The Straits Budget, 18 November 1959

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    28 1 The Straits Budget THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES MALAYA’S NATIONAL NEWSYAYEB Ne Series 691. Kuala Lumpur,. November 18, 1959. Price 40 cents (Malaya) or 1 Shilling.
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  • From THE STRAITS TIMES POSTBAG
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      ‘AMBULANCE CHASING’
      521 2  -  JAAFAR S. HUSSEIN. Singapore. Mr. Byrne's proposed Bill is the answer we all seek to halt this practice I BEG to differ with the views of Mr. Cheng Tim Pin (S.T. Nov. 11) on the proposed Bill to deal with “ambulance chasing." In theory, of course, Rule 9
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      Why not protection for tea, too?
      163 2  -  JAMES A. HALL. Carey Island |T was interesting to note that Japan had suspended Its exports of cement to the Federation (8. T. Nov. It appears that local manufacturers complained about the Japanese exports and action was taken under anti-dumping laws. If by the
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      Reading at Raffles
      150 2  -  DOCTOR. Singapore. T™ r ea <Ung rocij, 0 f Raffles Librar. \l always occupied by vrout* of students who seXK be doing their her there. Even when e 0 them are not In tb e ad Ing room, their boot.. -S other articles are *>* on the
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      THIS MIGHT HELP TO CURB BAD DRIVING
      189 2  -  UNNERVED Singapore. MOST heartily support Mr Albert Kong (8.T. Nov. 7) about the bad driving practised by some people in Singapore. One of the reasons for this. I am sure, is the knowledge that for minor accidents there is no need now to
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      THE MEANING OF MALAYANISATION
      165 2  -  HOPEV> 1». Ipoh. Malay anisation should not only mean replacing expatriates by local men. it should also mean replacing English by the Malay language In the administration of the Government. If the local man replacing the expatriate cannot speak and write Malay of a standard sufficiently
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      A PLAN TO BE BACKED
      118 2  -  V.S.W. Kuantan EVERYBODY will back Syed Ja'afar Albar’s efforts to create a single Malayan nation through the powerful means of Information.. His introduction of radio programmes on Malay etiquette. customs and Islamic concepts for the benefit of the non-Malays Is most welcome. It enables the
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
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      Lock icon A Better Outlook
      582 3 Straits Times. Nov. 9. T!m’ reorganisation on which thf .Malayan Chinese Association > presently to embark hav bt en long delayed. It took more than six months for ti.e leaders to reach agree* m ent n the new constitution, bv Ahich time the elections, Stai and Federal.
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      Lock icon A Break With Tradition
      342 3 Straits Times, Nov. 10. The decision of the Federation's Minister for Education to introduce, beginning next year, uniform school terms and holidays for all schools and training colleges is as welcome as it is necessary. Previously there appeared to be no special occasion for not allowing
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      Lock icon At Last!
      193 3 Straits Times, Nov. 10. After it has looked like something of a lost cause for so long it is most satisfactory that Port Swettenham should be able to face the future with a comprehensive plan. The vital part of it is the construc tion of a new ocean-liner
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      Lock icon A Medical School
      659 3 Straits Times, Nov. 11. Tengku Abdul Rahman’s remark in Australia that the Federation wants a medical school of its own is evidently to be regarded as the prelude to imminent action. The University Council is expected this week to discuss providing the Kuala Lumpur division of the
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      Lock icon Merger Question
      318 3 Straits Times, Nov. li. The idea of merger holds no appeal for the Federation’s leaders; as a rule they are not even interested in talking about it. Merger nevertheless has become an unfailing subject of questions at airport interviews and press conferences when the Federation’s Prime Minister steps
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      Lock icon Rents And Tenants
      511 3 Straits Times, Nov 12. Singapore’s Minister for National Development did not beat the most graceful of retreats when he announced in the legislature yesterday that the Government would not go ahead with the revised assessment list for 1960 by which it had hoped to double revenue from
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      Lock icon Adult Literacy
      230 4 Straits Times, Nov. 12. The problem of relapse from literacy is nothing exclusively Malayan. It is inevitable in any community where people have grown up without education and hove learnt to make do without reading and writing. Adult education bodies in the Federation which have attempted to reduce
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      Lock icon Rail Strike Threat
      576 4 Straits Times, Nov. 13. The Federation Government’s refusal to agree to a pension scheme for railwaymen—“'in any form”—will not come as a surprise to anyone, including the rail way men themselves. What is surprising is that there is not a word in the official statement setting out
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      Lock icon Hidden Capital
      428 4 Straits Times. Nov. l“3 When Mr. Tan Siew Sin, the Federal Minister of Finance, opened the new extension to the Rawang works qf Malayan Cement Ltd., in September he lamented the fact that Malaya's expanding economy had not yet found a way of tapping the odd hundreds and
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      Lock icon Crest And Flag
      230 4 Straits Times. ,Nov. 13. In a matter concerning symbols it was pleasing that the unanimity of Singapore’s Legislative Assembly should itself have symbolised the new state’s unity in loyalty. The Government’s behaviour was gentlemanly—if that is not an old-fashioned word—in recognising the Opposition parties’ interest in choosing
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      Lock icon Singapore And The Plan
      464 4 Straits Times, Nov. 14. It is easy enough for any one so wishing to make Singapore’s election as a full member of the Colombo Plan organisation look hollow. It is a nebulous organisation, without a headquarters and without a permanent staff: there is, despite its name,
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    A MENACE
    81 4  -  A.K f Gopeng. THE frequent road accidents that have occurred along the mam of this town have < a residents here much cern especially hundreds of our t who use the road to u* and from school. Though 30 mph. i* J[ J speed allowed throws 1 town,
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    Singapore to have own flag, anthem
    310 5 STATE ARMS TO FEATURE LION AND TIGER SINGAPORE, Nov. 8 TiHE six-month-old State of Singapore will have its own Hag, State arms and anthem this week. The flag, arms and anthem have been decided on by the Government In consultation with opposition parties in
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    Nanyang to hold its own ‘week’
    149 5 Nanyang to hold its own week’ o,l\Vr \PORE, Nov. 8 15 v .nyanK University c tits Union will hold r>t university week, bring the univer--7;. )ser to the people’ L. nil March 31 next v eek. coinciding wii' -cond anniversary of r h -mal opening of the J,. v .tv.
