The Straits Budget, 5 August 1954

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    30 1 The Straits Budget THE, WEEKLY ISSUE >OF THE STRAITS TIMES MALAYA'S NATIONAL NKWSFATKft New Series No. 416. Thursday, > August 5, r |1954 Price 40 cents (Malayan) y Or 1 *Ullnf
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  • From THE STRAITS TIMES POSTBAG
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      Status of Indians Citizens in Malaya
      208 2  - Status of Indians Citizens in Malay a P. K. GUHA > iffeco n dlBecret a r y (t (Information> "Singapore. F 4t an edito u tnn Indl an’s rig; is JwJL 1 Pre3ld «nt Of todU has ever declared, as j,e do un r the gjdjan Constitution, that a is
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      The police lieutenants should learn courtesy
      207 2  -  '-'•UNTKIU: v A JP WHILST hesitating to classify police lieu “wasters” I agree with “Malayan” that u :,s completely Ignorant of the need for cou consideration In their dally dealings with th, m"' u Rather than condemn the In u Wic. dividual police lieutenant
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      Malayan students and scholarship grants
      329 2  -  LESLIE H. PALMIER. Singapore. JN your leading article—- The Student Prince’' —you Imply that £2 IB a year is sufficient for the British student you mention. You also admit that to keep himself in the vacations, he earns another £2OO odd. Indeed, the Government does
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      He will find answer in police Roll of Honour
      177 2  -  J. G. F. wAjJ. X pUKl* T AM surprised by “Malaon I do not understand what he means when he refers to “wasters.** If he means the wasted efforts of police lieutenants in doing administration work, then this Is for the
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      Obscene books
      44 2  -  K DUDLEY ROBERTS. Singapore. ris time the Government stopped the obscene and filthy literature that is flooding this city and which can be bought for a few cents at some bookstall* Leaders of our communities would do well to ponder this problem.
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      Allotment of shares by company
      227 2  -  N. L. MACASSEY. Singapore. npHOSB of your readers, who X like myself applied for an allotment-of shares in the recent Metal Box Company of Malaya Limited’s Issue for which the subscription list opened and closed on July 20 and who are still waiting not only
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      Working hours and labour code
      152 2  -  W.M. EDWARDS. Singapore. {V P the strike of Singapore v City Council labourers, you report that to the Council s suggestion that the working hours of the industrial staff should be revised to ensure an eight-hour Job every day, unions said" they were prepared to;Recommend
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      Ipoh Govt office buildings
      131 2  -  M. S. MAHENDRAN Ipoh. rnHE recent opening 1 Federal House at Kiu Lumpur has led people In P< to call attention to the adequacy of suitable and co modlous buildings for put offices- m ipoh. Apart from the Ipoh rail station building, the 1 Hall, the
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
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  • The Straits Budget
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      Mr. Lyttelton Goes
      713 3 —Straits Times. July 30. Mr. Oliver Lyttelton unquestionably has been the. most controversial figure in the Churchill Cabinet. He is fortunate in being able to find for his escape back to big business a moment of relative calm. Complete colonial calm, overseas or in Westminster, unhappily is
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      Big Game In Pahang
      563 3 —Straits Times, July 29. A somewhat sickening story of a sportsman’s war on big game in Pahang is told in the Game Department’s annual report. This poacher, for poacher he was, was a Government official. His favourite weapon was a bren gun. His last adventure was
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      Sir Cheng-lock Tan
      288 3 —Straits Times, July 30. So completely has Dato Sir Cheng-lock Tan been identified with the Malayan Chinese Association, of which he was the principal founder, and so completely has his leadership of the M.C.A. been devoted recently to the Alliance with U.M.N.0., that news of his intention
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      Kallang Site
      264 3 —Straits Times, July 30. In a comment on the Kallang airport site, which is expected to be available for development in May next year, the Progressive Party’s news-letter draws attention to the problem of the interregnum until political party government is established in Singapore under the new constitution.
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      In Colony Factories
      657 3 Straits Times, July 31. A labour landmark recorded by the Colony’s Labour Department’s survey of hours and wages in the Colony appears to have passed almost unnoticed. The average working week is now less than fifty hours. It is still too long a week, there are some
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      Strike Over
      393 4 —Straits Times, July 31. A generous and somewhat unexpected concession by Singapore City Council on the backdating of the new wage scales based on the Ritson award to Government workers has brought to an end the City’s twelve day strike. The new scales will be backdated to October
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      Drama in Politics
      585 4 -Straits Times, Aug. 2. Although Sir Cheng-lock Tan has never revealed publicly nor set out in writing his reasons for resigning the presidency of the Malayan Chinese Association—a resignation now happily withdrawn—it is an open secret that one of his reasons was the fact that he was
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      Problems To Come
      997 4 —Straits Times, Aug. 3. With over half its population under twenty-one, little unemployment and $4,305 million in trade, compact Singapore is one of the Commonwealth’s more exciting dependent territories. It is attracting increasing Commonwealth attention for political reasons, because of the political progress the Colony itself is
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      The Tin Ceiling
      327 4 —Straits Times. Aim. 3 If £4O a ton off the ceiling is the price of saving the Geneva tin agreement, then Malaya had better pay it. There would then be a price range of £2OO, the floor being £640. At the moment the London price is midway
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      Tin Prospecting
      318 4 —Straits Times, Aug. 4. The search for more tin does not seem to get quite all the encouragement from Government that it should. The point has been raised again by Mr. Clifford Waite, in a review ot Consolidated Tin Smelters’ successful year. With the improvement in security it
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    Visit to Kuala Lumpur convinced aborigines
    1190 5  -  By Harry Miller ONE of the strangest episodes of the Communist war was the visit to Kuala Lumpur of 150 aborigine headmen. They were invited there by the Government to see for themselves that the Communists were not in control. that the propaganda they
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    AIR MAIL SPEED-UP TO THE U.S.
