The Straits Budget, 20 January 1955
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Title Section29 1955-01-20 1 The Straits Budget THE WEEKLY ISSUE :OF THE ’STRAITS TIMES >ls MALAYA'S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER ic s No- 439. Thursday, January 20, 1955 Price 40 cents (Malayan) Or 1 Shiliinf.29 words
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546 1955-01-20 2 STANLEY SPECTOE - STANLEY SPECTOE Singapore. T'HE emotional storm raging over the question of “preserving Chinese culture” certainly has deep and often valid historical and psychological origin. It should not cause us to forget, however, that Western culture also needs conservation. While It Is true546 words
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Article86 1955-01-20 2 MRS.) R. W. SHAW - (MRS.) R. W. SHAW Serembaai rE British Soldiers complained about by “Passenger” were no doubt proceding to the U.K. tor demobilisation. After having served their term In the jungle (which I can assure "Passenger” Is a strain on any young person) they were looking forward to getting home, which86 words
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Article118 1955-01-20 2 w. calvekt - w. calvekt. Singapore. YScorrespr “White. Asian” thanked for bringin 0 public notice the fear.' d hopes of the locally do ed European, a much pressed minority commu The time nas now ar for the formation of a ciety or association to >. tect and advance the118 words
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Article95 1955-01-20 2 SOCIETY - SOCIETY. Penang. f fully support the suggestion that we form a Malayan society of accountants who are in actual practice with the following objects: To make known to the public the work and status of the society and the qualifications of members. To note local matters affecting the interests95 words
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Article75 1955-01-20 2 UTOPIA - UTOPIA Kota Bharn. CONGRATULATIONS to V/ Tengku Abdul Rahman for his financial brain -wave May I suggest that ho not only demands that Singapore pays one-third of the Federation’s Emergency expenditure but that 8iam also be made to pay one-third. After all we also are. protecting75 words
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Article76 1955-01-20 2 STEPHANIE LIM>• - STEPHANIE LIM>• Singapore. lifAY I add my small voice to the swelling cho. is which I am certain will soon be heard—on behalf of the superb idea advanced in your newspaper for an openair concert auditorium in King George V Park? Hiere 4 an abundance of musical and76 words
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Article51 1955-01-20 2 C* ® - Exceeding its mandate C Slnga pore. T T J£?“ ,d that a sub-committee .appointed by the Uo£ h L„T(iJ| h^r. ber to ‘P 4 1 vdters ‘n the comln/ elecL them how to vote ig exceeding its mandate SoSS A Party conte »t the provt? th Chlnese Chamber general committee51 words
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Article68 1955-01-20 2 WEE TIONG SIEV - WEE TIONG SIEV Kelantan. f|AHE pre-war Governn X pensioners who are s living and drawing pens: > on the prewar salary b; < are suffering considers hardship due to the b cost of living obtaining n Post-war salary re vis: have not benefited th 1 and I wonder68 words
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Article56 1955-01-20 2 F. M. QCRAISin - F. M. QCRAISin Singapore. FIS wise to Include pol cal science in the ci riculum of schools to m; the leaders of tomorr clvlcs-mlnded. But I tin it is even more nec sary to introduce lector or regular classes on 1 subject for the pollti awareness of56 words
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Miscellaneous51 1955-01-20 2 V>** I ilii m U; C—. ;ui gfftil SSI sXWO.VW.' m »6 R I DOE m "AN UNDERSTANDABLE MISTAKE" *T/ie collapse (of the Queen Elizabeth Walk balconies > toas dye to an error that should not have been made but it is an understandable mistakeS* Mr. W. I Watson. Singapore51 words
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Article698 1955-01-20 3 --Straits Times, Jan. 13. Th, Australian Government’s Th tion to send to Malaya a battalion of Australian infantry b more closely related to military arrangements under the South East-Asia Defence Treats than to the Communist war l Malaya. The battalion will t Australia’s initial contribution to the--Straits Times, Jan. 13. - 698 words
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Article426 1955-01-20 3 —Straits Times, Jan. 13. It is satisfactory that all recent figures of malaria reflect the value of expanded control measures. Admissions to Federation hospitals last year were down by about 25 per cent. In seven years the hospital record of deaths from malaria has been reduced—Straits Times, Jan. 13. - 426 words
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Article142 1955-01-20 3 —Straits Times, Jan. 13. Sheltered Singapore knows little of the raging sea. That is just as well, seeing what even two foot waves and a high tide can do. Part of the city has been very sorry for itself these last two days. The pounding of the—Straits Times, Jan. 13. - 142 words
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Article780 1955-01-20 3 —Straits Times, Jan. 14. For years the Singapore Government has dreamed of a Kallang basin bridge to beat the Kallang bottleneck. Part of a badly needed reclamation scheme, it would make possible a new traffic artery eastwards out of Singapore. Last August it was stated that—Straits Times, Jan. 14. - 780 words
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Article503 1955-01-20 3 —Straits Times, Jan. 14. Alliance leaders dislike the suggestion that there are differences between UMNO and the MCA which make the production of policy and an election programme difficult. But an agreed platform has been under discussion for so long that the delay in publishing the Alliance—Straits Times, Jan. 14. - 503 words