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    SPELLING TEAM TO VISIT INDONESIA
    155 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Ncv. 8. riYE Malay spelling experts members of the f Federation’s Romanised Spelling Committee expected to leave for Jakarta early next month for preliminary talks to standardise MalayIrdonesian romanised spelling. V*'-' The director of the Language a..d Literature Agency and chairman of the
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    EX-MALAYAN MISSIONARY DIES IN U.S.
    92 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Nov. 8— News has been received here of the death in the United States of Miss Norma B. Craven. 76. Methodist missionary in Malaya for 45 years until her retirement in August 1953. Miss Craven, who received the M.B.E. in the 1953 Queen’s
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    Johore and S’pore police hunt sea raiders
    181 5 SINGAPORE, Nov. 8 rFHE Johore C.I.D. has asked Singapore police A to help them track down a gang of sea raiders wanted for a $5,400 robbery. The armed hold-up took place late on the night of Nov. 3at a lonely farmhouse at Masai,
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    A gift for mosque
    64 5 IPOH. Nov. 8 -Inche Hussein bin Noordin, Member of Parliament for Parit, yesterday handed a cheque for $1,700 to the people of Kampong Choping Kanan, a village seven miles upstream from Parit town. The money is to be spent on renovating and repairing the 30-year-old wooden
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    Progress
    36 5 KUALA KUBU BHARU. Nov. B—Dato Haji Kahmaruddin bin Dato Haji Ibrahim, a local territorial chief, will open a mobile progress exhibition organised by the Selangor Information Department at the UMNO hall here on Nov. 10
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    Road victim
    34 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Nov. B—A woman. Vallriammah. 60. was admitted to the General Hospital here tonight after being knocked down by a car near Tuan Mee Estate. Sungei Buloh. Her leg was broken.
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    2,000 ask Govt: ‘Evacuate us’
    52 5 MUAR. Nov. 8—About 2.000 Peov whose crops were jpstrf.ved by flood in Sri Men;\!iti have asked the J°hr vu state government to ev Me them. T- told a state Asman. Inche Suleiman c Nainan Shah, that it n i take a year for them plant
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    Transferred
    30 5 v. r ;"‘LA KUBU BHARU, Mr. Yap Meow Lim, u d assistant in the Works Department l. ifts been transferred to Lumpur. He is sucy' ■*by Mr. Yee Soon
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    Temporaries’ champion for Britain
    170 5 Kuala lumpur. nov. B— a man who figured prominently in the light for the absorption of temporary clerks into the permanent service has left the Government to study law in Britain He is Mr. D. P. Xavier, until recently general secretary ol the Government Temporary Officers’
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    MAN WHO WORKED 365 DAYS A YEAR...
    266 6 SINGAPORE, Nov. 8. AN employee of a hotel has just received over $l,OOO arrears for overtime work after he had made a complaint to the Ministry of Labour and Law. A spokesman for the Ministry of Labour and Law, confirming this, said that
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    Church plea for help from women
    139 6 SINGAPORE. Nov. B—The Bishop of Singapore, the Rt. Rev. H.W. Baines, has appealed to women of the diocese to come forward and support the life of the church in parishes and congregations. Without their support the church would be crippled, he said. The bishop,
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    12 months for 13th crime
    62 6 JOHORE BAHRU. Nov. 8 Yeo Gek Cheong, 29, with 12 previous convictions, was jailed in the magistrate’s court today for 12 months to be followed by 12 months’ police supervision for picking the pocket of Jabbar bin Mohamed Diam on Aug. 31. Jabbar was standing
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    Election petition decision today
    223 6 Kuala trengganu, Nov. 8. It would be known tomorrow whether it was right for the election authorities to return an Alliance candidate, Wan Yahaya bin Haji Wan Mohamed, unopposed from th? Kemaman constituency to Parliament. The PMIP candidate for the same constituency, Tengku Shahdan bin Tengku
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    ‘Electric’ talk
    37 6 KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 8 The Chief Electrical Inspector, Mr. G. H. McLeod, will give a talk on electricity at the Chinese Electrical Engineering Association at Kampong Datoh Dollah here on Nov. 12 at 8.30 p.m.
