The Straits Budget, 7 January 1954

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    29 1 The Straits Budget THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES k MALAYA’S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER v Series No. IIBH. Thursday, January 7, 1954 Price 40 cents (Malayan) Or 1 shilling
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      ‘REAL NATURE OF EXPAT. PAY’
      686 2  -  RALPH E. ELLIS, Chairman T.E C.S.A.M. Singapore fTHE council of the SinA gapore branch of the European Civil Servants' Association of Malaya feels that the time is opportune to publish a statement with the object of removing any misconceptions which may have been created in
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      100-TON LIMIT
      45 2  -  FAIR PLAY. Singapore. information accompanynf ♦vl!? that s P len did picture n ew vessel Soo n Bee that Malay captaln s In the local trade arq restricted to a 100-ton nett limit, prompts hnnru 0 ask just why are handicapped so? y
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      ‘SAFE NOW IN IPOH’
      96 2  - ‘SAFE NOW IN IPO H’ RAKON. Ipoh. rnHE cycle curfew in Ijpoh X has been on for a long time and has caused a lot of inconvenience to night students and other people whose occupations are at night. .This curfew is meant to hinder terrorists escaping at night but as
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      ...OR ELSE MORE TERRORISTS WILL BE MADE
      386 2  -  H. W. REID I Perak. [S it realised that the smallholder has had very unfair treatment during the so-called “emergency”? During the “emergency," the smallholder has been compelled to abandon his home and live In a camp or village. This may be four
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      CONGESTION AT LIGHTS
      170 2  -  P. H. SIDVPEL. Singapore. WHILE no-one ran deny thU urmense improvement lia* been brought about In Sinara, pore road traffic under Mr w R. M. Haxworth. I think thl some of his more recent irl. provements require criticism, r Traffic lights are now *ViPSi 0Ua n the
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      THEN A SPEEDIER RED COLLAPSE?
      266 2  -  R. K. HAR VICK Singapore! f HAVE read in your paper fa* 1 u ext m r emely interesting artiele by Mr Harry Miller on lu Communist outbreak in the Federation. It should be widely read for a comprehensive insight into the welfare of re
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      Provident Fund Evaders
      408 3 H ;u Dec. 31 The Federation’s Provident Fund seen.s still not to have i won quite the appreciation ijKSfrli trade union leaders foreKrdii when they warmly supHUtted the scheme in the LegisP ,tive Council. Otherwise there Bad.lid not be so much evasion. Bfhe Labour Department, in its
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      Welfare Centres
      273 3 —Straits Times. Dec. 31. In ng < f Serangoon's H 1 and nfant welfare as ;itf ntion again 1o nn hi.' (Torts of the HftlSB ‘Jo\c .ment and the Bin to ■UH in s n tin* island's 'r There are ■flB lu e eentres, three of Bn 1
      —Straits Times. Dec. 31.  -  273 words
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      When Templer Leaves
      1309 3 Straits Time.. Jan. 1 The extension of General Sir Gerald Tcmpler’s term as High Commissioner by five months serves Malaya very well. It is not the arrangement which the Colonial Office and the Wax Office originally had in mind. General Templer was to have left Malaya in
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      The Task For The New Year
      483 4 Strait.*. Time*, Jan 2 The solution to Malaya’s problems, said Cr* n* ral Templci the clay he arrived, dots not lie in the hands of any one man nor alone in the hands of the Government here or in the United Kingdom. It lies
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      Standards in Education
      799 4 —Straits Times. Jan. 4. Sup* rannnation is the sorry fate that looms over hundreds of schoolchildren all over the Fed* ration. Th* y have failed in their school promotion examinations twice and they must go to make room for those have not failtd in th* ir tests.
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      Little Thing Looms Big
      422 4 —Straits Times, Jan. 4 Banning in Singapore of the film version of Graham Grene’s best-selling novel "The Heart of tlie Matter' is having repercussions out of keeping with either the importance of the film or of the ban. Already the banning is‘being seized by the left-wingers
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      Ridiculous
      135 4 —Straits Times. Jan. 4. Months ago Singapoic City Council decided that all taxis must be fitted with meters by January 1. 1954. Fewer than half are so fitted today, January 4. and those without meters ply just as those with meters ply. And nothing happens. We do not ask
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      Rubber, Tin And Sydney
      398 4 Strai’s Times. Jan. 5 Malaya will find comfort, and at least a ray of hope, in Mr. R. A. Butlers assurance that at the Commonwealth Finance Conference at Sydney the problems of the rubber and tin industry will be given their proper place. Britain’s Chancellor of
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      75 3 >y\o/Ti f^o/Tii^O/Ti >%<»?? i^O^ftWO^ I t V' sr 51 THE STItAITS TIMES wishes all readers and advertisement clients 1 HAPPY AXD PROSPEROUS AEW YEAR 1953 was a year of steady progress for MALAYA’S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER. Sales are now nearly 70,000 copies per issueroughly three times those of any other English
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    FOUR NEW OFFICERS COME HOME
    122 4 SING \1 ORE. Dee 31 Four newlv commissioned Maiay cflic**r- of the RAF. Regiment iMa.uyah who have eomphud a trmning course at tin Air Officer Cadet Training Unit at Spitalgate. Lincolnshire. will arrive at Changi. Singapore. t« day They are Pic f Officer Abdul Aziz
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    PERAK NEW SECRETARY
    89 4 IPOH. Jan. 2 The fir: ma.ior c tnge this ;ear in th State a ministration staff i: Perak was anneui ed toda. with In< Hashin. bin Mat Tdris. cl Assist an* District Officer. inta. tak ng over duties i St at* eecrotary Perak. Inche h shim h
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    Why the bandits are still so dangerous
    2056 5  -  By v HARRY v MILLER rIE developments in Central Johore and in Bahau (Negri Sembilan) show what the terrorists are still capable of doing. Despite all the measures against them and the tales of dissension, wavering and semi-star-vation they still possess hard-hitting power.
