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Title Section37 1954-08-12 1 The Straits Budget THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES MALAYA’S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER New Series No. 41/. yr.'A-y Thunday, August 12. 1954 »k H ifSk-M'-W' -4 utSu^ l Price 40 cents (Malayan):. •.f A Zf-'2p* 1 Sbaitor^^yg37 words
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277 1954-08-12 2 C. H. WITHERS-PAYNE - C. H. WITHERS-PAYNE Singapore. ITPON my return to the Colony, I observe that Sir George Pepler is paying us another short visit and has again written to the Press Before dealing with hi* 4ir- ther comments upon the Land Acquisition (Amendment) Ordinance. I shall277 words
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Article63 1954-08-12 2 ROSA DARTLE - ROSA DARTLE, Johore. V BEFORE the war Nlpah Distilleries Ltd. had to close down for good. Is the same thing going to happen with Malayan Collieries Ltd? Both Malayan industries. Is Batu Arang coal not of good enough quality for the extraction of coal tar63 words
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444 1954-08-12 2 V. D. K - V. D. K. Kampar AS the Perak Govema ment has Issued a statement explaining the reasons for the refusal of the Sultan of Perak to receive an Alliance delegation, one would have thought that the Alliance leaders would have allowed the matter444 words
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Article84 1954-08-12 2 MALAYAN - MALAYAN.: Singapore. Iff* articles on Avl the Indian minority in the Federation have missed the important aspect of this hypothetical question, inasmuch as there will be no Indian minority in the new Malaya—they wW all be one hundred per cent Malayans If by any chance84 words
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Article88 1954-08-12 2 LAWRENCE LIM - LAWRENCE LIM Singapore. Uttera.. K Jmtt'm :r,'u SWfBSW' w» all-night bau i» bound to be a precedent and Mt as a demoraiwng i„ flue nee on youth. 1 am *vOl 1 all heads of religious organisatibnaart thope youth must look with dls-•“-n«ht ball Dancing may be88 words
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Article82 1954-08-12 2 SHOP EMPLOYEE - SHOP EMPLOYEE. Singapore. WHILE the Slr-apote pubttc, v especially the tn&taa community, will rejoin the visit of Mrs. Pandit, empi*. eea of Indian shops and ft™." where working hours do not allow them to take part Jn any public activities, also want to attend82 words
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164 1954-08-12 2 j. t. chApph - j. t. chApph Ipob. \f R. CHRISTOPHER SHAWCROSS is reported to Iv* have stated at the inquiry on the Kallang air crash, when referring to Mr. Gibson’s death follow mu wounds received in the recent ambush in’Johore that “his death was not assassination.164 words
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Article37 1954-08-12 2 ECONOMIC - ECONOMIC. Singapore. AS far as the private employer is concerned, City Council’s crazy example u giving their workmen double pay on Sunday is m reverse. Just watch the alrea high cost of living spiralis soon.37 words
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201 1954-08-12 2 COMMONER - COMMONER JSingapore. |\ATO Sir Cheng-lock Tan, It is conceded, has been a great leader of the Straits-Chi-nese, both in Malacca and In the Federation. It would sound impertinent to ask what he has done all these years to prevent such a calamity he warns about201 words
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Miscellaneous33 1954-08-12 2 f m* m mm mm m «v M! x ft B* m &ATu :y 7a 6 m v m t? •Mi. Ya X** >{. ‘t UP Wm'W jyj 5 THERE’S A < BIGGER ONE COMING33 words
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Article772 1954-08-12 3 —Straits Times, Aug. 5. With all proper deference to the Federation’s Housing Trust, j and to the building societies, the Singapore Improvement Trust is still the only true and busy public housing authority in the country. By the end of last year it had built 8,000 houses—Straits Times, Aug. 5. - 772 words
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Article567 1954-08-12 3 —Straits Times, Aug. 5. The Privy Council’s decision in the case of Wong Pooh Yin, who appealed successfully against sentence of death for the possession of a revolver, will no doubt occupy the attention of the authorities responsible for initiating these prosecutions. The precedent has been quoted at—Straits Times, Aug. 5. - 567 words
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Article627 1954-08-12 3 —Straits Times, Aug. 7. The Member for Education’s warning on the cost of the Federation’s programme has attracted remarkably little comment. But plainly he is preparing parents for the possibility that they may have to pay more for their children’s education, and he was reminding the—Straits Times, Aug. 7. - 627 words
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Article284 1954-08-12 3 —Straits Times, Aug. 7. The rubber workers, who have given other trade unionists a lead before now, at last have some prospect of a single and strong national union. At a meeting at Ipoh yesterday agreement was reached between the Malaya Estate Employees Union, a Perak body,—Straits Times, Aug. 7. - 284 words
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Article264 1954-08-12 3 •Straits Times. Aug. 7. Dato Sir Cheng-lock Tan has quoted the American Declaration of Independence in reproach to the Queen’s Chinese, j Now it is wise before quoting to appreciate the conditions in which the statement quoted was framed. The Declaration of Independence was drawn up by a•Straits Times. Aug. 7. - 264 words
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Article822 1954-08-12 4 —Straits Times. Aug. 9. Bookmaking and off-the-course betting has had the inquiring attention of both Malayan Governments for years. Neither has been able to make up its mind what, if anything, should he done, hut both have felt attracted to New Zealand’s method of controlling ofT-the-course betting.—Straits Times. Aug. 9. - 822 words
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Article405 1954-08-12 4 --Strait* Times. Aug. 10 In their quest for control of ofT-the-course betting the Federation and Colony Governments are going to find it difficult to escape a charge of hypocrisy. Both have claimed that money is no object, although naturally neither government likes losing good revenue. It--Strait* Times. Aug. 10 - 405 words
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Article208 1954-08-12 4 —Straits Times. Aug. 10. The World Youth Assembly, which opens formally in Singapore on Sunday, gets off to a modest but important start today with a three-day Asian seminar. It is being attended by representatives of India, Ceylon. Pakistan, the Philippines, and Federation and Singapore youth leaders, and——Straits Times. Aug. 10. - 208 words
