The Straits Budget, 11 November 1954

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    28 1 The Straits Budget THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES MALAYA’S NATIONAL NCWBPAKB New Series No. 429. Thursday. November 11, 1954 Price 40 cents (Malayan) Or 1 ShiUing.
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      LANGUAGE IN COUNCIL
      328 2  -  M.P.D. NAIR Singapore. WITH reference to your comments on the subject “Language in the Council”, I wish to point out that that part of the editorial which say8; “...and whether Mr. M. P. D. Nair, who for so long has claimed to represent the Indian worker who
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      GAOL FOR REFUSING TO WED
      132 2  -  M.I. Singapore. fpHE punishment of six 1 months’ imprisonmentrecently meted out to a 17i year-old Palembang girl in Indonesia deserves severe condemnation by all rightthinking people. <\ Her only crime for which she was thus punished was her refusal to become the fourth wife of
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      Party should tackle road problem now
      316 2  -  D. ROBERTSON. Singapore. IN reference to my previous letter on the above subject. it may be pertinent to quote, whilst there is still time for action to be initiated, the recommendation of the Progressive Party on Dr. Hill’s report on the reform of local
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      ‘MEAN’ TAX ON XMAS CARDS
      84 2  - ‘MEAN TAX ON XMAS CARDS BE MtfRCIFUI^ Singapore. I FULLY agree with Cynic us that the tax on a parcel of Christmas cards sent to a British regiment domiciled in the Federation was a particularly mean imposition. If printed matter is dutv free, then Christmas cards should not be taxed
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      Another tribute to Miss Lomas
      145 2  -  CHARLES ABBOTT Smmbtii. I ,i ult de >> i„ tote a over the o?y^l. en<l, Ll •an I wish to enlarge l> trlbiite to this w fu and good-humoui i; 1 WIMM prestige in and particularly uf’ Slle C ed ner work, is enormo At
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      REPORT HAS HURT FEELINGS
      114 2  -  PA’ MAT. Perak. yOU mentioned recently that a change in the Malay > Administrative Service was necessary since it was n longer getting the best r cruits and that the ser has been diluted in n ultr by promotions to tr tJUl*' yan Civil Service I
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      Jungle produce will beat food blockade
      122 2  -  KUMBANG BETIN v Ipoh. 1JECENT debate regarding It food denial to the terrorists prompts me to step in and attempt to clarify cer- tain points. The sooner we realise that h these Jungle dwellef* cannot be starved, the easier will it be for the
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  • The Straits Budget
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      The Federal Budget
      1325 3 —Straits Times, Nov. 4. The Federation’s budget at ast is beginning to look like i budget instead of a collection Di fortuitously related figures. The estimates for 1955 make sense. Partly this is because rf policy decisions, particularly tne decision to finance capital expenditure on loan account,
      —Straits Times, Nov. 4.  -  1,325 words
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      Paying The Price For Co-ops
      385 3 —Straits Times, Nov. 5. Malaya’s co-operative movement is paying the price of over-rapid expansion. When the war broke out there were 650 societies on the register, efficiently managed. The number has since risen to 1,663 but, says the Commissioner for Cooperative Development, the quality has
      —Straits Times, Nov. 5.  -  385 words
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      Funds For The States
      696 3 Straits Times, Nov 6 Federal allocations to State and Settlement Governments have provided annual argument from the day of the first Federal budget. There is now reasonable prospect of these grants being placed on a firm and understandable basis. The Treasury has under consideration a scheme
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      Penang Elections
      243 3 —Straits Times, Nov. 6. The Penang Municipal elections next month are unlikeh to generate much heat. Onlv throe seats are to he contested, and in any case unexciting, if locally important, issues such as markets, drains and the rates do not offer much scope for cut and thrust
      —Straits Times, Nov. 6.  -  243 words
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      Chance of Life For All
      291 4 —Straits Times, Nov. 8. A Chinese girl, lying critically ill in Singapore General Hospital, has been given a chance to live thanks to blood donors who immediately answered an urgent press appeal. Of 162 volunteers, 54 were Asians, 21 of them Chinese. The other 108
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      The Build-up
      146 4 —Straits Times, Nov. 8. How far in building up the collection of murderers, thieves and thugs now skulking in Malaya’s jungles into a recognised military force will the Federation of Malaya’s Department of Information go? At one time the Department objected to the word terrorists and preferred bandits
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      Last City Budget
      694 4 —Straits Times. Nov. 9. Next year Singapore City Council expects to spend $129 million, nearly $34 million of it on loan account. With revenue estimated at $87.8 million, there is a deficit of over $7 million in the ordinary' budget. This is the j largest of a
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      One Acre Houses
      184 4 Johore town councillors should not have to think twice before rejecting the preposterous suggestion of the planners that in some areas building should be restricted to one house per j acre. Singapore used to have, municipal by-laws, a relic of spacious days in more senses j than
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      Nehru And Congress
      650 4 —Straits Times, Nov. 10 India’s Prime Minister has been doing too much. To be President of Congress, Minister for External Affairs, Defence Minister, Finance Minister (when Mr. Deshmukh is absent), Chairman of the Planning Commission, Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission to name only two of the
      —Straits Times, Nov. 10  -  650 words
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      SEATO In The Commons
      443 4 —Straits Times, Nov. Labour support for the Manila Pact, and the absence of Bevan, made for a dull SEAT) debate at Westminster. It V( enlivened only by the baiting of Mr. Attlee, a task which Sir Walter Fletcher undertook with undisguised pleasure if to little profit.
