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The Straits Budget
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Title Section27 1955-04-14 1 The Straits Budget THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES MALAYA'S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER Scries No. 4;>l. Thursday, April 14, 1955 Price 40 cents (Malayan) Or 1 Shilling:.27 words
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Article277 1955-04-14 2 IN DISTRESS - IN DISTRESS. Singapore. PICTURE to yourself a man sentenced to over 10 years’ imprisonment. He is married, has two infant children and his pregnant wife breaks down and suffers an abortion. For the next two years she is an invalid, Bhe is poor and unprovided277 words
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Article126 1955-04-14 2 OLD MALAYAN - OLD MALAYAN. Singapore. THE election result was surely the blackest news for every real well-wisher of our great city since those dark days of February, 1942. There are even those who would go so far as to declare that taking the long view the present news is an126 words
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Article74 1955-04-14 2 UNWANTED - UNWANTED Singapore. I AM a citizen of Singapore, a British subject, born and educated in Singapore. I am over 21 years. My identity card and my birth certificate say so. I went to the polling station but was told that I was not allowed to vote74 words
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Article297 1955-04-14 2 MINER - MINER. Ipoh. THE news about uranium will cause a lot of excitement in mining circles. On the first occasion you wrote about uranium in Malaya a firm advertised Geiger counters, but on writing they had none in stock at the moment. Good Geiger counters are very expensive,297 words
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Article71 1955-04-14 2 PELADANG - PELADANG. Kedah. VI/’ITH over 800,000 employees in the Federation subscribing to the provident fund there must be some $6 million, plus another $6 million from the employers, pouring into the fund’s coffers every month. It would be of interest to hear how this money is being administered,71 words
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Article95 1955-04-14 2 SERVICEMAN - SERVICEMAN. Singapore. CAN you tell me why a great number of servicemen who have their families living in Singapore are charged excessive rents? (not including married quarters). These rents are well above what is allowed by law. If these servicemen asked their landlords the standard rent of the95 words
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Article398 1955-04-14 2 uy. TAN KHIAN - uy. TAN KHIAN< Singapore. After the cai f Calrnhill, i conceive the great. V S J? for you, Mr. Da via I respect you f.•> > you sobbed, laugr i0 a ri y and yelled at i: workers under t tree at Raffles Squ. your ability398 words
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Article74 1955-04-14 2 ut • - ut Singapore. THE Malay language is totally insufficient in this age. Most of the words have to be borrow* from English or other languages. The suggestion that Malay be the national la» silly. Other than simple folk songs, there is noth: standing in Malay poetry or proverbs,74 words
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Miscellaneous28 1955-04-14 2 mm m. m 4 kS 0* m <*n *L 6H6 THey /ee oee The Singapore coalition government headed by Mr. David Marshall was sworn in on April 8.28 words
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The Straits Budget
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Article632 1955-04-14 3 —Straits Times, April 7. .Singapore’s Labour Front Government is a stronger and more stable Ministry than apneared likely on Sunday mornu -r It is still less than a Minify of all the talents. But thel e are three strong figures tlie Council of Ministers, Mr. D.ivul Marshall—Straits Times, April 7. - 632 words
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Article617 1955-04-14 3 —Straits Times. April 7. The Nanyang University dispute, overshadowed lately by the Singapore elections, has run its course to its predicted end. Dr. Lin Yutang and all of the faculty have resigned. The last faint hope of a settlement of differences has been extinguished. At one—Straits Times. April 7. - 617 words
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Article163 1955-04-14 3 —Straits Times, April 6. The Alliance National Council meets on Sunday to discuss, among other matters, the election platform which an Alliance committee has been studying for so long. Alliance leaders have shown themselves somewhat sensitive to reports that on some aspects of policy the component parts of—Straits Times, April 6. - 163 words
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Article604 1955-04-14 3 —Straits Times, April 9. Mr. David Marshall’s first act after his Government formally assumed office was to return to the tree in Empress Place under which he had made most of his campaign speeches. On this occasion, he was assured of a far larger and more attentive—Straits Times, April 9. - 604 words
