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Title Section28 1956-06-21 1 The Straits Budget THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES MALAYA'S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER %'fw 1 No. 513. Singapore, June 21, 1956. Price 40 cents (Malayan) Or 1 Shilling.28 words
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Article835 1956-06-21 2 C. SKINNER - Another view on the Malay language C. SKINNER Singapbre. ILfR. KELSEY attributes to me various statements which are not to be found in my original letter. For example, I was not “making out a case for the retention of Malay as the official language"; I was criticising835 words
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Article73 1956-06-21 2 RADHA - RADHA Singapore PR sometime past Radio Malaya has been broadcasting a colourful programme called “East and West,” Europe and America representing West and ONLY China repre senting East. It is very hard to understand why only China should represent East •in the programme. India. Indonesia, Japan. Malaya73 words
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Article47 1956-06-21 2 OBSERVER - OBSERVER. Kuala Lipis. IN view of the fact that the of national language, citizenship rights and other important matters have to await the advice of the Reid Constitutional Commission, may 1 suggest that our present administrators do not do anything prejudicial to the Commission’s Report.47 words
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646 1956-06-21 2 L.C. I1 - L.C.I1 Singapore, rERE Is much sense in what “Oriental Studies" says or tries to say. in spite of Mr. Skinner’s devastating onslaught. 1 fully support “Oriental Studies’* in his contention that the Malay language is inadequate in vocabulary, particularly with regard to technical,646 words
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The Straits Budget
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Article634 1956-06-21 3 —Straits Times, June 15. after year officials *1 t j Singapore Improvement j rll> M ave warned that their s are worsening. The change in the Trust’s ta nu will put it in a better pSu.i to attack the diffi|)iit let no-one think t converting the Trust—Straits Times, June 15. - 634 words
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Article315 1956-06-21 3 —Straits Times, June H. The campaign against the Federation’s examination for the Lower Certificate of Education will raise doubts if the protesting Chinese organisations are giving to the students’ own interest the importance it deserves. Announcement of the examination a fortnight ago attracted 20,000 entries. More than—Straits Times, June H. - 315 words
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Article611 1956-06-21 3 Straits Times, June IG. Prudently Mr. Lim Yew Hock has had little to say about his first meeting, as Singapore’s Chief Minister, with the Federation’s Chief Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman. Probably it was a prudence strongly supported by the lack of much to impart. But the meetingStraits Times, June IG. - 611 words
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Article307 1956-06-21 3 —Straits Times, June 16. Two of the rubber industry’s leading spokesmen have taken this week an optimistic view of natural rubber’s competitive position. The price of natural rubber has now reached the level >f synthetic. It is reasonable to suppose that this will check the extended use of—Straits Times, June 16. - 307 words
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Article251 1956-06-21 3 Straits Times, June 16. The crusade to make Malay the national language docs not necessarily have to tak»? account of the doubts about Hindi in India,, ,but it is certainly suggestive that a campaign for the retention of English as an official language there is gaining momentum.Straits Times, June 16. - 251 words
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Article922 1956-06-21 3 Straits Times, June 18. Tiu* workers of Singapore cannot complain that the Government is not bending over backwards to make things easier for them. A Provident Fund scheme is now in operation and the Labour Ordinance of 1955 gives artisans and manual workers greater benefits andStraits Times, June 18. - 922 words
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Article294 1956-06-21 4 Straits Times, June 18. The traditional respect for learning is as deep-rooted »n Malaya as in other Asian countries. But, as the University of Malaya has reason to complain, there is a marked reluctance to give expression to this feeling in tangible form. The University of Malaya hasStraits Times, June 18. - 294 words
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Article301 1956-06-21 4 Straits Times. June 19. What response will there be to Mr. Leong Yew Koh’s appeal to former Government doctors to rejoin the Medical Service? Most of them will be reluctant to give up the lucrative private practices they have established since leaving Government service. The tendency moreoverStraits Times. June 19. - 301 words
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Article317 1956-06-21 4 Straits Times. Juno 19 Wage increases won by 75,000 Federation Government employees have been wiped cut by “an unjustified rise in prices by unscrupulous tradesmen”, claims the Malayan Trade Union Council. On these grounds th e M.T.U.C. is to press for controlled prices and subsidies for aStraits Times. Juno 19 - 317 words
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Article269 1956-06-21 4 —Straits Times. June A year ago the S.T.C. Employees Union was asking for $lOO increases all round and for a hundred days’ holiday disguised as compassionate leave, annual leave and sick leave. If these demands appeared fantastic, the claims now being made by the Stanvac union—Straits Times. June - 269 words
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Article190 1956-06-21 4 —Straits Times. June y>). The Federation’s Minister for Health was journey:: > along the East Coast when an official of the WV«t German Foreign Office ca11.,l to enquire into the possibility of German doctors working in Malaya. Sevci t! have applied for admission in response to the Government’s—Straits Times. June y>). - 190 words
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Article123 1956-06-21 4 VEGTING: To Cor and Der.. <nee Urquhnrt), a daughter. Kandang Kerbau, on Wedne.-< I 13 June. KEMBALL; To Rachel Wife of John Kemball at the Youn b< Memorial Hospital on 12th. June a Daughter. HEASLETT: On 14th June, at Kandang Kerbau Hospital, to Lillian, wife of Dr. E. A.123 words
