The Straits Budget, 28 July 1955
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The Straits Budget
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Title Section28 1955-07-28 1 The Straits Budget v Series No. 466. MALAYA'S NATIONAL NEWSPAPEK Thursday. July 28, 1955. THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES Price 40 cents (Malayan) Or 1 Shilling.28 words
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319 1955-07-28 2 K. H ONG - Amazing demand for junior ministers K. H ONG. Singapore. VfR. MARSHALL'S demand for junior ministers is amazing and ridiculous. Many people like me will support Mr. Marshall to the hilt, if he can show that his government is governing well. We are relieved by the strong and necessary action he319 words
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258 1955-07-28 2 BAI.EK K.A.Mt « ,(i - BAI.EK K.A.Mt ,(i_ Singapore. rE P.A.P. spokesman’s “Efficiency or no efficiency. we must Malayanise or bust,” like many of his utterances, is typical of the impetuosity of an immature youth. Somehow or other, one is compelled to reach the forbidding conclusion, that his party is258 words
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Article193 1955-07-28 2 L. C. L - L. C. L. Penang. I AGREE with you that “Mr. Marshall’s proposal to create a number of junior ministerships in the Singapore Coalition Government will be received with some surprise and considerable disapproval.” A perfect illustration was provided by this move of the very unsatisfactory way193 words
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Article215 1955-07-28 2 J. C. COBBETT - J. C. COBBETT Singapore. IT appears that Mr. Marshall intends to carry on his government until the 25th July for the express purpose of passing three bills, viz., Labour Land Acquisition and Land Titles. These bills were gazetted for the first time last week.215 words
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Article126 1955-07-28 2 FRANCIS GRAHAM - FRANCIS GRAHAM. Singapore. fpHE intelligence of Trade Union officials in Singapore is glaringly deficient and our local government lacks industrial experience. The sole purpose of all the strikes inflicted upon us is increased wages. But with increased wages must go increased production, otherwise increased wages result in126 words
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Article223 1955-07-28 2 SIIOI - SIIOI Singapore. JT IS time the police made a real effort to clear Change Alley of the large number of unlicensed hawkers which infest it. Abortive and sporadic raids are useless. They only bring public derision on the police. The sight of a policeman it223 words
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Article70 1955-07-28 2 pelan pel - pelan pel' Singapore. THERE seems to be much ado about nothing, wb' Asians, now clamouring for Quick Malayanisatiou. uncontrolled and fanatic, that I, an Asian, think it i fair to treat expatriates so harshly. It only shows how low and ungrateful we can be. If we don’t70 words
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Page 2 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous42 1955-07-28 2 7 m ■i T S UN 31 \v\ :<v/ a c V 5 mof/ U j vm ST *JU 0 i\ r --N to n <y C~J c m .A "DONT THROW THE TOWEL IN YET. HE MAY KNOCK OUT THE REFEREE."42 words
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The Straits Budget
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Article874 1955-07-28 3 —Straits Times, July 21. letters exchanged bethe Governor of Singand the Chief Minister r appointment of junior •.is, published yesterday, f first importance for 1 reasons. They give to ibiic for the first time official account of both s of the story, and are thus >ary supplement—Straits Times, July 21. - 874 words
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Article725 1955-07-28 3 —Straits Times, July 22. It is a highly skilful motion that the Chief Minister presents in the Singapore Legislative Assembly today. To grasp its political astuteness, it is first of all necessary to note that the motion falls into three parts. The first calls upon the House—Straits Times, July 22. - 725 words
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Article871 1955-07-28 3 —Straits Times, July 23. Although the Assembly debate on Singapore’s crisis is not yet over, enough was said yesterday to make it plain that Mr. Marshall’s motion in its entirety will be carried on Monday with very few dissenting voices. The real significance of the day’s proceedings,—Straits Times, July 23. - 871 words
