The Straits Budget, 13 September 1956
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The Straits Budget
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Title Section45 1956-09-13 1 The Straits Budget vr*?, J ’'.-■i.4iu'J s >*J .V“' -"'.mJkis ♦jkgk^ THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES MALAYA'S NATIONAL NEWBPAPBS. V aT^T.i •.-•7 :r V. I ll f^BL« v w Series No. 525. Singapore, September, 13, 1955. rnce iv vviivS jp vf* x *****110^45 words
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Article40 1956-09-13 2 TAN SHW SIN. Ja - TAN SHW SIN. Ja v*£ ed “Malacca Cabifter i appeared*!on August 31 you took certain Alcouncillors yto task ing office iii a Council withority was ItSS™**' JkM s5° named forgotten that there When tihft 1Uffltq#»r*q (wm| y40 words
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Article11 1956-09-13 2 m&viM RANJAN *«hS - m&viM RANJAN *«hS^ JTjp/jJl SUPPORT legislation for11 words
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Article144 1956-09-13 2 SON7**? Tift musavt aun sm '.Ttisa nwSflwT. v - SON 7 Tift musavt aun sm '.Ttisa nwSflwT. v **<f SWttibihm. THE reply given by Tengku Abdul Rahman, to the unwarranted and uh-caU-ed-fer statement made by the leaders of the P.A?IP to a slap In the face for them; I once thought that they.144 words
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Article80 1956-09-13 2 EmpText - EmpText Alor Star. KS *a&S2?2.'' *Tt‘ar"' mmtj V! kindly tell me the w" 11 l ssajr O. >5^ a-*'- rj, 2+"* ;jpotfl[ yul oiii foreign stdtc at least benefits Mr. Lee docsn'® (enow Communist China If has keen doing Nasser since it c&)ttf into newer il80 words
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Article173 1956-09-13 2 S. C. WONG - S. C. WONG. ®ca££L 1ft25.0uI ft 25. 0u liqMfcfclßSf»sSffiP° 1 deb»uUfSi estatif u i Ottfca cor®rwj an? SSSSL^ wltl "lowii u Q nsaidftrfiri a b ontate for fl£iSnL h< th e hESSS* re v a 5 .^dlMKSBy? OO 1 ds this auJSfL- 1?i J?? 1T173 words
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Article136 1956-09-13 2 1MM tiftti BIN JA’Ai’ AR - 1MM tiftti BIN JA’Ai’ AR. Editor 'vritik Kuala Lumpur. ||a Editor of Kritik mmjfe fsKafe D °^S° ut entire*v erroneous fttto t .A Vri|1 A f T^' \a lftCiUUv lOUlluRlluH K *w HD that “Negara lashes out flit here or .<it|g|^ nonsense or peur headlines, l136 words
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Article50 1956-09-13 2 L - > L. rraxBS is a grea J. .al m 1 the newspai days about boouga 1 vahdglsm. I saw a > h of about twenty year placing nails point tn strategic p ns hBg much' used ro. cSSoard ba he covered with grain pings to keep50 words
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The Straits Budget
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Article601 1956-09-13 3 —Straits Times, Sept. 6. By the standards set in t;./clays when Mr. Marshall in full and continuous c yesterday’s Assembly t .ivite on the Governor’s t t ech must be accounted dull There was no tension, n <> fury. Better so. Singapore lived through a lifetime—Straits Times, Sept. 6. - 601 words
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Article607 1956-09-13 3 —Straits Times, Sept. 7. The vote of confidence which Mr. Lim Yew Hock received in the Singapore Assembly yesterday was as impressive as even the most optimistic of Chief Ministers could have hoped for. There was no dissenting voice, no abstention. This result was by itself—Straits Times, Sept. 7. - 607 words
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Article758 1956-09-13 3 —Straits Times, Sept. 8. A week of discussion in Peking has brought out the difficulties as well as emphasised the promise of Malayan trade with China. Some of the difficulties are Malayan made. There are two trade missions, not one, and both are unofficial. Leaders of the—Straits Times, Sept. 8. - 758 words
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Article423 1956-09-13 3 —Straits Times, Sept. 8. The Singapore Legislative Assembly approved yesterday, with relatively little protest and apparently not even much interest, the revised estimate of the cost of the Polytechnic. Let this act be remembered to the Assembly’s discredit. When the project, planned on this grandiose scale, is completed,—Straits Times, Sept. 8. - 423 words
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Article710 1956-09-13 4 —Straits Times Sept. 10. Considerable progress has been made by the Singapore Government in its detailed study of the report of the Malayanisation Commission submitted last February. In view of the scope and complexity of the report—not to mention the absence of members of Government for the—Straits Times Sept. 10. - 710 words
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Article775 1956-09-13 4 —Straits Times, Sept. 11. For 169 years the island of Penang has been a free port, enjoying a status which has been unimpaired except for the relatively brief war years and a very short period during the British Military Administration. Without this freedom of the movement—Straits Times, Sept. 11. - 775 words
