The Straits Budget, 12 July 1956
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The Straits Budget
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Title Section28 1956-07-12 1 The Straits Budget ws Scries No. 516. MALAYA’S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER Singapore July 12, 1956. THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF. THE STRAITS TIMES Price 40 cents (Malayan) Or 1 Shilling.28 words
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Article148 1956-07-12 2 ALL OR NOTHING - ALL OR NOTHING Singapore ACCORDING to a press report, the Governors of the Singapore Polytechnic appear to be unable to recruit suitable heads for the departments of Engineering, Commerce and Education. Tills Is no surprise to anyone except, perhaps, the Governors themselves. First-class men can148 words
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Article146 1956-07-12 2 OBSERVER - OBSERVER. Singapore. rE by-laws enforced bv the City Council witn regard to the newly laid side paths along Still Road are ridiculous. Trishaw riders and cyclists are compelled to use these paths instead of the main road, and pedestrians having no other alternative have also to use the146 words
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Article165 1956-07-12 2 EX LISTENER - EX LISTENER Gopeng. RM, D. C. has most assuredly been 'Justified in his complaints about the bad reception of radio in Malaya from 8.8 C. and local stations. Somebody in the Singapore studio has recently found himself a new plaything—a gong-which he or she keeps banging to165 words
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Article134 1956-07-12 2 QUIET SERVICE - QUIET SERVICE Singapore. I WOULD like to say In reference to the letter, headed “Meet the People” (Straits Times, June 25) that tne writer was talking pure nonsense when he wrote: “Nothing else will keep Mr. Lim more out of touch with the individual needs134 words
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Article311 1956-07-12 2 FLYING FOX - FLYING FOX. Kluang. YLfITH reference to the “Parable of the Riceless Meal,’’ (Straits Times. June 28), the story was stated to have emanated from the Kluang M.C.A. Secretary. As president of the Kluang M.C.A., Mr. Teoh Chze Chong must be aware of the story given by311 words
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Article168 1956-07-12 2 OPENEYFS - Penang ’s gambling ‘kings’ COFFEE-SHOP 60IN6S-0H OPENEYFS. Penang j AM sure most St. ,ts Times readers w iid have read with rellei he conviction in the Feu. atlon of a-person conn* ed with the "chee-fah” 10, r y It is a pity that we d not read more of such168 words
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Article160 1956-07-12 2 MRS. F. LEON-S - MRS. F. LEON-S< Singapore. N the Straits Times of June 29. “Annoying” has indeed shown himself to be most uncharitable in his remarks about Singapore’s numerous flag-days. To organise a flag day is not a very simple matter. One has to satisfy the authorities concerned160 words
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Article58 1956-07-12 2 H. L. 1 - H. L. 1 Singapore, IlfHAT a savage pe? ff for so small an ofT< A $1,000 fine and forfe of vehicle for not fit suppressors! As the pressor s only cost abou surely a maximum fine say $50 should be sufflr What about those p< who operate un-suppre58 words
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Miscellaneous25 1956-07-12 2 f. m to (jT w L, E El 0 Kl VI p* V' 5PS l v V ON 4 as o* BRING OUT YOUR DEAD!25 words
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The Straits Budget
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Article674 1956-07-12 3 Straits Times. July 5. Federation’s labour -ays Tengku Abdul have been exagAt least he must there is plenty to .to. Rubber’s troubles :ily out of the way, n industry now has imputes on its hands A ighty signalmen on ayan Railways have ,,i X ‘\vo weeks’Straits Times. July 5. - 674 words
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Article658 1956-07-12 3 Straits Times, July 6 The suggestion that the Federation Labour Department was responsible for tbe long delay in arranging for the industrial court's inquiry into the major dispute in the tin industry i§ not justified. The blame must be shared by the parties to the dispute– Straits Times, July 6 - 658 words
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Article657 1956-07-12 3 —Straits Times. July 7. The twisted story of the ceding of Sarawak still intrudes on the constitutional development of this youngest of British colonies. It is a pity, for Sarawak is flourishing and a genuine attempt is being made to introduce, although not too preeipitantly, some of—Straits Times. July 7. - 657 words
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Article281 1956-07-12 3 ll*>. Straits Times, July 7 The proposal to ban the I return of Malayan Chinese who visit Communist China. J which is to be discussed by the Chief Ministers of the Federation and Singapore, .s not as straight forward as *t looks. Malayans born in Singapore orll*>. Straits Times, July 7 - 281 words
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Article393 1956-07-12 3 —Straits Times, July 9. A year after the first meeting of tlie reconstituted Penang Settlement Council, the Resident Commissioner announced the Government’s intention to associate elected members more closely with the administration. Four months later, the promise is now being fulfilled. The new constitutional changes extend elected—Straits Times, July 9. - 393 words
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Article617 1956-07-12 4 —Straits Times, July 10. Tho tin industry is headed direct now for serious trouble. At the moment only the European section of the industry j s involved, the recipient of new and unrealistic v>a«e demands and the victim so of a Sunday strike which became the weekly—Straits Times, July 10. - 617 words
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Article362 1956-07-12 4 —Straits Times, July 10. The People’s Action Party of Singapore is non-Com-munist. It does not believe in armed revolution as a means of securing constitutional objectives. Mr. Lee Kuan Yew was giving away no sensational party secrets when he said this at the P.A.P. annual conference on Sunday.—Straits Times, July 10. - 362 words
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Article234 1956-07-12 4 —Straits Times. July 10. I The Malayan Mirror, the official organ of the M.C.A., complains anew that the path of the aspiring Federal citizen is being made unnecessarily rough. Its criticism *s directed against security checks, which it blames for the delay in dealing with applications. The Mirror—Straits Times. July 10. I - 234 words
