The Straits Budget, 23 February 1956
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The Straits Budget
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Title Section28 1956-02-23 1 The Straits Budget THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES MALAYA’S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER t’s n No. 496. Singapore, Feb. 23, 1956 Price 40 cents (Malayan) Or 1 Shilling.28 words
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Article275 1956-02-23 2 SELLAR SABA RATNAM - SELLAR SABA RATNAM Taiptng. CHIEF MINISTER Tengku Abdul Rahman’s advocacy in London to lift the existing ban on opium has met with a vehement protest, mainly on grounds that it is a retrograde step on the moral side but no one has so far put forward any275 words
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Article184 1956-02-23 2 ANTI-CANT - ANTI-CANT. Singapore. IT was most refreshing to And at least one clergyman in Singapore who is not afraid to speak out on this so-called moral aspect of the opium question. Says Canon R. K. S. Adams, the Principal of St. Andrew’s School: “I agree that opium184 words
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Article167 1956-02-23 2 CHINESE DOC TOR - CHINESE DOC TOR Singapore. IEEAD with 1. 4 Canon R. K. s f i, at man of position 1 fluence over th. generation of agrees with Ten:Rahman In advo< t ul return to the pr. ne tern of the G< y m controlled sale of 01 We167 words
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Article84 1956-02-23 2 MALAYAN - MALAYAN. Singapore. THE first thing our Government wishes to do is to introduce the great evil of opium smoking though the United Nations have been trying to wipe it out since 1945. fn the United States, the Government have spent and is still spending millions of dollars84 words
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322 1956-02-23 2 R. L. ARCHER - CHURCH AND OPIUM; THE ‘RUIN OF SO MANY HOMES’ R. L. ARCHER. Resident Bishop, S.E.A. Central Conference of the Methodist Church. Singapore. SPEAKING on behalf of the Methodist Church, I wish to say that if the Chief Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, has been correctly reported—namely, that he hopes to remove322 words
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241 1956-02-23 2 IPOHIT - IPOHIT' Singapore. MR B. M. SCOTT has trouble reconciling statements of an archbishop and a bishop and says one must be wrong. Perhaps the key to the riddle is really an answer to the question: When did the Reformation take place in the241 words
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Article175 1956-02-23 2 N. DANDh - N. DANDh Singapore. HOWEVER one interprets Canon R.K.S. Adams view about the sale ot opium, it is difficult to reconcile it with the principles he should be teaching. The theory that such and such a thing should be legalised because “there will always be some who will175 words
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Miscellaneous21 1956-02-23 2 mm m mm rml P > m V-. m o Si? li as /j 4: 0 I ar mim POUR VOTES AGAINST21 words
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The Straits Budget
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Article485 1956-02-23 3 —Straits Times, Feb. 15. More conference ~n i e Commission ,a the Far East U 1 to have been t ..s S ful. Like some ;-K conierences it m for poiiti- battle begun ,V. Mi-. Maletin who bv a■" j economic aid ihout enslaveu;iv not referring, nu-r—Straits Times, Feb. 15. - 485 words
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Article412 1956-02-23 3 —Straits Times, Feb. 15. English will r.o longer be in the privileged position it has enjoyed in Malaya. The assertions of nationalism and the acceptance of multi-lin-gualism will now force the English language to stand on its own not inconsiderable merits. Nobody can, of course, say—Straits Times, Feb. 15. - 412 words
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Article171 1956-02-23 3 —Straits Times, Feb. 15. The somewhat obscure purpose of exercise “Firm Link,’’ the first joint manoeuvres to be held by the SEATO nations, does not detract from the importance of this demonstration that the pact has teeth. Originally an exercise for American and Filipino forces, British units, including—Straits Times, Feb. 15. - 171 words
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Article431 1956-02-23 3 —Straits Times. Feb. 16. The immediate reason for satisfaction at the defeat of John Eber and Inche Wan Hamid in the Malayan Forum elections in London is that their Communist line influence has been decisively rejected by Malayan students as a body. The vote showed—Straits Times. Feb. 16. - 431 words
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Article131 1956-02-23 3 -Straits Times, Feb. 16. The almost forgotten S.T.C. buses will be back on Singapore’s roads this afternoon, all that is except the trolley buses which will reappear in another five days. The end of the 142 day strike came with the company’s acceptance of the recommendations-Straits Times, Feb. 16. - 131 words
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Article605 1956-02-23 3 —Straits Times, Feb. 17. Tengku Abdul Rahman’s essential strength, it has been suggested, lies in his instinctive sympathy with, and reflection of, public feeling and opinion. He is one of the people. His instinct, however, appears to have failed him in his approach to the controversial—Straits Times, Feb. 17. - 605 words
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Article265 1956-02-23 4 —Straits Times, Feb. 17. From the feckless and the ignorant comes a persistent questioning of the qualification “if possible” which was attached in London to the date of Malayan independence —August 31, 1957. The circumstances in which the date came to be chosen in the first place—Straits Times, Feb. 17. - 265 words
