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The Straits Budget
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Title Section28 1956-06-07 1 The Straits Budget THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES MALAYA'S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER Nev erics No. 511. Singapore, June 7, 1956. Price 40 cents (Malayan) Or 1 Shilling.28 words
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Article384 1956-06-07 2 SELLAR SABA RATNAM - SELLAR SABA RATNAM. Talping. YOUR editorial headed ‘Marshall Returns’ was a generous attempt to present a neutral view-point on the controversial subject as to who Is to be blamed for the breakdown In London. But I do not agree with you when you say that384 words
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Article145 1956-06-07 2 MRS) SHIRIN FOZDAR - (MRS) SHIRIN FOZDAR. Singapore. ANTI-HUMBUG’ seems to have been upset by my stand against sex education. Since when has emancipation of women become synonymous with sex education? Is it improper for a person to uphold the former' and oppose the latter? While supporting’ wholeheartedly the rights of145 words
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Article77 1956-06-07 2 R. D. C - R. D. C. Ipoh. 1I71TH my friend “AJt.M. and I am sure, a host of other people, we are indebted to Mr. RamplenJones for his information on mining records. Although Tronoh Mines seem to have the record output of all time for a month’s mining, I think77 words
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Article61 1956-06-07 2 J. T - J.T. Singapore. CUIR PLAY was right in saying that Sunday’s Listeners’ Choice was merely “the announcer’s choice of names and probably tunes.” If requesters’ names can be mentioned why can’t dedications and greetings be conveyed as well? I think the mention of requesters’ names is really unnecessary.;61 words
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Article99 1956-06-07 2 HENG HONG PEOW - HENG HONG PEOW Singapore, AS ohe of the ex-members in the former Volunteer Police Reserve and who has recently been awarded “Campaign Stars and Medals” for loyal service during the last Malayan Campaign, may I, through the medium of your paper, have my humble suggestion brought to99 words
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Article327 1956-06-07 2 YAP AH CHI AN - YAP AH CHI AN Singapore. »pwo or three years ago, a Singapore commission, drawn from men from all walks of life, to Investigate the desirability of raising the age limit of government servants from 55, came to the unanimous decision that, with the advance of327 words
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Article140 1956-06-07 2 A. P. CHIN - A. P. CHIN. Kuala Lumpur. GRANTED that arrangements for Queen’s Birthday Parade were the best that the planners could have thought out may I suggest the following points for next year and these points may hold good for any public demonstration that we may intend140 words
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Article149 1956-06-07 2 A. B. AVEKY - A. B. AVEKY Singapore. TT Is about time that our M Government intervened to prevent high-h&nded detentions and arrests of innocent craft in the Singapore Straits by the Indonesian authorities. The unjustified arrest of a fishing party reported in your paper is the latest of a long series149 words
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Article81 1956-06-07 2 WAN POLONY - WAN POLONY Johore Bahru. I AGREE with Mr. J >ice Paul Storr who has said that the best hop' r °r racial unity was op he playing field. It is disheartening to note that the Town State Councillors in hore Bahru have let 1 important matter go81 words
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Article583 1956-06-07 3 —Straits Times, May 31. tv London talks on Singapore collapsed two weeks ago. Events smee have Ln domu.ated by Mr. Mar- r< redoomed attempts !‘reoou. negotiations with lhe Colonial Office on his own. and by party-line explanations of the all-party failure Above all, by speculation on—Straits Times, May 31. - 583 words
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Article278 1956-06-07 3 —Straits Times, May 31. Commenting on the rehousing of estate and other labour, the Department of Labour records “a refreshing and growing interest in housing among estate managers.” In place of the old familiar labour “lines” many employers appreciate now the need to provide for their workers a—Straits Times, May 31. - 278 words
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Article658 1956-06-07 3 —Straits Times, June 1. Arbitration is the obvious road to settlement of the estate wage dispute. But neither the Malayan Planting Industry Employers’ Association nor the National Union of Plantation Workers has formally accepted the Labour Department’s offer, although the employers have said from the beginning that—Straits Times, June 1. - 658 words
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Article584 1956-06-07 3 —Straits Times, June 2. Singapore will not be surprised at the latest move of the People’s Action Party. It was forewarned, at the time the London talks collapsed, by Mr. Lee Kuan Yew’s threats some of which he has since retracted. On Wednesday, when the Assembly meets—Straits Times, June 2. - 584 words
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Article287 1956-06-07 3 —Straits Times, June 2. If only the Indonesian Government had ratified the Geneva tin agreement when Malaya did, the miners would be less worried about the current fall in the price. The London price is now around £720 a ton, the bottom figure in the central span within—Straits Times, June 2. - 287 words