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      BIRTHS
      114 5 CROCKER: On Friday Ist January, 1954. to Anne and Gordon at Alor Star Hospital, a son, Da\id Charles. Both well. KINAHAN: On Dec. 31st 1953 at King's College Hospital London, to Kathleen Wife of Charles Kinahan a son. Temothy Charles. TO OLGA, wife of Fred de Souza, a son,
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      ENGAGEMENTS
      83 5 TAIT: ELDER. The engagement is announced between William Crichton Tait of the Mercantile Bank of India. Ltd., and Moira Katharine Nichol Elder, daughter of Dr. A: Mrs. E. A. Elder of Singapore. THE Engagement is announced between John Anuus only son of the Hon. Mr. R.A. Coles. C.P.M.. of
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    21 report on Federal elections
    108 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Jan. 5. A WORKING party of 21 men today completed proposals on Federal elections. Its report will be submitted to the main committee of 42, who will examine it at a meeting tentatively fixed for January 21. The working party held 12 meetings,
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    25 5 IN MEMOR1AM CAMERON. J. in fond memory of Jimmy accidently drowned, Miri, Sarawak. Jan. 1st. 1953. A pal sadly missed. Dot and Herbie Walton. Seria.
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    Notes from a... Malayan Diary
    1109 6  -  STANLEY STREET. Bunker’s to banditry rpHE Straits Times corres1 pondent who deplores the tientlemanly way in which he alleges banditry is usually handled by the security fotces I must bear with an old British custom. A more ruthless way oi dealing with the Americans at
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    As I was Saying
    608 6  -  CYNICUS SINGAPORE. Jan. 2 WHERE app* ai'.s to nave -l been concern in high places on Thursday morning when the Federal Executive Council met to hear the High Commissioner’s announce* ment that he will !>• leaving Malaya in June Most ha i read the news in
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    MALAY BEAUTY
    5 6 Foong Poll Kan
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    WHOOPS!
    42 7 —That long beam has been so well covered with grease it is difficult to sit on it, let alone fight as these t wo young Malay boys found o ut to the crowd's amusement at the Singapore New Year’s sea sports.
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    Countryman’s Journal
    577 7  -  TUAN I)JFK. I>Y the time you read **this, Children's Day. as the Tuan calls it. will have passed. On the eveniiui of the 22nd he attended a cocktail party at a certain house and thoroughly enjoyed himself. He had. however, forgotten that there was such a thing as
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    FIFTY YEARS AGO
    90 7 From the Straits Times °f January 2, 1904 A LADY of comely proporns landing at Johnston's pi(« r from a sampan on Saturday afternoon, missed the pontoon, dropped into the water, and disappeared from view. When she rose she was speedily fished out by three Europeans, and
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    A MALAYSIAN NOTEBOOK
    1093 7  -  STANLEY STREET. HHHERE have been many new A year greetings to mark this year 1954 of the Christian era. But the greeting, spoken or not, in the minds of most Malayans is “A peaceful new year for this, our country.” Ultimately the Malayan campaign is just one
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    MULTI-MILLION $ OUTLOOK FOR THE NEW YEAR
    961 8  - MULTI-MILLION OUTLOOK FOR THE NEW YEAR Steady trade and big development predicted by CNIA POTEIK ARGE-SCALE developrmnt will take place in Singapore in 1954. Trade is expected to be steady. A great deal will depend on the price of 4 in and rubber and the entrepot business wi f h
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    Mentri Besar goes on police duty
    221 8 IPOH. Dec. 30. |>ERAK’S Mentri Besar, Dato Paimlima Bukit Gantang, today turned auxiliary policeman and did a four-hour “beat," in the scorching sun, supervising; a lood check at Kuala Kuang new village. The Chemor-Jelapang Road. on which the villaue is situated. has been one
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    Selangor towns’ education rate
    55 8 KUALA LUMPUR. Jan. 1 The Kuler-in-Council has imPo «-d an education rate m two per cent on the annual value "l holdings within the Kuala Luinpur Municipalty ior 1953 I he rate Is the same for lands*, houses and buildings m the town areas of Sungci
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    A YEAR OF ACHIEVEMENT, SAYS SULTAN OF PERAK
    104 8 IPOH. Dec. 11l 'pilh Pxssiiig year, says the f i ul l n "'Perak in a mess. ">e Mentri Besar. has treat achieveminis in many ii,.|<is p»'medueatliaS"' 1 1 fr n mlc and The greatest obstacle, howrmiri l V Zn gr ater
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    NOW THEY ARE ALL R.A.F. OFFICERS —After training in England
