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The Straits Budget
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Title Section28 1956-09-06 1 The Straits Budget TURR'SifVEEKLY; ISSUE. OF THE ;i STRAITS I TIMEsi MALAirA'I NATIONAL NfWtfAFKR iow Series No. 524. J»nyapare, September;;« J#S6. v- PHee cents (Malayan) Or 1 ShllUn*.28 words
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220 1956-09-06 2 S TAMFLIN - S TAMFLIN ..'-Z' 1 if Singapore, i |X>R the sake of people's k health my own Included, it is high time, something was done about the dog-menace on this island. It is overrun with horrible strays or dogs that are not strays, but of220 words
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Article226 1956-09-06 2 UaUTBD STOP - UaUTBD STOP. Singapore. WOULD those concerned f pleaMt attend to the rMMfeg bold ‘18A' In white on a red background, instead of Serangoon Garden Way' and the small lettering Limited Stop on a black background. ■i Suchp; a distinctive red Mgn, as is used' on Service u *r226 words
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Article208 1956-09-06 2 JOHT H. LENCH - JOHT H. LENCH Singapore. 1T/ITH reference to the H article entiUed “The Wealth of America EnFriends", in Straltfcj Times, I feel that th£ title Is out of step with the context. *7” Most of the nations whose economies are threatened by the fjnerican. surpluses ure in208 words
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Article306 1956-09-06 2 O.A. COOPER - O.A. COOPER Romping JL w T' VAS a junior planter I was A most taUregbed to read in the Straits Time* (Aug. 24) of Mr. Todd’s miraculous escape while walking round his estate Jungle boundary. As Mr. Todd 4s a manager and therefore to be reckoned306 words
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Article151 1956-09-06 2 PASSENGER - PASSENGER 1 HAVE been a daily pasJ rafter in the "Green Bus” since January, 1955. For the past ab*> months, every morning and evening, I have had to wait for more than 30 minutes to get in a bus because of the failure of drivers to151 words
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Article286 1956-09-06 2 A DOG’S COST-OF-LIVING - A DOG’S COST-OF-LIVING I Plnl0 '"at S* your admirably on $150 a month have tost the point 0 i Mr Hamilton's original letter l consider that his main object was to convex the BWSleadmg impression „m n 'ofSatdd $700 a month -w’llst overseas. In most cases286 words
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Article55 1956-09-06 2 ALAN LIN - ALAN LIN Singapore^ I Appreciate what the Singapore Improvement Trust has done for the past tew yearsNut I would like to know What the B.V-\ Intends to do with the lot of land at the corner of Eng Watt Street, facing the College ground This lot is55 words
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Article47 1956-09-06 2 ala Lumuui Igax LODI1 - ala Lumuui Igax LODI 1 I -'Vjr WHILE a European min$600 a month a Malay sistant district officer five children, feed arm educate can live on $4 Swar-* office. Tf Thta is not Action. readers don’t beUeve mc the Federal BsUbUsUn Office in47 words
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Miscellaneous37 1956-09-06 2 ,7. t A > VOTE Uott LIS soc V^ro I in 6 X*9* V ft /T 7 iS»l TSA* i Cc 3 V i <r. If ■4 ont branches have item Singapore recommended compulsory voting in L*- .Vii'.:.'37 words
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Article843 1956-09-06 3 —Straits Times. Aifg. 30. 'Hie Singapore Government’s sLiement of policy, outlined M the Governor’s speech in lJ; second session of the mbly yesterday, inevitably invites comparison with that j April last year. Mr. Mar.'.all was then Chief Minister, first to take office under new constitution; now it—Straits Times. Aifg. 30. - 843 words
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Article547 1956-09-06 3 —Straits Times Aug. 31. There is an enchanting air of innocence about the Singapore Government’s references to prospects of fusion with the Federation. According to the Governor’s Address to the legislature, only “a narrow gap” separates the two territories. If Mr. Lim Yew Hock and his colleagues—Straits Times Aug. 31. - 547 words
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Article418 1956-09-06 3 —Straits Times Aug. 31. At a meeting this week, the Malacca Settlement Council agreed to set .up a committee to study means tor the early introduction of a Cabinet system of Settlement Government. Not unexpectedly, the debate on the proposal underlined the need for closer association of Councillors—Straits Times Aug. 31. * - 418 words
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Article543 1956-09-06 3 —Straits Times. Sept. 1. It is one of the more plausible myths in Singapore politics that, unlike other local parties, the People’s Action Party is free of serious internal dissension, and is united from top to bottom by agreement on methods as well as aims. Colour—Straits Times. Sept. 1. - 543 words
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Article282 1956-09-06 4 —Straits Times. Sept. 1. Singapore’s Agricultural Show, which opens to-day, will be the finest ever to be held on the island if only because it is the first that the Colony has organised. For five days city dwellers can feast their eyes on a rich variety of—Straits Times. Sept. 1. - 282 words
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Article550 1956-09-06 4 —Straits Times, Sept. 3. The Eurasian Union of Malaya, which is composed of eight member associations in five States and the two Settlements, claims to be the voice of the Federation’s Eurasian community. It is to be hoped that when it speaks on constitutional matters, this claim—Straits Times, Sept. 3. - 550 words
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Article143 1956-09-06 4 —Straits Times, Sept. 4. Between bouts of speechmaking, politicians in Malaya who profess to see in the continued teaching of English an insidious plot to perpetuate colonialism might turn their eyes and ears abroad. Among our immediate neighbours, Indonesia and Siam make English a compulsory language in—Straits Times, Sept. 4. - 143 words