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Article632 1955-04-14 3 —Straits Times, April 11. It is difficult to say which of two recent statements on the security position in Selangor was more disturbing, the State Information Officer’s forthright talk to Kuala Lumpur’s Rotarians, or the State War Executive Committee’s qualified rejection of what he said. Mr. Hackett—Straits Times, April 11. - 632 words
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Article380 1955-04-14 4 —Straits Times, April 11. The fight against militant Communism in Singapore is much less spectacular than the Federation’s fight, but occasionally the unremitting toil of the Singapore Police Force makes headlines which lift a veil from this underground war. In Singapore there are no battles in the streets—Straits Times, April 11. - 380 words
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Article203 1955-04-14 4 —Straits Times, April 11. In the current issue of the Malayan Mirror patient readers who have been following the story of the Alliance’s negotiations with the Federation Government and the mission to London, are brought face to face with the decision last June to withdraw from co-operation—Straits Times, April 11. - 203 words
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Article631 1955-04-14 4 —Straits Times, April 12. The Alliance statement that it favours fusion of Singapore and the Federation “at some future date” is neither startling nor new. Its vagueness as to timing, however, is a reminder that one of the Labour Front’s principal aims will not be speedily—Straits Times, April 12. - 631 words
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Article632 1955-04-14 4 —Straits Times, April 13. It is customary practice for parties and politicians seeking office to decry and even malign those they would supplant. Tengku Abdul Rahman has resorted to this device in what is plainly the beginning of the Alliance’s campaign to win the Federal elections by—Straits Times, April 13. - 632 words
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Article186 1955-04-14 4 —Straits Times, April 13. Twice in three weeks Mr Awbery has asked questions in the House of Commons about residential qualifications for elections in Malaya and their application to candidates who have spent some years studying in Britain. The position of students from the Federation is clear.—Straits Times, April 13. - 186 words
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Article74 1955-04-14 4 Diivina 0 f BROWN To Rasem a ry ef Tom Brown, a second < Jane, April 9th, at Bun i" 1 pital. CANTY: To Joan Nee 1 n a and John at R-A.R .son. Changi, on 8th April 1- Timothy John, both well ,f ALSING: To Annexe Mogens Alsing,74 words
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Article35 1955-04-14 4 E N G A O ftp PANTER SMITH: Th ment is announced be /v Panter. younger son o E. A. Panter of White eld., and Pamela Beatrice. Mr. and Mrs. A E SmM* pore.35 words
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Article560 1955-04-14 5 *Complete self-government and we intend to work for it right from the word go SINGAPORE, April 13. rrhE Chief Minister, 1 Mr. David Marshall, sa if) yesterday that he intended to work for Singapore’s complete internal self-government -ri.dit from the word aQ r ‘W( consider complete in-self-government, above560 words
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Article358 1955-04-14 5 Terrorists cut wire, surprise new village Home Guards ULU HER AN ANG, April 12. FIFTEEN terrorists raided Ulu Beranang new village on the Selan-gor-Negri Sembilan border. surprised its 11 Home Guards, and stole 10 shotguns and 182 rounds ot ammunition. Before they left they handed358 words
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Article154 1955-04-14 5 THF k ft amt KOTA BHARU. April 3. 1 Aman Government has drawn up a scheme hokv- <! rn P eo P* e in new villages into rubber smallemt'jvV'i 1Ve a income from permanent V N l, n S f e i f dlln 8S154 words
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Article169 1955-04-14 5 KUALA LUMPUR, April 11 more terrorists. including a district committee member, have been killed by security forces in the Federation. A patrol of the First Somerset Light infantry accounted for two in the Mentakab district of West Pahang yesterday. No details are avilable. A patrol of169 words
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Article55 1955-04-14 5 SINGAPORE, April 13. Two gifts totalling $300 have raised the annual appeal of the Singapore Anti-Tubercu-losis Association to $18,765. The final total raised at the recent chongsam fashion show at the Chinese Swimming Club in aid of SATA was $4,665, including $700 from Mr. Wong Ah York.55 words
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Article, Illustration80 1955-04-14 5 Bride flies in to wed surgeon IN MORNING COAT, striped trousers and grey topper, Mr. J. II. Marsh, Straits Racing Association veterinary surgeon, was married on Easter Monday to Miss Sheila Maguire at the Cathedral of the Good Shepperh, Singapore It was one of80 words
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Article46 1955-04-14 5 SINGAPORE, April 13. The Commissioner-General, Mr. Malcolm MacDonald, will open the International Bazaar of the Singapore Association for the Blind at the Victoria Memorial Hall at 11 am. on April 23. The bazaai is in aid of the association’s funds.46 words