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Article381 1956-06-07 4 —Straits Times, June 4. Colonel H. S. Lee and his team of Treasury experts will now leave for London in October instead of this month as was originally planned. In deciding to postpone the financial mission, the Federation Government has been well advised. It has appeared to be—Straits Times, June 4. - 381 words
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Article670 1956-06-07 4 —Straits Times, June 5. The lifting of the embargo on rubber for China, and not tbe prospect of peace on the plantations, is the reason for lie week-end recovery in the orice of rubber. But the end of he go-slow movement and the :oming resumption of negotiations—Straits Times, June 5. - 670 words
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Article277 1956-06-07 4 —Straits Times, June 5. Hospital assistants in the Federation feel that they have been insulted by the Minister for Health. They have taken this alleged insult so much to heart that they propose to call an “urgent meeting” of the Federation Government Medical Services Union “to decide—Straits Times, June 5. - 277 words
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Article855 1956-06-07 4 —Straits Times, June 5 Most of the heat has been taken out of today’s meeting of Singapore’s Legislative Assembly by Mr. Marshall’s decision to resign and the Labour Front’s readiness t.j form a new government. Mi. Marshall’s resignation is certain. The Governor is not bound, however, to—Straits Times, June 5 - 855 words
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Article, Illustration1237 1956-06-07 5 THE DANCE OF THE THWARTED DEMOCRAT E 4FIER the political developments of the last few weeks, it E seems quite normal to read that Malaya’s E most famous stripE tease artiste was one of the petitioners at E Mr. David Marshall’s last1,237 words
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Article251 1956-06-07 5 SINGAPORE, June 4. T'HE Singapore Government made a last-minute bid yesterday to avert a strike by 3,000 of its clierks. The Government has assured the two unions representing the clerks that it will put forward fresh proposals on the clerical salary revision today. The unions251 words
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Article341 1956-06-07 5 SINGAPORE, June 5. SINGAPORE Government’s 3,000 clerks after two meetings last night decided not to strike and accepted new wage scales offered by the Government. The offers were made by the Director of Personnel, Mr. J. D. Higham, 25 minutes before the workers were due to341 words
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Article59 1956-06-07 5 KUALA KANGSAR, June 4 The women’s institute here held a farewell tea party yesterday for Mrs. R. West, wife of the District Officer. Kuala Kangsar, and Mrs. J. F. Potter, wife of the headmaster of the Clifford School. Mrs. West and Mrs. Potter are accompanying their59 words
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Article1150 1956-06-07 6 CYNICUS - CYNICUS SINGAPORE, June 2. ONLY Mr. Marshall no longer doubts whether Mr. Marshall is going. In a longish working life in many lands I can remember nothing quite like it. He has burned all his boats so that there is not a chance of his remaining1,150 words
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Article156 1956-06-07 6 —AND YOU SHOULD LIVE THERE 25 YEARS TO BE A CITIZEN PENANG. June 4. IJRAI UMNO declared yesterday that Singaporeans should not be accepted as citizens of Malaya until the Colony had merged with the Federation. Another resolution agreed j at the annual meeting was 1 that Malaya should156 words
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Article, Illustration8 1956-06-07 6 Photo by Kok Ah Chong.— Photo by Kok Ah Chong. - 8 words
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337 1956-06-07 6 ROW OVER POLICY ON EDUCATIOS SINGAPORE, June 5. jy|R. KO TECK KIN. a past president of the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce, has resigned from the chamber committee because of its refusal to rescind a decision to withdraw from the Chinese Education Committee. Forty-six-year-old337 words
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Article504 1956-06-07 7 T nrAL official made a A L °sp*cial call on the v?sterday to invite Tuan tn > bfone of the party him !p t a Very Distinguisht0 who was coming 5 w the antiquities of ij \~nno Makam. Ka make his way irfver from Pengerang to !&#r Tinggi.504 words
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Article228 1956-06-07 7 pENANG, June 3.—The A chairman of the Penang division of the Labour Party of Maalaya, Mr. D. S. Ramanathan, today asked the Government to keep an eye on local speculators who buy large Eu-ropean-owned estates and break them up for quick resale at huge profits.228 words
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Article312 1956-06-07 7 SINGAPORE, June 4. JINCAPORE is keeping up with the rest of the world by gradually closing the gap between the wages paid to men and women workers. According to statistics for 1953, published by the labour Department, the average weekly wage for men r ngapore,312 words
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Article31 1956-06-07 7 J, "j p 2 —Sir John Il! *isU;r c,[°i l mer Pnme for uL Ay] n left by Vrj month' n t0( fay on a holiday. Reu31 words
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Article102 1956-06-07 7 SINGAPORE, June 4. CITY COUNCIL elections in December are indicated in an application which will come before the Singapore Legislative Assembly on June 6. The application is for $128,000 to prepare a local government electoral roll. Also before the Assembly is a Bill to give102 words
