The Straits Budget, 8 July 1954

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    49 1 The Straits Budget THE WEEKLYIISSUE OFIjTHE STRAITS TIMES u“' t "Sf AJt 7S'i”’" :..<-■ R/ i I ’’A\ f „i.. T?‘t jL: ii h>. < >*'‘.. {SuTvl*. ’<. < i .< »<K MALAYA’S NATIONAL NgWSPAT Eft aC&tffVC! 'J*/ S. %V**« CfcV' New Series No. 412. Thursday, July 8, 1954 Price
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  • From THE STRAITS TIMES POSTBAG
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      PRINCIPLES OF ALLIANCE, GOVERNMENT ‘THE SAME’
      572 2  -  CHANG WN TAT. Penang. \|R. G. SHELLEY is reported 1*1 to have said in the Federal Council debate on the elections bill that “the political field was divided into two and there was no mistaking the dividing line. On the one side were those
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      Advisory councils and ‘quit’ move
      55 2  -  KUMBANG DETIN A* Lower Perak. MR. H. 8. LEE, emphasised that the war against the Communists should have top priority. We, the people, would like to be reassured by the Alliance leaders that their numerous members in the various war advisory councils will not be
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      Mr. Pritt and Bar regulations
      255 2  -  ADVOCATE. Singapore. II SEE that Mr. O. N Prltt, QC„ has been orofessicmally retained to come in the near future to Singapore to defend several persons charged with criminal offences. It also appears from the reports that Mr. Lee Kuan Yew has also been engaged
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      Chambers rule and lawyers
      78 2  -  LAYMAN. Singapore. I SEE that a lawyer from outlaid* Singapore is to be asked to take up the defence in a case that is to be tried in Singapore in the near future. I have always understood that no lawyer may practise in Singapore unless he
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      Rail service can be improved
      219 2  -  SLOW COACH. Klang. ■ELECTRIFICATION is not w to con L e t 0 our railway just yet, but where else is there better scope for such a scheme than the Kuala LumR^“ p °rt Swettenham branch line, with its proximity to the qqnyighi Bridge power
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      Rules he opposed passed, yet he remained in party
      191 2  -  wdRKkfL Butterworth. m*R. YEAP CHONG KUEN, secretary of the s- i 1M Labour Party, has said some unkind 1 Inche Mohamed Soplee for resigning from the M ut 1 Labour Party. an 1 admire n r £f r S nd 1
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      Accidebt at races
      124 2  -  PUNTER- Ipoh, “DACE FAN” has hissed the ft point. I never Inferred that the accident cent Perak Turf Club meeting i at Ipoh was caused by a take i start. ISSSffiE Of course, no power on I earth can prevem occasional 1 upsets at the start of
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      He stopped the fight
      99 2  -  llor for East JOSEPH RODBU Singapore. THE other day I l h t incident which have developed into li; street brawl but courage of one man. on It happened at th< d of Beach Road and Street where two trlsh h were fighting. A crowd ed,
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
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  • The Straits Budget
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      The Plan For Tin
      770 3 —Straits Times. July 1. The Geneva tin agreement must be ratified before it comes into force, but with support now so general the question of ratification is no more than formal. Some of the signatories, and particularly France, have had second thoughts on the ceiling price
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      Slogans and Issues
      600 3 —Straits Times. July 2. The representations made yesterday by the Alliance to the Sultan of Johore break new ground in the political dispute and the “boycott.” There was an orderly procession to support the delegation which presented to the Sultan, in the Council Chamber, a memorandum explaining
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      The Case Of Wong Poh Yin
      451 3 —Straits Times, July 3. The quashing by the Privy Council of the death sentence on Wong Poh Yin, a terrorist convicted of carrying a revolver, interprets sensibly the conflict between the law and the Government’s policy of inducing the surrender of terrorists in the
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      Behind The Rift Threat
      946 3 —Straits Times, July 5 Statements over the week- end by responsible Government figures in London and Washington show that an oven wider rift over the admission of Red China into the United Nations is developing between Great Britain and the United States. This threatened split in
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      The Electoral Divisions
      805 4 —Straits Times. July 6 The “boycott” has distracted attention from most of the, practical questions connected with elections in 1955, including the recommendations for the delineation of the constituencies. But these matters no doubt are being given official consideration, in the certainty that however the “boycott” ends,
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      Facts About Taxes
      814 4 —Straits Times. July 7. Seven years after the first collections of income tax, the arrears of the first twelve difficult months at last have been substantially overtaken. This comment by Mr. R. B. Heasman on the Department s work in Singapore is a striking footnote to the
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      Compromise?