    79 5 OPEEDIER air mails from Malaya to the western part of the United States have now been arranged. Malayan air mail will be sent direct. Mail posted on Mondays and Fridays will be sent by the morning departure of Pan American Airways flights on Tuesdays
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    Mr. Challen dies in Britain
    35 5 Mr. Edwin Challen, who was for many years with John Little and Company, Ltd., and latterly chairman of the company, has died at Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England. He was seventy-five.
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    Big drive to pay for new YWCA
    204 5 SINGAPORE, Aug. 3. T'HE Singapore YWCA’s new $200,000-centre in Outram Road will have 12 'Classrooms, •o assembly hall, club room, indoor gymnasium and a sports round with spectators’ pavilion. put the YWCA has only •>'13,000 in its building fund and y ill shortly
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  • PERSONAL
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      BIRTHS
      139 5 GOUGH: To Jo. wile of Peter, at Penang on 27th July, a daughter. BAKEF To Wendy Ann (Nee Silver) a son, Rhoderick Jonathan Spencer, at Malacca Hospital, on 27.7.54 Thank You Darling. MacDONALD: To Mary, wife of Ian MacDonald on the 29th July, at, Kandang Kerbau. a daughter. LE
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      ENGAGEMENT
      30 5 THE ENGAGEMENT is announced between James Christopher, eldest son of Mrs. J. J. Cunningham of Sheringham, England, and Patricia, younger daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. D. Oswald. Singapore.
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      ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
      32 5 MR. AND MRS. Raymon Huang Thien Hui thank all friends and relatives for their presence and lovely gifts and assistance on the occasion of their wedding on Saturday, 24th July, 1954.
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    An abacus helped to win him U.S. degree
    260 5 OLD METHOD WITH NEW PROBLEMS INTRIGUED MICHIGAN VARSITY SINGAPORE, August 4. AN abacus from Sin- gapore has helped to solve many tricky engineering problems in the University of Detroit in Michigan, U.S.A., besides helping its owner to win an engineering degree with
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  • Obituary
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    86 5 DEATHS MUSTARD: At Bungsar Hospital. Kuala Lumpur. 30th July 1954, Henry Christopher. TOOMS. DOUGLAS: Died on 31st May 1954, at “Wayside” Victoria Road, Prestatyn, North Wales. Formerly of Batu Arang, Selangor L sn T AUfDPMPr LT. COL. THOMAS LAWRENCE FOX. O.B.E. aged 60, son of the late Mr Thomas Barter
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    As I was Saying
    667 6  -  CYNICIS SINGAPORE. July 31. HPHE Hongkong Government does not seem to have handled the Press any too skilfully in its attempt to keep dark, for twentyfour hours, the story of the shooting down of the Cathay Pacific airliner near Hainan. But there are two sides t"
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    GUNONG CHEROH, IPOH.
    9 6 Straits Times photographer I'ok Ah Chong.
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    Notes from a... Malayan Diary
    1004 6  -  STANLEY STREET. Rickshaw memories COMETIME ago I wrote about the Federation's 1 trishaws and several correspondents have been supplying i me with notes about them. 1 lam reminded that disputes I with European patrons spring from the fact that while the Asian passenger fixes his
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    Team leader
    38 6 Mr. Eric Wee Sian Beng. president of the Singapore Youth Council. has been named leader of the Colonv delegation attending the second world youth general assembly on Aug. 16- The deputy leader is Mr. G. Abishegenaden.
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    Oehlers will be the first Speaker for S’pore
    347 8 NICOLL CHOOSES LAWYER AND SPORTSMAN SINGAPORE, July 29. MR G. E. N. OEHLERS, 46, well-known lawyer and sportsman, will be Speaker of the first Singapore Legislative Assembly. He has been chosen by the Governor, Sir John Nicoll. The Legislative Assembly is to
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    LIGHTS NOW FOR MORE ZEBRAS?
    120 8 SINGAPORE, July 29. rE traffic lights at Collyer Quay, now on test, are proving satisfactory and may stay for good, said Singapore’s Traffic Police Chief. Mr. W. R. M. Haxworth to the Straits Times yesterday. The City Council would soon be asked to instal lights
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    Build houses for sale, Council told
    74 8 PENANG July 28. THE Municipal Town Planning and Building Department committee has recommended that the Penang Council should now embark on a housing scheme. The houses should oe for sale or lease. The success of such a scheme, the committee .said, would depend on
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    Police smash ‘little axe’ gang
    249 8 KUALA TRENGGANU, July 29. TRENGGANU police have smashed the 60-strnn.r “Kapak Kechil” (little axe) gang in the Besut district in north Trengganu. This gang of professional thugs, which has hw.„ terrorising kampongs in the area, was given this n ,m because each carried a four-inch
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    Court interpreter retires
    46 8 SINGAPORE. July 29. Yesterday was the last working day at the Singapore courts for Mr. T. V. Subrayalu. a senior interpreter, who retires after 16 years’ service. He will spend his leave in India but intends to return to settle in the Colony.