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Article579 1955-07-28 4 —Straits Times. July 25. Those who talk glibly of the Chinese in Malaya turning their eyes longingly in the direction of China will find very little to sustain their shaky thesis in recent figures about emigration from Malaya. The exodus of Chinese, particularly young Chinese, from Malaya,—Straits Times. July 25. - 579 words
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Article112 1955-07-28 4 —Straits Times. July 25. Sing a p o r e’s constitutional crisis has overshadowed the very real threat of a near breakdown in municipal and certain government departments now hanging over the Island. On August 3, 10,000 daily-paid workers of the City Council will strike, affecting such—Straits Times. July 25. - 112 words
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Article633 1955-07-28 4 —Straits Times, July 26. It is not at all surprising that the Governor of Singapore, after receiving the motion on self-government passed by the Assembly, should have said that he must have time to study the implications before he could give a reply to the House. There—Straits Times, July 26. - 633 words
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Article540 1955-07-28 4 —Straits Times. July 26 Whether or not questions of privilege are involved, the press of Singapore has a clear duty to report fairly and accurately proceedings in the Legislative Assembly. This is fully recognised and accepted as responsible newspapers do recognise and accept and the aim of—Straits Times. July 26 - 540 words
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Article74 1955-07-28 4 KEATS: To Patricia and John a Daughter. Karen Elizabeth, on 21st July 1955 at Bungsar Hospital Both well. McWILLIAMS: To Winifred and Prank, on 25th July at Hospital, a son. Michael John YOUNG: July 26, at the BMH to Joyce tnee Albury). wife of Petty Officer. Writer •Bill’ Young,74 words
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Article201 1955-07-28 4 SINGAPORE. July 27. DUPERT, a brin die boxer dog. led the staff of Malayan Airways a merry one-houi chase in semi-darkness all over Kalians airfield last night and then disappeared. Excited after his flight ..om Kuala Lumpur. escaped from his i while it was201 words
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Obituary33 1955-07-28 4 IN MEMORIAM McCORMICK, J. passed away at Chatswood. Australia on 26.7 1954 Thou art gone but not forgotten enshrined In our hearts thou will always be. Inserted by D A. J Mallm Nawar.”33 words
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2047 1955-07-28 5 |jiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiii iiminiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiij: 1 PROFESSOR C. NORTHCOTE PARKINSON, PROFESSOR OF I HISTORY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA, CIVES HIS I REASONS for believinc that the rendel report, on I I WHICH THE SINGAPORE CONSTITUTION IS BASED. WAS I WRITTEN ON WRONC PREMISES. HE POINTS TO2,047 words
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Article96 1955-07-28 5 1 -SECTORS of an expand•■d.iciurinß concern, situate are considering the of an OFFICE and invite applications ,j :ui; date.s with recognised 1 1 qualifications. The 11 salary will be in 1 with qualifications and ,ntl will not be less than Hasi p per mensem, in I.•t; A u96 words
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Article1249 1955-07-28 6 CYNICUS - As I Was Saying CYNICUS SINGAPORE, July 23. |>ERHAPS it was a coincidence. Whether it was or not, the Workers Education Association in Singapore certainly chose an opportune moment to advertise its twice weekly classes in constitutional law. It appeared in the classified advertisement columns of the Straits Times in1,249 words
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Article, Illustration10 1955-07-28 6 IS THE GARDEN, -Photo by Chew Boon Chin.-Photo by Chew Boon Chin. - 10 words
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220 1955-07-28 6 SINGAPORE, July 25. SPHERE are more than 700 jobs vacant in Singapore and most of them have not been filled because of the lack of qualified people, the Chief Employment Officer, Mr. F. G. Tyson, said yesterday. Mr. Tyson said the vacancies covered220 words
