The Straits Budget, 3 November 1955
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The Straits Budget
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Title Section28 1955-11-03 1 The Straits Budget THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES MALAYA'S NATIONAL NEWB PATES Series No. 480. Thursday, Nov. 3, 1955. Price 40 cents (Malayan) Or 1 Shilling.28 words
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Advertisement304 1955-11-03 1 If a 3r ji«P NATURE AND $e\qei PAINTS MATCH COATS TO CONDITIONS The tiger’s coat is Nature’s perfect example of adaptation to environment. Its light-and-shade effect keeps him indistinguishable from his jungle surroundings when he hunts, or is hunted. Here in the land of the tiger, special “coats” are necessary304 words
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478 1955-11-03 2 h. w. R - h. w. R. Perak. THE report of the International Bank for Reconstruction Mission only repeats what has been said many times before. It appears to have offered no hope of a loan, presumably because the security for capital in Malaya is not sound. With478 words
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Article250 1955-11-03 2 LIBERTAS - LIBERTAS Singapore rE Colombo Plan conference that was held in Singapore will have consequences of the highest importance to the millions of South East Asia. Western states are arranging to assist the “have-nots” with generous gifts of supplies and services. It is strange that these countries should250 words
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504 1955-11-03 2 M. !. SAN - Let us give m eaning to Malayanisation M. SAN. K. Lumpur. I COULD not agree 1 more with Dato Sir Onn’s remarks in the Straits Times regarding Malayanisation of the public services. The point at issue is the word ‘Malayan’. Who is a Malayan? Only those who have obtained Federal504 words
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Article167 1955-11-03 2 J. R MOSS - J. R MOSS. Singapore. THE other day announcep, 1 1 l LS made from Clarence House to the effect that Princess Margaret expressed the hope that the press and public would extend to Her Royal Highness their customary courtesy and co-operation in respecting her privacy. The Press’s167 words
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Article81 1955-11-03 2 it emp'oy' N, C. TII - it emp'oy' N, C. TII<* Selangor, Children under If* un&f no circumstances sh< icl allowed to work on -state* or idle away their time. Managers should s-n in the labourers scnct he. children to the seho«. an" steps should be Ak against those parent send their chi*ci81 words
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Article41 1955-11-03 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. I. Men from tne Federation police depot here will march from the railway station to the town mosque at 11.50 a.m. on Nov. 4. After prayers they will march back to the station.41 words
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Article33 1955-11-03 2 SINGAPORE. N The third batch o ese labourers and who have been given Christmas Island h' 1 pore yesterday in lander. There were t ourers, 15 masons and penters.33 words
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The Straits Budget
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Article567 1955-11-03 3 --Straits Times. Oct. 27. Federation Chief Minrovided unexpected it the Press Club j at which he was t u icst of honour. He iimself in an awkward said Tengku Abdul He was the Chief but he “was not to refer to this govt.n t as mine.” Nor--Straits Times. Oct. 27. - 567 words
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Article274 1955-11-03 3 —Straits Times, Oct. 27. The stall side of the national Whitley Council of Government employees has some ground for objecting to the scheme under which the Federation makes students training for senior posts refund part of the cost of their training. The condition is reasonable, says the Government,—Straits Times, Oct. 27. - 274 words
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Article538 1955-11-03 3 —Straits Times, Oct. 27. As in Singapore a Committee has been set up in the Federation to make a “very thorough review” of the civil service with a view to speeding up Malayanisation. Though the ultimate aim s of the Committee in the Federation and the Malayanisation—Straits Times, Oct. 27. - 538 words
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Article380 1955-11-03 3 -Straits Times, Oct 28 Theie are signs that Party Negara is recovering from the shock of complete election defeat. Friends and foes alike will find satisfactory the knowledge that Negara has not been crippled for life, and that it is ready to get back to work.-Straits Times, Oct 28 - 380 words
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Article721 1955-11-03 3 —Straits Times, Oct. 29. o The public interest that is being shown in the attempt of the Chief Ministers of the Federation and Singapore to meet Chin Peng is welcome. It would be more reassuring, however, if there were a better appreciation of the difficulties which confront—Straits Times, Oct. 29. o - 721 words
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Article198 1955-11-03 4 Straits Times, Oct. 28. American expectations that the production of synthetic rubber in that country will be raised in the next five years by about one-third form »a footnote to September figures which confirm an increase in the ratio of synthetic to natural. A total of 128,228 tonsStraits Times, Oct. 28. - 198 words
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Article320 1955-11-03 4 —Straits Times, Oct. 29. A monthly wage of $2O a month, even with free board •md lodging, ought to shame tin* most hard-faced employer. I Yet according to the President j of the Selangor Shop Assis- tanks Union that is not an unusual salary for shop as- sistants.—Straits Times, Oct. 29. - 320 words