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Article549 1956-07-12 4 —Straits Times. July 11 Singapore’s workers must learn to look beyond the immediate and probably temporary disadvantages of automation and other technological advances, remarked the Commissioner of Labour when addressing the I L.O. conference in Geneva. Because the more efficient Singapore’s industries can become, the better the—Straits Times. July 11 - 549 words
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Article99 1956-07-12 4 MARTIN: To Dorothy and J a son. at Batu Oajah, nr. 2i FAULKNER: AT Bungsar H'pltal, on Ath July, to Neii. v. of Stewart A. Faulkner, WHITEHEAD: To Vi anci t a daughter, Karen Paula. <■'. July at Bungsar Hospital. 11 Lumpur. WILLOUGHBY: To Yen Mike on 8.7.56 at99 words
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Article43 1956-07-12 4 ENGAGEMENT has taker, between Mr. Alfred Wil Signals Office. Alor Star. Mr. Mrs: A. M. Mariad. Miss Mary, daughter of Mrs. P. s! Lopez of Port Tid’ drum, on the 4th of Juiy. Rev. Fr: Clement (Parish) I’ St. Anthony’s (Church) offie.43 words
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Article24 1956-07-12 4 MAKKlAUfc GILMOUR GREEVES: wedding took place at the Pro terian Church, Singapore, on urday, June 30th 1956. betv< John Graham Gilmour Elisabeth Greeves.24 words
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Article310 1956-07-12 5 ‘MALAYANS MUST CRAM FIVE YEARS' PROGRESS INTO ONE* KUALA LUMPUR, July 8. 'pHK Minister for Agriculture, Inche Abdul Aziz bin Ishak, said yesterday that he uon Id strengthen the co-operative movement which is the “most powerful weapon in the struggle to improve the standard of310 words
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Article, Illustration135 1956-07-12 5 WARNING TO SINGAPORE SINQAPORE, July 9. SINGAPORE’S plan to recruit doctors from Hong Kong is likely to fail, according to Professor Gordon King, formerly of Hong Kong University The former professor of gynaecology and obstetrics, wht passed through Singapore yesitroay on his way to England—Stiaits Times picture. - 135 words
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Article99 1956-07-12 5 PENANG, July 8. THE Economic Adviser to f the Chief Minister, Mr. Spencer, visited Penan,' yesterday and had disJSoions with the Resident k'-mmissioner, Mr. R. P. n "hum, on development mes. Mr Spencer had talks with T heads of the P.W.D., < ation. Drainage and Ir-99 words
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202 1956-07-12 5 KUALA LUMPUR. July 8 THE DEATH penalty in the Federation could only be abolished after a "great deal of consideration, particularly in view of the Emergency regulations,” the Attorney-General, Mr. T V. A. Brodie. said today. "The matter has not yet been discussed202 words
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Article72 1956-07-12 5 KOTA BHARU, July B.— Ten young Malay farmers from Kota Bharu district became the first batch of trainees in the Agricultural Department’s rural training centre opened here today. The Tengku Mahkota of Kelantan, who opened the centre, urged them to pass on their knowledge to72 words
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Article38 1956-07-12 5 SINGAPORE, July 10 The first shipment of Red China coal for Singapore arrived in the Colony yesterday in the chartered French freighter. Ambouli. The 2,877-ton vessel loaded a total of 3,998 tons at Chinwantau.38 words
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Article565 1956-07-12 5 Bosses reply with a warning KUALA LUMPUR, July 8. T>HE Malayan Mining Employees’ Union today claimed that reports from all branches indicated that the first day of the go-slow campaign, involving 16,000 workers on 60 European-owned mines in the Federation, had gone according to plan565 words
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Article52 1956-07-12 5 KUALA LUMPUR, July 8 A congress of 26 Malay political, cultural, educational and literary organisations todhy recommended that there should be only one medium of instruction—Malay —in all schools financed by the Government. This recommendation will be conveyed to the Minister for Education, Dato Abdul Razak52 words
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Article178 1956-07-12 5 SINGAPORE, July 8. SERGEANT Ken McConnell, the Auster pilot who fought the jungle for 21 days and won, agrees that a “yellow spider” might have saved him the ordeal he went through. The “spider” is a safetv first device for aircraft, invented by two Singapore178 words
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Article1226 1956-07-12 6 CYNKTS - CYNKTS SINGAPORE, July 7. PAN a clerk do more work in 44 hours than in 39? I should have thought the answer to be fairly obvious. but apparently it isn’t. It is a matter of “productivity” and “efficiency.” The doubts which now assail me were suggested1,226 words
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Article, Illustration10 1956-07-12 6 SAILORS AT WORK Photo by Lim Yaw ChongPhoto by Lim Yaw Chong - 10 words
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Article529 1956-07-12 6 SINGAPORE, July 10 THE agreement between Malayan Airways and the Governments of Singapore, the Federation and the Borneo territories has been extended for a further 10 years from May 1. 1957. A provision of the extended agreement is that the company will become a public one529 words
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Article72 1956-07-12 6 SINGAPORE, July 10 F.ve youth leaders 1 Malaya nave arrived in Em lai.d as the guests of the loiiiai Office for a month Tiiev will study youth ganisations at work in doi. Cambridge, Nottingh; Manchester and North ViaMiss Yeo Bee Hwa and -u' Henry Tan72 words
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Article, Illustration27 1956-07-12 7 —Sunday Times picture.•—Sunday Times picture. - 27 words
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Article559 1956-07-12 7 TUAN I)JEK - Countryman ’s Journal TUAN I)JEK. AWHILE there has been little rain lately the sun is remarkably slow in showing itself. This, says the Tuan, is owing to nuclear dust which the sun’s rays cannot easily penetrate. Our meteorologist, the Selangor Correspondent, writes: “Nuclear explosions, NO, small bangs like those have559 words
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Article52 1956-07-12 7 (From the Straits T imes of July 5, 1906) in St. Petersburg are being constantly confiscated. Evolutionary meetings wl iong the troops are on the increase; and, as a result, the transference or disbandment of battalions is of daily occurrence. The new Russian loan has receded to(From the Straits T imes of July 5, 1906) - 52 words