      492 4 —Straits Times. July 7 The seven reserved seats on the future partly elected Fed-1 eral Legislative Council have come to be looked upon as the means of compromise ending the Alliance “boycott”. It is a possibility that was recognised even before the Alliance withdrew its co-operation from the Government
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      Top job for S’pore AOC
      97 4 SINGAPORE, July 5 THE Air Ministry nas announced the appointment of Air. Vice-Marshal W M^ r > MacDonald A.O C. Smg as Assistant Chief of Air (Intelligence). ln He will sail tor Britain earlv August and take up new post the following monthHe succeeds Air
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    ‘Magic carpet’ may end traffic problems -AND BOOST MALAYAN RUBBER
    921 5  - Magic carpet may end traffic problems -AND BOOST MALAYAN RUBBER B? k 1VOII KRAAL i Tl’BX o! a switch in Akron, rubber capital of the world, ind I saw one of America's magic carpet ideas at work. Tiny glass-sheeted box cars with little wooden passengers seated began to ride swiftly
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  • PERSONAL
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      BIRTHS
      101 5 HAGGARD: To Michael and June ir.ee Hardwidge), a daughter, Claire Alison, on 3rd July. CRADOCK. To Eileen and Jack on 1st July, at Kuala Lumpur, a Sister for David. WARREN. To Majorie and Keith, at Singapore Nursing Home, a son, Christopher Charles, 28th June. DAVIE. At Bungsar Hospital, on
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      ENGAGEMENTS
      75 5 AMY CHYE TIN. Fourth daughter of Major and Mrs. Wee Kali Kiat. to Keng Por, Son of Mr. and Mrs. Wee Teck Soon on 3.7.54. JOHNSON-COTTRELL. The engagement is announced between Dennis Johnson and Georgina Sonia Cottrell. REDHILL-BAILEY: The engagement is announced between Michael John, only son of the
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    THE NATURE SOCIETY HAS 591 MEMBERS
    96 5 KUALA LUMPUR, July 5. Mr. A. T. Edgar, acting president of the Malayan Nature Society, told the annual meeting in Kuala Lumpur that the society had 591 members, the highest ever. He said that branches would be formed in other parts of Malaya. Officials
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    HE WAS S.V.C.’s FIRST COMMANDANT
    513 5  - HE WAS S.V.C.’ s FIRST COMMANDANT S.R. THE 100th anniversary of the Singapore Volunteer Corps also marks the centenary of the man who was first commandant of the Singapore Volunteer Rifle Corps which was the Corps’ original name. He was Lt. Col. R. MacPherson Captain Commandant in 1854/56 and Honorary
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  • Obituary
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    47 5 DEATH SINGER ELIZABETH (GAY), Wife of Wg. Cdr. H. A. Singer, .suddenly at R.A.F. Changi, 1st July, 1954. IN MEMORIAM TO THE EVER-LOVING MEMORY of the late the Rev. J. A. Supramaniam who passed away on 7th July 1937. •'Faithful Unto Death.” Inserted by his loving children.
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    OLD CANNON ON PENANG ESPLANADE.
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    As I was Saying
    817 6  -  CYNICI’S SINGAPORE. July 3. TiHE Alliance has not yet taken up the challenge of the Federation’s Attorney General who, in his speech intro d u c i n g legislation amending the Federation Agreement, compared the Gold Coast constitution of 1951 with the proposals for Malaya.
