  • Article
    As I was Saying
    733 6  -  CYNICUS SINGAPORE, June 27. w A LARGE number ufj letters received by the Straits Times this week testify to what apparently is a growing habit on the part of the bus drivers of one of Singapore’s transport com panies to carry passengers well beyond their destination.
    733 words
  • Article
    Notes from a... Malayan Diary
    1056 6  -  lows. vr r STANLEY srRFf 1 I WALKING into the Armenian Church of St. Gregory, the Illuminator in Coleman Street you will find every Sunday that the altar candles are lighted and the liturgy stands open. But there is no service. At nine every morning,
    1,056 words
Page thumbnail Page 7
Page thumbnail Page 8
  • Article
    MCA’s appeal on sweep ban fails
    598 8 KUALA LUMPUR, June 24. IN a statement issued here today, the Malayan 1 C hinese Association announced its decision to abandon all social and welfare projects. This means the end of M.C.A. lotteries. The decision was taken following General Sir Gerald Templer’s rejection of
    598 words
  • Article
    3 TEACHERS TO TRAIN IN AMERICA
    115 8 SINGAPORE. June 25. Three Malayan teachers hav* been awarded United Slates Teacher Grants for six months training in America. They arMiss Wong Yook Cheng and Mr. S. Ratnasingham of Kuala Lumpur, and Mr Chak Yook Phooi of Penang. They will report to the office
    115 words
  • Article
    The goodwill won by a Chinese in U.S.
    195 8 SINGAPORE. June 25. A SINGAPORE student, who went to the United n States for higher studies at the time when Communist Chinese entered the Korean war, built a bridge of goodwill between the Americans and thr Asian people, said the Rev. Dr.
    195 words
  • Article
    NEW MANAGER
    30 8 A cocktail party was held at the Adelphi Hotel. Singapore on June 25 to welcome Mr. C. D. Palmer, new manager of the American Express Company in Singapore.
    30 words
  • Article
    LOTTERY BAN TERRIBLE BLOW, SAYS TAN
    241 8 SINGAPORE, June 26 SINGAPORE welfare projects which the M.C.A. will have to drop because of the uro- rati n ban n iUs lotteri s 1 1» A *****.000 scheme for mass-building houses for squatters on a non-profit-mak-ing basis. c; at A r $10 M
    241 words
  • Article, Illustration
    Health Chief is retiring
    95 8 SINGAPORE, June 27. I)r. N. A. Canton, the City’s Chief Health Officer, is retiring at the end of this year after 27 years’ service to the City Council. Irish-born I)r. Canton arrived in Singapore in 1926 a s assistant Health Officer. In March, 1939, he was
    95 words
  • Article
    New appointment
    22 8 JOHCRE BAHRU. June. 25. Mr. J Poland, of the Criminal Investigation Department here left today on transfer to Kuala Lumpur.
    22 words
  • Article, Illustration
    FOUR STARS ARRIVE — FROM EAST AND WEST
    95 8 FOUR STARS ARRIVE FROM EAST AND WEST SINGAPORE, June 25 Betty ankers, and husband, Pat Kay (above) night-club singers from Lon. don. arrived in Singapore yesterday in tre Carthage, for a two-month engagement at the “Cockpit.’’ Betty, an ash-blond, has a Sophie Tucker voice Her husband has composed many of
    95 words
  • Article
    MALAYA HALL: AN APPEAL
    147 8 KUALA LUMPUR. June 24 I An appeal lor gil ts—big or I small, in cash or kind —fcr the expanding Malaya Hall:: London was made over Radii Malaya tonight by Da to Haji Mohamed YusofT bin Yusoff.a Perak territorial chief. He said that a new extension
    147 words
  • Article
    BUT WE’VE NO ENGINEERS, HE SAYS
    73 8 SINGAPORE. J” ni Mr The City Presided; T. P. F. McNeice. >\. ial n clay that Singapore v full” of lawyers and ciocN but no engineers. Because of this Council was forcci. 1 "{or consultants from v or K5. its sewerage extent ui. Rf
    73 words
Page thumbnail Page 9
Page thumbnail Page 10
  • Article
    Vast new Perak rice plan
    469 10 S2.J 31. GMFT FHO3M U.K. KUALA LUMPUR, June 25. ()VKR 180,000 acres of jungle swamps in southwest Perak are to be brought under pad; cultivation during the next seven years- This will raise Malaya’s rice harvest by 100,000 tons a year. I the House of
