The Straits Budget, 22 March 1956

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    27 1 The Straits Budget THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES MALAYA’S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER tew Seri '>.500- Singapore, Mar 22, 1956. Price 40 cents (Malayan) Or 1 Shilling.
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  • From THE STRAITS TIMES POSTBAG
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      Lost much, gained very little
      179 2  -  ANTI-MERDEKA Singapore. PLEASE allow me to endorse the views of “Emjay” who has rightly urged the people to wake up from their deep slumber and make their will on merdeka known to the Parliamentary delegation. I am confident. that there are many people like myself
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      MAJORITY OPINION
      185 2  -  J.P. Singapore HPHE morning immediately A following the announcement of the merdeka week programme by Radio Malaya I happened to meet two Chinese and Indian intellectuals of some status. They both said that they were not for Merdeka. During the day I had talks with a few learned
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      IS THIS GRATITUDE?
      107 2  -  R. MALA1. Taiping. THE MerUeka Committee decided to plaster the island of Singapore with “End Colonialism, now’’ posters and also distribute more than 500,000 flags, handbills and car stickers to be seen by the visiting M.Ps. “End Colonialism now” Indicates to' me that there is something sinister
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      TENGKU PLAYING WITH FIRE
      174 2  -  REALIST Johor 1 think Tengku Abdul Rahman is playing with Are by making remarks to the effect that he agrees that the standard of living of labourers in Malaya should be Improved. It Is now. 1 believe, far higher than in any other Asian country, and
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      Big sell-out
      69 2  -  INDIGENOUS. Singapore. WHEN India and Ceylon were granted Dominion status, a very big sell-out of certain subjects was carried out without any consideration as to whether those particular people were keen to live under new management or not. I am Singapore born but having served the best part
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      What is a referendum?
      74 2  -  A.A. Singapore. IT is obvious that Mr. Marshall does not understand what a referendum is. What he is doing is not even a Gallop poll. It is high pressure sales- manshlp. And what a happy hunting-ground all this will provide for the undesirable elements In Singapore.
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      Thugs’directory
      89 2  - Thugs ’directory L. K. L. Singapore. WITH reference to the kidnapping of a Chinese towkay Mr. David Marshall should realise that, in the event of his succeeding in his intention to publish the names and taxes paid on incomes of individuals, he would be providing these gangsters with a priceless
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      All-party solidarity now revealed for what it is
      144 2  -  CITIZEN. Singapore. PR the last few weeks your admirable editorial and article writers nave been saying to Mr. Marshall, “You have been warned.” How right you were, as the mass rally mess has revealed. Marshall's Government now finds Itself In unsplendid isolation
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      Security
      105 2  -  H.S Singapore ONE thing yesterday’s events at Kalian* .has taught us: That responsibility for internal security must remain m British hands until a strong enough government of our own arises to take it over, and the time is not yet. Gangsterism -ind hooliganism is too near the surface of
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      Monster
      109 2  -  STRAITS BORN Singapore. to create the very monsti he claims he wishes I destroy. YESTERDAY’S Kallang fiasco is proof that your assessment of “Merdeka Week” was based on a better knowledge of Singapore than Mr. Marshall’s. The truth of the matter is that solid acnievcment through hard wo»*k would
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      A lesson
      174 2  -  OB ilVEB Singapore David marshall r cently stated that the are only two types of pe pie in Singapore: Malayai and traitors. What I meant was that any par which did not follow h lead and firstly take pa in the “Merdeka Wee and, secondly, go to Lo
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      Lost faith
      59 2  -  PH Singapore. I HAVE this ver 1 torn down t liel r ft( sign from my go reading about th w terday I can no er lleve we in this 1 ready for lndep< ncr Nobody has as J proached me wl endum book to si j should
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
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  • The Straits Budget
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      Lock icon Nanyang Begins
      429 3 —Btraits Times, Mar. 15 of at i >ity today satisfaction to imunity. The H 1 .it Jurong admiration. av »ble is the who have 1” !1 ?lli South-East I'OUfia r a>titution ot r learning only ii»iu the idea was vt' vcj iVtielv a year ago man- x. who
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      Lock icon Behind The Eulogies
      769 3 —Straits Times, Mar. 16 Perhaps the Federal Council debate on the Chief Minister’s motion approving the London agreement was intended to be no more than an occasion for eulogy. If that indeed was the purpose, then the only two speakers who had a critical word to say
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      Lock icon In The Dark
      425 3 —Straits Times, Mar. 16 It is not clear what prompted Inche Abdul Khalid bin Awang Osman to ask, 'in the Federal Legislative Council, for details of unemployment, the aged, widows, beggars “and other social matters.” To what use did he intend to put this huge mass of
      —Straits Times, Mar. 16  -  425 words
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      Lock icon No Mission To China
      584 3 Straits Times, Mar. 17. Quite as remarkable as Mr. Tan Siew Sin’s proposal that a mission be sent to Communist China was the Legislative Council’s failure to explore the problem which he courageously exposed. Not even the Chief Minister referred directly to Mr. Tan’s suggestion when
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      Lock icon Making Most of the Land
      444 4 Straits Tim»*s, Mar. 19. If anything was left ol the myth that the Federation is a country awaiting easy settlement by enterprising farmers it is shattered by the report of the Working Party set up to consider the development of new areas for land settlement.
