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The Straits Budget
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Title Section27 1959-10-14 1 The Straits Budget THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES MALAYA’S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER New Series 686. Singapore, October 14, 1959. Price 40 cents (Malays) or 1 Shilling.27 words
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Advertisement130 1959-10-14 1 ms water canness In many communities throughout the world, water still has to be carried from source to user by means as varied as the many races employing them. I* it N i The bamboo, in its larger diameters, with all but the bottom ‘nodes’ removed is a water carrier130 words
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568 1959-10-14 2 W. TRAFFORD - W. TRAFFORD, Oversea representative of council for the Institution of Electrical Engineers for Malaya and Singapore. IHAVE read with considerable interest correspondence concerning the qualifications of the professional engineering institutions of the United Kingdom. This letter Is addressed568 words
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Article102 1959-10-14 2 UHPL« - UHPL Singapore. 'THE announce 1 the Amerlcr Vd tlsh authorities > Brl to the rubber st vl Rard seriously threat g national econorn M(J ya. As rubber i supply In the wc> M SJJ should take the jn l lng the rubber >du?hJ* countries to mai s*2*102 words
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Article61 1959-10-14 2 CHUNG KIM SENG - CHUNG KIM SENG Iff*. I HEARTILY er\!orse all that “Citizen” »s.T Oct 3) has said. I think Perak n sadly “feßlected by Uie Alliance Government In Its plans for national expansion. Everything seems to be relegated to Belangnr and Kuala Lumpur when there Is so much unemployment In61 words
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Article72 1959-10-14 2 H. T - H. T. Singapore. f AM a Government English teacher who qualified in 1 December, 1958. Nine months have passed and I am Still receiving a trainee’s pay of $200 a month. The Government has always claimed it is efficient. If that is true why is it that72 words
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380 1959-10-14 2 JLR. »' vFHEIX - JLR. vFHEIX Singapore. 'THERE are several points in 1 Mr. Poll's letter (§.T. Oct. 2), which require comment. I should point out that I am an electrical engineer and am not well acquainted with the academic level of the examinations of the British380 words
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Article80 1959-10-14 2 rune. .. KEO - rune. KEO Johore Bahru. Nothing cou < j than what Chee said about ing profession. It 1 n ly be called a j; sl s et now. Work is pH': s0 approved and con ionS much work that c ht go on to almost lCS The teacher no\80 words
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Miscellaneous15 1959-10-14 2 •s s%r 7 >x%x i 1 -P1H4 ~.i'~ \ym*8£ M > tl'LMk 5> r‘>«* *•> VS: as15 words
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Article542 1959-10-14 3 —Straits Times Oct. 5 Se|>tc:uber's record of vioi, crime and secret society V [t\ in Singapore makes jr ,>\ leading. On the second the month the Legislat Assembly passed amendr_ legislation giving the Gov- nent exceptional powers to .j g. ngsterism. This author;>t s th< Minister—Straits Times Oct. 5 - 542 words
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Article263 1959-10-14 3 —Straits Times Oct. 3 Nearly half a million of Singapore’s inhabitants are illiterate. This anachronism in a State that has so many of the trappings of civilisation is its most serious adult education problem and one which, although they did good work in other ways, Singapore’s adult—Straits Times Oct. 3 - 263 words
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Article371 1959-10-14 3 —Straits Times Oct. 6 Over the week-end nobody could place a bet on the Penang races in Singapore'* coffee-shops, and there were punters who took to the telephone in vain. Where a bookmaker or an agent could be found, bets were accepted subject to a smaller rebate—Straits Times Oct. 6 - 371 words
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Article504 1959-10-14 3 —Straits Times Oct. 7 The makeshift nature of the Cabinet which Tengku Abdui Rahman announced three days after the elections left little room for doubt that there would be changes once the postponed Kedah Tengah contest was settled to the satisfaction of the Alliance and Inche Khir—Straits Times Oct. 7 - 504 words
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Article510 1959-10-14 3 —Straits Times Oct. 7 The Minister of Education's intended ban on political activity by 10.000 non-Govern-rnent teachers in the Federation will bring them into line with their Government colleagues, which in principle is good. Whether or not the ban itself is good will depend on its application.—Straits Times Oct. 7 - 510 words
