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Title Section39 1957-05-02 1 The Straits Budget THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES PLATA’S NATIONAL. NKWSPAJTO New Series No. 558. 3JT ISr 7: 'i r Singapore, May 2, 1957. Price 40 cento (Malayan) or 1 Shilling. v *a,, f- J.ii > -t- V-' >39 words
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Article431 1957-05-02 2 PUBLIC BIGHT - PUBLIC BIGHT. Singapore ACCORDING to Mr. P. R. Lewis, the admission of an engineer into the Singapore Engineering Service would > classify the engineer as a practising engineer. t *V .*4 I Co not think this is quite the general conception which regards a professional431 words
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Article147 1957-05-02 2 Christine I)ORE - Christine I)ORE. Koala Lwapvr vr VktC/ .itti.i/,7TIADE unionists and liberal minded people everywhere must regret the decision? of the Federation Government to reluse permission for the delegation fro«r.the Malayan T.U.C., to visit Peking for the May Day celebratiotas. Are r out trade union > leaders less147 words
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Article156 1957-05-02 2 ANTI-DISCRIMINATION - ANTI-DISCRIMINATION. Singapore***' JLfR. P. R. LewU says that A corporate membership of the relevant institutions or partial exemptions from them are th e necessary qualifications for entry into the Singapore Engineering Service as en. gineers I would add that for entry into the engineering design section of156 words
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Article163 1957-05-02 2 DISAGREE - DISAGREE. > Afor Star. WHERE la controversy about what this country, should be called alter merdeka. y The leaders of t U M.N.O. say that Malaysia would be a good substitute for Malaya. Other opinion contends that Malaysia would be more appropriate. The idea163 words
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Article111 1957-05-02 2 JC. NGUI - JC. NGUI Singapore > reference to quest for the most propriate national flov for Malaya I suggest Simpoh also known Wormia suffruticosa. It is derived from a fu 8hr which, though widespre in Malaya. Ts seldom a predated as-a bearer one of the most strike; and111 words
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Article82 1957-05-02 2 S. G. TAYLOK - S. G. TAYLOK Muar. Hriwß Wg- fy— WITH reference M.A.H.A.\ call for a national flower—the Straits Rhododendron (Jielastoma poly ant hum) a flowering shrub common throughout and indigenous to Malaya la fourtd throughout t country and known to all It has a pretty colour ful little flower82 words
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Article47 1957-05-02 2 GOVERNMENT SE«V A - GOVERNMENT SE«V A iflpohfet get ALA YA win'be attain ing independence tins August. The day will one of Ifcregt rejoicing celebration.' Why not grant months bonus to Govt men! servants? They certainly be greatly he: to celebrate this auspi< day with enthusi:; merriment. ft**47 words
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Article125 1957-05-02 2 TEACHH - TEACHH Sln*;apoiW> VOUH editorial “Back to n Normal”, after 1 the Minister for Education had promised that Normal trained teachers would be Accepted Into the Singapore Education Service, was constructive.,". The Ministry has always given the excuse that Normal training dualifl-'-fcations are not good enough and th&t they125 words
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Miscellaneous40 1957-05-02 2 L -w i i*: rtitftir* wiw'iKs OH STRIKE TODAV s «r~s I town /r# ?E5 .i’jN. ,1 x- 1 /f5 -'4 IT V* $v>! /> or qIA* «s& i?s&$s \Qi V* It might have come to this fii* ’V ,T Jji.V40 words
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Article677 1957-05-02 3 —Straits Times, Apr. 25. Xhe announcement by Singapore’s Chief Minister o: the decision to appoint a i ommission to investigate allegations of corruption toe it the sting out of motions which the Assembly was to debate. There was no harm in that, although Mr. Marshall, if not—Straits Times, Apr. 25. - 677 words
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Article414 1957-05-02 3 —Straits Times, Apr. 25. The Education Bill which had its second reading in the Singapore Assembly yesterday is squarely based on the recommendations of the All-Party Committee on Chinese education, and consequently represents an agreed measure. This has not saved it from attack by the teachers and some—Straits Times, Apr. 25. - 414 words
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Article1100 1957-05-02 3 —Straits Times, Apr. 27. In almost a full day’s proceedings the Singapore Assembly yesterday heard three speakers on the motion to approve the agreement reached in London on the new constitution. After the Chief Minister and the seconder of the motion, came Mr. David Marshall. He spoke—Straits Times, Apr. 27. - 1,100 words
