The Straits Budget, 16 April 1958
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Title Section36 1958-04-16 1 The Straits Budget THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES MALAYA'S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER t-» -JK* -V Vk'V ,wJ Vy l^&T' v e v. Series 60S. 5 April 16, 1958. S N« cento (Malayan) or l ShlUtn,,36 words
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506 1958-04-16 2 2S3»PlORC«i - 2S3»PlORC«i> t *-«aUuMtol IT IS Interesting to recall a few episodes around which the story of “Bridge on the River Kwai” has been built. The film offers good entertainment In the realm of ffctipn based, to some extent, on fact, There506 words
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122 1958-04-16 2 om «E«nt - ;.om «E«nt^ ilMBkriSF f|HN RESTRICTION, the Jl self-strangling of the vital tin^mining the whole pwfrie. 6^ Very soon its disastrous effect will be spread throughout the lengsM|fiS breadth of. the countSy/'?'Basically, /restriction of production Is a passive de.Tlce to sUbito^he^rice 0* by its122 words
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192 1958-04-16 2 COMMONSENSE - COMMONSENSE Kaala Lampar. \i > 'VX lB!7.*2Wr. X V 1 V f*/Wfc3|F5f! wf it SUPPORT WanFaridah’s observations (8.T. March 20) on Malay education. I suggest that some of our Malay teachers are sent abroad to "find out for themselves why othhfev. countries have changed192 words
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Article123 1958-04-16 2 W CHUAN KENG - Guard against per ils W CHUAN KENG it SfcWWNf*. i} A* J. A f v j country than engage i n hnn^hhiyl hi V Si themselves to gkln popular. Bhould we not pause to, think about what is coming recession upon this coun- Increasing popular ation, unemployment, education and housing123 words
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Article98 1958-04-16 2 r., INTBIOVCD J - r INTBIOVCD J kB far a interrop1 tempt to reprove the public v %allery but then wentTbn to whitewash them by saying “but I ty^an£*yoiS #(t \me». #grfinng +4%a Milfil 1 motional” would have been mdre appropriate because I -fail to see'ifee connection' emoIn It would98 words
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Article29 1958-04-16 2 EmpText - EmpText Kuala Lumpur a+» iA if. .":T« V Union Council mid Federal k M^a t j521 t Sr a fe grea g P°^ e y29 words
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Article65 1958-04-16 2 A. SHA’ARI - A. SHA’ARI a i npHE Mayor Of Singapore (AJL, is being referred to as Djta Ma^ was offlciaHv bestowed on t|i6 Mayor by any or kH#' {tutors. if not It m for hlrai to be called Oato> She Mayor i* a feetua and not a65 words
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Article125 1958-04-16 2 CHOO PENG KOON - CHOO PENG KOON Stogapere. fiQlfPttßlON In any form Is always repugnant. Neverthslesw 4 some mild form of compulsion li necessary for the Eellef that more than offsets the possible obllr. Vty Pheng Geek replying to a question at a forum, pointed out quite rightly, that125 words
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Article124 1958-04-16 2 CINEMAGOER - CINEMAGOER Karopa# If AMPAR is a small, and IV congested town with a gpulatlon^of^approxlm at ly But there lr only one playing field in this to-vn and there are no parks r the people to spend evening in the open. The citizens usually spend tin r124 words
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Article686 1958-04-16 3 —Straits Times. Apr. 8. Diplomatic but devastaUng is a fair description of Sir Lnc MUlbounus report on Port SvvtttenliaiTi. it was published, desirable coincidence this, fi>vy Ja\ suffer the announcement tiiM preliminary work t hc- North Klang scheme is to be stiipped. The whole renoit is >tronji—Straits Times. Apr. 8. - 686 words
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Article694 1958-04-16 3 —Straits Times, April 10. The programme of legislation outlined at the opening yesterday of the third session of the Singapore Assembly hardly looks like the dying twitch of a doomed government. It is bold and imaginative, tailored apparently foi a full session. There is no clue to—Straits Times, April 10. - 694 words
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Article262 1958-04-16 3 —Straits Times, Apr. 8. Ten thousand people have lost their homes and belongings in the holocaust at Kampong Koo Chye. As at Kampong Bugis in 1951 and Geylangs Lorong 3 two years later, Saturday’s victims lived in closely-huddled attap and plank huts. A chance spark was enough—Straits Times, Apr. 8. - 262 words
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Article215 1958-04-16 3 Straits Times, Apr. 8 In Singapore the tenth anniversary of the World Health Organisation is being marked by exhibitions commemorating “Ten Years of Health Progress.” There are those who think of Singapore as a “city of sewers and stinks”. The city’s great open drains, its canal and river,Straits Times, Apr. 8 - 215 words
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Article283 1958-04-16 3 Straits Times, April 9 The decision of the new MCA leaders to exclude aliens from membership has caused some perturbation in the Singapore branch. Its delegates will ask for a full discussion of the proposed change at the national executive committee meeting on April 20. But what isStraits Times, April 9 - 283 words
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Article176 1958-04-16 3 —Stiaits Times. April 11. A $5O million tyre factory in Petaling Jaya will be a handsome catch for the Federation’s industrialisation policy. The American backers have not been named, but negotiations have gone far enough for Mr. Tan Siew Sin to be confident that the project will materialise,—Stiaits Times. April 11. - 176 words
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Article639 1958-04-16 4 Straits Times, April 12 Before the Singapore Government acts on the Brocklehurst and Caine recommendations for social security schemes—there is now a promise that legislation will be introduced before the end of the year—it ought to find out what organised labour really thinks. There was very littleStraits Times, April 12 - 639 words