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Article807 1955-11-03 4 —Straits Times, Oct. 31. The Labour Front this morning lies rent in twain. The tempest which struck the party conference on Saturday was quite a different sort of storm from the teapot affair which Mr. C. H. Koh’s attack on party policy had threatened. There is first—Straits Times, Oct. 31. - 807 words
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Article564 1955-11-03 4 —Straits Times. Oct 31 ness. The numbe. ))f eminent institution persons served are ,j f small; in most cas... v derta kings are lit. than pilot projects.’ P«ses of compan, 'T total expenditure o! t>, y eral Department and Settlement d,*, U last year was $3,i‘ “T*—Straits Times. Oct 31 - 564 words
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Article56 1955-11-03 4 HUBERTS TEK LA AG’ The Engagement is announced between Mr. Herman Huberts and Mi" ElLsabeth ter Lang. CHIPPINDALE NAPIEK October 25th, at Chelsea. En .>»n: John A Chippindale. M I <•’ M.I.Mech. E.. M.Inst.R.A., t<> M W. E. (Pie) Napier, widow of 'lie late Col. S. O. Napier D.S56 words
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Article152 1955-11-03 4 BOWNESS: To Jessie r.ee Hanarn) and Michael a son Aiun Michael Robert, on 24th Si St. Asaph. North Wales. STORRIER: To Lucie n»r Card) and David, a son An> McFarlane, at Batu Oajal.. 27.10.55. both well. ROSS: At Malacca, on October, to Nancy and < Ross. Sengkang Estate, a152 words
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Article, Illustration779 1955-11-03 5 CO m any delegates, on the opening day of the Colombo Plan Conference, said flattering things about Singapore that we should perhaps do something more to deserve them, 'institutions change with more or less rapidity,” I.ord Reading reminded us,779 words
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637 1955-11-03 5 l \N SEPTEMBER 20. opening day of M United Nations Ksembly, I wrote: i’ne Assembly will witness a struggle, not between Communists and nonCommunists. but between Asia and Airica on the one hand and Europe and the United States on the other.” In637 words
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Article357 1955-11-03 5 700 tons of rubber go up in flames 150 feet high SINGAPORE, Oct. 31. $3,000,000 worth of rubber belonging to Messrs. William Jacks Co. (M) Ctd- were dt.in the biggest fire in the Colony this ye* 1 s 'igapore Harbour Board godown, last nigni. The357 words
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Article22 1955-11-03 5 SINGAPORE. Oct 31 Singapore’s Chief Minister, Mr David Marshall, has announced that the Emergency Regulations are no longer in force.22 words
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Article1149 1955-11-03 6 CYNICUS - SINGAPORE, Oct. 29. OUR old friend the “reliable source” has been so busy since the hrst rumour of coming tax increases that the November budget is unlikely to spring any surprises. The taxation talks in Kuala Lumpur the other week disposed of the proposal for a1,149 words
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Article, Illustration8 1955-11-03 6 —Photo by Han Hai Fong»—Photo by Han Hai Fong - 8 words
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Article329 1955-11-03 6 JOHN WILLIAMS - From JOHN WILLIAMS PENANG, Nov. 1. A USTKALIAN troops in M i n d e n Barracks here said yesterday that their British Army rations were “so poor that we look forward to bully beef.” I interviewed the men as they sat in a bright, airy329 words
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Article262 1955-11-03 6 SINGAPORE, Oct. 30. THE CHIEF MINISTER Mr. David Marshall yesterday assured Mr. and Mrs Singapore that his Government would not make any radical changes in the Colony’s economic structure nor in the system of taxation Mr. Marshall gave this pledge In a report to262 words
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68 1955-11-03 7 ALL SMILES after their wedding at the Wesley Church in Kuala Lumpur on Oct. 28 are Mr. George Zechariah of the British Council and his bride, Miss Shanti Ryan, w ho is with the advertising department of Lever Brothers. Miss Ryan, who is the daughter of Mr. J. D. Ryan,—Sunday Times picture. - 68 words
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Article640 1955-11-03 7 TUAN DJEK - TUAN DJEK out. The Tuan had an explanation for the shot which T rejected. The old man was right but T begged him not to publish the facts. What is certain is that someone in Wa’s or the Dusun household might have been wounded if not killed THEY640 words
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Article198 1955-11-03 7 From the Straits Times of Nov. 2, 1905: o NOV. c, T mo the Editor; I se e by I. your report of the last meeting of th e Legislative Council that Mr Br0 ™T head-Matthews thinks that a Government servant who draws $350 a month andFrom the Straits Times of Nov. 2, 1905: - 198 words
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Article758 1955-11-03 7 STANLEY STREET - MALAYSiAN NOTEBOOK STANLEY STREET I AST WEEK I was arrested in Singapore. This is my fifth arrest Once in my undergraduate days I was arrested for destroying Municipal property, to wit, one show glass. In Germany, I was arrested descending from a tramcar in Frankfurt on suspicion758 words
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Article422 1955-11-03 7 RESOLUTE ACTION NECESSARY IN GRAVE SITUATION, SAYS THE COURT PRESIDENT IPOH, Oct. 28. r PHE FOUR Ipoh deten--1 tion camp subwarders charged with culpable homicide not amounting to murder—were acquitted today. Monamed bln Abdullah, Basri bin Omar, Ishak Sa’at and Ismail bin Che Mat, were accused422 words