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Article474 1957-05-02 4 —Straits Times. Apr. 29. Although the Assembly debate on the constitutional proposals for Singapore moves this morning into its third day, there has been less than seven hours’ discussion. Assemblymen who have listened, but not spoken, may find this difficult to believe. On Saturday afternoon the—Straits Times. Apr. 29. - 474 words
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Article668 1957-05-02 4 —Straits Times, Apr. 30... Towards the end ot yesterday’s session of the almost interminable debate on the constitutional proposals of the London conference, the Singapore Assembly was reminded that the Chief Minister’s motion was an all-party motion. The Assembly is debating not the failure but the success—Straits Times, Apr. 30... - 668 words
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Article278 1957-05-02 4 —Straits Times. Apr. 30... The Federation Government’s attitude towards adult education grows still more curious. There is fast developing what can only be described as a sullen indifference towards the work of the Federation Adult Education Association. Last year some of the association’s branches were warned to be—Straits Times. Apr. 30... - 278 words
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Article135 1957-05-02 4 —Straits Times. Apr. 26 The deputation representing a thousand Chinese guilds and associations which is flying to London to present its views on the Reid Commission’s proposals is making, we fear, a vain journey. The demands the guilds have put forward are not new, and no fresh point—Straits Times. Apr. 26 - 135 words
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Article573 1957-05-02 4 —Straits Times, May. 1 At last the Singapore Assembly has finished with debate, and approved the London constitutional proposals while rejecting contentious clause 30. Largely it was wasteful debate, and it has cost the Assembly two of its members. No-one could have expected that both Mr. David—Straits Times, May. 1 - 573 words
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520 1957-05-02 5 NAN HALL - By NAN HALL SINGAPORE, Apr. 28. /ANE of the few Europeans to make a million in v postwar Singapore, Mr. W. H. Day, is retiring—“because I don’t want to be the richest man in the cemetery.” Mr.520 words
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Article337 1957-05-02 5 MALACCA, Apr. 27. JHE Resident Commissioner, Mr. H. C. Hammett, said here today that whatever superior qualities natural rubber might possess a high selling price would serve only to stimulate its rival—synthetic. Speaking at the second annual conference of the Mav u ca branch337 words
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272 1957-05-02 5 TELUK ANSON, Apr. 27. QNE. of the ‘‘Desert Rafs,” who found fame in besieged Tobruk in North Africa during the last war, will leave Malaya early next month under the Malayanisation scheme. He is Mr. E. M. Smallwood, circuit magistrate and president of272 words
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Article69 1957-05-02 5 No’ to trade mission SINGAPORE, Apr. 28. THE Singapore Government has barred the Formosan trade mission to South-East Asia from entering the Colony. The Controller of Immigration, Mr. M. C. Compton, in disclosing this to the Sundav Times yesterday, explained that the bar was based on the Government’s new policy69 words
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Article25 1957-05-02 5 JOHORE BAHRU, Apr. 28. —Dr. M. Thlllainayagam of the Johore Medical Department has resigned and left for Britain to study for higher qualifications.25 words
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Article765 1957-05-02 5 G L. PEET - G L. PEET. IF you drive out of Ipoh on the Kuala Kangsar road you find yourself in a rural landscape almost immediately. Here are rubber holdings within a mile of the G.P.O. It seems an ideal area for suburban development, and a scenic one too, with765 words
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Article1152 1957-05-02 6 CYNICUS - As I was saying CYNICUS T'HE intention of the A Singapore Council of Women to ask the Government not to appoint to Hindu. Muslim and Chinese advisory councils men with more than one wife raises, although only by accident, a weighty point. India has abolished polygamous marriage, and so has1,152 words
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Article, Illustration9 1957-05-02 6 FADING HORIZON Photo by Mak Kiam Seng— Photo by Mak Kiam Seng - 9 words
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Article577 1957-05-02 6 TUAN DJEk - TUAN DJEk THERE has been no real lifting of the drought; a refreshing shower on 17th was of no use for the well, but good for crops. We take this opportunity to record our protest at the continuing difficulty smallholders are having in getting supplies of fertilisers when577 words