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Article359 1956-02-23 4 —Straits Times, Feb. 18. Whether the salary of the Clerk of the Singapore Assembly should be raised to $1,950 is quite rightly a matter of public interest. Unfortunately some of the comments have been so personal that it is Mr. L. W. Donough’s future intentions tha. have become—Straits Times, Feb. 18. - 359 words
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Article612 1956-02-23 4 —Straits Times, Feb. 20. The exigencies of travel yesterday postponed the triumphal reception which the Federation had prepared for its Chief Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman. He spent another night on almost foreign soil. Today the Federation will extend its welcome, and will publicly rejoice. The merdeka mission—Straits Times, Feb. 20. - 612 words
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Article319 1956-02-23 4 —Straits Times. Feb. 21. The itch to play the “big brother” towards others not so politically advanced becomes irresistible among countries which have recently achieved independence. Tengku Abdul Rahman, proposing to call a conference of Commonwealth dependencies, no doubt is trying to follow this “big brother” tradition.—Straits Times. Feb. 21. - 319 words
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Article302 1956-02-23 4 -Straits Times, Feb. 21 At the end of the Baling talks, Tengku Abdul Rahman was emphatic that he would agree to meet Chin Peng again only if the Communist leader came out to surrender. There is considerable doubt now whether he is still of the same mind. In-Straits Times, Feb. 21 - 302 words
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Article279 1956-02-23 4 —Straits Times, Feb. 22. A most extraordinary publicity has been given to the Federal Government’s denial of any intention to devalue the Malayan dollar. I n the absence of the Financial Secretary two spokesmen have put the Treasury’s view, fortunately using exactly the same words. Any suggestion that—Straits Times, Feb. 22. - 279 words
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Article67 1956-02-23 4 LEACH: To Jill and Jlmrrle at Bungsar Hospital, Kuala Lumper, on February 13th a daughte; SMITH: On February twe >V‘ 1 Penang Maternity Hospital Bunny wife of Chris Smith. Peter CHATTAWAY: To Lavini Peter, on February 20tli, at dang Kerbau Haspital. a da■ PALMER: Born to Mrs. bara Palmer,67 words
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Article, Illustration905 1956-02-23 5 pVB’N' if Mr. Marshall h M not ill, and u iiN ly to be fully /zed to health by one fortnight in S’.v;:/ rland squeezed between two long an d tiling air journev.s. one would have doubts about that date in905 words
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Article, Illustration590 1956-02-23 5 After one week the craving is gone SINGAPORE. Feb. 2 0. JHK voiles of 2,000 ex-opium smokers, v'ho have been rescued from the ijrip of the drui*- by FAITH alone. will be raised airain>t any proposal lilt the ban on opium. /h«-\ the patients—Straits Times picture. - 590 words
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Article70 1956-02-23 5 SINGAPORE, Feb. 18. The Chief Kathi of Singapore, Haji Ali M. S. Salleh, yesterday criticised the InterReligious Organisation as a movement that has become “most inactive.” He thought that Singapore and the Federation should take immediate steps to back up the recent Rome meeting of Catholic70 words
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Article1116 1956-02-23 6 CYNICIS - CYNICIS SINGAPORE, Feb. 17. RECENTLY shaken faith in the infallibility of juries undoubtedly played some part in the British verdict against hanging. Only twelve months ago the Commons rejected by 31 votes a proposal to abolish the death penalty for an experimental period of live years.1,116 words
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Article, Illustration7 1956-02-23 6 Photo by Sam Kai Yee— Photo by Sam Kai Yee - 7 words
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188 1956-02-23 6 'You have four days to /tV KLANG, Sunday rpHE chairman of the FMNO branch at Kanino Sijangkang near here has told the police th t his life has been threatened. The threat came in a letter he found in the garden of his home yesterdav188 words
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Article35 1956-02-23 6 JOHORE BAHRU. Feb. 19. Tan Uan, Wee Soon and Liew Kew were fined $lOO, $3OO and $350, respectively in the Sessions Court at Kota Tinggi today for possession of opium smoking apparatus.35 words
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Article209 1956-02-23 6 SINGAPORE. Feb. 18. A LETTER from his mother so upset a British corporal in Singapore that he began to drink heavily. A few hours later, a private threatened to report him to the orderly officer because he refused to get off a truck. That threat, a209 words
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Article38 1956-02-23 6 TELUK ANSON. Feb 1' coconut picker was kiLea ->■ Kampong Berempang Parjang. in the Bagan Tv area of Lower Perak, day when a coconut ft. on his head. He was Jamil bin L' Alias, 27.38 words
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Article34 1956-02-23 6 TEMERLOH. Feb. 17 Sultan of Pahang here today on the first his tour of Temerloh c He met penghulus. h Government riepar' community leaders councillors at the L f34 words
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Article, Illustration152 1956-02-23 7 Soon Choon—a ‘very sharp little girl —wins praise from High Court judge T\\ SOON C’HOON, 8. who was commended bv Mr. Justice Thomson iii the Ipoh High Court on Feb. U>. for the impressive way she had given evidence at the trill of three men con\iited for robbery. The judge152 words
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Article833 1956-02-23 7 STANLEY STREET - MALA YSiAiX NOTEBOOK STANLEY STREET 'PHE Chinese New x Year passed off in Singapore with more than the usual outburst of fire crackers. This is irritating when you want to go to sleep but is designed, I am informed, to scare away the devils. In833 words
