The Straits Budget, 2 November 1960

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  • 28 1 The Straits Budget THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES MALAYA'S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER i'ies 241. *r• Kuala Lumpur, November 2, 1960. Price 40 cents (Malaya) or 1 Shilling.
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    • 183 2  -  MERCHANT Singapore. t SURELY THESE TWO SHOULD WORK TOGETHER...? y I SHOULD like to rep;y to 1 Mr. Foley’s letter (B.T. Oct. 22). Bur ely the Malayan Railway and the Malayan Customs should' work together and NOT against each other? I wonder what would happen if 500 consigners
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    • 336 2  -  V. R. N. Singapore. rE correspondence on the inconvenience experienced in consigning parcels to the Federation by rail prompts me to narrate a similar incident. In my view it has been more due to the elaborate Customs formalities rather than the slackness of the railway
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    • 99 2  -  VISITOR Singapore. PLEASE correct me If I am wrong, but I find that nearly all Asians in Singapore are very hard of hearing. Why are radios played at their loudest? Is it because they think everyone in the street I would
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    • 128 2  -  VAN Singapore. w \T is high tin:; tv o Cent reviewed its r m T?, anl loans to men. Mbutlons"'* ac 1 S2S s of lnters .Many contriv. fS v* w to resort to pic. g r 7,J: names and pr ,>rty "Z small
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    • 44 2  -  ANTIQUARIAN Sungel Patani. WITHOUT intent to belittle the admirable achievements of the Penang Free School, I wish to point out that it is not “Malaya’s oldest school.” The honour belongs to the College General, Penang, which was established at Pulau Tlkus In 1808
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    • 409 2  -  M. SARAVAV-MITTU Bangkok. IN connection with Tengku Abdul Rahman’s laudable attempt to mediate in the West Irian Impasse, I read your leading article headed “A Mission of Peace” with some Interest. But your suggestion of some form of United Nations trusteeship Ignores the
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    • 45 2  -  ROV VVP Singapore. AT last someth a been done oy tnj Housing Board of dogs, and I most of us are l: un grateful. The bark of ti turnal creature worse than the blte f They left us no oe at night. vlP
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    • 27 2  - Cabinet t ask 4 HE Kuala Lumpur. WHEN Malayan VV return from the Cabinet sir ’T slder the deplore ed state of ma:.* roads in Kuala Li
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    • 649 3 —Straits Times, Oct, 24 q has happened since June when emissartnt 1 FLN’s “Provisional q oU nt of the Algerian tp ,n exile” met French t Melun that Presidr t Gaulle is now being cubb* ..relevant. Because the ks did not immediate]v t af j to
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    • 355 3 —Straits Times, Oct. 24 Speculators who have bought land in Klang in hopes of handsome profit are said to have been taken aback by the news that the plan to transfer the State capital from Kuala Lumpur is to be re-examined, and may bo abandoned. Whilst they do
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    • 675 3 —Straits Times, Oct. 25 Just management, fair wages and increasing co-operation and productivity on the part of labour are among the essential ingredients of industrial development and industrial peace in Singapore, observed the President of the Industrial Relations Court at its inauguration yesterday. These are truisms, but
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    • 370 3 —Straits Times. Oct. 25 The Associated Chinese Chambers of Commerce must have had their heads and feet in the air to adopt some of the resolutions that went through at their annua] meeting on Sunday. Some are merely trivial. Will the Government show more consideration for the owners
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    • 678 3 —Straits Times, Oct. 26 The Minister of Rural Development issued his first directive in January this year establishing the national organisation to which in May he entrusted the task of filling the blanks in his Book Plan. The second, issued on Oct. 24, details the method
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    • 577 4 —Straits Times. Oct. 27 The National Union of Oil Workers and the Singapore Petroleum Workers’ Union have been given notice of the Government’s intention to cancel their certificates of registration. This is a drastic decision, but only those who have not followed recent union events and
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    • 643 4 —Straits Times. Oct. 28 It. is many a long year since the Federation Government was reminded, as it still ought to be on suitable occasions, of its promise that upon the introduction of income tax the opportunity would be taken to re-examine the whole structure of taxation
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    • 645 4 —Straits Times. On’ Tlie Singapore Government Pas dealt patiently, even gently, with Mr. Fong Swee Suan, who from today is transferred as Political Secretary from the Ministry of Labour and Law to the Deputy Prime Minister’s department. As his published correspondence with Mr. Lee Kuan Yew shows,
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  • PERSONAL
    • 15 4 BRADLEY: To Sin: 1 Frank Bradley a son Bun" ar Hospital on Frio’ October.