    469 words
  • Article
    Dangerous to delay this plan —McNeice
    180 10 SINGAPORE. June 27. The City President, Mr. T. P. F. McNeice, said yesterday that a firm of London consultants had been engaged to advise on doubling the capacities of Singapore’s two main sewerage stations. The growth of the Colony, he said, had been so
    180 words
  • Article
    ‘OFFICERS ARE NOT SATISFIED’
    87 10 SINGAPORE. June 29. The Singapore Government will be asked at the next meeting of the Legislative Council whether it is aware i that the recruiting methods 1 of the Public Services Commdssion are causing grave dissatisfaction among its officers. Mr. C. R Dasaratha Raj (Labour-Rochore) will
    87 words
  • Article
    Death of a shipping man
    32 10 Mr. Leo Ilackmeir, a European. aged over 80. died yesterday at the Eastern Hotel Tyrwhitt Road. Singapore. He had worked for the Eastern Shipping Company Limited. 3
    32 words
  • Article, Illustration
    A NIGHTMARE DAY — BUT NOW YVONNE AND BILL CAN WED
    306 10 A NIGHTMARE DAY BUT NOW YVONNE AND BILL CAN WED SINGAPORE, June 27. TWO hot, tired and dusty people walked out of the office of Singapore’s Cnder-Secretary, Mr. J. D. Iligham, yesterday, smiled at each other and said: ‘‘We made it, after all.” Then they went to a jeweller’s shop
    306 words
  • Article
    47,592 TONS IN MAY
    37 10 KUALA LUMPUR, June 24. Malayan estates produced 47,592 tons of rubber during May say Federal statistics released today. More than 22.000 tons were exported and 20.928 tons went to Singapore—mostly for shipment abroad.
    37 words
  • Article
    Gets C-medal
    47 10 KLUANG. June 24.—Mr. Par meswaran Ragfhavan, son of Mr. Parmesvaran. a clerk employed at the E. T. C. Kluang branch was presented with a coronation medal bv the Garrision Commander Lt Coi Clarke, for eight years loyal and meritorius service with the War Department, here.
    47 words
  • Article
    ARITHMETIC STUMPED ALL 123
    97 10 SINGAPORE, June 25. NOTONE of 123 Singapore and Federation youths who apPiiod for a United Engineers overseas training scholarship, was found eligible not even for apprenticeship. Only 12 passes the written tests, and all failed in elementary arithmetic. The object of the scheme w’as to find
    97 words
  • Article
    Students’ ‘poor view’ of Aziz
    160 10 M SINGAPORE. j um ALAYAN students “5* don took a poor vL- Inche Abdul Aziz's storv 1 the Coronation, sa'ici tv? Panglima Bukit Cant™ Mentri Besar of Perak. ‘S night. The Dato, who hew barkfrom London after attend!? the Coronation, said at lang that he
    160 words
  • Article
    Liner passenger dies at sea
    72 10 SINGAPORE. June 25 An elded y Englishtras. Mr. A. J. Topping, return.!* to his home In India in tie 14.000-ton tiler Carthage, died while the ship was i the Indian Ocean on her to Colombo recently. Passengers who arrived i Singapore on board the ixer
    72 words
  • Article
    Phone switch won’t halt improvements
    238 10 From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, June 24. 4 LTHOFGH the Singapore Government will take f* over the Oriental Telephone and Electric Company in Dec. 31, 1954, the company has prepared a development plan for the next few years. Under the plan, various projects will be
    238 words
Page thumbnail Page 11
Page thumbnail Page 12
  • Article
    Rubber workers and owners to discuss Govt ‘harmony’ plan
    159 12 KUALA LUMPUR, June 26. rpilE Federation Government has called a meeting or rubber estate owners and workers to discuss an employer-employer “harmony” plan. Workers and employers have responded enthusiastically, the Straits Times was told today. They will be represented by the
    159 words
  • Article
    Council says ‘no’ to dirt track racing
    69 12 TIIF application from an Australian organisation to hold dirt track motor racing at Jalan Bcsar has been rejected by a Singapore City Council committee The committee was told by the Singapore Amateur Football Association that dirt track racing would spoil the foothail ground.
