The Straits Budget, 14 March 1957

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    28 1 The Straits Budget THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES MALAYA’S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER \r< Series No. 551 Singapore, March 14, 1957. Price 40 cents (Malayan) or 1 Shilling.
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  • From THE STRAITS TIMES POSTBAG
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      ESTATE FRAGMENTATION WILL BRING EVILS
      446 2  -  YEOH GtJAN LEONG. President, All-Malayan Estates Staff Unioii. Bagan Datoh. 'FRAGMENTATION of JT rubber estates through the disposal of foreignowned plantations to locally capitalised concerns and their subsequent division into plots for sale to land hungry small-hold-ers, has been most lucrative. Its effect on the
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      Taxi driver smiled and disappeared
      216 2  -  AUSTRALIAN SUfcKER. Singapore. TN opposition to your columnist’s impression that Singapore taxi drivers are honest I would like to state my experience. I am a newcomer to Singapore and on the evening of Feb. 26 I hired a taxi. The fare came to $2.40. I
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      Fishing best in troubled waters
      354 2  - Fishing best i n troubled waters C. J. WINDSOR Kuan tan. WE are informed in the Straits Times (Mar. 5) that the Fisheries Department have decided that, as the weather is never really calm during three months of the year, fishermen are to be compelled to stay at home during
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      Free uniforms for pupils
      36 2  -  CHEAPER BY A DOZEN Singapore. SINGAPORE Government has been generous In providing free primary education and free books when parents are financially handicapped. Cannot the Government also consider »”Mrnrr' to the pupils?
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      FAIR DEAL FOR ALL RACES IS SINGAPORE
      124 2  -  DIANA LEE. Singapore. rpHERE Is no doubt as to A the outcome this time of the Singapore Merdeka Mission to London to ask for complete internal selfgovernment. After reading through the Reid Report, I am assured that Britain will give self-government to the
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      Hasty election after merdeka most unwise
      251 2  -  WAK MERDEKA Kuala Lumpur. YjR. S. J. H. Zaidi is re- ported (Sunday Times, Feb. 10) as saying that the Alliance dare not go to the polls. While I agree that elections are the only method to test the confidence of the voters in
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
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      Lock icon Facing The Future
      650 3 —Straits Times. Mar. 8. were splendid visions federation Council on the live year unent pian, but a respect all the same lac is of finance anu diicuities which the ~n economy faces. In the Hou.se expressed ih in the future, its to Whitehall foi o> assistance and
      —Straits Times. Mar. 8.  -  650 words
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      Lock icon Reading Reid
      300 3 —Straits Times. Mar. 7. The youth section of the Kuala Lumpur division ol UMNO has advised the ALiance Government, in no uncertain terms, not to rusii into decisions on the Reid report. The counsel is sound if somewhat superfluous. There is no danger of the Alliance making snap
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      Lock icon The Illiterates
      301 3 —Straits Times. Mar. 8. The complaint by the secretary of the Selangor Adult Education Association that lack of funds is forcing the association to curtail its activities will not cause undue alarm in Government circles. For one thing the Federation Government feels that adult education should rely more
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      Lock icon $200 Councillors
      228 3 —Straits Times, Mar. 9. The Privileges Committee of the Malacca Municipal Council is not easily dis- couraged. Just over a year ago it recommended a monthly allowance of slUo ior Municipal Councillors a.ong with other privileges in keeping with the dignity of democratically electee, representatives of the people
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      Lock icon Where Unity Begins
      641 3 —Straits Times, Mar. 9. Approval by the Federu legislature of the Education Bill, incorporating all the major recommendations of the Razak Committee’s report, is a triumph for the new Malayan outlook. The principal effect of the new policy is to transfer responsibility for primary and trade school
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      Lock icon Seato In Session
      164 3 -Straits Times, Mar. 11 The situation which the Council of Ministers of the South-East Asia Treaty Organisation begins to review in Canberra today is much like the curate’s egg. Parts of it are very good. But more and more it is being recognised that the military aspects
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      Lock icon The Issues In London
      570 4 —Straits Times. Mar. 12 The London talks on selfgovernment for Singapore have opened hopefully. The atmosphere could not be better. Mr. Lim Yew Hock and his mission deserve much of the credit for this They went to London not omy united in a mannei the Marshall
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      Lock icon UMNO And Reid
      216 4 —Straits Times. Mar. 12. UMNO’s decision to debate the recommendations of the Reid Constitutional Commission at a delegates' conference is wise, and will unquestionably be helpful. On the whole the recomnendations have had a good reception, but inevitably no party and no community is going to get
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      Lock icon Second Look At Reid
      808 4 —Straits Times, Mar. 13. Unity for the Malays is essential. But a wider unity ol the Malays with an other citizens ot Malaya is equally necessary. Opposition to progiess has come irom a section ot tne Ma<a> peopie because they ieai they will lose the privileges
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      Lock icon Grades For Grads
      319 4 Grades For G rads —Straits Times, Mar. 13 Singapore teachers i ltVe had their ranks reintoie d n yet another sub-caste, th graduates of Chinese un V sities now teaching in b pore’s Chinese Schools. They have outside the elaborate structure, content to in the simple joys of eia> existence.
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  • PERSONAL
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      BIRTHS
      120 4 Vl«« mm JENKINS: To Milly and Ron at Kandang Kerbau on 6th Mart h .t son. PHILLIPS: To Norah a mi Peter, a daughter, 27th Febru at 12 Logan Road. Penang HAWSON: To Doreen and H'.ign at Kandang Kerbau Hospital, a daughter on 6th March. Both well. riM CAMPBELL:
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      MARRIAGE
      28 4 NAMUAUE COMPTON-HAXWORTH: 7th March, 1957 at St. Andrev Cathedral. Singapore. Man Charles Compton of Singapoi*' Gillian, elder daughter of M: Mrs. J.L.J. Haxworth of Chipst< Surrey, England.
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  • Obituary
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    19 4 DEATH D.A.D. LAWRENCE Hate Raffles Hotel) died peacefully 8.3.57. Burial on 9.3.57 at 5 P Buddhist Cemetery, A1J« Road.
