The Straits Budget, 6 October 1955
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The Straits Budget
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Title Section30 1955-10-06 1 The Straits Budget THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES MALAY A'B NATIONAL NEW BPAm w Series No. 476. Thursday, Oct. 6, 1955. Price 40 cents (Malayan) Or 1 Shilling.30 words
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Article126 1955-10-06 2 BRITISH PLANTER - BRITISH PLANTER. Johore. A MINISTER of the Federation Government is reported to have said to a crowd at Kuala Kangsar: “There are thousands of British living in this country, and fed from the pockets of the people. They will remain here, and you will have126 words
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Article180 1955-10-06 2 MICHAEL S. Y. TAN - MICHAEL S. Y. TAN Singapore. I ABSOLUTELY disA agree with ‘J. C. A. that the Singapore Military Forces give preference to national servicemen over volunteers as regards promotions and the issue of clothing. What is the harm if a conscript is given a chance for180 words
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Article203 1955-10-06 2 MILON NANDY - MILON NANDY Johore. IT has been realised A that it is only by providing education to every child that many of our problems can be solved. But for financial stringency, with the resultant lack of schools and teachers. the provisions of education to every child has203 words
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Article128 1955-10-06 2 K. B - K. B. Malacca. rE Sultan’s JubUee speech may not have been wise, but that he had a right to make it is beyond doubt. He (and his father and grandfather before him) knows only too weU the intricacies and dangers of maintaining a political Independence without guns.128 words
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Article134 1955-10-06 2 HAMZAH OSMAN - HAMZAH OSMAN. Singapore. ]L/|R. Rashad Baharoom is ITI truly wiser than the Sultan of Johort says. "The answer L* formation i,. p v e “f mUlta .orces will take care Of tli, ~.S as soon as we pendence." ae deld*’ 13 Very Ei!:i toMr. Baharoom, i im# will134 words
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206 1955-10-06 2 A. C. DUMPER. Archdeacon of North Malaya - A. C. DUMPER. Archdeacon of North Malaya. Ipoh. I WOULD like to con--1 gratulate you on the publication of the two articles by Mr. Jeffreys Jones. In particular I wish to refer to the section in which he deplores the lack of opportunity. for the206 words
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Article86 1955-10-06 2 DICK - DICK, Selangor. OOSTMEN are paid to 1 deliver letters at the correct addresses, but I know of cases where they have violated this rule by handing letters to some others for delivery. I am staying in a new village, half a mile from the post office. Despite86 words
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Article146 1955-10-06 2 L. L. TATT - L. L. TATT Singapore. IT IS most surprising A that the employees of the Singapore Traction Company should have gone on strike. Can they repudiate the facts given by Mr. Q. O. Wilson, Deputy General Manager of the Company as published? These men should realise146 words
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Article201 1955-10-06 2 blackm - blackm Singapore. AT a recent meeting of the Assembly Mr. Marshall asked a certain member of the P.A.P. to say whether or not he was a Communist. This question was in my opinion very apt and my opinion of Mr. Marshall’s political aims was considerably enhanced. However.201 words
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Article66 1955-10-06 2 A. W. B. ACTON - A. W. B. ACTON Malacca. IHAVE been quoted as having said “Let us (Malacca) be a free port or we vanish.” This is completely wrong. I asked that we should become an ocean port of call. Whilst a free port would be very nice it is impost'66 words
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Page 2 Miscellaneous
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The Straits Budget
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Article413 1955-10-06 3 aits Times, Sept. 28. Tribute should be paid to w individuals who still Alliance candidates at t j, polls. It calls for courage unusual order to engage ..eh a contest. For few j r .1 have survived battle w an Alliance candidate. q > often aaits Times, Sept. 28. - 413 words
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Article276 1955-10-06 3 —Straits Times, Sept. 20. The promise of a “new move” next week aimed at increasing the rate of surrenders under the amnesty may temporarily have the effect of slowing the surrenders down. Those terrorists who get their news quickly are bound to wait to see what it means.—Straits Times, Sept. 20. - 276 words
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Article650 1955-10-06 3 —Straits Times, Sept. 30, The second “peace” letter from Malayan Communist Party leaders has brought the possibility of dramatic results. An official announcement in Kuala Lumpur last night told Chin Peng, the M.C.P.’s secretary-general, that the Chief Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, is prepared to meet him at—Straits Times, Sept. 30, - 650 words
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Article228 1955-10-06 3 —Straits Times, Sept. 30. More university educated men should provide political leadership. So said the Federation’s Assistant Minister for Education, Mr. Too Joo Hing, at the annual dinner of the Hong Kong Alumni Association in Kuala Lumpur. He observed that there were only five members of the—Straits Times, Sept. 30. - 228 words