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    Malaya’s Cavell: a story of the occupation
    793 5  - Malaya ’s Cavell: a story of the occupation By LESLIE HOFFMAN NO DREAM OF MERCY. By Sybil Kathigasu, C.M. Foreword by Sir Richard Winstedt. (Neville Spearman. 15s). rrHE Hero who writes of his experiences in war begins with a distinct disadvantage How to record the deeds without appearing either to
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    LADY MacGILLIVRAY IS NOW ‘MAID OF ALL WORKS’ SAYS ANNE SEMPLE
    577 5 SINGAPORE, Nov. 7. I ADY MacGillivray was working, unobtrusively at the Red Cross T.B. Clinic run by the Selangor Branch of the Red Cross when I first met her Later when she very kindly allowed me to interview her,
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  • PERSONAL
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      BIRTHS
      192 5 PINNIGER—To Laurel, wife of Major H.H. Plnniger, R A a son. HALL: To Gwynneth and Bruct, a son, Gordon Bruce, on Wednesday, 27th October, at Malacca. RATTRAY: To Jean and James, at Bungsar Hospital, on 3rd November, a daughter, Fiona Carolyn. MURPHY: To Phyllis (nee Everard) wife of R.
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      MARRIAGES
      313 5 SILVER WEDDING HENDERSON-DUTTON —at 8t. Mary’s Church, Kuala Lumpur, F.M.S. on 7th. November, 1929, by the Rev. F.W.J. Reynolds, Graham Henderson, M. C. elder son of Mr. Sc Mrs. William Henderson, Aberdeen, to Minnie, younger daughter of Mr. Sc Mrs. Tom Dutton, Aberdeen. (Present address C/o. Clydesaale and North
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  • Obituary
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    78 5 DEATH BURTON Captain Robert Pearson, late of Penang Pilot Association on 5th November at Adelaide, South Australia, after a short Illness. AT MILDURA, Australia, on 25th June 1954, George Alex Hill, aged 79. Sometime Manager, Punchor, S. S., and Kuala Krau Rubber Estates, Pahang. ORMSTON On Saturday, October 23rd, 1954,
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    SATURDAY SCENE
    6 6 A Malay fishing village
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    As I was Saying
    708 6  -  CYNICUS SINGAPORE, Nov. 6. HOUSEHOLDERS 11 in Singapore who have remained virtually unmoved and disinterested in the past by the antics of the rating authorities will take pleasure, I do not doubt, in the latest caper. The Control of Rent Ordinance authorises the landlord to increase
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    Notes from a... Malayan Diary
    1061 6  -  STANLEY STREET. Proportion, pray JUST how horrible are these u horror comics that have shocked the United States. Great Britain, Singapore and other places in this age of confessions wrung dv torture, the third degree grilling, red brain washing and Nazi conl centration camp? Of
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    Countryman’s Journal
    653 7  -  TUAN I)JEK 'THE Dusun did not get that terrific rainstorm which flooded the Bedok area in Singapore. Our sky is often overcast, and there is rain nearly every day. A flood in January Ls being talked of as a certainty. What did delight Professor Holttum on hLs late
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    MATC OFFICER MARRIES
    41 7 PILOT Officer Charles Samuel and his bridp Miss Barbara Thangasamy coming out Christ’s Church Dorset Hoad. Singapore after their marriage recently. Thp guard of honour was formed by cadets of the Malayan Air Trading Corps.— Sunday Times picture.
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    Reunion in Singapore
    1088 7  -  STANLEY STREET. IT WAS witn something like relief that I entered the quiet room. Few rooms that T know in Malayan towns, and very few ir Singapore, convey the sense of inner tranquillity that a man or woman needs when work is done. That most of those
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    FIFTY YEARS AGO
    128 7 (From the Straits Times of Nov. 5. 1904 > |T is very gratifying t 0 learn that in the few weeks that have passed since Mr. Tan Jiak Kim secured the promise of the cooperation of the government hi supporting his scheme for a Straits Medical College
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    GOING UP —FIRST NANYANG BUILDINGS
    185 8 SINGAPORE, Nov. 4. OLANS for 22 buildings 1 for the Nanyang University have been approved, and work on many of them has started on a 50G-acre site at Jurong. Singapore. The buildings are expected to be ready for occupation before June next year and will
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    McNEICE BACK FROM BRITAIN
    187 8 Job doubt in new council SINGAPORE. Nov. 5. THE Singapore City President, Mr. T. P. F. McNeice, A returned yesterday after seven months* leave in Britain to serve what will probably be his last term with the City Council. Mr. McNeice is unlikely to stay on
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    Medals for 11 blood donors
    62 8 MALACCA, Nov. 3. Mr H Hammett, the Resident Commissioner, today presented ronze medals to 11 people who inri donated blood five times each The recipients were: Mohd. Mi bin Midin. Low Yew Chong, L H Danapala. N. Minioot, Chua Ban Chuan, I. Westerhout. G Newmark,
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    ‘Go easy’ is the order to clerks ECONOMY DRIVE
    144 8 KUALA LUMPUR. Nov. 4. "THOUSANDS of Fedj oration Government I clerks are to be warned to “go easy on the stationery All heads of departments and chief clerks have been told to cut down on their stationery demands by ten per
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    She is here to help Girl Guides in Federation
    42 8 MISS MARY BOWER, a qualified Girl Guide trainer, who has arrived in Singapore from Britain. Miss Bower will spend two years in the Federation to help the Ciirl Guide movement.— Straits Times picture.
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    NEW LOANS IN FEDERATION
    70 8 The Federation Government Is to raise new loans in addition to those already raised to finance the Loan Development programme, it was announced in Kuala Lumpur. It will raise $80,000,000 locally next year and take delivery of the $40,000,000 loan from Brunei. In 1956 it will
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    50 M.P.H. TRAINS IN THE NEW YEAR
    187 8 KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 4. ALL the main lines of the Malayan Railway will be improved by next year to permit speeds of 50 m.p.h., Mr. G. S. Warren. Traffic Manager told the Straits Times today. This would greatly reduce the competition from lorry
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    Two cleared
    41 8 SINGAPORE, Nov. 5. Wong Meng Kow and Chang Yue Teng were acquitted in Singapore yesterday of a charge of putting a tailor’s son in fear of injury in order to commit extortion on Aug. 9 at Bukit Timah Road.
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    Cut costs, Federal Govt is urged
    614 8 KUALA LUMPUR. Nov. 4. the watcnuugs of 1 Government spending have recommended the Federation Government to cut down the cost of running the country next year. A saving of $10,000,000, they say, will bring the nonEinergency Budget into balance in 1955. “We think if
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    On radio or in jungle is just same to Dyaks
    220 9 SINGAPORE Nov. I. MR. PHILIP DALY, seconded from the B.B.C. last year to introduce broadcasting to the Ibans and Dyaks of Sarawak, yesterday said that they had taken to radio as readily as they took to tracking down Communist terrorists.
