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The Straits Budget
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Title Section35 1956-12-27 1 The Straits Budget THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES MALAYAN NATIONAL NIWSPAftt New Series No. 540. Singapore, December 27, 1956. 7./ 7 V l T, v r Price 40 cehts (Malayan) Or 1 Shilling. ■■»'■> ■<.35 words
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331 1956-12-27 2 J. MARTIN - J. MARTIN Kuala Lumpur. rE issue of racipg broadcast has been heatedly discussed by correspondents in your columns for some years Your own Cynlcus often adds his own caustic observations to tht general castigation of Radio Mala-' ya. a Mr. R. K.331 words
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231 1956-12-27 2 ILN. D - ILN.D. Singapore. 1I/HILE the’ suggested ff appointment of a Mt4 layan Asian as the tant Bishop of the Diocese of Singapore may be “a very fine Christian gesture* on the part of the Bishop' of Singapore,” lfet not one essential fact be overlooked. .wv. A231 words
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Article138 1956-12-27 2 CHEN SING LI AN - CHEN SING LI AN. Klang. AT tne reunion dinner of the Klrkby Guild In Kuala Lumpur, the 0€lahvgor Chief Education Officers Mr. K. D. Luke said that “shy. diffident boys and girls came back foil Of selfconfidence and rsgoy to take their places as leaders of the teaching138 words
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Article95 1956-12-27 2 OBSERVER - OBSERVER Kuala LtunpuT^ II READ in your paper recently that a sChemp to check and prevent theft of rubber was shelved on the ground* that the present? price bf the/ commodity would not make theft worthwhile. As an individual who has been -cOanectecL with v the. .planting95 words
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Article154 1956-12-27 2 B. T - B.T. Singapore. 1FEEL that attention should be drawn to the fact that although the Emergency has been- with- us for eight yeafs, members,ol the Volunteer Force. .Home Guard and 'Police "Volunteer Reserve who take an active part in the Emergency ate not entitled to any award. Against154 words
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Article148 1956-12-27 2 DUAL CONTRIBHOR - DUAL CONTRIBHOR Singapore Qovemnv r.r h 8 Jg** 1 ln tention Introduced the Ce d 1 dent Pj«M* 8chen,e."it w to provide prute u workers In their olo M However the Oovei should take not-- :l m problems-that have since the Introtl .S the Fund Some were148 words
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Article88 1956-12-27 2 J.T. S - J.T.S. Singapore 1AM leaving Malaya today. Before I go I would like to say haw much I love this beautiful country. I have found only kindness and friendship smiles and cheerfulness. In a world so lull of nasty things 1 have found Malaya full of goodness and* from88 words
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Article63 1956-12-27 2 D. ROBERTSON - D. ROBERTSON Cameron Highlands. VO UR special feature about the “Exploit of the Aider Emden at Penang” published r>ec 15 contains the s' u n:r 4 !iV. “me: chant ships <t tnis time (October 1PM» did not carry wireless—” This is incorrect. Merchant .s were fitted63 words
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Article46 1956-12-27 2 pRO-LIB-S(V - pRO-LIB-S(V Singapore Iand hundreds of vi of Tlong Bahru <v tuency welcome 11 nouncement by Mr Tan, the Secretary of the Liberal i nr Party, that the next general election tfould be their “integrity, incorrup tibility and .spirit of self sacrifice’* fl „_cmr46 words
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Article82 1956-12-27 2 \. C - \.C. Penang. .•’>¥£/ 1 5 t npHERE is a lot of talk about Merdeka. I for y one would welcome.*lSl along with it oomss more employment, less taxation, more houses and sufficient food for the people. **Tcan assure the Oovefn- i that it will fcet the full:*82 words
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Miscellaneous41 1956-12-27 2 1 l. >’vv rfr v i Ifl 1 /5 b i o f* X h V V.' decorations ut an essential pert of the gaiety of Christmas... the whole family is town closer together by the frotflo links of paper chain.*’41 words
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The Straits Budget
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Article543 1956-12-27 3 —Straits Times, Dec. 20. An emergency meeting cu the smgapore n.okKien /laudation wni noid toaay that wUI be oi very great importance to Chinese education in the Coiony its committee is to decide wnether the association shomu accept iun Government aid for the hve schools whicn it—Straits Times, Dec. 20. - 543 words
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Article395 1956-12-27 3 —Straits Times, Dec. 20. Local government, as Taiping endures it, can be a fearful thing. Early last month Taiping Town Council approved the new rateable values recommended by its revaluation committee. The increases in many cases were considerable, in one instance as much as 9,000 per cent.—Straits Times, Dec. 20. - 395 words
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Article546 1956-12-27 3 —Straits Times, Dec. 21. The weathercock uncertainty of Singapore’s constitutional prospects rouses a scepticism not easily dispersed. No-one has forgotten how swiftly the careiess rapture of April gave way to Marshallian ‘‘storm signals.” One famous night there were yamsengs in champagne. All too soon it was—Straits Times, Dec. 21. - 546 words
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Article254 1956-12-27 3 —Straits Times, Dec. 21. The Federation in ib. forest policy has been unable, it appears, to see the wood for the trees. Policy has been “nebulous”, states the annual report on Federa forest administration, accepted only “in principle” by tht State and Settlement Governments. Following a survey of—Straits Times, Dec. 21. - 254 words
