The Straits Budget, 8 April 1954

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    36 1 The Straits Budget THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES MALAYA’S NATIONAL NEWSPAPEB New Series No. 400. **>.. 44: v *?J ,f /i5 t# h'j Thursday, April 8, 1954 v Price 40 cents (Malayan) Or 1 it—t,
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  • From THE STRAITS POSTBAG
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      They helped Govt. in time of need
      96 2  -  DISGRUNTLED Johore. ASSISTANT Resett Officers working f 0 Federation> Government the Emergency have been i treated in their sal allowances, etc. TMy have helped tl vemment to.resettle hi* of thousands of civ scattered throughout country at the risk oi lives r Resettlement Super
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      THE ‘LABYRINTHAL MAZE’ OF S’PORE TRAFFIC
      423 2  - THE LABYRINTHAL MAZE’ OF S’ PORE TRAFFIC GJVf. GLA8KIN. Singapore. I AM constrained to protest after several astonishing: experiences with the Singapore Traffic Police, against their latest lunacy to be enforced motjfost e already bewildered Not knowing the Traffic Police a official appellation for idiocy, I choose to call it
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      Funeral ‘Practices’
      150 2  - Funeral Practices’ ANN PARKINSON. Singapore. VC T v f* 9 1 WOULD like to support Mr. Ahmad bin Hassan’s plea lor consideration from the members of a funeral society in 1 iDfcJkylang area. We are afflicted with a similar society whose members meet above a coffee-shop on the BukR Timah
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      Setapak plea
      30 2  -  SANTA SINGH-GILL. vKuala Lumpur. I AGREE with Mr. T. A. L. vNEgmcannon. vice-president ft the Selangor PlAying Fields Association, on the urgent need, for more playing fields in
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      Silent union
      47 2  -  wvvu ui AlU U. "WHAT’S THE USE.” Singapore. T& E Singapore Teacher* Union must be a very selective body. Ten months ago. X; applied for membership. I have not yet had a word from the union, as to whether they have accepted me or hot.
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      ‘Mixed’ language of Malays
      124 2  -  J. HERBERT. nr. Job ore Bahru. f AGREE with your correspondent who said the Malays habitually use “la” when speaking English. TTie reason is that in the Malay language, the “lah” sometimes is used with certain words such as “jangan-lah marah.” OWl ex 4 P ert
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      A FEW QUESTIONS FOR THE J.P.s
      188 2  -  V DAN Singapore. rtO our )ocal Justices of the Peace perform any public I u duties except witness the signatures of friends and acquaintances? Can they charge what they like for such witnessing or did the Government ever oravi up a scale of fees?
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      ‘Govt. should help the ex-conscript’
      62 2  - Govt. should help the ex-conscript EX-S.N. CPL. Kuala Lumpur. n JWWM should be some pri- vileges for the ex-National Servicemen who have serv.ed the country when It was In need. They deserve to be helped by the Government. If an ex-Natlona} 8erviceman and another civilian apply for a Government job,
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      ‘Change lift etiquette’
      56 2  - Change lift etiquette SARDINE Singapore. llflTH the Increase in 5 V scrapers in Sin the time has come to r vi>e elevator etiquette. T allow ladies to th latter are then tijjpjfca testS Any woman wno has her Way from the re* through a phalanx of but corpulent tuans becom
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      ‘Divert bus’ call
      48 2  - ‘Divert bus call RESIDENT. Singapore, T* Would be a great boon to residents and school children of Dunman Road, Haig Road, Koon Seng Road and surrounding areas, if the present STC bus services to Katong and Telok Kurau are diverted through these roads during office and school hours.
