The Straits Budget, 16 May 1957
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The Straits Budget
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Title Section28 1957-05-16 1 The Straits Budget THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES MALAYA'S NATIONAL NSW STARS Series No 560. Singapore, May 16, 1957 Price 40 cents (Malayan) or 1 Shilling.28 words
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Advertisement43 1957-05-16 1 McAlister co.. ltd V. V?* J have pleasure in announcing the completion of the purchase of T. V. MITCHELL AND CO., (FAR-EAST) LTD., in Singapore, Federation of Malaya, Thailand, Hong Kong, Borneo and Sarawak, 4 ‘j y 7 4' effective 1st January, 1957\43 words
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301 1957-05-16 2 P. R. LEWIS - P. R. LEWIS, Permanent SdMIglQt Ministry Com- inunira tio* v god Works. Singapore 3 *TTHe letter from the Ministry of Communications and <fi.T. April 17),: confined itself to the qualifications needed to enter the Singapore Engineering Service, and as the relevant scheme of service Is at301 words
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Article38 1957-05-16 2 JMANDAR b. A., HALDdf - :JMANDAR b. A., HALDdf^! Singapore. I SHOULD like to add: U Jalan Senyum > (City Council Rural Board Portions), and Loeong Marlcan (City end)... both off Chengl Road, Sit mg., to the list of missing nameplates.38 words
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Article183 1957-05-16 2 PHILIP LAC - PHILIP LAC. Singapore. 4 OAIN and again we hare ijJl to hear our politicians making statements devoid of meaning significance or intelligence- What appears*" to me particularly revolting,, 3 Is the manner and frequency with which they use the word “undemo- cratlc.” Anything with which they happen to-183 words
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Article154 1957-05-16 2 OA. T - OA.T s- Ip»h. THE Chinese guild, for; the right of tlonality by birth, a years’ residential qualiii tion for citlienshfifc q rights for all citizens multilingualism in j; legislature The constitution has yet been written ahd ev one U free to voice opinion unless we154 words
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Article397 1957-05-16 2 “ KDMBANC HETINA’ - KDMBANC HETINA’ Ipeli 3gf 'frjr. ~jf|URINQ the past few r* months there have been repeated warnings about the evils that MU follow the fragmentation of rubber estates into small-hold-ings, but two major factors closely tied to 4 our dollar reserve and the terrorist warfare appear to have397 words
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Article211 1957-05-16 2 S. S. CHIANfi - S. S. CHIANfi Hon. Sec., Southern Division, Malayan Pharmaceutical Association fAUSTIC soda Is a Pan a as well as a Schedul I poison and can only b< sold by retail by regts tered pharmacists art wholesale by licensed per sons. In retail sales ti purchaser, must211 words
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Article709 1957-05-16 3 —Straits Times. May 9. I j, licit into surplus is such lamiliar budgetary trick t; applause in the Federatj., Legislative Council when >:t 11 S. Lee announced the i news for last year was or place. In the budget in November the C .a'.cil was told—Straits Times. May 9. - 709 words
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Article170 1957-05-16 3 —Straits Times. May 9 The Penang M.C.A. committee which inquired into the recent demonstrations by students of three Chinese high schools has found, not altogether surprisingly, that it would be wrong to blame “only the subversive elements” in these schools. In fact there never was much doubt that—Straits Times. May 9 - 170 words
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Article620 1957-05-16 3 —Straits Times. May 10. With the creation of a National Council, the Soekarno conception of democracy in Indonesia takes a more rigid shape. Members of the Council have still to be appointed. There will be Cabinet Ministers among them and representatives ol the military and civil authorities, other—Straits Times. May 10. - 620 words
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Article681 1957-05-16 3 —Straits Times, May 11 The Federation Chief Minister presumably must not be taken too literally when he says that any compromise necessary for the success of the final constitutional talks in London will have to come from the British. It takes two to compromise. But—Straits Times, May 11 - 681 words
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Article202 1957-05-16 3 —Straits Times. May 10. Allegations that medical specialists in Government hospitals and in the University are earning from $70,000 to $90,000 over their normal pay have not been lightly dismissed by the Singapore Government Mr. Braga. Singapore’s Minister of Health, revealed some time tigo that the Government was—Straits Times. May 10. - 202 words
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Article300 1957-05-16 4 Straits Timos. May 13. If the Government cannot meet the people then the people must meet the Government. This logic has proved so irrefutable that Empress Place has decided to follow it to an unhappy conclusion. Twice a week buses will pick up farmers, workers, village teachers and– Straits Timos. May 13. - 300 words
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Article281 1957-05-16 4 —Straits Times. May 11. One result of the fragmentation of large estates has been to deprive the Labour Department ot jurisdiction over housing on these properties. Department 1 officials have used ail the I powers they have to eniorce certain standards. Generally the bigger estates have been persuaded—Straits Times. May 11. - 281 words
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Article183 1957-05-16 4 —Straits Times. May 13. A well deserved rebuke for the committee of the Penang M.C.A. comes from the Minister of Education, Dato Abdul Razak. It is everyone’s duty to guard against subversion, and it is particularly the duty of school teachers to be alert against subversion in the—Straits Times. May 13. - 183 words
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Article609 1957-05-16 4 —Straits Times. May 14. Agreement in the Commons on a private member’s motion is not always the herald of action. The emergent territories of the Commonwealth consequently will follow with rapt attention, but only moderate optimism, the impact on the coming Commonwealth Conference of Prime Ministers of—Straits Times. May 14. - 609 words
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Article701 1957-05-16 4 —Straits Times, May 15 Singapore’s May Day gift to clerks and shop assistants seems to have earned its sponsors little thanks. The clerks will now have the shortest working week in Asia, 39 hours with 13 days’ paid holidays and two weeks’ annual leave. The shop assistant—Straits Times, May 15 - 701 words