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Article66 1956-06-21 4 SANDERS-HENDRY: The et. gagement has been announce' between William Sanders <>• Sydney, and Patricia, cider dam* 1 > ter of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Hendi of Perth, Western Australia. IN LONDON the engagement i. announced between Donald, eld' son of the late Mr. and > A. N. H.66 words
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Article, Illustration870 1956-06-21 5 pEW people like the r police, but also few would deny their utility. Few people like NATO, but also few would deny that it has been useful, and that if its uses are decreasingly obvious, the only reason is that870 words
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Article142 1956-06-21 5 V LUMPUR, June 17. IY Federation Government office workers ‘Vill have to pay two a half per cent interest on motor car >nd motor cycle loans fi'dm the government, if a recommendation by ‘ho Transport Travel Committee to the Govmni'mt is approved. A the142 words
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208 1956-06-21 5 SINGAPORE. June 17. A MULTI-MILLION dollar scheme to develop and modernise Sibu. major town and port in Sarawak, is well underway. These are details of the scheme and what it will cost the Sarawak Government: PORT DEVELOPMENT: A 485-foot concrete wharf ready by208 words
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177 1956-06-21 5 KUALA LUMPUR, June 18. rpHE Chief Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, today tried to persuade Mr. David Marshall to put off his trip to Communist China. But he was unsuccessful for Mr. Marshall told him that he was determined to have a look around.177 words
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71 1956-06-21 5 SINGAPORE. June 19 THE shorthand problems of the Master Plan inquiry being held in Singapore are over. The male stenographer, who on June 14 suddenly announced ”1 quit” and walked out. wa s replaced yesterday by two girls. But the conditions under which71 words
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Article37 1956-06-21 5 SINGAPORE. June 19. The Singapore Cold Storage Social Sports Club will hold a concert in the Homer Cheng auditorium of the Chinese Y M C A.. Prince Edward Road, at 8 p.m. on June 23.37 words
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Article101 1956-06-21 5 SINGAPORE, June IK MR. David Marshall yesterday said that if he is to be associated with any trade delegation to Red China, “it must be a truly Malayan one—representing all communities in Singapore”. lie was speaking as president of the Labour Front to101 words
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Article1205 1956-06-21 6 CYNICUS - CYNICUS SINGAPORE, June 16. A USTRALIAN c o m ment on Singapore has attracted an angry attention it hardly deserves. The unforgivable criticism was Mr. Marshall’s, for he accused the Australian Government of speaking its mind on the London talks without having made any effort to1,205 words
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Article, Illustration7 1956-06-21 6 Photo by Sam Kai Yee— Photo by Sam Kai Yee - 7 words
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161 1956-06-21 6 MUAR, June 6. The Federation Chief Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, today called on nonMalays to be reasonable when submitting their demands to the Reid constitutional commission. He said they should consider the feelings of the Malays “who have no other home to go to161 words
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Article111 1956-06-21 6 SINGAPORE, June 19. OEVERAL scholarships are going a-begging in Singapore. They are offered by the United Nations, Turkey, the Philippines and Burma. Mr. L.C. Goh, Deputy Secretary for Higher Studies at the Ministry of Education, told the Straits Times that he had advertised the scholarships for111 words
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Article85 1956-06-21 6 $3,500 as Chief Minister plus $5OO Assembly allowance SINGAPORE, June 18. Mr. Lim Yew Hock will not be drawing double pay though he is holding two posts—that of Chief Minister and Minister for Labour and Welfare. He is entitled only to the Chief Minister’s pay of $3,50085 words
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Article772 1956-06-21 7 VERJVOJV BARTLETT - -By. VERJVOJV BARTLETT SINGAPORE, June 16. rrODAY I am handing 1 this column over to the Communists. L et them tell you, through their newspapers and periodicals, what is like in China today. First, for young people. Naturally, a revolution involves them in a lot of772 words
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Article133 1956-06-21 7 KUALA LUMPUR, June 14. J'HE Federation Government announced tonight new regulations to curb subversive activities of school societies. In future the officials of every school society must furnish to the head teacher a true and full copy of its constitution and rules. A full list of133 words
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Article25 1956-06-21 7 KUALA LUMPUR. June 15. The Malay language test for people acquiring Selangor State nationality will be held twice a week from now on.25 words
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Article145 1956-06-21 7 IPOH, June 13.—Three Lincoln bombers of the Royal Australian Air Force dropped high explosives on suspected terrorist camp sites and hide-outs in the Sungei Siput area yesterday. The half-hour attack, which began about 5 p.m., was directed against a gang of bandits who were fleeing through thick145 words
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Article74 1956-06-21 7 From the Straits Times o1 June 14, 1906) i fowl-stealing case at in which both claimed the birds, the 'i’ate allowed the ior Min, 0 d J: cicle the point Defendant and uitor were both told to call the fowls in the usual way. At the defendant(From the Straits Times o1 June 14, 1906) - 74 words
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Article, Illustration30 1956-06-21 7 WALKING down the aisle of St. Joseph’s Church, Singapore, yesterday Police Inspector Wilfred John Sta. Maria and radiant bride, Mia* Maureen Rodrigues.—Sunday Times picture. —Sunday Times picture..—Sunday Times picture. - 30 words