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    Notes from a... Malayan Diary
    1056 6  -  STANLEY STREET. Post Office scrum WHY is it that Singapore is still a village in so many respects? Take, for instance, the Post Office. With a population of well over one million —the majority of whom are manifestly for themselves and devil take the hindmost—it
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    Countryman’s Journal
    657 7  - Countryman’ s Journal TUAN DJEK I AST Sunday some friends visited the Dusun to collect the Tuan for a curry tiffin in town. A Voice ‘plane had iust closed a half hour’s flight in the neighbourhood. No Chinese will ever admit to a European that he understands what I*- being
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    FIFTY YEARS AGO
    141 7 Taken from the Straits Times of July 3. 1904: MR. SANDERSON, manager of the Sempam mines, is away trying to .purchase elephants to take the place of coolies who have left to work on licences. THE LAST parcel of Para Rubber placed on the London Market by
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    A cameo of Kuching
    1173 7  -  Miiluvsian .Notebook STANLEY STREET. IZUCHING today must v look rather like tl\e Singapore of fifty years ago and ghastly thought) the Kuching of fifty years hence may look like Singapore today. You get to Kuching from Singapore in various ways in different degrees of comfort. As
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    Sultan plans his jubilee
    55 7 JOIIORE BAHRU July 4 Next v«*u» the* Sultan of wi.’ eommormraf <» the diamond iubilee of his reign Th< Sultan succeeded lus lathei Sultan Abubakar. in 1895 Proposals will soon be discussed for the celebrations The State Government, is considering the issue of a special commemmorative
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    THE FOUR MOST LOVELY
    54 8 THE I OP FOUR in the M.ss Malaya** contest are congratulated by Lady Sanderson w.fe of the C ommander-in-Chief. Far East Air Force, in the Capitol Theatre. Singapore The winner is Maiorie Wee. Singapore air hostess, with Violet Sleigh of Kuala Lumpur, second, Rugayah Ibrahim third,
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    EX-BANDIT WINS HIS APPEAL
    198 8 j LONDON. Juno (i, 1 WONG POH YIN, ah' Kwang sin. a form,! terrorist, today won 1 appeal to the Brit,. Privy Council againsi t h" death sentence passed him in the Federation' f o, r carrying a revolver The Privy Council sum }i. t would
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    Envoy leaves
    30 8 Dr. F. A van ’ot-rden. DutcY\ Consul General in Singapore, left Singapore on June 30 in the Asia, with his wife and family, to become Minister to Warsaw.
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    Two beauties in first swim suits
    175 8 SINGAPORE. July 1. Muiaya contest wa> >o ooomar that at the hnaix buncinM* of people v.ho iiaa bepn unable to get seats waited outside the Capitoi Theatre. Singapore, before and alter the show for a "limp.se of the contestants. Non-ticket holders were offering up
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    College can take only 40 students
    74 8 KUALA LUMPUR. June 30. ONLY 40 students will be accepted for the first academic year of the Muslim College of Malaya, in Klang, Selangor, which starts in November this year. The number is limited by staff and accommodation considerations. Intending students, minimum age: 16,
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    New books
    41 8 i nri f lil i, ese Newspaperman S at Europe and Ament a, by Mr. Wang Tan Ming, a Singapore Journalist, is one 85 new books added to IT*TQ ii nese sectl °n Of the |U.,IS library in Singapore.
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    Tractors versus the padi oxen
    240 8 KUALA LUMPUR, June 30. T>HE Agricultural Department will shortly launch a mn i? 1 °1 .scheme to investigate the possibilities of n favouraL riC res^ UV tre 0 "l n the Federation achieved, a mechanisation pro gramme may be introduced on a Federation-wide basis Aim
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    They all want a peek at Marjorie
    299 8 SINGAPORE. July 1. EWLY-CROWNED Miss Malaya clamorous Marjorie Wee of Singapore—yesterday learned how hectic the life of a beauty queen can be From seven in the morning, when she awoke until seven in the evening when >he vrent to bed tired out. she
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    This is killer H.Q.—police
    561 9 This is killer H.Q. —police SINGAPORE, July 1. THREE men and two women believed to be top--1 flight members of the Communists’ killer squad in Singapore were arrested in a police raid on their hide-out oft’ Sembawang Road at dawn yesterday. The raiding parly seized live hand-grenades, live live detonators
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    GOVT. SAYS: CHAMBER MEN NEED NOT QUIT
    233 9 KUALA LUMPUK. June 30. I 'HE F( deration Government has told the Associated Chines e Chambers of Commerce, it is understood, that chamber members on the Legislative Council need not resign unless they personally wish to do so. This is in reply to
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    Police chief goes to U.K.
    60 9 KUALA LUMPUR, June 30 The Commissioner of Police, Mr. W. L. R. Carbonell, left Kuala Lumpur by air this morning for England to attend a conference of colonial commissioners of police. The conference takes place at the Police College, Ryton-on-Dunsmore, from July 12 to 17.
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    MORE CAR PARKS IN CITY AREA URGED
    134 9 SINGAPORE, July 1. THE solution to the car parking problem is to provide parks as near business areas as possible, said Mr. C. F. Smith (Nominated) in the Singapore City Coun- cil yesterday. He said it was not feasible to build car parks
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    KILLERS’ ROAD TO S’PORE BLOCKED
    136 9 SINGAPORE, July 2. pOLICE have taken 1 special steps to prevent replacements for the 21 suspected Communist killers arrested in the last few days sneaking: into Singapore from the Federation. A Singapore police spokesman told the Straits Times last night: “The closest liaison is being
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    King of Laos passes through
    45 9 SINGAPORE. July 2. The French liner La Marseillaise arrived in Singapore from Saigon yesterday for France with the King of Laos on board. Waiting at the wharves to greet the King was Mr. Malcolm MacDonald, the Com-missioner-General for SouthEast Asia
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    S’pore gets expert on trade school
    114 9 SINGAPORE, July 1. AN expert to organise ethnical education in si r *0re, will arrive here this month. He is Mr. R. S. Anderton. appointed to the new post of Assistant Director of Education (Technical). He was formerly principal of a technical institute in
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    They want a king
    38 9 The Lembaga Kesatuan Melayu has sent a petition to the nine Rulers of the Malay States in the Federation suggesting that the country should be ruled by a king aqj 3uotun iuojj papafas Sultans.
