The Straits Budget, 14 June 1956

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    28 1 The Straits Budget THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES MALAYA’S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER Xew ories No. 512. Singapore, June 14, 1956. Price 40 cents (Malayan) Or 1 Shilling.
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  • From THE STRAITS TIMES POSTBAG
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      Malay can be precise and beautiful too
      451 2  -  SOO HO KUM CHIN. Segamat. .1 HAVE read the letters of Mr. Skinner and Mr. Kelsey with great interest and have found much to appreciate in both. While agreeing with much of what Mr. Kelsey has said, I would not go so far
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      The hideous night
      166 2  -  F. W LEGG. Penang. PENANG is a lovely island, but not, I am sorry to say, a place where one can rest or sleep undisturbed for very long because ot untrained and neglected dogs, which are allowed to roam the streets, making the night hideous with uncontrolled
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      Noisy coffee stalls
      100 2  -  “DESPERATE DAN.” Singapore. Licensed coffee stalls operating late into the night and in the early hours of the morning are a real nuisance. The customers patronising these stalls at Queen St. make so much noise that the residents here are unable to sleep. Don’t ask me to
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      He wanted cash first
      168 2  -  AN AIRMAN Singapore. A WEEK ago I called on a certain doctor in the Federation. I was then very ill and according to the instructions on the back of my leave form when one is sick when on leave, one has to take this form to
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      Who is to blame for medical shortage?
      280 2  - Who is to blame f or medical shortage? P S. Taiping. A Hi of us are now familiar with the words “the shortage of doctors and nurses is unavoidable.' But let us examine the real causes and see if the situation c a n n ot be remedied. A few
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      The spirit of grudge
      130 2  -  PSG Singapore Anything that exceed* the decent normal bounds makes people sceptical. Nationalism is good and aspiration for it is healthy, but it should be wholesome ln effect and nature. The agitation to pack away the eminent men. specialists and experts because of their white complexion,
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      LOCAL DOCTORS AMAZE HIM
      209 2  -  f.C.A. Singapore. rE statement by the Federation’s Minister of Health that it was necessary to recruit doctors from India because our local medical men were reluctant to staff hospitals In remote areas and in leper and mental hospitals makes amazing reading. This is more amazing when
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  • The Straits Budget
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      Lock icon Antidote To Venom
      594 3 —Straits Times, June 7. i wore Oscars for if thou u „■;<!> best third rate David Marshall aCtl !h|’ wi, them all. It u ‘\y to consider his ;Xn— the Singapore Assembly yester°ther terms. Of irv he was not addressing he Assembly. He was addressing an electorate
      —Straits Times, June 7.  -  594 words
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      Lock icon Wrong Tactics
      315 3 —Straits Times, June 7. There does not seem much point to the Liberal-Socialist amendment to the motion on the London negotiations moved in the Singapore Assembly yesterday by the Chief Minister. Virtually it invites the Assembly to censure the whole delegation, including the Liberal-Socialist members. Mr. Marshall is
      —Straits Times, June 7.  -  315 words
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      Lock icon Rush Hour
      255 3 —Straits Times, June 7 The main attraction at yesterday’s Assembly meeting was the Chief Minister’s motion seeking approval for the stand taken by the Singapore delegation in London. This was item six on the agenda. But in its anxiety to get to the main feature, the Assembly made
      —Straits Times, June 7  -  255 words
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      Lock icon Mr. Marshall Passes On
      602 3 —Straits Times, June 8. Mr. David Marshall’s resignation comes as close to anti-climax as resignation could ever be. Two hours after the Legislative Assembly rose yesterday, the Chief Minister submitted his resignation to the Governor, who invited Mr. Lim Yew Hock to form a new Labour
      —Straits Times, June 8.  -  602 words
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      Lock icon Student Wrangle
      380 3 —-Straits Times, June 8. Official Indonesian displeasure over the student conference at Bandoeng probably comes too late to have much effect. But at least the blame is being put where it belongs on the Communist agents who so nearly succeeded in turning this student meeting into an ideological
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      Lock icon Mr. Lim At The Helm
      598 3 —Straits Times, June 9. As becomes the man, Mr. Lim Yew Hock has assumed the office of Singapore’s Chief Minister attended by none of the fuss and flurry with which Mr. Marshall surrounded himself fifteen months ago. In less than twenty four hours all was
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      Lock icon Finding The Technicians
      514 4 —Straits Times, June 11. The final report of the Malayanisation Commission deals wholly with the Government agencies, which include the City Council, the Singapore Harbour Board and the Singapore Improvement Trust. There is no important departure from the principles observed in the case of the Government departments.