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Article672 1956-09-13 4 —Straits Times, Sept. 12. Unless Penang is assured of free port status, it would rapidly degenerate into a fishing village. This was one of the more lurid visions with which some islanders terrified themselves in the days of the B.M.A. It is now being revived, although, as—Straits Times, Sept. 12. - 672 words
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Article94 1956-09-13 4 PHILLIPS: To Joan and Joe a daughter, Jane Elizabeth. Sister to Laura at Johore Bahru 28.8.56. CAMPBELL: To Blrgitta an«l Jimmy a son. Mark, on 3rd September at Singapore Nursing Home. ROGERS To Nancy and Prank at K.K. Hospital on Sept. 9, a son. NUNES: To Pam and Henry,94 words
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Article, Illustration1021 1956-09-13 5 0 N Wednesday the Houses of ParliaE ment will meet in one of the most imE portant emergency sessions in their his- tory. They will have j to decide whether j the British and the French shall “go it j alone” or1,021 words
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733 1956-09-13 5 I was a small boy I naturally owned a catapult. Among the most satisfactory inanimate targets were street lamps, and I conceived the ambition to break every lamp in a certain r oad that ran through T he woods in Bourneaiuith, my home733 words
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Article287 1956-09-13 6 SINGAPORE, Sept. 9. JWO SCHOOLBOYS were swept to their deaths by the backwash of three warships as they bathed off Marine Parade. Katong, yesterday. The Marine Police recovered the bodies of Abdul Ghani bin Abdul Rahman, 13, and Harry Charles, 16, aftei a four-hour287 words
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Article131 1956-09-13 6 V LUMPUR, Sept. 9. The Selangor branch of UMNO has decided to ask the Federation Government to help give security to Malay farmers and fishermen in the state. A meeting of the UMNO committee on agriculture and fisheries held here last night decided to approach131 words
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Article60 1956-09-13 6 SINGAPOKRE, Sept. 10 Mr. Goh Joon Yap, 32, and Mr. Lim Soon Chye. 27, both of the Public Works Department, left Singapore for Britain by BOAC yesterday for further studies at the Brighton Technical college on Government scholarships. Mr. Goh will take a fhreeyear course in60 words
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Article215 1956-09-13 6 SINGAPORE, Sept. 9. blazed as eight w Venom jet fighters screamed over the Australian destroyer Anzac in the Straits of Johore yesterday. On the bridge stood the Federation Chief Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, with cotton plugged into the ears and a fascinated look on the face.215 words
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Article, Illustration9 1956-09-13 6 HOLIDAY MOOD Photo by K. S. Kong.Photo by K. S. Kong. - 9 words
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Article283 1956-09-13 6 KI ALA Lr.MPrR, Sept.!). Customs Preventive Branch reckons it is diddled of about $lOO,OOO a month by smugglers evading duty on goods brought from Penang to the mainland. There is “considerable” smuggling at Butterworth by passengers and petty traders and an average of 100 people are caught283 words
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218 1956-09-13 6 If LUMPUR, Sept. 9. The Selangor traffic chief, Mr. Nelson Freeborn, has deplored the imposition of more restrictions on already harassed motorists. He has told the traffic advisory committee that it should have a bold programme to solve the problems, but no more218 words
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Article41 1956-09-13 6 JOHORE BAHRU. Sept. 5 Mr. T. R. D Eakin. of Layang Rubber Plantations, Kluang. has been appointed a rubber supervising officer under the Rubber Dealers’ Enactment. He will succeed Mr. PC. de G Down, of Coronation Estate. Kluang.41 words
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Article566 1956-09-13 7 TUAN DJEK - Countryman’ s Journal TUAN DJEK morning two Malay agricultural assistants called at the pjsun to give the Cook advice about banana cultivation. thev were leaving one fiViem picked up a durian tint’ bad eluded the kid’s eve.', ears and noses. The Tuan remarked that one mat would not go far566 words
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Article107 1956-09-13 7 SINGAPORE, Sept. 10 St. John AmA bulance Brigade in Singapore has trained men and ambulances but no first-aid box at its headquarters. A man went to the H.Q. recently asking for a cut to to be treated. Embarrassed members improvised treatment for him. Writing to the brigade’s107 words