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    Govt. workers’ congress launches first branch
    133 6 A LOR STAR. Nov. B.—The first state division of the Congress of Unions of Employees in the Public and Civil Services was formed in Kedah at an inaugural meeting attended by representatives of 17 Government workers’ unions here last night. Mr. V. E. Jesudoss,
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    UNION ‘YES’ TO PLAN FOR RURAL PEOPLE
    82 6 Bikit mertajam, n o v 8. —The Province Wellesley Banking Union last night accepted in principle a five-year plan to help rural people in Province Wellesley to raise their standard of living. The plan, the union's 10th annual meeting was told, would be
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    Miners will form big new union
    177 6 IPOH, Nov. B.—The ground--4 work for a powerful national organisation for workers In the mining Industry was laid here today when mineworkers’ representatives held a three-hour closed-door meeting at the Perak Clerical Union premises. The 21 delegates and former trade union leaders at the
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    Ong will assist the engineers
    249 6 QUESTION OF RECOGNITION SINGAPORE, Nov a VfR. Ong Eng Guan, Minister for National iw 1,1 lopment, last night promised to help the \w yan Society of Engineers to have membershiii the body accorded official recognition. J of He made this pled»e „t the society's annual
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    Shop burgled
    38 6 SINGAPORE. Nov. B.—Burglars last night looted a grocery shop at East Coast Road and carried off $1,500 worth of wine and provisions. The theft was discovered In the morning by the proprietor, Mr Khoo Teng Hool.
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    Pawn men to call on Ong
    115 6 SINGAPORE, Nov. 8.A five-man delegation from the Singapore Pawnbrokers' Association will call on me Minister of Home Affairs, Mr. Ong Pang Boon, tomorrow to appeal for the withdrawal of the Pawnbrokers (Amendment) Bill. The Bill will come up tor its second reading in Legislative
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    Legal adviser
    15 6 IPC5H. Nov. 8.—Mr Chan has been app? legal adviser to the Tung Association.
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    Malaya tribute to its dead in three wars
    404 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 8 QKRV ICEMEN killed during the Emergency and the two world wars c/ were remembered today at a parade at the Cenotaph here. And to lead it came ex-servicemen, heads of diplomatic missions, members of the armed forces and
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    JUDY COULDN’T RESIST THAT MAGIC TOUCH
    149 7 Kl ALA LUMPUR, Nov. B. A girl from the audience volunteered to help a young magician at a charity show last year. Today they became encaged. THE GIRL is Judy Lim, 21old typist at the office of the Inspectorate of Eire Services here. THE
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    FUTURE OF RAILWAY HANGS IN BALANCE
    206 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Nov. 8. THE future of Malayan Railway will depend on 1 the Federation Governments review of the transport policy. The Government will soon decide whether it is worthwhile to keep the railway as a long-term- asset, says the latest issue of “Kereta
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    Stole watch in friend’s home
    53 7 PENANG. Nov. 9 Ong Ah Bnh. an unemployed man who admitted stealing a watch from his friend was today bound over in $2OO for two years. Ong went to Lau Thean Kim’s house in Dato Kramat Road on Oct. 20 and the watch was missed
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    It’s fight to the end, says leader
    433 7 DECEMBER RAIL STRIKE KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 8 1YTALAYAN Railway locomotive drivers and signalmen today decided to strike in protest over the administration's refusal to start a pension scheme for its employees. The decision of two other groups will oe Known when their ballot
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    American funds man on visit
    111 7 SINGAPORE, Nov. 8 A United States Congressman, Mr. Robert H. Michel, arrived here by Air India from Jakarta today for a three-day visit. He is one of four members of the US. House of Representatives appropriations sub-committee who are touring the Far East to examine
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    Don’t assault the hit and stay driver, villagers told
    463 8 KUANTAN, Nov. 8 Pa hung Government has launched a campaign to tell people livA ing in 120 villages along the main roads in the state not to attack motorists involved in accidents. Information units are touring kampongs eiis- tnbuting zb,000 copies
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    AN OAK LEAF TO MARK 25 YEARS WITH THE GUIDES
    183 8 SINGAPORE, Nov. <j._ 0 After an association of almost a quarter ot a century with the Girl Guide movement a Singapore schoolteacher is to receive a special medal 0 f 1 merit from London. She is Mrs. Wor.g Ho I