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Article248 1955-07-28 6 SINGAPORE. July 24. AFTER the first plane had landed at the rew Singapore Airport at Paya Lebar at 6.*45 am. yesterday. •ts chief engineer. Mr. J. J. Bryan, was congratulated by officials of Malayan Airways and the Department of Civil Aviation Two landings were248 words
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Article310 1955-07-28 7 SINGAPORE, July 23. SINGAPORE faces a new wave of strikes which threaten to paralyse Government administrative machinery and City Council public utilities, affecting the whole life of the Colony. \IH>111 *1,000 workers in ten Government dejKii ’ments decided yesterday in favour of striking 1ml will not310 words
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Article73 1955-07-28 7 C-G and the loose ends’ SINGAPORE, July 25. The Commissioner-General. Mr. Malcolm MacDonald, will return to Singapore by air this afternoon after a three-week visit to London. Mr. MacDonald made the trip at the beginning of this month for consultations with Whitehall on the situation In South-East Asia and India.73 words
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Article501 1955-07-28 7 TUAN DJEK - TUAN DJEK. I I t'HDAY was held one of those rare Ma*;i er s Conferences, which wt‘ll attended. At .e. t. n time there was dumbness among the Ranters, as was the case at e meeting. Many them had quite a 0 and there was friendly heckling the501 words
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Article154 1955-07-28 7 From the Straits Times of July 25, 1905. PUNCTUALLY at 7 o’clock this morning, the first tramway of the new electric service emerged from the Power House at Mackenzie Road and hummed down the five-cent run from the Station to Raffles Hotel. Tnere were not many guestsFrom the Straits Times of July 25, 1905. - 154 words
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Article864 1955-07-28 7 STANLEY STREET - 3Maiuysian notebook STANLEY STREET. THE keynote of Malaya and eve n of the world port of Singapore, crammed with the shipping all nations where fortunes are made overnight (and lost as rapidly), is in that good Malayan word “Tidapathy.” As one energetic American colleague who has864 words
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Article, Illustration253 1955-07-28 7 SINGAPORE, July 24. A SENIOR Inspector of Postmen, Mr. W. A. Ree, retired this week after 23 years of “hard fighting against time every day to effect punctual deliveries and dispatches of letters.” For the last 15 years, Mr. Ree was a captain and253 words
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Article22 1955-07-28 7 SINGAPORE. July 25 The next Singapore Assizes will be held at the Supreme Court at 10.30 a.m. on August 3.22 words
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Article508 1955-07-28 8 He seeks to accuse Sir Robert NAME HIM, HE SAYS SINGAPORE, July 21. 'J'HE Singapore Legislative Assembly will be asked to adopt a shock resolution when it meets in emergency session tomorrow to debate the constitutional crisis. The Chief Minister, Mr. David Marshall, will move that508 words
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Article201 1955-07-28 8 Three generals talk on Emergency SINGAPORE, July 21. AIRCRAFT mechanical trouble ha5 forced General Sir Gerald Templer to remain in Singapore until this morning. Sir Gerald, due to leave for Australia yesterday afternoon. was notified of the delay. He did not go to the airport.201 words
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78 1955-07-28 8 IPOH, July 20. rE Government has seized 187 piculs of rice and 26 piculs of padi from people in Tronoh town and its surrounding new villages, estates and mines during the last two days. The operation was part of a scheme to deny food78 words
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Article17 1955-07-28 8 The Customs Office, Johore Bahru, will be closed on July 30 for Hari Raya Haji.17 words
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322 1955-07-28 8 HALL ROMNEY - From HALL ROMNEY LONDON, July 20. A SINGAPORE man, who was believed to have been electrocuted In a Rangoon hotel four months J, was in fact murdered. aR0 His body has been exhumed and Scotland Yard Is to carry out an322 words
