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Title Section31 1955-01-27 1 The Straits Budget THE| WEEKLY I ISSUE |OF| THE jSTRAITS I TIMES MALAYA’S NATIONAL NEWBPAFKB t v rits No. 440. Thursday, January 27, 1955 Price 40 cents (Malayan) Or 1 Shilling.31 words
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Article140 1955-01-27 2 B. R. SAMARA WICK K EMA - B. R. SAMARA WICK K EMA Kuala Lumpur. 1 y DATO Sir Cheng-lock n puzzles me by his r« t Among Chur tilings he Is reported to h >e said “Down with Sociali “Down with foreign “Down with poor politic 1: This kind of speech i. ie140 words
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Article515 1955-01-27 2 G. R. GIBBS - G. R. GIBBS Singapore. I cannot let the article by Gordon Van Hien pass withbut comment. The vast majority of readers have no knowledge of the Inside workings of musical life in Singapore and perhaps it Is as well, as its Intricacies and cross-currents would be beyond515 words
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Article92 1955-01-27 2 BEN SPARZNIK - BEN SPARZNIK Singapore. rE suggestion for a Hollywood Bowl-Brighton Pier type of auditorium in Singapore is one that should meet with unqualified approval from all in the Colony. I would like to recommend that we Singaporeans not wait for the Government to construct the auditorium for92 words
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Article167 1955-01-27 2 YAP SOON YIK - YAP SOON YIK, Singapore. MR John Laycock’s outburst against Sir Cheng-lock Tan may not reveal him as a diplomat, but his sentiments have the backing of the vast majority of the Singapore public. If we must pay for the Federation, what about Burma, Slam and Indo-China,167 words
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Article86 1955-01-27 2 TWO MALAYAN CHINESE - TWO MALAYAN CHINESE Singapore. WE WERE returning to Singapore by train on the night of Jan. 9, to resume our studies the next day. Our sleeping berths happened to be quite a distance from the buffet, so we decided to wait but found the seats in86 words
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252 1955-01-27 2 SEE CHUAN KHEN - SEE CHUAN KHEN< Singapore. BELIEVE that most 1 of the English speaking leaders of Singapore do not realise that there was great interest shown by the non-English speaking population of this country in the Rendel Commission’s recommendation for the proposed changes of252 words
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Article68 1955-01-27 2 H - H Singapore. F front of a bank on c yer Quay were four guarded piles of tin bo each pile as high as a n The boxes were stan “Commissioners of Cur cy.” In how many citic the world would they be like that? fe Even if they were68 words
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Page 2 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous36 1955-01-27 2 u 4 >r Ur r: V. Shi >*7 m Mi vl*' 3 S l «L jjtL. ff V f.* k m •K |HW 5c It c I *j ft I THE TEAR OF THE BATTERING RAM36 words
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The Straits Budget
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Article644 1955-01-27 3 —Straits Times, Jan. 20. I flock strike was I M vestrday six minutes I t!ie 'deadline. More than I p. f n n citizens were relieved I b V news, although they of Icour-e. had most reason for take place. The lenke would have interrupted s—Straits Times, Jan. 20. - 644 words
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Article266 1955-01-27 3 —Straits Times, Jan. 20. A local broadcasting station for Ipoh has had its place in Radio Malaya’s plans for years. It is brought a little nearer by the decision to build a relay station, for once Ipoh has a transmitter there is a stronger case than ever for—Straits Times, Jan. 20. - 266 words
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Article562 1955-01-27 3 —Straits Times. Jan. 21. No-one will quarrel with the Colonial Secretary’s faith in the Colony’s business man, so firmly expressed at the opening of the Chartered Bank’s new Singapore branch in Robinson Road. There is much faith too in the political future, and in the value of—Straits Times. Jan. 21. - 562 words
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Article372 1955-01-27 3 —Straits Times. Jan. 21. A curiously bitter attack on Federation Government expenditure on newspaper advertisements was given prominence yesterday in the Singapore Standard, a Colony English daily. It complained of bias, apparently on the ground that in advertising Government posts the Federation spent last year $724 on—Straits Times. Jan. 21. - 372 words
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Article276 1955-01-27 3 —Straits Times. Jan. 21. It is quite true, as the Member for Home Affairs has said, that for all practical purposes, and in British eyes, there is no difference between the passports of a British subject and of a British protected person. Even their physical appearance is—Straits Times. Jan. 21. - 276 words
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Article972 1955-01-27 3 —Straits Times, Jan. 22. It seems not to be quite clear to anyone what the Federation Government must do as a result of its rice defeat in the Legislative Council. It is not committed to raising the guarantee price of padi, although the reduction to $12 a—Straits Times, Jan. 22. - 972 words
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Article865 1955-01-27 4 —Straits Times, Jan. 24. With the amendment of the trade union regulations to permit the raising of political funds, Federation trade unionists have achieved a cherished desire. But the Legislative Council was not altogether certain that this is the right moment for the unions to take the—Straits Times, Jan. 24. - 865 words
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Article419 1955-01-27 4 —Straits Times, Jan. 26. The Singapore Government’s refusal, because of four hard words, to accept Mr. Dasaratha Raj’s question on the letting of Queenstown flats will not save the Improvement Trust from attack when the Legislative Council meets on Jan. 28. Whatever the Government may—Straits Times, Jan. 26. - 419 words
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Article622 1955-01-27 4 —Straits Times, Jan. 26 The closer association of Singapore with the Federation is a perennial topic which stirs interest from time to time without any definite conclusions emerging. The Constitutional Commission, which met under the chairmanship of Sir George Rendel, kept the possibility in mind, and produced—Straits Times, Jan. 26 - 622 words