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Article609 1956-12-27 3 —Straits Times, Dec. 22. The principle of the defence treaty which the Federation mission is negotiating in London presents no difficulty Broad agreement on most aspects of the treaty was reached, in fact, at the ta.ks in Kuala Lumpur. Britisn and Commonwealth forces will be welcome in—Straits Times, Dec. 22. - 609 words
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Article310 1956-12-27 4 —Straits Times, Dec. 22. The Singapore Government has agreed to hold open for another three months its offei of iuil aid to the Chinese schools if they accept the same control as aided schools of other types. The money has been there for the taking since—Straits Times, Dec. 22. - 310 words
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Article266 1956-12-27 4 —Straits Times, Dec. 22. The townsman’s passionate (but distant) attachment to the kampong way of life is not shared by the kampong people themselves. The villager stubbornly refuses to appreciate that he and his kind are the backbone of the nation. The stability and security of the country—Straits Times, Dec. 22. - 266 words
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Article663 1956-12-27 4 —Btraits Times. Dec. 24. By the Queen’s favour, George Town is to be raised to the status and dignity of a City from January next year, five years after Singapore received this Royal honour. It is (to quote the British Home Office ruling of 1927)—Btraits Times. Dec. 24. - 663 words
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Article476 1956-12-27 4 —Straits Times, Dec. 24. The military coup in Central Sumatra cannot have taken the Indonesian Government by surprise. For weeks there had been warning rumblings Army commanders in Sumatra were at logger-heads with the General Staff in Jakarta, and were prepared to question tneir orders. The—Straits Times, Dec. 24. - 476 words
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Article545 1956-12-27 4 —Straits Times, Dec. 25. “wherein the Prince of U,|, his reign of peace upon earth began.” In our own times peace has seemed with sad frequency to b e beyond our attainment. At afi l0(J many Christmases the bu E i t ,c of battle have sung• — «■ —Straits Times, Dec. 25. - 545 words
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Article397 1956-12-27 5 RONALD BAXTER - From RONALD BAXTER I ONDON, Dec. 18.—The two Chief Ministers from Malaya and the Colonial Secretary, Mr Lennox Boyd, today took part in their most unimportant talks yet. Tengku Abdul Rahman tin* Federation Chief Minister. was the first to call at the Colonial Office at 11.30397 words
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Article220 1956-12-27 5 SINGAPORE, Dec. 19. FIVE big Singapore Chinese schools built at a cost of about $5 million may be closed next year. They have 7,500 pupils. The reason is that the Hokkien Association, which sponsors the institutions, is reluctant to receive a full Government grant220 words
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Article, Illustration947 1956-12-27 5 SINGAPORE, Dec. 25. pEACE on earth to men of good will! Do the words ring false? What about events in Hungary and Egypt? The riots in Posnan? The mass treason trial in South Africa? The guerrilla warfare in947 words
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Article1238 1956-12-27 6 CYNILTS - As I was saying CYNILTS WITH Mr. Lim Yew Hack’s further exploration of citizenship proposals in mind I turned to the roll of Colony legislators and found, not I confess to my surprise, that about one-third of them may be disenfranchised if the present statute is changed. Excluding the three1,238 words
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Article, Illustration7 1956-12-27 6 SUNSET By K. S. Kong.— By K. S. Kong. - 7 words
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Article541 1956-12-27 6 TUAN IVIl H - TUAN IVIl H QN the 12th. TYMOTW* called early at the Dusun to warn the Tuan that he had had a signal from the Bukit that a flood was expected within 24 hours, and that he was to see to the provisioning of his estate shop. T., painfully541 words
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Article91 1956-12-27 6 The Straits Times December 22. 1906. IT IS satisfactory to learn that the Malay States have scored successfully at the Ceylon Rubber Exhibition. and among the prizes secured by them is the first for the best commercial sample of rubber. Lanadrom Estate has more than fulfilled theThe Straits Times December 22. 1906. - 91 words
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1492 1956-12-27 7 A STAFF WRITER - Malaya had a slight adverse balance at trade in the first nine months of this year But the economic experts are not unduly worried. It is a sign that the public has1,492 words
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Article209 1956-12-27 7 JOHORE BAHRU, Dec. 19. 'PHE shooting box ol 1 the Sultan of Johore and his Istana at Muar are to be converted to senior rest houses because their maintenance is costing the State so much money. But a select committee whose report on Johore’s 1957 budget209 words
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1064 1956-12-27 8 IPOH, Dec. 19.—The editor of the Sin-, gapore Standard, R. B. Ooi, and the paper’s columnist, Aster Gunasekera, were each fined $2,000 in the Supreme Court here today for “a most serious” contempt ot court. In addition, they each have to pav $250 towards costs.1,064 words
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306 1956-12-27 8 SINGAPORE, Dec. 20. LEAST 60 per cent of the expatriates in the Singapore Police Force may leave next year when Malayanisation comes into effect, a Straits Times survey shows. All the expatriates were asked at the weekend to complete forms stating whether or not306 words