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    KIWIS GIVE AN ‘ALL-OUT EFFORT’ PLEDGE
    222 8 KIWIS GIVE AN ALL-OUT EFFORT’ PLEDGE Kuala lumpur, Nov 6. -lilt* znu bn., New Zealand Regiment, which is arriving in Malaya soon, will go allout to help crush Communist terrorism. This assurance v.as given today by the Adjutant-Gene-ral oi the New Zealand Army Board. Brigadier W.tt. McKinnon, who is now
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    Singapore to develop swamp land to provide food, jobs
    253 8 SINGAPORE, Nov. 8. T AND-HGNGRY Singapore is to use swamp lands to provide more food and jobs for the people. The Government has called for applications from Singapore citizens who wish to develop the swamps. Registration of applications will begin on
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    THREE MORE UNIONS TOLD: CLOSE DOWN
    114 8 SINGAPORE, Nov. 10.—The Government, in its campaign to re-organise the trade union movement in Singapore has served three more unions with notice of its intention to cancel their certificates of registration. They are the Foochow Cotfee Restaurant and Bar Employees’ Union, the Singapore Hair
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    NEW COMMISSIONER ON WAY TO S’PORE
    162 8 PENANG. Nov. 8. DENIS ALLEN, a deputy to the Earl of Selkirk, new United Kingdom Commissioner for Singapore and South-East Asia, arrived here today in the Carthage, accompanied by Lady Allen. A former Deputy Undersecretary at the Foreign Office, Sir Denis is on his
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    Govt. is quizzed on student loans
    211 8 KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 8— The Selangor Parents’ Association has requested the Federation Establishment Office to supply details of the loan scheme Tor needy Malayan students studying in overseas universities. The president of the association. Mr. A. P. Chin, said today that the association had
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    TAIPING TOWN COUNCIL HAS BALANCED BUDGET
    86 8 TAIPING, Nov. B The Taiping Town Council expects to have a balanced budget next year, with a total revenue and expenditure of about $1,156,000. Estimates reveal that a largo part of the revenue—about $450,000 Is expected to come from rates which has recently been
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    GIRL: LOVER TRIED TO STOP THUGS — AND DIED
    261 9 GIRL: LOVER TRIED TO STOP THUGS AND DIED SINGAPORE, Nov. 9. 21-YEAR-OLD girl told the coroner here today how her boyfriend was fatally subbed in King George V Park when he tried t„ resist three armed thugs who tried to rob rian Ngiok Yin, a seamstress living in Boon 1
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    Students confused by a poster
    237 9 DISAGREEMENT OVER STATE CAPITAL Nov. 9. A poster put out by the Department of Information Services has confused thousands of students in Selangor. The poster says: “KLANG is the capital of Selangor.” But. according to the students’ textbooks: “KUALA LUMPUR is the capital of Selangor.”
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    University’s Law Department has become a faculty
    215 9 SINGAPORE, Nov. 9. TIHE Law Department of the University of Malaya today assumed the status of a faculty within the university. On Nov. 12, members of the new faculty will meet to elect a dean who will hold office for three years. Although
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    UMNO IN PERAK FACES A FRESH CRISIS
    252 9 TELUK ANSON, Nov. 9. —The trouble- plagued Perak UMNO, which is to be investigated by a, party headquarters appointed committee headed by the Minister for Education, Inche Khir bin Johari. faced new crisis over the weekend. Ten sub-branches broke a-*ay from the party’s
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    MacDONALD IN CAPITAL TO SEE FRIENDS
    88 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Nov. 9. —The British High Commissioner in India. Mr. Malcolm MacDonald, flew into Kuala Lumpur today for a quick visit “to old friends.” Mr. MacDonald, who Is Chancellor of the University ol Malaya, is scheduled to meet the Vice-Chancellor. Prof. A. Oppenheim.
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    New rest house
    33 9 JOHORE BAHRU. Nov. 9. —The new Segamat Rest House will be formally opened on Nov. 16 at 11 am. by Data Hassan bln Haji Yunos. the Mentrl Besar of Johore
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    Bahaman takes over Labour
    268 9 FIRST IN NEW LINE-UP KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 10. rpHE first change under the new Cabinet line-up 1 in the Federation was made today. Inche Bahaman bln ShamIsuddin. Minister of Natural Resources in the old set-up. 1 took over as Minister of Labour. The Ministry of Natural
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    Off to Jakarta
    31 9 IK'GAPORE. Nov. 11.—The r ation Minister for ExAffairs, Dato Dr. Is--1 bin Dato Abdul Rahleft Singapore tonight Gantas for Indonesia to the Colombo Plan ierlal conference in Jog‘ikarta.