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Article28 1955-11-03 7 SINGAPORE. Oct 29. The Scottish community In Singapore will hold a St Andrew’s Day dance at the Victoria Memorial Hall on the night rf Nov 528 words
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Article221 1955-11-03 8 MAIN OBJECT OF MEETING: EXPLANATION OF AMNESTY TERMS TENGKU: NO DRAGGING ON OF PEACE TALKS KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 2(>. £HIN PENG, the Communist leader, may not be allowed to drag out his talks with the Chief Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, about ending the Emergency. Tengku Rahman221 words
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Article, Illustration483 1955-11-03 8 HARRY MILLER - DATO MacKENZIE WARNS MALAYA Bandits of Johore won’t obey Chin Peng’s order to quit By HARRY MILLER SINGAPORE, Oct. 27. JOHORE Communists will not obey 4 4 e n d the war" orders from the Malayan Communist Party secretarygeneral Chin Peng, according to Date H. K. Mackenzie. Dato MacKenzie, who483 words
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131 1955-11-03 8 SINGAPORE. Oct. 27 A GOLD and silver brocade traditional Chinese festival gown has been flown to Singapore from Hong Kong to be worn at the United Nations Day Ball at Raffles Hotel on Oct. 30 The gown, according to ancient131 words
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311 1955-11-03 8 SINGAPORE, Oct. 27. A DIRECTOR of the Singapore Steel and Iron Mills, Ltd., Mr. Bernard T. H. Wang, declared yesterday: “We feel the Marshall Government is stable.” He and a group of Hong Kong businessmen are staking a million311 words
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270 1955-11-03 8 SINGAPORE, Oct. 27. T'HE Singapore Chief Minister, Mr. David Marshall, and political party leaders yesterday denounced a suggestion by the Peoples’ Action Party that the Government should recognise the M.C.P. Mr. Marshall told the Straits Times: “The P.A.P. think they can run with270 words
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Article57 1955-11-03 8 R LUMPUR, Oct. 26. The new president of the Kuala Lumpur Municipal Services Union. Mr. S. C. Theophilus, said today that, a shirt and shorts are the working man s proper dress in this country. When invited to preside at the union’s annual meeting today he57 words
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Article497 1955-11-03 9 rEIIRING WELFARE COUNCIL CHAIRMAN ALLEGES ‘BIAS, LACK OF TRUST K LUMPUR, Oct. 26. T li E Federation Government has approved big changes in the administration „f the Social and Welfare Lotteries lund to boost “constructive social Uork The Chief Social WelL re Officer, Mr. J. C.497 words
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Article289 1955-11-03 9 Boiling oil flung at victim No. 2 SINGAPORE, Oct. 27 QNh MAN was stabbed to death in a running battle last night between two secret societies— Lang l and Gang 08—in a village off Alexandra Road, Singapore. Knives, chairs, stools and boiling oil were used289 words
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Article153 1955-11-03 9 SINGAPORE, Oct. 27. y*HE Singapore Social Welfare Department yesterday started a starch for a woman *Ner a 10-month-old yoy was found sufferIn trom opium poisoning. The child has been advf* to hospital. It is bef that he had been fed yyh chandu dross153 words
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Article19 1955-11-03 9 SINGAPORE, Oct. 28. Singapore has been granted full membership in the International Union of Official Travel Organisations.19 words
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138 1955-11-03 9 SINGAPORE, Oct. 27. 30-day strike by L 2,800 Singapore Traction Company employees has cost the company, the workers and the Government a total of $1,400,000. This is how the bill is made up: THE COMPANY has lost $900,000. THE WORKERS have lost $416,000.138 words
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Article23 1955-11-03 9 PENANG. Oct. 26.—Nomination day for the Penang Municipal elections and the Butterworth and Bukit Mertajam Town Council elections is Nov. 3.23 words
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217 1955-11-03 9 Helicopter lift to hospital IPOH, Oct. 26. A POLICEMAN wounded in an ambush and missing in the jungle for three days was found by a search party early this morning. Mat Noor bin Haji Ahmad, 26, of No. 2 Field Force, was in217 words
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Article179 1955-11-03 9 SINGAPORE, Oct. 27. rpHE 10,000-strong Sin1 gapore Naval Base Labour Union yesterday served a 14-day strike notice on the Admiralty. The strike decision was taken at a meeting on Tuesday after talks with the Admiralty had broken down over the dismissal of 16 sailmakers described179 words
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Article143 1955-11-03 9 SINGAPORE, Oct. 27. AUSTRALIA has given 50 correspondence courses this year to enable Singapore Government workers to study for Australian university degrees. This is part of Australia’s Colombo Plan help for Singapore. The Government has selected 15 applicants and 20 more are being considered. Mr.143 words
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Article19 1955-11-03 9 SEGAMAT. Oct. 26 Lt. Jack Bedford, of Segamat Police Circle, has left for Britain on leave.19 words
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Article, Illustration1059 1955-11-03 10 Major policy switch urged SINGAPORE, Oct. 28. (SINGAPORE'S Chief Minister, Mr. David Marshall, is faced with a major crisis within his own Party—the Labour Front. This follows an attempt by a founder and one of the three-man executive council of the Party, Mr. C. H. Koh, to1,059 words
