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Title Section28 1957-07-11 1 The Straits Budget THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES MALAYA'S NATIONAL NEW STATS* New Series. 568. Singapore,' July 11, 1957. Price 49 cents (Malayan) or 1 Shilling.28 words
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278 1957-07-11 2 MEG AT OSMAN - MEG AT OSMAN :;ipoh. Wh not teach Quran in Matau IT Is abundantly clear from her letter IST. June 26) that what Mrs. Fozdar suggests now is a fundamental and far reaching change in the Muslim law of marriage, a change which is278 words
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Article122 1957-07-11 2 OLD 8INGAPOBEAN - OLD 8INGAPOBEAN. Singapore. TS it not time that the a Singapore and Federation Governments moved protect and develop fruit gardens in Malaya? It is fantastic to note how fast local fruit is disappearing' and to note the soaring prices of local fruit whereas imported fruit become122 words
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Article140 1957-07-11 2 M. SAID - M. SAID Serein ban. iTN THE Straits Times of -l July 2, I wsls reported as expressing the opinion that the standard of Malay used in th e Berita Harlan was low. I did not in fact say so. What I did say to your140 words
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Article270 1957-07-11 2 GLOBE-TBOTTEK - Visitors held to ranso m GLOBE-TBOTTEK Singapore. r£ Singapore Government welcomes visitors. .And once they are here, it won’t let them leave. At least, not until they have paid a ransom in the farm of income tax This has been the experience of a number of business visitors in the270 words
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Article207 1957-07-11 2 SMOKED Cl - SMOKED Cl Singapore. /\NE reads a lot these days about the dangers of smoking because of Its possible effect of causing cancer of the lung. One also reads every day about death on the roads as a result of motor car accidents. But how many people’ realise207 words
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Article119 1957-07-11 2 NG YEN YON(i - NG YEN YON(i Mumr rj> unfortunate t ad in the letter fro geo Chin Hwa (8.T. ne 27) that a teachei o: I lish is paid much I by the school, com ee than the Cover 1. >nt grant of $203.50. This implied that119 words
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Article121 1957-07-11 2 WAN FARIDAM - WAN FARIDAM Teluk Anson *1N recent speech at SeirinA ylh, Mr. Ong Yoke Lin asked Malays to learn the Chinese and Indian languages for the sake of r.. ul harmony, y In my opinion this is impracticable. Which of the half-dozen Chinese lects should a Malay learn?121 words
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92 1957-07-11 2 PATIEM - KEEP OFF L’ MEN FROM HOSPITAL ROADS PATIEM Singapore? I WOULD urge 1mme action by the Poli< other authorities conce to keep learner their vehicles away the General Hospital < pound. Recently I came a* several cars with L-P on the hospltai roads. On recently I three learner-cars hazardly parked92 words
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Article643 1957-07-11 3 —Straits Times, July 2. Four hundred revenue flicers in the Customs service in Singapore have struck. two and a half thousand school teachers have decided to strike, Hari >ur Board labour is working at half pace, Telephone Board workers are going slow and will strike at—Straits Times, July 2. - 643 words
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Article620 1957-07-11 3 —Straits Times, July 4, The eleventh General Assembly of UMNO was notable for the absence of the theme which has dominated all UMNO deliberations in the past —the struggle for national independence. Delegates were absorbed this time not by the fight for merdeka, but by the problems—Straits Times, July 4, - 620 words
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Article178 1957-07-11 3 —Straits Times, July 4. Today is the first “Regular World Day.” This is part of a special calendar for the scientists’ International Geophysical Year which began on Sunday. Each month there will be three Regular World Days when intensive and complicated observations by scientists throughout the world—Straits Times, July 4. - 178 words
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Article496 1957-07-11 3 —Strait’s Times, July 6. Allegations that Kuomintang elements are plotting to take over the Malayan Chinese Association seem to have been exaggerated. Dato Sir Cheng-lock Tan has put the conspiracy in its proper perspective. The only evidence of a “plot’’ is the assertion that recently 300—Strait’s Times, July 6. - 496 words
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Article362 1957-07-11 3 —Straits Times, July 8. Tile Federation Labour Department muses on “the closed shop” in its latest monthly report. The “closed shop” has nothing to do with early hours for shop assistants. It is a loose term to cover a number of different trade union practices, but generally—Straits Times, July 8. - 362 words