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      Rawang plea for school
      90 2  -  "FRUSTRATED PARENT Rawang. RAWANG is now the my important industrial cen in Ulu Selangor, and its citiz feel that education town is being neglected. Tn is not even a Government 1 Government-aided school For twenty years, the inh bitants had hoped that a eminent school would
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • Miscellaneous
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      58 2 igiwunwn, T,T "M 1 1 JQT IF? 3t' -:V^ ?I V,T7 wi* Swfv PHK K*‘;l! ff ~MTx ,W< E- a- s j; ■W>> 83* TEACHERS PRODUCED $8 HH K WHILE you r': WAIT cA i' ■> X sO c C ■>:' m. m m% mo* News item. »<> DRIVE FOR
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  • The Straits Budget
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      Sharing The Business
      767 3 —-Straits Times. April 1. alay participation in the *>Iic transport system is a which has exercised munity leaders and the ration Government on and or several years. No practicproposals, however, have emerged, although there t one time a strong hope the Communities Liaison mmittee would evolve a
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      Penang’s Ferries
      273 3 Penang’ s Ferries —Straits Times. April 1. Complaints of the PenangButterworth ferry service, it seems, have been exaggerated. No vehicles have ever had to wait longer than three and a quarter hours. For most people that would seem quite enough, and the Member for Transport fortunately thinks so too. The
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      Bring Down The Price
      791 3 —Straits Times, April 2 When the Connaught Bridge power station was opened a year ago the Central Electricity j Board promised that after some experience had been gained of the new plant, the question of a reduction in rates would be considered. That is the last
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      Hush, Hush On Rice
      618 3 Straits Times, Apr. 3. Attempts in the Federal Legislative Council to get at the facts about the rice trade and Government policy on the Rice Production Committee’s report were not conspicuously successful. Apparently the Government finds itself in a dilemma on some aspects of the committee’s
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      False Information
      201 4 Straits Times. Apr. 3. The instruction that no prosecution for giving wrongful information to the Security Forces can be begun without the consent of the Attorney General ends the anxiety aroused by the case of the Johore kepala. It is true that this man was acquitted. But the
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      The Colonial Task
      764 4 Straits Times. 5. A short debate in Parliament on the responsibilities of the Colonial and Commonwealth Relations Ofliccs has brought to the front a subject which in recent weeks has attracted the i attention of younger members) of the Conservative Party and Labour. It lias also had
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      Whitehall and the Governor
      446 4 —Straits Times, 5. After a week with departmental heads at the Colonial Office, Singapore’s Governor has had his first Rendel talks with the Secretary of State. Officials in London know of no obstacles in the way of the constitutional proposals going through, but the decision rests,
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      Borneo’s Rubber Problems
      503 4 —Straits Times, Apr. 6. Borneo’s 17,000 tons of rubber a year is not a large factor in world supplies, but it is an important item in the colony’s economy. Estates and smallholders face, like Malayan rubber producers, the problem of replanting, and only now has a J
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    MYSTERY SHARES DEAL IS SOLVED
    185 4 SINGAPORE, Apr THE mystery regain. A the control 0 f Singapore rubber kerage firm of star* 1 Nelson and Co., Ltd solved yesterday The legal firm of Diew m Napier announced that board of Stanton Neb. n Co. Ltd. would be ioimv Mr. B.M. Purser,
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    Big 5-year renewal of cables plan
    130 4 SINGAPORE. Apr. 7 CABLE and Wireless Lr: plan to Spend nt $14,000,000 in the next “.ve years on renewing 2.700 ir > of cable* in the Far East This was stated in a report by the chairman. Major-Gt ral L.B. Nicholls. on occasion of
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    He urges trade rights for Malays
    63 4 He urge s trade righ ts for Malays IPOH. Ap r THE PERAK State Cuum-u to discuss a resolution Wednesday which a,n1> giving Malays a greater in the economic ide oi state. Inche Mohammed Sham.-uo bin Haji Hanizah notice of a proposa nr that, at least one-third permits and licences
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    BEST PLACE TO SEE THE QUEEN
    1325 5 f oeos Islands, Apr. 5. C OCOS ISLANDS, Mon. THE best place to see the Queen, it seems, ls in a tropic island village. That’s how we saw *\cr today during her visit to this tiny kingdom of crabs and coconuts behind the coral
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  • PERSONAL
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      BIRTHS
      237 5 I.OW: To Mollie. wife of R. E Low, on 29th March, at Kandang Kerbau, a daughter. YOUNG: On 30 March, to Gordon and Frances, at Singapore Nursing Home, a boy, both well and happy. MATHESON: At the Bungsar Hospital, Kuala Lumpur, on 27th March, to Georgina and Finlay Matheson,
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      ENGAGEMENTS
      139 5 HALI.-EDWARDS. The engagement in Singapore is announced between John p Hall, younger son i °f the late Mr and Mrs. E B. Hall oj Paisley. Scotland and Elsie A Edwards, only daughter of Mrs. J. P. Deakin and the late Mr. E. Deakin of Sydney, Australia YOONG-KHOO. The engagement
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      FORTHCOMING MARRIAGE
      64 5 MR. I K. MEEK AND MISS E. L. CORNELL. The engagement is announced between Ian Kingsley Meek, of Penang, younger son of Dr. and Mrs. C. K Meek, of Frewin Cottage. Frewin Court. Oxford, and Elizabeth Laura, daughter of Mr. R. W Cornell and the late Mrs. Cornell,
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      MARRIAGE
      33 5 MORTIMER—KJONG—Marriage took place between Eric, son of Mr Harold V Mortimer and the late Mrs Mortimer and E;leen. daughter of Mr. and Mrs Kiong Thian Hoe on 20/3/54 at St. Hilda's Church.
