The Straits Budget, 18 November 1954

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    49 1 The Straits Budget THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES U>V V T TT. f»7 JTT Tr 1 .’ST*7X i'vSSffl*.* ;77Tv r jwfflagacftvtiy > v MALAYA’S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER '-Wtf 'f J New Series No. 430. wy-Wlfl&ETr Thursday, November 18, 1954 Price 40 cents (Malayan) rxt t-KM:* V.Z Or 1 Shillinr.
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  • From THE STRAITS TIMES POSTBAG
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      Language bar may deprive Singapore of true leaders
      278 2  -  YAP PHENG GECK Singapore. IN recommending that English should be the only language permitted to be used in our assembly and council, the Rendel commission in effect directs that despite the hitherto serious lack of facilities for an English education for the
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      Tiger hunters may find Reds are hunting them
      233 2  -  A. K. ROBINSON. Petaling. AS one who has requested permission to endeavour to shoot the Rawang cattlekilling tiger, I feel your report of Nov. 8 should not go uncorrected. Mr. Irwin, 0.C.P.D., Rawang. received me most courteously when I made my request
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      POPPY DAY COLLECTION
      173 2  -  SHAREHOLDER,! Singapore. '-2 My- a 4 s magnificent response to the Poppy Day ap-v peal in the Federation is a source of pride and deep gratitude to all those who nerved their country in either of the great wars or in the Emergency. But what of the
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      NO FAITH IN THE POLICE?
      91 2  -  FAN. Singapore. rE refusal by the Singapore government to allow x a Japanese boxer to fight In the Colony because of fear of “adverse public reaction," is an outright admission that our very excellent police force is incapable of handling any hooligans who might become
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      Typing speed a yardstick
      163 2  -  CHIN SOON Km. I Kuala Lumpur. THE *30 W.pjn speed in typewriting required means typing from shorthand notes at that speed and not from plain printed matter. For example, for transcrib- J ing from notes taken down from a dictated piece containing 300 words on the
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      NOW IT’S MALAYA THAT’S SHOCKED
      100 2  -  London cr s anger Asi: BANYAh [)Ofr Singapore. C Rr F}S s M ture shown r r MacDonald bein'. d ashore by two women came a- prise to me.r;L ihfld ve amon 8 the D.! f 0r two years) when elders organised th c i!
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      SCENARIO
      128 2  -  Tia>i 1CAL UPLIFT Singapore j THE SCENE: Pet. in his wintry ne\ paper office. <• He leaves the tropical azzle of the Straits Tijne.s nual on his desk and mov s over to the window. He pet down at Fleet Street below almost obscured by fog. •Why should that
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      WHAT WRONG?
      68 2  -  FREED* > Singapore. IT a shock to read comments made by tht Daily Express and Daily Telegraph in London concer ning Mr. Malcolm MacDonald especially that “his pre pupation seems to be U > Malaya on the Indian tn outof the Empire.” Isn’t it thfc avowed tion of
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      JUST FRIENDLY
      48 2  -  M. N( Singapore. 'Sr. t THE Conservative i wing London Press it was a shock to se. Commissioner-General g* beyond the limit to v friends with the East. It was a shock to us a to learn that to be frit with Asians is beyond limit.
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      OUT OF DATE
      27 2  -  YANKEE LEONf Malacca. TIE Fleet Street BU are 50 years behind tin It will be a sad day w« Mr MacDonald relinquisi his post.