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Article655 1954-08-12 4 7l fm.‘. t Aug. n Organising Federal elections is a new experience, said the Federal Elections Supervisor when discussing with the Press a gigantic task which will begin with the registration of Malaya’s voters. There will he fifty-two constituencies and 1,800 polling stations. Between 3,0007lfm.‘.t Aug. n - 655 words
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Article300 1954-08-12 4 —Straits Time®. Aug. 11. Only twenty p<j cent ot Hongkong's track teday is with mainland Chira. tompared with over forty pei cent before the war. Honekor; haj met it*, crisis through *b« development of local induM/y and the winning ot a world market for its manufactures, an—Straits Time®. Aug. 11. - 300 words
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Advertisement71 1954-08-12 4 STRAITS BUDGET SUBSGKirnON RATES PAYABLE IN ADVANCE) Quarterly Half-yearly Yearly The weekly issues Singapore Town Area No Postage S 5.20 10.45 20.85 of the Straits Malaya including Postage S 5.75 11.50 23.00 Budget can Fr. FmpilT Foreign (lnr'uding po"<ap.e) 6 75 ir r*o be f,7.00 by express air delivery service71 words
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Article, Illustration272 1954-08-12 5 WAY VISITORS LAUGH AT MINISTER S FEAR SINGAPORE, Aug. 11. THE opposition of a Singapore clergyman to an all-night ball at the end of the World Assembly of Youth in Singapore is not shared by overseas delegates to the272 words
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164 1954-08-12 5 THEY SPEAK FOR CEYLON, PHILIPPINES BEAUTY and brains are strikingly combined in some of the girl delegates from overseas. Among the most glamorous are the Filipino girls who attracted many admiring glances when they arrived yesterday wearing national costumes. Most of the164 words
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145 1954-08-12 5 ‘WE DON’T BELIEVE IN CO-EXISTENCE’ lITARNINGS of the evil inV? fluence of Communism on the minds of youth were .nven by some of the delegates yesterday. One of the most outspoken delegates was Miss Michaela A. Montemayor. publicity officer of the Philippines group. “In our145 words
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70 1954-08-12 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Aug. 10. The Malayan Indian Congress headquarters here today heard Irom the Federation Government on the question of reserved seats for Indians in the Legislative Council. The MIC sent a memorandum to the Government in July Pleading that certain seats in ’he70 words
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162 1954-08-12 5 SINGAPORE, Aug. 11. A SHORTAGE of medical and teaching staff and a lag in building had caused a drop in Singapore Government’s expenditure for the first half of 1954, the Financial Secretary, Mr. W. C. Taylor, said yesterday. At a Press conference, he said162 words
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Article65 1954-08-12 5 SINGAPORE. Aug. 11. Lieut. General Sir Sydney Rowell, Chief of the Australian Imperial General Staff arrived in Singapore yesterday by Qan-tas-BOAC on his way to attend the Chiefs of the Imperial General Staff conference In London. He was met at Kallang Airport by Lt. Gen.65 words
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Article42 1954-08-12 5 TAIPING, Aug. 9 Mr. Leow Khoon Fong. 22. an old boy of the St. George’s Institution, has left Penang to study civil engineering in Britain. He is the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Leow Khi Lin of Taiping.42 words
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Article218 1954-08-12 5 HILL: On the 3rd August 1954, to Margaret (nee Amoier) wile of Graham Starforth Hill, a son. REINHOLDT NIELSEN: At Batu Gajah the fourth August 1954, to Vips and Nold, a son. Soren. HAZARD. To Muriel, wife of W. D. L. Hazard at General Hospital, Johore Bahru, a son,218 words
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Article58 1954-08-12 5 DR. M. O. WONG younger son of Mr. and Mrs. Wong Puck Sham, to Doris Lee Wee elder daughter of Dr. and Mrs. H. T. Wee. MCELWAINE KIRKMAN: The engagement is announced between David, elder son of Sir Percy and Lady McElwaine of Shaldon Devon, and Margaret, daughter of58 words
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Article23 1954-08-12 5 BENNETT-SMITH. On August 10th, 1929 at Kuala Lumpur, by the Revd. F. W. J. Reynolds, Jack Bennett to Cicely Mary Smith.23 words
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Article, Illustration33 1954-08-12 5 -Straits Time picture.-Straits Time picture. - 33 words
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Obituary171 1954-08-12 5 DEATHS HADERUP. HANSEY PATRICK, aged 63, passed away at the General Hospital, Penang. Deeply regretted. i w* w *****3 SGT. BRADLEY H.A.E. Passed Away 22nd July. 1954. at R A F. Hospital. Nocton Hall. England. Late of R AF. Changi. R.I.P. SHELDON: Ivy Corbett (nee Van der Holt), 49, passed171 words
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Article, Illustration10 1954-08-12 6 Straits Times photographer Kok Ah Chong.Straits Times photographer Kok Ah Chong. - 10 words
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Article644 1954-08-12 6 CYNICtTS - CYNICt T S SINGAPORE, Aug. 7. t GOVERNMENT report on labour relations and conditions of work is not my idea of memorable tveek end reading, but a passage in the latest report of the Singapore Labour Department seemed to strike a chord. A study has been644 words
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Article1091 1954-08-12 6 STANLEY STREET - Notes from a Malayan Diary STANLEY STREET. The open door WHAT with the New Zealand M.P.s and the British Labour Party delegation and the all-party delegation of Members of the Imperial Parliament, Singapore Is being so much observed, commented on. commentated about and investigated. that some of U.* are beginning1,091 words
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Article, Illustration57 1954-08-12 7 CHE NOORAIHAN binte Sallehuddin. of the Education Office. Pahang, with a superb piece of Malay carving on a coconut grater, the work of a penghulu in Province Wellesley. This Sun- day Times picture was taken when Che Nooraihan visited the Penang and Province Wellesley stall at the57 words
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Article625 1954-08-12 7 AST Saturday the Tuan spent the week-end at the riverside mansion of the estate he has so often written about. There are tw T o roads to it, both in bad condition; he travelled by the best—not very comfortable in a Land Hover but comfortable enough in a625 words
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Article, Illustration42 1954-08-12 7 Miss Yvonne Ngoc-Lang, 19, daughter of the Vietnamese Minister to London, was married to another Vietnamese, Nguyen Huu Tinh, 25, an engineer living in Paris, in front of the ancestral temple at the home of her parents in in London.42 words