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130 1956-09-13 7 M A LUMPUR, Sept. 7. VusUms taking part in prophet Mohamed’s birth•‘y celebration procession next month have <*n advised to confine ;£™V* lves strictly to Ranting salutations to Tl J he Prophet. irnr P if Sident the Selan?JL branc h of the130 words
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Article1011 1956-09-13 7 H. F. PEARSON - H. F. PEARSON yyHEN the ship Unity sailed into the Singapore roads it was soon known that she had a cargo of European merchandise for sale. That was in September, 1820, when trade was just starting in Singapore, and her visit was hailed by the merchants. But,1,011 words
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Article91 1956-09-13 7 (From the Straits Times of Sept. 9, 1906) mHE King of Greece has X rejected the proposals of the combined Powers in regard to reforms in the Isle of Crete. In connection with this Reform Movement fears of prosecution are entertained by thousands of people, and the(From the Straits Times of Sept. 9, 1906) - 91 words
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Article83 1956-09-13 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Sept. 7. A Malayan Civil Service officer in the Ministry of Internal Defence and Security is to w r ork in the War Office in London for four months. He is Inche Abdul Kadir bin Shamsuddin, 36, acting principal assistant secretary for the Federation83 words
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134 1956-09-13 7 SINGAPORE. Sept. 8. Elections to be held in Singapore next year for the City Council and new District Councils will require nearly $60,000 worth of additional equipment. The Chief Secretary, Mr. W. A. C. Goode, explained this in the Legislative Assembly yesterday when Mr.134 words
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Article, Illustration2458 1956-09-13 8 We were right in attacking the Alliance, says Lee SINGAPORE, Sept. G. THE Chief Minister of Singapore, Mr. Lim Yew Hock, won his first big test in the Legislative Assembly yesterday. When the Assembly meets again today to approve a formal motion of thanks to2,458 words
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576 1956-09-13 8 “The Government proposes to reopen talks with the Colonial Office by April next year for complete internal self-government. “If the talks are successful a new constitution will come into being and if we fail the purpose of my accepting office576 words
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202 1956-09-13 9 SINGAPORE, Sept. 6. MORE demonstrations will be allowed outside or around the Singapore Legislative Assembly while it is in session. Yesterday, on a motion by the Chief Minister, Mr. Lim Yew Hock, the House unanimously decided to ask202 words
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285 1956-09-13 9 NEGARA LASHES OUT AT LONDON TRIPS K LUMPUR. Sept. 5. The Sultan of Johore was today asked to stay in his state and rule —or abdicate. The “Kritik”, edited by Dato Sir Onn bin Ja’afar, president of Party Negara and the Federation’s former285 words
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Article65 1956-09-13 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Sept. 5. The Incorporated Society of Planters has decided to revert to its former status as a company and no longer be a trade union. This is stated in the latest issue of the I.S.P journal, the Planter. “We found we could65 words
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Article, Illustration1498 1956-09-13 10 ‘He’s just another actor...and the biggest stumbling block to merdeka People’s champion? ‘But Mr. Lee likes beer and golf’ SINGAPORE, Sept. 7. rpHE severest-ever attack on the People’s 1 Action Party leader, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, was made in the Legislative Assembly1,498 words
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312 1956-09-13 10 SINGAPORE, Sept. 7. pACTORY managements in Singapore yesterday disagreed with a statement on strikes by the P.A.P. assemblyman, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, in the Legislative Assembly on Sept. 5. Mr. Lee said: “No factory that has suffered a strike has shut down. “No factory has312 words
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Article, Illustration458 1956-09-13 11 Money going west? Oh no —banker sixdAPom:, sept. 7. rllK Legislative Assembly was told by a banker yesterday that the flight of capital from Singapore had been “grossly exaggerated” and that the C olony’s finances were in “fine shape.” Rising to support the Government and to “dispute the ridicule*’ which458 words
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Article184 1956-09-13 11 IPOH, Sept. 6. The A Commander-in-Chief Far East Land Forces, Lieut.-General Sir Francis Festing, and his eldest son, John, 18, had a narrow escape here this afternoon when the helicopter in which they were travelling crashed a few minutes after take-off. After the crash, General Festing184 words