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    The Gold Coast comes of age
    917 5  -  THE COMMONWEALTH'S FIRST NEGRO STATE tty VEttAOA BAttTLETT SINGAPORE, Mar. 6. 'rODAY the day on I which Singapore’s Mndeka mission sets for London —the British colony of the c 0 ;d Coast becomes t h e independent state of Ghana, and the first Black
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    NEW LOOK VARSITY RISES OUT OF CHAOS
    323 5 Big expansion work at Bukit Tirnah SINGAPORE, Mar. 11. |>Y EARLY next year the present building and reconstruction chaos at the University of Malaya will end and there will be a “new look” university. The original Raffles College building, square and squat, will
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    TOURISTS: THE GOVT. WILL GO IT ALONE
    268 5 SINGAPORE, Mar. 11. E Singapore Government lias decided to “go it alone” U] anci ally in setting up a 1: ’-'ist bureau. Commercial interests are prepared to pay part of 0X Penses of running such i bureau. Director of Informa.V n Services, Mr.
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    1,500 rubber trees burnt
    46 5 KUALA TRENGGANU. Mar 10—About 1.500 rubber trees on an 11-aere holding at Kampong Payoh. 72 miles from here, were destroyed by a fire which raged for more than five hours last night. Policemen assisted by villages brought the fir e under control.
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    Lock icon SATURDAY STUDY
    8 6 MARKET Photo by Wan Seng Yip
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    As I was saying...
    1129 6  - As I was saying CYNICt’S CPOKESMEN of the People’s Action Party who have questioned the action of the Singapore authorities in banning yesterday’s proposed celebration of International Women’s Day seem to have missed the point altogether. “Why should wo not cclebrato a 'worthwhile event just because the Communists also do
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    Countryman’s Journal
    590 6  - Countryman’ s Journal TUAN D.1EK \WE hear of good rain v everywhere except in the Dusun. On night of 25th. February a steady rain set in, but fizzled out after a half hour, since when there has been no more, as at 1st. ON 20th February there swept into the
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    New Polytechnic governors
    41 6 SINGAPORE. Mar The following have bappointed governors of tSingapore Polytechnic: Mr. J. A. Donald Chamber of Commerce*. Lim Thian (Chinese Cham of Commerce), Mr. K. Med. (Indian Chamber of Co* merce) and Prof. F. Ma (University of Malaya).
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    MINE MONSTER
    862 7 I Vryioii Bartlett visits the ii E were ferried in an iron punt across a f VK yards of yellow u ,tcr to that most fantastic of machines, tin dredge. I dared n0L say to my companion. for whom tin is i little god, how ridiculous this groaning,
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    Lock icon FIFTY YEARS AGO
    141 7 Straits Times, March 9, 1907. 'pi IF. St langor Government ive decided to eontri$20,000 towards the tiiin of the new Mosque ‘he Mohammedans in Kuala Lumpur. This Moss'* "’ill be a palatial build- -r and quite an acquisi- n t<i the architectural of the town. The n
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    Youth meets the challenge of industry
    214 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 9. M 0S T school-leaving youths here who have just obtained their school certificates results will forsake the traditional search for “white-collar jobs r more challenging positions" in industries. s, -ne principals think i with the great indusi development in Selani
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    New community centre officials
    44 7 The Rcdhill Community Centre. Singapore, has elected the following officials: President. Mr. Tan Yong Koon; vice-presidents. Messrs. Soh Teow Seng. Chong Hong Woo, R. P. Ratti and Ng Kim Peow; secretary. Mr. Teo Beng Slang: treasurer, Mr. Chua Song Hiang.
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    On the Margin
    916 7  -  G. L. PEET. IY|Y MEMORIES of the Bukit Timah road go back beyond my own time. The late A. P. Ager, who was general manager of the Straits Times when I came out and who died last year, told me that somewhere about 1905 he actually went
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    5-YEAR PLAN GO-AHEAD
    1824 8 ‘Our five-year plan might take seven years to carry out* Lack of men and money is snag ft. LIMIM'H. M:«i. (>—Tin* I V<!it;iIinn Government today received approval in the Legislative ouncil for tfoiiitf ahead with its five-year $1,.T>N million development plan Init not without some words of
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    Air survey vote
    56 8 KUALA LUMPUR. Mar. < The Federation Finance Committee has approved a vote o'* $375,000 for the aeromagm survey now being carried by a team of Canadian ports to find new mine, deposits in the country The survey costs o $1,000,000, of Which the Can 1 dian Government
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    RIDA not just a form of conscience money, says report calling for changes
    1230 9 jti/ttitiitts i*itosi*z'HirY mmxns ox (oi xr/ixsnnc j.-1 \LA LUMPUR, \|;ir. (i. —'nu“ Fod- Council was told l,„| iv that any idea i i Ik- Rural and Industrial l)evelopAullioritv was a I in of charity to 1, u
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    Malay failures: Five reasons
    206 9 LUMPUR, Mar. 6. A report laid before the Federal Legislative Council today gave five reasons for business failures among Malays. They were: Malay traders are not good businessmen. possibly because they are tied down by their religion which considers it a sin to charge interest: They
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    Film Unit query
    43 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 6.— The Government will decide on the future of the Malayan Film Unit soon, the Chief Minister. Tengku Abdul Rahman, said in a written reply to Mr. K. V. Thaver (Trade Unions) in the Federal Council today.
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    This is my testament—by Spencer
    227 9 This is my testament —by Spencer Kuala lumpur, Mar. 6. The Federation Government’s economic adviser, Mr. Oscar Spencer, today enunciated in the Federal Council his creed about the “great future” of the Federation. He said: “I believe “THAT the next 10 to 15 years is going to see very great
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    MERDEKA MEN ARE OFF Airport drama
    879 10 FALSE START THEN THE BRITANNIA IS AWAY SINGAPORE, Mar. 8. THERE was drama, suspense and relief at Singapore Airport last night when the five-man merdeka mission took off for London. DRAMA when the gleaming Bristol Britannia came streaking in .‘10 hours late to make
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    Cross-breeding experiments to produce tastier poultry and pork for Colony tables
    237 10 SINGAPORE, Mar. x. THE Singapore Government is experimenting L to produce a super pig and a wonder fow i as well as new vegetables for the dinner table. The pork-and-poultry scheme is in the hands of Dr. R. B.