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1502 1955-01-27 5 VAX HIEM REVIEWS MUSICAL PROGRESS IN 1954 r,i H E New Year suitably J aivos l ist* to old and np „r reflections— hence his now annual survey n f the Singapore Musical S's activities, past and future, and of current music topics. For1,502 words
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Article196 1955-01-27 5 Poor now seek the *,unpopular' homes SINGAPORE, Jan. 26. THERE is now a queue for the “unpopular” Queenstown flats of the Singapore Improvement Trust —and all from lower income group. Public criticism of the Trust plan to let the flats to higher income groups if196 words
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PERSONAL
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Article138 1955-01-27 5 WHITAKER, to Tessert and Arthur on 7th January at Auckland, New Zealand, a daughter, both well. FREEMAN: On 18th January, to Rosemary, wife of W. A. A. Freeman, at Taiping, a daughter. STUTTERHEIM: To Betty and Kees, a son, KornelLs Ferdinand, on 18th January, at Singapore Nursing Home. ANNELY:138 words
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Article126 1955-01-27 5 PAULO-ANGUS: The Engagement is announced between Patrick, eldest son of Mr. J. A. Paulo and Anita, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Angus. MONSIEUR P. C. F. JAUBERT- MISS M. M. WALDIE: The engagement is announced between Paul Charles, only son of Monsieur and Madame A. Jaubert,126 words
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Article52 1955-01-27 5 SMYTHE READ DOUR ADO. The Marriage will take place between Jean Marie Smythe-Read of Taiping, to Dr. Frank Michael Dourado of Ipoh, at 8 a.m. on Saturday 22nd January. 1955. No invitations are issued but relatives and friends are invited to the Nuptial Mass at the Church of St.52 words
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Article35 1955-01-27 5 LIEUT. COMMANDER and Mrs. W. L. Clark thank their many friends for their delightful gifts and good wishes on the occasion of their marriage. They look forward to writing personally as soon as possible.35 words
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Article109 1955-01-27 5 LONDON, Jan. 25.—New appointments for three former Singapore naval officers are announced. Rear-Admiral H. W. Biggs, who took over the Singapore naval base after the defeat of Japan, is to be Flag Officer, Home Fleet Training Squadron: Rear-Admiral P. W. Burnett, who commanded the Royal Naval Air109 words
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Obituary101 1955-01-27 5 DEATHS BRADY. LYNDON VIVIAN (Malayan Railway) beloved husband of Joan, suddenly at sea on 12th January when returning from Home Leave. CHATLEY: On 17-1-55 at Gloucester, Dr. Herbert Chatley (D.Sc. Legion D’Honneur) aged 70, formerly of the Admiralty and the Whangpoo Conservancy Board, Shanghai, loved husband of Nelly, and dear101 words
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Article, Illustration10 1955-01-27 6 Photo by Sam Kai Faye.Photo by Sam Kai Faye. - 10 words
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Article629 1955-01-27 6 TYNICHS - TYNICHS SINGAPORE, Jan. 22. THE Federation Govern--1 ment is none the worse for wear as a result of its defeat in the Legislative Council. It failed to surmount what a Government Member, somewhat indiscreetly, said was a vote of censure. But then the present Government does629 words
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Article1071 1955-01-27 6 STANLEY STREET - STANLEY STREET. Quite academic THE two universities of Malaya must argue between themselves the question of conferring degrees when “academic standards have been proved.” but the public would probably be grateful to learn what an academic standard is and how exactly you prove it. We1,071 words
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Article, Illustration34 1955-01-27 7 The young Malaya-born actress Jill Bennett (nearest camera) with Wendy Hiller, in the play “The Night of the Ball.” in which she is appearing with success on the London stage.34 words
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Article630 1955-01-27 7 TUAN DJEK - TUAN DJEK. THIRTY days have passed since anything more than a short shower has fallen in the Dusun area. For some days intermittent high wind, with a mist-like drizzle has been prevalent. This state of affairs was the rule during past Januaries; It might be described as Scotch630 words
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Article84 1955-01-27 7 t a fm T r s °> 1 bout r \:-J 905 A °M r T A yesterday r% *a? mutor-car Th! 1 whon a •'“'cl t» bdtm» h wa un<ler- (41, ?i(,n °f High Stree?. where it collided with a gharry containing two ladies and twotafmTrs °> 1 bout r \:-J905 )- - 84 words
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Article51 1955-01-27 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Jan. 23. The Kuala Lumpur Municipal Heatlh Committee has agreed to give financial support to the Selangor Family Planning Association. They are to grant the association an immediate “token sum” and make a “reasonable contribution” in May. when the Municipality’s financial position will be51 words
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Article813 1955-01-27 7 STANLEY STREET - Malaysian notebook STANLEY STREET rp HE V. I. P. (Lord Belisha you will say, but it was not Belisha) was heralded by a phone call by the aide-de-camp to an excellency. “I’m sending him round to your office after he has finished buying suits in Raffles813 words
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224 1955-01-27 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 21. 'J'HE FEDERATION Government is to appoint a special committee next week to report on the padi planter and his economic problems. A decision on the composition of this committee is expected at the meeting of the Federal Executive Council on224 words
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Article, Illustration549 1955-01-27 8 SINGAPORE, Jan. 20. MALAYA is to he the front line of South-east Asian aerial defence. iU New airfields are to he built and civilian aerodromes remodelled to enable them to take all types of tactical aircraft, including the latest and-A.P. picture. - 549 words
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Article198 1955-01-27 8 KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 19. THE Member for Home Affairs, Dato Sir Onn bin Ja’afar, told the Federal Council at question time today that the Member for Social and Industrial Relations was looking into the terms of the agreement between a team of Malay198 words