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Article106 1957-05-02 6 From the Straits Times of April 25, 1907 NUMEROUS complaints having from time to time come to this office regarding the way In which dog shooters perform their disagreeable task, a representative of the Straits Times went to the Municipal Offices yesterday In an endeavour to ascertain( From the Straits Times of April 25, 1907 ) - 106 words
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Article66 1957-05-02 6 SINGAPORE, Apr. 28. Mr. Sid Rogell, executive production manager of tn 20th Century-Fox Film Corporation, flew into Singapou yesterday to draw up tm plans for making a film Malaya. Mr. Rogell, whose company made “Love Is a many spiem doured thing,” said they w r66 words
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602 1957-05-02 7 Now it will go for examination by a select committee Straits Times Assembly reporters SINGAPORE, Apr. 25. THE Education Bill, 1 which came up yesterday for its second reading in the Singapore Legislative Assembly, was attacked for what were described as the dictatorial602 words
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697 1957-05-02 7 SINGAPORE, Apr. 25. OPPOSITION members accused the Minister ior Education of seeking dictatorial and undemocratic powers when the Singapore Polytechnic (Amendment) Bill came up for second reading in the Legislative Assembly yesterday. Mr. John Ede (Lib.-Soc.— jAnglin) and Mr. David Marhall (Independent697 words
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300 1957-05-02 7 SINGAPORE, Apr. 25. rpHE Singapore Minister for Commerce and Industry, Mr. J. M. Jumabhoy, yesterday denied that pressure had been brought on the Government by any commercial Arm or nrivate enterprise to reject Australia’s Colombo Plan offer of a $700,000 milk plant. He was300 words
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Article76 1957-05-02 7 SINGAPORE. Apr. 25. Eight new Bills presented by the Singapore Government had their first reading at the Legislative Assembly meeting yesterday. They are: Diplomatic Friv i 1 e g e s < Commonwealth Countries and Republic of Ireland* Bill; Divorce (Amendment; Bill; Pineapple Industry Bill;76 words
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Article27 1957-05-02 7 SINGAPORE. Apr. 25. The C.-in-C Far East Land Forces. Gen Sir Francis Festlng, returned to Singapore yesterday after a four-week tour of the Far East.27 words
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365 1957-05-02 8 BRAGA: RUSSIAN BLASTS NEARER, WHY NOT PROTEST TO THEM? SINGAPORE, Apr. 25. QUESTIONS and answers were shot across the floor of the Singapore Legislative Assembly yesterday when H-bomb tests and their effect on Singapore was discussed. Mr. David Marshall, who raised the matter, asked365 words
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113 1957-05-02 8 JILL FROM ENGLAND IS SEEKING COLONY MISS MODEL 1957 TITLE SINGAPORE. Apr 25. VIVACIOUS 18-year-old Jill Perry, a professional model horn Portsmouth, England, is one of the competitors in the “Miss Model 1957“ contest to be staged in Singapore next month. It will be held during the Y.W.C.A. Business and113 words
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244 1957-05-02 8 SINGAPORE, Apr. 25. OROF. E. H. G. Dobby, 1 Dean of the Faculty of Arts at the University of Malaya, yesterday withdrew the resignation he submitted on April 1. Last week he announced he was “considering the matter afresh.” His change of heart244 words
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238 1957-05-02 8 SINGAPORE, Apr. >:, A MISTAKE brought death to two Royal Air Force men at Tengah, Singapore, on the night of Apr. 23 when the wing of a jet fighter gathering speed to take off sliced across their Land Rover it238 words
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Article71 1957-05-02 8 SINGAPORE. Apr. 25, The following officials nave oeen elected by the Segamat Tamil Youth Club. President. Mr K seeiathasan, vice-president Mr K B Jose; general secretary Mr M A Samv assistant secretary. Mr P Thambusamy. treasurer. Mr S Rethnasamy: assistant treasurer Mr A Marimuthu The committee71 words
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Article30 1957-05-02 8 KUALA LUMPUR. Apr. 24 The Kuala Lumpur Municipal Workers’ Union has asked for its demand for a revised wage structure for daily-rated employees to be submitted to arbitration.30 words
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Article248 1957-05-02 8 Marshall (I still support Labour Front) stays put SINGAPORE, Apr. 25. SHOULD a Singapore Legislative Assemblyman change his seat in the chamber after changing his party allegiance? This question was put to the Speaker, Mr. O.E.N. Oehlers, in the Assembly yesterday when Mr. David Marshall, who248 words