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    • 31 4 MILLS BARNWELL church, Malacca, on 0< Edward Patrick, son M-s C. H. Mills of \V N( \v South Wales, to V zabeth. only daughter Mrs. T. H. Barnwell o! M
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  • 22 4 death MRS. WP JAY net- V at 4 35 p.m on Oct 12'D'rnlv mourned by th<> dear to her Funeral h advised
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  • 547 5 Subandrio keenly watching Premier’s tour SINGAPORE. Oct. 28 THE SECOND round of top-level .alks between the Indonesian ar the Federation Governments tc find a solution to the West Irian is ue may take place in Kuala Li npur next month. The
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  • 100 5 Press Tengku ’s pledge WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 TENGKU ABDUL RAHMAN said yesterday that he had no plan to set up a government news agency or control the Press in Malaya. He was answering questions at a National Press Club reception. Asked about reports of such a plan, the Tengku looked
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  • 75 5 SINGAPORE, Oct. 28 T'HE Commissioner of Police, Mr. A.E.G. Blades. and the Deputy Commissioner, Mr. Son" Kok Hoo, attended a private meeting of inspectors last night. A statement issued by police headquarters today said: Various matters w were thrashed out and some misunderstanding removed.
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  • 55 5 SINGAPORE. Oct 2S The Singapore Union Of Journalists has written to the Minister of Interior of thr. Federation seeking an explanation of the Government’s seizure and detention of the Oct. 18 issue of the Nanyang Slang Pau. A statement issued by the union said that the letter
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  • 447 6  -  By Ftazali Ibrahim Kuala lumpuk, Oct. 2'A —A merchant, Mr. Tee I'eh San, 51, tout; hi oil lour ai med men who tried to kidnap him early this morning in Balu Lane, just of 1 Kuala Lumpur's busies! highway. After a tense, five-minute
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  • 209 6 SINGAPORE, Oct jCUELD Marshal Tun Sir Gerald Temp], j av said that the imporlance of Si:, military bases would not be diminished ;r,. advent of guided missile warfare. Sir Gerald is now in Singapore after his 10-day tour of the Federation. He declined
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  • 125 6 Kuala lumpur ok A 5500.000 industrial tate on Kuching based on the same lines a* tin* one at Kedhill Estate in Singapore, has been started by the Borneo Development Corporation Ltd. Mr. D. E. M. Fiennes, regional controller in the Far East for
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  • 53 6 IPOH. Oct. 23.—The Perak Government has spent $200,000 on rural development projects in three districts in the State. In Krian District. $90,000 has been spent, in Upper Perak $70,000 and in Kinta $36,000. The money was used for rural roads and bridges, bridle paths, wells
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  • 44 6 BRUNEI TOWN. OC The population oi Bi .***** in August th According to I n figures Of the Aut Malays numbered 47 Chinese 21.759. There were 12-233 indigene races n o oi other races Then 9 704 people in the municipality-
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  • 161 6 SfNGAPCRE, Oct. 23 \'UE new Industrial Arbitration Court oi Singapore v.ill be tormall.v opened tomorrow morning at the Supreme Court building. The opening ceremony will take plaee in the court room at the third floor at 11 a.m m the presence ot invi’ed guests and members ol
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  • 53 7 A CROWD gathers around a car abandoned on Kuala Lumpur's Mcuntbatten Road bridge soon after a gang of four tried unsuccessfully to kidnap a merchant, Mr. Tee Tch San. The car had a false number plate. Under the false number plate is another number plate bearing
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  • 34 7 SSELTON. Oct. 23—A let. •m Viscount Monckton. nan of the Edwina V batten Tru.'t. acknowg the receipt of $7,947 *he Trust, has been re- by the Governor, Sir ;n Goode.