    146 8 nnrn atmav-o SINGAPORE, Jan. 1. lulk aiala\s recently commissioned in the RAF peached Chanßi yesterday on their iciuin from Britain. i They will serve with .squadr<)lls (J I H.A.F. Regiment 'Malaya* in Singapore. th rt Federation and Hong Kong The
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    New consulate
    25 8 KUALA LUMPUR Jan. 1-A Netherlands Consulate has now been opened here. Mr. A. Worst, managing director of Lindeteves (Malava>. Ltd., has been appointed
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    THE QUEEN KNIGHTS THE MAN WHO KEEPS THE TRAINS GOING
    869 9 THE QUEEN has conferred knight- hoods on Mr. John Sanders. General Manager of the Malayan Railway, and Air Marshal George Holroyd Mills, until recently Air Officer Commanding Malaya, in the New Year's Honours List. Mr. Sanders becomes a Knight Bachelor
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    Councillor, teacher made J.P.
    143 9 PENANG, Dec. 31 j TWO new Justices of the Peace. Mr. H. B. Van Praagh. Settlement Councillor. and Capt Mohd. Noor bin Mohd.. a schoolteacher, have been appointed in the Settlement's New Year Honours List. Mr. Van Praagh. a director of Sandilands Buttery and Co.. Ltd.,
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    Chief clerk is awarded M.B.E.
    60 9 SINGAPORE. Jan. 2 The Aii Ministry announcer! yesterday that Inche Abdullah oin Abdui Ghani of Jalan Jumat. Singapore, wa.s awarded the MB E in the New Year Honours inche Abdullah is chief clerk to the civilian labour officer at the RA F Maintenance Bas* Seletar
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    Borneo chief gets O.B.E.
    119 9 A member of the staff of the Commissioner-General's Office and Sarawak and Borneo residents are also in the Honours List. MR. T. M. COWAN, labour adviser to the CommissionerGeneral. cets the 0.8. E. MR. O. K. K. A WANG BES \R. only native member of the
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    ‘APE-MEN’ ON AN ESTATE
    326 9 ‘APE-ME N’ ON AN ESTATE KUALA LUMPUR. Jan. ft THE three ape-like humans who frightened workers on the Trolak Estate in Perak were seen again yesterday 10 miles away, heading south towards the Slim River district. It was on Christmas Dav that these three weird-look-inu creatures -two men and a
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    RIDA extends work to towns
    416 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Dec. 30. |r THE Rural and Industrial Development Authority A takes on a new and more important role from Friday. It then becomes by law an incorporated body to “stimulate, facilitate and undertake economic and social development” for all races in the Federation.
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    S’PORE SHIP SOLD TO HONG KONG FIRM
    94 9 SINGAPORE. Dec. 31. The 1.600-ton steamship Ban Hong Liong, which has plied between Singapore and Indonesia for the past 20 years, has b< t il sold to a Hong Kong firm. The ship’s Singapore owners. Heap Eng Moh and Company, have sold her
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    FOR THEM A DAY TO REMEMBER
    75 10 THESE six were given awards in the New Year Honours List. They are, from left: Mr. G. E. C. Wisdom, Resident Commissioner, Malacca; Mr. F. Namara, senior Assistant Comissioner of Police, Federation; Dr. Haridas, Senior Physician, Government Hospital, Singapore; Mr. Lmi Kun Seng. Singapore
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    New Year honours for people of all races
    2164 10 T 'HE FOLLOWING arc brief biographies of those honoured by the Queen. MR. OWEN SANDERS. 61, Gem raJ Manager of Malayan Railway, who gets a knighthood, came m 1924 to the Federated States Railways .us works manager. He then became Traffic and
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    TEMPLER TO GET BIG ARMY JOB Leaving Malaya in June
    435 11 LONDON, Dec. 30. (JENERAL SIR GERALD TEMPLER is to stay on as High Commissioner of the Federation of Malaya till June next year. Then he will go on leave and in October take the posts of Commander of the Northern
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    ‘EMERGENCY IS BY NO MEANS OVER’
    206 11 IX PERAK the man in the street, as represented by Cerk. teacher, salesman and merchant was confident that the longer General Templetiemained in Malaya the better it would be for the country Mr. John Emmanuel, labour leader in the State, said he Hit that
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    Templer’s successor has served in East
    145 11 THE man who will take over the job of leading the war on the bandits, Lieut.-Gen. Bourne is 51, and was first commissioned in the Royal Artillery in 1923. Before the last war, he served in Hong Kong from 1930 to 1932, and Gibraltar
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    The new boss of the bandit fighters
    22 11 LT. GEN. G. K. BOURNE. Director of Operations when Gen. Sir Gerald Templer leaves Malaya.