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Article453 1956-06-21 7 TUAN I)JEK - Countryman ’s Journal TUAN I)JEK. KUNING was the muchbullied brother of a dog killed by a log lorry whose wheels he rashly tried to bite; the corpse was collected by a proteinstarved new villager passing by on his bike, K. apparently did not mourn the deceased, and he soon lost453 words
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120 1956-06-21 7 PKNANCI, June 14. The cattleya dowiana variety aurea, which orchid growers thought could not flower in the Malayan climate, has bloomed in Penang. Two flowers, each six inches big, are attracting botanists to the Pinhorn Koad home of the settlement's “orchid120 words
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Article253 1956-06-21 8 SINGAPORE, FEDERATION COMBINE TO MEET EDUCATIONAL ISSUE A CONCERTED EFFORT TO GET MORE QUALIFIED PEOPLE TO TEACH ENGLISH AND CHINESE LANGUAGES SINGAPORE, June 14. 'FALKS arc to be held A in Singapore this month between the Singapore and Federation Ministries of Education with a view to253 words
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Article368 1956-06-21 8 SINGAPORE, June 14. pOR THREE HOURS yesterday morning the Singapore rubber market buzzed with unconfirmed reports that Peking had placed an order in Hong Kong for 30,000 tons of Malayan rubber. The immediate result Prices shot up by more than four cents 82] rents for June and368 words
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Article27 1956-06-21 8 BENTONG. June 13.—The Town Council yesterday decided to raise the house assessment rate by five per cent. The present rate is 26 per cent.27 words
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Article, Illustration105 1956-06-21 8 SINGAPORE, June 14. MR. DAVID J. WILLIAMS, Director of the Singapore Polytechnic, arrived in Singapore by Qantas/BOAC Constellation yesterday. Mr. Williams will be the director for the next 10 years. “I don’t believe in shortterm appointments,” he said. “Continuity is vital. The long-term105 words
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Article31 1956-06-21 8 KUANTAN. June 13.—Mr. P. W. S. Skinner, manager of the Chartered Bank here has gone on home leave. Mr. B A. Kilpatrick, from Kuala Lumpur has taken over.31 words
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Article214 1956-06-21 8 SEGAMAT. June 13. —A posergeant told the president of the Sessions Court here that a Home Guard commander pointed a gun at him and ordered him to release a number of people he had arrested for gambling. Sgt. Sabrin was testifying at, the trial214 words
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Article445 1956-06-21 8 SINGAPORE, June 14. KING sisavong VONG of Laos, who three years ago became known as the “Brave Old Man of Asia” after defying Communist rebels from his palace on the banks of the Mekong River, passed through Singapore yesterday on his way to France. Wearing a445 words
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Article95 1956-06-21 8 IPOH, June 13. THE International tin control conference, scheduled to be held in London on June 29, will fix the date of implementation of the In ternational Tin Agreement. Malaya will be represented at the conference as a producing country by Sir Vincent Del Tufo.95 words
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Article40 1956-06-21 8 SINGAPORE, June 14. Singapore schoolboys am. girls have only a week to send in their entries i" 1 the Rotary Club essay competition. “Citizenship” is the subject of the essay wnirn should not exceed 500 word40 words
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Article377 1956-06-21 9 Birth control? ‘No by surgeon IPOH, June 13. t LONE voice was raised in opposition yester- day when nearly 100 others, mostly women, voted to form a family planning association here. The association will advise parents on how to spare their children so as not to tax the health of377 words
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Article82 1956-06-21 9 KUALA LUMPUR* June 13. T'HE Deputy Director of A Education, Mr. L.I. Lewis, will represent the Federation Government at the UNESCO international conference on public education in Geneva next month. He is taking the place of the Minister for Education, Dato Abdul Razak bin Hussain, who82 words
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285 1956-06-21 9 SINGAPORE. June 14. are n °t hounded by ."lice j n Singapore, w Bri ?adier John w Blake, Salvation mv le ader and chair- ,n f the After Care Association nhmV' ll^ arcl of no comL lfl ,nts ()f Police interferi I 'm f285 words
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Article, Illustration107 1956-06-21 9 SINGAPORE, June 14. MRS. G. K. LIM, warden of the Singapore Y.W.C.A, hostel at Fort Canning since November 1955, (above) is leaving at the end of next month on a holiday tour of Hong Kong, Manila, Japan, Australia and the United States. Mrs.hostel.—Straits Times picture. - 107 words
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159 1956-06-21 9 SINGAPORE, June 14. A New Zealand Holder of the Victoria Cross, Mr. J. G. Grant, will be flown from Singapore today by an R.A.F, evacuation aircraft to join the party of New Zealand V.C. winners now in London. Mr. Grant, aged 70, was159 words
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Article53 1956-06-21 9 LONDON. June 13.- Mr. Arthur L. Gilmore, for many years manager of Singapore’s Victoria Theatre, has died at Hove, aged 65. As manager of the Victoria Theatre, Mr. Gilmore organised visits of many famous British and foreign musicians, singers and other entertainers to Singapore before the53 words
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Article260 1956-06-21 9 KUALA LUMPUR, June 13. READERS of the rubber industry today welcomed the Federation Government’s plan for the refund of money collected as antiinflationarv cess. The refund scheme, outlined in a Bill published yesterday, makes provision for refunds to large estates in quarterly instalments spread over260 words
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Article156 1956-06-21 9 SINGAPORE. June 14. ]l/l ALAYAN racing will ATI be “on the air” again soon from RedifTusicn. The relays will begin on June 23 with the Kuala Lumpur meeting. Subscribers in Rediffusion’s three centres Penang, Kuala Lumpur and Singapore will be able to hear the156 words