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
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  • The Straits Budget
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      Down On The Farm
      794 3 —Straits Times, Nov. 11. Some old thoughts on farm-! ing get their annual airing in the report of the Department of Agriculture. The Department certainly perseveres, and one| day it may even raise a crop of common sense. The parti- j cular plaint this time, put
      —Straits Times, Nov. 11.  -  794 words
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      Assemblyman And Councillor
      350 3 —Straits Times, Nov. 12. The Singapore Government is examining the question whether politicians should be allowed to be members under the new constitution of both the Legislative Assembly and the City and Island Council. The problem first arose in 1948, when Mr. N. A. Mallal, a nominated
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      Blimps And Prudes
      223 3 —Straits Times, Nov. 13. A small but vicious storm has blown up in Fleet Street over a Straits Times Annual picture of the CommissionerGeneral at home among Sarawak’s Dayaks. Perhaps the most astonishing part about it is that the columnist who began it could not bring himself,
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      Fighting The Reds
      702 3 --Straits Times, Nov. 13. The closer link with SouthEast Asian neighbours which Alliance leaders advocate will have every Malayan’s approval. But the purpose of the visit to Siam which Dato Sir Chenglock Tan and Tengku Abdul Rahman plan is a little puzzling. They can go only as
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      A Blow For The Reds
      917 3 -Straits Times, Nov. 15. An unusually successful blow against the Communists is described in the Pahang Government’s statement on Operation Apollo, the smashing of the Lana-Budu branch of the M.C.P. and the disruption in consequence of a main Red route through Pahang. This operation began
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      Rubber Price Warning
      666 4 -Straits Times. Nov. 10. Rubber at 83 cents a pound brings smiles to the market, but this good price is pursued by a warning. The increased American consumption of natural rubber began only when the price became competitive. Last year GO per cent of the rubber consumed
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      Devil's Brew At Kallang
      1277 4 —Straits Times, Nov IT The cause of the tragic Constellation crash at Kallang was Inn error of judgement by the pilot. Thirty-three lives were lost because the Department of Civil Aviation had not believed in tlie possibility of a fire service being able to help save
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      For sale: 13 Jap rubber plantations
      92 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Nov. 1«. THE Government is takios advantage of the rb" price of rubber to s*‘" the remaining IS r bb estates formerly owned Japanese. The Custodian of Enemy 1‘ perty Mr. H. Shepherd. today said these estates total ling more than 41,000
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    Chinese library will be one of world ’s finest
    1242 5  -  K. C. HO. University of Malaya. WITH reference to the recent report of my visit to Hong Kong, I should like to make it clear that the purpose of my visit was solely to purchase books for the Chinese section of
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  • PERSONAL
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      BIRTHS
      160 5 TO MAUD: Wife of Leslie Samarawlckrema of Telecoms. H.Q., K.L. a son at the General Hospital. K.L. on 10-11-54. STEWART: At Bungsar Hospital, on 10th November, to Eileen (nee Burrows) and Leonard, a son, Robert Henry, brother for Nigel FORBES: To Dorothy and Haniish, a daughter Lesley Anne Elizabeth,
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      ENGAGEMENT
      33 5 IBBERSON METHERELL: The engagement is announced between Geoffrey Alexander, younger son of Major G. Ibberson M.B.E. of Salisbury, Wiltshire, and Heather Joy, only daughter of Mrs. J. Melville of Braddell Rise. Singapore.
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      MARRIAGES
      84 5 LITTLE-SCOTT. On the 10th Inst, quietly in Ipoh, Charles Richardson Cairns of Changkat Salak Estate, Salak North. Perak, son of Mrs. B. M. Little and the late Mr. D. S. Little of Banteng Selangor to Mrs. Dorothy Scott of Essex. England IRONSIDE REENTS: At St. Andrew’s Church, Kuala Lumpur
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    Futility and frustration for the Marines
    672 5  -  By Allington Kennard CREEN BERET, RED STAR. By Anthony Crockett. (Eyre and Spottiswoode. 18s.) THE Royal Marine Commandos, at any rate Captain Crockett’s unit, took Malaya by surprise. The troopship docked in Singapore 24 hours ahead of schedule, and the first draft reached Kuala
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  • Obituary
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    87 5 DEATHS MR. HORACE W. LANGDON passed away at his London Residence on 9th November. As a mark of respect the Offices of Langdon Every will be closed today. ON NOVEMBER 9. Major George Stanton Davis R.A. (FARELF Training Centre), beloved husband of Phyllis Katherine, as the result of an accident.
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    SATURDAY STUDY
    27 6 Old Woman Kith Pipe," by Mr. Yan Fook Leun, one ot the eight Malayan pictures accepted for exhibition by the Royal Photographic Society in London.