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Article934 1956-07-12 7 I h ll XOX BARTLETT - I h ll XOX BARTLETT THE next victim of A the anti Stalinist purge will be, I predict, Matyas Rakosi of Hungary, survivor of crises which have destroyed most of his fellow-veterans in the international Communist movement and many of his colleagues in the Hungarian Communist934 words
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311 1956-07-12 8 SINGAPORE, July 5. CHINESE who go to Communist China will be banned from returning to Singapore and the Federation if the two governments agree on sweeping changes in the immigration laws next week, the Straits Times learns. The Chief Minister of Singapore.311 words
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249 1956-07-12 8 KUALA LUMPUR, July 1. FRAIL elderly man—an “intellectual” —may now be directing Malaya’s terror war, sources close to the Special Hranch said here today. He is Ah Fatt, organiser of a Red labour union in Batu Arang before249 words
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Article87 1956-07-12 8 RAUB. July 3.—A herd of grazing cattle scampered in all directions as a full grown tiger surprised them and leapt at a calf in their midst near here yesterday. Villagers rushed to the scene following the cowherd’s frantic shouts for help but when they arrived the87 words
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Article34 1956-07-12 8 SINGAPORE. July 5. The Filipino community in Singapore yesterday started the celebrations of the 10th anniversary of their Independence Day with a church service at Good Shepherd Cathedral. Bras Basah Road.34 words
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Article194 1956-07-12 8 KUALA LUMPUR, July 4. —Representatives of religious bodies met here today and decided to form a Malayan centre of the World Council for Inter-faith Cooperation. The object is to promote mutual understanding and co-operation between religious groups. Among those present were representatives of Buddhist. Hindu,194 words
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Article152 1956-07-12 8 SINGAPORE. July 5. SHOULD the African and Asian countries represented at the recent Bandoeng conference help Singapore in its merdeka struggle? That is a question which more than 3,000 People’s Action Party members will debate at their annual conference on July 8. The152 words
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Article32 1956-07-12 8 KUALA LIPIS. July 4.—A district civics course for 32 kampong Malays will be held here from July 11 to 14. They will visit the Malayan Cultural Festival in Kuala Lumpur.32 words
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Article187 1956-07-12 8 SINGAPORE, July 5. T EADERS of 10,000 Colony waterfront workers are up in arms against the Singapore Harbour Board Staff Association for poaching their members for the association’s proposed S.H.B. Workers’ Union. The leaders who represent 15 unions will hold a representative council187 words
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Article171 1956-07-12 8 Pistol by his side in hotel SINGAPORE. July 5. 4 FEDERATION police lieutenant, D. W. Needham. A 39. was found shot dead through the head in his room at a hotel in Beach Road. Singapore, yesterday morning. His service revolver was lying near his body. Needham171 words
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Article70 1956-07-12 8 SINGAPORE, July 5CffINGAPORE police investik7 gating the kidnappinof rubber magnate Mr. Nu Quee Gam and his driver. Ajahenoa Subhan, alias Ha>san bin Abdullah, yesterda'distributed hundreds of posters calling for information. The posters contain the pictures of the kidnapped men. The police reward for information is $10,000. Mr.70 words
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Article21 1956-07-12 8 SEGAMAT. July 4.—A nev post office has been open- in Cha’ah new village miles south of S jamat.21 words
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Article433 1956-07-12 9 <1\(,APORK, July 6. 4 Ml LTI-MILLION-AIRE Singapore rubber magnate, Mr. \g (Juee Ham, and his Malay driver, who wore kidnapped seven day ago, have been freed by their abductors. I >(>11 1 men reached Mr. house in Telok Km an Hoad at 10 <m lock on the433 words
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Article118 1956-07-12 9 100 ACRES OLD RUBBER LOST KUALA LUMPUR, July 5. —One hundred acres of old rubber were destroyed by a fire that raged for more than six hours last night at the Batu Estate, four miles north of here. The area gutted was part of 200 acres118 words
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Article327 1956-07-12 9 We’d all become frogs in the well’ SINGAPORE, July 6. Singapore People’s Action Party is dead against the proposal that Malayan Chinese going to Red China should be banned from returning. The suggestion, it is understood, will be discussed by the Chief Ministers of Singapore327 words
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188 1956-07-12 9 SAFETY CREWS TO STAY IN MINES KUALA LUMPUR, July 5. T'HE EXECUTIVE committee of the Malayan'Mining Employees’ Union last night agreed to allow safety crews to work at open-cast mines and the Pahang Consolidated mine in Sungei Lembing Pahang, when other workers on European-owned188 words
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Article93 1956-07-12 9 SINGAPORE. July 6. Prof. C. S. Pichamuthu, Director of Geology in Mysore and professor at the state university, will head the new Department of Geology at the University of Malaya at the next academic session beginning in October this year. A geologist of international repute,93 words
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144 1956-07-12 9 SINGAPORE. July 6. $U MILLION expansion programme, involving the purchase of two big areas on Orchard Road, was announced yesterday in Singapore by Cham- i pion Motors Ltd. “This expenditure underlini e s the company’s faith in the future of Malaya and our policy144 words
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Article285 1956-07-12 9 THEY WON’T GIVE UP UNIFORMS KUALA LUMPUR, July 5. —Seven assistant nurses who were given 24-hour dismissal notices on June 30 have refused to return their uniforms or collect their salaries. They were told that they had failed in their examination and were dismissed285 words
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87 1956-07-12 9 KUALA LUMPUR, July 5. —Chinese newspaper reports of an anti-Communist rally at Scrdang Bahru were reproduced on 100,000 surrender leaflets dropped to a Kang of four terrorists near the village today. The bandits, led by district committee member Ah Wei, are hiding about87 words
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Article357 1956-07-12 10 IPOH, July 6.—The Malayan Mining Kmployees’ l T nion will withdraw its recognition of the Malayan Mining Employers’ Association with immediate effect and severe all relations with it. A letter to this effect will be sent to the M.M.E.A. tomorrow. This decision was taken late today357 words