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Article136 1955-11-03 10 BE CAREFUL WARNING BY ARMY SINGAPORE. Oct. 28. T'HE POLICE and the Special Investigation Bureau of the Army are investigating the mysterious disappearance of 8.000 detonators from No. 443 Base Ammunition Depot in Kranji Creek at the 1H milestone Woodlands. Singapore. The loss was discovered during a136 words
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Article98 1955-11-03 10 Sub mystery —may be sabotage SINGAPORE. Oct. 28. A POSSIBLE attempt to sabotage the submarine Thorough has been discovered at the Singapore Naval Base. A bolt and nuts were found in the sump of a ballast pump in the submarine, which is undergoing refit at the dockyard. “If it was98 words
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Article223 1955-11-03 10 SINGAPORE, Oct. 28. TWO child specialists yesterday confirmed that Chinese mothers in Singapore use opium to keep their babies quiet. The specialists said Chinese amahs working for parents of other races, including Europeans, haa also kept their charges quiet with opium. They were223 words
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596 1955-11-03 11 The deviationists —weed them out, says Byrne SINGAPORE, Oct. 28. Tl!K Singapore Malayanisation Commission was told last nil* ht that the Government will save more than $1,600,000 a year when the public services are completely manned l>\ Malayans. T h e Commission, winch sat for two hours, spent some time596 words
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Article79 1955-11-03 11 K1 \LA LUMPUR. Oct. 27 The Vicar of Selangor, The Rev. Chiu Ban It. said here today that there was too much graft, laziness and self-seeking in Malaya. He stressed the need for .'“iing people with a strong s Pi ritual and moral basis if there was79 words
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Article64 1955-11-03 11 ALOR STAR Oct. 26. A feast will be given to prisoners in Alor Star prison and patients in Alor Star General Hospital on Nov. 3 on the occasion of the Prophet Mohamed’s birthday. The celebration committee has also arranged for a feast at Zahir Mosque lor Muslims64 words
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Article118 1955-11-03 11 SINGAPORE, Oct 28. ’STIAN prisoners at ’hangi Jail, Singapore, attend a special dedin .service in their own 1 n Oct. 30 to mark presentation of regalia. h Mrs. Hilda Jackson, wife of an R A F. officer, *he R AF Young Wives Group118 words
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Article192 1955-11-03 11 MENTAKAB, Oct. 27.— The 6th. Bn. of the Malay Regiment, with 55 dead Pahang terrorists to its credit, was today presented with its colours—the mark of military maturity. The brilliant “colours’’ ceremony on the battalion’s parade ground here this morning climaxed two and a hall years’192 words
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Article215 1955-11-03 11 SINGAPORE. Oct. 2K. SINGAPORE workers were yesterday warned to beware of the political tricksters of the Commun-ist-controlled World Federation of Trade Onions. The warning came from Mr. G. Mapara, director for South-East Asia of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions, when he commented on215 words
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Article102 1955-11-03 11 SINGAPORE. Oct. 28. 'TWENTY shipping lines, the majority of them members of the Far Eastern Freight Conference. have formed a new' conference called the British Borneo Freight Conference which will go into operation on Nov. 1. A spokesman for one of the lines said that102 words
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Advertisement34 1955-11-03 11 STRAITS BUDGET SUBSCRIPTION RATES (I'AVABI.K IN ADVANC'D) express air delivery service to the t niteri Kingdom only at an inclusive rate of $21 BO for six months. ALL THE ABOVE ARE IN MALAYAN CURRENCY)34 words
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406 1955-11-03 12 PENANG, Oct. 27. 'J'JHE ASSIZE JUDGE, Mr. Justice Spenser-Wilkinson, today held that “physical pressure” had been used on two men accused of murder to make them confess. He ruled as inadmissible statements which Khoo Ah Tong and Napiah bin Yaakob had made before a406 words
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Article20 1955-11-03 12 SEGAMAT. Oct. 27. The Town Council here has started a campaign to rid the area of flies.20 words
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Article99 1955-11-03 12 SINGAPORE. Oct 28 The Oiiental Government Security Life Assurance Co. Ltd, announce that their triennial valuation has revealed a profit over the last three years of $45,789,509. The directors will recommend a bonus of 18 rupees per 1.000 rupees per annum on endowment assurance po-99 words
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Article54 1955-11-03 12 SINGAPORE, Oct. 28. Gan Chian Lee and Loh Kong pleaded not guilty in a Singapore magistrate’s court yesterday to a charge of threatening to murder a woman, Choy Fui Ming, if she attended court to give evidence against Gan in an attempted theft case. They54 words
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Article32 1955-11-03 12 SINGAPORE, Oct. 28. Twenty-six two pounder shells were found in Pulau Terkukor, oil R.A.F. Tengah, Singapore, on Oct. 25. They were believed to be relics of the last war.32 words
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122 1955-11-03 12 SINGAPORE, Oct. 27. FOUR-MAN gang of housebreakers was caught in the Bukit Timah Road area, Singapore, on the morning of Oct. 25. Three were found in a car in Holland Road carrying an iron bar, a sack, two chisels and some cloth. They122 words