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Article46 1955-01-27 8 Student officer’ s father dies K. LUMPUR. Jan. 19.—Inche Khairuddin bin Ghulam Kadir, father of Inche Wan Baharuddin, Malayan student liaison officer in London, died yesterday at his home in Kampong Bahru, Kuala Lumpur, after a short illness. Inche Khairuddin, 70, was a Malayan Railway pensioner.46 words
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Article68 1955-01-27 8 SINGAPORE, Jan. 20. Every 35th Singaporean owns a car today, and every sixth a bicycle. f At the close of last year, there were 34,498 cars on the road, an increase of 3,042 over 1953. Bicycles on the register totalled 178,708, a jump68 words
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230 1955-01-27 8 SINGAPORE, Jan. 20. BRITAIN’S opposition leader, Mr. Clement Attlee will do more than the Lambeth Walk when he hears what Australia’s Minister for the Interior, Mr. W. S- Kent Hughes, said about him yesterday Mr. Hughes had just arrived back in230 words
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Article163 1955-01-27 8 KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 19. T'HE Federation police A force is to have 80 more inspectors, 99 lieutenants, 42 sergeants and 545 corporals, but 597 fewer constables, the Legislative Council was told today. As the Bourne Plan calls for army units to attack terrorists in the163 words
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128 1955-01-27 8 K. LUMPUR, Jan. 19. The Chief Secretary, Mr. D. C. Wathcrston, announced at question time today in the Legislative Council that the Federation had received $35,000 as its share of compensation for the Buima-Siam “death rail- way.” He said in answer to Mr. K. Ramanathan that128 words
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Article, Illustration98 1955-01-27 8 MR. R. G. K. THOMPSON. Secretary to the Member for Home Affairs in the Federation, who is to act as Assistant CommissionerGeneral for Colonial Affairs from the end of February when Mr. R. W. Jakeman goes on leave. Mr. Thompson willin mini ui wiiviii v i England. — Straits Times picture. - 98 words
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76 1955-01-27 8 KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 19. THE WEEKLY Holidays Ordinance is to be reexamined to give paid weekly off-days to all daily and monthly paid workers not now covered by the Ordinance or the Labour Code. The Federal Legislative Council today decided that the Government should76 words
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Article54 1955-01-27 8 KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 19The Malayan Mining Employees Union has written the Malayan Mining Employers* Association in IP 1 renewing “outstanriinclaims” for better workm* conditions The claims include a nv' mum annual leave of weeks with full pay. a houM allowance for those wit company quarters, and dical54 words
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Article, Illustration62 1955-01-27 9 °Ni»'r 01 ii,' IMEIl-BYNG, a Second Secretary In the Hardy. lormi.H m ,s^ loner r,cnera| and Miss Margaret niarried British Embassy in Bangkok, who n I m ]it m. l ,e Tanglirt Garrison Church in Singapore l,,p I'oreicn \n u< iley. Deputy Commissioner-General a,rs R av elie bride away. — Straits Times pie ture. - 62 words
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Article126 1955-01-27 9 Kl ALA LUMPUR, Jan 19. rp he LABOURER, who turned 1 poet and composed antl-g-itish songs after hearing a bandit girl sing, was sent to prison for three years by the Federation Chief Justice, Sir Charles Mathew, in the Supreme Court here today. He126 words
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Article31 1955-01-27 9 KAJANG. Jan. 19 In the Broadrick Club Kajang. the District Officer. Mr. J. L. M. Gome, presented certificates of naturalisation in the State of Selangor to 59 people.31 words
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Article282 1955-01-27 9 SINGAPORE, Jan. 20. rat0 of Malayanisation in the Singapore 1 Medical Service is not slow, but if it appears )eta use there are not enough local officers '..u., for appointment, the Director of Medical ice< Dr- R. H. Bland, said yesterday. tr Vr J v;ls282 words
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Article83 1955-01-27 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Jan. 19. A motion seeking the appointment of a select committee to re-examine the question of allowances to pre-1952 Government pensioners was withdrawn by Mr. G. Shelley at todays meeting of the Federal Legislative Council. He said: “I will bring the matter before the83 words
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Article250 1955-01-27 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 19. THE Member for Home Affairs, Dato Sir Onn bin Ja’afar, told the Federal Legislative Council todav that in the United Kingdom a British protected person is, for all practical purposes, treated in exactly the same way as a British subject. He250 words
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82 1955-01-27 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 19. rE Federation Government is seeking a Colonial Development and Welfare grant to build a $142,000 mediumwave transmitter at Ipoh. Reporting this to the Federal Legislative Council today, the Finance Committee said reception of short-wave transmissions of Radio Malaya programmes was82 words
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Article, Illustration78 1955-01-27 9 MR. HENRY CHEAH, of Penang, and Miss Nancy Chua, of Kuala Lumpur, after their wedding in London. The bridegroom, who has completed his law examinations, is a son of Mrs. Cheah Inn Kiong. The bride is the daughter of CVLr. and Mrs.78 words
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Article84 1955-01-27 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 19. JACKPOT “fruit” machines are now illegal in the Federation. The Lemons, strawberries, plums and pears—which in combinations lead eventually to the “jackpot”—may twirl no longer, even in clubs. The High Commissioner-in-Council has banned them. An official statement said today: “This decision is the84 words
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Article73 1955-01-27 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Jan. 19. Patients at the Federation’s mental hospitals have increased. The number at Tanjong Rambutan went up from 3,290 in 1953 to 3,700 at the end of 1954. The Federation finance committee has passed a supplementary vote of $42,000 for cost of food73 words