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154 1956-07-12 10 I/’ULIM, July 6. The Minister for Education, Dato Abdul Razak, today urged 40 delegates at the inaugural meeting of the Kedah UMNO state branch not to relax or be contented with the promise of merdeka. “There are many people who hold different views154 words
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Article, Illustration90 1956-07-12 10 SINGAPORE, July 7. A MAN with a grim message, Prof. N. B. Roy, cancer specialist at Calcutta University, flew into Singapore yesterday and said: “Radio-active fall-out from atomic blasts can be dangerous even here. Distance is no safeguard in the world now.” Prof. Roy. head90 words
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Article42 1956-07-12 10 SINGAPORE, July 7 The Commajider-in-Chief of the Far East Air Force. Air Marshal Sir Francis Fressanges, will present testimonials of good service to eight locally-engaged employees, who have worked with the R A F. from 10 to 24 years.42 words
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Article263 1956-07-12 10 KUALA LUMPUR, July pOLICE are unable to establish the cause of the fire which destroyed the million-dollar Ban Lee Rubber Factory at the 4j-mile Klang RoaH last night. Witnesses have given the police conflicting re ports of where the fire started. One witness he saw smoke coming263 words
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270 1956-07-12 10 HALL ROMNEY - A tale ot a pilot's skill and an airman's courage From HALL ROMNEY ONDON, July 6.—The skill of the pilot and the courage of a young Australian officer. who hung by his feet to inspect the damage after the door of270 words
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Article145 1956-07-12 10 LUMPUR, July 6. —The Federal Ministry for Commerce and Industry today announced plans for a survey of the country’s industrial possibilities. It is planned eventually to produce a book setting out in detail the opportuni- tics available to foreign and local investors who intend to strrt industries145 words
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241 1956-07-12 10 HALL ROMNEY - From HALL ROMNEY f ONDON, July 6. Before the House of Commons passed the Bill to abolish hanging, members argued for more than an holir about the unfair effect it might have in Malaya. It was pointed out that a British soldier convicted241 words
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88 1956-07-12 10 SINGAPORE, July 7 SINGAPORE food importers have sufficient stocks for the next four months and are not worrit about the Australian dock strike. Importers said that with Fremantle, Geraldton and Adelaide open, Australian goods will continue to come Into the Colony. Importers of live88 words
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Article125 1956-07-12 11 midnight raid on engine house IPOH, July 6. rWE armed Communist terrorists raided the Ban i Onn Tin Mine, off the Aerodrome Road, Ipoh, and smashed up one of the engines and the pipe lines. Damage is estimated at about $10,000 The terrorists, armed125 words
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66 1956-07-12 11 KUALA LUMPUR, July 6 The Legislative Council will be asked on July 11 to control the prices of essential foods, such as rice, sugar, salt, cooking oil and fats. A motion by Inche R. A. Abdul Karim < trade unions) ,vili ask the Council66 words
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Article145 1956-07-12 11 SINGAPORE, July 7. THERE is a keen struggle for position in the Singapore People’s Action Party. Twenty-six people have tttn nominated for election n> the controlling committee (f 12. Names of many others were also submitted but these were rejected because they reached the145 words
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Article30 1956-07-12 11 BUTTERWORTH. July 5.— A farmer’s wife. Lan Joo Eng. *53. was killed when a falling coconut hit her head while was feeding her pigs at Tassek Glugor yesterday.30 words
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Article53 1956-07-12 11 SINGAPORE. July 7. Mr. Justice Malik, a member of the Reid Commission and formerly Chief Justice of the High Court of Allahabad, visited the Singapore High Court yesterday. He sat on the bench with the Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Wyatt, and in the Asize Court with53 words
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Article, Illustration104 1956-07-12 11 SINGAPORE, July 7. SINGAPORE’S Chief Minister. Mr. Lim Yew Hock, paid his first official visit to the Royal Malayan Navy barracks yesterday during a fourhour inspection of the Naval Base area. Mr. Lim, accompanied by the Chief Secretary, Mr. W.A.C. Goode, inspected a parade of104 words
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Article42 1956-07-12 11 KUALA LUMPUR, July 6 A patrol of the 2 6 Gurkha Rifles fired at two terrorists in the Jelebu district of Negri Sembilan yesterday. The Reds escaped. The police found a bandit dump containing food, clothing and medicine.42 words
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Article188 1956-07-12 11 KLUANG, July 6. 4 HOME GUARD platoon commander last night put six armed terrorists to flight when he opened Are through the door of his house at Sri Lallang new village, near here. The uniformed terrorists had several minutes earlier stolen an automatic shotgun,188 words
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Article163 1956-07-12 11 SINGAPORE, July 7. r j'HE Governor of Singapore, Sir Robert Black, last night said it was a temptation to substitute the television, cinema, wireless and luxury travel for living. He said: "We are increa- tempted to sit back ‘enjoy these comforts J nc to spend our163 words
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Article71 1956-07-12 11 KUALA LUMPUR, July 6. The Minister for Health and Social Welfare, Mr. Leong Yew Koh. is to ask for more information on the dismissal of seven assistant nurses of the Kuala Lumpur General Hospital. Four of the girls called on him and the Chief Minister,71 words
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Article29 1956-07-12 11 KUALA LUMPUR. July 6. A police special squads patrol last night fired at two figures seen outside the perimeter lent c oj a village near Teluk Anson.29 words
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Article298 1956-07-12 11 Kl’ALA LUMPUR, July <>. THE Federation Government is to borrow up to .$30 million to finance its contribution to the International Tin Buffer Stock which will be set up under the International Tin Agreement to stabilise prices. The Minister for Finance, Col. H.298 words