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    Chances good —and man who says it is Black
    161 10 SINGAPORE, Mar. 7. THE Governor of Sin1 gapore. Sir Robert Black, who left for Britain yesterday morning to attend the merdeka talks, said at the airport that the chances were “jolly gpod.” “I am looking forward to the mission's success,” he
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    JUDGE’S HOME BURGLED AGAIN
    116 10 PENANG. Mar. 7. THE Sepoy Lines home of the Penang puisne Judge, Mr. Justice Rigby, was burgled last night for the second time in two weeks. Mr. and Mrs. Rigby went out for dinner between 8.30 and 10.45 p.m. On their return, they missed SI.GOO worth
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    LIB-SOC LEADERS PUT FORWARD NEW MERGER PLAN
    179 10 SINGAPORE, Mar. 7. nlw basis for re-opening merger talks between irr^f iri K ap e a i} d the Federation was proposed last night by the Central Committee of the LiberalSocialist Party of Singapore. The committee suggested that Singapore should accept Islam as
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    ALARM OVER TYPHOID
    34 10 BATU PAHAT, Mar. 7 Health authorities here, alarmed by 24 recent cases of typhoid, are taking energetic precautions. School tuckshnps have been closed, children innoculated and hawkers and cofTee shops examined.
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    Cool air for the City Hall
    83 10 SINGAPORE. Mar 7. THE Singapore City Council chamber is to 0 air-conditioned. The staff canteen will b-* transferred from the ba> ment to the roof and al-air-conditioned. These are the latest improvements approved by tl council in principle. An timate of the cost has
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    Sultan still not sure
    84 10 JOHORE BAHRU, Mar. 7. The Sultan of Johore has sent word from England that he has not yet decided whether to accept any invitation to be the first Paramount Ruler of independent Malaya. The Sultan was replying to a cable urging him to accept, sent by
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    The Charter for children is law
    1022 11 i' r JALA LUMPUR, |V Mar. 7 —The Educate Bill, which prov'Vv. for a new na.1 school system the Federation d at the cultivai ot a truly Malayan ,ok. became law trrMy. 7.7 a generation 'iar nearly three hours ,ti* the Federal LegisCouncil approved
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    PRICES OF PINES CAN’T BE CUT
    187 11 Yap answers *\too dear’ warning SINGAPORE, Mar. 8. rpHE present prices of Malayan canned pineapples A are lower than those of the South African or Australian product, the chairman of the Central Board of Pineapple Packers, Malaya, Mr. Yap Pheng Geek, told the Straits
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    JAPANESE IN CHINESE FOLK TALE
    90 11 SINGAPORE, Mar. 8. The Mandarin film “Yang Kwei Fei M is an artistic adaptation of the life story of a famous Chinese beauty of 1,000 years ago. It is a combined production by Shaw Brothers and a Japanese company. The cast is Japanese, with the
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    New chartered secretaries
    45 11 SINGAPORE. Mar. 8. The following have passed the Chartered Institute of Secretaries examinations held in December last by the Singapore Association of the Chartered Institute of Secretaries: Intermediate: Chua Seng Poh, Miss J. A. Jansze, Koh Bee Chye. Final: Tan Cheng Kwang.
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    Council passes new teachers’ scheme
    169 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 7. A BILL providing a unified scheme for teachers was passed by the Federal Council today. It amends the laws on the registration of teachers. The Minister for Education. Dato Abdul Razak bin Hussein, said government and aided school teachers would now
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    S.I.T. JOBS REPORT EXPECTED SOON
    146 11 SINGAPORE, Mar. 8. A WORKING party which has been studying Maiayanisation of the Singapore Improvement Trust may submit recommendations to the Board of Trustees on Mar. 13. It is understood that only some departments have been covered and that abolition terms for expatriates is still
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    Trinity building dedicated
    64 11 SINGAPORE. Mar. 8. A service of dedication of the new building oi the Trinity Theological College was held yesterday at Mount Sophia. Singapore. The ceremony was performed by Bishop H. B. Amstutz of the Methodist Church, the Rt. Rev. 11. W. Baines. Bishop of Singapore, and the
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    Language office
    18 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Mar. 7. The Federation Government is to open a translation bureau on April 1.