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Article, Illustration438 1955-11-03 12 Communist-controlled union group depicts detective killed by the Singapore rioters as ‘worker victim of brutal attack by police SINGAPORE. Oct. 27. THE Communist- controlled World Federation of Trade Unions has told the biggest lie of the year. Using a photograph of a victim of the438 words
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Article55 1955-11-03 12 SEGAMAT. Oct. 26. The British Adviser, Johore, Mr. D. A. Somerville, has completed a two-day tour of Segamat district—his first since he returned from leave. Last night he met town councillors and members of the district War Executive Committee at a dinner given by the Resettlement55 words
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Article51 1955-11-03 12 SINGAPORE, Oct. 28. Eighteen men of the 22nd Special Air Service Regiment in Kuala Lumpur, at present on leave in Singapore, were among the 111 people who gave blood during the week ending on Oct. 27. Transfusions during the week totalled 141 and the flasks in stock51 words
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Article, Illustration21 1955-11-03 12 THIS IS THE PICTURE the Straits Times t00k... the same man, Detective Corporal Yuen Yau Pheng.21 words
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Article70 1955-11-03 12 4 Human chain SINGAPORE. Oct 28. Forty-five pickets at tn strike-bound United Engine*’ factory in Kampong Bahru Road, Singapore, were air-sr ed yesterday for allegedly structing a lorry from l* 1 in K the factory. A police spokesman 0 they were arrested aft ,M < warnings had70 words
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Article26 1955-11-03 12 SEJGAMAT, Oct. 27.--Mr K J. Cooper was elected ch man of the Segam&t bran of the Johore Planters' a sociation, at the cm meeting.26 words
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Article, Illustration262 1955-11-03 13 Pulau Brani to be linked tor fresh water But it can be done and will pave the way for supplies to the other islands: Engineer SINGAPORE. Oct. 28. i WATER PIPELINE running under the sea ;K from Keppel Harbour to Pulau Brani in\ol\es taking one of262 words
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Article197 1955-11-03 13 Lovely, they all say SINGAPORE. Oct. 28. THE new Singapore stamps, complete sets of which were posted m 110 first-day covers by the Public Relations Office to Commonwealth and Colonial territories on Sept. 4. have earned high praise from philatelists and the public. A official of the197 words
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Article41 1955-11-03 13 MALACCA, Oct. 26. The '■ea branch of the Malayindian Congress has pass- < solution calling on the nment to grant Federal nship to those who have in Malaya for more :i year and want to the country their rr* o.41 words
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Article, Illustration90 1955-11-03 13 SINGAPORE, Oct. 28. COLONEL F. W. Speed, 44, who has arrived in Singapore to take command of the Australian contingent at Far East Land Force headquarters. He was In Malaya in 1051 as an Army observer. He later became Assistant Adjutant and Quarter-Master-General of the 2nd90 words
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Article48 1955-11-03 13 SINGAPORE. Oct 28. Veeriusamy Velar Thiagu and Permayavelar Panneerselvan, newspaper vendors, were each fined $5O in Singapore magistrate’s court yesterday after they pleaded guilty to a charge of threatening to stab a fellow newspaper vendor. Vadivelu, if he continued selling newspapers in the Clementi Road area.48 words
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102 1955-11-03 13 SINGAPORE, Oct. 29. SINGAPORE Police and Army authorities arc still searching for the 8.000 detonators which mysteriously disappeared from No. 448 Base Ammunition Depot in Kranji Creek on Oct. 25. Army auinorities are trying to discover if the detonators have been “lost” in their102 words
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Article43 1955-11-03 13 SINGAPORE. Oct 29. A war memorial to students and members of tbe stall of St. Andrew's School who died during the war will be unveiled bv the Principal. Canon R.K.S. Adams, at the school at Woodsville, Singapore, at 8 am. tomorrow.43 words
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202 1955-11-03 13 SINGAPORE. Oct 28 THE Singapore Legislative Assembly will have a chance of hearing lrom the Chief Minister. Mr. David Marshall, an account ol Ins meeting with Chin P-na. the secretary-general of the Malayan Communist Par y. ii n is' held before Nov 7.202 words
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Article173 1955-11-03 13 Ipoh plans home for children IPOH, Ot. 28. T'HE newly formed Perak Welfare Association is to give priority to a home for crippled children—the first project of its kind in the Federation. The secretary of the association, Mr. M S. Dhoss, toid the Straits Times173 words
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Article85 1955-11-03 13 SINGAPORE, Oct 28. \|RS. LIM BO SENG, widow 1 A of a Malayan war hero, left Singapore by air for Perth. Australia, yesterday to consult a psychiatrist. Mrs. Lim was in hospital till Oct. 24 after being admitted on Oct. 15 suffering from an overdose85 words
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Article78 1955-11-03 13 PENANG. Oct. 28 PRAI wharf workers may stage a walkout if their talks with a local contractor fail to bring agreement tomorrow. Their union met last night and decided to keep the MTUC and other unions in Penang and Province Wellesley informed of developments.78 words