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Article1182 1954-08-12 7 STANLEY STREET - Malaysian i\o(cbook STANLEY STREET. IT was a memorable and rathei happy goodbye that I bade the river people in the Fourth Division of Sarawak. There was no great entertainment at the last long house where we stayed on our journey down stream, the fifth where I1,182 words
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Article80 1954-08-12 7 Taken from the Straits Times of August 7, 1904: ON last Saturday afternoon, the largest sailing vessel which has ever visited Penang, the Juteopolls, a fourmasted barque in command of Capt. Steward, bringing a general cargo from New York, arrived there. She made the run from NewTaken from the Straits Times of August 7, 1904: - 80 words
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54 1954-08-12 8 MICHAEL, son of Lt.-Gen. Sir Geoffrey Bourne. Director of Operations, Malaya, and Lady Bourne, arrived in Singapore by Qantas-BOAC airliner on Aug. 4 to spend his summer vacation with his parents. He is at Harrow. The general and his wife, who came down from Kuala Lumpur, are pictured here with.—Straits Times picture. - 54 words
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410 1954-08-12 8 SINGAPORE. August 5. EARLY 500,000 people lived in slum or overcrowded conditions in Singapore last year, says the Singapore Improvement Trust’s annual report for 1953, published today. To solve this “immediate problem’' the trust estimates S5OO million would be needed. “This amount410 words
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Article39 1954-08-12 8 SINGAPORE, Aug. 5. Singapore Rotary Club members have donated a piano to the Gimson School, in response to a special plea by the boys for something which they could “get round and have a sing.”39 words
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Article129 1954-08-12 8 SINGAPORE. Aug. 5. COMMISSIONER Herbert Lord, former head of the Salvation Army fn Malaya, and his wife have been seriously injured in a car accident in South Africa. The accident occurred on the main Johannesburg-Lou-renco Marques road about 80 miles from the capital of Portuguese129 words
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81 1954-08-12 8 SINGAPORE, Aug. 5. WATCHES worth $2,470 were stolen from a shop in South Bridge Road, Singapore, on Tuesday night. The shop owner told the police that he put the key to a safe containing the watches under a pillow when he went to81 words
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90 1954-08-12 8 Kuala Lumpur, Auk. 4. IEUT.-COLONEL OLIVER G. BROOKE, aged 43 commanding the 22nd Special Air Service Regiment. left Kuala Lumpur today for England Hp hrnlrp hl«- loft 0 He broke his left ankle six weeks ago during a parachute jump in Singapore in preparation90 words
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Article37 1954-08-12 8 Mr. Leonard Montague Harrod, chief librarian and curator of Islington Public Library, England, has been appointed librarian of Raffles Library, Singapore. Mr. Harrod may arrive In the Colony in the first week of September.37 words
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472 1954-08-12 8 SINGAPORE, August 5 A JUS ™l° f thC !l eaCe 00k of hi grand-children without the consent of Z childrens mother because she became ,i.. 1 I hostess, the Singapore Fifth Poliee Court was tolH yesterday. lu,Q Mr. S. Y. Wong, J. p„472 words
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50 1954-08-12 8 SINGAPORE, Aug. 5. Customs officers found 4$lb. of raw opium, worth $1,200, under the rudder of a tongkang in Kallang Basin, a Singapore court was told yesterday. Goh Kah Seng was gaoled for 12 months for unVawful possession of the opium, which was confiscated.50 words
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158 1954-08-12 8 PENANG, August 4. 'pHE Associated Chinese Chamb e r s’ “rebel’’ Councillor, Mr. Koh Sin Hock, said today that after his present term in the Federal Legislative Council he will not seek re election through the Associated Chambers. “If I do wish158 words
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Article107 1954-08-12 8 MALACCA. Aug. 4. PANG Ah Wui, aged 17, an inmate of the Henn Gurney Advance Approved School, was sentenced to dear n by Mr. Justice Storr in Malacca High Court today for the murder on another inmat« Low Wan Fatt. The jury retired107 words
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Article170 1954-08-12 9 SINGAPORE, Aug. 5. rpHE Singapore Govern- ment has approved a recommendation by the Malayan Board of Income Tax that the present deductions allowed should not be changed. The board’s recommendation and the Government's approval are reported in a white paper to be tabled in the170 words
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52 1954-08-12 9 —Straits—Straits Times picture. - 52 words
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204 1954-08-12 9 20 MIL. ‘SURRENDER PASSES DROPPED KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 5. latest leaflet drive to get Communist terrorists to surrender spotlights the peace in IndoChina. “You now fight on alone," says 20 million leaflets bearing the signature of Lieut.-Gen. Sir Geoffrey Bourne, the Director of Operations, which are being dropped. This operation204 words
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Article75 1954-08-12 9 SEREMBAN. Aug. 4. Recruitment of teachers of English for Malay schools in Negri Sembilan has proved to be a costly failure. The candidates chosen often took these jobs, and used them merely as stepping stones to some better appointments. Moreover, the scheme was75 words
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Article28 1954-08-12 9 SINGAPORE, Aug. 6. Nomination day for the Johore State Council elections will be Sept. 1 and polling day will be Oct. 10, it was announced yesterday.28 words
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Article44 1954-08-12 9 SINGAPORE, Aug. 5. Three hundred Chinese from ngapore and the Federation filled in the Hoi Houw for hed China yesterday. Most of them were old women, men and young children. A strict security check was kept for draft-dodging students.44 words
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189 1954-08-12 9 SINGAPORE, Aug:. 6. rE TRADITIONAL Poppy Day poster, showing a field of Flanders poppies, is meaningless and out-of-date in Singapore and should feature local people beside the Colony’s own Cenotaph. This suggestion by Mrs. Lim Koon Teck was agreed to at189 words
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Article63 1954-08-12 9 SINGAPORE, Aug. 5. The Bukit Timah branch of the Malayan Indian Congress has set up nine centres to help Indians to register for British and Singapore citizenship. The centres are at the 6th, 7%, 9V 2 11 Vi, 14th milestones Bukit Timah Road, 15th milestone Jurong63 words