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Article150 1956-09-13 11 'He is incorrigiblesays prosecutor SINGAPORE. Sept. 7. U'HILE ON bail awaiting trial on a kidnap charge, Ahmad bin Shaikh Mohamed, 21, broke into a Bridge Road textile shop, a Singapore district court was told yesterday. The shopkeeper, K. Zacijadia. caught Ahmad on June 27 as150 words
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Article69 1956-09-13 11 SINGAPORE, Sept. 7. SEVEN Federation nurses left Singapore yesterday in the Blue Funnel ship Charon for a three-year training course in Australia under the Colombo plan Eighty-six Federation nurses will be doing advanced training courses in Australia by the end of the year A large69 words
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Article581 1956-09-13 11 That ‘confidence cote SINGAPORE. Sept. 7. THE SINGAPORE Labour Front Coalition GovernA ment won a unanimous vote of confidence in the Legislative Assembly yesterday after a two-day debate on the Governor’s address. The debate ended with an assurance by the Chief Minister, Mr.581 words
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Article238 1956-09-13 11 Malay leaders: He is old and away too often K l AL A LUMPUR, Sept 6. Malay leaders here to- ‘> agreed that the aging "'tan of Johore. now in <>tidi»n on another of his ''sits abroad for health '**asons, should abdicate 'n tavour of238 words
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Article125 1956-09-13 11 The cost of being a motorist SINGAPORE, Sept. 7. lIOW much must a Sin--11 gapore worker earn before he can own a car? Mr. Lee Choon Eng (Independent member for Queenstown) thinks $3OO a month is enough. The question of car ownership was raised125 words
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Article25 1956-09-13 11 JOHORE BAHRU. Sept. 6 Tuan Sycd Zainal Abidin has been appointed State Information Officer, Johore. He was formerly in Kedah and Kuala Lumpur.25 words
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496 1956-09-13 12 SINGAPORE, Sept. S. T'HE People’s Action Party leader, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, attacked the Friends of Singapore, a cultural society, in the Legislative Assembly yesterday for passing on to the Government and the City Council the balance496 words
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Article86 1956-09-13 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Sept. 7 The secretary-general of UMNO. Inche Senu bin Abdul Rahman, today denied a report that the Alliance had agreed on multi-lingualism in the leglsliture. He said the Alliance’s federal election manifesto had laid down that Malay should be the national and official86 words
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Article198 1956-09-13 12 PENANG, Sept. 7. IMMIGRATION authorities in the Federation and Singapore are giving “active consideration’’ to proposals that they should relax their policy on the entry of Japanese into Malaya. A spokesman of the Federation Immigration Headquarters in Penang said today that a joint statement would be198 words
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224 1956-09-13 12 REGULAR RUN-ONE MADE $5OO ON A TRIP SINGAPORE amahs make a nice little profit everytime they go to China for a visit. They leave the Colony laden with something like a ton of goods and always come back emptyhanded. A case in224 words
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Article, Illustration315 1956-09-13 12 Tengku: ‘I would like to base my navy in Singapore SINGAPORE, Sept. 8. OINGAPORE may become a base for the navy the Federation hopes to build up after independence. Impressed after his tour of the Royal Malayan Navy headquarters in the Colony yesterday the Federation Chief Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman,short cruise. — Straits Times picture. - 315 words
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172 1956-09-13 12 Traffic chief gets a threatening letter and a bullet but he’s not worried pENANG, Sept. 7. A threatening letter—accompanied by a live bullet—has been received by Mr. W. Mesney, acting Traffic Superintendent of the Penang Municipal Transport Department. The letter, unsigned, accused Mr. Mesney of having been "responsible for the172 words
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1595 1956-09-13 13 7 WANTED JUSTICE TO BE DONE. TO REDRESS A WRONG’ —COURT TOLD 9 MALACCA, Sept. 6. iU —A Malayan Virwavs clerk, Francis Lee Swi Hong, said here today that alter his fiancee had told him that she had been molested by A. W. B. Acton,1,595 words
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Article53 1956-09-13 13 IPOH, Sept. 9. —Mrs. Leela Balsingam. a teacher in the Anglo-Chinese Girls’ School here, left yesterday afternoon by plane for Singapore on the way to England on a Federal Government scholarship in domestic science. She will rejoin her husband. Mr. W- E. Balsingam, who is studying53 words