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Article117 1956-09-06 4 —Straits Times, Sept. 4. If the Government wants the work of Singapore’s farmers to be widely appreciated, its hopes have been satisfied to an undesirable degree. The island’s first agricultural show has drawn immense crowds to Kallang. So far so good. Unfortunately, some of the visitors have been—Straits Times, Sept. 4. - 117 words
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Article824 1956-09-06 4 —Straits Times, Sept. 5. Unless Singapore has discovered a new obsession in Mr. Marshall’s absence, the constitutional question will again dominate attention at the Assembly debate on the Governor’s address which begins today. If in his speech moving acceptance Mr. Lim Yew Hock does not anticipate—Straits Times, Sept. 5. - 824 words
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Article138 1956-09-06 4 MORTUREUX: To Jacqueline and Daniel Mortureux a daughter Anne on 30.8.56 at Bungsar Hospital Kuala Lumpur. RIEDER: To Susan and Jan. on 24th August, at Jesselton Hospital, a son, Pieter William Federick. on h POPHAM: On August 30tn. 1956, at the Singapore Nursing Home, to Moira (nee Brown*, viiie138 words
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Article43 1956-09-06 4 MARKIAut SUTHERLAND MAGEE- 1 Penang on August 30th I o* Alexander, only son of Mr. w.J Sutherland and the late p Sutherland of Keith. B JJ®*u t r r r to Eileen Veronica, wiiy pajightt of Mr. and Mrs. P. Magee Northumberland.43 words
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Article, Illustration1266 1956-09-06 5 WHAT will Colonel Nasser do, with five important delegates from London waiting on the doormat? One from each of the five continents, with Mr. Menzies, Prime Minister of Australia, at their head, and all the ethers, except Mr. Lois Henderson of1,266 words
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642 1956-09-06 5 1MCK once again to u local politics. Even though Hamlet is still in Peking listening to speeches' about friendship between Communism and the down-trod-den democrats of Singapore, next Wednesday’s session of the Legislative Assembly will be one of the642 words
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387 1956-09-06 6 KUALA LUMPUK. Sept. 2. r rHE Alliance National Council announced today that a “considerable measure” of agreement had been reached on the joint memorandum to be submitted to the Reid Constitutional Commission by the Alliance parties (UMNO, M.C.A. and M.1.C.). The differences that remain387 words
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Article110 1956-09-06 6 KUALA LUMPUR, Sept. 2 Ninety-four planters, killed by Communist terrorists during the Emergency were remembered today in a special service held in St. Mary’s Church here. During the service, the Archdeacon of North Malaya, the Ven. A C. Dumper, dedicated a memorial in the form110 words
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Article314 1956-09-06 6 SINGAPORE, Sept. 3. rpHE Singapore Gov- ernment has met with snags in drafting two new ordinances to control land values and improve land acquisition procedures. The Government approved the drafting of the two bills on the basis of recommendations made early this year by Dr. J.314 words
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257 1956-09-06 6 SINGAPORE, Sept, i LEADING Singapore Muslims agree that th cre should be a law in the Colony with provision to punish Muslim women who live with Muslims. h non A proposal to this effect was made at a recent ing of the All-Malaya257 words
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Article78 1956-09-06 6 Allington Kennard - From Allington Kennard. PEKING, Sept. 2.—Red China prefers shipment guarantee and arbitration through th e Singapore Chinese Rubber Trade Association, rather than the internationally recognised Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association. At the talks with the Singapore trade mission, Peking also proposed that rubber shipments be78 words
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Article203 1956-09-06 6 IT LUMPUR, Sept. 2 “•—Fifteen Communist terrorists, dressed in civilian clothes, mingled with rubber tappers and held up a party of special constables carrying out a food check on the Kelan Estate in the Kulai area of Johore early this morning A special constable, Mohamed Noor,203 words
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Article27 1956-09-06 6 SINGAPORE. Sept. 1 Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce is to urge tihe Government to invite a trade delegation from Cambodia and South Vietnam to Singapore.27 words
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188 1956-09-06 6 SINGAPORE, Sept. 2. OVE has turned an American seaman into a deserter—and a fugitive from the Singapore Immigration authorities. When Earl Harrison’s ship, the 10,400-ton tanker Montebello Hills, left Singapore on Aug. 27, Harrison was at the Registry getting married to188 words
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Article576 1956-09-06 7 —Tuan Djek - Countryman ’s Journal —Tuan Djek. AUGUST is the month A when a Singapore tamily leaves its eightyea: -old son in the Dusun for a fortnight's holiday, but owing to their being in course of removal to a new home in one of the rou iing estates, this stay was not576 words
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299 1956-09-06 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Sept. 2. VI*AR Department civilian employees in the Federation and Singapore are to make a joint stand to press for the same salary scales as those paid to Government staffs. Tue demands, if approved, will cost the British Tr299 words
