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Title Section29 1954-01-14 1 The Straits Budget THE. WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES MALAY VS NATIONAL NEWSPAPER New Series No. 38!). Thursday, January 14, 1954 Price 40 cents (Malayan) Or 1 riUOtaff.29 words
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Article453 1954-01-14 2 TORQUEMADA - TORQUEMADA. Singapore. HAVE read in the Free Press of December 22 of an A interview given by Sir George Pepler, and, knowing inaccuracies may occur, have awaited corrections. Since these have not been made, it is to be assumed that the report is substantially correct.453 words
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Article142 1954-01-14 2 J.D.B. (British - J.D.B. (British). Singapore. JJY banning the film “The Heart of the Matter the censorship board has reached an all-time low in stupidity. All colonies have people in high offices who know better than the people themselves what is good for them. The film censor does142 words
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410 1954-01-14 2 CURRY TIFFIN ONCE - CURRY TIFFIN ONCE A WEEK. Perak. HAVING read the letter by “Rice Consumer”, I feel urged to denounce the illogical, ridiculous, and completely uneconomical methods adopted by the Government in controlling rice. It might be argued on the Government’s behalf, that its control of410 words
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Article243 1954-01-14 2 thomas-paine - thomas-paine Singapore. I CAN credit Fourth-Genera-tion Chinese with a strange sense of humour but I cannot see how I ca n credit him with presenting a fair and reasonable assessment of the Government’s Bilingual Plan. His criticism is consistently inconsistent. When a student from a Chinese school243 words
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Article327 1954-01-14 2 CHANCER If LANE - CHANCER If LANE Singapore. T'HE letter of “Klyne Street" on British justice and the jury system deserves pondering over, and its first foiy paragraphs provoke thought. I think tnat a reference to the anthorftative works of Maitland and Holdsworth on the history of English law. or327 words
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Article106 1954-01-14 2 A. R. TOWNSEND - A. R. TOWNSEND, Training Office, MATC. Waterloo Street. According to yesterday’s Straits Times, young Malayans are complaining about the lack of aeronautical training facilities ln Singapore and the Federation. It is obvious they have not looked very far. The Malayan Air Training Corps has for some years106 words
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Miscellaneous17 1954-01-14 2 TAKE THAT, AND THAT BEFORE X CHANGE My MIND AGAIN. *2 'l V7) ft'A f\W r °^/V,17 words
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Article1046 1954-01-14 3 Straits Times, Jan. 7. A public meeting in the Federal capital to protest against proposed amendment of the criminal code is a novelty that is not unwelcome. It is being sponsored by 18 political leaders, trade unionists and Federal Councillors, who apparently have never before feltStraits Times, Jan. 7. - 1,046 words
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Article368 1954-01-14 3 —Straits Times. Jan. 6 Over 700 cases of accidental 1 poisoning by opium and mor- i phine in the Federation, and 84 accidental poisonings in Singapore in which the poison either did not fall under the main classification headings or was not identified, have attracted the attention—Straits Times. Jan. 6 - 368 words
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Article757 1954-01-14 3 —Straits Times. Jan. 8 Mr. Lee Kong Chian’s statement on the Colony’s Chinese schools is a moderately phrased and impressive case for aid from the public purse for the education of children not accommodated in Government schools. Of the 160,000 children now in Singapore schools less than—Straits Times. Jan. 8 - 757 words
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Article339 1954-01-14 3 —Straits Times. Jan. 7. Germane to the growing argument against continued Government control of rice, both in the Federation and Singapore, Is Burma’s own rice “crisis.” It is a crisis of too much, of godowns filled with surplus padi from the crop harvested 13 months ago. An American—Straits Times. Jan. 7. - 339 words
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Article505 1954-01-14 3 —Straits Times. Jan. There has been an excellent start in the new year to what all will hope will become a determined battle against the cost of living. In their various ways the Federation and the Colony Government ha v e brought down the price—Straits Times. Jan. {* - 505 words
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Article723 1954-01-14 4 —Straits Times Jan. 11 the former director of i'a.iio Malaya resigned two and hall years ago, only two of ’!<»■ three senior posts in the Department of Broadcasting have been filled. An acting dejaitv direetoi was appointed when the senior deputy became •Kting director, but on the—Straits Times Jan. 11 - 723 words
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Article352 1954-01-14 4 —Straits Times Jan. 11. Optimism for rubber in the midst of speculation on an industrial recession comes from Mr. John L. Collyer, President of the Goodrich Company. Mr. Collyer believes that the American consumption of new rubber will not be more than three per cent below the 1953—Straits Times Jan. 11. - 352 words
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Article1015 1954-01-14 4 —Straits Times Jan. 13. The strike notice given by the Singapore Printing Employees’ Union to the Malaya Publishing House expires tomorrow Negotiations for a settlement having failed, it is to be presumed that the men will c me out, beginning a nirit us strike for which there—Straits Times Jan. 13. - 1,015 words
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1651 1954-01-14 5 WILLIAM FISH - By WILLIAM FISH A MONG the Jungle n swamps and mistswathed hills of South Pahang, terrorists are on the run again—and this time they have turned in their tracks and are heading back to their old operational areas in eastern Negri Sembilan. This1,651 words
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Article131 1954-01-14 5 MR. MRS. Dudley Westgarth of Vaucluse, Sydney, announce the engagement of their younger daughter, Mollie Joan, to Mr. I. A. Sibiriakoff of SOCPIN Co., Ltd., Kuala Lumpur. SNOWDEN: To Sheila, wife of Jack a sister for Jane at the Youngberg Hospital on the 9th Jan. Both well. JONES: To131 words
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Article68 1954-01-14 5 THE Engagement Is announced between John, elder son of Mr. 6c M* H.C. Yarrow of Gerrards Cross Pucks and Patricia Ann, youn :e: daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Darby of Tapah Perak. THE Engagement is announced between Peter John, younger son of Mis. E.R. Rothermel and the68 words