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Article328 1957-05-16 5 Discussions show that three main points are in dispute SINGAPORE, Mav 12. fv[0 agreement was reached yesterday in talks on the future of 415 local employees of the Singapore Naval Base made redundant by cuts in British defence expenditure. After o meeting yesterday between representatives328 words
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Article131 1957-05-16 5 KUALA LUMPUR, May 12. DETAILS have been released of how security forces killed two Communist terrorists in the Batu Gajah area of Perak on May 9. At about 2.15 p.m a number of terrorists were seen approaching an ambush position laid by a combined131 words
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Article53 1957-05-16 5 SINGAPORE, May 12. An R A F. Comet II Jet airliner on a proving flight between the Woomera rocket range in Australia and England touched down at Changi yesterday evening with Air Marshal Sir Andrew McKee C-in-C of R.A.F. Transport Command, on board. It will take53 words
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457 1957-05-16 5 H SINGAPORE, May 12. AS the influenza epidemic claimed its first victim? Yesterday an eight-month-old baby girl. Ong Ai Chiew, died from high fever. Hut hospital authorities are n ot quite sure that the child, whose body is now n457 words
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Article43 1957-05-16 5 SINGAPORE, May 13. A group oi Singapore terinary surgeons started a surgery tor dogs Lo meet the great demand tor the treatment >»i sick am mals It will oe opened tomorrow at the Aroll Kennels at 358/* Dunearn Road.43 words
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Article801 1957-05-16 5 G. L. FEET - G. L. FEET. AUR tour of Seremban was a strange medley of past and present. After looking round the town Kenneth Fernandez and I visited the old istana which houses the new State museum, a place redolent of Malay history long before British times. Here you may801 words
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Article1231 1957-05-16 6 CYNICL9 - CYNICL9 IT IS astonishing that neither the report of the Director of Audit on accounting scandals nor Colonel H. S. Lee’s indiscretion in the Federal Council has had the slightest reaction in the commercial world. It speaks volumes for the prosperity of trade that these matters1,231 words
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Article, Illustration9 1957-05-16 6 THE YACHT— -Ptiolo Oy Earn Kat Yet-Ptiolo Oy Earn Kat Yet - 9 words
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Article93 1957-05-16 6 (From the Straits Times of May 9,1907) CAPTAIN Grove, the Chief Police Officer, writes to say that the Motor Car Driving Certificate granted by the Police, is merely a cerMflcate that the person to whom it is granted is sufficiently proficient in driving, to drive a car(From the Straits Times of May 9,1907) - 93 words
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Article584 1957-05-16 6 TUAN DJEK - TUAN DJEK THERE was a terrific 1 storm on 30th last month, and there have been showers ever since, except on the Ist, Hari Rava Puasa. On the 26th., on return from his rounds, the Tuan, after many weeks, was able to return home with clayclogged shoes, and584 words
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396 1957-05-16 7 Three months of Acts, debates and conferences lie ahead —but the end is clear KUALA LUMPUR, May 8. V \EW constitutional agreement between the x Queen and the nine Malay Rulers is exptM'led to be signed in a brilliant ceremony here either at the396 words
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256 1957-05-16 7 New -look tax laws for Federation to be free of Colony mHF KUALA LUMPUR, May 7. I iu F derati °n Government plans to redraft the income tax laws to make them independent of action from Singapore. This is disclosed in a finance committee report Placed before the Federal Legislative256 words
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215 1957-05-16 7 SINGAPORE, May 8. SINGAPORE'S National Service men are to be K included in the Government’s latest plan under nich part-time members of the three defence sericps may be called out to deal with riots and other nvil disorders. compensation scheme, in of injuries during215 words
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Article75 1957-05-16 7 SINGAPORE. May 9. pOLICE last night found six 25 lb. mortar bombs in a village at Rifle Range Road, off Buklt Timah Road. The bombs, believed to be war relics, are “in a highly dangerous state,” police said. Experts from the Army arms disposal squad75 words
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272 1957-05-16 7 IPOH, May 8. A LANCE-CORPORAL in the 1st Bn., the Royal Scots Fusiliers, R. R. Coull, 26, asked the sessions court president, Mr. J. R. Whimster, here today not to fine him but to give him “a fair sentence” on four272 words
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Article54 1957-05-16 7 SINGAPORE, May 9. The Chief Secretary, Mr. W.A.C. Goode, will be asked at the Singapore Legislative Assembly meeting on May 22 if h P will reconsider the case of the recently dismissed temporary Government clerks. A series of questions will be put to him by Mr.54 words
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Article31 1957-05-16 7 JOHORE BAHRU, May B. Inche Taib bin Andak. District Officer, Johore Bahru, yesterday opened a three day exhibition designed to emphasise World Health Day’s slogan, “Food and Health.”31 words
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Article218 1957-05-16 7 LUMPUR, May 10. The Chief Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, has refused to meet a deputation from the Second Malay Congress who wanted to ask that two of their representatives be included in the Rulers and Alliance party for the London constitutional talks. The chairman of the218 words
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Article114 1957-05-16 7 Kuala lumpur, May B. Tengku Abdul Rahman today paid tribute to two federal councillors—Mr. G. M. Knocker, who will soon leave the country and Mr. C. Thornton, who returned recently. Tributes were also paid in the Federal Council to Mr. Knocker by two leaders of114 words
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118 1957-05-16 7 SINGAPORE. May 9. Grace CHANG, the “Mambo Girl” from Hong Kong, confessed last night that although she loved her film career she would give up all for love. “But,” she added, “I have no plans to settle down immediately. I just118 words