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      Lock icon Rally, Riot And Reality
      810 4 —Straits Times. Mar. 20 The riots at the merdeka rally at Kallang told Singapore nothing that it did not already know. Fortunately, as riots go, they were not very serious. No-one was hacked to death with a changkol, and no-one was soaked in petrol and burned.
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      Lock icon Problems Of Merdeka
      810 4 —Straits Times. M. r Singapore’s party leaders are in remarkable agreement in their reaction to the merdeka rally riots. The riots were “unfortunate,” but they must not be made an excuse for variation of the merdeka schedule. Meanwhile Mr. Marshall, as becomes a Chief Minister, has promised
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    Adult Education
    29 4 SINGAPORE. Ma The Singapore C< uia :i Adult Education la-: r decided, after a t' 1 debate, to adjourn in nual meeting to a dan April 10.
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  • PERSONAL
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      BIRTHS
      80 4 HANDLEY: To C< I >* Roger a daughter Shai C t Bungsar Hospital on H 195C. PATRICK: Geralciin* a son, at Bungsar He r 14th March. SINCLAIR To Ye-’I*' 1 Lu> and Donald at KK H on 13th March, a daught'-’ HANDLEY: To Cc Ki*: Roger, a daughter, Sha*oi
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    As I was Saying
    1211 6  -  —CYNIC I s SINGAPORE, Mar. 17. IF Singapore’s Chief 1 Minister is superstitious, which I doubt, he does not fear at any rate the ill-luck which the selection of a delegation of 13 lor the London talks would appear to invite. Seven members are from the
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    Malacca can be thriving port once more
    265 6 M__ MALACCA, Mar. 18. ALACCA’S claim for recognition as a port of call for ocean liners was based not on its past glory but future possibilities, Mr. Tan Siew Sin. a Federal Councillor and M.C.A. publicity chief, said here today. Mr. Tan was
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    Shot dead on parade
    48 6 A private of the Royal Signals, Mohamed bin Abdul Rahman. 21, was accidentally shot dead outside the guardroom of the signals camp at Ayer Rajah Road, Singapore, on the morning of Mar. 18 The rifle oi another soldier went off during a dismissal parade.