    69 words
  • Article
    College fund now totals over $21,000
    123 12 SINGAPORE. June 27. Donations to the Muslim College (Malaya) fund totalled $21,475.32 at the end of May. the secretary. Hail Mohamed Amin bin Amran. told the Straits Times yesterc ay. Selangor heads the list with $9,332.70. Johore is next with $4,938 and Perlis’ total
    123 words
  • Article
    Why no local matrons? Union asks
    127 12 SINGAPORE. June 27. SINGAPORE Medical Services Union wants the Government to consider promoting local hospital sisters to the rank of matrons The union's annual report published yesterday, said that a memorandum to this effect was submitted to the Government “It is the practice of
    127 words
  • Article
    U.N. probes polygamy
    82 12 SINGAPORE. June 29. Singapore residents will be key witnesses in an investigation by the United Nations Into laws and customs that are unjust to women Colony residents are expected to testify on polygamy, bride prices, dowries and other matters raised oy the Singapore Council of Women during
    82 words
  • Article
    Rural areas to be more independent
    103 12 SINGAPORE, June 29. THE SINGAPORE Rural Board will be decentralised next year, the chairman. Mr. E. V G Day, told the Straits Times yesterday. He said that one office would be opened at Bukit Panjane. The opening of other offices will depend on the
    103 words
  • Article, Illustration
    Bottles are five times their pre-war price
    157 12 SINGAPORE. June, 26. THE cost of bottles and other materials used by Malayan Breweries Ltd. are five times greater than pre-war, the company's sales manager, Mr. j Maekechnie, told th e annual “trade get-together." Mr. Maekechnie said the rate of duty was another
    157 words
  • Article, Illustration
    WHAT’S COOKING NOW? SIR DONALD WONDERS
    43 12 WHAT'S the Deputy High Commissioner, Sir Donald MacGillivray, looking into now? It’s a huge steam pot to be used in the New Technical College kitchen, to cook rice for the students. —Straits Times nic- -Straits Times picture.
    -Straits Times picture.  -  43 words
  • Article
    The one that got away...
    217 12 SINGAPORE June Malayan angler, "M* imagination ou t n os their pertormance. will have to think twice be?* tell nv that old fch storf* Ttie tnewiy-tornud \i, Angling Association Ago keep a Register of V^J iSubstant.ai proot w ]i u to be produced that any
    217 words
  • Article
    MALAYA’S TRADE IS DOWN AGAIN
    170 12 By Our Market Correspondent AFALAYA’S trade recession was again reflected in i? *the figures for May when there was an adverse foreign trading balance of $13,878.631 —the highest deficit this year. I In April there was an adverse balance of $12,651,876 May’s trade rota! was
    170 words
  • Article
    Family’s $4,000 gift to schools
    49 12 IPOH. June 28.—The family of the late Mr. Lee Kwee Foh. whose funeral took place today. have donated $4,000 to five Chinese schools in Ipoh. Mr. Lee. a millionaire miner and businessman died on Juf.y 17 aged 74 at his residence in Tambun Road.
