Author(s): Walter Makepeace, Gilbert E. Brooke, Roland St. J. Braddell (eds)
Publisher: John Murray
Year: 1921
Language: English
Pages: 750
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)
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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