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    Lock icon LANTERN BEARER
    7 6 —Photo by K. S. Kong
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    PIG DELAYS AN AIRLINER
    54 6 SINGAPORE, Mar. 20. A pig trotted on to the runway at Singapore Airport yesterday and held up the departure of an Ai r India Constellation waiting to take off. An airport car *Pt off ;round un the intruder nut was several minutes before was caught and
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    ‘SEND MISSION TO CHINA’ Devaluation—‘It can happen once more’
    3162 8 ‘SEND MISSION TO CHINA’ Devaluation —‘It can happen once more’ EMERGENCY CAN’T END WITHOUT ACTIVE SUPPORT OF CHINESE’ Mr. TAN CALLS FOR BOLD, FAR SIGHTED POLICY KUALA LUMPUR. Mar. 11. THE FEDERATION GOVERNMENT was asked today to send a mission to Red China for “exploratory talks” with the Peking Government
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    Federation is launched on its way to freedom — Spencer
    297 8 Federation is launched on its way to freedom Spencer MAY GOD BLESS THIS SHIP MERDEKA’ LUMPUR, Mar. 14.—The Federation today took the last few steps towards independence. The Federal Legislative Council accepted with acclamation the terms of the London agreement giving tiie country selfgovernment immediately and independence by Aug. 31,
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    Merdeka Charter for the museum
    200 9 K Jt' LA WMTOB, Mar. 14 the Federation’s signed jopy of the Merdeka in 4k ter v wlll Preserved here 0 National Museum thPr S j Was ajLn °unced in federal Council today sl/nll Commissioner, Donald MacGillivray. nf 1 1 har de<l the leader MnuL
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    RULERS RAISE SNAG OVER NATIOANLITY
    292 9 TNMlf L H MPUR Mar- 14. a k*’ Commissioner, Sir M lor an inde-la-.’V •’’('deration of Ma- (-’xpocted to start <W R Mi,y ‘he High M„ f s lr Donald Pf-di .'.V'i,' 1 sa ‘d in the S;n today, aor-J t v V alod that
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    CUSTODY FIGHT OVER: DIANA (14) CAN SAIL HOME WITH FATHER
    744 10 IPOII, Mur. i I. F O U K T E E N 1 YEAR-0 LI) Heck c;in now go to England with her Hit her. Hut her legal c ustody remains with her mother, in Australia. Mr. Justice Thomson today
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    IF an MCS MAN LEFT IN DEBT...
    145 10 KUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 14. IF a Malayan Civil Service officer is in debt when he is going on leave or transfer, steps might be taken to prevent his going. This was the reply given at question time in the Federal Council today by
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    The bandit toll...
    59 10 KUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 14. Tengku Abdul Rahman said in the Federal Council today that 62 police lieutenants had been killed or died of wounds in action against the terrorists since 1948. This figure, he said in answer to questions, was 12.15 per cent of the total number
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    Top Red, two women killed
    59 10 KLUANG, Mar. 14. Three terrorists, including a branch committee secretary, were killed outright by a patrol of the Ist Bn., the South Wales Borderers, in the jungle five miles from here last night. Two of the bandits w’ere women and have not yet been identified.
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    Drowning man rescued
    35 10 SINGAPORE, Mar. 15. An unidentified Chinese was rescued from drowning in the sea oir Prince Edward Road. Singapore, yesterday afternoon, by a Malay. He was admitted to hospital in a serious condition.
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    Work starts on merdeka forces council
    257 10 KUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 14. The High Commissioner, Sir Donald MacGillivray. announced in the Federal Council today that the Federation Armed Forces Council agreed on at the London merdeka talks was being set up at once by administrative action. He said there was a deal
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    Silent MPs just sit and listen
    331 10 KUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 14. yETEKAX Socialist Herbert Morrison and other members of the British Parliamentary delegation listened today while other politicians did the talking. The delegation spent a morning in the Federal Legislative Council and heard speeches by the High Commissioner, Sir Donald MacGillivray,
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    ‘Inconsiderate... contemptible ... coward’ he storms