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Article103 1955-01-27 9 SINGAPORE, Jan. 20. jl/fORE THAN 30,000 civilian workers of the three Armed Services in Singapore will be legally entitled to join the Central Provident Fund being started soon in the Colony. A Bill to amend the Central Provident Fund Ordinance to absorb them into103 words
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147 1955-01-27 9 Lead poisoning very rare says doctor SINGAPORE, Jan. 20. lEAD poisoning is very unJ common in Singapore, the Director of Medical Services, Dr. R. H. Bland, told the Straits Times yesterday. Ho was commenting on a report that certain Chinese medicines were found to contain sufficient lead to make them147 words
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Article, Illustration218 1955-01-27 10 KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 20. /\NE of the most exv perienced educationists in Malaya, Dr. Ho Seng Ong, today retired after 40 years’ teaching in Methodist Mission schools throughout the country. This morning Dr. Ho, who has been principal of the Methodist Boys’ School in218 words
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143 1955-01-27 10 SINGAPORE, Jan. 21. THE CENTRAL Provident Fund Board last night warned employers in Sinapore against insurance schemes, which do not provide money benefits equal to those of the Central Provident Fund. A spokesman for the board said: “Many insurance schemes do not fulfil the143 words
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Article, Illustration438 1955-01-27 10 SIT YIN FONG - Hore-Belisha leaves MacDonald's Rolls-Royce shuns police escort and takes a trip with a commoner throuyh Sinyapore s slums and cubicle dwellmys By SIT YIN FONG SNGAPORE. Jan. 21. people looked at the man stepping in and out of their dark cubicles yesterday evening andin a Singapore "death house”—Straits Times picture. - 438 words
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161 1955-01-27 10 KUALA LUMPUR. Jan. 20. T'HE setting-up of special labour courts to hear disputes between workers and employers will be urged by the Selangor Division of the Malayan Trade Union Council at its annual delegates’ conference here on Jan. 22. It is contended that the161 words
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Article214 1955-01-27 10 *Grateful to staunch colleagues' PENANG, Jan. 20. AFTER an enforced absence of ten months, ticketseller Ismail bin Abdul Rahman —whose dismissal led to the strike threat at the Penang Harbour Board —was back at work today. Ismail has been re-employed by the Harbour Board in214 words
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129 1955-01-27 10 JOHORE BAHRU, Jan. 20. MR. T. EAMES HUGHES, the Federation’s Chief Social Welfare Officer, has told the Johore State Welfare Committee that a further sum of $60,000 might be available for distribution to Rood victims in the state. Johore has so far received about $90,000129 words
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160 1955-01-27 10 Certificate? ‘Give them a medal instead SINGAPORE, Jan. 21. A CITY Councillor, Mr. Lee Choon Eng, wants Council employees who have served 25 years to be rewarded with a medal instead of a certificate. In a letter to Mr. T. P. F. McNeice. the President of the City Council. Mr.160 words
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Article, Illustration444 1955-01-27 11 «1 SK1NG CHIEF SURVEYS THE FUTURE AND SAYS by GEOFFREY BOLAND SINGAPORE, Jan. 21. rrilK his t|ii<-'stion exercising the minds of 1 investors in Malaya today is what security ~v a expect for their capital as the country ves towards self-government,444 words
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Article118 1955-01-27 11 Surrender total is 1,503 I ’P to VMt c KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 20. Ffdornti i terrorists had been killed in the bcgran 6 0 ye°irs t> a^ Cllrity forces since the emergency Thirtv >t ars ago. ™ed in 2 0 had been ll, lp t( y118 words
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Article64 1955-01-27 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Jan. 20. A Communist terrorist wounded in the leg recently by security forces, surrendered this morning to a tapper at Penjom New Village in Kuala Llpis. He was Swee Cheong, alias San Fun Kow. He was seen recently by security forces with a woman64 words
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161 1955-01-27 11 KAMPAR, Jan. 20. THREE Christian cemeteries in Kampar town, centre of a rich tin area, are to be turned over to a company for mining. These cemeteries belong to the Roman Catholic Church, the Methodist Church and the Gospel Halt They are161 words
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Article, Illustration80 1955-01-27 11 After 35 years in the East he is going home SINGAPORE, Jan. 21. PAUL VERDAYNE. a showman who first came to Malaya 35 years ago with an opera company and stayed here because he liked the country, left Singapore yesterday in the P and O liner Canton on retirement. Heagain. — Straits Times picture. - 80 words
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Article30 1955-01-27 11 Mr M. Shankar, son of Mr. T V Mahadevan, private secretary' to the Federation’s Chief Justice, Sir Charles Mathew, has passed his final Bar examination in London.30 words
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Article, Illustration194 1955-01-27 11 rIS special Straits Times map illustrates the aerial defence shield that is being built up around Malaya to be ready before the end of the year. Three airfields. Alor Star, Gong Kedah and Kuantan, are being lengthened and strengthened at a cost of194 words
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145 1955-01-27 11 AND LEARNS HIS CHIEF IS DEAD IPOH, Jan. 20. A TERRORIST suffering from extreme malnutrition yesterday staggered into the police station at Bruas, 35 miles south-west of Ipoh, and surrendered. Hor Heng Hor, alias Yan Chong, said that for months he had lived on fruit.145 words
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Article50 1955-01-27 11 PENANG, Jan. 20.—Inche Nyak Hashim. a municipal* councillor, has been appointed new secretary-general of Penang UMNO in succession to Inche Ahmad Noordin, who has resigned for health reasons. Inche Nyak Hashim is the Alliance candidate for the west coast constituency in next month’s Settlement Council elections.50 words
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Article20 1955-01-27 11 PENANG, Jan. 20, —Two UMNO fun fairs will be staged in Penang and Province Wellesley during Federation week.20 words