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Article115 1954-01-14 5 SINGAPORE, Jan. 13. fpHE ban by the Malayan A censor, Mrs. C. Koek, on the Grahame Greene film “The Heart of the Matter” has been lifted with one cut. Mr. T. P. F. McNeice, chairman of the Singapore Censorship Appeal Board, told the Straits115 words
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Article453 1954-01-14 5 Sir Uda the students RAJA Sir Uda, the Commissioner for Malaya in London, must have had his tongue in his cheek when, at the annual dinner of the Malaya Society of Britain, he described the speech which the Under-Secretary of State for the colonies, Earl Munster, had just made as453 words
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Obituary84 1954-01-14 5 DEATHS KELMAN: On December 31, 1953 at the Lindo Wing, St. Mary’s Hospital, London. Albert James Kelman. M.I.M.M. aged 67, of Little Courtlands, Esher, Surrey, late of New Zealand and Malaya, beloved husband of Elizabeth Kelman. ZILWA. At Bungsar Hospital on 8.1.54 Pat Zllwa. Funeral at Cheras Road Cemetery today,84 words
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Article554 1954-01-14 6 CYNICUS - CYNICUS. SINGAPORE. Jan 9 VO-ONE likes rensorship in any form, but paradoxically where there is the most censorship there is also the least complaint about it. for obvious enough reasons. “The Heart of the Matter 1 1 laney, the first sizeable him row since the Jack554 words
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Article85 1954-01-14 6 wwr S^ GAPORE Jan. 12 EC 1 EL) in Singapore on J} er maiden voyage in March is the N.Y.Ks latest cargo liner, the 7.630 ton Aki Maru. An 13-knot ship, the Aki Maru was launched at Nagaa o nP October 26 last85 words
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Article1003 1954-01-14 6 STANLEY STREET - STANLEY STREET Psychical research 1MIERE are several learned societies in Malaya but the one that, above all others, I 1 should like to join is so tar 1 absent. I mean a Malayan society ot psychical research. Here is this tale of the hantu. a1,003 words
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Article18 1954-01-14 6 The Efficiency Decoration has been awarded to Capt. Ong Tiang Wee of the Singapore Volunteer Corps.18 words
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Article17 1954-01-14 6 The $3O million 4% per cent. 1953 Singapore City Council loan ts now oversubscribed.17 words
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47 1954-01-14 7 .—Straits Times picture..—Straits Times picture. - 47 words
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Article680 1954-01-14 7 TUAN DJEK - TUAN DJEK. 0 N Christmas Day there was a gathering at the Club which the Tuan had been invited to attend. Unfortunately the man who was to have picked him up forgot his promise, and so the Tuan, all dressed-up. had to stay at home. A friend had680 words
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Article101 1954-01-14 7 From the Straits Times of Junuary 9. 1904. The commanding position which Russia has grasped along the frontiers of China. India and Persia seems to leave no doubt as to her intentions, writes the influential American magazine Cosmopolitan. We are to have one great final war whichFrom the Straits Times of Junuary 9. 1904. - 101 words
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Article828 1954-01-14 7 STANLEY STREET - STANLEY STREET. fpHERE is much talk these days about juries for Malaya and it is no function of this notebook to say if these would be a good thing or a bad. Few senior counsel do not look lovingly back to the old heydays of the British828 words
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Article, Illustration16 1954-01-14 7 This week’ s Malayan nature study comes from Kwok Siew Wong of 6 MacCallum Street, Penang.16 words
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206 1954-01-14 8 PENANG, Jan. 6. AN ex-Malayan will return from Britain on Friday to plan a fish marketing and distribution project in Kelantan. The scheme is financed by the Colonial Development and Welfare Fund Mr N. G. Ferguson, former State Engineer in206 words
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252 1954-01-14 8 SINGAPORE, Jan. 7. SINGAPORE Chinese schools urgently need the increased aid to which the Education Department has agreed, Mr. Lee Kong Chian, a Chinese leader, said yesterday. H<* said that last July, the Director of Education. Mr. R. M. Young, agreed that Chinese school252 words
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142 1954-01-14 8 SINGAPORE, Jan. 7. ANEW six-storey school to accommodate about 3,200 Chinese students is to be built on the site of the Chong Hock Girls’ School in Teluk Ayer Street, Singapore. Th« new building will take in students from Chong Hock Girls’ School and Ai142 words
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225 1954-01-14 8 KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 8. Corporal George Baker of the Royal West Kents had just come back from a patrol in the Sabai district of Bent0,ig, Pahang, when the message that beffan the fastest 24 hours of his life came through. A “most immediate” War225 words
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69 1954-01-14 8 IPOH, Jan. 6.—Miss Esme Moreira, eldest daughter of Dr. and vtrs A W b Moreira of Ipoh has joined the Franciscan Missionaries of the Divine Motherhood. It is a religious order of the Roman Catholic Church, engaged in medical welfare work. Relatives and friends69 words
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197 1954-01-14 8 100,000 leaflets ask ONE terrorist Why not give up? KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 6. A SPECIAL leaflet campaign is being waged in the Ulu Langat area of Selangor in a bid to secure the surrender of a Chinese Muslim terrorist, Sarlip alias Seow Wong, it was announced today. One hundred thousand197 words
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Article106 1954-01-14 8 IPOH. Jan. 7. THE Kinta Electrical Distribution Company has designed an electric fence which includes an alarm system, for new village perimeter protection Three new villages in Perak viun have already been equipped. The K. E. D. who are in charge of lighting in the106 words
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Article56 1954-01-14 8 PENANG. Jan. 6.—A Christmas Ball organised by Miss Molly Mak and Miss Pearly Gan at the E and O Hotel realised $2,084.75 for the Federations Anti TB Fund. Donations received included $200 from Mr. Lee Inn Tong and $100 each from Mr Heah Joo56 words