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Article1248 1955-04-14 6 CYNICUS - CYNICUS SINGAPORE. April 9. /\NE of the first questions which Singapore’s Council of Ministers (that is the official title, but headline writers will continue to use Cabinet for the reason that it is shorter and more vivid) will have to take up is the pay of1,248 words
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Article, Illustration9 1955-04-14 6 MALAY FISHERMAN —Photographed by Kok Ah Chong.—Photographed by Kok Ah Chong. - 9 words
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Article628 1955-04-14 6 STANLEY ST1U - STANLEY ST1U* Gain and loss THE University of Malaya’s law faculty was as inevitable as it is desirable. From now on intending lawyers will be able to qualify without the expense of travelling overseas, which should enrich the profession by the admittance of many capable628 words
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Article, Illustration53 1955-04-14 7 MORE THAN 600 officers and men of the Ist. Bn. West Yorkshire Regiment who have been in Malaya on antiterrorist operations since May, 1953, left for Britain in the Empire Kowey on Apr. 10. Straits Times picture shows some of the men on their way to53 words
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Article847 1955-04-14 7 STANLEY STREET - /Halmymi4»n «iofe6ooli STANLEY STREET. I AM always fated to attend flower shows with a companion who assures me that it is not a patch on last year’s effort. I just always seem to go the wrong year. And so it was last week in Singapore. As we847 words
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Article611 1955-04-14 7 TUAN I)JEK - TUAN I)JEK. AT the time of writing, the drought in the Dusun area is entering its third month. We are not short of water The town supply, drawn from the streams feeding the Pelepah WateriuJi, Jong ago out of bounds to the public, is not threatened, although there611 words
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Article137 1955-04-14 7 From the Straits Times of April 1. 1905: INHERE were great times at the Electric Tramway Station last night when the news leaked out that Mr. General Manager Tandy and Mr. Construction Engineer Edwards had decided to give the kreta hantu—the ghost carriage—a trial trip up toFrom the Straits Times of April 1. 1905: - 137 words
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256 1955-04-14 7 One gap opened on track which led to bandit whisky KUALA LUMPUR, April 8. pOLIGE and local councillors in Ampang new village, six miles from here, are worried because many holes have been found in the village's perimeter fence No-one knows how many of256 words
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Article, Illustration1230 1955-04-14 8 SURPRISE APPOINTMENT TO EDUCATION MINISTRY: ASSEMBLY TO MEET SOON SINGAPORE, April 7. jyjEMBKRS of the Council of Ministers in the Singapore Legislative Assembly, whose names were announced yesterday, will be sworn-in by the Governor, Sir John Nicoll, today. The swearing-in ceremony, at Government House, at a.in.1,230 words
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Article, Illustration237 1955-04-14 8 SINGAPORE, April 7. piFTEEN THOUSAND Singapore Government work- ers have petitioned the Governor. Sir John Nicoll. to retain the services of Mr. J. D. Higham. former Under-Secretary, who is returning to London next week. Mr. Higham, 41, was formerly head of the South-East237 words
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Article60 1955-04-14 8 K. LUMPUR. Apr. G. problems of peasants m areas would best be son' women, said Inche t Rashid bin Ahmad, a Legislative Councils* night. He urged young worn* study agriculture ami that women would sooi rolled at the College oi culture at Serdang. He was60 words
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313 1955-04-14 9 ATTEMPTS TO STARVE OUT SELANGOR TERRORISTS HAVE FAILED, SAYS INFORMATION OFFICER THE BEST WEAPON’ KUALA LUMPUR, April 6. 4 TTEMPTS to starve out terrorists in Selangor have tailed. Instead wives, mothers, fathers an d (hildren of terrorists are being used to induce them313 words
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Article38 1955-04-14 9 JOHORE BAHRU. April 6. Mrs. J. Mason has been elected chairman of the Welfare Committee at Hansen House, a hospital for lepers at Tampoi. She succeeds Mrs. W. Brand, who has left for Britain.38 words
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Article86 1955-04-14 9 SINGAPORE, April 7. THE All Malaya Chess Championships will be held at the Selangor Chinese Recreation Club, in Kuala Lumpur during the Easter holidays. The tournament will be played on April, 8, 9. 10 from 9 a m. to 6 p.m. each day. Among the players taking86 words
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Article169 1955-04-14 9 Dato Tan can’t attend rallies KUALA LUMPUR, April 6. ITMNO-MCA-MIC Alliance supporters here said today that Dato Sir Cheng-lock Tan’s temporary absence from public life would be a loss to them in the coming campaign for the Federal elections scheduled for July 27. The president of169 words