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    MOUNTED POSTMEN POPULAR
    55 11 SINGAPORE, Mar. 8. The express riders service of the Singapore Postal Department had proved a tremendous success, Mr. M. L. Durrant, Director of Posts, said yesterday. As a result, plans for employing more motorcycle postmen were being considered. The new service, introduced last month, provides cheaper and
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    $19 million proof of fitness
    240 12 MALAYANS TACKLE BIG DAM BUILDING JOB WITHOUT OUTSIDE HELP KUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 8. MALAYAN engineers are tackling the difficult 1,1 job of building the 819 million Klang Cates Dam without the anticipated technical aid from the United States. The United States had said it was
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    Doctor will fly with Sultan
    120 12 A LOR STAR, Mar. B—A doctor will be on board to look after the ailing 64-year-old Sultan of Kedah when he flies from Kuala Lumpur to Britain on March 14. Dr. C. Sinnadurai, the Kedah State Physician, will accompany the Ruler to London where he
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    Medals for troops
    84 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 8. The G.0.C., Federation Army, Maj. Gen. F. H. Brooke, will present long service and good conduct medals to 14 members of the Malay Regiment in Port Dickson tomorrow. Eight officers and 400 men, including the Regiment’s central band, will be on parade. The
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    Rotary Club officials
    71 12 JOHOfcE BAHRU, Mar. B. Mr. P. G. M. (Curly) Lee has been elected president 0 f the Johore Bahru Rotary Club for the year beginning July 1. Others elected are Mr. Yeoh Bok Choon, vice-presi-dent, Mr. Kwek Ho Yao, secretary, Mr. Ng Kim Kai, treasurer. The new
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    Cutler made hon. member
    269 12 SINGAPORE, Mar. 9. IN HIS farewell speech at the annual general meeting of Singapore Turf Club yesterday. Mr. M. F. Cutler, retiring chairman of the committee of management, said that racing in Singapore today was comparable to “the best in the world." “Singapore Turf Club ha
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    ‘Dry coat’ problem
    238 12 SRA VET MAKES PROGRESS ON METHODS OF ARRESTING THE DISEASE SINGAPORE. Mar. 9. OTItAITS Racing Association, with well-equipped laboratories in Singapore and Penang, have been working in close co-operation with leading equine research institutes in England on the problem of “dry coat” or Anhidrosis the major cause
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    Govt. gets golden egg and keeps all
    831 12 AN OPEN LETTER TO THE RACING PUBLIC OF MALAYA SINGAPORE, Mar. 8. T'HE Presidents of the Malayan Turf Clubs have made statements which clearly indicate that all is not well with the financial side of Malayan racing. It has taken a long time
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    ARMY POSTINGS: EXPLANATION
    220 13 Troops may be sent abroad SINGAPORE, Mar. 9. vilL Singapore Infantry Regiment, now oeing 1 i rinecl, may Have to serve outside the island The Secretary for Defence and Internal Security. Mr R. N. Broome, pointed nut yesterday that the regiment was- being raised under the Singapore
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    Schools to meet in cinemas
    74 13 SINGAPORE. Mar. 9. rp i- hundred Chinese ii»mis in Singapore will .ite childrens day on \I i m cinemas throughout the island. umpaign is being orby the Chinese c. Conference to raise pecial classes for who nave had no lu cation. year the conference !4
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    $1,000 gift for children’s home
    65 13 SINGAPORE. Mar. 9. R ya Air Force and British c .1 m i vice wives at Changi ting SI.000 to tne 5.: .in Red Cross Crippled c. .1 n il s Home at Tanah Mi all. I. cheque will be handed t M:s W AC.
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    Replanting scheme ‘a success’
    88 13 Kuala Lumpur, Mar 8. THE Government’s $2BO million rubber replanting scheme, started last year, has proved a success. This was stated today by the chairman of the scheme’s boards of administrators, Mr. S. E. Chamier, when asked why only $l2 million was spent out of the
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    Radio appeal to youth: Sign up
    107 13 SINGAPORE. Mar 9. Lt. Cdr. D. C. Landman of the Royal Malayan I’.-.vy last night appealed to young Malayans to make the Navy their career. In a broadcast talk, ae said that the Navy intended to start a third officer cadets class to train
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    Commercial unions plan big merger: 6,000 clerks may be affected
    219 13 SINGAPORE, Mar. 9. MORE than 6,000 clerks employed in Singapore business houses are to form a national organisation for commercial employees. And plans are under way to group another 2.000 connected with air traffic into a federation of civil air
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    Alcock joining law firm
    48 13 SINGAPORE. Mar 9 Mr. W. G. Alcock. Official Assignee and Public Trustee, Singapore. who is leaving under the Malayanisation scheme, has been granted leave before retirement. Mr. Alcock. who was admitted to the Singapore Bar In January this year, will join a law lirm.
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    Newsmen from U.S. on tour
    66 13 SINGAPORE. Mar. 9. member delegation rt i r* s-mting 243 American i: rv and radio orgamsatinn.' arrived in Singapore by air last night for a twoday >tay. Tile group, which includes ll a m. n. is led by Dr. Marc i R Duriaux. the execurretary
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    Council meeting
    26 13 KUAI TRENGGANU. Mar. c Tile first meeting of the Conn, i! of state this year will be held on March 30 at the Maziah.
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    Family planning
    37 13 SINGAPORE, Mar 9. Mrs. A. Majeed, a Selangor family planning worker, will be the guest speaker at the annual meeting of the Singapore Family Planning Association at the YWCA, hall. Collyer Quay, on Mar. 14.
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    A ‘10-whisky’ man refuses to go
    172 13 BRITANNIA LEA VES—BUT HE STA YS SINGAPORE, Mar. 9. A MYSTERY Australian yesterday flew into Singapore, walked into the airport lounge, had 10 double whiskies in an hour— and refused to board his plane for London. For one hour BOAC officials and hostesses pleaded
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    Unfair competition, say traders
    153 13 SINGAPORE. Mar. 9. 'Singapore importers of Japanese textiles and sundr s have appealed to the C f >vi ninient to protect them unfair” Japanese c,); npt tit ion. are perturbed beJapane.se firms are i' 'ing to establish branl s 1 'tv to import goods ri.reet M
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    Green light for Chinese degrees
    147 13 SINGAPORE, Mar. 9. I t Singapore Education htustry yesterday re- degrees conferred ’diversities in China the Communists took country. r, W ‘U mean a pay rise n ’d 250 Chinese middle fathers graduates universities—who ‘m T > bp Placed in the u ‘‘heated category. The
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    Students in Malaya are the best
    102 13 SINGAPORE. Mar 9. Singapore’s young men and women are better than the students of all the other countries taking correspondence courses under the Colombo Plan. This was disclosed in Singapore by Mr. A. J. Bctheras, the principal industrial training officer and the coordinator of
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    Four will test 43 doctors
    120 13 SINGAPORE, Mar 9 FOUR Australian medical men are expected in Singapore on March 22 to examine local medical candidates for the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons* Primary Fellowship. They are Prof. E. S. J. King, chairman ol the board of examiners Prof. S. Sunderland. Prof.
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    Two RIDA men learn banking
    56 13 KUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 8 Two Rural and Industrial Development Authority officers are being trained at a bank here as a first step in the Federation Government’s move to start the Rank Ra’ayat. They are Inche Mohamed Shamfan, assistant rural development officer. Kajang, and inche Mohamed
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    Retiring
    22 13 JOHORE BAHRU. Mar. 8 Mr. H. M. James, State Agricultural Ollieer. Johore, retires to Britain at the end of the month.