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Article173 1956-06-07 7 (From the Straits Times of May 31, 1906) IT N D E R the heading “Running Amok Around the Empire,” and the subheading, “First Natal; Then Ceylon; and Now The Straits.” The Times of Ceylon sympathises with Singapore on the occasion of the recently reported outrage in(From the Straits Times of May 31, 1906) - 173 words
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Article197 1956-06-07 7 LUMPUR, June 3. Federation Government sources today confirmed that the United States Government had agreed to lifting the embargo on Malayan rubber shipments to Communist China. The Minister for Commerce and Industry, Dr. Ismail bin Dato Abdul Rahman, is expected to announce this in a197 words
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242 1956-06-07 7 KLANG, June 3. HE wife of a self-confessed “opium king” left here this morning by car for Singapore to fly to Hong Kong in a final bid to save her husband from banishment to Communist China. Madam Ho Choon Moy, 36. will242 words
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Article101 1956-06-07 7 PENANG, June 3.—A new harbour strike in Penang was averted yesterday when the 600-strong Weld Quay Workers’ Union and employers reached a settlement on the men’s demands for increased wages. A union delegation headed by the secretary, Mr. P. A. Marimuthu, held a fivehour meeting with101 words
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Article62 1956-06-07 7 SINGAPORE. June 3. A joint statement issued last night by the Governments of Singapore and the Federation stated that the report of Mr. G. M. Watson and Sir Sydney Cairn* on the establishment of a Central Bank has been received and is being considered. The statement62 words
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Article839 1956-06-07 8 SINGAPORE, May 31. jyjALAYANS of all races and in widely differing walks of life have been decorated in the Queen’s Birthday Honours. There is only one new Malayan knight, the 36-year-old Raja of Perlis, the youngest of the Malay Rulers. He becomes an honorary Knight Commander839 words
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Article797 1956-06-07 8 SINGAPORE, May 31. A L L HOPES of the London merdeka talks being re-opened were dashed yesterday. The “important” message which the Chief Minister, Mr. David Marshall spoke of on his return from London arrived in Singapore from the Colonial Office. Addressed to the Governor, Sir797 words
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Article73 1956-06-07 8 ARAU, l\lay 30.—More than 12,000 padi planters in Perlis will soon receive cash grants totalling $900,000. The State Council today passed a resolution calling on the Perlis Government to '‘utilise” this allocation made by the Federal Government last year. The State Secretary. Inche Abdullah bin Sahat,73 words
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Article130 1956-06-07 8 Malacca, May 30. The following have been made Justices of the Peace for Malacca: Mr. Nghim Wee Chiow, a leader of the Hainanese community. Mrs. E. E. G. Curwen. an active voluntary social worker. Mr. Tan Nai Kwi, a leader of the Jasin Chinese community130 words
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Article75 1956-06-07 8 PENANG. May 30 Three local political leaders ha' been appointed Justices o* the Peace in Penang’s birtnday honours list. The new J.P.’s are: Mr. Ng Sui Cam. presides of the Penang M.C.A. a*, former chairman of the Chinese Chamber of n me inc e he S. M.75 words
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211 1956-06-07 9 SINGAPORE, May 31. dispute has arisen between the SingaA pore Traction Company and the S.T.C. Emninvecs’ Union. p 'it concerns 197 drivers and conductors who have h in asked to take a paid holiday today the u Queen’s birthday. The men don’t want the holiday.211 words
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Article250 1956-06-07 9 8 times LIM ASKED THE LIB SOCS Will you arrest me? SINGAPORE, June 1. ON about seven occasions in London and once yesterday morning, the People’s Action Party Assemblyman. Mr. Lim Chin Siong, asked the Liberal Socialists whether he would be arrested if they came into power. This was disclosed250 words
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Article154 1956-06-07 9 IPOH. May 31. DR. Wu Lien Teh, one of the two delegates who went to London to seek expert constitutional advice on the status of the “Queen’s Chinese’’ in an independent Malaya, returned to Ipoh yesterday, with sealed lips. “1 am sorry 1 cannot tell154 words
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Article, Illustration361 1956-06-07 9 THE PRESIDENT of Straits Chinese British Association, Mr. Heah Joo g today P raised the record of British rule in Malaya, and rapped anglophobes in Singapore tor decrying colonialism. Mr Heah said: “At the risk of being called a stooge I say that361 words
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Article42 1956-06-07 9 KUALA LUMPUR. May 31.— Nomination day for the Jerantut local council election has been fixed for June 4. Nominations will be received between 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. at the court house and the community hall at Jerantut.42 words
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435 1956-06-07 9 SINGAPORE, June 1. pur S sad song of farewell—lsa Lei—will rise from 850 voices at the Singapore wharves today. For this is the day that the Ist Bn., Fiji Regiment sails for home after more than four years of jungle-fighting in Malaya. As the435 words