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Article667 1955-01-20 4 STRAITS TIMES, Jan. 15. Commenting on the Alliance proposal for a general amnesty for Malaya’s Communists, the New York Times cites the failure of the amnesty offer which the Philippines Government twice made to the rebellious Huks. Both attempts failed because “the rebels simply didSTRAITS TIMES, Jan. 15. - 667 words
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Article198 1955-01-20 4 —Straits Times Jan. 17. Mr. Clement Attlee, leader of the British Labour Party, had faint praise for Singapore’s efforts to house its crowded hundreds of thousands when he attended a ceremony at Lambeth Town Hall on Saturday to mark the completion of the borough’s 2,000 th dwelling—Straits Times Jan. 17. - 198 words
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Article567 1955-01-20 4 —Straits Times. Jan. 18. Discussion of the amnesty for the Communists which Alliance leaders consider is necessary before they can form the Federation’s first political administration would not be complete without studying the Malayan Communist Party’s views. Coincidence or not, the Communists have recently circulated to leading—Straits Times. Jan. 18. - 567 words
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Article200 1955-01-20 4 —Straits Times. Jan. 18. A complaint that the Public Services Commission “sometimes turns down honours graduates of our University, and even medical graduates,*’ made in the Proceedings of the Alumni Association, would seem worth pursuing. Of course it does not follow that the possession of the necessary academic qualifications—Straits Times. Jan. 18. - 200 words
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Article561 1955-01-20 4 —Straits Times, Jan. 19 Between them Kenya and the Colonial Office seem to have put General Bourne on a spot. While Malaya’s Director of Operations was discussing, and rejecting, with his committee the amnesty idea which Alliance leaders have proposed, the Kenya Government, with the approval of—Straits Times, Jan. 19 - 561 words
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Article49 1955-01-20 4 SINGAPORE, Jan. 10. The Assistant Commission-er-General for Colonial AI fairs, Mr. R. W. Jakemanwill go on leave towards middle of next month. His place will be taken by Mr. R. G. K. Thompson, no* Secretary to the Member t Home Affairs in the Federation.49 words
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1299 1955-01-20 5 The first of two articles by Mr. W.C.S. CORRY, formerly of the Malayan Civil Service. His last appointment was that of British Adviser, Pahang. mHE backward glances T of retired civil servants are apt to see the ld d a vs1,299 words
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Article166 1955-01-20 5 SINGAPORE fairly throws itself at the photographer —its polyglot million, its harbour, its little skyscrapers, its slums and kampongs. It begs to be put into a book. Between them Peter Robinson’s camera and Han Suyin’s pen have done an attractive job (See Singapore, published by Donald Moore, $10.50).166 words
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Article36 1955-01-20 5 p.p.c. MR. MRS. O. A. CESSFORD s.s. “PERSEUS”. P.P.C. Mr. Mrs. FRANK M. STILL s.s. Glcnorchy. MR. AND MRS. OEORGE BOGAARS bid all their friends in Malaya au revlor. M.V. “Nleuw Holland” 18 January, 1955.36 words
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Article173 1955-01-20 5 BRITLAND To Thelma, wife of F. C. Britland, at K.K. Hospital, on 11-1-55, a son. Both well. Playmate for Gwendoline. DUNCAN: To Doris and Robert of New Scudai Estate, Johore on Bth January, a daughter. ALLAN: On January 10th at Rio de Janeiro to Marguerite (nee Oehlers) and Bob,173 words
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Article135 1955-01-20 5 TRO WBRIDGE-PERCEV AL: The engagement is announced between Commander R. J. Trowbridge R.N., staff of C-in-C, F.E.B. and Miss Anne Perceval, CommissionerGenerals Office, Singapore. HARDY-JONES. The engagement is announced between Eric Anthony, only son of Mr. and the late Mrs. Gordon Hardy of Darley Abbey, Derby, and Suzanne Colette,135 words
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Article70 1955-01-20 5 TAME—ROBINSON. The Marriage of Mr. William Tame, elder son of Mr. O. W. Tame and the late Mrs. E. M. Tame of Sydney. N.S.W., to Miss Shirley Robinson, only daughter of Mrs. I. C. Robinson and the late Mr. W. Robinson of Thomley, England, took place in Singapore on70 words
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Article18 1955-01-20 5 WRIGHT MADUDA, Hugh Trevor George Wright to Barbara Priscilla Maduda in Budapest on 15th January, 1930.18 words
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Advertisement43 1955-01-20 5 STRAITS BUDGET SUBSCRIPTION RATES (PAYABLE IN ADVANCE) The weekly issues of the Straits Budget can be sent by express air delivery service to the United Kingdom only at an inclusive rate of $24.00 for six months. (ALL THE ABOVE ARE IN MALAYAN CURRENCY).43 words
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Article, Illustration23 1955-01-20 6 Picture by Toh Hong Boon.Picture by Toh Hong Boon. - 23 words
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Article668 1955-01-20 6 CYNICUS - CYNICUS SINGAPORE, Jan. 15. T*HE Federation Gov- ernment’s intention to Ritsonise its pay structure seems to have been reached without a whisper catching the ears of the Press. In the Orders of the Day for Wednesday’s meeting of the Federal Council, however, there is a motion668 words
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Article1043 1955-01-20 6 STANLEY STREET - STANLEY STREET This Singapore A British officer of field rank writes to me: "On Wednesday last I was driving from the Singapore docks around 10 p.m. In Orchard Road I ran out of petrol. My passengers walked to a hotel and I rang up a1,043 words
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Article578 1955-01-20 7 TUAN DJEK - TUAN DJEK. AT a cocktail party some A days ago the common talk was about the warning alleged to have been issued by the Meteorological Department to the effect that monsoon conditions would recur in three days’ time: five days have gone by without any drastic change in578 words