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    Printing press workers plan one union
    176 9 SINGAPORE, Nov. 9 Leaders of three printing press workers’ unions in Singapore today met the Minister for Labour and Law. Mr. K. M. Byrne, to discuss an unification plan. They are the Singapore Printing Employees’ Union. Singapore Bookshops. Publications and Printing Press Workers’ Union
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    Two hurt in triple crash
    64 9 PENANG, Nov 9.-The German pillion rider of a motorcycle and a van driver were Injured when a car. a van and a motorcycle collided at Tanjong Tokong Road, in front of the Australian Hostel, yesterday evening. The pillion rider. A. S. Manzel. 24. and the
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    Chilli powder payroll grab of $12,900 in Singapore
    540 10 SINGAPORE, Nov. 9 men threw chilli powder into the eyes of a Cathay Organisation cashier and two other employees in Bras Basah Road here today and got away with $12,900 he was taking to a bank. While his two colleagues were helplessly
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    Tengku: Students who misbehave will be sent home
    557 10  -  From T.S. KHOO Canberra, Ncv. 9 r T'ENGKU Abdul Rahman told me tonight that any AI a 1 a v 1 student who misbehaved in Australia “will be sent home h'v iV next boat.” ine In an interview (after his talk with
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    P.C. RUNS TO SAVE DROWNING WOMAN
    104 10 KCALA LI’MPI R. Nov. 9- A police constable and two other men saved a year-old woman from the Gombak River here today. The constable, Kamarudin bin Nordin. 31. (above), saw her from the floor of the Supreme Court, where h»* was on duty, at
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    AWARDS FOR TWO EMERGENCY MEN and TEACHER
    159 10 Tvipcc i u CANBERRA, Nov. 9. rIKcE former Malayans now living in Australia w< 7 e a Ak a ei rd eC D M a ayan overnmen t Honours by engku Abdul Rahman at a reception at Malay! House official residence of the
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    TEACHERS IS ROAD CRASH: BOTH KILLED
    68 10 BUTTERWORTH. Nov. Two religious teachers on their way to schoo morning. Tuan Haji Shaari bln leh 60. and Inche bin Haji Muin. 68. cycling in Jarak v’*iawhen they were lnvolv' a collision with a lorr. Both sustained head Juries and died on the t
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    NO TAX INCREASES IN PENANG
    455 11 City Council pledge to reduce expenditure PENANG, Nov. 9. THE George Town City Council will not 1 impose any new taxes or rates next year, nor will there be any increases in present taxes and rates. The Deputy Mayor, Mr. Tan Phock Kin, announced this
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    Training for poultry men
    75 11 KOTA BHARU, Nov. 10 A scheme to improve the method of raising poultry in the state has been started Jn Kelantan by the Rural and Industrial Development Authority and the Veterinary Department. The State Development Officer, Inche Osman bin Daim, told the Straits Times that ten
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    Lock icon SELKIRK’S DEPUTY HERE WITH LADY ALLEN
    52 11 SELKIRK’ S DEPUTY HERE WITH LADY ALLEN SIR Denis Allen, deputydesignate to the Earl of Selkirk, the new British Commissioner for Singapore and South-East Asia. arrived in Penang in the Carthage on Nov. 8 with Lady Allen. They are seen above in their cabin in the Carthage.—Straits in the Carthage.—Straits
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    Model of yacht for Abell
    57 11 KUCHING. Nov. 9 The Governor of Sarawak. Sir Anthony Abell, has been presented with a handsome model of the motor yacht Zahora which sailed thous- ands of miles taking him on his travels about the country. The memento, of teak with brass fittings, was presented
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    FALSE ENTRY IN REGISTER: MANAGER FINED
    218 11 IPOH, Nov 10. TWO students, a boy and a girl, gave false partiA culars when they registered in an hotel here for a night, it was alleged today. THE BOY, Yunos bin Hajl Tahir, 21 and THE GIRL, Chiang Ah Hoe, 17. both came
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    Library gets pioneer’s picture
    133 11 pENANG, Nov. 9. Mr. Donald Davies, publicity chief of the Cathay Organisation, today presented to the Penang Library a photograph of Mr. David Brown, an early pioneer of Penang, and a picture of Glugor House Mr. Davies, an authority on the history of Malaya, said he
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    BUDDHIST MISSIONS ARRIVE TODAY
    141 11 SINGAPORE, Nov. 10. TWO large Buddhist missions arrive in Singapore A tomorrow to spread their religion. MISSION No. 1 It from the Federation and will consist of 32 monks led by the Ven. Chuk Mor. MISSION No. 2, a group of 30, mostly nuns, arrives from
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    SLEW MAN IN SELF-DEFENCE: 3 YEARS
    301 11 IPOH, Nov. 9 A MAN, who acted in self-defence when he picked up a piece of firewood and fatally assaulted a hotel jaga was jailed for three years by Mr. Justice Smith here today. A. Arokiasamy, 38. pleaded guilty to an amended charge of
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    Ten ‘golden’ rules —by Mentri Besar
    209 12 IMPROVING TIES BETWEEN GOVT. AND PEOPLE IPOH, Nov. 10 nn r iIE ACTING Mentri Besar of Perak, Inche Shaari bin Piai, today set out five “Dos and Don'ts" for Government servants and another five for the public. He hoped his advice to State and
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    Murder at mahjong: Reward out
    133 12 4POH, Nov. 10.— Peiak Police have ollered a $2,000 regard for information leading to the arrest and conviction of persons responsible for the murder of an icecream seller. Wong Meng. 38. in Pasir Plnji new village on the night of Sept. 21. Wong was among
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    Thieves who broke into firm abandon safe
    205 12 ITUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 10Burglars broke into the office of Van llouten (Malaya) Ltd. in Tong Shin Terrace here in the early hours of this morning and took away a safe, two typewriters and a calculating machine. But they did not get very far
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    $2mil. PORT PROJECT TO START IN 1960
    271 12 KLANG, Nov. 10. \yORK on a new $2 million ocean liner wharf a: Port Swettenham harbour will start early next year and is expected to be completed within i? months. This was disclosed by the Chief Fort Manager, Mr. E Jefferies, to the
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    WARNING TO MUAR ON DIPHTHERIA
    86 12 MUAR, Nov. 10. The Thief Health Officer. Mr N K Pillai, is concerned over the incidence of diphtheria among kampong children. He has told the local town council that it is the “No. 1 killer.” Mr. Pillai urged the District Office to help publicise to
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    First visit by envoy
    73 12 PENANG. Nov. 10- 1 he German Ambassador. Dr G Vogel, and his wile guests of the Govern- it Tun Uda bin Raja 1 h mad, at a Resident here today. Dr. Vogel, who was his first official visit t. < p ang. earlier called 0: Chief
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    Go-slow to clans ban call
    456 13 COMMUNITY LEADERS AGREE BUT FEEL A30LITI0N SHOULD BE DONE IN STAGES SINGAPORE, Nov. 10. nj’VERAL LEADERS of Chinese clan assou ciations and “huay kuans” (community associations) today agreed “in principle” with the PAP that these organisations should be abolished, but felt it should be done
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    JUDGE: HUSBAND HAS RIGHT TO CONTROL WIFE
    171 13 SINGAPORE, Nov. 10.— D a husband has ••some rights of control” over his wife, Mr. C.H. Teo, a magistrate, said today. He made the remark after dismissing a claim for maintenance by a young estranged wife, Ong Soon Neo. Her seaman husband. Ar.g
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    RAIL UNION PUTS OFF COUNTING
    82 13 k TT ALA LUMPUR, Nov. 10. The Malayan Railway ior Officers’ Union today poned the counting of ’kp ballot papers until tomorrow. I'bis is one of the flverailu ov unions whose members contemplating strike ac--I'p to back their pension '‘peine claims. vriier this week the
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    Lock icon What about that £40m. on uplift?
