The Straits Budget, 24 May 1956

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    27 1 The Straits Budget THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES MALAYA’S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER flew No. 509. Singapore, May 24, 1956. Price 40 cents (Malayan) Or 1 Shilling.
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  • From THE STRAITS TIMES POSTBAG
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      It’s only a setback, not a failure
      260 2  -  BE PATIENT. Singapore. rjiHE breakdown of the X London talks cannot be termed a failure. It is only a setback and not a very serious one. Mr. Marshall should have yielded to Britain and could fiave made a compromise over the question of
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      Unnecessary Red tape
      436 2  -  CHUANG HUI-TSUEN Hon. Secretary. The management eommitte, Singapore Chinese School for the deaf T'HE Singapore Associa- tlon for the Deaf and Dumb was formed under the auspices of the Minister for Education' and the Minister for Labour and Welfare. To all intents and purposes It is a
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      Racing ban is stupid
      56 2  -  A MALAYAN. Penang. A LONG with thousands of n racing enthusiasts, I agree that the decision of Radio Malaya to ban race broadcasts after May 20 is stupid. Other than the broadcasts on races and sports. Radio Malaya service is not good. The news is old
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      Can they be replaced?
      94 2  -  BABA. Ipoh. HfE hear quite a lot of Merdeka these days. Could those who shout Merdeka, answer the following questions:— 1. Are you in a position to replace the British soldiers who have come thousands of miles, leaving their familv behind, to live in the mosquito
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      The ‘Bar Sinister’ in the London talks
      250 2  -  CORNELIUS SANDY. Penang LETT Singapore realise that the “Bar Sinister” and the reason for the failure of the London talks is the People’s Action Party, not .the British Government, the Labour Front or the Liberal-Socialists. The British Government clearly feared that the next
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      Have faith in Mr. Marshall
      428 2  -  A P Singapore ANY ray of hope that the Merdeka talk will be resumed after a temporary breakdown has now been completely vanished. The final breakdown is indeed a tragic blow to those of us who have placed all our hopes and aspirations of leading
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      Only political safety
      28 2  -  TEAC’f n Serendah. rIS no use of < -ng about ‘merdeka’ in shops, streets and < halls. Educate younv become good cifcize Malaya. Education only political safety.
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
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      Lock icon It Need Not Be Crisis
      1185 3 —Straits Times, May 17. needs to know J n Z b ut ,he London and the c.rcumwhich breakdown became inevitable before calm judgment can be parsed. And tlvn, if Mr. Marshall and Mr Lee ppear to be right, an d no faith can be put
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      Lock icon The Malayan War
      769 3 —Straits Times, May 18. Steady progress in the campaign against the Communists is now taken for granted. Admittedly the improvement is slow, but comparison with the situation two years ago, or even last year, is quite remarkable. There are few really black spots. The number of active
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      Lock icon After The Breakdown
      669 3 —Straits Times, May 19. The Singapore political picture, now that the London talks have failed, is simply a smeared canvas. No real design can emerge until after the merdeka delegation is back, and the Chief Minister has reported to the Assembly. Mr. Marshall’s present intention is to
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      Lock icon Appeal To Reason
      691 4 —Straits Times May 21. Singapore's Chief Minister has made the one incontrovertible statement on the post-conference riddle. “At present”, said Mr. Chew Swee Kee, “nobody knows where we stand”. Mr. Chew may have been speaking primarily of the Labour Front, and of a leader who seems to
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      Lock icon The Council Approves
      514 4 —Straits Times May 21. The Federal Legislative Council’s approval of the education committee’s report was little more than a formality. The strength of the Alliance, by whose election platform Dato Abdul Razak and his fellow committee members were guided, was alone enough to assure success. Nevertheless the
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      Lock icon A Loan From London
      652 4 —Straits Times. May 22 The Colonial Office was said to have been astonished when informed by the Federation merdeka delegation that Malaya expected a “launching grant” in aid of independence. Perhaps Whitehall was astonished only by the timing of the request, a little surprised that the
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      30 sail for Bandoeng
      81 4 SINGAPORE. May 23 Thirty students sailed from Singapore in the De Eerens early today for the AiroAsian Students’ Conference in Indonesia —each with a bit of personal advice from the Minister for Education and acting Chief Minister. MrChew Swee Kee. It was this: “If you find
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  • PERSONAL
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      BIRTHS
      122 4 TALBOT-WEISS—CR AIK F[; c Maurice, youngest son ot Mrs. B. Talbot-Weiss ot Sussex (late of Singapore -y Margaret Dorothy, second < of Mr. and Mrs. R. Cr u 1! 1 READ: To Iris and gift of a son, Christopher ley. on 17-5-56. Deo CK MUNRO: At Youngb* d pital,
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    Let’s not play with the fire of emotionalism
    1008 5 Let s not play with the fire of emotionalism Where do ire go from here firHERS. do we go W" from here? To„..,rci« bitterness, the desUU'-ion of the td lacial relations h .,t are a feature of smeapore and the shelving of all the welfare plans for the t£ir’ f
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    His worst enemy is himself
    839 5 rARCE is often al--1 lied to tragedy. It is so in the case of the Chief Minister of Singapore The appeal to the Americans against the “short-sighted brutality” of the very people with whom he is trying to resume negotiations. The perennial astonishment that insults
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    New principal
    27 5 KUALA TRENGGANU, may ■21—Capt. Bernard Preedy, re■tired officer of the Malayan ■Educational Service, has arjrived here to become* head■master of Grammar School, a private school.