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Article621 1956-02-23 7 TUAN I)JEK - TUAN I)JEK. During last week there was not much rain, but what there was rattier >poiled grand-nep-hew’s five-day holiday spent in the Dusun; granduncle was hard put to it to entertain him. They called or. several families. One night TYMOTW took G-N to the club, and next mornin?621 words
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Article145 1956-02-23 7 From the Straits Times of Feb. 22, 1906: AT a meeting of the Penang Municipality on Friday week, the President, Mr. Hallifax, said he had received a letter from Mr. R. Young stating that the new motor fire engine would be ready for use by the endFrom the Straits Times of Feb. 22, 1906: - 145 words
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239 1956-02-23 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Feb. 17. TTIE ALLIANCE GOVERNMENT plans not only to A reshuffle some of its Ministers but also to regroup some of the portfolios and subjects dealt with by them. This follows the London talks and the experience of the Ministers since they239 words
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Article, Illustration757 1956-02-23 8 WILLIAM FISH - By WILLIAM FISH SINGAPORE, Feb. 16. CMOKF rising from opium pipes in Singapore backstreets and Federation new villages was last night curling into a gigantic question mark. l hc question: Should opium smoking Ik legalised again in MalayaV “No,” cried outraged public opinion in the Federation. But757 words
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Article, Illustration468 1956-02-23 8 ‘SING PANTUNS FOR ME AT MY FUNERAL Death wish of an old Singapore ‘baba* In days when Chinese wore queues SINGAPORE, Feb. 16. mHE singing of Malay “pantuns” will be an unusual f feature at the funeral on Feb. 18 of Mr. Koh Boon Teck—one of the “old guards” of468 words
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Article140 1956-02-23 8 SINGAPORE, Feb. 16. STEPHEN DAVID JONES, the 23-year-old detective attached to the Special Branch who vanished on Feb. 6, yesterday appeared in the Singapore Second District Court. He pleaded not guilty to a charge of unlawfully absenting himself from duty while a member of the140 words
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Article267 1956-02-23 8 SINGAPORE. Feb. 16 Kuala lumpur, Feb. 15. —The secret of winning the war against the Communists was to put pressure on an area and “squeeze, squeeze and squeeze until the terrorists scream.” Lt.-Col. P. H. Man. commanding the 1st Royal Hampshire Regiment, said this267 words
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Article44 1956-02-23 8 Four of five Chinese students from Malaya, who were recently awarded four-year scholarships by the Hong Kong Junior Chamber of Commerce, have reach Hong Kong. They are Lim Chin Y Lim Yeu Chan. Wong Ku Lin, and Ting Sia Kit.44 words
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Article480 1956-02-23 9 l\ SDMINES USED IN PERAK A TTA CK 1POH. Feb. 15.—Six Malay Special Consiables out ul a party ot \-> were killed this inoi'iiiug by terrorisis in an ambush a mile from Langkap m w village, half way iK'tween leluk An* sou and hampai480 words
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Article254 1956-02-23 9 SINGAPORE. Feb. 16. COME Singapore women have suffered from lead poisoning by using a face powder imported from China, the Singapore Health Minister, Mr. A. T Braga, said vesterdny. Health authorities have discovered that another preparation irom China, for th treatment of dandruff, car. cause blindness254 words
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Article202 1956-02-23 9 |y-AXG, Feb. 15.—Four s, a:nen were drown’v hen a tongkang s bted in a storm off the Port Swettenham coast. The sole survivor. Sulong bin Khalil. 29. clung to a plank for two days before he was rescued by a Ashing boat from Pulau Ketam.202 words
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Article52 1956-02-23 9 V v? n GAJ AH, Feb. 15. Y :Ue workers and v p, *f‘ u r W(>re injured lorry overturned I CJajah-Gopeng 'i rday. f r were returning to ■> '**.three miles from .7 fcsta te where they fc rfl fitted to hos- r >t52 words
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Article47 1956-02-23 9 LONDON. Feb. 15. Mr. Walter Gordon French, who has been named surgeon at the Lady Templer Tuberculosis Hospital, Kuala Lumpur, met Lady Templer in her home in London yesterday. Lady Templer is chairman of the hospital. Mr. French leaves for Malaya on Feb. 14.47 words
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143 1956-02-23 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 15. THE Chief Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, is A expected to announce his reshuffled and enlarged Cabinet in the third week of March after the Conference of Rulers and the Federal Council have ratified the London “merdeka” pact. The Rulers will143 words
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Article184 1956-02-23 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 15. The Australian dock strike has given French flour exporters their long-sought opportunity to get into the Malayan market, the Straits Times was told today. As a result of the strike, which ended today, arrangements were made by certain importers to get supplies184 words
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180 1956-02-23 9 Singapore, Feb. 16. II/IORE accidents occur on Fridays than on any other day in the week in Singapore, the Traffic Police Department said yesterday. The next two bad accident days are Saturdays and Wednesdays. Road crashes are the lowest on Sundays. In December180 words
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Article46 1956-02-23 9 K. LUMPUR, Feb. 15. A patrol of the 1st. Fijians found a terrorist food dump in the Yong Peng area of Johorc yesterday. It had 14 tins of condensed milk, a tin of tea and a large snck of sova beans.46 words