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338 1956-12-27 8 TOP PARTY MEN TO DEBATE ‘REBELS’ Kuala lumpur, Dec. 19.—The Alliance chief, Tengku Abdul Rahman, has charged the committee of the party’s Johore State branch with indiscipline. His report, warning that the party will disintegrate if affiliates do not obey headquarters, will be considered338 words
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Article59 1956-12-27 8 KUALA LUMPUR. D c A U The Selangor Eurasian a>> ciation here today offeied scholarships for Eun children. One scholarship for S I2( J for a boy o r girl passed from standard this year. fr r The other, worth $240. is a boy or girl59 words
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Article427 1956-12-27 9 LONDON. Dec. 19. gINGAPORE S Chief Minister, Mr. Lim Yew Hock, said here today that he had reached agreement with the Colonial Office on the holding of a full-scale conference in London to draw up a new Singapore constitution next February or March. P Mi. Lim427 words
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Article88 1956-12-27 9 RONALD BAXTER - From RONALD BAXTER LONDON. Dec 19.—Singapore’s first local Governor-General may be chosen from the Federation. This is what Mr. Lim Yew Hock is telling influential people in London. Mr. Lim has been at pains to tell them he has nothing at all against Sir Robert88 words
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163 1956-12-27 9 SINGAPORE, Dec. 20. "VfOTOR firms in Singapore -i** expect fewer orders for home delivery of cars in Britain now that petrol rationing has been introduced there. A leading dealer said yesterday that some prospective customers were reluctant to place orders at this juncture. There163 words
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Article57 1956-12-27 9 SINGAPORE, Dec. 20. Thakin Thein Maung, the Deputy Speaker of the Burmese Parliament, arrived In Singapore by KLM yesterday with Thakin Aye Maung, a Burmese M.P. They told reporters at the airport that they were here on a week’s holiday, adding they would like to meet57 words
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Article203 1956-12-27 9 SINGAPORE, Dec. 20. ItfORE THAN 15 people were injured during half an hour’s rioting between strikers and new workers at the Lee Pineapple Factory at the eighth mile Scudai Road, Johore Bahru, yesterday afternoon. Four trucks, carrying police armed with wicker shields and203 words
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Article155 1956-12-27 9 SINGAPORE, Dec 20. rE Singapore Director of Education, Mr. D. McLellan, said yesterday that he had not yet replied to the Government on its offer of continued employment when the Malayanisation programme takes effect on Jan. 1. He would not say whether he intended to155 words
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Article512 1956-12-27 9 12 OTHERS HURT BY ROARING WALL OF ROCKS, EARTH TANA RATA, Dec. 19— Two British soldiers were killed in the landslide that swept across the Tapah Cameron Highlands Road last night. Another four are seriously injured and eight Gurkhas slightly injured. The British troops all512 words
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Article71 1956-12-27 9 SINGAPORE, Dec. 20. The Singapore Telephone Board expects to connect more than 15.000 new telephones in the next three years, the general manager, Mr. J. A. Gagan, told the Straits Times yesterday. When the board took over the Oriental Telephone Co. two years ago, there were 20.87571 words
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207 1956-12-27 10 SINGAPORE, Dec. 20. piNEAPPLES worth 1 thousands of dollars are rotting in pineapple canneries’ yards as tin* result of a crisis in the industry in Singapore and Johore. It ha.', bi*t*n brought about by labour unrest at two of the largest canneries in207 words
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Article, Illustration93 1956-12-27 10 SINGAPORE, Dec 20. MISS LAU BIAU CHIN, 28, much-travelled Singapore pianist, is in Britain again this time to get married. Miss Lau returned to Singapore from Britain in the husan soon after the October riots after finishing a 15-month course at the93 words
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Article89 1956-12-27 10 JOHORE BAHRU, Dec. 20 Twenty-one pineapple cannery workers, including four young women, were charged today in the Johore Bahru magistrate’s court with fighting in a public place at Scudai They were all residents ot Singapore, employed at the Le P pineapple factory. They pleaded not guilty89 words
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709 1956-12-27 10 POLICEMAN TELLS RIOT TRIAL: SINGAPORE, Dec. 20. acting Deputy Superintendent of Police, Mr. B. N. Finch, of the Special Branch, told the Singapore Fourth District Court yesterday that he had to open fire during the raid on the Singapore Factory and709 words
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163 1956-12-27 10 TANA RATA, Dec. 20— Through traffic was restored on the TapahCameron Highlands road this morning. But only a single line of vehicles of less then five tons, loaded, is permitted on the four-mile stretch of the road from 33rd to 36th which had been163 words
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Article342 1956-12-27 10 RONALD BAXTER - From RONALD BAXTER T ONDON, Dec. 20 Singapore's Chief Minister, Mr. Lu n Y Hock, is chalking triumph after triumph in his own quiet W a v here. After last night’s television appearance widely prated by everyone I know who sa" it he went straight342 words