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48 1954-01-14 8 THE AMERICAN Consul, Mr. Robert J. Jansen, conggratulates Selamat bin Abu Yamin after his marriage to Miss Sah Odah whose father, Kesot bin Dawan has been chief messenger at the United States Con sulate-General, Singapore, for 33 years. The wedding was at Lorong Limau, off Kim Keat Road.48 words
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Article252 1954-01-14 8 KUALA LUMPUR. Jan. 6. POLITICAL leaders in 1 Malaya reacted warmly today to the assurance by Lord Munster, Parliamentary Under-Secre-tary of State for the Colonies. of Britain’s Arm stand to eive selfrule to colonial territories despite “temporary set-backs.” They also welcomed his statement that the unification252 words
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Article57 1954-01-14 8 ..KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 6.—A White Paper on the Rice Production Committee’s recommendations is to be placed before the Legislative Council on January 20. Paper will report the net ion taken by the Government. Some of the recommendations, it is understood, have been referred back57 words
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Article, Illustration34 1954-01-14 9 SIT. picture MISS JOAN TUCKER, newly appointed domestic science teacher of St. Hilda’s School, Singapore, who arrived in Singapore on Jan. 6 by Qantas-BOAC Constellation from Adelaide. S.T. picture— SIT. picture - 34 words
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Article68 1954-01-14 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Jan. 8 A BRITISH firm. Brands Chicken Essence. has given $lO,OOO to Lady Templer’s TB Hospital Appeal Fund. The branches oi the Overseas Chinese Bank has given $5,000 and Mr G. Uttamram has given $l,OOO. Other donations include Sos from emplovees of68 words
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Article99 1954-01-14 9 THE GOVERNOR of Singapore Sir John Nicoll, has conveyed the Queen’s congratulations to the parents of the three Malay triplets. Sir John’s secretary, in a letter to the parents states: “The Governor has been informed that your wife gave birth to triplets in Singapore on99 words
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401 1954-01-14 9 Hand-over announced 2 2 years ago SINGAPORE, Jan. 7. THE prolonged delay In transferring the adminisA tratlon of the Cocos-Keeling Islands from Singapoer to the Australian Government has been caused by “technical difficulties,” the Colonial Under-Secre-tary, Mr. J. D. Higham, told the Straits Times401 words
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285 1954-01-14 9 SINGAPORE, Jan. 9 rERE is a lot more than Just clothes being packed into this bag. There are hopes, dreams and months of hard work also going along in it. The bag belongs to Neo Chwee Kok, Singapore’s crack swimmer, who285 words
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Article55 1954-01-14 9 PENANG, Jan. 6.—Mrs. Irene Row, a music student in London, flew 8,000 miles to Penang to attend her father’s funeral yesterday. Mr. G. N. S. Sabapathy, for- mer member of the Krian Town Board and other public bodies, died here on Tuesday, aged 67. He left55 words
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Article191 1954-01-14 9 STANDARDS ARE RENAMED KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 7 r£ re-naming of English school Standards will pave the way for national schools, an Education Department spokesman told the Straits Times today. In future, Standards from Primary one to Standard Four will be called Standard one to Standard191 words
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82 1954-01-14 9 SINGAPORE. Jan. 9 A SINGAPORE City Council committee has agreed in principle to extend Katong Park to nearly three times its present size. It has approved a proposal that the Council should buy 13*4 acres adjoining the 834acre park, and make it a seaside82 words
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Article47 1954-01-14 9 PENANG. Jan. 7.—An antenatal and infant welfare clinic and market are to be built at Kampong Bahru. “This is part of our fiveyear programme to expand ante-natal and infant welfare services.” Dr. Lim Khoon Huat, assistant municipal health officer, told the Straits Times.47 words
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211 1954-01-14 9 MALACCA, Wed. :jtHE church must A keep informed of political movements in Malaya and take part in them, the Rev. Abel Eklund of Seremban said here today. He declared that the church should consider itself an important part of this growmg Malaya211 words
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Article, Illustration68 1954-01-14 10 Above, their mother Mariam binte Abu Bakar, looks on proudly as friends and relatives gather round. Total weight of the triplets at birth was only 10 lbs but they are doing well now\tor said.—Straits Times picture - 68 words
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Article97 1954-01-14 10 KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 6. NO CHANGES in the holders oi member portfolios In the Federation Government are expected in the near future. L is understood that a year’s extension has been slven to those unofficial who hold member portfolios and whose services would have ended97 words
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Article45 1954-01-14 10 Mr B E. F Gage. British Consul-General in Chicago, has been appointed to succeed Sir Geoffrey Wallinger as Ambassador at Bangkok Mr. Gage served in Peking from 1935 to 1938 and was again in China from 1941 to 1944.45 words
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274 1954-01-14 10 SINGAPORE. Jan. 7. <THE two sisters of 18-year-old apprentice Jockey Mohamed Padek, killed in a racing accident at Bukit Timah last year will benefit from his 524.000 estate it was learnt yesterday. Padek died in Singapore I General Hospital on February I 28 after274 words
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Article40 1954-01-14 10 IPOH. Jan 6 Mr. Justice Buhagair lormerly oi Penang and Johore has a. k tuned duties as judge in ihc Supreme Court Ipoh. He takes the place ot Mr. Justice Pretheroe who left early in December on leave.40 words
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Article91 1954-01-14 10 SINGAPORE. Jan. 9 Mr. C. F. Smith has been reappointed chairman of the Malayan Rubber Export Registration Board. Mr. I. G. Salmond, Mr. F. L. Waterhouse. Mr. Tan Puay Hec Mr. C. F. Fell, Mr. H. A. Campbell. Mr. W. Anderson, Mr. Lim Chong Chee and Tuan91 words
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133 1954-01-14 10 SINGAPORE, Jan. 9. QUEEN S Scholarships for 1954 have been awarded to two former students of the Anglo-Chinese School, Singapore. Dr. Tow Siang Hwa and Mr. Lee Yong Leng. Dr. Tow will prepare for membership of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists at133 words