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Article73 1956-09-06 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 31 INDIANS in Selangor are to be given cultivable land under a pilot scheme for land settlement. The Minister for Labour. Mr. V. T. Sambanthan said today that two possible sites each of more than 1,000 acres had been chosen near73 words
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Article847 1956-09-06 7 immv BARTLETT - immv BARTLETT (COLONEL NASSER is to blame if I am regrettably late in commenting on the Merdeka Bridge. But, in our worries about the Suez Canal, we ought not to overlook the remarkable change to Singapore’s waterfront. And the crowds that cross it at all hours847 words
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Article107 1956-09-06 7 (From the Straits Tim es of August 26, 1906) PENANG’S new Commissioners were all safely elected on Tuesday, some 160 ratepayers recording their votes. So Penang was able to have a real Municipal meeting on Friday. The new men shaped well, for they all talked at the(From the Straits Tim es of August 26, 1906) - 107 words
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120 1956-09-06 7 SUNGEI PATANI, Aug. 31. rpHE Mentri Besar of Kedah, Tengku Ismail, today paid tribute to the British —“especially their women” for pioneering social work, in Malaya. “Let us remember their services,” he said. “We must emulate their example and expand the120 words
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Article, Illustration1186 1956-09-06 8 WEATHER DAMPENS TAME OPENING SINGAPORE, Aug. 30. rpHE Government A yesterday pledged its resources and energies to the attainment of self-govern-ment for Singapore “in the very near future.” This undertaking to work for the Colony’s “legitimate aspirations” highlighted a speech1,186 words
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117 1956-09-06 8 MELBOURNE, Aug. 29.—More than 2* of every 3,000 Australian national servicemen entering the Puckapunyal Camp spend two of their three month’s training learning the three R’s—reading, writing and arithmetic. The degree of illiteracy among the 18-year-old trainees was “incredible the commanding officer of the117 words
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Article103 1956-09-06 8 Memorial to ‘fighting planters KUALA LUMPUR. Aug. 29.The Archdeacon of North Malaya, The Venerable A. C. Dumper, will dedicate a stained glass window, a memorial to planters killed during the emergency, at St. Mary’s Church here on Aug. 26. The Officer Administering the Government, Sir David Watherston, will read a103 words
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Article635 1956-09-06 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Aufi. 29. ['HE Chief Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, today said that it was his determination to see that the Alliance Government “functions free irom subversive elements whose activities and influence have been so disturbing elsewhere.” Ht* was teplying to a Singapore People’s635 words
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Article43 1956-09-06 9 MALACCA, Aug. 29.—The former Controller of Supplies In the Federation, Mr. A. W. Nicholson, assumed duties today as Settlement Secretary. Malacca. He has taken over from Mr F. R. C. Fowle, who has gone on long leave to South Africa.43 words
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Article214 1956-09-06 9 LUMPUR, Aug. 29. A well-dressed middle aged man thrust a memorandum into the hands of the Reid constitutional commission’s secretary, Mr. E. O. Laird, as members of the commission were entering the Kuala Lumpur Municipal Council Chamber for a uublic hearing today. Then214 words
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Article473 1956-09-06 9 KUALA LUMPI H, 2D T H I Commission was told today" that Malaya s new constitution must ensure that there is no master race’* in the country. No section of the population should plav the role of masters and another the role of slaves sairi473 words
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225 1956-09-06 9 Car parked but he was ‘in charge 9 SINGAPORE, Aug. 30. r*AN A PERSON be said to be driving a parked car? A Singapore magistrate yesterday ruled that he could. Mr. J. B. Jeyaretnam fined a lawyer, D. B. Gunston, $2O225 words
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170 1956-09-06 9 lOHORE BAHRU, Aug. 29. A lorry-load of women yesterday savefi a man rubber tapper from seven ar med and uniformed terrorists on Kulai Besar Estate in Kulai. Another tapper ran away and escaped from the terrorists. 3ot h tappers were returnlnK170 words
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110 1956-09-06 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 29. A REPRESENTATIVE of the Malay Rulers will accompany the Chief Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, to London In December for further nego-, fiat ions on the proposed Defence and Mutual Assistance Treaty between the Federation and the British Governments. The110 words
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Article59 1956-09-06 9 KULIM, Aug. 29—Another dusk-to-dawn curfew affecting Tassek Junjong Road from the Junction of Bukit Mertajam-Kulim Road to Tassek Junjong Village in South Kedah, will be imposed from Sept. 1. Meanwhile, a curfew along the 17-mile stretch of the main trunk road from the junction of59 words
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Article, Illustration1694 1956-09-06 10 ALLINCTON KENNARD REPORTS FROM CHINA ■pIVE miles outside Canton is tne first of China’s “new villages.” There is not another like it. This resettlement area for Overseas Chinese is a de luxe retreat for the rich. China wants to attract her sons as well1,694 words
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624 1956-09-06 11 ALLINGTON KENNARD - From ALLINGTON KENNARD PEKING, Aug. 30. CHINESE PREMIER Chou En-lai’s advice to Malaya—“Britain will />rant you independence if all races are united”—made at a reception lor the visiting Malayan trade delegation last night, may be a bait to t' icourage the624 words