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Article307 1955-10-06 3 Straits Times, Sept. 30. There is special significance in the South-East Asian Plantation Workers’ Conference now being held in Kuala Lumpur in that its delegates represent workers who form the backbone of the economy of these territories. The prosperity of most South-East Asian countries isStraits Times, Sept. 30. - 307 words
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Article676 1955-10-06 3 —Straits Times, Oct. 1. The memorandum which the Department of Broadcasting Employees’ Union has submitted to the Commission on Malayanisation goes far beyond the problems the Commission is studying. But it says much that needed to be said about broadcasting and if it does repeat at—Straits Times, Oct. 1. - 676 words
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Article373 1955-10-06 4 —Straits Times, Oct. 1. Eleven members of the j Selangor Clerical and Administrative StafT Union have been suspended and been asked to show cause why they should not be expelled from the Union. They are accused of convening a meeting to form a mining employees union an admirable—Straits Times, Oct. 1. - 373 words
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Article132 1955-10-06 4 —Straits Times, Oct. 1. Members of the Singapore Turf Club can afford to snap their fingers at the transport strike. The Turf Club has thoughtfully laid on free transport for those members who wish to go to the races today. Workers in big business firms and toilers in—Straits Times, Oct. 1. - 132 words
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Article375 1955-10-06 4 —Straits Times, Oct. 3. The Malay script is to be simplified by scrapping Jawi characters in favour of a romanised script. The style of the language itself is to be modernised along lines now being successfully followed in Indonesia. Two Malay experts in the Federation have been entrusted—Straits Times, Oct. 3. - 375 words
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Article330 1955-10-06 4 —Straits Times. Oct 3 Of all the friends that America stands by steadfastly in Asia none is more difficult to stand by steadfastly than President Syngman Rhee of South Korea. The Americans have had great difficulty in getting him to agree that the maintainence of the truce—Straits Times. Oct 3 - 330 words
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Article622 1955-10-06 4 —Straits Times. Oct 4 Kuala Lumpur’s municipal councillors have shown a more searching interest than other local authorities in the Federation’s slum clearance law. The greater size of the problem in the Federal capital largely accounts for this. While Penang, Ipoh, Malacca and Kota Bharu all suffer—Straits Times. Oct 4 - 622 words
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Article106 1955-10-06 4 HUMPHREY. On Oct. Bungsar Hospital to M« l > MacPherson > wife of A.H 1 1 phrey a daughter. Lucy M MCDONALD: To Gwen Mac., a daughter. Elizabeth j at Malacca hospital, on rei ber 28th. Both well. ROSS: At Bungsar on September, to Ann <Nee 1 Wife of106 words
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Article37 1955-10-06 4 SHEPHERDSON STA. M■' The engagement too k P/ hcp terday between Mlcha^ 1 son. elder son of M A. N. fchepherdson nnfl j,;, Sta Maria, young'W u^ nd Mr. Edward Sta Marla late Mrs. Sta Marla.37 words
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Article, Illustration893 1955-10-06 5 /\VER there, in New York, the delegates to the United Nations are making hopeful speeches about co-existence. On the side of the democracies, the desire for coexistence is certainly not new; how genuine are the Communists? The test of their sincerity I*893 words
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922 1955-10-06 5 KUALA LUMPUR. IT was never expected 1 that the offer of an amnesty would cause the Communists to queue up to surrender, > for experience has shown that even the individual who has made up his mind to escape may have to wait922 words
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45 1955-10-06 5 Straits Times picture.Straits Times picture. - 45 words
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Article1308 1955-10-06 6 — CYNIC IS - CYNIC IS SINGAPORE, Oct. 1. THE pride which Mr. David Marshall says he takes in Singapore’s 214 strikes fairly invites riposte from the other side of the Assembly. The Chief Minister’s real meaning is clear enough. Over two hundred strikes in five and a half months1,308 words
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312 1955-10-06 6 SINGAPORE, Oct. 1. rIE INTERNATIONAL BANK MISSION, headed by Sir Louis Chick, has recommended that the charters granted to Malayan Airways and the Singa- pore Traction Company should be renewed. The Malayan Airways charter expires in 1957, that of the Singapore Traction Company at the312 words
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Article, Illustration7 1955-10-06 6 Photo by Kok Ah Chong— Photo by Kok Ah Chong - 7 words
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Article64 1955-10-06 6 SINGAPORE, Oct. 1. The Singapore Government may follow the Federation’s lead in banning two Singapore “mosquito” newspapers. Action is now being considered, it Ls understood. “The contents of these types of papers are constantly watched,” said a Government spokesman yesterday. The two papers—Fun Look (Happy) and64 words