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Article564 1957-07-11 4 —Straits Times, July 9. Fluctuations in the natural rubber market, and the possibility of reducing them, were discussed by the International Rubber Study Group at its Jogjakarta meeting. No definite conclusions seem to have been reached. But the Group finally decided “to continue consideration of the need—Straits Times, July 9. - 564 words
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Article332 1957-07-11 4 —Straits Times. July 9. Efforts by the Singapore Government to curb indebtedness among its employees may not be completely effective but they will be a restraint. The threat of disciplinary action, including dismissal, against employees who contravene the two specific General Orders relating to indebtedness, will certainly—Straits Times. July 9. - 332 words
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Article834 1957-07-11 4 —Straits Times, Jfly 10 In less than four weeks the agreement by which the Federation becomes independent will be signed in Kuala Lumpur. The debate which begins in the Legislative Assembly today on the Constitutional proposals cannot vary the agreement, or amend the draft Constitution. This is—Straits Times, Jfly 10 - 834 words
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Article282 1957-07-11 4 —Straits Times, July 10. At last Malaya will be able to train her own lawyers. Hitherto only lawyers who had read for the Bar in Britain were permitted to appear in Malayan courts. It is true that professional qualifications could be obtained in Malaya by way of articled—Straits Times, July 10. - 282 words
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Article52 1957-07-11 4 At St. Andrew’s Cathedral. Singapore. ott the 16th July IM2, bv the late Rt. Rev. Bishop Roberta, James Swan Laird eldest son of the late Mr. and Mrs- W.P. Laird of Angus, Scotland,, to Muriel, daughter of the late Mr. W.J Mayson and of Mrs Maud Mayson formerly52 words
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Article1456 1957-07-11 5 Itunyes must «rf«rrf trith wishes of the people us u whole m —\ew citizens must streur loyalty to Malnyu* renounce* ull other countries Constitution is made public KUALA LUMPUR, July 2. IMPORTANT changes in the recommendations of the Reid Constitutional Commission are disclosed in the Government White1,456 words
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Article149 1957-07-11 5 UUALA LUMPUR. July 2. —The new constitution gives Parliament special powers to legislate against subversion. This legislation can be introduced if Parliament considers that “action has been taken or threatened by any substantial body of persons, whether inside or outside the Federation, to cause a substantial number149 words
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Article1023 1957-07-11 6 CYNICUS - CYNICUS Efforts to attract new industry to Singapore, and to expand existing trade, are not going tc be successful if the income tax authorities can help it. An American visitor who had spent a week in Singapore, discussing business with his firm’s local branch, was presented1,023 words
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Article, Illustration11 1957-07-11 6 SHOES OFF FOR PRAYERS —Photo by Lim Yaw Chong.—Photo by Lim Yaw Chong. - 11 words
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Article197 1957-07-11 6 (From the Straits limes of July 7, 1907) SINGAPORE is never out of the line of Are. On one side, the Sumatrans are opposing Dutch troops, on the other, the Japanese are meeting with a stubborn resistance from the aborigines of Formosa. No sooner had China succumbed(From the Straits limes of July 7, 1907) - 197 words
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Article347 1957-07-11 6 TUAN DJEK - TUAN DJEK. ROUGHS and colds are prevalent among the children, and the father took two of the youngest to )ohore Bahru to see his doctor; the late death of a daughter has thoroughly scared him. He will try to meet his eldest daughter DURIANS are about to start347 words
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539 1957-07-11 7 KUALA LUMPUR, July 2. —The first governors of the new slides of Penang and Malacca will be nominated by t h e Oueen and the (Conference of Rulers jointly after consulting the (Chief Minister. They will then be appointed by the Paramount Ruler.539 words
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74 1957-07-11 7 'IM1K traditions of tiny I Naning province in the n»** state of Malacca will be preserved after nierdrka. Flu* White Paper says that the Governor of Malacca will appoint “Dato Pcnghulu of Nailing” in accordance with local custom. 1 he Dato Penghulu will follow74 words