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    As I was Saying
    1098 6  -  CYNIC I SINGAPORE, May 19. TWO firm conclusions emerge from the failure of the London negotiations on Singapore’s constitutional future. The tirst is that Mr. Marshall has talked himself out of politics a quite remarkable accomplishment. The Lab-our-Front must now look upon him as a liability
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    Lock icon FESTIVAL DANCER
    7 6 Photo by Sam Kai Yee.
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    MCA: NO SLIPPING IN BY SIDE DOORS
    295 6 KUALA LUMPUR, May 20. general committee of the Malayan Chinese Association today rejected what several members described as a move to open a “side door” for people to join the committee. The Johore branch had asked that M.C.A. members on the Federal Council
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    MCA says ‘yes’ to merger
    203 6 LEONG IS FIRST DEPUTY PRESIDENT KUALA LUMPUR, May 20. HHHE Malayan Chinese Association today decided to support in principle any move for a merger of the Federation and Singapore. The annual meeting of the association’s general committee also adopted a resolution empowering the central working
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    TENGKU: ‘WE WILL AID COLONY’
    434 7 SINGAPORE, May 19. rrllE federation’s future army, though it will 1 no t be a big one, will be large enough to come to the help of “our next door neighbour." should its assistance be required. The Chief Minister, Tensiku Abdul Ration, ud this yesterday
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    NOR, 5, WAS SO UNHAPPY
    179 7 SINGAPORE, May 19. pOR half-an-hour yesterday a flve-year-old girl stood in a corner on the deck of the Anking, left Singapore for Mecca, sobbing bitterly. She had lost her mother in wie big crowd of visitors. Nor Hayati whispered that her mother. Che Siti Zahawas
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    Lock icon FIFTY YEARS AGO
    129 7 Frr>m < ]}r Straits Times °f A: ay n, 1906) M F N- RIDLEY writes iV H may be as r o planters to r °n their rubber a'n.f* as there has '■.port trade >re to Dutch .‘I 1 rub ber seedfcavf r r i (,f seedlings
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    Singapore in search of a leader
    757 7  -  By VERNON BARTLETT SINGAPORE, May 19. piTY the poor com- mentator in a situation which turns somersaults almost in the time it takes to type a sentence. At one moment all the Singapore delegates were out of step but our David. They wanted to
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    Countryman’s Journal
    672 7  -  TI AN DJEK. F AST Sunday we expressed the hope that the rainy spell was nearly over. Instead of that it hotted up last week, and at 1 p.m. on the 4th. the district was treated to one of those storms known as “puting beliong,” a whirlwind accompanied
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    Lock icon WHY THE TALKS FAILED:
    901 8 —Reuter. LONDON, May 15. The following is the full text of the Colonial Office statement on the Singapore constitutional conference which ended today: “The Singapore constitutional conference ended today without agreement. “A constitution offered by Her Majesty’s Government was refused by the Singapore delegation although it
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    Lock icon Summary of the proceedings
    775 8 —Reuter. IN THEIR first proposals the Singapore delegation demanded sovereign independence with the Commonwealth by April next year. They proposed that In the Independence Act conferring this upon them there should be provision to allow Her Majesty’s Government to maintain bases on the island and to
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    Colony workers give pledge: We will keep the peace in face of merdeka flop