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    Promotion
    26 13 SINGAPORE. Mar. 9. Lieut. Julian Francis Burnett. of the Malayan Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. Singapore Division, has been promoted to the rank of Lieut. Commander.
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    Smuggling ring is smashed
    361 14 RING-LEADER IS KNOWN—BUT HE CAN’T BE TOUCHED KUALA LUMPUR. Mar. 9. FEDERATION Customs officials have smashed a big rubber smuggling f ring operating in the Province Wellesley and North Perak areas—bUt th T h y p drogTOt t t^ter r, mSrI e than r five tons
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    Honours-degree teachers scarce
    262 14 KUALA LUMPUR. Mar. 10. rpHK retiring Chief Education Officer of Selangor. Mr. K. 1). Luke, said today that there would be a “serious shortage” in the near future of teachers with honours degrees—especially in science. Mr. Luke said many science graduates had been drawn to industry by
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    GO EAST AND PIONEER, ISHAK TELLS FARMERS
    126 14 PARIT BUNTAR, Mar. 9. —The Minister for Agriculture, inche Abdul Aziz bin Ishak, today told 1.000 padi planters in the district to show a pioneering spirit and go to the East Coast where there is plenty of land awaiting development. Addressing the farmers
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    S.H.B. turn-over
    29 14 A total of 1.588.810 tons of cargo was handled at the Singapore Harbour Board wharves and in the Roads in January, according to the Government Statistics Department.
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    Opinion split on plan for a tourist tax
    257 14 SINGAPOROE, Mar. 10. CINGAPORE opinion is split on wnetr.er the Colony should follow the Philippines’ example and finance the promotion of tourism by levying a tax on all rra- vellers entering or leaving. The Philippines plan is to impose a tax of
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    Five teachers to leave for Sydney
    118 14 SINGAPORE. Mar. 10 Five of 11 Singapore tea ers or trainee teachers who have received Colombo Plan awards to study in Australia will leave by air lor Sydney tomorrow. They are: Inche Suri bin Mohyani, Chew Fook Chun. Seah Teow Puan. Sim Tong Kheru
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    Cigarette butt may be the cause of rubber blaze
    89 14 JOHORE BAHRU. Mar. 9 The Johore Bahru Fire Brigade was called out yesterday to deal with 13 fires. All but one were confined to lallang areas. The exception was the Phing Min rubber estate at Ulu Tiram. where fire des- troyed
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    Reid supported
    26 14 MALACCA. Mar. 10—The Malacca Straits Chinese British Association, at a meeting here yesterday, gave full support to the recommendations of the Reid Constitutional Commission.
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    Form publicity body to explain Reid Report, Ruler urges
    124 14 ALOK STAR. Mar. 9. Till: ailing Sultan of Kedah, who leaves for Britain on March 14 for an operation, today urged community leaders to form a publicity body to “clear misunderstandings caused by the Reid Report.” “Let all races work together
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    159 14 She Just Called to make the jump SINGAPORE, Mar. 10. Seconds alter this picture was taken Miss Janet Elizabeth Grigg, the rider, was thrown off her mount at the Singapore Turf Club’s gymkhana meeting yesterday at Ruklt Timah. She was rushed to hospital in
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    Rulers back Alliance on Report
    421 15 SAFEGUARDS ARE WANTED FOR MALAYS: ISLAM AS THE STATE RELIGION KUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 11. 'pHK RULERS are understood to be backing 1 the Alliance on the controversial points in the Reid Constitutional Commission’s report, which a working party headed by the High Comiui>sioner, Sir Donald
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    WATER MAN HERE TO SETTLE ROW
    73 15 SINGAPORE, Mar. 11. An expert called in to settle the water scheme dispute between the Singapore Government and the City Council arrived in the Colony yesterday. lie is Mr. G. A. R. Sheppard. (above) a partner of the leading engineering firm Binnie. Deacon and
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    RUBBER‘WE STILL HOPE FOR BIG SALE TO CHINA’
    147 15 SINGAPORE, Mar. 11. OUBBER traders in Singapore still hope for big orders from China, despite disappointments so far this year. Mr. Tan Puay Hee, vicepresident of the Singapore Rubber Trade Association, told the Straits Times yesterday that he expected orders to pour
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    Ready for the big count
    50 15 SINGAPORE. Mar. 22. ftlb Singapore Govern ment nas started recruitin' 1 men lor the census work scheduled ti Degin in th» next lew weeks Hundreds oi people ar» being interviewed for cm ployment bv the Statistic. 4 Department which i Dr ganising the big count.
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    Council walk-out
    39 15 KUALA TRENGGANU Mar. 11—Eight of the nine Alliance members of the Kuala Trengganu Town Council walked out at the monthly meeting today when the president. Dato Stia Wangsa, refused to discuss a resolution by one of them.
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    FORMER $60-a-MONTH MAN GETS CANBERRA JOB
    101 15 KUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 11.— A Government servant who started work as a SbO-a-month elerk 2f) years ago, has been chosen as “No. 3” in the Malayan diplomatic service in Australia Mr. Wong Siew Meing, 4(», office assistant at the Ministry of Finance, will become
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    China invites the T.U.C.
    61 15 SINGAPORE. Mar. 12. rpHE Singapore Trades Union Congress has received an invitation from the All China Federation of Trade Unions to send two delegates to parti-. cipate in May Day celebrations and to make a threeweek tou r of China. Mr. Ang Liong Sing, the T.U.C
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    ‘SCRAP HIGHWAY AUTHORITY’
    180 15 SINGAPORE, Mar. 12. "THE sooner the present highway authority is dis- solved and replaced by a more competent body the better it will be for pedestrians and motorists, the Automobile Association of Singapore said in its annual report issued yesterday. It said the authority had done nothing
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    A big day for architects
    96 15 SINGAPORE, Mar. 11. FOR the first time in the History of the Institute of Architects of Malaya, the president of the Royal Institute of British Architects will be present at its annual dinner on March 23The president, Mr. Kenneth M B. Cross, and the secretary.
