Reports and press releases, 1951
folder
Held at the Weston Library
Contains:
- (items 1-4) brochures on registration procedure for municipal elections, in four languages, n.d.
- (fols. 1-4) copy of a letter from M. Baker, President, Malay Students' Union, Ali Hassan, President, Malay Society of Great Britain and Goh Keng Swee, Chairman, Malayan Forum, to an unidentified recipient concerning arrests in Singapore under emergency regulations, [1951]
- (fols. 5-49) Colonial Office Information Department press releases on the following subjects: (fols. 5-7, 32-33, 36) education; (fol. 8) street hawkers; (fol. 9-10) health; (fols. 11, 37) housing; (fols. 12, 34) airways and roads; (fol. 13) inflation; (fols. 14, 41-46) bandits and the Emergency; (fols. 15, 47-48) fish industry; (fols. 16, 25, 26) city status for Singapore; (fol. 24) smuggling; (fol. 25) newspapers; (fols. 27, 35) Chinese secret societies; (fols. 28, 39) army; (fol. 29) Riots Enquiry Commission; (fol. 30) Post Office Savings; (fol. 31) tin industry; (fol. 38) death of Sir Henry Gurney, High Commissioner to Malaya (Malaysia); (fol. 40) rice production; and (fol. 49) rubber industry, 25 Jan-15 Nov 1951
- (fol. 50) cuttings from the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU) Information bulletin on the growing importance of Trade Unions in Malaya (Malaysia), 28 Mar 1951
- (item 5) 'Nothing less is at stake than truth itself': address by Gurney at a Council meeting on 25 Apr Legislative 1951, pp. 7, Apr 1951
- (fols. 51-61 and item 6) Central Office of Information Colonial Fact Sheets Nos 2144-2147, concerning communications in Malaya (Malaysia); 2154, concerning communications in West Africa; and 2157, a review of economic developments in Malaya (Malaysia) during 1950; also 'The Fight against communist terrorism in Malaya', R.2189, pp. 24, 2-9 May 1951
- (item 7) letter from Ronald [Williams], MP, to Marjorie Nicholson covering a report of the Parliamentary Delegation to Singapore and Malaya (Malaysia), Sep-Oct 1950, pp. 32, 3 May 1951
- (fol. 62) circular letter from N.R. Jarreth, Secretary, Association of British Malaya, to Corridon about the Association's activities, 17 Oct 1951
- (item 8) Federation of Malaya (Malaysia) weekly news summary issued by the Department of Information, pp. 6, 7 Dec 1951
- (items 9 and 10) 'Note on draft Federation of Malaya Agreement (Amendment) Ordinance 1951 (Citizenship)', pp. 3, two copies, 18 Dec 1951.
Dates
- Creation: 1951
Extent
1 folder
Language of Materials
- English
Shelfmark
MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/156, folder 1
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
Contact:
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Weston Library
Broad Street
Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk