The Straits Budget, 19 August 1954

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    42 1 The Straits Budget THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES MALAYA’S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER .<13?; j*.: v t':.-lE^?a New Series No. 418. Thursday, August 19, £1954 Price 40 cents (Malayan) Or 1 Shilling. Jnwv. *4 ’♦■^"T' l '-Tl ffi** :4£ ::<; ,y. ja j
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  • From THE STRAITS TIMES POSTBAG
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      Politics in Perak outsiders
      268 2  -  MALAY RAAYAT. Ipoh. 'TRUE subjects of the A Sultan of Perak should ponder carefully the present sorry state of affairs Perak has its own constitution and the Sul-i tan has always acted in a constitutional and democratic manner. Is it necessary to hftve all the present
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      It is only an occupation
      92 2  -  'MARUCHE STER. Singapore. “PLANTER" from Negri Sean-1 i bilan must forget that rubber planting is a profession. It most certainly U not It is merely an occupation. Professional men do not get letters saying “so and so may receive one month’s pay in lieu of
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      Corporal punishment in schools
      243 2  -  D. WRIGHT TT would be interesting to know what local Chinese educational t authorities and local Chinese community leaders think of the extract from The Times quoting questions and answers in the Commons on discipline in schools. At least the Singapore Government, In expecting stricter discipline,
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      Courteous police lieutenants
      42 2  -  A CITIZEN. Singapore. I HAVE HTO stopped, a number of times by police lieutenants whom I found very courteous and polite. They are reader to givejjgfeTgHg {Jrt who mm jay terTimmmons SsvXSS! gapore, with better co-opera-tion from its citizens.
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      Singapore Poppy Day Appeal
      225 2  -  (Mrs.) S..F. HO. Chairman. Poppy Day Appeal Week. 1954. Singapore. MAY I clarify one or two 1 points raised by “Ex- < Service Woman”? i •nie Poppy Day Fund originated with th 4 Earl Haig Fund after the First World War. to assist ex-Servicemen, their widows
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      Attack showed ‘a desire to murder’
      275 2  -  I. T. CHAPPEL. Spoil (Mere letter* In F. 10). {SHOULD like to comment on the letter from Mr. Christopher Shawcross, published in your issue of August 16. Mr. Shawcross states that “it seemed obvious that they/ (the Communist terrorists) had no desire to murder
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      Ambush planned by men in uniform
      287 2  -  CHRISTOPHER 8HAWCRO Singapore. M Y d e n nt 0n h been drawn to a i r rornSnff T concerning a report wh9 I had stated In cou, no SEES* the death 0 M n r pe™ U iU° b P “L f0war<1 1
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      Municipal limit extension
      67 2  -  GLUGOR RESIDENT. Penang. YOU had a report recent' about the question of th extension of ihe Municipa limit to include Olugor Ay< Item and Tanjong Tokong This was followed by a memo randum addressed to the Gov emment by the protest \Corn mittee representing these threareas. Since
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
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  • The Straits Budget
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      Revising the Law
      898 3 —Straits Times, Aug. 13. There has been no comprehensive revision of the Colony’s Criminal Procedure Code for nearly twenty years. The revised code of 1936 applied, of course, to the Straits Settlements, and many of the changes to be effected by the bill which has now been
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      High Prices
      389 3 —Straits Times, Aug. 12. Why oranges and apples, brought thousands of miles to Malaya, should be so much cheaper than Malayan fruit is a tropical mystery which no-one has ever explained. A Straits Times reporter who tried conclusions yesterday with this nearly age-old puzzle got no nearer a
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      Singapore Surplus
      272 3 —Straits Times, Aug. 12. Financial Secretaries have been known before now to take delight in matters which have filled their colleagues with concern. And when Mr. W. C. Taylor speaks happily to the Press of the surplus in the Colony’s accounts for the first half of the year
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      Japan’s Trade Crisis
      429 3 Japan’ s Trade Crisis —Straits Times, Aug. 13. The oddest fact about Japan’s economic crisis, which appears to have disturbed Washington almost to the point of distraction, is that Japanese export prices in most cases are too high. That is at the bottom of the problem, and it is a
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      University Plans
      739 3 —Straits Times. Aug. 14. It is possible that a rather better idea of the future of the University of Malaya will emerge from Tuesday’s meeting of the Colony’s Legislative Council. On the agenda is a motion inviting the Council to dismiss from its mind the more interesting sections
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      Storm
      642 4 —Straits Times. Aug. 16. Baguio. tho pleasant hill resort in the* Philippines, where Great Britain, the United States <1 America, France. Australia. New Zealand, the Philippines. Siam and Pakistan will meet next month to plan a defence organisation for South-East Asia is aptly named. It is a Tagalog name
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      Aging Youth
      232 4 —Straits Times, Aug. 17. In a bygone bye-election at Paisley a keen voter in the dying Liberal cause told the party’s candidate she had been a “Young Liberal” for fifty years. Some delegates to the World Assembly of Youth may soon put forward a like claim if the
      —Straits Times, Aug. 17.  -  232 words
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      Let Them Inside
      776 4 I —Straits Times. Aug. 18. i Few citizens of Singapore f ever exercise their right to hear their Legislative Councillors debate and decide public affairs. They know that the task of getting into the public gallery of the Council Chamber is not worth the reward of their
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      Bomb Blast
      426 4 Strait* Times. Aug. is Other public relations officers in Singapore have been running, round for the past five days trying to find an answer to a simple question put to them by the Straits Times. They have not found the answer yet —or if they have, they deem
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      Get To The Root
      142 4 —Straits Time.'. Aug Good news comes from the Federation. Last month there were 18 prosecutions. resulting in 16 convictions, for corruption among ordinaly citizens. The good news lies not in the fact that there is c< miption hut that those slimy matures wlv believe a cuueney
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    10,000 to get pay rise -ARREARS, TOO
    163 4 SINGAPORE. Aug. 17. rpHh Civil £s:^DllSiinK J llt I Officer of the Singapore Naval Base, Mr. F. M. j. Lawrance, announced yesterday that the 10.000 daily-rated workers cf the Navy would be paid the revised wages of the Services on Sept. 10. In
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    ‘SARAWAK TODAY’ IS A LONDON HIT
    840 5  - ‘SARAWAK TODAY IS A LONDON HIT DOROTHY THATCHER. \|R S. HEDDA MORRISON, *▼1 A.R.P.C., wife of a Sarawak Government official, is renowned the world over for her Oriental photography, and art lovers of Malaya will be familiar with her wonderful camera studies which have appeared in this journal and the
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    Three planes chartered to fly students to Kirkby
    226 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 15. THE Federation Government has chartered three British Overseas Airways Corporation Argonauts to carry 155 Federation girls and boys to Kirkby Teachers Training College. The first plane bringing back qualified Kirkby students is due at 2.05 p.m. on Aug.
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    ONE OF KULAI KILLER GANG SLAIN
    176 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 15. A MEMBER of the Fifth Independent Terrorist Platoon, believed to be responsible for the recent murder of two Europeans on Kulai fhl Palm Estate, has been killed by men of the First Battalion, the East Yorkshire Regiment, near Kelapa new
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    Pastor of Timal church dies
    86 5 IPOH. Aug. 16. REV J D Aslrvatham, pastor of the Methodist Tamil Church here, died in hospital yesterday morning He was forty-six. He was taken 111 suddenly in the early hours of the day and was rushed to hospital, but died shortly after admission He
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  • PERSONAL
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      BIRTHS
      222 5 PEARCE:—To Jessie and Len. A son. Brian Sutherland on 10th Aug. '54. At K.K. Hospital, Brother for Jacqueline. JAMES—on August 9th at Johore Bahru General Hospital to Gwen and Gordon a daughter, sister for lan. MOSS: To Joy and George, a son, Nigel George at Bungsar Hospital, Kuala Lumpur
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      ENGAGEMENTS
      111 5 NIELSEN KIPLING: The engagement is announced in Singapore between Erik, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Nielsen of Copenhagen, Denmark, and Freda, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Kipling of Surrey. England. THE ENGAGEMENT is announced between Peter eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. J.
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    Youth delegates arrive late
    55 5 SINGAPORE. Aug. 18 Three delegates from Burma and Pakistan arrived in Singapore by BOAC airliner yesterday. a day and a half late for the World Youth Assembly. Miss Meher Daruwala. from Pakistan, was held up by illness while Miss Tin Tin and U Hla Thein «Burma)
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    Snake alive!— INSIDE a coconut
    258 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 17 VILLAGERS of Kam- pong Padang near Ulu Yam Bahru in the Kuala Kubu Bahru District of Selangor, are wondering how a threefoot long snake man aged to get inside an unopened coconut The snake, which they believe is “kramat” (sacred) was
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  • Obituary
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    29 5 IN MEMORIAM MARTIN: Cherished is the Memory of Our Darling Mother. Mary Anna, who was called to rest 17.8.1945. Japanese Internment Camp. Singapore. "In Constant Thought And Silent Sorrow.”
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    THROUGH THE ARCH WAY
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    As I was Saying
    791 6  -  CYNICUS SINGAPORE. Aug. 14. IF I were a betting 1 man I would be prepared to take a shade of odds against the New Zealand olt-the-course betting scheme being adopted in Malaya, and long odds against the licensing of bookmakers. Both Governments stronglv oppose legalising the
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    Notes from a... Malayan Diary
    1081 6  -  STANLEY STREET. Amazing reception Enthusiasm for Madam Pandit swept all bounds and upset all plans for her reception at Kallang Airport yesterday afternoon. The Reception Committee was ten times as large as had been foreseen. It was impossible to get one quarter of them into
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    THE CHEONGS’ PRIZE BABY
    48 7 CHEONG LYE HOCK, aged ten and a half months, won third prize at the Singapore Chinese Y.M.C.A.’s third annual baby show yesterday. He is the only child of Mr. and Mrs. Cheong Kim Swee of Princess Elizabeth Estate, Singapore.—Straits Times picture. —Straits Times picture.
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    Countryman’s Journal
    652 7  -  TUAN DJEK fITHE couple from Singapore A that so often pay a short day's visit to the Dusun came here last Sunday and went back on Monday afternoon. The wife had to work on the Bank holiday not everyone can be given leave on that occasion. They brought
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    This orchid study comes from Lee Beng Tean of Penang
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    Diplomatic occasion in Singapore
    1133 7  -  Malaysian Notebook STANLEY STREET. rpHE starting contrasts X of Singapore never fail to amaze me. Within half an hour’s drive of a place where one of my friends was lately wounded by bandits, I am concerned as to whether I should wear a tie without a
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    Fifty Years Ago
    129 7 Taken from the Straits Times of August 14, 1904: DEER are said to be very fond of the leaves of the rubber tree. If they come to a young tree and cannot reach the foliage they breast the tree until they bend It sufficiently for the purpose.
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    BIG HELLO FOR Mrs. PANDIT
    352 8 SINGAPORE. Aug. 12. ANE of the biggest mass welcomes ever staged in Singapore greeted Mrs. Vijayalakshmi Pandit on her arrival in the Colony yesterday. More than 4,000 people—mainly cheering, waving Indians —were at Kallang airport when the President of the United Nations General Assembly flew
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    ‘INDIANS ONLY’ PLAN IS REJECTED
    342 8 KUALALUMPUR.au>' II THE HIGH COm,o SIONER and Z Rulers have refused Z request of the Malayan Indian Congress that seats in the Federal Le gislative Council should be reserved in general or multiple constituencies for Indian candidates. Their reply was given to the M.I.C. president.
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    New nursing sister
    67 8 Miss Kathleen Alice Randle of Middlesbrough has been appointed to the Queen Elizabeth Colonial Nursing service as a nursing sister for mid* if* n duties in Singapore. Miss Randle, sails for Singa pore at the end of this month. She served at the Royal Vic toria Infirmary
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    Mr. Simmons returns
    27 8 SINGAPORE, Aug. 12. Mr. A. C. Simmons, managin' director of the Straits Time. Press, returned to Singapor* yesterday from leave in Europe and Britain.
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    MRS. PANDIT and crowds LOOK ROUND THE SHOPS
    1109 9 SINGAPORE. Aug. 13. OESIEGED and pursued everywhere by acclaiming crowds, mainly Indians, Mrs. Vijayalakshmi Pandit yesterday carried out a crowded programme on her second day in Singapore. Highlights of her day were a visit to the Ramakrishna Mission, where she spent a
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    ‘Termite:’ first big success
    99 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 12. rr HE ABORIGINES are beginning to come in to the security forces in “Operation Termite” which is now in its fifth week in the jungle East of Ipoh. The first big success in trying to win over the aborigines, who have been
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    ‘WOMEN MUST HELP TO LAY FOUNDATIONS OF PEACE’
    632 10 WOMEN MUST HELP TO LAY FOUNDATIONS OF PEACE’ SINGAPORE, Aug. 12. “OEACE will not des- rend upon the world just because we are tired of conflict,” Mrs. Vijayalakshmi Pandit, President or the U.N. General Assembly, said in Singapore yesterday. She was addressing 250 women at the Kamala Club. Moulmein Hoad,
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    To mark her visit-7 acres for SATA
    127 10 To mark her visit—7 acres for SATA MR. G. UTTAMRAM. a leader of the Indian community in Singapore. last night gave seven acres of land to the AntiTuberculosis Association. The gift was announced at a dinner at the Sea View Hotel which Mr. Uttamram. a Colony merchant. gave in honour
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    Party Nagara wants United States of Malaya
    481 10 KUALA LUMPUR. Aug. 12. THE establishment of a United States of Malaya, a guarantee that no Malayan industry will be nationalised and the planning of national defence as a member of the British Commonwealth of Nations—these three points highlight the Party Negara’s manifesto
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    Mr. Pritt flies in for case
    119 10 SINGAPORE. Aug. 12 \|K. D. N Afl chief counsel foi eight University of Malaya students aecusec of sedition, arrived ir Singapore by air yesterday “with a lot of work to do." He said he had attended to some formalities in London He would now
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    Now it’s the ROYAL Island Club
    144 10 Now it’ s the ROYAL Island Club SINGAPORE, Aug. I* A ROYAL Charter Has oeen granted by the Queen to the Island Club of Singapore, the Straits Times reliably understands. The club will now be known as the Royal Island Golf t luo. Singapore. It is the second Singapore golf
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    $1,400,000 REQUIRED FOR 13 NEW SCHOOLS
    139 10 SINGAPORE, Aug. 12. SINGAPORE Government will build 13 more primary schools under its 1954/55, schools programme, bringing the total of schools for two years to 36. Tuesday’s meeting of the Legislative Council will be asked to vote an extra $1,400,000 for this. The Finance
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    RISE ABOVE PREJUDICES
    564 11 W.A.Y. MEETING OPENS SINGAPORE, Aug. 16. THE SECOND general assembly of the World Assembly of Youth was opened last night at the Anglo-Chinese School, Singapore. More than MOO delegates from 54 countries attended. Eight hundred guests were there and a big crowd had gathered in the grounds
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    John Dumeresque marries in India
    55 11 Mr. John S. Dumeresque, former Director of Broadcastins:. Singapore, and Miss Rhona Connery, formerly a well known Radio Malaya personality. were married last week in Calcutta The best man was Dr. Stanley Nairn and the matron of honou was Mrs. Owen Stafford, rfauehter-in-law of Mr.
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    ‘S.E. Asia needs more than arms’
    369 11  -  By PAT MORGAN KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 14. ]y|RS. VIJAYALAKSHMI PANDIT, told m e in an exclusive interview today: “South-East Asia needs to be bound together by something more than the force of arms.” Mrs. Pandit was commenting on the opposition of Asian countries to
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    RISING SUN – SWORD UPWARDS
    142 11 RISING SUN SWORD UPWARDS SINGAPORE, Aug. 15. ARISING sun tssuant from water barry wavy, over all sword erect, point uppermost” —that’s how the Air Ministry describes the new badge for the R.A.F.’s Flying Boat Wing. The Ministry explains that the sword suggests the Wing’s fighting spirit while the rising sun
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    Sea water will come as ballast
    124 11 SINGAPORE, Aug. 15. SEAWATER for the Van Kleef Aquarium, will be brought to Singapore in the ballast tanks of a ship, Mr. W. I. Watson, the City Architect said yesterday. This is Mr. Watson’s olan to replace the 23,500 gallons that was lost when
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    Airmen aid Singapore blood bank
    114 11 SINGAPORE. Aug. 16. MEN from the Royal Air Force, Seletar. have been most public-spirited in coming forward to ease a shortage of blood during the weekend, says a report of the Singapore Blood Transfusion Service. Volunteers from R.A.F. Changl showed up on Hari Raya Haji
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    MEMORIAL FOR MR. SAMY
    58 11 SINGAPORE, Aug. 12. A memorial is to be built at the grave of the Singapore trade unionist. Mr. R. K Sarny, who died on April 9. Mr. Sarny was president of the Singapore Traction Company Employees Union at the time of his death. The memorial fund
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    Curfew off big area of Johore Straits
    76 12 77»'s map of the eastern approaches of the Johore Straits shows the circa which has been de-restricted with the lifting of the Emergency curfew. The curfew was iviposed in March, 1953. to seal off pos- sible food supply routes used by terrorists and
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    ‘TRICK TO CATCH ATTENTION’
    414 12 TRICK TO CATCH ATTENTION’ Date-fixing for independence SINGAPORE, Aug. 12. NUMBER of Singapore politicians told the Straits Times yesterday they were satisfied with the present rate of progress towards selfgovernment. "We are not thinking of independence right now. In any case, date-fixing is only an attempt to catch public attention,”
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    Last meeting
    34 12 IPOH, Aug. 11. The last meeting of the Ipoh and Menglembu Town Board before town councils are introduced, will be held on Aug. 26 when only formal business will be dealt with.
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    Two-job man off on leave
    46 12 IPOH, Aug. 11.—Mr. A.W. Lacey. who has been doing a dual job In Ipoh as Secretary for Chinese Affairs and Superintendent of Chinese Schools. Perak, left on Saturday for England on lone leave. No successor to either post, has arrived yet
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    NOW BOTH RETIRE AFTER 25 YEARS
    214 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 11. TWO police officers who arrived in Malaya within a week of each other nearly 25 years ago will be leaving on retirement next month. They are Mr. I. D. MacDonald, Deputy Chief Police Officer, Selangor, and Mr. N. C. Halsey,
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    Coconuts injure two women
    51 12 SINGAPORE. Aug. 13. Falling coconuts injured two elderly women yesterday. Tan Seok. 63. of Victoria Street, was knocked unconscious when a coconut crashed on her head. She was admitted to the General Hospital. Loo Choo Boey. 50. was less seriously injured and was treated as an
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    Hakka club
    16 12 SEGAMAT, Aug. 13.—The new Hakka Association building in Jalan Aji will soon be completed.
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    NO RECRUITS FOR THESE JOBS
    230 12 ‘Not trained fast enough’ SINGAPORE, Aug. 13. Y/IANY senior posts in the Singapore Medical and lT1 Education Departments have remained vacant because the Government cannot get qualified men either locally or from overseas. Government spokesmen gave this explanation yesterday for the statement bv the Financial
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    $250,000 army thefts: 6 are gaoled
    796 12 RING LEADER’ IS GIVEN 5 YEARS SINGAPORE. Aug. 12. Sentences of up to five years’ gaol were passed yesterday on six British soldiers who were found guilty at a Johbre Bahru court martial of stealing or conspiring to steal more than $250,000 worth of
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    New penalties for acid attacks are ‘long overdue’
    271 13 New penalties for acid attacks are long overdue’ SINGAPORE, Aug. 12. The emergency (Corrosive Substances) Regulations, 1954 which provide for life imprisonment and whipping for acid attacks, were described as “long overdue” by prominent lawyers and politicians in Singapore, last night. “This should be a permanent amendment to the laws
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    This Bill will end penal servitude
    151 13 SINGAPORE, Aug. 12. mHE Singapore Government will introduce at the A next meeting of the Legislative Council on Tuesday a Bill which aims to abolish penal servitude or rigorous imprisonment. The Bill also seeks to amend the law relating to whipping. The reason given
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    African job awaits Mr. Menon
    93 13 MR. M. GOP ALA MENON, the retiring Indian Government Representative in Malaya, is to be appointed Indian Commissioner in East and Central Africa, according to the East African Standard, a Nairobi newspaper. A Reuter message quotes the paper as saying it understood Mr. Menon would
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    PETROL PRICE CUT BY 3 CTS.
    175 13 SINGAPORE, Aug. 13. rDAY FRIDAY the 13th-brings good news for Malayan motorists. The price of petrol has again been reduced throughout the country by three cents a gallon. Petrol will now cost $1.42 per gallon in Singapore and $1.47 in the Federation. The new
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    Good news No. 2 —tubeless tyres soon
    96 13 Detroit, Aug. 12. —a new line of tubeless tyres has been announced by Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company Mr. E J. Thomas, Goodyear President, told a news conference last night the new casings were made from an exclusive triple tempered preconditioned tyre cord.
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    Courts may give heavier punishment
    134 13 SINGAPORE. Aug. 12. Government wdll propose at the next Legislative Council meeting on Aug. 17 revisions in the Colony’s Criminal Procedure Code. The revisions concern the power and constitution of the criminal courts, preventive action by the Police, information to the Police and their powers
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    This honour came halfway round world
    203 13 SINGAPORE, Aug. 14. A CANADIAN woman living in the Federation today received an honorary degree Jrom a university on the other side of the world. The degree of Doctor of Laws was conferred by Mount Allison University, New Brunswick, Canada, on Mrs. Frank Dickinson,
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    ERNEST LEAVES FOR 6-WEEK ADVENTURE
    115 13 SINGAPORE, Aug. 14. A SINGAPORE Sea Cadet, Leading Seaman Ernest Kang, left yesterday on the Ben Line freighter Benmhor on a six-week trip to Hong Kong and Japan as a member of the crew. Ernest, who is a pupil at Serangoon English School, had been
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    TANKER PUTS IN AFTER 2a.m. ROW
    285 13 SINGAPOER, Aug. 13. TiWO crewmen were removed from the United States A Naval tanker Sappa Creek, when she made an unscheduled stop at Singapore yesterday. This followed a radio call for help from the chip’s captain. When the tanker docked, police, immigration authorities and
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    NEW ZEALANDERS IN SINGAPORE UNITE
    147 13 SINGAPORE, Aug. 14. A NEW ZEALAND Society has been formed in SingaPore for.the benefit of New Zealanders living in Malaya. Until now New Zealanders have been joined with Australians in the Australian and New Zealand Association. At the inaugural meeting it was decided that there
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    Memory gift
    22 13 Gifts totalling $1,170 have been received by the Singapore Anti-Tuberculosis Association in memory of the late Mr. Wee Swee Teow.