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    MORE TROUBLE FOR ASHA
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    Agents sue owners for $34,000
    165 9 SINGAPORE, July 1. IJARRFTTO Shipping and Trading Company, local ag( nts lor the Indian-owned freighter Asha, which has been lying in Singapore for the past 148 days, yesterday served a writ against the owners. The claim, for $34,068, is for supplies to the vessel. The
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    ALLIANCE SEES SULTAN But they go away without a reply
    710 10 JOHORE HAHRII, July 2. yyHILE 2,000 Malays stood in the sun chanting slogans and waving banners, the Sultan of Johore yesterday met leaders of the Johore UMNOMCA Alliance. A deputation ot 14 led by Tengku Abdul Rahman, president of UMNO,
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    CALL-UP MEN JOIN S.M.F.
    581 11 SINGAPORE, July 2. \fORE than 100 young men last night began their careers as parttime soldiers in the Singapore Military Forces when they reported to headquarters in Beach Hoad for documentation a n d “kitting out.” me recruits, smiling and unperturbed at the new experience, were
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    COLONY LABOUR MEN TO GO IT ALONE
    121 11 SINGAPORE, July 1. THt General Council ol the Singapore Laoour Party has rejected the draft constitution adopted at the annual conference of the Labour Party of Malaya in Penang recently The Penang conierence decided to unite tb? independent Labour Parties in the various
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    Banker going to New York
    56 11 PENANG, June 30.—Mr. J. R. Swales, manager ot the Mercantile Bank, will leave Penang bv the Falstria next Monday to be the bank’s representative in New York. His successor In Penang is Mr. N. W Paton-Smith from Singapore. A keen Rotarian. Mr. Swales was president
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    CORONER PRAISES 5 GALLANT FIREMEN
    359 11 SINGAPORE, July 2. LHREMEN were very r gallant In fighting the godown fire at Robertson Quay on April 20, the Singapore Coroner, Mr. K. T. Alexander, said yesterday at an inquiry into the death of five firemen. Firemen killed when w r alls collapsed were
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    8 MALAYANS FLY TO BRITAIN TODAY FOR RAF COURSE
    130 11 SINGAPORE. July 2. EIGHT MALAYANS of RAF Malaya will fly from Singapore to Britain by Hastings aircraft today for a sixmonth courses at RAF technical training schools. Four are from Kuala Lumpur, three from Province Wellesley and the other from Singapore.
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    Convalescent
    36 11 SINGAPORE. July 1. Dr. C. J Paglar, Singapore Legislative Councillor, recuperating after a recent illness, has been advised to take more rest. He hopes to attend the meeting of the Legislative Council on July 20.
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    POLICE USE FIRE HOSES TO QUELL STUDENTS MARCHING ON COURT
    481 12 SINGAPORE. July 3. r piIE Singapore police used 1 fire hoses to disperse a large crowd of Chinese students in front of the police courts in South Bridge Road yesterday. The students, many of them girls, had assembled to hear
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    Back to normal at the schools CHILDREN SIGN ON, RESUME STUDIES
    229 12 nlr SINGAPORE, July 3. STUDIES have resumed and the seven Singapore Chinese schools which re-opened last Monday alter holidays are returning to normal The schools, whose holidays the Singapore Government advanced two weeks, are the Chi- 1 nese High
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    Old Colony firm has new partners
    155 12 SINGAPORE. July 2. CONTROL of the seventy-nine-year-old Singapore stockbroking lirm of Lyall and Evatt changed hands frcDm yesterday and is nowbeing run by three partners Messrs. R. B B Donnell. J. R. Donnell and G M Glaskin. R B- B Donnell, one c f
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    SULTAN MAY GO TO BRITAIN
    167 12 SINGAPORE July 3. r rHE Sultan ot Johore, Major General Sir Ibrahim, is expected to leave for Britain in a few months, probably after celebrating his 81st birthday in September. According to sources close to I the Sultan. His Highness will be accompanied by the
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    Bishops going to U.S.