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Article157 1959-10-14 3 —Straits Times Oct. 7 The Legislative Assembly in Malacca has enacted a bill allowing municipal councillors to pay themselves lor then services. For this act, gazetted and whipped through with uncommon haste, there is just one word scandalous. Whatever the motive for the legislation was, there should have—Straits Times Oct. 7 - 157 words
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Article645 1959-10-14 4 —Straits Times Oct 8 The Federation Government is to embark, in the next few months, on a review of its educational policy. But even before the special committee for this purpose is appointed. Inche Khir Johari has anticipated its work with an extensive review on his own.—Straits Times Oct 8 - 645 words
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Article598 1959-10-14 4 —Straits Times Oct. 8 Perak has the doubtful privilege of being the first State with the power to suspend local elections. Others will follow. The genuine objections being ns grave as they are, Mr. D. R. Seenivasagam did a public disservice by introducing distractions on the racial—Straits Times Oct. 8 - 598 words
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Article674 1959-10-14 4 —Straits Times Oet r Establishment of the new Ministry of Rural Development is a forthright assertion of the Federation Government's intention to attack this country’s worst problem, rural poverty. The partnership of Prime Minister and Deputy to manage the Ministry underlines its importance. Its purview will be—Straits Times Oet r. - 674 words
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Article389 1959-10-14 4 win i3Vi r r —Straits Times. Oct. 1' Once again the erv tha* is not well with the Mah timber industry is being hi I This time it follows Upowarning by a visiting i nip er from Australia-* absorbs a third of our tin exports—that Malaya Miwin i3Vir/r —Straits Times. Oct. 1' - 389 words
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Article, Illustration510 1959-10-14 5 ABDULLAH AHMAD - By ABDULLAH AHMAD r JALA LUMPUR, IV oct. 4. An Ismaili Muslim prince declared kov tomgnt that political differences should not separate Muslims if tin wanted to regain Islamic strength in the world. Hi? is Prince Sadruddin. uncle of the Aga Khan, the spiritual,—Straits Times picture. - 510 words
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Article40 1959-10-14 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Oct. 4. A Socialist Front Councillor. Mr. S. S. Nayagam. has suggested that the Municipal Council should find land for the low wage-earning class to rear poultry and cultivate food crops to supplement their earnings.40 words
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Article40 1959-10-14 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Cct 4. The Australian Trade Commissioner. Mr. William D. Cairns, has left for Australia on long leave. Until he returns in January, Mr. J. Nloholls, assistant Australian Trade Commissioner in Singapore will deputise for him40 words
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201 1959-10-14 5 SINGAPORE, Oct. 4. A bank clerk who feared he would be beaten up by thugs, fell to his death from the fourth floor of the “suicide flats” in Upper Pickering Street today. The man, Ng Yong Kim, 32. was heard playing201 words
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Article147 1959-10-14 5 SINGAPORE, Oct. 4.—A new mosque In Exeter Road was opened today by the Chief Kathi, Tuan Hajl All Mohamed Said Salleh, during a ceremony which lasted two hours and 40 minutes The mosque is the outcome of a four-year wait, during which public donations trickled147 words
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181 1959-10-14 5 SINGAPORE. Oct. 4 The government has not gone ahead with plans to start commercial programmes over Radio Singapore, as recommended to the previous government. Originally, the service was expected to commence soon after June this year, providing for an 18-hour-a-c!nv broadcast from 6am to181 words
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Advertisement40 1959-10-14 5 STRAITS BUDGET SUBSCRIPTION RATES bo weekly issues of the Strsits Budget can be *®«t Sy express air delivery scrviee to the United Kingdom only at an inclusive rate of S24.00 for six months. (All Tin Mm Art It Mtltyu Ctrriici)40 words
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235 1959-10-14 6 KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 4. 'T'HE Minister of Labour and Social Welfare, Dato Ong Yoke Lin, today called for a voluntary organisation specialising in child welfare. In a broadcast over Radio Malaya he spoke of the significance of Children’s Day to be celebrated throughout the235 words