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Article270 1957-05-02 8 SINGAPORE, Apr. 25. THE organising comx mittee of the 1957 Malayan Mobilgas Economy Run met last night in Singapore and rejected the appeal or Fred Johns who wa* second in the observed section. Johns, who drove a Jaguar 2.4. had protested that alter his car’s tank270 words
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Article67 1957-05-02 8 PENANG, Apr. 24 Arsonists caused $16,000 damage when a contractor’s store ui Udinl Road, near the million city power station was destroyed by fire yesterday. Several kerosenesoaked rags were found Two new blocks of flats, about 50 yards away, wen; saved by the fire brigade.67 words
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279 1957-05-02 9 i' LUMPUR, Apr. 24. Gossip drove Inc Me Sayer bin Alias titi to reveal -against the Sultan of Pahang’s wishes -the secret mar riage ot his grandda u a h t e r Hathifah binte Abdul Rashid Alias 2U to the 53 year-old279 words
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118 1957-05-02 9 A ‘nice’ gift for Anzac Day PENANG, Apr. 24. EWERY Australian soldier in North Malaya will be given two gallons of free beer tomorrow as part ol the Anzac Day celebrations The beer—250 cases of Emu presented by the Penang branch of Guthrie118 words
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Article129 1957-05-02 9 And so deter concubines, she says OICH towkays who can afford to have a house full of concubines should be heavily taxed by the Government, said the president of the Singapore Women’s Council. Mrs. George Lee on April 24. This, she said heatedly. would make them129 words
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Article37 1957-05-02 9 SINGAPORE. Apr. 25. I’he Singapore oranch ol the Koyai Air Force Association na.< won the association’s overseas membership trophy, awarded annuallv to the overseas branch obtaining the highest percentage increase in membership during the vear37 words
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Article35 1957-05-02 9 IPOH, Apr. 24. Perak’s oldest girls’ school the >nglo-Chinese Girls’ School i Ipoh—will celebrate its th anniversary in August. The school’s new $90,000 extension will be officially opened during the celebrations.35 words
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Article26 1957-05-02 9 SINGAPORE Apr. 25. Mr. Justice Knight, senior puisne judge, Singapore, who had been spending a short holiday in Britain, has returned to the Colony.26 words
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183 1957-05-02 9 SINGAPORE, Apr. 25. THE Singapore Gov- ernment will proceed step by step, to carry out its legal aid scheme as soon as a Director of Legal Aid has been appointed. When the Minister for Labour and Welfare, Mr. Lim Yew Hock,183 words
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96 1957-05-02 9 SINGAPORE, Apr. 25. fJTOE question of personal relief for a taxpayer who supports his parents, brothers, sisters or other relatives needs considera. tion on a pan. Malayan basis. The acting Financial Secretary, Mr. Oon Khye Khiang, said this in the Singapore Legislative96 words
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207 1957-05-02 9 SINGAPORE, Apr. 25. 'THE Singapore GovL ernment has decided to appoint a three-man commission of inquiry, headed by a judge, to investigate allegations of corruption among members of the public services. Announcing this in the Legislative Assembly yesterday, the Chief Minister, Mr. Lim207 words
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183 1957-05-02 9 SINGAPORE, Apr. 25. T'HE 300-strong Singapore Improvement Trust Local A Officers’ Association has asked the Labour Ministry to intervene in its dispute with the management over wages and working conditions. Its claims relate to: A new salary scale for confidential stenographers; promotion within the183 words
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Article198 1957-05-02 9 —A.P. DENANG, Apr. 24.— 1 The British freighter, Glenorchy, was undergoing repairs here today as a result of the second ship Are in Malayan waters in a week. The 9,000-ton Glenorchy, en route from Singapore to Britain, was damaged when her engine room caught fire—A.P. - 198 words
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Article130 1957-05-02 9 Consulate patches up hikers row SINGAPORE. Apr. 25. THE German Consulate 1 in Singapore yesterday successfully mediated in a quarrel between the two German globe trotters who parted company here earlier this week. The dispute between Kurt Stoboy, 34-year-old Journalist, and Weno Nova*:, 46-year-old writer, was over the sharing of130 words
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Article26 1957-05-02 9 JOHORE BAHRU, Apr. 24— Mr. G. E. Mason, Registrar of the Road Transport Department Johore. left here ,oday for Brita ,r on leave.26 words