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Article65 1956-12-27 10 SINGAPORE. Dec- 21. MR. L. C. HAWKINS oi the London Tr J: port Executive will v»s' l Singapore for about weeks from Jan. to a vise the Governmen how to carry out the ni. recommendations of Transport Inquiry 10,11 mission. Mr. Hawkins was chair man of65 words
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257 1956-12-27 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Dec. 20. 'JpHE Federation Rubber Goods Manufacturers’ Association has urged the Government to abolish or reduce immediately import duties on raw materials used in making rubber goods. A deputation from the association told the Assistant Minister ror commerce and Industry,257 words
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150 1956-12-27 11 fOHORE BAHRU, Dec. 20.—A threeman patrol from the intelligence section of the 1st Bn., The King’s Own Scottish Borderers. yesterday killed two terrorists near Yong Peng. But before they died the bandits managed to kill the patrol member who had spotted them—Denti Anak Berian,150 words
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Article181 1956-12-27 11 Technical training chance in New Zealand SINGAPORE. Dec. 21. f FHE New Zealand Government will make available more than 30 new scholarships and a large number of special technical training awards to students from Singapore and the Federation next year. This was dLsclosed yesterday by the181 words
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145 1956-12-27 11 SINGAPORE, Dec. 21. OECRUITING for Singapore’s first locally-raised operational battalion is expected to start early next year. A Government spokesman said yesterday that recruiting would be preceded by a widespread publicity campaign. The question of rates of pay still remains to be settled145 words
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Article36 1956-12-27 11 SINGAPORE, Dec. 21. The Singapore Chamber Ensemble will present a recital of music by Mozart at 6.30 p.m. on Dec. 29 to mark the closing of the Mozart exhibition at the British Council Hall.36 words
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Article202 1956-12-27 11 Wanted: 12 law lecturers SINGAPORE, Dec. 21. AN appeal to Malayan lawyers to Join the Faculty of Law of the University of Malaya was made by Professor L. A. Sheridan yesterday. A staff of 12 lecturers Is required. Professor Sheridan said there were at least seven202 words
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Article42 1956-12-27 11 SINGAPORE, Dec. 21. Admiral Sir Alan K. ScottMoncrief, Commander In Chief Far East Station, left his headquarters In Singapore yesterday by air for a fiveweek tour of Hong Kong and Manila. He Is due back in Singapore on Jan. 26.42 words
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Article570 1956-12-27 11 SINGAPORE, Dec. 21. Colony is threatened with two strikes over the Christmas season one from 1,300 clerks working in 10 banks and the other from Malayan Airways Local Employees Union. The clerks members of the Singapore Bank Employees Union met at the Victoria Memorial570 words
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Article141 1956-12-27 11 SINGAPORE. Doc. 21. /CHINESE import-export merchants in Singapore want the Government to withdraw its proposed luxury tax. They say it would cause irreparable damage to the Colony’s free port status. A spokesman for the Singapore Overseas Chinese importers and Exporters Association told the Straits Times141 words
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Article613 1956-12-27 12 Government departments, banks, Malayan Airways involved in industrial unrest SINGAPORE, Dec. 22 SINGAPORE is threatened with a wave ot strikes during the Christmas season. Ten banks, Malayan Airways and departments are involved in disputes with trade unions. The 1 300 bank employees—members of the Singapore Bank613 words
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78 1956-12-27 12 SINGAPORE, Dec. 24. MUSLIMS from the Federation and Singapore who wish to go on pilgrimage to Mecca next year will have to pay more for their passages. The increases range from 10 to 13 per cent. The existing passage rates are $55078 words
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168 1956-12-27 12 Kuala lumpur, Dec. 21. —The abilities of the Federation police will be tested “to an even greater extent” after independence, says the High Commissioner. Sir Donald MacGillivray, in a Christmas message to the force today. With independence would come new responsibilities. A temporary168 words
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195 1956-12-27 12 SUNGEI SIPUT, Dec. 20. THE Alliance was soundly defeated in two of three wards in the first-ever local council elections in this town (pop. 11,000) 20 miles north of Ipoh, yesterday. They were beaten by independent candidates who received big majorities. The only seat won195 words
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Article29 1956-12-27 12 IPOH. Dec. 21—The Federation's Assistant Minister for Education, Mr. Too Joon Hing. was re-elected president for the 11th successive year of the Perak CofTee-shop Keepers’ Association yesterday.29 words
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197 1956-12-27 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Dec. 20. —It was ‘‘free drinks all round” at the opening today of one of the Federation’s most unusual army canteens a building erected by four Army men in four weeks at negligible cost. The canteen at the 55 Company197 words
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Article28 1956-12-27 12 PENANG. Dec. 21. The Penang committee of the Nanyang University has collected another $130,000 for the University Fund. Total collected so far is nearly $500,000.28 words