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  • 35 7 TIER WORTH. Oct. 23. incuts on estates were «t ward sign of confidence lability of the Govc'rnSenator Hashim bln g slid here yesterday he opened the 170.039 factory on Bcrtate. Kepala Batas
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  • 171 7 SINGAPORE, Oct. 23. MORE than 480 chest abnormalities have been revealed among the people examined during the first fortnight of the Governments mass X-ray campaign. An average of 440 X-rays has been taken at the Nor-, folk School X-ray Centre, daily since the
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  • 79 7 TAIPING Oct. 23 Civilian aii employed by tin- 28th Commonwealth llrigadi here, a ,r| ih< ir families, were <n‘•rtaioi’d at a fete held on e Garri.'.on sport, ground:-, ye terda.y afternoon. The occasion was to enable the brigade comrmuider. Brigadier II J. Mogg. to say
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  • 248 7 OTTAWA, Oct. 23. rpENGKU Abdul Rahman, the Prime Minister, left here yesterday for Quebec afler announcing his inlention of establishing a Malayan diplomatic mission in Canadas capital as soon as possible. I Source* close to the Malayan Prime Minister w ho spent three days
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  • 91 7 SING A PORK. Oet. 2\\ 'Flic Ministry ol Kduculiori need, a large number ol leaders lor new Malay iary rla f#G 1 invited applications nlfll qu ililierj t' I'diers t 'f *h< e appoint rre nts. I'rejerenee will be oven to no e who have
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    • 92 7 long Kong Far East USLDER airshed 193G *1 Hi Monthly periodical of Hiding of Real 'Hite Activities Hi Hong Kong ■d 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
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  • 449 8 Senator reports to a orr Avvv j KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 23 SENATOR Chan Kvvong Hon said today that Malaya’s soun cl economy brought a favourable trade balance last year of $732 million. The Senator was giving his presidential report to the annual meeting ot the Associated Chinese
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  • 124 8 4 LOR STAR, Oct. 2d. One terrorist and a Thai police constable were killed in a brief engagement between a security patrol and a gang of terrorists near Belong, South Thailand. on Oct. !5. it was disclosed today. On t more leiTod.st is
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  • 613 8 SINGAPORE, Oct. 23 BUT COURT RECOMMENDS THAT SACKED MAN BE RE-ENGAGED FOR SAKE OF INDUSTRIAL PEACE THE COURT of inquiry which investigated the dispute between the Standard Vacuum Oil Co. and the National Union of Oil Workers, arising from the dismissal of a union member, Inche
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  • 319 8 KUCHING, Oct. 23 ORD PERTH, Britain’s Minister of State for Colonial Affairs, described the present Sarawak constitution as “a step forward to promoting the political advancement of Sarawak towards independence.” At a Press conference here he said: “In general terms, it is the object of
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  • 41 8 KUALA TRENGGANL O 23. The Assistant Minisu r Rural Development. Khalid bin Osman Avui will visit Trengganu on >' 25 and 26. Haji Khalid is expect Inspect all the rural lopment schemes for which have been approv
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  • 20 8 SINGAPORE. Oct. 23 K Airlines will begin its Jetliner Euro p e/Singap service from Amsterdam Dec. 12.