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  • Obituary
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    33 5 DEATH AT the Bungsar Hospital, Kuala Lumpur, on the 2nd April 11)54. Bernard Wilkinson. Managing Director of the Wilkinson Process Rub ber Co.. Ltd., Batu Caves, and Wilkinson Rubber Linatex Ltd., Camberley. England.
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    BRITISH ORCHIDS IN SINGAPORE FLOWER SHOW
    47 6 These British orchids were exhibited and later auctioned at the Singapore Flower Show in the Happy World Stadium on April 4 to 6. Part of the proceeds of the show including the sale of these orchids was donated to local charities.
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    As I was Saying
    894 6  -  By CYNICUS SINGAPORE, Apr. 3. llfHY did the auth- ors of the official nistory of the Royal Air Force have to stir up old mud in their account of the fall of Singapore? Probably because they have not had access to better and more accurate material.
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    Notes from a... Malayan Diary
    997 6  -  STANLEY STREET That defeatist LETTERS have come to me about Petaln Street in Singapore. One tells me that the question of renaming it cropped up in 1941 when it was thought that to change the name of a thoroughfare, named after the victor of Verdun,
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    PAINTER BACK FROM PARIS
    60 8 PRETTY Mrs. Lo Sum Yep (above) who has completed a year’s course j n painting in Paris arrived in Singapore on Mar. 31 in the liner Vietnam. She plans to stay a few days in the Colony doing a ‘bit’ of painting before she leaves for
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    12 TO SEEK WAYS TO BIGGER TRANSPORT ROLE FOR MALAYS
    1241 8  -  By HARRY MILLER KUALA LUMPUR. Mar. 31. 4 COMMITTEE of 12 is to investigate how Malays can have an increased and adequate part in the Federation s road transport industry. The new Federal Legislative Council agreed to the committee after
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    $170,000 A YEAR FOR NEW BOARD
    176 8 KUALA LUMPUR. Mar. 31. JT*HE newly-created Federation's Public Service Commission will cost about $170,000 a year. The chairman will receive emoluments equal to those of a Malayan Civil Service Staff Grade “A” officer. Members of the panel will receive a retainer of $500 a
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    Tax comes off amateur sport
    64 8 KUALA LUMPUR. Mar. 31. FROM tomorrow amateur sport in the Federation will be tax free. Mr. E. Himsworth. the Financial Secretary, announced this in the Federal Legislative Council at question time today. He said the exemption of amateur frames and sport had been under study
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    Lecturers are ‘rare as fine gold’
    81 8 Lecturers are rare as fine gold’ KUALA LUMPUR. Mar. 31. piFTEEN lecturers for the newly built Teacher.' Training College at Kota Bahru. Kelantan, are expected in Malaya at the end of May Courses will start at the college in July. They were recruited by th Director of Education Mr I
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    New lawyer
    26 8 JOHORE BAHRU Mai 31 Mr. R K. Roy wa> admitted m the Federation Bar by Mr Justice Storr in th< Supi Court here today.
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    FEDERATION PLAN FOR WOMEN P.Cs
    155 8 Number not yet fixed KUALA LUMPUR. Mar. 31. 'J'HE FEDERATION Government was considering recruiting women police. Mr. A.H.P, Humphrey. Secretary for Defence, told the Federal Legislative Council today. He could not give the number needed or say when recruiting would start. Official replies to other
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    88,716 more in schools this year
    133 8 P KUALA LUMPUR Mar. 31. ul ILS in the Federation’s schools rose by 88.716 at the beginning of this year. I here were 28 more schools aiu| 926 teachers. Ihese figures were in papers tabled at today’s meeting of the Federal Legislative Council. The
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    R.A.F. criticism of civilians in Singapore
    868 11  -  3!ALA YA i A3MPAMGJ\ From HALL ROMNEY LONDON, APR. 1. 'THONG criticism of the attitude of Singapore civilians during the Japanese war is contained In the second volume of the official history of the Royal Air Force, published today Alter stressing the importance of
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    SOLDIER GETS A YEAR
    78 11 SINGAPORE. Apr. 2. Driver Louis Edgar Lawson. R.A.S.C., a 21-year-old Korea veteran, was yesterday sentenced to a year's military detention for assault and larceny in Raffles Hotel. Singapore. The General Court Martial sentence is subject to confirmation. Lawson, at the beginning of a two day trial
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    ‘We men’ on Council irritate Mrs. Eu
    227 11 SINGAPORE, Apr. 1. MRS. Robert Eu (Progressive-West) yesterday 1 accused the “overwhelming male majority” on the Singapore City Council of ignoring the two women Councillors —herself and Mrs. Amy Ede (Progressive-East). Speaking during the adjournment of a Council meeting, she said: “We two