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Article61 1957-07-11 7 SINGAPORT, July 4. The Singapore Telephone H >ard announced yesterday ,n -d the opening of the new h l°phone exchanges in Queenstown and Thomson N'Kid. originally scheduled r,r July 5 had now been postponed. Many subscribers had been told that their telephone numbers would be changed61 words
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Article86 1957-07-11 7 KUALA LUMPUR. July 3 The Minister for Commerce and Industry. Dr. Ismail bin Dato Abdul Rahman, the ambassador-designate to Washington, is to visit the United Nations headquarters in New York He will find out the procedure by which the Federation can become a member86 words
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Article122 1957-07-11 7 SINGAPORE, July 3. A SEPARATE railway service commission is to be established in the Federation, the White Paper on the future constitution discloses. The reasons given arc: Service is of such size as to require special requirements. It is desirable that the commission responsible for122 words
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466 1957-07-11 7 FIVE YEARS after 1 merdeka day. only federal citizens may become judges of the Federation Supreme Court. During the next live years, however, the present Chief Justice and other judges will remain in office and may serve beyond the age466 words
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747 1957-07-11 7 IT LUMPUR. July 2. —The Duke of Gloucester. who will represent the Queen at the independence ceremonies in Kuala Lumpur next month, arrives here on Aug. 29. With him will be the Duchess of Gloucester and their son. Prince William. This was747 words
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Article1623 1957-07-11 8 SINGAPORE. July 3. 'THE WHITE PAPER on the new constitution for Malaya, published in Kuala Lumpur today, reveals that while the Alliance and the British Government and the Malav Rulers have accepted most of the Reid Commission’s recommendations on citizenship, they have agreed on several changes tc1,623 words
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Article276 1957-07-11 9 SINGAPORE, July 4. t M AJOR foreign combine is having top-secret negotiations with the Singapore Government t„ establish a huge $10 million industry here—hull' the capital being local. The Minister for Commerce and Industry, Mr. J. M. Jumabhoy, disclosing this yesterday, said: “The Ministry is276 words
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Article, Illustration223 1957-07-11 9 KUANTAN. July 3.Thc Sultan of Pahang may intervene in the dispute between workers and the management of the Pahang Consolidated Co.. Ltd. A general meeting of more than 1,000 mine workers at Sungei Lembing was told yesterday he would act if the Attorney Generals223 words
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Article31 1957-07-11 9 JOHORe BAHRU July 3 C. H. Fenner, Chief Police 1 Johore, leaves tomor1 lor Britain on leave. lias been succeeded by Ml A. J. Slater.31 words
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130 1957-07-11 9 SINGAPORE, July 4. IMVK Lincoln bombers from R.A.A.F. Ten gall, Singapore, yesterday carried out a vengeance raid on the terrorists who killed two Australian soldiers and wounded one in northern Malaya on June 25. An K A A.F. spokesman told the Straits Times yesterday130 words
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279 1957-07-11 9 SINGAPORE, .lul\ 4. ]y|AN\ MEMBERS of the Singapore Teachers’ Union oppose the strike called by the union. Several have asked the Government for police protection so they can go on working, the Government said last night. Several members have asked the Education Ministry for advice on279 words
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147 1957-07-11 9 THE Minister for Educa. tion, Mr. Chew Swee Kec, said yesterday that the Government would not make any offer to the Singapore Teachers’ Union in the face of a strike threat. He was answering a statement by the union147 words
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247 1957-07-11 9 MCA SEEK UMNO BACKING SINGAPORE. July 4. f PHE Singapore UMNO- MCA Alliance will meet early next week to discuss an important issue which concerns the 260.000 aliens in the Colony. The issue is whether the residential qualification for Singapore citizenship under the new247 words
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Article, Illustration198 1957-07-11 9 THEY CHANGE THEIR FAITH FOR LOVE IPOH. July 3. A British soldier and a beautiful Malay girl who met on holiday in Penang 18 months ago were married here today. The soldier is Corporal John Peter Bolton, 23. R.A.S.C., who198 words
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Article38 1957-07-11 9 SINGAPORT, July 4 ProI. t\. Oppenheim, ViceChancellor of the University of Malaya, left Singapore yesterday by BOAC-Qantas for three weeks’ leave in England. He will attend a meeting of the Inter-University Council in London.38 words
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400 1957-07-11 10 SCREEN YOUR MEMBERS’ TENGKU TO MCA KUALA LUMPUR, July 3. THU Chief Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, X has ordered the three Alliance parties UMNO, MCA and MIC—to scrutinise closely all future applications for membership. This directive follows tin* warning he gave at the UMNO (ienernl Assembly over the weekend that400 words
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214 1957-07-11 10 SINGAPORE. July 4. IAIFFICULTY in re- cruiting expert staff overseas was the reason for the Government’s assurance yesterday that present and future appointments to the Singapore Polytecnic would not come under the Malayanisation scheme. The chairman of the Board of Governors of the214 words
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Article23 1957-07-11 10 PENANG. July 3 St. George’s Church will hold a family service at 10 a.m. on the first Sunday of every month.23 words
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Article46 1957-07-11 10 SINGAPORE, July 4. The Rt. Rev. Frank Woods. Bishop of Middleton, who is on a round-the-world tour has arrived in Singapore from Britain to visit hU brother, Ven. Robin Woods the Archdeacon of Singapore They come from a tamn* oi churchmen.46 words
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178 1957-07-11 10 SINGAPORE, July 4. 'T'HE Sultan of Johore should not be barred from becoming the Paramount Ruler of Malaya because of his Rumanian consort. Ungku Abdullah bin Omar, his nephew, who said this yesterday, was indignant about the new unwritten law among the Rulers that178 words
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Article83 1957-07-11 10 KUALA LUMPUR, July 4. Malaya’s new knight, Col. Sir Henry Hau-shek Lee, today called upon the Chinese of this country to work harmoniously with the other races for a better Malaya. He made his appeal at a tea party at the Chinese Assembly Hall given83 words
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Article141 1957-07-11 10 BATU PAH AT July 3. THE pilot of an R.N.Z.A.F. Venom jet fighter today escaped unhurt by using his ejector seat and parachuting to safety seconds before his aircraft crashed in flames. The plane, from No. 14 Squadron based at Tengan. crashed near a141 words
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332 1957-07-11 10 ERIC WOOLNOUGH - By ERIC WOOLNOUGH SINGAPORE. July 4 A CHINESE rubber broker in Singapore yesterday gave a warning that unless Chinese were granted full membership rights of the Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association they might forir a similar association of their own. The broker Mr.332 words
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Article22 1957-07-11 10 KUALA TRENGG A N U, July 4 —ASP H J. Moore of police headquarters here has left under the Malayanisascheme.22 words
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Article177 1957-07-11 10 SINGAPORE. July 4 gINGAPORE’S free legal aid d e p a r tm e n t established at the Social Welfare building, Havelock Road, on July l. is not expected to be opened to the public foi about five months. The Government is sti~177 words
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87 1957-07-11 10 K LUMPUR. July 3. —Preliminary census figures show that thei are 6.276.888 people ui the Federation, the Superintendent of Census. Mr. T. E. Smith said today. He told Rotarians at their weekly luncheon that tne population had increased b> per cent since the liH census.87 words
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563 1957-07-11 11 IPOH, July 4. 'THE 400 residents 1 of Kampong Haji Sulleh, near Temoh, Mr miles south of here, breathed a sigh of relief today when the girls of a religious boarding school went home lor a ten-day Hari Raya Haji563 words
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348 1957-07-11 11 SINGAPORE. July 5. rpHE courage of an R.A.F. pilot based at Butter- worth. Sqn.-Ldr. A. S. K. Scarf, awarded the Victoria Cross posthumously for a heroic sortie against the Japanese, had a sequel in Singapore yesterdj>. In u ceremony at R.A.F. Tengah,348 words
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Article133 1957-07-11 11 SINGAPORE, July 5. T*HE port crisis caused by -I- the week-old go-slow ordered by the Singapore Harbour Board Staff Association eased slightly yesterday as lighters became available to unload ships. Consignees who had not bothered to unload goods from the lighters and thus allowed them to remain133 words
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249 1957-07-11 11 KUALA LUMPUR, July 4. THE Federation police today warned people against spreading rumours which might lead to inter-racial strife. The offence was punishable both under the Penal Code and the Emergency Regulations, they said. The penalty under the code is a maximum of two years’249 words