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91 1956-09-13 13 IPOH, Sept. 6—Elected and appointed members of Perak State Council will share in a windfall of Each of the 20 elected and seven appointed coun- wrs will receive about SbOfl as arrears of the increase *V° n thly allowance. at e council's privileges committee91 words
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Article37 1956-09-13 13 KUALA LUMPUR. Sept. 9. The Minister for Labour. Mr. V. T Sambanthan. and his wife were entertained to a tea party here this afternoon by the Indian branch of the St. John Ambulance Brigade.37 words
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Article28 1956-09-13 13 SINGAPORE. Sept. 8. Operation “Night Life” to test Singapore’s seaward defences began last night in almost total darkness. Marine police and naval orces patrolled the coast.28 words
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102 1956-09-13 13 KUALA LUMPUR, Sept. 9. PROBATIONARY Police Inspector John Tait, 23. died in an accidental shooting incident in the room of a friend at the police training college, Kuala Kuhu Bahru, on the night of Sept. 7, Tait, a Eurasian, of the Kuala Lipis police102 words
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Advertisement43 1956-09-13 13 STRAITS BUDGET SUBSCRIPTION RATES (PAYABLE IN ADVANCE) The weekly Issue of the Straits Budget can be sent by express air delivery service to the United Kingdom only at an inclusive rate of S24.00 for six months. (ALL THE ABOVE ARE IN MALAYAN CURRENCY)43 words
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1154 1956-09-13 14 MALACCA, Sept. :>. —A pretty 19-year-old Eurasian girl, Hcdwigcs Pavanaris, was unable to explain in court here today how a man could forcibly have carried her upstairs without being spotted by the servants. The man is A. W. B. Acton, a Municipal1,154 words
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94 1956-09-13 14 SINGAPORE. Sept. 6. THE Singapore Government is considering whether it should increase personal relief from income tax. The Financial Secretary. Mr. T. M. Hart, indicated' this in the Legislative Assembly yesterday in reply to a question by Mr. Lee Choon Eng. Mr. Lee asked if94 words
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Article60 1956-09-13 14 SINGAPORE, Sept. 6. Chinese schools will not be compelled to accept full aid from the Government, the Minister for Education, Mr. Chew Swee Kee, said in the Singapore Assembly yester- day. Replying to Mr. Lim Cher Kheng, Mr. Chew gave the assurance that Chinese aided60 words
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Article211 1956-09-13 14 K. LUMPUR, Sept. 5. T'HE dispute between the Malayan Mining Employees’ Union and the Malayan Mining Employers’ Association will go before an industrial court at the Ipoh Town Council Chambers at 9.30 a.m. on Sept. 22. The chairman of the court will be Mr.211 words
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Article121 1956-09-13 14 SEREMBAN Sept- 5. ANEW road linking north and south Malaya is to be opened next week. It will cut down the distance for people going from Singapore to the east coast. The new road, 15 miles long, has been built by Army engineers and links121 words
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292 1956-09-13 14 PENANG, Sept. 5. OIR KAMIL MOHAMED ARIFF today paid tribute to British officials for having educated and encouraged the people of Malaya to accept the responsibilities of self-government. “These officials have bent themselves to that task for 82 years, and it would be noth292 words
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102 1956-09-13 14 K. LUMPUR* Sept. 5. The six-man Alliance working party tonight decided to send a joint memorandum containing unanimous views to the Reid Constitutional Commission. The working party was appointed on Sept. 2 to iron out differences in the final draft of the Alliance memorandum.102 words
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Article304 1956-09-13 15 KUALA LUMPUR, Sept. 7. jvli; FEDERATION Broadcasting Staff Union has raised the question of European officers becoming Malayans and it tells “where the trouble lies.” Its newsletter says: “There are many European r K't'rs who think that becoming Malayans merely m( ‘.-ns a304 words
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92 1956-09-13 15 AALOR STAR, Sept. 6.—A Siamese patrol killed one of three terrorists contacted yesterday near the Kedah border in Siamese territory. The Siamese were cooperating with Malayan Police in “Operation JanQui." when they came across the bandits. A rifle was recovered from the dead terrorist.92 words
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187 1956-09-13 15 K LUMPUR, Sept. 1Y 6. The Alliance is to recommend to the Reid Constitutional Commission that the use of several languages be allowed in the legislature after Malaya attains independence next year. The proposal to introduce multi-lingualism in all councils came from the Malayan Chinese Association187 words