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Article, Illustration61 1955-01-20 7 Mr. Reginald Holden Trevor, popular Malayan motorcvflist and Miss Iris Joan Gammell, after their wedding at St. Joseph's Church. Singapore, on Jan. 15. Mr. Trevor, a driving tester in the Traffic Police (licensing section), won the Johore (.rand Prix (motor cycle) in 1952 and 1953. The brideSunday Times picture. - 61 words
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Article127 1955-01-20 7 F < Jan St iq"*?, Time s of The nil,,. 19 isos. TX-* exhibitions of h a r drawn .""re was a v,, r ast n >Eht H r n y ,.R°«d atten- r| L lleht 1® used !lr| distil!,!t ivf are ‘ante •"'ir. beina an TheF <JanStiq"*?, Times of The nil,,.19’ isos. - 127 words
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Article, Illustration68 1955-01-20 7 SINGAPORE, Jan. 14. THE price Of China oranges shot up from 40 cents to about 75 cents a kati in Singapore yesterday as the Chinese New Year shopping rush began. Importers said the rise was due to large shipments being reexported from Singapore68 words
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Article60 1955-01-20 7 UP too, waxed ducks ($4.50 each, 30 cents more than last week) and Chinese sausages <54.80 a kati. $4.60 last week). HAIR CUTS too will cost more from today: $2.50 instead of S 2. Children will have to pay $1.50 instead of 50 cents. But60 words
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Article932 1955-01-20 7 STANLEY STREET - 3iatay#ian notebook STANLEY STREET. N OT least of Malaya’s incongruities is the abrupt contrast between the tense awareness of ever-present danger that broods, even when there is no Emergency, over the steaming jungles and the east coast town where you emerge to catch at once the feeling932 words
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204 1955-01-20 7 SINGAPORE, Jan. 15. A LEADING British business executive, whose father was the first European to cross Kelantan in the early part of this century, has become so interested in Singapore on his first trip to the Far East that he intends to return. Mr.204 words
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Article, Illustration99 1955-01-20 8 Principal chooses children with a block test rHE ANN BINTE MAJID. Principal of Princess Elizabeth S chool for the Blind, Johore Bahru, looks on as six-year-old blind Maimah binte Haji Abdul Rahma n from Kluang, Johore. counts the number of square blocks in an intelligence test.neid ai me uurney Training Centre, Kuala Lumind Malay children chosen for the school.—Straits Times picture. - 99 words
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264 1955-01-20 8 MALACCA, Jan. 12. Federation Chinese School Teachers’ Association at a joint meeting here today, promised the UMNO-MCA Alliance full support, if that body would fight for the preservation of vernacular education. A written statement attacking the Government’s present education policy was submitted to264 words
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Article147 1955-01-20 8 Privy Council dismisses an appeal LONDON, Jan. 12. THE judicial committee of the Privy Council today dismissed with costs an appeal by the firm of A.M.K.M.P. Chettiar, moneylenders of New Lane, Penang, who claimed from M.R.M. Periyanan Chettiar, also a Penang moneylander, $49,900, a pre-occupation debit balance147 words
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79 1955-01-20 8 IPOH. Thurs. A bottle of wine offered for auction last night in aid of the St. Michael’s Institution building fund netted more than $13,000 after repeated reauctions. The auction took place at the Old Michaelians’ farewall dinner in honour of the school director,79 words
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104 1955-01-20 8 SINGAPORE. Jan. 13. DO YOU KNOW where Lorong Tahar is? Could you direct a taxi driver to Veerappa Chitty Lane or And your way in the dark to Shaik Madersah Lane? If not the new official map of Singapore city will quickly104 words
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Article234 1955-01-20 8 KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 12. T'HE Foreign Office has A asked the Malayan Film Unit to supply Vietnam, information services with films of Malayan social, political and economic problems. Mr. Tom Hodge, head of the film unit, said today that he expected to leave for Saigon234 words
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Article52 1955-01-20 8 SINGAPORE, Jan. 13. Geylang farmer flood victims, who received Singapore Flood Relief Fund aid this week, have also been given Government help. The Social Welfare Secretary, Mr. T P. Cromw’ell. who said this yesterday, added that Government flood relief work would continue for at least52 words
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Article174 1955-01-20 8 Extra strength in the ‘bad’ States KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 12. DIRECTOR of Operations, Lieut.-General Sir Geoffrey Bourne, had unofficially known for some time that Australia might send troops to Malaya to help fight the terrorists, his principal staff officer, Major-Gen. E. S. Lindsay, told174 words
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Article, Illustration1228 1955-01-20 9 AS ALLIANCE LEADERS SEE IT: THEY WILL BE IN POWER AFTER THE FEDERAL ELECTIONS THIS YEAR MALACCA, Jan. 12. ,.v, lusive joint interview today—the first of its kind Tengku Kahman, president of UMNO and Sir Cheng-lock Tan, pre)t the MCA, outlined some of the Alliance’s election plans1,228 words
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Article182 1955-01-20 9 Alliance will tell Govt: Offer your terms MALACCA, Jan. 12. T'HE UMNO-MCA A1liance meeting here today decided to ask the Federation Government to offer amnesty terms to the Communist terrorists. It agreed to propose to the Director of Operations, Lieut-Gen-eral Sir Geoffrey Bourne, that terrorists accepting the amnesty could182 words