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293 1955-07-28 8 NEW DEFENCE FORCE KUALA LUMPUR, July 20. T'HE first CommonA wealth division of troops for the defence of South-East Asia is to be formed in Malaya. The battalion of Australian troops due in September and two other battalions now in Malaya will be293 words
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Article188 1955-07-28 8 RAF schoolchildren march up to receive their prizes from Mr. Goode SINGAPORE, July 21. rjRESSED in smart, well pressed un i forms, 30 R.A.F. schoolchildren in Singapore yesterday marched up to the Chief Secretary, Mr. W. A. C. Goode, to receive prizes. Their parents watched :rcm the188 words
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Article49 1955-07-28 8 SINGAPORE J The commanders ot dian Navy ships. T .r Cauvery, yesterday cathe Chief Minister. Mr. Marshall. The ships aSingapore for a t:. visit. The officers also par tesy calls on Vice-Ad:. K. Scott Moncrieft mander-in-Chief Ear Station, and Mr. R R dnn. Indian Commissi Malaya.49 words
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2011 1955-07-28 9 TEXT OF THE LETTERS THAT LED TO CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS July 4 e Chief Minister to the Governor: my desire to recomto you the appointii assistant ministers Ministries of Labour an Welfare, Local GovernLands and Housing, Id. r. ion and Health. persons I have in re Mr.2,011 words
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Article106 1955-07-28 9 ‘Me alien? Amusing says Tengku PENANG, July 20. rpiiE president oi UMNO, 1 Tengku Abdul Rahman, said in Penang today he was moie amused than worried bv a contention in a Singapore newspaper that he was an alien. “Why, if I am one, then thousands of Malays in all states106 words
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Article, Illustration876 1955-07-28 10 BRITISH GOVT. INVOLVED, SO... Only he has the power to decide By Our Political Correspondent SINGAPORE, July 22. f pHE constitutional issues which have been raised by Singapore’s Chief Minister, Mr. David Marshall, will, after all, most probably be referred to the Secretary of State876 words
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441 1955-07-28 10 SINGAPORE, July 22 OIX masked robbers, armed with a revolver unci knives, last night held up Dr. B. H. Sheares. Professor of Midwifery and Gynaecology at the University of Malaya, at his home in Eng Neo Avenue, ort Dunearn Road, Singapore, and took441 words
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Article154 1955-07-28 10 KUALA LUMPUR July 2! BRITAIN'S DECISION to abandon the Salk anti-polic vaccine, because it is too dangerous, will automatically mean it will not be used in Malaya. “We had decided from the start to follow Britain’s lead,” the Federation’s acting Director of Medical Services. Dr.154 words
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Article56 1955-07-28 10 BUTTERWORTH. July 2* A car which was used to 80 tahils of opium was cm ideated by the Sessions 1 today. r Shu Cheng Siew, 24. oi Star, pleaded guilty to 1 H ing the opium, valued at Sentence was postponed Two others, Ong Km and Hoe56 words
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Article154 1955-07-28 10 SINGAPORE. July 22. |)LANS are being made by the Singapore Ministry of Commerce and Industry for an agri-horticultural show at the site of Kallang Airport in November. The Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Mr J B. Clegg, told the Straits154 words
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Article359 1955-07-28 11 SCRAP RENDEL’ 10 TOLD Committee will inquire into iuture of local government Instead of City Council, District Councils plan SINGAPORE. July 22. I’llK Singapore Gov1 ornment yesterday named a 10-man committee to carry out a Legislative Assembly order to scrap the Uendel plan for a City and Island Council. It359 words
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Article17 1955-07-28 11 ir H ANAM. July 21.—Indiin north Johore will and crafts ex,Jl1 Sept. 9 and 1017 words
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Article167 1955-07-28 11 KLANG. July 21. IT IS an honour for the Malays to give songkoks to people of other races, Inche Abdul Aziz bin Ishak, Alliance candidate for Selangor Barat in the Federal elections, told a party rally here last night. He said his Negara rival. Inche Mohamed167 words