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Article172 1956-07-12 11 SINGAPORE. July 6. I EGAL action is to be taken by the Singapore City Council to evict 19 shopkeepers who for seven years have defied council orders to quit their plank shops near Elgin Bridge, North Bridge Road. The council’s estates and fire brigade committee172 words
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Article32 1956-07-12 11 IPOH, July B.—The Director of Operations, Lt.-Gen. F. H. Bower, paying his first official visit to Perak, called on the Sultan at the Isfcana Iskandaria in Kuala Kangsar yesterday.32 words
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126 1956-07-12 11 SINGAPORE, July 7. SINGAPORE’S 11 Chinese bus companies are opposed to the Government’s proposal to unify the transport services. But the Singapore Traction Company is in favour of it. A unified transport system was recommended by the Transport Commission appointed by the126 words
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Article49 1956-07-12 11 SEGAMAAT, July, 6.—WelLs in high areas of resettlement villages in Segamat have dried up due to the dry spell and drinking water is being conveyed in tankers from Segamat. There has been little or no rain for the last two months in some of the villages.49 words
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259 1956-07-12 12 SINGAPORE, July <i. rp HE SINGAPORE Government's flood alleviation scheme will include the establishment of a dual purpose reservoir. Flood water collected in this reservon will be used by consumers. This will make Singapore less dependent on Johore for its water supply. Announcing the details259 words
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Article140 1956-07-12 12 army experts IN SINGAPORE SINGAPORE. July G. ONE HUNDRED and twenty Sappers who kept the Suez Canal open for four years during the troubles in Egypt arrived in Singapore from Britain yesterday in the troopship Asturias. These soldier technicians experts in operating railways and tugs and140 words
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Article47 1956-07-12 12 SINGAPORE. July 6. An unofficial mission will leave Singapore at the end of this month for trade talks in Cambodia and South Vietnam. Representatives from the Chinese Chamber of Commerce, Indian Chamber of Commerce and Singapore Manufacturers Association will make up the team.47 words
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143 1956-07-12 12 SINGAPORE. July G. IUIE Singapore Minister for Communications and Works, Mr. Francis Thomas, said yesterday that the Government envisaged nationalisation of the Colony’s transport service by stages. But,” he added, ‘‘it is essential to bring the services into a single unified system.” Mi. Thomas143 words
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226 1956-07-12 12 iron, July r>.—Tiu* 10,000 people living in llu* “Operation Shark" area near Chemor and Sungri Sipul, norlh of I poll, will protest lo the Government against Oh* liglil food control refutations. The Government intensified its food denial operations in April to try to starve226 words
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273 1956-07-12 12 IPOH. Julv 5. An officer in the Perak Home Guard. Major F. S. Bennett, was acquitted here today on a charge of having: made a false report to the traffic police regarding: an accident. The Major was alleged to have told the police273 words
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139 1956-07-12 12 KUALA LUMPUR. July 5.—A panel of seven judges, headed by the Chief Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman. will choose the Federation’s national anthem. The Chief Minister today appealed again to composers here and abroad to submit entries. “I want a national song139 words
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Article, Illustration243 1956-07-12 12 IT’S THE LIFE OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM THAT MAKES IT, SAYS EUSOFF SINGAPORE. July 0. UNIVERSITY of Malaya students should concentrate not only on getting; degrees but on developing: all kinds of extra-curricular activities to enrich university life. This is the view of the chairman of the243 words
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Article210 1956-07-12 12 SINGAPORE. July d. 4 WEEKEND mock battle for Singapore volunteer forces is to be held at Blakan Mail Island on Julv 14 and 15. The combined land, air ar.d sea operation codenamed “Exercise Volunteer” will be the first since 1953 exclusively for local210 words
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Article40 1956-07-12 12 SINGAPORE. July Rajah Abdul Aziz, 39. f 1 mer Assistant District Raw an", returned to Sin pore yesterday in the laOranje after doing a ninomonths’ course at CambriaUniversity for administrate officers. His wife return with him.40 words
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Article25 1956-07-12 12 SINGAPORE. July <> A total of 483 passenger mostly wives of Chinese 1 ing in Singapore—arrr from China yesterday in Norwegian ship Hoi Wong25 words
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194 1956-07-12 13 REMEMBER THE TENGKU’S words, council told PENANG, July 4. Merdeka must be achieved by peaceful means, even if the pace had to be slowed down, Dr. Mm Chong Eu, Alliance whip and member for Kelawei, declared in the Penang Settlement Council today. Referring to194 words
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410 1956-07-12 13 Your example sets a tradition PENANG, July 4. 1 0 V F R X MENT-APPOINTED official members 11 attended the Penang Settlement Council for the last time today. “We shall always remember their good humeur and goodwill,” Dr. Lim Chong Eu, Alliance Whip,410 words
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Article140 1956-07-12 13 SINGAPORE, July 5. T E head of the Commerce Department at the SinPolytechnic will be Cra ig, a 42-year-old Af nca n of British dest u:! r n t at T P r 4 ese nt senior lecUniversity College, si," >iry Southern Rhodem,r, n140 words
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250 1956-07-12 13 SINGAPORE. July 5. pLANS to increase 1 Singapore’s water supply are in conflict with measures for flood prevention. The City Water Engineer, Mi. W. S. Stredwick, said yesterday that flood control proposals by the Public Works Department’s Chief Drainage Engineer, Mr. F. Pelton, cross250 words
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Article253 1956-07-12 13 But union says: We won't be there IPOH, July 4—Thepre- sident of the industrial court, Mr. Justice Good, has fixed Wednesday, July 18, for hearing of the dispute between the Malayan Mining Employers' Association and the Malayan Mining Employees' Union. But the union indicated253 words