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Article202 1958-04-16 4 Straits Times. April 12 A great deal has been said, and much ink spilt, over the Ulu Pandan prawn ponds. It was unlikely at this late stage that even the executive director of the Pacific Science Board of the U.S. National Research Council would be able toStraits Times. April 12 - 202 words
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Article610 1958-04-16 4 Straits Times, Apr. 14 The slope below the summit is still pretty rough going. What are the Western Powers to make of the new Russian note? It is difficult to reject outright the proposal that the Ambassadors should begin talks on a summit meeting thisStraits Times, Apr. 14 - 610 words
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Article346 1958-04-16 4 Straits Times. Apr. 14 If democracy fails in Malaya, it will be because it relies for support on selftaught democrats. The general attitude is that the democratic faith is only for those who discover it for themselves. The result is that only an enterprising few embark on theStraits Times. Apr. 14 - 346 words
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Article327 1958-04-16 4 —Straits Times. April 11. It is a sad day when Prime Ministers have to do their thinking behind barbed wire. Mr. Solomon Bandaranaike has wired himself in to keep out the monks who are demanding the abrogation of the language pact which Ceylon’s Premier made lasi July—Straits Times. April 11. - 327 words
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Obituary43 1958-04-16 4 DEATH MR9 L. MACK AY. Wife of Capt. J M. Mackay oassed away or Saturday 29th March at their ne Mdence. “Ravenscourtr Road. Ramsey. Isle of Man The? have lived to retirement to Ram sey. Isle of Man for the pass three years.43 words
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Article, Illustration1029 1958-04-16 5 Soviet leaders are haunted by fear of a religious survival SINGAPORE, April 8 a S YOU climb the A steep, crowded, narrow street, you notice iiere and there a tablet set into the wall. Here, where a small Arab boy is playing on1,029 words
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954 1958-04-16 5 SINGAPORE, April, 10 WHEN Sir Winston Churchill went to Russia during the war, he committed a social error as grave as turning up at the ktana Negara in shorts and an opennecked shirt. He arrived there in the d-rk blue boiler suit in which954 words
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Article283 1958-04-16 6 SINGAPORE, April 7 MR. TAN LARK SYE, the millionaire chairiTl man of the Nanyang University executive committee, yesterday suggested that the University of Malaya’s Department of Chinese Studies should take in more students who passed out from Chinese middle schools. He said the university should also283 words
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Article109 1958-04-16 6 SINGAPORE, April 7 ABOUT 50,000 workers from several trade unions are expected to attend this year’s May Day rally organised by the Sinr gapore Trades Union Congress at Jalan Besar Stadium on May The congress met yesterday and appointed a committee of 15 to make109 words
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249 1958-04-16 6 SINGAPORE, April 7 J'HE Workers’ Party yesterday called on the Singapore Government to wait for a mandate from the people at the next election before taking over public utilities from the City Council. The party treasurer, Mr. Ameer Jumabhoy. said the City249 words
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118 1958-04-16 6 SINGAPORE. Apr. 7. OFFICERS recruited from overseas by the Singapore City Council will in future be granted entry permits by the Immigration I>epartment only on a guarantee by the council. Immigration authorities want the council to guarantee the maintenance and repatriation of an overseas officer118 words
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189 1958-04-16 6 IPOH, April 6 OECURITY forces patrolled many of the Chinese cemeteries on the outskirts of towns in Perak from Apr. 4 till today as thousands of people flocked to their relatives’ graves to observe “Cheng Beng” (All Souls’ Day). The reason for the guard was189 words
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229 1958-04-16 6 SINGAPORE April 6 TLjr- kA r Ht Mayor of Singapore, Mr. Ong Eng Guan, yesterday appealed to City Councillors to work together os c team for the interests of the eo^> e Mr. Ong was replying to the chairman of the Workers’ Party,229 words
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Article143 1958-04-16 6 KUALA LUMPUR, Apr. 4. MRS. LAKSHMI NAVARATNAM, was last night appointed Malayan girl guide commissioner—the first Asian to hold the post. She succeeds Mrs. R G. Heath, who returns to Britain with her husband this month. Mrs. .Navaratnam, 38, was formerly deputy commissioner. She is the wife143 words
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200 1958-04-16 6 JPOH, Apr. 7 Citizen ship registration officials are pondering the case of a surrendered terrorist who refused to take the correct oath of allegiance to the Yang di-Pertuan Agong. The man recently stepped from a group of prospective citizens to pledge his loyalty200 words
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Article19 1958-04-16 6 MERSING, Apr. 6.—Muslim youths here will hold a good will gathering for Hari Raya on April 24.19 words
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Article, Illustration329 1958-04-16 7 SINGAPORE, April, 8 SINGAPORE’S retiring City Electrical Enx uineer, Mr. R. A. Waddle, charged yesterday that electrical development in Singapore had been hampered and the work of his department frustrated by council committees. Mi. Waddle. who It a Vi-s the Colony tomortow after nearly329 words