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  • 381 9 Relief urged for people who support their parents KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 23. rplK annual meeting: of the Associated Chinese Chambers of Commerce today approved several resolutions concerning Government resit actions and taxation. 'no called for the repeal of (he present inti.::, lax law governing
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  • 238 9 Utter to Razak on college incident Vi ALA LUMPUR. Oct. -i. The Press Club of a iaya today protested i he Deputy Prime V mister. Tun Abdul Ih; ak. regarding the n: mu*i in which a reporter was treated by Federation Military > liege
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  • 27 9 KULIM. Ort. 23.—A housewife. P. Vellaiammal, 38, was fatally injured when a coconut tree crashed on her house at Jalan Kelang Lama here yesterday.
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  • 395 9 SINGAPORE, Oct 23 YOUNG Gurkha, Jimmy Nutti, nicknamed “Chico,’' whom an R.A.F. squadron in England is Irying !o trace, may be in Singapore. The man who thinks so is his childhood friend, Sapper Samuel Wong, of the 75th Malayan F’ield Squadron, Royal
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  • 131 9 SENIOR police officer. Mr. Pritam Singh, who had one of the most dilfi cult and dangerous districts to control Kauang —during the first years of the Emergency, has retired from the Royal Malayan Police Force. The 54-year-old officer had the longest
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  • 127 9 SINGAPORE Oct. 2.L The Minister for Labour and Law 7 Mr. K. M. Byrne, tonight joined 400 old boys of Ch ri s tian Brothers’ schools in Singapore, Malaya and Hong Kong at a dinner to celebrate the diamond jubilee of two distinguished Brothers. Honorius and
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  • 128 9 IPOH, Oct. 23. The 1 major political parties in Perak the Alliance and the People’s Progressive Party are «ettin<4 ready lor the local elections next year. Local elections hud been suspended this year The .State Assembly passed an enactment last October “to provide for
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  • 277 10 I SINGAPORE. Oct. 24 I THERE are no hydrogen bombs in Singapore. No secret arsenal is being built here for them. An R.A.F. spokesman here said this today. He was commenting on a report which appeared in today’s issue of the Daily Express. According <o the
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  • 550 10 Target is 10 acres for needy families KUALA LUMPUR. Oct. 24 A GIGANTIC “land for the landless” drive has been launched by the Federation Government as the second phase of its countrywide rural development programme, Tun Abdul Razak, the Deputy Prime Minister, announced today. Run on “Emergency"
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  • 30 10 SINGAPORE, Oct. 24. Chng Pin Leng, 50. was slashed in the neck outside his home in Tampines yesterday afternoon during a quarrel with a woman over their dogs.
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  • 55 10 A BRIDE prays quie she sii tne on the finger childhood f-ieno their wedding Cathedral of the sumption. Penang SHE is Miss jennder kenden, whc 8.000 miles tror tain for the wcdd HE is Lance Cp! Bradley, of Com monwealth gade Provost Un 1 The
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  • 462 11 CLIENT DIDN’T RECEIVE $14,000: ‘MOST SERIOUS SAYS C.J. KUALA LUMPUR. Oct. 24 1UK Chief Justice, Dato Sir James Thomson, said here today that the Federation Court of Appeal had no option but to order the name of a lawyer to be struck off the
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  • 90 11 Get. 21—A J 4-year-old boy, who admitted beinu: a member of the secret society tauis 32. today pleaded guilty in the juvenile court to unlawfully possessing a 19-inch parang. Senior Insp. F H. Sheares prosecuting, said that two detectives, while on ♦h'dr rounds,
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  • 226 11 SINGAPORE. Oct. 24 VIVACIOUS Carol Ng Wai Fong, Sun Francisco’s 1900 “Chinatown Queen.” lias on? big ambition—to be a teacher. i Carol, 2H. is in Singapore during a goodwill tour of the Orient a trip that went with her title. She said: ‘I
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  • 55 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Oct. 24. The Indian High Commissioner. Mr Y. K Puri, today presented 32 Indian documentary films in English and Tamil to the Information Services film library. The films, dealing with cultural, educational, social and health topics. were handed over to the assistant Minister of Information