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Article117 1955-10-06 6 SINGAPORE, Oct ;J. I'HE 16-MAN Pun- Malayan Economic Working Party to Indonesia will leave Si pore by air this ;i*hTnoon. The party will be leu Mr. J. M. Jumabhoy, pore's Assistant Ministf Commerce and Industry The alternate leader be Economic Ofllcer Penang, Inche Ismail Mohamed117 words
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Article591 1955-10-06 7 TUAN DJEK - TUAN DJEK i s lar as the Tuan A .nows, the Birthday i ironation rejoicings i locally on the night 1.-21st. with a terrific at the International Ho didn’t’; he dare near the place. His al condition pre1 his joining in the ir.y forms of entertain- at during591 words
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Article851 1955-10-06 7 STANLEY STREET - AlatutjHitMn not*»bi>oh STANLEY STREET. /JUR jungles in Malaysia are strangely quiet. But theirs is not the quiet oi trie solitude. It is a hush; the sense of life expectant all about you. At any moment in remoter places you await a sudden chorus of shrill bird songs,851 words
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Article, Illustration231 1955-10-06 7 ‘We just can't find his father and mother K. LUMPUR. Sept. 30. OINCE he moved into the Selangor Children’s Home three weeks ago, little Toll Yoke San has fretted for his mother and father. The seven-year-old Singapore boy refuses to mix with the other231 words
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Article138 1955-10-06 7 I From the Straits Times of Sept, 28, 1905). YESTERDAY was the anniversary of the birthday of Confucius, the great Chinese sage an f i teacher At a social meeting of Chinese held in honour of the occasion in the evening at the Confucius School in AmoyI From the Straits Times of Sept, 28, 1905). - 138 words
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Article89 1955-10-06 7 SINGAPORE ()<- 1. r pHE Singapore City Coun1. cil agreed last night to defer action on buying the Singapore Traction Co until Dec. 1. Its original d* clsi* n was to give notice to tin STC today of it > intenti<>n to fake it over.89 words
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509 1955-10-06 8 SINGAPORE, Sept. 29. THE MALAYAN COMMUNIST PARTY yesterday called for immediate cease-fire talks to negotiate the end of the Emergency. The offer came in letters addressed to the Federation Chief Minister, Tengku Abdui Rahman, the President of the Malayan Chinese Association. Dato509 words
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558 1955-10-06 8 KUALA LUMPUR. Sept. 28. A WOMAN terrorist, Ho Soon Moi, surrendered in South Pahang this afternoon. She is the eighth terrorist to surrender in Pahang under the amnesty. Iwo have surrendered in Selangor, two in Kelantan hi'.m one in Province Wellesley. Ho gave herself558 words
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Article, Illustration47 1955-10-06 8 Kl T ALA LUMPUR, Sept. 2* THE HIGH COMMISSIONER. Sir Donald MacGillivnn inspects the boys of the Federation Military College on its foundation day. With Sir Donald is the parade commander, Captain Shaari bin Daud.—Straits Times uic- iri bin Daud.—Straits Times picture.iri bin Daud.—Straits Times picture. - 47 words
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178 1955-10-06 8 SINGAPORE, Sept. 2!’. JMIK INDONESIAN Consulate in Singapore ha* been asked by the Indonesian Government t" look for former Minister for Economic Affairs. Mr. Ishaq Tjokrohadisurjo, who arrived in Singaport on Sept. 3. He ffew into Singapore on his way Holland on recall to Jakarta in178 words
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Article101 1955-10-06 8 SINGAPORE. Sept Twelve office iambics promising labourers Shell Company visited the Legislative bly yesterday as pan v practical class in civics in adult education course ducted by the firm. The course which started two months age* conducted by two quanntu teachers. The company y vides free101 words
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Article61 1955-10-06 8 KUALA LUMPUR. Sept. 28. The Kuala Lumpur Municipal Council will spend $200,000 next year to rebuild and widen Prince’s Road which links the north and south trunk roads on the outskirts of the town. It will also spend for improving the < i Road bridge over61 words
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Article259 1955-10-06 9 That’s the new deal Rahman has in mind KUALA LUMPUR, Sept. 28. MILK MINISTER, Tengku Abdul kah- ■nan, declared today that the Alliance (invent appreciated the need lor a strong, iUitional trade union movement and felt ill workers were entitled to the highest bk‘ standard259 words
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116 1955-10-06 9 .1 \l LIMITK. Sent. 28. 1 WOKISTS in south 1 P.iliaiu; art* finding i -n st art e that they to eat lizards and durians. patrol of the 1st t in Khodesia Kelt found traces of in a eamp they ross in116 words
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105 1955-10-06 9 Footballers told: Lose--or look out IPOH. Sept. 29. |o* I tootoallers of Hie Ramblers Sports Club reported to the poo iephone calls threat- that they would “set trouble" if their club On* ft IVY. Cup final r match against Po- this evening. footballer*. goalkeept‘ n K Kani hoy. inside hen105 words
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Article21 1955-10-06 9 IN’GAPORE, Sept. 29. 'ity Council has lost ’Gh of water pipes abourers had left by of Marsiling Road ring;.21 words