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Article319 1957-05-16 8 Britain is likely to approve K U ALA LUMPUR, May 8. The Alliance and the Rulers are reported to have worked out a formula for safeguards that would make Commonwealth dual citizenship acceptable. And sources close to the government expect the formula to be approved by319 words
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1227 1957-05-16 8 Dr. ISMAIL PREDICTS ‘BRIGHTER FUTURE’ AHEAD OF MALA YA KUALA LUMPUR, May 8.—The Minisler for Commerce and Industry, Dr. Ismail bin Dato Abdul Rahman, said triumphantly at the end of a debate in the Federal Council today: “Malaya can now look forward to a brighter future The council had been1,227 words
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227 1957-05-16 8 SINGAPORE, May 9 rpHE chairman of the Straits Trading Co. Ltd., Sic Ewen Fergusson, yesterday praised the American system of stockpiling tin on other than strategic grounds, and questioned the wisdom of disposal of the United Kingdom tin stockpile. Sir Ewen told the227 words
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291 1957-05-16 9 except WHEN KNOW-HOW IS NEEDED K. LUMPUR, May 8. t|1K Federation Gov1 ernment has been a>ked to bar foreign investors from taking pan in essential industries of national importance and security to the nation. This is advocated by the ri duration’s Rubber Goods291 words
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517 1957-05-16 9 SINGAPORE, May 9. IHE Singapore influenza epidemic has crossed the causeway to Johore where the number of victmis is increasing steadily. The Johore Bahru General Hospita! yesterday treated 515 flu patients. Two doctors and 16 of the nursing staff at the hospital are517 words
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Article223 1957-05-16 9 Miracle escape for officer as grenade fails to explode IPOH, May 8. A 2/6 GURKHA Hides patrol louglit a two-hour Sun battle with two terrorists on a 500ft. ,n lh e Gunons Rapat area, four miles smith of Ipoh, this afternoon. One terrorist, a woman was wounded223 words
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Article64 1957-05-16 9 KUALA LUMPUR. May B. J ne Federal Council today a Bill to ensure more hetive customs control in nc Straits of Johore. he Minister for Finance, 01 H. S. Lee, said that the Bill permits preventive vessels from Singapore to assist the Federation Customs in Federal64 words
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183 1957-05-16 9 KUALA LUMPUR, May 8. T'HE Keeper of the Rulers’ Seal, Tuan Haji Musta--1 pha Albakri. will unofficially ask the Sultan ot Johore, Sir Ibrahim, in London whether he will be prepared to bo considered a candidate for the post of Paramount Ruler. He will183 words
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Article159 1957-05-16 9 LUMPUR, May 8. —The Federal Legislative Council today approved u bill to create a Malayan Pineapple In- dustry Board, to replace the Pineapple Joint Industrial Council. On the board will bo representatives of owners, canners, growers, exporters, can suppliers. as well as representatives ot producing159 words
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170 1957-05-16 9 SINGAPORE, Muv 8. president of the Singapore* Trades Union Congress, Mr. S. Jaganathan, will contest the Cairnhiil by-election if his organisation thinks it all right for unionists to enter the political arena as independents. In addition I iboral-Socialist City Councillor, Mr. Soil Ghee Soon, announced170 words
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Article880 1957-05-16 10 Citizenship: We refuse to budge Kl’ALA LI'MIM'IL M;iv t). ANY compromise necessary lor a successful conclusion to the London constitutional talks will have to come from the British Government, the Chief Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, said before he left here today. He said (lie only ma880 words
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Article236 1957-05-16 10 ‘There are bound to be complications’ SINGAPORE, May 10. THE Federation Government’s proposal to redraft its income tax laws so that it can make poluv changes independently of Singapore, gave rise to concern in the Colony yesterday. Income tax policy is now a pan-Malayan matter.236 words
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Article43 1957-05-16 10 SINGAPORE. May 10. Sir George Seel, senior Crown agent ior overseas governments and administrations. and Mr. R. W. Taylor, engineer-in-chief, will leave Britain May 13 on a tour of the Federation. Singapore, North Borneo. Brunei. Sarawak and Hong Kong.43 words
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Article261 1957-05-16 10 EVERYWHERE HE GOES HE SEES HIS TIMBER SINGAPORE. May 10 AIR. Charles Bunning, 42. of Perth. Australia. may fly to any part of the world, out he cannot forget about his business, even on a holiday. And the “culprit who persecutes him this way’261 words
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Article446 1957-05-16 10 SINGAPORE, May 10. rpHE Influenza epidcmic is working slowly north through the Federation. Thou h declining in Singapore, it is affecting dozens further north. In Johore Bahru yesterday another 700 people sought treatment at the General Hospital, bringing the total to marly 2,000 since May446 words
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Article646 1957-05-16 11 Schools shut in Johore Bahru SINGAPORE, May 11 THE influenza epide1 mie is fast envelop* ins the whole of Malaya. !l is costing employers lens of thousands of dollars in lost manl)o n s and medical fees. Several schools in jchore Bahru have been closed while646 words
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54 1957-05-16 11 MALACCA, May 10—The influenza epidemic has broken into the wiggly world of strip-tease. About 20 members of the stage show belonging to strip-tease queen Rose Chan, now performing in Malacca, are suffering from mild attacks of it contracted in Singapore. But Rose herself ha54 words
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246 1957-05-16 11 SINGAPORE. May 10. A SINGAPORE lawA yer, Mr. C. H. Koh, has made up his mind to oppose the PAP leader, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, in the Tanjong Pagar by-election. Mr. Koh, who had last week spoken of246 words
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325 1957-05-16 11 ESME BAPTISTA - By ESME BAPTISTA KUALA LUMPUR. May 9. PRETTY 21-vear-olcl English bride, Barbara Lim (maiden name: Watkins), sailed into Singapore yesterday to meet her in-laws... FOI R motiiers-in-law, that is. For Barbara’s husband, aeronautical engineer Lim Kok Kah, 22,325 words