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    High praise for General’s work
    664 11 From Straits Times Staff Reporters (COUNCILLORS who have been in close touch with him, new villagers who have met him and Malays, Chinese and Indians joined in regarding the departure in June of the High Commissioner, General Sir Gerald Templer. Rarely before has there been
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    ‘He should stay on’ pleas
    194 11 MR. J. SNOXHILL, senior Negri Sembilan planter and member of the State Executive Council, said he did not thinx Communist efforts were sufficiently suppressed for General Sir Gerald Templer to be removed. Mr. Lee Siaw Joo, president of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce, Negri Sembilan,
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    ‘LEADERS NEEDED’
    136 11 M R S. Shunmugam, Malacca representative on the I Federal Legislative Council, said: “I was hoping he w’ould be allowed to stay on for anI other two years. It was the fervent hope of Malayans that he would see the end of the Emergency.” Mr. W.H.C. Horn. Member
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    ROAD ACCIDENTS: THE CROWDED FIVE-FOOT WAY IS OFTEN THE CULPRIT
    341 12 MN<;APOKi:. I»e<\ 31. r 1 VI’K tl. of tin* lit (lit- I f c n i t it*s ut the traffic Police j" 11,is scene of pedestrians ambling amid motor cars, tridias and bicycles atony most oi Singapore's streets. 'litis
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    $900,000 radio and phone link for East Coast
    343 12 KUALA I,UM1»| ;io. T’ !K ht‘ii*'f>uarlors of tlu- (iovtfrnntrttf-mvned lelcconttponn ation- smicos in tin. Kcrlorntion lorcsccs <onsi;!or;il) c iiu!u-'ri;il and coirm-rcia' dov«‘!o|»m< iit on Ah.laya’s Cast Coast, an official saicJ 1 od ay. To cope with ixp' -tacl developments- wo*-!,- will i'
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    Ruler is back at work
    84 12 MI Dt ~1 The Yang Di-Pcrtuan Besai Ne ri Sembilan, who fell ill tni'ee months ago. will attend the duties of liis State from ii morrow. During the Yam Tuan's s, his 75-year-old uncle. ’I onk’i J. S i M acted as Regent. The Tuiiku
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    18 MORE RED BANDITS GIVE UP
    102 12 KUAI.A LUMPUR. Dec. 31 •\chtc.n more Communist i ive surrendered n 'he Federation. bringing |o*al tor De cember to 30. 1 11 miormation services re portid today. lh" re ws of th« s.. surrend- < r h id bee n withheld irity reasons. Tite
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    WESTERN COOKING HARMFUL?
    124 12 Not so, women told PENANG, Thurs. milE vice-chairman of the 1 Penang Territorial Association of Women’s Institutes, Mrs. P. Franks, said last uight there was no question of European women interfering with kampong life. •1 hope 1 can dispel the idea that they are doing more harm
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    STUDENT JEAN, AGED 18, SPEAKS TO HER FRIENDS BY RADIO
    189 13 MELBOURNE, Dec. 30. ONE0 NE of the most popular Malayan students in Australia is 18-year-old Jean Cheah, daughter of Mr. Cheah Inn Kheam a Penang barrister and racehorse owner. Jean is studying Fine Arts at the Melbourne Technical College and
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    Manager killed by Red gunmen
    629 13 WE'RE SATISFIED’ THEY SHOUTED SINGAPORE, Jan. 1. A COMMUNIST gunman walked into the Singapore oftice of the Hock Lee Bus Company yesterday and murdered the general manager. 38-year-old Mr. (iuok Sing Inn. The gunman with two armed Red companions, who had been keeping guard outside,
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    I BUILT HIGHEST, HE SAYS
    150 13 SINGAPORE, Dec. 31. THE ASIA INSURANCE building is tallest skyscraper in Singapore, according to its architect. Mr. Ng Keng Siang. Mr. Ng said yesterday that the building is 240 feet from street level to the tower, plus 30 feet more to the beacon. A reader
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    Stop this spoon-feeding of people, Govt is told
    238 13  -  From HALL ROMNEY LONDON, Dec. 30. \yiTH the approval of a hundred Malay students attending the annual dinner here of the Malay Society, Inche Abdullah bin Dato Abdul Rahman, the president, protested against the “spoon-feeding of the people” by the Malayan Government.