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  • 187 11 SINGAPORE. Oct 24 FOUR-FOLD aim ha., 1 brought a British medical specialist into Singapore on the first, leg of a busy tour of South-East Asia and India. Prof IGW Hill began his seven-day tour here with a series of official calls that will be
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  • 845 12 SINGAPORE, Oct. 24 rFHE PRESIDENT of Singapore's first industrial arbitration court, !)r. Gamba, today gave an assurance that his court would be independent and that no pressure or expediency would ever be allowed to touch its authority or decision. Dr. Gamba was speaking at
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  • 143 12 KUALA LUMPUR. Oct. YIORL Ilian nUl) youths today went to n' 11 Assembly Hall Here to apply for 40 "I*** in the Royal Air Force (Malaya). At out stage the crowd was so boisterous that tin* police had to be called to control
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  • 53 12 SINGAPORE. Oct. 24 Field Marshal Tun Sir C raid Tern pier today spent a whole day at Blakang Mati with his regiment—the 2nd Bn., the Duke of Edinburgh’s Own Gurkha Rifles. Highlight of the day’s programme was a parade by the regiment in honour
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  • 65 12 PENANG. Oct. 24.—Days after he was plaeed under restricted residence at Bayan Lepas, Ya'acob bin Ahmad. 25, went to Nibong Tebal to marry. Today he pleaded guilty to charges of failing to report to the police while under supervision and violating a
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  • 41 12 KUALA LUMPUR. Oct. 24 The annual Federation Armed Forces rifle meeting will be neld at the Menyala Ranges. Port Dickson, for two days, beginning tomorrow. The Deputy GOC, Brig. Raja Lope Nor Rashid, will give away the prizes.
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  • 39 12 KUALA TRENGGANU. Oct. 24.—Inche Atan bin Abdullah. former secretary of the PMIP Kuala Brang branch, has been elected secretary of Party Rakyat’s Kuala Brang branch. Inche Atan resigned from the PMIP la t week.
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  • 200 12 Malayan unionists are ‘very wise KUALA LUMPUR. Oct. 24. The founder of the Indian National Trade Union Congress. Mr. H C. Heda. said here today that Malayan trade unionists were “very wise" in keeping away from politics. He said mixing politics with trade unionism in several countries, including India. Britain
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  • 290 12 pENANG. Oct. 21. A young Gurkha orphan whom an raf squadron in England is trying to trace? vvu* last seen in Butterworth in May last year. Known to the 17 RAF >UUadion as “Chico.” j. Nuttu is now believed to
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  • 30 12 SINGAPORE. Oct Right Rev. S W. B< 1 shop of Maidstone Archbishop of Ca*l episcopal represent at: thp Forces, arriveOct. 26 during b' visit to the Far Ea.-t
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  • 229 13 I APORE, Oct. 25 I T; V covered rail1 y goods wagons it from AustraCambodia under Colombo Plan i lie Singapore .i. station today journey north- to Pnom Penh. I: .itement issued here through the AustraCommission, the A r.tlian Minister of Exur Allairs.
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  • 52 13 a RAJA (Sumatra). t 1 A man here claimed a* found an heirloom p lost by Tengku Abdul d nearly 19 years ago n ,f ie Japanese occuPJ of Malaya. h, brahim Jatim, who the find, said he tr, y to Kuala Lumpur er the dagger perfjp to
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  • 483 13  -  By NELSON RUTHERFURD KUALA LUMPUR. Oct. 25 'PROM the headquarters here of the Federation Game Department A the instruction is being issued: ‘‘Find out more about the monsters of Song Song and Telor”. The “monsters" are giant lizards inhabiting these two small
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  • 104 13 LUMPUR. Oct 25 Former pupils oi the Methodist Girls’ School. Kuala Lumpur, are to raise $5,00u to pay ior a trip here by their former principal. Miss Mabel Marsh. I lie money is for her air passage and a two-month holiday during which she
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  • 28 13 TEMERLOH. Oct 25 Mun Ah Kow, 11 -year-old schoolboy who was reported missing •since Sept 15. lias been found in Kuala Pilah, Negri Semhllan.