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Article, Illustration161 1959-10-14 6 MALAYA-THE FAST GROWING NATION’ ITUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 1 The new counsellor of the American Embassy in Malaya. Mr. James L. O’Sullivan, who arrived here today, said that Malaya was popularly known in his country as a “fast growing” nation. Mr. O’Sullivan said Malaya’s progness had been much admired by his161 words
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184 1959-10-14 6 Malayans—hit by new entry laware back I£UALA LUMPUR. Oct. 4. —The majority of Malayans overseas who stood to lose their right of entry into the Federation because of the new immigration amendments in May have been allowed to return. This is because th e Federation Government had agreed to honour184 words
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Article31 1959-10-14 6 JOHORE BAHRU, Oct. 4 Hussein bin Mat Nawai. 23. who had four previous convictions. was jailed for two years for dishonest possession of clothing suspected to have been stolen.31 words
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Article37 1959-10-14 6 JOHORE BAHRU. Oct. 4 E. L. Pereira, ot Singapore, was fined 5350 In the magistrate’s court today for driving a car here without a valid driving licence and for not having third party insurance.37 words
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143 1959-10-14 6 KLANO, Oct 4 TRADE between Malaya and Indonesia hronah Port Swettenham—at one time amou -Une t S10 million annually—has dropped by more ,h,n Percent. Jnl)0 A businessman, who has direct trade with Indonesia, said today: "We are facing a bad time But143 words
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200 1959-10-14 6 REPORT TELLS OF 19 FATALITIES KUALA LUMPUR. Oct. 4. INTERVENTION by Labour Department officers 1 prevented "a few” major disputes from developing into strikes in August. The latest department report says the officers succeeded In resolving the disputes and causes of impass in the200 words
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Article324 1959-10-14 6 IPOH, Oct. 4 f THE deputy Prime Minister, Tun Abdul Razak bin Hussein, today called upon opposition leaders to give up their “sentimental or communal” tactics and co-operate with the Alliance Government to develop t ticcountry. Speaking at the Penak UMNO General Assembly here, he324 words
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Article76 1959-10-14 6 SINGAPORE, Oct. 4—The new American Consul to Penang, Mr. William Degrace flew in this evening by Japan Air Lines. This is his first appointment in South-East Asia. Mr. Degrace, who is accompanied by his wife and four daughters, will leave American Embassy m Lumpur tomorrow ait.76 words
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Advertisement71 1959-10-14 6 Hong Kong Far East BUILDER Established 1936 A Bi-Monthly periodical of Building Real Estate Activities in Hong Kong and the Far East. Contains full accounts, plans, perspectives and photographs of new and projected constructions in Hong Kong and other parts. An indispensable source of information for all concerned in architecture,71 words
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Article868 1959-10-14 7 The tough job of governing... MALAYA IS SETTING A FINE EXAMPLE—AND THE WORLD HAS TAKEN NOTICE OF US PENANG, Oct. 4. r\ HE Prime Minister, Tengku Abdul Rah- tnan, said today that a country like Malax i was not easy to administer. With the plurality of races and creeds so868 words
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Article35 1959-10-14 7 KUALA LIPIS. Oct. 2 A mass wedding will be held at the Kheh Association In Jelal Street on Oct. 11. Five couples have so far registered to be married on that day.35 words
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Article, Illustration346 1959-10-14 7 OINGAPORE, Oct. 4 The Bishop of Singapore, the Rt. Rev. H.W. Baines, this morning declared open and dedicated the new assembly hall of Christ Church School which since 1953 has provided education for over-aged pupils who could not he absorbed— Straits Timcs picture. - 346 words
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1149 1959-10-14 8 TAN TOOK SAIK - By TAN TOOK SAIK Kuala Lumpur, Oct. 5 A “NO POLITICS” rule is to be imposed on more than 10,000 non-Government schoolteachers throughout the Federation as a prelude to a country-wide antisubversion campaign in all schools. This is one of several1,149 words
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74 1959-10-14 8 RAWANG, Oct. G. A 14-year-old schoolboy was knocked down by a car as he was crossing the road after getting otf a bus here this aft* moon. Sia Kim Peng, a pupil of Snn Yuk nir.ese School. wa> taken u Kuala Lumpur General74 words