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Article281 1954-08-12 9 K. LUMPUR, August 5. THE Malayan Trade Union Council is considering the introduction of an emergency motion at the next meeting of the Federal Legislative Council calling on the Government to take over immediate control of the Batu Arang Colliery. A statement issued by the281 words
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Article240 1954-08-12 9 TO FILL NEED IN SKILLED TRADES OEGULATIONS governing apprenticeship schemes in the various industries in Singapore hav«> been recommended to the Government by its Employment Officer, Mr. F. G. Tyson. The aim, Mr. Tyson told the Straits Times yesterday, was to raise the standard of240 words
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Article37 1954-08-12 9 Mr. Leong Swee Lim, 19, an old boy of Raffles Institution, leaves Singapore for England today to study architecture. He is the son of a Colony merchant, Mr. Leong Kwan On.37 words
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105 1954-08-12 9 Singapore harbour is handling a steadily increasing number of ships, a Government report shows. The nett tonnage rose from 20,453,574 in 1947 to 46.233.529 in 1953. This is a considerable increase over the highest figure between the years 1918 and 1942 33.500.000 in 1937.105 words
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Article79 1954-08-12 9 SINGAPORE, Au&. 6. Mr. Justice Tan at the Singapore Assizes yesterday told a juror. Mr. C.G. Hulsman, who arrived about five minutes late, that he should be punctual in future. The judge said that Mr. Huisman’s name was called first but as he was79 words
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Article, Illustration27 1954-08-12 10 Straits Times pictureStraits Times picture - 27 words
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107 1954-08-12 10 KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 6. MR. JUSTICE WILSON in the High Court here today granted a divorce to Dr. G. J. N. de Fonseka from Kitty Benzie de Fonseka on the grounds of adultery. They were married at Colombo on Feb. 16 1939. The107 words
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Article64 1954-08-12 10 KUALA LUMPUR, Ang. 6—Mr. David Gray, the Federation acting Chief Secretary, left Kuala Lumpur today on three months’ leave. Mr. D. K. Daniels, deputy Chief Secretary, will act as Chief Secretary until the High Commissioner, Sir Donald MacGillivray, returns next week. Then Mr. D C. Watherson,64 words
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Article36 1954-08-12 10 SEGAMAT, Aug. s.—Government is to build a concrete wall to prevent erosion bv the Segamat river in the town area. Land for the purpose is being acquired along the river banks.36 words
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163 1954-08-12 10 Protest on tax on sugar 46 p.c. ‘TOO HIGH MALACCA. Aug. 5. A PROTEST against the “unreasonably” high tax on sugar was made today in the Settlement Council here. Mr. Goh Chee Yan, on adjournment, said sugar, an essential foodstuff, bore 46.7 per cent tax. only 3.3 per cent less163 words
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233 1954-08-12 10 ‘WE’LL PASS SAVING TO PUBLIC SINGAPORE. August 5. THE Cinematograph Exhibitors’ Association has made another appeal to the Singapore Government to reduce entertainment tax on cinema admissions. The Association, which first brought up the subject six years ago, made its latest request233 words
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Article67 1954-08-12 10 PENANG. Fri. The three Asian Socialists now touring Malaya will be in Penang on August 17 for a three-day visit on Aug. 19. The mission will visit Kedah and return to Penang the next day. They will leave for Indonesia on Aug. 23. They are67 words
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Article71 1954-08-12 10 RISING costs and drop in funds have forced the University of Malaya to raise tuition fees by $135 a year. Announcing this yesterday, the Registrar, Mr. W. I). Craig, sa, d that the fees would be raised from $255 a term to $3OO a term. They71 words
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294 1954-08-12 10 PENANG, August 5. T’HE president of the Malayan Chinese Ass(„ia--1 tion, Dato Sir Cheng-lock Tan, today warned the Queen’s Chinese that they faced certain extinction if they remained apathetic towards their political future. Sir Cheng-lock, who last week agreed to witheihis resignation as leader of294 words
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Article24 1954-08-12 10 TAIPING. Aug. 6.—The Indian Association recently held a dinner here in honour of Dr. I. Mohamed Ghows, donor of the association building.24 words
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138 1954-08-12 10 KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 5. T HE 16,000 strong Selangor branch of the Plantation Workers Union has decided to call for a separate wage scheme for workers on coconut and plam oil estates. The negotiating committee rubber workers unions will be approached to open138 words
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Article, Illustration162 1954-08-12 10 HE WILL PRESIDE AT YOUTH RALLY SINGAPORE Aug. 6. A SIAM “Death Railway” nian came back ‘to Singapore vesterdav nine years after he was released by the Japanese in Siam. He is Mr. Guthrie Moir a former British Army captain in the Suffolk Regiment, who was162 words
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Article94 1954-08-12 10 SINGAPORE, Aug. 7. More than $B,OOO worth of ivory carvings have been sold by Mr. Wong Lo Feng since his exhibition of micro-en-graving and carving in ivory was opened by the Com-missioner-General, Mr. Malcolm MacDonald, at the Chinese Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday. Mr. MacDonald bought94 words
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Article47 1954-08-12 10 BRUNEI, Aug. 5. Government has announced an education improvement plan for the state of Brunei at an estimated cost of $15% million. Under the plan, primary and secondary education will be free, and improved facilities for technical and overseas training is also envisaged.47 words
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Article177 1954-08-12 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 6. SPECIALLY TRAINED police anti terrorist squads have begun operations in Selangor, Kedah and Pahang against objectives selected by the Special Branch, This new arm of the Federation Police Force is an experiment. It was planned during the last weeks of177 words
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242 1954-08-12 11 Gurkhas kill Chin Pin, comrade of ‘bearded terror KUALA LUMPUR, August 6. PIN, 37, a terrorist hunted by the security forces for six years, was killed yesterday—the thousandth bandit put out of action in Selangor, A patrol of the 1/7 Gurkhas, who have been in Selangor only three days, killed242 words