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Advertisement44 1956-02-23 9 STRAITS BUDGET SUBSCRimON RATES (PAYABLE IN ADVANCE) The weekly issues of the Straits Budget can he sent by express air delivery service to the I'nited Kingdom only at an inclusive rate of $21.00 for six months. (ALL THE ABOVE ARE IN MALA VAN CURRENCY)44 words
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190 1956-02-23 10 ‘SUBVERSIVE ELEMENTS KUAN INTAN, Feb. 15. police have detained six people in Klian Intan, site of the first “peace talks” between Communist boss Chin Peng’s emissary Chen Tian and Government representatives. The villagers all mining labourers employed by Rahman Hydraulic Tin Ltd. were190 words
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Article64 1956-02-23 10 KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 15. Mr. David Gray, who has been Officer Administering the Government, leaves here tomorrow night for Singapore and England on leave before retirement. A specialist on Chinese affairs, Mr. Gray has been in the Malayan Civil Service lor 26 years. His substantive64 words
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249 1956-02-23 10 SINGAPORE, Feb. 17. I\ MAN armed with a revolver robbed two dance hostesses living in Shanghai Road, Singapore yesterday morning. And last night the two girls. Siew Mun Fei and Nancy Tan, told me that they had felt an evil premonition when they returned249 words
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Article82 1956-02-23 10 Workers fight rubber fire SEREMBAN, Feb. 1(3 The smokehouse on Cairo Estate at Nilai and 6,3001b. of rubber were destroyed by fire last night. Damage was estimated at $20,000. The estate manager and workers fought the blaze. A storm earlier in the evening had cut off telephone communication82 words
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Article37 1956-02-23 10 SINGAPORE, Feb 18 Sir Percy McNeice, former president of the City Council has given $l,OOO to the Singapore Youth Sports Centre Fund. The Asiatic Government Security Life and General Assurance Company gave $250.37 words
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Article184 1956-02-23 10 Mg daughter is too young, sags Dato Seth JOIIOKE BAIIRU. Feb. 15. The Deputy MentriBesar of Johorc, Dato Moha rned Seth, today denied a Singapore newspaper report that his lti-year-old daughter, Che Zainab, was in the running as the prospective bride of Tengku Abdul Rahman, son of184 words
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Article153 1956-02-23 10 5 families homeless after big storm KUALA LUMPUR. Feb. 15. piVE FAMILIES in a kampong at Jendaram Hilir, 1 26 miles from here, were left homeless after a heavy storm yesterday. A sudden gust of wind, followed by torrential rain, toppled large rubber and durian153 words
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Article106 1956-02-23 10 RAUB. Feb. 16. —A topranking Pahang terrorist, Chin Choy, 38, was sentenced to death in the High Court here today for possessing 24 rounds of ammunition. He was acquitted on another charge of possessing a revolver. Chin who was arrested in Hong Kong last April, was sentenced106 words
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208 1956-02-23 10 Move follows recent marriage SINGAPORE. Feb. 17. 'THE co-educational Teachers’ Training College at 1 Kota Bharu has tightened up its regulations on fraternisation among students. They have been warned by the college principal, Mr. R. Williams: “Please try to stay inside the college grounds208 words
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Article37 1956-02-23 10 IPOH, Feb. 16. The AlAzhar University of Cairo reputed to be the world’s oldest Muslim religious education institution, has presented a volume of the Koran to the Perak branch of the All-Malaya Muslim Missionary Society.37 words
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Article174 1956-02-23 10 SINGAPORE, Feb. 18 SINGAPORE business- men could lean back in their cars and talk to their private secretaries at the office by two-way radio—if the Telecommunications Department would let them. The reason for Telecoms’ reluctance is that there are only a limited number of frequencies174 words
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Article24 1956-02-23 10 IPOH, Feb. 16.—Some 40,000 people were tested in Perak last year by B.C.G. vaccination teams and 16.106, including 3,534 children, were vaccinated.24 words
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Article67 1956-02-23 10 ALOR STAR, Feb. 16. A rubber tapper, Hamid bin Ahmad, was accidentally shot dead by a patrol of the 2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, in the Bongsu Forest reserve in South Ke- dah on the night of Feb. B The patrol was in ambasn position in67 words
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Article461 1956-02-23 11 Kl.UA MMIHK. i:,. Hie Minister .I,' Natural Hesourees. small bin Dato Viulul Kaliman. today (lacked the president I» ;l ity Negara. Datp M| otin bin .1 a'atar, lor casting suspicion on words "il possible attached to the date fur Malayan ...dependence. Aug. 31, 1937. ii461 words
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231 1956-02-23 11 SINGAPORE. Feb. 16. t SINGAPORE magistrate yesterday offered to l„ ,k after an 80-year-old war heroine who |j\es on a 825 Social Welfare allowance —if she ran prove she is really destitute. Mr J. M. Devereux-Colebourn wants to “adopt” Madam Cheng Seang Ho231 words
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Article58 1956-02-23 11 RAWANG. Feb. 15. LABOURER. Mamuplllal, 45 wag fatally injured rockfall at the Malayan Collieries at Batu Arang last rjffht He was drilling underground when a section of he mine wall fell. His neck was broken and oon after being admitted to hospital. Another labourer, Sangara.58 words
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Article59 1956-02-23 11 iPOH. Feb. 16.—Khoo Eli Giur.. 24. who had 15 preconvictions since 1947, vas jailed today for six when he was found of loitering. The court was told that was found improperly c.otned by the police in Ipoh a ni. on Feb. 6 and that 2'59 words