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Article, Illustration43 1955-01-20 9 THE APPOINTMENT of the Rev. Craig S. Wilder as pastor of the Wesley Church, Singapore, has been confirmed by the Malaya Annual Conference of the Methodist Church. Mr. Wilder succeeds the Rev. Tracey K. Jones.43 words
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Article44 1955-01-20 9 Payments totalling $378,715,160.50 were made bv the War Damage Commission up to the end of last year, according to a progress report published in Singapore yesterday. Payments included tin $BO,952,964.58: rubber $77,070,739.19; private chattels $46 901.757.77; seizure $50,737,731.41; other claims $103,651,967.55.44 words
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Article, Illustration160 1955-01-20 9 Govt, rejects Boestaman plea KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 12. rpHE Federation Government has rejected an appeal for the release of Ahmad Boestaman. leader of the banned left-wins youth movement, Angkatan Pemuda Insaf. The appeal was made by his relatives in a petition. The Secretary for Defence,160 words
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Article97 1955-01-20 9 THE Siamese Government has offered 150 tons of rice for the relief of victims of the recent floods in Malaya. The offer, made through the British Embassy in Bangkok, has been accepted by the Singapore and Federation Governments. Tlie gift will consist of 10097 words
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Article26 1955-01-20 9 The Kampong Silat Community Centre, Singapore, will hold a Chinese New Year dance in aid of its funds at Raffles Hotel on Jan. 21.26 words
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Article, Illustration542 1955-01-20 10 mi ROLL UP, ROLL UP—WHAT SHOULD SINGAPORE DO FOR THE SAKF, OF ARTi A super idea say theatre men nun min mini ill him ‘We have the talent and mu in 11 shows would top the bill for mum l( entertainment in the Colony' mu542 words
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Article, Illustration438 1955-01-20 10 Piano? ‘Only my second love’ SINGAPORE, Jan. 13. THOUGH judged SinK gapore’s best junior pianist, 18-year-old schoolboy Yu Chun Yee, said yesterday: “The piano is only my second love. My ambition is to be an engineer.” This shock-headed senior class student438 words
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Article73 1955-01-20 10 KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 13. THE branch committee secretary and another member of the Kebun Bahru branch of the terrorist organisation in Johore have surrendered. The secretary was Chee Peng Wong. His companion was Cheng Teck. Thev walked to the main road, stopped a taxi and73 words
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102 1955-01-20 10 IPOII, Jail. 13.—A girl died in a vain attempt to rescue her life-long friend trapped by a landslide in the Woh Hup Hing Mine, two miles from Kampar. The victims, Chan Kam Kok and Choy Moy, both 19. were buried side102 words
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Article, Illustration597 1955-01-20 11 Brazier says: It is all too naive KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 12. TlIH FEDERATION Trade Union Adviser, Mr. 1 Y Urazier, today described as nonsense the by Mr. Alex Josey, a former news editor J ,l Kadi" Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, that he “secretly helped 1" organise597 words
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Article39 1955-01-20 11 SINGAPORE, Jan 14 mV‘( i r Q ty (,f Malaya's will send ent s on a Company's ul 0 Bukom on nt.s' v '.'ii h Qh of 25 T Jan. 22 y a similar39 words
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Article34 1955-01-20 11 SINGAPORE, Jan. J 3. Malayan Collieries produced 53.823 tons of coal in the last Quarter of 1954. Monthly output was: October 18,523 tons, November 17,056 tons, December 18,244 tons.34 words
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Article32 1955-01-20 11 JOHORE BAHRU. Jan. 14. Mr. Justice Storr in the High Court today admitted Mr. Kenneth Gould to the Bar of the Federation on the application of Mr. C. Duff.32 words
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Article235 1955-01-20 11 PLAY MORE, REST LESS? \BUT WE'RE NOT MACHINES SAYS DANCE BAND LEADER SINGAPORE, Jan. 13. SINGAPORE musicians working with dance bands in hotels and restaurants, yesterday urged the public to treat them not as machines but as ordinary men earning a living. They were commenting on a complaint235 words
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335 1955-01-20 11 Esplanade wall was weakened by an error SINGAPORE, Jan. 13. AS a second balcony on Singapore’s Queen Elizabeth Walk crashed into the sea yesterday, the City Architect, Mr. W. I. Watson, announced that an error in the construction of the $600,000 esplanade had been discovered. After being pounded for two335 words
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166 1955-01-20 11 SINGAPORE, Jan. 13. 1 EMPLOYEES of the Ocean Park Hotel Singapore, which close down on Jan. 10 vacated their quarters bv yesterday morning. They abandoned their threat to defy to the management’s quit notice on the advice of the Labour Department and began to166 words
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281 1955-01-20 12 $7l MILLION MORE—IF PRICE CONTINUES DUTIES SOAR THANKS TO RUBBER'S CLIMB KUALA M T MPl?K Ian. 13 REVENUE from customs and excise duties in the Federation this year is expected to exceed the estimates. A Treasury spokesman said today that the higher rubber281 words
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Article, Illustration65 1955-01-20 12 DR. D W G. FARIS, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Malaya (Straits Times picture above), returned to Singapore on Jan. 13 in the Chusan after six months’ leave in Britain. He said that while there he had65 words
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Article205 1955-01-20 12 SINGAPORE, Jan. 13. MAJOR airlines plan to increase their services to and from Singapore this year. Qantas will introduce more Super Constellations on the Kangaroo route and open a new “Connoisseur” service. Qantas’205 words