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152 1957-05-16 11 Let people be citizens after eight years here’ SINGAPORE, May 10. THE question of Sin- gapore citizenship, happily settled in London, is being revived—this time by the M.C.A. vice- president, Mr. Wong Foo Nam. Mr. Wong, an Assemblyman, thinks the 10 years' residential qualification tor aliens is “unfair.” He maintains152 words
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170 1957-05-16 11 SINGAPORE May 11. rHE Malaya Independence Movement (Ke.satuan Malaya Merdeka), a political body formed by Malay exiles in Indonesia with headquarters in Jakarta, has called on all the people of this country to support the Alliance Government so that merdeka will be achieved on Aug.170 words
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Article58 1957-05-16 11 At the top —your smokes May 10. I hSTOMS duty collected in Singapore during the Tst four months of this V’ a r provided the treasury with $34,282,000. •'“■s was $4,263,000 more than the amount collect- ed over the same period last year. Tobacco topped the list with $13,246,000. followed58 words
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Article96 1957-05-16 11 SINGAPORE. May II). THE Controller of Immigration. Mr. M. C. Compton, has not yet recevied any application for visas from Prof. C. N. Parkinson and his party, who are planning a cultural mission to China. Prof. Parkinson is head of the history department in96 words
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Article33 1957-05-16 11 JOHORE BAHRU. May 9 Tengku Esah. daughter of the late Tengku Abubakar and a grand-daughter of the Sultan of Johore. has joined the stall of the Sultan Ibrahim Girl>’ School here.33 words
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Article85 1957-05-16 11 SINGAPORE. May 10. Lt -Col. R. J. Tadman <3B pointsi won the Army Oolfing Society's “A” division .stnbleford com|>etition at the Koval Singapore Cioll Club. Other cards: Col. P.I) Miller (iHi, I t.-Col. TPH. McKelvey <33 1 Maj. E. Cropland <33>, Lt Col. F.M. Cunningham <32)85 words
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Article23 1957-05-16 11 SINGAPORE. May 10. The question ol personal tax reliefs will be debated in the Singapore Legislative Assembly on May 22.23 words
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360 1957-05-16 12 KUALA LUMPUR, May 10. MANY people have been moving from (he Federation into Singapore over the last 10 years, the Superintendent ot Census, Mr. T. K. Smith, disclosed today. He said this was partly due lo tlie hmergenev in the360 words
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216 1957-05-16 12 SINGAPORE, May 11. MR. LEE KUAN YEW. the People’s Action Party leader, last night started his by-election campaign for the Tanjong Pagar seat. He told a meeting of Singapore harbour board workers to judge whether he should be returned to the216 words
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183 1957-05-16 12 SINGAPORE, May 11. T'HE Singapore Labour Front and LiberalSocialists are not likely to contest the bv-elections in Cairnhill and Tanjong Pagar. With only a week to go before nomination day. neither party has announced the name of a candidate. UMNO has decided to183 words
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193 1957-05-16 12 THE RULER WAITED ALLIANCE MEN DIDN’T KEEP ‘DATE’ K LUMPUR. May lo. 1Y —The Sultan 0 f Selangor waited far two-and-a-lialf hours yesterday for three Selangor Alliance iuders at his seaside Istana at Morib. They did not turn up. The Sultan was to receive Inche Abdullah Yassin (UMNO>, Mr. Y.T.193 words
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Article229 1957-05-16 12 EXPERT: ‘NO NEED TO CUT OUTPUT' K LUMPUR. May 10. The retiring Chief Inspector of Mines, Mr. I.! L. Patterson, said today that there was a likelihood of world tin consumption exceeding production soon. “Thp future suggests that we will not have to restrict tin229 words
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85 1957-05-16 12 PENANG. May 10. A LABOUR councillor, Mr. C.Y. Choy iSungei Pinang) said in the city council today he was ashamed to wear a tie. “It is so foreign to us,” he said in reply to Inche Abdullah Ariff (Alliance. Jelutong) who .had criticised councillors for85 words
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Article164 1957-05-16 12 SINGAPORE. May 12. A SINGAPORE city health official yesterday advi.M ct mothers not to buy skimmed milk powder for their babies. The doctor said that some illiterate mothers had mistaken skimmed milk for full cream and bought it because it was cheaper. Skimmed milk offered164 words
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Article48 1957-05-16 12 SINGAPORE. May UK The president of the proposed Alagappa Chettiar College in Malaya, Mr. Ramanathan Chettiar. leaves tociav for India to complete plan-' for the college. The $500,000 college wij be open to students of a a races. English would be th< teaching language.48 words
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Article60 1957-05-16 12 SINGAPORE. May UK Two organisations in Sin pore yesterday celebrated ti. 96th birthday anniversary poet Rabindranath Taco: \vh 0 is regarded as the greatest Asian poet of this cental The Tagore Society held concert at the Oei Tionc H Hall, University of Mala\ and the Tagore60 words
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238 1957-05-16 13 KUALA LUMPUR, May 10. rllK Federation Government will encourage 1 and safeguard the investment of local capital to promote the expansion of primary export and secondary industries in Malaya, the Minister for Commerce and Industry, Dr. Ismail bin Dato Abdul Rahman, said today.238 words
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Article55 1957-05-16 13 SINGAPORE, May 11. About 200 industrial workers of the Standard-Vacuum Oil Company in Singapore and Pulau Sebarok will get pay increases back-dated to Jan. 1, after an agreement signed between the management and the Stanvac Employees’ Union, yesterday. The management and the union declined to55 words
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Article44 1957-05-16 13 SINGAPORE, May 11. The following have been appointed to the Bar Committee of Singapore for the year 1957-58: Messrs. R. L. Eber (chairman) K. T. Oei, Wee Chong Jin, T. E. Atkinson, K. Gould, Lee Kuan Yew and M Karthigesu. g44 words
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Article42 1957-05-16 13 KUALA TRENGGANU, Mfiy 10—About 100 guests, including the Legal Adviser. Mr. I. Talog-Davles, and the president of the Trengganu St. George of England Society, Mr. D. Aitkinson, attended a “yam seng” party at the Cosmo Club here last night.42 words