    50 12 IPOH. July 2.—The Bishop oi Singapore, the Rt. Rev. Dr. H. W. Baines, and Bishop R L Archer of the Methodist Mission in South-East Asia, will head the Malayan delegation to the Assembly of World Christian Churches to be held in August in Evanston Illinois. U.S.A.
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    Brief-cases for company men
    46 12 SINGAPORE. July 3. At the annual dinner of the Convention of the American International Assurance Company Limited three members of the company were awarded briefcases for their services They were Mr. Henrv Mok, Mr. Eng Ah Koon. and Mr. Leong Nee Kian.
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    ‘NOT TEN CHILDREN I HOPE’—MR. NAIR
    140 12 NOT TEN CHILDREN I HOPE’—MR. NAIR SINGAPORE, July 1. W HEN Mr. A. P. Rajah (Prog. North) told the Singapore City Council yesterday that special treatment was being offered to officers seconded from Britain, mem^er said he hoped that none would have 10 children. Mr. Rajah was replying to Mr.
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    Former air speed king new A.O.C for Colony
    170 12 Keuter A pilot «h« 0 h N a > M^ 1( 1 1 A several re b ">« lliehts has be, I, I>..mte,l Air Oflieer mantling. Singapore h k announced today. •v e f&ZoSsrSl if* x b een v Prom i »ice
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    Auster lands in swamp PILOT SAVED
    59 12 KUALA LUMPUR. July 3 An K t An** .i> .ug south trom Ku t i impur. crash lair 4 > v ir Yong Per.u 1 >’ this morivtii! u raped unhurt He \va* r < i sov helicopter and flow: Kuala tumour alter Hornets
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    NEW $200,000 FISH CENTRE TO START
    161 12 SINGAPORE. July 3. PLANS for a $200,000 fisheries research laboratories at Changi Point have been approved and construction may begin next month. Dr. F. D. Ommani t Director of Singapore Regional Fisheries Resea i Station, announced yesterday. He said the laboratories, in conjunction with
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    New appointment
    35 12 JOHORE BAHRU. July 3 M: H K Ashbv who recently returned from leave, has ne appointed Stat* 1 A"ricnltu[' Officer. Johore in to Dr W M «ontt. who left for Britain on leave.
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    PUBLICATION ‘AS A WHOLE’ WAS SEDITIOUS —alleges Crown
    656 13 SINGAPORE, July 2. THE trial of eight University of Malaya students 1 on charges relating to the seventh issue of “Fajar,” organ of the University Socialist Club, has been provisionally fixed for hearing in the Singapore First Criminal District Court on August
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    EIGHT VARSITY STUDENTS GET THE DETAILS
    494 13 SINGAPORE, July 3. SINGAPORE'S Crown counsel, Mr. A. V’. Winslow, yesterday preferred fresh charges against the eight University of Malaya students charged before Mr. Tan Ah Tah, of the First Criminal District Court, with two offences relating to the seventh issue of Fajar, organ
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    Ex-theatre manager discharged
    101 13 SINGAPORE. July 3. Thomas John Davies, a former manager of the Pavilion Theatre, accused of falsifying accounts while he was an employee of Shaw Bros.. Ltd., was discharged in the Singapore High Court yesterday. The jury returned a five-two verdict of not guilty and Mr. Justice Whitton
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    A CANADIAN GREETING FOR MacDONALD
    50 13 THE Commissioner-General, Mr. Malcolm MacDonald is greeted by Mrs. D. S. Armstrong, wife of the Canadian Trade Commissioner in Singapore, at the m p an^ da l>a J celebrations at the Tanglin Club on July 1. Mr. Armstrong looks on.—Straits Times picture. —Straits Times picture.
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    Sultan goes on tour by helicopter
    92 13 KUALA TRENGGANU. July 1 HPHE Sultan of Trengganu made his first official tour by helicopter of riverine kampongs in the Ulu Dungun district yesterday. He took off from Kuaia Trengganu early in the morning. The helicopter landed on the Kuala Dungun padang. The Sultan
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    Question of film star’s infancy decided at last
    327 13 SINGAPORE, July 3. IT ASM A BOOTY. Malay film star, sued by Malay Film Productions for breach of contract, failed to turn up in the Singapore High Court yesterday when the question of her infancy was decided by the court. Mr Justice
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    Chief on leave
    26 13 Mr. H K Rogers, managing director of United Engineers, left Singapore in the Asia on June 30 on six months’ leave In Britain.