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Article245 1955-04-14 9 They hit villagers, not security forces, when they cut phone wires JOHORE BAHRU April 6. nnHE Government today A warned Communist terrorists in Johore: “Stop cutting telephone wires. You are harming nobody except the people you are allegedly trying to help—kamong dwellers and new villagers.” A245 words
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114 1955-04-14 9 SINGAPORE, April 7. THE Singapore Legislative Assembly now has its Speaker, its members and its Council of Ministers—but it has no Scrgeant-at-Arms. It is understood that the Speaker, Mr. G.E.N. Oehlers, has suggested a man for this office but the appointment has not114 words
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Article44 1955-04-14 9 Work on a main sewer to be laid in Lorong M, Telok Kurau. will begin on April 15 and is expected to be completed in three months. In the meantime, certain sections of the road will be closed.44 words
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Article145 1955-04-14 9 IPOH, April C. QIRLS won the top prizes In I the poster and slogan competitions for English and vernacular schools in Perak held in connection with Roaa Safety Week, which begins on April 13. Chong Ciioy Yin, a Form Four student of the Ipoh Convent,145 words
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Article459 1955-04-14 9 Jury clears student and shopman, but they will be held under the Emergency Regulations -APORE, April 7. A L’DENT, L ai Cho and a shop r < Choi Chons, T <‘ tried at the e Assizes on a being found in amy of a third459 words
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Article410 1955-04-14 10 Nanyang row the final chapter SINGAPORE, April 7. THE mass resignation of Dr. Lin Yutang, the Chancellor, and all 12 faculty members of the Nanyang University was confirmed yesterday in a joint statement by Dr. Lin and the university’s Executive Council. The statement was released after a conference between the410 words
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293 1955-04-14 10 Twenty-five years on by Dato Onn ‘BEFORE WE CAN THINK OF UNITING SINGAPORE AND The FEDERATION WE MUST PUT MALAYS ON THEIR FEFt> JOHORE BAHRU, April 6. IT WOULD be “suicidal” to unite Singapore and the Federation within the next 20 or 25 years, the secretarygeneral of Party Negara, Dato293 words
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142 1955-04-14 10 IPOH, April 6. jyjONAZITE, from which a radio-active element thorium —is obtained, is now being mined in Perak but production figures are being kept secret. It is only during the past two years that this valuable mineral has been exploited in Perak. Found in142 words
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90 1955-04-14 10 KUALA LUMPUR Apr. 6.—Top level discussions are being held on setting up a faculty of agriculture in the University of Malaya. The Federation’s Director of Agriculture, Mr. R. G. Heath said this whecN he spoke at the graduation ceremony of the College of Agriculture90 words
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Article270 1955-04-14 10 Unionist outlines his idea of democracy But his eye is on only the big dredges KUALA LUMPUR, April 6. pUBLIC OWNERSHIP of the tin industry is urged in a report to the Malayan Trade Union Council by Mr. Tan Tuan Boon, secretary of the Selangor270 words
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Article32 1955-04-14 10 KUANTAN. Apr. B—The Telecommunications Department is the first to shift here from Kuala Lipis. hitherto the capital of Pahang. Other Government departments are moving here next month.32 words
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Article255 1955-04-14 10 Welfare sueep results KOTA BHARIT. April 8 THE first prize of v350.i)rti) in the 28th Socia! Welfare lottery goes to holder of ticket No. *****20 The second prize of SI 25 000 goes to the hclder of ticket No. *****90. Both tickets were sold in Johore The third255 words
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188 1955-04-14 10 KLANG. April 8 MORE THAN 1,000 people watched the Sultn 1 Selangor open the Malayan Muslim College today. m Among them were the High Commissioner, Sir Donald MacGillivray, Lady MacGillivray, the Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negri Sembilan and the188 words
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Article501 1955-04-14 11 IT HAS LED 12 REDS TO QUIT JUNGLE KUALA LUMPUR, April 8. TWO frightened terrorists floated down the Jelai River on a raft poled by aborigines and surrendered to a patrol boat in the middle of the river another victory for Operation “Rooster.” Thm 1 now remain501 words
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Article, Illustration48 1955-04-14 11 Two former top-ranking terr orists: Hor Leong, (right) State Committee member and commander of a Jungle base in north-west Pahang, photographed during an interview with the Straits Times at Kuala Lipis. The interpreter was Osman China, who surrendered in January.—Straits Times picture. —Straits Times picture.—Straits Times picture. - 48 words