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    WE WON’T ACCEPT OFFICE —LABOUR
    151 11 SINGAPORE, April 1 fFHE Labour Party of A Singapore would not accept office in the cabinet form of Government recommended for the Colony by the Rendel Commission, Mr. E. S. Moorthy, party secretary, told the Straits Times yesterday. His party was also opposed to aldermen
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    ‘False’ tips: Only A.-G. can prosecute
    222 11 KUALA LUMPUR, APRIL I. N? prosecutions for giving wrong information to the Security Forces about terrorists, are to be made in future without having: first been referred to the Federation’s Attorney General. This order is being issued by the Attorney-General following a case in
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    Climbing Mt. Everest
    63 11 SINGAPORE. Apr. 2. Major Charles Wylie, 34, organising secretary of the Mount Everest expedition will talk on the “Ascent of Everest”, to members of the Singapore Camera Club on Apr. 22, in the Odeon Hollywood Room at 8 p.m. The talk will be illustrated with 120 coloured
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    General to see troops
    66 11 SINGAPORE, Apr. 6. General Sir Cameron Nicholson, Adjutant-General to the British Army, will arrive in Singapore on April 20 for a routine inspection of troops in Singapore and the Federation. I General Nicholson will tour Hotig Kong, Japan ami Korea before coming here. Hi- will go
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    Gratuity is taxable if employee resumes his job
    442 12 •TEST' EASE HELiXG Kl’ALA LltMITK, Apr. 1. r riIK Federation's Income Tax Hoard of Re\ iew has decided in a test case, that a man >\ho jrets a retiring gratuity, hut later returns to Malaga on a similar job, has to pay
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    Thousands rush for primary schooling
    250 12 SINGAPORE, Apr. 2. THE bin rush to register, children for primary education next year in 140 Singapore schools began! at 8 a.m. yesterday and within five hours more than 5.000 names were on i the lists. Hundreds ol parents ignored the Education Department’s ruling and
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    ‘Snow White’ in Singapore
    67 12 SINGAPORE, April 1 The Commissioner General. Mr. Malcolm MacDonald, was among those who saw a ballet version of “Snow White” and dance variations by t lie Maudrene's School of Dancing at the Victoria Theatre in Singapore last night. The show, in aid of the World Youth
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    Her job: to help poor families
    117 12 SINGAPORE. Apr. 2. A WOMAN trained m social J\ welfare work hopes to lighten the burdens of some underprivileged Singapore families. She is Mrs. Ethel Barbara Kinna who has been appointed the first full time social worker for the Singapore Children’s Society. Mrs. Kinna
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    ACCUSED OF RASH FLYING
    82 12 KUALA LI/MPUR. Aur. 1. H.J E WALSH. 33. was today charged in the sessions court here with flying a Tiger Moth plane at the Kuala Lumpur aerodrome so rashly as to endanger the safety of others. He pleaded not guilty. Walsh was alleged to have taken
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    He’s back from study leave
    42 12 SINGAPORE. Apr. 2 Mr. F.A.C. Oeniers returned to Singapore yesterday in the liner Oranje after taking his Fellowship in Dental Surgery at the Royal College of Surgeons. England. Mr Oehlers l**f? Singapore 15 months ago on leave
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    Tribunal will handle civil service rows
    151 12 AND IT WILL BE PERMANENT SINGAPORE. APRIL 2. SINGAPORE will have a permanent Civil Service Tribunal to deal with disputes between the Govern- ment and start unions It will oe similar to the Civil Service Tribunal in Britain. Provision tor the tribunal is contained
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    Nine members of Medical council
    56 12 Six doctors from Singapore and three from the Federation have been elected members of the Singapore Medical Council. They are Dr. Gopal Haridas, Professors G. A. Ransome. A.A. Sandosham. B. H. Sheares. Dr. B.R. Sreenivasan. Dr. Arthur Thevathasan 'Singapore*. Dr. R.B. McGregor. Dr. Haji Megat
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    Guide troop
    21 12 BRUNEI TOWN. Apr 1—A Girl Guide troop will soon be formed here. It will be the town's first troop
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    $700,000 MARBLE ‘FACE’ FOR SINGAPORE’S TALLEST BUILDING
    101 12 $700,000 MARBLE FACE’ FOR SINGAPORE’ S TALLEST BUILDING SINGAPORE, Aur. 2. on a marble “face” lor the 18-storey Asia Insurance Building at Finlayson Green began yesterday. The architect, Mr. Ng Keng Siang, said that it would take at least 15 months to complete. “The original cost of $600,000 of the
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    All pass
    36 12 TPOH, Apr. 1.—The 7th British Red Cross detachment, Ipoh. has scored 100 per cent success with 46 passes in the advanced first aid examination held on Sunday. Their lecturer was Dr. Lam Hor Yin.