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    Falls from tax office
    65 13 KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 13. Wong Slew Thoon, aged about 29. a technical assistant in the Surveyor General’s Department, was killed today when he fell from the top floor of the Suleiman Building here. Police said Wong walked from his office to the nearby Suleiman Building. After
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    WE TEACH IN ENGLISH: LIN YUTANG
    584 14 WANYAWG UNIVERSITY'S DIRECTOR FORESEES OUTPOST OF FREE THOUGHT IN BATTLE WITH REDS .—U.P. FJR. LIN YU-TANG, the author-philosopher who will direct Singapore’s Nanyang University, said in New Y’ork that instruction will be in English because of inter-raciality and “because we are not so blindly
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    THEY GET THEIR OLD JOBS BACK
    130 14 SINGAPORE, Aug. 16. SINGAPORE army workers who were downgraded according to last year’s annual qualification reports of depot officers are to be reverted to their original grades. The reports were made by superintendents to comply with army regulations under which civilian workers are employed
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    Parang murder bid alleged
    213 14 COURT TOLD OF HOME DISPUTE SINGAPORE, Aug. 14. OAUL MARTIN, secretary of Sembawang Rural District Committee, was hacked with a parang in a murder bid because he refused to do something outside his powers, a Singapore court was told yesterday. Madhavan Narayanan was tentatively charged with
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    New rail depot
    32 14 KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 15. A modern $600,000 railway goods depot was opened at Brickfields here last week by the general manager of the Malayan Railway, Mr. C G Harrison.
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    R.M.N. calls for another 100 ratings
    125 14 SINGAPORE, Aug. 13. rE Royal Malayan Navy urgently needs another 100 ratings, the Senior Officer. Captain H. E. H. Nichols, said in Singapore yesterday. Capt. Nicholls said applications for admission as ratings are now being accepted. Inter- views and medical examinations begin on Oct.
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    Dato Onn issues a challenge
    234 14 ST A TE-0 WNED INDUSTRIES KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 15. nATO Sir Onn bin Jaafar, leader of the Party Negara council group, today challenged any socialist to say whether he honestly believed in nationalising industries in Malaya just because this was possible in other countries. i
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    A prayer for delegates to youth talks
    72 14 SINGAPORE. Aug. 16. t SPECIAL Pontifical High Mass was held yesterday at the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd to commemorate the •pening of the 2nd World Assembly of Youth conference, which opened i n Singapore last night. More than 100 delegates, who are
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    339 14 KUALA LUMPUR, Aug r* MALAYAN COLLIERIES today announced th another open cast mine at Batu Arang i s re-developed and when it comes into full produrr the remaining underground pit will probably be clS Equipment for this new mine
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    Wire mesh to beat burglars
    63 14 SINGAPORE. Aug. 16 The Singapore City Counci! quarters allocation commit has recommended that groun and first floor windows at uemenceau Avenue be wire me s ed. This will cost $2,400. The committee also wants t wire mesh the ground floor windows of all staff quarters,
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    He’ll trap’em alive
    176 14 SINGAPORE. Aug. 16. A LEADING American “bring ’em back alive” hunter arrived in Singapore yesterday with a plan to make Malayan animals Hollywood film stars. He is Mr. Noel Rosefelt. 64, supplier of wild animals for films, and circuses and zoos. For 30 years he has been
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    SHA WCROSS: BOAC NOT TO BLAME
    880 16 SINGAPORE, Aug. 14. YIR SHAWCROSS said the case for B.O.A.C ended, as it had begun with a very strong pre sumption that no error had been committed by the Corporation or anv of its servants. “In my submission.’’ said Mr. Shawcross, "it is as
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    SETH: The excuses aren’t convincing
    851 16 \IR. SETH said it was 1 1 not disputes that Capt. Hoyle intended landing on the movement area at Kallang, nor was it disputed that he failed Two reasons had been tjiven for this failure that the aircraft was struck by a downdraft of unexpected
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    MURPHY: RIDGE WAS THE WHOLE CAUSE
    190 16 MR. MI T RPIIY said the main question to be answered was whether the pilot was to be censured for failing to avoid a hazard of which he knew nothing, and of which he did not have to know. “All this happened because of
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    BRASH: Carter just behaved like any human would
    151 16 M. B. BRASH said that. on behalf of the underwriters. he would like to associate himself with everything which Mr. Shawcross had said. On behalf of the engineers, Carter and Sargent. I would like to answer Mr. Seth’s criticism.” said Mr. Brash.