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195 1956-12-27 12 SINGAPORE. Dec. 22 AFTER months of hard work, Singapore’s social research team has reduced the reactions of listeners to Radio Malaya’s Chinese programmes to ‘T.7 per cent favourable” —fewer than one person in 59. The team questioned several thousand Chinese listeners in195 words
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Article53 1956-12-27 12 JOHORE BAHRU. Dec. The Johore Government paid the hospital and uner L expenses of the late Abubakar, son of the Sim* of Johore, wh 0 died m L t don on May 1. The ccst $4,000. i viottThe government has ahoi ed his widow a monthly53 words
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113 1956-12-27 12 JOHORE BAHRU. Dec. 21. pf 1955 me jonore nanru iuwn Council issued a licence permitting a Singapore publicity company to put advertisements on street lamp-posts. Later, when the Sultan of Johorc saw them, he ordered the Mentri Resar to have them removed. This was113 words
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Article908 1956-12-27 13 We stay in the Commonwealth LONDON, Dec. 21 T HE Federation of Malaya’s Chief Minister Tengku Abdul Rahman, has pledged that the country will remain within the British Commonwealth after independence is achieved in August next year. That decision was irrevocable, the Tengku declared—“we will908 words
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Article, Illustration432 1956-12-27 13 SINGAPORE, Dec. 22. AIR Vice Marshal Francis Joseph Bralthwaite, Chief of Staff, Far East Air Force Headquarters, was killed yesterday morning when an RAF Meteor twinjet which he was piloting crashed on the Indonesian island of Pulau Batam. south of Singapore. He was432 words
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249 1956-12-27 13 RONALD BAXTER - From RONALD BAXTER London. Dec. 21.— Full agreement on the Federation of Malaya Defence Treaty was reached today after only 45 minutes of talks in the Colonial Office. The representatives of the Malay Rulers, Tuan Haji Mustapha Alhakri and Inche Abdul Aziz bin Haji249 words
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Article39 1956-12-27 13 SINGAPORE. Dec. 22. A Singapore schoolboy, Peter Lim Hcng Leong, 18, and an Indonesian high schoolgirl, Beatrice Kairpon. 18, left for San Francisco by Pan American Airways yesterday for a thre* month tour of Americas schools.39 words
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Article631 1956-12-27 14 Will 6 members lose seats? SINGAPORE. Dec. 22 'luih President, Mr. J. 1. Reu, told the Singapore City Council last night that there \va> legal doubt about Leuis1 a t i v e Assemblymen, Ministers or persons employed by the Armed Services sitting as members. There are631 words
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Article129 1956-12-27 14 SINGAPORE, Dec. 22 T'HE Singapore Govern- ment has received 2,200 applications for entry into its Chinese middle schools next year. Most of the pupils are children who have just completed their primary education and are now seeking admission to junior middle schools. The Education Ministry’s129 words
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Article98 1956-12-27 14 KUALA LUMPUR. Dec. 21 The Deputy High Commissioner for India in Pakistan, Mr. Nootakki Yenkatesh Rao, has been appointed the Commissioner for the Government of India in Malaya, it was announced here today. Mr. Rao. 45, will succeed Mr R K Tandon who will go98 words
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Article149 1956-12-27 14 SINGAPORE. Dec. 22 3T. Andrew’s Church, in Singapore, lias launched a centenary trust appeal, with a $750,000 1 argot. The trust's aim will bo to form an endowment, over a period of years, and to use it for further development of the church's work, in149 words
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Article421 1956-12-27 14 SINGAPORE, Dec. 22 SINGAPORE Chinese schools have been given another three months to decide whether to accept or reject full Government aid. They had been told to decide by Dec. 31. But yesterday, after a threehour meeting with the schools’ representatives, the Education Minister, Mr.421 words
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Article386 1956-12-27 14 ‘Dignity of a city’ from Jan. 1 PENANG. Dt c* r rHE Federation Government today announced o' r the Queen has ordered that George Town i "eapitar of Penang, be raised to “statu dignity of a city*’ from Jan. 1. The Queen's decision, recorded in the386 words
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Article44 1956-12-27 14 KUALA LUMPUR, Dec. 21.—The Federation Government today rejected the claim by its 60,000 dailyrate workers for increase of a dollar to their daily pay. Acceptance of the claim would have meant an extra wages bill of over $2l million a year.44 words
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Article56 1956-12-27 14 SINGAPORE. Dec. 22. Malay musicians in the Colony are to put their heads together to produce a "typically Malay” national anthem for the Federation. The secretary of the Singapore Malay Musicians’ Federation said yesterday he had called a meeting of all Malay composers and musicians in56 words
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Article93 1956-12-27 14 KUALA LUMPUR. Dec 21. —The Army today announced the of the soldiers of 15/ID Hussars who were killed and injured when a landslide engulfed the armoured troop carrier in which they were travelling on the Cameron Highlands road on Dec 20. Killed: Cpl. S. W. Wells93 words
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377 1956-12-27 15 SINGAPORE, Dec. 23. gUROPEAN staff of Malayan Airways handled four incoming planes at the Singapore Airport on their own yesterday after 600 local employees of the company went on strike at 5 p.m. They will continue to do the work of the strikers, a377 words