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    As I was saying
    590 6  -  CYNICUS SINGAPORE, Nov. 13. JN PERAK forty per cent of over two thousand people who responded to a questionnaire on the Federal elections were “entirely uninformed” on election matters. Whether Perakians are typical possibly is another question. The State is lagging in the registration race, and
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    Notes from a... Malayan Diary
    922 6  -  STANLEY STREET. Black Wednesday DOES not the hon. gentleman think that perhaps the best thing that he can do now is to climb into a mailbag and get himself stolen?” This, an allusion to a disquieting series of large-scale postal thefts, was one of several
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    Naval parade
    29 6 SINGAPORE, Nov. 16. The Governor, Sir Jon Nicoll, will inspect the Malayan Royal Naval Volunteer Reserves at Telok Ayer Basin, Singapore at 5.30 p.m. on Nov. 23
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    MARRIED AT SEREMBAN
    20 7 Miss Ann Jean Grompton and Mr. A. M. Knowles leave St. Mark’s Church Seremban, after their wedding.
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    Countryman’s Journal
    636 7  -  TUAN DJEK. 'THE A.O. and hia wife, who are shortly going on leave, held a cocktail party at their house as a farewell gesture to their many wellwLshers. These occasions, an too frequent, sadden the Tuan. Since 1946 there nave been flve holders of the office of A.O.;
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    Jungle background
    891 7  -  MalapjHian notebook STAiNLEY STREET. till you take ofr from the runway do you perceive how close the jungle is to all our doors, not till you take off from the runway, any runway. You never really see the jungle. You cannot reproduce the jungle on canvas or the
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    FIFTY YEARS AGO
    99 7 From the Straits Times of Nov. 15. 1904. While Mr. Prentiss was driving up Orchard Road in the long procession of home-ward-bound carriages at about 5.30 o’clock last evening a big motor-car, suddenly darted from behind the stream of town-bound traffic and frightened his horse, which plunged
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    Customs man will grow plot of Indian hemp
    210 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 12. TUIE ASSISTANT COMPTROLLER of Customs, Negri Sembilan and Malacca, is to grow a plot of Indian hemp in the back garden of his new home in Malacca. Another plot of Indian hemp—it is similar to marijuana—will be grown
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    LAWYER DEAD
    141 7 ASINGAPOKh solicitor. Mr. K M. Tampoe-Philips, died Ihiv week at tlie age of 64 aftei several vears of failing health Mr. Tampoe Philips was a wen Known criminal defence lawyc before the war. his most celebrated case being his defence of an Army officer (apt K C. I.oveday,
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    BAN ON JAP BOXER RAISES A STROM
    608 8 SINGAPORE, Nov. 11. T'HE Singapore Government was attacked from all sid«s yesterday for refusing to allow a Japanese boxer, Mitsuo Yamamoto, to fight in Singapore. Legislative and City Councillors, and members of the public expressed surprise at the ban The 20-year-old Jap was
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    Nanyang wins over doubters
    235 8 MR. GOODE GIVES GOVTS BLESSING SINGAPORE, Nov. 11. V ANYANG University 41 has now won over all those who had misgivings at the start. The Colonial Secretary, Mr. W. A. C. Goode, visited the University site in Jurong yesterday to bestow the final blessing of the
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    GREAT DANE HAS LITTER OF 19 PUPS
    42 8 IPOII, Nov. 10.—A 20-month-old Great Dane, Rita, pave birth to a litter of 19 pups yesterday. Her owner is Mr. Toh Chin Teik. Hve of the pups, two male and three female, have since died.
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    Registrar due
    37 8 Mr. Maurice Brown, formpr Assistant Registrar of the Australian National University who aD P° in ted Registrar of the University of Malaya, will arrive in Singapore on bee. 27 with his wife and two children.