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Article58 1955-04-14 11 SINGAPORE. April 9. Dr. Lin Yutang. former Chancellor of the Nanyang University, and his family are understood to have booked air passages for France and will leave Singapore in about a week’s time. Dr. Lin will formally hand over the University's affairs to the six negotiators58 words
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267 1955-04-14 11 Tells All-Malaya Youth to work for independence KlIALA LUMPUR, April 8. DR. BURHANUDDIN, former president of the banned left-wing Malay Nationalist Party, today, staged a political comeback when he opened the All-Malaya Malay Youth Congress here. About 800 people were at the congress. The UMNO267 words
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242 1955-04-14 11 ‘Nominations keeping Labour Front in power’ S*'^OrTO E April 9. oHrog r e s Party yesterday said Uu Labour Front is the Governor’s k .p. 1 n b ause it is being power by the Gov--1 a iv min A ati(,ns t 0 the TV242 words
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202 1955-04-14 11 KUALA LUMPUR, April 6. pHE Secretaries for Chinese Affairs, District Officers and other officials who were appointed registrars under the new Civil Marriage Ordinance have been told not to perform any more Christian marriages. The Federation Government is considering urgent changes to the ordinance, which202 words
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Article567 1955-04-14 12 VERNON BARTLETT - SECOND THOUGHTS ON THE EMERGENCY REGULATIONS VERNON BARTLETT interviews Singapore's Chief Minister —a man with a ‘strange blend of elation and humility'. SINGAPORE, April 9. 1 LARGE and sparsely furnished bedroom still littered with election leaflets has been turned into a temporary ollice in which an567 words
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Article, Illustration137 1955-04-14 12 THE SINGAPORE CABINET photographed with the Governor. Sir John Nieoll, after they took their oaths of ofTice on April 7. Front row (from left): Mr. Chew Swee Kee (Education). Mr. David Marshall (Chief Minister and Commerce), Sir John. Mr. W. A. C. Goode (ChiefStraits Times picture - 137 words
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Article108 1955-04-14 12 RATES INCREASED 7 PER CENT SINGAPORE. April 9. MALAYANS travelling iV1 to European and British ports from May 1 will pay more for their passage by ship, as the Far Eastern Passenger Conference has raised the rates by about seven per cent. A spokesman from the shipping108 words
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329 1955-04-14 12 ‘Without stricter control I can see no early end to the Emergency' KUALA LUMPUR, April 8. RATIONING Of all food, from rice in shops to restaurant meals, was urged yesterday by the United Planting Association's retiring president, Mr. J. C. Mathison. Speaking at329 words
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Article215 1955-04-14 12 IPOII, Apr. 8. The miners in Perak ret used to comment on a sugestion by Mr. Tan Tuan Boon, a leading trade unionist, that tin dredges in Malaya should be controlled by a public corporation. The Malayan Mining Employers’ Association last night issued this statement: References have215 words
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110 1955-04-14 12 PENANG. Apr. 8. —Mr. Francis Morsingh, a 1951 winner of the Queen’s Scholarship, has been awarded a research fellowship in chemistry at the National Research Council in Ottawa. Canada. Mr. Morsingh. eldest son of Mr. P. J. Morsingh. retired teacher of St. Xavier’s Institution. Penang,110 words
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1585 1955-04-14 13 The hey which can open the dwor of success upon self-government is the University of Malaya. says Sitt ROLAND lift, 1 DDELL IT us abundantly clear I that Malaya is as<u:vd eventual selfmnent with1,585 words
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141 1955-04-14 13 SINGAPORE, April 9. AGRICULTURAL educa- tion has suffered in Malaya from a strong “white collar” complex, says “The Serdang Sun,” magazine of the College of Agriculture Students’ Union, of Serdang. Selangor. Anything that has to be done without the white collar is considered degrading141 words
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Article77 1955-04-14 13 KUALA LUMPUR, April S Mr. J. V. Somayajulu, leader of the Indian trade delegation from Andhra State said here today that Malaya can take more Indian goods.” He said Malaya had a favourable balance in trade with India last year and was a good market for77 words
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Article55 1955-04-14 13 ALOR STAR, April B.—The Sultan of Kedah yesterday appealed to the people in rural areas to join the St. John Ambulance Association. He was speaking at Uhe Passing-out parade of the association here. He handed first aid certificates to 50 members from north, central and south Kedah.55 words
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363 1955-04-14 14 ‘END THE EMERGENCY REGULATIONS, TOO’ KUALA LUMPUR, April 10. THE All-Malaya Malay Youth Congress today adopted a resolution urging the immediate unconditional release of all Malays detained under the Emergency Regulations. The Congress asked, too, that those on parole should be completely freed. The363 words