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163 1956-06-21 9 THEY NAME THE DEPARTMENTS KUALA LUMPUR. June 13. THE Federation Government’s Malayanisation Committee is to be asked to consider immediate replacement of expatriate officers in non- professional services with local men. The request will be made by a deputation from the Senior Asian Officers’163 words
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Article75 1956-06-21 9 SINGAPORE. June 14. A proposed union of Chinese schools old boys’ associations in Singapore has been refused registration. The Registrar of Societies, Mr. J. D. Haskins, said yesterday that about 30 old boys’ associations had sought to amalgamate as a union. Their application for registration75 words
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Article750 1956-06-21 10 IPOH, June 14. gERGEANT Ken McConnell, 34, who crashed k in an Auster plane in deep jungle near Ipoh on May 23, was found this morning by aborigines. Except for cuts on his face find legs and a considerable loss in weight, lie was none the750 words
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Article426 1956-06-21 10 VUALA LUMPUR, June 14. —Tengku Abdul Rahman today told the Singapore Chief Minister, Mr. Lim Yew Hock, that he would not lift the restrictions on entering or travelling in the Federation, imposed against students of four Chinese Middle Schools in the Colony. He said the426 words
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256 1956-06-21 10 The ‘black crow terror hits Kedah villages ALOR STAR, June 14. 4N Alliance Councillor, Tuan Haji Arshad bin Ismail, today told the Kedah State Council that a “gaguk itam” (black crow) gang was terrorising villages in the rural areas. “I am not talking too much about this gang, otherwise I256 words
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Article184 1956-06-21 10 KUALA LUMPUR, June 14. —All Government and aided have been told by the Director of Education that they should issue at least yearly and, if possible, halfyearly reports showing each pupil’s progress. The Director’s circular says that parents do not always understand that marks are184 words
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Article193 1956-06-21 10 SINGAPORE, June 15. jy|ALAYAN dollars are pouring into Hong Kong to revitalise its sagging film industry. About $1 million has been supplied bv Malaya and Formosa to rebuild the Yung llwa Studios, one of Hong Kong’s biggest, which has been losing steadily over the last193 words
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323 1956-06-21 11 SKUKMBAX, June 13. 4\ Assistant State II o in e Guard ofliaT, Major Abdul Hamid bin Mohame(|. was today conMi’led of corruptly aavpling $lO from a rubber tapper and sentenced to six months jail. The President of the Sessions Court, Mr. j. G.323 words
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368 1956-06-21 11 |jLr TIHAM, (JohoivL .1 line* 14.— j );i!o Wan Idris, Mcntri Besar of Join mv, warned here today that Malaya will lace “colossal dangers” in the years ahead. Addressing communal and political leaders at a civic lunch. Dato Wan Idris said Malayans of all races368 words
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Article163 1956-06-21 11 Local men should head Malacca and Penang as Governors VUALA LUMPUR. June 13— The Reid Constitutional Commission is to be asked to recommend the appointment of Malayans as Governors of Penang and Malacca in the future independent Federation of Malaya. The proposal is contained in a draft memorandum163 words
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Article47 1956-06-21 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Juno 18. Security forces last month contacted terrorists on 27 occasions the fewest number of encounters since October last year. Seventeen bandits were killed, one was captured and 13 surrendered. Three members of the security forces were killed on operations.47 words
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Article128 1956-06-21 11 I'Mi i S w'S iAPORE Ju ne 15. labourers at a i, S;lUl 'e factory in Lorong Ceylang Hoad, SingaS m!*’ e their lives to some rats. t!iri Uir as,ee P at the fac"hen fire broke out Th,! a M u t a m128 words
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Article44 1956-06-21 11 PARIT BUNTAR, June 14Police Inspector Cheong Koon Siew has arrived in Parit Buntai and taken up duties as acting 0.C.P.D., Krian, in place of Mr. Leong Kwai Wah. Assistant Superintendent of Police, who has left for Kuala Kubu on a training course.44 words
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Article, Illustration82 1956-06-21 11 SINGAPORE, June 15. I>R. LIM TAY BOH of the University 0 f Malaya has been appointed visiting lecturer at the School of Advanced International Studies of Johns Hopkins University, Washington, for the semester from next September to February, 1957. An announcement in the University82 words
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Article53 1956-06-21 11 MALACCA, June 13. Haji Abdul Kadir bin Hajl Hassan. Superintendent of Police, has assumed duties as Deputy Chief Police Officer. Malacca. H<* is the first Asian officer to hold this appointment in the Settlement. He took over from Mr. V. VV. F. Hicks, who has left, for53 words
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281 1956-06-21 11 SINGAPORE. June 14. SINGAPORE has a gigantic housing and rehousing problem. Its solution will cost hundreds of millions of dollars. But it must be faced, says the chairman and manager of the Improvement Trust, Mr. J. M. Fraser. In a review281 words
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116 1956-06-21 11 SINGAPORE. June 15. FIVE girls under 18 were taken in hand by the Singapore Social Welfare Department following 54 anti-vice raids on suspected Colony brothels last month. The youngest was 16. They were all placed in centres of safety. Eight other116 words
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437 1956-06-21 12 Better than good morning... ‘ALL MY LOVE DARLING’-BY CABLE IPOH, June 15. SGT. Ken McConnell was woken up in a bed here this morning for the first time in 23 days and handed a cable from London. It said: “All mv love, darling. Love from children.” Alter he had read437 words
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Article328 1956-06-21 12 KUALA LUMPUR, June 15. JHK GOVERNMENT today announced the conditions under which students of four Singapore Chinese Middle Schools may visit the Federation. The conditions were fixed following talks here between the Chief Ministers of the Federation and Singapore, Tengku Abdul Rahman and Mr.328 words