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    NAVAL FROGMEN KILLED
    188 8 SINGAPORE, July 3(j. A ROYAL Navy frogman was drowned at Singapore Naval Base yesterday, almost 24 hours to the minute after another frogman was killed by a shark at Telok Ayer Basin. The man killed by the shark was a leading seaman, aged 21, and the drowned
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    HELEN COMES TO PREPARE ASSEMBLY
    65 8 SINGAPORE, July 29 MISS HELEN DALE, assistant general secretary of the World Assembly of Youth in Paris, who arrived in 1 pore yesterday in a K.L.m* Super Constellation to pr?" pare the general assembly in Singapore next month. Alter the assembly Miss Dale hope-' to
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    Govt. House is cabinet’s meeting place
    90 8 Govt House is cabinet’s meeting place SINGAPORE, July 30. CABINET meetings under the Rendel Constitution will be held in Government House, the Government’s Under Secretary, Mr. J. D Higham, told the Straits Times yesterday. Mr. Higham said that alterations would be made to Government House to provide the necessary facilities
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    250 CAN GET THIS AID—IF THEY ASK FOR IT
    288 8 SINGAPORE, July 29. LARGE number of 257 people who have applied for a share of the $155,000 Malaya War Distress (Singapore) Fund are not eligible for any payment. Mr. E. F. Middleditch, of the Social Welfare Department’s Public Assistance Section. said
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    SIR CHENG-LOCK RESIGNS M.C.A. PRESIDENCY But not quitting politics
    423 9 SINGAPORE, July 30. nATO Sir Cheng-lock Tan, who resigned from the Presidency of the Malayan Chinese Association yesterday, is not retiring from active politics. \t his Tong Watt Road, residence in Singapore, Sir Cheng-lock told the Straits Times: “If the people
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    TWO ARE BACK ON COUNCIL IN PERAK
    73 9 IPOH. July 28. Two of the three Alliance members on the Perak State Council, who had resigned over the Federal elections issue, resumed their stats on the Council today. They are Mr. Wong Beng Hea of Sitiawan and Mr. Woo Saik Hong of
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    She is off to England
    52 9 MISS ROSIE CHEW, daughter of Penang Municipal Councillor, Mr. Chew Boon Ee, will leave by the liner 1 anton on Aug. 7 to study l<w in England. An ex-pupil w the St. George’s Girls’ School, Rosie represented Penang in inter-state triangular badminton tournaments in 1950
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    PUSH ON WITH OUT PEPLER, THEY SAY
    140 9 SINGAPORE. July 30. THE Singapore Government should make plans for the development of the Kallang airport area now without waiting for the Pepler plan, said the Progressive Party newsletter yesterday. Kallang, it was expected would cease to be an airport from June 1
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    Life member of Red Cross
    58 9 The Johore Bahru District Red Cross committee has made Mr. Lim Boon Seng of the Johore Bahru leper camp a life member of the British Red Cross Society. Mr. Lim is the first of those living in the leper camp to apply for life membership.
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    Colony’s best dancers
    42 9 SINGAPORE, July 30. Mr. and Mrs. J- Slater won the 1954 Singapore novice ballroom championship held at the Raffles Hotel last night. Runners up were Mr. G. Morton and Miss Maggie Chow and Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Smith.
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    Superforts test Singapore defences
    108 9 SINGAPORE, July 30. TWO B-29 Superfortresses of the 13th United States Air Force yesterday tested Singapore’s tighter, defences with a series of attacks on the Colony. Royal Air Force Vampire and Hornet fighters intercepted the raiders several times. The exercise ended with a low altitude fly-past
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    169 are back
    20 9 SINGAPORE, July 30. One hundred and sixty-nine Indians from Madras returned to Singapore yesterday in the Jalagopal.
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    A show of art that is a bit hard on the eye
    251 9 SINGAPORE, July 30. THE TINY ivory carvings of a Chinese artist will be exhibited in the Chinese Chamber of Commerce, when the Commissioner-General, Mr. Malcolm MacDonald, opens his one-man show at 5.30 p.m. on Tuesday. Wong Lo Feng,
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    MR. D. TOOMS
    56 9 Mr. Douglas Tooms, former Chief Engineer of Malayan Collieries, died recently in England after a brief illness. Mr Tooms first arrived In Malaya in 1928 and until 1936 he was Chief Engineer at the collieries in Batu Arang, Selangor. He returned to the collieries after the war
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    TEACHER HELD FOR FIVE DAYS
    140 9 KUALA LUMPUR, July 29. pOUCE here have released a 22-year-old Chinese schoolteacher after questioning him for five days about an alleged incident in his life seven years ago. During his confinement tn High Street police station allegations that he had entered the Jungle near Muar,
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    ART CLUB A TOTAL FLOP,SAYS AN ARTIST
    426 10 Painter starts a civil war SINGAPORE. July 29. fPHE Singapore Art A Society has failed to do its job of fostering art and encouraging artists, Mr. Arthur “Johnnie” Johnson said yesterday. “The last exhibition of the Singapore Art Society was pathetic there was
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    SERGEANT JOHN AND DIANA RETURN — then they sail for home
    166 10 SERGEANT JOHN AND DIANA RETURN then they sail for home SINGAPORE. July 29. SERGEANT and Mrs. John Anderson returned to Singapore yesterday from Hong Kong but only for four hours. They arrived with other service families in the Lancashire. Mrs. Anderson. Singapore-born Diana Lee. met Sgt. Anderson when he was
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    Labour chief for America
    50 10 Mr. Lee Moke San of Kuala Lumpur, chairman of the new-ly-formed Labour Party of Malaya, has been awarded a travel grant to tour the United States under the auspices of the U.S. State Department. He is expected to return to Malaya towards the end of December.