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  • 23 13 MALACCA. Oct 25.—Gan Kim. GO, unemployed. was found hanging from a beam in a Chinese temple in Templer Avenue here today,
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  • 400 14 Kuala lumPUR, Oct. 25. The Royal Air Force today handed over its $l5 million base here to the Royal Malayan Air Force. It was done in what the United Kingdom Commissioner, Sir Geofrov Tory, described as a ‘‘moment of sadness and nostalgia.” Planes
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  • 72 14 KUALA LUMPUR. Oct. 25 The question oi recognising the University of Malaya’s law degree has taken a step further. The Malayan Bar Council, which has been studying the matter for several months, has submitted its report and recommendations to the Federation Government. A spokesman ot
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  • 16 14 KUALA LUMPUR. Oct. 25. —There were 178 accidents here in August. Three were fatal.
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  • 321 14 LETTER FROM CHICAGO GIVES A NEW CLUE IN ‘MASCOT’ HUNT DENANG, Oct. 25—A new clue emerged here today on the whereabouts of Jimmy (•’Chico”) Nuttu. the young Gurkha “mascot” whom the 17 RAF Squadron in England is anxious to trace. According
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  • 179 14 ALOR STAR. Oct. 25. At ALA YAS oldest regiment—the Ist. Bn. Royal 4 Malay Regiment—which played a big part in anti-terrorist operations in central Kedah during the height or the Emergency, was today presented with a silver salver. The presentation, at the regimental camp in
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  • 123 14 VUALA L U Tvl PUR, ‘2s Five Services commanch i\s who played important roles durin'* the Emergency are to be presented with e eremonia 1 krises tomorrow by the Deputy Prime Minister, Tun Abdul Razak They are: Lt Col. D.11.E. Coker, OfTieer Commanding 13th/18th Royal
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  • 822 15 Ihe registrar is satisfied that they are likely to be used igainst interests of workmen in the petroleum industry^ SINGAPORE. Oct. 26 SINGAPORE Government today announced Its intention to cancel the certificates ot registration of .wo rival oil unions—the Singapore Petroleum Workers’ Union and the
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  • 45 15 KUALA TRENGGANU. Oet. 26. —A three-and-a-half mile long road from Kampong La to Kampong Keruak will be ready at the end of this year and will serve seven kam pongs ”’ith a total population Of 5.000. It Will cost $58,000
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  • 203 15 KUALA LUMPUR. Ot. 2b. 4 SHIPPING firm, cat (‘ring tor trade between Mulayan and Indonesian ports, has been set up here with Malayan and I Uci man capital. The firm, called Malay- German Shipping Co Ltd with an authorised capital of $5 million, is now applying
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  • 82 15 KUALA LUMPUR. Oct. 26. The World Health Ore a nisation has expressed appnrial ion of Malaya'. upport in the tight against malaria. A letter has been r r :v* d by he Minister of Health and .Social Welfare I)ato (U Yoke Lin from the WHO
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  • 22 15 PENANG. Oct. :T». Thirty tn ha rider are attending a tive-dav civic course arranged by the Department ol In formation.