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Article485 1957-07-11 11 DATO TAN: 7 KNOW OF NO KMT PLOT Tm not afraid: Apologise? No —ask man who said it’ MALACCA. July 4 The president of the Malayan Chinese Association. Dato Sir Cheng-lock Tan, today snid he knew of no plot by Kuomintang “diehards” to wreck the scheduled meeting of the MCA485 words
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Article388 1957-07-11 12 KUALA UMIUH. July 1. THE Federation Government is to investigate the causes of rubber price fluctuation. This follows a decision at the International Rubber Study Group meeting which ended in Jogjakarta this week. The joint leader of the British and Colonial dependent territories delegation, Mr.388 words
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227 1957-07-11 12 SINGAPORE. July 5. ¥T would be wron? to take away without com- pensation an established officer's prospect ol employment until he is 55, the City President, Mr. T. J. Rea, said in a memorandum to the City Council’s special committee on Malayanisation. Mr. Rea227 words
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Article57 1957-07-11 12 KUALA LUMPUR. July 4 Eight N C O.S of the Federation Army, including Tengku Mokhtur bin Tcngku Mohamed Jiwa, nephew of the Chief Minister, Tongku Abdul Rahman, will leave for training in England on Jwlv 7 They will attend a fourmonth course at tin*57 words
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Article, Illustration104 1957-07-11 12 SINGAPORE, July 5. MR. C. K. LAMBERT, secretary of the Australian Department of Territories, who Hew into Singapore by Qantas yesterday on his way to visit Christmas Island. At the airport he told reporter: “Th P purpose of my trip is to study the administrative problemsin Singapore. — Straits Times picture. - 104 words
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Article, Illustration68 1957-07-11 12 SINGAPORE. July 5. MRS A.E.M GEODES, wife of Singapore's new Rotary Club president, was installed president of the Singapore Inner Wheel Club—the women’s Rotary —at a luncheon at the Adelphi Hotel yesterday. She was handed the charter and badge of office by the retiring president.lunch.—Straits Times picture. - 68 words
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157 1957-07-11 12 CONTRABAND TRAFFIC UP. SINGAPORE, July 5 CIGARETTE smugglers are paying dearly for tlying to exploit the strike of revenue officers to step up their illegal activities. On the night of July 3 smugglers lost 1,1701 b. of cigarettes to senior customs officers who have157 words
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196 1957-07-11 12 SINGAPORE. July 5. O R E Australians x would be visiting South-East Asia, Miss Elizabeth Connell, director of an Australian travel agency, told the Straits Times yesterday. Australians, a very travelconscious people, had been keen on visiting European countries, but now they196 words
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262 1957-07-11 12 SINGAPORE. July 5. A CURIOUS taste in food shown by New Zealand cows may affect Malaya’s timber export trade to that country. Cattle in the Hawke’s Bay area are eating away whole fences mad* from a Malayan timber, keruirg, apparently because262 words
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Article36 1957-07-11 12 IPOH, July 4.—A police patrol clashed with a terrorist gang in the Sungei Siput area yesterday. The bandits fled. Following up. the patrol found a terrorist re.'tim, place. There were no casualties.36 words
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Article674 1957-07-11 13 ‘PERSUADE THESE TO GO BANKRUPT’ Colony measures to help civil service SINGAPORE, July 6. THE Singapore Government has introduced stringent measures to deal with members ot' the civil service who gamble or get into debt. In a confidential memorandum to heads of departments, the Government674 words
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Article128 1957-07-11 13 K LUMPUR, July 3. —The East Coast Fishermen’s Co-opera-tive Transport and Marketing Union was inaugurated in Kuala Trengganu today to implement the Fe deration Government’s $3,000,000 scheme to improve the fishing industry on the East Coast. More than 50 delegates from 40 fishermen’s co-opera-tive128 words
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198 1957-07-11 13 SINGAPORE, July 6. ’THE Tanglin branch 1 of the Labour Front has lined up several public servants with evidence to support allegations of racial and language discrimination in Government departments. It is to ask the Government to set up a commission before which such evidence198 words
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Article252 1957-07-11 13 #MS SINGAPORE, July 6. Hb Senior Officers’Association ot the Singapore City Council a European organisation—has told the council that Malayanised expatriate officers should be assured ot “equitable compensation for loss of career.” In a letter to the special committee on Malayanisation, the association points out that this252 words