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    He will ask for more playgrounds
    75 10 SINGAPORE, July 30. MR. JOHN LAYCOCK will move at the next meeting of the Legislative Council on Aug. 17 that the former football stadium at Telok Ayer be developed by the Singapore Government for schools. He will ask that the ground be converted into
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    $250,000 SET ASIDE FOR PUBLIC PARK AT PASIR PANJANG
    208 10 SINGAPORE, July 30 THE Singapore Rural Board yesterday added $250 n id for construction of a 14-acre public park at p sir Panjang to its estimated expenditure for 1955 The board approved a budget r for next year providing for total
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    CONGRESS CALLS ON INDIANS: TAKE UP THIS CITIZENSHIP
    200 10 SINGAPORE, July 31. THE Singapore branch of the Malayan Indian Congress is doing its best to encourage Colony Indians to take up citizenship of Britain and the Colonies. At an emergency meeting yesterday the congress decided to set up 24 centres for
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    Amy wants men councillors to wear ties
    65 10 SINGAPORE, July 31. MRS. AMY EDE (Prog., East) suggested at a Singapore City Council meeting yesterday that men members should wear neckties to lend dignity to Council meetings. “What about the ladies? asked Mr. J. M. Jumabhoy (Ind., City) amid smiles. The Council
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    Lyttelton praises his successor
    231 10 KUALA LUMPUR, July 30. fpHE retiring Secretary of State for the Colonies, Mr. Oliver Lyttelton, in a cable to the Officer Administering the Government, described his successor, Mr. LennoxBoyd, as a true friend of the colonial peoples The OAG, Mr. D*. C. Watherston, has cabled to
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    Singapore will keep Mrs. Pandit so busy
    275 10 SINGAPORE, July 31. 'THE Governor. Sir John Nicoll, will give a banquet at Government House. Singapore, on Aug. 12, in honour of M r s. Vijayalakshmi Pandit, president of the United Nations General Assembly. Forty guests invited include members of the Legislative Council
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    200 for big youth camp
    74 10 SINGAPORE, July 30. The annual All Malayan Anglican Youth Camp will be held at the St. Andrew s School at Woodsville, Singapore, from Aug. 9 to 15. About 200 members of Anglican youth fellowships in Malaya will attend. Anglican youth fellowships in the Colony and
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    CITY COUNCIL STRIKE OFF Back pay from Oct. 16
    751 11 SINGAPORE, July 31. THE 12-day Singapore 1 City Council strike is over. It officially ended at 7 p.m. yesterday when representatives of the Council and its Labour Union Federation signed an agreement at the City Hall. Most of the strikers will
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    ‘CIVIC RIGHTS’ THEME FOR CONFERENCE
    71 11 CIVIC RIGHTS’ THEME FOR CONFERENCE SINGAPORE. July 31. “Civic rights and responsibilities” is the theme of this year’s Singapore Chinese Y.M.C.A. annual students’ conference to be held at the Tanah Merah youth camp from Dec. 15 to 18. Registration is now open to Chinese-speaking students from all schools. English and
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    FROGMAN DEATH ‘A WARNING’
    132 11 SINGAPORE, July 31. THE Telok Ayer frogman death was a warning to swimmers. the Singapore Fisheries Officer, Mr. Tham Ah Kow, said yesterday. Mr. Tham Ah Kow advised: ‘‘Swim in enclosures if you want to be safe from sharks. You never know where they are. ‘‘Sharks
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    CITY COUNCIL PAY TRIBUTE TO OEHLERS
    81 11 SINGAPORE, July 31. The Singapore City Council at its meeting yesterday congratulated one of its members. Mr. G. E. N. Oehlers, on his appointment as SpeakerDesignate of the new Legislative Assembly. Mr. J T. Rea, acting President, spoke of Mr. Oehlers’ high qualities of
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    FIVE BANDITS DIE IN FEDERATION
    159 11 KULIM, July 31. FIVE uniformed bandits, including a woman, were killed and another wounded today when a patrol of “B” Company. sth Battalion, Malay Regiment, ambushed them at Bukit Besar in South Kulim. The dead terrorists were Tsoi Kong (42) second-in-command of the Kulim armed
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    Gurkhas kill the man who trained the terrorists
    102 11 KUALA LUMPUR, July 30 ONE of the three terrorists killed by the ZH Gurkhas in the Kuala Lipis area of Pahang on Sunday has been identified as Lee San, a district Committee member. Lee was a notorious killer. He took part in
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    SINGAPORE AND CEYLON STUDENTS IN INTERNATIONAL HOUSE SHOW
    88 11 SINGAPORE, July 30. IfR. 808 RAMACHANDRAN of Singapore was among a number of Asian students at the University of Melbourne who took part in “International Revue”, a concert staged in two country towns in the western district of Victoria. Australia, recently. Mr.