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Article77 1955-01-20 12 IPOH. Jan. 13. Mr. R. A. Boxall. chairman of the Central Perak branch of the Incorporated Society of Planters for the last three years, relinquished his position at the annual meeting held at Ipoh Club today. Mr. R. Chown. who recently arrived from Johore to77 words
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Article, Illustration52 1955-01-20 12 INSPECTOR I). A. I)E CRUZ, one of two Singapore police officers who returned to Singapore on Jan. 13 in the Chusan after a sixmonth study course in Britain. Inspector De Cruz and Inspector T.C. Chong went to Ifendon and the Metropolitan Police Training School.— StraitsStraits Times picture. - 52 words
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264 1955-01-20 12 'Two Governments are to blame SINGAPORE, Jan. 14. TjjICE has been cheaper by two cents a kati since the Singapore Government decontrolled it —but dealers yesterday were not at all sure it would remain so. There are two snags. First, dealers must buy264 words
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Article41 1955-01-20 12 IPOH, Jan. 13. The rebuilding of the Methodist English School. Malim Nawar. will be declared open by Inche Osman bin Talib. the Deputy Mentri Besar, Perak, at 4.30 p.m. on Monday. Bishop Archer will dedicate the building41 words
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214 1955-01-20 12 It will be Asian Harvard —only better SINGAPORE, Jan. 14. A 30-year-old British business expert who arrived in Singapore by air yesterday is to be the first director of a college in Ceylon that will be “an Asian Harvard only better.” He is Mr. Rolf Lynton, a research assistant and214 words
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Article400 1955-01-20 12 ‘SCHOOL POLICY NOT AIMED AT ANYTHING ELSE’ PLEDGE: CULTURES TO STAY KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 13. TTOe Federation Member 1 for Education, Mr. L. I). Whitfield, today said that the argument in certain quarters that the Government was trying to destroy Chinese culture was just nonsense. On the contrary,400 words
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Article, Illustration801 1955-01-20 13 Mr. Yung puffs a cigar and explains about that big Singapore bridge job SINGAPORE, Jan. 15. -nil oi)0 storm raged in Singapore yesterday over A s 0 tract to build the new Kallang Bridge-but 1 n, the centre of that801 words
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Article25 1955-01-20 13 JOHORE BAHRU. Jan. 14. The Sultan of Johore has approved of a medal being struck to commemorate the diamond jubilee of his reign.25 words
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141 1955-01-20 13 The book was signed by the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh when141 words
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273 1955-01-20 13 DR. HSIUNG EXPLAINS COURSES SINGAPORE, Jan. 15. A FEW Europeans and “quite a number" of Malays and Indians have applied to join the Nanyang University, the Dean of the Faculty of Arts, Dr. S. I. Hsiung. told the Straits Times yesterday. Many Chinese from273 words
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Article100 1955-01-20 13 BUTTERWORTH. Jan. 13.—A fire engine from R A F. Butterworth saved a sleeping family at Telok Ayer Tawar at midnight last night. R A. F. sentries spotted a fire, about a mile away. The airmen found an attap hut burning. Inside Kumarasamy a cattle100 words
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Article82 1955-01-20 13 SINGAPORE, Jan. 15. A bill will be presented at the next Singapore Legislative Council meeting on Jan. 28 to provide for the payment of a pension, gratuity or other allowance to Legislative Councillors or members of any local government authority who were former Government officers. The82 words
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Article271 1955-01-20 13 SINGAPORE, Jan. 13. rbELAYS in police court hearings in Singapore are due to a shortage of magistrates, the Registrar of the Supreme Court, Mr. Tan Thoon Lip, said yesterday. He said two magistrates were needed urgently for the Seventh and Fifth Police Courts —and271 words
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211 1955-01-20 14 Calling all captains of industry ‘THIS SCHOOL NEEDS CASH KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 14. IGNORANCE of the Outward Bound movement and its aims was the chief reason why this project was not winning popular support in this country, Mr. R. B. Carey, President of the Council of the Outward Bound Trust211 words
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Article, Illustration317 1955-01-20 14 KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 14. rpHE MAN who built up the intense air war against the Communist terrorists in the pasti two years left here today for Singapore and| then Australia to take up a higher appointment. He is Air Vice Marshal F.R.W. Scherger317 words
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Article120 1955-01-20 14 In move against national classes SINGAPORE, Jan. 15. THE central education committee of the Malayan Chinese Association today decided to reject national type classes in Chinese schools. At a meeting here it appointed an 11-man deputation, led by Dato Sir Cheng-lock Tan. President of the M.C.A.,120 words
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Article, Illustration237 1955-01-20 14 LIANE IS ONE OF THE FEW WOMEN TO HOLD A COMMERCIAL FLYING LICENCE SINGAPORE, Jan. 15. OOMANCE has caught up with the “Flying Dutchwoman, 44 L i a n e Latour, one of the few women in the world holding a commercial237 words
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Article, Illustration80 1955-01-20 14 A TWO-STOREY house boat, belonging; to Caltex Pacific Petroleum Co. Ltd., sailed into Singapore on Jan. 14 from Sungei Pakning in Sumatra. fttounted on pontoons, the house boat Is used as an office on the Siak River. It was towed to Singapore bv the tug PacificStraits Times picture. - 80 words