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Article191 1956-06-07 9 A hi Masrin Potteri,,” was garden i ab ut in his K< »ad "n th Bukit Timah May ><, morning of falo in ’I? 1 a huffe buf th,. Rat s mbered through mana e d to ca*r °iu th,! an 'mal away turned191 words
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Article, Illustration193 1956-06-07 10 ‘Women only will be members of new Singapore club, but the boss may be invited SINGAPORE. May 31. rREE secretaries, a public, relations officer, and the acting manager of a big Singapore import firm were among seven city workers who got together at lunchtime yesterday to form a new business193 words
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Article197 1956-06-07 10 SINGAPORE, May 31. Malay leaders yesterday said that the admission of Malays into Chinese firms and factories would bring about a better understanding between the two communities. They welcomed a statement by the president of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Tan Siak Kew, that197 words
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Article77 1956-06-07 10 KUALA LUMPUR. May 30. MR. M. J. KENNAWAY, a pioneer planter, leaves Malaya on retirement on June 7. He is 76. He came to this country 1n 1904 after having been In Ceylon since 1899. He established many estates here and has been on the board of77 words
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Article212 1956-06-07 10 SINGAPORE, May 31. THE Central Narcotics Intelligence Bureau of the Malayan area, with headquarters in Singapore, had, at the end of last year, the names and addresses of 24,000 suspects, according to the Singapore Customs annual report, published yesterday. A Customs spokesman told the Straits Times212 words
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Article91 1956-06-07 10 PENANG. May 30.—The president of the Federation of Rubber Trade Associations. Mr. Heah Joo Seang. said today the Malayan Governments should distinguish between legitimate speculation and blind gambling. There has been unnecessary criticism lately of paper-rubber operations.” he said. “It is unfair to attribute any drop91 words
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407 1956-06-07 10 SINGAPORE, May 31. T*HE PAP Assemblyman, Mr. Lim Chin Siong, yes- terday called on the people of Singapore to ensure that the Liberal Socialists who are “collaborators of colonialism” do not come into power. In a statement, Mr. Lim accused the Liberal Socialist407 words
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346 1956-06-07 10 Consular plates on lorries—till today 70 TO LOSE C.C.’ PROTECTION SINGAPORE, May 31 SEVENTY Singapore drivers will have to come out tomorrow from behind the protection of the yellow “Consular Corps’’ plates on their cars. From tomorrow the “CC” badges will be issued ONLY to people who are entitled to346 words
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Article61 1956-06-07 10 SINGAPORE, May 31. Two nurses \yho will enter bandit-infested territory in the Federation to bring medicine to the kampongs “simply for the love of it” arrived in Singapore by Q;m !1 BO AC yesterday. They are Miss P. S. Sagk;rand Miss E. Y. Dawson. volunteered for61 words
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692 1956-06-07 11 <l\(iAPORE, May 31. rn\ KUNMKNT disw j i iki I i o n r ,-,insl lurally-train-(|,kI<hs is alleged ju i ii inoi'audiini oil ll,,'. Malavaiusation (l[ ii,,. idiration's Medical Services. memorandum n b een compiled by th Alumni Association f K;:v> Edward VII692 words
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Article50 1956-06-07 11 3' K V;;: a T’RENGGANU. May bir i“ Abdul Rahman fr<Y V’ 11 r as arrived here n b r mo Asrinu I: Che Moha- 0 l h n H Sii Abdul mot* i a as be °n pror)u r tan t Agricultural i, engganu.50 words
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Article27 1956-06-07 11 jjl’rrER WORTH. May 30. l,, nri-nt\ •n5 rray Superin<s; fii ‘i* Bugan Dalam Luar [> "d today in Bagan a "'doir :w °rth. He leaves27 words
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Article35 1956-06-07 11 IPOH, May 30.—The British soldier found dead with a gunshot wound yesterday in his camp near Ipoh was Sergeant Eric William Hargreaves, 20, of the 51, Field Regiment, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers.35 words
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169 1956-06-07 11 SINGAPORE. May 31. P»IVE Singapore Malay fishermen have returned to the Colony after nearly six weeks in an Indonesian jail on Tanjong Pinang, a nearby Indonesian island. They were arrested by an Indonesian patrol boat in Indonesiaji waters on April 22. Charged with illegal fish-169 words
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Article72 1956-06-07 11 SINGAPORE, June 1. CHILDREN fled in terror as detectives chased youths down Sunshine Terrace, Singapore, yesterday after a gang war tip. Six youths five students and a naval rating were detained. They were handcuffed and taken to Paya Lebar police station. The six, all witn similar72 words
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129 1956-06-07 11 SINGAPORE, May 31. 'PHE Singapore FederaA tion of Unions of Government Employees is planning to affiliate with the Trades Union Congress if the Congress will include a “no politics” clause in its constitution. A five-man committee has been appointed to open negotiations with the129 words
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Article94 1956-06-07 11 Malacca, May 30.—The Malay Chamber of Commerce has been told that nominations to the Settlement Council under the present constitution are entirely at the discretion of the High Commissioner. The Chamber had written to the Resident Commissioner last week asking for representation on the94 words