    200 8 LEADERS of more than 150GOO Singapore workers yesterday pledged to “keep the peace.” The president of the Singapore Trades Union Congress. Mr. S. Jaganathan. said: “I am disappointed at the failure of the talks. “But,” he
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    Secret ballot would have done it
    110 8  -  From MARRY MILLER ■wbbi i r n i\i\ i iti kh.i. IONDON, May 16. Would a secret ballot during the dramatic 15-minute adjournment yesterday afternoon have produced a different resu with Singapore signing an agreement? Several members of the Singapore delegation feel that the
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    Ten-year school blueprint is approved
    2413 9 FOOTING THE BILL: ‘IT IS BEST TO SPREAD THIS OUT’ }OISTER: REPORT PA VES THE WAY FOR A UNITED MALA YAN NA TION k 'l.\L\ UMPl’K, May H&gt;. —Three Minimi i s 1 cmIn\ (\ciVndcil Ihe new 10vc:l r pl:m lor educiiIj 0 n ;ii;:iinsl
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    DRAMA OF THE LAST HOURS
    1305 10  -  From HARRY MILLER IMPLACABLE MARSHALL—THE INSIDE STORY OF HOW THE TALKS FELL THROUGH I ONDON May 15.— J Here is the drama of the last hours of Singapore’s unsuccessful mission pieced together from several sources. It is a story of a conciliatory Lennox Boyd reducing
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    ‘Let’s continue fight by peaceful means’
    159 11 ‘Let’ s continue fight by peaceful means’ LONDON. May 16. E Mr. Marshall last night gave this message to the people of E I Singapore through Harry Miller, Straits Times correspondent l j q covered the London talks: i ASK &gt;Oll to beliethat though tlieici is q section ol* people
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    Who's to blame? Mr. M refuses to answer
    681 11 Continued from Page 11 “7111' rallure here is natural!} i triumph for the Communists in Singapore. “Will I stand for election 0 Am I a leper?” Who did he think was responsible fcr the failure of the talks? Mr. Marshall. Who had
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    REID TEAM WILL COST $355,000
    214 11 KUALA LUMPUR, May 16. '['HE Reid Constitutional Commission will cost the Federation Government $355,000 during its six months’ stay in this country. A finance committee report tabled at today’s Federal Council says that in view of the importance of its task and the high quality
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    ASSOCIATION FOR EUROPEANS IS PLANNED
    195 11 SINGAPORE, May 17. DLANS are being made in Singapore to form an association to represent the “public interests” of the European community. A Colony businessman. Mr. A. F. Thorne, said yesterday that it was hoped to form an association to represent the views of Europeans.
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    The fight goes on says P.A.P. boss
    337 11 F 'niing i s the text of a Press statement issued ,7 ‘Oder of the Singapore People’s Action Party, r &gt;■ Kuan Yen, following the breakdown of the T 1!1 have broken down because the British Gov- ri n; rit wanted the last
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    The mixture as beforewarning to terrorists
    157 11 The mixture as before—warning to terrorists K. LUMPUR. May 16. Malaya’s 2,800 terrorists today got a warning that life in the jungle was not going to be any easier after the departure of the G.0.C., Malaya and Director of Operation, Lieut.-Gen. Sir Geoffrey Bourne. The warning came from the new
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    Liaison talks in Federation
    40 11 KUALA LUMPUR, May 1(&gt; The Chief of Stall of tho South Vietnam Army. Maj.Gen. Tran Van Don, arrived here today tor a two-day visit to the Federation. He is to have liaison talks with service chiefs.