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  • 278 15 T ITr IPOII, Oct. 26. HL entire labour force of about 500 tunnelling and mechanic workers employed at the 19th mile, Cameron Highlands road, on one of the projects of the multimillion dollar hydro-electric scheme, went on strike yesterday over a wage dispute. Confirming
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  • 67 15 i'll; AI A I.L'MIMJI: < )rt 2f>- "raduation dinner oi the (’a mettle rnur.sr v. ill be the Federal lintel on Sc 2h \ho it lad "nest and Dale 1 irie ie Aluntni nher will attend the tune which will leattire che by champion in m 1
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  • 288 16 INDUSTRY GETS HINT OF WHAT IS TO COME BUT CHANGES ARE STILL SECRET IPOH. Oct. 26. changes, substantially to the benefit of Malayan miners, will be contained in the new international tin agreement which comes into effect in July next year. Mr. Chong
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  • 188 16 SINGAPORE, Oct. 20. One of the most daring piracy raids in Singapore waters occurred this morning when armed men raided an explosive-filled lighter near Tanjong Rhu. The lighter was under police guard when the pirates boarded it at 4 a.m. to carry away 11 cases
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  • 42 16 SINGAPORE. Oct. 26.— Amendments to the Pineapple Industry Fruit Control Regulations. published yesterday, provide for a division of the grower's fruit quota among the canneries on a pro-rata basis. This abolishes the previous system of fixed quotas for canners.
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  • 109 16 KIJALA LUMPUR. Oct 26 Charred wood taken from the site of an ancient Malay fortress the first, capita, ot Johore at Johore Lama- .has revealed the age of the lortress after being put to a special test in America. Haji Mubin Sheppard,
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  • 145 16 J/'UALA LUMPUR. Oct. 2d. —The Arrnbishop of Canterbury has appointed Canon C. KSalisbury to be Bishop of the Diocese of Malaya and Singapore. He succeeds the Right Rev. H.W. Baines, who is now Bishop of Wellington. New Zealand. Canon Salisbury is now Warden
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  • 75 16 IPOH, Oct. 20. The Mentri Besar of Perak. Inche Sha’arl bin Piai. walked six miles yesterday to a land development scheme site which can only be reached on foot. Leaving his Land Rover. Inche Sha'ari went along a village path to reach the 800-acre
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  • 89 16 IPOH, Oct r i (j Malaya Chun Association will a; Federation Govestate officially u. a t termination of the hl International Tin >' <nt contributions to < tue m stock will be ret a:- 4 ler sible. This resolution v. by the annua V meeting of the
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  • 57 16 SINGAPORE. Oct. 26—The former Princess Teru of Japan (above), eldest daughter of Emperor Hirohito, will fly into Singapore with her businessman husband, Mr. Shigeko Higashikuni, from Hong Kong on Oil. 28 for a two-day visit. The former Japanese princess gave up her royal privileges
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  • 497 16  -  COUNTRYMANS JOURNAL cacao trees, and from other small jobs, 'll DJEK. THE DUSUN, Friday, Oct. 21 T WA S Mahomed Ariffm b,n An mad who built Hjji-Next-Door's house with a lottery wm before the last war site is the most elevated one on a
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  • 1726 17 I .etter from the Prime Minister Your new duties will not entrust you with any ivork which will impinge upon the policy and workings of the Ministry of Labour and Law 9 SINGAPORE, Oct. 27 MR. Fong Swee Suan, political secretary to the Minister for Labour and
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  • 98 17 KUALA UJMPUR. Oct. 27 The O-in-C Far East Air Force, Air Marshal A- I). Solway, says the; RAF regarded its former base here as “a beloved and beautiful daughter The RAF was the “proud father” who had sought—and found a suitable “bridegroom” in
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  • 411 18 RAZAK VISITS SPOT WHERE WORK HAS STOPPED GRIK. Oct 27 A multi-million dollar road which will eventually link Grik in Upper Perak with Kelantan and the East Coast may be completed with the aid of money from a United