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58 1958-04-16 7 Deserted’ Red camp comes to life IPOH, Apr. 7.—A patrol from the 2nd Bn., ttoyai Malay Regt., was fired on yesterday from what it thought was an abandoned terrorist camp in the Kuala Kangsar district of Perak. The patrol returned the fire and chased the terrorists into the jungle. They58 words
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Article, Illustration41 1958-04-16 7 SINGAPORE, Apr. 8. DR. S. M. GOON, medical officer with the Kandang Kerbau Maternity Hospital Singapore, who left for London by BOAC yesterday for three years’ specialist training at Aberdeen Royal Maternity Hospital, Scotland.41 words
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176 1958-04-16 7 SINGAPORE, April 8 City Council will no longer be awarded costs for successful prosecutions in the City Court. This means a loss of about $20,800 a year in revenue to the Council. Till now, the Council has been receiving costs in all successful176 words
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Article289 1958-04-16 7 SINGAPORE, April 8 A NOTHER labour crisis was revealed last night when more than 600 nurses, hospital assistants dental technicians, dispensing assistants and other members of Singapore Medical Services Union refused to accept new salary scales offered by the Government. At a special general meeting289 words
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202 1958-04-16 7 SINGAPORE, April 8 SINGAPORE’S Chief Minister, Mr. Lim Yew Hock, yesterday called for public participation to help free Singapore from disease, ignorance, idleness and squalor. Mr. Lim was speaking at the opening of the World Health exhibition at the Sims Avenue202 words
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Article30 1958-04-16 7 Nin’ 0 A ,P r 7.-Leons Hlng try i r P M to study fores n-y j, ■'•University of Syd‘lurin- ‘n-, ‘ugapore by plane k me week-end30 words
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239 1958-04-16 7 SINGAPORE, April 8 4 LEADING Australian town planner, Dr. Ernest Fcoks, yesterday toured two Singap o r e Improvement Trust housing estates, and remarked: “Hmm. a hit too formal." He pointed at the rows of uniform, drab looking flats In Queenstown and Tiong Bharu239 words
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Article129 1958-04-16 7 SINGAPORE, April 8 THE body of a Chinese woman whose head had been battered was found in a Chinese cemetery in Plantation Avenue, off Yoo Chu Kang Road, Singapore, at 3.15 p.m. yesteiday. ..Effectives searching among m l 6 w tombstones found a bloodstained changkol The129 words
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478 1958-04-16 8 SINGAPORE, April, <) THE Labour Front research secretary, Mr. Gerald de Cruz, advocating compulsory voting last night, said that Singapore had to use whatever methods there were to stimulate political consciousness among the people. Freedom today meant responsibility in politics,478 words
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Article, Illustration262 1958-04-16 8 SINGAPORE, April, 9 THE conversion of Ulu 1 Pandang nature reserve into prawn ponds will spark off heated controversies all over the world, says Mr. Harold J. Coolidge, executive director of the Pacific Science Board of the U.S. National Research Council. Mr. Coolidge,262 words
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115 1958-04-16 8 PENANG, Apr. 8 The president of the Malayan Chinese Association, Dr. Lim Chong Eu. said today that he had accepted the resignations of Mr. T. H. Tan, the executive secretary, and Mr T. K. Wen. secretary of the Association’s Central Education Committee. Dr Lim115 words
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Article176 1958-04-16 8 PENANG, April, 8 THE president of the Malayan Chinese Association, 1 Dr. Lim Chong Eu today assured the Singapore MCA that the parent organisation had no intention of creating any difficulties. "I hope MCA members in the Colony will keep calm and be patient.”176 words
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Article163 1958-04-16 8 SINGAPORE, April, 9 ABOUT 120 delegates are expected to attend the first Asian Regional Pediatric Congress to be held in Singapore next month. The congress, organised by the Singapore Pediatric Society, is being sponsored by the Government. It will be opened bv the Chief163 words
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Article137 1958-04-16 8 Kota bharu, Apr. 8 Twenty-two Malay students of English schools in Kelantan have been expelled for taking part in a recent strike protesting against the use of English as the medium of instruction. Eleven of the students were ring leaders. The Chief Education Officer, Mr. D.137 words
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Article50 1958-04-16 8 JOHORE BAHRU, Apr. 7 The Tengku Mahkota Regent of Johore. opened a World Health Day exhibition in the Government Offices Building, Johore Bahru, this afternoon The exhibition which includes a display of posters, film shows and talks on health will continue tomorrow and on Apr. 9.50 words
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Article33 1958-04-16 8 MALACCA, Apr. 8 The Governor of Malacca, Mr. Leong Yew Koh. and his wife last night attended a cocktail party given by Malacca Rotary Club in conjunction with World Health Week33 words
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Article164 1958-04-16 8 SINGAPORE, Apr. 9 A NEW pay seneme fo; teachers announced recently is to come into operation “without delay,” the Singapore Education Ministry said lasi night. Tne announcement came after a long meeting yesterday between Ministry representatives and the teachers’ organisations. Tne Ministry representatives rejected164 words
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Article155 1958-04-16 8 Kuala lumpur, Apr. 8 An RAF ÜBiusaijods said today that the pilot and three passengers emerged “uninjured in any way” after a Pioneer aircraft crash-landed at Kuala Lumpur airport this morning. Rut a witness said one of the men, with blood on his face and arms, was155 words