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113 1957-05-02 10 MALACCA, Apr. 23 —The Resident Commissioner, Mr. H. G. Hammett, told a group of Junior Red Cross leaders here today that leadership did not consist in rushing round bullying others to do something which they did not want to do. “People who do that usually succeed113 words
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Article308 1957-05-02 10 ‘No permanent jobs for expats ASSEMBLY GETS PLEDGE SINGAPORE, Apr. 26. rHE acting Chief Secretary, Mr. Stanley T. Stewart, told the Singapore Legislative Assembly yesterday (hat expatriate officers would not be absorbed into the permanent service when temporary departments were put on a regular footing. He was speaking on a308 words
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107 1957-05-02 10 SINGAPORE, Apr. 26. TIE standard of art in Singapore can well challenge comparison with work being done in other parts of South-East Asia, said the vice-president of the Singapore Art Society. Mr. Frank Sullivan, yesterday. He said that the record number of entries107 words
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185 1957-05-02 10 SINGAPORE. Apr 26. T'HE Singapore Gov- ernment does not propose to amend the Banishment Ordinance, the acting Chief Secretary, Mr. S. T. Stewart, told the Legislative Assembly yesterday. Mr. David Marshall, in reply to whose question this statement was made, immediately jumped up: “Will he185 words
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128 1957-05-02 10 J>ENANG, Apr. 25. Repair gangs from Penang are working round the clock in the engine room of the 9.000-ton Glenorchy which was damaged by a fire off Port Swettenham on April 20. Workmen are changing all electrical wires in the engine room. Some replacement128 words
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Article23 1957-05-02 10 JOHORE BAHRU. Apr. 25 Mr. K. Thuraisingham, son of Dato Sir Clough Thuraisingham. has left for Britain to study law.23 words
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142 1957-05-02 10 SINGAPORE, Apr. 26. ceremonies throughout Malaya yesterday honoured the memory of Australian and New Zealand soldiers who died at Gallipoli in the Dardanelles, during World War I In SINGAPORE the 42nd anniversary of Anzac Day was marked by prayers and the142 words
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144 1957-05-02 10 g U T T E R W O R I H Apr. 25.—Eleven British soldiers were injured one seriously—when a three-ton lony carrying them back camp after a cinema show crashed into a monsoon ditch at Lutterworth last night. Six were detained in r144 words
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Article49 1957-05-02 10 SINGAPORE. Apr 26 Exercise Astra has proved that SEATO naval units can act and operate together at sea. a release from the Far East Station said yesterday The first phase of the exercise ends tomorrow when th< ships anchor oil Pulau Tinman for 48 hours.49 words
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Article192 1957-05-02 10 KUALA LUMPUR, Apr. 25. A DEPUTATION representing nearly 1,000 Chinese guilds and associations will fly to Britain on May 5, to seek a meeting with the Colonial Secretary, Mr. Alan Lennox Boyd, on Malaya's new constitu- tion. Preparations for the trip will be192 words
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Article45 1957-05-02 10 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— The General Officer Commanding Malaya, Lt.-Gen. Sir Roger Bower, tonight presented the 160 men of 55 Company. RASC (Air Dispatch), with special badges approved by the Queen “in recognition of their valuable services in the Malayan Emergency.”45 words
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Article226 1957-05-02 10 Set of rules planned on etiquette for envoys Kuala lumpur, Apr. 25. —Foreign ambassadors will travel by cars of the royal household when they present their credentials to the Yang di-Pertuan Agong after independence. Charges d’alfaires, con-suls-general and consuls will follow a brief and226 words
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Article, Illustration1048 1957-05-02 11 We could ask Mr. Boyd to think again on that subversives bar’—Lim SINGAPORE, Apr. 27. THE Assembly was tense and expectant when the Chief Minister rose to speak on his motion. This was that the Assembly should take note of the report of the constitutional talks in London in March1,048 words
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184 1957-05-02 11 WE’RE BETTER OFF NOW THAN LAST YEAR —LIB-SOCS LEADER THE leader of the 1 Liberal Socialists, MR. L I IM C H O O N MONO, seconding the Chief Minister, said he believed the delegation bad discharged its duties and secured the maximum that could be obtained for Singapore. There184 words