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    PROUD PARENTS OF A YOUNG ENGLAND FAST BOWLER
    14 8 MR ASD loader in si~e yesierday
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    ALLIANCE PLANS S-E ASIA UNION
    255 8 Visit to Siam icill be first move KUALA LUMPUR. Nov. 10. nATO Sir Cheng-lock Tan, President of the Malayan Chinese Association, and Tengku Abdul Rahman. President of the United Malays National Organisation, plan to visit Siam in the near future to make contacts which they
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    The merger plan gets the Dato a mixed bag
    185 8 KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 11. DATO Si r Cheng-lock Tan’s proposal for a South-east Asia union met with a mixed reception today, comments ranging from “a political stunt” to “a welcome idea if it intends to rally the various countries to an
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    ‘AXE’ ON TOWN BAND : ‘COME AND SEE ME’
    76 8 ‘AXE’ ON TOWN BAND ‘COME AND SEE ME’ PENANG, Nov. 12 Municipal President, Mr. J.S.H. Cunyngham-Brown, has invited 300 petitioners seeking a “reprieve” for Penang’s 75-year-old Town Band to send a delegate to see him At the interview the delegate will be given reasons for the Municipal Council’s decision to
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    Their hope: A Test cap for son Peter
    187 8 SINGAPORE. Nov. 11. ji ciuwvl enthusiasts in Mala\ a will be following t tie present M.C.l tour of Australia closely. out none more so than Vlr. and Mrs. G I Loader of Singapore The Loaders hav«* a persona/ interest in the tour
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    A million voters
    21 8 K LUMPUR. Nov. 10.—About 1,040,0UU people here registered as voters in the Federal elections. Kelantan leads with 187.069.
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    BONES TELL TALE OF A ‘COMRADE’ WHO ARGUED
    304 9 Man held in Operation Eagle led the police to the skeleton buried in the Tampines swamp SINGAPORE, Nov. 11. rpHE skeleton dug up in the swamp oft Tampines on Tuesday belonged to a member of the Malayan Communist Party, who was purged
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    THAT $730 ISN’T TOO MUCH, SAYS GOVT.
    308 9 SINGAPORE, Nov. 11. THE Singapore Govern- ment does not think it is over-generous in offering up to $730 a month for confidential stenographers between 20 and 28 years of age. Commercial firms have expressed surprise at the salaries compared with the qualifications demanded
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    PERTH instead of DARWIN
    159 9 8.0.A.C. KNOCKS ON NEW DOOR FOR AUSTRALIA-BOUND AIRLINERS first stop plan SINGAPORE, Nov. 11. rpHE Australian Government is considering a suggestion by British Overseas Airways Corporation that airliners should enter Australia through Perth. The new route proposed by BO AC Singapore Jakarta Perth Melbourne Sydney would
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    MINISTERS TO TALK IN $182,000 ROOM
    115 9 SINGAPORE, Nov. 11. fJHE Singapore Government is spending $182,000 to reconstruct part of Government House as a conference room for the new Council of Ministers. The room is on the first floor and is known as the supper room though it has not been
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    High rubber price raises wage hopes
    68 9 IPOH, Nov 11. RUBBER workers are hoping for an increase in wages for the first quarter of next year because of the present price level. Estate workers are paid according to the average price of rubber during the previous quarter. Despite incessant rain all
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    COURT ORDER TO MCA LEADER
    321 9 GO days to submit accounts RAUB, NOV. 10. T'HE chairman ol the Pahang Branch or the Malayan Chinese Association, Mr. Ong Seong Tek, was today ordered by the Federation Chief Justice, Sir Charles Mathew, to submit his branch accounts from 1949 to 1952 to the
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    A success—thanks to Mrs. Ho
    64 9 A tribute to the work or Mrs. S F. Ho and the Poppy Day appeal committee was paid by the president of the Ex-Ser-vlces Association of Singapore, Mr. A. W. Frlsby, at the association’s annual dinner and dance at Rallies Hotel last night. The Governor,
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    The Labour Party expels its ‘Front’ man
    301 9 SINGAPORE, Nov. 11. rpHE general council of the Singapore Labour Party yesterday expelled Mr. V. J. Mendis, one of its two representatives on the Labour Front executive committee. The general council did not make any decision In the case of the other representative.
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    UNDER MATTRESSES, TWO STOWAWAYS
    32 10 LAUNDRY man Frunte tries to take a blanket from stoicaivay Mohamed Mahnuth, 16, u'hile Mohamed All, 18. veers from under his mattress. —Straits Titncs uicture. —Straits Times uicture.
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    Rolls Royce engine for polytechnic
    81 10 SINGAPORE, Nov. 12 QANTAS Empire Airways will present a 525.000 Rolls Royce Merlin aero engine to Singapore’s proposed polytechnic. The gift will be handed over to the Department of Edu cation by Capt. II M. Birch. Qantas manager in Singapore. on Wednesday at Kallang Airport.