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Article73 1956-12-27 15 IPOH. Dec. 23.—Officers and men of the 4th Bn., Malay Regiment, said farewell to their commanding officer, Lt.Col. D.D. Zvegintzov, yesterday. Lt.-01. Zvegintzov, who has commanded the battalion for the past 20 months, left Ipoh by plane for Singapore on his way to England on leave.73 words
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132 1956-12-27 15 SINGAPORE. Dec. 24 LACK of response from Malayan lawyers to take up lectureships will not upset the University of Malaya’s plan to open a Faculty of Law at the beginning of the academic year in September. Prof. L. A. Sheridan, who is to head132 words
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Article26 1956-12-27 15 SINGAPORE, Dec. 24. The Singapore Lodge Theosophical Society gave a Christmas treat to the underprivileged children of Bedok at the Bedok Church yesterday.26 words
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105 1956-12-27 15 SINGAPORE, Dec. 24. T'HE Singapore Government Workers’ Union will today serve the Government with a 14-day strike notice. It will call out its 3.000 members in seven departments if the men’s wage claims are not met by Jan. 8. The decision105 words
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Article188 1956-12-27 15 SINGAPORE, Dec. 24. EMRE broke out at the Oei Tiong Hapi Park home of Mr. R. Suhirman, Singapore manager of the Garuda Indonesian Airways, while he and his wife were at a midnight show, yesterday morning Their timely return at 2.30 am. prevented what might have188 words
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Article344 1956-12-27 15 SINGAPORE. Dec. 23. ASSISTANT Controller of Posts sensed that >( something suspicious" was going on when he found that the postmaster of the Orchard Road post office was unaccountably absent on Nov. 30 this year, the day he went to check the quarterly accounts, a Singapore district344 words
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451 1956-12-27 15 RONALD BAXTER - From RONALD BAXTER LONDON, Dec. 22.— In a gay restaurant celebration last night, Mr. Lim Yew Hock revealed that issues would still have to be fought out with the Colon i a I Secretary in March. One was internal security. The other which seemed451 words
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Article108 1956-12-27 15 SINGAPORE, Dec. 24. T'HE Singapore Government, A announced today that the Queen has approved the appointment of Mr. Murray Buttrose as a puisne judge to fill the vacancy caused by the retirement of Mr. Justice Taylor earlier this year. Mr. Justice Buttrose. an Australian, was108 words
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Article45 1956-12-27 15 SINGAPORE. Dec. 24 The Governor of Singapore, Sir Robert Black, laid the foundation stone of the new $65,000 Anglican Church at Serangoon Garden Estate on Dec. 22. The stone was consecrated by the Lord Bishop of Singapore, the Rt. Rev. H W. Baines.45 words
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Article736 1956-12-27 16 Ankle broken —he didn’t know it TAPAH, Dec. 23. JJRIYER TOM LEE, 19, found yesterday after wandering through dense jungle for 12 days, told his rescuers of “the man who helped save my life.” That man was tough, grizzled Sergeant Ken McConnell, who survived a736 words
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324 1956-12-27 16 IPOH, Dec. 23. TWO people were A slightly injured when a landslide buried two cars on the Cameron Highlands road last night. People in the 10-car convoy told the Straits Times today that it was a miracle that none of them had been killed324 words
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Article39 1956-12-27 16 SINGAPORE, Dec. 24. The new Pakistan High Commissioner in Australia and New Zealand, Lt. Gen. Mohammed Yousuf, arrived in Singapore by air yesterday, on his way to take up his appointment. He leaves for Sydney this morning.39 words
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Article46 1956-12-27 16 SINGAPORE, Dec. 24. The Malayan Chinese Association women’s section, Johore Bahru, will give a New Year party for children between four and 14 years old at the Foong Yu School Hall, Jalan Nelgrum, from 4 to 6 p.m. on Dec. 30.46 words
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236 1956-12-27 16 IPOH, Dec 23 4 N ALLIANCE spokesman today blamed Malayan A Chinese Association voters for their failure to support Alliance candidates in the Sungei Siput local elections cn Dec. 20, as a result of which thev were defeated by independents. “We are referring236 words
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Article91 1956-12-27 16 SINGAPORE. Dec. 24 Brigadier m. f. Brogan, of the Australian staff Corps, has been appointed Brigadier. General Staff G.H.Q. Far East Land Forces’ in Singapore. He succeeds Brigadier I T. Murdoch, also of the Australian Staff Corps, who leaves fo r Britain on Dec. 27 to91 words
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Article36 1956-12-27 16 SUNGEI PATANI Dec. 22 Police here are investigating the circumstances leading to the death of a Kedah trader. Ooi Oon Tean < 681 whose body was found yesterday floating in Sungei Muda.36 words
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Article336 1956-12-27 16 SINGAPORE. Dec. 24. gMPLOYEES of the Singapore Traction Company will meet on Jan. 6 to plan action to enforce their demand for a new wage scheme. This follows the failure of talks with the management on Dec. 20 on pay rates for 2.000 drivers and336 words
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Article27 1956-12-27 16 IPOH, Dec. 22.— Officers ano men of the 4th Battalion Malay Regiment said well to their comma 1 officer, Lieut. Col. DZvegintzov, this mornin c27 words