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Article239 1956-09-13 15 SINGAPORE, Sept. 8. yHE International Con- federation of Free Trade Unions in Singapore has asked the United Auto Workers organisation in America to intervene in the wage row between the Ford Motor Company of Malaya and its employees’ union. If the dispute is not239 words
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Article20 1956-09-13 15 PARIT BUNTAR, Sept. 6. Mr. H. Rook, Executive Engineer, Krian, left for England yesterday on long leave20 words
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Article161 1956-09-13 15 KUALA LUMPUR, Sept. 11. THE ALLIANCE will submit its memorandum to the 1 Reid Constitutional Commission next week after four months of discussion. The six-man working party appointed by the Alliance National Council early this month succeeded in ironing out the remaining differences on161 words
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Article141 1956-09-13 15 Vive up’ call to terrorist mother 5'FMBAN, Sept- 6.— Sixty san d leaflets bearing the ,f l '-4raph of a five-week-old abandoned by its terf»,., mother have been into the Kuala Pilah j ie.s picture shows a nurse 1:1,4 baby. An attach- ed letter urges the mother, Sui Ping alias141 words
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167 1956-09-13 15 SINGAPORE, Sept. 8. T'HE multi-million-dollar flood prevention scheme, over which two Singapore engineers disagreed, will now be referred to independent experts in Bri- tain. The Government made this suggestion to the City Council, whose public utilities committee considered the matter at a meeting on167 words
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Article71 1956-09-13 15 SEREMBAN, Sept. 6.—Representatives from the Seremban and Rasah branches of UMNO and Kaum Ibu met here this evening to protest against the proposed increase in assessment rates from 13 per cent to 25 per cent next year. The meeting decided to Invite the M.C.A. and M-I.C. to send71 words
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Article41 1956-09-13 15 JOHORE BAHRU, Sept. 7. Inche Abdul Rahman bin Jaffar has been appointed District Home Guard commander, Batu Pahat with the rank of major and Mr. Cha Peng Hwee, as battalion commander at Cha’ah with the rank of lieutenant-41 words
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Advertisement111 1956-09-13 15 m 4* n tt w* v ytm mm GARDENING in the LOWLANDS of MALAYA m m m M m This gardening Malaya's leading Malayan covered manner, a cross practically Profusely colour plates, seventeen half-tones and fifty-one line drawings, this book is a MUST if you wish to learn about Gardening111 words
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Article, Illustration106 1956-09-13 16 SINGAPORE, Sept. 9. Leaving the church are Mr. and Mrs. Reginald Mons White, after liielr wedding yesterday at St. Peter’s, Naval Base, Singapore. The bride is Margaret Kendall, elder daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G.J. Kendall, of Bridport, Dorset, England. The bridegroom, senior commissioned communica-106 words
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Article432 1956-09-13 16 SINGAPORE, Sept. 11. gINGAPORE teenagers will have a rock-’n-rollin’ time when 1,000 records and two American films featuring the frenzied “music” arrive in the Colony soon. Singapore police are keeping their fingers crossed about our youngsters’ reaction to this stomping, emotion raiser. They will act Immediately if432 words
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236 1956-09-13 16 SINGAPORE, Sept. 10. SINGAPORE’S economic policy must be changed now that it is marching towards selfgovernment, the Minister for Commerce and Industry, Mr. J. M. Jumabhoy, told the Straits Times yesterday. The Colony’s entrepot trade, which had dwindled recently, would not be able to support its236 words
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Article110 1956-09-13 16 pENANG, Sept. 10. 1 There is no difference between capitalism and communism, says the annual report of the Port Commission Employees Union. The report—to be presented at the union’s annual meeting on Sept. 16—goes on to say: “Socialism is the only answer to the110 words
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Article600 1956-09-13 16 Kl ALA LUMPUR, Sept.!) RECOMMENDATION that Penang should cease to be a free port but should be included in the Federation’s principal tariff area will be put before the Legislative Council on Sept. 12. It is contained in a majority report by live of the600 words
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Article44 1956-09-13 16 KUALA TRENGGANU, Sept. 10.—The Sultan of Trengganu today opened a new ninemile long road linking KuaiBrang and Kampong Sekayu. in Ulu Trengganu District. The road was built by kampong people using materials supplied by the Rurai and Industrial Development Authority.44 words