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    FRUIT DUTY CRITICISED
    70 10 PENANG Nov. 12.—Mr. L. J. Bishop, member of the Australian trade mission to Southeast Asia, today criticised the Federation’s recent import duty on apples and other imported fruits. “It is regrettable that such a duty should have been considered necessary." he told the Straits Times. Mr. Bishop,
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    Appointed
    27 10 JOHORE BAHRU. Nov. 12. Tuan Haji Othman bin Setot and Mr. Pee Swee Her. of Segamat, have been appointed supervising officers under the Rubber Dealers Enactment
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    MacDONALD IS STAYING FOR EXTRA YEAR
    309 10 Colony leaders say: Good news SINGAPOKE, Nov. 12. 'pHE Commissioner-General for South-East Asia \1 1 Malcolm MacDonald, will stay in his present until the end of nest year. 1 This was announced by Mr. MacDonald s hoid quarters in Singapore yesterday. No further det
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    Somali boys sneaked aboard a ship—since then they have had eight months’ voyaging
    314 10 SINGAPORE. Nov. 12. TWO SOMALI YOUTHS, Mohamed Mahnuth, 16, and 1 Mohamed Ali, 18, have so far covered 60,000 miles in eight months with nothing but the black shorts they had on when they first boarded the
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    MUSICAL SOCIETY TO RUN PIANO CONTEST
    231 10 SINGAPORE, Nov. 12. npHE Singapore Musical A Society announces a piano competition for people under 25, to be held next January. There will be two grades— 1 open and senior. In the open competition, entrants must i have been under 25 last Nov 1;
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    Now: no-visa entry for Americans
    102 10 SINGAPORE. Nov. 12 Americans can now visit Malaya without obtaining visas. This new arrangement with the U.S. Government was announced by the Singapore and Federation Governments yesterday The change, which comes into ellect on Monday, is expected to encourage American tourists to come to Malaya.
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    ROTARY WILL GIVE LOANS TO VARSITY UNDERGRADS
    121 10 SINGAPORE, Nov. 11. THE Singapore Rotary Club has set up a students’ loan fund to help University undergraduates who run short of money in the middle of their studies. The loans are repaya\»Ve after the students graduate and find jobs. Dr. A. W.
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    New ship is entrusted to sea gods
    106 10 BUTTERWORTH. Nov 1 Dockyard labourers om*iecl special prayers to tnen sea gods today when Mrs. v\ Kheng Chiang. wife of a dimtor of the Sarawak Steamshi, Company, launched the 000.000 motor vessel Rejang o the Sungei Nyok dockyam here. The Rejang will be
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    ‘Get off that fence’ appeal to 30,000
    200 10 KLUANG, Nov. 11. Johore’s British Adviser, Mr. D. A. Somerville, today urged the people of Kluang still the centre of one of Malaya’s worst terrorist areas—to “get off the fence and help the Government to finish the Emergency.” Mr. Somerville, who was addressing
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    MISS MARGARET MORFYDD YOUNG, the 21-year-old British Red Cross nurse who spent two months in the Pahang jungle with one of Malaya's most primitive tribes.
    104 11 She wore a sarong, slept on a mat. ate from the tribes communal cooking pot and helped to cure many of theii ailments. She was
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    FOUR MEN ON GUARD WHILE SHE BATHED
    309 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Nov. 14. KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. 4 26-YEAR-OLD British Rod Cross nurse, Miss Margaret Morf ydd Young, has come out of the Malayan jungle after spending two months with one of the most primitive aborigine tribes in the country. She was accepted
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    No site, so there’s no boys’ home
    126 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Nov. 15. LACK of a suitable site is the reason why there is no boys' remand home here, the Federation’s acting Principal Probation Officer, Mr. H. King, said today. "The need for a remand home here has been recognised for a
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    80 at dinner for Taylor
    47 11 SINGAPORE. Nov. 15 More than 80 people attended a farewell dinner given for Mr. W. C. Taylor, Singapore Financial Secretary, last night. Mr. Taylor is leaving Singapore on Wednesday on retirement. The dinner was given by the Finance Audit Sports, Union Singapore
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    N. BORNEO LABOUR SHORTAGE
    145 11 So Filipino settlers are invited JESSELTON, Nov. 12. T'HE North Borneo Government is anxious to encourage immigration of Filipino settlers to beat the Colony’s desperate labour shortage. This was announced In the Legislative Council here yesterday by the Governor, Mr. R. E. Turnbull. Mr. Turnbull said
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    Officer is cleared