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    E.C. Dutton and Boon Leong for England
    559 11 SINGAPORE, Aug. 1. AMASSING more than a million votes in less than a week. 30-year-old Chla I Boon Leong of Singapore was yesterday named the most popular footballer In Malaya. Edwin Dutton, 26-year-old Indian captain of the Selangor state team, was a close
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    THERE’S EVIDENCE SINGAPORE CAN MANAGE ITS OWN AFFAIRS, BUT... Reds and secret gangs hinder march to freedom TOO MANY ARE SMUG SAYS MR. GOODE
    868 12 SINGAPORE, August 3. SPHERE is much to en- courage confidence that Singapore is ready to manage its own affairs responsibly and competently, says the Colonial Secretary,
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    Skymen beat off blowpipe attacks by Sakai
    362 12 IPOH, July .'5l MORE THAN 50 aborigines yesterday made three unsuccessful attacks with poisoned blowpipe darts on British paratroopers hunting for Commu nist terrorists in “Operation Termite” in the k.iu jungle east of here. There were no casualties among the men of T>
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    Taken—job in aquarium
    75 12 Taken —job in aquarium SINGAPORE. Aug. 3. Singapore’s new Van Kleet Aquarium, due to be opened within two months, now has a superintendent. He is Mr. S. A. V. Nathan, formerly Works Overseer or the City Architect’s Department. Mr. F. C. Akhurst, from the London Zoological Society, who came to
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    A cow that has news value NOW
    154 12 SINGAPORE, Aug. 3. THIS picture which came in the Straits Times office on Friday night won a small fortune for the man who saw it and decided not to publish it because it has no “news value” in Malaya. The cow in the
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    12,000 NEW PHONES BUT NOT JUST YET
    181 12 SINGAPORE, Aug. 3. TiHE new telephone A equipment ordered for Singapore means an extra 12,000 telephones, I the chairman of the Telephone Board. Mr. Loke Wan Tho said yesterday. “But,” he warned, “this does not mean that people who are anxious for new
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    SINGAPORE IN COLOUR—IN THE ANNUAL REPORT
    109 12 SINGAPORE, Aug. 3. jDICHLY coloured photographs of many aspects of Singapore life illustrate the Colony’s annual report for 1953. From today the report may be bought from the Government Publications Office, FullerBuilding, for $3 a copy. One of the most outstanding photographs is on
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    Sir Cheng-lock to stay as MCA president
    482 13 MALACCA, July 31. nATO SIR CHENG-LOCK TAN today withdrew u his resignation from the presidency of the Malayan Chinese Association. But he made the condition that there should be no more by-passing of him on important issues. The condition was readily accepted by
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    ‘No entry’ in Jawi
    42 13 KUALA LUMPUR, July 30. The traffic advisory committee is to be asked to consider printing traffic road signs in the town in Jawi as well as in English for the benefit of outstation Malay visitors to the capital.
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    He will join the BBC
    56 13 >m. TOH SENG YAM, 38, who •eaves Malacca for Singapore tomorrow to fly to Britain, "here he will join the BBC <>n a study tour sponsored by the British Council, Mr. Toh, meting broadcasting assistant "*th Radio Malaya, Malacca, is an energetic musical and eharitable
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    Met in England, to marry
    107 13 A Malayan boy and girl who met for the first time in England in 1951 have announced their engagement in Ipoh. They plan to return to England following their marriage. The couple are John Kenneth Kwok Hoe, youngest son of Dr. Chong Tak Nam J.P.
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    Hospital board named
    65 13 JOHORE BAHRU Sun. The following have been appointed to serve on the Tangkah Hospital Board: Mrs. Pang Kim Hua. Mr. W. F. Vincent. Mr. S. Suppiah, Mr. N. A. Brooks, Mr. Eugene Chong. Mr. Wong Yok Yee, Mr. A. C John, Penghulu Mohd. Nor bin Haji Mohd.
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    Cheng- lock to think again
    408 13 SINGAPORE, July 31. DATO Sir Cheng-lock Tan has decided to reconsider his resignation from the Presidency of the Malayan Chinese Association. Announcing this yesterday, Sir Cheng-lock told the Straits Times: “Many people have told me they have been extremely disconcerted since my resignation was announced.
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    Miners protest to Government
    400 13 BATU ARANG, August 1. MORE THAN 1,000 coal miners met here today iU to protest against the Federation Government’s refusal to guarantee an assured market for the town’s coal mine. After the Government’s decision, the colliery owners closed the second of the mine’s three underground pits
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    MINE SACKS 2,300 MORE
    422 13 KUALA LUMPUR, July 30. 'TEMPORARY relief work on local projects will be found for colliery workers sacked at the Batu Arang coal mine, Selangor, the Federation Govern- ment announced tonight. This follows the Malayan Collieries' decision to close down the second of the three underground workings
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    Land show in stadium
    60 13 KUALA LUMPUR. July 30 The 19th exhibition organised by the Malayan Agri-Hortieul-tural Association will be held at Chenwu Stadium. Kuala Lmnpur. on Aug. 7. 8 and 9. Silverware, sarongs, mats, baskets. flowers, fruit and poultry will be displayed. Horses, ouffaloes. oxen and goats will also be
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    GURKHAS BAG SEVEN IN SWOOP
    432 14 Japanese doctor among terrorist dead They surprised woman district secretary combing her hair KUALA LUMPUR, July 30. JLflEN of the 2/7 Gurkhas killed seven terrorists, including a Japanese doctor, after surrounding a camp three miles north-west of the “bad village’’ of Jerkoh in Pahang on
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    A NEEDLE WAS HIS CURE-ALL
    189 14 j KUALA LUMPUR, July 31 j i TERRORIST boss who is also a self-styled doctor has been hood- winking his men into be- lieving that his magical i “silver needle” can cure all their ills. He is Kin Ming, State Committee Member for j the
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    ‘RACIAL DIFFERENCES DELAY SELF-GOVERNMENT’
    408 14 PENANG, Julv 31. PRESENT racial differences in Malaya would have to be solved before a sound foundation could be laid for self-govern-ment, Mr. Jules Martin, one of the oldest and most senior European leaders in this country, said in Penang today. A former Federal Legislative Councillor
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    Mr. Mustard—a pioneer in rubber—dies
    101 14 Mr. Mustard —a pioneer in rubber —dies KUALA LUMPUR. July 30. Mr. Henry Christopher Mustard, a pioneer, rubber planter in Malaya, died in Bungsar Hospital this morning from pneumonia contracted after a recent leg operation. He was 76. Mr. Mustard came to Malaya in 1905 and spent most of his
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    ERSKINE’S PLANE IS FOUND-BUT NO BODIES
    475 14 KUALA LUMPUR, July 30. THE deep jungle on tne mountainous region on the Pahang-Selangor border has yielded a flve-year-oid secret On Oct. 27. 1849. Brigadier Malcolm D Erskine, commander of the 2nd Guards Brigade, disappeared in an Auster aircraft piloted by Capt J F
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    Tree expert retires—to more trees
    172 14 Tree expert retires —to more trees KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 1. A MAN who has spent his entire working life in the company of trees, will soon retire to his native province in India and take up tree-study again—this time as a hobby. He is Mr. P. K. B. Pillai, 55.