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Article63 1956-07-12 13 SINGAPORE. July 5. SINGAPORE division of UMNO has sent another appeal to the Governor, Sir Robert Black, seeking the release of six Muslims imprisoned for their parts in the Maria Hertogh riot of 1950. Inche Haron Alhabshi, UMNO publicity officer, told the Straits Times that they were63 words
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Article96 1956-07-12 13 ‘Paralyse railway’ threat ‘not so bad KUALA LUMPUR. July 4. THE Minister for Transport, Mr. Ong Yoke Lin, v today said the railway signalmen were exaggerating when they claimed they could paralyse traffic with a strike. Mr. Ong said: “It is not as bad as96 words
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Article170 1956-07-12 13 IT AULA LUMPUR, July 4.—Agreement on 13 out of 14 conditions of employment at the Federation’s two biggest open cast mines—at Sungei Besi—was reached today between the management and the National Mining Workers’ Union of Malaya. A delegation from the union l e d170 words
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Article64 1956-07-12 13 KUALA LUMPUR, July 4 —More than 420 workers who went on strike at the North Ilummock Estate in Klang 80 days ago returned to work today. The strike ended after a two-hour meeting between representatives of the workers and the management at the Selangor Labour Office64 words
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Article35 1956-07-12 13 SEGAMAT. July 4.- More than $lO,OOO was collected at the fun fair here at the week-end. Funds go to the proposed town hall to mark the Diamond Jubilee of the Sultan of Johore.35 words
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Article272 1956-07-12 14 SIXCiAPOHK, July <S. CINCAPORE millionaires are hitting back at the secret society gangsters who threaten their lives and fortunes. On the night of July 6 in their club somewhere in Katong a group of them discussed plans to break the kidnap racket. Outside, in the dark272 words
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Article177 1956-07-12 14 SINGAPORE, July 9. THE Archdeacon of Singapore, the Ven Robin Woods, yesterday replied to the attack on the Church of England’s ritual of administering Holy Communion from a common chalice. In this week’s British Medical Journal, a Yorkshiie pathologist attacks the ritual as unhygienic and177 words
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144 1956-07-12 14 |(UALA LUMPUR, July 7. —The death penalty in the Federation could be abolished only after a “great deal of consideration —particularly in view of the Emergency"—said the At-torney-General, Mr. T V.A. Brodie today. “The matter has not .vet been discussed officially—but it may well be144 words
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Article305 1956-07-12 14 WORLD EXPERTS TO DISCUSS ‘OFFICIAL' PROBLEMS SINGAPORE, July 9. A UTHORITIES on the Malay language will meet at the University of Malaya in September to discuss the practical application of Malay as the official language in this country after independence. Inche Wan Chik Ismail, chairman of the305 words
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472 1956-07-12 14 JOHORE BAHRU. July 7. DUSTLING noises in a clump of bushes yesterday triggered off a running battle in which a six-man patrol of the Ist Bn., Queen’s Royal Regiment, killed five Communist terrorists. It happened in a jungle swamp near Oelang Patah, 15472 words
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Article38 1956-07-12 14 SINGAPORE. July 9Nurses in Singapore ral Hospital ward were sh fi d ed yesterday mormng t a woman patient niissn vThe woman, Low Sok K 30 was admitted to hospital for suspected poi> ing38 words
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Article, Illustration60 1956-07-12 14 SINGAPORE, July 9 DATO ABDUL RAZAK (right) the Federation’s Minister for Education and deputy president of UMNO seen with Singapore’s deputy Chief Minister, Inche Abdul Hamid bin Haji Jumat at Singapore Airport yesterday. Dato Abdul Razak came from Kuala Lumpur to open the Singapore UMNO»n Division conference. — Straits Times picture. - 60 words
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Article666 1956-07-12 15 Outsiders 9 fail in bid for power SINGAPORE, July 1). •i'IIK LEADER of the Singapore People’s Action Party, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, yesterday admitted that it would be impossible for an armed revolution to succeed in Malaya. Armed revolution, he said, would be •■dangerous and perhaps666 words
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Article94 1956-07-12 15 KUALA LUMPUR. July 7. THE newly elected “cabinet” of the Malayan Chinese Association recommended after a sixhour secret meeting here today that a firm stand be taken on the jus soli (citizenship by right of birth) iscue, the Sunday Times learns. The M.C.A. memorandum94 words
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Article188 1956-07-12 15 SINGAPORE, July 9. THE Singapore GoA vernment will be asked to encourage more local industries to combat growing unemployment in the Colony This was one of several resolutions passed at a council meeting of the Singapore Factory and Shop Workers Union during the weekend. About188 words
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Article, Illustration40 1956-07-12 15 BADMINTON STAR, Wong Peng Soon, receives the M.BL. —awarded to him in the Queen’s Birthday honours—from the High Commissioner, Sir Donald MacGillivray, at Kings' House. Kuala Lumpur, during the weekend.—Straits Times uring the weekend.—Straits Times picture.uring the weekend.—Straits Times picture. - 40 words
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Article226 1956-07-12 15 SINGAPORE, July 9. Singapore Government will soon reorganise the clerical services to increase efficiency. As a first step the Government has decided to reduce the number of salary scales and schemes of service and to have only two grades of clerical officers. These officers226 words
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Article178 1956-07-12 15 OTA BAHRU, July 8. Nearly 20,000 Malays have left Xelantan to settle in Siam during the past eight years, an informed source told the Straits Times today. One of the reasons given is tnat 'jbs are scarce in the Stale'and opportunities to open up new178 words
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Article102 1956-07-12 15 A place of peace by Rahman SEREMBAN, July 8. THE Chief Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, last night urged the races of Malaya not to look on the country as a place where they should fight each other but to regard it as a place of peace. At th«* opening of102 words