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Article, Illustration99 1957-07-11 13 SINGAPORE, July 5 General toran siilmSHER J. B. RANA. the Commander-in-Chief of the Nepalese Army, flew into Singapore from Calcutta by Qantas yesterday. At the airport he told reporters: “I have come to visit my countrymen serving here, in the Federation and Hong Kong.” During histion. — Straits Times picture. - 99 words
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308 1957-07-11 13 If LUMPUR, July 5. The nigh Commissioner. Sir Donald MacGillivray, today stressed the importance of agricultural development to increase the Federation’s prosperity and provide a high standard of living. Opening the Malayan AgriHorticultural Association exI hibition here, he said the I Federation's agriculture308 words
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290 1957-07-11 14 SINGAPORE, July 7. THE Chief Minister, Mr. Lim Yew Hock, yesterday told the Singa- pore Harbour Board Staff Association that he would agree to set up a court of inquiry into their dispute with the Board provided they returned to290 words
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Article76 1957-07-11 14 SINGAPORE, July 7. The Singapore Government will set up a tripartite consultative committee this week to look into the future of 40,000 civilian employees in the armed services. This was announced by the chief Minister. Mr. Lim Yew Hock, yesterday when he met, a delegation from the76 words
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Article332 1957-07-11 14 MINISTRY WARNS ON CANCER RISK KUALA LUMPUR. July 7. THE Ministry for Health and Social Welfare today warned smokers that they were in grave danger of developing lung cancer. A special statement by the ministry, headed “Tobacco Smoking and Cancer.” says that everybody should be made332 words
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Article74 1957-07-11 14 KUALA LUMPUR, July 7. Secret measures have been taken here to maintain the trunk service between the Federation and Singapore following the strike of Colony telephone operators. A Telecommunications Department spokesman said there could be no guarantee that the effects of the strike would not be74 words
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79 1957-07-11 14 SINGAPORE. July 5 AT the request of the Federation Government, New Zealand has offered Colombo Plan awards to enable eight young Malayans to train as physio, therapists during the next two years. This was announced by the Commissioner for New Zealand in South-East Asia.79 words
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Article49 1957-07-11 14 SINGAPORE, July 8. The total Malayan foreign trade for May amounted to $403,815,000 in imports arid $342,651,000 in exports compared with $336,390,000 and $309,262,000 respectively tor the same period last year Gold bullion imports 1;; May this year amounted to $B,OOO and $Bl,OOO in exports49 words
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Article, Illustration364 1957-07-11 14 DATO PANGLIM A KINTA DIES AGED 60 IPOH, July 7. QNE of the best known personalities in the country, Dr. Dato Haji Mohamed Eusoff bin Mohammed Yusoff, died in the Ipoh Hospital this afternoon, aged 60. More than half his lifetime was spent in Government and public services, for which364 words
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179 1957-07-11 14 uc c SINGAPORE. July 7. HE Singapore Teachers Union, which is threatening to Call out its 2,500 members on strike, is holding an extraordinary general meeting on July 13 to decide on its next move. It has so far failed to fix a strike179 words
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Article, Illustration204 1957-07-11 14 SINGAPORE. July 5. T'HE Great Eastern Life Assurance C j.. Ltd Singapore >■. sterday received nt vs of the death of its retired m a n a g i n g director. Mr. J. D P. Nisbet, on holiday in Australia. Mr. Nisbet,204 words
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Article, Illustration1877 1957-07-11 15 ALLINGTON KENNARD - The new constitution for the Federation of Malaya may not be the most perfect constitution but THE BEST POSSIBLE CONSTITUTION by ALLINGTON KENNARD SINGAPORE, July 8. VO-ONE would claim perfection for the Constitution of the Federation of Malaya, Ira -t of all those who have had most to do w1,877 words
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Article, Illustration266 1957-07-11 16 GRANDMOTHER TENNIS CHAMPION OFF TO BRITAIN WITH BIG REGRET IPOH, July 7. THE retiring director of the British Red Cross Society’s Perak centre, Mrs. M. C. Darby, leaves Ipoh for Britain tomorrow with an unrealised ambition. When Mrs. Darby succeeded Mrs.266 words