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293 1956-12-27 17 Lower assessment rates —but are they legal? COUNCIL VOTES AGAINST THE ADVICE OF THE CHAIRMAN RULES PROVIDE FOR 6 WEEKS’ NOTICE TAIPING, Dec. 24. TAIPING Town Councillors this morning defied their chairman and adopted a new resolution on the revaluation of property for assessment purposes. The resolution, backed by the293 words
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195 1956-12-27 17 SINGAPORE, Dec. 25. THE recently-increased Federation duty on goods manufactured in Singapore is sounding the death knell of industry in the Colony, a businessman told the Straits Times yesterday. He was Mr. David Lee. President of the Singapore Manuiacturers’ Association. He warned that more and more195 words
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Article143 1956-12-27 17 SINGAPORE, Dec. 24. AUSTRALIA will export aDuut nail its ltfi)' nee yield to markets in Singapore and the Feder ation The export programme has been made possible as a re suit ot the rice Industry I: Australia having attained trncommercially productive three years after it wa<143 words
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314 1956-12-27 17 CLOSE CO-OPERATION IN ‘GRAND COUNCIL’ SINGAPORE, Dec. 25 pop officials of four L Singapore unions connected with civil aviation are planning a high-level “grand council” to ensure closer co-operation. The proposed council will be comprised of executives from the Malayan Airways Local Employees314 words
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Article108 1956-12-27 17 SINGAPORE, Dec. 25. T'HE 600 striking employees of Malayan Airways in A Singapore are now faced with dismissal. The management yesterday gave them until Dec. 28 to return to work. Those who continue to be absent after Dec. 28 will be dismissed without further notice.108 words
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Article32 1956-12-27 17 IPOH, Dec. 24. Mr. Lee Swee Lum was re-elected chairman of the committee of management of the Ipoh Government Servants’ Cooperative Thrift and Loan Society at its annual meeting here.32 words
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Article72 1956-12-27 17 SINGAPORE, Dec. 25. THE strike threat by 1,200 employees in 10 Singapore banks scheduled to start on Dec. 27. has been called off. This follows a meeting yesterday between the Singapore Bank Employees' Union and the managements which resulted in settlement of some of the72 words
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Article420 1956-12-27 17 RONALD BAXTER - No double trouble yet From RONALD BAXTER ONDON, Dec. 23—Two Chief Ministers sitting under a twinkling Christmas tree last night spoke to hundreds of Malayan students, who packed London’s Malaya Hall. First, there was a typical Malayan tea party—then the guests faced the eager alert a ndipnrp The Chief Minister420 words
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Article67 1956-12-27 17 TANJONO MALIM, Dec. 24. —Mr. H. F. Rowe and his wife, who are resident missionaries of the Inland China Mission at Kalumpang New Village near here, are to go on long leave soon. They will spend part of their 10 months’ leave In England before going to67 words
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Article173 1956-12-27 18 KUALA LUMPUR, Dec. 24. Ihe Federation’s Commissioner of Police. Mr. W. L. R. Carbonell, has recommended to members of the force a resolution to “set aside all persona! considerations and contri bute everything we have to the joint effort so necessary for the good oi173 words
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107 1956-12-27 18 KUALA LUMPUR, Dec. 24. T’HE Pan-Malayan Islamic Party today decided to demand general elections immediately after the country achieves independence on Aug. 31 next year. The party’s annual delegates conference here decided to ask the Federation’s first Paramount Ruler to order a fresh election107 words
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Article239 1956-12-27 18 OBJECTIONS TO CITY STATUS FOR PENANG DROPPED AFTER STORMY 10-HOUR MEETING—THEY CALL OFF BOYCOTT PLANS PENANG, Dec. 24. 'J'HE local branch of UMNO, decided after a heated 10-hour secret meeting last night to drop its objections against the Queen’s elevation of George Town to a city.239 words
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Article71 1956-12-27 18 KUALA LUMPUR, Dec. 24. Driver Thomas Lee will make a special radio-tele-phone call to his mother in England to say “Merry Christmas mummy.” This will be Driver Lee’s special Christmas present from the Army. His mother will receive the call sometime after she has71 words
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Article, Illustration73 1956-12-27 18 SINGAPORE, Dee. 25. CHRISTMAS EVE was 9 great day for Cpl. Peter Hutchins and Evelyn Chong. After a year of waiting they finally got married at the Singapore Registry. They had planned to get married earlier this rear, but Cpl. Hutchins was posted73 words
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Article183 1956-12-27 18 SINGAPORE, Dec. 25. THE Singapore Government intends appointing an A Asian barrister as a puisne judge next year. The person appointed will 3e the second local man to jet a top post in the Judicial department. The first was Mr. Justice Tan Ah Tah,183 words
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Article58 1956-12-27 18 IPOH, Mon Gunt ig New Village in Ipoh, one of the largest in Perak, now nas a library of its own. Many of the 14,000 residents of the village onated furniture, books and cash to set up the library which wa> officially opened ’esterday by the58 words