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    A LETTER GETS HIM 3 YEARS
    428 9 It harped on comrades and dogs SINGAPORE, Nov. 4. AN undated letter, which a Chinese High School student wrote to a schoolmate, and which was seized by the Special Branch, contained references to comrades, revolution, British imperialists, and dogs (meaning Government servants). Peh Eng
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    Aid for college
    39 9 SINGAPORE, Nov. 5. Singapore Harbour Board labourers who have contributed over $l,OOO to the proposed Muslim College will hand over the donation to Mr. M. M. Ishao at Block 2, Nelson Road, todav at 5 pm.
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    OVER $1 MILLION FOR LOAN
    98 9 SINGAPORE Nov. 4. The Singapore City Council $30,000,000 loan, which opened yesterday is expected to he oversubscribed Most of the money is expected to come from provident funds and trust funds held bv the Government The acting Cltv Treasurer Mr. S.S Scales, said that ap
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    GALLANT 52 ARE REMEMBERED
    170 9 SINGAPORE, Nov. 5. Fifty-one members of the Singapore Government Secretariat staff who died between December, 1941, and September. 1945 were remembered yesterday. A memorial plaque, inscripted with 51 names was unveiled by Mr W.A.C. Goode, the Co- lonial Secretary, at Empress Place. The $B2O tablet was
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    LABOUR PARTY QUITS FRONT
    436 9 SINGAPORE Nov. 4. THE Singapore Labour Party last night withdrew from the Labour Front —the joint organisation which it formed with the Socialist Party less than three months ago. The withdrawal was decided on at a meeting of the party’s General Council, called by the president.
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    Malayans at Manila meet
    75 9 Nine delegates ot 'he Malayan Christian Council, are among those attending the East Asia conference on The Christian Family” at Manila They are: The Kev. 3. Lau of the Straits Chinese Methodist Church in Singapore, Miss Edith PauJ <Singapore! Mr. and Mr.s Wong Yeng Choon, Mrs.
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    Penang to get a new ‘boss’
    57 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. A. Mr. David Gray, the Federation Government’s Secretary for Chinese Alfairs. will act as Resident Commissioner. Penang, when Mr. R. P. Bingham goes on leave next month. Mr. Gray, who is now on leave, acted as Chief Secretary from September 1953
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    BAN THEM, SAYS MRS. CHOY
    221 9 BAN THEM, SAYS MRS CHOY The war on horror comics SINGAPORE, Nov. 4. \|RS. ELIZABETH CHOY Legislative Co.micUlui, is to ask the Government to suppress horror comics in Singapore. She said yesterday wouk see the Colonial Secretary Mr WAC Goode, as soon as pos sible and urge that the cone
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    MALAYA’S NEED: MEN WHO ARE DEDICATED
    320 10 RAJA SIR UDA RESIGNED TO HELP ‘MY COUNTRY AND MY PEOPLE’ SINGAPORE, Nov. 5. IV/JALAYA’S former Commissioner In London, Raja Sir l T da bin Raja Muhummad, said yesterday: “I don’t mind which political party takes over, as long as we have men in
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    Seeks men who will fight Reds with a pen
    245 10 SINGAPORE, Nov. 4. AN ex-Malayan, 38-year-old Mr. Chang Kuo-sin, has a arrived in Singapore from Hong Kong, to look for men who can wield a worthy pen to fight the Reds. He told the Straits Times that he is already discussing
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    U.K. expert for Malayan Railways
    105 10 SINGAPORE, Nov. 5. leading British expert on railway administration in the tropics has accepted an appointment to the Malayan Railway and will be taking up his new duties next year. He is Mr. D. D. Bartlett, who is now chief operating .superintendent. East African Railways
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    SHE ISN’T WORRIED BY THE BANDITS
    199 10 SINGAPORE, Nov. 5. M ISS MARY BOWERS, a Girl Guide training expert, had heard a lot about bandit terrorism in Malaya before she arrived in Singapore from London yesterday. But she says: “I’m not at all nervous about the whole thing.” She has been
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    3-WAY PROVIDENT FUND URGED
    163 10 KUALA LUMPUR. Nov. 3. A RESOLUTION urging the Federation Government to contribute to the Employees Provident Fund was adopted by the newly inaugurated National union of Plantation Workers today. The resolution called for a three-w’ay contribution with employers. employees and Government paying equal amounts. It said
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    H.K. JOB FOR MAN WHO SAID: ‘WAR’
    78 10 Mr. James P. Mudle w,. n known in Singapore hroado' «S k Mr. Mudie announced tu* outbreak of Word Wa- it ae the old British Malayan bV r casting Service in Tbur /L Road and was prisoner‘ip i?,” Colony during P the Japan,!
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    PHONE BID TO SWAY ME —MAGISTRATE
    405 10 KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 4. JHE Kuala Lumpur First Magistrate, lnche Ismail today said that improper attempts had been made to induce him to give judgment in a case in favour of the prosecution. “I strongly deplore such attempts to influence a magistrate/’ he said
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    ‘Let’s have advisers we understand’
    187 10 ‘Let’s have advisers we understand KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 4. Trade Union circles here today strongly opposed the suggestion by the Federal Legislative Council’s Finance Committee that the Trade Union Adviser’s department merge with that of the Commissioner for Labour. The committee made the suggestion as an economy measure. Mr. P.