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Article389 1956-09-06 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 30. A PUBLIC tip-off was responsible for the biggest kill of the Emergency—that of Yeung Kuo, deputy secretary-general of the Malayan Communist Party. The Chief Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, said tonight that this was proof of the great public support given to the389 words
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178 1956-09-06 11 SINGAPORE, Aug. 31. IF dogs keep on biting 1 postmen in Singapore, the authorities may issue the men with “shock sticks.” These battery powered sticks pack just enough wallop to scare the daylights out of Fido without actually harming him. They are178 words
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Article45 1956-09-06 11 SINGAPORE, Aug. 31. The Anti-Gambling subbranch of the C.I.D. carried out six raids on Aug. 29, three on clubs, two on gaming houses and one on a chap-ji-ki establishment. Fourteen people found playing paikow in the gaming houses were detained.45 words
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273 1956-09-06 11 PEKING, Aug. 30. T'HE hope that China, A though she trades through official organisations, will recognise Malaya’s free and competitive economy was expressed by Mr. David Marshall, speaking at the end of a two-hour plenary session of the trade conference here this morning.273 words
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Article115 1956-09-06 11 SINGAPORE, Aug. 31. mHE Malaysian Ship OfflJ. cers’ union is to approach the Federation Government to get local men trained as harbour pilots. Singapore has already agreed to train local men and Leboh bin Samat, 56, and Johari bin Haji Kadir, 35, have been115 words
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290 1956-09-06 12 —And only two ‘mistakes SINGAPORE. Aug. 31. mug Singapore Police have investigated 900 tattooed men since “Operation Dagger” was launched and in only two cast's have they made the mistake ot screening a person twice, the Senior Assistant Commissioner of Police, Mr. W. J.290 words
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115 1956-09-06 12 RAWANG, Aug. 30. The last four members of the Sungei Buloh terrorist gang surrendered on the Batu Arang Road, four miles from here, today. The gang, once nine strong, has been wiped out in a month in an intensive “pocket-size” psychological warfare operation.115 words
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Article30 1956-09-06 12 SINGAPORE. Aug. 30. Four detectives attached to the Anti-Narcotics SubBranch of the Singapore C.I.D. have been suspended from work, the Straits Times understands. Police would not comment-30 words
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Article34 1956-09-06 12 PORT DICKSON, Aug. 30. The Sultan of Kelantan today presented the 7th Bn., Malay Regiment, with its colours in a ceremony here. The battalion has killed 17 terrorists and captured three.34 words
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Article193 1956-09-06 12 ALLINGTON KENNARD - From ALLINGTON KENNARD pEKING, Aug. 29.—' The Chinese Premier, Mr. Chou En-lai, tonight drank a toast to the prosperity of Singapore and Malaya—and their friendship with the people of China —at a reception given by official trade organisations. The official host was a vice-Premier,193 words
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118 1956-09-06 12 SINGAPORE, Aug. 31. THE Federation and Singapore Governments are working out a joint scheme for increasing taxation, which will be included in their budgets later this year. The Governor, Sir Robert Black, told the Singapore Legislative Assembly this week that the Government's new118 words
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Article310 1956-09-06 12 Mr. K. lists ‘shadow cabinet SINGAPORE, Aug. 31. pROMINENT citizens, including leading gy n aecologist, Prof. H. B. Sheares, were named in Singapore yesterday as members of a “Shadow Cabinet” in a political party yet to be formed. The names were disclosed by Mr. C. H. Koh former member of310 words
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Article45 1956-09-06 12 ALOR STAR, Aug. 30. A patrol from a police field force, operating with Siamese police, yesterday located a terrorist camp in Siamese territory near the Kedah border. The camp was more than one month old and nothing was found. The operation continues.45 words
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288 1956-09-06 12 IT LUMPUR, Aug. 30. Toasts were drunk by Siamese officials in Bangkok on Aug. 26 to celebrate the death of No. 2 terror boss Y~eung Kuo near Semenyih the day before. Raising his glass as the Malayan representative was Mr. G. C. Madoc.288 words
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317 1956-09-06 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 30. The Government today denied as “incorrect and misleading” an article in the Aug. 13 edition of the American magazine. Newsweek, which suggests that the Malayan authorities are not satisfied with the co-operation they receive from the Siamese in317 words
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187 1956-09-06 13 T HS Var Department Civilian Staff meeting here tonight to call its 10,000 members out on strike if the Army authorities in the Federation fail to meet their wage claims by Sept. 15. Rises are sought for 50 categories of workers including amahs cooks187 words
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Article142 1956-09-06 13 KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 30. ITMNO is to propose that > the Upper House of independent Malaya’s bicameral -egislature should have 45 members, including a Speaker nominated bv the paramount Ruler. This proposal will come before the policy-making Alliance National Council which is to discuss142 words