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Article160 1956-12-27 18 Most of the students have run out of money and have resorted to borrowing from Arab friends because cheque remittance from Malaya cannot be cashed at banks in Egypt and Saudi- Arabia. Letters from the students to friends in Singapore said that many had not paid their160 words
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164 1956-12-27 18 SINGAPORE, Dec. 25. T'HE Yock Eng High School in Singapore has recruited 12 teachers from Hong Kong, r The principal, Mr. Tay Sin Ying, told the Straits Times yesterday: “Everything has been arranged. We are only waiting for the Education Ministry’s approval.” He said164 words
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Article130 1956-12-27 18 KUALA LUMPUR, Dec. 24. Ine National union oi Teachers toaay demanded that the Alliance Uovernment should state whether the teaching profession is an essential service in tne country. The general-secretary of tne union. Mr. Lum Kin Tuck. told the Straits Times that the Government in 1130 words
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Article1086 1956-12-27 19 EPSOM – JEEP - It. EPSOM JEEP SINGAPORE Dec. 23. gYZrANTItJlllii\wlth Jackie Jones up, and Delivery, ridden by Don Paterson, deadheated in the Penang Stakes (Class 1, Div. 2) over a mile yesterday, the first day of the Penang Turf Club's Christmas-New Year Meeting. It was the second dead*: heat1,086 words
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Article74 1956-12-27 19 KUALA LUMPUR, Pec. 23. frUALA TRENGGANU Is still! fa. isolated today by the Con-; tlnued cloning of the north: and south ferry service*. The Trengganu-Kelantan Road Is Impassable to traffic owine to flood waters four feet deeo at the 24-1/2 milestone.’The frater hoW J eveis74 words
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Article332 1956-12-27 19 THE WEEK IN SPORT PROFESSIONAL badminton coach Wong Feng Soon wifi begin intensive coaching on 50 hand picked members of the Singapore Youth Sports Centre next month. v These “special pupils 1 will be picked out from the thousands of boys and* girls who use332 words
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Article201 1956-12-27 19 KUALA LUMPUR, Dec/ *4. INDIA- were given'; ,4 hard fight. hefbre they beat Malaya by four matches to three i. their Asian Zone final of the Über Cup women's international: bddiWhfcon competition last .tfeek. f The Indians' were originally expected to win by, J201 words
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Article232 1956-12-27 19 V 1 .V V I KUALA LUMPUR, Pad 23. j H.Fn t e r s Fpothaii;) Club of Mysore today! scored thflr third sue-! cessive win in; Selftn-! gor when they beat 4 ai F.A.M. Selection by .2*l! on 4 \ths, Princes Road; ground/ >232 words
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Page 19 Advertisements
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Advertisement85 1956-12-27 19 .vjs i.*- j'.iSTRAITS BUDGET. SUBSCRIPTION RATES (PAYABLE |N ADVANCE)' I BlDftpof Town Area i l:«M .v. No Postage WM Br. Empire .forelj (tncladlnf .i (Includtnr Postare) postare) Sinfapofe i Malaya TareUn Quarterly 5.t* 5.75, V *A1& piWbrv lf.S lUj Jfig 1 The weekly Issues of tlie w ««»i Its Bad85 words
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Page 19 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous48 1956-12-27 19 MG v TOTAL POOL: $161,260 > i. No. *****3 (>48,3.8) 2 No. *****4 ($10,351) 3. No. *****9 ($9,675) ($1,727 eaca): Nos. *****0, 207«40, *****8. *****6, *****5, *****7. *****8. j CONSOLATION ($725 •ach): Nos. *****3, *****9, *****7, *****0. *****8, *****7, *****3. *****5. *****3, *****3. TREBLE TOTE: 28 tickets ($22 each).48 words
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Article654 1956-12-27 20 SHARE MARKET By Oar Market Correspondent SINGAPORE. Dec. 24. WELL over average business for the season was transacted on the Singapore Share Market last week and prices, were very steady throughout. Normally at this time of the year the market quietens and buying power dries up654 words
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Article391 1956-12-27 20 THE following business done in the Singapore Share Market last week was announced by one firm of brokers for the period December 15 to December 21:— INDUSTRIALS: Alexandra Brick 7%% Prefs. $1.57%, Fraser Neave Ords. $2.25 to $2.32% Fraser A Neave Prefs. $4, Gammon* $1.98 A $2, Georgetown391 words
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400 1956-12-27 20 By Oar Market Correspondent SINGAJPOl T) ec o<; THE directors of The Maiakka l > Estates Ltd. have embarked oi, e maximum mechanisation, the chai a,. n„,‘ Sir Cheng Lock Tan states in tin vc l(n forty-first annual report published j av Dato400 words
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Article668 1956-12-27 20 Tv: t P- >;* SINGAPORE, Dee. SI. INDUSTRIALS •Ji. Btfn 8»IUn Utx Buck* i.BB 1.00 Onto LIS i.M Atlas let 11.00 (buyers) B. 8. Petrol SO/* 51/- S bf&lSh—*" rnt. io/. so/* Onto 99/. 99/9 Eastern United 99.00 33.00 sd Pad. Lrtspensary 9.11 9.99 Prater a Ncava668 words
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Article291 1956-12-27 20 SINGAPORE, Dec. 21. OKASONAL leinaigy enveO loped the rubber market this a 1 and witn only minor ovei*eas orders business has been confined to mopping Up operations and some forward switching, report Holiday, Cuter, Bath Ltd In spite of this the market has retained291 words
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Article20 1956-12-27 20 The only mart Singapore on Cl lhe u>« picui price «u *388 2g down «1 cem ecdosing price.20 words
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Article33 1956-12-27 20 8hW®r« Chljiw Exeh&nfe: noon prices on December J4J er 0 t u ns. Copra: quiet ;Poc-»“ c $28H •ollws. Oseg®“* rf iers §&g&Ssrssss done* Iguntok rW*® ijt $83 $l^jpeci«4^» raWi K33 words