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Article42 1958-04-16 8 KULIM. Apr. B—The Kulim District Officer. Tuan Sve f i Osman Tdid and hi* wife. Tengku Halnr. hav« left in the Chusan for six weeks’ holiday In Japan The chief ADO. Tuan Syed Soffie will act as Kulim District Officer.42 words
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444 1958-04-16 9 engineer defends his recommendation SINGAPORE, April, 9 THE City Gas Engineer, Mr. F. B. Oliver, told the Singapore City Council’s public utilities committee yesterday that the Gas Department was •‘probably the most inefficient undertaking in the world” when he took444 words
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146 1958-04-16 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Apr. 8. —The controversial Alliance Party constitution will come under fire at the three-day UMNO general assembly starting on June 6. Representatives of the Johore and Penang UMNO will figure prominently in the attack. These state organisations are opposed146 words
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245 1958-04-16 9 KUALA LUMPUR, April, 8 MALAYA’S ambassador-designate to Siam, Dato Mohamed Seth bin Mohamed, has been tipped to head the Railway Services Commission. The Dato, it is understood, has agreed to give up his Siamese appointment to take over chairmanship of the commission. The245 words
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Article402 1958-04-16 9 SINGAPORE, April, 9 'J'HE Chief Minister, Mr. Lim Yew Hock, said last night that the Labour Front was seeking a mandate to introduce equal pay for women and men in professional fields. The aim was to make a start on this in Government departments. The402 words
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Article16 1958-04-16 9 SITIAWAN, Apr. 9.—Mr. Chew Kean Soo. Labour Officer, Sltiawan, has been transferred to Alor Star16 words
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Article155 1958-04-16 9 IPOH, Apr. 7 —British, 1 Australian and New Zealand planes have just completed the fiercest aerial bombardment of the Emergency in a series of attacks in the “Operation Ginger” area of Central Perak, where about 200 terrorists are hiding. The day and night155 words
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141 1958-04-16 9 ANY mayor is entitled to be called dato Kuala lumpur, Apr. B. Malay language experts here said today ihat the Mayor of Singapore—or of any town in the Federation —is entitle 1 to be called “Dato.” A Straits Times reader, A. Sha’ari, of Kuala Lumpur, had urged that the Mayor141 words
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90 1958-04-16 9 SINGAPORE, Apr. 9 rr\HE Australian Trade ComJL missioner in Singapore, Mr. Philip Searcy, announced yesterday that an Australian trade mission, consisting of 22 industrialists, bankers and businessmen, would visit Singapore and the Federation shortly. The mission will be led Dy Mr. R. W. Swartz,90 words
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Article26 1958-04-16 9 SINGAPORE. Apr. 10. Ninety-six Singapore students are taking learn-by-mail courses which are being run under the Colombo Plan by correspondence schools In six Australian states.26 words
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391 1958-04-16 10 T. S. TAN - By T. S. TAN KUALA LUMPUR, April, 9 A MALAY ex prostitute who lives in a big 1 bungalow in Penang and drives around in a huge ear is believed to be the brains of the biggest Malay vice391 words
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Article63 1958-04-16 10 SINGAPORE, Apr. 10. PRESS photographers were barred by the Singapore Police from taking closeup pictures of the Governor, Sir William Goode, inspecting a guard of honour outside Assembly House yesterday. Later, Mr. T. F. Flynn, Superintendent Area One. said the police had not received permission63 words
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Article39 1958-04-16 10 SINGAPORE, Apr. 10. rhe Singapore Ministry of Health has stopped its services at the North Canal Road school clinic. Similar clinic services will be given at the new Institute of Health In Outram Road starting today39 words
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Article30 1958-04-16 10 SINGAPORE, Apr. 10. The Malayan Association for the Prevention of Tuberculosis will hold its annual meeting in the ante-room of the Johore State Council Chamber on April 25.30 words
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122 1958-04-16 10 Kuala lumpur, Apr. 9—The Yang di-Per-tuan Agong has returned to the Istana Negara after a 13-day stay at the Bungsar Hospital. The King has been advised to take a week’s rest at one of the hill stations in the Federation. A source122 words
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Article218 1958-04-16 10 SINGAPORE, April, 10 T'HE threatened strike 1 by 10,500 daily-paid employees of the Singapore City Council, scheduled to start at midnight last night, has been postponed. The men’s union agreed yesterday to delay the strike “for a reasonable period.” Representatives of the City Council Labour218 words
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324 1958-04-16 10 SINGAPORE, April, 10 SERVICEMAN told a Singapore preliminary inquiry yesterday that he feared that serious harm had come to his waitress friend, Lijuh binte Awang, when he missed her at her Geylanir home at 1 a.m. on Feb. 14. Staff-Sergeant William Elwood324 words
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Article92 1958-04-16 10 JOHORE BAHRU, Apr. 9 The Federation Government has applied to the United Nations for equipment to build a pineapple cannery. Inche Aziz bin Ishak, the Minister for Agriculture, told pineapple small-growers at Pekan Nanas today. The Minister was visiting the Pekan Nanas Pineapple92 words