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    Vernacular languages important, they say
    402 11 SINGAPORE Nov. 1. rE law wnich prevents those who do not read and write English from standing for election to the Singapore Legislative Council and to the City and Island Council was attacked yesterday by the People’s Action Party, the Labour Front and sections of
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    The students’ friend is here to talk it over with dad
    338 11 BACK ON A VISIT: THE LAD ON WHOM LONDON SMILED SINGAPORE, Nov. 5. T'WENTY-ONE years ago, a young Malay student left the village of Ampangan, two miles from Seremban, “to make good in Britain.” Yesterday, Mr. Wan Baharuddin, who
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    O.T.E.C. chairman will hand over to local board
    352 11 T'HE chairman of the Oriental Telephone Electric Co. Ltd., Mr. Evelyn J Bunbury, MC, has arrived in Singapore ana in nis own words “will in the best interests of the public of Singapore assist Government In every way to ensure that the
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    RADIO QUIZ FOR 1,200 HOMES
    126 11 Do you tune in or turn off? SINGAPORE, Nov. 5. r|NE of every 20 Chinese household, with radios in Singapore will be interviewed from Monday in a Radio Malaya survey aimed at Improving Chinese pro- grammes. Some I.2UU nousenoids or i five per cent of
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    PWD union meet
    24 11 Singapore Public Works Labour Union will bold an extraordinary delegates conference at No. 3 Allenby Road, at 3 p.m. on Sunday.
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    Escape to happiness cut, say planters
    172 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 4. MANY planters are being deprived of their Emergency leave, says an editorial in the monthly magazine of the Incorporated Society of Planters published today. “Plantation companies recognising the need for planters and their wives to get frequent respite in safe
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    TIN WAGES STATEMENT
    100 11 IPOH, Nov. 4.— European miners in the countrv are being told through letters sent out by Malayan Minina Employers Association that there is no connection between the International Tin Agreement and the rates of waees paid bv the industry in Malaya, except for an undertaking bv the
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    BIG SHOW IS WORTH $4,500 THEY SAY
    242 11 SINGAPORE, Nov. 5. A NUMBER of Singapore Legislative Councillors said yesterday the Colony should have received a direct invitation to take part in the Lord Mayor's show in London on Tuesday. The invitation was extended through Malaya House, where a spokesman indicated the
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    Rates won’t go up—and gas may be cheaper: ‘Wise spending is a duty’
    487 12 CITY COUNCILLORS VOTE IN A RECORD BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR I SINGAPORE, Nov. 6. Singapore City Council yesterday passed a record budget for 1955, but there will be no increases in assessment rates or in charges for
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    Empire Trooper sails on last voyage —to the scrap heap
    274 12 CAPTURED FROM GERMANS, SHE SERVED BRITAIN WELL SINGAPORE, Nov. 5. THE 14.000-ton troopship Empire Trooper, ninth has carried thousands of troops and their amities from Britain to Malaya, Hong Kong, Japan ana *«»rea since 1948, sailed from Singapore yesterday on
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    JAN. 1 is THE BIG RICE DATE
    83 12 Imports changeover KlIALA LUMPUR, Nov. 4. IiHE Federation Gov- ernment announced today that fullscale commercial imports of rice would be resumed on Jan. 1, 1955 This was recommended by the Central Advisory Committee on rice stocks. The Government will soon announce detailed arrangements
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    Their arms were fit for scrap heap
    63 12 JOHORE BAHRU, Nov. f>. rE JOHORE Military Forces have spent 523.000 on the replacement of arms and equipment. A military expert, who recently checked the weapons, reported that they were out of date and that some of them should be condemned as dangerous
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    Bosses told: This is a job for YOU
    139 12 rp.HE co-operation of em- ployers is essential if efforts to rehabilitate curable tubercular patients are to be successful. Dr. R. J. Grove-White, medical superintendent of the Tan Tock Seng Hospital and Trafalgar Home in Singapore, said yesterday. “There is little point in
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    SHIPPING IS BIG COLONY EMPLOYER
    258 12 /COMMUNICATION services provided more employment in the Colony than any other category of industry and of the communication services, the ramifications of the shipping industry were certainly the most extensive said Mr. F L. Lane. Chairman of the Straits Steamship Co. Ltd., in a broadcast.
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    Big turn-out at R.A.F. wedding
    67 12 PENANG, Nov. 4.—There was a large turn-out of R A F. men at the E. and O. Hotel yesterday for the marriage of F Lt. M. F. Crow and Flying Officer Eileen M. D. Hyde, of the W.R.A.F. Group Capt. G. V. Howard officiated at
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    POULTRY MEN GET TOGETHER WITH AN AMERICAN IDEA
    100 12 KUALA LUMPUR. Nov. A GROUP of jwulirj i\ keepers met in Lumpur today and decided to form c,u which wow'd ><rve not only to promote interest, but also look after the welfare ol poultry breeders throughout the rtderation. \Ve intend to work
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    Customs rake-off: $63 million
    35 12 SINGAPORE Nov. 4 Singapore Customs revenu for the first ten months t* l year amounted to $63,348,001 The main sources were Tobacco $27,247,000. 1iqu0r516,749,000, petroleum $13,304. 000 and entertainments $4.43»> 000.
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    $600,000 to beat fires at the airports
    203 12 KUALA LUMPUR. Nov. 4--A vote of $607,000 ha s been entered in the 1955 estimates to improve the fire and rescue services at the Federation’s eight aerodromes, the Director of Civil Aviation, Mr. Max Oxford, said yesterday. Eight new-type 700-gallon fire crash tenders
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    THEY MAY SOON TAKE ACTION ON LOSS OF ‘TENSION’ LEAVE
    336 13 THEY MAY SOON TAKE ACTION ON LOSS OF ‘TENSION LEAVE JOHORE BAHRU, Nov. 5. gOME Federation rubber companies seemed to think an estate was safe unless there were “a few good murders,” a top Johore planter told the Straits Times today The planter, who asked that his name be withheld,
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    OH, THE APATHY OF VOTERS
    123 13 Capital lags behind KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 5. MANY eligible voters In the two constituencies of Kuala Lumpur. Barat and Ipoh are not registering for Federal elections—and the reason is: “Sheer apathy.” Mr. T. E. Smith. Superviser for Federal Elections, told the Straits Times today that
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    Duty-free? not a hope—that Christmas card tax stays put
    105 13 KUALA LUMPUR. Nov. 5. THE tax on Christmas cards will stay, a Customs Department spokesman said today. He was answering a Straits Times reader, who in a letter pointed out that as printed matter was duty-free Christmas cards should be exempt.