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    ALL-CHANGE MR. M HAS HIS MEN GASPING
    889 12  -  After talks with Labour leaders Mr. Marshall forgot his ill-tempered and vicious attack on the Colonial Office. Froml HARRY MILLER LONDON, MAY, 17 MOST of the members of the Singapore mission were dumbfounded by Mr. I) a v i d Marshall's bolt from
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    GIRL CLAIMS DAMAGES AFTER ROAD ACCIDENT
    305 12 IPOH, Mav IT. PRETTY 23-year-old telephone operator became short-sighted and suffered from headaches after she was knocked down bv a car, the High Court here was told today. She was Miss Toh Miew Keng who was claiming damages, costs and “such further and other
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    ‘White’ does not mean ‘all clear’
    114 12 KUALA LUMPUR.May 16 To return displaced people to their homes in areas declared •white” would be risky, the Federal Legislative Council was told today. Replying to Mr. Lee Eng Teh (Alliance Selangor Tengah&gt;, the Chief Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, said that when an area
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    TENGKU TO EASE FOOD CLAMP TO WIN PEOPLE
    302 13 Irksome restrictions to go soon fUALA LUMPUR. K Mav 17.—'The Chief Minister. Tenfjku Abdul Rahman, today announced in the Federal Legislative Council a new plan to induce the people in the rural ire as to make a final effort to end the
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    New lawyer
    17 13 KUALA LUMPUR, May 17. Mr. Richard Talalla, 25, has been admitted to the Federation Bar.
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    JAIL AND SACK FOR MAJOR
    194 13 Found guilty of fraud A KUALA LUMPUR, May 17. ROYAL Artillery major, who was said to be an “excellent officer with a good character” was today cashiered and sentenced to one year’s jail He was Major Maynard Leslie Denny, of the 25th Field Regiment R.A.,
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    Death sentence for ‘joyride’ murderer
    230 13 SINGAPORE, May 18. 4 MIN bin Mohamed was sentenced to death in the Singapore Assize Court yesterday for the murder of Jauyah binte Salleh during a joyride in a car on Jan. 4. The prosecution said that Amin stabbed the girl twice liter she had
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    Lock icon SINGAPORE, May 18. THE GERMANS have replaced the Dutch in the favour of the Indonesians, Mr. Georg Boss, honorary Consul-General for Germany in Surbaja, said as he passed through Singapore yesterday.
    68 13 Mr. Boss told the Straits Times that an increasing number of German technicians and professional men ar e being
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    MALAYA TOLD: TIN DEPOSITS FAILING
    207 13 IPOH, May 17. THE chairman of the board of directors of Messrs. A Guthrie and Co., Ltd., Mr. A. F. Taylor, last night warned of the rapid exhaustion of tin deposits in Malava. “This is one of the main difficulties confronting the industry, of which
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    New school for all races
    42 13 KUALA LUMPUR. May 16 A secondary Malay residential school, costing $2,650,000, will be built in Ipoh and will take in 520 pupils of all races. The Federation Finance Committee has voted the money to build the school.
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    STRIKE ALERT, BUT MEN WORK ON
    134 13 "iIh','!' M ,y Police and »ere on duty '&lt;• INnang waterfront l his morning as a niitl- r ,0n aJfains intiV of t,u &lt; k workers. l.i, ml,. H r vvas no incident. r aM( l unloading of ,/in* Ut m on as usuaI
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    LADY TEMPLER OPENS ‘FORT FOR T.B. FIGHTERS’
    132 13 Kuala lumpur. May n. —The $5-million Lady Templer Tuberculosis Hospital—the first of its kind in the Far East was opened today by Lady Templer at a ceremony attended by more than 300 guests. And with the opening came a message from the Minister
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    Soon —Federation Army
    183 13 Kuala lumpur, May 18. The Defence Department is now hard at work on plans to transform the Federation Military Forces into self-con-tained unit independent of British Army control. This follows the decisions made at the London constitutional talks early this year. “We are trying to unscramble the
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    Plan to expand S’pore fish supply
    133 13 SINGAPORE. May 18. IMV.E Singapore concerns have applied for licences to co-operate with Japanese companies in developing the Colony's fishing industry. A Government spokesman. announcing this yesterday. said that all applications for licences should be in by May 25. The Government decided to call
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    The task ahead in Singapore
    385 14 BLACK IS BACK TO TACKLE PROBLEM SINGAPORE, May 19. T’HE Governor of Singapore, S i r Robert Black, returned to the Colony yesterday from the unsuccessful merdeka talks in London already looking forward to the next step towards independence. “We have to adjust ourselves to
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    PARTIES DIVIDED ON IMMEDIATE POLLS
    522 14 T&gt;OLITICAL parties yesterI day expressed conflicting views on whether there should be new elections in Singapore. The People’s Action Party said there must be new elections and that the Labour Front should remain in office only in a “caretaker” role. President of the PAP. Dr.