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    Easter railway strike threat
    349 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Apr. l. A\K thousand men of the Malayan Railway win U go on strike from midnight April 14— two da>> before the Laster holidays. The Malayan Railway TraOie Operating Umon, which represents guards, shunters, porh-i\ marine erews and otheis, luindtd the* railway administration this
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    GOVT. URGED: GIVE IPOH A RADIO STATION
    108 12 IPOH. Apr ivi'' issue ol its lortniy- letter, Terang Bulan. tional Association m..noamakes a strong tion for a radio state n IS “We think that th< now’ come”, says rt) l for immediate steps ,.v.n taken to build a inedustation in Perak. “We
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    REUNION AT CHANGI
    163 13 Fijians welcome their families SINGAPORE, Apr. 4. A Fl hK a two-d.*) tourney, 21 gaily garlanded Fijian women and children the first group of families of Fijian jungle fighters arrived at Changi airport, Singapore, yesterday in a specially chartered K.O.A C. Vork I As they streamed out
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    CITY COUNCIL ACCEPTS MAIN RENDEL PLANS
    611 13 But politics ‘out’ for aldermen SINGAPORE, Agr. 3. rIE Singapore City Council yesterday accepted the main proposals of the Rendel Constitutional Commission for a City and Island Council composed of 24 popularly-elected members, and eight aldermen. The City Council added a proviso to ensure
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    Council leave
    32 13 SINGAPORE. Apr. 3. Mr. J. E. Pepper, an official member of the Singapore Legislative Council, has been given leave of absence for five and a half months from March 20
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    Alliance protest to Lyttelton
    240 13 PLEA FOR MEETING ON ELECTIONS KUALA LUMPUR, Apr. 3. ’PHE UMNO-MCA alliance today protested to the A Secretary of State for the Colonies. Mr. Oliver Lyttelton, against the secrecy being maintained over the recent agreement between the High Commissioner and the Malay rulers on Federal elections.
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    Council makes $44,000 profit
    61 13 SINGAPORE, Apr. 5. The Singapore City Council’s system of requiring a deposit from consumers of electricity, water and gas has given it a profit of over $44,000, in spite of bad debts. For the tnree years 1950 to Sept. 30, 1953, bad debts came to nearly
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    Five to study Rendel plans
    57 13 SINGAPORE. Apr. 3. The Straits Chinese British Association of Singapore has appointed a five-man committee to study electoral changes arising out of the Rendel Commission recommendations for constitutional reforms. They are Mr. Tan Sim Hong, Mr. Soh Ghee Soon. Mr. S. Y. Wong. Mr. T.
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    TEACHERS’ COLLEGE SPEED-UP
    162 13 SINGAPORE, Apr. 4. OUILDING of SingaD pore’s new Teachers’ Training College has been made top priority. Present estimate of the cost is $4 million. Erection of the first buildings on the 13-acre site off Grange Road is expected to begin as early as July. Designs for these
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    NO SHORTAGE OF RUBBER SEEDS NOW
    83 13 KUALA LUMPUR. Apr. 4. The Malayan Estate Owners Association is in favour of banning the export of rubber seeds only if supplies are Inadequate for Malaya. The association’s annual report says that if there was a surplus. "Malaya should subscribe to international cooperation by
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    Methodist leader on tour
    49 13 SINGAPORE, Apr. 5. Dr. Eugene Smith, the Executive Secretary of the Division of World Mission of the Methodist Church, arrived in Singapore on Saturday night from Kuala Lumpur. Accompanied by his wife, Dr. Smith is on an inspection tour of mission work in South-east Asia.