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Article24 1954-08-12 11 IPOH, Aug. 6 Mr. K. D. Singham, aged 48. anti-mala-rial inspector. Ipoh Town Board, collapsed at work today and died in hospital.24 words
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Article, Illustration48 1954-08-12 11 MISS EILEEN YAP (above), daughter of Mr. Yap Pheng (i eck, left Singapore yester(I*y in the P and O liner Canton for Britain on a three-year Froebel teachers’ training course. Eileen will do her training at the Rachel •McMillan College Deptford.— Straits Times picture.Straits Times picture. - 48 words
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128 1954-08-12 11 PENANG, Aug. 6. AN electrical wireman, Ong Sek Kuan, 18, today fell 25 feet from the ceiling of the Penang Library, narrowly missing the librarian, Mrs. Patricia Lim, and the Rev. Jack Griffiths, Vicar of Penang. Ong’s head struck a steel bookcase. He was128 words
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Article23 1954-08-12 11 SINGAPORE, Aug. 7. Thieves broke into a house in Everton Road, Singapore, on Thursday, and stole cash and jewellery worth $2lO.23 words
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Article39 1954-08-12 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 6. Pneumonia caused 14 deaths in the Federation in the w r eek ended July 24. There were 65 cases, 20 in Perak. There were 35 cases of dysentery, with two deaths39 words
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Article35 1954-08-12 11 SINGAPORE, Aug. 7. Nearly 100 Singapore schoolchildren, with parents and some teachers, sailed in the Canton yesterday for a holiday in Penang. English schools closed for the August vacation yesterday35 words
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Article, Illustration42 1954-08-12 11 STRAITS TIMES picture show s the badly damaged car in which a Singapore newspaper advertising manager was killed and his passenger bad ly injured after crashing into a lamp-post in Bukit Timah Road yesterday.42 words
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Article, Illustration209 1954-08-12 11 SINGAPORE, Aug. 7. MR. HARRY TOWNE COUNTER, adverUMn* manager of a Singapore newspaper died from injuries received in a car crash early yesterday Mr. Tan Hock Chye, a lawyer’s clerk, who was in the car with Mr. Counter, was badly injured. The accident209 words
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Article23 1954-08-12 11 Singapore Customs revenue from January to July this year totalled $46,068,000. The principal sources were tobacco ($20,271,000) and liquor ($12,383,000).23 words
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131 1954-08-12 11 SUNGEI PATANI, Aug. 6 DATO Sir Cheng lock Tan, president of the Malayan Chinese Association, promised today that Malaya would attain independence “within ten years.” “I assure you sel f government is not far off,” he told a joint meeting of about 3,000 UMNOM.C.A.131 words
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223 1954-08-12 11 SINGAPORE, Aug. 7. OTRAITS CHINESE and Brl.tish citizens In the Colony will lose their political importance if they regard themselves as above local politics, the President of the Singapore Straits Chinese British Association. Mr. T.W. Ong, said yesterday. Mr. Ong was commenting on223 words
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342 1954-08-12 12 IPOH, August 8. TO shouts of “merdeka,” a meeting called by the Perak UMNO-MCA-Progressive alliance today passed a resolution of no confidence in the Mentri Besar, Dato Panglima Bukit Gantang. Crowds, predominantly Malay, went to the meeting at the Chinese Assembly Kali bearing342 words
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Article, Illustration57 1954-08-12 12 The cut-out heads and the examples of old Malay carving in the foreground were done by Mrs. KathleenStraits Times picture. - 57 words
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Article135 1954-08-12 12 M SINGAPORE, Aug. 8. ORE ASIANS have given their blood in Singapore in the past fortnight. During the period donations exceeded transfusions by 29 flasks, says a Singapore Blood Transfusion Service report. Of the 272 donations given, 84 came from Europeans and “P** 1 Asians135 words
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Article114 1954-08-12 12 SINGAPORE, Aug. 7. ANEW insecticide spray was used to control fly breeding which could have started dysentery, typhoid and food poisoning outbreaks during the Singapore strike, the City Health Officer. Dr. H. R. Morrison. said yesterday. Dr. Morrison said that the spray had arrived from114 words
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Article58 1954-08-12 12 SINGAPORE, Aug. 7. John Philip Thomas Linklater, a captain in the British Army, who accused his wife of adultery, was granted a decree nisi in the Singapore High Court yesterday. The decree is to be made absolute in six months. The parties were married in England58 words
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Article27 1954-08-12 12 IPOH, Aug. 7.—lnche Osman bin Talib has returned to duty as deputy to the Mentri Besar, Perak, after leave in England and the continent.27 words
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Article133 1954-08-12 12 ‘Leaders, not bookworms, needed BUKIT MERTAJAM, Aug. 6 The Resident Commissioner, Mr. R. p. Bingham, said here today that Malaya needed more leaders and not mere bookworms. "You must, therefore, allow your children to take part in outside school activities,” he told parents at the Bukit Mer- tajam High School’s133 words
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Article133 1954-08-12 12 $100,000 capital is needed now KUALA LUMPUR. Aipj, ABOUT 50 Malay businessmen from different -> of Malaya today decided to start a $1 millin' pany for transport, building and import S business. wl 4r The meeting was sponsored by the Selangor Malay Businessmen’s Association.133 words
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Article118 1954-08-12 12 MALAYAN author Han Suyin’s best-seller. “A Many Splendoured Thing/* has been bought by Twentieth Century Fox and will be made into a film. Mr. S. A. Kao, the company’s Singapore manager, told the Sunday Times last night. It w’ill be made in CinemaScope and118 words
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Article, Illustration109 1954-08-12 12 A SINGAPORE. Aug. 8 young blonde songstress who admits to ''never had music lesson in my [ye. recently made her debut in one of Singapore's night spots. Miss Jennifer Bellum always wanted to sing popular songs and develop he? own style. Daughter of an army109 words