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Article, Illustration252 1956-06-21 12 TOO MANY LEFT-WINGERS, HE SAYS SINGAPORE, June 16. X EXPELLED Catholic m i s s i o n a r y from Shanghai who is now in Singapore yesterday refused to talk a I) o u t life in China “because there252 words
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Article414 1956-06-21 12 SINGAPORE. June 15. gUSINESS and professional women in Singapore said yesterday that it is personality and ability, not sex, which counts when the promotion of a man or a women to a high position is being considered. They were commenting on a speech made by Mrs.414 words
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Article, Illustration155 1956-06-21 12 PENANG, June 15. rpHE Federation’s Director of Museums, Dr. G. de G. Sieveking:, has resigned because: “If I stay in Malaya I would become too old to find a job elsewhere.” Dr Sieveking left Penang today on the Meonia with his w r ife155 words
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Article18 1956-06-21 12 K. LUMPUR, June 14. No Emergency casualties r Incidents were reported in the Federation today.18 words
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Article311 1956-06-21 13 IPOH, June 15. TllK pilot of a helicopter hovering at treetop 1 level this evening spotted the hurnt-out NN reck of a Royal Air Force Valetta which crashed early today in the jungle 20 miles east of Ipoh. He reported that there was no sign of311 words
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Article170 1956-06-21 13 SINGAPORE, June 16. U’RACs in England are clamouring for high heels to replace their hatties and smarten up their general appearance. "Girls m the French Army war three-inch heels, so why can't we?” thev argue. But do Singapore WRACs care about the way they are170 words
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Article36 1956-06-21 13 SINGAPORE, June 16. About sno.ooo worth of opium was seized by Customs officers at a house in Bradell Heights, Singapore, yesterday morning. The opium weighed about 300 lb. A woman has been detained.36 words
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Article50 1956-06-21 13 KUALA LUMPUR, June 15— Mr. Justice Abdul Hamid, the Pakistan nominee to the Reid Constitutional Commission, arrived here this evening. He was garlanded by Mr S. Mohamed Shafi, president of the Malayan Pakistani League and members of the Selangor Pakistani Association, as he stepped from the train.50 words
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Article310 1956-06-21 13 Lim on brighter chances SINGAPORE. June 16. '['HE Chief Minister, Mr. Lim Yew Hock, returned to Singapore from Kuala Lumpur yesterday and spoke happily of “brighter chances” of a “marriage with the Federation.” Mr. Lim, who had a bright red rose—“pinched from Tengku Rahman's garden” stuck310 words
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Article147 1956-06-21 13 SINGAPORE, June 16. Singapore Improvement T: lUs t Local Officers’ As•pation yesterday welcomed -vlalayanisation Commis10!Vs report on the S.I.T. h, secretary. u Albasrawy, told Times: *>e especially welcome the t recommendaor a local chairman, the drawing up of a definite scheme of service and147 words
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Article, Illustration288 1956-06-21 13 SHE SANG, HE LISTENED, SHE CONQUERED-NOW THEY’RE ENGAGED SINGAPORE. June 16. AFTER a two-week whirlwind courtship, 21 year old Saloma, the Marilyn Monroe of Malay films, has become engaged to a young Scots commercial assistant in a Singapore firm, Mr. Ken Davis, of Inverness. The288 words
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Article27 1956-06-21 13 TAIPING. June 18—The annual meeting of the Perak Youth Council will bo held at the State Secretariat at Ipoh on June 24 at 10.30 a.m.27 words
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Article72 1956-06-21 13 SINGAPORE, June 15. Betel nut is often regard as a cause of cancer of the mouth. This is stated in the pathology section of the latest issue of the University of Malaya Gazette. It states that experiments have been started with mice to see if it72 words
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Article338 1956-06-21 14 KOTA BHARU, June 16. JHE MINISTER for Health and Social Welfare. Mr. Leong Yew Koh, today appealed to former government doctors to rejoin the service and relieve the desperate shortage of doctors in hospitals. He said in a statement here today: “The Alliance Government is338 words
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Article222 1956-06-21 14 No ‘people talks for Mr. Lim SINGAPORE, June 17. M ORE than 20 people waited around the lobby at Assembly House yesterday for Singapore’s Chief Minister, Mr. Lim Yew Hock, to hear their grouses. They waited in vain for nearly two hours. When Mr. Lim finally arrived, he ignored the222 words
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Article, Illustration427 1956-06-21 14 SINGAPORE, June 17 1"HIS is the story of Max Jansen, the Tallest Planter in Malaya, or the Boy Who Came Back With An Album Max is a 30-year-old Dutch bachelor, distinguished by his height—6ff. 6in. —his flaming red beard and the427 words
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201 1956-06-21 14 A SINGAPORE magistrate, Mr. J. M. Devereux Colebourn on June 16 criticised the Opium Treatment Centre for refusing to admit an opium addict because he had two convictions for extortion. The medical report from the centre said Tan Ah Kow. a 35-year-old cook,201 words
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Article75 1956-06-21 14 KUALA LUMPUR. Juno 17. The 10.000 people of Serdang Bharu new village, eight miles from here, are indignant with the Communist terrorists for leaving food dumps in the area. Fearing the imposition of strict food restrictions, the new village local council yesterday decided to form a good75 words
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Article294 1956-06-21 14 ‘Lost pilot reward is doubled IPOH, June 16. rpHE little men, who found Sergeant Ken McConnell wandering in the jungle on the morning of June 14, have had a big surprise. They have been given a reward of $2,000 instead of the $l,OOO originally announced. Yesterday 21 of these men,294 words