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326 1954-01-14 10 MALACCA, Jan. 7. ANOTHER section of Malacca —the third was declared “white" today. And Mr. G. E. C. Wisdom, the Resident Commissioner. told the people of Lubok China village (pop. 3,200) in a message: ‘This freedom has been earned by yourselves through co-operation with326 words
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335 1954-01-14 10 Reuter. ALDERSHOT. Jan 8 young Malayan offle'r cadets did their best not to shiver as they stood stitlly to attention on an officers passing-out parade here today. They were taking part in a ceremony which marked the endReuter. - 335 words
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Article, Illustration274 1954-01-14 11 SINGAPORE, Jan. 9 THIS WAS no ordi- nary concert. The performers all lay on little frame beds. They sang, moved their hands and wiggled their bare toes. All were patients at St. Andrews Orthopaedic Hospital for Children, Siglap, Singapore. The girls,—Straits Times 010- turcs. - 274 words
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Article154 1954-01-14 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 7 The author and publishers of “Jungle Green", bestseller on the Malayan antiterrorist war, have agreed to delete in reprints of the book 16 epithets considered offensive to the Chinese, a spokesman of the Malayan Chinese Association said today. The M.C.A. wrote to154 words
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Article72 1954-01-14 11 SINGAPORE, Jan. 7. Miss Rita Fenouinet, a former matron of the General Hospital in Singapore, died in London on Monday. She left the Colony on retirement in March 1939. Miss Fenoulhet had been in the Malayan Nursing Service for 16 years. She came out in72 words
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Article244 1954-01-14 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 6. A PLATOON of Gur- khas patiently waited 90 minutes yester-day-then killed three Communist terrorists in the Segamat area of north Johore. The tenth platoon of ‘D’ Company, 2/6 Gurkhas, commanded by Sgt. Kama Bahadur, were on patrol when they came across tracks.244 words
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Article31 1954-01-14 11 IPOH. Jan. 7. A former president of the Malayan Railway Institute, in Ipoh. Mr M. G. Foley has assumed duties as senior assistant traffic superintendent. Malayan Railway. Ipoh.31 words
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178 1954-01-14 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 3 The Pahang GovernJ ment has set aside a two-and-a-quarter mile long coastal strip just north of Pekan as a sanctuary for the preservation of green pigeons. The area is bound on one side by the sea and178 words
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75 1954-01-14 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 6. The Federation Government l* considering the question of setting up a university in Kuala Lumpur, Sir Sidney Caine, vice-chancellor of the University of Malaya, told the Straits Times today. Sir Sidney was attending a meeting of the Malayan University75 words
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379 1954-01-14 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 6. THOUSANDS of acres of rubber in the “hackblocks” of Sumatra, planted at the time of the Stevenson restriction scheme in 1926, have never been tapped. This report of the production potential of part of Indonesia was brought back to Malaya by379 words
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Article68 1954-01-14 12 IPO. Jan. 6.—About 1.400 Indian books on classics, poetry history and general fiction have been purchased by the Perak Library to form the Indian section which will be officially opened at tea-party Most of the books were on Thursday Jan. 14 at 5 p.m. bought from68 words
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Article, Illustration52 1954-01-14 12 L1EI f. GENERAL Sir Hugh Stockwell, GOC. Malaya, speaking at the Town Hail, Kuala Lumpur, on Jan. 5 on the Army in Malaya. The talk was the first in a series of lectures on different aspects of Malayan life, organised by the52 words
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239 1954-01-14 12 Agreement on railway plans KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 6. THE international express between Siam and W'llsiva mav one day extend to Singapore, Gen. 1. R. Seriroengrithi, General Manager of the Siam State Railway, said here today. Gen. Seriroengrithi arrived here today from Penane tor a239 words
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Article, Illustration41 1954-01-14 12 J U l a l ID ENCE Miss Dor °thy Newton (left) and Che Amdah binte Mohamed Syed hear Sir Hugh explain mat the number of terrorist incidents had dropped during the last 12 months.41 words
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Article102 1954-01-14 12 si™*;,;:::;:”" nJattS, StR chancf!' Se This as one of two recom- i SSSW?** adopted by the o.th Malaya annual conference of the Methodist Church at Malacca. T* 1 other recommendation a s that the church strongly oppose the pending legislation to legalise bookies. Morals committee The102 words
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Article125 1954-01-14 12 r.v.i, SINGAPORE. Jan. a I r, latin K to the exhibition of films m Sin«apnre, passed i n July last year, comes into force today. I he Cinematouraph Films o .n;.nc, 1953 abolish..., com? n m..l rcprcscntaii.," on the Appeal Committee it empowers the125 words
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140 1954-01-14 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 6. THE acting Commissioner of Police. Mr. J N. M. A Nicholl. has asked the Chief Police Officer. Selangor. M: R Catling, for a full report on the alleged manhandling of Mr. Chiu Nang Hong, proprietor of a store in Batu140 words
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74 1954-01-14 12 $300 job for an ex-P. C. as mace-bearer SINGAPORE. Jan. 8 The Singapore city council may have a steward who will also be mace bearer for the future mayor and toastmaster at City Hall functions. When such a post is created, it is proposed that it should be filled by74 words
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Article36 1954-01-14 12 Singapore’s Social Welfare Department last month receivnew applications for public assistance, eight more than in November. It paid $253,148 to 8.758 cases, of which $71,710 went to 3.166 cases for sick allowances.36 words
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Article19 1954-01-14 12 SEGAMAT. Jan. 6.—Dr. Keshmehinder Singh, Medical officer at Segamat, has resigned to join Government service In Singapore.19 words