      —Straits Times, June 11.  -  514 words
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      Lock icon One Man, Five Votes
      684 4 —Straits Times, June 12. Singapore’s desire for “a more democratic framework” is leading the Labour Front Government into somewhat curious experiment. One man five votes is not ordinarily regarded as a fine democratic principle, but it becomes so »n the White Paper on local government. A
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      Lock icon Free Legal Aid
      320 4 —Straits Times, June 12 The Singapore Legal Aid and Advice Bill, which was taken through all stages in less than an hour, was worthy of much more attention than it received in the Legislative Assembly. Free legal representation is available now only in the High Court and
      —Straits Times, June 12  -  320 words
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      Lock icon Jam Sessions
      277 4 ii a Denevuit-iii —Straits Times, June Mr. Lim Yew Hock would be wise to discontinue the meet-the-people sessions he inherited from Mr. Marshall This may take courage, for apparently the impression is that Saturday Is sacred to democracy and the underdog Yet cast a balance sheet, and what
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    ‘FROZEN’ lands: Unfreeze the pay-off, they say
    889 5 SlNCiAP«*KE. Ju e 2 p\Ii.l 1 IG i i„,Minmunt to •iniioiincc a n >' for compenvilim <> n e r S V |„,M IiiihI is made im s.,!c;il)le or unpioiiurlive by the Master Plan, was ciiluiM'il in why usteiday. T h complaint was
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    $1,000 cheque allegation
    48 5 SINGAPORE. June 12. Tam Tuan Siah pleaded not guilty in Singapore court yesterday to a charge of criminal breach of trust of a cheque for $l,OOO, as an employee of Chequers Hotel. Thomson Road, on Sept. 28 last year. He was allowed bail of 52.000.
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    48,000 more
    23 5 SINGAPORE. June 12. Singapore will have about 48.000 more electors this year, bringing the total number of voters to about 348,000.
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    Relax...the tight rope act has been changed
    698 5 IT’S all over bar the 1 spontaneous shouting organised during “protest week.” The most flamboyant of Chief Ministers has resigned, and his place will be taken by the most modest of them. Mr. Marshall has had a good run for his money even
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    Lim to intervene on the school ban
    180 5 SINGAPORE, June 12. SINGAPORE’S Chief Minisu Mr. Lim Yew Hock, V -1 try to persuade the FedL rr *k®n Chief Minister, Abdul Rahman, to i 1 han on four Singapore Schools sending U P S °t more than five p Pus or teachers
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    RAZAK ADVISES CRITICS
    64 5 Tp y' i,UMPU R- June 11. D a 1 -'G r for Education, -t Razak bin HusAi!. ;ino i!rl la s t night the r‘ adv V v U JV «nment was h the views and criticisms of the Press, but they should be given fairly and
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    Lock icon As I was Saying
    1234 6  -  CYNICUS —Neios Chronicle. SINGAPORE, June 9. EXCEPT for the disappearance of Mr. Marshall, admittedly a not inconsiderable difference, Singapore’s second Labour Front Government represents no change from the first. Partly this is because the new Chief Minister wished to emphasise that it is a caretaker government,
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    7 6 Photo by K. S. Kong
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    MALACCA APPEALS TO M.P.s IN BRITAIN
    361 6 SINGAPORE, June 11. A MEMORANDUM signed by 110 Malacca residents was sent yesterday to every British Member of Parliament and the Reid Constitution Commission to ensure that the rights of British subjects in the Settlement will be preserved when the Federation became independent. The
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    ROAD DEATHS RISE IN SINGAPORE
    151 6 SINGAPORE, June 10 CINGAPORE’S accident rate is on the increase. Anare the number of fatal accidents and the number of persons killed. The Traffic Police monthly report showed there were 1,779 accidents in April compared with 1,556 the previous month. There were 11 accidents in
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    Friendly way is the best: Marshall