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Advertisement69 1958-04-16 10 STRAITS BUDGET SUBSCRIPTION RATES (PAYABLE IB ADVANCE) Br. Empire Singapore Malaya Foreign Town Area (Including (Including No Postage Postage) Postage) Quarterly 5.20 5.75 6.75 Half-yearly 10.40 11.50 13.50 Year* 20.80 23.00 27 00 The weekly issues of (he Straits Budget can be sent by express air delivery service to the69 words
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Article, Illustration1697 1958-04-16 11 GOODE ON MEASURES *ASSEMBLY MIGHT ADOPT Sir William: Stable govt is needed SINGAPORE, April, 10 TlIK Governor of Singapore, Sir William Goode, yesterday named no date for holdinjr the next general elections but said that the iime-tabie would depend on preparations and anv measures which theisembly yesterday.—'Straits Times picture. - 1,697 words
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602 1958-04-16 12 LLOYD MORGAN - By LLOYD MORGAN SINGAPORE, Apr. 10. A LINK between Singapore and long years of tradition was cut yesterday in 36 brief minutes the time it took the last of the colonial governors, Sir William Goode, to open the third and602 words
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233 1958-04-16 12 KUALA LUMPUR, April, 9 ■MALAYAN SCHOOL children should be taught to develop a “positive and informed” anti-Com-munist attitude so they may have “solid intellectual ammunition” with which they can, through reasoning and logic, ward off Red propaganda. This was proposed here to- r day233 words
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Article112 1958-04-16 12 T'HE Singapore Government A is determined to carry out its plan to convert threequarters of Ulu Pandang nature reserve into prawn ponds in spite of a strong protest by a prominent visiting American scientist, Mr. Harold J. Coolidge. The Minister for Commerce and Industry, Mr. J.112 words
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190 1958-04-16 12 SINGAPORE, Apr. 10. The Singapore City Council may have to raise the rates of assessment on homes and other buildings by at least ten per cent if it accepts the wage demands of its workers. The Council will have190 words
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271 1958-04-16 12 MCA leaders welcome that ‘citizen proposal Kuala lumpur, Apr. 9 Top M.C.A. circles here today welcomed a proposal that citizenship should be the deciding factor of membership in the association in Singapore as well as in the Federation. They were commenting on a Straits Times editorial today that this would271 words
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326 1958-04-16 13 38,000 ACRES SOLD... MORE EXPECTED IPOH, Apr. 10. '"TWENTY-FOUR large European-owned rubber 1 estates in Perak, totalling 38,000 acres have changed ownership during the past year lor a reported total of about $2O million. Mr A. Venugopal, cnalrman of the Perak326 words
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96 1958-04-16 13 TAIPEH, Apr. 10. RATIONALIST China today announced that agreement had been reached between Taipeh and Tokyo over the month-long dispute arising out of the recently concluded Tokyo-Peking trade agreement. An official statement, issued by the Nationalist Foreign Ministry said the Japanese Government had96 words
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467 1958-04-16 13 rilK Singapore Chief Minister, Mr. Lim Yew Hock, yesterday received a cheque for S« 0,000 from the Netherlands Consul-General, Mr. I). G. A. Middleburg, for the Kampong Koo h\e tire victims. Mr. Lim said: “I give my grateful thanks to the Netherlands people for467 words
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Article201 1958-04-16 13 Kuala lumpur, Apr. 10.— A big industrial concern here has offered to help the Government to implement its policy of training Malays for business, the Minister of Commerce and Industry, Mr Tan Slew Sin, said at a Press conference today The firm, Lever Brothers Ltd., has201 words
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169 1958-04-16 13 KUALA LUMPUR, Apr. 10. THE Government has offered to relax the condi- tions for promoting Malay administrative service officers to the Malayan Civil Service. In this way the Federation Establishment Office hopes to work out a system of integrating state civil services into a169 words
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Article49 1958-04-16 13 IPOH, Apr. 10.—Three of the twenty suspects rounded up by the Ipoh police in connection with three gang attacks in the town on night of Apr. 7 have been released. The police round-up followed three separate gangster attacks which resulted in injuries to three persons.49 words
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181 1958-04-16 13 PENANG, Aur. 10 A YEAR-LONG friendship between an Australian airman and a pretty Eurasian orphan will lead to wedding bells on Apr. 12 at the Penang Cathedral of the Assumption. “It’s been wonderful,” said 18-year-old Marina Lesslar. of her romance with Lac Ronald181 words
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Article231 1958-04-16 13 KUALA LUMPUR, Apr. 10 TWO PEOPLE played sleuth to catch a man who had sent two live bullets, a letter and a piece of red paper to extort $5,000 from a merchant, the Sessions Court here was told today. The man. Nlang Kim Kuan. 25.231 words
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Article23 1958-04-16 13 KUALA LUMPUR, Apr. 10 No casualties to either the security forces or the Communist terrorists were reported in the Federation today23 words
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575 1958-04-16 14 JPOH, Apr. 10—Are A the police justified in listening in to a telephone conversation between members of the public? This question was posed In the Magistrate’s Court here today when two men pleaded not guilty to attempting to extort $5,000 from a575 words