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Article17 1956-07-12 15 KUALA LUMPUR. July 8. —No Emergency casualties or incidents were reported in the Federation today.17 words
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Article, Illustration645 1956-07-12 16 Special Branch here are outraged that we have got hold of London Gazette notification on hush hush citations and refuse to comment further or give us interviews with the five men. —message from our Kuala Lumpur office. KUALA LUMPUR, July 9. CITATIONS FOR BRAVERY issued645 words
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191 1956-07-12 16 ALA LUMPUR, July 9.—Seven thousand miners in Selangor today went on a lightning strike because employers refused to give work to men who should have been off according to the roster. The men. who191 words
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160 1956-07-12 16 IPOH, July 9.—The Malayan Mining Employers’ Association today countered the union’s withdrawal of its recognition with an order to members not to hold talks with union officials. The M.M.E.A. in a statement said that the threatened country-wide strike160 words
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124 1956-07-12 16 Power strike postponed at last moment —talks to resume SINGAPORE, July 10 THE decision to call a strike of 2,500 Singapore City Council electrical workers has been postponed to tomorrow. The men were to have walked out today. Their 14-day notice expired last night. This development followed another meeting yesterday124 words
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126 1956-07-12 16 IT"OTA BHARU. July 9 A Malay newspaper correspondent, Inche Abdul Rahman bin Wahab. returned home from Penan? after having been given up for dead by his parent.and relatives. Abdul Rahman went to l J «*n ang for a holiday late last month. His126 words
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153 1956-07-12 17 IPOH, July 7. a STRIKE threatens Malaya’s 60 Europeanowned mining companies. It will involve 16.000 workers. J The Malayan Mining Employees' Union today sent demands for better wages and conditions to the mines, mpanying the demcnds was a fortnights notice •yn the agreement153 words
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110 1956-07-12 17 I roil. July 7. —Among ilic IT demands sent by the Malayan Mining Employees’ Union to the 60 I uropean owned mines is i call for a sliding. > ale bonus tied to each i on puny’s dividend. hen a company pays in per110 words
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Article107 1956-07-12 17 SINGAPORE, July 9. MR. LEE KUAN YEW told the meeting in Malay why his party wanted to hold the “protest” meetings which the Government had banned. Mr. Lee said: “We wanted to tell the people exactly what had happened at the London merdeka talks. But how107 words
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Article82 1956-07-12 17 SEREMBAN. July 9.—The Sereinban YWCA has adopted a 70-year old widow. Low Swee Keow. at the home for the aged here. They have paid 5360 to the home for her meals for a year. This amount was donated by the Kuala Lumpur philanthropist. Mr. Cheong82 words
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157 1956-07-12 17 SINGAPORE, July 9. ]V|OST of the 706 students who have applied for entry to the Singapore Teachers' Training College’s next two-year certificate course will be disappointed. There is space for only 150. A college spokesman told the Straits Times yesterday that the157 words
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66 1956-07-12 17 IPOH. July 10.—A patrol from the Parachute Squadron on the 22nd Special Air Service Regiment killed one of two terrorists contacted in deep jungle. 15 air miles east of Ipoh yesterday. It was a chance encounter in which the soldiers, quicker on the66 words
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Article326 1956-07-12 17 ‘TO HALT TB—START IN THE CRADLE SINGAPORE. July 10 N'GAPORE’S leading tuberculosis specialists vaccination of newlvinfants against the to be made comMiry. high time we took vaccine seriously in P re.” declared Dr. G. <click. Medical DirecSATA. yesterday. view was supported )r E. M. Mostyn, a *i.'t in childhood tu*°ms,326 words
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Article36 1956-07-12 17 KUALA LUMPUR, Juiy 9. Two terrorists yesterday fired at a police special squad patrol in the Penang country district. L The patrol fired back and charged the bandits who fled. Two packs were recovered.36 words
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229 1956-07-12 17 SINGAPORE. July X. JHE S ingapore City Council Services Union wants an independent commission to inquire into its grievances against the Council. The union's president, Mr. E H. Holloway, said yesterday: "The findings of such a commission would be acceptable on both the229 words
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Article693 1956-07-12 18 SINGAPORE, July 11 NEGOTIATIONS on the financial future of Malayan Airways Ltd., are now taking place between the Straits Steamship Co. Ltd., and BOAC in Singapore and London, it was announced yesterday. BOAC executive oflicuils are expected in Malaya before the end of the year to693 words
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Article185 1956-07-12 18 SINGAPORE. July 11. 4 SENIOR Singapore police officer described as “ridiculous” the charge that gangsterism had crept into Singapore soccer. At a meeting of the Singapore Amateur Football Association on July 9. the chairman of the Referees’ Board. Mr. A. J. Vaz, said some185 words
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Article203 1956-07-12 18 SINGAPORE, July 11. 'JHE growth of the trade union movement in Singapore has been rapid—in the last year, almost too rapid—says the C hief Minister, Mr. Lim Yew Hock, who is also Minister for Labour and Welfare. In a paper submitted to the Duke203 words
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Article139 1956-07-12 18 KUALA LUMPUR. July 10. rpHE Queen has decorated 1 three members of the security forces. The awards are: Bar to the Military Cross Capt. Harkasing Rai, 1/6 Gurkha Rifles; Military Cross Lt. Peter Surtees, Ist Bn., Royal Lincolnshire Regt; B.E.M. Sgt. Harold Baxter, R.A.M.C., attached to139 words
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279 1956-07-12 18 SINGAPORE, July I. IOI RXALISTS will not be allowed to acconipa iv the Singapore trade mission to China. This means that the public will hear little new v if any, about the mission’s progress. A Reuter report state-, tl ,r journalists, if thev279 words
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Article163 1956-07-12 18 SINGAPORE. July 11. SINGAPORE’S merdeka move is on again. The target date for reopening negotiations with the Colonial Office is now April, 1957. Announcing this date to the Straits Times yesterday, the Chief Minister. Mr. Lim Yew Hock, indicated that in about two weeks’ time he163 words