    49 words
  • Article
    This Roman’s wife looks the part, too
    177 12 This Roman ’s wife looks the part, too SINGAPORE. June. 26. THE Singapore Arts Theatre Production of Robert wood’s “Road to Rome u j experience that should no. missed. The acting of the prindPjJ Is first class, and it is a n that they should have pcrio ed so well
    177 words
Page thumbnail Page 13
  • Article
    Rice position is satisfactory
    235 13 By Our Market Correspondent SINGAPORE, June 29. rpHK two Malayan Governments, which at the 1 e ,id of last year were wondering if they could maintain the official rice ration, have’ had a windfall of 230,000 tons of rice from Burma. I'll is is complete reversal
    235 words
  • Article
    GURKHAS TAKE THEIR COLOUR TO THE PALACE
    96 13 rpiiF Regimental colour I of the 2nd King Edward Vll's Own Gurkha Rifles was taken to Buckingham Palace recently at the request of the Queen for her inspection. It was the first time that the colour had been in Britain since it was
    96 words
  • Article
    RECORD COLLECTION BY THE TAX MEN $73 million haul in a year
    192 13 SINGAPORE. June 29. [■SINGAPORE'S income tax collections are showing v signs of steady increase. In 1952 people in the Bokmy paid $73,300,000. I This was the highest figure Hr: since the introduction of income tax. I This is
    192 words
  • Article
    Passing through
    32 13 ‘b"b Commissioner for y a in the Netherlands anto Tirtoprodjo, passC °;*gh Singapore by KLM £i Ration on June 28 on ti back to Jakarta to >v ‘th his Government.
    32 words
  • Article, Illustration
    Inspector routs men who knifed him
    218 13 SINGAPORE, June 28. INSPECTOR Cecil Cheng of fhe Singapore Police was stabbed in the back when he fought off three armed men who held him up at Mcßitchie Reservoir at 1 a.m. yesterday. He was rushed to the General Hospital with three wounds. His
    218 words
  • Article
    Malayans called to the Bar
    56 13 SINGAPORE. June 28. MR. M.T. Chang, a Penang schoolmaster, is one of seven Malayan law students who have just been called to the Bar in London. The others are C. Paramjothy (Singapore), G. R. Thiruchelvam (Malacca), Y.R Jumabhoy (Singapore), Noeline Khoo (Penang), K C Khoo
    56 words
  • Article
    REGENT VISITS FORT IN A HELICOPTER
    99 13 KUALA LUMPUR, June, 25. TIU: REGENT of Perak became the first member of a Malay ruling house to travel bv helicopter when he Hew to remote jungle outposts in the state yesterday. The Regent visited a jungle fort with the Deputy Chief Police Officer
    99 words
  • Article, Illustration
    ACCOUNTANCY STUDENT
    29 13 INCIIE Mohamed Nor bin Mohamed, of Kuala Trenggaiii*. who will be leaving soon for a live-year course in accountancy in Britain on a Trengganu higher study scholarship
    29 words
  • Article
    Ministry seeks aid
    84 13 SINGAPORE, June 29. The British Ministry ol Agriculture and Fisheries has asked the Singapore Cold Storage Company to help in its latest experiments for artificially inseminating cows. Since 1938 the company has been using artificial insemination. The Ministry’s experiments require a temperature of minus 110 degrees F.
    84 words
  • Article
    FEDERAL ELECTION BLUEPRINT
    235 13 PENANG. June 28. INCHE Mohamed Sopiee, chairman of the Pan-Mal-ayan Labour Party, today denied that the UMNO-MCA Labour Party meeting in Kuala Lumpur on June 19 accepted the UMNO-MCA blueprint as the basis for Federal elections in 19M Inche Sopiee told the annual conference of the Penang
    235 words
  • Article
    Trainer W. Lewis dies in hospital
    104 13 PENANG, June 28. rpRAINER W. Lewis died in the Penang General Hospital last night. A veteran of the Malayan turf, Mr. Lewis saddled over 40 winners last year, earning $200,460 in stakes for his owners. He saddled the 1950 Singapore Gold Cup winner, Tara
    104 words
  • Article
    Nurses form own trade union
    46 13 JOHORE BAHRU. June 28. Nurses working in Government hospitals in Johore Bahru have formed a union of their own. It was starter at a meeting of more than 100 nurses which was addressed by Mr. John Brazier. Federation Trade Union Adviser.