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Article208 1955-10-06 9 —IF PRICES HOLD TILL FRIDAY IPOH, Sept. 28. ITALAYA'S 320,000 plantation workers will soon be told of their new wage rates, based on rubber prices, which will cost their employers at least $0,000,000 more a month. Ollicers of the National Union of Plantation Work- ers208 words
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Article, Illustration94 1955-10-06 9 SINGAPORE, Sept 29 PKIVAIE Alan Pync, 24. and his 19-ycar-ohl Malayan bride left Singapore for England in the troopship Devonshire last night. Private Pyne is the only member of the 800strong Ist Battalion, Somerset Eight Infantry, to marry during the battalion’s three94 words
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Article312 1955-10-06 9 IPOH, Sept. 28. piGHTEEN PEOPLE travelling in a bus were J detained at a police station, later lined up and given a “lecture on merdeka,” the Ipoh Magistrate's Court was told today. The 15 men and three women claimed trial to a charge that they312 words
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Article36 1955-10-06 9 SINGAPORE. Sept 30 Lady Black, wife of the Governor of Singapore, will open the dlversional therapy unit’s sale of handwork at the Tan Toek Seng Hospital at 10.30 a m. on Oct. 5.36 words
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Article322 1955-10-06 9 K. U Ml’l It, Sept. 29. f FKN(JKI T AUDI I. RAHMAN told the Straits Times today that he would meet Chin Peng as Chief Minister of the federation and not as leader of the IMNO-MCA-MIC Alliance. If I went as leader of the322 words
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Article291 1955-10-06 10 ‘We welcome growth of independence —we must learn to stand on our own feet’ Governmen t, educa tion need religion as guide —Archdeacon IPOH, Sept. 2S. THE ARCHDEAC ON of the Anglican C hurch in North Malaya, the Rev. Tony Dumper, says that the church finds291 words
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Article96 1955-10-06 10 SINGAPORE. Sept. 30 SINGAPORE >s unlikely to be affected by the typhoid epidemic which has broken out at Kuantan. the Chief Health Officer. Ur. L M. Ram. said yesterday. He said that even assuming a typhoid carrier from Kuantan had arrived in Singapore, the96 words
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Article54 1955-10-06 10 ALOR STAR, Sept. 28.—A merchant from Sanglang, 30 miles from Alor Star, reported to the police today that he had been assaulted by five men and robbed of $5OO. The man said he was accosted by the gang at midnight and set upon as he left54 words
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Article459 1955-10-06 10 SINGAPORE, Sept. 30. SINGAPORE’S 12 bus companies serving the suburbs yesterday told the Registrar of Vehicles, Mr. B. C. J. Buckeridge, that there was no hope of extending their services to the city. They have been given temporary licences to run their buses to Finlayson459 words
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49 1955-10-06 10 Straits Times picture— Straits; Times picture - 49 words
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172 1955-10-06 10 SINGAPORE. Sept. 30. THE back room of a furniture store went up in flames when a 16-year-old boy accidentally tossed a lighted swab of cotton wool into a tin full of kerosene, the Singapore Coroner’s Court was told yesterday. Detective Chong Yue told the172 words
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Article43 1955-10-06 10 K. LUMPUR. Sept. 29. Mr. T. Manlckavasagam. a businessman and newspaper editor from South India, arrived here today on a short visit. He is on his way home after a four-month.’ study of the textile industry in Japan.43 words
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Article195 1955-10-06 10 SINGAPORE. St j;t THE Singapore* G v1 ernment will asked to ban pin tati» and similar gamblir.. machines. These pin tables eft* attract undesirable cements, said Mr. Goh Ter. Liang at a Rural Boa:: meeting yesterday. The Board unanimous.’/ supported a motion by M; H. J.195 words
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101 1955-10-06 10 PENANG, Sept. -9 A WORLD traveller monev and when his pocket was P- y in Seremban two weeks “But I am not s °rr>\ Raj Kumar told the Times today. R At Serembain. Mr Kumar was joined 'V cousin, Miss N. Gun., Kaur,101 words
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269 1955-10-06 11 -But that depends on S’pore kl’ALA LUMPUR, Sept. 28. pASSKNCiER train services between Kuala Lumpur and 'Migapore will be speeded up even more a Federation plan is ccepted by the Singapore Government. Fhe Railway yesterday announced a fas- r train schedule from Sept.269 words
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Article52 1955-10-06 11 ‘STAR. Sept. 28.—Fishing .s in the Tanjong Dawai rt will get pipe water first time when tne Jj of Kedah declares t new supply project on 5. '•-Hr pump capable f 1 1.000 gallons an •’•as also b“en install* d Bukit Pinang head- nicn supply52 words
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Article, Illustration20 1955-10-06 11 MR. LEONC POH SANC and Miss Cheong Eng Neo who were married at the Buddhist Union, Singapore-20 words
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457 1955-10-06 11 7 am proud of them ’■—Marshall SINGAPORE. Sept. 30. SINGAPORE'S Chief Minister, Mr. David Marshall, said yesterday that he was proud of the 214 strikes in Singapore since the Labour Front Government came into power. He added in explanation that he was proud to457 words