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Article122 1956-06-07 11 SINGAPORE, May 31. teachers in Chinese schools in Singapore yesterday expressed satisfaction over a decision to allow seven dismissed teachers to continue teaching pending the outcome of their appeal to the Governor-in-Couneil. The teachers were dismissed on the grounds that their continued employment would122 words
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Article90 1956-06-07 11 SINGAPORE. May 31. The Royal Air Force Regiment <Malaya* stationed at Tengah. Singapore, got its first Malayan acting warrant officer yesterday. He is 36-year-old Mohamed bin Husain, who rose from the ranks after joining the Air Force as an Aircraftman Second Class in 1947. Warrant Officer Husain,90 words
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Article, Illustration73 1956-06-07 11 It was presented by the Sporting Globe, of Melbourne and had been auto- graphed by members of Hawthorn Football Club, Melbourne. Captain L. A. Marshall, whoterday. — Straits Times picture. - 73 words
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Article824 1956-06-07 12 VERNON BARTLETT - by VERNON BARTLETT SINGAPORE, June 1. A FEW points for the record. At 1 p.m. on May 30. the Chief Minister's Office issued a statement on the Colonial Office reply about the resumption of the London Conference. The statement referred to only two of the824 words
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Article508 1956-06-07 12 SINGAPORE, June 1. THE British Governm e n t maintains that the “wise course” for Singapore now is to advance to internal self-government “until the way forward can be more clearly seen.” This is stated by the Colonial Secretary, Mr. Alan Lennox Boyd, in his508 words
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151 1956-06-07 12 Kuala lumpur, May 31 Six massed bands and more than 1,500 Servicemen representing practically every arm of the security forces today took part in the biggest and most spectacular Queen s Birthday parade ever held in the151 words
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Article78 1956-06-07 12 SINGAPORE, June 1. Taking the salute at the Queen’s Birthday parade in Labuan was the last official act of the Governor of North Borneo, Mr. R. E. Turnbull, before boarding a Malayan Airways plane wihich arrived in Singapore yesterday. He leaves by air this morning for78 words
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Article49 1956-06-07 12 KUALA TRENGGANU. May 31. The Minister for Education, Dato Abdul Razak, is touring the East Coast to explain to the people the Government’s new education policy. Today he addressed rallies here and in Jerteh. He spoke at rallies yesterday at Kemaman, Dungun and Bukit Besi.49 words
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Article250 1956-06-07 12 ‘Down with imperialism campaign in Singapore SINGAPORE, June 1. rpHE People’s Action Party is organising a “protest A week” in Singapore—probably next week— “to expose Britain’s imperialist attitude which caused the breakdown of the merdeka talks.” This move was decided on yesterday at a meeting of250 words
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Article416 1956-06-07 13 Guitars, guns, songs, sorrow SINGAPORE, June 2. rpHK Fighting Fijl j ;lI1 s the men nio't feared by Comnuini't terrorists in Johore —sailed from Singapore tor home yesterday evening. TIk v went with broad smiles' with shouted ,t oocI wishes, and because they are the Fijians—with u416 words
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308 1956-06-07 13 'T'HE Singapore A Traction Company Employees' Union has directed its legal adviser, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, to seek clarification of two recommendations made by the court of inquiry which investigated the strike by the company’s 2,800 employees earlier this year.308 words
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Article98 1956-06-07 13 KLANG, May 31.—The 130 Indian workers on the Java Selangor Estate In Kuala Selangor have decided not to talk to their employers or even say “good morning” to them. They started their “no talk” move yesterday after “a misunderstanding.” A spokesman for the National Union of98 words
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171 1956-06-07 13 PORT SWETTENHAM, June 1. ORANCH officials of the National Union of Planta- tion Workers in Klang were today barred from entering Carey Island, a large plantation off Port Swettenham, where 3,200 workers are on strike. They were told by the general manager of the plantation,171 words
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Article72 1956-06-07 13 KUALA LUMPUR, June I. Lora Reid, chairman of the Constitutional Commission, today paid a courtesy call on the High Commissioner, Sir Donald MacGillivray. Lord Reid, who arrived here on Wednesday, will meet the Chief Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, next week. The other five members72 words
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Article17 1956-06-07 13 SINGAPORE June 2. A batch of 20 army recruits arrived in Singapore from Ipoh yesterday.17 words
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Article166 1956-06-07 13 SINGAPORE, June 1. A BRITISH trade union lecturer yesterday warned Singapore workers against the danger of Communist infiltration into unions. The Communists, he said, were trying to gain control of trade unions to serve the foreign policy of Russia and China. Speaking as a166 words
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Article203 1956-06-07 13 Lib-Socs get threatening letters with 3-star sign SINGAPORE, June 2. letters bearing the three-star sign of the Malayan Communist Party were received last night by the chairman of the Liberal Socialist Party, Mr. C. C. Tan, and Party Assemblyman, Mr. William Tan. The letters, postmarked 7 p.m.,203 words