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Article124 1959-10-14 8 SINGAPORE, Oct. 5 T’HREE ARMED thugs raided the Lam Soon Cannery factory at Jurong last night and stole $14,000 in cash and cheques amounting to $4,000. A cashier. Wee Ee Eng. was the only person on the premises when the thugs burst in. He124 words
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Article224 1959-10-14 8 SEGAMAT. Oct. 5. AFTER stealing a car in Segamat late last night, four men drove it to Jementeh, 14 miles to the west, and ENTERED a rubber dealer’s shop by climbing over the back wall; GAGGED and bound a man sleeping in the place; TOOK $l3O and224 words
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Article24 1959-10-14 8 TANJONG MALIM. Petition writers mu glstered with the I Officer of the dstrict in they live, according t' regulations publish*'24 words
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Article43 1959-10-14 8 MALACCA. Oct. 6 providing for the su: p; of annual or other P' 1 retirement of members cal authorities wa > duced in the State As-eu here today. The meeting was ad ed to Oct 10 alter < was given its first re.43 words
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80 1959-10-14 9 ft 1 U,\ LUMPUR, Oct. 5 *he Yang di-Pertuan whose condition is 1 h improved, is expect- return to the Istana ara from Bungsar "\l‘‘tal at the end of the v**ek. 1 >ani- di-Pertuan Agong a admitted to hospital da>s ago after a heart80 words
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148 1959-10-14 9 SINGAPORE, Oct. 5. t ROl’T 62 civilian workers in the Royal Air Force litre have been declared redundant. The Air Ministry Local Staff Union, which represents them, has taken the matter up with the Minister for Labour and Law. Mr. K. M. Byrne. A148 words
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Article, Illustration980 1959-10-14 9 ‘CONSIDERS 9 STORE REQUESTFOR GRANTS TOTALLING $2B mil. SINGAPORE, Oct. 5 'T'ilE Minister for Finance. Dr. Goh Keng Swee. is going back to London early next year for further financial talks with the British Government. Dr. Goh. who returned980 words
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Article110 1959-10-14 9 JPOH. Oct. 6 A Government clerk. Harchand Singh. 39. was iound dead with a fractured skull in Anderson Road ea:Jy this morning. A passerby found Harnhand Singh, of the Registration Office, lying face downward in a pool of blood on the road about 1 a m110 words
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Article, Illustration681 1959-10-14 10 THE PMIP VOTES WITH THE ALLIANCE AGAINST THE PPP IPOH, Oct. 5 A BID by the Peo- pie’s Progressive Party to introduce multilingualism in the Perak State Assembly was today defeated by an overwhelming majority vote. Tho move was made in an amendment proposed681 words
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337 1959-10-14 10 IPOH, Oct. 5 T'HF, president of the Malayan Graduate Teachers’ Union, Mr. Teerath Ram, today appealed to the Prime Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, to allow Inche Mohamed Khir bin Johari to continue as Minister for Education. In a statement337 words
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140 1959-10-14 10 PENANG. Oct. G No Australian soldier married to a Malayan girl has been sent home without his wife, an Australian Army spokesman said today. Ho was commenting on a Straits Times report that tour Malayan wives were left behind when their husbands sailed140 words
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Article178 1959-10-14 10 GINGER’ MEMENTOS FOR 19 UNITS TTT IPCH. Get C THE Mentri Besar of Perak. Inche Mohamed Gl A zali bin Haji Jawi, this evening present shields to 19 Federation and Commonwealth m tary units, including the police and Home Gua who took part in ~O per ation Ginger”. The presentation178 words
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Article76 1959-10-14 10 TPOH, Oct. 6 Mr Jiu Azmi bin Haii Mobar has taken over duties 1 judge of the Perak Supr Court in place of Mr. Fi;’Neal. This is Mr. Justice AZ’V first appointment si- 1 elevation to the Mr. Justice Neal hu- 1 transferred to the76 words
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144 1959-10-14 10 Johore elections off —except Kluang JOHORE BAHRU. Oct 5 The Johore Legislative Assembly today passed a Bill deferring the state’s town council elections, except at Kluang. The Assembly was told that nomination day for the Kluang election in November had been fixed before the Federation Government postponed town council elections.144 words