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    He was feared by the secret society gangs
    281 14 Mr. C. W. LYLE DIES. 4.3 SINGAPORE, May lq A MALAYAN Civil Service office, feared by secret society member in Malaya because of his intimaC knowledge of their activities, k dcJ vie. Secretary s uca Mr. C. W. Lyle, Secretary for Internal
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    RAHMAN TAKES THE BANDIT CHALLENGE
    251 14 KUALA LUMPUR, May 17. HPHE Chief Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, said in the Federal Legislative Council today that he decided to publish the verbatim report of the Baling talks so that everyone should understand the Communist Party’s aims and methods. They would have seen from
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    Gen Bourne gets his wish
    94 14 K. LUMPUR. May 20 BEFORE he left Kuala Lumpur, the former Director of Operations, Lieut. Gen. Sir Geoffrey Bourne, made a special request. It was that Sgt. Bill Mooney, 49, the driver of his staff car for the last two years, should be allowed to
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    Founder is thanked by Mr. Casey
    126 14 KUALA LUMPUR. May 20. The Australian Minister for External Affairs, Mr. R. 0. Casey, has sent a message or congratulations to Lady Templer for opening the $5,000,000 tuberculosis hospital named after her. Mr. Casey said: “Many sufferers who receive treatment and the country as
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    Japan seeks two-way treatment
    155 14 SINGAPORE, May 18 JAPAN is asking the Singapore Government for reciprocal treatment of Japanese nationals entering the Colony for commercial purposes, Mr. Ken Ninomiya, the Japanese Consul-General, told the Straits Times yesterday. He pointed out that British citizens had for some time now been admitted into
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    Man stabbed in bar
    46 14 SINGAPORE, May 18 An 18-year-old Torrence Drysdale, wa» l°” n stabbed in the neck m in Changi Road. &gt; at about 12.30 a.m. aa Drysdale was during an argument w man. A penknife lieved to have been He was admitted t° General Hospital.
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    Three merdeka men say: ‘MARSHALL MUST GO’
    872 16 SINGAPORE, May 23. 'J’HREE members of the merdeka delegation returned to Singapore yesterday and declared: “Mr. Marshall must go. The delegation decided on this in London.” Mr. Seah Peng Chuan (Labour Front) went further than his PAP colleagues, Messrs. Lee Kuan Yew and
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    Lock icon Plane with Mr. M diverted to Bahrein
    94 16 Reuter. BOMBAY, May 22. THE plane carrying Mr. David Marshall home from the London talks developed engine trouble and was diverted to Bahrein as it was flying from Cairo to Bombay, it was learned here today. Mr. Marshall left London yesterday after the
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    M.B.’s daughter weds A.D.O.
    50 16 KUALA TRENGGANU, May, 22 Che Zauriah binte Kan, ruddin, second the Mentri Besar Tre ganu, Dato Kamaruddin hi Haji Idris, was murrlrt night to mche Ahmvd bin Mohamed. Inche Ahmad, ai Arts en duate of Perth L vetS Australia, is Deputy VssiwsysK N l S EBSI
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    Col. Lee for London next month
    287 16 KUALA LUMPUR, May 20. T«E FEDERATION Government is to seek a $2,000 million loan in Britain to finance its fi\ e-year development plan. Tengku Abdul Rahman, announcing this today said the Minister for Finance, Col. H. srLee. will go to London next month to
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    WRONG? CERTAINLY NOT
    74 16 PORT DICKSON. May 20— The Federation Trade Union Adviser. Mr. R. F. H. Caddick. today criticised people who thought it wrong for trade unions to establish good relations with employers. Speaking at the annual meeting of the Federation Forces Civil Staff Union Mr. Caddick said that some
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    Services pay: Tengku says ‘stop this mischievous criticism’
    380 16 MALAYANS DO GET LESS BUT WE AGREED TO THIS' KUALA LUMPUR. May 22—The Chief Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, said today that people should stop comparing the pay of Malayans serving in the British armed forces with that of British servicemen. He said
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    MARSHALL FIGHTS ON Mission ‘has not been a failure’
    320 17  - MARSHALL FIGHTS ON Mission ‘has not been a failure From HARRY MILLER LONDON, May 21. tu) ~V e r' body else, perhaps, the departure of 1 Singapore’s Chief Minister, Mr. David M.rJnll from London airport this morning was jhe end of a mission that failed. Uni not to Mr. Marshall
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    $500 MILLION FOR FEDERAL ARMY
    138 17 ‘lt’s a big sum,’ says Tengku, ‘but worth It’ KUALA LUMPUR, May 21—The Chief Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, said today that $5OO million of the $2,000 million loan which the Government hoped to raise in Britain would be used to build up the Federation’s armed
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    Malayanisation to go on
    75 17 SINGAPORE, May 22. TUI. Director of Personnel, Mr. J. D. His ham. returned to Singapore by Qantas-BOAC yesterday from the mer-drk-1 talks —and said that Malayanisation would go on despite their failure. He declined to comment on the breakdown of the merdeka talks. lw assemblymen. Mr.