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    Mr. Kuan meets the general
    57 14 THE NEW Director of Operations. Lieut. General Sir Ceoftrev tfou me, meet* Mr Kuan Chan Sang (Inchc Adam) at Segamat to congratulate him on the award of .h t 08F in the Queen's birthdav honours. Cencral Bourne has now returned to Kuala Lumpur fro m
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    7 STUDENTS GUILTY-3 MONTHS’ GAOL EACH
    770 14 e. SINGAPORE, July 4. I HE Singapore Fifth Police Magistrate. Mr. D. H. Chapman, yesterday passed the maximum sentence —three months’ rigorous imprisonment on seven Chinese school students when he had found them guilty of voluntarily obstructing Mr. Basil Lidwell Flack, A.S.P., from discharging
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    Civics for prisoners
    72 14 KUALA LUMPUR. July 4. Dato Aria di-Raja, the State Secretary, Kelantan, today opened a nine-week civics course for inmates of Kota Bahru’s “prison without walls” at Pengkalan Chepa. The theme of the course is “crime does not pay.” Seventeen lecturers, many of whom are Government Department heads,
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    Chambers want Mr. Koh sacked from the Council
    458 14 Kt ALA LOIITK, July 2. THE Associated Chinese Chambers of Commerce wants the High Commissioner, Sir Donald MacGillivray, to revoke the nomination of its rebel member, Mr. Koh Sin Hock, from the Federal Council by declaring him “incapable of discharging his functions
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    A family quit UMNO
    79 14 PENANG. July 2—Mrs. Rahiman Arill. wife* of a Federal Legislative Councillor. Dr. K Mohamed AritT. has resigned from Penang UMNO, with her two sons. Mr. Mushlr Arill and Mr. Omar Farouk AritT. Her daughter-in-law*. Mrs Zubaidah AritT. has also resigned. Thci* re-lgnatiens tallowed UMNO's expulsi >n
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    Three Singapore police officers, selected for training the Police College in Ryton-on-Dunsmore, Britain, left Singapore on July 4 in a Qantas-BOAC airliner.
    74 14 Three Singapore police officers, selected for tra ining the Police College in Ryton-on-Dunsmore, Britain, left Singapore on July 4 in a Qantas-BOAC airliner. They were (from left) Acting Superintendent ot lice Low Hong Hee, (of the Police Training School), inspe tor Yeow Koon Poh, (Orchard Road police station), a A.S.P.
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    Compromise plan on Elections TALKS GOING ON
    406 15 KUALA LUMPUR, July 6. FEDERATION GOVERNMENT announcement is expected in the next few days giving details of a compromise on elections which all the political parties, including the UMNO-MCA Alliance, would accept. The compromise is understood to consist ol an assurance by the
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    Nature men visit park
    60 15 KUALA LUMPUR, July 4.— Thirty members of the Selanbranch of the Malayan J- ature Society today visited T ’kit Takun, 400 ft. high landiv*ark of Templer’s Park at lynching, 14 miles from Kuala ;aipur. The society has appointed committee to assist the 1 "estry Department to
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    Doctors pick officials
    76 15 Officials of the southern branch of the Alumni Association of the King Edward VII College of Medicine and the Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, for this year are: Chairman, Dr. (Mrs.) W. Danaraj; chairman-elect. Dr. A. c. Sinha; secretary, Dr. Yeoh Seang Aun; treasurer, Mr. Lau
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    $5,000 GIFT WAS DELAYED 5 YEARS
    155 15 SINGAPORE, July 6. QIFTS that Father Christmas couldn’t bring to some Singapore children in 1950 will turn up as one big gift next year. December 1950 was the month of the riots and the Singapore Rotary Club was forced to cancel its $5,000 Christmas
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    GOVT. AND THE RED WITH GUN
    208 15 KUALA LUMPUR. July 4. A FEDERATION Government spokesman, referring to a straits Times editorial on Saturday on the Privy Council appeal of Wong Poh Yin said today; “In Wong Poh Yin’s case, the judge in the court of trial held that an intention to
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    Ritson scale will cost City millions
    305 15 SINGAPORE, July 7. Singapore City Council will have to find millions of dollars more to pay its daily-rated employees on the Ritson scale. Mr. T. M. Stevens, the City Secretary, said yesterday: “It is impossible to say now if this would result in increased
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    THE ARCHBISHOP’S DAY That pallium was blessed by the Pope
    87 15 SINGAPORE. July 5. THE ARCHBISHOP of Malacca, Mgr. Olcomendy (right), leaves the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd. Singapore, yesterday after being honoured in a special Pontifical High Mass. Archbishop Olcomendy is wearing the pallium—an Arch- bishop’s cloak—which was presented to
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    UNITE FOR STRENGTH SEAMEN ADVISED TOO MANY UNIONS—HE SAYS
    167 15 SINGAPORE, July 5. OEPRESENTATIVES of six seamen’s unions In Singa1V pore were yesterday advised by Mr. T. A. White, of the Master Attendant’s Oflice, to regroup their unions into three as a first step towards the formation of a single powerful
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    Health Officer
    31 15 JOHORE BAHRU, July l._ Dr. C. H. J. Baker has been appointed Health Officer, Johore South. He succeeds Dr. W. S. Kulesza who has been transferred t 0 Kluang.