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Article167 1955-01-20 14 IPOH, Jan. 13. SIXTY men and women tappers today saw two bandits shoot dead an estate conductor 200 yards from the main road at the southern entrance to Sungei Siput. The victim was V. Kanniah, senior conductor on Heawood Estate, where Mr. Robert Chestnut, the167 words
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Article199 1955-01-20 14 KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 14. ¥T IS always a task to 1 make a theatre audience sing. But at matinee performances of the Pudu Prisoners’ pantomime “Cinderella,” attended by local schoolchildren, the task was not so formidable, and their voices shook the rafters of the Town199 words
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Article90 1955-01-20 14 A big consignment of Queen Elizabeth $1 notes, which cost about $5,660 to airfreight from London, has arrived in Singapore in time for Chinese New Year. Chinese people will be able to exchange their old notes for these new’ notes, to be used for90 words
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Article165 1955-01-20 14 SINGAPORE, Jan. 15. NAMES of 500 people who would never have cast a vote have been removed from Singapore’s new electoral rolls. The reason Is that all of them have died—2so before the draft register was compiled and 250 since, Mr. R. Dow, Assistant Registrar165 words
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Article343 1955-01-20 15 SINGAPORE, Jan. 16. FADING hotels in Singapore yesterday banded L t mother and formed an association “to represent voit e of the management” of the hotel trade. llie This follows strikes by employees of two hotels i threatened strike at a third, all organised by343 words
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Article, Illustration120 1955-01-20 15 SINGAPORE, Jan. 14. MR SANDY G. PILLAY, lawyer candidate of the Progressive Party for l lu Beriok ward in the Singipore Legislative Assembly elections, has withdrawn because of ill health, the party yesterday announced that Mr. Piliay’s place had been taken by Inche120 words
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250 1955-01-20 15 KUALA LUMPUA, Jan. 16. JOHORE tickets won both the first prize (No. 1,611,777) and the second prize (No. 2,390,236) in the 26th Social and Welfare Services Lottery draw in Bentong, Pahang, today. The third prize (No. 1,488,916) went to Negri Sembilan. One fourth prize250 words
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Article103 1955-01-20 15 THE w! por E. Jan. 17. 1 bini, 11-1 Uay Adventists Week ot h't n< w chur ch every East its Far Malava I«*?’ hich include sa Phiiinn??;;* T Japan FormoGuirifa inr i V?' Indonesia, New linfl Guam. stp rday d ‘''i,v ta M103 words
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Article162 1955-01-20 15 SINGAPORE, Jan. 13. T'HE Singapore Government is inviting applications from superscale administrative officers for Permanent Secretaries to two of the six Ministries to be set up after the April election. The Ministeries are Labour and Welfare, and Communications and Works. A third post of Secretary162 words
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Article56 1955-01-20 15 SINGAPORE. Jan. 16. Miss Joan Cadwallader, a sister in the Princess Mary’s Royal Air Force Nursing Service, was yesterday married to Flying Officer Eric Davies at St. George’s Church, Changi, Singapore. The best man was Lt. G. Stratford. One hundred guests attended the reception held later at56 words
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Article, Illustration52 1955-01-20 15 CAPT. REGINALD FRANK LUMLEY of the R.A.O.C. and Miss Roma Brown who were married at the Tanglin Garri- son Church in Singapore on Jan. 15. They left the church under an arch of swords formed by the bridegroom’s brother officers.—Straits Times picture. —Straits—Straits Times picture. - 52 words
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Article219 1955-01-20 15 SINGAPORE, Jan. 16. YEAR 4,045 ships berthed at Singapore wharves —a record. The 12 million tonnage was also a record. The tonnage handled was 1,500,000 more than 1953, which was the busiest year for nearly 25 years. These, and details of other records which toppled during219 words
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Article101 1955-01-20 15 SINGAPORE, Jan. 16. THE Malayan Governments should give firm guarantees that there will be no reprisals if the Malayan Communist Party gives up its armed struggle, said the People’s Action Party in Singapore yesterday. The P.A.P. secretary, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, said that if the M.C.P.101 words
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122 1955-01-20 15 SINGAPORE, Jan. 16. The Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce last night launched a campaign to get eligible voters to go to the polls in the coming Legislative Assembly elections. A giant rally was held in an empty lot off Shenton Way in the Tanjong Pagar division.122 words
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Article, Illustration170 1955-01-20 16 So say 260 S’pore ‘veterans SINGAPORE, Jan. 18. /CHINESE NEW YEAR is the annual festival which means most to the 260 inmates of the Home for the Aged run by the Little Sisters of the Poor, at Thompson Road, Singapore. For the past 20 yearsijoys her dinner. — Straits Times pictures. - 170 words
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Article102 1955-01-20 16 SINGAPORE, Jan. 18. SINGAPORE Customs officers seized about $175,000 worth of opium on board the British India Steam Navigation Company’s ship, Okhla, on Sunday morning. The Customs party, acting on information, searched the ship immediately on its arrival from Bombay. The opium weighed 1781 b.102 words
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Article41 1955-01-20 16 SINGAPORE, Jan. 18. The Chief Justice, Sir Charles Murray-Aynsley, in the Singapore High Court yesterday admitted three new lawyers to the Colony Bar. They are Mr. Lim Soow Beng, Miss Hong Slang Wong and Mr. Lennox McL. Paton.41 words