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    Young Omar receives his reward
    116 13 KUALA LUMPUR. Jan. 3. Terrorists ambushed Omar bln Kamal, 16-year-old patrol leader in the 7th Segamat Scout group, and his homeguard father as they were cycling home to Kampong Pekan Jabi. two miles from Segamat. in November 1952. Omar’s father was killed in the first
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    RURAL BOARD WINDS UP AFTER 50 YEARS
    201 13 BUTTER WORTH, Doc. 31. PROVINCE WELLESLEY Rural Board held its last 1 meeting: here today after having functioned for nearly half a century. “This is not a matter for I regret but a welcome sign of the people’s growing need to be part
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    The employers who just won’t pay up
    91 13 KUALA LUMPUR, Dec. 30. SJOME firms consistently fall into arrears in payment to the Employees’ Provident Fund, the Federation Labour Department reports. This “pernicious habit,” it adds, makes accounting more difficult and adds to the work of inspecting officers. Some firms have to
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    He was the friend of Malay medicine men
    206 13 PENANG, Dec. 30. A EUROPEAN medical officer who worked with Malay medicine men during the 1946 smallpox epidemic in Treneganu is retiring this week alter 24 years in Malaya. “We got on so well together that I considered the medicine men my
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    Singapore man dies in Britain
    75 13 LONDON. Dec. 30. A 23-year-old student from Singapore, Mr. Jimmy Koh Yew Ghee, died .suddenly while visiting friends at Humble, near Southampton. Mr. Koh. who was studying wireless telegraphy at Colwyn Bay. accepted an invitation to spend Christmas at Hamble. After playing several games of
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    Council meeting
    24 13 JOHORE BAHRU. Dec. 31 The Johore Council of State will meet in the Council Chamber at 10 a m on January 26.
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    SIR GERALD NAMES THE TWO MAIN AIMS FOR 1954
    499 14 KUALA Ll'MPl'R. Jan. 1. IN a \t".v \car broadcast today the High CommisI sioner Genera! Sir Gerald Templer asked the m-nolc for their support in achieving two objects—finishing oil' the Communist terrorists and pressing on with political development. Hr added “I
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    Sir Gerald promotes a village
    95 14 KUALA LUMPUR. Jan. 1 ON the last stage of his Negri Sembilan tour yesterday General Templer visited the Negri-Selangor frontier village of Ulu Beranang and announced its promotion to a ‘‘Phase Three” village. Immediately the police handed over defence duties to the village's Home Guard.
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    4 return to MCA after resigning
    71 14 SINGAPORE. Jan. 2 THE four Singapore branch committee members of the Malayan Chinese Association who recently resigned have agreed to return t 0 the committee. Sir C'heng-lock Tan, president. refused to accept their resignations as he considered they were really working in the interests
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    Society starts history work
    49 14 KUALA LUMPUR. Jan. 1 The Kuala Lumpur branch of the Malayan Historical Society has decided to compile the history of the Queen’s Coronation, the branch secretary, Inche din, told the SLaits Times today. The society has started the preliminary work of gathering the necessary material.
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    WARNING ON EMERGENCY CONTROLS BY A FAR EASTERN EXPERT
    277 14 OXFORD. Jan. 1. DR. Victor Purcell, lecturer in Far Eastern history at Cambridge University, tonight warned against the possible effects of emergency controls to deal with the terrorist campaign in Malaya. He was speaking at the annual conference of the Le
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    Terrorist incidents dropped to a new low in 1953
    466 14 TIPS FROM PUBLIC LED TO 283 KILLS KUALA LUMPUR. Jan. 1 i>est feature of the Emergency in 1953 was the fall in the number! of Communist terrorist incidents, a Government spokesman told the Straits Times today, j Total of incidents for
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    They vote to use Malay
    52 14 SEREMBAN. Jan. 1 The second all-Malava Malay Literary Congress here toriav adopted by a majority vote the ollieial use of romanised Malay, for all literary purposes and in correspondence. The Congress also agreed that the use of Jawi be permitted at the wish of the
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    NEGRI ADVISER SAVES COURT BUILDING
    97 14 SEREMBAN. Jan. 1 MYSTERIOUS fire broke out at the Seremban Supreme Court last evening Only the sharp eyes of the British Adviser, Negri Sembilan. Mr. M. C ff Sheppard, and Mr. Peter Blackwell, saved the building. The two saw smoke coming trom the building and
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    WHEN COUNCIL ELECTS MAYOR IT MAY MEAN END OF NOMINATED MEMBERS
    220 14 WHEN Singapore City TT Council elects a mayor, nominated members may have to ffo. This is believed to be among the suggestions wliirh the City Council will be asked to consider sometime this year. The mayor is expected to
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    ‘Clean out graft’ says Templer
    308 15 KUALA LUMPUR, Dec. 31. THE High Commissioner, General Sir Gerald Templer, in his New Year message to the Federation’s Government servants asked them to meet the “new challenge” of 1954 by ridding the public service of any taint of rottenness in positions high or low.
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    Air Vice Marshal R. S. Blucke (right), Malaya’s former Air Officer cer in Charge of Administration, arrived in Singapore on Jan. 2.