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Article, Illustration191 1955-07-28 11 SINGAPORE. July 22 TWENTY women and girls in Singapore, whose ages range from four to 40, have volunteered to be models in a fashion parade of the latest hair styles in aid of S.A.T.A. The fashion parade will be—Straits Times picture. - 191 words
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Article197 1955-07-28 11 Wrestler will wash it down with 6 bottles of brandy—he says SINGAPORE, July 22. IN Singapore on July 2b, a man will eat a fullgrown Australian sheep at one sitting then wash it down with four to six bottles of brandy. This is enough food197 words
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200 1955-07-28 11 52, 000 PLEAD TO Mr. M: DON’T RESIGN Union men will try to talk hint out of it today SINGAPORE. July 22. A SEVEN-MAN delegation representing 20 Singapore trade unions with a membership of 52,000 will call on the Chief Minister, Mr. David Marshall, this morning to ask him not200 words
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172 1955-07-28 11 SINGAPORE, July 21. r rHE Chief Minister, Mr. David Marshall, yesterday described a letter written by a Singapore Assemblyman, Mr. G. A. P. Sutherland, as a “gratuitous insult” to President Soekarno of Indonesia. Mr. Sutherland’s letter was published172 words
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Article116 1955-07-28 11 IPOH, July 21. party or combination of parties can do better than the security forces in wiping out the terrorists, an election rally was told here last night Mr. W. E. Balasingain, Independent candidate lor Ipoh and Menglembu, said: “I am satisfied with the progress made by116 words
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Article53 1955-07-28 11 KUALA LUMPUR. July 21. Che Yah Shaari, a member of the board of governors of the Selangor Children’s Home, yesterday took 30 of the children on a visit to the Sultan’s istana here. The Sultan and one of his grandsons entertained the children who had joy53 words
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Article, Illustration5495 1955-07-28 12 ONLY FIVE OF 13 OPPOSITION BENCH SPEAKERS HAVE OPPOSED GOVERNMENT SO FAR Don’t quit, says the House SINGAPORE, July 23. JHE GOVERNOR, Sir Robert Black, will be told on July 25 that “the people of Singapore are determined to end colonialism and to rule themselves through their5,495 words
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Article, Illustration65 1955-07-28 14 SINGAPORE, July 23. DR. BENNETT L. Elisberg, formerly of the University of Maryland, California, who arrived in Singapore, yesterday, to take up a three year appointment with the British Army Medical Research Unit in Kuala Lumpur. He arrived with his wife and two children from65 words
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305 1955-07-28 14 Released union chief is fatter SINGAPORE, July •>« PONG SWEE SUAN, secretary and general affair* officer of the Singapore Bug Workers’ Union who was arrested under the Emergency Regula tions 45 days ago, was released yesterday. 3 His reappearance in Singapore caught manv305 words
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Article150 1955-07-28 14 KUALA LUMPUR, July 25. TENGKU Abdul Rahman, the UMNO president in an all-party broadcast tonight, warned the people of the Federation against propaganda aimed at fostering Inter-racial suspicion and hatred. Speaking for the Alliance, he said that in the course of his extensive campaign he150 words
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Article290 1955-07-28 14 SINGAPORE. July 26. INVESTIGATIONS into 1 the murder of a Singapore man, William Nelson Miller, in a Rangoon hotel in March, have moved to Singapore and the Federation. An inspector from the Burmese C.I.D. has visited the Federation and is now in Singapore seeking information290 words
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Article40 1955-07-28 14 ‘Good luck to you SINGAPORE Jul; Air Marshal F. J. Fie*-^ Commander-in-Chief. i Air Force, has sent a of congratulations f (Bomber) Squadron, Australian Air Force today celebrates the niversary of its first against the Commune rorists in the Federal40 words