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221 1955-01-20 16 IPOH, Jan. 13. rE Mentri Besar of Perak, Dato Panglima Bukit Gantang, said today that the Dewan Negara could appoint a Sultan for the state when the throne becomes vacant, from a very wide field and not necessarily from those in the221 words
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219 1955-01-20 16 SINGAPORE, Jan. 17. SEIZURE of 9,642 lb. of Indian hemp last year was unprecedented, Mr. H. McN. W. Richardson, assistant Comptroller of Customs, preventive branch, said yesterday. Mr. Richardson said hemp smuggling in previous years had been so slight no records were kept.219 words
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Article51 1955-01-20 16 KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 17. Trustees of the Mariamman Temple here today started clearing a site at Batu Caves, six miles from here, for the Thaipusam festival on Feb. 6. Tin sheds to accommodate thousands of Hindu devotees from all parts of the Federation are being51 words
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373 1955-01-20 16 NANYANG —SAFEGUARDS NEEDED, SAYS ALUMNI SINGAPORE, Jan. 18. T'HE Alumni AssociaA tion, Malaya, is against the granting of a charter to the Nanyang University to confer degrees unless its academic standards are high enough. In its official publication, issued yesterday, the association said that much as it would like to373 words
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Article368 1955-01-20 16 KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 17. GENERAL amnesty is not to be offered to the Communist terrorist organisation yet, it wa unanimously decided by the Director of Operations’ committee which met this afternoon to discuss Tengku Abdul Rahman’s proposal. A statement issued tonight said the meeting agreed that368 words
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170 1955-01-20 16 JESSELTON, Jan. 17. A BOY, caught by a A crocodile by the left arm and dragged into deep water in a nearby river, poked his fingers into the animal’s eyes and then swam to safety. Sulalman was lying on a raft and enjoying170 words
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Article, Illustration295 1955-01-20 17 SINGAPORE, Jan. 18. AIISS MARJORIE WEE, 1 Malaya's representative in the 1954 Miss Universe contest at Lons: Beach, California, returned to Singapore by Pan American Airways last night with no plans for the future but one thought— to look tor a job. Aiked about her295 words
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Article, Illustration419 1955-01-20 17 FEDERATION LEADERS REPLY TO UMNO CHIEF KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 17. rpHE President of UMNO, Tengku Abdul Rahman, confirmed today that independence in its first term of office is “the first major point” in the Alliance’s election platform. He said 1 “The Alliance419 words
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Article, Illustration546 1955-01-20 17 SINGAPORE, Jan. 17. /\NE of Britain’s most popular playwrights and novelists of the century, g r e y-haired Ben Travers —“Rookery Nook”—is in Singapore. Sparkling, 68-year-old Mr. Travers, who talks as well as he writes, is on three weeks’ holiday. His sophisticated yet farcical546 words
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Article, Illustration78 1955-01-20 17 MR. SHIM KAH SEONG, one of two Singapore City Council officers who flew to Australia on Jan. 13 for a six months course in public administration. The other is Mr. K. A. Eber. Their training, being given under the Colombo Plan,78 words
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Article93 1955-01-20 17 SINGAPORE, Jan. 18. Kerosene and diesel oil will cost more in Singapore and the Federation from today, the Shell Company announced. The new prices are: Shell kerosene $4.60 a four gallon tin (up 10 cents), Crown kerosene $4.30 a four gallon tin (10 cents), Shell diesoline93 words
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329 1955-01-20 17 He used ‘tact’ with sailors —got drunk WHEN he decided to use tact in dealing with drunk sailors to avoid trouble, a soldier of “irreproachable character” with a spotless record of 33 years in the Army humoured them and became drunk in the process. A Singapore court martial heard this329 words
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Article, Illustration203 1955-01-20 18 THE OLD FOLKS (5,700 OF THEM) GET THEIR NEW YEAR ANG POWS’ SINGAPORE, Jan. 19. MORE THAN 5,700 old men and women in Singapore and the Federation yesterday received from the Shaw Brothers their annual Chinese New Year gifts and “ang pows.” Each got five katis of rice, a kati203 words
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Article349 1955-01-20 18 He was Apollo's biggest bag KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 18. IJEGIONAL COMMITTEE MEMBER Lung Chee, one of the top three terrorists in the North Pahang regional secretariat and one of the most hated men in the state, has been killed. He was shot by a mortar platoon349 words
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Article, Illustration362 1955-01-20 18 SINGAPORE, Jan. 19. rpHE MAN who has led the air war against terrorists in Malaya for the last two years said, before leaving Singapore yesterday, “While the Emergency is not over, it’s certainly well under control.” He is Air Vice Marshal F. R. W.362 words
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Article127 1955-01-20 18 The Mayor’ s robes set a problem SINGAPORE, Jan. 19. THE problem of robes and a chain of office for Singapore’s first Mayor will be urgently discussed in a City Council sub-committee soon in view of the coming elections to the new City and Island Council. The City Council has127 words
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275 1955-01-20 18 KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 18 T HE FEDERATION GOVERNMENT is to start a new drive to present to the terrorists the terms of its present policy on surrenders in the widest possible way. This follows yesterday’s decision of the Director of Operations’ committee not to275 words