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Article112 1954-01-14 13 KIT ALA LUMPUR. Jan. 6. A COASTAL site has been chosen for Mai* aya’s first Outward Bound School. Negotiations for the buying of the property have not yet been finally settled, but an announcement by the committee set up to establish the school is112 words
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Article84 1954-01-14 13 KUALA LUMPUR. Jan. 7. /CUSTOMS and excise V revenue in the Federation last year dropped by nearly $88,000,000 compared with 1952. “The fall in the price of rubber and tin is the cause,” said an official today. Detailed excise figures too when published will show84 words
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Article99 1954-01-14 13 SINGAPORE, Jan. 11. THE Singapore Improvement Trust should not receive preferential treatment over other builders, the City Council’s public utilities committee claimed. It said that trust tenants already enjoy certain privileges. The council should not give the Trust an indirect subsidy by carrying out99 words
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Article360 1954-01-14 13 SINGAPORE, Jan. 9. <THE Governor of Singapore, Sir John Nicoll, A has approved the appointment of 10 local men to posts in the Government higher services, part 11. Four appointments are to the administrative service. Out of the 10 men appointed, eight possess university360 words
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Article27 1954-01-14 13 IPOH. Jan. 7. Mr. T R. Hepworth returned from leave at the week-end. He w’ill take up duties as Legal Adviser and Federal Counsel. Perak.27 words
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Article24 1954-01-14 13 TAIPING, Jan. 6.—Students of the Hua Llari High School here, will begin their school term on Monday in the new $200,000 building.24 words
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224 1954-01-14 13 SINGAPORE, Jan. 9. MORE THAN 300 men, who lost their jobs in 1 the strike at the Singapore Straits Trading* Company's smelting works at Pulau Brani, have been replaced. The majority of the new workers were recruited from the Tanjong Pagar Area. And the224 words
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Article314 1954-01-14 13 The story of two weird creatures in Johore INTO the international argument about the Perak apemen and their vronan companion yesterday came a veteran Malayan, Henry W. Cowling, who says that he and an Army officer saw a very hairy, apelike couple walking along the Muar-Batu Anam Road. The314 words
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128 1954-01-14 13 SINGAPORE, Jan. 11. FLOWERS and trees will provide colour between Bukit Timah and Dunearn Roads when the Singapore City Council carries out a $70,000 scheme to improve the area scenery. The council wants to improve the strip from Newton Circus to city limits,128 words
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Article196 1954-01-14 13 JOHORE BAHRU. Jan. 8. THE Federation had received with both hands Brunei's loan of $40,000,000. Dato Seth bin Mohamed Said. Johore’s State Secretary, said last night. He was speaking at a buffet dinner at the Royal Johore International Club to welcome seven members of the196 words
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Article64 1954-01-14 13 rank of Major General. —Reuter. LONDON. Jan. 9.—Tile War Oflice yesterday announced the appointment of Colonel (temporary Brigadier) E. S. Lindsay DSO, lately a student at the Imperial Defence College, to be Chief of Staff to General Sir Gerald Templer, High Commissioner in Malaya, withrank of Major General. —Reuter. - 64 words
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Article, Illustration55 1954-01-14 13 MEN OF THE Malayan Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve celebrated their annual sports day with a nasi beryani feed and a modern joget dance at Telok Ayer Basin on Jan. 9 Seen above enjoying themselves are Acting Yeoman of Signals, Syed Abel bin Shaik, andStraits Times picture. - 55 words
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127 1954-01-14 14 KUALA LUMPUR. Jan. 7 A PETITION is to be sent to the Sultan of Selangor by friends of W. F. Nattrass, 28. a mining engineer sentenced to six months’ gaol for drunken driving, asking that his case be reviewed. Nattra.ss was sentenced127 words
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160 1954-01-14 14 A SINGAPORE. Jan. 8 NEW scheme designed to cut red tape in reporting the death or serious illness of Singapore Government overseas officers to their next-of-kin- abroad has been introduced by the Colonial I Secretary, Mr W. A C Goode. Hitherto all160 words
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Article27 1954-01-14 14 •SEGAMAT, Jan. 6 Dr R p IH (istji, Mr, K Ponniah and Mr. Chan Kee Kong have been nominated to the Sogamat Town Council.27 words
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Article350 1954-01-14 14 SEGAMAT, Jan. 7. p\Y disputes were no excuse for corruption, the High Commissioner, General Sir Gerald Templer, told Government servants today. What they should do was to get their unions to make such “hell” for the Government that they got what they wanted. That350 words
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82 1954-01-14 14 PENANG. Jan. 8.—The Federation Government will be represented at two trade conferences in two different countries this month. Talks will be held at Jakarta next week-end. when Mr. A. H Stoneham, Penang Econo- mlc Affairs Officer will meet Indonesian authorities to discuss trade.82 words
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Article, Illustration38 1954-01-14 14 The wedding of Mr. Edgar De R ozario and Miss Mavis Pereira took place at St. Joseph’s Chu rt h. Singapore, on Jan. f) The bride is the da ughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ambrose Pereira.38 words
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284 1954-01-14 14 KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 8. ■yjALAYAN customs officers are doing everything possible to break a smuggling ring which is bringing hundreds of tons of rice a day across the Siamese border. Government officials believe that more then 1.000 tons of high grade Siamese rice is284 words
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Article170 1954-01-14 14 IPOH, Jan. 10. IT WAS indeed a proud day for the parishioners of St. Michael’s Church today. They crowed the 64-year-old church this morning for the ordination—the first ever to be hold in Ipoh—of their fellow parishioner, the Rev. Father John Yap. But the170 words
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Article25 1954-01-14 14 IPOH. Jan 7. Mr. E. V. Collins, inspector of mines, stationed in Batu Gajah, will go to Britain o n leave this month.25 words