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51 1955-01-27 12 THE COLONIAL SECRETARY, Mr. W. A. C. Goode speaking at the opening on Jan. 19 of the new branch of the Chartered Bank in Robinson Road. The others in the picture (from left to right) are Sir William Cockburn, Mr. G. A. P. Sutherland, Mr. J. D. Adams and Lady51 words
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328 1955-01-27 12 MR. G000E OPENS NEW CHARTERED BANK BRANCH SINGAPORE, Jan. 20. N hour-and-a-half after a gala opening yesterday, Singapore’s new seven-storey bank settled down to business and received its first customers. About 350 people from the banking and business community, Government and Consular328 words
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Article82 1955-01-27 12 LONDON, Jan. 20,—The wedding took place at St. Anne’s Church, Kew, on Jan. 15 of Miss Deborah Holttum, elder daughter of Dr. and Mrs. R. E. Holttum. and Mr. John Woolmer, elder son of Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Woolmer of Twickenham. Dr. Holttum, who82 words
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305 1955-01-27 12 BETTER TO HAND THEM OVER, SAYS GOVT. SINGAPORE, Jan. 20. rpHE Singapore Government yesterday gave three reasons why it had decided to hand over the Cocos Islands, 1,000 miles south-west of Singapore, to the Australian Government. These were: The islands were of305 words
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227 1955-01-27 12 SINGAPORE, Jan. 21. Freshwater a s h brought from Hong Kong for Van Kleef Aquarium have fallen sick and died in the tanks. But these were only a few and nothing out of the ordinary, Mr. W. Irving Watson, the City Architect, whose227 words
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Article359 1955-01-27 12 SINGAPORE, Jan. 21. SINGAPORE’S opium dealers, already paying record price of more than $6OO a lb., will p av even more during the next few days. During the week Singapore Customs have seized opium worth about $227,000. If it had got into Singapore it would359 words
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Article52 1955-01-27 12 SINGAPORE, Jan. 21. Sir Otto Lund, Commander-in-Chief. St. John Ambulance Brigade Overseas, went to Hone Kong direct from Colombo yesterday instead of caning at Singapore first. He arrive in Singapore on Jan./<• Sir Otto is on a routine inspection tour of South-Eas Asia52 words
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Article81 1955-01-27 12 Let’s have it, says professor (JITY DAY in Singapore can be an annual festival which could be made famous throughout the world, Professor C N. Parkinson of the University of Malaya told the Friends of Singapore Society yesterday. First, there should be a “rose bowl” open-air auditorium81 words
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Article91 1955-01-27 12 Marjorie Wee gets her old job back KUALA LUMPUR. Jan. 19. OEAUTY queen Marjorie Wee is going to be an ir hostess again. < s Marjorie, who was Malays representative in the Miss Universe Pageant Long Beach. California. July, has got her old job with91 words
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Article416 1955-01-27 13 u-i-aLA LUMPUR, Jan. 21. K .vnr VS Prime Minister. I'Mr Nehru, says in a tt e to the Malayan n Association that M flava's future depends ('lose co-operation 01 n the races. A eommon nationality nuist be created for Malaya to be independ' T letter416 words
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Article68 1955-01-27 13 KUALA LUMPUR. Jan. 21. The Federal Legislative Council agreed last night to the setting up of a 19-member select committee to consider the Small Estates (Distribution) Bill, which was given its second reading. The Attorney-General Mr. M. P. Hogan, said the bill would help to deal68 words
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Article104 1955-01-27 13 KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 21. rpHREE terrorists were A killed and a fourth wounded by men of the First Police Field Force on the Malaya Siam border yesterday evening. A sub-machine gun and two pistols were recovered. Four terrorists murdered a tapper on the Kin Pong Estate104 words
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Article47 1955-01-27 13 TAN JONG MALIM, Jan 21. The Malayan Methodist Youth Fellowship will hold two institutes this year. The North Malayan Institute will be at Penang from April 20 to April 24. The South Malayan Institute will be at Malacca from April 22 to April 26.47 words
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187 1955-01-27 13 'J'HE Indonesian Government will maintain the prohibition on exports of slab rubber imposed in July says, the Minister for Economic Affairs, Professor Rooseno, according to a report by the Straits Times Jakarta Correspondent. This ban has particularly hit rubber remilling factories in the Colony. Following187 words
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158 1955-01-27 13 KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 21. AN amnesty to the terrorists would be an act of folly A and a betrayal of those who have died or suffered at the hands of the bandits, said the executive council of the Incorporated Society of Planters, meeting in158 words
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Article66 1955-01-27 13 KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 21. The Party Negara is to discuss its Federal elections manifesto and elections policy at a twoday meeting of the national council in Seremban on Feb 26 and 27. Delegates from 180 branches are expected to attend, says a Negara statement. The66 words
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Article57 1955-01-27 13 JOHORE BAHRU, Jan. 21. Five suggestions for a permanent memorial of the Sultan of Johore’s diamond jubilee have been submitted to the jubilee celebrations committee. The memorial will be erected by public subscription. The suggestions are: a town hall, a sports pavilion, a swimming pool, a public57 words
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156 1955-01-27 13 Time off for politics —without pay t KI:AIa LUMPUR, Jan. 21— e Chief Secretary, Mr. D. C. r 'ton, told the Federal th atlVe Counc il last night i hp would consider grantoffV iCi I(>ave to Governthe U'S'M? they leave par > in politics t ke an active He was156 words
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114 1955-01-27 13 A Happy Chinese New Year —and don’ t forget your vote SINGAPORE, Jan. 22. /YNE THOUSAND posters wishing the Chinese Com- munity in Singapore a Happy New Year and reminding them of the significance of the coming Legislative Assembly elections are being put up in the city. The posters, depicting114 words