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    HE SPEAKS UP FOR THE MEN FROM GAOL
    184 14 SINGAPORE, July 29. SINGAPORE lags behind many other cities in the after care of discharged prisoners and there is a prejudice against helping them, said Major W. L. P. Sochon, Commissioner of Prisons, yesterday. He said all efforts by prison authorities to
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    Witness seems to think he has to shield somebody—judge
    1063 15 REFUSAL TO ANSWER QUESTION ON FIRE EQUIPMENT 38TH DAY OF THE INQUIRY SINGAPORE, July 29. i SENIOR officer of the Department of Civil Aviation was advised at the Kallang air t rash inquiry yesterday not to let loyalty to his senior
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    Crash inquiry counsel to study questions by the Attorney-General
    495 15 PROBE ADJOURNED FOR MEETING SINGAPORE, July 30. T*HE Kallang air crash inquiry was adjourned yesterday, so that counsel might discuss in chambers with the president, Mr. Justice Knight, and the assessors a revised list of 23 questions placed before the court
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    300 lose homes, in storm 15 hurt
    311 15 KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 3. 3OO people half of them children, were made homeless tonight when a storm swept over Kampong Tanggang China in the Kuala Lumpur area, blowing down 25 houses. Fifteen people were injured. Eight of them were taken to hospital. Rescue
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    TEACHER WEDS A MINER
    51 16 MR. TAN JIN M AN. a tin miner from Kuala Lumpur, and his bride, the former Miss Chong: Puan Lu, a Colony school teacher, photo graphed after their wedding at the Singapore Registry o n Aug. 3. Straits Times v o i) Aur. 3. Straits Times
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    SUGAR ROCKETS —THEN SLUMPS
    139 16 KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 3. rpHE price of sugar fell to 36 cents a kati today after reaching 90 cents in the black market in Kuala Lumpur yesterday. This was the market’s reaction when the price control of 40 cents a kati was lifted and the price
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    BACK TO NIGHT MEETING
    57 16 KUALA LUMPUR. July 30. Municipal meetings are to be held in the evenings again for another three months. The Municipal Council decided this yesterday and re- versed a decision made at the last meeting boycotted by Alliance members—to revert to day-time sessions. Night meetings were introduced
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    Miners seek six-month respite
    162 16 KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 3. Mr. P. K. R. KURUP, president of the Batu Arang colliery workers’ union will have talks with Malayan Trade Union Council officials here tomorrow on the mining town s unemployment problem. They will discuss plans for a joint colliery and MTUC delegation
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    Coroner’s car in collision
    56 16 SINGAPORE. Aug. 4. A car driven by the Singapore Coroner. Mr. K. T. Alexander. was involved in collision with a taxi at South Bridge Road at lunch time yesterday. Mr. Alexander, who presided as the Fourth Police Magistrate. was leaving the court for lunch, when the
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    G.O.C. inspects volunteers
    48 16 SINGAPORE, Aug. 4. Major General D.D.C. Tulloch, General Officer Commanding, Singapore Base District, yesterday inspected 300 officers and men of the Singapore Harbour Board Reserve. The S.H.B. Reserve will function as a disciplined military force in the event of w*ar. All its men are volunteers.
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    New post office
    21 16 Mr E.V.G. Day. chairman of Singapore Rural Board, on Aug 3 opened a new post office at Sembawang.
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    Plot to hide state of fire services? Certainly not, says ex-manager
    565 16 MR. MILTON EXPLAINS PASSAGE IN A LETTER SINGAPORE, July 31. A FORMER manager of Kallang Airport denied yesterday in Singapore that he had ever conspired to hide the true state of the airport fire services from airline operators. Ronald
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    London verdict helps to clear a bandit cook
    382 16 IPOH August A PRIVY COUNCIL decision was today quoted 1 by an Ipoh lawyer in defence of a man iadn< ihree capital charges of having a revolver and 27 rounds of ammunition. The Privy Council precedent was this; a terror caught having
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    Association officials
    63 16 SINGAPORE, Aug. 4 Officials of Singapore Eurasian Association are:President, Mr. P.F. de Souza, vice-president. Dr. C.J. Paglar. secretary. Mr. A.V. Pestana. assistant secretary, Mr. >■ Aeria; treasurer, Mr. Pu Marcus; chairman of ti Youth Movement, Mr. JL Pestana. Committee: Messrs. Stank'? Stewart, T. Leijssius, N.S. Hogan, C.L. Schelkis.