    69 15 He will discuss employment for regular servicemen due for release with services’ resettlement officers. Air Vice Marshal Blucke—“the flying job finder”—who is the general manager of the Regular
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    IN COSTUME
    48 15 Not a Chinese wedding, but .1 fancy dress ball which was held at the Officers Mess. R A F. Sclctar, on New Year's Eve. On the left is Mrs. Crumpton and on the right F/Lt. E. T. Crumpton, base adjutant.—Photo by ic adjutant.—Photo by Michael Anchant.
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    100 youths want to be army officers
    111 15 KUALA LUMPUR. Doc. 30. IjMGHTF.EN youths will bo chosen early in the new year for training as infantry officers of the Federation military forces. A selection board is to sit nt Port Dickson from Jan. 3 to 7. More than 100 schoolboys have
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    Barred film goes to appeal board
    96 15 KUALA LUMPUR. Dec. 30. r JMIE Federation Film Appeal -L Board is to see The Moon is Blue, which has been banned in this territory. The film was passed by Singapore Appeal Board without cuts. Hie Federation board is not likely to view it
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    To train at R.N. College
    69 15 SINGAPORE, Jan. 2 A Singapore youth, Chia Cheng Lock. 19, will leave in April to train at the Brittania Royal Naval College, Portsmouth. England Mr. Chia has qualified for a cadetship in the Supply and Secretariat Branch of the Royal Malayan Navy. He was educated
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    PROTEST MEETING BY K.L. LAWYERS
    256 15 KUALA LUMPUR. Jan. 2. REMANDS for a uniform system of justice in Malaya are to be made at a public meeting to be held soon in Kuala Lumpur. The meeting to be sponsored by lawyers’ political leaders and organisations, will be specially called to protest
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    Mr. Chapling gets a CBE
    75 15 The Queen has made Mr. N. C. Chapling. managing director of Cable and Wireless Limited in London, a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the New Year honours list. Mr. Chapling is personally responsible for the administration of Cable and Wireless Ltd.'s
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    Perak Council meetings
    55 15 IPOH. Jan. 1 The Perak Council of State will open its seventh session with a meeting in tlie Council chamber at the Perak State Secretariat on Wednesday. Feb 17. Tliere will be six meetings during the year. The others are on Apr 7, June 9, Aug 25
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    One man one wife Bill ready
    360 15 SINGAPORE, Jan. 2. COPIES of the proposed Bigamous Marriage Bill, drafted with the object of making “one-wife” marriages compulsory in Singapore, have been sent to the Muslim Advisory Board, the Chinese Chamber of Commerce and the Malayan Chinese Association. Mrs. Shirin Fozdar, secretary of
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    ‘The new Malaya is better’
    158 15 KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 3. fFTHE new Malaya, more a vigorous than the old, is facing its future boldly, said Dato Sir Roland Braddell. at the Kuala Lumpur Rotary Club’s New Year dinner at the Majestic Hotel last night. “Don’t you think it would a splendid
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    Bandits fire at house sentry
    57 15 SINGAPORE, Jan. 4. Terrorists fired at the sentry outside the assistant manager’s bungalow In Ulu Remis estate in the Rengam area of Johore on Friday. An area security unit wnich was rushing to the bungalow was fired on by six terrorists Alter a ten-minute battle
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    CLUNG TO MAST 22 HOURS IN STORM
    86 15 ALOR STAR. Jan. 4.— During a storm tliat sank his tongkang. taikong Huan Seng and anotner crew member climbed the mast and clung there 22 hours before rescue He told the Alor Star Coro- ner’s Court today that he bad I no hope
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    MALAYAN GIRLS AT LONDON MEETING
    66 16 Illltl.l. M il. WAN students i listen intently during the i Mty Questions" session on I iare relations held during the second annual festival or the National Union of Students at the South-West Lssex Technical College, London. From left to ri 8 ht Chinniah Pushpavathy,
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    New lab for research on viruses
    104 16 PENANG Moil. rilUK lew $42.>.1100 laboratory 1 lor the In titute for Medical Rs eaivh in Kuala Lumpur will be opened at the e;ni of February. Equipped witi* the most up-to-date apparatus, it will conduct. re earrh on viruses. It has a large library
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    Jap textile men in Singapore
    56 16 A lilt nun Japanese woollen textile trade promotion mission arrived In Singapore yesterday by K L M. Constellation for a week's visit. The mission, organised by the Japan Wool Spinners' Association. Is headed by Mr II. Ueda,. The other delegates are Messrs. K. Fujii, I.
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    Ferry opens
    21 16 KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 4. Tin* J« rt»*h lerry at the Besut River in North Trent;:.,arm was open this morning.