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141 1956-07-12 18 ‘CHENG CAN STAY— IN A NEW JOB' BATU GAJAH. July 10 I JR. R. A. ABDUL KARIM, secretary of the Malayan Mining Employees’ Union, today ma “compromise offer" to end the strike by 1,450 nn.u workers here. Yesterday he held a closeddoor meeting with Mr.141 words
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Article36 1956-07-12 18 KLANG. July 10. drums of sod 5 urn arson/ poisonous wood killer boon stolen from a r estate in the Kuala 1 district. Police are invest i'No arrest has yet been36 words
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Article31 1956-07-12 18 JOHORE BAHRU. Jul,'. Inche Abdul Kadir bin has been appointed Cl’ Councils, Johore, in pl a Haji Daud bin Haji Hamid who has been aP ed Under Secretary tc Government.31 words
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Article915 1956-07-12 19 EPSOM JEEP - By 1 EPSOM JEEP SINGAPORE, July 9. x \KAT, with Abdul Maw! up, again showed her IN ng for the Bukit Timah mile when she beat Xii Kings and the hot favourite, JoHy Sailor, in a tin ug Cl. 1, Div. 1, mile race915 words
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158 1956-07-12 19 SINGAPORE, July 10. UROPEAN and three Chinese will be among the eaders of the 30-strong Singapore trade mission tc v. hina. ir names were anud yesterday- by the Hi n organiser, Mr. Yap p Geek. j are: Mr. C. D. Yarrow, al Box158 words
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Article56 1956-07-12 19 MALACCA, July 9. Ny Keng Hock, station manager of Radio Malaya, Malacca, has been awarded a British Broadcasting Corporation engineering scholarship. He leaves for England shortly and will be away for six months. Mr. Ny s the first member of Radio Malaya’s staff In the Federation56 words
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Article1202 1956-07-12 19 THE WEEK IN SPORT FhlFFICULTY in getting leave to make the trip will present Penang leading players from competing in this year’s Malayan badminton championships, to be held in Singapore during the August Bank holi- days. At least three “stars”— Thomas Cup player Ooi Teik1,202 words
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Miscellaneous50 1956-07-12 19 BIG SWEEP TOTAL POOL: $284,437 1ST: No. *****9 ($127,996) 2ND 1 No. *****7 ($63,998) 3RD: No. *****2 ($35,554) STARTERS ($4,444 each): Nos. *****9; *****9; *****1; *****4; *****3; *****4; *****5; *****5. CONSOLATION ($2,133 each): Nos. *****1; *****0; *****9; *****7; *****9; *****5; *****6; *****6; *****2; *****41 DOUBLE TOTE: 47 tickets ($218 each).50 words
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386 1956-07-12 20 SHARE MARKET By Our Market Correspondent SINGAPORE, July 9THE feature of the Singapore Share Market last week was the firmness in industrial issues, many of which improved slightly through the period. Although, the volume of business being transacted from day to day is386 words
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Article847 1956-07-12 20 S pore, Thurs., July 12, 1956. INDUSTRIALS Bayers Sellers Ale* Bricks Pr«f 1.80 1.85 cd Ords 1.82 1.97 ta Atiss ice 11.00 (buyers) B. B. Petrol 50/6 51,6 B.M Trustees t*« Con. Tin Smelt Pref is/. to/. Orde 38/8 29/S Eastern umte a 33,00 34.00 Fed Dispensary847 words
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Article26 1956-07-12 20 SINGAPORE, JULY 11. RUBBER: 95 eents per lb. (up 21 cents). TIN: $372.871 per picul (down $1.37ft). COPRA: $26.25 per picul (up 12$ cents).26 words
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Article170 1956-07-12 20 Singapore Chinese Produce Exchange: noon prices per picul yesterday were: Copra: quiet; July $26% buyers, $26% sellers. Coconut oil: quiet; bulk $4O sellers, drum $43 sellers. Pepper: quiet; no business reported done. Muntok white $lOB, Sarawak, $lO7, special Sarawak black $74 (all unchanged). > Singapore Copra Association 4170 words
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Article35 1956-07-12 20 The following June rubber crops are announced: Ayer Panas, 72.700 lb.; Glenealy, 73,500 lb.; Klaang, 50.000 lb.; Pa jam, 115,000 lb.; Talisman, 24,500 lb.; Telok Anson, 44,621 lb.; and Uln Benut, 37.500 lb.35 words
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Article326 1956-07-12 20 Ziyi J SINGAPORE, July 9. rE following business done in the Sin rspore Shore Market Isit week was reported by one firm of brokers for the period June 30 to July 6:— INDUSTRIALS: Fraser and Neave Orda. $1.77% to $l.BO. Federal Dispensary $2, Gammon (M) $2, Goodwood Park326 words
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Article32 1956-07-12 20 The following June tin outputs are announced; Pahang Consolidated 17,500 tons of ore (225 tons of tin concentrates); Sungei Kinta 426 piculs; Ipoh Tin (No. 3 dredge, Puchong 18 piculs).32 words
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Article28 1956-07-12 20 Rambuian Ltd. has declared a third interim dividend of 2s. per share in respect of the year ended June 30, payable in England on July 31.28 words
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Article56 1956-07-12 20 The following June rubber crop* are notified: —Allenby, 37,000 !b.; Benta. 77,000 lb.; Jeram Kuantan. 73.000 lb.; Kundong. 43.000 lb.: Meniakak 67,000 lb.; Sungei Began. 158,000 lb.; Amalgamated Malay, 54 000 lb.; BorelU. 57.500 lb.; Connemara, 52,800 lb.; New Serendah. 62,000 lb.; Bassett. 33,000 lb.. Koala Sidim, 76,64656 words
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312 1956-07-12 20 MINING UNREST PU TS $2.50 ON TIN PRICE IN COLONY By Our Market Correspondent SINGAPORE, Juh j UNREST in the Malayan mining i,„ trv pushed the price of tin up by $2.50 dim .fi to $374.25 in Singapore yesterday. This was the highest price since May < suited from the312 words
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Article419 1956-07-12 20 Singapore, j (pHERE has been .thing logical in the movements of the rubber market this week which appear to have been directly contra > to precedent, report H.*hdav Cutler, Bath Co. l td. At the end of last week a dtrike in the UJ3A. steel industry appeared419 words
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Article55 1956-07-12 20 Outputs from the Various and mines In the Guthrie 1 for the month of June ai 1956 to date (in parenthes as follows: .on Rubber 9,308,380 lb. (42 !8 lb.) f 1\» (black) 160,0 1 (1.082,000 lb.L Palm oU 1,61 (6,849 tons), Palm kernels 4. (1,981 tons), and55 words
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Article13 1956-07-12 20 SMnynnt Tin In June pro. -ti 933 piculs of tin concentrate13 words