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Article164 1957-05-02 11 SINGAPORE. Apr. 27. THE Musiim Inheri- tance Bill which permits Muslims to bequeath their property to their non-Muslim descendants was passed by the Legislative Assembly yesterday. Mr. R. Jumabhoy (Lib-Soc) made an attempt to hav e the controversial clause dealing with the inheritance of164 words
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Article261 1957-05-02 11 100-YEAR-OLD CENTRE NEAR IPOH TO BE DUG UP IPOH, Apr. 26. JyAHAT, 100-year-old town five miles from here, will soon cease to exist. It is to be given over to tin mining as $3 million worth of ore is believed to be under261 words
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112 1957-05-02 11 SINGAPORE, Apr. 26. A FORMER Malayan who had a hand in many big building projects during the 1930’s, Mr. D. W. Brisbane, returned to Singapore yesterday in the Charon from Australia for a three-week visit. Mr. Brisbane, now 69, was112 words
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1253 1957-05-02 12 k THE ASHES OF OUR DEAD HOPES' SINGAPORE, Apr. 27. TMIK next spcnkci w;is Mr. Du vie! Mmsluill. His first words hit the As semhlv like ;i blow. “In the speeches in supoort of the motion,’’ he said, “not a single1,253 words
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Article591 1957-05-02 12 K.C. LEE - By K.C. LEE SINGAPORE. Apr. 27. r pHE Peoples’ Action Party leader. Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, and the former Chief Minister. Mr. David Marshall, will fight a by-election probably in Tanjong Pagar. This cl low s a lira malic challenge l>\ Mr Marshall in the591 words
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130 1957-05-02 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Apr 26. Expatriate officers leaving the Federation under the Malayanisation scheme have been advised not to criticise Government policies in farewell interviews with the Press. The Establishment Officer Mr. A. J. Grade, said today that these ar e standing rules130 words
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371 1957-05-02 13 MALAYS TAKING OVER IN PREPARATION FOR DEFENCE REORGANISATION AFTER MERDEKA DA Y KUALA LUMPUR, Apr. 26. THE move of Imperial troops out of Kuala 1 Lumpur, the Federal capital, and the installation in their place of Federation Army units, lias begun. New headquarters in371 words
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230 1957-05-02 13 SINGAPORE. Apr. 27. THE president of the Australian Association. Mr. Vivian C. Bath, a rubber broker, last night reiterated that his country’s Colombo Plan aid to Singapore had no strings attached. Speaking at the association’s annual dinner at the Seaview Hotel,230 words
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Article32 1957-05-02 13 jOHORE BAHRU. Apr. 26.— Mr 9- E. Daniels has been ‘{'Pointed to act as headPiaster of the English College more Bahru during Mr. D. nnett’s absence on leave In Britain.32 words
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343 1957-05-02 13 JOHORE BAHRU, Apr. 26. A WARNING that, in spite of the present reasonable attitude of the National Union of Plantation Workers, there was no guarantee of continuing future peace between employer and worker was sounded here today by Mr. S. Sandison, chairman of the Johore343 words
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174 1957-05-02 13 TANAH RATA. Apr. 26—Cameron Highlands. Malaya's most popular hill resort, is enjoying a $lOO,OOO tourist boom—the blgbest since the Emergency began nine years ago. “The normal influx of visitors here during the school holidays is about 2.000 but this time we are having174 words
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Article70 1957-05-02 13 SINGAPORE, Apr. 26. “BLACK BEAR.” Singapore's popular Deputy Chief Commissioner of Scouts, has been awarded the Silver Acorn for outstanding service. Tall, well-built Lesley Woodford joined the scouting movement at the age of 12 In 1948 he was awarded the Scout Medal of Merit,70 words
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Article65 1957-05-02 13 SINGAPORE. Apr. 27. With Singapore getting control of her cultural relations under the new constitution, the Government will help the island to develop a cultural personality of its own, the Chief Minister, Mr. Lim Yew Hock, said yesterday. Mr. Lim said this when he declared open65 words
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Article55 1957-05-02 13 The president of the Friends of Singapore, Mr. T W. Ong, will present a i>ortrait of Sir John Nicoll. the former Governor of Singapore, to the city at a ceremony in the Victoria Memorial Hall on Mny 15. The City Council president. Mr. J. T.55 words
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Article201 1957-05-02 13 DIAMOND JUBILEE ALSO PROMOTED AFTER MAIDEN WIN AT BUKIT TIMAH MEET SINGAPORE, Apr. 25. WONDER KID (late Leprechaun) has been promoted from Class 3 to Class 2 according to the latest S.R.A. classification list issued yesterday. Wonder Kid, a four-year-old brown Irish gelding by Bay Meadows201 words