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    Dutch pilot may be assessor at air crash inquiry
    168 13 SINGAPORE, APRIL 2. ryO experts from outside the Colony are to be appointed assessors for the Singapore Government’s public Inquiry into the Constellation crash at Kallang airport. They will be an airport manager and a semior Constellation pilot. Announcing this yesterday,
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    Malaya to get 3,000-acre national park—work to start soon
    422 14  -  Bv HARRY MILLER KVALA LVMPVR, APRIL 2 4 3,000-ACKE national park has been planned 12 miles from here, just off the north trunk road. It will probably be named after General Sir Gerald Templer who inspired it. rhcse acres surround one
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    TAMING THE SHREW —THE 1954 WAY
    336 14 SINGAPORE, Apr. 3. SHAKESPEARE would have been surprised at what young Malaya did to his “The Taming of the Shrew at the Oei Tiong Ham Hall, University of Malaya, last night—agreeably surprised. The introduction of a loudly prolonged “Ya-a-m Seng” in the final banquet
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    Here to study rubber problems
    55 14 SINGAPORE, Apr. 3. Mr. W. B. L. Monson, Assistant Under-Secretary for State in the Colonial Office, arrived in Singapore yesterday by Qantas-8.0.A.C. airliner from Britain. Mr. Monson, a delegate to the International Rubber Study Group meeting in Colombo in May. will spend the weekend here
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    THE ‘NEW USE FOR RUBBER’ MAN DIES
    229 14 KUALA LUMPUR a, A MALAYAN pione.' r v found a new use 7, r rubber died in Bu s 7. hospital here today V/‘; doctors had fought night-long battle to to save his life. J He was Mr. Bernard Wilkaisun 61 managing din
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    LAST OF SPITFIRES ENDS GREAT ERA AGAINST TERRORISTS
    186 14 SINGAPORE, Aur 2. THE last operational flight by a Spitfire in Malaya was made yesterday—from R.A.F. Seletar. It was piloted by Sqr.-Ldr. William Proctor Swamby. It took off for a reconnaissance trip in Johore, and when it returned, it had completed a
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    She was too good to win top show prize
    384 15 SO SECOND-BEST GETS MEDAL SINGAPORE, Apr. 3. AIRS. GRACIA LEWIS is such an expert amateur gardener that she couldn’t win the top medal at the Singapore Flower Show yesterday. She won the Royal Horticultural Society's B.mksian Medal la.st year and yesterday
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    It was Prof. Holttum’s last show
    164 15 SINGAPORE. Apr. 3. PROF. R. E. HOLTTUM, Professor of Botany at the University of Malaya, took the chair at the Singapore Flower Show for the 10th —and last—time yesterday. After studying Malayan plant life for 32-years, he will retire at the end of the
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    New chairman for Penang Chamber
    70 15 PENANG, Apr. 2.—Mr. A. E. W. Godesen, manager of the East Asiatic Company, was elected the new chairman of the Penang Chamber of Commerce at the annual meetings this afternoon. Mr. W. N. Walter, manager of the Eastern Smelting Company, was elected vice chairman. Messrs.
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    $100,000 GIFT TO MISSION HOSPITAL
    106 15 MR. T. .1. B. Wearne, the businessman who left for Cape Town on retirement recently after a lifetime in Singapore, has given SIOO.OOO to St. Andrew’s Mission Hospital. In a letter to the hospital’s board he says: ‘‘l have, ever since your mission hospital was
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    Brick yard closes
    53 15 SINGAPORE, Apr. More than 150 Singapore workers lost their jobs yesterday when another Colony brick yard closed down. About a month ago about 300 people were thrown out of employment when two other yards stopped production. A spokesman of the factory said yesterday that sales of the
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    Surcharge given back to Sultan
    43 15 JOHORE BAHRU, Apr. 4 The Sultan of Johore’s properties were wrongly assessed by the Johore Bahru Town Board for the period 1946 to 1953. The Johore Council of State today approved a refund to the Sultan of $11,743.
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    Stockwell greets his successor
    342 15 THE G.O.C. PUTS ON A SONGKOK KUALA LUMPUR, Apr. 4. LIEUT.-GEN. G. K. Bourne, the new General Officer Commanding. Malaya, arrived in Kuala Lumpur from Singapore this morning accompanied by Air Vice-Marshal F. R. W. Scherger and Gen. Bourne’s ADC. Capt. W. L. Brinson of the
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    THE GORDONS REMEMBER
    110 15 SINGAPORE, Apr. 5. A BRASS tablet was dedicat- ed at the Presbyterian Church, Singapore, yesterday to the memory of all ranks of the Ist. Battalion, the Gordon Highlanders, who gave their lives during operations in Malaya from 1951 to 1954. The memorial was unveiled by the Officer
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    3, COLEMAN STREET LINK WITH CONRAD
    130 15 He met Lingard there SINGAPORE, APR. 1. ONE of Singapore's oldest buildings, No. 3, Coleman Street, has a link with the novelist Joseph Conrad. This was disclased yesterday by Mr. T. H. H. Hancock, Senior Architect. P.W.D., Singapore. during a talk on “The Historic
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    Scouts vote on beret