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    Pat on back for Gurkhas
    54 13 KUALA LUMPUR. Nov. 5. The Director of Operations. Lt.Gen. Sir Geoffrey Bourne, has cabled congratulations to the commanding officer of the 1/7 Gurkhas on the unit’s elimination of its 200th terrorist. Gen. Bourne said: “The battalion has a splendid record throughout its six years of
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    Administrator is sworn in
    39 13 KUCHING. Nov. s—Mr. C. J. Thomas was this morning sworn in as Officer Administering the Government by the Acting Chief Justice. Mr. L. D. Smith, during the furlough of the Governor. Sir Anthony Abell. Reuter.
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    HAPPY BAKAR HAD A BUSY DAY—ON THE TELEPHONE
    99 13 PENANG, Nov. 4. Penang Settlement and Municipal councillor, Mr. A. M. Abu Bakar, acquitted yesterday of making three telephone threats to a political rival, spent a busy day today answering the telephone. "But none of the calls I answered, I am happy
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    Now K.L. is told how to become a city
    148 13 KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 5. WHEN can a town become a city? “We’ll start to think about it when the town’s population reaches one million,” a Selangor Government spokesman said today. At their last meeting the municipal councillors, who had asked that
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    The ‘King’ drops in for a visit
    106 13 SINGAPORE, Nov. 5. ltyfß. John Clunies Ross, IYI “King” of the CocosI Keeling Islands, and the Administrator, Mr. E. H. C. Lillicrup, are visiting Singapore. Mr. Clunies-Ross, who is here for a “social visit,” will be joined in a few days by his
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    15 Malayans pass final law exams
    409 13 FIFTEEN Malayan student.: were successful in tneir Final Bar examination in London held in September. They are: K. C. Chan (Singapore). S. Y. Chan (Selangor), K. C. Chew (Penang). Miss K.B.N Chew (Singapore), J.Y.P. Chia (Singapore), F. Y. Foo Peraio, X l L. Lai
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    SINGAPORE, Nov. 6. JAPAN IS facing an economic problem and needs co-operation from Western countries, Sir Kenneth Mealing, the chairman of the Mercantile Bank of India, said on arrival in Singapore, yesterday.
    87 13 “The Japanese,” Sir Kenneth said, “have great industries, but they must find the markets to sell their goods.”
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    WONDER CHEMICAL CUTS THE COSTS
    248 13 RUBBER REPLANTING in the Federation may be greatly speeded up next year because a wonder tree killer chemical has now cut labour costs to a thirtieth of what they were and because replanting grants have been raised by $lOO. “All that a smallholder has to
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    THOSE FISH ARE STILL HOMESICK
    118 13 SINGAPORE Nov. 4. SINGAPORE uity Council may soon have to hold a fresh discussion of the continuing; troubles of the Van Kleef Aquarium The death rate of the fish in the tanks is still causing concern. They can’t seem to get acclimatised to their new
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    THEY MADE WREATHS FOR TODAY
    52 14 THIRTY members of the Chinese Ladies Association worked hard all in the Victoria Memorial Hall to complete about 53,000-worth of poppy wreaths ordered for the Rememberance Day ceremony at the Singapore Cenotaph. Picture shows the organiser. Mrs. Marie Lim. in front on the left.— Sunday
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    TENGKU GOES TO A SCHOOL FOR KINGS
    229 14 jOHORE, BAHRU, Nov. 6. MAHMUD, son of Sir Ismail, Regent of Johore, has returned to England after a three-month holiday in Johore. He has joined the technical college at Torquay to take up a course for 15 men and women from the colonies
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    Stand-in for the British Adviser
    66 14 KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. s.—Mr. G. S Rawlings will act for Mr. F. V. Duckworth as British Adviser, Selangor, when the latter goes on three months’ leave at the end of this month, it was announced today Mr. Rawlings is now acting British Adviser. Kedah. He
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    THEY SEEK BETTER DEAL FOR SEAMEN
    147 14 SINGAPORE. Nov. 8. TWO of the oldest assoA ciations in Singapore, the Straits Merchant Navy Officers’ Guild and the Institute of Marine and Power Engineers, met recently to discuss the setting up of a local Maritime Board Members present at the meeting agreed that
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    NEW AIR SERVICE PROPOSED
    82 14 SINGAPORE Nov. 4. Skyways Ltd. of London is negotiating with the British Overseas Airways Corporation to operate a weekly United Kingdom/Singapore freight service from Dec. 1, Mr. W. H. Penny, Skyway’s Far East manager, announced yester- day. The company now has a York aircraft based in
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    Straits Chinese will ‘defend their rights’
    115 14 Straits Chinese will ‘defend their rights MALACCA. Nov. 7.—Mr. E« Yew Lin, the president of the Straits Chinese British Association, told its annual meeting last night: ‘Our role is to safeguard resolutely our constitutional rights.’* He was speaking on what the nationality status of people horn in Malacca would bo
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    Association officials
    68 14 SINGAPORE, Nov. C. Officials of the Singapore Civil Service Association for 1954/55 are as follows: President, Mr. K. M. Byrne: Ist vice president. Mr. L. C. Goh: 2nd vice president, Mr. M. T. Pillay; secretary, Mr. Ng Liang Chuan; assistant secretary, Mr. Tan Lye Sia; treasurer, Mr. Teo
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    Chief Scout awards six badges
    145 14 SEREMBAN, Nov. 4. T'HE British Adviser of Negri Sembilan. Mr. M. C. ft Sheppard, who also president of Negri Sembilan Scout Council, was one of six people in Seremban, who received “Thanks” Badges from Lord Rowallan, Chief Scout of the British Commonwealth, yesterday. The presentation
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    New members for Ex-Co
    48 14 KUALA LUMPUR. Nov. 5. Mr. A.H.P. Humphrey, the Secretary of Defence, has been appointed an oficial member of the Federal Executive and Legislative Councils. Mr. L. D. Whitfield, the acting Member for Education, has been appointed a temporary official member of the Executive Council
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    ‘Poly’ will have best staff and equipment
    225 14 MORE THAN 150 TEACHERS SINGAPORE, Nov R SINGAPORE'S proposed $8 million polyte •nine is have the best technical equipment and high academic qualification and industrial «\ni>Hm *'pn it Iu Assistant Director Education (Technical) Mr S Anderton. said yestt r that equipment alone wo'i
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    New wing for S’gor school
    50 14 New wing for S’gor sch ool KLANG, Nov. 5-A S2WOOO, five classroom txienswu is being built at the Vu Hua Chinese Middle School here. The extension >v*!i provide accommodat: i. for 200 students. The new i:.g of the school, which ’-r 1 000 pupils, will be ready early next month
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    Doctor resigns
    36 14 JOHORE BAHRU, Nov. 7. Dr. J. C. Phillips, of the Johor* Medical Department, has resigned from the service to up in private practice in Singapore. He is at present o: holiday in Hong Kong.