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Article, Illustration24 1959-10-14 11 SYED JA AFAR Premier’s Dept. CAPT. HAMID Education MR. CHEAH Commerce INCHE ISMAIL Interior HAJI KHALID Rural MR. VASAGAM Labour24 words
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607 1959-10-14 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 6 FIVE CABINET ministers receive new posts in a reshuffle announced today by the Prime Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman. A Ministry of Rural Development is to be established. It will come into (he Prime Minister’s portfolio but will be under607 words
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250 1959-10-14 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 6 TWO top UMNO olTi- rials —its publicity chief and its secretary general are among six new assistant ministers named today. The others are a lawyer, a former labour officer, a businessman and a former Government school principal. IMNO’s250 words
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378 1959-10-14 11 SINGAPORE. Oct. 6- A British Army sergeant, missing since the morning of Oct. 4 was found dead on the beach near a lishing village at the 20th milestone, Lim Chu Kang Road, here this afternoon. His face was battered. He was Sgt.378 words
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502 1959-10-14 12 THAT No politics for 10,000) BAN Heated debates likely when teachers’ unions meet STPAITS TIMES REPORTERS Kuala Lumpur. Oct. 6 Malayan teachers’ organisations will debate the decision of the Government to forbid M ilava’s 10.000 nonGovernment teachers to take an active part in politics. While the leaders of the organisations502 words
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588 1959-10-14 12 PPP ALLEGES: ALLIANCE AFRAID NEW ELECTIONS MAY STRENGTHEN OPPOSITION IN MAIN TOWNS IPOH, Oct. 6 THE Government’s move to suspend local elections was today described in the Perak State Legislative Assembly as “a last desperate effort to prevent C hinese and Indians from588 words
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Article136 1959-10-14 12 Malacca, Oct. 6 Municipal councillors here can now be paid monthly allowances. The State Assembly today passed two Bills amendin'' the Municipal Ordinance and the constitution of the municipality to provide for this payment. The allowances will be fixed trom time to time by the Governor.136 words
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70 1959-10-14 12 SINGAPORE. Oct. 5. The army has rallied to the aid of the New Market Road fire victims with a donation of If, crates of crockery, worth nearly $2,000. From tars donation, each of the 120 families received a saucepan, a pair of mess70 words
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Article36 1959-10-14 12 KUALA LUMPUR. Oct. 5.Professor Richard Pattee. a:. American historian, will lecture on “Portuguese histori and culture with reference to South-East Asia" at trie University of Malaya here ot* Oct. 9. The public are welcome.36 words
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Article, Illustration692 1959-10-14 13 STRAITS TIMES REPORTERS fV oration children join others all qV -R the world in fun hmbbbbi A N>: GAMES (WITH CAKE, ICE-CREAM, TOO) K 1 \I A LUMPUR, 7 Thousand of children in the .’deration —in sc ht 1 in hospitals, i n v ‘jlfare institution- danced,were strictly no lessons.—Straits Times picture. - 692 words
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Article, Illustration193 1959-10-14 13 KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 7 CMDR THE first time, a Malayan is to take over the $34,020-a-year-job of managing the Mala an Railway Administration. The man tipped for the post is Inche Ahmad Perang, chairman of the Rural ana Industrial Development Authority. Inche Ahmad193 words
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Article25 1959-10-14 13 SINGAPORE, Oct. 7.—Nanyang University is calling for applications to till up the vacancies of professors, associate professors and lecturers for next spring’s semester25 words
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Article135 1959-10-14 13 KUALA LUMPUR. Oct. 7. THE Socialist Front leader, Inche Ahmad Boestamam, today called for an adjustment in che salaries of Ministers and hoped that assistant Ministers’ salaries would be “kept to a minimum.” lie was commenting on the appointment of six assistant Ministers135 words
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Article78 1959-10-14 13 KUALA LUMPUR. Oct. 7 Tit-Get! Oato P H Brooke, Chief of Stall of the Federation Armed Forces, will take his la t alute in Malaya at a passing-out parade of recruits at Port Dickson on Oct. 10 before he returns to Britain on completion of his78 words