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Article76 1957-07-11 16 SINGAPORE, July 6. Prominent racehorse owners, trainers, jockeys, stable boys and officials of the Singapore Turf Club were among those at the Bidadari cemetery yesterday to pay their last respects to C. O. (Ollie) Davies, 65, well known Malayan racing personality, who died in his sleep on76 words
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201 1957-07-11 16 REBUFF FROM LOCAL OFFICIALS SINGAPORE, July 8. OCAL senior officers of the Singapore City Council have declined to join their expatriate colleagues in representations to the council on Malayanisation. The Straits Times learned yesterday that the local officers do not share the views of201 words
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Article52 1957-07-11 16 KUALA LUMPUR, July 6. Forty three candidates passed the Federation’s midwifery examination (div. one) held last month. Those from Malacca were: Jewel Au Boey Yoke, Yoong Kim Yoong, Aziaih binte Omar, Yong Kim Chye, Theresa de Souza, Chu Slew Thee, Cheam Toon Liang < Nee52 words
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Article174 1957-07-11 16 IPOH, July 7. T'HE Federation will be host country next January L to the South-East Asia conference of the International Co-operative Alliance. This was disclosed yesterday in a message from the Minister for Agriculture. Inche Abdul Aziz bin Ishak. read at the 35th. international co-operative174 words
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Article35 1957-07-11 16 PENANG, July 7. Mr. J. R. Swales, now of New York, a former manager of the Mercantile Bank here and president of the Football Association of Penang, is on a short holiday here.35 words
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Article611 1957-07-11 16 SINGAPORE, July 8. POUR HUNDRED Singapore customs revenue officers called off their strike yesterday as the Telephone Hoard prepared to maintain its services after members of its Employees* Union stopped work at midnight on July 6. The customs men, members of the Singapore Government611 words
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127 1957-07-11 16 ‘Racial diversity is our strength SEREMBAN. July 7. The diversity o! rac s in independent Malaya could be a source of strength if men of goodwill worked together, the Federation High Commissioner. Sir Donald MacGillivray. said last night. Sir Donald, speaking at the Rotary installation dinner here, added that multi-racia.127 words
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Article58 1957-07-11 16 JOHORE BAHRU, July 7 Haji Hassan bin Haji Yui was elected chairman of newly formed State Edm tion Board at its first mo*. ing, which was held here ye> terday. Haji Hassan (Alliance) re presents a division of Mun district in the State Counn and he is58 words
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1921 1957-07-11 17 ALLINGTON KENNARD - By ALLINGTON KENNARD SINGAPORE, July 9. VO constitutional problem has attracted more controversy or m ore searching of hearts than the question of citizenship. Sixteen months ago the Alliance appeared likely to give way at the scams because of citizenship. There was real1,921 words
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Article818 1957-07-11 18 6 dead 10 hurt SING A PORK, July <>. SI X people died and lO were injured in a douhie tragedy in Singapore yesterday. FOUR niKD whe n ;m R.A.F. Venom jet lighter hurtled into iiKirried <|iiiirters ;it Tcnguli ;ind hurst into Humes. Two others were LkkIIv818 words
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60 1957-07-11 18 KUALA Ll’MPl'R. July 8. —The Federation may appoint a High Commissioner to Singapore after merdeka, the Straits Times learned today. A Government spokesman said that though the question had not yet been raised it was certain to confront the two territories soon. The Federation60 words
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Article215 1957-07-11 18 SINGAPORE, July 9. gINGAPORE doctors yesterday said that the only cure for smoking, other than willpower, was hypnosis. Recently, at the American Club, a visiting American hypnotist proved how it is done. An elderly man who wanted to give up smoking was the guinea pig. In215 words
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363 1957-07-11 18 KUALA LUMPUR, JuK s r pHE Communist terrorist stronghold in the Tanjong Karans rice-bowl area was c um pletely smashed yesterday following the surrender of three bandits, including a district committee member, the killing of a branch committee secretary and the capture363 words
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Article45 1957-07-11 18 KUALA LUMPUR, July B. Second Lieut. M. H. Richards, 26, the son of Lord Milverton, former Chief Secretary of the Federated Malay States, has been awarded an immediate mention-in-des-patches for leading an ambush party which killed two terrorists in the Federation.45 words