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    ‘WE HAVE LEARNT A LOT HERE’
    134 17 |T’S OVER! The Kallang crash inquiry ended yesterday the 49th day. Referring to it as “a long and complex inquiry,” the president, Mr. lustice Knight, remarked: ”1 adjourn not without some feelings of regret. I feel we have all learnt a lot here. ”To
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    ‘PLANE WAS TOO LOW,’ SAYS BUTTERFIELD
    1317 17 PLANE WAS TOO LOW,’ SAYS BUTTERFIELD SINGAPORE, Aug. 17. LAST to address the court was Singapore’s Solicitor General, Mr. C. H. Butterfield. Q.C., who spoke for three and a half hours and dealt with the 25 questions which the court has to answer in its report. No indication was given
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    1,500,000 words-and 615 reels of recordings
    222 17 Nearly 1,500,000 words were spoken at the inquiry. The transcript of the proceedings cover* 3,350 typed foolscap sheets. Six hundred and fifteen reels of recording tape were used to record the proceedings for counsel and court officials. One hundred and twenty-eight exhibits were placed
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    FORMER PUPIL WILL BE ACTING HEAD
    146 17 SINGAPORE, Aug. 18. 11/lISS NOELINE OEHLERS, a former pupil of Raffles Girls’ School, will be acting head of the school from next Wednesday while the principal. Miss C. A. Hinchliffe, is on long leave. Miss Oehlers Is a sister of Mr. G. E. N.
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    Shawcross leaves
    34 17 SINGAPORE, Aug. 16 Mr. Christopher Shawcrnss, Q.C.. senior counsel for 8.0. A C. at the Kallang air crash inquiry in Singapore left for Britain yesterday with his wife in a Qantas-8.0.A.C. Constellation.
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    S’PORE 1954- ‘THEY SHALL NOT PASS’
    162 19 S’PORE 1954‘THEY SHALL NOT PASS’ I/tTlf a 1 VTAf ttTTlft A KUALA LUMPUR, Auf. 17. nwo members of the Straits 1 d* p °Mftl ajV. public were excluded from the Singapore Legislative 4| Assembly yesterday under I rules which were enforced without warning for the an artist, who had been
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    ALL A MATTER OF FORMS
    796 19 THIS IS DEMOCRACY. SAYS GEORGE EDINGER But it urns the elephant’s rump that really got mg hump SINGAPORE, Aar If. TH£Krs s meeting-of the legislative Council,” -No gaped ieW,!tQr -.°the <35 Social Welfare Department with a statue of an elephant In front, 1 he went
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    Winston will retire ‘at right moment’
    235 19 SINGAPORE. Aug. 17. QIR Winston Churchill will. wait for the “most appropriate momentr to retire. When that moment will be. be >s3r! Ralph Assheton, Conservative. said this when he arrived In Singapore yesterday with four other Members of w“ en parlS l entag'“: elation
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    Troops like the Tulloch Plan homes
    137 19 l SINGAPORE. Aug. 18. MARRIED Malay soldiers I are “pleased as Punch” with their new Tolloch Plan homes, an Army spokesman said In Singapore yesterday. Another 86 homes were opened yesterday 84 at Paris P&njang find 18 on Biakang Mali Island^ The Biakang Matt
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    MacG. promoted
    30 19 Sir Donald MacGilllvray has been promoted Knight, and Lady MacGilUVray appointed a Commander (Sister) of the Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John r of Jerusalem. >v
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    RULERS TELL ABOUT ‘COMMON GOAL’
    214 19 V KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 16. tpHE Malay Rulers In a message to overseas delegates to the World Assembly of Youth said the young people of Malaya were working towards the common i goal of a self-governing country and equipping them- selves for their responsibilities as
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    TWO MORE MOVED TO HIGH POSTS
    84 19 Two more local Government officers have been appointed to posts in the Singapore Higher Services Part l£\ They are Mr. Eu Cheow Chye, 34. an officer of the Straits Settlement CbH Service, Who joins the Legal Service Part t and Mr. Un Kon Kun,