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Article363 1956-09-06 13 SINGAPORE, Aug. m HINT that rents for Singapore Improvement Trust homes may be made cheaper through Government subsidies, was contained in the speech by the Governor, Sir Robert Black, at the opening of the new Legislative Assemblv session yesterday. Though the statement of the Government’s363 words
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Article, Illustration211 1956-09-06 13 SINGAPORE, Aug. 30. THHREE rare orchid plants, worth nearly $3,000, A were stolen from the Singapore Botanic Gardens early yesterday morning. The director of the gardens, Mr. J. W. Purseglove, is certain that the thief who stole them knows a lot about orchids. The211 words
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146 1956-09-06 13 Relax ‘policing SIT tenants, she asks SINGAPORE, Sept. 1 CITY Councillor, Mrs. Robert Eu, wants the “policing” of Singapore Improvement Trust tenants to be relaxed. Speaking on the adjournment of yesterday’s City Council meeting, Mrs. Eu said she would like Council representatives serving on the S.I.T. board, to consider whether146 words
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Article50 1956-09-06 13 KUALA LUMPUR Aug. 29. —Malaya’s big test was whether independence would make every man. woman and child a “bigger and better person” than before, a lawyer and a former member of the Federal Legislative Council. Mr. R. Ramani. said today. He was addressing a Rotary Club lunch.50 words
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276 1956-09-06 13 The tipsy cyclist—now there’s a law for ‘riding under the influence KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 31. Riding a bicycle while un*er the influence of drink to be made an offence under a new regulation drafted by the Selangor Traffic Branch. The draft, passed by the State Legal Adviser, tightens the control276 words
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158 1956-09-06 13 THEY WONT SHOW OFF CURVES, EVEN FOR $1 ,000 Kuala lumpur, auc. si. Malay girl s are chary about showing their curves at the “Miss Selangor” beauty contest on Aug. 8. —“they remember, the barrage of criticism by religions leaders last year for sporting bathing suits at the parade. The158 words
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Article74 1956-09-06 13 SINGAPORE, Sept. 1 Petty Officer Writer Rldzuan bin S&heran, 27, of Elizabeth Drive, Buklt Tlmah Road, Singapore, was yesterday promoted to acting Writer Officer, Royal Malayan Navy. He is the third Malayan to reach commissioned rank from thp lower deck in the R.M.N He Joined the R.M.N.74 words
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256 1956-09-06 14 City Council makes up its mind SINGAPORE, Sept. 1. THE nine-month Katong cinema row was revived by Singapore City Council yesterday and ended this time with the Council giving its approval to build. But Mr. Sim Beng Seng, who had opposed the cinema last256 words
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Article, Illustration122 1956-09-06 14 SINGAPORE. Sept. 1 CANBERRA jet» wUl replace the piston-entined Lincoln bombers of the No. 1 Squadron Royal Australian Air Force now stationed at Tengah. Singapore, as soon as a $6 million air strip is completed at Butter worth. Air ice Marshal I John McCauley.122 words
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Article34 1956-09-06 14 English teachers in Singapore Chinese schools are seeking full recognition from the Colony Government. This is one of the resolutions which will come before the teachers’ annual meeting on Sept. 2.34 words
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279 1956-09-06 14 John Todd was lueky—but not others LUMPUR, Aug. 31.—If planters and miners the civilians in th front line of the jungle war—are given escorts they are expected i use them. “If they don’t they are going against the policy laid down f or279 words
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235 1956-09-06 14 Factory project will cost $500,000 SINGAPORE, Aug. 31. ANEW SCHEME which may produce some of Singapore’s future industrial “giants” is being fostered through the Colonial Development Cor- poration. Malaya Developments Ltd., the Malayan subsidiary of the corporation, is making available 28 factory sites235 words
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116 1956-09-06 14 KUALA Kt’BU BAHRU. Aug. M. A m taring forest worker, Kthnut bln Abdul RAub.*tl. >U|(rrrd into‘a rubber estate near here yesterday after wandering alone in the jungle for five days Rah mat separated from other labourers, lost his way116 words
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Article227 1956-09-06 14 CEREMBAN, Aug. 31. —The Chief Minisi ter, Tengku Abdul Rahman, today fixed the target date for the full Malayanisation of the Federation’s public services 1965. The process will be carried out in three stages: From 1956—60 every past for which a qualified Malayan is available will227 words
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Article, Illustration117 1956-09-06 14 SINGAPORE, Sept. 1 MRS. ELIZABETH CHOY. (above), a Colony war heroine. first woman nominated to the former Legislative Council and prominent social worker, has been chosen from a considerable number of applicants to be the principal of the Singapore School for the Blind. Mr117 words
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Advertisement68 1956-09-06 14 STRAITS BUDGET SUBSCRIPTION RATES (PAYABLE IN ADVANCE) Singapore Malaya Town Area including No Postage Postage Quarterly 5.20 5.75 Half-yearly 10.40 11.50 Yearly 20.80 23.00 The weekly issue of the Straits Budget can be sent *> v express air delivery service to the United Kingdom only an inclusive rate of $24.0068 words