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Article163 1955-04-14 14 KUALA Lumpur, April 10. A SIAMESE police patrol killed two of eight terrorists contacted near the Kelantan-Siam border on Friday, it was announced here today. The two terrorists were killed by the patrol’s first burst of lire. The others fled A machine gun. a carbine,163 words
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Article25 1955-04-14 14 KUALA LUMPUR, April 10.— The Federation Arts Council is to buv a $14,000 German made piano from a Kuala Lumpur music store.25 words
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203 1955-04-14 14 SINGAPORE, April 11. J SINGAPORE rice traders yesterday said they hoped that the new Government would abolish the Government rice stockpile so that importers could buy in the free 1 market without entering into a contract to buy Government stock. Mr. Teo Hang Sam,203 words
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360 1955-04-14 14 SINGAPORE, April 11. WELL-KNOWN Perak racing motorist A. Bussens won the Mobilgas economy run through Malaya which ended in Singapore last night. He drove his Citroen Light 16 family saloon the 500 odd miles from Butterworth to Singapore on an average360 words
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Article602 1955-04-14 14 Top Red boss is first to surrender in big cloak-and-dagger operation: Jungle base now broken up KUALA LUMPUR. April A STATE committee member of the Communist organisation in Pahang, Hor Leong. who Wa also the commander of a deep jungle base ha surrendered. Nine other terrorists,602 words
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Article146 1955-04-14 14 It starts work this month KUALA LUMPUR. Apri’ T'HE JOINT consultative council for Malaya’s p* industries—the first of its kind in the coi starts work this month. The secretary of the Malayan Planting Industries Employers’ Association, Mr. R. G. D. Houghton, today said that agreement146 words
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372 1955-04-14 15 7 MEN WILL DECIDE WHAT TO DO ABOUT STAFF SINGAPORE, April 9. rrif! search has begun 1 t,r another Chanct.\\ >r and new faculty n ir-rn!ers for Nanyang ln i N ersity. Xr* Executive Coun- of the University, Va on April 7 ,and372 words
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Article, Illustration806 1955-04-14 15 harry miller - By harry miller KIM A LC’MPUR, April 9. -rHE MALAYAN Com- munist Party planned to overthrow the Government in Malaya in ten years from the day it started its “armed struggle” in 1948. This secret V-Day was d.sclosed to me by the Panang State806 words
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447 1955-04-14 15 New lead on dead’ Malay chief in Siam SINGAPORE, April 10. Abdul Rahman, UMNO president, told the Sunday Times on his return from a six-day visit to Siam yesterday that he was tracking down a new lead in the Haji Sulong mystery. He said Siamese intelligence had reported the South447 words
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Article165 1955-04-14 15 KUALA LUMPUR. April 10. ABOUT 2,400 workers from 12 tin mining dredges in Selangor staged a one-day strike today in support of the Tronoh Mine strike in Kampar. There will be be a sympathy strike every Sunday until the dispute over the dismissal of the165 words
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Article100 1955-04-14 15 SINGAPORE, April 11. AIR COMMODORE R.A. Ramsay Rae, who was well known in Malaya before the war. has been appointed Officer Commanding R.A.F. Station, Boscombe Down, Wiltshire. After carrying out armament duties in the Far East from 1937, Air Commodore Rae was appointed early in100 words
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1032 1955-04-14 16 NEW SINGAPORE GOVERNMENT TAKES OFFICE SINGAPORE, April 9. FIRST action of Singapore Labour Front leader, Mr. David Marshall, after his Government officially assumed office, was to present the members of his Cabinet “to the people of the street” in Empress Place. After the Cabinet1,032 words
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164 1955-04-14 16 KUALA LIPIS, April 6 A VERDICT Of mis adventure was returned here today after an inquiry into the death of Police Lieutenant q A. O’Keefe, 46, who was shot in an ambush he had himself laid for ter. rorists. Mr. J. R. Whimster, the164 words
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428 1955-04-14 16 SINGAPORE, April 12. 1" H E Chief Minister of Singapore, Mr. David Marshall, promised yesterday that one of the first things his Ministry will do is to speed up the working pace of all Government departments. “I want results and I want them quickly,”428 words
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Article46 1955-04-14 16 LONDON. April 10.- Gen Si Gerald Templer. who is carrying out an inquiry into the organisation and adminbtration of colonial military forces, will shortly visit Cyprus and Uganda, the Colonial Office announced. Gen. Templer was appointed to carry out the inquiry last month.—Reuter.46 words