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  • 166 18 SITIAWAN. Oct. 27. The District Officer. Bindings, Wan Salaidin bin Wan Ismail, today startled the acting Prime Minister and Minister for Rural Development. Tun Abdul Razak when he told him that the rural development council in his district was to
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  • 198 18 PENANG, Oct 7.1 A SABRE jet was A slightly damaged this morning when it struck if flock of oirds while taking off on a training flight from the RAAF base in Butterworth. The pilot. Pilot Officer Ter. enec Carter, of Paramatta New
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  • 404 18 KUCHING, Oct. 27. i I new system of taxation involving properties, salaries, profits and interest is planned to be introduced in Sarawak next year. Bill to give effect to this has been published and will be laid before the budget meeting of the Council Negri
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  • 105 18 QINGAPORE, Oct. 26.—The first phase of “Operation Pinda” (Operation Shift) to the new $2,154,000 Raffles National Library in Stamford Road was finished today when the last lorry-load of books was moved into the new building. The operation, which started on Oct. 17, will enter
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  • 907 19  -  ;y vrnBPW|| EPSOM JEEP .GAPORCi Oct. 26 RACE ONE CL. DIV. 3—6F. vlcl Stable* MIGHTY MISSEL 8.12 (2487-536) Ward 1 B«>s Office II 8.8 878-531) Maddock 2 > inston 8.0 .858-477) Barratt 3 Strsat Peter 8.11 ,1958-738) Franklin 4 APACITOR 7.13 arr. 7.10 ,1048-500) aublan 5 ADY
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  • 939 19  -  By EPSOM JEEP SINGAPORE, Oct. 30 RACE ONE CL. 2, DIV. 1—7F. A P. Stable’s (3) NO FLUKE 8.10 carr 8.7 (1811—>954) Sublan 1 <6> Captain Pit 8 11 (819—578) Barratt 2 '2) Dart Duet 8.9 < 858—544) Lee 3 ill) Yardarina 8.8 Ward 4 iD) FINE
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  • Page 19 Miscellaneous
    • 147 19 f'" 11 BIC SWEEP: Total pool $163,114 FIRST PRIZE: No *****2 $73,400 SECOND PRIZE: No *****9 $36,700 THIRD PRIZE: No *****1 $20,389 STARTERS ($2,548 oacli): Not *****3, *****9. *****3. *****1, 299S78. *****7, *****8. *****6. CONSOLATION ($1,223 oacli): Not. *****1, *****6, *****7, *****6. *****0, *****8, *****0. *****9. *****5. *****8. COLD CUP
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  • MALAYAN SHARE MARKET REVIEW
    • 1394 20 Straits Trading gains 7 cents i*# vu> »Ry Our Market Correspondent V 'V,; 1 /£V-£jb/'* y >- jA FEATURE of an otherwise poor week on A the Malayan sharemarket was the strength of the industrial section while tin and rubber shares were easing and the rubber price
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    • 19 20 (Managerr Priam) Pirot Malayan 1.1$ 1.23 Second Malayan .95 1.01 First Hone Kobe .99 1.00 H.K. currency.
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    • 34 20 RUBBER TIN (per lb.) (per picul) Oct. 24 MK cts. «3<T> 811* 24 94 *4 cts. $395 81*% 26 92-'Ht eta $395.37*4 27 91*4 cts. .>395.37*4 2$ 90 cts. $395.00 29 $395.00
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    • 36 20 Singapore v Copra Association noon prices per picul on Oct. 29; Fair merchantable Bombay mixed copra: Buyers Nov, $29 (nominal). Singapore Coconut Oil Millers’ Association: Bulk 142.50 sellers, drum $46.50 sellers. Tone was steady
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    • 36 20 Current Date ot Total for Total for payment payment year previous year William Jacks 10% Nov. 19 15% Nil Kamunting Tin 25% Nov. 30 35% 25% Pahang Con. 15% Dec. 17 18% 12° 0
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    • 1272 20 rpHE following list of revised f quotations was issued by Singapore members of the Malayan Sto<k Exchange after their last meeting on Saturday (October 29) H and L stand for highest and lowest for business done this yearINDUSTRIALS ‘it IS Alta Bricks 1.00 90 Ords 80 1.00
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    • 167 20 rrHERE has been a gradual decline throughout th period and, although market turner has been larger th-n late, there w? n° sign of stop-lo: mg to accelera J n® drop, report and Co., Ltd., n current rubber ket review. business don: >H 4
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