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Article302 1956-09-06 15 KUALA LUMPUR, Sept. 3. j IFE is going to be harder for smugglers and tax dodgers. The Federation Customs Department has told its 1,350 revenue officers: “lie suspicious.” The department will give its officers an intent* course in identifying smugglers and detecting t, >ds hidden in secret302 words
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117 1956-09-06 15 MEDDLING BUT WE ONLY SAID THE TRUTH-PAP SINGAPORE, Sept. 4. CECRETARY GENERAL O of the People’s Action arty, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew. yesterday replied to demand by Federation Agriculture Minister, Inche i. bin Ishak, that the IWP stop interfering with Alliance Government aff tirs. Inche Aziz’s attack came ter publication117 words
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Article109 1956-09-06 15 SEREMBAN, Sept. 3. AIR. JUSTICE SMITH in the High Court here today dismissed the appeal by a turner assistant state home officer at Kuala Pilah, p j°r Abdul Hamid bin Monamed. against a sentence of nx months. Major Hamid was convicted ny the109 words
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Article38 1956-09-06 15 KAJANG, Aug. 31.—The Dis_ trict Officer, Ulu Langat. Raja Azam bin Raja Kamaralzaman, has been elected president of the District Boy Scouts Association. It has been without a president for the last year.38 words
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Article289 1956-09-06 15 SINGAPORE, Sept. 1. THE executive committee of the Singapore City Council Labour Unions Federation will meet tomorrow to consider sympathy action if the gas strike is not settled today. This decision is a rebuff for the Acting City President, Mr. R. Middleton Smith, who invited the289 words
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179 1956-09-06 15 K r ALA LUMPUR, Sept. 3— he Chief Minister, Tengri Abdul Rahman, gave earning today of the erious consequences of hikes staged in support f unreasonable demands, -untold 30 villagers of the ameron Highlands who re taking a civics course a re that179 words
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Article309 1956-09-06 15 GEOFFREY BOLAND - By GEOFFREY BOLAND SINGAPORE, Sept. 4. MOVE to introduce politics into rubber trading was seen by some Singapore traders yesterday in the report from Peking that China preferred to deal through the Singapore Rubber Trade Association rather than the Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association. They309 words
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Advertisement121 1956-09-06 15 mmm e m*mm r e i jmm wmmmm wttmm wmm GARDENING g in the i LOWLANDS of MALAYA i i'i ki m k :x:>: >? 88 ii KB* This gardening book is written by Malaya’s leading botanist especially for Malayan gardeners. The subject is covered completely in an easy-to-re«d manner,121 words
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Article264 1956-09-06 16 SINGAPORE, Sept. THE Federation Minister of Agriculture, Inche Aziz bin Ishak, yesterday called on the Singapore People’s Action Party to “stop interfering’’ with the affairs of the Alliance Government. Addressing Singapore UMNO members in Geylang Serai, Inche Aziz said: “We cannot tolerate any interference coming264 words
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Article109 1956-09-06 16 SINGAPORE, Sept. 2. DOUCE were called out last night to control the 40,000 people who turned up to see Singapore's first agricultural show at the old Kallang airport. At one stage hooligans broke through rope barriers surrounding three stalls and carried away the exhibits bunches109 words
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110 1956-09-06 16 KI LIM Sept. 2. WONG Tin Piu, 36, a courier of the South Kedah 3rd armed work cell, today brought out with him more than $2,300 in cash when he gave himself up to two rubber tappers at Bukit Merah Estate,110 words
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Article174 1956-09-06 16 SINGAPORE, Sept. 3. JAPANESE technical know-how and Malayan capital can place Singapore on the industrial map of SouthEast Asia. "I think the Malayan and Singapore trade missions now touring China realised this potentiality when they visited Japan recently, and saw our industries.” Mr. Ken Ninoiniya,174 words
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202 1956-09-06 16 SINGAPORE, Sept. I. JHE Singapore Government is prepared fro spend $l2million next year fro implement its full aid plan for Chinese schools. Schools which do not accept full aid will get nothing at all. The new plan will mean: Free primary education for thousands of202 words
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91 1956-09-06 16 SINGAPORE, Sept. 3. THE Singapore Government is planning a campaign to promote sales of locally-made goods. The Minister for Commerce and Industry, Mr. J M. Jumabhoy, said yesterday that the proposed campaign was in line with the Government’s policy to encourage local manufacturing Indus- tries.91 words
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296 1956-09-06 16 SINGAPORE, Sept. 2. A LARGE number of key expatriates in the Singapore Education Ministry are planning to quit, the Sunday Times was reliably told yes* terday. "The probability," the source said, "is that the people, Singapore would most like to stay will be those296 words
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183 1956-09-06 16 SINGAPORE. Sept. 3 FAME lies ahead for a pretty young Dayak girl who is capable of forsaking all for love—or making audiences believe she could Keris Film Productions. Singapore, wants her for a leading role in their coming production of Chinta Gadis183 words
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Article184 1956-09-06 16 KUALA LUMPUR, Sept. 1. United Malays National Organisation today decided that Malays should enjoy a special status in this country after it becomes a self-ruling unit in the British Commonwealth next year. A clause to this effect is contained in the Alliance memorandum to the184 words