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    TENGKU WILL GIVE PARTY ATTITUDE TO REPORT
    163 15 KUALA LUMPUR. Mar. 9. The executive council of the United Malays National Organisation decided last night to summon allparty leaders to a debate here on March 28 on the Reid Commission’s recommendations. Inche Mohammed bin Khir Johari, chairman of the publicity committee, announcing
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    Mr. STRIPES SCARES TAPPERS
    98 15 BENTONG, Mar. 9 Thirty rubber tappers on an estate here refused to go to work this morning when they heard that a tig e r was prowling the area. The tiger was first seen by two brothers, Ah Choy and Ah Yin, at dawn today. It
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    The schooldays sweethearts
    75 15 PENANG. Mar. 9 Two young Australians “sweethearts since schooldays” were married today at the Penang Cathedral of the Assumption. Lieut. A. F. Hanley, 26. of the Royal Australian Signals, proposed to his bride, Miss Alma Schmidt. 22. a former air ho.‘■ftess. while they were watching the Olympics
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    THE LITTLE MAN STEPS IN
    211 16 A new class of small investor appears on the Malayan market Middle-income people see shares as shield from possible inflation KUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 11. A NEW class of investor is invading the MalaA yan sharemarket and putting in large amounts as a “hedge” against possible
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    ...He is ‘only a ghost’ RALLY ATTACK ON SCHEME
    183 16 LUMPUR, Mar. 11. —Lord Reid, chairman of the Reid Constitutional Commission, was last night described as the “ghost of Sir Harold MacMichael,” who brought about the Malayan Union when the British liberated Malaya in 1945. At the rally at Kampong Bharu
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    More grass fires
    44 16 SINGAPORE. Mar. 22. The Singapore Fire Brigade was called upon to deal with 17 more lallang and blukar fires yesterday as the dry spell continued. Since Mar. 1. firemen have had to put out nearly 100 fires all over the island.
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    To attend world Rotary talks
    50 16 KUALA LUMPUR. Mar. 11— The Rotary District Gover-nor-elect, Mr. Gunn Lay Teik, will leave on March 25 for the U.S. to attend the Rotary International Assembly at Lake Placid in New York state. The Rotary assembly is to be held at the end of April.
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    The morphine-in-bra woman is fined $2,000
    284 16 SINGAPORE, Mar. 12. MRS. Cheng Yuen Yuk Lan, wife of a wealthy Hong Kong businessman, was fined $2,000 in a Singapore court yesterday for smuggling four small packets of a morphine substance into the Colony. The drug was found in her brassiere when a
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    Port sets a record
    49 16 KUALA LUMPUR. Mar. 11 A cargo handling record was set up at Port Swettenham in February, when a total of 120,785 tons of cargo were handled in the port. This beats by nearly 13,000 tons the previous record of 107.796 tons handled in January, 1956.
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    Colony battalion: Chinese recruits head the list
    130 16 SINGAPORE. Mar. 12. YOUTHS Of all races have responded well to the call for recruits for Singapore’s first infantry battalion, with Chinese heading the list. The Secretary for Defence and Internal Security, Mr. R. N. Broome, told the Straits Times yesterday that 1,128
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    Youth club’s fun fair
    82 16 KUANTAN Mar. 11—The Kuantan Youth Club Is to have its own building. At its general meeting yesterday it decided to hold a fun fair to raise money to convert a garage into a clubhous?. Members are now using the public canteen belonging to the Social Welfare
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    420 S’PORE BABIES GIVEN AWAY
    124 16 420 S’ PORE BABIES GIVEN AWAY SINGAPORE, Mar. 12. T HE number of babies given away and the number of abortions in the Colony both increased last year, the Singapore Family Planning Association, states in its annual report. Of 3.772 women who sought advice on family planning. 301 confessed to
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    TROOPS CAN BE SENT ABROAD
    247 16 It’s up to the Government SINGAPORE, Mar. 12. OOLDIERS of the Singapore Infantry Regiment. now being formed, could be mobilised for service outside the Colony if it was essential for the defence of the island but the decision would lie with the elected Government of
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    Ban public bathing? ‘lt’s a trick’
    192 16 SINGAPORE. Mar. 12. jyjALAY husbands are angry at an UMNO women’s section resolution urging the Government to ban Malay women from bathing at public standpipes. A typical comment was: “This is an attempt to force husbands to carry water to the house.” Inche H.
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    2,000 suffer as the wells run dry
    512 17 WORST DROUGHT FOR 32 YEARS: RATE OF ILLNESS SOARING SINGAPORE, Mar. 13. rilK WORST drought in 32 years has hit Pulau Tekong Besar, an island off Changi Point. 3oven villages with a total population of about are badly affected. Wells have run dry,
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    WIVES AND CHILDREN FROM CHINA
    52 17 SINGAPORE. Mar. 12. Four iiuuuieQ ana ten passengers from China arrived O.ngapore in the Taipooan •/esterday. Tile 303 passengers wru lisembarked were sent to th* luarantlne station on St John's Island. The remaining 107 will disembark at Penang majority of the new arrivals were wives
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    GEN. BENNETT SAYS: I’LL BE BACK TO SETTLE’
    111 17 SINGAPORE, Mar. 13. I TV-GEN. GORDON BENNETT, commander of the 8th Australian Division in the early days of the war, was due to leave today for Australia after a brief visit to Singapore. The general wno led the Australian delegation to the
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    Equestrian society
    48 17 SINGAPORE. Mar. 12. The Singapore Equestrian Society, now being formed, expects about 500 members. The society’s aim is to bring together all those interested in horses. An Equestrian Ball was held at the Royal Island Club on the night of Mar. 9 to start the society.