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Article412 1956-06-21 15 THEY GOT AWAY WITH RECORD HAUL OF $220,000, BUT... i PACKET OF DIAMONDS A WORTH $20,000 FOUND NEAR RIFLED SAFE SINGAPORE. June 19. fpHr. armed gang which broke into a Singapore urimond merchant’s shop on June 17 and rilled his safe at pistol-point dropped an enw412 words
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Article192 1956-06-21 15 ITUALA LIPIS, June 18. Malaya’s highest mountain, 7,186-ft. Gunong Tahan, in Pahang, has been climbed by a woman for the second time in history. She is 57-year-old Mrs. Enid Fernandes, a social welfare officer seconded to the Pahang Medical Department. She hoisted the state flag on192 words
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565 1956-06-21 15 ‘Unite for merdeka union chiefs SINGAPORE. June 18. 'fHE NATIONAL Convention of Trade Unions yesterday pledged full support to the Singapore Government in its aim to form a united national merdeka front. This was one of five resolutions passed by the convention, attended by delegates of 66 trade unions, at565 words
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Article27 1956-06-21 15 '1 LUMPUR. June 17. terrorists fled when tU > a security force pa!l( Plentong area of yesterday. *lt canvas shoes. f >rch batteries and27 words
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Article172 1956-06-21 15 SINGAPORE. June 16. COME leading traders in Singapore want to accompany the former Chief Minister, Mr. David Marshall, on his two-month tour of Japan, China and India. Mr. Marshall, who planned to go alone on a study-plea-sure tour, told the Straits Times last night:172 words
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Advertisement113 1956-06-21 15 GARDENING fi in the LOWLANDS of MALAYA jBfIMPI jHA i l This gardening book is written by Malaya’s leading botanist especially for Malayan gardeners The subiect is covered completely in an easy-to-read manner, and the book is compiled with a cross index facilitating reference to practically every problem in Malaya113 words
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Article449 1956-06-21 16 SINGAPORE, June 18. LMVE armed robbers at dawn yesterday got away with $115,000 in cash and jewellery from a Serangoon Road shop in one of the biggest and most skilfully executed robberies in Singapore within recent times. Victim of this “perfect crime”, Mr. Tan Poh449 words
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Article, Illustration64 1956-06-21 16 SINGAPORE. June 19. SISTER CHOO WEE LIM of Penang looks at her graduation certificate from the School of Nursing in Melbourne, where she has completed three years’ general nursing training. She plans a post-graduate midwifery course and an infant welfare course before returning to64 words
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Article72 1956-06-21 16 A LOR STAR, June 17. A surrendered bandit. Din Kerr, was sentenced in the sessions court here yesterday to three months’ gaol for ottering a bribe to a special branch officer. It was said that Din Kerr ottered Inspector Lawrence Chew, “several hundred dollars” to release72 words
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Article, Illustration149 1956-06-21 16 SINGAPORE, June 18 HPHE RIDDLE of Annie 1 Hansen, had Singapore Airport officials baffled yesterday. Annie, a 9-year-old Danish girl. arrived unaccompanied on the night of June 16 from Sydney. She burst into tears as she left the plane and was too upset to149 words
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Article243 1956-06-21 16 KIWLA LlMPl T R, Juno 17. $4 a day minimum wage for Government workers is again an issue in the Federation. The daily-rated employees of the Selangor Public Works Department yesterday decided to put new pressure on the Government for a minimum wage of $4243 words
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Article177 1956-06-21 16 The great fish robbery failed KLUANG. June 18 A TERRORIST gang stole 50 katis of dried from a lorry on June 16 and then lost it 7 when security forces caught up with them yesterci This is the tale of the Great Fish Robbery. Five bandits177 words
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178 1956-06-21 16 SINGAPORE, June 17. ANG KIM SAI, an icewater vendor, took the morning off yesterday to see the Chinese film, “Liang Shan-Po and Chu Ying Tai” at the New Alhambra Theatre, Singapore. After buying his ticket, he was surprised to be brought before the manager.178 words
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Article35 1956-06-21 16 KUALA KANGSAR. June 17.—Mr. Karam Singh, a senior teacher at the Clifford School h>‘re. has taken over duties as acting headmaster from Mr. J.F. Potter, who has left for England on long leave.35 words
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Article, Illustration60 1956-06-21 16 SINGAPORE. June IT SIR WILLIAM McKELL. the Australian member on the Reid Commission, who arrived in Singapore bv Qantas yesterday. Sir William was a former Governor General of Australia and an ex-Premier of New South W’ales. He said: “1 feel honoured to be ehosen to sit on60 words
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189 1956-06-21 16 SINGAPORE, June 18 SINGAPORE'S former Clnei Minister, Mr. David Mai shall, yesterday told cheering Labour Front supporters that he was going to China ;t> u private citizen seeking trade —and friendship. He lashed out at those cities who jibed at his trip to189 words
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Article195 1956-06-21 17 heck on stocks planned KLANG, June 19. ■jOL E bore believe that an organised gang was 1 ri onsible for the series of sodium arsenite theib which have occurred in the Klang District since January this year The latest theft, involving 10 drums containing l.ooo195 words
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Article238 1956-06-21 17 SINGAPORE, June 20. SINGAPORE Anglers \v< ie warned yesterday not to fish more tliiU' Mirep miles from the shore if they wanted to avoid trouble with Indonesian gunboats. Tht Colony's Chief Fisheries Otli er, Dr. Th.un Ah Kow. impl.;:* J on announcement by ti.238 words
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Article, Illustration51 1956-06-21 17 SINGAPORE, June 20. DR S. L. OEHLERS, former Senior Medical Health Officer in Pahang, who returned from Britain in the Carthage yesterday to take up a new appointment as Chief Medical Oflicer in Kelantan. Dr. and Mrs. Oehlers have been on holiday in51 words