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Article, Illustration255 1955-01-27 13 Three new star Chan, Tan and Eric ONN LENG, hero of many a Singapore athletic meeting, has become a film hero. Chan stars in a little Malayan Film Unit documentary called “The First 400,” a splendidly produced, excellently photographed film of Singapore’s first National Servicemen. The film revolves round Chan255 words
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201 1955-01-27 13 A sin-g?porf E T Jan 22 Chip m RE Legislative cock r Mr John Laylh'' 'rinm- u PP° r ted j ean. i llCll Cd Eur keen (fT ocal Politics. «‘?ui<,V;.V»^ communa "'ronV f, in n th Pe any V h on| nte^ d201 words
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Article407 1955-01-27 14 SINGAPORE, Jan. 24. INDEPENDENCE for Singapore by 1963 and a round table conference with the Federation for the eventual merger of two territories with special safeguards to protect Singapore’s trading interests and free port status, was visualised by Mr. C. C. Tan, President of407 words
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Article48 1955-01-27 14 SINGAPORE, Jan. 24. One hundred officers and ratings of the cruiser H.M.S. Newcastle yesterday visited City Hall, Singapore, where they were entertained to refreshments. Six hundred Singapore boys and girls went aboard the Newcastle. The Newcastle and the other visiting cruiser, H.M.S. Birmingham, leave today.48 words
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Article231 1955-01-27 14 KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 21. THE INCREASE in the rubber price has helped restore the confidence of the trade unions in the rubber industry, says the Federation Labour Department’s monthly report. In recent months employers tended to accept with greater willingness the existence of trade unions231 words
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685 1955-01-27 14 HARRY MILLER - By HARRY MILLER KUALA LUMPUR. Jan. 22. INDEPENDENCE of the Federation of Malaya by 1960; the calling of a Constituent Assembly to decide constitutional problems; universal national service; a quota system for immigration; an association of South-East Asian territories as a long-term685 words
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Article286 1955-01-27 14 MALACCA, Jan. 21 JJAJI HASHIM BIN OTHMAN, 37, an Alliance polling agent in last month's Municipal elec*, tions, was fined $250 here today for unlawful possession of a ballot paper at the Uionir polling station. ,r Haji Hashim, who was charged also with trvin* to286 words
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102 1955-01-27 14 KUALA LUMPUR. Jan. G3. THE Liaison committee of the United Malays National Organisation, Selangor, today decided to protest to the Selangor Government against having an elected minority in the State Council. Inche Hamzah bin Alang, secretary of the Liaison Committee,102 words
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Article, Illustration262 1955-01-27 14 He's a grand film-maker SINGAPORE, Jan. 24 F'EW people in Singapore can have become more proficient at their hobby than Mr. Annesley W. Perera. of the City Council staff. Singapore Mr. Annesley Perera makes colour films in his spare time and his latest efl rt,262 words
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Article61 1955-01-27 14 KUALA LUMPUR. Jan. 21. Demands for Government measures to safeguard employment when the international tin agreement is enforced are to be made at the national con- ference of mining workers ne* on Jan. 25. The conference will all cuss the setting-up of 01 negotiating machinery mining61 words
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Article, Illustration341 1955-01-27 15 NOW HE GETS MEDAL FOR A DIFFERENT KIND OF HEROISM t vni an who has been awarded h British Empire Medal for heroism as a medical orderly is remarkable for another feat. He ha" killed five terrorists in his341 words
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165 1955-01-27 15 SINGAPORE. Jan. 24. Tilt: legal advisers of the proposed Singapore Chinese Middle Schools Students’ l nion yesterday appealed to the Resi>trar of Societies to i re-eonsider his rejection of an application for registration. The application had been turned down on the grounds that the165 words
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Article34 1955-01-27 15 SINGAPORE, Jan. 24 si s > 1np "> WilU-sdcn has r Britain after h of the Far mas Molding Chrlsth. i in n I ,r Jl lips in Korea and s,„ Km S. Malaya34 words
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414 1955-01-27 15 SINGAPORE, Jan. 24. JCIENCE graduates of Nanyang University should be able to tackle any engineering problem, Chancellor Lin Yutang announced yesterday. The University’s College of Science and Technology, under tile leadership of Prof. P. Y. Hu, will be one of the most modern of its kind414 words
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124 1955-01-27 15 Hotel strike settled sacked men return The OcrJ,,' 1 K 3 ta Pore r( ,lrk Motel, Sinyesterday b -'aus,. t Vjr.k. ,l »'e-d"«n srs?. r nain <*•«• r, "> l.ini* if,, h > Mr. Mvof in Ui f 0r i ,)ulv °mM Nfill ,r La *)«ur. .Mr. j over th(>124 words
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Article106 1955-01-27 15 IPOH, Jan. 23. A joint all-community address from the people of Ipoh will be presented to the Sultan of Perak and the Raja Perempuan on the occasion of their 43rd wedding anniversary, now being celebrated. A committee of eight was named at a meeting convened yesterday106 words
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Article, Illustration109 1955-01-27 15 A SAILOR could not forget the sea, and so Lieut.-Com-mander R. C. Banks, of the Malayan Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, yesterday took the christening of his only daughter on board the H.M.S. Laburnum berthed off the Telok Ayer wharves in Singapore, to give it the109 words
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351 1955-01-27 15 SINGAPORE, Jan. 23. rpHE Deputy President of the Singapore Legislative Council, Mi. Tan Chin Tuan, has told the CMnese Chamber of Commerce which he represents, that he L* opposed to a multi-lingual jvstem in the new Legislate Assembly. In a letter to the presiden. and351 words
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Article140 1955-01-27 15 BOATS ON THE K.L. LAKE GARDENS KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 23. IT least 25 pleasure boats for “Sydney Lake” in the Kuala Lumpur Lake Gardens are expected to be ready soon. The Municipal Council is to call for tenders for the supply of the boats which140 words