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Article176 1956-02-23 11 87, she wants to go to China ALA Ium PUR. Feb. 16. an gor social Welfare v-ers t°d ay visited an 87L:£ °.l d voman said to have bo4d kept in a small room a carpenter’s workP here for two years. f’oor'n VU)man sa176 words
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Article179 1956-02-23 11 Kuala lumpur, Feb. 16.—The Chief Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, does not seek to have the ban on the sale of opium removed to increase the Federation’s revenue. The Alliance secretary, Mr. T. H. Tan. said today that revenue w r as only a secondary179 words
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249 1956-02-23 11 SINGAPORE, Feb. 17. MORE THAN 200 Singapore Traction Company buses were back on the roads yesterday. Most of the company’s 2,800 workers returned to work from 2 p.m. onwards after their 142-day strike. First to roll out of the company’s Macpherson249 words
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Article60 1956-02-23 11 SINGAPORE. Feb. 18. Fatimah blnte naji Ahmad. 40, was killed In an accident near the junction of Mountbatten Road and Crescent Road. Singapore, yesterday. Fatimah, wife of a wireman at a hotel in Meyer Road, was taking her 10-year-old daughter to school when she was60 words
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Article102 1956-02-23 11 SEGAMAT, Feb. 16. A MALAY reported to the police here yesterday that he had saved himself and his companion by punching an armed terrorist. forcing him to drop his pistol. Police are checking his story. The man said he and another Malay were riding102 words
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Article48 1956-02-23 11 KUALA TRENGGANU, Feb. 16. The UMNO state liaison officer, Inche Ibrahim Fakri, a Federal and Stat'* Councillor. today regretted that the State Governmnet did not send a representative to meet the Minister lor Works, Inche Sardon Jubir, when he arrived at the Kuala Trengganu airport yesterday.48 words
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122 1956-02-23 11 RAUB, Feb. 15.—A banished man told the Chief Justice, Sir Charles Mathew, at the Kaub Assizes todav: “I was captured in China by the Japanese and brought to Malaya as a labourer during the occupation.” Liew Meng, a 55-year-old odd job man, was found122 words
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457 1956-02-23 12 ]POH, Feb. lb.—The army, the Royal Air Force and police have launched a big combined operation against 30 terrorists who ambushed and killed six special constables yesterday in the Langkap area of Teluk Anson. Five R.A.F. bombers this morning dropped heavy457 words
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Article61 1956-02-23 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 16 A month after leaving Taiping prison a man went to an old woman in Kuala Lumpur, said that he was a prison welfare officer and got some money from her. the Sessions Court here was told today. Ee Swee Kum 35,61 words
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Article63 1956-02-23 12 RAUB. Feb. 16. A shopkeeper, Lim Mong, 46, of Jerantut. was today sentenced to death by the Chief Justice. Sir Charles Mathew, for the murder of Yong Yoke Fah. 42, an assistant living in the same shop, on Oct. 17 Lim admitted to the police that63 words
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Article, Illustration234 1956-02-23 12 OH KEE TIANG - From OH KEE TIANG PENANG Feb. 16. J'HE Penang Straits Chinese British Association will hold a secret committee meeting tomorrow night to consider what steps it should take to “protect and safeguard the status of the Queen’s Chinese’’ in the Settlement. ne The234 words
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Article41 1956-02-23 12 Sir Ralph Sorley, managing director of De Havilland’s Propeller Company, arrived in Singapore yesterday on his way back to Britain.. Sir Ralph has just completed a visit to his company’s branches in Australia and New’ Zealand.41 words
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97 1956-02-23 12 JCHORE BAHRU, Fob. 16.— Elephants are trampling and eating crops in kampongs near Taivkak m north-west Johorc* and the British Adviser, Mis D. A. Somerville, has oliered to help shoot or drive them away himself. The penphiilus of three kampongs Sinking, Bckok r.nd Asahan97 words
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Article74 1956-02-23 12 THREE Singapore youths, M. V. Haridas, 20, Patrick De Silva. 19, and Amdad Hussein. 20, are travelling the hard way to London. They will go by motor-eycle via Malaya. Burma. India. Pakistan. Afghanistan, the Middle East and Europe. “We shall sleep on ground sheets74 words
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Article117 1956-02-23 12 UMNO headquarters probes charge KUALA LUMPUR. Feb. 17. Alliance headquarters here is investigating a complaint by the U.M.N.O. Lubuk division, Batu Pahat, that the Federal and State councillors for the area had not dealt with matters brought to their attention by their constituents. The complaint concerned a117 words
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Article36 1956-02-23 12 SINGAPORE. Feb. 17. A watchman, Sarajan, 41, was found dead with his throat cut in the compound of a house in Cornwall Gardens, Singapore, yesterday morning. Police found a bloodstained razor blade nearby.36 words
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Article185 1956-02-23 12 SINGAPORE, Feb 17. TIHE report of the Transport Commission is now being studied by the Government, the Minister for Communications and Works. Mr. Francis Thomas, said in Singapore yesterday. “We expect to announce our policy fairly soon.” he said. The commission recommended unification of the Colony's185 words
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Article21 1956-02-23 12 SINGAPORE. Feb. 16. Soh Ah Seng. 62. unemployed. was found drowned in the Ponggol River. Singapore. yesterday morning.21 words