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Article31 1957-05-16 13 KUALA LUMPUR. May 10Flood water was rising over th e one-foot mark at the 102£ mile Triang—Mengkuang Road in Pahang this afternoon making the road impassable to light traffic.31 words
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Article57 1957-05-16 13 SINGAPORE, May 11. The Singapore Government last night gazetted 13 areas in the Colony where the 30 mile per hour speed limit w ill be imposed. These include stretches along Jurong Road, Thomson and Upper Thomson Roads, Pasir Panjang, Upper Serangoon, Upper East Coast57 words
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300 1957-05-16 13 KUALA LUMPUR, May 10. ravaging Johore Bahru and claiming victims along the West Coast, the influenza epidemic is sweeping along the East Coast. Johore Bahru has 2,000 victims while Kuala Lumpur and Penang reported 100 each today. Two doctors in the300 words
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Article52 1957-05-16 13 SINGAPORE, May 11. The 156 people who gave their blood for relatives in Singapore hospitals last month constitute a record for any one month, according to a Blood Transfusion Service report published yesterday. The number of blood donors during the month was 788. and blood transfusions given52 words
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Article28 1957-05-16 13 JOHORE BAHRU. May 10. —Mr. G. S. Keeping has been appointed State Agricultural Officer. Johore. in succession to Mr. H. M. James who has retired.28 words
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178 1957-05-16 13 NGAPORE May 11. A EAR ago, at her sister’s A wedding in Singapore, i 15-year-old bridesmaid met the 19-year-old best man for the first time. ine bridesmaid was Merle Scharnhorst. a telephone operator of th e Singapore Telephone Board. TI J178 words
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262 1957-05-16 13 SINGAPORE, May li. IVjR. TAN LARK SYE, president of the Rubber Trade Association of Singapore, last night accused local European rubber dealers of conspiring with overseas European consumers to corner the Chinese rubber packers here. He made the allegation at the association’s262 words
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Article27 1957-05-16 13 SEGAMAT. May 10.—Mr. H. Fenton, manager of Labis Bahru estate, has left for Britain on retirement. He had been rubber planting in Malaya since 1926.27 words
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Article114 1957-05-16 13 J/I ALA LUMPUR, May 10. —The Federation Army ‘\.gradually doing away '»th canvas tents at transit scs and replacing them v >ih aluminium huts. A senior stafY officer, olonel I). D. Zvegintzov. nd today that the huts were comfortable and economical. More will be ordered soon. “Pike114 words
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155 1957-05-16 13 SINGAPORE, May 12. THE president of the 1 Singapore Trades Union Congress, Mr. S. Jaganathan, will not contest the by-elections in Cairnhill or Tanjong Pagar, he announced yesterday. He said he would recommend to the TUC representative council tonight that: TUC should reaffirm its155 words
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Article41 1957-05-16 13 SINGAPORE. May 13. The Anglican Church Building Committee in Kuala Trengganu is appealing to residents for donations to build a church there. The estimated cost Is $0,000 The State Government has given a piece of land.41 words
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Article428 1957-05-16 14 35 students in training college sick SINGAPORE, May 13. ■pHE influenza epidemic continued to spread 1 in the Federation yesterday, with new cases reported from Kuala Lumpur, Penang and Kota Bharu. In Singapore the Chief Medical Officer, Dr. H. Calderwood, said the situation yesterday was “very428 words
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223 1957-05-16 14 KJALACCA. May 11 The Malayan Party chairman, Mr. Tan KeeGak, now in London, will draw the attention of the British Government to a treaty signed by Britain and the Netherlands 133 years ago in respect of Malacca, the Sunday Times learned today. By223 words
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220 1957-05-16 14 KUALA LUMPUR. M 12 T*HE chairman of the Malayan Youth Couik ij, v r L Chong Thing Huatt. today called on to give more of their time to the youth service of independent Malaya Speaking at the annual meeting of the M.Y.C. here today. Mr.220 words
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Article68 1957-05-16 14 IPOH. May 12.— The police officer who w r as in charge of security arrangements at he “peace” talks at Ealing in 1955 is leaving under the Malayanlsation scheme He is Mr. John Penly. 0.C.P.D., Batu Gajah who is going to Australia to take up sheep farming.68 words
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Article29 1957-05-16 14 KUALA TRENGGANU. May 12.—The O.C.P.D. here. Mr. D. J Randall, has retired under the Malayanisation scheme. He is replaced by Assistant Superintendent J D Kelly from Johore.29 words
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Article24 1957-05-16 14 SINGAPORE, May 13. The Imperial Chemical industrial (Malaya) Local Employees’ Union has decided to affiliate to the Singapore ’rades Union Congress.24 words
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262 1957-05-16 14 Kuala lumpur. May n. —Medical services heads throughout the Federation are stepping up their campaign against the influenza epidemic which has swept up from Singapore during the last few days The Municipal Health Officer, Dr L. S. Sodhy has advised all schools here to262 words
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Article109 1957-05-16 14 KUALA LUMPUR, May 12 “Clever dodging” by some local revues to avoid liability under the Employees' Provident Fund was revealed to the Straits Times today by a Government official. As liability under the Ordinance begins only three months after the business starts, these revues,109 words
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364 1957-05-16 14 SINGAPORE, May 12. Singapore Government yesterday took the first step towards setting in operation its long awaited free legal aid and advice scheme. It announced the appointment of Mr. S. E. Teh, a former Crown Counsel, as Director of Legal Aid. He was one364 words
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468 1957-05-16 15 Two- faced aliens’ given a warning KUALA LUMPUR, May 12. T 315 Malayan Chinese Association today warned “two-faced aliens’* that they must decide whether they want to be Malayans. The latest issue of the Malayan Mirror, official publication of the association, said that certain Chinese must not be under any468 words