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Article40 1956-09-06 16 JOHORE BAHRU. Aug. 29 The death is announced m Australia of Mr. K R Bruce, OBE, late chief surveyor, Joihore. Mr. Bruce joined the sc vice in 1928 and left for Australia on retirement last Jui*40 words
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Article379 1956-09-06 17 PENANG, Sept. 3. iiENANG should have its own head of state and 1 enjoy status in the future independent Malaya, the local branch of the Malayan Chinese Association urges in a memorandum to the Reid lommission. “The sovereignty hitherto exercised by the British Crown379 words
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91 1956-09-06 17 MALACCA, Aug. 29. A terrorist who shot and wounded the tracker dog which had found him was killed minutes later in the Jasin area early today. The bandit, Pang Kong Ee, who entered the jungle in January last year, was wounded with a91 words
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Article85 1956-09-06 17 SEREMBAN, Aug. 31. The Assistant Minister for Commerce and Industry. Inche Mohamed Khir bin Johari, today told how Malay women should fight to end strip-tease shows: “Picket outside the places where such shows are held. Inche Khir was addressing a meeting of 200 delegates of85 words
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168 1956-09-06 17 SINGAPORE, Sept. 1. THE 65 Singapore A schoolgirls who staged a sit-down strike on Aug. 27, in protest against an English teacher, returned to their classes yesterday but refused to have English lessons. The girls are from two classes of the Nanyang Girls’168 words
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259 1956-09-06 17 KUALA LUMPUR, Sept. 3. pOLICE in the Federation and Singapore have started a “get tough” campaign against strip teasers, the C.I.D. chief here, Mr. H. (i. Beverley, told the Straits Times today. The drive involves close liaison between the two territories and the endorsement of259 words
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250 1956-09-06 17 ‘NOBODY IS LIKELY TO SUFFER 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Sept. 3. T'HE Chief Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, toA night defended the “special position” of the Malays but gave an assurance that in granting those privileges no hardship would be caused to the other communities. Speaking at250 words
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242 1956-09-06 17 k SINGAPORE, Sept. 4. 4 BDUL WAHID bin BABA, the paralysed Singapore constable now in England for medical treatment, is to be provided with a small speriplly fitted motor car when he returns to Singapore at the end of242 words
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Article77 1956-09-06 17 KOTA BHARU, Aug. 31—A Malay superintendent has been promoted assistant commissioner to take over as Chief Police Officer, Kelantan from the former C.P.0., Mr. j. R. H. Burns, who has gone on leave. He is Inche Mohamed Din bin Mohamed SharifT who has been77 words
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Article52 1956-09-06 17 SINGAPORE, Aug. 30. Two Royal Malayan Navy cadets, Darshan Singh of Kuala Lumpur and Khor Thlam Slew of Singapore, will leave on Sept. 5 for studies in Dartmouth They will study electrical engineering at the Britannia Royal Naval College.. Later they will take -degree courses in52 words
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Article115 1956-09-06 17 SINGAPORE, Aug. 30. WANT to buy a python, 20 feet long, weighing about 56 lb. and in excellent condition? Apply to Tan Kai Ng at 514-A East Coast Road, Singapore. Mr. Tan makes a speciality of nabbing snakes. H*’ caught the python whei. it started115 words
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93 1956-09-06 17 IPOH, Sept. 3.—Employers and workers of the tailoring business in the Federation and Singapore are banding together to protect their trade. Fifteen delegates from Singapore, Selangor, Penang, Taiping and Ipoh decided yesterday to form a PanMalayan Tailors (Employers and Workers) Association. A committee was elected,93 words
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189 1956-09-06 18 THE FORMALITIES CAN WAIT MALACCA, Sept. 4. 4 UGUST 31 next year will be emblazoned in the Federation’s official records as independence day even if the country’s new constitution is not ready and the British Government has not handed over the reins formally, a reliable189 words
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Article258 1956-09-06 18 -COURT TOLD fPOH, Sept. 4. A A drunken police inspector drove his car into a stationary army truck and then tried to bribe the soldier driver, the Magistrate’s Court here was told today. In the dock was Inspector S. V. Rao, 41. accused of driving258 words
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Article136 1956-09-06 18 KUALA LUMPUR, Sept. 4 —A bailiff of the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court, Abdul Rahman bin Haji Arshad, 41, was today jailed for three years on three charges of cheating a Government pensioner of a total of $7,679. Abdul Rahman gave notice of appeal, but was136 words
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75 1956-09-06 18 KUALA LUMPUR. Sept- 4. The Federation's chief inspector of mines, Mr. lan L Patterson said in Kuala Lumpur yesterday that there was as much wealth left in Malaya’s mineral deposits as had come out of them. He told the Rotary Club here that75 words
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Article158 1956-09-06 18 PENANG, Sept. 4. AN acid-thrower attacked a former detective during a matinee in the Majestic Theatre here yesterday afternoon, and escaped in the darkness. The victim, Lim Tee Chye, 25, of Bukit Mertajam, was watching a Filipino film when acid was suddenly thrown over his head158 words