    268 10 ‘Inconsiderate... contemptible coward he storms SINGAPORE. Mar. 15. A BOLD anti-merdeka slogan in the referendum A book at the Singapore Assembly House has made the Chief Minister, Mr. David Marshall, angry. The entry. “Keep Singapore free no merdeka. covers almost half a page and is unsigned. “Inconsiderate con temptible.” Mr
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    Mr. B takes over the war on graft in the hospitals
    199 11 WURSES ORDERED: WARN ALL PATIENTS S'l'Olili. Mar. I.*). fPill' Minister lor 1 1 Health, Mr. A. J. linu-a. is personally (liivclinti t,lc canl nail’ll against eorrupj i ion in Singapore In >spit:i Is. jjp has ordered all nurses to
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    LAIRD TAKES OVER EXTERNAL DEFENCE
    112 11 K 1 A I. A LUMPUR. Mar. 14—The District Officer, Lower Perak, Mr K. O. Laird, has been appointed Secretary for External Defence for the Federation. The post was created when the London merdeka talks handed over control of internal defence to the Chief Minister
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    Airways’ future
    28 11 LUMPUR. Mar. 14. 1 iTure of Malayan is still under conb > the Federation v‘lo‘ ni( nt in conjunction p 1! ‘"a]xue and Borneo, Council was told
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    LEE TELLS WHY TRAIN RIDES COST MORE NOW
    242 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Mar. 14. THE Minister for Transport, Col. H. S. Lee, today 1 defended the Malayan Railway against attacks on the increased fares from Feb. 1. He spoke after Mr. K. V. Thaver tTrade Union) introduced a motion demanding that "the
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    In the kitty
    17 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Mar. 14 The Federation Government collected $2,587,712 in income tax last month
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    GIRL WAS DUPED BY RED ‘FREE SCHOOLS’
    184 11 l/'UALA LUMPUR, Mar. 14.—A 19-year-old girl told the Chief Justice, Sir Charles Mathew, today that because her family was poor she left her home more than three years ago to study in jungle schools organised by the Malayan Communist Party. The girl, Voon
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    7,390,909 up
    29 11 SINGAPORE. Mar. 15. Malaya’s population at the end of last year was 7.390,909 Federation G.152,099 and Singapore 1,238.810, said the Registrar of Malayan Statistics in Singapore yesterday.
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    Social workers don’t know problems
    117 11 r AI A hUMPUH. Mar. 14. l 'ktT.s in the Fed- 1 had to work in Ignorance 1 extent ot the r social proM 1 fr for Health and Social Welfare. Mr Leong Yew Koh, said this in replv to a question in the Federal
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    Lock icon SINGAPORE, Mar. 15. REAR ADMIRAL James Hibbard (above) is enjoying a round-the-world “busman's holiday” in the President Polk, which docked in Singapore yesterday.
    71 11 Rear Admiral Hibbard, who was Flag Officer of the Royal Canadian Navy on the Pacific Coast before retiring after 31 years on the high seas, is accompanied
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    Malaria still grave danger to Malaya
    217 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 14. YjALARIA is still a grave danger to Malaya and it will require an organisation with specialists and trained inspectors and field workers to stamp it out completely. Recommending the establishment of such an organisation to the Federation Government has been
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    WAGES ROW
    332 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 14.—The Federal Legislative Council will be asked tomorrow to approve the stand taken by the Chief Minister. Tengku Abdul Rahman, in the Government’s wage dispute with 65,000 daily-paid workers. The move was made by an Alliance nominated member, Mr. M. N. Cumarasami, who has since
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    GIVE UP—EASY WAY
    299 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 15. MALAYA’S terrorists are to be offered new surrender terms in a bid to hasten the end of the Emergency. They were announced today by the Chief Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, who is also head of the Emergency Operations Council. A three-point promise In
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    Merdeka tussle? ‘Not at all’
    355 12 •BRITAIN WAS ALL FOR FREEDOM BATU PAH AT. Mar. 15. MALAYANS of all races were told here today by the British Adviser for Johore, Mr. D. A. Somerville. that It was a “misapprehension" to imply that Britain had at any time opposed independence for Malaya.