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Article, Illustration352 1959-10-14 14 FISHERMAN WHO FOUND BODY IN SEA TOWED IT TO BEACH HIS HEARTBROKEN WIDOW WILL NOT SEE FRIENDS ON DOCTOR’S ORDERS’ SINGAPORE, Oct. 7, POLIC E investigating the death of Sgt. David Anderson, 31, of the Royal Army Service Corps, today ruled out—Straits Times picture. - 352 words
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130 1959-10-14 14 SINGAPORE, Oct. 7. The Minister for National Development, Mr. Ong Eng Guan, will be asked at the Legislative Assembly meeting on Oct. 14 how many defeated PAP candidates in the general election had been or are now in Government service. Mr. A. P.130 words
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Article57 1959-10-14 14 PENANG. Oct. 7.—More than 81)0 labourers are among the 2.150 job-seekers registered at the Penang Employment Exchange at the end of September. The exchange manager. Inche Din bin Pawanteh, said today he also had on the register a woman teacher, a ship’s compradore. 251 clerks. 219 bus57 words
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Article45 1959-10-14 14 TELUK ANSON. Oct. 7 The Teluk Anson branch of the Malayan Indian Congress is to move a resolution calling for the retention of English as a permanent and compulsory language at the party’s annual delegates’ conference in Seremban later this month45 words
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Article65 1959-10-14 14 al LOR STAR, Oct. 7.—A Bill was published today giving the Mentri Besar of Kedah a salary of 52.150 a month, an entertainment allowance of 5450 a month and free furnished quarters. Another Bill gives the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly a monthly allowance of65 words
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Article35 1959-10-14 14 TELUK ANSON, Oct. 7. Nineteen flowers bloomed from a keng hua leaf at about 9.45 last night at the home of Mr. Choo Wah Chin, a staff officer at the Chartered Bank here.35 words
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114 1959-10-14 14 Kuala lumpur, Oct. 7. The Federation Government is to get tough with employers who make their employees work on their weekly holidays. It said in a statement today that employers would be prosecuted if they do not observe the Weekly Holidays Ordinance. People114 words
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Article107 1959-10-14 14 PAHANG, Oct. 7. SECURITY forces have killed two terrorists —a man, and a woman who was a senior Communist propagandist. The woman has been identified as Ah Ching. wife of a notorious Communist leader, Lo Hon who was killed some years ago. She stayed in107 words
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Article43 1959-10-14 14 6,784 gifts for hospital fund KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 7. Gifts totalling $6,784 were received by the Lady Templer Hospital fund last month. Thev include $5,000 from the Malayan Tobacco Co Ltd., Kuala Lumpur, to endow a bed in the hospital for a year.43 words
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116 1959-10-14 14 SINGAPORE. Oct. 7. The Singapore Airport manager. Mr. P. w Ford, will be th< subject of a query to be raised in the Legislative Assembly on Oet. H. In a question submit :-d oral answer, Mr. A. Y I’a-ias* 1116 words
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537 1959-10-14 15 SINGAPORE, Oct. 7. i s RUPULOUS employers pay their men -trlow the rates fixed by agreement, the Con mission of Inquiry into the Contract Labo ir System was told today. ■sir. Choy Ah Choong, a representative of th, mgapore Chinese Loading537 words
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Article25 1959-10-14 15 TRIANG, Oct. 7—A pig was killed by a tiger in a pig-sty outside the barbed-wire fence of Kemayan near here last night.25 words
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Article521 1959-10-14 15 TUAN DJEK - THE COUNTRYMAN’S JOURNAL TUAN DJEK. Kota Tlnggl. Oct. 2. 1959. COME afternoons ago the Tuan was entertaining a lady and her son when at 0.20 a motor scooter, from which alighted a Chinese girl, crept into the Dusun. She handed him a note from the Botanic521 words
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Article65 1959-10-14 15 SINGAPORE, Oct. 7—Miss Daphne Chia, 20, a bank clerk. will leave this weekend in the Roma on a French Government scholarship for a year’s study at the University of Dijon, France Daphne, a student of St. Joseph’s Convent. Paya Lebar. joined the Overseas Union Bank65 words
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Article, Illustration228 1959-10-14 15 SPEAKER FROM INDIA PREDICTS- Kuala lumpur, Oct. 7. —The Speaker of the Indian Parliament, Mr. M. Ananthasayanam Ayyangar, said today the Federation would lead other South-East Asian countries in the democratic form of government. Mr. Ayyangar, who is chairman of the Council of228 words