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Article69 1956-02-23 12 LONDON, Feb. lb. >lr John Pare, Minister of State for Colonial Affairs, said last night that the Government of the Federation of Malaya planned to recruit doctors from Hong Kong. Doctors from China would not be excluded, he told the House of Commons. In Kuala Lumpur,69 words
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Article47 1956-02-23 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 16. The Commander-in-Chief Far East Land Forces. Gen. Sir Charles Loewen. arrived here today for a short visi He was met by the Director of Operations, Lt.-Gen. Geoffrey Bourne. Gen. Loewen called on High Commissioner, Donald MacGillivray. before leaving for Taipino.47 words
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Article67 1956-02-23 12 SINGAPORE. Feb. 1* 1 EMERGENCY lorry services during the bus strike cos j the Singapore Government more than S100.000. The Minister fur Communications and Works, >* Francis Thomas, said yesterday that lorries run 'J ,T schoolchildren from Sept. 27 to Dec. 24 had cost $90.0)67 words
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Article279 1956-02-23 13 KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 17. y a j ew jrirls from the Clifford School here M0W turning out for their morning swim iUi r protests from parents about mixed bathi n ir Th( headmaster, Mr. J. R. Davidson, told the I mil-teens at the school: “If your279 words
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Article77 1956-02-23 13 K. LUMPUR, Feb 17 Most traffic accidents here occur between noon and two pm., traffic police statistics reveal. Out of 985 accidents in the U.«t three months of 1955, more than 150 took place during these hours. The lunch hour rush was mainly responsible. Fourteen people were77 words
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Article37 1956-02-23 13 K LUMPUR. Feb. 16. The anti-vice squad of the Selangor Criminal investigation Department surprised a fanibiing party in a shop in H.:n Street here this evening. They seized more than $3OO. Five people were arrested.37 words
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Article124 1956-02-23 13 SINGAPORE, Feb. 17. THE Singapore Mili1 tary Forces will be expanded by a third of their present strength by 1960. And $400,000 has been set aside this year to buy equipment. This was announced yesterday by the Secretary for Defence and Internal Security, Mr.124 words
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Article306 1956-02-23 13 SINGAPORE. Feb. 17. THK hot cold war between the City Council and 1 retailers of air-conditioners over the Council’s proposal to sell cooling units to the public on hirepurchase terms boiled to a climax yesterday. The Malayan Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Association issued a306 words
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Article28 1956-02-23 13 K. LUMPUR. Feb. 17. Three armed terrorists yesterday robbed a tapper of his w’atch and identity card on Rinching Estate, in the Kajang district of Selangor.28 words
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Article308 1956-02-23 13 SINGAPORE, Feb. 18. 'JAN BOON LEONG, a Singapore tyre dealer, was in the Outram Road remand prison less than a week when two burly fellow-prisoners tried to extort money from him. He had no money with him and was told by the two prisoners to sign308 words
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Article151 1956-02-23 13 PEKAN, (Pahang), Feb. 17.—The headmaster of the Government English School here, Mr. Sivaguru Nathan, 48, was found drowned last night in a river close to the seashore. He was a widower. The body was found near the mouth of the river shortly before midnight. The151 words
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482 1956-02-23 13 SINGAPORE. Feb. 18. rpHE Singapore Chief Justice, A Mr. Justice Whyatt, yesterday ruled that the affidavits filed by Sir Hartley Shawcross, Q.C., and Mr. Geoffrey Cross, QC., were "special and exceptional.” He gave this reason in a written judgment for allowing the applications482 words
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Article53 1956-02-23 13 KUALA TRENGGANU, Feb. 16.—A woman who got into difficulties while bathing opposite the Cosmo Club here on Chinese New Year’s Day was saved by a 15-year- old boy. The boy. D. j. Atkinson son of Police Lieutenant, rescued Mrs. R D Fox. wife of the Assistant53 words
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Article910 1956-02-23 14 BROCKWA Y SEEKS BAN ON HANGING IN COLONIES SINGAPORE, Fob. lb. THERE will be no official move in Singapore to end capital punishment. In the Federation the issue looks like creating a first-class wrangle, with political and community leaders sharply divided for and against the hangman’s910 words
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Article, Illustration140 1956-02-23 14 SINGAPORE, Feb. 17. iytß. LEWIS JONES, a 31 year old programme assistant in Radio Malaya, has been suspended. He has refused to continue his announcing duties on Wednesday nights until the men’s w’ashroom at the Thomson Road studios has been improved. His suspension took effect140 words
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Article244 1956-02-23 14 IPOH, Feb. 17. QNE of the heaviest aerial bombardments of the Emergency was carried out yesterday by R.A.F. Canberra jet bombers in the Teluk Anson area of Perak. Over 130 tons of heavy bombs was dropped in two raids. The attacks were directed against a244 words
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72 1956-02-23 14 SINGAPORE, Feb. 18 SINGAPORE Homicide Squad. investigating the bomb attacks on three police stations on Jan. 31, has received an anonymous letter through P.O. Box 5000. A police spokesman said yesterday the letter, written in Chinese, was dated Feb. 1 and dealt with the72 words