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Article31 1956-09-06 18 PORT SWETTENHAM, Sept. 4. Harbour masters along the west coast of Malaya have been asked to see that vessels do not discharge oil waste on waters near the beaches.31 words
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152 1956-09-06 18 KUALA LUMPUR, Sept. 4. The Malayan Trade Union Council tonight assured the Alliance Government that Malayan workers would throw their weight into the struggle for independence. A statement by the council criticised the Chief Minister’s recent statements which hit out at trade unions. It said:152 words
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218 1956-09-06 18 LEAFLET DROP ON BORDER BANDITS IPOH, Sept. 4. A TOTAL of 150,000 leaflets are to be showered over the jungles of South Siam and North Perak tomorrow, informing a gang of 20 terrorists of the death of the Malayan218 words
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206 1956-09-06 18 Trade union visits may be banned SINGAPORE, Sept 5 JOP Middle Road trade unionists in Singapore may be banned from visiting the Federation. m The Straits Times learned last ni ght that the Federation Government had been urged to keen them out.206 words
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Article156 1956-09-06 18 He got drunk after pals were killed ¥POH, Sept. 4 —A trooper 1 of the 15/19 Kings Own Royal Hussars went on a drinking spree because two of his closest friends were killed in a train accident in the Kuala Kangsar area last June, a156 words
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Article16 1956-09-06 18 KUALA LUMPUR, Sept. 4 The Federation Governmen collected $23,524,604 in income tax last month.16 words
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1254 1956-09-06 19 EPSOM JEEP - The Camel paying 203 springs big upset By EPSOM JEEP r :T. SINGAPORE, iSept. 1. J VKING his first appearance on a Malayan racecourse Special Charm, ridden by key Donnelly, sprang a spectacular surprise |>av $188 for a win at Bukit Timah yesterday, ning day of the Singapore Turf Club1,254 words
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327 1956-09-06 19 NERAL MOREIRA - THE WEEK IN SPORT By NERAL MOREIRA K. LUMPUR. Sept. 4. <THE eagerly-awaited an- nouncement of the Federation's hockey contingent of 18 for the Olympic Games has brought the expected criticisms from sports circles, from fang and players alike. I think the selectors327 words
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212 1956-09-06 19 SAUL JOSHUA - By SAUL JOSHUA George pallett. senior coach of the British A.AJL, Is confident that fSjng Yoon can ««allfy tor the final of the hop, step and JanRft the Olympic Games in Melbourne. Pallett said this t tt Col. C J.212 words
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Article177 1956-09-06 19 A SCHOOLGIRL who started **\blaylng badminton onhr ft year ago u making ft great bid for thra# titles in tit# current Singapore Badminton Association junior championships She U Nancy Lim, 10. who has reached the singles and doublet final* and the mixed doubles177 words
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Miscellaneous49 1956-09-06 19 WEEP POOL: $257,329. No. *****9 ($115,796). 2ND: No. *****8 ($57,898). 2ND; No. *****9 ($32,166). STARTERS ($2,144each): Nob. *****7 *****9; *****6; *****1; *****9; *****4; *****7; *****3; < *****2; *****5; *****5; *****4; *****2; *****9;4 *****2. CONSOLATIONS ($1,929 each): Nob. *****5; *****6; K; 88S1 2S8S! *****0; 4554>99 DOUBLE TOTE: 12 tteketa ($838 each).49 words
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Article476 1956-09-06 20 SHARE MARKET Our Market Correspondent Sept. 3. AN unexpected bullish influence on the Singa- pore Share Market bet week was the reports from the Malayan trade missions in China received by private local companies from their representatives regarding future purchases of Malayan rubber. Tfte contents o476 words
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Article19 1956-09-06 20 SINGAPORE, SEPT 5. RUBBER: 92i cents per lb. (np one-eighth ot% cent)/^' COPRA: $2<U2i per picul (unchanged).19 words
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Article20 1956-09-06 20 Renong Tin output for August was: Rasa Mine 223 piculs, Jtajang (in association with Straits Ltd) 641 piculs.20 words
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Article189 1956-09-06 20 THE fotlowing busineae done In the Singapore Share Market last week was reported by one firm of brokers lor theqperlod August 25 to August $1:— PeUi. 62s. KL. Fraser Heave Ords. $147% and $1.96, Gammons $1.96 and $1.64. Hammer Co. $2.86 to $2 87% to $2.85 cd. Hume189 words
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Article57 1956-09-06 20 T,l oS*|f *q3Lt: sept tie its d runi pwkrs. PVflper: nilltef* Wrt hllfiifiMto ramAi'f mil j ni Muntok white $122, iSSwa* special Sarawak black $33 (all down $2J*. i Singapore Copra Awodatton 4 nja. prices: Straits mixed copra: $26 5]8 sellers. lS ixin. KC4 LUL nsnnaml oil etoetex57 words
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Article284 1956-09-06 20 8’pore, wed., Sept. 5, I9f6. v 4 ifflr omusiELun Mte. "j -W off* ..•.V.V.-.... ’i.«. ‘Tjo Sr-iSs-F rT 'ifa” fimg ;>:Jo .8 fS fg* VH'kong 8'hnl 'mwj IS Malavan Cement fi 1.08 1.70 f S-a *8 k8Malayan Publishing l.SO 1 90 b W-00 17.00 is M 1284 words
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320 1956-09-06 20 i_. tl Sept. 5. price of rubber fell by one and a c,, rter cents in Singapore yesterday and weni its lowest level since mid-July In the face l0 n tinned heavy selling by Federation dealers. The actual closing price tor Septemb nr... grade320 words
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Article249 1956-09-06 20 T(BK slight improvea ment In the Middle Cfift pofitlcal news, has been received here without fireworks, report HoIWrVm Cutler, Bath Ok IMr in their current review. It is felt that the promise of a peaceable settlement is more likely, but since out of place d&hfil ke-lntroduce the249 words