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Article50 1959-10-14 15 SINGAPORE, Oct. B—A 22member Japanese mission comprising rubber goods manufacturers and dealers flew into Singapore tonight from Tokyo In a CPA airliner. They will leave for Kuala Lumpur on the morning of Oct. 11 after visiting factories, packing houses and plantations in Singapore and Johore.50 words
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Article392 1959-10-14 16 COURT HOLDS THAT IF YOU ARE FOUND WITH WAGERS YOU MUST PROVE YOUR INNOCENCE PENANG, Oct. 8 A FEDERATION Court of Appeal Judge today described the “characters'’ lottery as “a parasite lottery.” “It has no life of its own, and only exists by virtue of another392 words
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Article205 1959-10-14 16 TUN LIM WILL RETURN TO S’ PORE SINGAPORE. Get. 2. The Singapore Peopie’s Alliance today issued its first oiticial statement since the May 30 elections to quash speculation that its president. Tun Lim Yew Hock, now in England, would not be returning to Singapore. Tun Lim left Clngu, re by205 words
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Article42 1959-10-14 16 PENANG, Oct. B.—-Mr. William B. Degrace has arrived here to take up appointment as American Consul for North Malaya. He succeeds Mr. Donald L. Ranard. His last appointment was consul in the United States Embassy in Paris.42 words
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Article52 1959-10-14 16 KUALA LUMPUR. Oct 8 Members of the Singapore UMNO central executive committee arrived here tonight to discuss the squabbles in the state UMNO with Tengku Abdul Rahman. th e president of UMNO, tomorrow. The 15 committeemen are headed bv its chairman. Dato Abdul Hamid bin52 words
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Article, Illustration234 1959-10-14 16 (SINGAPORE. Oct. 8. City Council labourers digging a new monsoon drain in Kuching Road, near the Singapore Harbour Board this afternoon found a 1001 b. Japanese high explosive shell It was discovered about 6ft. down in soft ground, lying at an angle234 words
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302 1959-10-14 16 ¥POH, Oct. 8. Seven wagons of a goods train that left Prai at 4.30 this morning for the south, went off the rails one mile before Ipoh. Nobody was injured, but the guard, Inche Abdul Majid bin Abdul Hamid, jumped off his van302 words
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Article80 1959-10-14 16 pENANG, Oct. 8. Penang police uncovered a secret society arms cache, including 15 acid-filled bulbs, on a plot of vacant land at the junction of Sek Chuan Lane and Chulia Street last night. The “bombs” with half- gallon jar of acid. 24 18 pieces of80 words
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683 1959-10-14 17 DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER’S PLAN A SHOTGUN MARRIAGE KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 8. A FORUM of the University of Malaya in Kuala Lumpur tonight rejected by G 4 votes to 42 that the Federation of Malaya should have its own national university now.” The forum, organised683 words
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Article, Illustration200 1959-10-14 17 Singapore, Oct. 8. Principal attraction at the Malayan Orchid Show which opens tomorrow will he a rare variety of the Nellie Morley (see picture). a hybrid grown in Singapore. Members of the Malayan Orchid Society, which is sponsoring the show, say it is one of200 words
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193 1959-10-14 17 SINGAPORE. Oct. 8 Members of the 300strong Gujerati community in Singapore .oday angrily called off a big reception to welcome youth leaders of the “Sagar Darshan Yatra” (coastal pilgrimage) when they found that only one of the 25 Yatra guests would attend.193 words
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Article31 1959-10-14 17 SINGAPORE, Oct. 8 Miss Catherina Ng. Straits Times reporter who represented Malaya at the Ford Motor Company's 1959 teenage Press conference at Dearborn. Michigan. returned by BOAO Comet today.31 words
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272 1959-10-14 17 SINGAPORE, Oct. 8 MANYANG University undergraduates, baffled over the Federation Government ban on two of their publications, are to seek reasons for the ban from the Ministry of Interior. The publications are the University Tribune, organ of the 2.700-strong Students’ Union, and Suloh Nantah voice272 words
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Article, Illustration235 1959-10-14 18 Kuala lumpur, sept. 9. —Hundreds of people want to put the Selangor state crest on their cars, stationery, Hari Raya cards and other objects, it was learned today. They think it will lend them an air of distinction. Not so that235 words