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    Harbour staff wants top men picked by selection committee
    250 17 wv o. SINGAPORE, May 22. Singapore Harbour Board Staff Association Ksterday. told the Malayanisation Commission nat a selection committee be created to make ap- !1 nts promotions in the Harbour Board ,j: u lair and equitable basis.” fVm- n' n f
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    Terrorists flee from Gurkhas
    18 17 MPTO May 21 Patrol yesterday bandits washt, :,m in the Sega- Johore The reaped.
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    ‘JUS SOLI IS SUCH A SMALL MATTER’
    77 17 BUTTBRWORTH. May 21—The president of the Raayat (People’s) Party, Inche Ahmad Boestamam, last night urged Malays not to quarrel with other races over “such a small matter” as jus soli (citizenship by birth). “We want independence for Malaya definitely by August next year/’
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    Nurse to study in Sydney
    57 17 KUALA LUMPUR. May 21— Mrs. Khoo Whay Sin, staff nurse at the Municipal Maternity and Baby Health Clinic in Cheras Road here, has been accepted for a course at the Royal Society for the Welfare of Mothers and Babies in Sydney. The course starts in
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    Minister says ‘no’ to teachers’ plea
    253 17 SEVEN SACKED MEN MUST GO SINGAPORE, May 22. DEPRESENTATIVES of five Singapore teachers’ Ai organisations yesterday failed to get seven dismissed Chinese school teachers reinstated after an hour-long interview with the Minister for Education, Mr. Chew Swee Kee. The representatives were from the Singapore
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    British expert to help Colony couples to find wedded bliss
    149 17 SINGAPORE, May 22. DR. DAVID MACE, the first general secretary of Britain’s Marriage Guidance Council and a ftfunder member, is to come here next year to advise on establishing a similar council in Singapore. Dr. Mace, who is now professor
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    TUC ASKS FOR AID FROM ABROAD
    171 17 SINGAPORE, May 22. SINGAPORE’S moderate trade unions, In a bid to improve their organisational methods, are seeking the cooperation of unionists in other countries. The president of the Trade Union Congress, Mr. S. Jaganathan, has made an initial approach to Australia. He also intends
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    Fire at dock: Was it sabotage?
    70 17 SINGAPORE, May 22. A mysterious tire broke out in “P” godown of the Singapore Harbour Board late on the night of May 20. Harbour police suspect sabotage. About 1.000 tins of Australian butter, joss paper, bundles of old newsprint and a large quantity of
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    New judge
    24 17 JOHORE BARU, May 21— Mr. Justice Good has been appointed the Johore Judge to succeed Mr. Justice Storr, who retires next month
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    Malayan Scholar takes top sprint SPENCER’S TRIPLE
    1112 18  -  By EPSOM JEEP SINGAPORE, May 16. APPRENTICE Alex Baxter, who made a quick recovery after a bad tumble last Saturday, gained another big race success when he landed the lightweight Malayan Scholar a handsome winner in the Class 1, I)iv. 1, Of. Stamford
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    BEARER BOND SCORES CUP DOUBLE
    1118 18  -  By EPSOM JEEP SINGAPORE, May 19. REARER BOND, with champion jockey Garnet Bougoure astride, brought off a grand Cup double when he carried 9.0 to a splendid win in the Governor’s Cup at Bukit Timah yesterday, concluding day of the Singapore Turf Club May Meeting.
