ENGLISH

One Hundred Years of Singapore v. 2

By Walter Makepeace , Gilbert E. Brooke , Roland St. J. Braddell (eds)

Book information

Publisher
John Murray
Year
1921
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
58 MB (60339868 bytes)
Pages
750\750
Topic
History
Time added
2019-07-07 11:11:24

Description

Contents (v)......Page 5 List of Illustrations (viii)......Page 8 The Tanjong Pagar Dock Company (1)......Page 11 Sir John Nicholson (19)......Page 33 Commerce and Currency (22)......Page 37 Opium, Liquor, Farms, and the Monopoly (55)......Page 71 The Opium Commission (58)......Page 75 Botanic Gardens and Economic Notes (63)......Page 80 Mr. Henry Nicholas Ridley (78)......Page 96 Planting in Singapore (79)......Page 98 Growth of the Rubber Trade (84)......Page 103 Rubber and Rubber Planting (88)......Page 107 Early Planting Days (91) ......Page 110 The Mineral Oil Trade (97)......Page 116 14. The Post Office and Its History (102)......Page 121 15. The Machinery of Commerce (166)......Page 188 The Telegraph Co. (167)......Page 189 Oriental Telephone and Electric Co. (170)......Page 192 The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Co., Ltd. (171)......Page 193 Banking (174)......Page 196 The Commercial Firms (180)......Page 202 Churches and Missions (236)......Page 264 The Church of England in Singapore (238)......Page 267 1. The Cathedral of the Good Shepherd (243)......Page 274 2. The Chinese Church of SS. Peter and Paul, Queen Street (247)......Page 278 3. The Chinese Church of the Sacred Heart, Tank Road (248)......Page 279 1. The Chinese Parish of Bukit Timah, St. Joseph's Church (249)......Page 280 2. The Chinese Parish of Seranggong, Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary (250)......Page 281 St. Joseph's Institution (251)......Page 282 Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus (253)......Page 284 The Portuguese Mission (255)......Page 286 The Armenian Church (259)......Page 292 I—The Church (261)......Page 294 II—The Mission (264)......Page 297 The Methodist Episcopal Church and Mission (267)......Page 300 Bethesda (271)......Page 305 The Jewish Synagogue (274)......Page 309 The Chinese Gospel House (275)......Page 310 The Chinese Gospel Hall, Upper Serangoon Road (276)......Page 311 The Press (278)......Page 313 Literature (286)......Page 322 Journalism (289)......Page 325 "Straits Produce" (292)......Page 329 The Press of the Domiciled Community (294)......Page 332 The Stratis Settlements Association (297)......Page 336 The Straits Philosophical Society (301)......Page 340 St. Andrew's Society (303)......Page 343 The British and Foreign Bible Society (305)......Page 345 The Boustead Institute (307)......Page 347 Young Men's Christian Association (308)......Page 348 Young Women's Christian Association (310)......Page 350 Association of Engineers (312)......Page 352 The Merchant Service Guild (316)......Page 356 Miscellaneous Associations (317)......Page 357 Singapore Yacht Clubs (318)......Page 358 Photographic Society (319)......Page 359 Introduction (320)......Page 360 Cricket (325)......Page 366 Lawn Tennis (331)......Page 375 Association Football (333)......Page 378 Hockey (334)......Page 379 Polo (335)......Page 381 The Ladies' Lawn Tennis Club (337)......Page 384 The Singapore Golf Club (338)......Page 385 Racing (348)......Page 396 Daddy Abrams's Last Race (359)......Page 408 Automobilism (361)......Page 411 The Singapore Recreation Club (365)......Page 416 Shikar (367)......Page 418 Amateur Theatricals (381)......Page 433 Music (406)......Page 465 The Reads: C. R., W. H. M., and R. B. (416)......Page 476 The Braddell Family (423)......Page 484 The Maxwells (431)......Page 493 The Cranes (442)......Page 505 The Dunmans (443)......Page 506 The d'Almeidas (446)......Page 510 The Shelfords (447)......Page 512 The Kers and the Kerrs (449)......Page 514 Sir John Anderson (451)......Page 516 Charles Burton Buckley (453)......Page 519 John Fraser, "Our Jolly Old Octopus" (457)......Page 524 Charles Phillips (459)......Page 527 Miss Sophia Cooke (460)......Page 528 Sir Henry McCallum (461)......Page 530 Manasseh Meyer (463)......Page 533 K. B. S. Robertson (464)......Page 534 The Good Old Days (465)......Page 535 Personal Recollections (525)......Page 608 Awakening Old Memories (538)......Page 621 A Mid-Century Diary (542)......Page 625 22. Singapore's Future (560)......Page 644 23. The Centenerary Day and Its Celebration (570)......Page 654 Chronology (587)......Page 670 Index (611)......Page 693

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