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566 1955-01-27 16 WILUAM FISH - By WILUAM FISH TELOK SENGAT, Jotiore, Jan. 24. THERE are increasing signs that the campaign started hy the former High Commissioner, General Sir Gerald Templer, to “win the hearts and minds of the people,” is now succeeding in areas566 words
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152 1955-01-27 16 SILENT PASSENGERS FOIL POLICE KOTA BHARU, Jan. 23. piRATE taxis must be eliminated to save the North 1 Eastern Transport Service, the biggest Malay transport undertaking in Malaya, Inche Kamaruddin bin Haji Omar, a director of the company, told the Straits Times today. "The152 words
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Article68 1955-01-27 16 SINGAPORE, Jan. 25. Mr. D. A. Somerville, British Adviser in Johore for the past six months, leaves by air tomorrow for Britain on long leave. He is expected to return to Johore in time for the Sultan’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations later this year. Mr R. L.68 words
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Article78 1955-01-27 16 PENANG, Jan. 24.—With a five-party alliance now formed In Penang, Federation Day celebrations will not be a purely Malay observance this year. An UMNO spokesman said today that Chinese and Indians will join the annual fun fair which Penang UMNO would stage from Jan.78 words
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Article34 1955-01-27 16 JOHORE BAHRU, Jan. 24 Sahamid bin Kilrp of Benut was sentenced to 14 days’ imprisonment in the Sessions Court, at Pontian. yesterday, for having an identity card which had been unlawfully altered.34 words
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Article155 1955-01-27 16 SINGAPORE, Jan. 23. MEARLY $1,000,000 in cash cheques is believed to have been distributed to the staff of the Oriental Telephone and Electrical Co. Ltd. yesterday. This windfall is the result of the dissolution of the company’s provident fund. The general manager, Mr. A.155 words
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Article205 1955-01-27 16 T'HE Singapore Chamber Ensemble could yet depend on sufficient public support to make it financially worthwhile to bring in foreign guest artists, the out-going chairman, Mr. C. J. L. Elwell. said yesterday. The recent “Acis and Galatea’ concerts by Max Worthley, the Australian tenor, were205 words
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Article77 1955-01-27 16 Officials of the Singapore District Methodist Youth Fellowship for this year are: President Mrs. Grace Wee (Paya Lebar); vice-president, Mr. Wee Teow Kee (Straits Chinese); secretary Mr. Peter Joe Chia (Wesley); treasurer, Mr. Billy Cheng (Foochow); auditor, Mr. Tan Huat Keng (Straits Chinese). Commission chairmen, Mr. Edmund77 words
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257 1955-01-27 16 KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 24 JESWANT SINGH, 22J year-old Kuala Lumpur student in Australia, was a guest at Christmas in a Melbourne home. Yesterday his family, living in Kampong Pandan on Kuala Lumpur’s outskirts, had the pleasure of entertaining a pretty Australian girl who had257 words
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624 1955-01-27 17 SINGAPORE, 26. KOI ND-TABLE conference between the two A L,ties which win power in Singapore and the Federation should be held immediately after the coming elections, Tengku Abdul Rahman said padded in an interview at his Johore Bahru home: "The conference should not meet624 words
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179 1955-01-27 17 i bout 1n nn SINGAPORE, Jan. 26. u,OOO residents of the Alsagoff estate Will unroJvf S r rai Kebun Übi and the Malay Farm—when if ine sin gapore Government to buy the estate Th, 1. I p u up for auction. The resident179 words
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Article225 1955-01-27 17 SNGAPORE, Jan. 21. OLANS are well advanced 1 for setting up an art gallery within the University of Malaya. It is to be housed on the roof of the University’s new library building. The gallery may be partly stocked by the beginning of the225 words
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Article49 1955-01-27 17 KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 25. Shamsir bin Omar, a former student of the Victoria Institution here, has been selected under the Colombo Plan to take a five-year course in chartered accountancy in Australia this year. Shamsir passed the School Certificate Examination i n Dec. 1953.49 words
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Article, Illustration38 1955-01-27 17 MR. O. A. SPENCER, Member for Economic Affairs in the Federation, who returned to Singapore on Jan. 25 in the Oranje after six months' leave in Britain. Straits in Britain. Straits Times picture.in Britain. — Straits Times picture. - 38 words
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Article281 1955-01-27 17 MANY Malayan students, including Captain Hussein bin Onn and E. B. Choong, were successful in the general law examination in London in December. They are as follow: ROMAN LAW. Class 2. M. A. Kamaruddin. Class 3: A. bin Ahmad, G. Bakan Singh, K. C. Chew. Miss R.281 words
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Article, Illustration277 1955-01-27 17 KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 25. r<EN. Phao Siriyanon, Siam’s ‘'strong man” and head of its police force who arrived today in Kuala Lumpur from Bangkok, is to tour some of the Federation’s jungle forts by helicopter. He grinned delightedly when the Director of Operations, Lt.-Gen. Sir—Straits Times picture. - 277 words
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Article28 1955-01-27 17 SINGAPORE, Jan. 26. Mr. Walton A. Cole, editor of Reuters news agency, arrived in Singapore yesterday on a three-month round-the-world tour of the agency’s offices.28 words
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Page 17 Advertisements
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Advertisement32 1955-01-27 17 STRAITS BUDGET SUBSCRIPTION RATES (PAYABLE IN ADVANCE) 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).32 words
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Article, Illustration35 1955-01-27 18 MR. DUDLEY H. TUDOR, Comptroller of Income Tax, Singapore, returned to the Colony on Jan. 25 in the liner Oranje after spending six months’ leave in Britain Straits Times picture.— Straits Times picture. - 35 words