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Article369 1958-04-16 14 KUALA LUMPUR, Apr. 10 —A $50 million tyre factory, financed by American and local capital, is to be built at Petalinn Jay a Work will stall thi. year. The factory wil. be in production by in id HH)0. It will be able to satisfy the country’s369 words
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131 1958-04-16 14 K U ALA LUMPUR. Apr 10—The contest for the post of president of the Malayan Indian Congress has narrowed down from nine to three* candidates In the picture are the Minister of Health, Mr V I Sambanthan (the preset t leader of the131 words
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Article323 1958-04-16 14 SINGAPORE, April 11 T'HE Singapore City Council Services Union yesterday told Mayor Ong Eng Guan that there could be no efficiency in the council or security for the staff “if appointments and promotions are manoeuvred through political parties.*’ The union wants these and other323 words
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Article284 1958-04-16 14 THEY RENOUNCE REDS AND APE TOLD: YOU'RE FREE IfUALA LUMPUR Apr 10—Eight Communist sympathisers pledged in the town hall here this morning to be “good citizens” and never to help the Reds again And then they smiled happily when told by the Mente* Besar. Selangor that they284 words
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Article52 1958-04-16 14 KUALA LUMPUR. Apr. 10. The Federal Legislative Council is to advertise for an interpreter who can carrv out simultaneous translations of the council proceedings The Clerk of Council. Mr C. A. Fredericks, has asked for a man who can translate council proceedings from English to Malay and52 words
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Article, Illustration191 1958-04-16 15 KUALA LUMPUR, Apr. 10—The University of Malaya is facing financial difficulties. Complications have arisen over contributions from the Colonial Development and Welfare FY.i.d, 'Kiwance has also not brl made in the estimates t u r he rising costs. i): pite these problems the Vr<*-Chancellor.191 words
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66 1958-04-16 15 SINGAPORE, Apr. 11. MALAYS detained in Singapore under the Preservation of Public Security Ordinance will be released temporarily to enable them to celebrate Hari Raya Puasa on April 21 and 22 with their families, it was announced yesterday. There are only three or four66 words
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Article28 1958-04-16 15 KOTA BAHRU, Apr. 10.— All mosques, temples, churches and other places of worship in Kelantan will soon hold special orayers for the Emergency to end soon.28 words
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278 1958-04-16 15 SINGAPORE, Apr. 11. THE Chief Minister, Mr. Lim Yew Hock, told the Straits Times yesterday that he hoped an allparty delegation would go to London in May to sign the constitutional instruments which will give Singapore complete internal self-government. This and the question278 words
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Article126 1958-04-16 15 SINGAPORE, Apr. 11. CHIEF Minister, Mr. Lim Yew Hock, has appointed an officer from the Department of Lands to advise him on the establishment of a rural development panel for Singapore. The panel is being set up under the Chief Minister to plan and execute a comprehensive126 words
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Article48 1958-04-16 15 KUALA LUMPUR, Apr. 10. —Two more Federation army officers will go to Britain this month for training. They are Captain Mohamed Khalld bln Abdul Hamid, of the 2nd Bn., Royal Malaya Regt.. Taiping, and Captain A. Arulpragasam. of the Ist Bn., Federation Regt. Malacca48 words
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Article190 1958-04-16 15 KUALA LUMPUR, Apr. 10. pEOPLE from all walks of life today hailed a plan by the Minister of Education, Inche Mohamed Khir bin Johari, to develop a “positive and informed” anti-Communist attitude among Malayan schoolchildren. The Minister, in a prize-day speech at the Victoria Institution yesterday, said190 words
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222 1958-04-16 15 IT UALA LUMPUR, lo.—The Government has decided to allow oil millers in Malaya to buy up to $l2 million worth of copra a year from the Philippines, a hard-currency country, for the first time since World War n. This was announced today by the222 words
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Article195 1958-04-16 15 SINGAPORE, Apr. 11. *J»HE Singapore and Federation Governments are expected to introduce simultaneous parallel legislation soon to encourage pioneer industries. The Singapore Ministry for Commerce and Industry is working on its legislation at full speed so that it can be presented to the Legislative195 words
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Article38 1958-04-16 15 PENANG, Apr. 10. The Penang State Agricultural show, orginally scheduled for July 5 and 6. has now been postponed to Aug 9 and 10 to give farmers more time to prepare their exhibits.38 words
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Article178 1958-04-16 15 The B ,,R U. Apr. 10.— or (h" eCU L ,Ve comm htee br-uih Ba an Dalam ins'll he UMNO le; h province Wellesni'ght f J f buked here last soliim,.,. a PP r oving a reMi. the Prime H ih,! r 4 T n178 words
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120 1958-04-16 15 OENANG, Apr. 10. The Minister for Defence, Dato Abdul Razak, and the Minister for Works Posts and Telecommunications, Inche Sardon bin Haji Jubir, will lead Penang’s biggest-ever anti, bandit rally, to be held In Ayer Itam on April 26. About 10.000 people from the120 words
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Article376 1958-04-16 16 SINGAPORE, April 12 THE Singapore Chief Secretary, Mr. E. B. David, said yesterday that the Governor could authorise an officer to intercept any telephone conversation in a time of public emergency or in the interest of public safety. This point arose when the Straits Times376 words