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    HAPPY BRIDE AND ‘GROOM
    52 14 Mr. Leonard Lange and his bride, formerly Miss Agmar Joan Caso after their marriage at the Cathedral of the Cood Shepherd on Nov. The bride is the daughter of Mr. Andrew Casey, of Pulau Samboc and the groom is the son of the late Mr. P.
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    IPOH BABY KILLING: $10,000 REWARD
    214 15 IPOH, Nov. G. A REWARD of $lO,OOO is now being offered by the Perak Police for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the young Chinese who abducted Swee Lan. the 16-month-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lim Chee Chin, of Ipoh. Her fully-clothed
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    THE THING: It’s a bandit trick
    132 15 KUALA LUMPUR. Nov. 4. In the deep jungle of Central Malaya today Communist terrorists are telling the aborigines: “We are getting reinforcements of big nairy men from China.” Aborigines have confirmed this propaganda line by the terrorists, official sources told the Straits Times today.
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    WAR DEAD ARE REMEMBERED
    260 15 Singapore pays tribute to heroes SINGAPORE, Nov. 8. SINGAPORE paid tribute to the dead ot two world wars at the Cenotaph yesterday Five hundred official guests and a large crowd of spectators assembled on the padang fot the Remembrance Dav service. At 7.15 a.m. members of
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    A moving sight at the cenotaph
    122 15 IN THE FEDERATION— KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 7. Four silent Gurkha soldiers, with heads bowed low and rifles pointed downwards, stood at the four corners of the cenotaph and moved the hearts of thousands of people who watched the Remembrance Day ceremony here today. Volunteers.
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    Civics course
    21 15 KLANG. Nov. 7.—Forty Malay teachers returned to Kiang today after finishing a civics course in Malacca and Port Dickson.
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    ‘Figures man’ to retire
    59 15 KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 7. The Federation's No. 1 “figures man”—Mr. H. L. Barnett, the Registrar of Statistics—is leaving the country on retirement this week. Mr. Barnett, who has been in Malaya for 34 years, will leave for England with his wife. He will hand over office
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    Ambushed, he beats off three Reds
    122 15 KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 6. A POLICE officer, Mr. Peter F. Collyer, beat off an attack by three terrorists when his car was ambushed in the Rengam area of Johore yesterday. The terrorists, using a Sten gun and rifles, opened Are from concealed ambush positions.
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    $123 mil. in the kitty
    53 15 KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 7. Contributions to the Employees’ Provident Fund amounted to $40,030,594 during the flrst ten months of this year. Total contribution*? since the fund started in 1952 stand at $123,648,125. There were more than 720,000 contributors at the end of October. Withdrawals to
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    Latest styles still sedate
    299 15 SINGAPORE, Nov. 7. elderly man yesterday spent six hours in Singapore convincing fashion designers and dress makers that the latest styles from Hong Kong were not as daring as they have been reported to be. He was Mr. O. T. Guignard (“I’m over 70, you know”)
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    Coastal plain of Muar is now ‘white’
    312 16 MUAR, Nov. 8. ONE HUNDRED and sixty square miles of the Muar coastal plain between Semerah and Sungei Kesang was today declared a White Area, closing the gap between other White Areas in Batu Pahat and Malacca. More than 117,000 people, including about
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    Colony beauty passes exam
    195 16 SINGAPORE, Nov. 7. THE family of Miss Rene Chew, who has passed her final Bar examination in London. is not yet certain whether she will practise law when she returns to Singapore. Her father, Mr. Chew Hock Leong, general manager of the Oversea Chinese Banking Corporation
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    JOHNNY GURKHA
    185 16 He’s a magnificent soldier —and the best friend you could ever have, says Colonel Allford KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 8. |_JE IS a volunteer and serves in the army because he likes it. He is a magnificent soldier a lov*' devoted and likeable friend. When he goes on patrol
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    PROBE INTO RADIO LISTENING
    75 16 SINGAPORE, Nov. 9. A Social Welfare team yesterday began an investigation into Chinese radio listening in Singapore. The team, consisting of four English school teachers, a university student. a housewife and four other Social Welfare workers visited 40 families yesterday. Their task is to find out
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    Mrs. Choy adopts third child
    525 16 SINGAPORE, Nov. 7 AIRS. ELIZABETH CHOY has been almost as busv 1T1 adopting children in the past few years as she h been in representing her country at home and ahrnn.i Now she had adopted her third baby girl havi already one adopted daughter, age
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    Guide to Singapore
    143 16 VARIOUS publications concernlns Singapore appear from time to time but the annual Guide to Singapore easily holds its own as the most attractive and best compiled book of its kind The latest edition, publishtcl this week, contains the customary competent descriptions of all aspects of life in