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Article101 1955-10-06 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Sept. 29. FOR years the Kuala Lumpur Municipal Council gave monthly rations worth about $l5 to every fireman. When new salary scales were approved for firemen all over tiie country last year free rations were not included. but the Municipal Council continued to issue101 words
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Article79 1955-10-06 11 DR. S. Y. Chen, Professor of Oriental Studies at Claremont College, California. arrived in Singapore yesterday for a week’s stay. He Is on a world tour to collect material lor a book on “The early relationship between Asia and Europe in modern history”. He79 words
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Article53 1955-10-06 11 SINGAPORE. Sept. 30. See Choo Neo, a teen-aged girl, drank a liniment solution to kill herself because she was disappointed in love. The Sixth Singapore Magistrate, Mr. J. P Trainor, conditionally discharged See yesterday for having attempted suicide at her home in Whampoa Road53 words
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100 1955-10-06 11 TKMFRLOII, Sept 29.—Deer hunters in the Temerluh district of South Pahang have been ordered not to go hunting as long as the amnesty ofTer holds good. The district authorities imposed the ban because they feared hunters might frighten away terrorists who wished to surrender The100 words
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Article111 1955-10-06 11 PENANG, Sept 2f) DEFORE 5,0(X) devotees last night, two mediums in i trance blessed a 120-foot ‘dragon” at the Penang Thye Poh Temple in Jelutong. The dragon will take part iit the Penang MCA s midautumn festival on the Esplanade tomorrow*. At last night's preliminarv111 words
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Article241 1955-10-06 11 SINGAPORE. Sept. 30. I>R()V’ISION of atomic power stations t*> speed up 1 industrialisation of South-East Asia will be suggested by India during the Colombo Plan conference in Singapore. It is also likely that India will invite Colombo Plan nations to a conference on atomic241 words
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Article44 1955-10-06 11 SINGAPORE Sept 30 A University of Malaya student, AiiLUstine Ong Scion Hock. 21, returned to Singapore by air yesterday after attending P, Romana World at Nottingham. England. The c miLM a .s attended l>y nearly Rut .legates from 40 countries.44 words
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757 1955-10-06 12 FORCE 136 GUIDE FOR RED BOSS kl ALA LHin K. Sopl. r j'Mi; IIIKF MIMSTKK, Tengku Abdul Rahman, announced todax hr is reach to meet !tin Feng. the sec re* ary-general ot tlu* Malayan C oniniunist Fart;* in north Malax a —but onlx757 words
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Article, Illustration62 1955-10-06 12 MEN WHO WANT PEACE T AKE THE FIGHT INTO THE STREETS Kl ALA Ll’MPl'K, Sept ALLIANCE OFFICIALS and triends march through tilt* streets of Senai. Johore in support of the amnesty. Parades were also held yesterday in Kulai and Selang. Amnesty rallies will be held tomorrow at Yong Peng. Srid Parit Sulong.—Straits Times picture. - 62 words
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271 1955-10-06 12 K. LUMPUR. Sept. 20. PRELIMINARY agree- ment h a s b e e n reached between the Malay Rulers and the Federation's Chief Minister. Tengku Abdul Rahman, regarding the tripartite talks to be held in London in January, it was learned here today.271 words
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Article120 1955-10-06 12 KUALA LUMPUR. S riMiF Federation O 1 Gazette tonight publish' details of a schema registration of forward rubber contracts aimed removing a bugbear in t industry. Under the scheme, vh conies into operation t* v. row. existing uncomple’ contracts entered int lore Oct. 1 mav be reg120 words
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Article92 1955-10-06 12 PENANG, Sept. 30. AN OFFER to help Malaya start textile industries has come from Mr. T. Manickavasagam. a leading Indian industrialist from South India. Mr. Manickavasagam made the offer during a welcome reception in his honour at the E o Hotel here recently. He92 words
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Article20 1955-10-06 12 SINGAPORE. Oct Jewellery worth S34o stolen from a house in lands Road. Singapore, the night of Sept. 2820 words
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Article, Illustration231 1955-10-06 13 -1NGAPORE, Sept. 30. the 62 delegates who will till the toria Memorial Hall, -..uzapore, for the lombo Plan eon- > nee, opening on 17, there will be a woman —a soft- Kon. live-foot eeonotst from the Philip:nes. <iu* is Mrs. Carmen G. de l.tdesma, wife231 words
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Article37 1955-10-06 13 SINGAPORE, Oct. 1. iri of five waylairi a •ir-nlci boy. Tan Lai in Kampong Tionc Singapore, on Sept. I1( i -stabbed him in the nd'T. 'a;is cycling along a n he was attacked.37 words
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604 1955-10-06 13 COURT RULES THEY MUST LEAVE QUARTERS SINGAPORE, Sept. 1 injunctions ordering 7-'I striking employees ol two Singapore hotels to vacate the nntel quarters within seven days were granted »>> .*Ir. Justice Whitton in the High Court yes- terday. Tile applicants were the Gleneaglos604 words