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    Dominions hedge on Colony visits
    342 12 SINGAPORE, Mar. 16. OINGAPORE’S “come and see for yourselves” invitation to Commonwealth countries has not yet brought any acceptances. It was learned yesterday that invitations have gone to India. Ceylon. Pakistan. South Africa and probably Canada—besides the controversial ones to Australia and New Zealand. None
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    NO PERMIT—2 BIG RALLIES CALLED OFF
    446 12 3,000 are turned away SINGAPORE, Mar. 16. TWO big Singapore merdeka rallies scheduled for last night were refused police permits and had to be called off. As a result, more than 3,000 people at Thomson Road and Havelock Road, where the rallies were to
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    Another stengah masak merdeka
    137 12 SA YS MALA Y AND GIVES REASON SINGAPORE, Mar. 16. A MALAY signed the Assembly House referendum book yesterday and pinned a letter in Malay to the page giving reasons why he did not want the proposed merdeka. He told the Straits Times that the merdeka
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    Message to the Tengku from the messengers
    71 12 KLANG, Mar. 14.—Messengers in Government offices here have sent a joint petition to the Chief Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, asking for salary increases. The petition says that they are drawing S70 a month and asks that this be increased to a minimum of
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    Two pledges by Tengku
    218 14 KUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 16. TUK Federation Chief Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, has assured the (Governments 65,000 daily-rated workers that he will reexamine the whole question of arbitration in consultation with the Malayan Trade l nion Council and send his recommendations to the (Government. This was revealed
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    One killed, two hurt in road crash
    100 14 KAJANG, March 1G. A MAN was killed and two others were injured as a result of a collision between a lorry and a ear in Batu Tina Road. Wong Jong Fong. 55. a passenger, fell oft the lorry and died Instantaneously. Another passenger,
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    Students’ subsidies
    63 14 KUALA LUMPUR. Mar. 15. An effort to speed up Malayanisation of the public services will be made by the Government through subsidies to private students with insufficient funds for study in universities or colleges. The Federal Legislative Council today approved a supplementary vote of $300,000 to provide more
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    Chinese way of drinking
    114 14 IPOII, March 17 47-YEAR-OLD tinsmith, with his head swathed in bandages, told the Ipoh magistrate today of “the Chinese way of drinking.” “My friends invited me to a party and we drank. Cheong Kuck told Inche Jamal bin Abdul LatifT. “You know how the Chinese drink,
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    ‘BE OF GOOD TEMPER— AND CHEER UP’
    460 14 SINGAPORE, Mar. 17. Jill*; lender of Hie visiting I >rit isli I LirlLimciiLirv delegation. Mr. (ieoll’rey Lloyd, yeslerdny nd- ised Singnpore lo ipproneh her problems with “good temper nnd rensonnbleniss.*' H(* followed this advice by calling: upon the population to ‘cheer up.” ‘Let
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    MERDEKA MEN NAMED
    395 14 SINGAPORE. Mar. 17. SINGAPORE’S allparty merdeka delegation to London, named last night, will number 13. The Coalition Government will have seven representatives and the Opposition parties six. The keynote of the mission’s efforts will be reasonableness to all.” said the Chief Minister. Mr David Marshall. The delegation,
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    CASEY SEES TENGKU ON DEFENCE
    335 14 Offers to help train officer* KUALA LUMPUR. Mar. 16 THE Australian Minister for External Affairs, Mr R. G. Casey, said here today that his country would be willing to help with the training of Malay Regiment officer cadets. “Our military colleges are very full at
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    Army chief on tour
    69 14 SINGAPORE, Mar. 16. Maj.-Gen. W. G. H. Pike. of the War Office, who is responsible to the Deputy Chief of the Imperial General Staff for the size and organisation of the British Army throughout the world, yesterday inspected Singapore Base District installations. Maj.-Gen. Pike has ju
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    Mr. Bulford dies
    25 14 SINGAPORE, Mar. 16 Mr. E. H. Bulford. former partner in the Penans share-broking firm of Anthony and Company has died in England.
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    The Admiral in a monastery
    1196 15 SINGAPORE, Mar. 18. H have been rumours that Rear-Admiral E. H. Shattock, Flag fficer commanding Malaya Area, is retiring from the Royal Navy b, -me a Buddhist priest. But these are incorrect. in interview with the Sunday Times, the Admiral explained that the •.ore based
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    MP’s: Let Nanyang be open to all AND MR. TAN SAYS THAT IT WILL
    189 15 1/IR. F. BLACKBURN and Mr. A. J. Champion, two members of the visiting Parliamentary delegation, hope the new Nanyang University will become multi-racial instead of strictly Chinese. It could do much to help understanding between races,
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    Not a word yet from Chin Peng
    128 15 B. MERTAJAM, Mar. 18. THE Malayan Communist Party boss, Chin Peng, has not replied to the Federation Chief Minister’s broadcast to honour his pledge that the terrorists would lay down their arms after the Alliance Government had gained control of internal security. “I
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    Planters: ‘Step up food checks'
    248 15 KUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 17. THE annual report of the 1 United Planting Association of Malaya, published today, says not enough is being done to stop food getting to the terrorists. “Food denial is an effective form of attack,” says the report, “but it is evident
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    RIOT at RALLY: 50 HURT
    1389 16 MPs LEFT JUST IN TIME SINGAPORE, Mar. 19. RIOT broke out at yesterday’s bijj Singapore merdeka rally just after the six visiting British M.Ps. had left. Al 1 1 *;isI people, including ‘20 policemen, were injured. Mosl were Innled ;is oul-palienls al Hie Iieiural Hospital.