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    BRITISH FIRM TO BUILD $7 M. KLANG BRIDGE
    190 17 KUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 12. YIALAYA’S biggest bridge—the $7,000,000, 1,500 ft. double-decker to span the Klang River—will oe built by Dorman Long and Co., the British firm that constructed Australia’s world-famous Sydney Har- bour bridge. A P.W.D., spokesman said today that only one
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    ‘OUTWARD BOUND’ IS SETTLING IN
    214 17 KUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 12. OARENTS in the Federation are now supporting the Outward Bound School formed three years ago to train young men in leadership, the president of the Outward Bound Trust of Malaya, Sir Douglas War- ing, said today. He told the trust’s annual
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    Course for estate labourers
    90 17 KUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 12 Federation estate labourers are to be taught the “ABC of leadership” at the Outward Bound School in Lumut under a scheme launched by the National Union of Plantation Workers. The union has set aside more than $8,000 to send three workers from
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    A new rash of lallang fires
    49 17 SINGAPORE, Mar. 12. The Singapore Fire Brigade had another busy day yesterday fighting 47 lallang fires in different parts of the island. This brought the number of lallang fires put out by the fire brigade to over 125 in the last four days.
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    $5,000 GIFT TO BOYS’ CLUBS
    58 17 SINGAPORE, Mar. 13. The Lee Foundation has given $5,000 to the Federation of Boys’ Clubs, in Singapore. It will be used among other things for training courses for club leaders and instructors. The federation has an annual expenditure of about $lO,OOO. The Asia Foundation gave
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    A.C.S. old boys’ officials
    87 17 SINGAPORE, Mar. 13. The toiluwing oniciais nav< been elected by the Anglo Chinese School Old Boys Association in Singapore: President. Mr. Chen Jan Jee; vice-presidents. Mr Thio Chan Bee, Mr. Yong Ngim Djin, Mr. Ang Kheng Leng; hon. secretary. Mr Chan Slew Jiang; assistant secretary Mr.
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    TUC plans $50,000 special fund
    89 17 SINGAPORE, Mar. 12. THE Singapore Trades Union Congress will discuss setting up a $50,000 special fund for trade union development at a meeting of its representative council at the end of this month. The fund was suggested last month by Mr. Victor Feather. assistant general
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    Shell Co. wage agreement
    43 17 SINGAPORE, Mar. 13. The Shell Co ol Singapore and the Singapore Petroleum Workers’ Union have reached agreement on the workers’ claims regarding wages, leave and other conditions of service. The agreement follows negotiations over the past few r weeks.
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    Trolley bus to diesel
    59 17 SINGAPORE, Mar. 13. An executive of one of the world’s biggest manufacturers of diesel buses which supplied the first trolley buses for Singapore around 1926, is now in the Colony on a business visit. He is Mr. J. M. E. Fell, export sales director of Associated
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    Guide chief for Colony
    37 17 SINGAPORE, Mar. 13. Miss Helen McSwiney. Assistant Chief Commissioner of overseas Girl Guide Headquarters, London, who is now on a 18-day tour of Sarawak, will arrive in Singapore on March 23 from Kuching
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    State Council
    18 17 KUALA TRENGGANU. Mar. 11—The next meeting of the Trengganu State Council will he on March 30.
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    Merdeka delay? Leaders hit back at Marshall
    457 18 ‘MISSION CHEATING PEOPLE’ CHARGE DENIED SINGAPOHL, Mur. IA. POLITICAL leaders are amazed by the charges 1 made by Mr. David Marshall on the Singapore merdeka mission when the constitutional talks were about to begin in London. fie loid a meeting at tne Kwang
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    CHINESE SCHOLAR SAYS GOOD-BYE
    80 18 SINGAPORE, Mar. 13. MR. J D DIJNCANSON, 39. Assistant Director of Information Services. S.n gapore, who has served in Malaya for mere than nine years, will say good-bye on Mar. 17. He is retiring under the Malayanisation scheme. He could have served for another five years.
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    Mrs. Geddes in hospital
    44 18 SINGAPORE, Mar. 13. Mrs Doris Geddes. one of Singapore's leading couturiers is in the Genera! Hospital suffering from severe electric shock. She was reported yesterday to be "quite comfortable’ but is expected to be m hospital for several more days
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    A.A. WILL WOO THE ASIAN DRIVER
    151 18 SINGAPORE, Mar. 13. THE Singapore branch of the Automobile Associa--1 tion is making a drive to get more Asian mem- bers. The secretary. Mr K. G. Burne, told the Straits Times yesterday that only about 42 per cent, of the association’s 8,195 members were
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    STRIKE ENDS AT THE SMELTER
    282 18 Some men back at work tod an PENANG, Mar. V2. 1UIE 02-day strike at the Straits Trading Co B.ii. terworth—second largest tin smelters in Maiu\ a -was called oil this evening when agreement v.’is reached between workers and management Mr M Arokiasamy industrial relations officer
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    HE’S DONE 5,000 HOURS IN THE AIR
    72 18 SINGAPORE, Mar. 13 SGT.-AI AJ O K OBOfrEKEY JENKINS of 1H0? Flight 656 A.O.P. Squadron, has “clocked” 5,000 fl yin s: hours. He has also recorded more than 1.100 flying hours during his two years in Malaya. To add distinction to his record
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    Singapore search for bullets
    68 18 SINGAPORE, Mar. 13. SINGAPORE police and Army investigators are probing the theft of 60 rounds of rifle ammunition which arrived from Hong Kong yesterday. The bullets were missed during a check at the Supply Reserve Depot in Tanjong Berlayer. They were for the Army. The ammunition
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    Byrne, Goh to quit union posts
    239 18 SINGAPORE. Mar. 13. TWO senior Singapore GovA crnment officers recently promoted permanent secretaries. ar e retiring from executive union posts. They are Mr. K. M. Byrne, Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, and Mr. L. C. Goh, Permanent Secretary to the
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    PHONES: NO FAVOURITISM SAYS BOARD CHAIRMAN
    122 18 SINGAPORE. Mar. 13. APPLICATIONS for telephones are dealt with on the basLs of first come first served, the chairman of the Singapore Telephone Board, Mr. Loke Wan Tho, told the Straits Times yesterday. A would-be subscriber whose complaint was published in the Straits Times
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    MALAYA MAY JOIN U.N.