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236 1956-09-13 17 SINGAPORE, Sept. 12. i 0( AL DEALERS, who had been talking for (?ays of Chinese purchases of Malayan rubber in the region of 20,000 to 30,000 tons for immediate shipment, received a rude awakening rday Many traders were a ma/ed when it was announced236 words
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Article101 1956-09-13 17 ALOR STAR, Sept. 10.—The first woman terrorist killed in the ‘white’ area of Sungei Patani has been identified as Ah Ying, a member of the Padang Lembu terrorist organisation in central Kedah. Aih Ying, 20, a Teochew, entered the jungle in 1954. She was101 words
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Article31 1956-09-13 17 SINGAPORE, Sept. 12. Police found 268 anti-Com-munist posters in five leading Chinese schools in Singapore yesterday. They were issued by a body of pupils who styled themselves “Free Students.”31 words
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Article33 1956-09-13 17 Back —to teach JOHORE BAHRU, Sept. 11— Che Ramah, daughter of Mr. Justice Hamid, who returned recently from a domestic science course in England, has been posted tc the Domestic Science School, here.33 words
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Article293 1956-09-13 17 K LUMPUR, Sept. 11. Brunei and the Philippines have asked for stands in this year’s Malayan Agri-Horticul-tural Association show to be held here from Sept. 29 to Oct. 2. They have been included as last-minute entries. The M.A.H.A. secretary, Mr. E. C. Jumeaux, said today293 words
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274 1956-09-13 17 SINGAPORE, Sept 11. 'FHE Chief Minister of Singapore, Mr. L.im Yew A Hock, spurred by the backing of all parties in the Legislative Assembly last week, has started work on a new formula to achieve merdeka. He was in jubilant mood yesterday and274 words
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Article45 1956-09-13 17 JOHORE BAHRU, Sept. 10. —Mr. F. T. Laldlaw, superintendent of education in Johore, leaves on Sept. 13 for Britain on a five months’ holidayHe will be succeeded by Mr. D. H. Christie, a former senior Inspector of schools, Negri Sembilan.45 words
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Article47 1956-09-13 17 SINGAPORE, Sept. 12. A BOUT $150,000 worth of opium was seized by the. Singapore Customs from a house in Kheam Hock Road yesterday. The opium weighed about 400 pounds and had a variety of origins from Persia to Siam. A woman has been detained47 words
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Article94 1956-09-13 17 Kt ALA LUMPUR Sept. 11—The ban on visitors to Templer Park, 14 miles north of here, has now been lifted Security forces have Phased th e terrorists out of h’*e area and it is quite safe r trippers to go there n °'v,' said a94 words
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Article37 1956-09-13 17 SINGAPORE, Sept. 11. The Singapore Government is to spend $lOO,OOO on building seven new offices, two fire escapes and the installation of a fire alarm system in the secretariat building in Empress Place.37 words
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256 1956-09-13 17 KLANG, Sept. 11. FORMER Selangor State footballer, J. P. Mitchell, 40, a Sinhalese, was today sentenced in the Sessions Court here to 18 months’ Jail on three charges of cheating. Inspector Ignatius Pereira told the court that in April this year Mitchell approached256 words
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Article359 1956-09-13 17 Colony's big problem: Homes for the little man SINGAPORE, Sept. 12. I 1 E Singapore Govemncnt faces a big problem :i building permanent m U os M° r the thousands r umi hes earning under a month at rents they m afford x > manager359 words
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1255 1956-09-13 18 EPSOM JEEP - By EPSOM JEEP SINGAPORE, Sept. 9. pAYBROOK, with champion jockey Garnet Bougoure astride, scored his third win off the reel when he whipped a Class Two field by three lengths in the nine-furlong Stewards Cup race at Bukit Timah yesterday, concluding day of the Singapore1,255 words
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Article914 1956-09-13 18 EPSOM JEEP - By EPSOM JEEP SINGAPORE, Sept. 6. QALA OPENING, a prou mising four-year-old by Persian Gulf, won his second race in three starts when he beat a bright Class 2, Div. 1 field over 6f at Bukit Timah yesterday, second day of the Singapore Turf Club914 words
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Page 18 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous47 1956-09-13 18 TOTAL POOL: $264,396 1ST. *****0 $118,978 2ND. *****2 59,489 3RD. *****4 33,049 STARTERS ($2,542 each): Nos. *****2, *****9, *****3, *****6, *****7, *****2, *****3, *****8, *****1, *****1. *****5, *****3, *****0. CONSOLATION ($1,982 each): *****9, *****5, *****2, *****6, *****3, *****5, *****9. *****3, *****9, *****0. DOUBLE TOTE: 13 tickets ($651).47 words