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    CANON ADAMS SPEAKS OF CHANGES....
    344 16 CANON ADAMS SPEAKS OF CHANGES. SINGAPORE, Mar. 19. (M)D IS THE SAME u YESTERDAY, TODAY AND FOREVER... That was tne text chosen by Canon R.K.S. Adams, retiring principal of St. Andrew’s School in Singapore, when he preached his farewell sermon yesterday at St. Andrew’s Cathedral. Hundreds of old boys of
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    Rioters stone the ambulance men
    179 16 SINGAPORE, Mar. 19. A/lEMBERS of the St. John Ambulance medical post at the Kallang terminal building; worked feverishly last night among broken bottle and glass splinters, attending to badly-cut and bruised casu- alties of the riot. A member of the medical post paused in the
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    REDS: ALL-OUT WAR NOW
    1017 17 SINGAPORE, Mm*. 20. r jpHE merdeka riots at airport on Mar. IS has spurred the Singapore Government into an all-out drive against Communism. Yesterday the Chief Minister, Mr. David Marshall, asked the police for a full report on the disorders. ‘‘I shall not hesitate* He told
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    Scout chief stoned by thugs
    123 17 s:\CiAFORE. Mar. 20 iiR Bernard Kinna, a ;<►; u -old Australian, iv :'.<\\ in Singapore on r.:-Mt of Mar. 18 by a about 60 Chinese ir.naivr carrying a PAP J..IJZ. Mr Kinna was alone in (~r waiting for traffic ..ght- t change at the .action
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    JAIL FOR IRON WHIP RIOTER
    116 17 Ihld in gang fight SINGAPORE. Mar. 20. A' ‘An wnip, made :mm a 16-inch cycle chain, '■ind on Chan Hin .-4-yoar-old. lit-V'-'licn he was i tor rioting at Road on the ot Mar. 18. with an iron ’if end. was prothc Singapore ■‘ir.inal District 1
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    GIRL CHALLENGES A C.I.D. MAN TO OATH
    189 17 PENANG, Mar. 18. A GIRL witness, Phaik Hean, 20, today challenged a police inspector to cut oil a cock’s head and swear over it that he had not asked for a $3OO loan. “If what I said is not true, then I shall
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    PUBLIC PROSECUTOR DID HIS DUTY
    299 17 KUALA LUMPUR. Mar. 19. The Selangor Legal Adviser. Mr. P. G. Clough, said in the Sessions Court here today that the public prosecutor had done his duty by charging two merchants with defrauding the Federal Government of $15.000 worth of rice. Mr. Clough was replying
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    SECRET TALKS ON REDS
    307 18 SINGAPORE, Mar. *21 Y TOR-SECRKT high-level conference in Singapore yesterday discussed, it is understood, merdeka riots on Mar. IS, and certain aspects of the Colony's political situation. The (.liief Minister, Mr- David Marshall, Ihe Chief Secretary, Mr. \Y. A. (inode, 1 lie (.ominissinner of Police, Mr.
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    McNeice, Ho quit jobs body
    109 18 SINGAPORE. Mar. 21. TWO members of the Malayanisation Commission who differed sharply from the rest, Sir Percy McNeice and Mr. Robert Ho, have resigned. The secretary of the Commission, Mr. Lee Siow Mong, said yesterday he was not surprised because Sir Percy and Mr. Ho
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    Riot drill for a visitor
    51 18 KUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 20. Trainees at the Federation Police Depot here gave displays of riot and ambush drill today for South Vietnam's Director-General of Police. Gen. Ngoc Le. G(n. Ngoc Le and three .senior Vietnam police officers arrived today to study police methods in the
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    More is saved than spent
    37 18 KUALA LUMPUR. Mar. 20. A total of $5,923,501 was deposited in the Federation Post Office .savings bank last month. It exceeded withdrawals by $323,424. During the month 5,551 new acounts were opened.