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    1953 REPORT ON COLONY BEATS THE BEST SELLERS
    117 16 SINGAPORE. Aug. 4. SALES of the Singapore .Annual Report for 1953 outstripped all other best-sellers in Singapore bookshops yesterday by three to one. Nearly all bookshops featured window displays of this attractive-looking book, printed by the Government Printing Office and priced at
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    Josephine leaves for Britain
    50 16 SINGAPORE. Aug. 3 Miss Josephine Woods, a tea cher in Stamford Girls’ School, left Singapore yesterday in th< liner Victoria for Britain on o three-year Froebel teacher.-' training course. One of two Government teachers awarded scholarships for this course. Miss Woods will go to Deptford, London.
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    MALAYA’S FORMER CIVIL AIR CHIEF, ANSWERING CRITICISM, SAYS: ‘The airlines can take risk, then say fire service is lacking’
    1022 17 FORTYFIRST DAY OF THE INQUIRY SINGAPORE, August 4. THE former DirectorGeneral of Civil Aviation for the Mala-ya-Borneo Region, Albert Walter Savage, told the Kallang crash court of inquiry yesterday: “I have
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    PLAN TO KEEP FOOD CLEAN
    107 17 SINGAPORE, Aug. 3. HEALTH regulations to enforce the use of clean wrappings for food are being considered. the Singapore City Health Officer, Dr. H. R. Morrison, said yesterday. Dr. Morrison, added, however, it was too early to set a tentative target date for the introduction
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    2 bands say farewell
    64 17 SINGAPORE, Aug. 4. Two Royal Air Force bands from Seletar were at the Singapore wharves yesterday to sav farewell to Air Vice-Mar-shal W.K.L. MacDonald when he left for Britain in the troopship Asturias. Air Vice-Marshal MacDonald was Air Officer Commanding Singapore from June 1952. He will
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    SHAWCROSS BACK, TELLS ABOUT TWO BRAVE MEN
    165 17 WHEN the inquiry resumed yesterday, Mr. Justice Knight welcomed back Mr. Shawcross, who was injured in a terrorist ambush 10 days ago. “My assessors and I would like to congratulate you on your very fortunate escape and to say we are extremely glad
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    ‘The price we pay for progress’
    377 17 Savage said a Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation survey team visited Kallang and learnt what the fire services consisted of “Before 8.0 A.C. transferred to Kallang, Sir Miles Thomas made a special visit to Singapore,” said Savage. “He had to obtain permission from
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    200 YEARS IN 150 MINUTES
    82 17 MALACCA, July 30.—Malacca’s 200-year-old history—from 1753 to 1953—wi1l be depicted in a pageant to be held on the Residency grounds on Oct 8 and 9. The Rev. B. W. Coleman, the new vicar of Malacca, said the occasion was to celebrate the bi-centenary of Christ
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    White collar outlook has its black side here
    369 18 SINGAPORE, August 3. TECHNICAL education expert who has just arrived in Singapore will “try to convince the man in the street of the dignity of labour.” He is Mr. R. S. Anderton, Singapore’s new Assistant Director of Education (Technical), who has come
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    THE MILLION WORD INQUIRY
    120 18 SINGAPORE. August 3. rpHE Kallang crash inquiry. which enters its 41st day today, is breaking records. It is estimated that more than 1,080.000 words have been spoken at the inquiryenough to fill 18 full-length novels. The typescript of the proceedings covers nearly 3.000 foolscap sheets. Four
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    Best stalls at trade fair Wm. JACKS FIRST
    124 18 SINGAPORE, Aug. 3. I Results ol the best decorated sI »H contest at the trade exhibition at t*e Happy World. Singapore, were: 1, William Jacks and Company <M) Ltd (81 points); 2 General Electric Co. Ltd. '"H>; 3. Amoy Canning Corpn <
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    Blind teacher for Britain
    45 18 .JOHOR E BAHRU. July JO. Vi. I,esli»* Cheah. on the stall of U:(> Princess Elizabeth School j ,;r the Blind, Johore R.ihru, ves for Britain in the Can- >r. early next week for a 15- v *'-h eoursr In teaching the
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    Col. Fox, leading trainer, dies, 60
    469 18 SINGAPORE. August 3. I IEUT. COLONEL Thomas Lawrence Fox. a leading Malayan trainer for a quarter of a century, died at his home in Singapore yesterday at the age of 60. He came to Malaya in 1926. when still in the army. He had
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    Translator
    25 18 Mr. Diong Woong Ding, an interpreter attached to the Singapore Chinese Affairs Secretariat, has been appointed acting chief translator of the Public Relations Office
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    ‘Back-to-towns move is tried’
    419 18  -  VEH tlAXJPii STRATEGY By WILLIAM FISH SINGAPORE, August 3. THE terrorists, unable any longer to make a success of jungle warfare without outside support, are trying to re-establish themselves in towns, and villages throughout Malaya. This is the belief of security officers who have been closely
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    Plea to Govt, on Home Guards
    70 18 TELUK ANSON. Aug. 2. A resolution calling on the Federation Government to look into the welfare of the Home Guards and pay compensation to them at the end of the Emergency or upon their discharge from service, was passed at the annual meeting of
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    Plan for 600 houses a year
    118 18 PENANG. July 30. The Municipal President. Mr. J. S. H. Cunynsham-Brown, today outlined plans for building: 600 to 1,000 houses a year for sale or rental. The project, he suggested could be financed by loans raised through the Government. It should be possible through
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    EXPERTS GET DOWN TO 1955 BUDGET
    122 18 SINGAPORE, Aug. 2. \LL Singapore Government departments have now completed their financial proposals lor the 1955 Colony budget. Mr. E. R. Reeves. Principal Assistant Financial Secretary in the Colonial Secretariat, said yesterday preliminary examination of these proposals before presentation to the Estimates Committee is
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    PEDOMETER TAKES PENANG CUP
    944 19  -  By EPSOM JEEP .;.SKSS PENANG. Aug. I.s hhb bank holiday cup over a mile at Penang yes- day. opening day of the enang August Gold Cup tgeetng, developed into a battle of tctlcs and Pedometer, superb, handled by Mulley, sprinted ime winner from The small field
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    BALLOON ADVERTISEMENTS A DANGER—BOARD
    72 19 The Singapore Rural Board opposed to the use of bal»ons for advertisements” It recently refused an applicion for permislon to hoist a iioon advertisement for a and of cigarettes. Mr. Chan Sik Kwan, the board secretary, said the police shared the board’s view that such advertisements
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    MORE M.Ps. FLY IN TO S’PORE
    115 19 MORE M.Ps. FLY IN TO S’ PORE SINGAPORE, Aug. 4. f THREE New Zealand mema bera of Parliament passed through Singapore yesterday by Qantas Super-Constellation on their way to Nairobi to attend the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association conference. Mr. D.C. Kidd (Nationalist), Mr. GJF. Sim (Nationalist) and Mr. W.A. Hudson (Labour)
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    Editor of WAY Forum arrives
    72 19 SINGAPORE, Aug. f Mr. Jon Hope, editor of the WAY Forum, monthly publication of the World Assembly of Youth, arrived in Singapore by B.O.A.C. yesterday to attend the Asian seminar and second world youth general assembly to be held here from Aug. 10 to 28.