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94 1955-10-06 13 K. LUMPUR. Sept. 30. A YEAR AGO architects in the Public Works Department here were told: “Design a new house for the Speaker of the Federal Legislative Council.” Plans and sketches were drawn and a site selected. A detailed scale model was built and94 words
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Article60 1955-10-06 13 IPOH, Sept. 30.—The body of a patient oi the Tanjong Rambutan Menal Hospital wa." lound lying beside the railway lines near Kampong Tawas new village, four miles north of Ipoh, this morning Abdul Maiid bin Aii is believed to have been knocked down by a train. Hi.,60 words
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65 1955-10-06 13 SINGAPORE, Sept.30. MISS PATRICIA de SOUZA, 19, of Singapore who left Singapore yesterday i n the Canton f or Britain, where she is to be marr ied. Patricia met her fiance, Mr.Ted Williams, 21, of the Royal Air Force, at a a dance at the Britannia Club. Ted went homepicture.; — Straits Times - 65 words
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Article74 1955-10-06 13 SINGAPORE. Oct. 1. A DETECTIVE on rounds at Rowell Road, Singapore, at 6 a.m. yesterday, picked up a bundle containing 24 shirts, four brassiere, two handkerchiefs, a motor car jack and spanner. A man had flung down the bundle as the detective turned into74 words
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Article22 1955-10-06 13 SINGAPORE. Oct 1 The troopship Athos 11 arriv'd in Singapore yesterday from Saigon with 1,680 French troops returning to France.22 words
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256 1955-10-06 13 Mr. NEHRU COULD HELP STOP MALAYAN REDS’ if he advised Russia, China SERbMBAN, Sent. I) K s AMrEL f Negri State Councillor and president of the Negri Sembilan Indian Association, yesterday said that t lie Prime Minister of India. Mr Nehru, should tell Soviet Russia and Red China not to256 words
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Article387 1955-10-06 14 SINGAPORE. Oct. 1. 4 SPOKESMAN for 3(> attap dwellers, who were summoned to the City Magistrate’s Court yesterday for ignoring notices to quit from Crown Land off Queenstown, accused two Labour Front Assemblymen, Messrs. Mak Pak Shee and Lee Choon Eng, of failing to keep their election387 words
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Article275 1955-10-06 14 ‘Let’s have three-month law, not three-year one' SINGAPORE, Sept. THE SINGAPORE Chinese Chamber of Commerce has supported the Public Security Rill —with amendments —as a necessary measure for the present difficult times. Mr. Lim Chin Siong. P.A.P. Assemblyman, for 4 he Singapore Factory and Shop Workers’275 words
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Article81 1955-10-06 14 SINGAPORE. Oct. 1. Nine delegates from the Singapore Chinese Education Council yesterday saw the Minister for Education. Mr. Chew Swee Kee. again seeking more aid for all Chinese schools in meeting provident lund obligations. The meeting, which lasted an hour, was inconclusive, the Straits Times was81 words
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Article61 1955-10-06 14 SINGAPORE, Oct. 1. Sathnaran Rai was fined five dollars in Singapore yesterday for behaving in a disorderly manner in a police station He banged the counter of the charge room in Bukit Timah station with his fist on the night of Sept. 29 and shouted61 words
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179 1955-10-06 14 SINGAPORE. Oct. 1. OW-COST HOUSES which the Singapore Improv e m e n t Trust proposes to build lor slum dwellers were compared at the City Council meeting last night with Bukit Timah stables. The air-conditioned stables at Bukit179 words
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54 1955-10-06 14 SINGAPORE. Sept 30. BEING CARRIED off the parade ground of the Malayan Naval Barracks is Ordinary Seaman H. Mandon who was overcome by the heat. He was one of seven ratings who fainted during the annual inspection of the Royal Malayan Navy yesterday in Singapore by Rear Admiral E. H.—Straits Times picture. - 54 words
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198 1955-10-06 14 BACK TO CHINA, FARE PAID only if you were born there SINGAPORE. Oct. 1. THERE are provisions and funds for the Singapore Government to pay one-way deck passages to China to people born in China who wish to return to their homeland. Six Chinese went to see the Chief Minister's198 words
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Article64 1955-10-06 14 SINGAPORE. Oct. 1. Malayan Breweries last night presented long service medals and S100 each to its two sales managers, Mr. J. MacKechnie, of "Tiger" beer, and Mr. S. E. Craig, of "Anchor” beer. The presentation took place during a dinner at the Tai Tong Restaurant in the64 words
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Article330 1955-10-06 14 NG YOOK YOON - By NG YOOK YOON K. LUMPUR. Sept. DATO SIR CHENGLOCK TAN. president of the Malayan Chint** Association. will stay out of the dispute between Col. H S. Lee. tr. Minister for Transport, and Mr. Ong Yoke Lin. the Minister for Posts and Telecommunications. The330 words
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Article401 1955-10-06 15 MUAR, Oct. 2. W/a Chinese Home Onurds have been lor questioning 1 eight armed, uni- M '*ed terrorists raided ik New Village last llj t and stole sixshot--11 and 120 rounds of munition. is the fifth bandit > <>'“ villages in Johore the amnesty was401 words