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Article4477 1955-07-28 15 Give it to us now —Assembly SINGAPORE, July 26. THE SINGAPORE Legislative Assembly yesterday sent a message to the Governor, Sir Robert Black, that it was the opinion of the House that there should be immediate selfgovernment and a new constitution, and that this view should4,477 words
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Article422 1955-07-28 16 SINGAPORE, July 26. rpilK SPEAKER, Mr. G. E. N. Oehlers, will rule whether a report in the Singapore Free Press of the first day’s debate in the Legislative Assembly on the constitutional crisis amounted to a breach of privilege. The request for a ruling was made by422 words
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Article318 1955-07-28 17 SINGAPORE, July 26. U'ITH 24 hours to go to Federal election day, most candidates held their final rallies and made their final speeches last night. By tonight leaders of political parties and campaigners will be back in their constituencies to cast the:* votes. \anies of318 words
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Article26 1955-07-28 17 SINGAPORE. July 27. Mr David Marshall. Singapore’s Chief Minister has cancelled his “meet-the-people session on July 30 because it is a public holiday.26 words
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367 1955-07-28 17 SINGAPORE, July 27. PROM investigations al1 ready carried out, it is evident that measures can be taken to stop flooding in Singapore, the Minister for Works and Communications, M r. Francis Thomas, said in the Legislative Assembly yesterday. “Very large works” would be necessary, costing367 words
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Article339 1955-07-28 17 SINGAPORE, July 27. gINGAPORE’S Chief Minister, Mr. David Marshall, last night said that he would not resign if the British Government would say that it was prepared to review its attitude to the granting of self-government to the Colony. In an exclusive interview with the Straits339 words
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Article58 1955-07-28 17 JOHORE BAHRU, July 2G. ALL 250 workers of the Sinwa rubber shoe factory resumed work yesterday after striking since July 18. Later they will submit their grievances to the employers, who will in turn submit rules which they wish to introduce. They hope agreement will58 words
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305 1955-07-28 17 ‘A negative reply and I will quit says Mr. Marshall rpHE Chief Minister, Mr. Marshall, will resign if the Governor, Sir Robert Black, gives a negative reply to the message sent to him by the Singapore Legislative Assembly. Mr. Marshall Indicated this yesterday when he moved the adjournment of the305 words
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Article, Illustration837 1955-07-28 18 Black: Crisis may mean past progress is lost SINGAPORE, July 23. OINGAPORES prospects of stable government could be lost as a result of the constitutional cirisis. the Governor. Sir Robert Black, said in a message to the Legislative Assembly yesterday. Sir Robert also said: HE—Straits Times picture. - 837 words
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Article70 1955-07-28 18 GOVERNOR ACTS SINGAPORE. July 23. The Emergency Regulations in Singapore, which expired at midnight on July 21. were yesterday extended for a further period of three months by order of the Governor, Sir Robert Black. The extension, however, will have to be approved at the monthly session of70 words
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Article60 1955-07-28 18 SINGAPORE. July 25 Mr. J. L. Martin, who spent three and a half years as a prisoner of the Japanese following the capture of Singapore, is returning to Singapore to take up a teaching appointment. Mr. Martin, who is at present headmaster of Wymona* ley County60 words
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466 1955-07-28 18 SINGAPORE, July 23. REPRESENTATIVES of 51 Singapore trade unions, with a membership of 52,000, yesterday urged the Chief Minister, Mr. David Marshall, to reconsider his resignation threat. Their seven-man delegation, led by Mr. A.M. Nair, president of the 20,000-strong Federation of Services’ Union, saw Mr.466 words
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1029 1955-07-28 19 SINGAPORE, July 21. r, MADELINE ($111 and $30) and Empire Jose ($70 and $16) paid the best dividends Singapore Turf Club’s Gymkhana Meeting h 0 l t Bukit Timah yesterday. ir Madeline’s upset came in the last race—a 2-f. 'or1,029 words