    46 words
Page thumbnail Page 14
Page thumbnail Page 15
  • Article, Illustration
    Grandpa, 93, has a formula for romance
    474 15  -  BY FRANCIS WONC SINGAPORE, June 28. Alfred Sheffield's grandsons don't dance much these days. Like most middle-aged men, they perfer to potter round the garden. rj r Sheffield’s sons have hung up even fhe r gardening tools. All nearing 70. rhev seldom leave
    474 words
  • Article
    GUESTS CRUSH ‘REVOLT’ BY BRIDEGROOM
    100 15 PENANG, June 28. A Malay bridegroom in a kampong in Hutteruorth created a local revolution" recently when he refused to undergo the ’bersanding” ceremony with his bride. He objected to being made to ''it beside his bride on a dais and become “an object of
    100 words
  • Article
    SEVENTY SOLDIERS RAID KAMPONG
    109 15 piyiY LUMPUR, June 28. I v and military'police tour >' parched Army camps i:j 7 Lumpur for v Lnay soldiers who 1 started a street fight ur., t,nc Indian was killed others wounded. 1 s nad been made it,, hour tonight. brok(> out in KamBungsar Road.
    109 words
  • Article
    Govt trust may do M.C.A. work
    185 15 KUALA LUMPUR, June 27. THE Federation Government may soon fill the vacuum caused when the Malayan Chinese Association abandoned of all its welfare work. It is believed a trust will be formed to give immediate attention to the problems caused by the MCA’s action.
    185 words
  • Article
    PRAISE FOR RED CROSS
    116 15 SINGAPORE. June 27. THE PROGRESS made by the British Red Cross in Singapore and the Federation, has surprised Lady Limerick. She said so at the annual meeting held in London recently. The goodwill that Ls being established in the Far East impressed her deeply, she said.
    116 words
  • Article
    4,000 MORE TELEPHONES READY BY THE END OF THE YEAR
    125 15 SINGAPORE, June 27. TIIF Oriental Telephone and Electric Company’s plan to give Singapore an extra 4.0(H) telephone lines is likely to be completed by the end of the year. “In addition, we are making arrangements to give the Katong area
    125 words
  • Article, Illustration
    DUTCH MINISTER LAUDS RAFFLES ‘He had foresight, acumen’
    298 15 SINGAPORE, June 25. TJHE Dutch Foreign Minister, Dr. J. M. A. H. Luns, A today paid a tribute to the foresight and business acumen of Sir Stamford Raffles. He told the Straits Times last night: ‘‘The Dutch were quick to see the
    298 words
  • Article
    Mission’s work shown in pictures.
    160 15 KUALA LUMPUR, June 28. T H E Malacca Centenary Mission exhibition was officially opened by Mr. E. M. F. Payne, Assistant Director of Education, at the St. John’s Institution Hall yesterday. Mr. Payne, who is Commissioner of Boy Scouts, inspected the guard of honour lorined
    160 words
  • Article
    Mr. A.V. Beith retires
    158 15 SINGAPORE, June 28. TWO things will stand out in Mr. A. V. Beith’s memory of rubber plantations in the Federat/ion where he has lived for 34 years. They are—the rustling of the leaves of the rubber-tree in the evening breeze and the pecking of the “doink
    158 words
Page thumbnail Page 16
  • Article
    Claim by Sultan for $500,000 land rejected by court
    570 16 SINGAPORE, June 30. Sultan of Johore yesterday lost his claim to land in Singapore valued at over half a million dollars. This followed a court action to set aside a Japanese order made in 1945 reconveying to the Sultan the property,
    570 words
  • Article
    The Govt offices are ugly, she says
    183 16 PENANG. June 29. Penang’s Government offices were described today by Mrs. Cfieah Inn Kiong (women’s representative) in the Settlement Council, as “shabby.” “I feel humiliated whenever I point out to visitors an unsightly godown calling itself Penang’s General Post Office,” she declared. The
    183 words
  • Article
    GRIK GETS PIPE WATER
    119 16 IPOH.June 28. GRIK, administrative centre of the Upper Perak district, has a pipe water supply. In the course of his threeday tour of the district which ended on Friday, the Regent of Perak opened the $280,000 water supply system to the town, which has a mixed
    119 words
  • Article, Illustration
    HE’S LOOKING FOR EXOTIC DANCING GIRLS
    119 16 SINGAPORE. June 30. A CEYLON businessman flew into Singapore yesterday to look for “dancing girls and something novel in the way of local talent” for a carnival in Colombo. He was Mr. A. Taha. Accompanied by his wife, he arrived at Kallang airport by
    119 words
  • Article
    KUALA LUMPUR HAS ‘LOST’ 4,000 VOTERS
    98 16 KUALA LUMPUR, June 24. LUMPUR has “lost” over 4,000 voters, it was disclosed today. An estimated 9,000 people will vote at the municipal elections in December. Last year the electoral roll was over 13,000. Where have the missing voters gone? Mr C. J. Potter,
    98 words
  • Article
    Many cancel pilgrimage to Mecca
    70 16 SINGAPORE. June 30. T’HE third sailing of the pilgrim ship Anking has been postponed because of last-minute cancellation of passages by Malayans. The continued drop in the price of rubber is the main reason for berths to Mecca being cancelled. Passengers who were to leav'
    70 words
  • Article
    Indian congress changes name
    43 16 KUALA LUMPUR. June 29. The Indian congress in Teluk Anson Ls now called the Malayan Indian Teluk Anson. The change of name was decided at the 7th annual conference of the Malayan Indian Congress at Ipoh on May 10.