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Article, Illustration477 1958-04-16 16 NAN HALL - THE BOOM-AND-BUST LIFE OF A COLONY LEGEND By NAN HALL SINGAPORE, Apr 12 T'HE “Scots Consul”— A Mr. Peter (“Jock”) Carmichael died in the Singapore General Hospital yesterday after a month’s illness. He was so named because, despite his 45 years in Malaya,477 words
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Article88 1958-04-16 16 PENANG, Apr. 10. Two members of the PanMalayan Islamic Moral Defence Investigation Committee, Inche Ismail bin Ibrahim and Che Siti Hawa binie Abdullah, today confirmed that Penang was a recruiting centre for Federation Malay callgirls. “We also knew the whereabouts of the vice queen who rules88 words
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Article123 1958-04-16 16 Butter worth, Apr. 9 Another British-owned rubber estate in Province Wellesley has been sold to a Malayan syndicate for fragmentation. The estate, owned by Val d’Or Rubber Estates Ltd., of London, for more than half a century, is reported to have changed hands at123 words
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Article47 1958-04-16 16 SINGAPORE, Apr. 12 Mr. Ow Kheng Tor, secretary of the Singapore Union of Postal and Telecommunications Workers, and Mr. K. C. Thomas, secretary of the Singapore Bank Employees Union, are to attend a training course in labour administration and trade union practices in Britain47 words
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Article30 1958-04-16 16 KAMPAR. Apr. 11. Mr. Liew Khye Yoon, assistant Welfare Officer, Teluk Anson, has been transferred to Kampar in place of Mr. Yong Ah Sang who has gone on retirement.30 words
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291 1958-04-16 16 Kuala lumpur, Apr n The Federation Government is now taking steps to increase rice crops and produce better padi by constructing a $364,000 soils and water research station in Tanjong Karang. With the completion of the 40-acre station in October, detailed research291 words
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145 1958-04-16 16 Back from holidays—to news of dismissal PENANG, Apr. 11.—About 20 temporary teachers in English and vernacular schools in Penang and Province Wellesley are due for a shock after Easter. They will be told that their services may be terminated from January next year. Several schools said today they would pass145 words
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Article129 1958-04-16 16 SINGAPORE, April 11 SINGAPORE’S Chief Minister, Mr. Urn Yew Hocksaid yesterday that the next general election under the Colony’s new constitution could be JH < not later than March, the date when the pre. t. Government’s four-year term of office expires. He said this was possible129 words
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Article1088 1958-04-16 17 CYNICUS - As I was saying CYNICUS wrong hands.”— The Architectural Review. SINGAPORE, Apr. 12 pr at we should live to the day when T a P spokesmen l iide trade unionists t‘, r making unreason- hie demands! The irty practically built up its strength by King unreasonable trade nion de mauds.wrong hands.”—The Architectural Review. - 1,088 words
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Article, Illustration8 1958-04-16 17 JUNGLE VANITY Photo Lim Yaw Chong— Photo Lim Yaw Chong - 8 words
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Article387 1958-04-16 17 IPOH, April 13 MEMBERS of the Malayan Federation of 1 Clerical and Administrative Services Union employed by the Overseas Chinese Bank have decided to strike. A strike ballot, taken a month ago, was counted today after resumed negotiations between the union and management had finally387 words
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Article98 1958-04-16 17 Kuala lumpur, Apr. 13. The Catholic Bishop of Kuala Lumpur, the Rt. Rev. D. Vendargon. today laid the foundation stone of a $750,000 Christian Brothers School in Petallng Jaya. The school, to be called the Catholic High School, will be a national type one capable of accepting98 words
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Article101 1958-04-16 17 Kuala lumpur. Apr. 13.— a ceremony inaugurating the Presbytery of Malaya—a conference of ministers and elders—was held r.t St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church here yesterday The Rev R. M. Greer was appointed moderator The Federation’s Chief Justice Mr. Justice Thomson, representing lay members of the church, paid101 words
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Article124 1958-04-16 17 (From the Straits Times of April 11.1908) THE first annual report of the Selangor Chamber of Com* merce states that facilities at Port Swettenham arc utterly inadequate for the handling of the large and increasing quantities of cargo arriving there. The committee was of opinion that ample(From the Straits Times of April 11.1908) - 124 words
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385 1958-04-16 18 SINGAPORE, April 12 oTEPS are being taken by the Singapore Governk ment to set up a loans board as a central organisation for raising all funds required by public bodies. The necessary legislation will come before this session of the Legislative Assembly.385 words
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Article65 1958-04-16 18 SINGAPORE, Apr. 12 A large crowd of certl. heated teachers and stu. dents of the Singapore Teachers’ Training College attended a re-union week variety concert at the Y.M.CA. Hall last night. Highlight of a packed programme was a Chinese sword dance by Miss Lim Slew Pob65 words
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Article51 1958-04-16 18 SINGAPORE. Apr. 12 The v net Minister, Mr. L.im Yew Hock, yesterday met 14 teachers from Ceylon. He spoke with them for 10 minutes. The teachers, accompanied by the Ceylon Assistant Commissioner to Malaya. Mr. S. Jayaweera, are on a short visit to Singapore and the51 words