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    SWEEP PRIZES MAY GO UP
    93 16 KUALA LUMPUR. Nov. 5.— The Social and Welfare Lotteries Board will meet later this month to talk about next year’s prizes And 195b might see more prizes being offered,” said Mr. Q. Warren, an official of the Board’s secretaries. He said there had been suggestions
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    JAP BOXER BARREDFIGHT OFF
    304 17 JAP BOXER BARRED—FIGHT OFF The authorities changed their minds SINGAPORE. Nov. 10. rpHE Singapore Government yesterday banned a Japanese boxer, Mitsuo Yamamoto, from entering the Colony to fight at the Happy World stadium Yamamoto, No. 1 contender for the bantamweight championship of Japan, was to have fought a Siamese, Thep
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    RE-ENTRY PERMIT SYSTEM ‘UNFAIR’
    232 17 SINGAPORE, Nov. 10. ORITISH people born outside Singapore have to apply for reentry permits in the same way as citizens of Iceland or South America. In the matter of re-entry, the Colony's immigration laws recognise no difference between British subjects born outside Malaya and citizens of
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    USELESS TO MALAYA, SWINDLER IS TOLD
    138 17 KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 9. 4 58-YEAR-OLD AUSTRALIAN who had a series of convictions was today told by the president of the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court, Mr. I. C. Rigby, that he was “useless to this country.” Frederick Cyril Wilkins, of no fixed abode, pleaded
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    To Australia to study
    59 17 SINGAPORE, Nov. 10. Mr. Hon Sul Sen. Senior Collector of Land Revenue. Singapore Land Office, left Singapore yesterday for Australia on a senior fellowship under the Colombo Plan. Mr. Hon. who will be away for three months, will study procedure on the registration of land titles
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    The Malay seamen’s problem
    192 17 SINGAPORE, Nov. 10. ll/I ALA Y ship officers want to know what they should do if senior European officers become incapable of commanding a ship. In a letter to the Colonial Secretary. Mr. W. A. C Goode, the Malay Marine Officers’ Association of Singapore asked for
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    Scholarships for two
    63 17 IPOH, Nov. 9. Two Perak students were given state scholarships today for overseas studies. The Lady Almoner Scholarship goes to Miss Wong Hup Kheng, a student in the Post School Certificate at the Anglo-Chinese School, Ipoh. Mr. Beh Cheng Aun, who Is in the Post School Certificate
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    New barrister
    36 17 JOHORE BAHRU. Nov. 9.—Mr. Lee Soo Koon, son of Mr. Lee Hiap Onn, well known merchant here, has returned to Malaya after qualitying as a barrister in England. He will practise law in Singapore.
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    They ‘brought down’ every plane
    236 17 SINGAPORE, Nov. 10. IF ENEMY aircraft were raiding Singapore yesterday, they would have had a tough time—a gun crew at practice with realistic training devices brought down every plane that showed up. The Singapore Military Forces have just installed the latest light anti-aircraft training device,
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    INDIAN IMMIGRATION —LAW MAY CHANGE
    140 17 SINGAPORE, Nov. 10. pHANGES in Singapore’s immigration laws as they v affect the entry of Indians into the Colony are now being considered. Discussions on the matter are also taking place between the Singapore and Federation Governments. This is because any alteration to the immigration
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    More Asians in air posts
    140 17 SINGAPORE, Nov. 7. AIR Marshal Sir A. Clifford Sanderson, retiring C-in-C of the Far East Air Force, said yesterday that more young Asian workers are now being given higher administrative posts in the Air Ministry. He was speaking at a farewell tea-party given in his
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    No rows, pleasethey’re too busy with exam
    256 17 No rows, please—they’re too busy with exam SINGAPORE, Nov. 10. THE attitude in Singapore’s Chinese schools is 1 becoming healthier, expert observers said yesterday, because most of the students realise the importance of passing their examinations. They said that many students, as well as parents and teachers, are anxious that
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    BUS OF THE FUTURE IS BIGGER
    101 17 SINGAPORE, Nov. 8. rE Singapore Traction Company has ordered 20 bigger and lighter “buses of the future” from London. The new type of bus, which is 30 feet long, is lighter be* cause more aluminuim is used in the chassis. The S.T.C. general manager,
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    HERE TO STRENGTHEN 2,000-YEAR BOND
    144 18 SINGAPORE. Nov. C. AIR. RAJ KRISHNAN TANDON, the new Kepresentafive of the Government of India in Malaya, arrived in Singapore yesterday in the Carthage. In a Press interview Mr. Tandon said that he hoped to carry on the good work which Mr. Gopala Menon had
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    FAMILIAR FACES WON’T BE THERE
    217 18 A. Johore Council meets on Nov. 23 JOHORE BAHRU, Nov. 10. 'THE KlkSl SESSION of the new Council of State. Johore, will be held at the Council Chamber. Johore Bahru, on Nov. 23. There will be a ceremonial opening by the Regent. The council will
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    New $1,000,000 Muar school
    31 18 JOHORE BAHRU, Nov. 8.-A new $1,000,000 Government school will be built m Muar The present GuV'-rnmeor English School is required tor the extension of the Government offices.