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151 1956-02-23 14 KUALA LUMPUR. Feb 17 The Malayan Trade Union Council wants to know from the Chief Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, the price the people will have t» pay in exchange for merdeka. A working committee meeting of the council last night decided151 words
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Article246 1956-02-23 14 ‘HE COMPLICATES INDEPENDENCE’ SINGAPORE. Feb 17. A LEADER of the Sin- gapore Straits Chinese community today accused the president of the Penang Straits Chinese British Association, Mr. Heah Joo Seang. of “complicating" the issue of Malayan independence. Other leaders of the Queen’s Chinese said they did246 words
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Article379 1956-02-23 15 SINGAPORE, Feb. 19. c njNC Singapore banks will raise their borrowing and lending rates L EA c j 'week, the Sunday Times learnt yesterday. n ;r ,s they explained, was an inevitable result of the rise in the Bank c, s bank rate. ~p are379 words
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Article99 1956-02-23 15 SINGAPORE. Feb. 20. TWO men, Soh Chin Hock and See Seng Kian, were guilty of armed robbery in the Singapore Assize Court yesterday. So) now in prison for rmed robbery, was jailed for -seven years. See, was jailed for four years. Another man, Tan Kok99 words
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Article27 1956-02-23 15 MUAR. Feb. 19. Unofficial members of the Muar Town Council for 1956 are Mr. H. N. McLeod. Mr. K. Kathirvalu and Mr. K. M. M. Taha.27 words
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Article28 1956-02-23 15 SINGAPORE. Feb. 20. Mr. Lee Kah Yee, a special grade postmaster at Bukit Mertajam, is retiring shortly after 30 years’ service in the Malayan Postal Department.28 words
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273 1956-02-23 15 Tur r PENANC, Feb. 18. T Mt Penang Straits Chinese British Association last night decided to consult constitutional experts in London to determine the status of the Queen’s Chinese in an independent Malaya. A deputation may also be sent to Whitehall. i a secret meeting,273 words
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Article63 1956-02-23 15 KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 17— The Federation Government last month paid out $35,450 in Negri Sembilan for information leading to the capture or killing of terrorists. Thii, is the second highest amount paid out in the state. The highest, $41,500, wa s paid in April last63 words
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Article188 1956-02-23 15 Closer ties in Malaya, Australia PENANG, Feb. 19. Federation's Adult Education Association A plans to exchange students with Australia, Mr. Heah Joo Seang, the association’s president, said tonight. “It is only through cultural ties that Malaya and Australia will be able to understand each other better,”188 words
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253 1956-02-23 15 KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 18. THE Minister for Economic Affairs and Acting Financial Secretary, Mr. O. A. Spencer, today dismissed rumours that the Federation Government contemplates devaluing the Malayan dollar. He told the Sunday Times that the total of PanMalayan Sterling balances of all kinds comfortably253 words
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Article26 1956-02-23 15 SINGAPORE, Feb. 20. One thousand gallons of beer for Australian troops stationed in Penang arrived in Singapore in a Qantas air freighter yesterday.26 words
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211 1956-02-23 15 SINGAPORE, Feb. 19. MR. G. H. Kiat, vice-pre-sident of the Straits Chinese British Association, Singapore, said last night that self-government was the best antidote to Communism. Speaking at a S.C.B.A. welcome dinner in honour of the Governor, Sir Robert Black, Mr. Kiat211 words
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Article58 1956-02-23 15 SINGAPORE, Feb. 18. The management of the NAAFI in Singapore will meet its employees’ delegation today for further wage talks. Sixteen demands were submitted by the NAAFI local employees’ branch of the Singapore Commercial and Industrial Workers’ Union. The union’s secretary, Mr. Ang Liong Sing, yesterday58 words
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Article45 1956-02-23 15 KAJANG, Feb. 19. The Kajang Town Board has appointed new committees to improve the administration of the town. The new committees will deal with health, hawkers, traffic and street lighting, buildings and town planning. Previously there were no separate committees for these.45 words
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Article, Illustration313 1956-02-23 16 SINGAPORE, Feb. 20. China town was in fever of excitement yesterday after a 12-ft. python was found in a monsoon drain in Cross Street. The huge reptile was first seen at 11.30 a.m.— a significant hour. Chinese superstition has it313 words
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Article1070 1956-02-23 16 We must keep up strength 7 feel I did right thing 9 SINGAPORE, Feb. 20 A TRIUMPHANT Tengku Abdul Rahman arrived in Singapore from his “merdeka” mission to London at 12.35 this morning. A crowd of 1,000 greeted him as his plane landed at Singapore Airport.1,070 words
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156 1956-02-23 16 KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 19. SPECIAL delegates’ conference of the Federatin’. Government Services Staff Council today urgod the Government to settle the wage claims of offu'i. boys and peons. A resolution passed at today’s conference said office peons were the lowest paid Government156 words
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424 1956-02-23 17 MALACCA, Feb. 20. ABDUL RAHMAN today pro 1 ill mod independence by Aug. 31, 1957, {i i( not add the formal words of the London i, Teement “if possible. I 'sU ;i(l lie said “if (»od permits. iilicr this expression nor the words424 words