    43 words
  • Article
    Police to train in England
    59 16 J ur| e —Xw° Assistant Superintendents of the police force m Perak leave in the next few days for six Hn?| l1 S?i5 ,n CO l,rS u S a< thr R vton Police College. Engk» i i ley an ,n<ho Abdul Rahman bin Ngah. O.C
    59 words
  • Article
    $500 entry limit an ‘insidious trick’
    208 16 SINGAPORE, June 28 M R Dasaratha Raj, Labour Legislative Councillor for Rochore, Singapore, yesterday accused the Government of imposing a $5OO-a-month vv a minimum on immigrants allowed to enter the Co lony “to shut out Indians, and let Europeans in’* "It is an insidious
    208 words
  • Article
    MALAYA HALLS PROGRESS
    285 16 LONDON, June 25 AIR. W. A. Ward. Commissioner for Malaya, in Britain, who retires next Tuesday, safd here today that he would rather be remembered as the first chairman of Malaya Hall, the student centre, than as the last British Commis sioner for Malaya. For the five
    285 words
Page thumbnail Page 17
Page thumbnail Page 18
  • Article
    City Councillors are blamed for delays
    313 18 SINGAPORE, July 1. T’HE Singapore City President, Mr. T. P. F. McNeice. yesterday blamed some City Councillors for delays in the Council’s transaction of public business. I}e said that as long as Councillors spent the time of the staff by asking questions and making
    313 words
  • Article
    Council to remain a highway authority
    176 18 SINGAPORE. July 1. A SINGAPORE City Council committee will shortly reconsider whether the time has come to surrender to thp Government powers as a highway authority Ln the city council meeting yesterday Mr. Sim Beng Seng <Prog.. R:;chore> successfully moved reference back to comml'tee
    176 words
  • Article
    HANDLING OF CROWDS WAS ‘ADMIRABLE’
    59 18 SINGAPORE, July 1. Mr. T. P. F McNeice. the president of the City Council, yesterday praised the Singapore police lor the tactful and understanding manner in which they handled the gigantic crowds during Coronation Week. "I say this as one who saw most of the
    59 words
  • Article
    Circus aids boys
    28 18 KUALA KANGSAR. June 30. The managing proprietor ol Sheum’s Circus has given $723.40 to the Bov Scouts Association hcr e to help build their como.