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Article96 1956-06-21 17 SINGAPORE, June 17. Singapore police are "interested” in a report that the West Bengal Police in India may use "rubber bullets which hit hard but will not penetrate the skin or clothing’’ against riotous mobs. Mr. P. Clague Singapore Police Secretary said that inquiries would96 words
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176 1956-06-21 17 |(UALA LUMPUR. June 16. The Assistant Minister for Commerce and Industry, Inche Mohamed Khir Johari, has left for Siam and Burma to negotiate a rice deal. He is accompanied by the Federation's Controller of Supplies. Mr. R. W. Kelly. No official information on the176 words
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172 1956-06-21 17 M LUMPUR. June 17.— Lv Forces searching s,le «»f the crashed Va- transport aircraft ilternoon confirmed bodies of eight u nine occupants had recovered. Press statement t said that it was '"''5,. RAF. and 1 officers on the spot t>u172 words
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Article102 1956-06-21 17 ENOUGH TO KILL 120,000 PEOPLE KLANG, June 18. r fEN drums of sodium arsenite, weighing more than 1,100 lb. and enough to kill 120,000 people, were stolen from a store on Sungei Serdang Estate, 12 miles from here, during the week-end. Police have started an intensive102 words
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Article128 1956-06-21 17 Penang shipment will be made soon KUALA LUMPUR, June 19. r PHE first shipment of Malayan rubber—44 tons—for Communist China will be made soon. An application for the export licence was received here yesterday from a Penang rubber merchant exactly two weeks since the ban128 words
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75 1956-06-21 17 PENANG, June 10. 1%/fALAYA’S first Australian twins, four-weeks-old Helen Mary and Barbara Ann Finn, were christened today at the Roman Catholic Cathedral of the Assumption. An Australian chaplain, from Kuala Kangsar, the Rev. Father Ganzer, who hails from the same home town as the twins’75 words
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Article57 1956-06-21 17 KUALA LUMPUR. June 17. The Minister for Education. Dato Abdul Razak bin Hussain. yesterday assured Malay teachers that they will receive a fair deal under the new education scheme. He will set up a commlsI sion to look into teachers’ welfare. A committee had already been57 words
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Article203 1956-06-21 17 p DICKSON, June 19. A Malay Regiment corporal who punched a recruit in the stomach for switching on a bathroom light after those in the barracks had been turned off was today reduced to the ranks by a court martial here. The corporal. Abdul Halim203 words
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231 1956-06-21 18 Kl ALA LI 'Min H, Juiu* 1!). THK UMNO-MCA-MIC Alliance is reported to have reached agreement on the controversial issue of jus soli —nationality by right <>t birth. This is that all non-Malays horn in the Federation alter Aug. ‘11, the date on231 words
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Article208 1956-06-21 18 CEREMBAN, June 19. An application for bail pending appeal by Major Hamid bin Mohamed was today granted by Mr Justice Smith in the High Court here. Major Hamid, an assistant State Home Guard officer in Negri Scmbllan. was sentenced on June 13 to six month’s jail208 words
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Article82 1956-06-21 18 SINGAPORE. June 19. A lire broke out two yards from a parked Malayan Airways Dakota. In the hangar of Singapore Airport early yesterday morning. Alert mechanics on the night shift sounded the alarm, and the blaze was put out quietly. It is believed that the82 words
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Article47 1956-06-21 18 SINGAPORE, June 20. Mr. H. J. Kitchener was elected president of the Malayan Angling Association at its general meeting m Raub. The secretary and treasurer is Mr. G. D Vinell and the committee: Messrs. F. W. Dibden, G. A. Ransome and Cheong Pak Yik.47 words
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Article141 1956-06-21 18 Jail for the man who tried to sell hand grenades to the police IPOH, June 19.- A former Malay Regiment soldier, Marjonet bin Abdullah, lost his appeal today against a three-year jail sentence f<ir unlawful possession of grenades. Marjonet, 32, was convicted of having eight grenades and141 words
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328 1956-06-21 18 BIG CHANCE FOR ‘NO DEGREE’ MEN SINGAPORE. June 20. r PHE Singapore Gov- eminent will give a trial to the Malayanisation Commission’s recommendation that some top administrative posts should be filled by promoting the best officers from lower grades. Superscale officers328 words
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Article1142 1956-06-21 18 fWmMWfi■ itfwiify §>■ 1,1 r f ,ff* i,i i>i 1 m f m ‘‘W i iiiiimi r FHERE will bo no rest for the Sporting Fiji;:ns when they reach home today. Nor, can it h*. imagined, will want any, for they are keen to prove that1,142 words
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Article157 1956-06-21 19 KUALA LUMPUR, June 17. ,nWO errorists were killed by a police and home l gua d patrol on the outskirts here yesterday aftern m. They were surprised in a camp with four others n the Ampang jungle. The t rorists fled when thev sa the157 words
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Article255 1956-06-21 19 KUALA LUMPUR, June 18.—A Penang lawyer, Lim Kheng Kooi, who was ordered to be struck off the list of advocates and solicitors for fraudulent conciurt. has applied for leav„ to appeal to the Privy Council. His application came before the acting Chief Justice, Mr Justice Pretheroe.255 words
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194 1956-06-21 19 SINGAPORE. June 20. T*HE British Red Cross 1 has made it possible for a penniless old man to spend his last days with his sons in China. He is Lai Shin, 69, and he sailed from Singapore yesterday Lai Shin left Swatow194 words
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Article79 1956-06-21 19 SINGAPORE, June 17 AN AUSTRALIAN M.P., returning home by Qantas from a tour of the United States, said in Singapore yesterday that automation held grave dangers for trade unionism. Mr. Fred Daly, a member of the Australian Labour Party for 25 years, made a detailed study79 words