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Article67 1955-04-14 16 SINGAPORE. April 13 A four-man delegation irom the Trade Union Council oi Burma arrived by air yesteraa} on a fortnight’s visit to Singapore and the Federation The delegation comprising U Shwe Thaung. U Win Maun*. U Myo Zin and Boh M en Maung will study employ*67 words
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Article259 1955-04-14 16 SINGAPORE, April 10. UAILSTONES fell in the Upper Serangoon area of Singapore for about 10 minutes yesterday afternoon during a thunderstorm which lasted over an hour. The hailstones were about the size of pebbles. Curious people ran out in the rain to pick them. Miss Christine259 words
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Article39 1955-04-14 16 Dato Tan go es for a drive MALACCA. April l (i Sir Cheng-lock Tan of the Malayan Chim elation, had a rnotoi ;n day. his first after hospital. Sir Cheng-lock is covering from his ness which follower ken leg.39 words
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Advertisement34 1955-04-14 16 STRAITS BUDGET SUBSCRIPTION RATES (PAYABLE IN ADVANCE) Br. Tmpire 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)34 words
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Article, Illustration392 1955-04-14 17 POLICY dispute with OTHER LEADERS SINGAPORE, April 13. L,h C. H. KOH. one of the r* founders of the Sinpore Labour Front an d a member of its three man Executive Committee, has resigned from the Front. Vr Koh resigned over “policy i-392 words
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438 1955-04-14 17 SINGAPORE, April 13. JIX people have been picked up from the wreckage of the Air India International Constellation Kashmir Princess which crashed in flames off the Natuna Islands, 350 miles north-east of Singapore, on April 11. Three of them are on their way438 words
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Article, Illustration66 1955-04-14 17 MISSING in the crash is 22-year-old hostess Gloria Berry. She flew in the Kashmir Princess when Air India staged their proving flight to Singapore last year. Even then Miss Berry was a veteran of the airways. She had flown more than 3,000 hours in Europe. STRAITS TIMES66 words
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Article79 1955-04-14 17 SINGAPORE. April 13. The Singapore Assistant Coroner, Mr. Giam Chong Hing, returned a misadventure verdict yesterday after an inquest on the death of a 14-year-old schoolgirl, Yap Pheck Har, who died at the General Hospital on Jan. 18 as a result of scald burns. Mr. Giam said79 words
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Article, Illustration215 1955-04-14 17 SINGAPORE, April 13. VICE-ADMIRAL A. K. ScottMoncriefT, the new Commander-in-Chief, Far East Station, yesterday took over from the retiring chief. Admiral Sir Charles E. Lambe, in two ceremonies held at Naval Headquarters. Phoenix Park, Singapore. First was the receiving-in ceremony215 words
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305 1955-04-14 17 LABOUR VICTORY AN INSPIRATION’ KUALA LUMPUR, April 11 “jpHE Labour Front vic- tory in the Singapore elections has inspired many of us in the Federation, and it is time the people here decided what type of Government they want/' said Mr. Lawrence H. C.305 words
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Article56 1955-04-14 17 KUALA LUMPUR. April 12. Officials of the Dental Association of Malaya are: President Prof. R. J. S. Tickle: presi-dent-elect. Mr. T. K. Cheok; secretary. Mr. J. D. F. Ollivere; treasurer, Mr. Lau Kieng Hiong: northern branch representative. Mr. C. J. Sundram; central branch. Mr. Lee Seng Guan;56 words
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Article34 1955-04-14 17 MALACCA. April 11 -The Malacca Government announced tonight that the first Settlement elections will be held on Sept. 10. Nomination day will be Aug. 4. There are eight constituencies.34 words
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Article, Illustration49 1955-04-14 18 THEY’RE in STORE TO ‘SEE THE QUEEN DEJECTED AND DISAPPOINTED. Inche Syed Chulan bin Syed Hussein and his wife, Yang Zawait binte Uda Seman, who had been hoaxed into coming all the way from Perak to Singapore to see the Queen, rest at the Cathay Hotel •Straits Times picture.•Straits Times picture. - 49 words
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Article, Illustration273 1955-04-14 18 SINGAPORE, April 11. SOMEONE played a nasty trick on an old Malay couple in Salak North, Perak. But Inche Syed Chulan bin Syed Hussein and his wife. Yang Zawait binte Uda Seman. who came all the way to Singapore to see the273 words
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102 1955-04-14 18 SINGAPORE, April 13. Mr. D. B. Pritchard, the Singapore champion, took seven hours to defeat his wife on the final day of the fifth annual Malayan chess championship held at the Selangor Chinese Recreation Club, Kuala Lumpur, during the Easter holidays. The102 words
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Article172 1955-04-14 18 Alston takes U.S. championship LONG BEACH, California, April 10. CADDIE CHOONG of Malaya, the defending champion was beaten in straight sets 15-5, 15-8, by Joseph Alston of California here last night in the men’s singles final of the American Badminton Association’s open championships. Alston was172 words