    28 words
  • Article
    City chief proud of his workers
    69 18 SINGAPORE. July 1. Mr. T. P. F. McNeice, city president, at yesterday’s Singapore City Council meeting, said he was very proud of the many city council workers who were attending night classes to improve themselves. Mr. Chan Kum Chee (Prog. East) had earlier told
    69 words
  • Article
    BYRNE TO FACE TRIBUNAL
    222 18 SINGAPORE, July 1. 1/fR. K. M. Byrne, a member of the Colonial Administrative Service and a spokesman of the Council of Action, has been put on two charges of gross insubordination and breach of General Orders by the Singapore Government. Mr. Byrne will go before a
    222 words
  • Article
    Unknown sends $1,000 gift
    52 18 PENANG, Jure 30. An anonymous donor here has sent a g'ft of $l,OOO for the maintenance of Government hosp tils. In acknowledging this today, the Settlement Government stated the Chief Medical Officer and the Settlement Engineer would decide how the money could best be used for
    52 words
  • Article
    TO HOLD CITY DAY
    134 18 SINGAPORE. July 1. win igain ceiebrate City Day. Mr. T.P.F. McNeice. the City President, ,aid at yesterday’s council meeting that he would have plans prepared for the celebrations. Mr. Yap Pheng Geek (Nominated) suggested the staging ji a pageant of Singapore on ‘he City Hall steps
    134 words
  • Article
    Value of the city has risen by $7 million in a year
    149 18 SINGAPORE. July 1. THE ANNUAL value of Sine;aD'jre city In December 1952 was $11,875,736 $7 500 000 rrjorc* than on Jan. 1 1952. Th's an outs'and'TiR ach evcment. sa V s the cttv Pres’dent. Mr. T. P. F
    149 words
  • Article, Illustration
    Raja Sir Uda, new Commissioner for Malaya in London, and his wife, Tengku Norsa’adah, being received by Sir Patrick McKerron, president of the Association of British Malaya, and Lady McKerron at the association’s annual dinner in London. Sir Uda took up his duties as Commissioner on July l.
    49 18 Raja Sir Uda, new Commissioner for Malaya in London, and his wife, Tengku Norsa’adah, being received by Sir Patrick McKerron, president of the Association of British Malaya, and Lady McKerron at the association’s annual dinner in London. Sir Uda took up hi s duties as Commissioner on July l.
    49 words
  • Article
    More rice will be imported
    145 18 KUALA LUMPUR. June 30 THE Federation's rice sjpplj position is better this year but it will still be below minimum import requiremen s. accordine 10 official statistics. The country produces ab ut 400.000 tons -or about half its nornal requirements annualy —and the other half
    145 words
  • Article, Illustration
    LEADERS OF BUSINESS IN MALAYA
    208 18 A LEADING Malay businessman in Johore Bihru. Haji Mohd Bakri bin Haji Mohd Tamin, came to Malaya 53 years ago Dutch Borneo, to join his brother's Singapore diamond merchant business. A few years l'ater he went to Johore to carve out his own career. He
    208 words
Page thumbnail Page 19
  • Article
    MONA’S KUDA WIN SELANGOR SPRINT
    1281 19  -  B I PSOM JEEP LUMPUR. June 27. KUDA kept up her |wl ing ways when she rZ* -dang Sayang by JJJL r uters of a length in hr f l m 6f. sprint (time 1 1,5,1 5* at Kuala Lumpur m p ter opening day
    1,281 words
  • Article
    More phones for S’pore
    172 19 SPECIAL efforts the being 1 made to bring 1.000 lines of a new 4,100-line telephone extension into service in Singapore ahead of schedule to ease pressure on the Oriental Telephone and Electric Company’s system. Mr. Evelyn J. Bunbury, chairman of the company, told shareholders the new
    172 words
  • Article
    Cup walk-over challenged
    876 19  -  THE WEEK IN SPORT By r JOHN MARKS SINGAPORE, June 30. rnHE President of the A Football Association of Selangor, Mr. S. C. E. Singam, has challenged the decision of the Emergency Committee of the Football Association of Malaya in awarding a walk-over to Penang over Selangor
    876 words
  • Page 19 Miscellaneous
    • Miscellaneous
      Page 19 Miscellaneous Column 1
      56 19 BIG SWEEP TOTAL POOL: $224,200. First Prize: *****9 $60,534 Second Prize: *****6 $30,267 Third Prize: *****8 $15,133 STARTERS ($1,681 each): Nos: *****9, *****6, *****4, *****9 *****7, *****3, *****1. *****7. CONSOLATION ($1,345 each): *****6 *****1 > *****6, ***** *****1, *****2, *****7, *****7, *****1. DOUBLE TOTE 1st Double: 11 tickets $171 0
      56 words
Page thumbnail Page 20
  • Article
    Tin and rubber fall sharply
    597 20 [SHARE MARKET! By Our Financial Correspondent SINGAPORE, June 29. 'J’HE Singapore share market last week went through another quiet period with, if anything, less interest being shown by both buyers and sellers than there was a week before. At one stage it did look as
    597 words
  • Article
    OVERSEAS TRADE
    39 20 FINAL figures for Malaya’s overseas trade in May were Issued during the week, showing exports valued at $249,345,585 and imports at $263,224,216. For the five months of the year exports were $1,346.5 million and Imports $1,362 million.