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Article28 1956-06-21 19 Johore agreed yesterday to participate in the land development and settlement scheme being Introduced on a Malaya-wlde basis by the newly approved Federal Land Development Ordinance.28 words
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Article242 1956-06-21 19 ¥POH, June 18.—A gang x of between 15 and 20 armed and uniformed terrorists staged a daring raid at about 9.30 p.m. yesterday on the lonely Sungei Klah Estate, about 60 miles south of Ipoh on the 1 main trunk road. After spending nearly two hours242 words
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Article90 1956-06-21 19 Growth must he planned now KUALA LUMPUR, June 17. THE Selangor Government has introduced a nev, 1 regulation to stop residental areas growine with- out proper planning. It will affect building outside the Kuala Lumpur municipal area. People will have to submit site plans to90 words
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Article110 1956-06-21 19 Workers walk out for meeting SINGAPORE, June 18. WORK on 25 ships lying alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves stopped at 5 p.m. yesterday when 6,000 employees took time off to attend union meetings. rhey discussed the amalgamation of three unions into one organisation which it is proposed110 words
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Article183 1956-06-21 19 Jobless comply with rules SINGAPORE, June 20. pEWER people are r continuing to draw unemployment relief from the Singapore Social Welfare Department after they get Jobs. Mr. E. F. Middleditch. the assistant director of the public assistance section, told the Straits Times yesterday that more183 words
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Article56 1956-06-21 19 KUALA LUMPUR. June 15. The Social and Welfare Services l otteries Board made a profit of $1,374,739 on its 35th and 3«th lotteries drawn in February and March. Uncaimed prizes in three previous lotteries totalled $78,000 The board paid out $1,873,156 -In 30 different grants in the56 words
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Article64 1956-06-21 19 SINGAPORE, June 20. The Singapore District Signals Regiment will hold a garden fete on the sports ground at Princess Mary Barracks, off North Bouna Vista Road on Saturday. It will be opened by Mrs. D.D.C. Tulloch, wife of the G.0.C., Singapore Base District. The fete is64 words
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184 1956-06-21 19 .-PENANG. June 15. MARINE police launA ches are combing the South Penang Channel for a gang of pirates who were reported to have fired on an Indonesian Junk yesterday. The pirates, armed with sten guns and a revolver, sprayed the Junk with bullets184 words
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Article62 1956-06-21 19 KUALA LUMPUR, ,June 15. The Raja Muda of Perak has submitted four paintings for the Malay Arts Council exhibition to take place here in July. The organising committee of the exhibition has so far received 17 entries from Malay artists. The exhibition, which will last a week,62 words
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Article65 1956-06-21 19 SINGAPORE. June 16. Two members of the University of Malaya staff and a distinguished Malayan educationist will receive honorary degrees of Doctor of Laws at the next convocation in October. The retiring Vice-Chancel-lor, Sir Sydney Caine, the retired Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Dr. D.65 words
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323 1956-06-21 20 SHARE MARKET SINGAPORE, June 18. I ast week the Singapore Share Market had a definitely better period of trading and although the increase in ;the volume of business was not large, it was a welcome step in the right d»Mtion. It was the first week for323 words
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Article42 1956-06-21 20 Idris Hydraulic Tin, has declared an interim dividend of 4%d. per share (less income tax at 8/6d. In the for the company's financial year ending December 31 payable in London on July 13, to all shareholders registered on June 13.42 words
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Article46 1956-06-21 20 The following May rubber crops are announced: Ayer Panas 45,000 lb., Glenealy, 65,300 lb., Kluang, 43,000 lb. Psjam. 82,000 lb., Talisman 20,700 lb., Teluk Anson 37,519 lb., llu Bennt 27,000 lb., Chermang 93,000. lb., Indragiri 128,326 tb., Nyalas 37,029 lb., and Tapab 64,000 lb.46 words
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Article141 1956-06-21 20 Singapore Chinese Produce Exchange: noon prices per picul yesterday were:— Copra: quiet; June $27% buyers. $28% sellers. Coconut oil: quiet; bulk $4l sellers, drum $43% sellers. Pepper: quiet; no business reported done; Muntok white $93. Sarawak $92, special Sarawak black $7l (gU varieties down $1). Singapore Copra Association141 words
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Article435 1956-06-21 20 r£ following business done in the Singapore Share Market last week was reported by one firm of brokers for the period June 9 to June 15:— INDUSTRIALS: Consolidated Tin Smelter Ords. 28s. 6d. to 29a., Cycle A Carriage Co. $1. Eastern United Assurance $33, Fraser A Neave Ords.435 words
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Article826 1956-06-21 20 S’pore Thurs., June 21, 1956. INDUSTRIALS Buyer* Seller* Alex Bricks »*rei i.OD 1.86 Ord* 1.92 1.97 suss Ice 13 00 (buyer** B B. Petrol 53/- 55 -Xd ccl BU Trustees «.10 SJS Con. Tin Smelt Pref IS/- 30/Ord* 38/6 29/1 Eastern Unltea 33.00 34.00 Fed. Dispensary 1.94826 words
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507 1956-06-21 20 SINGAPORE. June 2d pOR the first time since April, the price of t ;>. ber was pushed up in Singapore y ester y during the morning to 90 cents. This was due to continued short-covering a: a reserve of sellers. Trading507 words
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Article367 1956-06-21 20 THE week has been one A of wild fluctuations induced by equally wild and improbable rumours; with this smoke screen of intangibles it has become impossible to focus on the true picture of the rubber market, report Holiday, Cutler Bath and Co. Ltd. But367 words
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Article26 1956-06-21 20 SINGAPORE, JUNE 20. RUBBER: 82 cents per lb. (down 3} cento). TIN: per picul (up 75 centoh COPRA: $27,871 per picul (down 121 cento).26 words