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Article97 1955-07-28 19 SINGAPORE. July 21. rE Hong Kong Junior Chamber of Commerce is offering six scholarships to Chinese boys resident and qualified in Singapore for studies in Hong Kong colleges. The offer is being made through the Singapore Junior Chamber of Commerce. The scholarships will be for97 words
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Article1070 1955-07-28 19 [the week in sport I? AST COAST under-dogs Kelantan dealt a mighty blow to Selangor’s soccer prestige by beating them 3-2 last week to qualify for the Malaya Cup Anal against Singapore at Jalan Besar Stadium on August 6. The game was a replay of1,070 words
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Advertisement33 1955-07-28 19 STRAITS BUDGET SUBSCRIPTION RATES (PAYABLE IN ADVANCE) Br. Empire ur delivery service to the United Kingdom only at lv< ra tc of $24.00 for six months. ALl THE above ARE IN MALAYAN CURRENCY)33 words
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Miscellaneous50 1955-07-28 19 BMG SWEEP TOTAL POOL: $590,022 1ST: No. *****1 ($265,509) 2ND: No. *****01 ($132,754) 3RD: No. *****2 73,752) Starters ($4,916 each): Nos. *****5, *****3, *****4, *****0, *****3, *****7, *****3, *****1, *****0, *****7, *****90, *****1, *****2, *****47, *****9. Consolation ($4,425 each): Nos. *****9, *****9, *****4, *****1, *****6, *****0, *****8, *****4, *****0, *****4.50 words
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598 1955-07-28 20 SHARE MARKET I By Our Market Correspondent SINGAPORE, July 25. IT WAS a very good week for Malaya’s rubber and tin thanks to renewed American interest and prices touched new high levels during the period. On Saturday morning rubber closed at $1.33J per lb.598 words
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Article104 1955-07-28 20 SINGAPORE. July 27. Singapore Chinese Produce Exchange: noon prices per picul yesterday were:— Copra: slightly easier; July $27% buyers. $27% sellers; August $2B buyers, $28% sellers. Coconut oil: quiet; bulk $41% sellers, drum $44% sellers. Pepper: quiet but a total of 25 tons business was reported done in104 words
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Article423 1955-07-28 20 rE following business done in the Singapore Share Market last week was reported I by one firm of brokers for the period July 16 to July 22: INDUSTRIALS: B B. Pets. 465. Gd. to 50s, C.T.S. Ords. 345. and 335. 6d cum dividend. 325. 3d. ex dividend, Fraser423 words
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Article844 1955-07-28 20 SINGAPORE, July 27. INDUSTRIALS Buyers Sellers Alex Bricks Pref. 1.95 1.95 xd Ords 2.10 2.25 xd Atlas Ice 13 00 (buyers) 8.8. Petrol 45/6 47/6 B M Trustees 650 700 Con. Tin Smelt. p ref JO/- 22/- 9 rds 32/- 33/-xd Bststem United 37 50 23.50 Fed844 words
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Article144 1955-07-28 20 rpHE following dividends x were announced last week by companies operating in Malaya:— THE KUNDONG RUBBER ESTATE LTD.: An interim dividend of 12i% less 30 income tax, for year ending September 30, payable on August 3 r to shareholders on register at that date. Books close July 25.144 words
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406 1955-07-28 20 SINGAPORE, July 23. SINGAPORE rubber market reacted strongly this week to the most welcome re-entrance of good American buying, states the weekly report of Holiday, Cutler, Bath Co., Ltd. This may well be due to increasing labour troubles in Indonesia and South Indochina, but406 words
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Article86 1955-07-28 20 AUSSIE TO PLAN FREEZE’ SINGAPORE July 22 An Australian expert. Dr. J.F.N. Murray, is to advise the Singapore Government on the introduction of legislation to freeze the values ol all immovable property ana on the setting-up of a Va-luer-General's department. The Minister for Local Government, Lands and Ho us inf86 words
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Article88 1955-07-28 20 SINGAPORE. ;L S THE Singapore Foui trate. Mr. J. M Colebourn. yesterda Q 17-year-old Lou Hid nd was taken off a Cn ent ship on Sunday, to e jt back to Muar to fa charge. n n Mr. Devereux T d said that88 words