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Article32 1957-05-16 15 KLUANG, May 12—The Federation’s Minister for Health and Social Welfare Mr Leong Yew Koh. visited Kluang and two new village* here yesterday to speak t<the people about the Emer gency.32 words
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155 1957-05-16 15 DENANG, May 12.—The 1 Assistant Controller of Customs, Mr. K. H Cantrell, a Singaporeborn expatriate officer, will leave Malaya next week under the Malayanisation scheme. Mr. Cantrell, who is well known as a sportsman been 20 years in this country. He played rugby155 words
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Article139 1957-05-16 15 SINGAPORE, May 13. 'T'HE Singapore Minister of Education, Mr. Chew Swee Kee. who recently ordered a departmental inquiry into the ban on perms in some girl’s schools, said yesterday that such rules were usually made oecause girls with perms tended to wash their hair139 words
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Article173 1957-05-16 15 SINGAPORE, May 13. ||R. G. P. WALKER, 35, assistant manager of Kulai Oil Palm Estate, Johore, had a narrow escape on May 10 he was shot at by two terrorists on the <-state. He was inspecting a new when the terrorists e armed with173 words
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Article151 1957-05-16 15 SINGAPORE, May 13. WORK will start soon on a 12-storey skyscraper at the junction of Cross Street and Robinson Road, Singapore The T-shaped building will cost about $3,500,000, and will rise 180 feet above ground level. A Colony architect, Mr. Ng Keng Siang, who designed it for151 words
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Article38 1957-05-16 15 JOHORE BAHRU. May 12. Mr. C. R. Gieeson, chairman of the Johore Planters Association, has been appointed a temporary member of the Johore Executive Council in place of Mr. R. A. Coles, who Is on leave.38 words
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Article81 1957-05-16 15 SINGAPORE, May 13. Teachers in Singapore Chinese schools which receive full Government aid complained yesterday that the Education Ministry paid their salaries late A spokesman, of the Chinese Middle School Teachers Association said that sometimes the Ministry delayed paying their salaries tor more than a week.81 words
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Article32 1957-05-16 15 PENANG, May 13—Several expatriate officers leaving the country under the Malayanisation scheme are among the passengers going to Britain in the Chusan. which leaves Penang on May 18.32 words
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Article67 1957-05-16 15 SINGAPORE, May ?3. Representatives of the Sin gapore Improvement Trust and its local officers’ association will meet at the Labour Ministry on May 17 to try to seule tne men's wage claims. The meeting had been arranged by the Commissioner for Labour, Mr. D. T.67 words
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Article28 1957-05-16 15 JOHORE BAHRU, May 12. Dr. K. Menon, of the General Hospital, Johore Bahru, was one of the successful candidates at the recent MRCS examination in Singapore.28 words
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Article40 1957-05-16 15 SINGAPORE. May 13. The Singapore Indian Association at Balestier Road will hold a cocktail party on May 18 to welcome the new Jommissioner for India In the Federation and Singapore. Mr. V. M. Madhavan Nair, ind his wife40 words
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Article21 1957-05-16 15 PENANG, May 12—Mr. D.S. lamaiialhan was re-eieeled •hairman oi the Penang branch ot the National Union f Teachers yesterday21 words
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Article55 1957-05-16 15 KUALA LUMPUR, May 12. The Minister for Agriculture Inche Abdul Aziz bin Ishak. today visited the «6h,Of|i buffalo breeding projects at Pintu Padang. Durian Sebatang, Kampong som and Kampong Bahru in West Pahang Inche Aziz said that if the scheme in Pahang were successful it would be55 words
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Article45 1957-05-16 15 KUALA KANGSAR. May 12 —The 20th branch in Perak of the Pan-Malayan Islamic Association was formed in this royal town, a strongho’d of the UMNO yesterday afternoon. Dr. Burhanuddin Al-Hemy president of the Association conducted the inauguration of the branch.45 words
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Article107 1957-05-16 15 SINGAPORE, May 13. SINGAPORE Harbour Board firemen wearing gas masks braved fumes to clear a hatch in the luxury liner Carthage last night. The fumes came from a leak in a 170-drum consignment of chemical fluid marked "synthetic resin.” Led by the SHB Fire Brigade Chief,107 words
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Article50 1957-05-16 15 KUALA LUMPUR, May 12— Thp Federation’s Minister tor Agriculture Inche Abdul Aziz Ishak yesterday visited Tanjong Kempun Beserah in Pahang, and talked to the fishermen about the Government’s $3,000,000 aid scheme He explained the workings of the scheme particularly regarding the marketing ind storage of fish.50 words
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Article344 1957-05-16 16 Doctor allege staff trying to keep its beds for Europeans: *Emergency only way in KUALA LUMPUR, May 13. CEVERAL private doctors here today accused the Rungsar Hospital of discrimination in admitting patients. Same of the doctors alleged that though the hospital was open to all races344 words
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Article57 1957-05-16 16 KUALA LUMPUR. May 13Over 1.000 teachers in the Federation, w’ho teach in adult education classes after school-hours may be allowed to work two hours more a week at their part-time jobs. The Education Department is now negotiating w’ith the Federal Establishment Office for six hours a week57 words
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85 1957-05-16 16 ‘COME BACK QUICK ORDER TO HIGHAM SINGAPORE. May 14. rE former Director of Personnel. Mr. J. D. Higham, leaves the Singapore Government service next month to take up an appointment at the Colonial Office. He had been loaned to Singapore for another twoyear term by public request, but the Colonial85 words
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Article23 1957-05-16 16 SINGAPORE. May 14. The Singapore Government has appointed Mr. D H Chapman to be a Colony District Judge from May 2.23 words