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Article100 1956-06-07 13 A detachment of Royal Engineers left Singapore in the troopship Devonshire yesterday on a trip to Christmas Island, about 1,400 miles south of Honolulu. They have been chosen to clear the island for the forthcoming British Hbomb tests on the island. Several of them100 words
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81 1956-06-07 13 THE Singapore Government has announced the formation of a Elealth Education Council. The objects or the council are: To organise conferences, training courses, lectures, cx- hibition.s and demonstrations. To advise on health education. To provide health education materials. To publish periodicals, leaflets, reports, memoranda,81 words
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Article480 1956-06-07 14 KUALA LUMPUR, June 1. pRIORITY in the Federation Government’s $1,500 million five-year development plan is to be given to projects which will yield revenue quickly. It is understood that at least half of the schemes to be launched under the plan will be for economic480 words
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Article229 1956-06-07 14 GEOFFREY BOLAND - By GEOFFREY BOLAND SINGAPORE, June 3. THERE was an unexpectB ed jump of seveneighths of a cent in the rubber price in Singapore yesterday morning which brought June first grade to 74| cents a lb. The rise was entirely due to an unconfirmed local market229 words
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Article246 1956-06-07 14 K LUMPUR, June 1. Nurses in Malaya are frustrated and suspicious because of the attitude of Medical Department officials towards their union, the annual delegates’ conference of the Malayan Nurses Union was told today. The president, Mrs. L. H. Harris, said the union had not at246 words
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Article66 1956-06-07 14 To mark Wesak Day, two Buddhist organisations in Singapore have donated $1,270 to the Singapore branch of the British Red Cross Society. The Singapore Buddhist Lodge at Kim Yam Road donated $l,OOO. and the Kwan On Thong Hood Cho Temple in Waterloo Street, gave $270.66 words
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Article34 1956-06-07 14 KUALA LUMPUR. June 2. Twelve Federation Government officers will leave for Canberra. Australia, on June 4 for a six-month course in public administration under the technical assistance programme of the Colombo Plan.34 words
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286 1956-06-07 14 pORT SWETTENHAM, June 2. A self-conle.wd '‘opium king,” Ch'ng Boon Chin, was deo n a from Malaya last night with 150 political detain..!*' the Norwegian freighter Sandviken. es A few hours before the vessel soiled the Chinn bound detoinees ottocked on officer of the ship286 words
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203 1956-06-07 14 IPOH, June 2 ENGLISH couple, Mr. and Mrs. M Bates of Plymouth in England, heve written to Ipoh offering to adopt David, the five-month-old terrorist beby, found in the jungle by security forces last month. The Bates, who are Methodists said in their letter:203 words
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Article186 1956-06-07 14 Middle East countries to be asked for more help ULERS and government of Middle East Muslim states will be asked to help in expanding the Muslim College at Klang into a Muslim University. Dato 5.1.0. Alsagoff, chairman of the council of the college told the Straits186 words
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Article140 1956-06-07 14 Off —the rubber go-slow drive KUALA LUMPUR, June 2. rr\HE national rubber “go slow” was called ofT today following a meeting between representatives of estate owners and workers in the office of the Minister for Transport. Mr. Ong Yoke Lin, who is acting for the Minister for Labour. “Normal relations”140 words
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Article550 1956-06-07 15 xl'OKE June 4. 'n|Nt,.U‘ORE’S Chief S Mini, ter, Mr. David Marshall, will resign hi leadership of the (kiveminent after the nCX t Assembly meetjni> on June 6. oj, his resigning, he is recommended by his mrtv the Labour Front, ,o ad’-ise the Governor, Sir Robert550 words
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Article88 1956-06-07 15 ALOR STAR. June 3. SIX terrorists captured three Malays and held them hostage for three hours at Bukit Paumou. North Kedah, on June 1, it was disclosed today. The villagers were out cutting rattan when they stumbled on a terrorist food dump. Six88 words
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208 1956-06-07 15 K LUMPUR, June 3. Federation Govnunent is to build -Ktorov flats for J 0 P-« iving in slums r congested he heart of ountry’s main tC'V'l as announced the Minister «i’al Resources 1 Government, Suleiman bin •’'dul Rahman, at the an'ting of the mpur208 words
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587 1956-06-07 15 WILLIAM FISH - By WILLIAM FISH RE-OPEN MERDEKA TALKS? YES, BUT ONLY ON OUR OWN TERMS—YOU CAN CARRY THAT TO EDEN, HE TELLS THE PRESS SINGAPORE, June 5. MR. DAVID MARSHALL, retiring Chief Minister of Singapore, yesterday attacked the British Prime Minister, Sir Anthony Eden, for retailing “Colonial587 words
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Article197 1956-06-07 15 THAT’S WHY THEY’RE SENDING FOR WIVES SINGAPORE, June 5. A TOTAL of 2,216 China wives, with 1,628 children, were allowed to join their husbands in Singapore last year, according to the Immigration Department’s annual reprot published yesterday. The 3,844 entries from China, a record,197 words