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432 1955-10-06 15 SINGAPORE, Oct. 1. rrllF International Bank Mission, whoW iulfc 500page report on the economic development of Malaya is published today, recommends that the Governments of the Federation and Singapore should increase income and company taxes. We think that the two432 words
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Article313 1955-10-06 15 SINGAPORE, Oct. 1. Tlih CHILI 1 MINISTERS ol Singapore and the Federation will meet in the Colony this morning to discuss the future taxation policy of the w two territories. The Straits Times u ii (I e r s t ii ii (I s that313 words
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Article503 1955-10-06 15 The experts tell Malaya how to set it up SINGAPORE, Oct. 1. TWERE can be no real political independence with- out monetary independence, which only a Central Bank can provide, the International Bank Mission to Malaya says in its report published today. The report contains503 words
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Article67 1955-10-06 15 SINGAPORE, Oct. 3. T'HE visiting United States Senator, Mr. Estes Kefauver, yesterday spent a quiet day in Singapore He had no official engagements and spent the day sightseeing. Mr. Kefauver leaves this morning for Kuala Lumpur where he will meet the High Commissioner. Sir Donald MacGillivray, and67 words
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Article33 1955-10-06 15 SINGAPORE, Oct. 3. A Singapore housewife, Ng Ah Chit, 38, was seriously burned when a lamp she was lighting exploded in her house at the BV2 milestone, Thomson Road, last night.33 words
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Page 15 Advertisements
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Advertisement45 1955-10-06 15 STRAITS BUDGET SUBSCRIPTION RATES (PAYABLE IN ADVANCE) Br. Empire The weekly issues of the Straits Budget can he sent by express air delivery service to the United Kingdom only at an inclusive rate of $24.00 for six months. (ALL THE ABOVE ARE IN MALAYAN CURRENCY)45 words
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1757 1955-10-06 16 ALLINGTON KENNARD - By ALLINGTON KENNARD rFHE temptation to describe the report of the Malayan mission organised by the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development as “a five year plan” is strong. It is not, however, a plan, but a survey, with recommendations. Some1,757 words
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Article129 1955-10-06 16 Warship gets a new crew —by air SINGAPORE, Oct. 3. rpHE Royal Navy cruiser Newcastle, now in Sinea- pore, is to have its crew replaced without sailing home to Britain for recommissioning. This will be accomplished Dy a giant airlift for which fleet of 15 Hermes aircraft have been specially129 words
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Article30 1955-10-06 16 JOHORE BAHRU, Oct. 2 Mr. R. A. Coles, chairman of the Johore Planters’ Association, has given $5OO to the Johore Bahru District Association for the Prevention of Tuberculosis30 words
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Article51 1955-10-06 16 SINGAPORE. Oct 4 Gen. Keram Shammer Jang Bahadur Rana, mander-in-chief of Nepalese Army, will arrivv m Singapore by air today visit the British Gurko* Brigade in the Colony am the Federation. Gen. Keram Shamsher be met at the Singapore airport by Sir Charles commander-in-chief Fai Land51 words
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Article37 1955-10-06 16 SINGAPORE, Oct Throe people had their' kets picked at the lh.. World trade exhibition on opening night of Oct One lost $210, the s< $17 and the third three e.: Police have arrested u i37 words
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Article478 1955-10-06 17 SINGAPORE, Oct. 3. T IK CHIEF MINISTER, Mr. David Marshall, vesterday accused the People’s Action Party being: a “Communist-hacked party.” lr. Marshall said he deliberately employed the Communist-backed" because they were the used in a London newspaper to describe the P P. Marshall declared: has not been478 words
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244 1955-10-06 17 SING APORE, Oct. 4. r r. chiof Minister. Mr. 1 Marshall, last called the PeoAction Party As- ::;an tor Bukit M: Mr. Lim Chin an agile fence- »>V d on the P.A.P. ti:y sympathiser of ouunist cause who filtrated the party. was commenting tements made244 words
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557 1955-10-06 17 LEE: THE PRESS IS UNFAIR SINGAPORE, Oct. 4. 'J'HE People’s Action Party and one of its Assemblymen, Mr. Lim Chin Siong, yesterday declared their attitudes towards Communism—in separate statements. They were answering two challenges issued to them at557 words
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Article173 1955-10-06 17 Man fights tiger—and lives SEREMBAN, Oct. 3. A TAPPER who joined a pig .shooting party yesterday grappled with a tiger lor ten minutes before it was shot dead by a friend. The tapper, Chang Hong, is in Seremban General Hospital with a bitten arm and severe scratches. The party went173 words
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145 1955-10-06 17 KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 3. WI1KN the prosecuting otlicer, Inspector K. K. Pillay, called out “Kwi*e Tian” in the Second Magistrate's Court here today, a girl aged about eight came forward. With her were a younger brother and a sister. Inspector Pillay took no145 words
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Article60 1955-10-06 17 SINGAPORE. Oct 4 Two men were injured, one seriously, when a RAF truck overturned at Keppel Road, near Gate No. 4 ol the Singapore Harbour Board, last night. Mohamed Suleiman bin Hairan, 27, was admitted to the General Hospital with severe head and leg injuries.60 words