    4794 8 SINGAPORE, June 7. “UOWEVER bitter K the ashes of our dead hopes,” Singapore’s long-term welfare requires “close and friendly cooperation with Britain,” declared the Chief Minister, Mr. David Marshall, in the Legislative Assembly yesterday. Singapore, he said, must patiently keep the door open for
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    Full speed for Malayanisation
    388 10 SINGAPORE, June 7. THE Chief Minister, Mr. David Marshall, announced in the Singapore Legislative Assembly yesterday that the Government would ask the Colonial Secretary lor the earliest implementation of four principal recommendations in the majority report of the Malayanisation Commission. These are: APPOINTMENT of a Malayan
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    ‘WE SHOULD HAVE TAKEN HALF LOAF’ SHOCK
    523 10 Lib-Soc shock No. 2 —Lim Cher Kheng says: From now on belong to no party SINGAPORE. June 7. THE Liberal Socialist Party, in an amendment completely reversing a motion by the Chief Minister, Mr. David Marshall, yesterday virtually invited the Legislative Assembly to
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    Assembly passes Fress Legal Aid Bill
    236 10 SINGAPORE, June THE Free Legal Aid Hill, which the retiring Chief Minister, Mr. David Marshall, ha* repeatedly described as “my baby,” was un animously passed by the Singapore Legislative Assembly yesterday. Under it, those earning less than 81.000 a year or who do not
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    Big bases vital, says admiral
    216 10 SINGAPORE, June 7. jJEAR-ADMIRAL \V. K. Ed den, recently ap pointed Flair Officer Second in Command of the Far East Station, said in Singapore yesterday that Britain’s naval forces in the Far East could be considered adequate to meet any threat. At a press conference
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    The jobs report calls for patriotism
    1806 11 SINGAPORE, June 7. 01' VI- officers are warned J “squabbling or scram1,11,1*." for higher posts when the miblTf services are Malayanised. p j js warning, given by the Malv ,-tion Commission in their i3;-page report published yesis followed by hard-hitting id vice. i layanisation
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    Doctor pleads not guilty
    55 11 SINGAPORE. June 7. Dr. K B Kenyon pleaded not guilty in Singapore yesterday on a charge of careless driving near the iunction of Bras Basah Road and Victoria Street on Jan. 1 The summons against him said his car collided with a van. The ease will
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    Censure move by Lib-Socs is defeated
    3857 12 SINGAPORE, June S. A LIBERAL SOA CIALIST hid to censure the whole Merdeka delegation for it** stand at the London constitutional talks was resoundingly defeated in the Singapore Legislative Assembly yesterday. Instead, the House voted solidly for a motion by the Chief Minister, Mr.
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    Council’s term extended
    140 13 6 MONTHS LONGER SINGAPORE, June 7. fTHE Singapore Legis- lative Assembly yesterday amended the City Council Elections Ordinance to extend the “life” of the Council till the end of this year. Under the original regulations, Councillors were to have retired at the end of last year. But
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    BANDIT FIGHTER GETS NEW POST
    123 13 IPOH, June 12. Lt Col. 1 A.E.C, Bredin, comm a n d i n g the 1/6 Gurkha Rifles, based here, is to take up a new command, with, the rank of Brigadier, in Southern Scotland in October this year. The Colonel, who won a
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    IN MEMORY OF THE LATE SIR HENRY
    177 13 11 projects will perpetuate his name IPOH, June 7 Eleven projects will be put up in 1 Perak to perpetuate the name of the lute* Sir Henry Gurney, former High Commissioner of the Federation, who was killed by terrorists in an ambush The
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    ‘UP TO LONDON TO KICK THE BALL TO US’
    715 15 Mr. Lim takes over— all the old Caees are there exeept Mr, Marshall <IN<;APORE, June 9. n() hours alter Mr. Uni Ye w Hock was sworn in as new (Jhief Minister yestei day, j ie gathered his cakind members around him
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    ALLIANCE TO HOLD TALKS WITH NEW GOVT. SOON
    215 15 KUALA LUMPUR, June 8. ministers are to confer soon with the new Singapore Government. The talks will probably be held in Singapore. Federation Chief Minister, Tengku Abdul ™man, said today that the Alliance would con,ue to work with the Labour Front. ’a?