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Article89 1955-11-03 13 JOHORE BAHRU, Oct. 28— There Ls no place for religion or politics in the field of trade unionism, Mr. Kael Singh, president of the Tampoi Mental Hosoltal Employees’ Union, said this evening. Mr. Kael Singh, who was speaking at his union’s anI nual meeting, felt89 words
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Article206 1955-11-03 13 KUALA LUMPUR, 28. gECAUSE of a critical shortage of trained nurses, the Kuala Lumpur General Hospital may have to restrict surgery, close two wards and admit only urgent cases. There is a serious shortage of trained nurses throughout the Federation, but it is acute in206 words
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Article39 1955-11-03 13 SINGAPORE, Oct 29. A labourer, Raghavan Raman, 46, was killed yesterday when a Malayan Railway engineering wagon left the rails at Woodlands and overturned. The driver, V.P. Manikam, 37, was injured and admitted to hospital.39 words
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Article, Illustration612 1955-11-03 14 Party puzzled over ‘silence pledge SINGAPORE, Oct. 2‘). 'pHE CRISIS in the Singapore Labour Front developed yesterday with the Chief Minister, Mr. David Marshall, saying he would publicly call Mr. C. H. Koh (a Front executive) a coward. The crisis ;irose when Mr. Koh introduced two612 words
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Article39 1955-11-03 14 JOHORE BAHRU. Oct. 28 Miss E. M. Hoover. Health Matron. Johore Bahru, has been transferred to Kuala Lumpur as Principal Matron, Federation of Malaya. In succession to Miss E. M. Hill who is on leave preparatory to retirement.39 words
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Article36 1955-11-03 14 KUALA LUMPUR. Oct 26 Yew Hin Saw, 32. a bus conductor of Campbell Road, was fined five dollars in the First Magistrate's Court here today for spitting in front of the Sessions Court.36 words
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Article268 1955-11-03 14 PENANG. Oct. 28. rpHE Commander in Chief, Far East Land Forces, Gen. Sir Charles Loewen, said here today that security forces in Malaya have got the Emergency “more than two-thirds finished.” Speaking to the 2nd. Bn. Royal Australian Regt., at a parade at Minden Barracks, he268 words
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Article279 1955-11-03 14 SINGAPORE. Oct. > 9 M R A. W. BURTT, Director of (homistrv Malaya, said in a paper published yesterday that a figure for alcohol concentration in th blood should be fixed as the standard for inw.y cation. This, he added, would help to reduce279 words
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Article30 1955-11-03 14 SINGAPORE. Oct. 28 Wong Weng Kuan, IS, a student, was injured yesterday evening when his motorcycle skidded and caught fire at the Bth milestone, Bukit Timah Road, Singapore.30 words
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Article185 1955-11-03 14 Labour conference starts today SINGAPORE. Oct. 2i>. THE Singapore Labour Front —advocates of multilingualism will try out the system a: its first annual delegates* conference th afternoon. More than 200 delegates from IS Front branches wii: debate more than 25 resolutions in English. Chinese (.dialect not185 words
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Article43 1955-11-03 14 SINGAPORE. Oct 20 The newly-formed Singapore Chinese Middle Sent 1 Students’ Union now has a membership of 9.347 f lrau! from pupils at th° chin' 1 High School. Chung Cnenand four others. The union will celebrate i-' formation tomorrow.43 words
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82 1955-11-03 14 PENANG. Oct. 28. The Penang Rural Board has approved plans for 2.550 housing units, the chairman, Mr. D. P. Rees, said today. “It is oovious from this that there Is continuous development in the rural areas,” i he told the Straits Times.82 words
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904 1955-11-03 15 My aim: To keep on even keel THE RENDEL SCHEME SHOULD BE GIVEN 4 EAR TRIAL, HE SA YS SINGAPORE. Oct. 31. \l it. A. It. LAZAROUS, L.ihour trout Asscmb- lyman, said yesterday in a statement on the row at the party’s conference on Saturday904 words
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827 1955-11-03 15 SINGAPORE. Oct. 31. 'pHE Singapore Labour Front’s annual conference ended last night with an even more serious crisis within the party than was first expected. Three important developments yesterday threatened to split the Labour Front. They were: A THREAT by Mr. A. R.827 words
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158 1955-11-03 15 20 BOLD BANDITS MARCH I PAST TALKS TOWN KLIAN INTAN, Oct. 28. I EVERYONE here today was J excitedly talking about 20 roving Communist terrorists seen near Kampong Lallang, nine miles away by cart track. Klian Intan, still expecting a return meeting between the Malayan Communist Party envoys and Government158 words
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Article, Illustration999 1955-11-03 16 SINGAPORE, Oct. 31, JORN documents and delegates' cards showed how Saturday’s Labour Front conference was “packed” for the election of party executives, said the Singapore Chief Minister, Mr. David Marshall, when the conference was resumed yesterday.999 words
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Article, Illustration81 1955-11-03 16 SINGAPORE. Oct 31 YEMIMA SHABABO, 17. (above) was crowned the 1955 Queen of the Chinese Swimming Club last night. This is the first time Yemima has won first place in a beauty contest. She had been the runner-up three times.lura Koh.—Straits Times picture. - 81 words