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240 1955-01-27 18 Not enough water at Penang PENANG, Jan. 25. AfALAYA’S $2,000,000 fisheries research institute originally planned for Penang—is to be built in Malacca “We will definitely abandon the Sungei Pinang site because of inadequate water supply,” Mr. D. W. Le Mare, Director of Fisheries, Singapore240 words
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Article, Illustration43 1955-01-27 18 Mr. W. McGregor Watt, sportsman and racehorse owner (above), returned to Singapore from Britain on Jan. 25, in the liner Oranje. Mr. McGregor Watt, chairman of McAlister and Co. Ltdspent four months’ leave in Britain.—Straits Times pic- Britain.—Straits Times picture.Britain.—Straits Times picture. - 43 words
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Article256 1955-01-27 18 IPOH, Jan. 25. THE 1,500 residents of Salak Bharu New Village 26 miles north of Ipoh, are very angry with the terrorists and are determined to prevent bandit outrages. A oro n rr a f n A gang of terrorists, cutting their way through256 words
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Article81 1955-01-27 18 SINGAPORE, Jan. 26. THE Singapore Buddhist Association plans to build an English school. It has already raised $25,000 of the $250,000 needed. The Rev. Chandrasiri has arrived from Ceylon to assist in the organisation for two years. He intends to open two classes right away—one81 words
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70 1955-01-27 18 $8,100 more for Sultan’ s grandsons JOHORE BAHRU, Jan. 25. IJIXPENSES in connection *-4 with the education of the grandsons of the Sultan of Johore list year cost the State $17,900 $B,lOO more than estimated. The extra money was required for payment of a honorarium to Mr. R. W. Grant,70 words
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Article982 1955-01-27 18 JOHN MARKS - THE WEEK IN SPORT (By JOHN MARKS) HOCKEY under floodlights is not only possible; it is more enjoyable than playing in natural light. That was the verdict of players and officials after last week’s experiment at Jalan Besar Stadium in Singapore. Seeing the small white ball,982 words
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243 1955-01-27 18 HALL ROMNEY - From HALL ROMNEY SINGAPORE, Jan. 21. A MALAYAN rubber estate manager, Mr. Dudley B. N. Sherson, 67, who died in Canterbury Hospital last November, has left .£,2,000 $17,000) to his Chinese housekeeper, Madam Yee Ah Nooi. her to England with him when243 words
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Article694 1955-01-27 19 wjtfjjl rsOM JEEP - By /wjtfjjl rsOM JEEP ipoH, Jan,; 19. /lH a :’iON jockey Cy Mulleywasofl the ha splendid. fflf T Easy Street Z i mrock j Slipper ?T ~h yesterday, J v of the Perak c r Mub January; M y '.cverly manoeuvrJy -ck Slipper out of t™.694 words
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Article, Illustration890 1955-01-27 19 • t 9 r EPSOM JEEP - By t 9 r EPSOM JEEP IPO% Jan. 22. rvANTESQUE. with Qranet D Bougoure astride, came Out on top in another grand tussle with Graduate In the Class 2, Ij-mile trophy race) at Ipoh yesterday, concluding day of the Perak Turf Club January Meeting. Dantesque broke890 words
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Article248 1955-01-27 19 Singapore most hospitable SINGAPORE, Jan. 23. QNE group of 50 ratings from two British cruisers yesterw day rated Singapore as “the most hospitable port” they had ever touched. The sailors, from H.M.S. Birmingham and Newcastle, were entertained to tea at the Chinese Swimming Club and had a dip in the248 words
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Page 19 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous101 1955-01-27 19 BIG SWEEP TOTAL POOL $253,700 1st No. *****5 $71,110. 2nd No. *****5 $35,555. 3rd No. *****0 $17,777. Starters ($1,975 each): Nos. *****4, *****7, *****3, *****6, *****6, *****1, *****0, *****9, *****5. Consolation Prizes ($1,000 i each): Nos. *****2, *****5, *****9, *****2, *****8, *****0, *****6, *****1, *****9, *****7. TREBLE TOTE: Eight tlc-101 words
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Article598 1955-01-27 20 [SHARE MARKET] By OUR MARKET CORRESPONDENT SINGAPORE. Jan. 24. WHEN the Singapore Share Market closed on Jan. 22, for the Chinese New Year holiday a much livelier sentiment was obvious than was the case a year a?o. Usually In the week before the Chinese New598 words
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Article44 1955-01-27 20 The Far East Division Council of the Adventist Church which recently met in Singapore, has allocated $1,750,000 for work In the Far East The Malayan Union Mission will receive $207,000 for Singapore and the Federation, Siam, Indo-China, and North Borneo44 words
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Article268 1955-01-27 20 rrHX following business done In A the Singapore Share Market last week was reported by one firm of brokers for the period January 16 to January 21: Industrials: Chartered Bank of India Australia <k China 60s. Consolidated Tin Smelters Ord. 28s. 8dL, Fraser and Neave Ord. $2 to268 words
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Article87 1955-01-27 20 rE following dividends were announced by companies operating in Malaya, last week:— KAWANG TIN FIELDS LTD.: A dividend of Is. per share, less income tax at 30%, for year ending March 31, payable to shareholders on register 1 February 2, from Kuala Lumpur, London and Sydney offices on87 words
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Article849 1955-01-27 20 SINGAPORE, Jan. 26. INDUSTRIALS v/ B*y«« Seller* Ales. Brick* Pref 2.00 2.10 Ora* 4 00 i lo AUsh Ice 13 25 13.2ft B B. Petrol 33/e 34 e BM Trustee* 660 7.00 Con Tin smell, ',-v Prof 20/. 23/Ord*. 28/e 2f/Eastern United 31.50 38.50 Fed Dispensary *47849 words
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Article, Illustration385 1955-01-27 20 But fears for Colony millers SINGAPORE, Jan r[E Singapore rubber industry, with the except 10n of the milling factories, can look forward to a od twelve months, said Mr. Ko Teck Kin, Presid. of the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce m interview with Straits Times Commercial385 words
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Article268 1955-01-27 20 I Rubber Market J I- V f. 'j v ,f .y-; tL; i SINGAPORE, Jan 22. CONSISTENT demand from nearly all consuming centres supported by strong speculative inquiry has caused the market to move steadily upwards and finally establish itself at around the dollar mark, says the weekly268 words