    71 11 IPOH, Nov. 12.—Police Lieutenant David S. Evans successfully appealed today against conviction on a charge of negligent driving and the sentence of a $l2O fine, suspension of his driving licence for one year, and compensation of SIGO to an injured woman cyclist. Mr. Justice Pretheroe, who heard
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    OUR CLOUDS ARE JUST RIGHT, SAYS FILM MAKER
    160 11 SINGAPORE, Nov. 12 A TALL softly-spoken mafti shaded his eyes and looked out over Singapore yesterday Then he turned and asked: “Are your clouds always like that? “That’s just what we want —a string of fluffy, tropical clouds Dark at the bottom
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    $730 pay for stenos under fire in Penang
    261 11 PENANG, Nov. 11. OENANG employers today criticised the Singapore 1 Government’s “extravagance” in offering up to STM) a month for young stenographers with only a Standard Seven pass in English schools, ‘‘It’s incredible,” said a Federal Councillor, Mr. Heah Joo Seang, managing
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    Come over now —Mr. Lee to Reds
    322 11 He broadcasts to last 3 of gang TAKE YOUR CHOICE: DEA TH OR A CHANCE TO START LIFE ANEW KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 10. M K S. LEE, a member of the newly-formed Malayan War Committee, in a broadcast today called on three terrorists
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    Three Reds killed in ambush
    88 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 11 THREE terrorists, one a woman, were killed in an ambush today in the Raub area of Pahang by a patrol of the Cheroh area security unit. A fourth, another woman, escaped with serious wounds leaving behind a shot-gun. The bandits were
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    NEW $24 MIL. POWER STATION
    74 11 PENANG, Nov. 11.—The foundation stone oi Pennng’s new $24,000,000 power station will be laid by tne relirlru Municipal Electrical Engineer Mr S Motlmer, on Nov. 27. The ceremony will be held before the Resident Commla- sioner and other Penang leaders at noon at Udlnl Road
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    LONDON CRITICS OF MacDONALD ‘JUST IGNORANT’
    544 12 Two photographs in start a row 6,000 miles away Nothing shocking in that picture of a stroll in Borneo, local leaders say (JINUAPOKE leaders rallied S if' Mr Malcolm MacDonald yesterday in the P row over the which the CommissioTrSera" women? hand ln hand
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    BILL TO PAY COUNCILLORS
    65 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 12. Municipalities in Kuala Lumpur, Penang and Malacca will be given powers to pay their Councillors subsistence and travelling allowances if a bill to go before the Federal Legislative Council Ls approved. The bill, published today, says that since it is expected that
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    THAT PICTURE: ‘BABYISH..’
    331 12 Reuter, U P. I vuc Nov. h I T HE Dai| y Mirror today I T larn P°oned the Da .v j J or be,n babyish about a piety, of the Brush Comm,. sioner-Ceneral for South5 3St Wlth ,wo baretopped Dayak women rhe ptctiire showing the com.
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    The chief Scout rides Elephant
    147 12 KANGAK.Nov. 1U Lord rovvallan. the chu t Scout of the Commonwealth and Empire, had his first elephant ride in Malaya before leaving Kangar. i erlis. yesterday. “It was one of the most thrilling experiences of my hie, he said afterwards. He shared a howdah with
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    ‘FREE’ COLONY MUST HAVE THE FORCES TO
    261 13 ‘FREE COLONY MUST HAVE THE FORCES TO INDEPENDENCE will not last long unless Singapore 1 has the forces to defend itself, said Mr. T. W. Ong, president of the Straits Chinese British Association, at its general meeting last night. The SC.B.A. wanted self-government at the right time and an independent
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    NOW A $14,000 CAR FOR SPEAKER
    133 13 T'HE Speaker of the Sin- gap o r e Legislative Assembly, to be constituted next year, will ride in a new $14,000 car. The Legislative Council’s finance committee has approved the money and the car has been ordered. The estimates committee is believed to
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    HIS QUERY IS: WHEN WILL JAPS PAY UP
    145 13 And if they don will tariff be imposed? KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 12. Chief Secretary to the Federation Government, Mr D. C Watherston, will be asked at next Wednesday’s meeting of the Legislative Council whether Japan has made any offer or settlement against
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    Ex-bank man
    68 13 IPOH, Nov 12. Mr. Cheong Chee Cheong, 63, a retired compradore of the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank here, was fatally injured when his cycle was involved in a collision w r ith a car at Anderson Road this evening. He died a few minutes after being admitted
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    Million up on Federal roll
    40 13 KUALA LUMPUR. Nov. 12. More people are registering as voters in Selangor, Perak, Negri Sembilan and Malacca, it was stated today. Nearly 8,000 more have registered for the Federal elections, bringing the total to 1,078,465.