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    Bus fares: Council will decide —NOT THE LICENSING AUTHORITY
    160 18 SINGAPORE. Mar. 21. r THE fixing of fares on Singapore Traction Com1 pany and other buses will remain the function of the City Council and Rural Board when a new licensing authority is set up. Mr. R. W. Jakeman. acting Permanent
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    EURASIANS TO DISCUSS WHAT MERDEKA WILL MEAN TO THEM
    91 18 PENANG, Mar. 20. 1 .EURASIANS here will J meet tomorrow to discuss their position in an independent Malaya. Mr. G. Shelley. Federal Legislative Councillor and President of the Penang Eurasian Association, will preside. “There are about 3,000 Eurasians in Penang and
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    Training for 15
    25 18 IPOH, Wed. Fifteen wardresses from various prisons in the Federation will undergo a nine-week course at the Prison Training Depot in Taiping.
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    CHAMBER’S BIG DEBATE
    48 18 KUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 20. The executive committee of th* Selangor Chinese Chamber Commerce is to meet her* on Mar 22 for one of it* most important policy meetings. The main item for discussion is a recommendation that multi-lingualism be introduced in the Federal Legislative Council.
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    Wanted: A catchy tune for the Labour Front
    259 18 SINGAPORE, Mar. 21 WHE aspirations of Singapore's Labour Front are to be set to music. The tune is to be one without too many sharps or flats. “The idea of this is that our party supporters will then be able to learn
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    Down — the tin output
    42 18 Down the tin output KUALA LUMPUR. Mar. 20. The Federation's tin output dropped last month. Production of tin concentrates was 103.272 piculs compared with 123,393 piculs in January. It contained 4.629 tons of tin metal against 5,531 tons in the previous month.
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    DOCK HOLD-UP GETS WORSE
    201 18 KUALA LUMPUR. Mar. 20. T'HE situation at Port Swettenham, where 570 dock workers have been working to rule since Mar. 16, worsened today. The railway administration is unloading: only essential cargoes. Several ships are calling at Singapore or Penang instead. The Tabian, expected here on Mar
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    First a welcome — then a protest
    133 18 First a welcome then a protest UAL LUMPUR. Mar 20 Thousands of padi planters in tlie Tanjong Karang “rice bowl" of North Selangor are organising a big welcome for the Minister for Agriculture. Inche Abdul Aziz bin Ishak. who is to visit them <>n Mar 22 But after the welcome
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    A CAUSTIC WORD FOR DOPE CASANOVAS
    144 18 SINGAPORE, Mar. 21 A SINGAPORE magistrate. Mr. J. M. l)e--vereux-CoIebourn, yesterday had something to say about opium*smoking Casanovas. He said: “Concubines and mistresses are always in difficulties. They just have to say yes to their men.” Mr. Devereux Cole bourn made these remarks when
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    $2,000 fine on illegal lottery man
    74 18 KUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 20. Kwok cheng hong, 38 of Chow Kit Road. wa> today fined $2,000 here tor assisting in the running ot a ‘‘chee fah” lottery. Mr. Santokh Singh. AS F prosecuting, said Kwok wa-> arrested at Chow Kit Road on Nov. 8.
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    New settlement for Malays
    36 18 BATU GAJAH, Mar. 20 new Malay settlement spring up half a mile fro” the railway station here t> the end of this year. The Perak Government > spending $40,000 on the sc tlement.
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    Health Officer
    17 18 JOHORE BAHRU. Mar 20 Dr. T. Visvanathan has been appointed Health Otlicer fo: North Johore.