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    Tengku Hussain dies, 49
    56 19 SINGAPORE, Aug. 17. Tengku Hussain Din Tengfcu H*Ji All, 49, a great grandson of the late Boltan All of BinBpore, died at the Is tana irapcmg Glam In Singapore yesterday after along illness. Th4l funeral will takfcFplace today at 4 pm. at the family burial ground,
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    THEY DO NOT WANT WAY ASIAN BLOC
    163 19 SINGAPORE, Aug. 14. TVELEGATES attendihg the mJ World Assembly of Youth’s Asian seminar in Singapore, which ended yesterday, will not support any move to set up an Aslan bloc within WAY. This followed a warning On Aug. 12 by Mr. Fred Amlanandum, president
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    More confidence in: local business
    626 20 SHARE MARKET n in 4t it*' 1 -y V .V By Our Commercial Correspondent, SINGAPORE, Aug. 16. fIPHE Singapore Share Market last week could not by any means be described as inspiring but a welcome feature was the gradual return of com fidence in the
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    Ford Company
    50 20 Mr. JJN. Pratt, general sales manager of the Ford Motor Company of Malaya Ltd., sailed for Europe with his family on the Oranie on Saturday. Mr. A. E. Ohlsen, service manager of the same Company, returned from leave by air from Australia on Sunday with his family. F
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    BUSINESS DOWN
    258 20 fpHE following business done the Singapore Share Market last week was reported by one firm of brokers for the period August 7 Co August 43;« INDUSTRIALS; Consolidated Tin Smelters 265.9 d, to 275.3 d.. Federal Dispensary $2.90. Fraser A Neave Onto. $1.97%Y Gammons* $3.12%, Hammers $3.05. Hongkong Bank
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    May cargoes showed gain
    53 20 Cargo discharged and loaded and wharves excludln? l handled at Pula u Bukom and Pulau 436.030 tons, 57,390 tons more than in the previous month. The May figure la the second highest for the first five months of the year. The. March figure was the highest
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    SUNGEI TUKANG
    55 20 s y BUNOEI TUKANG RUBBER CO. LTD; Madfv a net profit of <46,025 6.2%) and dividend of 5% is recommended for year ended March 31. r At balancing, date net liquid assets equalled $313,420 or 42.4 cts per share., Cost of production was 48.3 cents on a crop
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    MOVE FROM BATU ARANG IS ON
    266 20 BATV ARANG, A, nnHE nrst movement ot labour irom the da Ak ,J collieries to other places of employma* a nojl by the Selangor Government began today v n family and three bachelors —all Chinese— daft P JII lorry for the Raub Amalgamated Gold
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    42 20 m Chinese Produce ‘fa* vCopr»‘ quiet; September;,. $29 K* SJJSi $29% Seilers’ Coconut oU: SSt? tSmpwg iSac* ■4tc.B rH ber. C ll a-m. $2?? |29Vj tSyerL $29% sellers; tonTquiet; 4 P*Xn. fjvrfe Duyers, w**% scimr®, p”: SSS g? 3££ 9
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    MALAYAN SHARE QUOTATIONS
    636 20 SINGAPORE. Aug. 18. INDUSTRIALS 8r*uW' A oS*. ’V.V.V..V. l?o loo AU*g l<* 12 25* nil as Ti Coa Tin Smelt. U "jN Pref i*,. t WRjwteWi blitted ili 1 SUM* U sues? w m 6.45 Lift Ord» i us i "8 Ownmon 3 34 3.31 »®P *16
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    RUBBER TONE IS BEARISH
    155 20 '<». y.i KK i i SINGAPORE Aii2 u i A CHANOK to ton ton. VL to toe trm «5 IiP§ll CUtkr, Bath This is somewhat sutpusw ’J the tone has been consist emir buot since April and there tub* Maustaau-.position is sound, it a fSJBZJnv uililto
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    DIVIDENDS ANNOUNCED
    116 20 DIV IDENDS ANNOUNCED r’t K following d'Vidends were announced o> companies opt*»tin* Matey* last •econd interim dividend of 15'c on both classy shares, poyable In as 3 °PXreiNG RUBBER XN,) TIN LTD.: A divideurf 15%, pRymblc in September lft, or ,asl financial y T N SUNGK1 BIDOR 1 DREDGING LTD.;
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