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Article31 1955-10-06 17 KUAI.A LUMPUR Oct 3 The house ol an Indian railway employee in Sentul was broken into early today. Jewellery worth $1,030 be- longing to his wife was stolen.31 words
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1278 1955-10-06 18 EPSOM JEEP - By EPSOM JEEP SINGAPORE, Oct. 1. NEARER RONI), brilliantly ridden by leading jockey Garnet Roilgoure, became the first Australian-bred horse since Cockpen in 1936 to win the Singapore Gold Cup at Rukit Timah yesterday, final day of the Singapore Turf Club September-October1,278 words
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1001 1955-10-06 18 EPSOM JEEP - By EPSOM JEEP SINGAPORE, Sept. 29 VUALLA WALLA, a racj four-year-old Australian gelding b> Masthead, set up a new Malayan Turf record when he won his first four races in a row at Bukit Timah yesterday, second day1,001 words
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Page 18 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous80 1955-10-06 18 ISH. S%VLIi» TOTAL POOL: $389,450 1ST: No. *****4 ($175,252) 2ND: No. *****2 87,626) 3RD: No. *****9 48,681) STARTERS ($3,477 each): kets (S154 each). IKK. EEP TOTAL POOL: 1ST: No. *****7 2ND: No. *****3 3RD: No. *****8 STARTERS (S3 Nos. *****9; *****5; *****1 *****7 *****0 *****5 *****8 *****0 *****3 ($351,873) (S158,342)80 words
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Article1224 1955-10-06 19 |he week in sport «i ,G PENG SOON, Malaya’s greatest badminton iayer and one of only four players to win the \1 igland Badminton title three years in a rbw urned professional. Soon, who announced h irement from com- badminton last July, ha reed to autograph1,224 words
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329 1955-10-06 19 SINGAPORE, Oct. 5. ‘T'HE People’s Action 1 Party assemblyman Mr. Lim Chin Siong said last night that the Chief Minister, Mr. David Marshall, told him in a personal interview last week that he had absolutely no evidence that he was a Communist. Mr.329 words
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458 1955-10-06 19 SINGAPORE, Oct. 4. views of PAP Assemblyman Mr. Lim Chin Siong about the Singapore Employers’ Federation are not shared by the Minister for Labour and Welfare, Mr. Lim Yew Hock. “From the discussions I have had with the Employers’ Federation I can say458 words
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Article155 1955-10-06 19 ALOR STAR. Oct. 4. THE secretary of Kedah UMNO, Tuan Syed Ahmad Shahabudin, today criticised the “irresponsible” action of some Malay youths who recently burned pictures of the Sultan of Johore in protest against his Diamond Jubilee speech on indepen- dence. The incident took place at155 words
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Article506 1955-10-06 20 SHARE MARKET TINS NEGLECTED. By Our Market Correspondent SINGAPORE, Oct. 3. f|'HE erratic and iregular rubber price last week caused uncertainty in the minds of local investors and resulted in a very quiet week on the Singapore Share Market. The business written was largely confined to506 words
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Article25 1955-10-06 20 SINGAPORE, Oct. 4. RUBBER: $1.30 per lb, (down 5% cents) TIN: $371 per picul (down $1.50). COPRA: $28 per picul (down 12% cents).25 words
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Article236 1955-10-06 20 SINGAPORE, Oct. 1. COMPANIES operating in Malaya announced the following dividends last week: GOPENG CONSOLIDATED LTD.: An interim dividend of 10 per cent in respect for the year ended September 30, 1955, payable in England on October 14, 1955. RANTAU TIN DREDGING COMPANY LTD.: A final dividend of236 words
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Article38 1955-10-06 20 On the free exchange market in Hone Kong on Oct. 1 the U.S. dollar was quoted at 5.80 for cash and 5.86 for T.T. Sterling was quoted at 15.38 and one tael of gold at 253-%.38 words
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509 1955-10-06 20 DOWN GO PRO DUCE TIN, RUBBER A ND THE SHARE MARKET By Our Market Correspon SINGAPORE ALL markets in Singapore yesterd<i> u ru L ber, share and produce—showed tendency. r The Singapore Share Market, win lS in fluenced by the drop In the rubber prior rted a poor day’s trading509 words
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Article854 1955-10-06 20 SINGAPORE, Oct. 5. INDUSTRIALS Bayers Sellers Alex Bricks Pref 180 1.85 Ords 1 95 2.05 Atlas Ice <3 00 (buyers) 8.8 Petrol 43/ 45/B M Trustees ti 50 7 00 Con Tin smelt Pref 19/3 20/6 cd Ords 28/6 29/6 Eastern United 36. M) 37.60 Fed. Dispensary854 words
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Article317 1955-10-06 20 SINGAPORE, Oct. 1 OU SIN ESS done In the Smga- pore Share Market last week was reported by one firm of brokers for the period September 24 to September 30: Industrials: Fraser Neave Ord. $1.78 and $1,774 cd, cb, Gammons $2.62 to $2 Wm. Jacks $3.30, Malayan Breweries317 words
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Article91 1955-10-06 20 SINGAPORE. J Singapore Chinese Pi change: noon prices yesterday were: Copra: steady quiet: buyers. $28 3j8 sellers; $28 1|2 buyers. $28 3 4 Coconut oil: quietly st« 4 $41 3 4 sellers; drum sellers. Pepper: quiet wit ness reported; Muntok w Sarawak $158, Special black $110 (all varieties91 words