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139 1957-05-16 16 SINGAPORE, May 14. THE Singapore Automobile Association has sabmitA ted to the Government plans for a four-storey car park costing about $1,500,000. Provision has been nade for another floor later. The association wants to build the garage on Crown land at present used as139 words
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Article46 1957-05-16 16 KUALA LUMPUR. May 12— The beiangor Clerical and Administrative Staff Union has formed an insurance trade section for employees of various insurance companies in Selangor. The new section will negotiate with employers for better wages and working conditions for its members46 words
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Article515 1957-05-16 16 SINGAPORE, May 14. influenza epidemic continues unabated—and in some places with greater intensity throughout Malaya. It has reached I poll and yesterday, in Penang and Province Wellesley, it worsened, striking down 1,300 schoolchildren. In Singapore, as weary doctors continued to treat hundreds of sufferers, the Ministry515 words
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Article28 1957-05-16 16 SINGAPORE. May 14. Mr. Robert W. July, assistant director of the Rockefeller Foundation, New York, passed through Singapore on his way to Jakarta by BOAC yesterday.28 words
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Article71 1957-05-16 16 SINGAPORT. May 14. While Singapore Harboui Board stevedores worked in a hatch of the liner Carthage yesterday firemen kept watch with gas masks at the ready The firemen were called out on May 12 night when fumes irum a leaking drum ut synthetic resin were discovered in71 words
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Article128 1957-05-16 16 SINGAPORE, May 14. THE report on the LonA don constitutional talks and its clause on subversives will be the main issue over which the Singapore by-elec-tion at Tanjong Pagar will be fought. A Colony lawyer, Mr. C. H. Koh. who will oppose the P.A.P. leader,128 words
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Article45 1957-05-16 16 JOHORE BAHRU, May 13— Johore has been allocated $66,000 by the Federal Government for merdeka celebrations and the local mer deka committee has asked the State Government to bring the fund to $lOO,OOO It has been decided to spend $15,000 on fireworks45 words
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136 1957-05-16 16 SINGAPORE, May 14. TWO wartime officers of the Royal Air Force, who have not seen each other for 15 years, had a reunion at Singapore Airport early today. When Mr. A. D. Bennett stepped out of the Qantas plane from Bangkok he was136 words
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Article43 1957-05-16 16 SINGAPORE. May 14 Members of the Ro> Malayan Navy will give send-off party tomorrow Capt. H. E. H. Nicholls, sen’ r officer of the Royal Malay Navy, at the Naval Barrac at Woodlands, Singapo Capt. Nicholls is leaving Britain on retirement.43 words
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Advertisement68 1957-05-16 16 STRAITS BUDGET SUBSCRIPTION RATES (PAYABLE IN ADVANCE) Quarterly Half-yearly Yearly Singapore Town Area No Postage Br. Empire Malaya Foreign including (Including Postage postage) 5.20 5.75 10.40 1150 20.80 23.00 6.75 13.50 27.00 The weekly issues of the Straits Budget can be sent by express air delivery service to the United68 words
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Article378 1957-05-16 17 I I S DIFFICULT THOUGH HKCAUSE ALL HE i \N do now is hope I OR ANOTHER PLACE KUALA LUMPUR, May 13. MALAYA’S oldest and most distinguished A Scout, Mr. H. R. Hertslet, 72, smiled wryly ju* told the Straits Times today: “The eighth Scout378 words
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158 1957-05-16 17 SINGAPORE, May 14. pRETTY 21 year old Miss Rosemary Smith fell in love with 40-year-old bank executive, Mr. Chee Keng Cheong, a year ago in Singapore. But she could not decide whether she wanted to marry and settle down in the Colony. She158 words
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Article33 1957-05-16 17 SINGAPORE, May 14. president of the Sin- 1 Xjre Trade Union Cons. Mr. s. Jaganathan, ,v, s the Colony on May 27 Attend the International /0Ur Organisation conferf* in Geneva.33 words
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Article85 1957-05-16 17 SINGAPORE. May 15. MR. JUSTICE WHITTON. a Judge of the Singapore High Court, will be retiring next month. Mr. Whitton has been in Malaya since 1929 when he joined the Malayan Civil Service as a cadet. In 1939 he entered the Colonial Legal Service and has worked85 words
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Article331 1957-05-16 17 SINGAPORE, May 15. T’HH president of the Singapore Rubber Trade Association, Mr. Tan Lark Sve, yesterday suggested that an independent board be set up to evaluate the quality of rubber exported from the country. He made the suggestion to members of the Japanese Rubber331 words
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280 1957-05-16 17 SINGAPORE, May 15. THOUSANDS of workers formerly belonging to the dissolved Singapore Factory and Shop Workers’ Union in Middle Road, have reorganised themselves into five new unions. One of them claims to represent about 10,000 men. employed in most of the280 words
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Article154 1957-05-16 17 BARCROFT: At Alor Star on 3rd May to Daphne Colleen (nee Liston) wife of Andrew L. Barcroft —a daughter, Colleen Elizabeth, sister for Michael and Alasdalr. MORTON: To Joan and Geoffrey a Son on 10th May, 1957. Both well. FLETCHER—To Paddy <fe Alan, a daughter—Sarah Jane. 9.5.57 at 8.M.H.,154 words
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Article119 1957-05-16 17 KUALA LUMPUR. May 14 Technical staff of Radio Malaya here plan to leave their jobs because they feel that they have no chance of getting top posts, the Straits Times was told today They are dissatisfied with the method of selecting the officer for the119 words
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Obituary50 1957-05-16 17 DEATH CASHIN: Charles Emile, 63, Young berg Hospital yesterday. Funeral Bidadari 5 p.m. today. Cortege leaves 87 Lorong M, Telok Kurau 4 pjm. BOUDVILLE: On May 14, Mr. F. X. Boudville, at his home l n K Lumpur. Funeral at Chera« Road Cemetery today, 5 p.m. Penang papers please copy.50 words
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Article1330 1957-05-16 18 Dr. DIN: ‘WORSE MAY COME IN NEXT FEW WEEKS’ SINGAPORE, May 15. INFLUENZA victims in the Federation have soared to 12,000, according 1 to the latest reports received at Federal Medical Headquarters in Kuala Lumpur yesterday evening:. Yeslenlav morning alone I here "ere (>,000 Iresli eases.1,330 words