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      77 18 BEG SWEEP TOTAL POOL: $302,916 1ST: No. *****7 ($136,312) 2ND: No. *****9 68,156) 3RD; No. *****9 37,864) STARTERS ($3,155 each) Nos. *****6, *****1, *****1, *****7. *****5, *****4, *****7, *****0, *****5, *****0, *****9, *****9. CONSOLATION ($2,271 each): Nos. *****4, *****5, *****8, *****7, *****2, *****8, *****5, *****4, *****4. *****5. DOUBLE TOTE: 25
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    CHWEE KOK TURNS PROFESSIONAL
    1209 19 SINGAPORE, May 23. c v EE KOK, Malaya’s best-ever swimmer. W EU sprinting prowess is internationally become a ill-deflned waters professionals kn a definitely not be in Singapore’s Olyman ,.L &gt;ent to Melbourne. pic con P ch»f wU1 next on J “i-n e Singapore bank Vhh'i
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    MARTHA YOUNG TO BID FOR S’PORE LTA TITLE
    807 19 T’HERE are very good entries for x the Singapore lawn tennis championships which begin on Saturday. Thirty-two have entered for the men’s singles. Ong Chew Bee, the champion, will be defend his title and along with him are seeded A. G. B.
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    Turf history is made
    239 19 MR. *nd Mrs. 8. K. Poo’s Bearer iTA Bond made Malayan turf history at Bukit Timah on Saturday as the first Australian-bred horse to wm both the Singapore Gold Cup and Governor’s Cup. This rare Cup double waa first achieved by .Golden Glimpse, a pre-war English-bred
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    Three didn’t last the distance at Boys’ Town
    174 19 rPHREE out of 16 bouts of the A Boys’ Town Inter-house boxing tournament held at Buklt Timah last night, ended in technical knockouts. Bosco House won the Ee Peng Liang Shield with 14 points and Montfort were second with eight points. Results:
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    TWO ‘HOUSES’ TIE FOR CHAMPIONSHIP
    232 19 WINDSTEDT and Mountbatten Houses tied for the championship (School I) at the conclusion of a two-day meet of the Monk’s Hill Schools I and U yesterday. Both houses scored 53 points. Cavanagh House were third with 46 point*. Frifeby House won the School II championship
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    BUSINESS DONE
    262 20 fnHE following business done I. In the Singapore Share Market last week was reported by one firm of brokers for the period May 12 to May 18: INDUSTRIALS: Bank of East Asia HK$229, British Borneo Pet- roleum 48s. 9d., China Underwriters HK88.70, Fraser Neave Ords. $1.67 to $1.67%
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    DIVIDENDS ANNOUNCED
    238 20 /COMPANIES operating v in Malaya announced the following dividends last week:— RAFFLES HOTEL LTD: an interim dividend of 10 per cent less 30 per cent income tax for year ending August 31, 1956 payable to shareholders on the register on May 30 1956. Rooks will be closed from
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    INDUSTRIALS KEEP UP TRADING
    466 20 By Our Market Correspondent SINGAPORE, May 21. QNCE again last week business on the Singa7 pore Share Market continued to be on a very reduced scale and the main prop of the market was the industrial section. The reason for the quietness of the market, however,
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    OFFICIAL PRICES
    28 20 SINGAPORE, May 23. RUBBER; 80% cents per lb. (down fiveeighths of a cent). TIN: $376 per picul (up $l.37V^). COPRA: $29.37H per picul (up 12V£ cents).
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    RUBBER DRIFTS TO LOWEST LEVEL FOR 17 MONTHS
    429 20 By Oar Market Correspond nt SINGAPORE, May 23. LACK of overseas support continued to d s l “the price of rubber to lower level, uiffi and the closing pnce at 811 cents per pound Z June first grade was the lowest since
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    Small move in rubber this week
    399 20 SINGAPORE. May 19. Movements in the rut&gt;* ber price during the week have been small and although at times there appeared to be possibilities or a temporary reaction to th# downward trend any improvement was short-lived and bullish features were overshadowed by the recession
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    MALAYAN SHARE QUOTATIONS
    814 20 SINGAPORE, May 24. INDUSTRIALS Bayers Sellers Alex Bricks Fret 1.00 1.8# •jrfa.. 1.08 0.08 Atlas tee 18 00 'buyer** B. B. Petrol 48/- 49/- cd cbl B M Trustees s 10 Con. Tin smelt Pref 19/- 20/Ord« 28/- 29/-. Bastern Onltea 80 80 87.90 PCd. Dispensary 1.04
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