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Article220 1954-01-14 14 SINGAPORE. Jan. 10 HIS EXCELLENCY,“ a film about a British Governor with Socialist ideas, which Jack Evans, former Malayan Film Censor, refused to pass in 1952 because he was “not happy about it”, Ls to be resubmitted to the present censor, Mrs. Cynthia220 words
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Article131 1954-01-14 14 mill SINGAPORE. Jan. 8 TUl’' uniformed branch of Singapore Police Force and the detective branch are l)k« ly to remain .separate entities lor a long time It is not possible at present to make every member of the uniformed rank and file, n oetective131 words
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Article61 1954-01-14 14 ALOR STAR. Jan 8 Kedah’s State Surgeon. Dr. \l. B. Osman, last night criticised lat e-comers who had accepted invitations to a nurses' graduation ceremony but did not turn up in time lor the function. “They are no gentlemen.” ne said. Mrs. Osman presented badges61 words
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Article65 1954-01-14 14 SINGAPORE, Jan. 11. An £quiry is oeing neld by tile Singapore Government into the legal questions raised by Mr R. c. Hoffman, chairman of the Rent Conciliation Board, on the constitution of the Board, a Government spokesman said yesterday. r*lier e is no inquiry into why65 words
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148 1954-01-14 15 SINGAPORE, Jan. 7. SINGAPORE Rotary Club will soon set up a students* loan fund to help deserving young men and women obtain or complete their education at the University of Malaya. Rotarians have adopted the scheme in principle and will discuss148 words
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Article70 1954-01-14 15 KUALA LUMPUR. Jan. 7 Dato Sir Onn bin Ja’afar, Member for Home Affairs, today flew in a helicopter to Pahang jungles to see aborigines. He took off from here with Mr. R. o. D. Noone, Federation's adviser on aborigines, in the morning and returned in70 words
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Article, Illustration113 1954-01-14 15 SINGAPORE. Jan. 12 Dt/BK became a planter's aaugtiler a few months after she was born. She was adopted by Mr. Frederic ("Soldier") Densham, manager of the Sungei Kahang Estate near Kluang, Johore. Then she grew un and met Mr. Nigel Sanderson manager ofStraits Times picture. - 113 words
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285 1954-01-14 15 Ex-skyman doused a sergeant —6 months A SQUARE PEG, SAYS OFFICER SINGAPORE, Jan. 8 FORMER jungle parachutist, who created a disturbance in Raffles Hotel and later threw a bucket of water over a sergeant guard commander, was yesterday sentenced by a Singapore military court to six month’s detention and ordered285 words
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90 1954-01-14 15 SINGAPORE, Jan. 11. Singapore City Council’s public utilities committee das agreed to invite again the American expert Mr. J. L. Savage to advise it on the building of an earth dam at Upper Peirce Reservoir. Mr. Savage came last year to advise the council90 words
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344 1954-01-14 15 ‘NO’ TO STRIKERS WHO ASK FOR THEIR JOBS BACK Too late now —Pulau Brani boss SINGAPORE, Jan. 12. COME of the strikers at the Straits Trading Com- pany’s smelting works at Pulau Brani have returned to work and many more are seeking their jobs back, the Straits Times was told344 words
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Article16 1954-01-14 15 The Singapore Government has recognised Mr. Fujio Hara as vice-consul of Japan in Singapore.16 words
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185 1954-01-14 15 HALL ROMNEY - From HALL ROMNEY LONDON, Jan. 11. IIIITNESSES at an inquest at Hamble, near Southampton, described how a Singapore student, Jimmy Koh Yew Ghee, 20, was taken ill during a Christmas Day party at the Air Service training establishment185 words
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Article16 1954-01-14 15 KOTA TINGGI, Sun.—A post office has been set up in Ulu Tiram village.16 words
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98 1954-01-14 15 SINGAPORE, Jan. 12 FLT. M. SHORT, R.A.F., formerly aide to Air Marshal Sir Clifford Sanderson. C-in-C Far East Air Force, was killed on the Bukit Timah Road, Singapore, early yesterday when an R.A.F. vehicle which he was driving crashed into a lamppost. The funeral98 words
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153 1954-01-14 15 SINGAPORE, Jan. 12 MR. LESLIE GAMAGE, the vice-chairman and joint managing director of the Genera] Electric Co. will arrive in Singapore on Tuesday on a visit to Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh, Penang and Hong Kong. Mr. Gamage who was educated at Marlborough and Oxford153 words
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Article26 1954-01-14 15 The assessment rate on rubber estates under 100 acres in Singapore rural area will be at 3.2 cents for each tappable tree.26 words
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Article25 1954-01-14 15 Mr. Loke Weng Chee. Council Reporter, Singapore, will act as Clerk of the Legislative Council while Mr L. W Donough is on leave.25 words
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Article247 1954-01-14 16 Through hole in glass case SINGAPORE. Jan. 10. rrilE THIEF who Mole the A 1.500-year-old roIU lion from Rattles Museum on Friday broke only a small hole in the glass ease in which it Jay and probably extracted it with a gummy stick. This247 words
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279 1954-01-14 16 PENANG, Jan. 11. /MKM.Ml'NIST terrorists in Penang and Province Welleslev are struggling desperately to survive. “Now is tlie time to hit them hard,” the Resident Commissioner, Mr. K. P. Bingham, said today. He279 words
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Article24 1954-01-14 16 The Rev Abel Eklund, pastor oi the Wesley Church at Seremban Is retiring. He first came to Malaya In 1909. m inquiry24 words
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Article28 1954-01-14 16 Mr. P. F. Howitt. acting Deputy Director of Education. Singapore, has been appointed a member of the nursing board in place of Mr. R. E. Ince28 words
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Article, Illustration208 1954-01-14 16 SINGAPORE. Jan. 12 BEWIGGED High Court Judges yesterday took part in two ceremonies marking the opening of Singapore's first Assizes in 1954. There was as much contrast in the ceremonies as in the scarlet and black robes which the judges wore At208 words
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Article, Illustration62 1954-01-14 16 OPENING of the first Singapore Assizes of 1954 was marked by special ceremonies on Jan. 11. In the picture above. Mr Justice Brown is seen inspecting a guard of Gurkha police Behind him are tne puisne judges. Below Mr. Justice Brown is seen entering St Andrew'sStraits Time's pictures, - 62 words