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Article339 1957-05-16 18 IPOH, Max i £*HE F.M.S. C hamber of Mines—mouihpi>», 0 Malaya’s billion-dollar tin industn ;M S that the country’s present financial positi: i\>f. lers little hope for tax reductions “in the mu mediate future.” The chamber's council records in its an -.iual report that heavy taxation339 words
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Article90 1957-05-16 18 KUALA LUMPUR. May 13. THE Sultan of Selangor is 59 today but he postponed official birthday celebrations to June 3 to enable the High Commissioner Sir Donald MacGillivray, and the Chief Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, both of whom are in London, to attend a picnic90 words
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Article354 1957-05-16 18 SINGAPORE. Mav 15. 'FHE Rt. Rev. Michel 1 Bonamy, 54. VicarGeneral of the Diocese of Malacca, died suddenly at the Singapore General Hospital yesterday morning. The cause of death was thrombosis. He had been in hospital for several days under observation for heart trouble. Father354 words
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851 1957-05-16 19 EPSOM JEEP - By EPSOM JEEP j I ON, with Garnet Bougoure astride, scored asy four-length win in the Cl. 4, Div. 2— dicap to pay $58 and $24 at Kuala Lumpur I I V 11.11 mther easy winner was Khaslm (Donnelly). T, speedy four-year-old851 words
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214 1957-05-16 19 ,< •s- fft Vvjf r' r n, K. LUMPUR, May 12. OEJECTING a recomtv mendation made by the council, the standing committee of the?: Badminton Association of Malaya today decided to go ahead with the staging 5 of h the MerdcKa Games badminton214 words
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Article173 1957-05-16 19 SINGAPORE, May 14. FIE Singapore Labour Front has formed a subcommittee of five—two lawyers, two insurance representatives and a doctor —to study and recommend steps to remove loopholes in the present Workmen's Compensation Ordinate. Dr. Arthur Llm Blew Ming is the In&irman. Tit# other members are173 words
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158 1957-05-16 19 K. UJMPUR, May 10. flfR-i WEE KiM 1 WEk ATA chairman of th* training and tournament suck committee pf tftt Badminton Association oi Malaya.' warned in his report on the first rnomas Cup training period in Singapore, tha v cne158 words
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Article220 1957-05-16 19 SINGAPORE, May 15. f\RGANI8ERS of the hobbies show -yesterday urged all exhibitors to Inform them Without delay of the exact amount of space required for their entries. The secretary. Mrs. K. D’Netto. said: M We mbst also know the type of display each entry:*-win need JZ for220 words
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Article108 1957-05-16 19 SINGAPORE, May 15. 'THE dollar for dollar gift offered by a Singapore millionaire, Mr. Lee Kong Chian, has given a big boost to SATA’s fund raising Campaign for a new vUlave at South Wind*. The Director of SATA, Dr. G. H. Gar lick, said yesterday:108 words
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Article22 1957-05-16 19 >' SINGAPORE May 14. The 19,121-ton Empire Fowey arrived in Singapore from Britain yesterday with '50 troops and 96 service families.22 words
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Article24 1957-05-16 19 KUALA M«v 1*. -Inche Khalld Abas bln Adam was re-elected chairman of UMNO. Kuala Kangsar division. at its annual meeting here yesterday.24 words
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Article30 1957-05-16 19 The Singapore Chief Minister. Mr. Llm Yew Hock, and Mrs. Llm will attend the 10th anniversary celebrations of the Olmson School for Boys in Clementl Road on June 22.30 words
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Article36 1957-05-16 19 IPOH, May H.—Mr. Llm Ouan Choe, of St. Michael's Institution. Ipoh. was elected chairman gf the English School Teachers Co-opera-tive Thrift and Loan Society (Federation of -Malaya) at th P annual meeting held here.36 words
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Miscellaneous33 1957-05-16 19 nmmmisv: .'(PJVMJOJ 0161) aonvu|quio» -mM ojj :axox 'imn '99I&6I aiSS^lsg tin*) '^SM r toms i U9921 OSUtl *****1 ‘161 tO2691 .torn 81*812 -*01* saaxavM turn -on ffiffi SS rarmi iooa ivxox :«r w33 words
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Article612 1957-05-16 20 SHARE MARKET By Our Market Correspondent SINGAPORE, May 13. THE Singapore Share Market, which opened 4 last week with prices around the previous week’s closing levels, experienced a sagging tendency midweek, and at the week’s end many counters had eased although movements were slight. The easiness612 words
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Article388 1957-05-16 20 WHE following business done In the Singapore Share Market last week was reported by one Arm of brokers for the period May 4 to 10 INDUSTRIALS: Consolidated Tin Smelters Or da. 335.6 d. to 348.3 d.. Federal dispensary $3.04, Eastern United Assurance R 30.25. Praser A Neave Ords.388 words
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Article24 1957-05-16 20 Current Dote of Total Total for payment payment for previous Tongkah Harbour Tfc» Dredging Ltd. is* June 5 2s. 3d. ;’V Interim.24 words
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179 1957-05-16 20 By Our Market Correspondent SINGAPORE, Ma' 1 THE Singapore Share Market opened thi c l where it left off last week—with ge- v quiet conditions and a tendency for pi ease., An exception was again In the tin settlor some shares were179 words
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Article181 1957-05-16 20 Rubber production figures during April for the following companies werf£ Kempas Ltd- 373.000 Hk; Rsdelto Ltd u.400; BatU Lin tang Rubber Co Ud 143,700; Partt Perak Rubber Co. Ltd 3S.403; Amalgamated Malay Rate** Ltd 67J200. Borelll Rubber-Co Ltd. gfjooo. Oonnemara Ltd 44.600. New' Serendah Rubber Co Ltd181 words
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Article880 1957-05-16 20 81NOAPORT. May 14. INUUITIULB, Bayer* teller* Ale* Brick* i m i.oo 0«», lio 1.90 AUa* Ice It 00 (buyersl B retroi 69/0 01/0 M Trustee* 0.10 «m Cou. lin Smelt Prtt 19/0 JO/o*o Ora# i#/e *O/ Eastern United 30 00 3100 Tea Dispensary 100 t.OO Kraser and880 words
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Article498 1957-05-16 20 SINGAPORE, Ma} 0 ALTHOUGH the marketj -cannot, as yet, be said to be active there has been a little more life in it this week arm. a 1 rather better turn ver than for some weeks past report Holiday, Cutler!? Bath and Co., Ltd. in498 words