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    THAT $30 MILLION LOAN IS NOT BIG ENOUGH FOR DEMAND
    96 18 rpHE SINGAPORE City CounX cil’s $3O million loan was oversubscribed by at least $4,600,000 when it closed at noon yesterday. This ligure does not include applications made through the banks, which had not yet come in. The council itself used
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    Chinese food world’s best
    89 18 IPOH, Nov. B.—Chinese food is 1 the best m the world, Mr. I Ong Chin Seong, president of the Malayan, Chinese Association, Perak branch, declared today when he opened the new premises of the Perak Chinese Cooks’ Association. “So popular is Chinese food.” he said “that
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    $10 MIL. PROPERTY WAS STOLEN
    177 18 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Nov. 8. More than $10,000,000 worth of property was stolen in the Federation in 1952-3, according to crime statistics available today. i Property valued at less than a tenth of this sum was recovered. •This low recovery figure does not necessarily mean
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    Medals for three police who killed five bandits
    178 18 KUALA LUMPUR. Nov. 9. rTHREE policemen, who killed all five terrorists they 1 hunted on a Johore estate, have been awarded the Colonial Police Medal for gallantry. They are Police Lieutenant Robert Graver and Special Constables Hussein bin Lumat and Ismail bin
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    WHITE TAXI TOPS?—NO
    64 18 SINGAPORE, Nov. 9. The Singapore City Council’s vehicles and traffic committee has rejected a proposal that taxi tops should be painted white to make the vehicles cooler. Mr. V. K. Nair, vice-chair-man of the committee, told the Straits Times yesterday: “We are not satisfied that 87 per
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    MALAYA READY IF ATTACKED
    418 18 SINGAPORE, Nov. 9. IF MALAYA is attacked, our air defences can be 1 doubled in three or four days, the retiring Far East Air Force Commander-in-Chief, Air Marshal Sir Clifford Sanderson, said yesterday. Sir Clifford was speaking at a farewell Press conference, lie leaves for Britain
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    SIR JOHN SPENDS NIGHT IN HIS HOME OF 20 YEARS AGO
    106 18 SEREMBAN. Nov. 9. Sir John Martin, the Under-Secretary of State at the Colonial Office, cycled three miles through padi fields when he toured the Kuala Pilah district of Negri Sembilan on Nov. 7. He spent th e night in
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    SMALL MAN WILL COME FIRST
    62 18 SINGAPORE, Nov. 10. The small man might get all he asked for of the $3O million loan floated by the Singapore City Council, though it had been oversubscribed, the City Treasurer, Mr. J. R- Hi said last night. Anv reductions would made among the larger
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    EVER GLORY BEHIND WINS FROM
    947 19  -  BBy EPSOM JEEP KUALA LUMPUR, Noy. ft PRODUCING a smart run in the straight, Ever Glory* with Garnet Bougoure, astride, carried 9 0 to a clever half-length win from De-Win in the Class 4, Div. 1, Mile handicap at Kuala Lumpur yesterday, opening day of
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    GIBSON WINS NOV. MEDAL
    82 19 The R.8.G.C/S November Medal (Stableford) Competition played on Saturday resulted in a.win for J. A. Gibson (34 5/8) in "A" Division and for W. R. Williams (35) tn ."B Division. Division Ban* Sweep on tne First Nine was won by E. J.. Curran (17*) and on
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    BACK-IN-FORM BAKAR NETS SIX
    273 19 /MALAYS are the 1954 ifl Singapore AmatOur Community League champions. they got over the formality of beating Eurasians in their last match with a record 12i nil ttfctoryy, at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday. They led 4-0 at half time. >.*< Welcome news for fans in View
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    Exhibition to be held in S’pore
    898 19  -  THE WEEK IN SPORT By 4 /.i .it V g JOHN NARKS Singapore, Nov. 10. T'HE Singapore Badmin- ton’ Association, after a fortnight of doubt and dissension, is now going full steam ahead with its jpreparatiohs for the international exhibitions to be hew at
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    2 servicemen in tour team
    50 19 A y -.w-'.. TWO Singapore Services player* l Inside-left M Wilkie < B E.M.E.) and outside-right F. B. Farrell (Royal Navyy are among the 18 players who will represent Singapore Amateur F.A. in its tour .of Bong Kong and Manila from Nov. 25 to Deo.
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    6-1 VICTORY
    39 19 r a a Kent Youngsters beat Farrer Field 1 Youngsters o—l in a friendly soccer match at Farter Park yeeterday. £jjgi Salleh, Allen and Hftmld scored two goal* each for the winners; Hassan for the losers. Ja
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    Prices reflect rise in rubber
    769 20 I SHARE MARKET By OUB MARKET CORRESPONDENT HUE to the better price for rubber, the Singapore Share Market last >veek was in buoyant mood and improved turnovers were reported throughout the entire list As is always the case when the rubber price goes higher there
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    MALAYAN SHARE QUOTATIONS
    623 20 .7 SINGAPORE, Not. 10. V* WWWWAU v*''•■' Ale* Brick* i i-iS Atomic- *.7.7","7 il:5K 4 d»» .:,v^ 5: V1S.W «$3 Con. Tto smelt. Piet to. to v Ord«. 38/3 Eastern United *7.66 38.50 > *^p .v. is is 48 Hummer 312 3.17 .V 1.90 f; r*f.). fil.00
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    SO SAFE AT PAYA LEBAR
    86 20 -Mz r’ >. OAFETY methods for air traffic control In Singapore were outlined to Service and civilian air representatives yesterday by Mr. Arnold Field of the British Ministry of Civil Aviation. I The methods will be Introduced when the international airport at Paya Lebar opens
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    BUSINESS DONE
    242 20 rE following business done in the Singapore Share Market was reported by one firm of brokers for the period October 30 to November 5:— •Industrials: Alexandra Brick Prefs. 42.05; Consolidated Tin Smelted Ords. 28s. 3d. and 28s.; S United Assurance 438 0C. Fraser Sc Neavs Ords. $1 84
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    COMPANY REPORTS
    148 20 r Puket Tin Dredging Ltd.; made £8501 (3.4%) .in 1953 from one dredge and two tribute mines after payment of UJK. profits tax No dividend was paid. At 31.12 53 net liquid assets equalled £180,005 or 3s. 7d. per 5s. share and stores at £38,394 equalled a further
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    DIVIDENDS ANNOUNCED
    180 20 rnUK following dividends X wore announced by companies operating In Ntlurt last week:— r,. KCJNDANG TIN DEEDGNG LTD.: The tenth dividend of three thllUgiil per share less N% Income tax. foe the rear ended sssssfi’assr g» on register November THE PAHANG CONSOLIDATED CO. LTD.: A *i final ordinary
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    Film chief flies in for visit
    34 20 Mr. Seymour Mayer, Metro Goldwyn Mayer’s Far and Near East Supervisor, flew into Singapore last night Trom Tokyo, where he headed the Perspecta Exhibitor’s Plan conference. ■>’ v r
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    Rubber mart gets into its stride once again
    398 20 rB quiet period re< v experienced con tin mjHi the early part of t *<**4 since when the n. again got into its str ad ap appreciable advance 1 taken place within the las days Says the weekly rut report of Holiday
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    119 20 Singapore Chinese Produo. change: noon prices per picul day were:— Oopra: easier; November buyers, $30% sellers; Decern bf buyer* 530% sellers. .Oocont: quiet, down 50 cents; 1*9 Mj Pepper: steady with 10 tons b reported; white pepper up $2’. 95; Muntok white 9217. Sa 9219, Lempong black 9157H.
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