    114 15 SINGAPORE Boy Scouts’ Association has received iastructions from London Imperial Scout Headquarters to conduct a survey on whether scouts should be allowed to wear the beret. Questionnaires are now being sent round to scout groups, Mr. L.A. Woodford, the Chief Scout Commissioner, Singapore, told the Straits
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    S’PORE’S LOYAL MESSAGE
    176 17 S’PORE ’S LOYAL MESSAGE A MESSAGE ot loyalty from the Governor of Singapore was presented to the Queen when she landed in the Cocos Islands bv the District Officer, Mr till i.illicrup. The message said: ‘The Go\ernor of Singapore presents his humble duty to Your Majesty and offers on behalf
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    The Queen thanks Colony
    105 17 SINGAPORE. Apr. 7. (jucon has sent a telepram of thanks from aboard the Gothic to the Governor of Singapore, Sir ■John Nicoll, after her visit to the Cocos Islands on Monday. be message reads “I sincerely thank you for the kind and loyal message which von
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    BRITAIN IS URGED: DEVELOP RUBBER, NOT SYNTHETICS
    212 18 Kt'ALA LUMPI’R. Apr. 4. BRITAIN should consider subsidising rubber research and development in Malaya instead of synthetic plants in Britain, Mr. Tee Teh, vice-presid-ent of the Federation Rubber Trades Association, saici today. The British Government could not entertain demands for subsidising synthetic plants
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    ‘China trade ban still a hindrance’
    180 18 PENANG. Apr. 2. rFHE embargo on shipments of J .strategic materials to China co: tinue.s to hamper Malaya’s export trade, the Chamber of Commerce here states in its annual report today. The drop in tin prices forced many Chinese mines to close last year.
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    Guest of honour
    33 18 SINGAPORE. Apr. 7. R<ar Admiral E. H. Shattock, Flan Officer. Malayan Area, will be the guest of honour at the luncheon meeting of the Ex-services Association of Singapore on Tuesday.
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    French naval chief arrives
    60 18 SINGAPORE. April 1. The Commander-in-Chief of the French Navy in IndoChina. Rear Admiral George Cabanier arrived in Singapore yesterday in the liner Vietnam enroute to Saigon. French Consul General in Singapore. M. Raymond de Boyer de Saint Suzanne and Lt. Commander A. G. W. Grayson. British
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    30 FRIGHTENED FISH
    157 18 ...so scared they lose their red colour and turn grey SINGAPORE. Apr. 6. THIRTY small newcomers to Singapore are so awed that they have turned pale with fright. They are tiny West African fish of the Red Cichlid species, the nucleus of Singapore’s new aquarium. A gift
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    Liew Kon Kim’s uncle murdered by bandits
    218 18 KAJANG, Apr. ti. A 24-HOl’R CURFEW has been imposed on Sungei Jeloh, near here after the murder of-a 51-year-old Chinese smallholder, Liew Tai Kim, uncle of Liew Kon Kim, “bearded terror of Kajang,” who was killed by the Suffolk Regiment. Tai Kim is
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    Headmaster accused of murder bid
    130 18 SINGAPORE Apr r r)ONG Chui Sing, heaciinaV U of St. Andrew’s mdd! School. Singapore, was dav charged with the attpjw' ed murder of his wife Dong Mee Sang, at their »> (Jl in Upper Serangoon Roue 0 Sunday. The charge, which was piained to him
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    Magistrate was in plaster cast
    87 18 SINGAPORE Apr o' Dressed m a whit coat and his neck in a plater cas: the Singapore City Police Magistrate. Mr. J. M. DevereixColebourn, was on the i*r.cr. again yesterday alter weeks' sick leave The six-inch thick pia>te: of Paris made it impossible to: him
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    Johore Civil Service called out-of date
    241 18 SINGAPORE, Apr. 6. ni'RING a debate in the Johore State U yesterday on the Mentri Besars an administrative review, Mr. Kim Hoc Councillor, urged the Government to r e policy of appointing only Malays to tn* Civil Service. it Johore still maintains the civil
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    THEY BAGGED A PANTHER
    164 18 SINGAPORE, Apr. 4. T>ANDIT-hunting members of an Area Security Unit attached to Chan Wing Estate, near Kluang. Johore. failed to find any terrorists on a recent patrol but came up against a black panther. The eight members of the morning patrol in the rubber decided to
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    Machines will do work of 40
    57 18 JOHORE BAHRU, Apr. a M t Central Pay <if n ,S i«°w ill up in Johore Bahru. i equipped with n w(,< .ichines for the s,mu printing of cheques ai book entries. The new system is e*Pf‘'J 1 V,, 1 r save the annual
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    SINGAPORE’S BIG CALL-UP BEGINS: 1,225 REGISTER
    395 19 A likely lot, says Mr. Davis SINGAPORE, Apr. 6. THE Singapore Secretary for Defence and Internal 1 Security, Mr. L. H. N. Davis, yesterday congratulated 1,225 young men who turned out for the first day of the National Service registration. Mr. Davis who is
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    WANTED: TRADE BOOSTER
    185 19 —For Malaya in Britain *v. —v jJ KUALA LUMPUR, Apr. 5. r3E Singapore and Federation’ .'Vi. govern-i ments are offering more ',than>'$16.000/a. year to any senior business-exe-i cutive who can boost Malaya’s trade, in Britain. He must be over 40 and have had extenslvqb'businesi- experience In Malaya.