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    Rubber chief’s 5-point plan to beat synthetic
    311 16 KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 2. JHE CHAIRMAN of the Rubber Producers' Council, Mr. H. A. Campbell, today outlined a fivepoint plan for Malaya to meet the synthetic challenge. In .1 broadcast, lie said: "We must reduce our production costs. We must adopt modern methods
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    This should please the film censor
    141 16 SINGAPORE. Jan. 4 SINGAPORE Film Censor. Mrs Cynthia Koek. wnl have her work simpl e when amendments to tn< Film Ordinance are gazetted All films will then be classified •‘A’’ tadult exhibition) or “B’’ (universal exhibition) The classification is only ;l guide to parents
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    MALAY CAN COMMAND THE LARGEST SHIPS
    225 16 —if he has the qualifications SINGAPORE, Jan. 1. ‘INHERE IS nothing to prevent a Malay seaman from taking command of a ship with a net tonnage of more than 100 tons, provided he has the necessary qualifications. Captain A. C. Benfield. secretary of the
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    BUILDING WAITS FOR LIBRARIAN
    102 16 SINGAPORE. Jan. 4. WORK will not start on Singapore’s new $1,000.000 library until the librarian. who is expected soon from England, has a look at the plans. "The librarian must see the plans,” an official told the Straits Times yesterday. After all. it will be his
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    GURKHAS KILL 6 TERRORISTS
    310 16 /</,;./ STAMTS WELL KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 3. VO 1 ULATOON of the 2 h Gurkhas yesterday morninjr killed six Uonimunist terrorists near Seuamat. North Johore. Thi‘ lliuli (amimissioner. tieneral Sir Gerald Tempter, in a message the Gurkhas ()M iheir smress. said: This is a tine start
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    Withdrawn, yet they still want these
    87 16 KUALA LUMPUR. Jan. 3. THE Coronation 10-cent stamps, issued in Malaya to commemorate the Queen's accession to the throne, were withdrawn on Dec. 31 Mint copies were in greater demand by philatelists throughout the world than anticipated by the authorities. Few numbers have been
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    Cadet corps at Ismail School
    57 16 KOTA BAHRU, Dec. 31 Mr. Rahim Kadir, a teacher of the Ismail English School, and three boys, Ali Aziz, Yasim and Mohamad Tahir, are now undergoing training at the Regimental H.Q.. Taiping. On return they will be in charge of the first School Cadet Corps
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    Taiping bandit tally
    87 16 T Kl ALA LUMPUR, Jan 4 WENTy terrorists surrennf i ln the Taiping area of Perak last year. f ourteen other terrorists in the area were killed and'two captured Two civilians arc listed as missing. A Government statement to- day said that one surrender leaflet i s
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    So Malaya must count cost at each step
    714 17  -  By HARRY MILLER KUALA LUMPUR. Jan. 3. pROGRESS in the Federation will continue this year but over all plans for development will hang the shadow of the shortage of money. Education will not be retarded but tlie nature of its development under
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    NEW JOB-SO MR. L. WILL MEET THE QUEEN
    70 17 SINGAPORE. Jan. 6 MR. t. II. C. LilLicrup. formerly Deputy Director of Audit, Singapore. left yesterday by air to become the latest administrator of the Cocos Islands. On him will fall the honour of receiving the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh
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    Memorial service in Malacca
    155 17 MALACCA. Jan. 5 METHODIST ministers, missionaries and lay leaders, attending the 59th Malaya annual conference of the Methodist Church at Malacca. toda v paid tribute in a memorial service to their colleagues who died during the past year Names on the roll of honour were. Miss
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    Film goes before Appeal Board now
    292 17 SINGAPORE, Jan. 6. 4N application to the Singapore Government to place the banned him “The Heart of the Matter” before the Censorship Appeal Board for reconsider- ation has been granted. It was announced last week that the film had been banned by Mrs. Cynthia
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    The tape recorder wedding
    33 17 Elsie and John say a few words to their parents after their wedding at Trinity Church, Changi, on ]an. 2. Kneeling, Captain Eddie Richardson, supervises the recording. Story below.