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Article38 1959-10-14 18 KUALA LUMPUR. Oct. 9 One hundred members of the Malayan Association of Youth Clubs are to donate blood to the Kuala Lumpur blood bank during the Youth Clubs Week starting from Oct. 26.38 words
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229 1959-10-14 18 PRIVY COUNCIL DECISION NO SHOCK PENANG, October 9. IT'S business as usual for characters lottery operators in Penang. Several bookies interviewed today said they were not perturbed over the Privy Council’s rejection of a petition by a Singapore operator for leave to appeal against229 words
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Article, Illustration249 1959-10-14 18 KUALA LUMPUR. Oct. 9 THE dream of a rubber tapper. Lum Ching 45 A (above) will come true tomorrow morning For that is when he will have his first plane flight when he leaves for India and Ceylon. Lum. who has249 words
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Article146 1959-10-14 18 From the Straits Times of Oct. 10. 1909 THE name of Pahang absolutely stinks on the London Stock Exchange. writes a Penang correspondent, suggesting that the F M.S. authorities follow the example of the Kedah government in forbidding the use of the names of the different statesFrom the Straits Times of Oct. 10. 1909 - 146 words
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Article, Illustration226 1959-10-14 18 SINGAPORE, Oct. 9 THIS Royal Air F o r c e (Malaya) had to call off recruiting here thi s morning when more than 1.00') youths got out of control. Most of them did not get the chance of being interviewed for the 30 vacancies.226 words
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Article842 1959-10-14 19 EPSOM JEEP - By EPSOM JEEP Penang, Oct. 8 J, S.EY Peter King rode with all his old dash at Penang today to end a long j os sequence with a splendid double for the IVi i Stable on Cha Cha Cha and Game One. rting an odds-on842 words
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Article975 1959-10-14 19 EPSOM JEEP - By EPSOM JEEP I EADINO Jockey Arthur Ward and apprentice Mat Shaari shared the limelight at Penang on Oct. 11 last day of the October meeting. Ward was quickly off the mark with an early double —Two Tails in Race 1 and True Love in Race975 words
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Article78 1959-10-14 19 IPOH, Oct. 11.—8. Slnnapan, who won the 440 yards and finished second In the 880 yards, was the champion athlete m the fourth annual Chartered Bank athletic meet held at St. Michael's School ground here today. Twenty-one events, including two relays, were run off. Hong Kong78 words
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Page 19 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous119 1959-10-14 19 THE BIG SWEEP Total pool $168,340 1ST No. *****9 $45,502. 2ND No. *****4 $18,200. 3RD No. *****7 9,100. STARTERS ($2,022 each) Nos.: *****5, *****1, *****0, *****9, *****1, *****3, *****1, *****0, *****6. CONSOLATION ($1,000 each) Nos,; *****6, *****7, *****1, *****0. *****9, *****8, *****1.^ *****0, *****9, *****7. Treble Tote: (Races 3, 5119 words
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MALAYAN SHARE MARKET REVIEW
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1340 1959-10-14 20 By Our Market Correspondent IT was a good, active week on the Malayan 1 Share Market, particularly for tins, in which section 66 per cent of the counters changed in price and practically all to higher levels. As a result of1,340 words
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Article21 1959-10-14 20 Current Dote of Total Total for payment payment for prerlons year year Bata Lintang 25% Oct 30 40% lsr.21 words
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Article1030 1959-10-14 20 THE following list of rwvlssd quotation* wu Issued by the Malayan Share Brokers’ Association after Its last meeting on Saturday (Oct. 10). H and L stand for highest and lowest prices foi business done this year. MBBSTBIAIS i t Alex Bricks. 1.7244 1.70 Pref 1.60 1.10 2.401,030 words
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Article350 1959-10-14 20 tySSPITE the an- nouncement over the week-end by the General Services Administration, which like moat announcements from that source, left more to the imagination than it actually said, this week has been an uneventful one, report H. C. B. Jc Co. Ltd., in their current350 words
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Article26 1959-10-14 20 TIN BL'bß^K (per picul) (perl' l Oct. 6 0390 09 9 J V l 03M.07H 7 S397J*H g $397.75 f 539N.10M BlU 1# $390.5026 words
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