    39 words
  • Article
    BUSINESS DONE
    192 20 THE following share deals in Singapore was reported by one firm of sharebrokers for the period June 20 to 26, inclusive:— INDUSTRIALS. Alexandra Brick Prefs. $2.20, Fraser Neave $2.07>2 Gammons $2.90 to $2,924, Georgetown Dispensary $2.35, Hammers $2.60, Malayan Breweries $4.10 Malayan Cement $1.50 to $1.57V2» Robinson Ords.
    192 words
  • Article
    THE PRODUCE MARKET
    72 20 SINGAPORE, July 1. Singapore Chinese Produce Exchange: Noon prices per picul were: Copra: quiet and dull, $30 buyers f.0.b., $30% sellers. Coconut oil: $5l sellers. Pepper: No buying interest and no business reported. All varieties down $lO. Muntok white $470. Sarawak $465. Lampong black $4lO. Lewis and
    72 words
  • Article
    Soap production
    51 20 Soap production in Malaya in April totalled 35,109 cwt., of which 16,538 cwt., was produced In Singapore and 18,571 cwt., on the Federation. Production In Malaya for the four months of this year w r as 132,281 cwt. Stocks in Malaya at the end of April were 28.557
    51 words
  • Article
    Trade recession is continuing
    300 20 SINGAPORE, JuU i rpHE trade recession is continuing and its cussions will be more marked next year. s,» )ft er cast the Financial Secretary, Mr. W. C. Taylor a e Press conference in Singapore yesterday. 1 4 There was a definite tendency for coi 0 h
    300 words
  • Article
    Coconut oil exports
    52 20 Exports of coconut oil from Malaya in April totalled 3.727 tons of which 111 tons were refined and 3.616 tons were crude. The value of the refined oil was $123,475 and the value of the crude oil was $3,798,452. Most of the exports went to India and
    52 words
  • Article
    MALAYAN SHARE QUOTATIONS
    884 20 SINGAPORE, July 1. INDUSTRIAL** Buyer* Sellers Atex Bricß* Prefs 2.15 *3O Ora* 4.10 4.20 Ata* lc e 12.25 13.25 BB PetraC 31/6 32/6 BM Trustee* 6.50 1.50 Con Tin Smelt. Pref 11/6 18/6 Orel* 22/6 23/Easter n United 35.25 36.25 Fed Dispensary 2.55 2.65 Fraser At Neave
    884 words
  • Article
    Demand for low grades is moderate
    194 20 Kul>l >c t Market SINGAPORE. June 27 ONCE again there is little to be said about the market. Prices have fluctuated through a very narrow ran°e and no noticeable trend has developed, says Lewis and Peat’s weekly rubber report Moderate demand from the Continent
    194 words
  • Article
    FACTS & FIGURES
    90 20 FACTS FIGURES rpHE thirty-second edition of Facts and Figures, statistics relating to Malayan companies, compiled by Fraser and Co. Sharebrokers Singapore. has just been published This is a valuable guide for Investors and all others interested in Malayan companies It contains statistical information up to the end of last vear
    90 words
  • Article
    More rubber produced
    59 20 Rubber products- n the Federation of aya last month was tone, compared with 1 tons in April. 4 Of the May output tons were produce, estates and 19,772 t< 1 smallholdings. r Production for the 1 months of this yw 233.753 tons, c* ur r with 230,816
    59 words