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246 1957-07-11 18 IPOH, July 8. Tne L Dato Panglima Kinta. Dr. Dato Haji Mohamed Eusoff bin Mohamed Yusoff. 60. who died yesterday, was interred at the familv burial ground attached to the New Town mosque here tonight. A police guard of honour stood at attention.246 words
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Article48 1957-07-11 18 IPOH, July 8.—One of Ipoh*-' oldest and well-known lawyers, Mr. K. C. Chan, died at his home today after a long illness. He was 69. He leaves nine sons aru. three daughters, one of whom is living in New York, U S A.48 words
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1083 1957-07-11 19 EPSOM JEEP - By EPSOM JEEP L SINGAPORE, Julv 7. TY Arthur Ward signalled his return to Malayan racing by ling the Bukit Timah Stakes over a mile on Golden Melody yes- first day of the Singapore Turf Club’s July Meeting. Franklin again1,083 words
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Article761 1957-07-11 19 1 m THE WEEK IN SPORT OINGAPORE will stay out of the Malaya Cup competition. That is the final decision of the Singapore Amateur Football Association. JQuiettf and “Unemotionally. S AiJLA. councillors last week decided to accept the ruling of the F.A. of761 words
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Page 19 Advertisements
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Advertisement74 1957-07-11 19 STRAITS BUDGET *i i !3k. Quarterly Half-yearly Yearly SUBSCRIPTION RATES (PAYABLE IN ADVANCE) Br. Empire Singapore Malaya r Foreign Town Area including (Including No Postage Postage postage) 5.20 5.75 Ll 6.75 10.40 11.50 20.80 t 23.00 27 00 The weekly issues of the Straits Budget can be sent by express74 words
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Page 19 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous77 1957-07-11 19 *****8, JTOTAL POOL: >246,457 1st. No. *****4 ($li0,904) 2nd. No. *****3 (855,452) 3rd. No; *****7 (830,807) STARTERS <82,360 each): Nos. *****2, *****4 *****1, *****6, *****5, *****5, *****8,' *****8. CONSOLATIONS each): Nos: *****9, *****3, *****2, *****8, *****8, *****2, *****1. FORECAST TOTE: Race One (820); Race 3 (8336); Race 4 (S786»; Race77 words
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Article566 1957-07-11 20 SHARE MARKET -*?> ‘‘Lh 15 <‘ By Oar Market Correspondent SINGAPORE, July 8. ALTHOUGH the Singapore Share Market n last week presented keen interest with improvements far outnumbering falls, the market has failed to recapture the surge of activity which preceded the end of the566 words
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Article221 1957-07-11 20 rE following business done in the Singapore Share Market last week was reported hr one firm of brokers for Z^loVZrSSi A C0.*»2.20;t0 H 11%, Houston* Bank (Lon) £97 >4 to £BO, Hume Ords. Afei.9#d. and ASalOd., William Jacks 92.40 to $2.37# to $2.40 c.d., Malayan Breweries IS 30221 words
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Article43 1957-07-11 20 Current Date of Total Total for payment payment far profane V year year Saloh Rubber Eetates U 4. 10%• July 23 15% William Jacks On. Ltd- July 22 40% Tbe Ayer Hltam Plantlnff Syndicate Ltd. 5% July 22 13% 25% interim-43 words
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253 1957-07-11 20 By Our Market Correspondent SINGAPORE, July JJUMOURS of sterling devaluation, v originated in Hong Kong, had little affY the Singapore Share Market yesterday. Industrials and tins were steady while sel. Interest was shown In sterling rubbers. Local 1 counters were again253 words
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Article123 1957-07-11 20 Takuapa Valley Tin Dredging (No Liability) has reported that In June, Takuapa. Mo. 1 and S dredges worked 1.999 hours, covered 250,000 cubic yards and WOO 637 piculs of ore. Sungei Bidor Tin Dredging Ltd. worked 632 hours, covered 391,400 yards for an output of 684 piculs to123 words
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Article840 1957-07-11 20 SINGAPORE, July 9. INDI'BTUMB Bayers l»Hm Ale* Bricks MwC. 1A I<B Ordi, ...V l|o IN v Atlas let MN *cl (buyers! B. B. Petrol 67/-*d B. M Trustees ....*.lO IN coo. rm HTneit WN. ia/« «/i Ords. SM M/% 'J ■astern United 99.00 31.00 Fed Dispensary ft.il840 words
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Article373 1957-07-11 20 SINGAPORE, July ACCORDING to By ion A “a third of life is spent in sleep.” It woiid appear during the past week that the rubber market was trying to double this figure, reports Holiday, Cutler, Bath and Co., Ltd. in its weekly review of the Singapore Rubber373 words
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Article71 1957-07-11 20 The Borneo Company Ltd- h announced that 17,500 top®' ore were treated and 2 JO to of tin concentrates produced the Pahang Consolidated Con' pany Ltd. during June. Sung Kinta Tin Dredging Ltd- pro duced 331 piculs of tin ore month while the No. 3 dredge <71 words