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    Our doctors will see how it’s done
    109 19 r SINGAPORE. Apr. 6. r O Australian surgeons will show Malayan doctors the latest developments in plastic surgery. < S Mr B. K. Rank and Dr. R. H. Stanistreet, of Melbourne, will arrive In Singapore on Friday They will spend a month In
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    Sultan, too, in songkok
    53 19 JOHOFE BAHRU, Apr. 6; Recent visitors to Bukit. Serene nave been surprised to see the Sultan In a songkpk. So too were all Malay members and visitors at the State Council meeting which ended today in Johore Bahru. One council member arrived bareheaded, but soon sent
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    Our population: near 7 million
    42 19 SINGAPORE, Apr, 6. Malaya’s latest population figures were announced yesterday by Mr. R. Dow, Acting Registrar of Malayan Statistics. The total population of Singapore was estimated at 1,147,364, and the total population of the Federation at 5,814,668.
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    Tax is lifted from amateur sport
    974 19  -  THE WEEK IN SPORT By JOHN MARKS SINGAPORE,) April Vi AMATEUR spor*. in the r Federation received a big helping hand last week when the Federations Government followed the example of Singapore and lifted the heavy entertainment tax. on amateur sport' 1 J Tungku
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    Rubber jumps—but investors hold on
    526 20 SHARE MARKET] By OUR MARKET CORRESPONDENT SINGAPORE, Apr. 5. X OBODY could complain about Malayan markets generally last week with the price of rubber soaring, tin quietly buoyant and the Singapore Share Market still active on Saturday morning. Sentiment everywhere was better with more rubber
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    BUSINESS DONE
    299 20 SINGAPORE, Anr. 5. mHE following list of business I done in the Singapore Share Market last week is reported by one firm of brokers for the period March 27 to April it:— faj INDUSTRIALS:- Consolidated Tin Smelters Ords *****% and 2419, Fraser Sc Neave Ords $205 to $2.08
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    Foreign ‘capital ‘shy of Malaya
    302 20 KUALA LUMPUR, APRn A PROMINENT director of many r „i >w companies, Mr. H. B. Egmont Hake, de< a here today that foreign capital i 8 shy of Mai He also said mat Malaya should be allow export rubber to Communist China and Russia and
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    CONSOLIDATED TIN DIVIDEND
    56 20 SINGAPORE, Apr. 5. The following dividend was announced in Malaya' last weekConsolidated Tin Smelters Ltd., Noil-Cumu-lative Preference Stock: A balance dividend of 3%% lesSk income tax, for year ending March k 31, 1954 payable on May 12 to members on register April' 22. Register closes April 22-28
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    MALAYAN SHARE QUOTATIONS
    809 20 V* ~”w M>*^WF SINGAPORE. Apr. 7. INDUSTRIAL* Btyen Sellers Alex Brick* Pref* ...Kt.4.. s.io i.au Ord*. 4 i"'.s 0.35 S4S > AQam >3 25 13 25 BE. Petrol 38/. 38/6 M i r*naee> nSO 180 Con. Tin Smelt **ivf. lg/- 18/. cd Ords 34f/| 25/k**Urn United <3
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    Rubber, tin exports
    50 20 Malaya in March a, tons were the high* November 195Q when -43 tons were exported. Preliminary offuLi giutes also reveal that exEkrtjgSTU; It was the best ionth since October 1952 when 83,619 tons were exerted and was due in all probabDity to renewed I nited States haying
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    More active conditions
    163 20 Rubber Marker SINGAPORE. Apr. 3 A MORE active market has been experienced during the past week with a gradual improvement In prices says Lewis and Peat’s report issued yesterday. Considerably more Interest was shown by consuming centres which resulted in a far better turnover for all grades
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    140 20 SINGAPORE. Air Singapore Chinese Frodiicc “*i change: noon, prices P* Wer A i 4 Copra: easier; April i1g buyers. $29 1/2 Selers; Ma 3/4 buyers. $19 sel ers. C* oU: quiet; $53 sellers. P< very steady; white pepper up black unohaneed. Muntok $275. Sarawak $270. Lamport r Lewie
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