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    Truck could have made holes for rescue work
    724 16 CRASH MAN WANTED TO RAM PLANE SINGAPORE, July 1. TWO AIRCRAFT engineers said in Singapore yesterday that it should have been possible to rip holes in the fuselage of the B.O.A.C. Constellation which crashed at Kallang on March 13 by ramming it
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    Three get T.B. study gifts
    57 16 Dr. Mary Mostyn, chest physician at the Royal Singapore Tuberculosis Clinic, has awarded one of the 1 ar East scholarships oi the National Association ior the Prevention of TuberI culosis. Other scholarships go to Dr. K. H. Blauw, Medical Officer, North Borneo and Che Osman
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    Judge explains remarks
    96 16 AIR JUSTICE KNIGHT said, TI that lrnm remarks he made on Tuesday it might appear that he and the assessors had reached the contusion at this stage that the tire services at Kallang were not elTlcient. That was not the impression lie hud intended to give. “It
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    CAPT. HOYLE AGREES: HIS APPROACH WAS STEEP, BUT NOT ABNORMAL
    621 16 20th day of the inquiry SINGAPORE. July 2 CAPT. T. W. Hoyle, pilot of the B.O.A.C. Constellation which crashed with the loss of 33 lives at Kallang airport on March 13, agreed in Singapore yesterday that the aircraft approached the
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    Flight too long for two pilots, he says
    684 16 OFFICER BROUGHT FROM SYDNEY 21st DAY OF THE INQUIRY SINGAPORE. July 3. A N Australian pilot with 15,000 flying hours said in Singapore yesterday that he would not care to fly Constellation aircraft between Singapore and Sydney with only one co-pilot. Capt.
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    CRASH STORY MAY GO TO MENZIES
    752 17 Mr. Seth advises a witness 22ND DAY OF THE INQUIRY SINGAPORE, July 6. AN Australian witness at the Singapore air crash inquiry was yesterday advised not to be deterred by the thought that the Australian Prime Minister, Mr. R. G. Menzies, might receive a
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    Rescue men ordered firemen about, he says
    527 17 23rd DAY OF THE INQUIRY SINGAPORE, July 7. OESCl’ERS interfered with airport firemen at Kallang on March 13, when a B.O.A.C. Constellation crashed and burnt with the loss of 33 lives, it was stated yesterday in Singapore. At the 23rd. day of the
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    A MOMENT THEY LONGED FOR
    63 17 SIR JOHN NICOLL, the Governor of Singapore, lays the foundation stone of the S159.000 swimming pool for merchant seamen at Connell House In Anson Road, Singapore. The ceremony, which was attended by representatives of the shipping community, marked a new phase in the efforts of
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    They draw lots for Kirkby, for Kota Bahru
    369 17 KUALA LUMPUR, July 5. 3OO young men and women in Malaya have had their immediate future decided by the drawing of lots. Which to Kirkby and which to Kota Bahru teachers’ training colleges was the question the Federal selection board for Kirkby
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    Official visit
    21 17 BRUNEI. July 5 —The High Commissioner. Si r Anthony Abell, paid an official visit to this town last week.
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    Orchard Circus: claims by seven
    298 18 SINGAPORE, July 7. OEVEN claimants are seeking compensation from the Singapore Government on the ground that the highway around Orchard Road Circus is on land owned by them, the acting President of the City Council, Mr. J. T. Rea, said yesterday. He was commenting on
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    On inspection in Malaysia
    61 18 SINGAPORE, July 6 MR. L. G HOWARD, cummerclal manager of George Wimpey Co. Ltd., who has arrived in the Colony for a routine business trip here and in Borneo The chairman of the company. Sir Godfrey Mitchell, at the recent annual meeting in London said they
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    Trustees claim part of Orchard Road Circus COMPENSATION DEMAND
    556 18 SINGAPORE, July 6. > ARCHARD ROAD, 1 one of Singapore's i key highways, will be blocked next week unless the Colony Government agrees to buy' a plot of land. The trustees of an estate, claiming to own part of the highway
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    Ban on import of plants
    50 18 To prevent Malaya’s experimental cocoa crops being infected by a virus disease which is now ruining cocoa crops in West Africa, a ban has been placed on importation of tropical plants from West Africa Cocoa plants themselves have always had to pass through quarantine here.