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Article, Illustration393 1958-04-16 18 SINGAPORE, Apr. 12 SINGAPORE City Council expatriates yesterday demanded a public apology from the Mayor, Mr. Ong Eng Guan, and another PAP councillor for the “irresponsible and unconstitutional manner” in which they reprimanded the City Engineer, Mr. B. E. Thompson. Their Senior Officers’ association393 words
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235 1958-04-16 18 SINGAPORE, April 12 gINGAPORE Asian architects have fallen out with their European colleagues. The president of their professional body, the Institute of Architects of Malaya in Singapore, Mr. E. J. Seow, and the honorary secretary, Mr. Kee Yeap, have resigned. So235 words
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278 1958-04-16 18 SINGAPORE, April 12 rpHE Singapore City Council Services Union which has 2,800 members, yesterday accused senior officers of threatening junior outdoor staff with disciplinary action if they do not complete their day’s work. The union’s secretary, Mr. P. Ramasamy, said yesterday: “We278 words
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Article24 1958-04-16 18 KUALA LUMPUR, Apr. 11No casualties to either the Communist terrorists or the security forces have been reported in the Federation today.24 words
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Article33 1958-04-16 18 KUALA LUMPUR, Apr. 11— The Public Services Commission has set aside 20 days next month to interview applicants for about 1,000 lobs in the general, postal and telecommunication clerical services.33 words
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Article337 1958-04-16 18 SINGAPORE, Apr. 12 A 74-YEAR-OLD Sina gapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce accountant has been arrested on a banishment warrant. He was taken Into custody with three other men on a charge described by the C.I.D. last night as being “of a very serious nature.” The man,337 words
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Article35 1958-04-16 18 SINGAPORE, Apr. 14 Sir George Vance Allen, former Vice-Chancellor o: the University of Malaya, will receive the honorary degree of LL. D. from Queen s University at Belfast at graduation ceremonies hi July.35 words
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371 1958-04-16 19 EmpText - EmpText J. 'A.. ;IS 1 >RAGON, the outstanding apprentice i|t «*teyan racing, JmM foiled hw claim for any weight allowance when he scored hie 30th cess on Pit Stable’s Dollar Factory at Kuala Lumpur oft;Anti 12. I wn Lee brothers of Lumpur. Bpra&Cvj|| sp utcular371 words
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165 1958-04-16 19 Ottp\W “I, f, C ‘j9Kßcßuf r *-Aft jd f\ f .•<£ *.•72 s>*'. t. *y J I -Vt,iOf U*» Jlk */R JMt* *aa*#* Sa *BUI j Mr. explained hy 5® JT5 apore »3ffi n, L ent ad i*j£165 words
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28 1958-04-16 19 kMmmb# mj-mJm!!‘ y ]1 ‘4 ;'V it wtl defor C L«mriBncftd^ C r° hSSK vfwrt Qualified In change*of •jkruit oil contract expcr~28 words
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Article111 1958-04-16 19 I^OAiORBl'AwUtg pOLZCE were forced to P||| restrain* surging gff fffoaMtee p?l*m& ship Anahup on a whaif yea-, Ue«)|hgd fi^c^betoSrjSSw^^ Some were bound for The others Jiist wanted to see the ship. The Srst few climbed the gangway. Then those ?r?W| fWS^SW'. waria, smash down the Steel111 words
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Article82 1958-04-16 19 I, ','~7' m i 1 I i Tayojjr Oy fnpf vjOyerr'i- merit win the rxekt Colony nat€ a Minister to Bit on tha Su0*"jw council wili 3 nave six "wSrBfltish GovernmenlrS?> v *VU •ipw 1#^**®Lrocvhi ’'\_.-4‘ iutvihmenw nr|th disfavour vBJLUaCw VwL#MUt a subjecb&or 41#. ..vUswSlvU Uf5vW“tJXl82 words
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Miscellaneous26 1958-04-16 19 hi Ml tytm.' ‘-T >1 3,*nTvwr Wivftg gr i |Mt iii ;k HiiPi ■rmBflfr fi' '5f -<*$*«**■ u V* Infil W i E5- fc 41 JE aLJKJfi26 words
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180 1958-04-16 20 m iwf«anwi«iv 11 SiiARE IV I Ait K 1..' 1. By Ote Market Correspondent despite the fact that was Hmited to roar and a half day* because of the hMaer r The'metdl price gained $4.25 on April tAbd *9 but lia Mining share pnce|180 words
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Article105 1958-04-16 20 ers°f®T*the !IStiX3wJM£ 3- Heave OpdS $M6 to $3.67% c.d„ Gammon* $2.35 to $2.40, Qeorgatown Dtiip. $1.90, Hammer A Co. j -At 74 to &1J71 V4» Hongkong JsiUi 3fe«« nk ss 5SJ. ym»»ipS5» *ltt.| Malayan Breweris* $6.45 >S.d„ Malayan Cements $1.3$. Malayan *0 oentaA Metal Box 61 cIClicAlistwf $1.9$,105 words
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146 1958-04-16 20 By Oar Market Correspondent SINGAPORE, April l AFTER gaining over two dollars in the previo A twoaays the price o| Sft suffered a relapse in ISinciMm dropping by a $1.75 i„ [$360.75 (ter pRol. HEi Although only about an estimated 100 tons146 words
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Article119 1958-04-16 20 fflBlOAPORE, Apr. 11. TORE rubber market openI ed. after the Raster holiday, slightly lower than the previous week's level and has continued on its weary way with little overall chXpg* during the week Jtol* H.C.B. C*.Ltd. In sur OB uy rke mainly mra Xthe Inwfcat.119 words
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Article11 1958-04-16 20 'wCyAr.si\iv pWflMSt SO *ST prsilWll Tin 1 rrnat gi&yi.t''';11 words
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Article356 1958-04-16 20 v-'.f'.vxft **s&*•>♦ n av* /tv smoAFOBi. *pr. mL unonuku ■tS r iS y fQMp w w \j oo *’Kt>uv«r«Si JJKt,;■';;> cm n» Smelt S 2 »fl S&JV&St'' v St* vTSP mj|.iB ....W'tg' Sp«fc®l IS -I *j» JfiKm ml, «6» mo* .1 H ?KJ ,ndu- if inShSEi .g356 words
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Article36 1958-04-16 20 M Rxebancc k8> fol A***™”*” m er s 8«®*f t.t. w it, .n riSm ou"' 8 i mark*’ ln °n the frwe* >• I l tor qwted*t ft 80 waj quoted *t l 00 136 words