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Article59 1955-11-03 16 SINGAPORE. Oct. 31. The St. Andrew’s School in Singapore paid tribute yesterday to 48 teachers and old boys killed or missing during the second world war. Students, old boys and teachers attended a service in the school chapel to honour the memory of those whose names appear in59 words
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Article34 1955-11-03 16 SINGAPORE, Oct. 31. The Singapore Trades Union Congress will represent the 247 striking employees of the Bata Shoe Company at a negotiation meeting with the company at the Labour Ministry this morning.34 words
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Article59 1955-11-03 16 They observed a minute’s silence and a wreath was laid on their behalf at the foot of the plaque, a gift of the present and past students. Among the gathering were the families, relatives and friends of the dead and missing, Scouts, Boys’ Brigade, and members of59 words
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Article26 1955-11-03 16 SINGAPORE, Oct. 31. About 300 people attended last night’s United Nations Association ball at Raffles Hotel to mark the close of United Nations Week.26 words
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Article120 1955-11-03 16 SINGAPORE. Oct 30 SINGAPORE’S Chief Munster. Mr. David Marshall said yesterday he would try to table a white paper and a Bill on free legal aid in FYoruary as soon as he receives a full report on the subject from the former Registrar or the Supreme120 words
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Article172 1955-11-03 16 Continued from Page 15 Press sounded very much like ”th P double talk of the People’s Action Party.’’ He referred to Mr. Koh’s “solemn undertaking’’ not to speak on his resolutions and said: “The executive council never asked for that undertaking. “This gentleman refuses to speak172 words
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Article213 1955-11-03 17 It s very strange, says spokesman lor Singapore Harbour Board rolice search for clues after $2 mil. fire SINGAPORE, Nov. 1. CiviAPORE Harbour Board authorities and k -fie police suspect that the $2,000,000 fire n! 1 i gutted the William Jacks rubber jjodown „n -unday213 words
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Article218 1955-11-03 17 SINGAPORE. Oct. 31. THE Singapore Chief Minister, Mr. David Marshall. told the annual conference of his party, the Labour Front, yesterday that during his forthcoming visit to London for constitutional talks, he would ask for a fullyelect»d Legislative Assembly of 50 members by 1957.218 words
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Article45 1955-11-03 17 SINGAPORE, Oct. 31. Tia 1 Singapore District Metiu;cii>t Youth Fellowship pre(l Little Man,” a play by Juht. Galsworthy, at Changi ri non Saturday night. I' l performance was given at i] request of the prison yiMLdion committee of the A v Methodist Church.45 words
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Article204 1955-11-03 17 K. LUMPUR, Oct. 30. THE Federation Chief 1 Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, has told his brother, the Sultan Of Kedah, that the Rulers should join the Ra’ayat movement for independence. Addressing a rally today at Kuala Lumpur’s new Malay Settlement at Kampong Tangga China, he204 words
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Article33 1955-11-03 17 SINGAPORE, Oct. 31. Singapore Marine Police are investigating the death of an 18-year-old girl, Kong Wan Leow, who was drowned while swimming at Loyang village yesterday, when she was missed.33 words
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Article, Illustration68 1955-11-03 17 He is seen (above) arranging them on the bonnet of his Rolls-Royce at Phoenix Park. Poppies are now being sold in Malaya to raise money for the Poppy I>ay Fund.— Straits Times; picture. - 68 words
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Article38 1955-11-03 17 SNIGAPORE. Oct. 31. Singapore Muslims residing at the Keppel Road Kings Dock yesterday celebrated Prophet Mohammed’s birthday with a procession, dinner and holy songsSpeeches were made in Malay, Tamil and English by Muslim leaders.38 words
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Article20 1955-11-03 17 KUALA LUMPUR. Oct. 31. A new road Ls to he built through the Kuala Lumpur suburb of Sentul20 words
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77 1955-11-03 17 ‘Don’t slang the British’ Hammett MALACCA, Oct. 31. rpHE Resident Commissioner, Mr H. G. Hammett, said today that in Malaya’s rapid political development the people should not forget its past British administrators who had paved the way to smooth progress. He added: “It might be unfashionable to nrai.se their work77 words
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Article, Illustration568 1955-11-03 17 But first they want an assembly twice as biy INGAPORE, Nov. 1. E Singapore Rate- a y e r s Association recommended that •size of the Legise Assembly should increased to someth between twice and “e times its present nber of members, a memorandum568 words
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566 1955-11-03 18 LOCAL GOVERNMENT WORKERS GIVE A PLEDGE—ON CONDITION: SINGAPORE, Nov. 1. I N the interest of rapid Malayanisation, Singapore (iovernment servants are prepared to be transferred to any (Government agency if there is uniformity of salaries and conditions of service. These agencies include the566 words
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604 1955-11-03 18 LABOUR FRONT ROW OVER RECOGNITION OF M.C.P. SINGAPORE, Nov. 1. SINGAPORE'S Chief Minister. Mr. David Marshall, said last night that his forthcoming “self govern ment” talks in London might be prejudiced because of the agitation by certain Labour Front members for recognition of the604 words