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Article, Illustration74 1954-01-14 16 1 v\0 BritLsh Red Cross nurses > Mis F. Bred (left) and Miss Winifred B Burgess, IHt london on Jan. 4 f„ r aya to work in the new ,V i attath,d <o a mobile dispensary. IlTu motor v ®hicles cannot he used they will—Reuter picture. - 74 words
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Article236 1954-01-14 16 KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 9. fpHE Communist terrorists have two alternatives facing them—to surrender and start life anew, or eventually to die in the jungle. This is the aim of the “secret plan” designed by General Sir Templer, and this plan will be a236 words
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100 1954-01-14 16 TANJONG MALIM, Jan. 8.The Tanjong Maliir* people's petition to the High Commissioner last month to retain Mr t D. S. Dutton as Assistant State Home Guam Officer and District Resettlement Officer has been rejected due to the "exigencies of the service.” The petitioners100 words
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Article305 1954-01-14 17 SINGAPORE. Jan. 13. A COMBINED PATHOL from “A” Company of the 1/10 Gurkhas and two Special Constables at Ulu Remis Estate yesterday routed a gang of nine uniformed terrorists, killing five in a running gun battle on the outskirts of the estate near Layalig Layang in Johore.305 words
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330 1954-01-14 17 FELIX ABISHEGANADEN - By FELIX ABISHEGANADEN c SINGAPORE, Jan. 13. j’Hfc, Singapore (.overnment proposes to stop non-pensionable expatriation allowances to expatriate officers from June 16, 1953—by gradual stages. J rom that date the allowances will be cut bv the amount ot increment earned each year until330 words
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Article63 1954-01-14 17 SINGAPORE. Jan. 9 THE Singapore City council is legally still the highway authority, although it was decided three months ago to hand control over to the Government. The council has told the Government of its recommendation that the traffic law should be suitably amended. It has63 words
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62 1954-01-14 17 Mr. Rea was visiting Belfast after an absence of 25 years. He62 words
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Article143 1954-01-14 17 SINGAPORE. Jan. 12 THE Singapore Traction Company is considering using automatic ticket issuing machines to replace the present system. "We are satisfied with the present system, but we shall go into the matter of automatic machines”, Sir Thomas Strangman. Q.C., chairman of the STC,143 words
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Article143 1954-01-14 17 SINGAPORE. Jan. 13. Governor of Singapore, Sir John Nicoll. has commended an appeal for funds to build a $lOO,OOO boarding house for St. Andrew’s School. In a message to the school. Sir John says: “Knowing of the fine training that has been given to our143 words
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Article174 1954-01-14 17 SINGAPORE. Jan. 9 PRESIDENT of the City Council, Mr. T.P.F. McNeice, has been appointed by the Governor to be chairman of the Singapore Films Appeal Committee. The 17 members have oeen nominated by various public bodies for three-year terms Their appointments, which became effective yesterday,174 words
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Article262 1954-01-14 17 KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 7. THE Federation Public Works Department is experimenting widely with both rubber latex and powder in road surfacing. Mr. K. Nankivell, Public Works director, revealing: this today, added that special laboratory equipment has been ordered for research. The department Js in favour262 words
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Article105 1954-01-14 17 SINGAPORE. Jan. 12 Only 30 Malayans have booked passage in the 24,125 ton liner Chusan, first P and O passenger ship i? call at Japanese ports since the end of the war. The reason is it is winter in Japan now. Heavy bookings for the105 words
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Advertisement38 1954-01-14 17 STRAITS BUDGET The weekly issues of the Straits Budget can be sent by express air delivery service to the United Kingdom only at an inclusive rate of $24.00 for six months. (ALL THE ABOVE ARE IN MALAYAN CURRENCY.)38 words
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596 1954-01-14 18 SINGAPORE, Jan 13. AN IntiTiKitioiKil Hunk mission will arrive in Sin#iporc 11 1 is month lor ;i ‘Umonth studv of Miikiya’s economic position. The 13 experts from various countries will make a general survey of Malaya’s economic potentialities and submit recommendations for development596 words
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Article84 1954-01-14 18 SINGAPORE. Jan. 9 The death occurred at St. Mary’s Hospital, London, on December 31 of Mr. Albert James Kelman, a leading member of the Malayan tin Industry. Mr. Kelman was a director of Malayan Collieries Ltd. when he lived in Malaya. He joined the boards of84 words
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Article23 1954-01-14 18 Singapore’s Director of Commerce and Industry, Mr. T. M Hart, has been appointed a nominated official member of the Legislative Council23 words
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Article17 1954-01-14 18 Mr. William H. Murphy has been appointed an Assistant Comptroller of Income Tax in Singapore.17 words
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Article, Illustration29 1954-01-14 18 MARRIED at St. Mary’s Church. Kuala Lumpur, on Saturday afternoon, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. B. Annesley. The bride was formerly Miss Angela Gorringe.29 words
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190 1954-01-14 18 SINGAPORE, Jan. 13. A MALAYAN engineering student. S. Radhakrishnan, 19. whose parents live in Batu Pahat. Johore. has been accidently killed in a locomotive shed in New Zealand. He was crushed by a crane at the Hillside workshops in Dunedin.190 words
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61 1954-01-14 18 'JfilK former headmistress of the Pudu English School in Kuala Lumpur, Miss Joseph-I ine loss, has returned from England to settle down in Malaya. Miss Foss, who tried living in England after her retirement, found she could not sta> away from Malaya.61 words
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Article113 1954-01-14 18 SINGAPORE. Jan. 8 PRIVATE John Douglas Barker. of the Royal West Kent Regiment, who was sentenced to six months’ detention and ordered to be discharged with ignominy from the Army at a Singapore court martial in December for talking back to a Military Policeman, has had113 words