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Article120 1956-02-23 17 JOHORE BAHRU, Feb. 21. rpHE general secretary of the A Johore Malay National Association, Ungku Abdullah bin Omar, today said that he would write to all the Federation’s Rulers asking them to disregard the reports of their representatives to the “merdeka” talks in London.120 words
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Article20 1956-02-23 17 TAIPING, Feb. 21. The matron of the Taiplng hospital, Mrs. M. Dlss, has gone on transfer to Teluk Anson.20 words
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Article1902 1956-02-23 17 Singapore —Tengku’s hope 50,000 PLEDGE IN MALACCA: WE'LL WIPE OUT THE REDS AM CONFIDENT SHE WILL COME BACK TO THE FOLD’—and CROWD WENT WILD MALACCA. Feb. 20. Malacca today resounded with the thunderous cries of “merdeka” and a united call to “wipe out Communism by nationul mobilisation’* when more than1,902 words
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918 1956-02-23 18 HARRY MILLER - THE PEOPLE TO DECIDE —if Chin Peng’s reply is ‘no From HARRY MILLER KUALA LUMPUR Feb. 21, T hk Chief Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, will tour the Federation asking the people what they want him to do to end the Emergency should Chin Peng, the Communist leader, not surrender. The918 words
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Article381 1956-02-23 18 SINGAPORE, Feb. 22. THE Malayan Communist Party is getting much of its funds through opium smuggling, the Chief Minister told the Press confererence. Tengku Abdul Rahman said he had asked the United Nations to establish and pay for an organisation in Malaya to control opium smuggling. “Our frontier with381 words
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Article41 1956-02-23 18 SINGAPORE, Feb. 22. Five men. two armed wrevolvers and one witJl dagger, broke into a h° u l In Coronation Road, Sima 1 pore, on the night of Feb 1 and nobbed a Chinese farrub of $75 wortht jewellery.41 words
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Article1029 1956-02-23 19 EPSOM JEEP - By EPSOM JEEP KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 18. Af)V ,r>LV ridden by English jockey Eddie A I T ,iullin Man followed up his recent Com- <s General's Cup success with a brilliant "V Selangor Gold Cup over IJ miles at Kuala ,‘slerday, concluding day of1,029 words
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147 1956-02-23 19 SINGAPORE, Feb. 22 S > squatters were questioned by the police -oglu soon after a woman was found seriously. a bullet wound in the neck at her Kampong Soopoo, Singapore. thf ,|V r belonging to'“ ba» s dete <itive husb( *ound on. the bed147 words
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Article1260 1956-02-23 19 THE WEEK IN SPORT I FEDERATION maintained their superiority over Singapore at Jalan Besar Stadium by four goals to one last week and so scored their fourth win In five matches with one drawn In this International hockey series. But convincing as the margin was. It1,260 words
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Miscellaneous125 1956-02-23 19 .W-m Sweep TOTAL POOL: $444,800 1ST: NO *****41 <$177,920) 2ND: NO *****38 ($53,376) 3RD: NO *****82 ($22,2405 STARTERS ($1,779 each): Nos. *****47; *****21; *****55; *****17; *****93;. *****16; *****44: *****68; *****67; *****96. CONSOLATION ($889 each): Nos. *****39; *****64: *****11; *****39; *****41; *****31; *****74; *****73; *****06; *****03; *****76; *****62; *****09; *****54; *****60;125 words
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545 1956-02-23 20 SHARE MARKET By Our Market Correspondent SINGAPORE, Feb, 20. DY the morning of Feb. 18 a gloomy atmosphere began to pervade the Singapore Share Market, as operators grasped the significance of the extreme anti-in-fiationary measures inDluding the raising of the 3ank Rate, which545 words
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Article33 1956-02-23 20 The Burmese Government announce that the price of small mill special quality Burmese rice for 1956 has been fixed at £36 5s. f.o.b. Burma ports as against £42 for 1955.33 words
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Article214 1956-02-23 20 THE following business done in the Singapore Share Market last week was reported by one firm of brokers for the period February 11 to February 18: INDUSTRIALS: British Borneo Pets. 44s 3d, Consolidated Tin Smelters Ord 295, Fraser Si Neave Ords. $1.8) to 11.82 Mt to $lBO. Federal214 words
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Article26 1956-02-23 20 SINGAPORE, Feb. 22. RUBBER: 98 cents per lb. (up 1% cents). TIN: $383 per picul (down $2.l2Vi). COPRA: $27.75 per picul (down 12Vi cents).26 words
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330 1956-02-23 20 By Our Market Correspondent SINGAPORE, Feb > gINGAPORE Share Market was highly nervous yesterday, resulting from the drop of n r l v six cents in the rubber price which took it b the dollar level for the first330 words
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Article227 1956-02-23 20 /COMPANIES operating in Malaya announced the following dividends TIN SMELTERS LTD.: m balance dividend of ZVi'A less income tax, on the 7% non-cumula-tive preference stock for year ending March 81, payable on May 12 to members on register April 21, 1956. The register will be closed April 21227 words
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Article873 1956-02-23 20 Singapore, Wed. Feb. 22, 1956. INDUSTRIALS Buyer* Seller* Ales Bricaworxa Pref 1.80 1.85 Orda. 1.05 2.05 Atlas Ice 13.00 (buyers! B retroi «3'- 45/UM Trustee! 6.10 6 50 Con. Tin 8melt Pre 19/- 20/- cd Ords 28/9 29/3 Eastern United 36 50 31.50 Fed. Dispensary 2.20 2.25873 words
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Article338 1956-02-23 20 SINGAPORE, Feb. 18. AS the Singapore rub- ber market was closed for three trading days of the week the period under review is very short, states H. C. B. Co. Ltd’s., current review. Over the holidays overseas markets showed a sharp decline and on re-opening here there338 words