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    Captain finds dream boat
    68 19 t SINGAPORE, Aug. 4. A Singapore shipowner, Capt. M. L. Gaggino, has returned with a schooner-freighter after looking all Over Britain and parts of Europe for a boat of X& liking. Capt. Gaggino, who spent 38 years at sea, found the Lieutenant Rene Gulllon In France.
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    Beamish plays impeccable golf
    1002 19 THE WEEK IN SPORT SINGAPORE, AUG. PLAYING Impeccable par golf, C. It Beamish beat Colin Stirling seven and six in the Colony championship final at the Royal Singapore Golf Club last week. If there was any doubt that Beamish is the fine amateur to play in
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      50 19 BIG SWEEP TOTAL FOOL: (240,600 FIRST; *****3 ($57,744). 8ECOND: *****7 ($ZX,*72). THIRD; 13(143 ((14,436). STAR' Nos: f *****6, 10 CONSOLATION: ($1,443) h>. Nos: *****9, *****4, 202, *****6, *****2, *****7, 441, *****0, *****6, *****3. TREBLE TOTE: No winning combination. $1,154 will be carried forward to the second day. each). *****5. j
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    Steadiness in spite of tension
    592 20 SHARE MARKET k By Our Market Correspondent SINGAPORE, August 2. JNSPITE of fresh shocks resulting from the shooting down of a plane off Hainan by Chinese Reds, the Singapore Share Market last week preserved its equilibrium and remained! steady with a little more business than
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    124 20 SINGAPORE, Aug. 4. Singapore Chinese Produce Exchange: noon prices per picul yenttrday were:— Copra: quiet: August $30% buyers, $31% sellers; September $3l buyers, $31% sellers. Coconut oil: quiet; $52)4 sellers. Pepper: steady with good business reported; white pepper up $2 ft* black $6; Muntok white $2l7Vi, Sarawak $215,
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    BUSINESS DONE
    244 20 rE following business done In Singapore Share Mar--1 ket last week was reported by one firm of brokers for the period July 24 to July 30:— INDUSTRIALSConsoIidated Tin Bmelters 265. 9d ex all, Fraser and Neave Ords. $1.39%, leaser and Neave Prefs. $6.60, Federal Dispensary $2 85, Gammons
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    Rubber men seek fund to meet slump
    122 20 S KUALA LUMPUR. Aug. 3. IX union leaders urged the setting up of a Joint Government and rubber Industry rehabilitation fund in case of recession and unemployment In the industry when they met members of tha rubber Inquiry mission here today. Mr. P.
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    Miners to vote on lower ceiling price
    300 20 Miners to vote on lower ceiling pr ice KUALA LUMPUR, July REFERENDUM to decide whether th nler 1 national Tin Agreement should be imi men( ed, will be held among tin miners in the Fee era(i 1 The Industry will be asked if It will suppo t a q I
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    MALAYAN SHARE QUOTATIONS
    847 20 SINGAPORE, Aug. 4. INOOSTUAU J Btjin Seller* Alex. Brick* < Pref 1.00 1.10 od Oroa a. ho s.io cd AtlM ice 11J5 .18.15 at* Petrol 34'* 35/0 BM. Trustees 6 50 7.00 Con. TIq Smelt ’’c Pref il*- 1*9- Ord» r»/• ri'i cd ce Eastern United 34.00
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    Propaganda and rubber
    319 20 M^i kc7l SINGAPORE July 31. I JNCRgAsmOpropwr, 1 aglUnit I JU'8®8D,t level uatu- "I rU^t U «’S5^ l I U n< b£V ’adTint I b y those who would like to see lower I srs&sr gSirs&wG? 1 teaffsasFffi ta ,s J'me. mmd. for certain amount ol I
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    DIVIDENDS ANNOUNCED
    73 20 rE following dividend were announced b> companies operating 11 Malaya last week. TEKKA-TAIPING LTD An interim dividend of 6d per share for year endinp October 31. 1954. PETALING TIN LTD An interim dividend for year ending Oi taker 31, 1954, less 39 income tax, pay abb August 27
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