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    Bomb in street
    90 15 SECRET SOCIETY OUTRAGE pENANG, June 6.—Se- cret society gangsters today threw a grenade into the Popular Stalls In Campbell Street, in the heart of Chinatown. But it rolled into a drain where it exploded causing a two foot crater. No one wa? hurt. Mr. E. R. Harries.
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    3 RUBBER BARONS GO BROKE
    169 15 SINGAPORE, June 9. T'HREE of the four 1 directors of the Bin Seng Rubber Company Ltd., which has been liquidated, were declared bankrupt in the Singapore High Court yesterday. The petition was filed by the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation. The three directors were Chionh
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    Five bandits carry out snap raid on Home Guards—chase on
    160 15 JOHORE BAHRU, June 8. —In a dawn raid today five armed terrorists pounced on two Home Guards on Kate duty at Ayer Hitam and stole their shotguns and 20 rounds of ammunition. A third Home Guard, Jah bin Haji Omar,
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    Multilingualism in the Assembly
    404 15 SINGAPORE, June 8. THE SELECT COMMITTEE on multi-lingua-lism, in its report tabled at yesterday’s meeting of the Singapore Legislative Assembly, emphasised the difficulties in engaging interpreters for simultaneous translations. Although the ideal would be to have interpreters who could speak English, Malay, Mandarin and Tamil the
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    Invalid stamps
    37 15 SINGAPORE. June 9. All Straits Settlements postage stamps over-printed with the initials and word “R.M A. Malaya,” will be declared invalid with effect from Jan. 11 next year, it was officially announced in Singaporel yesterday.
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    STEP WITH CARE ON THAT 100th RUNG
    295 16 UMNO meeting gets merdeka advice IJENANG, June 10. Ma1 laya has already climbed 99 steps to independence but the 100th step to merdeka itself would be the most difficult to reach, says the Minister for Works. Inche Sardon bin Haji Jubir. “Between the
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    Lim denounces SEATO
    54 16 SINGAPORE, June 10. Mr. Lim Chin Slong, PAP. Assemblyman and secretary general of the Singapore Factory and Shop Workers’ Union, yesterday demanded that SEATO military planners—meeting today in Singapore—go elsewhere to “hatch their plots.’’ In a written statement, Mr. Lim denounced SEATO as a military alliance dominated
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    SINGAPORE, June 9. SINGAPORE youths should look for guidance to their homes and youth organisations, said Sir Robert Black, the Governor, at the “Festival of Youth” rally on the padang yesterday.
    147 16 He said that the value of the Singapore Youth Council was that it provided opportunities for work and co-operation
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    WORK TOGETHER —TENGKU
    269 16 IPOH, June 10. T*HE Chief Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, today 1 urged political parties having the same objects as the Alliance to forget their differences and work together for the common aid—independence. Addressing 3,000 people, mostly Malays, in the riverside town of Parit. 20 miles south-west of
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    Principal of school
    74 16 SINGAPORE. June 7. The Archdeacon of Singapore. the Ven. Robin Woods, yesterday announced the appointment of Mr. Tan Chin Guan of St. Andrew’s School as principal of St. Gabriel’s School in Kuala Lumpur. Mr. Tan, 36. has been assistant master and in charge of the science department
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    RSPCA wants more kennels
    64 16 SINGAPORE, June 10. The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals found homes in the past year for nearly 1,200 animals. said Mr. Justice Knight, in an appeal broadcast over Radio Malaya last night. The most pressing need was for permanent kennels in which
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    ‘Aussie meddling’—a Labour protest
    156 16 KUALA LUMPUR, June 10— The Selangor division of the Labour Party of Malaya last night condemned Australia’s “constant interference in Malaya’s affairs’’ and called on the Federation Government to take a firm stand against such “meddling.” A resolution adopted by the executive council of the branch
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    Asian takes over top education job