    449 13 KUALA LUMPUR. Nov. 10. THREE South African Members of Parliament 1 flew into Kuala Lumpur today—and deplored countries that “pre-judged” their Government’s racial policies without first studying the facts. The three said they were “proud” of the fact that their Government was spending between
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    2,000 jobless
    33 13 PENANG, Nov. 10—A woman teacher is among 2.1 job seekers registered with the Penang employment exchange. Also seeking employment were 780 labourers. °Pi4 clerks. 212 bus conductors and seven women stenographers.
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    Indian tells about talks in Australia
    167 13 Kuala lumpur, Nov. 10. The Deputy Speaker of the Lower House of the Indian Parliament, Sardar Hukam Singh, arrived here today from Australia and said certain m i s u n derstanding among Commonwealth countries had been removed as a result of a conference
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    Rajah: Minister broke law
    895 14 SINGAPORE, Nov. 11 THE appointment of the acting City Assessor, Mr. Goh Kee Song, to the post of chairman of the Singapore Telephone Board was ultra vires under the STB Ordinance, Mr. A. P. Rajah (SPA Farrer Park) told the Legislative Assembly today. In an adjournment
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    KHIR: USE RELIGION TO FIGHT THE REDS
    245 14 |{UALA LUMPUR, Nov. 11.—The Minister for Education, Inche Mohamed Khir bin Johari, today called upon people of various religions to form a united front to light Communism in Malaya. He was opening the Pure Life Society Automobile Mechanical School and unveiling the plaque
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    Land request
    30 14 SEGAMAT, Nov. 11— Twenty-nine smallholder have applied for 122 acres of land for replanting as a result of the publicity drive by the Replanting Board in Segamat recently.
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    U.S honeymoon for Maznah
    244 14 MAN SHE MET AT VARSITY MARRIES HER BY PROXY KUALA LUMPUR. Nov. 11. A BRIDE who never saw her husband on their wedding day left for New York by air today to join him. She Is twenty-four-year-old Che Maznah binte Haji Abdul Rauf, who was married
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    STUDENTS WIDOW GETS $21,500 DAMAGES
    137 14 JOHORE BAHRU. Nov. 11. —a student's widow was awarded $21.500 in the Supreme Court here today. The student, See Non? Tiam, 22, was attending thj Chung Cheng Hign School in Singapore. He was killed in a car accident outside his horn in Reggit, Pontian, on
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    Lock icon $13,500 PAYROLL GRAB HUNT IS ON FOR GANG OF FIVE
    492 15  -  By K. BASKARAN Kuala Lumpur, Nov. 11 youths, one brandishing a revolver and others daggers, this evening ambushed a Bilut Valley contractor and robbed him of a §13,500 payroll. The contractor, Mr. Chai Yeng, 37, was travelling to Bilut Valley
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    CROWBAR ATTACK ON A CHEMIST
    138 15 SINGAPORE, Nov. 11.— Doctors were today fighting to save the life of a chemist—victim of a brutal assault. Mr. Hu Chee Ngee, 48, had been battered on the head with a crowbar and stabbed six times when he tried to catch a 4.40 am. intruder
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    Hit dog: $15
    32 15 JOHORE BAHRU, Nov. 11Run Mun Chong, a housewife, was fined $l5 in the magistrate’s court today for committing mischief by hitting and causing severe hurt to her neighbour’s dog.
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    Don’ts for school-going children: Knives, razor blades and expensive watches
    157 15 PENANG. Nov. 11 J HE Education Department today urged parents to discourage their children from carrying penknives and razor blades, or wearing expensive watches or jewellery. These “don’ts” are contained in a circular distributed to parents and wards registering their
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    Why Singapore regiment was not included...