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    Paratroopers come in for touchdown ...watched by critical eyes
    169 13 VISITORS SEE HOW R.A.F. FIGHTS REDS I A BURMESE military party of 21 saw in Singapore yesterday how the Royal Air Force sets about its air war on the terrorists in the Malayan jungles. The touring party of students and staff
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    ‘BIG-TEN’ RUBBER MILL FOLDS UP
    214 13 SINGAPORE, Nov. 13. ONE of the biggest Chinese rubber milling factories in Singapore, belonging to the Bin Seng Co., Ltd., shut down yesterday following an understanding between the company and its bankers, the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank. The bank took over the running of the
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    Planes drop 250,000 poll reminders
    57 13 JOIIORE BAHRU. Nov. 12. FIVE Royal Air Force planes from Sembawang, Singapore, yesterday dropped 250.000 election leaflets over Johore as part of a campaign get out 200,000 voters at ne*t year’s State and Federal elections. The voters’ list now stands at 107.000. There are only
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    Sir Donald sees a special farm
    31 13 KUALA LUMPUR. Nov. 12. The High Commissioner. Sir Donald MacGillivray. today visited Kampong Trail, the 1,-600-acre Special Constables’ resettlement site near Batang Berjuntai in Selangor.
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    TWO BLAMED for 33 DEATHS
    891 15 REPORT HITS AT ALL PLANE OPERATORS SINGAPORE, Nov. 17. PAPTA1N TREVOR WILLIAM HOYLE, 45-year-old senior pilot with British Overseas Airways Coporation, has been blamed for the crash of a Constellation aircraft at Kallang Airport, Singapore, last March in which 33 persons lost their lives. The
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    It’s Braga v. Laycock in assembly poll
    80 15 SINGAPORE, Nov. 17. A SINGAPORE lawyer, Mr A J Braga, will contest the KatODR division on a Labour Front ticket in next year’s Legislative Assembly elections, the Front’s executive committee announced last night. His Progressive rival will be a Legislative Councillor, Mr •Tohn
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    FIRE SERVICES NOW MUCH BETTER
    385 15 SINGAPORE, Nov. 17. SPEAKING in the Singapore Legislative Council yesterday on the Court of Inquiry’s report on the BOAC Constellation crash at Kallang on March 13. the Governor, Sir John Nicoll, said that since the crash the fire services at the airport had been greatly
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    $60,000 opium haul from ship
    39 15 SINGAPORE. Nov. 16. About $60,000 worth of opium was seized by Singapore Customs preventive officers on board the Siamese ship Vsut Kasatrl, which arrived in Singapore vesterday The opium was hidden •among the cargo
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    ‘If ever there was a plan by the Devil...’