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Article3471 1957-05-02 14 SINUAI’OHK, Apr. 2-S. lulR. DAVID MARSHALL (Independent Cairnhill) suggested in the Singapore Legislative Assembly yesterday that voting on the report of the London constitutional talks should be put off until he had fought his by-election with the People’s Action Party leader, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew. Mr.3,471 words
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Article230 1957-05-02 15 ‘Crawling Mr. M raises a laugh KUALA LUMPUR, Apr. 27. UR DAVID MARSHALL’S charge in the Singapore Legislative Assembly on April 26 that the Colony Government was “crawling on its belly’’ to the Federation for a merger raised much laughter among Ministers and Government officials here. The Federation Chief Minister,230 words
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293 1957-05-02 15 SINGAPORE, Apr. 28. THE contest between Mr. Lee Kuan Yew and Mr. David Marshall in the Tanjong Pagar by-election promises to be a straight fight. In Cairnhill, however, the field is wide open. No political party would commit itself yesterday on this point.293 words
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Advertisement68 1957-05-02 15 STRAITS BUDGET SUBSCRIPTION RATES (PAYABLE IN ADVANCE Quarterly Half-yearly early Br. Empire Singapore Malaya Foreign Town Area including (Including No Postage Postage postage) 5.20 5.75 6.75 10.40 11 50 13.50 20.80 23.00 27.00 The weekly issues of the Straits Budget can be sent by air delivery service to the United68 words
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Article477 1957-05-02 16 BY-ELECTIOA BATTLE? ‘NO, THERE MIGHT BE TROUBLE 9 SINGAPORE, Apr. ;jo MR. DAVID MARSHALL is to quit politics “permanently.” He made the announcement after the morning sitting of the Legislative Assembly. Among the first to know: PAP leader Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, who last week challenged477 words
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1201 1957-05-02 16 DELIMITING 51 NEW WARDS: ALL-PARTY COMMITTEE WILL DO THIS JOB SINGAPORE, Apr. m WHEN the Assembly resumed, the Chief Minister, Mr. Lim Vew Hock, replied to Mr. Marshall point by point. His speech, charged with1,201 words
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256 1957-05-02 16 SINGAPORE, Apr. 30. THE Minister for Health, Mr. A. J. Braga, who also attacked Mr. Marshall, was thrice called to order for using what the Speaker ruled were unparliamentary words. He was pulled up with his* opening words256 words
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489 1957-05-02 17 The gains: Better conditions, holidays and regulated working hours Marshall fails with amendments on maternity leave, right to strike SINGAPORE, Mav 1. 4 MAY DAY gift to thousands of Singapore office and shop workers was approved by the Singapore Legislative Assembly489 words
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104 1957-05-02 17 ‘STRENGTHEN BONDS WITH NEIGHBOURS SINGAPORE, Apr. 30. gINGAPORE should strengthen its relations with neighbouring countries, Capt. F. E. W. Lammert said yesterday when he returned from Saigon on the Malayan seaward defence launch Panglima. Capt. Lammert, commanding officer of the Singapore Division, Malayan Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, had accompanied the104 words
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124 1957-05-02 17 KUALA LUMPUR, Apr. 29 The Government’ has re-activated the committee to consider the licensing of bookmakers. The committee is headed by the Minister for Natural Resources, Inche Sulaiman bin Dato Abdul Rahman. Members are the Commissioner of Police and representatives of the Minister124 words
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Article57 1957-05-02 17 SINGAPORE. May. 1. Ten members of the 35man Australian trade mission now visiting India and Ceylon are expected in Singapore in the next few days. Mr. L. H. Dorman, assistant general manager of the Australian Wheat Board, will be the first to arrive tomorrow. The rest57 words
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Article825 1957-05-02 17 SINGAPORE, Apr. 30. T'HE Minister for 1 Works and Communications. Mr. Francis Thomas, criticised Mr. Marshall’s attack on the Press. ‘‘We need a Press which can be free and which can criticise us when we do wrong and sometimes criticise us when we do right.”825 words
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1064 1957-05-02 18 LIM GAVE SINGAPORE STABILITY AFTER LOSS OF CONFIDENCE’ Sutherland says that Chief Minister is best maw to cement and maintain friendly relations with the Federation SINGAPORE, May 1. yHE British community think that the Chief Minister, Mr. Lim Yew Hock, “has brought stability to Singapore following a certain loss of1,064 words