    126 15 SINGAPORE, Nov. 11 The Government refused to allow the Singapore Infantry Regiment to take part in the Remembrance Day cerefnony on Nov. 8 at the Cenotaph. This was confirmed today by the Minister lor Home Affairs. Mr. Ong Pang Boon. Though the ceremony itself
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    100-YEAR-OLD MINING RELIC FOUND
    192 15 IPOH, Nov. 11—A well-pre-served relic of Malaya’s early miners has been discovered in a mine at Gambang. near Kuantan in Pahang. It is a water-wheel and chain pump used by pioneer Chinese miners to suck out water from their mines more than a century ago. The
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    GOVT. PLAN for 12,000 ‘BLOOD’ VOLUNTEERS
    408 16 SINGAPORE, Nov. 12 rpIE HEALTH Minister, Inche Ahmad Ibrahim, tonight announced a Government campaign to build up a register of about 12,000 blood donors, each giving blood once a year. In a broadcast tonight, he said the Government wanted about 40 people to give
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    Multi-lingualism can work, says Mr. S
    213 16 PENANG, Nov. 12. ’FHE secretary-general of the People’s Progressive Party. Mr. D. R. Seenivasagam, said last night it was regrettable that the question of multilingualism had been “thrown overboard without having been given serious consideration.” Mr. Seenivasagam, who led a discussion at the Rubber
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    Warning to landowners
    63 16 PENANG. Nov. 12.—More than 140 pieces of land in the north-east district of Penang Island will be put up for sale next February unless the owners pay their arrears of quit rent. The Controller of Land Revenue. Inche Abdul Manaf bin Mohamed Nor. has sent the owners
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    Mentri: ‘Our students in Britain are doing well’
    213 16 TPOH, Nov. 12. rhe J Mentri Besar Petak. Inche Mohnnied Ghazali bin Haji Jawi back today iron) three-week tour of Eu rope, had a word of comfort and rccssur ance for parents whose children are studyrur in Britain. n “I found our
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    STRIKE OFF—26O GO BACK TO WORK ON COMPANY’S TERMS
    242 16 KUALA TRENGGANU. Nov. 12. TWO hundred and ninety workers of the Eastern Stevedoring Company at Dungun, 45 miles from here, returned to work yesterday after a strike of 11 days. They accepted these three conditions laid down by the management: 1.
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    18 S’PORE HOTELS ‘USED FOR IMPROPER PURPOSES’ ORDERED TO CLOSE
    629 16 18 S’ PORE HOTELS ‘USED FOR IMPROPER PURPOSES’ ORDERED TO CLOSE SINGAPORE, Nov. 12 THE Hotels’ Licensing A Board today cancelled the licences of a record number of 18 hotels on the grounds that they were being used for improper purposes. The board also cancelled the registration certificates of the
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    Lock icon A NEW INSECTICIDE SCARE DEATH IN SMUGGLED LIQUID
    425 17 KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 12. 4 X ILLEGALLY-imported brand of insecticide has caused several deaths in the Federation. Medical authorities tonight warned the public not to touch it. Commonly known as “Chinese DDT“, this ,t ion contains a high percentage of parathion, •deadly
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    Lock icon How did they know? asks puzzled contractor
    381 17 KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 12. SELANGOR’S top fingerprint experts today studied several impressions taken from the car in which a five-man gang had driven off after robbing a Bilut Valley contractor of a $13,500 payroll at the 13th mile Kuala Lumpur-Bentong Road last night.
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    Rubber rises to $1.31%
    68 17 SINGAPORE, Nov. 12. One of the biggest rises since Korean war days pushed the price of rubber to $1.31 1/1 a lb. at the close here today. December first grade closed better by 12!, cents compared with yesterday. It was the highest price in 47 months.
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    DEAN OF NEW LAW FACULTY
    63 17 SINGAPORE, Nov. 12.—ProM)r L. A. Sheridan today :,I ne the first dean of the /tuv faculty of the Uni:V of Malaya. Sheridan was head of university's law depart- ment before it assumed the status of a faculty on Monday. Members of the new faculty this
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    Lock icon SMUGGLED ‘KILLER’ HAUL 200 bottles are confiscated
    655 18 KUALA LUMPUR Nov. 13. rpwo HUNDRED bottles of the illegally-imported insecticide, A which have caused several deaths in the Federation recently, were found in a shop near the central market here today. These 200 bottles of liquid “death,” popularity known as Chinese DDT.
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    $910,000 SUIT: ‘MORE TIME NEEDED’
    156 18 KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 13. JUDGMENT was postponed again today in the case in which the Federation Government is being sued for $910,492 as compensation for land acquired. Mr. Justice Ong said it was necessary to postpone judgment so that he and the two assessors, Mr.