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Article, Illustration58 1954-08-12 12 jy/fiss EILEEN STA MARIA (left) of Kuala Lumpur, who won the “Miss Golden Voice*' competition organised by the Telecommunications Department, being interviewed by Miss Elizabeth Kirby of Radio Malaya. Second in the contest was Miss Aisha binte Samsuddin and third Miss Sylvia Barbosa,last year's winner.—Straits Times picture. - 58 words
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Article43 1954-08-12 12 SINGAPORE, Aug. 7. The Governor, Sir John Nicoll, visited the Colony s sixth post-war trade exhibition at the Happy World last night. Among the demonstrations which he saw was one on cooking at the City Council s electrical stall.43 words
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Article203 1954-08-12 13 KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 7. TWO Malayan Auxiliary 1 Air Force pilots lost their lives when their plane crashed in a rubber estate near Banting, 30 miles from Kuala Lumpur, this evening. The two men were Pilot Officer Roy Wilson, Deputy Government Printer. Kuala Lumpur, and203 words
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Article152 1954-08-12 13 ‘Tulloch Plan shows results SINGAPORE, Aug. 7. ‘Tulloch Plan” homes for married 1 Malay soldiers will be opened on August 16 and 17 an army spokesman said in Singapore yesterday The first 12 homes will be opened at Nee Soon camp on I Aug. 16 by152 words
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Article76 1954-08-12 13 KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 7. fT\HE president of the Kuala A Lumpur Municipality, Mr. A. D. York, today opened a new $600,000 office building for Messrs. Sime Darby and Co. Ltd. in Ampang Road. The chairman of directors, Mr. G. P. Noakes. and several co-directors flew76 words
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102 1954-08-12 13 MISS Rajeswary Thambiah of Kuala Lipis, a second year science student at Melbourne University, looks slightly awed as she begins her first tennis lesson. And well she might, because the racquet she is holding was used by Frank Sedgman when he won the Wimbledon title and the Davi s Cup102 words
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Article221 1954-08-12 13 Marjorie wee—“ Miss Malaya”—has told a boy friend in Singapore why she has remained in Hollywood. In the first letter received in Singapore since she left for America, Marjorie says she was due to fly home on July 25 when the management of the Ambassador221 words
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Article, Illustration43 1954-08-12 13 CHE SU binte MOHAMED, of Negri Sembilan, poses with some fans she fancied at the Malayan Agri-Horticultural Association’s exhibition at Kuala Lumpur. The fans come from the famous mat-making town of Paka in Trengganu. Sunday Times picture.Sunday Times picture. - 43 words
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Article51 1954-08-12 13 KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 6 The Malayan Railway will soon fence in stations on the east coast where passenger traffic is heavy, Mr. GJS. Warren, the Traffic Manager, said today. “This is to prevent passengers without tickets from getting out of the stations too easily,” he51 words
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Article45 1954-08-12 13 PENANG, Aug. 7.—The Chung Hwa Confucian High School feted two members of the school committee, Mr. Khoo Sian Ewe, the chairman, and Mr. Ng Sui Cam at a tea party at the school today following the award to them of the C.B.E45 words
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174 1954-08-12 13 SINGAPORE, Aug. 8. A REPORT in a Singapore -A newspaper about newlyqualified doctors being turned down for Government service “just doesn’t make sense,” the Director of Medical Services, Dr R. H. Bland, said yesterday. The report said that there ts discontent among the 15 housemen174 words
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Article155 1954-08-12 13 SINGAPORE, Aug. 9. MORE than 1.000 Singapore taxi-drivers raised $31,003 for the Nanyang University on Aug. 7. They plied their vehicles from 5.30 a.m. on Saturday till 3 a.m. on Sunday and did not take a cent for themselves. Fares were dropped into collection boxes155 words
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Article32 1954-08-12 13 JOHORE BAHRU, Aug B. Mr. S. Angus, from Trengganu has succeeded Mr. A. Glencross. as Commissioner of Lands and Mines, Johore. Mr. Glencross has left for Britain on retirement.32 words
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Article29 1954-08-12 13 ALOR STAR, Aug B.—A carpenter, Mat Isa bin Mat Noh, 35, collapsed and died while at work yesterday at Kuala Kedah, nine miles from Alor Star.29 words
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Article, Illustration50 1954-08-12 13 MISS FLORENCE PONG (above) who left Singapore on Aug 6. to study music in Australia for a year. She will then go to Paris. A daughter of Dr. Philip S. Pong, she has won several singing prizes in Singapore and Hong Kong.50 words
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749 1954-08-12 14 SINGAPORE, Aug. 9. rpHE Governments of the Federation and Singapore are considering a scheme for ofT-course betting based on the New Zealand Totalisator Agency Board. The Federation committee appointed to inquire into the desirability of registration and licensing of bookmakers unanimously opposed licensed bookmaking. The committee,749 words
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Article68 1954-08-12 14 Officials of the Ceylon Tamils’ Association. Singapore. are: President. Dr. P. Thillainathan: vice-president. Dr. T. Balasingham; secretary. Mr. S. Ratnasabapathy: treasurer. Mr. K.V.K. Slngham; literrary secretary, Mr. T. Kandasamy; sports secretary. Mr. S. Mooi^hy. Committee members: Messrs. S.C. Somasundram. A. Eliathamby. V. Nagalingam. K. Nadarajah.68 words
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Article772 1954-08-12 14 K. LUMPUR, Aus. 9. 'JHERE has been a sharp conflict of views in Federation racing circles on the news that the Government is considering a scheme for off-the-course betting based on the New Zealand Totalisator Agency Board. A strong section still advocates legalised bookmaking, but many others772 words
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Article, Illustration48 1954-08-12 14 Lady MacGillivray tastes a piece of the first chocolate made in Malaya from locally ffrown cocoa at the Agrihorticultural Association c\hibition at Kuala Lumpur. The Agricultural Department’s chief research officer. Mr. R. B. Jagoe, waits for her comments.—S.T. picture. —S.T. picture..—S.T. picture. - 48 words
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Article121 1954-08-12 14 KUALA LUMPUR. Aug. a. Lady MacGillivray, wife ot tt\e High Commissioiiner. was today one of the 15.000 peopie who visited the show by the Malayan Agri Horticultural Association in the Chenwu Auditorium and saw for herself Malaya’s first attempts to make her own chocolate. The exhibition121 words