    124 16 SEREMBAN, June 10.—The Chief Education Officer’s post in Negri Sembilan will be taken over for the first time by an Asian at the end of this month. He is Mr. S. Thambiah, a University of London graduate, who is at present head- master of
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    MAJOR IS BLAMED FOR ROAD DEATH
    184 16 IPOH, june 9.—A British Army officer, who had no driving licence was today blamed by the Coroner for the death of an hotel assistant, Lee Kah Onn, 3 1. At the end of the inquiry into Lee’s death, the Coroner. Inche Abdul Kadir bin
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    Lottery to aid T.B. work
    80 16 KLANG. June 10- Tlx' Klang and Coast Association for Prevention of has started another ww’ to raise funds for -ac at ciation’s hospital at Road here. n4a mo r? The association mor than $lO,OOO through a lotte held last year. Seventy thousand have been offered
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    PROSPERITY SCORES DOUBLE
    999 19  -  li’ i'SOM JEEP June 7. D i-;i\iTY, with i mi Bougoure !e, put up a y .iul perform- set up a new record of 1 *e 12 2/5; secoi, for six furlongs ,1 poh yesterday, S,. 1(1 day of the i s Turf Club j(Derby) meetjj,e evious
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    Derby upset by Little Pappa
    988 19  -  From EPSOM JEEP IPOH, June 10. LITTLE PAPPA, an Irishbred five-year-old by Pappageno 11, scored a smashing three-length win from Three Kings in the $30,000 Perak Derby over H miles at Ipoh yesterday, last day of the Perak Turf Club’s June Meeting. Ridden by Ken
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      159 19 BIG SWEEP RESULTS TOTAL POOL $241,489 No. *****0 No. *****4 No. *****5 $67,446 $33,72$ $16,861 Starters $2,409 each): Nos. *****3, *****1. *****4, *****0, *****0, *****6, *****2. Consolation ($1,000 each): Nos. *****4, *****7, *****6, *****8, *****7, *****3. *****4, *****6, *****9, *****8. Treble Tote: 11 tickets $125 each. PERAK DERBY S1-M SWEEP
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    End of ban a tonic, but it’s still wait-and-see
    505 20 By Our Market Correspondent SINGAPORE, June 11. 'J'HE big news in Singapore and Federation of Malaya markets last week was the lifting of the five-year-old ban on the export of rubber to China and this resulted in an upward swing in
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    OFFICIAL PRICES
    27 20 SINGAPORE, JUNE 13. RUBBER: 801 cents per lb. (up 2$ cents). TIN. $367 per picul (up 871 cents). COPRA: $2B per picul (down 25 cents).
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    HAY RUBBER
    16 20 The following May rubber crops are announced: Koala Reman 115,400 lb., Bnueh 40,500 lb.
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    BUSINESS DONE
    335 20 SINGAPORE, June 11. THE following business done in the Singapore Share Market last week was reported by one firm of brokers for the period June 2 to June Siindustrials: Consolidated Tin Smelter Orels. 28s. 6d., Fraser 6c Neave Ords. $1.65 6c $1.67%, Gammons $1.72% and $1.75, Hammer Ac
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    TIN OUTPUTS
    27 20 May tin outputs Include Pahang Consolidated 210 tons of tin concentrates; Sungei Kinta 432 piculs tin ore; Ipoh Tin (No. 3 Dredge Puchong) 385 piculs.
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    RUBBER DRIFTS TO LOWER LEVELS AS BAN BOOST FADES
    359 20 By Our Market Correspondent SINGAPORE, j a THE immediate effects of the week-old'Jedtu. to lift the ban on the export of rubber t! China has now worn off as far as the Si-iiianor. Market is concerned and the trend vcsterds* was
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    MALAYAN SHARE QUOTATIONS
    800 20 S pore, Thrus. June 14, 1956. INDUSTRIALS Buyers Sellers Aiex Brlcfcfr Prel I.BD 1.80 •jrds I.U 206 'lias tee IS 00 ibuyer*B. B. Petrol 48/- 50/- xd cci BM Trustees 6.10 110 Oon Tin smelt Prel 19/- 20/Ords 28/- 29/* Eastern Unltea 33.00 34.00 Fed. Dispensary 1.85
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    Embargo lifting was tonic
    384 20 T'HE welcome news of the lifting of the embargo on rubber to China came at a much needed tonic to a market that was groaning i under adverse factors which daily appeared to grow In number, report Holiday, Cntker, Bath Co. Ltd., in their current rubber
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    74 20 1. /> p Singapore Chinese change: noon prices p‘ terday were;— ivers. Copra: quiet; June qU iet; S2BV 4 sellers. Coconut Q bulk $42 sellers, drum l 0 to lers. Pepper: quiet; don e: 15 tons of business rei k $92 Muntok white $93, eciftl (both varieties up
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