    5504 16 BLACK SPOTS IN THE REPORT 0 ‘Lost’ five minutes could have saved many lives a few inches higher and there would have been no crash 4) Plane should not have been so low Co-pilot’s usefulness ‘inadequate’ THEN A BRIGHT SPOT High
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    Selangor’s plan to win misfires
    881 18  -  jIPHE WEEK IN SPOgjH By JOHN MARKS Singapore, Nov. 17. SELANGOR’S Foong Seong Cup badminton tactical plan to .win all the doubles and the third singles against Singapore misfired last week, and the Colony ran out winners by five matches to four. It was a
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    ‘All crew should be able to work exits’
    584 18 THE report makes 15 recommendations. Nine cover aircraft and their operation, while the remainder apply to Kallang Airport. The recommendations are that: Only most experienced copilots be considered for first officer duties on sectors where the duty hours are more than say
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    Trainer Daniels scores treble
    927 19  -  &B|§ EPSOM JEEP Nov. 1ft pORM went haywire on heavy |®ack£f tt’ Kuala Lumpur yesterday, second day of the Selangor Turf Club November meeting, and six out of seven races went to probably a record In .Malayan racing.a*S r*ce to pay $84 for a win. jMajic
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    CHAMPION JOCKEY MULLEY INJURED
    1130 19  -  EmpText KTTALA titTMPUHi Nov. 14. Reading Jockey Atnoi; Mulley broke his left foot when his mount in Race Six, Announcement, hit the false rails in the back straight at Kuala Lumpur yester- day, concluding day- of the Selangor Turf Club November meeting. Ihe slipped off his
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    He gets job in $100 mil. plan
    45 19 BRUNEI. Nov. 15 —Mr. E. R. Bevlngton Horn Fiji has oeea V,; appointed Commissioner for Development under the $lOO million five-year plan. He will also con tin je io oe .Controller of Civil Aviation tor Brunei. t N
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      134 19 "P SWEEP TOTAL POOL: $246,992 1ST: *****6 ($66,683) 2ND: *****8 ($33,344) 3RI>: *****1 ($16,072) STARTER* tfSJm L'«»ch NMi;r+«P;.',J h ******; *****2; *****6; Sl950; *****7; *****0s *****9; **********60. CONSOLATION f ($1,481 r each).’ *****2; *****5; *****1; I’1*9968; *****4; *****3; *#*****; *****5; X; *****9,* PA'.TBRBLR TOTE: One ticket ($1,339). FORECAST,. TOTE: Race
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    Firm tone, but investors cautious
    659 20 iJSHARE MAI I KET v* v --nruniii “WMtfiirtr.i W' Oflar Market Correspondent SINGAPORE, Nov. 15. THE Singapore Share r Market last. week was firm in tone,, with no outstanding feature, but influenced by quiet seasonal investment buying which is customary at this time of the
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    BUSINESS DONE
    257 20 •f j sTiv. THE following twslnges <ioJ to the Singapore Motto last week was reported by one firm ol brokers for the period November 6 to November 12Industrial*: Tin Smelters Ords. 265. and 275.9 d., Fraser A Neave Ofds.f $l-95 to $1 $7%, Qaafmope $3.62%, Hammers $2.10 ,to
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    143 20 SINGAPORE, Not. 17. Singapore Chinese Predoce Exthange: noon prices per picul yesterday wereAJjß Copra: quiet; Nbvember $22 2 4 buyers, $29% stolen: December $29% buyers. $29% sellers. Coconut oil; $42% sellers. Pepper: quiet, no business reported; white pepper drop $l, black unchanged; Muntok white $2ll 112, Sarawak SQI
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    TRADE MISSION NETS MILLIONS
    156 20 SINGAPORE, 'Nov AUSTRALIA would be Malaya’s most h A friend In the future, Mr. C. Godden T of the Australian trade mission to Malaya y Singapore Press conference yesterday. a i “Malaya will march ahead with Australia, rather than wtlh Britain or the United States,” he
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    DIVIDENDS ANNOUNCED
    121 20 fpHK following dividends iWer announced by n companies operating In #ofi “tW'diuSging UR! A dividend of i income Ua at fc” in th“ SSfeasavssJ' b«r 2S. to stockholder* on Saw a'n'ST'^CONC&S•hare, less Sl% income tax. for year ending March 31, 1955, due and payable to sliai-eholders on register
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    MALAYAN SHARE QUOTATIONS
    580 20 1 ■/-•.I.-" "Sb•.Aff.rfr- 1, SINGAPORE. Nov. 17. < ">VT>% 5 vS?W?:. s }g j® S& a,' r»M«n oii«*":Y &gl Fed. J.!» 3 20 'g; a~ A cioodwtxjd Part 1.34 1.38 o e- Lit* t ..'m-,' *3«o >4oo’ J W Hammer 3 12 3.17WffiSf Bror, Waudh IM'JS. s
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    Singapore led world markets
    387 20 Singapo re led world markets v.* 1 > "i*,, :'’>i)cf Marfcet SINGAPORE, N 13 rE market continued it$ upward trand this week without any notiecabW action taking place states the weekly rubber review of Holiday, Bath. Cutler Ltd. Although the offtake by overseas cautaas was vary much las than in
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