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Article871 1956-06-07 16 SINGAPORE, June r |MIE five-year-old ban on Malayan rubber shipments to Red China is off. The Singapore and Federation Governments announced yesterday that applications for exports can be made now—but only for “reasonable quantities.” At a Press conference in Kuala Lumpur, the Minister for Commerce871 words
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230 1956-06-07 16 M.C.A. hits at ‘malicious propaganda' SINGAPORE, June 5. 'pHE Malayan Chinese Association yesterday accused the People’s Action Party of trying to split the people of Singapore at a time when unity against colonialism was of vital importance. An M.C.A. spokesman made this charge in230 words
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Article199 1956-06-07 16 KTALA Ll/MPt R, June 4. MALAYA has taken the first step towards wiping out malaria. A five-man committee has been set up to recommend to the Government ways of training the specialist staff needed for such a drive. The Director of the Institute for Medical199 words
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Article, Illustration225 1956-06-07 16 SINGAPORE. June 5. I ORD Strabolgi’s halfsister a pretty, red-headed. 25-year-old divorcee—was married in Singapore last month to Mr. Simon Carey, an ex-Guards officer, who is working here as a rubber broker. Shortly after the Registry Office wedding the bride formerly Mrs. Josephine Gilbert225 words
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95 1956-06-07 16 KUALA LUMPUR. June 5. —The rubber industry’s joint consultative council will meet on June 15 to try to settle the rubber wage dispute. The date was fixed todav at a meeting of the council’s agenda committee. The council consists of95 words
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287 1956-06-07 17 KUALA LUMPUR, June 5. rilK limit on rubber exports to China will be 2,000 tons A ,i shipment for each applicant, it was announced here today. Licences for exports will be good for one month and applications will be considered “according to287 words
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619 1956-06-07 17 32 councillors and a mayor; the Govt’s proposals on u y(, U'ORE, June 6. S MINIMUM of live years' resi(knce is ii feature of the Singapore <*overn me ill’s proposal for universal Iran* i01 ildlllts, ir* respct'livc of citizen* ship, in future619 words
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Article470 1956-06-07 17 SEREMBAN, June 5. MALAY RUBBER tapper alleged today that he gave $lOO to a Home Guard officer to get a job as a permanent instructor. Shamsuddin bin Haji Salam, now a Special Constable, was testifying at the Kuala Pilah trial of Major Abdul Hamid470 words
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Article413 1956-06-07 17 New rewards in Ipoh area IPOH, June 5. rjIVE information leading to the capture or surrender of a terrorist and you stand to win one of the new rewards that range up to $20,000 in the Ipoh and Batu Gajah areas. This maximum of $20,000413 words
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Article41 1956-06-07 17 SINGAPORE, June 6 The British Council has found temporary accommodation for more than 10,000 Colonial students in England since 1950. It has also found permanent accommodation for 6,500 in lodgings and 3,600 in British Council and other hostels.41 words
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Article21 1956-06-07 17 SITIAWAN, June 5.—Mr. W. L. Harvey, manager of Sungei Wangi Group, has returned from leave and resumed duty21 words
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Article304 1956-06-07 18 DRAFT REPORT FOR LONDON KUALA LUMPUR, Juiw 5. 'J'HE FEDERATION will not join the SouthEast Asia Treaty Organisation immediately it becomes independent next year. The Federation delegation to the working party setting out the details of the Defence and Mutual Assistance Treaty with Britain304 words
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Article, Illustration54 1956-06-07 18 MR. YEOH CHENG BOH. younger brother of former Thomas Cup doubles player, Yeoh Teek Chye. and his bride. Miss Mabel Loo Ngai Harn, eighth daughter of banker Mr. Loo Yew Hoi and Mrs. Loo, cutting the cake after their wedding in Kuala Lumpur.—Standard Studio iualaiuala Lumpur—Standard Studio picture - 54 words
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153 1956-06-07 18 SINGAPORE, June 5. 'THE retiring Chief A Minister of Singapore, Mr. David Marshall, has run into opposition on the pay scales he recommended for men serving with the proposed Singapore Battalion some people think they are too high. Mr. Marshall admitted the opposition yesterday.153 words
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Article39 1956-06-07 18 SINGAPORE, June 6. The Singapore Civil Service Arbitration Tribunal which recently heard the case of 729 Government temporary clerks claiming 30 months’ back pay, will resume hearing at the Public Relations Office, Assembly House, this morning.39 words
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Article145 1956-06-07 18 T SINGAPORE, June 6. HE Sultan of Pahang emerged from his room In the Station Hotel yesterday in white shorts and singlet to tell the Straits Times that he hoped to see something of America's film industry when he visits Hollywood. The Sultan,145 words
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Article139 1956-06-07 18 KUALA LUMPUR, June 5. A TWO-MEN government team wUI soon visit India to recruit 25 doctors for the Federation's Medical Services. This is in addition to a batch of 30 Indian doctors who will arrive here soon on three-year contracts. The Minister for Health and139 words