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Article27 1955-04-14 18 KUALA LUMPUR, April 12. Nearly 750.000 workers including 190,000 Government employees are now members of the employees’ provident fund. according to latest figures released today.27 words
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Article994 1955-04-14 18 THE WEEK IN SPO»I7 EUPHRATES came back limping so badly after hLs re-cord-breaking win over 9f. at Bukit Timah four weeks ago that the S.R.A. vet certified him unfit to run in the Singapore Spring Cup. There had always been doubts about his being 100 per994 words
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Article100 1955-04-14 18 KUALA LUMPUR, April 11. Instructions have gone out from the United Malays National Organisation to all its 800 branches to start free Malay classes for non-Mal-ays. These classes would be one of UMNO’s “concrete” contributions to uniting the country, Tengku Abdul Rahman, president of UMNO,100 words
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Article1054 1955-04-14 19 EPSOM JEEP - EPSOM JEEP IPOH, April 7. i EIGN, a four- r o 1 d Stardust clearly establish\self as the top on the Malayan nen he defeated ,k Slipper (resit).) and a bright stars In 1. Dlv. 1, 5*1. tra race, at Ipoh ;.est< -y. second day ol1,054 words
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Article1071 1955-04-14 19 EPSOM JEEP - From EPSOM JEEP IPOH, Apr. 10. SECURING a perfect run on 0 the rails in the last furlung. Euphrates. admirably ridden by apprentice John Manning, snatched a thrilling ast-stride win from Three *ings in the $30,000 Perak Derby over Hm. at Ipoh yesterday concluding day of1,071 words
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Page 19 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous65 1955-04-14 19 BIG SWEEP TOTAL POOL: $237,775 First: *****8 ($66,331) Second: *****3 ($33,165) Third: *****2 ($16,582) Starters ($1,842 each), MUG SWEEP TOTAL POOL: $266,833. FIRST: *****7 ($75,050) SECOND: *****2 ($37,525) THIRD: *****6 ($18,762) STARTERS: ($2,345 each) Nos. *****1; *****0; *****2; *****3; *****0; *****0; *****3; *****6. CONSOLATION PRIZES ($1,000 each), Nos: *****8 *****765 words
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Miscellaneous25 1955-04-14 19 RESULT OF $1 MILLION SWEEP IJESULT of draw for the special $1,000,000 sweep: FIRST *****21 ($400,000). SECOND *****92 ($120,000). THIRD *****02 ($50,000 >. STARTERS ($3,636 each).25 words
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Article655 1955-04-14 20 Confidence returns after panic SHARE MARKET] By Our Market Correspondent SINGAPORE, April 11. yyHEN the Singapore Share Market re-opens tomorrow, after the Easter holidays, the era of “dynamic evolution” will have begun and all, in theory, will be entitled to a fair share of the cream —albeit microscopic. What is655 words
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Article246 1955-04-14 20 SINGAPORE, April 11. rnHE following business done A in the Singapore Share Market last week was reported by one firm of brokers for the period Saturday, April 2 to Thursday. April 7:— INDUSTRIALS. Fraser Neave Ords. $1.97*4 $1.95 to $1.82*4, Gammon $3.20 io $3 to $3.15, Hammer $2.90246 words
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Article172 1955-04-14 20 SINGAPORE. April 13. Singapore Chinese Produce Exchange: noon prices per picul yesterday were:— Copra: quiet; April $2B 3/4 buyers. $29 sellers: May $29 1/8 buyers. $29 3/8 sellers. Coconut oil: quiet: bulk $42 sellers. drums $44 1/2 sellers (both unchanged). Pepper: quiet on white variety, down $1; steady172 words
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Article510 1955-04-14 20 SINGAPORE, April 9. •"THE Singapore rubber market, which has always been so susceptible to political influences in many other parts of the world, showed no reaction whatever to the momentous happenings in its own city states the weekly report of Holiday, Cutler, Bath Co. Ltd.510 words
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Article50 1955-04-14 20 rE following dividends were announced by companies operating in Malaya last week:— TEKKA-TAIPING LTD.: A third interim dividend of Is. per share, for year ended October 31, 1954, payable in England on May 13. UNION INSURANCE SOCIETY OF CANTON LTD.: A final dividend of 225. 6d. per share.50 words
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Article863 1955-04-14 20 SINGAPORE. April 13. INDUSTRIALS Buyers Sellers Alex. Bricks Pref 2.05 2.10 Ords 2 45 2.65 Atlas Ice 12.50 (buyers) BB Petrol 31/- 32/B M Trustees 6 50 7 00 Con Tin Smelt Pref 20 2'>/- cd Ords 30/- 31/Eastem United 37.50 38 50 Fed Dispensary 2.90 3.00863 words
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227 1955-04-14 20 KUALA LUMPUR. April 12. IRON mine workers on the East Coast have called for “full monsoon pay” from their employers. For three months in the year when monsoon rain and high seas lash the East Coast states, work on the mines is brought almost to227 words