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    Windy Corner scores double BAXTER GETS 20TH WINNER
    988 19  -  i PSOM JEEP POH, Mar. T5. I CORNER kept \U .is winning ways u ne outsmarted a i |H Class 3, Div. 2 I tii-iu ip the straight v Ipoh yesterday, I s. i day of the Perak I X'* Club March
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    AMBASSADOR UPSTES TO PAY $98
    985 19  -  By EPSOM JEEP IPOH, Mar. 17. VINK-YEAR-OLD Ambassador, one of the oldest horses in training, scored a remarkable all-the-way win in the Class 3, Div. 2, 9 f. handicap to pay a handsome dividend of $9B for a win at Ipoh yesterday, concluding day of
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    Sultan back from Siam
    63 19 IPOH. Mar. 19.—The Sultan of Pahang and a party of relatives returned to the Federation yesterday after a 10-day holiday In Slam. Included In the party were three of his younger brothers, Tengku Arif Bendahara, Tengku Indra Segara and Tengku Ismail, and Dato Laxamana Razali of
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      99 19 Big sweep TOTAL POOL: $253,390 1ST: No. *****0 ($71,017) 2ND: No. *****7 ($35,508) 3RD; No. *****2 ($17,754) STARTERS ($3,551 each): Nos. *****8, *****6, *****4, *****6, *****1. CONSOLATION ($1,000 each): Nos. *****7, *****8, *****9, *****1, *****6, *****2, *****0, *****7, *****9, *****7. TREBLE TOTE: Four tickets ($284 each). BIG SWEEP TOTAL POOL:
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    More interest in tin shares
    425 20 By Our Market Correspondent SINGAPORE, Mar. 18. SINGAPORE Share Market last week had another very quiet spell and only a small volume of business was written. One heartening feature was that the sentiment In tin shares changed for the better towards the end of the
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    BUSINESS DONE
    235 20 DUSINE8S done last week by U one firm of brokers between March 10 and March 16 was:— INDUSTRIALS: Fraser ft Neave Orda. $1.70 to $1.77H cd., Federal Dispensary $2.18 and $2.15, Hammer ft Co. $2.70 cd., Hongkong Bank Colonial $875, Malayan Cement $1.55 and $1.54 cd., Malayan Breweries
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    DIVIDENDS ANNOUNCED
    323 20 /COMPANIES operating in Malaya announced the following dividends last week:— CONNEMARA LTD.: a final dividend of 5%, less 30% income tax, for year ended December 31, payable on April 6. MALAYAN TIN DREDGING LTD.: an interim dividend of 4d. per share, less tax at the rate of Bs.
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    BETTER VOLUME OF BUSINESS DONE IN LOCAL SHARES
    278 20 By Our Market Correspondent SINGAPORE, Mar. i tin shares eased on the local share t ket yesterday, due to profit-taking the firmness in this section on Mar. 19, i trials were well supported. In the industrial section prices we: mor than fully
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    RIVERVIEW CROP
    8 20 Rivervtew’a February crop was 134.067 lb.
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    OFFICIAL PRICES
    30 20 SINGAPORE, Mar. 21. RUBBER: 97 cents per lb. (down a quarter of a cent) TIN: $386.37% per picul (up 12% cents). COPRA: $28.25 per picul (up 12% cents).
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    MALAYAN SHARE QUOTATIONS
    876 20 SINGAPORE. Mar. 21. INDUSTRIALS Buyers Sellers Alex Brie* worse Pref l 8u 1.85 Ords V 95 2 05 atlas Ice 12.00 (buyers* B B. Petrol 42/- 43/9 B M Trustees 9 10 e.BO Con Tin Smelt Pref 19/- 20/- cd Ords 27/9 28/9 Eastern United 38.50 87.90
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    Rubber price moves narrowly
    491 20 RUBBER prices this week have fluctuated narrowly at a little below the dollar level and business has been mainly confined to squaring off the March shipment position in the various grades, reports the current market survey of Holiday, Cutler. Bath Co Ltd. The premium on number
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    Saturday rubber
    50 20 The Selangor and Pahang Rubber Trades Association has agree* to the proposal that Saturday b< observea as a full holiday In Malayan rubber market. The suggestion was first matie at a luncheon In Singapore ioi Mr. W. H Lockwood, former president of the Natural Rubber Bureau in Washington.
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