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Article21 1956-06-07 18 Dr. T. C. Pan has been elected the new president of the Borneo branch of the British Medical Association21 words
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Article34 1956-06-07 18 Chief Inspector Stephen Liew Kee Soon of Kuala Belait. Brunei, will leave for England on July 2 to attend a training course at the Police College at Fyton-on-Dunsmore for five months.34 words
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268 1956-06-07 18 SINGAPORE, June 6. T'HE DEAN of the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Malaya, Prof. E.S. Monteiro, returned to Singapore by Qantas yesterday evening and announced that Singapore would soon get Australian aid to ease the shortage of doctors. Tired but jubilant,268 words
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162 1956-06-07 18 Bid to save anti-Red opium ‘King SINGAPORE, June fi. CHINESE wife left Singapore for Hong Kong by air yesterday in a desperate bid to save her anti-Communist husband from deportation to Red China. Madame Ho Choon Mui, 36, mother of nine, took with her a six-year-old son, Ch’ng Chee Lon.162 words
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118 1956-06-07 18 ‘Riot’ at Outram Road jail soon ‘quelled POLICE anti-riot squads were rushed to the Outram Road Prison. Singapore, about 9.3 A a.m. yesterday. Traffic was halted as hundreds of people gathered, fearing an outbreak of trouble in the jail. But. apart from the police activity, all was Quiet Police were118 words
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Article1016 1956-06-07 19 EPSOM JEEP - By EPSOM JEEP KUALA LUMPUR, June 3. Nr. v i BLANK, with Kitson Leong up, sprang m\ m prise in the Derby Trial over 9f. to pay *a9 tar win at Ipoh yesterday, first day of the p!r ,k l 5 Club's Derb y1,016 words
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259 1956-06-07 19 TENru r mn. ALOR STAR, June 5. ter IHRAHIM BIN TENGKU WOOK, a memreiativ, t K t lant an royal family, and distant years’ f Sultan was today sentenced to six driver L-!° r u etting a ormer Malay Regiment sion or KiX259 words
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Article1262 1956-06-07 19 A NEWCOMER to Singapore tennis last week won two titles in the Singapore Lawn Tennis Asso- ciation championships. Candace Austin, wife of a Johore planter, won the women’s singles final against another newcomer, Australian left-hander Karen Le Mercler, by 6-4, 6-3. Later Mrs. Aus-* tin partnered1,262 words
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Page 19 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous29 1956-06-07 19 BIG SWEEP TOTAL POOL: $257,671 1ST: No. *****9 ($72,301) 2ND: No. *****9 ($36,150) 3RD: No. *****2 ($18,075) STARTERS ($2,008 each): Nos. *****8; *****6; *****1; TREBLE TOTE: One ticket ($1316).29 words
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329 1956-06-07 20 By Our Market Correspondent THE “very spotty economy” in the United States and other countries, including Britain was the main factor depressing the Singapore Share Market last week. The uncertain world economic climate which pushed rubber &nd tin prices down made local investors adopt a329 words
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Article221 1956-06-07 20 THE following business done ln the Singapore Share Market last week was reported by one firm of brokers for the period May 26 to June I: INDUSTRIALS: British Borneo Petroleum 48s. cd cbi, Fraser A Neave Ords., $1.69 to $1.72* to $1.67% to $1.66, Federal Dispensary $1.87*. Gammon221 words
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Article21 1956-06-07 20 The following May tin outputs are announced:— Rahman Hydraulic 497 piculs; Sungei Bldor 828 oicuU; Takuapa Valley 652 piculs21 words
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Article272 1956-06-07 20 /COMPANIES operating v in Malaya announced the following dividends last week:— LOWER PERAK TIN DREDGING LTD.: an interim dividend of 2s. per share, less 30 per cent income tax, for the year ended April 30. 1956, payable' to shareholders on the register in Kuala Lumpur and London on272 words
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Article29 1956-06-07 20 SINGAPORE. JUNE 6. RUBBER: 76 cents per lb. (up a Quarter of a cent)." TIN: $366,121 per picul (up $2,121). COPRA: $28.75 per picul (down 25 cents).29 words
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Article797 1956-06-07 20 SINGAPORE, June 6,1956. INDUSTRIALS Bayer* Seller* Ales Brick* Prsf ords. I* Atlas tee I*oo *W»*en.B. B. Patrol 47/- 4R/-xdcM BU Trustee* f.M «.I0 con. Tin smelt Pref 19/- 20/Ord* 28/- 29/Eastern United 35.00 36.00 ..Ted. Dispensary 1.88 1.90 Fraser and Neave Pref 6.75 6.00 co Ords. 1.65797 words
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323 1956-06-07 20 SINGAPORE, c THE Singapore Rubber Market yest i av 6 .J far more subdued regarding t relaxation of the ban on the export ol China from Malaya and the price afi a i/j swing finished slightly below that of The323 words
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Article441 1956-06-07 20 SINGAPORE 9 I rB bearish i. t ures I fluencing th» rubber! market continue t domjgS ate opinion and any 1 vourable indicator appear! for the time to hare! been lost sight of report! Holiday, Cutler, Both Col Ltd. in their current market! review. Trading has been!441 words
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Article24 1956-06-07 20 Renonf Tin Dred* 1 output In May was: R*»a piculs; Jinjanf Mine 0 f t( j tion with Straits Tlnfle; 698 picula24 words