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    WAR OFFICE GENERAL PAYS VISIT
    85 18 SINGAPORE Nov. 13.—Maj.Gen. R. E. Lloyd, the new Director of Military Intelligence at the War Office, arrived in Singapore last night on his first visit to Far East Land Forces. He will spend three days here, then leave on Sunday for Kuala Lumpur. He will
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    CAPITAL MAY GET NEW ABATTOIR
    145 18 KUALA LUMPUR, Nik. 13. 'FHE Municipal Council here is looking fo: a suit' A able site to build a new abattoir to seru* tn Federal capital’s 350,000 people. A spokesman Tor the Council said today that the present abattoir at Klang Road was not in
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    Promoted
    24 18 SEJGAMAT, Nov. 13 -iy Talib bin Abu. Distrkt n cer. Segamat. lea hru transfer to v rnext week to becom Secretary of Johore
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    PRESCOTT BILL FOR NANYANG
    592 19 govt, asks varsity FOR $19,000, BUT Nr. TAN SAYS, “CANT PAY AT MOMENT” SINGAPORE, Nov. 13. Ti Government has asked the Nanyang University to pay $19,530 towards the cos; of the Prescott Commission, whose rep; rt had raised a storm of protest from offii nls, teachers
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    Penang to probe land price jump
    143 19 pENANG, Nov. 13.—The Chief Minister, Dato Wong How Nee, said today the state government would investigate complaints by Industrialists that exorbitant increases in the price of land had deterred them from setting up new factories In Province Wellesley. **l appeal to all land owners
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    New bridge for Kota Tinggi
    38 19 JOHORE BAHRU. Nov. 13— The Johore Government Is to replace the main bridge at Kota Tinggi town. The original bridge was destroyed during the Japanese campaign and was replaced by a temporary one.
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    $100,000 Town Hall for Raub
    54 19 RAUB, Nov. 13. —The Sultan of Pahang has marked out a site for the pioposed $lOO,OOO Town Hall here. The building will go up next to the Raub Club and will accommodate the Town Council office. The Sultan has also declared a site for the
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    Inspector is made OCPD
    36 19 KUALA LIPIS, Nov.l3.—lnspector E. J. Magness of the Contingent Police Headquarters here has been transferred to Jerantut as O C.P.D. He succeeds Irsp. Loh Tham Thau who hss been transferred to Malacca.
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    Six countries to discuss malaria
    31 19 KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 13— Representatives from Malaya, Burma, Cambodia, Laos. Siam and Vietnam will attend the fourth Anti-Malarial > Coordination Board meeting starting here on Dec. 1.
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    ‘White’ Australia query for Govt.
    150 19 White’ Australia query for Govt. I. Nov. 13. —The GovernE! r will be asked at the IS* of Parliament to r* l( whether any represen* s on the “white” AusK policy have been made country. fpp, l 3.P. Seenivasagam to i len Blembu) also ants G O v what “steps”
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    Where grapes grew many years ago
    511 19  -  COUNTRYMAN S JOURNAL TLAN DJEK. THI DUSUN, Nov. 6, 1959. yt/HEN the Tuan wrote lately that grapes had been grown near |ohore Bahru many years ago by the late Dato W. *N Gawter he had hoped tftat some old-timer there would confirm what he
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    UNESCO study project for Guides
    141 19 KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 13. The Oirl Guide Association will study Eastern and Western cultures In Malaya for UNESCO. The association will be aided by other youth organisations in the Federation. This was stated by the jeneral secretary of the World' Association of Girl Guides, Mrs.
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      Unabated local interest
      1677 20 OPPORTUNITY EVEN FOR THE SMALL MAN By Our Market Correspondent HERE was another heavy turnover on the Malayan Share Market last week as interest by local in vestors continued unabated. Never before have Malayans shown such interest in shares and this interest continues to grow. Ibe size
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      TIN PRICE IS DOWN $1
      26 20 SINGAPORE, Nov. 15—The price of tin yesterday fell $1 to $396.75 on an estimated offering of 210 tons—down 10 tons. v
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      Radical change on mart
      163 20 T HE genera! feeUi5 during the £3 half of the \veek wa» one of perplexity i n t h! face of steadily rising prices and small over! seas off-take, report H C. B. u. Ltd™ their weekly rubber review. Shorts were unwilling to cover on what
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      OFFICIAL PRICES
      31 20 TIN RIBBO (per picul l 1 per lb.) Not. 9 9396.00 Ji.23% 19 9396.75 11.2614 11 9399.87 K SI 2894 It 9397.87 S 91-31% 13 9397.75 SI»H 14 9396.75
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      DIVIDENDS ANNOUNCED
      77 20 ii nrVVim i... ..-.,.1 Current Date Total Total la payment payment for previous year year Ayer Hltam Tin 10% Deo. 22 40% 25% fpoh Tin 'la Dec. 22 Is. 2». K. Kampar 2s. Od. Dee. 9 2s. Od. 4s. Malayan Tin Od. Dee. 31 Is. 0d. la 10d.
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      Back from U.K.
      33 20 TAIPINO, Nov. 15.—Mr. Ang Chut Lai, a former teacher here, has returned from England after qualifying; as a laywer He is a son of Mr. Ang Chai Tit, a Government
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      MALAYAN SHARE LIST
      1060 20 fpHK following list of revised quotations was issued By the Malayan Share Brokers’ Asrociation after Its last meeting on Saturday (Nov. 14). H and L, stand for highest and lowest prices for business done this year INDUSTRIALS b i as «iu Bucks 1.72% 1.70 Pref. 7 I.W
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