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Article, Illustration49 1954-08-12 14 DR. C.W. CHANG, a representative of the United Nations in Bangkok, who arrived in Singapore on Aug- 11 by air to be an observer at the World Assembly Youth conference, which opens in Singapore on Sunday.—Straits Times picture -Straits Times picture-Straits Times picture - 49 words
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1261 1954-08-12 15 I shall soon have to say what is behind all this —ex-air chief KALLANG CRASH INQUIRY QUESTION TMPOSSIBLE 42nd DAY OF THE INQUIRV SINGAPORE, August 5. A LBERT WALTER SAVAGE, former Director-General of Civil Aviation for the MalayaBorneo Region, said at the Kallang crash inquiry yesterday that he was being1,261 words
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1010 1954-08-12 15 43 RD DAY OF THE INQUIRY SINGAPORE, Aug. 6. 4 REPORT made on Kallang airport fire services in 1952 was “absolutely unbelievable,” the former Director-General of Civil Aviation for the MalayaBorneo Region, Albert Walter Savage, said yesterday in Singapore. Extracts from the report were read1,010 words
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223 1954-08-12 16 THE threshold marking at the seawall end of Kallang runway, which the court on Thursday recommended should be placed 200 ft. down the runway, was mentioned at the inquiry again yesterday. apt. L. Metz, an assessor. asked Capt. Stephens if the new position of223 words
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129 1954-08-12 16 Jobs for local officers REPORT SOON KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 10 THE Government apA pointed Malayanisation Committee will soon report to the Federal Legislative Council. A committee of 14, headed by the Chief Secretary, Mr. D. C Watherston. was appointed m July last year to find how more local men can129 words
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Article38 1954-08-12 16 JOHORE BAHRU, Aug. 9 Three blocks of gatekeepers’ quarters are to be built by the Johore Government at the Istana Bukit Serene at a cost of $34,000. The Sultan now lives at Bukit Serene.38 words
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609 1954-08-12 16 44TH DAY OF THE INQUIRY SINGAPORE, Aug:. 7. A THEORY on what happened to a B.O.A.C. Constellation in the seconds before it crashed at Kallang Airport last March was given in Singapore yesterday by one of the corporation’s s‘e nior pilots. Senior Captain609 words
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Article860 1954-08-12 16 45 th DAY OF THE INQUIRY SINGAPORE, Aug. 11. SENIOR pilot said in Singapore yesterday that he disagreed with an aircraft company representative about the cause of a B.O.A.C. Constellation crash at Kallang last March. Senior Captain Ian Stephens, B.O.A.C’s investigator, was giving evidence at the860 words
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52 1954-08-12 17 MISS SHARMANI TIRUCHELVAM, described in London as “one of the 50 most beautiful women of our time,” models a saree during the Ipoh women’s presentation of “One Sight on Glamour The show wa s in aid of Lady Templer’s Tuberculosis Hospital Fund and proved an outstanding success. S f raitsSfraits Times victure. - 52 words
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Article166 1954-08-12 17 Varsity gets fares SINGAPORE, Aug. 10. NOTHER 1.400 Singapore •A taximen will drive for •haritv on Sept. 12. They hope to collect a lot of money for the Nanyang University. The taxi-drivers Chinese. Malays and Indians will muise from dawn till midnight. Thev will166 words
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Article151 1954-08-12 17 Community lessons in Malay PENANG. Aug. 9. Federation Adult Education Association s latest A move to wipe out illiteracy in Malaya will start on Wednesday evening, when a series of lessons i n Malay will be broadcast over Radio Malaya It is the first time151 words
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Article43 1954-08-12 17 SINGAPORE, Aug. 10. The Kev ,;i i hevutnasan. headmaster ol the AngloChinesc Continuation School. Singapore, was entertained to tea by the Ceyien Tamils’ As sociation. Mernb' rs congratulated Mr. Thevathasan on his recent award of the M B E43 words
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Article52 1954-08-12 17 PENANG. Aug. 10. —The St. Xavier’s Building Fund Committee has organised a second $75,000 lottery to raise further funds for the school’s new $2 million building. The sweep, approved by Government, offers several cash prizes. The draw will be held in the school hall on52 words
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241 1954-08-12 17 BATU PAHAT Aug. 9. T!HE fighting Fijians of Johore have brought their score of terrorist kills to 150. No. 3 Platoon “A” Company of the Ist Battalion the Fiji Infantry Regiment killed a terrorist on Chamek estate seven miles north-west of Kluang. Another terrorist241 words
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169 1954-08-12 17 BREACH OF TRUST OF $9,800 KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 10. AMU EL Alfred Evans, aged 4b lenmei manager of Storch Brothers, Kuala Lumpur was sentenced to nine months’ imprisonment today by M»- J. Kirby, President of Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court for criminal breach of trust169 words
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Article92 1954-08-12 17 SINGAPORE, Aug. 10. riiHE American magazines Life 1 and Time will set up a permanent Singapore bureau In the next few months, the managing director of LiteTime International. Mr. Edgar R. Baker, said when he arrived in Singapore bv air yesterday. Mr. Baker, who was accom- panied92 words
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Article263 1954-08-12 17 KUALA LUMPUR, Auk. 9. THE proposed national union of Malayan* plantation workers now has the support ot at least 60,000 organised workers in the planting industries. About 40,000 are represented by the Plantation Workers’ Union, Malaya, and 20.000 by the %Malayeu Estate Employees’ Union, Perak.263 words
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136 1954-08-12 17 KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 10 A MAN who has been robbed six times by thieves in the last seven years, woke up this morn«ng to find that he had been visited again bv a burglar. He is Mr. 11. I. Evans, assistant manager of136 words
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Article26 1954-08-12 17 RAUB. Aug. 10. Miss O.VV M Green, matron of the Get\>-. Hospital. Kuala Lipis, has l ft for England on live mouths' leave.26 words