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    EVERYTHING IS ON THE RECORD For John and Elsie
    242 17 CENIIOR Aircraftman John Bunyan and Aircraftwoman Elsie Amiss have set a new style in Singapore weddings. They had a complete tape recording made cf their marriage service at Trinity Church, Changi, yesterday and it will be sent to their parents in
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    Ex-Malayan found dead in street
    158 17 SINGAPORE. Jan. 6 DR. HENRY POLLARD HACKER. one of the pioneer research workers in the fight against malaria in Malaya, who suffered frequent attacks from the disease in the course of his work and was invalided in April 1924. was found dead on the pavement
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    PRE-WAR RENTS TO GO UP
    90 17 SINGAPORE, Jan. r, rpilE rent of Singapore Improvement Trust bouses built before the war will be increased by 31 per cent from next month. This is the rate of assessment payable to the City Council. The rent rise is the result ol this assessment which
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    MULLEY WINS ON CARTHUSIAN
    767 19  -  By EPSOM JEEP PENANG, Jan. 1 ■->. ECURING a beautiful run on the rails in the might, Carthusian came with x stunning finish to beat the i ot favourite, Harringay, by t'\ ree quarters of a length in :ie Club Cup over 8} P. for ass
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    BEST BET SCORES BRILLIANT DOUBLE
    1007 19  -  BY EPSOM JEEP BPENANO, Jan. 3. EST BET, a six-year-old by the famous sprinting sire Panaroma, passed his first test over 1*4 miles when he ploughed through a heavy track with 9.0 on his back to win the Commissioner General's Cup in fluent style from
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    Coronation Cup race was best of year
    394 19  -  By EPSOM JEEP I3ACING In Malaya during Coronation Year hit a high note in May at Bukit Tlmah when some of the finest horses in training lifted up for the richest race ever staged In Singapore—the Coronation Cup over seven furlongs with $20,000
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    Year-end turnover was very small
    569 20 SHARE MARKET iiv<j ii i'i j i m. 11 1 Bv Our Financial Correspondent SINGAPORE, Jan. 4. BUSINESS in the Singapore share market last week was at a low ebb but even so, considering the season of the year, a slightly higher turnover occurred than
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    Palm oil exports
    90 20 IN November the Federation of Malaya exported 3,511 tons of palm oil and 945 tons of palm kernels of a combined value of $2,294,174. compared with 7,631 tons of palm oil and 1.145 tons of palm kernels with a combined value of $4,703,159 in October. The total
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    BUSINESS DONE
    196 20 THE following list of business done in the Singapore share market from December 28 to December 31, inclusive, is reported by one firm of sharebrokers:— industrials Consolidated Tin 24/-. Fraser Neave ord. $2,024 to $1.95 Gammons S2S0 to S2.95 Hammers $2 o M. Hon» Kong Bank Col, $855.
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    THE PRODUCE MARKET
    74 20 SINGAPORE, Jan. 6 Singapore Chinese Produce Exchange: Noon prices per picul were: Copra steady; January $404 buyers. s4o\ sellers; February $404 buyers. 404 sellers. Coconut oil: steady; $634 sellers. Pepper: quiet; Muntok white $330, Sarawak $325, Lam pong black $295 Lewis and Peat: Closing prices were Copra
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    Renong Tin Dredging
    20 20 In December, Renong Tin Dredging Ltd. produced 2.191 piculs of tin-ore, compared with 830 piculs in November.
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    Rubber chiefs see stockpile plan snags
    269 20 KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 5. ifR HA. Campbell, chairman of the Rubber IYI producers’ CouncU, today opposed the commer rial stockpiling of natural rubber. He was commenting on a statement by Mr. R. Butler Britain’s Chancellor of the Exchequer, i Singapore on Monday that Britain
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    For Mersing
    25 20 KLUANG. Jan. 5 -Mr Vusof bin Haji A. Rahim. assistant collector of land revenue has been transferred to Mersing as assistant district offitpr
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    Tin output in November
    65 20 PRODUCTION of t»n-in-concentrates iu the Federation in November was 4,766 tons, compared with 4,875 tons in October. Production for the 11 months of this year is 51.053 tons, compared with 51,895 tons in the corresponding period of 1952. Stocks of tin metal and tin-in-concentrates at the
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    Less tin sold last year
    97 20 r 1953 Malaya shipped 61.753 tons of metallic tin, compared with 64.117 tons in 1952. Final figures issued yesterday show December shipments at 3,982 tons, compared with 5,300 tons in November. The lower shipments in December was partly due to the Straits Trading Company’s smelter
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    FEDERATION HANDLES MORE CARGO
    50 20 KUALA LUMPUR. Dec. 31 Cargo handled at major ports in The Federation this year exceeded the 1952 total by 85.000 tons. More than 1.600,000 tons of import and export cargo was handled by the six major ports. Port Swettenham handled more than 950.000 tons of cargo.
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    MALAYAN SHARE QUOTATIONS
    848 20 SINGAPORE. Jan. 6 INUIMSIAU Buyer* Seller* Al»>x Brick* Preta. 2.10 2 20 3.70 3 80 12 25 13 25 B U Petrol 31/» 32 B.M. Irustees a&0 7.60 Cou. Tie smelt. lB- 19/s O r ls 23/9 24/3 Eustern United 33 50 34 50 red. Dispensary 272
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    TIN-ORE OUTPUTS
    48 20 rE following outputs of tin-ore are reported for December; Katu tin dredged 89.000* cubic yards and produced 937 piculs. Renong Consolidated Tin dredged 120.000 cubic yards and produced 249 piculs. Sungei Bidor Tin dredge worked for 641 hours, dredged 290,800 cubic yards and produced 877 piculs.
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    TIN & RUBBER EXPORTED
    58 20 TIN RUBBER EXPORTED Exports of rubber from Malaya in December were 78,173 tons, compared with 72,668 tons In November, making the 1953 total 846,316 tons, compared with 910,408 tons in m 2. Exports of tin in December were 3,982 tons, compared with 5,309 tons in November, making the 1953 total
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