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Article191 1957-05-02 18 SINGAPORE, Apr. 30 r^LT-Ll. MICHAEL 1 PALMER. 28, a New Zealander, owes his life to the ejector seat of his Venom jet fighter, which crashed into the Straits of Johore during a routine training flight yesterday The fighter, of No. 14 Squadron, RNZAF. wa.~191 words
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281 1957-05-02 18 SINGAPORE, Apr. 30. TWENTY Singapore trade unions yesterday issued a statement generally supporting the stand taken by the Government and the People’s Action Party in the All-Party versus Marshall controversy on the constitutional issue. Most of these unions formerly owed281 words
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191 1957-05-02 18 SINGAPORE, Apr. 30. A WOMAN apparently “deep in thought” had walked into the path of a train and received fatal injuries, a Singapore inquest was told yesterday. The woman was Miss Amanda Crawley, 43, a British Red Cross Society welfare officer. She191 words
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915 1957-05-02 19 FELIX ABISHEGANADBN - MARSHALL: FINAL ACT But he leaves ‘come-back door open By FELIX ABISHEGANADBN SINGAPORE, May 1. SINGAPORE’S former Chief Minister, Mr. David Marshall, and the People’s. Action 1’arty leader. Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, resigned t rom the Legislative Assembly yesterday. The P A.P, leader quit immediately Mr. m Yew Hock’s resolution915 words
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104 1957-05-02 19 JOHORE BAHRU, Apr. 30 Chinese associations, guilds and private indi*j viduals yesterday airmailed a petition to the Sul-' r tan o i Johore asking him to accept the offer to become Yang dl-Peftuan Agong of the Federation. The petition says the104 words
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Article55 1957-05-02 19 SINGAPORE, May. 1. POLITICAL CIRCLES in Singapore said last n’gbt that Mr. Lee Kuan Yew is almost Certain to be returned unopposed In Tanjong Pagar. It is understood that the People's Action Party's two principal opponent Idheral and the Labour Front—have decided not to put up55 words
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Article792 1957-05-02 19 fcir n■■ 1 11 1 X'HE WEEK IW SPORT nnHE “Flying Fijians” have accepted the invita- tion of the Federation of Malaya Amateur Athletic Union to compete in this year’s Malayan championships. The championships will be held at the Merdeka Stadium on Sept. 5, 6 And792 words
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Article598 1957-05-02 20 SHAW*: MARKET j *C By Our Market Correspondent SINGAPORE, Apr. 29. THE Singapore Share Market resumed last week after the Easter holidays in a quiet atmosphere but the firm tendency of the preholiday period was still apparent in most sections. A feature of the closing598 words
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Article357 1957-05-02 20 rwm following business X done In Singapore Stenro Market Inst week wns reported by one- Ann of brokers for tho period April 23 to 26. INDUSTIALB: Consolidated Tin smelters Onto 33a. 6d. f Fraser A Neave Onto $3 43 to 62 44-62.43 Mi, Gammons 62.16 to 6340 c.d..357 words
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383 1957-05-02 20 By Ouf Market Correspondent SINGAPORE, Max INCREASING emphasis was directed to eu shares on the Singapore Share Market ye day, with local shares experiencing'lack of i €St« Although movements were slight, there irregular tendencies in the industrial and tin tions with some383 words
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Article65 1957-05-02 20 pT> a*; S£*e Current Date of Tbtal for y Total for jt >’r.ai: "t payment payment year previous year 'SS’ytnt St**** W g f/*>' M* N WJ* SO% aM P.f “"r B4 6 Aprtl29 uSSSa£sHt H%» 5£H!- ss Kr»*» Tta Ltd. j2s*< »*J 1* 50% v®lea lataraaee Society65 words
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Article482 1957-05-02 20 SINGAPORE, Apr. SO. V*/ <O/# jMUrh Mud".'.' KI M l?1fi mm:, ■JfT* *.|o o°T u„ 4:8 few- ,'S JS“ Oom.mm Park I.JO lit W Himr 5.14 1.18 Henry IN I.U .rkooi A B’hal ,S& W «S 3 f*®***® Pk) jip ...Mocc fe.w"cS.«t- m > if owniw. AMur_482 words
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Article300 1957-05-02 20 SINGAPORE, Apr jphe Easter holidays tervening, the u j has been a very short ne but this has in no y awakened it from .ts lethargic state and tv. uations have been ini tesimal, report Holitiiv, Cutler, Bath and Co. l td in their current review >t300 words
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Article47 1957-05-02 20 After a survey of nt 10.000 square miles in Gangetic Basin, in West J gal. an Ameflcan oil pgay ihas started test dr operations about three from Burdwan. The Oortminent of hold 25 percent of the sh under an agreement sic* with oil company.47 words