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Article, Illustration73 1954-08-12 18 A PRIZE-WINNING basket of padi won praise from the Sultan of Selangor when j he toured the Malayan Agri Horticultural Associa- j tion exhibition, which opened in Kuala Lumpur over the weekend. With him (left to right) are: Lady MacGillivray. Mr. O. J.M.A.H.A. — Straits Times picture. - 73 words
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544 1954-08-12 18 PENANG, Aug. 10. IAATO Sir Cheng-lock Tan, president of the Malayan Chinese Association, today criticised people in Malaya who say the entire Chinese population is loyal to the Kuomintang regime of General Chiang Kaishek. Sir Chcng-lock expressed the opinion544 words
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Article58 1954-08-12 18 KOTA BAHRU. Aug. 9. Twenty-two District Officers and Assistant District Officers in Kelantan attended a twoday course on representative government and electoral procedure at Kota Bahru during the weekend. The course, sponsored by the British Council, was opened by Mr. D. Headley. British Adviser. Kelantan. Films58 words
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Article48 1954-08-12 18 KUALA LUMPUR. Aug. 10.— The inaugural meeting of the National Union of Teachers will be held at the Methodist Boys’ School here at 11 a m on Aug. 12. The officer administering the Government. Mr D C Watherston. will address the 1 meeting48 words
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Article953 1954-08-12 18 JOHN MARKS - 'ffij WEBg W SWTOT By JOHN MARKS I SINGAPORE, Aug. 10. 1 nnHE Choong Brothers of badminton fame, Eddie and David, will both return next April to help Malaya defend the Thomas Cup in 1955. Eddie. 1953 and 1954 All- I England singles champion,953 words
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Article962 1954-08-12 19 EPSOM JEEP - By EPSOM JEEP. PENANG* Aug. 4. PUTTING in a grand effort in the last furlong, Ginseng, with Jackie Tait astride, up in the last stride to snatch a thrilling short-head win from Gondolino in the Cl. 3, Div. 1, 6-f. event at Penang yesterday, second962 words
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Article1028 1954-08-12 19 EPSOM JEEP - By EPSOM JEEP. PENANG. Aug. 7. 4V*CE agMir a. lightweight triumphed in a Malayan turf classic when three Rings (7.13), recently promoted from Class 2, routed a record held in the Penang Gold Cup over U miles at Pfnang yesterday concluding day of the August1,028 words
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Article, Illustration29 1954-08-12 19 —Straits Times picture.—Straits; Times picture. - 29 words
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Miscellaneous139 1954-08-12 19 BIG SWEEP TOTAL POOL: $233,900. FIRST: No. 2273S* ($53,736) SECOND: No. *****3 ($26,868) THIRD: No. *****5 ($13,434) STARTERS ($3,838 each). Nos. *****7 > *****7; *****1; *****5; *****9; *****5; *****7. CONSOLATION <$1,343 each). Nos: *****7; *****5; *****0; *****7; *****1; *****1; *****0; *****1: *****5; *****9. TREBLE TOTE: 11 tickets ($453 each). BIO139 words
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Article529 1954-08-12 20 SHARE MARKET] BY OUR MARKET CORRESPONDENT; SINGAPORE, August 9. jyjETAL BOX $1 shares were again the feature of the industrial section of the Singapore Share Market last week and on Saturday morning business was passing in round thousands from $1.25 to $1.27j to $1,261, with529 words
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Article119 1954-08-12 20 SINGAPORE, Aug. 11. Singapore Chinese Produce Exchange: noon prices per picul were:Oopra: quiet; August 129% buyers, sellers; September 830 buyers 830% sellers. Coconut oil: 851% sellers. Pepper: quiet; do business reported; white pepper down 82%, black 85; Muntok white 8212%, Sarawak 8210, Lampong black 8165. CL C. B.119 words
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Article191 1954-08-12 20 rE following business done in Singapore Share Market last week wgs reported by one firm of brokers for the period July 31 to August 6. INDUSTRIALS: Consolidated Tin Smelters 255. «d. and 28s. 74d. x all, Fraser and Neave Ords $1.97 >1 and $1.9*%, Hammers $3.05, William Jacks191 words
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Article44 1954-08-12 20 rp following dividend was announced by a company operating in Malaya last week, r THE GEORGE TOWN DISPENSARY LTD.: A dividend of 15%, pins bonus of 15%, both less income tax at 36%, for year January 31. 1954. Books close August 11.44 words
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Article80 1954-08-12 20 Indo-Chinese rubber through port of S.ugaa totalled 22.854 tons in ffrst half of (his year, comi pared with 27.586 tons in the corresponding period of 1953 reports Reuter from Paris. Shipments to France declined sharply to 5,284 tons from over 19.000 tons but exports to the United States80 words
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Article27 1954-08-12 20 Mr. P. A. Rogers has been elected to the Board of Mambau (F.M.8.) Rubber Cotnpany. Mr. H. 8. Camp, bell has resigned from the Board27 words
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Article131 1954-08-12 20 SINGAPORE, Aug. l npHREE experts of the Ministry Pensions and pa n al Insurance arrived in Singapore yestemin air from Britain to help organise the Singapoi tral Provident Fund scheme. iWmiK They were Mr. K. B. Malcolm. Mr. H. S. Robinson, and Mr. C. E.131 words
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Article87 1954-08-12 20 KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 10. KOW SOO WONG, alias PI Bl Chye, 29, of Kampong Dollah was today charged here with extortion. He was alleged to have threatened Kuan Kuen You with arrest at Buklt Bintang Amusement Park and got $l5O from him. He was also87 words
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Article53 1954-08-12 20 KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 10. The British Malayan Petroleum Company gave a party here to Penghulu Jugah of Batang Raj an*, a leading Iban of Sarawak. i\ *'tr: Jugah said he was happy to see better educational and social facilities being provided by the oil company to53 words
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Article24 1954-08-12 20 JOHORE BAHRU, Aug. 10.— Dato Abdul Rahman bin Mohd. Yassim has been appointed a temporary official member of the Johore Executive Council.24 words
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Article766 1954-08-12 20 SINGAPORE, Aug. 11. INDUSTRIALS Ale. Br.ck. B ye BeUer 2BO 2.10 .iff?*-, 370 3 0Q Atlas ice 12.25 13 25 Betrol 34/$ 35/o B M. Trustee* 6 60 7.00 SZ u> nueli a*- iw»«Si mmu::.. s& J& uammon 310 a is O town Dlsp 2 80 2766 words
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Article469 1954-08-12 20 Rv'A) Vlart&tj —l SINGAPORE. Ah After the long weekend the market opened better on political intlutr.ee but business was mainly confined to the adjustment 0 f the current month positions says the weekly rubber report of Holiday Cutler. Bath and co„ Ltd. The offtake for overseas markets469 words