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Article243 1955-11-03 18 SINGAPORE. Nov 1. SINGAPORE police are baffled by the disappearance of a strong box containing $11,000 in cash, a revolver, and 12 rounds of ammunition from the Special Constabulary headquarters at the Central Police Station, South Bridge Road. The box also contained private and confidential letters,243 words
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222 1955-11-03 18 SINGAPORE. Nov. 1. 'rHE strike by 247 employees ot the Bata Shoe Com- pany in Singapore may end soon. Hopes for an early settlement rose yesterday when agreement was reached on 14 of the workers’ 18 demands. The company’s new offer on strike222 words
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118 1955-11-03 18 KUALA LUMPUR. Oct. 31. The meeting between Tengku Abdul Rahman, the Chief Minister, and Chin Peng, the Communist leader, is not expected to take place until Nov. 13. This is the date of Tengku Abdul Rahman’s return from Indonesia on118 words
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Article1381 1955-11-03 19 fHE WEEK IN SPORT I \1Y MEIKLE, the vrak and North S( l-half, has been n d captain of the M van Rugby Union t( to visit Bangkok in nonth. :Ic will lead a team of on -lead of 21 a s was oriv intended1,381 words
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1182 1955-11-03 19 EPSOM JEEP - By EPSOM JEEP KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 29. TAKING command from- the jump-off Rice Mill, with Tom Mortimer astride, kept up a bright gallop on the heavy track to score a splendid length win in the Class 2, Div. 1,7 f. handicap at Kuala1,182 words
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Article40 1955-11-03 19 PENANG. Nov. 1.— Australian troops stationed here will take part in the Remembrance Day parade at the Cenotaph on Nov. 6. Lt.-Col. J. G. Ochiltree, commanding officer, 2nd Bn., Royal Australian Regiment, will command the parade.40 words
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Miscellaneous69 1955-11-03 19 Big Sweep TOTAL POOL: $251,CIS. 1ST: No. *****2 ($67,936) 2ND: No. *****7 ($33,968) 3RD: No. *****7 ($16,984) STARTERS ($1,887 each) Nos. *****0, *****1, *****7, *****3, *****8, *****7, *****2, *****2, *****8. CONSOLATION ($1,509) Nos. *****7, *****8, *****2, *****9, *****1, *****7, *****8, *****4, *****2, *****5. .TREBLE TOTE: Two tickets $805 each. FORECAST69 words
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358 1955-11-03 20 SHARE MARKET By Our Market Correspondent SINGAPORE. Oct. 31. fpHE introduction of yet another official holiday into the Singapore calendar resulted in there being only four and a half days’ trading in the Singapore Share Market last week. It was a very dull358 words
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Article159 1955-11-03 20 SINGAPORE. Oct. 31. COMPANIES operating in Malaya announced the following dividends last week:— K AM UNTING TIN DREDGING LTD.: A final dividend of 9d. per share less income tax at 8s. 6d. in the for year ended March 31, payable to shareholders on December 3. Books close from159 words
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Article288 1955-11-03 20 SINGAPORE, Oct. 31. THE following business done in the Singapore Share Market last week was reported by one firm of brokers for the period October 22 to October 27:— INDUSTRIALS; Fraser Ac Neave Ord. $1.65 to $1 69 ex all. Fraser At Neave Prefs. $6.10, Gammons $2,57 4288 words
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Article26 1955-11-03 20 SINGAPORE NOV. 1. RUBBER: sl.lB* per lb. (up half a cent). TIN: $375,821 per picul (up $1,621). COPRA: $27,621 per picul (down 121 cents).26 words
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291 1955-11-03 20 More natural Ru bbe r used in U.S. last m onth T" E rubber price in Singapore ye*t, comparatively steady for the grea- the day on the announcement of the r 0 sumption figures in the United State* (on ber, but trading was on the thin side. ptcw Total new291 words
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Article129 1955-11-03 20 T'HIS has been a short trading week 'in which the Singapore rubber market has lapsed into one of its dull periods, states the current review of Holiday, Cutler, Bath Co.. Ltd. There has been very little fluctuation in price and with the possibility of a packers’ strike in129 words
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Article226 1955-11-03 20 to ouer cheaper rubber to the terminal markets than was possible irom here. The differential between November and December has not changed during the week and with the increased Interest in London and New York for forwards January March narrowed, though very little business has beer226 words
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Article831 1955-11-03 20 SINGAPORE, Nov. 2. INDUSTRIALS Buyers Sellers Alex Bricks Pref 180 1.85 Ords 1.95 2.05 Atlas ice »3 00 ibuversi 8.8 Petrol 42/8 44/6 B.M. Trustees 0.10 6.50 Con. Tin Smelt l9- 20/Ords 29/- 30/ Eastern United 36 jO 37 50 Fed. Dispensary 3.20 3 30 Fraser and831 words
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Article107 1955-11-03 20 SINGAPORE. Nov. 2. Singapore Chinese Produce Ex* change: noon prices per picul yesterday were:— Copra: quiet; November *27 5 8 buyers $27 7|B sellers; V' ember $2B buyers, $2B I|4 sellers Coconut oil: quiet; bulk $4O 3 i -ellers; drum $43 I|4 sellers. Pepper: quiet Muntok white $133,107 words
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Article29 1955-11-03 20 SINGAPORE, h Selayang Tin Dredgtm m dared an interim divide cent less tax for year < i tember 30, payable on 25 to shareholders regl October 26.29 words