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117 1955-01-20 18 KUALA LUMPUR. Jan. 19. ]\JORE gifts arrived with the mail in the last two days although the Federation Flood Relief Fund closed last Saturday. The grand total is now $281,335. The Fund’s Central Committee is to meet next Monday morning to decide on final allocations117 words
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Article51 1955-01-20 18 SINGAPORE. Jan. 13. Three Singapore Chinese seamen’s unions will be amalgamated at a meeting at the Seamen Registration Bureau in Fullerton Building this afternoon. They are the Chinese Seamen’s Union, the Nationalist Chinese Seamen’s Union, and the Chinese Seafarers’ Association with a combined potential membership of51 words
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90 1955-01-20 18 SINGAPORE, Jan. 19 PROFESSORS and students from Malaya are to be invited to the Philippines University on an exchange programme. Dr. Vidal A. Tan, president of the university who arrived in Singapore yesterday, said he was on a tour of South-East Asian countries to discuss90 words
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Article74 1955-01-20 18 KUALA LUMPUR. Jan. 18.The headquarters of the Federation’s chief Game Warden is to make a second shift within four months—this time from Kuala Lumpur to Seremban. The headquarters has never had a permanent home since it was re-organised after the war. In 1947 it was at74 words
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Article105 1955-01-20 18 LONDON, Jan. 18. Seventeen Malayan students were successful in the final Bar examinations in London in December. They are: M. S. bin Abas (Trengganu). Bahaudin bin Mohamed Yacob (Selangor), S C. Chan (Selangor), Y H. Chee (Province Wellesley), Miss A.H. Gwoh (Singapore), E. Joseph (Negri Sembilan),105 words
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Article810 1955-01-20 19 psON JEEP Ton - FlO*l psON JEEP Ton >H, Jan. 16, Y handled by is- sf-scrs favour; Cla.ss 2, 9-f. ipoh yesterday hand- ,4 the Perak Turf S'j v meet, 2LK f*ort WM Super "g?'. sesIUshed PUJ J n ,:ne and the Judge K !W0 Photo-nnteh prfnt, •>« ve810 words
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Article412 1955-01-20 19 H oman doctor's discovery IfFTYrrtT SINGAPORE, Jan. 19. M Cllrp X[ which the Chinese in Malaya take to devils enm ear b trouble and to drive out This sta 1 1 sufficient lead to poison them. nSTmS?i« n suffl cient le made rinn r ng412 words
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Article1004 1955-01-20 19 JOHN MARKS - THE week IN SPORT; By JOHN MARKS Singapore, Jan/ 19. OLAYING like men pos#4 -sensed, Perak won the hearts of everybody watching the Anal of the H.M.S. Malaya rugby competition at Kuala Lumpur on Saturday. But Perak did not win the game. That honour. If It1,004 words
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Miscellaneous48 1955-01-20 19 n. ~w jH- r rawwftrii v*. v- j Big Sweep b M iv' 7 yi.‘ TOTAL POOL: FIRSTS *****2 ($74,276) P SECOND: *****1 (337,138) THIRD: '$***** ($18,569) STARTERS: ($2,321 each). 2836; *****7; *****1; 030; *****0; *****0. CONSOLATION: ($1,000 Nos: *****8 *****4; HtoMHIKIl *****9; *****7; 13 tickets H 1157;48 words
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Article600 1955-01-20 20 SHARE MARKET By OUR MARKET CORRESPONDENT HEARTENING?feature ojT the local share market last week was the consistent strength of industrial counters which in many cases climbed progressively to new heights. With rubber standing Just below the dollar level, the national income of Malaya is on600 words
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Article47 1955-01-20 20 December rubber crops announced are: Allenby 31,000 lb.; Benta 50,000 lb.; Jenun Jtuantan 50,000 lb,; Kundong 36,000 lb.; Mentakab 55.500 lb.; Sangel Began 106,000 lb.; TanJong Pan 7f,500 lb. Rubber crops for the quarter ended December 31, announced are: Narberongh 196,403 lb.; Fusing 131,150 lb47 words
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Article278 1955-01-20 20 r THE following business done in x the Singapore share market for the period January to 14 was reported by one firm of brokers: Industrials: Fraser Neave Ords $1.98* and $2, Federal Dispensary $3.37*, Gammons $3.25 to $3.30, Hongkong Bank Colonial $1,060 to 11,140 to $1,135. Hongkong Bank278 words
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104 1955-01-20 20 PENANG exported 37.286 X tons of tin snd 198.254 tons of rubber valued at 8516,*****4 last year an Increase of $18,794,841 over 1953. Trade picked np In the last quarter when 8,630 tons of tin and 51,881 tons of rubber worth a total104 words
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326 1955-01-20 20 H hAti Rn /S2PS!S R ,Jan 1 A ngapore ar o r ara minion port e u be r i S n°in The middle of this jjft 1 **o*** 0 U Cx^ c; to the H Times a ve^d^ r 1^ 6 tne straits326 words
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Article170 1955-01-20 20 SINGAPORE, Jan. 19. Siigapure Chinese Produce Exchange: noon prices per picul yesterday were:— Copra: quiet; January $31 5|S buyers, $31 7|8 sellers; February $32 3|8 buyers. $32 ft|8 sellers. Coconut oil: steady quiet; $50 1|2 sellers. Pepper: steady, gill varieties up $1; no local business reported; Muntok white170 words
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Article421 1955-01-20 20 I Kubl>« t Market SINGAPORE, Jan 15. AFTER the spectacular rise at the end cf 1954, followed by violent fluctuations in the New Year, the rubber market now appears to be consolidating at around the present levels movements in price are becoming smaller and consumers, although not421 words
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Article840 1955-01-20 20 SINGAPORE, Jan. 19. INDUSTRIALS B»m Sellers > Ales. Bricks Pnd 2.00 2 10 oroe 2.00 8.76 4 At)*' ice 12.20 12.20 8.8. Petrol J4/0 35/2 BM Trustees 0.10 7.00 Cop. Tin Smelt P»f. 20/- ft/* Ords 28/0 29/-Ea-lem United 27.50 3B s<» Ped Dispensary 2.27 342 Praser840 words