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Miscellaneous21 1956-09-13 18 BIG SWEEP TOTAL POOL: $306,076 1ST: No. *****8 ($137,734) 2ND: No. *****8 68,867) 3RD: No. *****5 (S 38,259) STARTERS ($2,943 each):21 words
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Article383 1956-09-13 19 ‘Insult’ storm graduates KUALA LUMPUR Scot 10 \N university graduates in the Federation 1 angry wHfcjie Government for stipulating n auditions of employment which they coni.sulting to the degrees they hold. •>ey atf Calling a mass meeting here on Sept, iscusg wtxat action they should take. deration uepartlneht o! dtlon383 words
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Article35 1956-09-13 19 I noapor*. Sept. 11. Kuddo* Übrn Hajlj 20. an old boy of the High ficftsrtt, left >re by Qan rW)Ad 'ndon ScfaoS of orien- a ~,die «jrf 'tolng ot s Federal35 words
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Article51 1956-09-13 19 SINGAPORE, Sept. U. WINSTON WELLS, 17. «g£K»i*to his Identity card v** outside the Singapore Warhour Board ponce station The policeman did. YeatergflafpSia m charged In trcfe 0 g n the°ca t rd Wl I lUtlU I a. T 4 C| r not paid.51 words
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Article34 1956-09-13 19 ■T' t HCT.W. mwr **7 s SINGAPORE, Sept. It. 29^a 6f1*!££. “returntegySras as a Queen’s Sk&olar- I snip, Wi"iMOrsiugfl jwpcn ium j ywyr8^jw’ ynivcuRiy, f obtaining a doctorate in ,jjgsU34 words
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Article15 1956-09-13 19 atom an $8,10W«0 —°the on3er from ouy siiic sixici I15 words
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Article170 1956-09-13 19 tt iri k %mf r*Fir i^it V.Q 1 oyw\ y> 4 Al| A 'dkG V\ 4 ft -t -,> Q| v»u w. eytrmi Hie msu >pt*?a 01 ms stay in mngaStraits Timei lastweelt IfeJ similar in Ambries. pofig will be under his J C»*C|. XllQy170 words
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Article432 1956-09-13 20 SHARE MARKET By Our Market Correspondent SINGAPORE, Sept 10. “IgETTER all round” sums up in a nutshell the position on the Singapore Share Market and a fair volume of business was transacted particularly in industrials last week. It is a heartening sign that the market generally432 words
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Article12 1956-09-13 20 SWG&rMUL M.U. per lb; (down 1 cents). mmK\ picul (amrihsiigig).•12 words
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Article42 1956-09-13 20 35 I Si l^b! S ?SLiI > 'ba 1 !ooo 4 ib.r^Sd Keale Reman 145,200 lb. Amalgamated Malay 64,500 lb, 1 Alton*' *2.8*0 in-IMS Kuan tan 70.000 lb., ***** lb. Saiagal Bagan^iSS.oSt! Ayer Motok ***** lb, and Mdt Katil 4X160 lb.42 words
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Article21 1956-09-13 20 Klrcrrtew Robber Eitstes harveotod crop of 150.140 lb. In I .>i. ws■ a •*Pb-3F*jjF TjSSm «i v > A21 words
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Article237 1956-09-13 20 frHE following business I done in the Singapore Share Market last week was reported by one firm of ken for the period September 1 to September 7:INDUSTR1ALH: Alee. Brick Ords. 6160. CVT.S. Ords 27s. 6d„ Eraser and Neave Ords. $1.99 to 62.02, Hammer At Co. $2.65 to 62.92*237 words
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Article23 1956-09-13 20 r The following August outputs by tin oompanles are announoed:Bangai Bidor 673 piculs; Pahang Consolidated 200 tom;' g angel ss.«$ war*23 words
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Article10 1956-09-13 20 »«>■■ T>a ore output mr August 80* 8881 piculs.10 words
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300 1956-09-13 20 THE strongest feature of Singapore ma 1 yesterday was the price of tifl which remaining static for the past two trading l was subjected to a fresh spurt of $1,624, v ,‘h sent it to $391,121 per a Una price300 words
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Article196 1956-09-13 20 Sept 7. laitt W wuk *i*niilffim j' n ted considerable liquidsltlon, states the current rubber review of Holiday, TStrhed their lowest et*q 'JB*£gEL t |Mifc appreciable muiatod by report* that offers were being asked for by China. The trade miarassfrom Singapore MM the Federation to China196 words
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Article274 1956-09-13 20 SINGAPORE. Sept. U. I c& m 9mvn mii& ML%si AtegBrlct# JSP S«l Lit tie I Ore. .j Lo» urST T1 M*M «m 13 00 IfeorMi B. B. Petrol 67/- «o/. 8a m* a .sal. wfr 4S; 1:8 TS? 6 00 Ass 3.10 cd rh -i? »BSr-«r.v-.. *8274 words
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Article49 1956-09-13 20 I fJLjilm n* 2JL. Pi> 1 1 1 la&OO lb united Malacca lbiiw'lMck 29,395 lb.; Bin ten 114. 49.500 lb: 41 722 lb; Ayer FftnM 69.30' C.lenealv 72 500 lb.’ Xloans -V 121 000* lb T»Usi 23 600 Telik AnaoA* 47.282 and uhi B«nat 37.000 lb. SE&r49 words
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Article15 1956-09-13 20 4lunilt niMuir rrntM notffletl I 313 900 lb. M (July 13.800 lb.ji >v».15 words