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Article50 1954-01-14 18 International regulations for preventing collisions at j sea. including those involving I seaplanes on the water are n( |w* in force in Singapore The regulations were ‘acI copted by the British Governfrn^ 1 T to b< pUt lnto offect irom January l this year.50 words
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Article486 1954-01-14 18 KUALA LUMPUR. Jan. 8 A VOTE is being held ninong Malayan tin mines to decide whether the industry is in favour of the Geneva International Tin Res triction Agreement. One vote will be given for every picul of tin produced in 1953, says a statement486 words
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390 1954-01-14 19 EPSOM JEEP - By EPSOM JEEP SINGAPORE, Jan. 12.' pACING In Malaya continued to be a multi-million 1V dollar “industry" in 1953 in spite of the gloomy outlook in the country’s economy. During the year racegoers betted almost $60 million on the totalisator and390 words
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195 1954-01-14 19 RUBE BILLET! RETIRES SINGAPORE, Jan. 12 LINK with the “good old days” of Malayan racing will be severed with the departure shortly of Mr. Ruoe Blllett, one of the best known of Malayan racing personalities. During his 40 years on the Malayan195 words
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Article22 1954-01-14 19 Mr. H. Bretherton, A.S.P., hag been appointed acting Deputy Superintendent of Police, Singapore, in place of Mr. J. E. Falrbalra.22 words
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Article, Illustration85 1954-01-14 19 An artist’s impression of the new $800,000 Hokkien Association school to be built on the site of the Chong Hock Girls’ School in Telok Ayer Street, Singapore The six-storey building will accommodate about 3,200 boy s and girls from the association's two schools in Telok Ayer Street—Chong Hock and At85 words
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145 1954-01-14 19 JOHORE, BAHRU, Jan. 12. APART from Emergency cases there was very little major crime in Johore last year, said Mr. Justice Storr opening the first Assizes .of the year This had enabled the court to hear more civil cases and avoid arrears of work,145 words
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Article98 1954-01-14 19 SINGAPORE, Jan. 13. SINCE the end of the Japanese occupation 120.000 composite claims have been registered with War Damage Comission in Singapore involving $1,500,000,000 But only $319,000,000 has so far been paid out in final awards to 106,910 claims Expenditure of the commission has98 words
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Article985 1954-01-14 19 JOHN MARKS - THE WEEK IN SPORT By JOHN MARKS SINGAPORE, Jan. 11. THE Federation of A Malaya won the first “home international” hockey fixture when they beat Singapore 4-0 at Kuala Lumpur in the first of a new annual series organised by the Malayan Hockey Council. The Federation985 words
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596 1954-01-14 20 SHARE MARKET I Bg Our Financial Correspondent SINGAPORE, Jan. 11. rnHE Singapore share market started the New Year 1 very quietly when operators showed little inclination to do business, hence the turnoverthroughout the week was small, but better than tne preceding week. Industrials were596 words
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Article63 1954-01-14 20 rpHE following dividends -1 were announced last week by companies operating in Malaya:— ALEXANDRA BRICKWORKS:— ords. first interim 7% per cent; prefs. interim 3% per cent, for year ending March next, payable January 26, books closed January 7: -SUNGEI BIDOR: 2s. 6d. Australian currency, making 5s t to63 words
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Article206 1954-01-14 20 THE following list of business done in the Singapore 1 share market from January 2 1 to January 8, inclusive, is reported by one firm of sharebrokers: industrials Consolidated Tin Smelters 23/6 23/9, Fraser and Neave Ordi. $1.97%, Gammon $2.95 to $2.87%, Hammer $2 90 and $2.87% Wo.206 words
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Article80 1954-01-14 20 SINGAPORE, Jan. 13. Singapore Chinese Prodace Exchange: Noon prices per picul were:— Copra: steady; January s4l*4 buyers; $41% sellers; February $41% buyers. $41% sellers: Coconut oil: steady. $66 buyers. Pepper: steady, up $5; Muntok white $330, Sarawak $325; Lampong black $3OO. Lewis and Peat: Closing prices were:—80 words
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308 1954-01-14 20 From Our Own Correspondent SYDNEY, Jan. 12. nR- F. c. BENHAM, Economic Adviser to t e Mr. Malcolm M,< Donald, made clear the extent of the dollar cm. tributions to the sterling area of Malaya and oth r colonial possessions in a308 words
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Article220 1954-01-14 20 Rubber Market! SINGAPORE, Jan. 9 AFTER getting off to a slo I start the rpbber marke: showed some real improveme: t on Thursday on London ana Continental buying. Low grades were in good demam but sellers of these are be coming more reserved. There is a220 words
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Article53 1954-01-14 20 Imports of rubber Into Malaya In December were 27.745 tons, compared with 19.857 tons in November, making 277,530 tons for 1953, compared with 338.856 tons In 1952 December figures 5.804 ton imported on provisional permits in November and excludes approximately 14,547 tons for which dnal .documents have not53 words
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Article50 1954-01-14 20 In the last quarter of 1953 tN* dredge of Selayang Tin Dredgit Ltd. worked for 1,797 hours and recovered 1,145 piculs of Ua*or° In December last year dredge.' oi lakuapa Valley Tin Dredging worked for 1,264 hours, covered 285, 0t'i cubic yards and produced 420 pint! of tin-ore.50 words
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Article34 1954-01-14 20 The following outputs for Deceit ber are reported by Outhrle at Co., Ltd. Rubber 7.094.400 pounds W *k*ack), 169.00$ pounds, palm o: 1.429 tons, palm kernels 417 tot and tin-ore 2.191 piculs.34 words
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Article19 1954-01-14 20 Rahman Hydraulic Tin piv duced 747 piculs of tin-ore i> December, compared with 57;. piculs in November.19 words
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Article853 1954-01-14 20 SINGAPORE, Jan. 13. INDUSTRIALS Bayers Sellers Alex Bricks, 2.10 2.20 od Ords 3.70 3 80 cd Atlas Ice 12 23 13 25 BB Petrol. 35/- 36/B M Trustee* 0.50 7.50 Cou. Tin Smelt. Pref 18/- i»/. Ords. 23/4 23/7 Eastern United 33 50 34 50 Fed. Dispensary853 words