    77 18 KUALA LUMPUR. Mar. 12. Kedeialiui) Govt in* 1 ment is considering -n P' tor Malaya to join the Unit* j Nations when it becomes independent The Deputy Chlei Secretary Mr. N Ward toda\ sa:d that the matter was beir.g studied but application wr membership would not
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    Still more cars
    27 18 SINGAPORE, Mar. 13 The numoei oi cars n Singapore increased bv t in the first two months oi year, bringing the total 11 46.045
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      69 18 STRAITS BUDGET SUBSCRIPTION RATES (PAYABLE IN ADVANCE) Quarterly Half-yearly Yearly Singapore Town Area No Postage 5.20 10.40 20.80 Malaya (including Postage) 5.75 11.50 2300 Br. Empin A Fort* ip (Including nostace) S 13..V 27.W The weekly issues of the Straits Budget can be sent express air delivery service to the
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    Latiffa starts with $155 upset MAIN RACE TO BOX OFFICE
    964 19  -  By EFSOM JEEP SINGAPORE, Mar. 10. FFA y owned and ridden by Mr. E. R. Parker, sprang a spectacular upset in :,e Polo Ponies 2f scurry, opening event of the Singapore Turf Club’s liana Meeting, to pay $155 for a
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    SABA fix match v. Indonesia
    325 19 THE WEEK IN SPORT SINGAPORE, Mar. 13. plans for an annual International amateur boxing match between Singapore and Indonesia were agreed to at a meeting between Singapore A.B.A. officials and Mr. R* Manoch, secretary of the Pertigu Persatuan Thindju Gulat (Indonesian A.B.A.), at the Singapore
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    FMAAU invites 14 nations to Merdeka Games
    194 19 KUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 12. JjH)OTBALL Association of r Malaya and PJM.AJLU are the only organisations so far who have sent out invitations to foreign countries for* the Merdeka Games. Other sports bodies are still waiting to hear from the government what subsidy they
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    Double in S’pore sends Miralda to Class 1
    177 19 NGAPORE, Mar. 7. M >A, who scored a double Singapore recently, has omoted to Class One from i wo i according to latest ients to the Straits Rac- soclation’s classification Cia‘ an sfers are: P r Class 3: Money Spinner. a l
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    FOUR-DAY MEETING FOR BUKIT TIMAH
    176 19 SINGAPORE Turf Club's April meeting will be held on four days Apr 13. 17. 20 and 22 (Monday) The meet Is for Classes 1. 8 and 4 horses Horses In Class 1 will have their first run over 6 fur or 9 fur and their
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      58 19 BIG SWEEP TOTAL POOL: $443,358 1st. No. *****8 ($199,510) 2nd. No. *****0 ($99,755) 3rd. No. *****4 ($55,419) STARTERS ($7,917 each): Nos. *****3; *****1; *****6; FORECAST TOTE: Race 1 ($714); Race 2 ($16); Race 6 ($48); Race 7 ($12) and Race 8 ($38). DOUBLE TOTE: Races 3 and 4 ($33); 4
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    Buyers showed hesitant trait
    334 20 SHARE MARKET By Our Market Correspondent SINGAPORE, Mar. 11. ALTHOUGH the Singapore Share Market was basically steady with some firming tendency last week there were periods when buyeis were hesitant. Some encouragement came with the prospects of a more settled political outlook for Singapore and the
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    DIVIDENDS ANNOUNCED
    158 20 Dividends announced last week by com. panics operating in Malaya were:-*— GOPENG CON SOLID. ATED LTD.: an interim dividend of 2s. per share for the year ending September 30, payable in England on March 29. ROBINSON AND CO. LTD.: an interim dividend of six cents per unit on
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    BUSINESS DONE
    401 20 mHE following business done X in the Singapore Short Market last week was reported by on e firm of brokers for the period March 2 to S. INDUSTRIALS: Consolidated Tin Smelters Ords. 31s.l04d. to 32s. Fraser St Neave Ords. $2.30 to $2,324 to $2.30, Hammer St Co. $1.90
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    Rambutan dividend
    27 20 Ramoutar. Limited nas declared a second Interim dividend of Is per share for the vear ending June 30, 1957, oayable Id England on March 8
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    SINGAPORE’S SHARES AND RUBBER MARTS ‘IN THE DOLDRUMS’
    82 20 SINGAPORE’S SHARES AND RUBBER MARTS ‘IN THE DOLDRUM S’ By Our Market Corresponden, SINGAPORE, Ma, on the Singapore Share and R- )er Markets yesterday, although essen-.illy steady, was described as “in the doldrums n( “stagnant.” April first grade rubber closed -at 89| cents a pound, unchanged on Mar. 11 close.
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    Production figures
    246 20 Outputs from the various estates and mines In the Guthrie Oroup during February were: Rubber 6,277.400; Tea (black) 161,0001b.; Palm oil 893 tons; Palm kernels 283 tons; Tin ore 1.662 piculs. Rubber output figures on other estates were; Amalgamated Malay Estates Ltd. 63,2;>0 lb., boreln Rubber Co. Ltd.
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    MALAYAN SHARE QUOTATIONS
    860 20 SINGAPORE, Mar. 12. INDUSTBIALs Buyer* teller* Ale*. Bricks Pref I.H 1.60 Or do. 1.76 1.66 Atlas Ice IS.oo (buyer*) B. 1. Petrot 47/6 4t/e B. M. Trustee* 0.10 0 fto Cob. liu smell Pref 19/* JO/Ora* j»i# **>• tastern Doited 33 00 33.00 Fed. Dispensary 3.10 3.16
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    Eyes On Indonesia
    449 20 SINGAPORE. Ma 9 THE eyes and the e; 0 f p ther rubber market ;av e been concentrated o» the political events in Ind r.esia and fluctuations have to a great extent been gov -ned by the view taken of report Holiday, Cutler, Hath Co., Ltd., In
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    New water boat soon
    110 20 It !s hoped a new wa [f g now being built In Hoi tor W. Hammer and will be delivered In July ilr This was revealed by tly man W directors, Mr. j en t Arthur, In his annual s ast released to shareholdr s week.
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