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    BAM appoints five selectors
    953 18  -  rim week in SPORT By JOHN MARKS SINGAPORE, July 6. THE standing committee of the Badminton Association of Malaya have appointed a fiveman selection sub-com-mittee for Malaya’s defence of the Thomas Cup next year. The sub committee comprises Chan Lai Hong of Perak (chairman). Lee Guan
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    PRICE JUMPS LIVEN TURNOVER
    520 20 SHARE MARKET 1 $3 By i Our i Market Correspondent SINGAPORE, July 5. was 1 distinctly better sentiment on the p./Singapore Share Market last week as. the International Tin Agreement secured the necessary support on Wednesday and rubber touched the 70 cent level for the first
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    COCONUT OIL PRODUCTION
    102 20 \s p *r 7’V* r r 1 -t.'' 1 oil and cake productlon In the Federation during May amounted to 8 .094 and 5,194 long tons r^pectlf^rv Figures for May 1053 were 5,666 and 3.633 long tons. Stocks at the end of last month were coconut oil
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    BUSINESS DONE
    202 20 rnHE following list of business 1 done in the Singapore Share Market last week was reported by one firm of sharebrokers for the period June 26 to July 2: INDUSTRIALS: Consolidated Tin Smelter^V 25/-, Fraser Neave Ords. $1 93 ft to 0195. Gammons $3.02 ft St $3.05, Hammers
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    TIN AND RUBBER EXPORTS UP
    99 20 The better rubber and tin prices over the past rlew months are reflected, in increased exports for the first six months of this year compared, with the corresponding period last year. From January to June this year Malaya exported *****4 tons of rubber compared 4
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    Rubber imports
    22 20 Total imports of rubber Into Singapore and the Federation of Malaya In June amounted to 24.153 tons, > >; s t ?fc»
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    DIVIDENDS ANNOUNCED
    148 20 The folio wing dividends were announced by companies operating In Malaya last week. JACKSON AND CO. LTD.: A final dividend of 12 12% making a total of 20% for the ymur ended Febmary 28, 1954, less Income tax Books close today 'MlHNCI consolidated LTD.: A dividend of JO
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    110 20 V SINGAPORE. July 7. Singapore hincsc Produce Exchange, noon prices per picul were:Copre: easy; July $304 buyers. SSMS*” $30% sellers. Coconut oil: quiet, $54 sellers. Pepper: steady with mod turnover; more oversees inquiries; mail business reported o*T fn.% busts; white pepper up $3%. black $5; Muntok whke $2114,
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    Tea exports
    53 20 The Federation’s tea exports in May were the highest for the first five months of this year. May exports netted $787,537 as against $446 910 in April. The principal importing countries wirt the United Kingdom Siam, the Netherlands and France. Imports in May Amounted to $650,798 as against
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    MALAYAN SHARE QUOTATIONS
    741 20 SINGAPORE, July 7. INDUSTRIALS .V Bmgmn Bettors Ale*. Bricks .«,>■,» *T *ng. y?tombi AtSss ice IJL2S 13*35 8.8 Petrof ......V JTA 88/-xbl B.M. Trustewi t.. 6 50 >■ *7.00 l Con. Tin Smelt \-S*.,• pref-i T.... is/- is/v Ord* 34/0 16/6 EasUrn United'" ><.>.oo Hm 00 r
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    Consumers hold off for reaction
    289 20 AB V.n 5 j A week’s report fl i n t were withdrawh market in the ho; tion, and the tr af/ci of toe back appeared in, i e Jf wt Holiday Cutler. Ltd. week j S»H«W of In, „,TL2? j anglr-v 3SS*r%£ <Un? 6000
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    LEWIS & PEAT
    32 20 LEWIS PEAT Lewis Peat, product urcrtc 1 era, announce a of 75 percent 15 100 percent for 1953 agpercent the 773 1 The group profit was rO ducUon^o?tax, compared £34,424 for 1#52.
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    Pahang Consol
    53 20 Tin outputs and J June announced are. P f I solidated Co. Ltd., 230 to™ 1 centrates from 15,°°° tonsor I ed; Kuala Reman Rubber t I Ltd., 113.100 lb. Kinta Tin Dredging Ltd 22. tin ore; No. 3 dree ge of Ipo Dredging Ltd. (Pu chong 591
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